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Bring Back Equality

Revolution or Misinformation?

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Out of Sight / Out of Mind: Where is Fredonia’s…

Who really controls what we can or can’t read?

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Bring Back Equality

Alex Bucknam
Reading Time: 3 minutes  Giulianna Lalomio  Chief Copy Editor  The distinction between the words “equality” and “equity” has been a crucial focus in DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) since the term emerged in the 1960s.   The only instance that I can think of where this question is needlessly posed, however, is in the provision of free......
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Opinion

Revolution or Misinformation?

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 3 minutesJayce Brown Special to The Leader If you watch the news, or are active on social media, you’ve probably heard about the Kimberly-Clark toilet paper warehouse fire in Ontario, Calif.  The fire started early in the morning of April 7 and caused around $500 million in damages to the 1.2 million-square-foot warehouse, destroying products.  No......
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Opinion

Out of Sight / Out of Mind: Where is Fredonia’s Sculpture Program? 

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 3 minutesLANDON LYONS  Special to The Leader  ‘Suitcase’ by Steven Siegel. Image courtesy of fredonia.edu In Spring 2025, when the Sustainability Committee moved to remove “Suitcase” (2015), the worst of a neglected set of sculptures on SUNY Fredonia’s campus, we were thrilled to see it go.   The apparent degradation of the form’s structure and the environmental impact it was beginning to have on its surroundings was......
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Opinion

Who really controls what we can or can’t read?

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 4 minutes“Access to literature prepares our youth to confront the real world, offering a window into experiences otherwise unknown to them. However, diverse ideas and stories featuring protagonists from historically marginalized identities are often the first topics targeted by censors,” (PEN America, October 2025).  ...
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Opinion

Boil water order on Go Big Blue Day underscores Fredonia’s problems

Alex Bucknam
Reading Time: 3 minutesALEX BUCKNAM  Managing Editor  Photo by MATT VOLZ| Editor in Chief It’s that time of the semester again, when we experience yet another boil-water alert.  As someone who has been here since Fall 2023, I’ve experienced probably two a semester — sometimes even three.   With roughly 10 occurrences since 2023, this is not normal.  In the past, there have been clashes at City Hall......
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Opinion

 Kansas invalidates licenses in blatant discrimination

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 2 minutesJasper Bateman DEI Chair   Graphic by CONNIE KLINGER|Special to The Leader On Thursday, Feb. 26, thousands of transgender folks received a letter in the mail from the Kansas State Department of Revenue invalidating their license because it does not match their assigned gender at birth.   This is discrimination at face value, and many of the recipients......
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Opinion

Has administration been transparent about program cuts?

Alex Bucknam
Reading Time: 3 minutesAlex Bucknam Managing Editor Interim Provost Dr. Judith Horowitz. Photo via fredonia.edu. I’m writing this article on Feb. 23, the last update the general student body received from Interim Provost & Vice President for Academic Affairs Judith Horowitz relating to program cuts was from November.   A lot of students are confused about where we are with program cuts.  As......
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Opinion

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

Contributor to The Leader
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”

Contributor to The Leader
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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