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Campus View: It’s time to have conversations about racism

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 12, 2016September 2, 2019

October 12, 2016September 2, 2019

SHENECA SHARPE Staff Writer As someone who has been living in Fredonia for a year and half, a lot of my opinions have changed about what I naively thought about the town. I thought it was a simple town that didn’t have any discriminatory feelings or ideas about people......

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Editorial: Register to vote or face the results

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 6, 2016September 2, 2019

October 6, 2016September 2, 2019

After months of campaigning, it’s hard to believe that there’s only a little more than one month until the 2016 presidential election is behind us. This cycle has seen students across the country become some of the most outspoken participants in the American political process, but making phone calls and......

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From the Desk Of Maddy Carroll, Layout Editor

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 6, 2016August 16, 2019

October 6, 2016August 16, 2019

Maddy Carroll Layout Editor In a higher learning environment, it can be expected that sometimes disturbing or graphic topics may be covered. The world can be an ugly place, and it would only make sense to be exposed to these things in order to expand our knowledge of......

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From the Desk Of Maddy Carroll, Layout Editor

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 6, 2016August 16, 2019

October 6, 2016August 16, 2019

Maddy Carroll Layout Editor In a higher learning environment, it can be expected that sometimes disturbing or graphic topics may be covered. The world can be an ugly place, and it would only make sense to be exposed to these things in order to expand our knowledge of......

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Conservative Corner: Trump’s night of royal screw-ups

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 6, 2016September 2, 2019

October 6, 2016September 2, 2019

CONNOR HOFFMAN Managing Editor The first presidential debate was held on Sept. 26, and Donald Trump was a complete and utter trainwreck the entire night. Honestly, there were so many instances that he could have come up with better replies to questions or retorts to Hillary Clinton’s......

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Campus View: Go visit Iceland

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 28, 2016

September 28, 2016

CAMRY DEAN Staff Writer For the past two summers, I’ve been able to say that I’ve been in two places at one time. Literally. Last June, I traveled to England with Fredonia’s Literary London program. We visited the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London, and I made it a goal to......

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From the Desk Of Sam McCagg, Web Editor

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 28, 2016August 16, 2019

September 28, 2016August 16, 2019

Sam McCagg Web Editor “Why did you choose to go to Fredonia?” That was one of the first questions I was asked when I stepped onto campus almost 4 years ago. I was a newcomer to the SUNY Fredonia campus. I wasn’t used to the dog food smell on......

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Editorial: Making a better Fredonia community

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 28, 2016

September 28, 2016

Between classes, part-time jobs, extracurricular pursuits and maintaining a healthy social life, college students undeniably have a lot on their plate on any given day. There isn’t a student anywhere who feels that their time, energy and (in particular) money isn’t as precious as it gets. Even so, one of......

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From the Desk Of Travis LeFevre, Lampoon Editor

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 21, 2016August 16, 2019

September 21, 2016August 16, 2019

If you asked my freshman self what I wanted to do for the rest of my college years, being a resident assistant probably wouldn’t have cracked my top five. Ask me that question now, and it’d be the first thing that came out of my mouth. When I applied for......

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Editorial: The headphone jack is dead, long live the headphone jack

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 21, 2016September 2, 2019

September 21, 2016September 2, 2019

Even though it feels like you bought your new phone yesterday, surprise, surprise — the iPhone 7 is being rolled out, and the reaction to the latest iteration of the world’s best-selling smartphone has been mixed at best, for good reason. While there are numerous positives and negatives involved with......

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The ‘surprisingly chaotic’ Canadaway Creek

Digging into the impact of Fredonia’s faculty cuts

From EBC to Tiki: Fredonia staple changes ownership

Reviving community through leadership on the field

Lovercolumn: The Transgender Experience

Campus View: It’s time to have conversations about racism

Editorial: Register to vote or face the results

From the Desk Of Maddy Carroll, Layout Editor

From the Desk Of Maddy Carroll, Layout Editor

Conservative Corner: Trump’s night of royal screw-ups

Campus View: Go visit Iceland

From the Desk Of Sam McCagg, Web Editor

Editorial: Making a better Fredonia community

From the Desk Of Travis LeFevre, Lampoon Editor

Editorial: The headphone jack is dead, long live the headphone jack