April 24, 2026
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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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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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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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Opinion

Biden wins the battle for the presidency

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Reading Time: 2 minutesCASEY 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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Opinion

The questionable effectiveness of presidential debates

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Reading Time: 2 minutesCASEY HUBER  Special to The Leader  Tens of millions of people watched the 2020 presidential debates. Why? What do the presidential debates actually do for anyone? Who is undecided a month before the election? Turns out, not that many people. An NBC News and Wall Street Journal poll shows 5......
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