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What’s pool testing really like?

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Reading Time: 3 minutesSARAH HUGHSTON Social Media Manager On Tuesday, Sept. 22 I got the dreaded email; I was selected for pool testing. The email was fairly straightforward: watch an informational video, sign up through the SUNY COVID Test website and show up on time. While anxiety played out every bad scenario in...

Has the French Open started too early?

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Reading Time: 2 minutesGRIFFIN DOMBROSKE Special to The Leader It’s October, so you know what that means for all of the tennis lovers. The French Open generally runs every year for two weeks in late May into early June. This year, however, it was pushed back several times due to COVID-related issues. Even...

How Fredonia Athletes react to UB pausing sports

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Reading Time: 2 minutesTYLER PACOS Special to The Leader An article released on Tuesday, Sept. 29, by the Buffalo News said that the University at Buffalo, which is home to NCAA Division I sports, have paused their football, volleyball and women’s soccer programs due to 25 student athletes testing positive for COVID-19. Most...

Local English major starting to wonder when he’ll be good at writing

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Reading Time: 2 minutesJOSEPH MARCINIAK Scallion Editor A local English student, Paul Crendal, has begun to wonder when his “good writing skills” will kick in, latest reports say. According to eyewitness reports, Crendal struggled to come up with even one solid opening sentence for his creative writing class while working in the library....

[Column] This Week in COVID

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Reading Time: 3 minutesALISA OPPENHEIMER  News Editor Throughout the past few weeks, we have seen various changes made to prevent the spread of COVID-19 on our campus.  In the beginning of the semester, we had a huge rise in numbers of positive COVID cases, to the point where everyone in our campus-community was...

U.K. sports face serious trouble

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Reading Time: 2 minutesIVAN TORRES Special to The Leader U.K. sports are in a crisis. If you’re not aware, a lot of revenue in sports comes from gate receipts. However, due to COVID-19, many sports leagues are taking a hit financially.  The main reason these leagues are losing money is due to the...

[SATIRE] Apple unveils new Water, Earth and Fire properties

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Reading Time: 3 minutesMATTHEW BAUM Assistant Scallion Editor On Sept. 15, Apple unveiled the new generation of iPad, the newly-upgraded iPad Air.  Tech nerds and Steve Jobs fanboys around the world were blown away by the initial announcement, but they failed to hear the more life-changing announcement that immediately followed it. It had...

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