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COVID-19

Opinion

[OPINION] What COVID-19 inadvertently taught us

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 5 minutesAMARAH GHORI Assistant Opinion Editor The COVID-19 pandemic has affected so many lives across the globe.  As a 2021 high school graduate, I too can attest to the difficulties many students have faced when adjusting to in-person learning post-COVID-19.  Students and teachers have been suffering since the pandemic to readjust......
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Life & Arts

Fit for everyone: Aerobics Center reopens

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 2 minutesNERON SIMPSON Special to The Leader In light of low COVID-19 transmission rates, Hemingway Hall’s Aerobic Center was finally reopened last month on Jan. 30, just in time for students returning to campus. When most students are looking to engage in physical fitness activities, the Blue Devil Fitness Center is......
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Opinion

[OPINION] The COVID-19 pandemic turned me into an extrovert

Chloe Kowalyk
Reading Time: 3 minutesCHLOE KOWALYK Managing Editor Back in high school, about six years ago, I was sitting in my freshman seminar class. We were told to take the Myers-Briggs personality test to help us find our academic and professional personality traits.  I was given an answer that I certainly expected.  While I......
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News

SUNY Fredonia sees an uptick in positive COVID-19 cases among students

Chloe Kowalyk
Reading Time: 2 minutesCHLOE KOWALYK Managing Editor This year at SUNY Fredonia is different.  For the first time in two years, there are no strict COVID-19 guidelines in place. Students no longer have to wear masks, and more and more in-person events are popping up around campus.  However, the college has seen a......
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NewsOpinion

Students react to new mask-optional policy at SUNY Fredonia

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Reading Time: 3 minutesNIKKI INDELICATO Assistant Life & Arts Editor On March 3, 2022, President Stephen Kolison announced in his weekly email to all students and faculty that the mask mandate on SUNY Fredonia’s campus would be lifted. Starting on Friday, March 4, masks would be optional for individuals who were both fully......
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Scallion

[SATIRE] Guys, I haven’t gotten COVID-19 yet, and I feel left out >:(

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 2 minutesBRIAN CECALA Scallywag Hey guys, It’s ya boy Brian, local popular writer for the Scallion. It’s been hard these past few years with COVID-19 because everyone keeps getting it, and I haven’t yet! Everyone gets to post fun little stories on their Facebook and cute quarantine photos but not me!......
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News

SUNY Fredonia’s updated COVID-19 guidelines for Spring 2022 semester

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 6 minutesCHLOE KOWALYK News Editor  With booster shots, rising case numbers and new variants of COVID-19 in the news lately, many students have been wondering what guidelines SUNY Fredonia will set in place. On Jan. 6, SUNY Fredonia’s President Stephen Kolison sent out an email to all students, faculty and staff......
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Opinion

Three times testing positive for COVID-19: From the desk of Alyssa Bump, Editor in Chief

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 5 minutesOver Thanksgiving break, I found out I tested positive for COVID-19 … again. For the third time, actually.  You may be wondering how this is possible, and I am wondering the same thing. I follow COVID-19 guidelines, I wear a mask and I am triple vaccinated. I try my best......
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Sports

Athlete profile: Jackson Retzer

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 2 minutesANTHONY GETTINO Sports Editor After a long pause due to COVID-19, fall sports have finally begun to have competition again this season. Although the teams missed just one competitive season because of the pandemic, it seems like forever since the sports season got to go in full swing.  One of......
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News

Two “freshman” classes take on in-person college for the first time

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 4 minutesCHLOE KOWALYK News Editor A year and a half into the COVID-19 pandemic and we are finally beginning to see our lives shift to a new version of what we used to consider “normal.”  As vaccines roll out, more and more aspects of life are beginning to open back up,......
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