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School shooting sparks discussion of campus safety measures

Reading Time: 4 minutesSETH MICHAEL MEYER Assistant News Editor   JOSH RANNEY Special to The Leader   Two weeks ago in Parkland, Fla., Nikolas Cruz, 19, walked into Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and opened fire with his AR-15, killing 17 students, teachers and faculty members. Cruz, luring people into the hallways by......
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Fredonia’s icy campus gets students into figure skating: “Who knows? Beijing 2022!”

Reading Time: 2 minutesJACLYN SPIEZIA Staff Scallywag   The weather has been quite moody recently, and the cold and rainy conditions have led to icy walkways on campus. Some students have decided to take advantage of these conditions by ice skating around campus. Although campus administration is worried about the danger of skating......
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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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President Horvath responds to racial incident

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Reading Time: < 1 minuteCLAIRE O’REILLY Editor in Chief   President Virginia Horvath released a statement regarding the latest racial incident that occured in our community last weekend: “Dear Campus Community, Some of you may be aware that another incident of racial bias has occurred this weekend within the Fredonia community. After an alleged......
Opinion

OPINION – Dan Orzechowski

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Reading Time: 2 minutesDAN ORZECHOWSKI News Editor   Apparently MLK’s dream was to own a Dodge Ram. After the company spent upward of $5 million for a 30-second time slot in the country’s highest rated event on television, more than 100 million people heard the words of one of Martin Luther King Jr.’s......
Sports

New athletic director means new changes

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Reading Time: 3 minutesCASSIDY HERMAN Special to The Leader   The new athletic director, Jerry Fisk, started making changes on Dec. 13, 2017. Almost two months in and he is proud of what he has achieved so far, and is excited for the future here. Fisk arrived in Fredonia after holding the position......
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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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