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The new Trans Journalists Association is desperately needed right now

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Reading Time: 3 minutesSARAH HUGHSTON Social Media Manager When J.K. Rowling compared gender-affirming medical care to gay conversion therapy on Twitter, I was unfortunately not surprised.  Rowling has been rejected by many Harry Potter fans for her many TERF (Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminist) tweets. A few days after those tweets, I saw an......
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How to support Black Lives Matter as a broke college student

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Reading Time: 3 minutesALYSSA BUMP Assistant Life & Arts Editor The college lifestyle consists of stress, sleeping through classes and being broke. Most college kids will owe thousands of dollars before turning 21. Not only are college students broke, but they are in debt. So in a time like this, where money is......
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From the desk of Elmer Ploetz, Adviser

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Reading Time: 4 minutesELMER PLOETZ Adviser What a week. What a semester. Thank God for dogs.  Nobody needs to tell you how tumultuous the times have been. There have been way too many deaths, way too many lost jobs and too much disruption.   So my minor disruptions really aren’t that bad. One day......
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Coronavirus: Self-isolation or complete damnation?

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Reading Time: 3 minutesALYSSA BUMP Staff Writer Almost the entire population of the United States is bored out of their minds, but stuck in their house. It’s a strange occurrence for everyone; the coronavirus seemed to pop out of nowhere. But here we are. Most people have either been laid off, sent home......
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Damage of social media during the pandemic

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Reading Time: 2 minutesMARCIA HUNT Special to The Leader It would take you less than five minutes of scrolling through Twitter to find posts about the global coronavirus pandemic. And this is understandable — these are unprecedented times. Social media has given people everywhere the ability to put their feelings of fear, frustration......
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One family’s struggle with the virus

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Reading Time: 6 minutesMICHAEL MORRISSEY Special to The Leader My grandfather, whom we call Poppy, has been itching to get out of The Grand Rehabilitation and Nursing Home in Rome, N.Y., since the day he got there. His health conditions, which have been piling up for years, prevented him from remaining in the......

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