Horowitz hosts town hall meetings to discuss cuts, deficit
Reading Time: 7 minutesHorowitz said she would not apologize for her $155,000 salary. "Would anyone here work for free? No. I won't either," the provost said....
UPDATE: Boil water order lifted
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe boil water order in Fredonia is over. Mayor Michael Ferguson is confident that with the recent deal, boil water orders will soon end....
In light of boil water order, mayor confident in new water deal
Reading Time: 5 minutesFor the seventh time in the last two and a half years, Fredonia’s water isn’t safe to consume. But a new deal may put an end to the boil water orders....
Fredonia mayor calls out Leader editors; local paper claims students’ voices do not matter
Reading Time: 4 minutesMATT VOLZ Sports Editor As finals week approaches, many Fredonia students will soon spend a weekend celebrating off campus. The weekend before dead week has come to be known as “FredFest,” which used to signify a school-sanctioned event filled with music, food and more. In 2015, the school ended the......
The impact of the war in Gaza on the 2024 election
Reading Time: 5 minutesABBIE MILLER Editor-in-Chief The American people are currently in the midst of what many call one of the most influential elections in the nation’s history. Between threats of dictatorship, an economy that is still recalibrating from the impacts of COVID-19 and racial tensions that are escalating at record rates, there......
Trumps wins 2024 presidential election
Reading Time: 3 minutesABIGAIL JACOBSON News Editor ALEX BUCKNAM Asst. News Editor The election came to a conclusion early on the morning of Nov. 6. The 2024 election verdict: Republican candidate Donald Trump will be the next president of the United States. Back in 2016, Trump was elected as the 45th president of......
Students for Fredonia holds protest regarding 15 possible minor cuts
Reading Time: 7 minutesALEX BUCKNAM Asst. News Editor ABIGAIL JACOBSON News Editor DAN QUAGLIANA Managing Editor In December of 2023, Fredonia President Stephen Kolison Jr. announced plans to discontinue 13 majors across the university’s curriculum. Discontinued majors include philosophy, Spanish and photography. All 13 majors were officially discontinued by the administration on March......
Fredonia administration announces plans to cut faculty positions
Reading Time: 3 minutesABIGAIL JACOBSON News Editor DAN QUAGLIANA Managing Editor On the evening of Friday, Sept. 13, SUNY Fredonia President Stephen H. Kolison, Jr. sent out an email at 4:01 p.m. to all faculty and staff members and announced that he and the rest of the administration plan to move “forward with......
Gallery: Fredonia students and faculty hold protest against program cuts
Reading Time: 3 minutesSUNY Fredonia students and faculty/staff alike joined forces in a protest this afternoon as a result of proposed program cuts announced yesterday during a “special campus meeting.” The proposed cuts include several arts and humanities programs, including photography, sculpture, philosophy, sociology, Spanish and early childhood education (birth-2), among several other......
Featured SUNY Fredonia President Stephen Kolison announces potential program cuts at SUNY Fredonia
Reading Time: 7 minutesTHE LEADER STAFF UPDATE 12/8/23, 11:52 a.m.: UPDATE 12/7/23, 11:32 p.m.: UPDATE 12/6/23, 9:21 p.m.: UPDATE 12/6/23, 5:51 p.m.: SUNY Fredonia President Stephen Kolison hosted a “special campus meeting” today, Wednesday, Dec. 6, at 2:30 p.m. This meeting was geared towards faculty and staff, as an email was not shared......