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Yet another racial incident

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Reading Time: 5 minutesQUINTIN JAMES Assistant Sports Editor   On Feb. 11, an alleged incident downtown involving SUNY Fredonia students led directly to a racial slur being posted on social media. This has sparked outrage and controversy on campus and online. In a matter of hours, Fredonia was notified through Twitter, Facebook and......
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A little ‘parti’ never killed nobody: Annual Mardi Gras party returns to EBC West

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Reading Time: 3 minutesBETHANY CLANCY Staff Writer   Last Tuesday, the 13th, HAIL! Fredonia Records put their own spin on the New Orleans orientated celebration, Mardi Gras: Parti Gras. Since the event’s origin in 2016, it has consistently been held at EBC West and has drawn a crowd each year. This year’s event......
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Valentine’s Day event at Sunny’s stirs backlash on campus

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Reading Time: 2 minutesDAN ORZECHOWSKI News Editor   Last Wednesday night, a flyer warning people to avoid Sunny’s was found in a bathroom at University Commons. Sunny’s, a bar located in downtown Fredonia, held an event on Valentine’s Day where attendees were encouraged to bring and shred pictures of their exes. The flyer......
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Student dabs three consecutive times, accidentally summons the genie of 2016

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Reading Time: 3 minutesJACLYN SPIEZIA Staff Scallywag   Dank Glott was on his dorm bed, Lays chips squashed all over his green bed sheets, and he was laughing at a somewhat hypnotic poster on his wall for no reason. His roommate was out doing something “productive,” while he had decided to spend his......
Life & Arts

Not so ‘free’ bleeding: Tampons and pads unavailable in the majority of campus bathrooms

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Reading Time: 3 minutesMONICA A. MANNEY Special to the Leader   Have you ever been in class and realized your “time of the month” has come unexpectedly? Hopefully tissue can stop the blood flow because you won’t find pads or tampons in the bathrooms of SUNY Fredonia. When asked if she had ever......
Life & Arts

Famous Grammy Award winner Leo Brouwer surprises Fredonia

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Reading Time: 2 minutesSTEPHEN SACCO Special to the Leader   Leo Brouwer, Grammy Award winner specializing in classical guitar and composition, hasn’t been to America in 30 years. Fredonia was his first visit. He arrived in Fredonia on Feb. 13 and resided until Feb. 14 for events hosted by Ethos New Music Society......
Sports

SUNYAC Tournament on the horizon for women’s basketball: Can the Blue Devils put together a winning streak to end the season?

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Reading Time: 2 minutesANDREW RICHARDSON Special to The Leader   This past weekend was a bright spot in a very up and down season for the Fredonia women’s basketball team. Although they did get blown out by Cortland 48-75 on Friday, the team showed solid effort. They were able to come back the......
News

Fredonia experiencing little effect from worst flu season in decade

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Reading Time: 4 minutesSETH MICHAEL MEYER Assistant News Editor   Wash your hands, cover your mouth and stay home if you feel ill. Few messages are more important than these as people across the country continue to brace themselves against an influenza season that, according to the New York Post, is “as bad......
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Students push for gender neutral bathrooms in Mason Hall

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Reading Time: 4 minutesMACI COSMORE Special to The Leader   Transgender students are slowly gaining more rights on colleges campuses. Even so, people have begun taking steps to advocate even further, with one student starting a petition for gender neutral bathrooms in Mason Hall. “I have heard people complain that they have to......

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