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Counseling Center reminds students they’re not alone

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Reading Time: < 1 minuteDAN ORZECHOWSKI News Editor   If someone ever told you that college is easy, don’t listen to them. Tests, projects and papers may swamp our schedules, but that’s not all; we’re forced to juggle our academics, social life and anything in-between. Don’t forget about that ever-growing pile of laundry in...

Women’s tennis: a look at the upcoming season: Blue devils look forward to competing, despite a young team

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Reading Time: 2 minutes  AVRIL KING Social Media Manager   Looking back to this past year, 2016 was a historic year for Fredonia’s women’s tennis team. With a final record of 10-3, it was one of their most successful seasons yet. Now, the question that these women face is, “what’s next?” At the...

From the Desk of Madeline Carroll

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Reading Time: 2 minutesMADELINE CARROLL Editor in Chief My high school’s curriculum required every student to take either an arts or music course in order to graduate. This requirement meant there were some rather unwilling students in my freshman art class. I didn’t realize at the time how much of an impact this...

Nonviolence Isn’t Always Easy, But We Should Practice It Anyway

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Reading Time: 3 minutesJames Lillin STAFF WRITER   The grotesque violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, has cast a shadow over the lives of many Americans, as a White Supremacist protester drove his car into a crowd of anti-racist protestors, murdering 32-year-old Helen Heyer and injuring at least 19 others. Many argue that the heavily-armed,...

“Wolfenstein” developer MachineGames apologizes for promoting violence against Nazis

Reading Time: 2 minutes  TRAVIS LEFEVRE Lampoon Editor In our turbulent world, one message has come across loud and clear: under no circumstance is it okay to physically harm anybody. Especially if that person believes himself/herself to be part of some superior master race. Punching a Nazi is just as bad as the...

Millions apply for disability after staring right into the solar eclipse

Reading Time: 2 minutesJACLYN SPIEZIA Staff Lampoonist It was a bizarre day Aug. 21. Early in the morning lightning struck Old Main Drive, almost killing one student who had been stumbling back to campus, drunk. One might think Ben Frenklyn was lucky to escape the lightning, but that very same day he went...

Bills turbulent offseason unlikely to translate into on-field success: Circling the wagons this season may be a fruitless endeavor, but that’s okay

Reading Time: 2 minutesCURTIS HENRY Sports Editor   “I’m not throwing in the towel. I’m going to try and win today and tomorrow.” Those were the words that flew out of the mouth of new Bills general manager Brandon Beane on Aug. 11, one day after the team shockingly dealt both Sammy Watkins...

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