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Trump’s first international militaristic endeavor: bomb Syria

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Reading Time: 2 minutesJOSH RANNEY Assistant News Editor   Streaks of light from both missiles and anti-aircraft fire lit up the skies over central and southern Syria two weeks ago. The American missile strike was carried out along with support from allied forces from the United Kingdom and France. Threats and discussion of......
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From wanting to skip recess to read, to becoming a writer: A profile of Dr. George David Clark

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Reading Time: 2 minutesSTEPHEN SACCO Special to the Leader   Dr. George David Clark was born in Savannah, Ga., but moved from time-to-time while growing up in the southeast of The United States. He was raised by his father, a pastor, and his mother, a teacher just like himself. Clark talked about his......
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From the battlefield to the playing field: how a military hero has found solace in a sport

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Reading Time: 3 minutesTANNER WILLIAMS Special to The Leader   After serving any kind of military tour, reintegration into the “real world” can be a trying process. You often hear stories of soldiers who cannot quite get back on their feet, to the point where many of them choose to re-deploy. Passing up......
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Troops are being sent to the southern border

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Reading Time: 2 minutesSETH 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

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Reading Time: 3 minutesVICTOR 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 ANGEL was an outdated service, and it was time for Fredonia to make a decision that......
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‘Around the World for Yeardley’ continues to raise awareness on Fredonia’s campus

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Reading Time: 3 minutesAVRIL 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

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Reading Time: 2 minutesMolly 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.......
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Life & Arts

Christopher Robbins brings inspiration, activism to the Visiting Artist Program

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Reading Time: 3 minutesBETHANY 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

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Reading Time: 3 minutes  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

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Reading Time: 3 minutesSETH 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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