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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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Vanwesenbeeck ventures to Albania: Professor to lecture on Fulbright experience

Reading Time: 4 minutes  CAMRY DEAN Staff Writer   For the past four months, Associate Professor of English Iclal Vanwesenbeeck has been living in Elbasan, Albania and teaching at Aleksander Xhuvani University. In April of last year, Vanwesenbeeck was awarded the Teaching/Research Award for the U.S. Core Fulbright Scholarship Program. Fulbright is a......
Sports

Four athletes recognized for scholastic achievement: Track and cross country receive honors

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Reading Time: 2 minutes  PATRICK BENNETT Staff Writer   One big accomplishment in collegiate athletics is achieving greatness both on and off the field. Last week, four Fredonia students on the track and cross country teams were placed on the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-Academic team......
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Immigration executive order sends shockwaves through SUNY

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Reading Time: 4 minutes[metaslider id=8235]   CAMRY DEAN Staff Writer   On Dec. 7, 2015, then-presidential candidate Donald Trump called for the U.S. to bar all Muslims from entering the country. “Donald J. Trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country’s representatives can......
Opinion

Op-Ed: In a time of peril, SUNY must stand up

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Reading Time: 2 minutes  ZACH BEAUDOIN Special to The Leader   Following the election, many student leaders started petitions calling on their campus administrators and SUNY to make their campuses “sanctuary campuses,” offering protections to undocumented students or employees or others who may be facing deportation. They explained what it meant to be......
Opinion

Conservative Corner: Trump the Violator

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Reading Time: 2 minutesCONNOR HOFFMAN Managing Editor President Donald Trump promised on the campaign trail that he would enact a ban on Muslims entering the U.S., and with a recent executive order he has made that promise a reality. Some will claim that this isn’t a “Muslim ban” but don’t be fooled—this order......
Sports

The Good, the Bad, and the Cully: The improbable way John Cullen found his way to Fredonia

Reading Time: 8 minutes[metaslider id=8181] CURTIS HENRY Sports Editor “Yeah, the [NHL] lockout really couldn’t have f***ed me any worse.” Blunt and explicit. Those are the only ways that John Cullen knows how to go about things. These are exactly the words that he used to describe the 2012 NHL lockout that essentially......
Life & Arts

Reed Library displays Women’s March on Washington

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Reading Time: 3 minutesZOE KIRIAZIS Staff Writer The Women’s March on Washington, held as a protest the day after President Donald Trump’s inauguration, was the largest single-day demonstration in U.S. history — and many Fredonians who attended are now sharing their stories through a new display in Reed Library. Dawn Eckenrode, director of......

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