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Hefner: Pass/Fail option doesn’t bypass letter grade and GPA requirements

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AIDAN POLLARD News Editor To help students as they transition to online learning for the remainder of the spring semester, Academic Affairs has expanded the pass/fail option to all students and all classes.  Until May 31, students can declare pass/fail for any class, and that class’s grade will no longer......
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Black Student Union annual Fashion Show canceled

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MARCIA HUNT Special to The Leader  In the midst of SUNY Fredonia’s switch to distance learning, several campus events were canceled to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. One of these highly anticipated events was Black Student Union’s (BSU) annual fashion show, which faced cancellation just two weeks before it......
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Fredonia Radio Systems attends broadcast conference in New York City

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AVRIL KING Managing Editor Amid the chaos created by COVID-19, Fredonia Radio Systems took their annual trip to the Intercollegiate Broadcast System (IBS) conference, located in New York City, March 5-8. The trip itself involved seminars and Q-and-A sessions for students interested in the broadcast field. The most notable moment......
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Fredonia Spectrum’s David Dobrik appearance to be cancelled

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JESSICA MEDITZ Life & Arts Editor Following the various health and safety precautions put in place by New York State, SUNY Fredonia has decided to cancel all shows in Rockefeller Arts Center for the remainder of the semester. This includes the David Dobrik show. “All remaining ticketed performances for the......
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SUNY Fredonia’s plan to convert to distance learning

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JAMES MEAD Web Editor In the 48 hours since SUNY Fredonia announced its shift to distance learning for the spring semester, massive changes have been developing in how classes function. At the center of it all is OnCourse, the campus’s learning management system and Fredonia’s version of an open-source system......
Life & Arts

So, what about David Dobrik?

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JESSICA MEDITZ Life & Arts Editor [UPDATE 5:06 p.m., 3/16/2020: David Dobrik’s show has been cancelled.] Based upon Fredonia’s current state of confusion surrounding the recent coronavirus outbreak, a lot of unanswered questions are circulating regarding several aspects of campus life. One specifically poses the question about the status of......
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SUNY Fredonia implements FAQ to answer student concerns

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JAMES MEAD Web Editor To address confusion caused by SUNY Fredonia’s semester-long shift to distance learning in response to coronavirus, the Marketing & Communications department has created two web-pages with more information under fredonia.edu. The “Coronavirus information” page addresses coronavirus and how it connects to Fredonia and Chautauqua County as......
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COVID-19 changes sports indefinitely

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CAROLYN MULLARKEY Staff Writer [For updates on information regarding COVID-19 and the impact it has on SUNY Fredonia, follow @LeaderFredonia] The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the novel coronavirus outbreak a global pandemic yesterday. Since then it seems like Americans have been notified every hour on how this is affecting......
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How the Coronavirus is affecting campus

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[UPDATE 8:57pm, 3/12/2020: The most recent information from SUNY Fredonia regarding its updated policies regarding this situation can be found in our “Coronavirus Email Reposts” section, and we will be providing updated through Twitter (@LeaderFredonia)] On Wednesday afternoon, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced all SUNY and CUNY schools will move to......

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