May 15, 2026
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Fredonia has lost the art of the elective

 Orchesis caps off year with ‘Escape Into the Music’

Best photos of the year from Fredonia athletics

Five major takeaways from the 2026 NFL Draft

How To Be a Good White Ally 101

Director of Innovation and Economic Development reportedly retrenched

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[OPINION] Lovercolumn: Do’s and don’ts of dating

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[OPINION] SUNY budget shortfall and its effects on students

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Life & Arts

[POEM] Ghosts

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: < 1 minuteANONYMOUS  She said, “I believe in ghosts. Friendly ones, The kind that wear worn-out sneakers And mysterious corduroy trousers, Frolicking invisibly In once-tidy leaf piles, scattering Orange like sparks through the air. I believe in twilight ghosts In misty mantles, Clinging to their scraps of earth-bound cloud Like Adam and......
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[POEM] Static Bathe Waves

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 4 minutesANONYMOUS Warning: Mentions of blood. There is a radio in the woods. You can hear it if you walk through the creek. It is always on the other side. You have to walk through the creek to find it. That’s important. Part of its plan. It wants you to be......
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Lucas West takes center field with national anthem performance on the Bills’ biggest stage

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 3 minutesGWENYTH KIRKWOOD Staff Writer Lucas West gets ready to perform the national anthem at the Bills game. Photo provided by Lucas West | Special to The Leader If you were to ask a Western New Yorker their dream in life, nine times out of 10, you will be met with......
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Local TV station owner Phil Arno shares insight into reality of news industry

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 3 minutesABBIE MILLER Editor-in-Chief While he spent a lot of his career behind the silver screen, there is nothing two-dimensional about Phil Arno. This is exactly the thought process that led Communications Professor Mike Igoe to choose the WBBZ TV Owner as a guest speaker for his journalism class.  Arno described......
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Natasha McCandless presents Fredonia with a new face and optimistic attitude

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 3 minutesMIA CIECHALSKI Staff Writer Amidst the closed-offness that lingers from what seems like never-ending Fredonia snowstorms, it is rare to see anyone, professor or student alike, become excited by the return to a perpetually snowy Fredonia.  New adjunct professor Natasha McCandless appears to challenge this assumption. McCandless has recently joined......
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A guide to learning about and celebrating Black History Month

Alex Bucknam
Reading Time: 2 minutesALEX BUCKNAM Asst. News Editor  Since 1976, February has been recognized as Black History Month.  First recognized by President Gerald Ford, the concept dates all the way back to the original founder, historian Carter G. Woodson, in 1926. Woodson first started realizing during his educational experience to escape poverty that......
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Why Dunkin’ Donuts is better than Tim Hortons, from the perspective of a WNY native

Dan Quagliana
Reading Time: 4 minutesDAN QUAGLIANA Managing Editor OK, I’m fully aware that this article is going to get me canceled across the entire campus.  And don’t mistake my intentions — I am in no way saying that Tim Hortons is bad. I’ve eaten their food and drank their drinks my entire life. I’m......
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Amanda Drummond seeks to provide safety and security, one step at a time

Abigail Jacobson
Reading Time: 2 minutesABIGAIL JACOBSON News Editor Certain events or circumstances can have an effect on someone’s daily life, sometimes bad and sometimes good. Winning the SUNY Police Chief’s Life Saving Award is one of the good ones. Amanda Drummond, a SUNY Fredonia University Police Officer, was awarded the SUNY Police Chief’s Life......
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Life & ArtsSports

Blue Devils shine in front of hockey – and basketball – royalty

Matt Volz
Reading Time: 3 minutesMATT VOLZ Sports Editor On a chilly December weekend in Fredonia, there are certain people you’d expect to see at Steele Hall Ice Arena. Students, parents and other hockey fans are plenty used to packing the stands to watch the Blue Devils play hockey. It might not be unusual to......
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