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News

Ambiguity leads to student’s Excelsior scholarship rejection

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Reading Time: 3 minutesDAN ORZECHOWSKI and TRAVIS LEFEVRE News Editor and The Scallion Editor The announcement of the Excelsior scholarship was intended to pave the way for affordable higher education for middle-class students. Some people, however, fall just short of that. In the Fall of 2015, Caroline Schettler began her collegiate career at......
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Bill that would protect students from additional fees is likely to pass

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Reading Time: 2 minutesALEXANDRIA NIEVES and DAN ORZECHOWSKI Special to The Leader and News Editor A bill passed by the New York State Senate and Assembly could cover the cost of salaries, inflationary costs, collective bargaining and mandatory operating costs, protecting the pockets of SUNY and CUNY students. The “Maintenance of Effort” bill......
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FSA changes operating hours with an eye to the future

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Reading Time: 3 minutesJAMES LILLIN Staff Writer Food vendors on the Fredonia campus are currently in a transitory period, with operating hours experiencing an across-the-board cut to combat the falling enrollment of past years. Returning students are particularly irate when it comes to the changes to Tim Hortons, which in past years was......
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Opinion

College students were no-shows at the voting booths

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Reading Time: 2 minutesSETH 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......
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Opinion

An apology to DREAMers

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Reading Time: 4 minutesDAN 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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Annual study abroad fair offers opportunities for potential travelers

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Reading Time: 2 minutes  ALEXANDRIA NIEVES and AMBER MATTICE Special to The Leader and Managing Editor   Studying abroad is an opportunity that piques the interest of many students on Fredonia’s campus. The Division of Academic Affairs, the International Education department and the Study Abroad and Student Exchange program held their annual fair......
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Life & Arts

‘Coffee Break!’ offers time for students to relax, mingle

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Reading Time: 2 minutesNUNET CLITANDRE Staff Writer   “I’m a little afraid to make friends in my classes because I feel my English isn’t good at all,” said Hanyu Deng, a Chinese international student. This is a dilemma constantly faced by Deng as well as a countless number of international students at Fredonia......
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Activities Night 2017

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Reading Time: 2 minutes[metaslider id=9533] JACOB SANTOS and AMBER MATTICE Special to The Leader and Managing Editor   On Aug. 30, hundreds of new and returning students attended Activities Night, an event hosted by Spectrum Entertainment every semester. There are currently over 170 organizations recognized under the Student Association (SA), with each encompassing......
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Sports

Women’s tennis: a look at the upcoming season: Blue devils look forward to competing, despite a young team

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Reading Time: 2 minutes  AVRIL KING Social Media Manager   Looking back to this past year, 2016 was a historic year for Fredonia’s women’s tennis team. With a final record of 10-3, it was one of their most successful seasons yet. Now, the question that these women face is, “what’s next?” At the......
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