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

The new Trans Journalists Association is desperately needed right now

Contributor to The Leader
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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Opinion

How to support Black Lives Matter as a broke college student

Contributor to The Leader
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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Opinion

From the desk of Elmer Ploetz, Adviser

Contributor to The Leader
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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Opinion

Coronavirus: Self-isolation or complete damnation?

Contributor to The Leader
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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Opinion

Damage of social media during the pandemic

Contributor to The Leader
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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Opinion

One family’s struggle with the virus

Contributor to The Leader
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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