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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......
Life & Arts

Not so ‘free’ bleeding: Tampons and pads unavailable in the majority of campus bathrooms

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Reading Time: 3 minutesMONICA A. MANNEY Special to the Leader   Have you ever been in class and realized your “time of the month” has come unexpectedly? Hopefully tissue can stop the blood flow because you won’t find pads or tampons in the bathrooms of SUNY Fredonia. When asked if she had ever......
Opinion

From the Desk of Brandon Safe, Copy Editor

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Reading Time: 3 minutes  Brandon Safe Copy Editor   There are unfortunate, societal expectations for every race, every gender, every nationality and for any artificial grouping of people into categories. Of course, there are societal expectations for men, and for many people this is an issue. For me the primary issue is meat.......
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......
News

Fredonia experiencing little effect from worst flu season in decade

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Reading Time: 4 minutesSETH MICHAEL MEYER Assistant News Editor   Wash your hands, cover your mouth and stay home if you feel ill. Few messages are more important than these as people across the country continue to brace themselves against an influenza season that, according to the New York Post, is “as bad......
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......
Scallion

Local Fredonia Crossfit connoisseur offers tasty vegan recipes

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Reading Time: 2 minutesPATRICK BENNETT Staff Scallywag   With the recent rise in vegan population on Fredonia’s campus, top-tier locals have been coming out of the woodwork to share their greatest recipes. One man, who wishes to be referred to as Andy Oxidant, sent The Scallion a list of how to make healthy......

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