How To Be a Good White Ally 101
Reading Time: 4 minutesAmerican society has trampled and spit on the descendants of the slaves and immigrants who built this country; the generational beatings change forms but never disappear. ...
[OPINION] Lovercolumn: Do’s and don’ts of dating
Reading Time: 4 minutesEveryone has different dating advice, but much of it just revolves around basic respect and care for one another. ...
[OPINION] SUNY budget shortfall and its effects on students
Reading Time: 4 minutesAfter years of reduced funding, campuses like Fredonia, Buffalo State, Potsdam and Geneseo have fallen into multi-million-dollar deficits. ...
Bring Back Equality
Reading Time: 3 minutes Giulianna Lalomio Chief Copy Editor The distinction between the words “equality” and “equity” has been a crucial focus in DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) since the term emerged in the 1960s. The only instance that I can think of where this question is needlessly posed, however, is in the provision of free......
Revolution or Misinformation?
Reading Time: 3 minutesJayce Brown Special to The Leader If you watch the news, or are active on social media, you’ve probably heard about the Kimberly-Clark toilet paper warehouse fire in Ontario, Calif. The fire started early in the morning of April 7 and caused around $500 million in damages to the 1.2 million-square-foot warehouse, destroying products. No......
Out of Sight / Out of Mind: Where is Fredonia’s Sculpture Program?
Reading Time: 3 minutesLANDON LYONS Special to The Leader ‘Suitcase’ by Steven Siegel. Image courtesy of fredonia.edu In Spring 2025, when the Sustainability Committee moved to remove “Suitcase” (2015), the worst of a neglected set of sculptures on SUNY Fredonia’s campus, we were thrilled to see it go. The apparent degradation of the form’s structure and the environmental impact it was beginning to have on its surroundings was......
Who really controls what we can or can’t read?
Reading Time: 4 minutes“Access to literature prepares our youth to confront the real world, offering a window into experiences otherwise unknown to them. However, diverse ideas and stories featuring protagonists from historically marginalized identities are often the first topics targeted by censors,” (PEN America, October 2025). ...
Lovercolumn: Red, Yellow and Green Flags
Reading Time: 4 minutesTHE QUARTERBACK Executive Producer of Lovercall THE MUSICIAN Lovercall Producer BUMBLEBEE Lovercall Producer Hello! We are The Quarterback, The Musician and Bumblebee: producers and hosts of the radio show Lovercall, right here in Fredonia. Lovercall is an anonymous late-night talk show about love, relationships and more. Students who are guests on the show use codenames to protect......
Boil water order on Go Big Blue Day underscores Fredonia’s problems
Reading Time: 3 minutesALEX BUCKNAM Managing Editor Photo by MATT VOLZ| Editor in Chief It’s that time of the semester again, when we experience yet another boil-water alert. As someone who has been here since Fall 2023, I’ve experienced probably two a semester — sometimes even three. With roughly 10 occurrences since 2023, this is not normal. In the past, there have been clashes at City Hall......
Lovercolumn: Crushes
Reading Time: 4 minutesTHE QUARTERBACK Executive Producer of Lovercall THE MUSICIAN Lovercall Producer BUMBLEBEE Lovercall Producer Hello! We are The Quarterback, The Musician and Bumblebee: producers and hosts of the radio show Lovercall, right here in Fredonia. Lovercall is an anonymous late-night talk show about love, relationships and more. Students who are guests on the show use codenames to protect......