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Art in the Trump Era: Artists across media are ‘questioning the status quo’

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Reading Time: 3 minutes  KRIS HARRIS and LERON WELLINGTON Staff Writers “Take your broken heart. Make it into art.” As a closing for her Golden Globe acceptance speech, Meryl Streep referenced her late friend Carrie Fisher to express the importance of the arts and diversity. In times of political turbulence, the film industry......
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Fredonia marches for women’s rights

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Reading Time: 3 minutes[metaslider id=8122] DAN ORZECHOWSKI Staff Writer A crowd speckled with pink huddled in front of Mason Hall the day after President Donald Trump was sworn in. These people were protesters. Participants bearing signs and flags marched as one throughout Fredonia’s campus. While chanting “women’s rights are human rights,” the parade......
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Cuomo proposes free tuition at state schools

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Reading Time: 2 minutesJORDAN PATTERSON News Editor While you were on break from college classes, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced his plan for free tuition at state universities. On Jan. 3, 2017, Cuomo stood in front of a podium at LaGuardia Community College with none other than Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders seated behind him......
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Notes from the Women’s March on Washington

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Reading Time: 5 minutes  CAMRY DEAN Staff Writer   The day after Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th President of the United States, millions of people came together. These people not only marched and protested his victory in Washington, D.C. but in solidarity all over the world. On Jan. 21, I......
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Higher ed expert Goldrick-Rab lectures on college costs

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Reading Time: 4 minutes  CAMRY DEAN Staff Writer             Last Wednesday, Nov. 30, Fredonia hosted activist and professor of Higher Education Policy and Sociology of Temple University Sara Goldrick-Rab for a lecture on the price of college. Goldrick-Rab is a national scholar and expert on college affordability and founder of the Wisconsin HOPE......
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Opinion

Editorial: Why we want a refund on 2016

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Reading Time: 2 minutesEditorial: Why we want a refund on 2016 The end of a year means many things: unrelenting holiday festivities, a panic to finish up work for the Fall semester, and year-in-review lists on every subject under the sun. Every year has its ups and downs, but The Leader’s editorial board......
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Conservative Corner: What Trump means for college students

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Reading Time: 3 minutesCONNOR HOFFMAN Managing Editor Come January of next year, Donald J. Trump will become the 45th President of the United States, and as president he will have much influence over issues that affect college students like loan availability and rates, government financing and debt forgiveness. Trump first announced his plans......
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Love Trumps Hate protest rocks campus

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Reading Time: 2 minutes  JAMES LILLIN Staff Writer On Nov. 16, more than 150 students turned out to march across campus and along Ring Road to peacefully protest the election of President-elect Donald J. Trump. The protest was organized by senior communication major Abigail Everhart and senior psychology major Cassandra Vaccarelli. “We put......
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Who runs the world?: Girls A look back on 2016 for women in pop culture

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Reading Time: 3 minutesZOE KIRIAZIS and AMBER MATTICE Staff Writer, Reverb Editor In 2016, women cannot be ignored in the world of pop culture. We are seeing women become more powerful in television, movies, video games and in real life as well. We are seeing women shine. More than just “Beauty” One of......
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