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Activist Wanjuki warns against rape culture, Trump presidency

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Reading Time: 4 minutesNUNET CLITANDRE Special to The Leader   Wagatwe Wanjuki, a prominent feminist and anti-rape figure, came to Fredonia on March 30, closing out Women’s History Month to talk to students about rape culture in President Donald Trump’s America. She wore a red t-shirt with the words “I Won’t Keep Calm......
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“Dead Week” email to campus accused of plagiarism

Reading Time: 4 minutesCONNOR HOFFMAN Managing Editor Last week, Student Affairs sent out an email that detailed the history of Dead Week and stated that Dead Week is now to be called “Study Weeks.” This email seemed like a relatively mundane name change, but it has generated a lot of controversy. Much of......
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Conservative Corner: Nunes must go

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Reading Time: 3 minutes  CONNOR HOFFMAN Managing Editor   Rep. Devin Nunes, the chairman for the House Intelligence Committee, must step down from his role as chairman, and we must have an independent investigation of the Trump campaign and possibly Nunes himself. Nunes was supposed to be investigating the Trump campaign for collusion......
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UCSB professor Boris places Trump in context

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Reading Time: 3 minutesCAMRY DEAN   Staff Writer   As part of the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge, Fredonia welcomed Eileen Boris of the University of California, Santa Barbara last week. As Hull Professor of Feminist Studies, Boris presented her talk, “Trump’s America in Historical Perspective: The Assault on African Americans, Mexicans and......
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UCSB professor Boris to tackle Trump in talk

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Reading Time: 3 minutesJAMES LILLIN Staff Writer Eileen Boris of the University of California at Santa Barbara will deliver a talk, diving into the Trump presidency and various fights for social justice. Today in Williams Center S204ABC, Boris will give her talk titled, “Trump’s America in Historical Perspective: The War Against Women, the......
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Editorial: Trump’s Twisted Truth

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Reading Time: 2 minutes  Last week, Congress held its first hearing on its investigation into Russia’s involvement in the 2016 election and President Donald Trump’s claim that former President Barack Obama wiretapped Trump Tower. With FBI Director James Comey’s testimony, we finally had hard, concrete evidence that Trump’s wiretap tweet was not true......
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Conservative Corner: Russia is our enemy, not our friend

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Reading Time: 3 minutes  CONNOR HOFFMAN Managing Editor   The year is 1983, and President Ronald Reagan had just given his famous Evil Empire speech to a gathering of the National Evangelicals in Orlando, Florida. “So, in your discussions of the nuclear freeze proposals, I urge you to beware the temptation of pride......
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Democracy 101 talk debates bathroom bills

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Reading Time: 4 minutesCAMRY DEAN Staff Writer   Sometimes, the best way to get a point across is to make use of the words of someone else. James Baldwin, a black American writer and social critic once said, “We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my......
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Jane Elliott lectures on combating discrimination

Reading Time: 3 minutes[metaslider id=8548] JACOB SANTOS Special to The Leader   During the month of February, Fredonia’s Black Student Union sponsored a number of events to celebrate Black History Month. Last Wednesday, BSU held two events featuring anti-racism activist and educator Jane Elliott as guest speaker. She is widely known for her......

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