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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] The transgender “issue”

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 26, 2024March 25, 2024

March 26, 2024March 25, 2024

JACE JACOBS Assistant Scallion Editor Content warning: Discussions of death, violence, murder, self-harm, and suicide My people are dying and no one is doing anything about it. As a transgender person in the United States, I am exhausted. And I am terrified. I wake up every day to the news......

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[OPINION] Oh How I Love Being A Woman!

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 9, 2024March 28, 2024

March 9, 2024March 28, 2024

MARISSA BURR Opinion Editor “Of, relating to, or being the sex that typically has the capacity to bear young or produce eggs,” says Merriam-Webster Dictionary. “All of the females of the human species. All such females who have arrived at the age of puberty,” lists The Law Dictionary. Advancing legislation......

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[OPINION] Tragedy in the Middle East

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 4, 2024March 4, 2024

March 4, 2024March 4, 2024

JOSEPH MORETTO Special to The Leader Almost four months after the unexpected attack on Israel, we have seen tragedies unlike any other taking place in the Gaza Strip. Yet in those four months, the unexpected attack and the Israeli response have grown into a wider, reinvigorated conflict with Iranian proxies......

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[OPINION] Alone Among Thousands

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 3, 2024March 4, 2024

March 3, 2024March 4, 2024

ALEXANDER FISHER Special to The Leader Colleges are communities. Or at least, they used to be. Standing on the seventh floor of Maytum Hall, I have a bird’s eye view of Fredonia’s campus, from the music complex to the arts building, the dining hall and the dorms. It’s midday, and......

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[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?

[OPINION] The transgender “issue”

[OPINION] Oh How I Love Being A Woman!

[OPINION] Tragedy in the Middle East

[OPINION] Alone Among Thousands