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FTDO: Jon Sloan

Contributor to The LeaderJanuary 26, 2016August 15, 2019

January 26, 2016August 15, 2019

FTDO: Jon Sloan Advertising Sales Manager HERE WE GO AGAIN. It is that time of the year again. Time to start the second semester. This has a different meaning for everyone: some are sad that it is time to get back to reality and hit the books......

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Editorial: What’s the deal with New Year’s resolutions?

Contributor to The LeaderJanuary 26, 2016August 18, 2019

January 26, 2016August 18, 2019

The Blue Devil Fitness Center has been packed this semester — well, at least the first few days. All the gym regulars roll their eyes when the benches and treadmills are full, knowing full-well people will start dropping like flies as the semester goes on. General hypotheses state that all......

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FTDO – Kyle

Contributor to The LeaderDecember 9, 2015August 15, 2019

December 9, 2015August 15, 2019

As we wrap up the semester and begin to study for finals, we ponder how many years we are willing to shed off of our lives so we can make it onto the Dean’s List. This is a squirrel. Let’s call him Ted, Fred’s son. I spent upwards of an......

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Editorial: Adulting for the holidays

Contributor to The LeaderDecember 9, 2015

December 9, 2015

The time of the year has arrived when family members start asking you about the contents of your Christmas list. If you ask a child, the little one’s list will consist of toys, games and magical things. (One young girl just told The Leader’s Editor in Chief that she......

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Letter To The Editor

Contributor to The LeaderDecember 1, 2015

December 1, 2015

Dear Editor, The Fredonia Faculty Student Association takes great pride and strives to provide high quality food, service and customer satisfaction in the delivery of food service operations to Fredonia. The satisfaction of students is of the utmost of importance to us, and we welcome their feedback. There are several......

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Editorial: Black Friday, not Thursday

Contributor to The LeaderDecember 1, 2015

December 1, 2015

Black Friday, while ridiculous and chaotic, is an accepted tradition. Savvy shoppers have the opportunity to get first dibs on great deals, which is especially handy to gear up for Christmas. Black Friday is a day that people can choose to participate in, or graciously bow out of. But nowadays,......

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From The Desk Of:

Contributor to The LeaderDecember 1, 2015August 16, 2019

December 1, 2015August 16, 2019

AMANDA DEDIE News Editor After four and a half years of college, I have oodles of knowledge about my chosen field of study (and a semester’s worth of knowledge for each of the two majors I quit before settling on public relations). However, I’m graduating in a month, and......

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From the Desk of Elmer Ploetz

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 17, 2015August 16, 2019

November 17, 2015August 16, 2019

What part of the First Amendment don’t they get? That was my first reaction upon hearing about the mess at the University of Missouri last week. Activists tried to block journalists’ access to a small tent city that had been erected as protesters called for — and eventually received —......

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Editorial: Illuminating the City of Lights

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 17, 2015September 1, 2019

November 17, 2015September 1, 2019

“Murderous mayhem,” is what USA TODAY called the terrorist attacks that took place in Paris on Nov. 13. Stating that there are 132 people dead with hundreds more injured, the use of the phrase seems accurate. Here’s the publication’s quick rundown of what happened: “Three teams of terrorists carried......

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Editorial: Registration: The good, the bad, the breeze

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 10, 2015

November 10, 2015

For the most part, your very first schedule is made for you when you come to Fredonia for the first time. It’s like the university wants students to think that creating a schedule and registering for classes is a breeze. But then, when it comes time for the second semester,......

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FTDO: Jon Sloan

Editorial: What’s the deal with New Year’s resolutions?

FTDO – Kyle

Editorial: Adulting for the holidays

Letter To The Editor

Editorial: Black Friday, not Thursday

From The Desk Of:

From the Desk of Elmer Ploetz

Editorial: Illuminating the City of Lights

Editorial: Registration: The good, the bad, the breeze