June 19, 2026
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Fredonia announces additional program cuts following finals week

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Best photos of the year from Fredonia athletics

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How To Be a Good White Ally 101

Director of Innovation and Economic Development reportedly retrenched

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Life & Arts

The Leader

Not so ‘free’ bleeding: Tampons and pads unavailable in the majority of campus bathrooms

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Reading Time: 3 minutesMONICA A. MANNEY Special to the Leader   Have you ever been in class and realized your “time of the month” has come unexpectedly? Hopefully tissue can stop the blood flow because you won’t find pads or tampons in the bathrooms of SUNY Fredonia. When asked if she had ever...
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Famous Grammy Award winner Leo Brouwer surprises Fredonia

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Reading Time: 2 minutesSTEPHEN SACCO Special to the Leader   Leo Brouwer, Grammy Award winner specializing in classical guitar and composition, hasn’t been to America in 30 years. Fredonia was his first visit. He arrived in Fredonia on Feb. 13 and resided until Feb. 14 for events hosted by Ethos New Music Society...
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From the Desk of Brandon Safe, Copy Editor

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Reading Time: 3 minutes  Brandon Safe Copy Editor   There are unfortunate, societal expectations for every race, every gender, every nationality and for any artificial grouping of people into categories. Of course, there are societal expectations for men, and for many people this is an issue. For me the primary issue is meat....
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Trump’s budget betrays his base and bolsters the uber-rich

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Reading Time: 3 minutesJAMES LILLIN Staff Writer   Many, if not most, of my relatives are fiscal conservatives. Oftentimes, the label is tacked on to a sentence announcing their conservative lean in an apologetic or conciliatory way — like ‘I’m a conservative, but a fiscal conservative, so if you want to marry a...
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SUNYAC Tournament on the horizon for women’s basketball: Can the Blue Devils put together a winning streak to end the season?

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Reading Time: 2 minutesANDREW RICHARDSON Special to The Leader   This past weekend was a bright spot in a very up and down season for the Fredonia women’s basketball team. Although they did get blown out by Cortland 48-75 on Friday, the team showed solid effort. They were able to come back the...
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Fredonia experiencing little effect from worst flu season in decade

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Reading Time: 4 minutesSETH MICHAEL MEYER Assistant News Editor   Wash your hands, cover your mouth and stay home if you feel ill. Few messages are more important than these as people across the country continue to brace themselves against an influenza season that, according to the New York Post, is “as bad...
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Students push for gender neutral bathrooms in Mason Hall

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Reading Time: 4 minutesMACI COSMORE Special to The Leader   Transgender students are slowly gaining more rights on colleges campuses. Even so, people have begun taking steps to advocate even further, with one student starting a petition for gender neutral bathrooms in Mason Hall. “I have heard people complain that they have to...
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President Horvath responds to racial incident

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Reading Time: < 1 minuteCLAIRE O’REILLY Editor in Chief   President Virginia Horvath released a statement regarding the latest racial incident that occured in our community last weekend: “Dear Campus Community, Some of you may be aware that another incident of racial bias has occurred this weekend within the Fredonia community. After an alleged...
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Three blue devils blow away the competition at RIT invitationals, look forward to regionals

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Reading Time: 2 minutesAVRIL KING Social Media Manager and Assistant Sports Editor   Three women from the Fredonia track and field team made strides at the Rochester Institute of Technology last Friday, Feb. 2. Brittany Feldman, a senior social work major, took first in the 400 meter sprint, finishing with a time of...
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