Nine minors to be removed from Fredonia curriculum
Reading Time: 8 minutesAfter the removal of 13 majors, some students had remained hopeful that administrators would choose to keep the remaining programs.
Ice, ice, maybe? The problem with Fredonia’s lack of salt and plows
Reading Time: 4 minutesStudents and staff have complained daily about the maintenance of campus sidewalks and walkways during these winter months.
[POEM] Inheritance of Fate
Reading Time: 2 minutesANONYMOUS They decided my fate the moment they picked my name. It means ewe in Hebrew — A symbol of purity and innocence, Timid and dainty. Unlike its male counterpart, A symbol of power and force, Regarded and respected. I wish I were strong and immovable, But I was born...
[POEM] Ghosts
Reading Time: < 1 minuteANONYMOUS She said, “I believe in ghosts. Friendly ones, The kind that wear worn-out sneakers And mysterious corduroy trousers, Frolicking invisibly In once-tidy leaf piles, scattering Orange like sparks through the air. I believe in twilight ghosts In misty mantles, Clinging to their scraps of earth-bound cloud Like Adam and...
[POEM] Static Bathe Waves
Reading Time: 4 minutesANONYMOUS Warning: Mentions of blood. There is a radio in the woods. You can hear it if you walk through the creek. It is always on the other side. You have to walk through the creek to find it. That’s important. Part of its plan. It wants you to be...
[SATIRE] Horoscopes: Which pop culture moment are you?
by Abbie Miller
Reading Time: 4 minutesABIGAIL MILLER Editor-in-Chief, Boasting a 5-hour-a-day Average Screen Time With the Oscars right around the corner and the Grammys, Critics Choice Awards and BAFTAs taking place last month, there is seldom a time period as rich in notable celebrity moments as now. Many say that the rise of the Internet...
Lucas West takes center field with national anthem performance on the Bills’ biggest stage
Reading Time: 3 minutesGWENYTH KIRKWOOD Staff Writer Lucas West gets ready to perform the national anthem at the Bills game. Photo provided by Lucas West | Special to The Leader If you were to ask a Western New Yorker their dream in life, nine times out of 10, you will be met with...
New rule halts music lessons on campus
Reading Time: 3 minutesLUKE VILLAVICENCIO Staff Writer The inside of a Mason Hall classroom Photo by REBEKAH GERACE | Staff Photographer On Jan. 30, at 9:50 a.m., a public email was sent to all music majors at SUNY Fredonia by the Dean of the music, theatre and dance programs, Dr. David Stringham. The...
Police Blotter (Issue 3 | Spring 2025)
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUNIVERSITY POLICE DEPARTMENT SUNY Fredonia The Police Blotter, run and shared with The Leader by the University Police Department (UPD), aims to provide information to students, faculty and the community at and around SUNY Fredonia. All information is provided on the University Police Department’s website, www.fredonia.edu/about/offices/university-police/blotter. The Police Blotter will...
[SATIRE] Local Scallion Editor runs out of ideas
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn a shocking turn of events that has rocked The Leader’s satire section to its very core, Editor Megan Kidby has officially run out of ideas.