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What we can learn from the ‘abusers list’

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 29, 2017September 2, 2019

November 29, 2017September 2, 2019

JAMES LILLIN Staff Writer It’s March 10, 2016, my 21st birthday and my first time going downtown. It’s a clear, warm night, with the promise of spring budding from the newly defrosted grass around the town fountain. My friends and I are laughing, sharing jokes and stories as we walk......

Opinion

Editorial: Another gun editorial

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 15, 2017September 2, 2019

November 15, 2017September 2, 2019

Another gun editorial Just over a month ago, 58 people were slaughtered in Las Vegas when Stephen Paddock opened fire on a crowd of 22,000 concertgoers. The tragedy claimed not only the lives of innocent people, but also the title for the deadliest mass shooting in American history. Surely......

Opinion

Editorial: Almost one year of Trump is the scariest thing about Halloween this year

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 3, 2017September 2, 2019

November 3, 2017September 2, 2019

Trump is the worst. We’ve said it time and time again. We’ve complained. We’ve yelled. We’ve shed actual human tears. And here we are a year later. The terrible Dorito man has almost been in office for an entire year and he hasn’t gotten any better. He cannot act like......

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Editorial: We need to care about what happens to other people

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 11, 2017September 2, 2019

October 11, 2017September 2, 2019

THE EDITORIAL BOARD By now the recent shooting in Las Vegas is old news. This does not mean, however, that it shouldn’t continue to be talked about. As a society based so heavily in social media, we have a tendency to rage about things when they initially occur and then,......

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The Catalan crisis: Referendum may be disaster for European economy

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 11, 2017September 2, 2019

October 11, 2017September 2, 2019

SETH MICHAEL MEYER Staff Writer The climate is revolutionary for the Spanish region of Catalonia as just last month almost 2 million Catalans voted to completely secede from Spain. The wealthy part of the Iberian Peninsula has had partial autonomy since 1977 when Spain became a democratic nation, and......

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The North Korean crisis: a Machiavellian perspective

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 6, 2017September 2, 2019

October 6, 2017September 2, 2019

SETH MICHAEL MEYER Special to The Leader Let’s be real — the hopes of a peaceful resolution to the North Korean crisis are long dead and now the world faces a harsh reality. North Korea’s claims of possessing long-range ICBM technology combined with their more frequent missile launches have put......

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Protests take center stage in Week 3: League comes together in act of unity

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 29, 2017September 2, 2019

September 29, 2017September 2, 2019

CURTIS HENRY Sports Editor The national anthem protests in the National Football League that have taken place over the past 12+ months have never been about the forty-fifth president of the United States. The protests, ignited by former 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, have always been about the lack of......

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College students were no-shows at the voting booths

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 20, 2017September 2, 2019

September 20, 2017September 2, 2019

SETH MICHAEL MEYER Special to The Leader In a recent report, Fredonia’s voting percentages for the 2016 presidential election have been marked as below average compared to other SUNY college institutions. In the Nation Study of Learning, Voting, and Engagement conducted by Tufts University, Fredonia’s voting percentage was measured at......

Opinion

An apology to DREAMers

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 18, 2017September 2, 2019

September 18, 2017September 2, 2019

DAN ORZECHOWSKI News Editor New York is one of several states that have passed the DREAM Act, granting undocumented students the same in-state tuition as their peers. The bill has been introduced to the federal level several times but has failed to pass each time. According to senior attorney......

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Nonviolence Isn’t Always Easy, But We Should Practice It Anyway

Contributor to The LeaderAugust 30, 2017September 2, 2019

August 30, 2017September 2, 2019

James Lillin STAFF WRITER The grotesque violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, has cast a shadow over the lives of many Americans, as a White Supremacist protester drove his car into a crowd of anti-racist protestors, murdering 32-year-old Helen Heyer and injuring at least 19 others. Many argue that the heavily-armed,......

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What we can learn from the ‘abusers list’

Editorial: Another gun editorial

Editorial: Almost one year of Trump is the scariest thing about Halloween this year

Editorial: We need to care about what happens to other people

The Catalan crisis: Referendum may be disaster for European economy

The North Korean crisis: a Machiavellian perspective

Protests take center stage in Week 3: League comes together in act of unity

College students were no-shows at the voting booths

An apology to DREAMers

Nonviolence Isn’t Always Easy, But We Should Practice It Anyway