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2019’s Recipients of The President’s Awards for Excellence: Michael Igoe and Carmen Rivera

Contributor to The LeaderApril 24, 2019September 1, 2019

April 24, 2019September 1, 2019

ALISA OPPENHEIMER Special to The Leader Michael Igoe, assistant professor of Communication and Carmen Rivera, associate dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, are being recognized for their charismatic efforts they have put into the campus and surrounding community. Through demonstrating a distinct willingness to make an......

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Notre Dame burns, Fredonia reacts

Contributor to The LeaderApril 24, 2019August 25, 2019

April 24, 2019August 25, 2019

HOPE WINTER Special to The Leader Last Monday, tragedy struck a piece of history as the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris went up in flames. The world recognizable medieval wooden roof caught fire after what is speculated to be an accident during renovations to the roof and spire. According......

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Let’s not lose our Excelsior Scholarship

Contributor to The LeaderApril 10, 2019June 10, 2019

April 10, 2019June 10, 2019

ALEXANDRIA NIEVES Special to The Leader Dan Tramuta knows the Excelsior Scholarship program. He was there when it was created, and he also recognizes problems students can have with it. “There were four [Tramuta, SUNY, New York State Higher Education Services Corporation (NYSHESC) and Cuomo’s office] of us that......

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SUNYSA offers students the opportunity for advocacy

Contributor to The LeaderApril 10, 2019August 25, 2019

April 10, 2019August 25, 2019

SETH MICHAEL MEYER Staff Columnist As a Pennsylvanian that goes to a SUNY school, it needs to be said that New York offers something truly special for its students. The SUNY Student Assembly, a legislative body of students that represent all 1.4 million students of the SUNY system, works......

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Scott Martelle: A life in journalism

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 27, 2019August 25, 2019

March 27, 2019August 25, 2019

ALEXANDRIA NIEVES Special to The Leader Scott Martelle has spent most of his working life in journalism. He can trace it back to his years at SUNY Fredonia. Fredonia alumnus and columnist for The Buffalo News Sean Kirst said, “[Scott Martelle had] the same ethic, always with conscience and......

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Christchurch: Terror in the social media age

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 27, 2019April 9, 2019

March 27, 2019April 9, 2019

HOPE WINTER Special to the Leader Terror interrupted two peaceful services in two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, on March 15. Sadly, 50 people were killed and fifty people were left injured as they celebrated a Muslim holiday, Holy. One gunman was responsible for both attacks, which were......

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Fredonia calls on Governor Cuomo to address disproportionate state funding

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 27, 2019August 25, 2019

March 27, 2019August 25, 2019

JOSH RANNEY News Editor The Student Association is joining other Fredonia governing bodies in standing up to New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo to push him to close the TAP Gap. SA is looking to make this statement regarding state funding for public universities following the University Faculty Senate,......

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FRS wins no new awards,members remain motivated

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 20, 2019August 16, 2019

March 20, 2019August 16, 2019

ALEXANDRIA NIEVES Special to The Leader Fredonia Radio Systems sent 12 members to New York City over the weekend of March 1-3 after the station received eight nominations from the International Intercollegiate Broadcasting System Conference. Senior history major Haley Carmon, the staff representative of FRS, went to the......

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University Senate debates faith in campus leadership

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 20, 2019August 17, 2019

March 20, 2019August 17, 2019

JOSH RANNEY News Editor It is perhaps the worst kept secret that Fredonia has been navigating difficult waters for some time. Now, the confidence of the university faculty in President Virginia Horvath has been called into question. On March 4, the University Senate discussed a potential vote of no-confidence......

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Dirty deed duty

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 20, 2019August 25, 2019

March 20, 2019August 25, 2019

HOPE WINTER Special to The Leader A fishy smell has taken over Washington, as the situation with President Donald Trump’s hired hush-money man, Michael Cohen, has stepped forward tainting Trump’s image. “I felt it was my duty to cover up his dirty deeds,” Cohen said, when coming forward about......

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2019’s Recipients of The President’s Awards for Excellence: Michael Igoe and Carmen Rivera

Notre Dame burns, Fredonia reacts

Let’s not lose our Excelsior Scholarship

SUNYSA offers students the opportunity for advocacy

Scott Martelle: A life in journalism

Christchurch: Terror in the social media age

Fredonia calls on Governor Cuomo to address disproportionate state funding

FRS wins no new awards,members remain motivated

University Senate debates faith in campus leadership

Dirty deed duty