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‘It hasn’t always been lemon squeezy for this buck’: A profile of that squirrel always seen outside of University Commons

Reading Time: 2 minutesJACLYN SPIEZIA Staff Scallywag   Twitchy Squirrel is about 6 in human years, which in squirrel years is equivalent to age 30. But unlike 30-year-old homo sapiens, he isn’t going through a mid-life crisis. Twitchy is totally unique from other squirrels as his fur is chestnut colored and is mixed......
Scallion

LinkedIn launches new website for introverts

Reading Time: 2 minutesEMMA PATTERSON Editor of The Scallion   Nothing quite illustrates the terrifying and nausea-inducing reality of adulthood like LinkedIn, the website dedicated to making the lives of thousands of inadequate man-children 1,000 times more stressful. But as the introverts continue to take over the world, (mwa ha ha ha), LinkedIn......
Opinion

From the Desk of Avril King, Social Media Manager and Assistant Sports Editor

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Reading Time: 2 minutesA few years ago, I heard a conversation between two women that I hardly know. I was sitting in a hair salon, waiting for my mom, when the pair sitting in the chairs next to me starting talking about how they regularly took their sons to the chiropractor. Of course,......
News

Documentary brings mental health problems in prisons to light

Reading Time: 2 minutesSTEPHEN SACCO Special to The Leader   SUNY Fredonia’s Department of Psychology expanded the scope of America’s prison system. In correlation with the incarcerated and their mentality, the department held a panel discussion and a film screening of The New Asylums documentary on Wednesday, March 7, 2018. The purpose of......
News

Governor Cuomo suggests his SAFE Act be adopted nationwide

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Reading Time: 3 minutesSETH MICHAEL MEYER Assistant News Editor     Tens of thousands of demonstrators marched through the streets of D.C. Saturday in support of gun law reform. Marchers came together in light of the school shooting in Parkland, Fla., last month which left 17 students and faculty dead and many more......
Opinion

From the Desk of Claire O’Reilly, Editor in Chief

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 2 minutes  I’m sitting at my kitchen table in Eisenhower 208B, my head is pounding and my stomach is so empty that I am in physical pain. My energy level is at zero, and I’m staring at a plate of chocolate cupcakes smothered in chocolate frosting. After five minutes, I cave......
Opinion

From the Desk of Avril King, Social Media Manager

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 3 minutesHelp yourself It’s that time of year again. It’s the middle of the semester, professors are assigning projects left and right and students are mixing their coffee with 5-Hour Energy in an attempt to get all of their work done. As someone who has struggled with severe anxiety and panic......
Life & Arts

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

Reading Time: 3 minutesMOLLY 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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