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Opinion

From The Desk Of Curtis Henry, Assistant Sports Editor

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Reading Time: 5 minutesAsk me how I’m doing sometime. Go ahead, ask me. I’ll smirk and respond in the exact same way just about every time. “I’m just living the dream.” So many people perceive this as some nonsensical and sarcastic response; that my life is shitty and that I am just being......
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Editorial: Outcome in Turner case points toward deeper and systemic problems

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Reading Time: 2 minutesAfter 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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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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NFL quarterback Kaepernick has every right to sit

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

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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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Editorial: A bridge too far?

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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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Election 2016: Jill Stein is no Bernie Sanders

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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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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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