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 The right to vote: A civic duty and moral imperative

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DENNIS MYERS Special to The Leader In recent decades, about 60% of eligible U.S. voters cast a ballot during presidential elections.  During midterm elections, like this year, participation is only at around 40%. By international standards this is noticeably low. For example, according to fairvote.org, member nations of the Organization......
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Students react to new mask-optional policy at SUNY Fredonia

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NIKKI INDELICATO Assistant Life & Arts Editor On March 3, 2022, President Stephen Kolison announced in his weekly email to all students and faculty that the mask mandate on SUNY Fredonia’s campus would be lifted. Starting on Friday, March 4, masks would be optional for individuals who were both fully......
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A daily terror: Going to the bathroom as a transgender person

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JACE JACOBS Special to The Leader Going to the bathroom is something so completely mundane that most people don’t give it a second thought. For some of us, however, going to the bathroom is anything but mundane; it’s terrifying.  In the world of transgender and gender-expansive people, using the bathroom......
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Pesky politics: How the Kershnar situation became an online political battleground

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CASEY HUBER Special to The Leader  Philosophy professor Stephen Kershnar has been lambasted by many, but for varying reasons. His views on pedophilia are being lumped together with his political ideology, but you will get different perspectives on what exactly Kershnar believes depending on where you go. Twitter is a......
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Intent vs. impact: How can a professor’s words affect students’ mental health?

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ANDREA VÉLEZ-DAVIS Special to The Leader During only the second week of the semester, faculty, staff and students at SUNY Fredonia have been bombarded with news regarding the viewpoints of a professor. Many scrambled to grasp the idea that a tenured professor at the liberal arts college would argue that......
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“Spider-Man: No Way Home” movie review

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NIKKI INDELICATO Assistant Life & Arts Editor Note: Contains spoilers. The famous web-crawling superhero made his way back to the silver screen in one of 2021’s most anticipated film releases.  Jon Watt’s “Spider-Man: No Way Home” was surrounded by numerous rumors and hype to be one of the biggest movies......

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