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Delta Chi to host annual charity event

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 11, 2017August 16, 2019

October 11, 2017August 16, 2019

VICTOR SCHMITT-BUSH Special to The Leader On Oct. 12, Delta Chi will be hosting their annual event Miss Delta Chi. “It is a philanthropy event that we put on,” said Delta Chi vice president and political science major Nakib Kabir. “It started about eight years ago. It’s a pageant that......

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WCA Home celebrates its 125th anniversary at Lanford Home

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 11, 2017September 1, 2019

October 11, 2017September 1, 2019

[metaslider id=9956] JAMES LILLIN Staff Writer The Women’s Christian Association (WCA) Home of Fredonia has been a Fredonia landmark since 1892, with its spacious, Victorian halls offering a home to elderly women in Fredonia who have found themselves in need of assisted living. “Our goal during this anniversary year is......

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Feeding Fredonia Challenge returns for its fourth year

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 11, 2017

October 11, 2017

MADELINE CARROLL Editor in Chief Joyce Smith’s office sits on the second floor of the Williams Center. There are boxes piled high in one corner and brightly colored posters lay around them, both waiting to be distributed. These boxes are collection sites for the Feeding Fredonia Challenge, a food drive......

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Ambiguity leads to student’s Excelsior scholarship rejection

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 11, 2017

October 11, 2017

DAN ORZECHOWSKI and TRAVIS LEFEVRE News Editor and The Scallion Editor The announcement of the Excelsior scholarship was intended to pave the way for affordable higher education for middle-class students. Some people, however, fall just short of that. In the Fall of 2015, Caroline Schettler began her collegiate career at......

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Creative writing program creates changes with new hires

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 5, 2017

October 5, 2017

ANGELINA DOHRE Photo Editor This past summer, four new faces were hired to support Fredonia’s creative writing minor. Two full-time lecturers, Eric Schlich and Sarah Green, and two part-time adjunct lecturers, Rebecca Cuthbert and Cornelius FitzPatrick, were welcomed to the English program. The four lecturers are bringing back courses to......

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Bill that would protect students from additional fees is likely to pass

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 5, 2017

October 5, 2017

ALEXANDRIA NIEVES and DAN ORZECHOWSKI Special to The Leader and News Editor A bill passed by the New York State Senate and Assembly could cover the cost of salaries, inflationary costs, collective bargaining and mandatory operating costs, protecting the pockets of SUNY and CUNY students. The “Maintenance of Effort” bill......

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Center for Multicultural Affairs becomes the Intercultural Center

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 5, 2017

October 5, 2017

JACOB SANTOS Special to The Leader During the early to mid 1990s, the administration at SUNY Fredonia pushed to promote inclusion and diversity to their students. This led to what became known as the Center for Multicultural Affairs (CMA) in 1997, catering to various students from different backgrounds. Over the......

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FSA changes operating hours with an eye to the future

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 5, 2017September 1, 2019

October 5, 2017September 1, 2019

JAMES LILLIN Staff Writer Food vendors on the Fredonia campus are currently in a transitory period, with operating hours experiencing an across-the-board cut to combat the falling enrollment of past years. Returning students are particularly irate when it comes to the changes to Tim Hortons, which in past years was......

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Recent efforts to strengthen enrollment displays results

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 29, 2017

September 29, 2017

DAN ORZECHOWSKI News Editor For the first time since Fall 2013, there are over 1,100 first-year students enrolled at Fredonia. According to last year’s admissions report, in 2013 Fredonia saw 1,105 new faces. In that same year, the university received 6,069 applications, and 3,141 (52 percent) of them were admitted.......

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The Kevin Hines story: Suicide is never the answer

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 27, 2017August 25, 2019

September 27, 2017August 25, 2019

VICTOR SCHMITT-BUSH Special to the Leader “He is ancient, yet ageless. He is ticking, yet timeless. He runs not hunted, he chases. He is a man of many faces. He is the darkness. I am the light.” “That was a limerick I wrote in eighth grade about the immense......

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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

Delta Chi to host annual charity event

WCA Home celebrates its 125th anniversary at Lanford Home

Feeding Fredonia Challenge returns for its fourth year

Ambiguity leads to student’s Excelsior scholarship rejection

Creative writing program creates changes with new hires

Bill that would protect students from additional fees is likely to pass

Center for Multicultural Affairs becomes the Intercultural Center

FSA changes operating hours with an eye to the future

Recent efforts to strengthen enrollment displays results

The Kevin Hines story: Suicide is never the answer