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 Don’t make me paint my own parking spot

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 3 minutesMARISSA 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 Paluch
Reading Time: 4 minutesMARISSA 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 Leader
Reading Time: 5 minutesAMARAH 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] Revisiting the “Transgender Issue”: An exploration of trans joy

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 5 minutesJACE 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] A Playlist for Every Mood: Who runs the world?

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 4 minutesMARISSA 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 Jacobson
Reading Time: 4 minutesABIGAIL 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 Leader
Reading Time: 5 minutesMARISSA 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 Leader
Reading Time: 2 minutesKRYSTYNA 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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