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2016 Election

Opinion

This Summer, Resolve to Stop Your Slacktivism

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JAMES LILLIN Staff Writer   There are countless ways that I’ve hurt the movements I love most. There are times when I don’t have the energy to be respectful to people on my social media who have views that I find disagreeable, and have let conversations devolve into “8-Mile”-esque insult......
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Final Brown Bag tackles fake news and social media

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  [metaslider id=9141]   JAMES LILLIN Staff Writer On April 12, the final Brown Bag lecture of the year took place in the Williams Center, featuring communications professor Mike Igoe and computer science professor Michael Scialdone, both choosing to tackle the rise in fake news and media bias. “I decided......
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UCSB professor Boris places Trump in context

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CAMRY DEAN   Staff Writer   As part of the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge, Fredonia welcomed Eileen Boris of the University of California, Santa Barbara last week. As Hull Professor of Feminist Studies, Boris presented her talk, “Trump’s America in Historical Perspective: The Assault on African Americans, Mexicans and......
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Opinion

Editorial: Trump’s Twisted Truth

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  Last week, Congress held its first hearing on its investigation into Russia’s involvement in the 2016 election and President Donald Trump’s claim that former President Barack Obama wiretapped Trump Tower. With FBI Director James Comey’s testimony, we finally had hard, concrete evidence that Trump’s wiretap tweet was not true......
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Opinion

Conservative Corner: Why Hillary Lost

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CONNOR HOFFMAN Managing Editor Donald J. Trump will be our next president. I never thought I’d have to use that sentence, but like everyone else on Tuesday night, I was indeed wrong. Now, many of you may be wondering why Hillary Clinton lost to Trump on Tuesday, but the signs......
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Editorial: In 2016 race, the American people lose

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Editorial: In 2016 race, the American people lose By the time you’re reading this, barring a contested election, the U.S. will have decided who will be entering the White House in January in order to lead the country for the next four years. At press time, we don’t know who......
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Opinion

From the Desk Of Connor Hoffman, Managing Editor

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  CONNOR HOFFMAN Managing Editor This current election and the rise of Donald Trump has really made me challenge my beliefs and question if being a Republican is what it once used to be. Ronald Reagan switched from being a Democrat to being a Republican in 1962, and he explained......
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Q&A: Craig Smith

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CONNOR HOFFMAN Managing Editor In October, former presidential speechwriter Craig Smith came to Fredonia to lecture on the 2016 election prior to the second televised debate. The Leader conducted this interview with him, which has been condensed. As a former speechwriter, how do you feel about the stump and convention......
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Course Spotlight: Political classes center around 2016 election

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  ANGELINA DOHRE Special to The Leader As the election draws near, two special courses are focusing their attention on politics among the student body: Presidential Campaign Communication and 2016 Election. The Presidential Campaign Communication course was created by assistant professor Angela McGowan. According to her, there were three main......
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