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College students were no-shows at the voting booths

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 20, 2017September 2, 2019

September 20, 2017September 2, 2019

SETH MICHAEL MEYER Special to The Leader In a recent report, Fredonia’s voting percentages for the 2016 presidential election have been marked as below average compared to other SUNY college institutions. In the Nation Study of Learning, Voting, and Engagement conducted by Tufts University, Fredonia’s voting percentage was measured at......

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From The Desk Of: Lauren Finke, Business Manager

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 20, 2017August 18, 2019

September 20, 2017August 18, 2019

LAUREN FINKE Business Manager I have always been a very health conscious person. Throughout middle school and high school I swam on the swim team, danced in school musicals and ran in my spare time, all while maintaining a balanced diet. I had toyed with the idea of becoming......

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From The Desk of Jessica Tompkins, Design Editor

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 18, 2017August 16, 2019

September 18, 2017August 16, 2019

JESSICA TOMPKINS Design Editor Sculpture is one of the oldest forms of art. For centuries artists around the world have utilized sculpture to form and space reality, emotion and perfect beauty, but the 20th century paved the way for new shape. What started out as an art form used for......

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An apology to DREAMers

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 18, 2017September 2, 2019

September 18, 2017September 2, 2019

DAN ORZECHOWSKI News Editor New York is one of several states that have passed the DREAM Act, granting undocumented students the same in-state tuition as their peers. The bill has been introduced to the federal level several times but has failed to pass each time. According to senior attorney......

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From the Desk of Madeline Carroll

Contributor to The LeaderAugust 30, 2017August 16, 2019

August 30, 2017August 16, 2019

MADELINE CARROLL Editor in Chief My high school’s curriculum required every student to take either an arts or music course in order to graduate. This requirement meant there were some rather unwilling students in my freshman art class. I didn’t realize at the time how much of an impact this......

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Nonviolence Isn’t Always Easy, But We Should Practice It Anyway

Contributor to The LeaderAugust 30, 2017September 2, 2019

August 30, 2017September 2, 2019

James Lillin STAFF WRITER The grotesque violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, has cast a shadow over the lives of many Americans, as a White Supremacist protester drove his car into a crowd of anti-racist protestors, murdering 32-year-old Helen Heyer and injuring at least 19 others. Many argue that the heavily-armed,......

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From the Desk Of Colin Perry, Editor in Chief

Contributor to The LeaderMay 3, 2017August 16, 2019

May 3, 2017August 16, 2019

From the Desk Of Colin Perry, Editor in Chief The other day, I was having class outside in the amphitheater, where other students and I debated the complex ethics of (among other topics) self-plagiarism, personas versus people and public shaming. Behind us, some students from Mason Hall were practicing......

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Conservative Corner: 2020 can’t come sooner

Contributor to The LeaderMay 3, 2017September 2, 2019

May 3, 2017September 2, 2019

CONNOR HOFFMAN Managing Editor It’s been quite a wild ride from the time that I created this column about a year and a half ago. Barack Obama was president then, and I could have never imagined Donald Trump taking his place. At the time, he was just......

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Why we should be cautious about ‘13 Reasons Why’

Contributor to The LeaderApril 26, 2017September 2, 2019

April 26, 2017September 2, 2019

MADDY CARROLL Design Editor When I was 14, I read “13 Reasons Why” by Jay Asher. Since the TV adaptation “13 Reasons Why” recently aired on Netflix it has flooded my newsfeed with people recalling how much they loved the book and that they couldn’t wait to watch the......

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From the Desk Of Connor Hoffman, Managing Editor

Contributor to The LeaderApril 26, 2017August 16, 2019

April 26, 2017August 16, 2019

With less than a month left, I have been doing quite a lot of reflecting on my past four years at this wonderful institution many of us call home. My time in Fredonia has taught me so much about not only my studies but also life in general. I believe......

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College students were no-shows at the voting booths

From The Desk Of: Lauren Finke, Business Manager

From The Desk of Jessica Tompkins, Design Editor

An apology to DREAMers

From the Desk of Madeline Carroll

Nonviolence Isn’t Always Easy, But We Should Practice It Anyway

From the Desk Of Colin Perry, Editor in Chief

Conservative Corner: 2020 can’t come sooner

Why we should be cautious about ‘13 Reasons Why’

From the Desk Of Connor Hoffman, Managing Editor