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From the Desk of Elyse Grieco, Life & Arts Editor

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 3, 2018August 15, 2019

October 3, 2018August 15, 2019

Reading Time: 3 minutes It feels good to be able to say, “It’s finally October!” Saying goodbye to unbearable heat and hello to pumpkin spiced everything is what I’ve been waiting for. But this month brings so much more to celebrate than just Halloween. October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month, a topic......

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Let’s talk about Mac Miller’s death

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 28, 2018September 2, 2019

September 28, 2018September 2, 2019

Reading Time: 4 minutesAMBER MATTICE Managing Editor So I know this is a little late. Mac Miller died on Sept. 7 this year. While it was at the beginning of the month, this is something I’ve been ruminating on since people started speaking about his death and have only recently formulated my......

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Colleges need emphasis on intellectual diversity

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 28, 2018October 1, 2018

September 28, 2018October 1, 2018

Reading Time: 3 minutesSETH MICHAEL MEYER Staff Columnist As globalization has taken root in the fabric of the United States so, too, has the emphasis for diversity. This modern paradigm has brought about laws requiring female representation on boards and committees and to affirmative action in higher-ed which has done a magnificent......

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Editorial: Dale Tuggy resignation email

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 20, 2018

September 20, 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutesProfessors are meant to inspire and encourage the work of students. They are meant to be role models for the young people aspiring towards whatever career they choose. They are meant to be supportive. While not everyone at The Leader has had Dale Tuggy as a professor, personally, many know......

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From the Desk of Josh Ranney, News Editor

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 19, 2018August 15, 2019

September 19, 2018August 15, 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutesLet’s talk about fake news. How did we get to a point as a nation and as a society that we would write off the news media as half garbage at best and half propaganda at worst? The obvious answer that everyone will probably want to say is that we’re......

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From the Desk of Amber Mattice, Managing Editor

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 12, 2018August 15, 2019

September 12, 2018August 15, 2019

Reading Time: 3 minutesFor those of you who are dreading the end of summer, you might as well turn the page because we don’t want that kind of negativity here. I’m about to go on a full fledged rant about how excited I am for the beginning of fall. It’s my favorite for......

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Fredonia taught me how to listen

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 12, 2018September 2, 2019

September 12, 2018September 2, 2019

Reading Time: 3 minutesVICTOR SCHMITT-BUSH Assistant News Editor I’ll admit it. On Jan. 20, 2017, I was ecstatic. It was the day of Donald Trump’s inauguration. Few things in life could have satisfied me more than to see the devastated looks on the faces of every Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders supporter.......

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A new semester resolution to consider: Read a damn book

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 7, 2018

September 7, 2018

Reading Time: 3 minutesSETH MICHAEL MEYER Staff Writer I was recently scolded on social media for having shared an article which suggested that libraries should be privatized. “Hands off our public services,” this young Facebook warrior said. I merely shared the article because it was an interesting perspective and a good one,......

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From the Desk of Travis LeFevre, Editor in Chief

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 7, 2018August 15, 2019

September 7, 2018August 15, 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutesIt’s weird to think that I’m a senior. Like, really friggin’ weird. Watching the incoming class walk around campus with lanyards in tow is a bizarre sight for me because I remember being that freshman. Being not too sure where my first classes were, thinking “What the hell is a......

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

Contributor to The LeaderMay 9, 2018August 16, 2019

May 9, 2018August 16, 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutesI shoved my last sweatshirt into a bin four years ago and sat on it so it would close, tears streaming down my face. I was not ready to come to Fredonia, I was terrified to start college. I cried the entire drive from Rochester to campus, and I cried......

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