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Fredonia Student Association responds to COVID-19

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Reading Time: 3 minutesSAMUEL LEWANDOWSKI Special to The Leader Despite COVID-19, the Fredonia Student Association Office remains in operation. According to their general manager/accountant, Vince Gugino, the Student Association is operating with staff and only coming to the office when necessary.   “The student executives are only available through email for obvious reasons,” said......
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Highlighting Fredonia’s all-black student government

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Reading Time: 5 minutesALYSSA BUMP Assistant Life & Arts Editor Fredonia is a predominantly white institution. According to statistics from Fredonia’s website, it’s a 70 percent white institution; only 9 percent of students are African-American.  With that being said, where can black students find representation? For the first time in Fredonia history, the......
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The Trident digitized: Annual magazine adjusts for the pandemic

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Reading Time: 2 minutesMARCIA HUNT Special to The Leader March 11 was supposed to be an exciting day for The Trident staff members — it was the deadline for submissions to the literary magazine, which would bring them one step closer to its annual publication. That morning, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the sudden......
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Fredonia Radio Systems and WNYF-TV suspend broadcasting due to COVID-19

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Reading Time: 3 minutesSAMUEL LEWANDOWSKI Special to The Leader SUNY Fredonia’s TV and radio stations will not be broadcasting for the remainder of the semester.  Senior journalism major and general manager of WNYF-TV Patrick Ryan said the decision was made in accordance with Governor Cuomo’s implementation of distance learning, as well as with......
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Distance learning – we’re all struggling

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Reading Time: 3 minutesALISA OPPENHEIMER  Special to The Leader  We’re in week two of distance learning and I’m positive I’m not only speaking for myself when I say it’s been a struggle for us students.  Everyday I wake up with a full mailbox of emails to sort, homework, as well as classwork, videos......
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Hefner: Pass/Fail option doesn’t bypass letter grade and GPA requirements

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Reading Time: 2 minutesAIDAN 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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Reading Time: 2 minutesMARCIA 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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