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A Playlist for Every Mood: A lifetime of best friends

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 11, 2024October 11, 2024

October 11, 2024October 11, 2024

MARISSA BURR Special to The Leader It’s been a rough start to the year. It’s been a rough couple of weeks. It’s really been a rough few days. I won’t get into it — I’m not ready — but I’ve had to cut a bunch of songs out of my......

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Is college everything you’d hoped?

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 8, 2024October 8, 2024

October 8, 2024October 8, 2024

GEORGIA MORTILLARO Special to The Leader Around this time last year, I was starting my senior year of high school. I was preparing my college essay, learning how to navigate the Common App and begging my teachers to write letters of recommendation. I was preparing for the college life that......

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Disconnected: The impact of technology on student focus

Drew PaluchOctober 8, 2024October 11, 2024

October 8, 2024October 11, 2024

AMARAH GHORI DEI Chair & Asst. Opinion Editor In today’s world, technology is inescapable. Phones, laptops, social media and the constant buzzing takes over our lives, especially as college students. But as we continue to use technology in our society, the effect on students’ ability to focus shifts. It’s alarming......

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Don’t let clickbait misinform you

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 29, 2024September 29, 2024

September 29, 2024September 29, 2024

MARISSA BURR Opinion Editor Graphic by ISABELLA RIZZO | Art Director I’m not going to lie, the media has been bumming me out lately; now it goes far past seeing people I grew up with getting married or having babies. It’s not all social media’s fault, seeing as a lot......

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Don’t make me paint my own parking spot

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 27, 2024September 27, 2024

September 27, 2024September 27, 2024

MARISSA BURR Opinion Editor Graphic by ISABELLA RIZZO|Art Director We’re only three weeks into the semester and I am about ready to start carrying around white spray paint in my backpack. No, I’m not going to start tagging every construction zone on campus, because that would be a lot of......

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What you actually need at college

Drew PaluchAugust 30, 2024August 28, 2024

August 30, 2024August 28, 2024

MARISSA BURR Opinion Editor Before I started college in 2020, I spent hours watching TikToks and YouTube videos to see what I would actually need in college. As a senior having lived in dorms and in an apartment, as well as being completely in-person and completely virtual, I’ve got this......

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[OPINION] What COVID-19 inadvertently taught us

Contributor to The LeaderMay 20, 2024May 20, 2024

May 20, 2024May 20, 2024

AMARAH GHORI Assistant Opinion Editor The COVID-19 pandemic has affected so many lives across the globe. As a 2021 high school graduate, I too can attest to the difficulties many students have faced when adjusting to in-person learning post-COVID-19. Students and teachers have been suffering since the pandemic to readjust......

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[OPINION] A Playlist for Every Mood: Songs of the Rainbow

Contributor to The LeaderMay 15, 2024May 10, 2024

May 15, 2024May 10, 2024

MARISSA BURROpinion Editor As someone who spent 18 years of my life not accepting the fact that I was a bisexual woman, I heard plenty of songs that made me feel all sunshine and rainbows inside, without knowing why. I would gravitate towards openly queer anthems thinking it was just......

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[OPINION] Revisiting the “Transgender Issue”: An exploration of trans joy

Contributor to The LeaderMay 12, 2024May 9, 2024

May 12, 2024May 9, 2024

JACE JACOBS Assistant Editor of The Scallion In my time writing for The Leader, I chose to be vocal about my personal experiences as a transgender man, specifically concerning the campus of SUNY Fredonia and the United States as a whole. As I reflect on the pieces I’ve written, there’s......

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[OPINION] Literary classics to keep shelved

Contributor to The LeaderApril 21, 2024April 21, 2024

April 21, 2024April 21, 2024

MARISSA BURR Opinion Editor Whenever someone is going to an English or writing field, they get hundreds of comments hearing about how “oh I could never get through those books in high school blah blah blah.” The truth is, I get it. I loved reading growing up, even the classics.......

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A Playlist for Every Mood: A lifetime of best friends

Is college everything you’d hoped?

Disconnected: The impact of technology on student focus

Don’t let clickbait misinform you

Don’t make me paint my own parking spot

What you actually need at college

[OPINION] What COVID-19 inadvertently taught us

[OPINION] A Playlist for Every Mood: Songs of the Rainbow

[OPINION] Revisiting the “Transgender Issue”: An exploration of trans joy

[OPINION] Literary classics to keep shelved