The Leader
Life & Arts

History of the Fredonia Guitar Quartet

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 4 minutesLUKE VILLAVICENCIO Asst. Life & Arts Editor  With the countless student performance groups that exist here on campus, it can be easy to go through your college career and miss out on a heaping handful of them. The Fredonia Guitar Quartet (FGQ), organized by distinguished Professor James Piorkowski, is one......
Life & Arts

The Solar Eclipse at SUNY Fredonia: Preview

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 3 minutesROSEMARIE RAPISARDA Staff Writer After more than 100 years, SUNY Fredonia will once again experience a solar eclipse in the path of totality. “Totality is an awe-inspiring phenomenon that includes darkness in the middle of the day,… [an] effect that only can be witnessed during totality,” said Dr. Michael Dunham,......
Life & Arts

Students behind the art: Jasper Glow

EJ Jacobs
Reading Time: 2 minutesEJ JACOBS Life & Arts Editor Every student has personal and unique experiences and feelings towards the 13 programs up for potential discontinuation.  With the changes to Fredonia’s academic offerings, some students are thinking about what got them to the SUNY Fredonia campus in the first place. “I actually originally......
Life & Arts

FRS wins awards at Intercollegiate Broadcasting Systems

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 3 minutesISABELLA INZINNA Staff Writer Fredonia Radio Systems (FRS), SUNY Fredonia’s student-run radio station, is now nationally recognized following the Intercollegiate Broadcasting Systems Conference. During the first weekend in March, FRS attended the conference, which consisted of panels with successful broadcasters. The first day consisted of six sessions, each session having......
Life & Arts

QUEER LITERATURE BROUGHT TO CAMPUS: 

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 4 minutes“Rainbow Rainbow” author Lydia Conklin visits Fredonia MARISSA BURR  Opinion Editor Every four years, there’s an extra day in the calendar year; on Leap Day 2024, the campus welcomed writer and graphic artist Lydia Conklin.  As part of the English Department’s Mary Louise Wright Visiting Writers series, Conklin came to......
Life & Arts

Black Student Union concludes Black History Month with Red & Black Affair

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 2 minutesSIERRA MILLS Chief Copy Editor Fredonia’s Black Student Union (BSU) has taken the opportunity to celebrate Black culture and history as Black History Month draws to a close.  On Saturday, Feb. 24, BSU hosted an event called the Red & Black Affair, in which food and dancing filled the space......
Life & Arts

FRS rocks the 40th anniversary of High Noon Friday

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 2 minutesISABELLA INZINNA Staff Writer Steele Hall Ice Rink must’ve been a time machine when Fredonia Radio Systems (FRS) took over for their annual event, Rock ‘N’ Skate.  Program Directors Heather Leonardi and Elena Fitzgerald with Music Director Brian Shin transformed the ice rink with help from Sound Services, taking us......

This website uses cookies to improve your experience. By clicking any link on this page, you are permitting us to set cookies. Accept Read More