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Digging into the impact of Fredonia’s faculty cuts

Alex Bucknam
Reading Time: 5 minutesALEX BUCKNAM Asst. News Editor Warning: This article contains strong language. If you don’t live under a rock, then you know by now that SUNY Fredonia is currently facing a financial problem.  Everything is a mess, the future is unclear, and staff, faculty and students are lost with no idea......
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Opinion

[OPINION] A proposed plan for trauma-informed care at SUNY Fredonia

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 5 minutesABBY TARTARO Special to The Leader  Trauma-informed care is a therapeutic style approach to assisting those who have endured trauma.  The natural instinct when someone sees something as “not normal” is to wonder what is wrong with the person. Trauma-informed care shifts the question from “What is wrong with you?”......
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News

Reed Library’s ‘Year of Open Science’ initiative promotes research access, collaboration

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 2 minutesROSEMARIE RAPISARDA Staff Writer Graphic by Gwen Devlin|Special to The Leader College students will agree that there are few things more frustrating than finding the perfect article for your research paper only for it to be blocked behind a paywall.  Inspired by the White House’s recent open science initiative, Reed......
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Opinion

[Opinion] The pros and cons of space exploration

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 4 minutesNERON SIMPSON Staff Writer Cold. Quiet. Desolate. Despite these conditions, humans have enthusiastically embarked on missions to explore space and have continued to push the boundaries of how far we can reach. Some people question however, if space exploration is necessary. Here are the pros and cons: Why it is......
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News

Getting to the ‘root’ of SUNY Fredonia’s invasive plant species problem 

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 5 minutesDAKOTA RICHTER   Special to The Leader In the Campus Woodlot located near Ring Road, there are multiple invasive species in the perimeters of the roughly 14-acre forest. These invasive species were brought to the area by humans for landscaping and grew beyond their original ecosystems. In addition, animals such as......
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Life & Arts

Zach Yek student profile: Crossing borders between Malaysia, Fredonia, Berkeley and now, the cosmos

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 8 minutesALYSSA BUMPEditor in Chief After growing up in the capital city of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Zach Yek came to Fredonia to pursue higher education as a physics major “out of necessity.”  “We were very poor. Malaysia is a very nice place, I have a lot of good to say about......
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News

Low mow zones: How doing less can benefit the environment

Jules Hoepting
Reading Time: 4 minutesJULES HOEPTING  Managing Editor  Sometimes doing nothing is the best way to help the environment.  A “no mow zone” is a designated section of land purposely not mowed in order to encourage native plant species growth. If left alone for a century or longer, the lawn will transform into a......
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Featured Dead birds of Rockefeller: A student’s dedication to decrease the deceased

Jules Hoepting
Reading Time: 10 minutesJULES HOEPTING Managing Editor During the first week of the fall 2020 semester, Justine Bloom walked around campus and came across the carcass of a bird. The body was on the concrete below the northern wing of the Michael C. Rockefeller Arts Center building.  Bloom, a sophomore Earth studies major......
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NASA’s rover “Perseverance” lands safely on Mars

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Reading Time: 3 minutesCHLOE KOWALYK Staff Writer Three… two… one…  touchdown!  Houston, we have landed!  Originally launched in July 2020, NASA’s newest Mars rover, named Perseverance, landed safely on Mars on Feb. 18.  Perseverance is equipped with cameras, a microphone and an assortment of tools that will help it measure the composition of......
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