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We gamers are SICK of politics in our entertainment

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Reading Time: 2 minutesBRIAN CECALA Guest Scallywag What’s up gamers! It’s me, ya boy FazeSmoothie, here back at ya for another hot take. STOP PUTTING POLITICS INTO OUR ENTERTAINMENT. Sheesh, I’m trying to relax over here. It all started when my favorite war game, Kill Gun, came out with a sequel, Kill Gun......
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#BeTheChangeInClimateChange: Recognizing how the presidential election will affect climate change

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Reading Time: 2 minutesJORDAN CAHILL, SARAH MAYFIELD, JUSTIN COHAN and JOE CASEY Specials to The Leader Climate change is a worldwide issue that will affect all of us more and more in the coming decades. According to the NASA Earth Observatory, 2019 was the second hottest year on record. While the Earth has......
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COVID can’t stop the vote

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Reading Time: 2 minutesKATIE LENDA Staff Writer Election Day is quickly approaching, and Americans are finalizing their voting plan in accordance with COVID-19 precautions.   The pandemic has reinvented the term “voting plan” this election, giving Americans several options in order to cast their ballot.  As of Oct. 1, over 4 million Americans have......
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An album review of “POTUS,” written and performed by David W. Jacobson

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Reading Time: 3 minutesCHLOE KOWALYK Special to The Leader The term “POTUS” is an acronym for “President of the United States,” a fitting title for David W. Jacobson’s presidential perspective-themed album. Jacobson’s album highlights many of the lesser-known U.S. presidents and presents each song as a first-person narrative from that president.  The album,......
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We want YOU to vote in the 2020 election

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Reading Time: 3 minutesCHLOE KOWALYK Special to The Leader Nov. 3 marks the date of the 2020 U.S. general election, and students need to vote now more than ever.  SUNY Fredonia has fully equipped its students to get involved and informed.   Fredonia’s own American Democracy Project, chaired by Dr. Angela McGowan-Kirsch, aims to......
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WHO exactly is to blame for a worldwide pandemic?

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Reading Time: 5 minutesHOPE WINTER Special to The Leader It’s been yet another week of COVID-19 holding people hostage in their homes, and while Americans are beginning to go stir-crazy with their families, Trump continues to wave his finger guns. Every night at six o’clock, while American families sit down for dinner, Trump......
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What the CARES Act means for college students

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Reading Time: 3 minutesSAMUEL LEWANDOWSKI Special to The Leader President Trump just signed a $2 trillion bill aimed at providing relief for those impacted by coronavirus. As businesses close nationwide, and a record 3.3 million Americans file for unemployment, according to the Department of Labor, Congress worked to pass the CARES Act. According......
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Sanders takes lead as Democratic frontrunner

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Reading Time: 3 minutesSAMUEL LEWANDOWSKI Special to The Leader Democratic Presidential Candidate Bernie Sanders just won the Nevada caucuses making him the front-runner in terms of delegates. Sanders has now won the last two contests of the 2020 election and while he tied at 26.2 percent with Mayor Pete Buttigieg in Iowa, Politico......
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Fredonia’s first Civic Engagement Night

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Reading Time: 3 minutesALISA OPPENHEIMER Special to The Leader SUNY Fredonia is putting in the extra effort this year to get students involved with off-campus issues, like climate change and public health. Fredonia’s first ever Civic Engagement Night took place last Thursday evening, Feb. 20, in the Williams Center, Multi-Purpose Room. The tabling......

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