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Petition to bring Black Lives Matter mural to Fredonia

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 28, 2020October 28, 2020

October 28, 2020October 28, 2020

ELLE NUNZIO Special to The Leader In this ever-changing political and social climate, the students of Fredonia’s Black Student Union are taking a stand. A petition was started in the group’s name that calls for a Black Lives Matter street mural to be added to Fredonia’s campus. This mural is very similar to......

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[Column] This week in COVID

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 27, 2020October 27, 2020

October 27, 2020October 27, 2020

ALISA OPPENHEIMER News Editor We’ve made it through our ninth week of classes and Fredonia has kept up the diligent work in preventing the spread of COVID-19. In the past month, Fredonia was required to increase surveillance testing per SUNY guidance on Sept. 4. With this, pool testing went from every other......

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SUNY Fredonia journalism professors host pre-debate meetup for students

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 27, 2020October 27, 2020

October 27, 2020October 27, 2020

CHLOE KOWALYK Special to The Leader Voting in the 2020 presidential election is as important as ever. To help students navigate the election process, Dr. Angela McGowan-Kirsch, an assistant professor in communication and avid supporter of student voters, asked journalism professors Mike Igoe and Elmer Ploetz to host a pre-debate meetup. Both professors are......

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COVID can’t stop the vote

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 24, 2020October 24, 2020

October 24, 2020October 24, 2020

KATIE LENDA Staff Writer Election Day is quickly approaching, and Americans are finalizing their voting plan in accordance with COVID-19 precautions. The pandemic has reinvented the term “voting plan” this election, giving Americans several options in order to cast their ballot. As of Oct. 1, over 4 million Americans have......

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[Column] This Week in COVID

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 22, 2020October 22, 2020

October 22, 2020October 22, 2020

ALISA OPPENHEIMER News Editor As we reach the end of another week in Fredonia, in-person classes are still in session. With of course, restrictions, guidelines, precautions and new rules that go along with being a SUNY school in the middle of a pandemic. But compared to various other SUNY schools,......

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Buddy Brewster’s: A new alehouse in town

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 16, 2020October 16, 2020

October 16, 2020October 16, 2020

CHLOE KOWALYK Special to The Leader With the recent closing of Wing City Grille in Fredonia, a new alehouse, Buddy Brewster’s, has come to take its place. Owned by the same family as Wing City Grille, Buddy Brewster’s is now located at the same address. The alehouse is named after......

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Masked man menaces Fredonia residents after dark, students report

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 16, 2020October 16, 2020

October 16, 2020October 16, 2020

JESSICA MEDITZ Editor in Chief October is upon us and so are the antics. Within the past couple of weeks, there have been multiple reports of Fredonia students encountering a masked individual at nighttime. The individual is said to have stopped people in their tracks, interrupting their walks in the......

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[Column] This week in COVID

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 13, 2020October 13, 2020

October 13, 2020October 13, 2020

ALISA OPPENHEIMER News Editor With six weeks left until the end of our semester, hopes in Fredonia are high that we will finish strong without having to switch to fully remote learning. In the past two weeks, our campus has had great outcomes in results of the random pool testing. ......

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[Column] This Week in COVID

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 7, 2020October 7, 2020

October 7, 2020October 7, 2020

ALISA OPPENHEIMER News Editor Throughout the past few weeks, we have seen various changes made to prevent the spread of COVID-19 on our campus. In the beginning of the semester, we had a huge rise in numbers of positive COVID cases, to the point where everyone in our campus-community was......

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SUNY pushes “Mask Up or Pack Up” campaign

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 2, 2020October 2, 2020

October 2, 2020October 2, 2020

OLIVIA BEILEIN Special to The Leader As students returned to SUNY campuses this semester, many wondered what there was to hold for the new semester following the COVID-19 pandemic that sent many home in the spring. SUNY chancellor Jim Malatas has launched a “Mask Up or Pack up” campaign to......

From the Desk of Chloe Kowalyk: Editor in Chief

From the Desk of EJ Jacobs: Life & Arts Editor

From the Desk of Jace Jacobs: Asst. Scallion Editor

From the Desk of Nicole Thorson: Art Director

From the Desk of Henry Domst: Design Editor

From the Desk of Sierra Mills: Chief Copy Editor

[SATIRE] An interview with The Bachelor’s winner, Henry Domst

[OPINION] What COVID-19 inadvertently taught us

ITS unveils stratigic plan for technology

Dr. Kathryn Kendall takes on enrollment

Petition to bring Black Lives Matter mural to Fredonia

[Column] This week in COVID

SUNY Fredonia journalism professors host pre-debate meetup for students

COVID can’t stop the vote

[Column] This Week in COVID

Buddy Brewster’s: A new alehouse in town

Masked man menaces Fredonia residents after dark, students report

[Column] This week in COVID

[Column] This Week in COVID

SUNY pushes “Mask Up or Pack Up” campaign