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Technology Incubator to hold third annual student business competition

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Reading Time: < 1 minute  DAN ORZECHOWSKI News Editor   For the third consecutive year, the Fredonia Technology Incubator will be hosting its Student Business Competition. The competition is designed to train Fredonia students so that they can present and develop business ideas in a professional, real-life manner. Winners of the competition will receive......
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What’s next: Hard conversations and the future of diversity at Fredonia

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Reading Time: 2 minutesSpecial to The Leader   On Thursday, Feb. 22, Rosalyn Taylor O’Neale visited Fredonia’s campus to give a presentation on “The Power of Diversity and Inclusion.” The conversation began with lessons on similarities and differences but ended with students yelling calls to action to administration. With racial incidents happening semesterly,......
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Movements against sexual violence influence Fredonia

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Reading Time: 3 minutesDAN ORZECHOWSKI News Editor   Once every 98 seconds. According to the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN), that’s how often a person experiences sexual assault. Recently, we’ve seen movements like #MeToo and “Time’s Up” spur serious conversation on sexual abuse. Because of these movements, we’ve seen several people......
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Yet another racial incident

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Reading Time: 5 minutesQUINTIN JAMES Assistant Sports Editor   On Feb. 11, an alleged incident downtown involving SUNY Fredonia students led directly to a racial slur being posted on social media. This has sparked outrage and controversy on campus and online. In a matter of hours, Fredonia was notified through Twitter, Facebook and......
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Opinion

Trump’s budget betrays his base and bolsters the uber-rich

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Reading Time: 3 minutesJAMES LILLIN Staff Writer   Many, if not most, of my relatives are fiscal conservatives. Oftentimes, the label is tacked on to a sentence announcing their conservative lean in an apologetic or conciliatory way — like ‘I’m a conservative, but a fiscal conservative, so if you want to marry a......
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Students push for gender neutral bathrooms in Mason Hall

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Reading Time: 4 minutesMACI COSMORE Special to The Leader   Transgender students are slowly gaining more rights on colleges campuses. Even so, people have begun taking steps to advocate even further, with one student starting a petition for gender neutral bathrooms in Mason Hall. “I have heard people complain that they have to......
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Vice President Cedric Howard wins award for outstanding performance

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Reading Time: 4 minutesJAMES LILLIN Staff Writer   Vice President of Student Affairs Cedric Howard has only been working at Fredonia since August of 2016, but in that time he’s been busy making waves in admissions, enrollment and residential life. In recognition of his work, Howard has been named as the recipient of......
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‘Flipping the switch’: Dr. McNair encourages Fredonia to become a student-ready college

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Reading Time: 4 minutesVICTOR SCHMITT-BUSH Assistant News Editor   According to Fredonia’s “Right Serving, Right Sizing” final report of Fall 2017, with more than 30 percent of students enrolled from minority groups, Fredonia’s diversity is reaching new heights. More students than ever are expressing their interest in ethnic clubs, and they are making......
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Houghton Hall undergoes major renovation project

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Reading Time: 3 minutesJACOB SANTOS Special to The Leader   Since 2015, a series of changes began to take place at Houghton Hall as the physics and geosciences departments were temporarily moved to Jewett Hall. The building was briefly used for fine arts students while the Rockefeller Arts Center was nearing the completion......
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