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Be mindful of the mental health of today’s students
Local Columnists, Opinion, Readers Turn To Write
FRANCIS LaCHAPELLE Special to Olean Times Herald 
Jun 01, 2022
One student sits with nothing on their desk and appears to be paying attention, another is typing away on their laptop but there is no lecture going o...
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JCC graduates receive degrees in outdoor ceremony
Cattaraugus County News, News, Western New York
Jim Eckstrom jeckstrom@oleantimesherald.com 
May 15, 2022
OLEAN — Jamestown Community College’s first commencement ceremony was on June 12, 1951 — 16 of the 20 graduates received associate degrees, the first-...
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During spring cleaning, let’s clean up our speech
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
LYNN SCHMIDT Tribune News Service 
Mar 31, 2022
For many, early April signals the time for spring cleaning. Experts claim spring cleaning can make you happier, healthier, more productive and reduce ...
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Confessions of a racist
Local Columnists, Opinion
CHRIS STANLEY Special to Olean Times Herald 
Feb 19, 2022
In honor of Black History Month, I thought that it might be useful to share some of what I learned as a white child growing up in Alabama before and d...
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SUNY-ESF student expelled over racist video
News, NY State News
ANNE HAYES syracuse.com 
Jan 21, 2022
SYRACUSE (TNS) — A video that caused the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry to expel a student shows two young men using a racial slur...
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Pandemic life doesn’t have to be that way (copy)
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
CYNTHIA M. ALLEN Tribune News Service 
Jan 18, 2022
FORT WORTH, Texas (TNS) — The other morning, a friend from Washington, D.C., sent me an exasperated text with a link to the new vaccine passport requi...
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COVID hysteria during holiday travel? Not really
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
CYNTHIA M. ALLEN Tribune News Service 
Dec 28, 2021
DOYLESTOWN, Pa. (TNS) — If you spend even a small amount of time scanning social media or watching cable news, the world still seems like a pretty gri...
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Losing our religion
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
KATHRYN JEAN LOPEZ 
Nov 08, 2021
"Love is love." "Science is science." Homes and offices in Washington, D.C. must display every politically correct lawn sign there is. Could it be the...
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SUNY JCC adopts diversity statement
Cattaraugus County News, News, Western New York
Olean Times Herald staff 
Sep 28, 2021
JAMESTOWN — The Board of Trustees at SUNY Jamestown Community College have approved a formal statement prioritizing diversity at the college. “We embr...
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