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Pi day celebrated with ‘Harry Potter’ themed event

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 25, 2015August 17, 2019

March 25, 2015August 17, 2019

Reading Time: 3 minutesCHARLES PRITCHARD Staff Writer The average person might not appreciate the importance of pi, but its importance in the mathematical community is obvious. Geometry, trigonometry and all manner of formulas require the mathematical constant that runs on infinitely. In fact, pi is so important that in 1988, physicist Larry Shaw......

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Conservative opinion: Benjamin Netanyahu addresses congress

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 13, 2015

March 13, 2015

Reading Time: 3 minutesCONNOR HOFFMAN Staff Writer For years, Iran has not listened nearly every time the U.S. has asked it to drop its nuclear program. But now, President Barack Obama thinks this time is different, and that Iran is ready to negotiate. This recent announcement of negotiations with Iran caused Israeli Prime......

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New class spotlight: Paper Arts

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 13, 2015

March 13, 2015

Reading Time: 3 minutesKORTNEY YOUNG Special to The Leader This semester, Tim Frerichs, a professor of art, is offering a Paper Arts course for the first time. “What is paper arts?” one might ask. Well, it certainly is not origami. “Actually, paper arts, even though we tend not to think about it that......

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FCC passes Net Neutrality Professor gives input on impact of Net Neutrality

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 13, 2015

March 13, 2015

Reading Time: 3 minutesCHARLES PRITCHARD Staff Writer The Federal Communications Commission passed Net Neutrality and reclassified broadband internet, with the decision just scraping by in a 3-2 vote, on Feb. 26, 2015. “These new rules are guided by three principles,” said the FCC in an open press conference. “America’s broadband networks must be......

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Career Development Office: resource in the quest for the perfect internship

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 13, 2015

March 13, 2015

Reading Time: 3 minutesMEGHAN GUATTERY Assistant News Editor Internship: The word itself strikes enough fear into young college-aged minds to have students regretting ever even coming to college. And with the Job and Internship Expo yesterday, the jitters have begun to set in. As students prepare to enter the real world, application after......

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Applause for Paws: Interactive Theatre Society raises funds for Lakeshore Humane Society

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 13, 2015

March 13, 2015

Reading Time: 3 minutesAMANDA DEDIE Staff Writer Applause for Paws is an annual fundraising event held by the Interactive Theatre Society. It was held on Saturday, March 7, in the Multipurpose Room from 2:30 to 5 p.m. The sole purpose of the fundraiser was to raise money for the Lakeshore Humane Society, a......

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Mock trial team finishes 18th at ORCS

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 11, 2015

March 11, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutesS. L. FULLER News Editor Finishing 18th out of 24 teams, the Fredonia Blue Devils’ Advocates made the most out of their trip to the Opening Round Championship Series (ORCS) for mock trial. Held at Penn State University this past weekend, Fredonia was in the company of schools including Harvard,......

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Society of Professional Journalists to bring in media professionals

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 6, 2015

March 6, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutesKORTNEY YOUNG Special to the Leader Fredonia’s chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) would like to welcome any and all audiences to the Spring Conference of 2015, on Saturday, March 7. Numerous professionals out of Buffalo, from a variety of different media outlets, will be offering audience members......

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Fredonia to partner with UB pharmacy school

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 6, 2015

March 6, 2015

Reading Time: 3 minutesCONNOR HOFFMAN Staff Writer On Feb. 19, Fredonia and the University at Buffalo announced a new agreement between Fredonia and the UB School of Pharmacy. This agreement is meant to help quicken the process for Fredonia students to get a pharmacy degree at UB. Normally, a Fredonia student going into......

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New class spotlight: Global Change Biology Class focuses on the effects of global change on the past, present and future

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 4, 2015

March 4, 2015

Reading Time: 4 minutesAMANDA DEDIE Staff Writer Global change — the topic everyone talks about but no one can agree on. Is it real? Are we over-exaggerating? Does it really matter if, most likely, none of us will be alive to see any catastrophic effects? It is well-known that what has happened in......

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…

Pi day celebrated with ‘Harry Potter’ themed event

Conservative opinion: Benjamin Netanyahu addresses congress

New class spotlight: Paper Arts

FCC passes Net Neutrality Professor gives input on impact of Net Neutrality

Career Development Office: resource in the quest for the perfect internship

Applause for Paws: Interactive Theatre Society raises funds for Lakeshore Humane Society

Mock trial team finishes 18th at ORCS

Society of Professional Journalists to bring in media professionals

Fredonia to partner with UB pharmacy school

New class spotlight: Global Change Biology Class focuses on the effects of global change on the past, present and future