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Discovering Fredonia A Columbus Day open house

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 20, 2015

October 20, 2015

Reading Time: 3 minutesJORDAN PATTERSON Special to The Leader A day set aside for celebrating Christopher Columbus’s discoveries saw students travel from all over in search of their own adventure. While these students are deciding which school fits them best, Fredonia held an open house to show the many opportunities it has......

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When a screenplay is stolen The Department of Applied Professional Studies presents ‘Backdraft’

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 20, 2015

October 20, 2015

Reading Time: 4 minutesAMANDA DEDIE News Editor Imagine looking up at a movie screen and seeing the opening credits attribute a screenplay to someone else, even though the writing is eerily similar to your own. This was the case for Terrence Burns, M.D. and John Zoll, two former firemen from Buffalo, N.Y.......

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Pets in the residence halls? Fredonia’s ‘emotional support animals’ policy

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 20, 2015

October 20, 2015

Reading Time: 4 minutesCONNOR HOFFMAN Staff Writer The New York Times recently ran an article on universities increasingly allowing the use of comfort animals in their dorms, and some of the concerns having these animals in the dorms has caused. “Comfort animals, or Emotional Support Animals (ESAs) are animals that, by being......

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Dunkirk residents seek housing on campus

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 20, 2015

October 20, 2015

Reading Time: 3 minutes[metaslider id=3997] COLIN PERRY Staff Writer Fredonia is no stranger to hosting guests in the dorms. But for the past three weeks, nearly 20 Dunkirk residents have been staying on campus after a partial building collapse on Central Avenue forced them out of their homes. Since the day of......

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Copyright laws and the Trans-Pacific Partnership

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 20, 2015

October 20, 2015

Reading Time: 3 minutesCHARLES PRITCHARD Staff Writer “Fair use” is the practice of using something that is copyrighted without needing to pay the original copyright holders for its use, as long as it falls within certain categories. “Fair use” tends to affect students in a huge way, because copyrighted material can be......

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An inspirational life Celebrating Russell Wijesiriwardena

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 20, 2015

October 20, 2015

Reading Time: 4 minutesMEGHAN GUATTERY and S. L. FULLER Managing Editor and Editor in Chief In Fall 2014, a student started his freshman year at Fredonia. As a criminal justice major, he made his home in Grissom Hall and quickly found himself a close-knit group of friends. Bringing an affinity for volleyball......

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A girl on her mind Why Mary Beth Tinker doesn’t remember the Supreme Court

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 13, 2015September 1, 2019

October 13, 2015September 1, 2019

Reading Time: 3 minutesL. FULLER Editor in Chief Free speech heroine Mary Beth Tinker was sitting at the head of the table at The Brick Room on Sept. 28, and I was sitting to her immediate right. She had just finished her presentation in the Science Center about her experiences with the......

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‘Loss of a Student’ Russell Wijesiriwardena dies after battling cancer

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 13, 2015

October 13, 2015

Reading Time: < 1 minuteL. FULLER Editor in Chief On Monday, President Virginia Horvath issued an email to the campus with the subject line “Loss of a Student – Russell Wijesiriwardena.” “It is with heavy heart that I share the news that one of our students has died after a courageous battle with......

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A match made in Fredonia

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 13, 2015

October 13, 2015

Reading Time: 3 minutes[metaslider id=3835] JORDAN PATTERSON Special to The Leader Fredonia recently hosted a happy reunion when Social Media Community Specialist at RIT Dan Howell and Events Manager at Geva Theater Center Scott Falkowski revisited their old campus. The two men returned to Fredonia to take their engagement photos on campus......

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Conservative Corner Snowden in the news again

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 13, 2015August 16, 2019

October 13, 2015August 16, 2019

Reading Time: 3 minutesCONNOR HOFFMAN Staff Writer Edward Snowden, the famous rogue National Security Agency (NSA) contractor who revealed a lot of the NSA’s secrets to the American public, is in the news again. According to CNN, Snowden said he is willing to go to prison in the United States and reach......

Club spotlight: Black Student Union

Students, residents protest ICE in downtown Fredonia

Trump delivers State of the Union address; 50 Democrats boycott

5th Quarter Column: McDermott fired after latest playoff heartbreak

5th Quarter Column: Rocky road leads Bills to Denver

5th Quarter Column: California Dreamin’

Printing points introduced for students, staff

5th Quarter Column: Allen regains MVP form with six scores

Fredonia’s hockey recruiting extends across the nation, world

[SATIRE] Horoscopes: What dessert should you bring to your fall…

Discovering Fredonia A Columbus Day open house

When a screenplay is stolen The Department of Applied Professional Studies presents ‘Backdraft’

Pets in the residence halls? Fredonia’s ‘emotional support animals’ policy

Dunkirk residents seek housing on campus

Copyright laws and the Trans-Pacific Partnership

An inspirational life Celebrating Russell Wijesiriwardena

A girl on her mind Why Mary Beth Tinker doesn’t remember the Supreme Court

‘Loss of a Student’ Russell Wijesiriwardena dies after battling cancer

A match made in Fredonia

Conservative Corner Snowden in the news again