March 5, 2026
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Opinion

From the desk of Chief Copy & Design Editor: A note on survival and hope

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Reading Time: 11 minutesALYSSA BUMP  Chief Copy & Design Editor Content warning: This story includes depictions of sexual assault and suicidal ideation. But it ends with hope. April is a month normally associated with the summoning of spring songbirds and sprouting plants. But for me, April is a month I routinely have to......
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Life & Arts

A zeitgeist of crisis: Professor Patrick Foran studies social issues in “Exploded View”

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Reading Time: 5 minutesNERON SIMPSON Special to The Leader How does one respond to a crisis? With the onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic, increasing racial tensions and scientific skepticism, controversy has continued to evolve in recent years. Patrick Foran, a SUNY Fredonia visual arts and new media professor, responded to some of these......
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News

SUNY Fredonia students respond to the Kershnar situation and share their experiences

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Reading Time: 5 minutesALYSSA BUMP  Editor in Chief  CHLOE KOWALYK  News Editor  After hearing of the controversial views discussed by Dr. Stephen Kershnar, a philosophy professor at SUNY Fredonia, many students were enraged. They took to Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat and even Yik Yak, an anonymous social media forum that shows posts by people......
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Scallion

Time isn’t real and we are accelerating into Hell

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Reading Time: 2 minutesBRIAN CECALA Staff Scallywag  I was going to write an article about Gavin Newsom and the California recall but it’s been less than a week and it’s already not relevant to the news cycle anymore. The human conscious experience has accelerated to only remembering things that happened in the last......
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Opinion

How the continued cafe closures are affecting students

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Reading Time: 4 minutesLYDIA TURCIOS Art Director  Adjusting back to campus life has been a trial for many students. You might find yourself feeling as if you are stuck in limbo — almost, but not quite back to normal.  The dining situation certainly has not helped.  In a past article on the subject,......
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News

Reactions to the Derek Chauvin case verdict

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Reading Time: 3 minutesMEYER MCCAULSKY Special to The Leader  On April 20, 2021 Derek Chauvin was found guilty on three counts of second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter almost a year after killing George Floyd by kneeling on his neck for eight minutes and 46 seconds.  Many were nervously waiting on the......
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Opinion

Paper or plastic? The power behind your choice

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Reading Time: 3 minutesANNA GAGLIANO Copy Editor Every single choice we make on a day-to-day basis affects us, whether or not you’d like to believe it.  One simple phrase has set people up for an important choice for decades now: “Paper or plastic?” Uttered by cashiers and clerks around the world, this choice......
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Opinion

It’s been one year since COVID-19 turned our world upside down

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Reading Time: 3 minutesALYSSA BUMP Life & Arts Editor One year ago from writing this, the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a global pandemic. One year later, 118 million people have gotten the virus, and 2.62 million are dead. In my Snapchat memories today, there was a video from my last......
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Opinion

[OPINION] Using “they” as a singular pronoun is grammatically correct, actually

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Reading Time: 2 minutesJULES HOEPTING Design Editor Read the following sentence: “The decision is up to them.” In your brain, that sentence probably has the same meaning as this sentence: “The decision is up to a group of people.” Does that mean “them” is always in reference to a group of people? No.......
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