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Laverne Cox and Caitlyn Jenner face off in competitive venn diagram

Reading Time: 2 minutesPHYLLIS T. CUPP Lampoonist   The trans community has earned a lot of recognition in recent years. Although 2015 saw the release of “Stonewall,” the whitewashed story of a cisgender male that deviates almost entirely from the true events of the Stonewall Riots, our generation has recently been exposed to......
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Same sex marriage destroys sanctity of marriage Gay couples challenge ideas of unhappiness

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Reading Time: 2 minutesRILEY STRAW Lampoon Editor   We were all warned about how gay marriage would ruin marriage for the normal people. After Obergefell v. Hodges, the landmark court case that ensured gay marriage would be legal in all 50 states, lives of straight Americans have been ultimately uprooted. The traditional rule......
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Drastic price hike comes at drastic cost Martin Shkreli gets financial AIDS

Reading Time: 2 minutesRILEY STRAW Lampoon Editor   According to BBC, Martin Shkreli is “the most hated man in America” after he raised the price on Daraprim, a medication used to treat those with weakened immune systems. After he raised the price from $13.50 to $750 per pill, Shkreli faces some unforeseen consequences.......
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Getting away with murder: drama at the Emmy’s

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Reading Time: 2 minutesANITA DOLLAH Special to the Lampoon   Sunday night’s 67th Emmy award ceremony brought into fruition a number of acting firsts. Jon Hamm earned his first Emmy after being snubbed for more nominations than he has fingers, proving himself just as “Unbreakable” as his role on “Kimmy Schmidt.” HBO’s “Veep” made......
News

A conversation with Steve Moses

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Reading Time: 8 minutesAMANDA DEDIE Assistant News Editor   News spread like wildfire when the news broke that Steve Moses, a senior from Gouverneur, New York majoring in music and audio engineering, would be a contestant in season 17 of the reality TV show “Big Brother.” While Steve had a rocky start, Fredonians......
Life & Arts

A night of poetry Beat Poetry Festival showcases variety of topics

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Reading Time: 3 minutes[metaslider id=3323] CHARLES PRITCHARD Staff Writer The National Beat Poetry Festival at Fredonia kicked off this past weekend; a number of poets from out-of-state came, shared their work and interacted with the young poets on campus. The Festival, which, as one of the poets pointed out, is actually an international......
Opinion

Editorial: Planned Parenthood isn’t good or bad — it’s necessary

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Reading Time: 2 minutesAn article we printed in the Lampoon section this week about Planned Parenthood really got The Leader staff talking. While not all of us are super knowledgeable about the politics and the fiscal numbers, the entire staff is knowledgeable about what it’s like to be college-aged and to want to......
News

Spectrum adds a block party to Welcome Week

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Reading Time: 3 minutes[metaslider id=2864] COLIN PERRY Special to The Leader Whether they were adjusting to new surroundings for the first time or returning to life at Fredonia, students across campus had plenty to enjoy in this Fall’s Welcome Week. Held at the beginning of each semester by Spectrum Entertainment Board, the festivities......

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