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The Leader
Opinion

Fredonia taught me how to listen

Contributor to The Leader
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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Opinion

A new semester resolution to consider: Read a damn book

Contributor to The Leader
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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Opinion

From the Desk of Travis LeFevre, Editor in Chief

Contributor to The Leader
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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Opinion

Why teacher pay is complicated and why education majors should stay here

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 3 minutesSETH MICHAEL MEYER Staff Writer   From West Virginia to Colorado, teachers have been striking across the country demanding more compensation for their work. Starting back in February, teachers in West Virginia staged a widespread strike that finally resulted in a pay raise of 5 percent. Similar events have since......
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Opinion

Bernie Sanders’ proposed job guarantee warrants a lesson in economics

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 4 minutesSETH MICHAEL MEYER Staff Writer   When fictional president from House of Cards, Frank Underwood, announced his plan to guarantee a job for every American, everything I knew about economics cringed, and it’s cringing now. Senator Bernie Sanders, an Independent from Vermont, made for a unique presidential candidate by being......
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From the Desk of Ben Anderson, Copy Editor: The fortunate future of Fredonia philosophy: an introspective

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 2 minutesImplemented in the spring of the past academic year, the “Right Serving, Right Sizing” plan encouraged academic department heads to review their own curriculums in an overall attempt to increase enrollment for future classes. The plan also set out to add more courses, integrating multiple disciplines, hopefully encouraging student interest......
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Opinion

The Buffalo Diocese could do so much more

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 2 minutesDAN ORZECHOWSKI News Editor   Last week I wrote an article that connected a former chaplain of Fredonia’s Newman Center to sexual violence, and it was one of the toughest pieces I’ve had to write. I come from a small New England town, where Catholicism dominates the community. Growing up,......
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