May 13, 2026
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Opinion

Conservative Corner: The shady history behind the Clinton Foundation

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 3 minutesCONNOR 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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Opinion

NFL quarterback Kaepernick has every right to sit

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 4 minutesSan 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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Opinion

From the Desk of Colin Perry, Editor in Chief: A new year, a new Leader

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 2 minutesI 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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Opinion

Editorial: A bridge too far?

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 2 minutesLast 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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Opinion

Election 2016: Jill Stein is no Bernie Sanders

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 3 minutesJAMES 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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Opinion

New professor makes a big splash in the Social Work Department

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 2 minutesDear 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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Opinion

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

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 3 minutesFREDFest 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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Opinion

Editorial: Take marijuana off Schedule I, please

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 2 minutesOne 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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