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Gallery: Fredonia students and faculty hold protest against program cuts

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Reading Time: 3 minutesSUNY Fredonia students and faculty/staff alike joined forces in a protest this afternoon as a result of proposed program cuts announced yesterday during a “special campus meeting.” The proposed cuts include several arts and humanities programs, including photography, sculpture, philosophy, sociology, Spanish and early childhood education (birth-2), among several other......
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The social psychology of violent offenders: What students need to know? 

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Reading Time: 5 minutesMAISIE STRADER Special to The Leader Photo by Daniel Reche | Provided by Pexels School shootings have had a major impact not only nationally but globally.  So, what does this mean for small town Fredonia? What precautions are in place to protect college students from these events? After the threat......
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FSA Board of Directors fills student representative positions

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Reading Time: 3 minutesWILL KARR  Life & Arts Editor  In recent years, SUNY Fredonia students have been candid and vocal about their feelings regarding Faculty Student Association’s (FSA) food offerings on campus. Junior political science major Sangai Keita, however, believes that expressing opinions is not merely enough, students need to turn words into......
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What’s the scoop? Students indulge in ice cream with University Police

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Reading Time: 2 minutesALANA WINGATE  Special to The Leader  While donuts are often stereotypically associated with cops, SUNY Fredonia students recently spotted University Police with a different sweet treat: ice cream.  A “Cones with a Cop” event was held outside University Commons on Wednesday, Sept. 21. “I mean, I always love free ice......
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Meet Ilene Thompson: SA President and so much more

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Reading Time: 6 minutesALYSSA BUMP  Editor in Chief  (All photographs courtesy of Ilene Thompson.) Raised in the Bronx, N.Y. by a single mom with three siblings, Ilene Thompson, a junior psychology major with a minor in public health, has been working since she was 14 years old.  “Having my own independence and my......
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Students and FSA employees react to impending closure of Tim Hortons, Blue Devil Grill and FREDExpress

Chloe Kowalyk
Reading Time: 3 minutesCHLOE KOWALYK News Editor Students won’t be getting their morning Timbits or made-to-order burritos next semester, as it is now confirmed that Tim Hortons, Blue Devil Grill and Tim Hortons FREDExpress will be closed for fall 2022.  The claims started out as a rumor circling YikYak and social media among......
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What it’s like being a small business owner and a full-time SUNY Fredonia student

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Reading Time: 4 minutesCLARE NORMOYLE Special to The Leader Inside her cramped dorm room in Gregory Hall at SUNY Fredonia, her light brown cookie-cutter desk not only doubles as a workspace for schoolwork, but also an office for her small business. “Like it or not, being a student is also a full-time job,......
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A semester in review: The status of clubs on campus

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Reading Time: 4 minutesNIKKI INDELICATO Assistant Life & Arts Editor This semester, clubs on campus were finally able to return to normal after restrictions regarding in person gatherings and larger club events were lifted. Unfortunately, some clubs weren’t able to weather COVID-19’s storm unscathed.  As a result of the pandemic, many clubs ended......

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