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Protests take center stage in Week 3: League comes together in act of unity

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Reading Time: 3 minutesCURTIS HENRY Sports Editor   The national anthem protests in the National Football League that have taken place over the past 12+ months have never been about the forty-fifth president of the United States. The protests, ignited by former 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, have always been about the lack of......
Opinion

College students were no-shows at the voting booths

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Reading Time: 2 minutesSETH MICHAEL MEYER Special to The Leader In a recent report, Fredonia’s voting percentages for the 2016 presidential election have been marked as below average compared to other SUNY college institutions. In the Nation Study of Learning, Voting, and Engagement conducted by Tufts University, Fredonia’s voting percentage was measured at......
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Conservative Corner: Excelsior Scholarship won’t take us higher

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Reading Time: 3 minutes      CONNOR HOFFMAN Managing Editor   Recently, the New York state budget for the upcoming budget passed. One of the most controversial additions to the budget bill was a program called the Excelsior Scholarship. This idea was horribly thought-out and reeks of “Cuomo 2020.” The scholarship will cover......
Life & Arts

New Politics and Joywave headline spring concert

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Reading Time: 2 minutes[metaslider id=8970][metaslider id=8970] MORGAN HENDERSON Special to The Leader   Joywave and New Politics played Fredonia’s annual spring concert on April 1 at 7:30 p.m. It was evident that there was excitement throughout the gym. For some, this was their first opportunity to see the groups live. John Greenan, a......
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Democracy 101 talk debates bathroom bills

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Reading Time: 4 minutesCAMRY DEAN Staff Writer   Sometimes, the best way to get a point across is to make use of the words of someone else. James Baldwin, a black American writer and social critic once said, “We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my......
Life & Arts

Literary London brings literature alive

Reading Time: 4 minutesCLAIRE O’REILLY Assistant Life & Arts Editor   A major perk of attending Fredonia, or any other SUNY school, is students’ access to international education through hundreds of different study abroad programs. Literary London is one of them. “Literary London was launched 11 years ago by Dr. Adrienne McCormick, who......
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Neal returns to lecture on activism and blackness in the digital age

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Reading Time: 4 minutesCAMRY DEAN Staff Writer After receiving his B.A.and M.A. in English from Fredonia in 1987 and 1993, alumnus Mark Anthony Neal returned to campus earlier this week to discuss black culture, activism and social media as a part of the English Department’s Writers@Work program. During his two-day residency at Fredonia,......
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Democracy 101 program puts civic debates in context

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Reading Time: 2 minutes[metaslider id=8403] ANGELINA DOHRE Special to The Leader Campus faculty are offering insight on current topics in the news. Through weekly “Democracy 101” talks in the garden area of Reed Library, various faculty members will provide information to students, staff, other faculty and Fredonia residents on issues presented in the......

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