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Art in the Trump Era: Artists across media are ‘questioning the status quo’

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  KRIS HARRIS and LERON WELLINGTON Staff Writers “Take your broken heart. Make it into art.” As a closing for her Golden Globe acceptance speech, Meryl Streep referenced her late friend Carrie Fisher to express the importance of the arts and diversity. In times of political turbulence, the film industry......
News

Fredonia marches for women’s rights

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[metaslider id=8122] DAN ORZECHOWSKI Staff Writer A crowd speckled with pink huddled in front of Mason Hall the day after President Donald Trump was sworn in. These people were protesters. Participants bearing signs and flags marched as one throughout Fredonia’s campus. While chanting “women’s rights are human rights,” the parade......
Opinion

Notes from the Women’s March on Washington

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  CAMRY DEAN Staff Writer   The day after Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th President of the United States, millions of people came together. These people not only marched and protested his victory in Washington, D.C. but in solidarity all over the world. On Jan. 21, I......
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States with legal marijuana mysteriously covered in clouds visible from space

JACLYN SPIEZIA Special to the Lampoon Recent data has shown that Alaska, California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Nevada, Oregon and Washington all cannot be seen from outer space. A researcher has found that smoke clouds are causing these states to be unseen. Even with our advanced technology, the clouds are too......
Life & Arts

‘Arctic Song’ debuts in the U.S.: Musical written by former Moody Blues player

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AMBER MATTICE Reverb Editor After approximately 20 years of writing and planning, musician and former member of both the Moody Blues and Wings Denny Laine’s musical “Arctic Song” had its U.S. debut here on Fredonia’s campus. The musical touches on issues of climate change through a fantastic story about an......
News

Students react to election results with surprise, concern

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DAN ORZECHOWSKI Staff Writer The night after the election, students poured into the Williams Center to discuss the electoral results together at an organized, open meeting. For many, the presidential election caused distress and concern. Voices were choppy, and tears were shed. Students often stumbled and paused as they spoke......
Opinion

Editorial: In 2016 race, the American people lose

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Editorial: In 2016 race, the American people lose By the time you’re reading this, barring a contested election, the U.S. will have decided who will be entering the White House in January in order to lead the country for the next four years. At press time, we don’t know who......
News

The Student’s Guide to the Election

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DAN ORZECHOWSKI Staff Writer   Are you stuck on the fence when it comes to voting? If so, here’s where presidential nominees Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump stand on some issues that have a significant impact on college students. College Affordability In the third presidential debate, Clinton said she believes......

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