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Conservative Corner: The death of transparency  

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CONNOR HOFFMAN News Editor   Politicians have never been the most transparent people out there, but oh boy, do the two candidates we have running now seriously lack any kind of transparency. Hillary Clinton had the nerve to tell people that “I’m the most transparent public official in modern times”......
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Guest Op-Ed: It’s not okay

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PRESIDENT VIRGINIA HORVATH Special to The Leader Last weekend, I was alerted to several threads on social media about destruction of property in a yard on Temple Avenue. Most troubling to me, as threads continued to describe other acts of vandalism and disrespect, was a statement from a community member......
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Editorial: Outcome in Turner case points toward deeper and systemic problems

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After serving only three months in county jail, half of what he was originally sentenced, convicted sex offender and former Stanford University student Brock Turner went home early on Sept. 2. His release has sparked national outrage once more, as his already-lenient sentence was cut short. Since his release, droves......
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Conservative Corner: The shady history behind the Clinton Foundation

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CONNOR HOFFMAN News Editor   The Clinton Foundation has been in the national headlines lately, and for good reason: this foundation reeks of corruption. The Foundation may have recently just announced that it would not accept foreign donations if Hillary Clinton is elected president, according to CNN, but it’s very......
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NFL quarterback Kaepernick has every right to sit

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San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick is the only backup QB in the league that can’t get out of the spotlight. Given all of the wrong reasons that NFL players have been in the spotlight for in the past few seasons — dog fighting, murder, domestic violence, drug abuse —......
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From the Desk of Colin Perry, Editor in Chief: A new year, a new Leader

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I like to joke that I entered college with a major in English because I wanted some book recommendations. As it turns out, I ended up adding a second major as a sophomore in journalism, which I suppose must be because I love having conversations. The issue of The Leader......

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