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Minimum wage increases, and will keep increasing Work Study students to get $15 an hour by 2021

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  CONNOR HOFFMAN Staff Writer   It looks like SUNY has beaten Sen. Bernie Sanders to the punch, and the SUNY Board of Trustees passed a resolution calling to raise wages for SUNY employees. This resolution took effect on January 28, and resulted in the first of many wage increases......
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Starting fresh with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Fredonia selected to re-imagine its freshman experience

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  JORDAN PATTERSON Staff Writer   Students may not always see their freshman year as an important time in their college career. But universities across the country do, and Fredonia is hoping to pave the way for change. Fredonia was one of 44 schools selected to participate in the Re-imagining......
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Meet the 2016 Lanford Presidential Prize Winner: Julianne Foster

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CURTIS HENRY Distribution Manager “Balance” is a delicate word, both in its nature and its meaning. In college, there’s seemingly never any true sense of balance. It’s easy to fail when it comes to time management. A simple 15-credit schedule can overwhelm a majority of students. However, one true illustration......
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Bernie Sander’s flavored Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream Really tastes like Bernie Sanders!

TRAVIS LEFEVRE Assistant Lampoon Editor   Ben & Jerry’s has been known for its crazy creative flavors. In a new twist, Ben & Jerry’s co-founders Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield have done the unthinkable — they made politics sweet. “Sweet” in the literal sense, that is, by making an ice......
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Ready for the ‘next chapter’ Herman to retire after 16 years at Fredonia

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CONNOR HOFFMAN Staff Writer   Over this break perhaps the biggest piece of news was the announcement that Dr. David Herman, the vice president of Student Affairs, would be retiring at the end of the Spring semester An email on Jan. 15 from the President’s Office notified the entire campus......
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Fredonia weighs in on ‘#oscarssowhite’ Oscar nominations lack diversity for second year in a row

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RIANNA SEELIG Staff Writer   The 2016 Oscar nominations were announced Jan. 14, 2016 at 5:30 a.m. PST — an event that is often highly anticipated and excitedly received. Unfortunately, reactions were rather negative by viewers and celebrities alike. There has always been a certain profundity and prestige to Oscar......
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Volley for Kaity: Delta Phi Epsilon holds volleyball tournament for sister

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MICHELLE HALE Sports Editor   Last Saturday, Delta Phi Epsilon hosted a volleyball tournament in the Dods Hall gymnasium called “Volley for Kaity.” Kaity Coleman is a junior liberal arts major and a member of the Delta Phi Epsilon (D Phi E) sorority at Fredonia. “I wanted to do something......

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