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Coronavirus: Self-isolation or complete damnation?

Contributor to The LeaderMay 4, 2020May 4, 2020

by Contributor to The LeaderMay 4, 2020May 4, 2020

Reading Time: 3 minutesALYSSA BUMP Staff Writer Almost the entire population of the United States is bored out of their minds, but stuck in their house. It’s a strange occurrence for everyone; the coronavirus seemed to pop out of nowhere. But here we are. Most people have either been laid off, sent home...

A Year in Review

Contributor to The LeaderMay 4, 2020May 3, 2020

by Contributor to The LeaderMay 4, 2020May 3, 2020

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAlexis Carney | Photo Editor Despite being cut short, this year was incredibly eventful. This is a year in review through the lens of The Leader’s photographers.

Hannah and Matt on music: Hype albums

Contributor to The LeaderMay 3, 2020May 3, 2020

by Contributor to The LeaderMay 3, 2020May 3, 2020

Reading Time: 4 minutesHANNAH LUTEREK AND MATT TURNER Specials to The Leader For this installment of “Hannah and Matt on music,” we wanted to review our favorite albums to get hyped up to, the albums that we need as much as a cup of espresso to get the day going. Matt’s Pick: “I...

From the desk of Avril King, Managing Editor

Contributor to The LeaderMay 2, 2020May 2, 2020

by Contributor to The LeaderMay 2, 2020May 2, 2020

Reading Time: 4 minutesThis semester, I had some flexibility in my schedule. I decided that, for one of my last classes at Fredonia, I would take astronomy for a natural science credit, as well as for the opportunity to broaden my knowledge for the next time I go stargazing. Who doesn’t want to...

Horoscopes 5/2/2020

Contributor to The LeaderMay 2, 2020May 2, 2020

by Contributor to The LeaderMay 2, 2020May 2, 2020

Reading Time: < 1 minuteALEXANDRA WALSH Professional comedian and frozen pizza cooker Aquarius: I love and miss you people. Pisces: I bet you’d look beautiful, even with a face mask on. Aries: Aries?? More like HAIR-ES. Just because there’s a stay @ home order doesn’t mean we let ourselves go. Shave, please. Taurus: Finally,...

UB men’s basketball sanctions

Contributor to The LeaderMay 1, 2020May 2, 2020

by Contributor to The LeaderMay 1, 2020May 2, 2020

Reading Time: 2 minutesANTHONY GETTINO Assistant Sports Editor This past week, the men’s basketball program at the University at Buffalo was handed a one-year probation by the NCAA along with more sanctions to be followed after a former assistant coach was caught forging recruiting documents. These sanctions are not to the levels that...

Damage of social media during the pandemic

Contributor to The LeaderMay 1, 2020May 1, 2020

by Contributor to The LeaderMay 1, 2020May 1, 2020

Reading Time: 2 minutesMARCIA HUNT Special to The Leader It would take you less than five minutes of scrolling through Twitter to find posts about the global coronavirus pandemic. And this is understandable — these are unprecedented times. Social media has given people everywhere the ability to put their feelings of fear, frustration...

An average day in quarantine

Contributor to The LeaderMay 1, 2020May 1, 2020

by Contributor to The LeaderMay 1, 2020May 1, 2020

Reading Time: 3 minutesNIKKI INDELICATO Special to The Leader Ever since March 10, 2020, my world has been flipped upside down. The world has been on total lockdown in efforts to stop the spread of the terrible COVID-19 that has plagued our lives. Since I returned home, I had to find this new...

One family’s struggle with the virus

Contributor to The LeaderApril 30, 2020May 6, 2020

by Contributor to The LeaderApril 30, 2020May 6, 2020

Reading Time: 6 minutesMICHAEL MORRISSEY Special to The Leader My grandfather, whom we call Poppy, has been itching to get out of The Grand Rehabilitation and Nursing Home in Rome, N.Y., since the day he got there. His health conditions, which have been piling up for years, prevented him from remaining in the...

Buffalo Bills draft review

Contributor to The LeaderApril 30, 2020April 30, 2020

by Contributor to The LeaderApril 30, 2020April 30, 2020

Reading Time: 3 minutesDANTE LASTING Sports Editor The most viewed draft in NFL history is in the books and hope and optimism could not be higher for all 32 teams. The fact that it was the only live sporting event Americans have had in a while could have helped boost those viewership numbers....

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Coronavirus: Self-isolation or complete damnation?

A Year in Review

Hannah and Matt on music: Hype albums

From the desk of Avril King, Managing Editor

Horoscopes 5/2/2020

UB men’s basketball sanctions

An average day in quarantine

One family’s struggle with the virus

Buffalo Bills draft review