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Fredonia on ice: A look into how campus deals with winter weather

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Reading Time: 3 minutesCHELSEA ANN BARON Special to The Leader   What’s the deal with all the ice around campus? If you haven’t seen it, you’ve probably heard about students slipping in parking lots and on the sidewalks. Alex Wagner, a sophomore international studies and Spanish major, has experienced the ice firsthand. She’s......
Sports

Here’s why Division I athletes shouldn’t be paid

Reading Time: 3 minutesJORDAN PURVIS Special to The Leader   Student athletes aren’t professional athletes who are signed to contracts and paid salaries. Just because a college athlete performs well on the field doesn’t mean they’re entitled to receiving a paycheck. The purpose of college is to learn and receive an education that......
Opinion

From the Desk of Jason Cheung, Web Editor

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Reading Time: 2 minutes  “How did you even find Fredonia?” This is a question a lot of people ask me. Being an international student from Hong Kong one might think the chances of me finding Fredonia is slim to none. I first came to Fredonia because of the co-op engineering program. Even if......
News

Flood runs rampant through town, campus: Heavy rains cause problem in Fredonia

Reading Time: 3 minutesCURTIS HENRY Sports Editor   In the ongoing battle of man vs. Mother Nature, Mother Nature remains undefeated. Torrential downpours all weekend led to various points of flooding throughout the town of Fredonia and the SUNY Fredonia campus on Sunday night. The Buffalo Niagara International Airport reported 1.99 inches of......
Opinion

The Catalan crisis: Referendum may be disaster for European economy

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Reading Time: 2 minutesSETH MICHAEL MEYER Staff Writer   The climate is revolutionary for the Spanish region of Catalonia as just last month almost 2 million Catalans voted to completely secede from Spain. The wealthy part of the Iberian Peninsula has had partial autonomy since 1977 when Spain became a democratic nation, and......

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