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

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ALYSSA 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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NERON 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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ALYSSA 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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Time isn’t real and we are accelerating into Hell

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BRIAN 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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Reactions to the Derek Chauvin case verdict

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MEYER 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

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

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ALYSSA 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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JULES 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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Opinion

Biden wins the battle for the presidency

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CASEY HUBER Special to The Leader  Healing. Getting the virus under control to start the economy. Equality between all races. No more blue and red. One America. These are some of the talking points Joe Biden hit in his acceptance speech Saturday evening. Hopeful of unity, Biden continues to push......
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