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Pride Alliance’s Fall drag show brings new and inclusive changes

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ERIKETA COST Staff Writer   You can always expect people dancing to ABBA and lip-synching to Lady Gaga at Fredonia Pride Alliance’s semesterly drag shows. However, some new and inclusive changes have been made this time around. Participants no longer fall under “king” and “queen” categories. This way, they do......
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Kavanaugh sexual assault allegations: Calamitous for GOP, motivation by anger for social movements

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JOSH RANNEY News Editor   National headlines for the past two weeks or so have been abuzz with one story: the hearings on Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh. Brett Kavanaugh, Judge of the Appeals Court of Washington D.C., was nominated to the Supreme Court this past July by President Donald......
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FREDFlo to address a serious problem on campus

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AMBER MATTICE Managing Editor   For those of you who were here last year and tend to pick up the campus newspaper, you might remember an article by Monica Manney, a senior journalism major, titled “Not so ‘free’ bleeding.” The piece touched on the fact that there are no tampons......
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Fredonia’s latest enrollment spike is no coincidence

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Alix Smith and Victor Schmitt-Bush Special to The Leader and Assistant News Editor   Fredonia has once again broken one of its historic records this Fall semester. Of the 192 years since its inception, this school has never seen an incoming freshman class of 1,581 students. The closest Fredonia has......
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S.T.E.P.S. unites with theatre company to provide education on sexual violence

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STEPHEN SACCO Special to the Leader   On college campuses nationwide one of the biggest problems is sexual violence. To combat this issue, Fredonia’s very own S.T.E.P.S.(Students Teaching Equals Positive Sexuality) hosted “One Night” by Equalogy for Welcome Week on Aug. 29. S.T.E.P.S. brought Equalogy, a traveling theatre company, to......
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‘In order to make change happen, we have to educate first’: STEPS presents RAINNing Unity

ELYSE GRIECO Assistant Life & Arts Editor   This past Wednesday, STEPS (Students Teaching Equals Positive Sexuality) held their annual spring equality carnival. Every year, the club dedicates their carnival to a different organization in hopes to raise awareness for that cause. This semester, STEPS decided to pick RAINN, the......
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Making a difference through music: ‘It’s On Us’ concert brings awareness to sexual violence

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ERIKETA COST Special to The Leader   Bringing the community together with music is one way to start a conversation about sexual assault. Fredonia’s musical fraternity, Phi Mu Alpha, and STEPs (Students Teaching Equals Positive Sexuality) held their “It’s On Us” concert last Friday. A capella groups, jazz groups and......

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