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Presidential speechwriter Smith speaks on campaign history

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JAMES LILLIN Staff Writer On Wednesday, Oct. 5, Fredonia’s ALL IN Democracy Challenge Committee continued its steady march of events to drum up political involvement on campus with a lecture from Craig Smith, a former speechwriter for President Gerald Ford and consulting writer for President George H.W. Bush. All throughout......
News

Ivani the Great: International politics professor receives President’s Award

JORDAN PATTERSON Assistant News Editor Late Thursday afternoon, the campus was emptying. Most professors and student had left, but Ivani Vassoler-Froelich was still there, busy as usual. Vassoler, a professor in the Politics and International Affairs Department, received the 2016 President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching last spring. She will......
Opinion

Editorial: Register to vote or face the results

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After months of campaigning, it’s hard to believe that there’s only a little more than one month until the 2016 presidential election is behind us. This cycle has seen students across the country become some of the most outspoken participants in the American political process, but making phone calls and......
Scallion

Trump’s tax returns recovered from Clinton’s deleted emails

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ALBERTO GONZALEZ Special to the Lampoon Politics in many ways is like chess, and although this year’s political games constantly has the feel of a watered down form of checkers, there are still moves to be made. One strategical move was made last Monday during the presidential debate. This was......
Life & Arts

‘The most famous Fredonian’: Zweig celebration returns to campus

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MOLLY VANDENBERG Special to The Leader Following the recent surge of interest in the Austrian Jewish author Stefan Zweig, the Zweig lecture series is returning to Fredonia this Fall. “Zweig at Fredonia 2016,” planned for Oct. 3–5, will feature some unique Zweig-related events on campus. This is the fourth time......
News

Fredonia ALL IN Challenge seeks to get out the vote

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JAMES LILLIN Staff Writer With the presidential election right around the corner, Fredonia has been searching for ways to drum up student involvement and, ultimately, to increase voter turnout come election day. One of the most recent signs of political apathy among Fredonia students was a campus report detailing the......
Scallion

Clinton collapses during 9/11 ceremony, patriotic Americans lose it

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  D. ZBORNAK Staff Lampoonist   After Colin Kaepernick’s decision to kneel during the national anthem, there has been an uproar from the population of loyal Americans whining about what it means to be respectful and patriotic in their country. Fuel was only added to the fire after a video......

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