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COVID’s impact on college sports

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 23, 2020September 23, 2020

by Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 23, 2020September 23, 2020

Reading Time: 2 minutesIVAN TORRES Special to The Leader Over the past several months, COVID-19 has impacted the U.S. in a multitude of ways — from colleges shutting their campuses down, to people being required to wear masks in public. But how has this contagious disease impacted collegiate sports as a whole? First,...

What’s up with the Fredonia water?

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 23, 2020September 23, 2020

by Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 23, 2020September 23, 2020

Reading Time: 3 minutesCHLOE KOWALYK Special to The Leader On Sept. 10, Fredonia students received an emergency alert with information regarding a “Boil Water Order” from the Village of Fredonia. Students were advised to refrain from drinking tap water and avoid using it when refilling water bottles, washing dishes, making coffee, cooking and...

Black Lives Matter: How Fredonia students made it more than a hashtag

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 22, 2020September 22, 2020

by Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 22, 2020September 22, 2020

Reading Time: 4 minutesJESSICA MEDITZ– Editor in Chief HAWA TEJAN-COLE– Special to The Leader Chants of “What do we want? Justice! When do we want it? Now!” echoed through downtown Fredonia on Saturday afternoon. The voices were those of over 150 Fredonia students coming together to stand in solidarity with Black students at...

[Column] This week in COVID

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 22, 2020September 28, 2020

by Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 22, 2020September 28, 2020

Reading Time: 3 minutesALISA OPPENHEIMER News Editor As we head into our fifth week of classes, Fredonia’s total number of positive cases has increased from 89 on Monday, Sept. 14, to 96 total positive cases at the time of publication. According to the Fredonia COVID-19 dashboard, there are nine active student cases, and...

Athletic Departments Quarantine Decisions: An interview with Jerry Fisk

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 19, 2020September 19, 2020

by Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 19, 2020September 19, 2020

Reading Time: 4 minutesANTHONY GETTINO Assistant Sports Editor “You don’t get into a profession for the awful days. You get into it for the good days, the camaraderie. We’ve just gotta keep putting one foot in front of the other through the hard days in hopes we get back to those types of...

“The Future of Inclusion” at SUNY Fredonia

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 18, 2020September 18, 2020

by Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 18, 2020September 18, 2020

Reading Time: 3 minutesCHLOE KOWALYK Special to The Leader On Friday, Sept. 11, The Office and Council of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion sponsored their first event of a three-event series, “The Future of Inclusion.” The first event, titled “The Future of Inclusion: Students Discuss the Summer of 2020 and Campus Culture” featured seven...

Uh oh, orange man! Small hands! Cheeto man, hehehe, big baby man! That’s right: Trump

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 18, 2020September 18, 2020

by Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 18, 2020September 18, 2020

Reading Time: < 1 minuteJOSEPH MARCINIAKScallion Editor Watch out! Small hands, hehehe! Who do I mean? Big baby man who is orange, who else could I mean but El Presidente, the man behind the pee tape (Got em!), Dongal Tromp! Orange man, boo! Skin orange! Laugh at orange skin! Hands? Small. Donald? Drumpf. Eat...

[SATIRE] Small college student eats salsa on ground

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 17, 2020September 18, 2020

by Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 17, 2020September 18, 2020

Reading Time: 2 minutesJAY BYRONGuest Scallywag Today, a student living in Gregory Hall was doing homework but decided to take a break for a shocking and unique reason: to eat salsa on the ground. This student is a music therapy major, so she had many valid and psychological reasons as to why she...

Bills dominate in home-opener against Jets

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 17, 2020September 17, 2020

by Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 17, 2020September 17, 2020

Reading Time: 2 minutesTYLER PACOS Special to The Leader The Buffalo Bills hosted the New York Jets on Sunday, Sept. 13, for the first game of the 2020 season. With no fans in attendance for the game, it looked quite different for both viewers at home and the players on the field. Despite...

FREDConnect: Fredonia’s new student portal

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 17, 2020September 17, 2020

by Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 17, 2020September 17, 2020

Reading Time: 2 minutesHAWA TEJAN-COLE Special to The Leader Confused about how to get involved on campus during COVID-19? Fredonia’s Campus Life has launched an easy way to interact with the 170+ clubs and organizations here on campus. FREDConnect is a student portal that highlights Student Life events and campus clubs. It also...

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