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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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[OPINION] A Playlist for Every Mood: Who runs the world?

Contributor to The LeaderApril 12, 2024April 9, 2024

April 12, 2024April 9, 2024

MARISSA BURROpinion Editor Trigger warning: Mentions of sexual harassment, sexual assault and self-harm Lately, I’ve been hearing people discuss the Bechdel Test for movies. Essentially, the test examines films to see if two female characters a) appear, b) talk to each other, and c) do so about something other than......

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[OPINION] A woman’s experience within the video game community

Abigail JacobsonApril 11, 2024April 10, 2024

April 11, 2024April 10, 2024

ABIGAIL JACOBSON Asst. News Editor Content Warning: slurs, sexual comments, mentions of sexual assault, threats of violence, self-harm, suicide I grew up playing video games with my father and brother. My sisters would join in too, and it was some of the best times I’ve had with them. It helped......

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[OPINION] Anything but stereotypical

Contributor to The LeaderApril 11, 2024April 9, 2024

April 11, 2024April 9, 2024

MARISSA BURR Opinion Editor Trigger warning: mentions of sexual harassment, sexual assault and self-harm Women are constantly defying expectations with their accomplishments and abilities, but what seems to ruffle the misogynists’ feathers the most is when stereotypes get shredded — as they should be. Our society is known for treating......

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[OPINION] The women of The Leader

Contributor to The LeaderApril 9, 2024April 9, 2024

April 9, 2024April 9, 2024

KRYSTYNA PORTUGUES-KLOS Staff Writer The Leader has been the newspaper of Fredonia since 1893. Originally called the Fredonia Normal Leader, it was run strictly by women, an all-women group named the Agonian Literary Society, but then was combined with the men-only Zetesian literary society. In 1936, the Fredonia Normal Leader......

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[OPINION] University counseling centers in crisis

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 30, 2024March 26, 2024

March 30, 2024March 26, 2024

JOSEPH BORYNSKI Special to The Leader It’s no secret that being in college can be stressful. The pressure students often face while trying to balance their coursework with the rest of their life responsibilities can feel overwhelming. Campuses have implemented counseling centers to help students combat their mental health issues,......

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[OPINION] Changing for the better?

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 29, 2024March 27, 2024

March 29, 2024March 27, 2024

MARISSA BURR Opinion Editor For as long as I can remember, I wanted to be a kindergarten teacher. In eighth grade, I shadowed my kindergarten teacher for a day, and then as a junior, I spent a semester interning there. For graduation, I was given teacher supplies that I could......

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[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

[OPINION] A Playlist for Every Mood: Who runs the world?

[OPINION] A woman’s experience within the video game community

[OPINION] Anything but stereotypical

[OPINION] The women of The Leader

[OPINION] University counseling centers in crisis

[OPINION] Changing for the better?