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From the Desk of Brandon Safe, Copy Editor

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 21, 2018August 15, 2019

February 21, 2018August 15, 2019

Brandon Safe Copy Editor There are unfortunate, societal expectations for every race, every gender, every nationality and for any artificial grouping of people into categories. Of course, there are societal expectations for men, and for many people this is an issue. For me the primary issue is meat.......

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Trump’s budget betrays his base and bolsters the uber-rich

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 21, 2018September 2, 2019

February 21, 2018September 2, 2019

JAMES LILLIN Staff Writer Many, if not most, of my relatives are fiscal conservatives. Oftentimes, the label is tacked on to a sentence announcing their conservative lean in an apologetic or conciliatory way — like ‘I’m a conservative, but a fiscal conservative, so if you want to marry a......

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OPINION – Dan Orzechowski

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 14, 2018September 2, 2019

February 14, 2018September 2, 2019

DAN ORZECHOWSKI News Editor Apparently MLK’s dream was to own a Dodge Ram. After the company spent upward of $5 million for a 30-second time slot in the country’s highest rated event on television, more than 100 million people heard the words of one of Martin Luther King Jr.’s......

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From the Desk of Travis LeFevre, Managing Editor

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 14, 2018August 15, 2019

February 14, 2018August 15, 2019

TRAVIS LEFEVRE Managing Editor I guess you could say that I have something of an obsession with video games. Ever since I sneaked behind my mom’s back and played “Halo 3” on my brother’s Xbox 360, I was hooked. I finally got around to owning my own Xbox 360,......

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A Presidential Paradox: Trump uses first State of The Union to deepen divides

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 7, 2018September 2, 2019

February 7, 2018September 2, 2019

JAMES LILLIN Staff Writer In the aftermath of Trump’s slurred, rambling, self-congratulatory State of The Union address, there’s going to be a lot of debate over whether or not he was “presidential.” Certainly his frequent applause at his own lines was unusual for a State of The Union address,......

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A journalist’s critique of a consumer’s critique

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 7, 2018September 2, 2019

February 7, 2018September 2, 2019

TRAVIS LEFEVRE Managing Editor About two weeks ago, The Leader received a letter from a self proclaimed prophet and authorized Bible historian known as Ebenezer. It is essentially a wall of words titled “Conduct Unbecoming For a World Leader: A Consumer’s critique of the U.S. movie industry.” He goes......

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From the Desk of Quintin James, Assistant Sports Editor – Caution: Fredonia’s campus

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 7, 2018August 25, 2019

February 7, 2018August 25, 2019

QUINTIN JAMES Assistant Sports Editor Going to school five minutes south of Lake Erie has it perks for sure. The water is beautiful in the summer and there are plenty of beaches to play and lay on. In the winter, though, these perks turn into problems. Winter means snow,......

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The Rolling Stones have something to teach these overpaid congressmen

Contributor to The LeaderJanuary 31, 2018September 2, 2019

January 31, 2018September 2, 2019

SETH MICHAEL MEYER Assistant News Editor You read it right: The Stones are just as suited to give our politicians advice as any other pragmatic strategist. The advice is, “You can’t always get what you want,” from their song that carries the same name. Last Monday, we saw the......

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To ‘act’ like a man

Contributor to The LeaderJanuary 31, 2018

January 31, 2018

DAN ORZECHOWSKI News Editor I don’t like going to the gym because I don’t like people staring at me. I’d rather not force myself to sweat in front of people who actually seem to know what they’re doing. More importantly though, I don’t go to the gym because it......

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From the Desk of Claire O’Reilly, Editor in Chief

Contributor to The LeaderJanuary 31, 2018August 16, 2019

January 31, 2018August 16, 2019

Ever since I was little, I have always loved books. As embarrassing as it may sound, until about the fourth grade, I couldn’t fall asleep without being read to. When I was younger, books offered an imaginative escape into places I couldn’t physically experience. I loved challenging my mind and......

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From the Desk of Brandon Safe, Copy Editor

Trump’s budget betrays his base and bolsters the uber-rich

OPINION – Dan Orzechowski

From the Desk of Travis LeFevre, Managing Editor

A Presidential Paradox: Trump uses first State of The Union to deepen divides

A journalist’s critique of a consumer’s critique

From the Desk of Quintin James, Assistant Sports Editor – Caution: Fredonia’s campus

The Rolling Stones have something to teach these overpaid congressmen

To ‘act’ like a man

From the Desk of Claire O’Reilly, Editor in Chief