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Jasmine Johnson’s continued fight for student advocacy

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Reading Time: 4 minutesMIA CIECHALSKI Special to The Leader Jasmine Johnson is a senior art history, drawing and painting major at Fredonia.  That itself gives the public an insight into who she is, her life and what she has been up to recently in the face of the university program cuts.  Johnson has......
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SFF & SA hold meeting to address rising tension between students and administration

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Reading Time: 5 minutesALEXANDER BUCKNAM Special to The Leader On March 6, Students for Fredonia (SFF) and the Student Association (SA) held a town hall meeting welcoming all students and faculty to come address their questions and concerns about the administration.  The purpose of this town hall meeting was for SA President Rosemarie......
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Faculty responds to administration officially cutting 13 programs

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Reading Time: 6 minutesDAN QUAGLIANA News Editor On March 18 at 8:43 p.m., Fredonia’s Executive Vice President and Provost Dr. David Starrett sent out an email to all students, faculty and staff, announcing that the 13 majors that were announced to be considered for discontinuation in December have officially been discontinued. “Good evening,”......
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College of Liberal Arts and Sciences holds open forum to bolster student engagement

EJ Jacobs
Reading Time: 3 minutesEJ JACOBS Life & Arts Editor On Feb. 22, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) and its Student Advisory Council (SAC) sent out an email to all students on track to receive a degree from that college.  This email stated that, “The CLAS dean’s office and the CLAS......
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University Senate holds special meeting discussing potential program cuts

Sierra Mills
Reading Time: 3 minutesSIERRA MILLS Chief Copy Editor The proposed program cuts have been plaguing the minds of students, faculty and staff since their announcement, with questions having seemingly gone unanswered and many discussions and data being hidden from the public.  “It’s been horrific. We knew it was coming. You know, we’ve seen......
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Students for Fredonia holds protest in Barker Commons

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Reading Time: 3 minutesABIGAIL JACOBSON Asst. News Editor DAN QUAGLIANA News Editor Most students remember last semester ending with a bang — specifically, with a protest that aimed to raise awareness and concerns about the proposed program cuts that had just been announced by Fredonia President Stephen Kolison.  The group that organized that......
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The students behind the art: Marisa Zoerb

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Reading Time: 3 minutesDAN QUAGLIANA News Editor When people apply for college, they expect to go get their degree and then be supported by their alma mater when they apply for jobs after graduation.  But what happens when their college discontinues their major halfway through their time there? That happened to Marisa Zoerb,......
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What does the Student Association think about the program cuts?

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Reading Time: 3 minutesDOMINICK CORSI Staff Writer As representatives of Fredonia’s student body, the executives of the Student Association (SA) are responsible for making sure that students’ voices are heard. But how do they respond to an academic crisis?  One such situation arose on Dec. 6, 2023, when SUNY Fredonia President Stephen Kolison......
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Students For Fredonia plans trip to Albany to speak with legislators

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Reading Time: 3 minutesKRYSTYNA PORTUGUES-KLOS Staff Writer  The capital of New York State is the target for the Students For Fredonia and United University Professions (UUP), where they will go head-to-head with legislators and discuss the program cuts that perplex Fredonia’s student body and faculty.   Four members of the Students for Fredonia (SFF)......
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SUNY Fredonia releases new policy proposal regarding public forums and events

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Reading Time: 6 minutesTHE LEADER STAFF Three new policy proposals have been released by SUNY Fredonia’s administration.  One of these policies, titled, “Public Forum/Third Party Event Policy,” could severely impact protests and similar demonstrations on campus. According to the policy, a “Third Party” refers to “Any person or persons not associated with or......

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