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Editorial: How to be smarter than fake news

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Reading Time: 2 minutesEditorial: How to be smarter than fake news Call it “fake news,” call it “lies,” call it anything you’d like. Stories about world leaders and presidents-to-be that are completely bogus are nothing new, but those still reeling from the presidential election may have you believing otherwise. In the days immediately......
Opinion

Conservative Corner: Why Hillary Lost

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Reading Time: 2 minutesCONNOR HOFFMAN Managing Editor Donald J. Trump will be our next president. I never thought I’d have to use that sentence, but like everyone else on Tuesday night, I was indeed wrong. Now, many of you may be wondering why Hillary Clinton lost to Trump on Tuesday, but the signs......
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Students react to election results with surprise, concern

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Reading Time: 3 minutesDAN ORZECHOWSKI Staff Writer The night after the election, students poured into the Williams Center to discuss the electoral results together at an organized, open meeting. For many, the presidential election caused distress and concern. Voices were choppy, and tears were shed. Students often stumbled and paused as they spoke......
Life & Arts

Shatter the silence through storytelling: Fredonia Feminists aim to Take Back the Night

Reading Time: 3 minutes    ZOE KIRIAZIS Staff Writer Survivors, friends, strangers and colleagues participated in Fredonia Feminist’s most anticipated event of the year, Take Back the Night, on Nov. 2. Take Back the Night at Fredonia is an event where survivors of sexual assault, sexual harassment and rape come to confidentially talk......
Opinion

Editorial: In 2016 race, the American people lose

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Reading Time: 2 minutesEditorial: In 2016 race, the American people lose By the time you’re reading this, barring a contested election, the U.S. will have decided who will be entering the White House in January in order to lead the country for the next four years. At press time, we don’t know who......
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Niagara University professor lectures on racial biases in justice system

Reading Time: 3 minutes  CAMRY DEAN     Staff Writer Last Thursday, Michael Durfee of Niagara University presented his research on the history of race and the dramatic rise of the carceral state in America in a presentation titled “Race, Space and the Making of Mass Incarceration.” Durfee, who is a professor of history,......
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Local candidate forum addresses drug abuse and prevention

Reading Time: 4 minutesFrom left: Michael Sullivan, Patrick Swanson, Judy Reynolds, Marcia Merrins, Jason Schmidt, Sally Jarosynski (Corey Maher / Photo Editor). CAMRY DEAN Staff Writer   Next Tuesday, Americans will race to the polls to fulfill their civil duty and cast their vote for the next president of the United States. While......
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The Student’s Guide to the Election

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Reading Time: 2 minutesDAN ORZECHOWSKI Staff Writer   Are you stuck on the fence when it comes to voting? If so, here’s where presidential nominees Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump stand on some issues that have a significant impact on college students. College Affordability In the third presidential debate, Clinton said she believes......
Opinion

From the Desk Of Connor Hoffman, Managing Editor

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Reading Time: 3 minutes  CONNOR HOFFMAN Managing Editor This current election and the rise of Donald Trump has really made me challenge my beliefs and question if being a Republican is what it once used to be. Ronald Reagan switched from being a Democrat to being a Republican in 1962, and he explained......
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Q&A: Craig Smith

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Reading Time: 7 minutesCONNOR HOFFMAN Managing Editor In October, former presidential speechwriter Craig Smith came to Fredonia to lecture on the 2016 election prior to the second televised debate. The Leader conducted this interview with him, which has been condensed. As a former speechwriter, how do you feel about the stump and convention......

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