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Campus View: Go visit Iceland

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Reading Time: 4 minutesCAMRY DEAN Staff Writer For the past two summers, I’ve been able to say that I’ve been in two places at one time. Literally. Last June, I traveled to England with Fredonia’s Literary London program. We visited the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London, and I made it a goal to......
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Editorial: Making a better Fredonia community

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Reading Time: 2 minutesBetween classes, part-time jobs, extracurricular pursuits and maintaining a healthy social life, college students undeniably have a lot on their plate on any given day. There isn’t a student anywhere who feels that their time, energy and (in particular) money isn’t as precious as it gets. Even so, one of......
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Vandalism in village leaves residents vexed

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Reading Time: 3 minutesCAMRY DEAN Staff Writer             For the past two issues, The Leader has published two Guest Op-Eds from Fredonia faculty, including President Virginia Horvath, on recent vandalism in the Fredonia community.             Last weekend, Horvath was included in several threads on social media about the vandalism and property crimes evidently......
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History major Schrantz finds significant discovery through Fredonia internship

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Reading Time: 3 minutesKelsie Abbt and Dan Orzechowski Special to The Leader   This past summer, senior Benjamin Schrantz revealed a major piece to a 3,000-year-old puzzle. Using opportunities and connections provided by the State University of New York at Fredonia, he was able to make a previously overlooked discovery that has since......
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Office of Volunteer & Community Service hosting annual community service fair

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Reading Time: < 1 minuteCONNOR HOFFMAN News Editor   On Sept. 21, the Office of Volunteer & Community Service will host its annual community service fair. The annual community service fair is an excellent opportunity for students to see all of the different ways in which they could get involved in their community. Some......
Opinion

Editorial: Outcome in Turner case points toward deeper and systemic problems

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Reading Time: 2 minutesAfter serving only three months in county jail, half of what he was originally sentenced, convicted sex offender and former Stanford University student Brock Turner went home early on Sept. 2. His release has sparked national outrage once more, as his already-lenient sentence was cut short. Since his release, droves......
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Orbitist interns create new map web app for Concord Grape Belt

Reading Time: 2 minutesCURTIS HENRY Distribution Manager   Orbitist has one main goal for its future. “We eventually want to create the greatest travel content in the world,” said Gunner. Four Fredonia students have spent their semester working on an internship project for a start-up company called Orbitist. The team of four consists......
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‘The fun won’t stop’ University anticipates another festival weekend

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Reading Time: 3 minutesCHARLES PRITCHARD Staff Writer   It has been over a year since FREDFest was cancelled. For students just attending these last few semesters, the concept of FREDFest is one that is only whispered and talked about in past tense. But those that remember, remember the infamous letter Vice President of......
Opinion

Editorial: ‘When it’s time to party, we will always party hard’

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Reading Time: 3 minutesFREDFest hasn’t existed since Spring 2014. But if we, at The Leader, remember correctly, there was still quite a bit of celebrating going on in the village. We expect the same amount of celebration during this upcoming weekend. As Andrew W.K. sing/yells in his his song “Party Hard”:   “Cos......

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