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Troops are being sent to the southern border

Contributor to The LeaderApril 11, 2018August 16, 2019

April 11, 2018August 16, 2019

SETH MICHAEL MEYER Assistant News Editor In a controversial move to protect the southern border, President Donald Trump announced in a memorandum Thursday that he would send members of the National Guard to protect the 1,254-mile border. In the memo, many arguments were made to support the decision made by......

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OnCourse slowly but surely becoming more popular

Contributor to The LeaderApril 11, 2018

April 11, 2018

VICTOR SCHMITT-BUSH Assistant News Editor Back in Spring 2016, Fredonia’s online learning system, ANGEL, was not only replaced but unplugged and turned off by its host software, Blackboard Learning. The intentions were clear. ANGEL was an outdated service, and it was time for Fredonia to make a decision that......

Sports

‘Around the World for Yeardley’ continues to raise awareness on Fredonia’s campus

Contributor to The LeaderApril 11, 2018

April 11, 2018

AVRIL KING Social Media Manager and Assistant Sports Editor For the second year in a row, Fredonia will be participating in an awareness walk for domestic violence. “Around the World for Yeardley” is an event recognized by all SUNY schools, this year on Wednesday, April 18 from 11 a.m.......

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Fredonia Central School district debates over school resource officer

Contributor to The LeaderApril 2, 2018

April 2, 2018

Molly VandenBerg Staff Writer There has been ongoing controversy recently involving the absence of a school resource officer at the Fredonia Central School District. An SRO is a law enforcement officer who is sent by a police department or agency to work in collaboration with one or more schools.......

Life & Arts

Christopher Robbins brings inspiration, activism to the Visiting Artist Program

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 28, 2018

March 28, 2018

BETHANY CLANCY Staff Writer This week’s Visiting Artist Program featured Christopher Robbins, one of the founders of Ghana ThinkTank. Robbins is an unusual artist. Instead of producing art in the form of paintings, drawings and ceramics, Robbins uses the ideas from the results of the ThinkTank and produces......

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Fredonia professor receives international recognition

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 28, 2018

March 28, 2018

VICTOR SCHMITT-BUSH Assistant News Editor The issue of plastic pollution is starting to be taken seriously, and it’s partly thanks to Sherri Mason, the chair of Fredonia’s Geology and Environmental Sciences department. As an affiliate of Orb Media, the non-profit activist organization against plastic pollution, Mason was......

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Governor Cuomo suggests his SAFE Act be adopted nationwide

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 28, 2018August 25, 2019

March 28, 2018August 25, 2019

SETH MICHAEL MEYER Assistant News Editor Tens of thousands of demonstrators marched through the streets of D.C. Saturday in support of gun law reform. Marchers came together in light of the school shooting in Parkland, Fla., last month which left 17 students and faculty dead and many more......

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School shooting sparks discussion of campus safety measures

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 3, 2018

March 3, 2018

SETH MICHAEL MEYER Assistant News Editor JOSH RANNEY Special to The Leader Two weeks ago in Parkland, Fla., Nikolas Cruz, 19, walked into Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and opened fire with his AR-15, killing 17 students, teachers and faculty members. Cruz, luring people into the hallways by......

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100 years later: Fredonia talks World War I

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 21, 2018

February 21, 2018

VICTOR SCHMITT-BUSH Assistant News Editor On Nov. 11, 1918, the “War to end all wars,” the long and bloody World War I, had finally come to a close. Germany formally surrendered, signing the Treaty of Versailles alongside the Allied Nations. In recognition of its 100 year anniversary, Fredonia will......

Opinion

Trump’s budget betrays his base and bolsters the uber-rich

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 21, 2018September 2, 2019

February 21, 2018September 2, 2019

JAMES LILLIN Staff Writer Many, if not most, of my relatives are fiscal conservatives. Oftentimes, the label is tacked on to a sentence announcing their conservative lean in an apologetic or conciliatory way — like ‘I’m a conservative, but a fiscal conservative, so if you want to marry a......

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Troops are being sent to the southern border

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‘Around the World for Yeardley’ continues to raise awareness on Fredonia’s campus

Fredonia Central School district debates over school resource officer

Christopher Robbins brings inspiration, activism to the Visiting Artist Program

Fredonia professor receives international recognition

Governor Cuomo suggests his SAFE Act be adopted nationwide

School shooting sparks discussion of campus safety measures

100 years later: Fredonia talks World War I

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