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Editorial: A bridge too far?

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 2, 2016September 2, 2019

September 2, 2016September 2, 2019

Last February, The Leader reported that the Academic Spine Bridge connecting the Williams Center to the steps of Reed Library and McEwen Hall would come down over the course of the summer. Even with months of advance notice, its absence from the Fredonia landscape is startling all the same. Since......

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Election 2016: Jill Stein is no Bernie Sanders

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 2, 2016September 2, 2019

September 2, 2016September 2, 2019

JAMES LILLIN Staff Writer Currently averaging a 3.6 percent on the RealClearPolitics aggregate of major national polls, Jill Stein is helping the Green Party reach new heights of popularity and recognition, considering it hasn’t broken .4 percent of the final electoral vote since Ralph Nader ran in 2000. Stein has......

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New professor makes a big splash in the Social Work Department

Contributor to The LeaderMay 5, 2016

May 5, 2016

Dear Editor, Jessica Fitzpatrick, Ph.D, joined Fredonia’s Department of Sociocultural and Justice Studies in the Fall semester of 2015. Since joining the department, Fitzpatrick has made tremendous contributions to the programing for Fredonia students. Fitzpatrick brings creativity into her teaching and inspires students to look outside the box. In......

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FTDO: S. L. Fuller

Contributor to The LeaderMay 5, 2016August 15, 2019

May 5, 2016August 15, 2019

Being a graduating senior less than two weeks away from Commencement inflicts a certain mental conflict. I’m caught between having so many regrets over things I never got to do and things I wish were different, and knowing that everything turned out the way it was supposed to. As one......

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Much obliged, Fredonia

Contributor to The LeaderMay 1, 2016August 16, 2019

May 1, 2016August 16, 2019

MEGHAN GUATTERY Managing Editor It’s 10:12 p.m. on Sunday, April 24. This From the Desk of is due in less than two hours, and I’ve probably rewritten it six or seven times. Yet, no one would expect any less from me. Everyone knows I’ll get it done and meet......

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Editorial: ‘When it’s time to party, we will always party hard’

Contributor to The LeaderMay 1, 2016September 1, 2019

May 1, 2016September 1, 2019

FREDFest hasn’t existed since Spring 2014. But if we, at The Leader, remember correctly, there was still quite a bit of celebrating going on in the village. We expect the same amount of celebration during this upcoming weekend. As Andrew W.K. sing/yells in his his song “Party Hard”: “Cos......

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Editorial: Take marijuana off Schedule I, please

Contributor to The LeaderApril 22, 2016September 2, 2019

April 22, 2016September 2, 2019

One of these things is not like the others: heroin, marijuana, LSD, ecstasy. The date April 20, better known as 4/20, means different things to different people. But The Leader wanted to take this opportunity, on this particular date, to discuss the most talked about 4/20 correlation: cannabis. (By the......

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FTDO Kevin

Contributor to The LeaderApril 22, 2016August 15, 2019

April 22, 2016August 15, 2019

Being adopted has always been something that I love talking to people about. Having an adopted family is awesome! Having a biological family is awesome, too! As a child, I always wondered who my real parents were. I wondered if I had any brothers or sisters. When I was......

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Editorial: For the love of America, vote in the primary

Contributor to The LeaderApril 17, 2016September 2, 2019

April 17, 2016September 2, 2019

All planners, agendas, calendars should have the date, April 19, circled, starred, highlighted. After all, it’s the day every good citizen, and Facebook news feed, has been waiting for: the New York Presidential Primary Election. Will it be Bernie Sanders or Hillary Clinton as the democratic presidential candidate? Could......

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FTDO Colin

Contributor to The LeaderApril 17, 2016August 16, 2019

April 17, 2016August 16, 2019

I have tried to use my position at The Leader to avoid getting involved in politics or picking sides, but today I’d like to talk to you about somebody who I think is supremely qualified to be the next president of the United States: Donald J. Trump. Just kidding!......

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Editorial: A bridge too far?

Election 2016: Jill Stein is no Bernie Sanders

New professor makes a big splash in the Social Work Department

FTDO: S. L. Fuller

Much obliged, Fredonia

Editorial: ‘When it’s time to party, we will always party hard’

Editorial: Take marijuana off Schedule I, please

FTDO Kevin

Editorial: For the love of America, vote in the primary

FTDO Colin