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[OPINION] University counseling centers in crisis

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 30, 2024March 26, 2024

March 30, 2024March 26, 2024

JOSEPH BORYNSKI Special to The Leader It’s no secret that being in college can be stressful. The pressure students often face while trying to balance their coursework with the rest of their life responsibilities can feel overwhelming. Campuses have implemented counseling centers to help students combat their mental health issues,......

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[OPINION] Changing for the better?

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 29, 2024March 27, 2024

March 29, 2024March 27, 2024

MARISSA BURR Opinion Editor For as long as I can remember, I wanted to be a kindergarten teacher. In eighth grade, I shadowed my kindergarten teacher for a day, and then as a junior, I spent a semester interning there. For graduation, I was given teacher supplies that I could......

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[OPINION] Lovercolumn: Consent & Communication

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 28, 2024March 28, 2024

March 28, 2024March 28, 2024

THE ELECTRICIAN Executive Producer of Lovercall THE ARCHITECT Lovercall Producer THE QUARTERBACK Lovercall Producer Hello! We are The Electrician, The Architect and The Quarterback: producers and hosts of the radio show Lovercall right here at Fredonia. Lovercall is an anonymous late-night talk show about love, relationships and more. Students who......

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[OPINION] The transgender “issue”

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 26, 2024March 25, 2024

March 26, 2024March 25, 2024

JACE JACOBS Assistant Scallion Editor Content warning: Discussions of death, violence, murder, self-harm, and suicide My people are dying and no one is doing anything about it. As a transgender person in the United States, I am exhausted. And I am terrified. I wake up every day to the news......

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[OPINION] Oh How I Love Being A Woman!

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 9, 2024March 28, 2024

March 9, 2024March 28, 2024

MARISSA BURR Opinion Editor “Of, relating to, or being the sex that typically has the capacity to bear young or produce eggs,” says Merriam-Webster Dictionary. “All of the females of the human species. All such females who have arrived at the age of puberty,” lists The Law Dictionary. Advancing legislation......

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America is Everything We Saw In “The Barbie Movie”

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 9, 2024March 7, 2024

March 9, 2024March 7, 2024

AMARAH GHORI Staff Writer America is a Patriarchy My earliest memories as a child include me playing with baby dolls. Pushing them around in their strollers, putting them to bed and “feeding” them. Playing with toys that represented housework was normal. I loved my kid-sized toy iron, kitchen play set......

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The Queer Woman Experience

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 7, 2024March 7, 2024

March 7, 2024March 7, 2024

GABRIELLA GARDNER Special to The Leader It is no secret that the LGBTQ+ community has faced lifetimes of oppression. While things have become more accepting and tolerant, there is still a long way to go. Homophobia has not gone away fully, but rather turned more towards subtlety and microaggressions. In......

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As Vegas strikes gold, Buffalo has the blues

Matt VolzMarch 7, 2024March 5, 2024

March 7, 2024March 5, 2024

MATT VOLZ Sports Editor During our Super Bowl trip to Las Vegas, I had the opportunity to attend my first NHL game outside of Buffalo. We went to the Vegas Golden Knights game against the Minnesota Wild on Monday, Feb. 12. Predictably, the Vegas hockey experience is quite a bit......

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[OPINION] Tragedy in the Middle East

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 4, 2024March 4, 2024

March 4, 2024March 4, 2024

JOSEPH MORETTO Special to The Leader Almost four months after the unexpected attack on Israel, we have seen tragedies unlike any other taking place in the Gaza Strip. Yet in those four months, the unexpected attack and the Israeli response have grown into a wider, reinvigorated conflict with Iranian proxies......

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[OPINION] Alone Among Thousands

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 3, 2024March 4, 2024

March 3, 2024March 4, 2024

ALEXANDER FISHER Special to The Leader Colleges are communities. Or at least, they used to be. Standing on the seventh floor of Maytum Hall, I have a bird’s eye view of Fredonia’s campus, from the music complex to the arts building, the dining hall and the dorms. It’s midday, and......

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[OPINION] Lovercolumn: Finding Your Safe Space

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[OPINION] University counseling centers in crisis

[OPINION] Changing for the better?

[OPINION] Lovercolumn: Consent & Communication

[OPINION] The transgender “issue”

[OPINION] Oh How I Love Being A Woman!

America is Everything We Saw In “The Barbie Movie”

The Queer Woman Experience

As Vegas strikes gold, Buffalo has the blues

[OPINION] Tragedy in the Middle East

[OPINION] Alone Among Thousands