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Violations of Fredonia’s Academic Integrity Policy rise as a result of online learning

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Reading Time: 3 minutesALISA OPPENHEIMER  News Editor In a campus-wide email, students were recently reminded of our school’s Academic Integrity Policy and some of the common ways they might be violating this policy without fully being aware of the consequences.  This is because there has been a spike in violations of the Academic......
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Recreational marijuana legal in New York: How does this affect our campus?

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Reading Time: 3 minutesALISA OPPENHEIMER  News Editor New York has officially become the 15th state to legalize recreational marijuana use.  If you haven’t heard the news, on March 31, Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill that allows adults 21 and older to consume marijuana recreationally.  The bill first passed the Senate with 40......
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Chief Justice Craig D. Hannah: Succeeding against all odds

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Reading Time: 3 minutesCHLOE KOWALYK Staff Writer On Wednesday, April 15, Chief Justice Craig D. Hannah inspired campus and community members with his motivational speech and authentic anecdotes.  Hannah serves as the Chief Judge of the Buffalo City Court and the Supervising Judge of the 11 City Courts in the Eighth Judicial District......
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Faculty upset with administration’s handling of mental health days: “No one consulted us”

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Reading Time: 2 minutesJESSICA MEDITZ Editor in Chief Despite not getting the week-long spring break that many desired, students are pleased with Fredonia’s decision to implement two mental health days for the most part. “Honestly very surprised this actually happened,” one student wrote on The Leader’s Instagram post announcing the administration’s decision.  But......
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What Fredonia’s virtual commencement will look like

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Reading Time: 3 minutesMADISON BLASZ Special to The Leader As colleges across the country plan their spring graduation ceremonies, they are considering the best ways to make them resemble the traditions that were common pre-pandemic. Most universities are taking a cautious approach by hosting a virtual commencement. What exactly does a virtual commencement......
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President Kolison to announce two mental health days

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Reading Time: < 1 minuteJESSICA MEDITZ Editor in Chief After hearing the concerns of students and the circulation of an online petition, there will be two days in April in which all classes will be canceled. April 13 and 21, described as “mental health days,” are intended to help relieve the stress inflicted onto......
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Virtual commencement: What do seniors think?

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Reading Time: 2 minutesMADISON BLASZ Special to The Leader  Commencement has always been the high point of the academic year, the time when Fredonia formally recognizes and congratulates its graduates for years of hard work and achievement.  As the spring semester comes to a close, students who will be graduating in May are......
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SUNY Fredonia to have students self-administer COVID tests from home

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Reading Time: 3 minutesCHLOE KOWALYK Staff Writer  If you’re a student at Fredonia, you may have heard that new COVID testing protocols will be employed in the upcoming weeks.  Students will now self-administer weekly COVID tests from their homes or dorm rooms.  When students left their pool testing session last week, they were......

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