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Student Association hopeful about budget after increased enrollment

SETH MICHAEL MEYER Assistant News Editor   As the Fall 2017 semester comes to a close, Student Association (SA) officials are hopeful about the budget for the next school year, citing that increased enrollment means an increased budget. Junior computer science and mathematical science major Jason Cheung has been involved......
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Politics was this Thanksgiving’s ugly centerpiece on the dinner table as debates turned brutal

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  SETH MICHAEL MEYER Assistant News Editor   This year’s Thanksgiving has reportedly been more brutal than usual as many self-proclaimed social justice warriors squared up against their “MAGA” hat-wearing uncles in heated debates. The arguments over the holiday had a political theme with topics such as healthcare, the GOP......
Life & Arts

Sigma Tau Delta coffee talk inspires creative writers

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BETHANY CLANCY Staff Writer This past Friday, Sigma Tau Delta, the English honor society, set up a “coffee talk” with two new creative writing professors, Eric Schlich and Sarah Green. This gave students an opportunity to ask them questions about their journey as writers, along with asking about the work......
Life & Arts

Sam Smith thrills us all once again: Smith’s second album tops the charts

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TEISHA MCELFRESH Special to the Leader   Sam Smith is possibly one of the youngest old souls that we have in pop music today. According to Biography.com, he is a four-time Grammy winner and has also won an Academy Award. Between his romantically desperate crooning ballads and his impossibly high......
Life & Arts

The spirit of Shakespeare pays Fredonia a visit: ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ comes to Barlett Theatre

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BAILEY KUZMA Special to The Leader   Starting Nov. 30 and continuing from Dec. 1 through Dec. 3, Fredonia will be putting on Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing” in the Bartlett Theatre in the Rockefeller Arts Center. “The major themes are: love, [a] couple who have it, lose it [and]......
Life & Arts

The Cure for the Common Comedy has been found: The Second City brings plenty of laughs in time for Family Weekend

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TEISHA MCELFRESH Special to The Leader   Last Friday night, The Second City Touring Group kicked off Family Weekend by bringing the phrase “laughter is the best medicine” to Fredonia. As the weather is starting to cool off and summer is behind us, the troupe’s famous improvisation and anecdotal jokes......
Opinion

Editorial: Almost one year of Trump is the scariest thing about Halloween this year

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Trump is the worst. We’ve said it time and time again. We’ve complained. We’ve yelled. We’ve shed actual human tears. And here we are a year later. The terrible Dorito man has almost been in office for an entire year and he hasn’t gotten any better. He cannot act like......
Life & Arts

‘Take Back the Night’ offers safe space for victims of sexual violence

MOLLY VANDENBERG Staff Writer   Fredonia Feminists hosted their annual “Take Back the Night” on Oct. 18 in McEwen Hall. This is arguably one of Fred Fem’s most anticipated events of the year, where survivors of sexual assault and violence are given a place to share their stories. With only......

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