The Leader

Planned Parenthood funding reattributed to defense spending

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Reading Time: < 1 minutePHYLLIS T. CUPP Lampoonist   Much controversy has recently surrounded the decision to defund Planned Parenthood. The organization is well-known for its abortion services — though those services are only 3 percent of all that Planned Parenthood offers. Now that the almost $600 million organization has been defunded by the...

Getting away with murder: drama at the Emmy’s

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Reading Time: 2 minutesANITA DOLLAH Special to the Lampoon   Sunday night’s 67th Emmy award ceremony brought into fruition a number of acting firsts. Jon Hamm earned his first Emmy after being snubbed for more nominations than he has fingers, proving himself just as “Unbreakable” as his role on “Kimmy Schmidt.” HBO’s “Veep” made...

Vigilante faces time after student is arrested under clock tower

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Reading Time: 3 minutesEMMO Special to The Lampoon A local self-proclaimed vigilante, armed with a black painted airsoft gun, illegally detained a Fredonia student (whose name has not been revealed) last Thursday for standing underneath the clock tower near Thompson Hall. The student raised suspicion with Dunkirk “vigilante” Tracy McAdams who says that...

As seen on Yik Yak: Gossip Squirrel follows Fredonia’s socialites

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Reading Time: 2 minutesPHYLLIS T. CUPP Lampoonist   Over the last few days, Yik Yak has been aghast with news of a squirrel following important Fredonia figures. Gossip Squirrel, as the handle states, is climbing in your windows and snatching your people up. “Is V getting coffee with H? Or is it something...

A conversation with Steve Moses

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Reading Time: 8 minutesAMANDA DEDIE Assistant News Editor   News spread like wildfire when the news broke that Steve Moses, a senior from Gouverneur, New York majoring in music and audio engineering, would be a contestant in season 17 of the reality TV show “Big Brother.” While Steve had a rocky start, Fredonians...

Hispanic Heritage Month on campus

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Reading Time: 3 minutesAMANDA DEDIE and ESTHER HIDALGO Assistant News Editor and Special to The Leader   In order to demonstrate pride in Hispanic heritage, Latinos Unidos put together a full schedule for the whole month to help celebrate it. Hispanic Heritage Month runs from Sept. 15 through Oct. 15. Last Tuesday, Sept....

Conservative Corner

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Reading Time: 3 minutesCONNOR HOFFMAN Staff Writer   With all the noise of the Iran deals, we seem to have overlooked a much worse problem that we have. That problem is the fact that North Korea, one of the most rogue countries in the world, now has restarted its nuclear facilities and is...

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