March 8, 2026
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Club spotlight: Black Student Union

Students, residents protest ICE in downtown Fredonia

 Trump delivers State of the Union address; 50 Democrats boycott

5th Quarter Column: McDermott fired after latest playoff heartbreak

5th Quarter Column: Rocky road leads Bills to Denver

5th Quarter Column: California Dreamin’

Printing points introduced for students, staff

5th Quarter Column: Allen regains MVP form with six scores

Fredonia’s hockey recruiting extends across the nation, world

[SATIRE] Horoscopes: What dessert should you bring to your fall…

The Leader
Opinion

Paper or plastic? The power behind your choice

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 3 minutesANNA GAGLIANO Copy Editor Every single choice we make on a day-to-day basis affects us, whether or not you’d like to believe it.  One simple phrase has set people up for an important choice for decades now: “Paper or plastic?” Uttered by cashiers and clerks around the world, this choice......
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Opinion

It’s been one year since COVID-19 turned our world upside down

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Reading Time: 3 minutesALYSSA BUMP Life & Arts Editor One year ago from writing this, the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a global pandemic. One year later, 118 million people have gotten the virus, and 2.62 million are dead. In my Snapchat memories today, there was a video from my last......
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Opinion

[OPINION] Using “they” as a singular pronoun is grammatically correct, actually

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 2 minutesJULES HOEPTING Design Editor Read the following sentence: “The decision is up to them.” In your brain, that sentence probably has the same meaning as this sentence: “The decision is up to a group of people.” Does that mean “them” is always in reference to a group of people? No.......
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Life & ArtsOpinion

Should Fredonia students be more careful of what they post on social media?

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 3 minutesMADISON BLASZ Special to The Leader Can what you say on social media get you in trouble with your college?  That was the case for Kimberly Diei, a pharmacy graduate student at the University of Tennessee.  According to The New York Times, the university tried to expel her because some......
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Opinion

Biden wins the battle for the presidency

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 2 minutesCASEY HUBER Special to The Leader  Healing. Getting the virus under control to start the economy. Equality between all races. No more blue and red. One America. These are some of the talking points Joe Biden hit in his acceptance speech Saturday evening. Hopeful of unity, Biden continues to push......
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Opinion

The questionable effectiveness of presidential debates

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Reading Time: 2 minutesCASEY HUBER  Special to The Leader  Tens of millions of people watched the 2020 presidential debates. Why? What do the presidential debates actually do for anyone? Who is undecided a month before the election? Turns out, not that many people. An NBC News and Wall Street Journal poll shows 5......
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