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ChatGPT takes over the classroom: The robot teacher we never knew we needed

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by Chloe Kowalyk
CHLOE KOWALYK          Managing Editor Students today feel like they are living in a dystopia — a world in which artificial intelligence (AI) can write essays, explain the material and complete assignments.  Perhaps the most prominent form of AI hitting campuses today is ChatGPT: an artificial intelligence model that creates texts...
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Fredonia hosts first ever Music Therapy Mini-Conference

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MEGAN KIDBY Asst. Scallion Editor On Sunday, April 1, Fredonia’s Music Therapy Club had great success when they hosted their first inaugural Music Therapy Mini-Conference.  This year’s conference was held in the Williams Center MPR and various other rooms in the building. The free event focused on various topics, such...
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Athlete Jason Winston’s Road to Recovery

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DOMINICK CORSI Special to The Leader  Photograph By Gabe Rogers Juggling athletics and academics can be tough for anybody. Schedules are conflicting, assignments pile up fast — the list of difficulties goes on forever. Adding a serious injury to that list could be catastrophic for some students.  But Jason Winston...
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Surveying students opinions about University Police 

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MICHAEL WILLIAMS  Special to The Leader  Over the past month, more than 400 Fredonia students participated in a campus-wide survey. The survey collected information about the students, their interactions with University Police and their opinion of UP. Police relationships with communities in America have been rocky throughout history. Whether you...
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Blue Devils Sports Roundup

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MATT VOLZ Asst. Sports Editor SOFTBALL Fredonia’s doubleheader against Penn State Behrend, originally scheduled for Thursday, March 30, was postponed due to inclement weather.  The games will be made up on Thursday, April 6, starting at 3 p.m., according to sports information director Matt Palisin. Overall, the Blue Devils currently...
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Gen. E represents Gen Z in Broadway’s ‘Les Miz’

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WILL KARR Editor in Chief In 2019, Fredonia alum and former theatre student Genevieve Ellis was warming up for her senior recital and preparing for life after graduation. But, one microscopic medical discovery put a halt to all of her future plans. As she approached graduation, she explained how “things...
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[EDITORIAL] Student safety pushed to the sidelines: What is the fine line between varsity and club sports?

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On the evening of Tuesday Feb. 21, Fredonia Blackhorse Rugby player Jason Winston collided with one of his teammates, leaving him with injuries that hospitalized him at Brooks Memorial overnight. Winston’s teammates reached out to one of the athletic trainers nearby on campus for emergency assistance while others called University...
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SUNY Chancellor John B. King, Jr. reflects on visit to Fredonia campus

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DAN QUAGLIANA Staff Writer On March 6, SUNY Chancellor John B. King, Jr. visited Fredonia as part of his state-wide tour of all SUNY colleges and universities. Since being appointed Chancellor in December 2022, King has been traveling in order to visit every SUNY campus before the end of the...
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A smash of a good time with Sigma Gamma Phi x Blackhorse Rugby

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EJ JACOBS Asst. Life & Arts Editor  Graphic by NICOLE THORSON | Staff Artist. At the beginning of March, the sorority Sigma Gamma Phi and Blackhorse Rugby Team got together to do something neither group had ever done before. They held events to raise money for an important cause: March...
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