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University Bookstore set to change textbook provider

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Reading Time: 3 minutesABIGAIL JACOBSON Special to The Leader    While many students’ backpacks are currently filled with textbooks, next year, students will be able to take some of the weight off of their shoulders.  Some rumors are swirling about the campus bookstore not supplying textbooks in the next academic year. However, Darin......
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Fredonia’s Strategic Plan – the answer to the budget problems?

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Reading Time: 3 minutesDAN QUAGLIANA  Special to The Leader  There is an open secret around campus that SUNY Fredonia is running a budget deficit. In a nutshell, this means that the university is spending more money than it brings in.  According to a WKBW article published on Dec. 22, 2022, “the UUP [United......
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Student petition asks FSA to serve up a helping of changes

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Reading Time: 3 minutesSYLVANA CUBILLOS Special to The Leader   The frustration among Fredonia students about the food availability on campus seemed to reach a new level these past couple of weeks when flyers started appearing around campus with a QR code and the title, “Dear FSA, we have had enough.”  If you scanned......
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Dr. Kaustav Misra to become the new Dean of the School of Business

Chloe Kowalyk
Reading Time: 4 minutesCHLOE KOWALYK          Managing Editor SUNY Fredonia’s school of business is welcoming a new face this semester. Dr. Kaustav Misra has been named the new dean of the school of business. But Misra isn’t just a typical incoming administrative figure — Misra is a first generation immigrant.  He came to the......
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Hochul visits Dunkirk to award WNY communities $19 million

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Reading Time: 3 minutesALYSSA BUMP  Chief Copy & Design Editor Small towns are facing big problems across the country. Population declines, budget cuts and business closures have deeply impacted communities across the Western New York region, like Dunkirk.  On Monday morning, New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced Dunkirk is the awardee of a......
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Kathleen Want encourages campus to combat hazing with ‘courage’

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Reading Time: 5 minutesABIGAIL MILLER  Assistant News Editor  Hazing can occur anywhere. People see it on the news, hear about it through a friend or even witness it firsthand. Kathleen Wiant, the mother of a hazing victim, knows this all too well.  On Nov. 15, Kathleen Wiant gave a presentation at SUNY Fredonia......
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Electric car chargers fuel Fredonian vehicles

Chloe Kowalyk
Reading Time: 2 minutesCHLOE KOWALYK  HUNTER HALTERMAN Managing Editor Special to The Leader  ALEX ERWIN HEATHER OCCHINO Staff Writer Special to The Leader SUNY Fredonia is taking another step towards green energy and sustainability. The college has recently installed electric vehicle charging stations onto campus.  The chargers were installed in three different parking......
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FSA serves up a helping of changes at Willy C’s

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Reading Time: 3 minutesJAINA BERARDI  Special to The Leader  Since planning began for the Fall 2022 semester, the Faculty Student Association has been making many changes and updates to the food systems and offerings on Fredonia’s campus.  In the wake of Blue Devil Grill’s closing, several options from their menu have been transferred......
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Getting to the ‘root’ of SUNY Fredonia’s invasive plant species problem 

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Reading Time: 5 minutesDAKOTA RICHTER   Special to The Leader In the Campus Woodlot located near Ring Road, there are multiple invasive species in the perimeters of the roughly 14-acre forest. These invasive species were brought to the area by humans for landscaping and grew beyond their original ecosystems. In addition, animals such as......

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