June 14, 2026
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Fredonia announces additional program cuts following finals week

Fredonia has lost the art of the elective

 Orchesis caps off year with ‘Escape Into the Music’

Best photos of the year from Fredonia athletics

Five major takeaways from the 2026 NFL Draft

How To Be a Good White Ally 101

Director of Innovation and Economic Development reportedly retrenched

[SATIRE] Horoscopes

[OPINION] Lovercolumn: Do’s and don’ts of dating

Who started the Butterlow fire? The Leader investigates

Life & Arts

The Leader

A reflection of current-day America: Trump inaugurated on MLK Day

Dan Quagliana
by Dan Quagliana
Reading Time: 4 minutesDAN QUAGLIANA Managing Editor Martin Luther King, Jr. Photo via Pixabay.com On Nov. 2, 1983, President Ronald Reagan signed H.R. 3706 into law. On July 29 of that year, Representative Katie Hall (D-IN) introduced that bill in order to recognize the third Monday in January “as a day of prayer...
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Student Association president details new additions to constitution

Dan Quagliana
by Dan Quagliana
Reading Time: 3 minutesDAN QUAGLIANA Managing Editor The logo of Fredonia’s Student Association With most students only being at college for four years, perspectives on campus change quite frequently.  This is especially relevant when it comes to SUNY Fredonia’s Student Association (SA) — as the governing body of every club on campus, its...
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Ice hockey diplomacy: Fredonia faces Chinese National Team

Contributor to The Leader
by Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 3 minutesMATT VOLZ Sports Editor In international hockey, some countries are known as powerhouses. Canada is perhaps best known for the sport, but they’re often challenged by the United States, Sweden, Russia, Finland and occasionally some others. But who knew that China played the game as well? On Friday, Jan. 24,...
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Campus computer lab innovates a new beginning

Contributor to The Leader
by Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 2 minutesABIGAIL JACOBSON News Editor  Technology changes everyday with new developments. To keep up with these changes, systems need to be in place to help us understand them. A computer lab in Fenton Hall is doing just that.  New changes came to a computer lab in Fenton Hall in November of...
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Natasha McCandless presents Fredonia with a new face and optimistic attitude

Contributor to The Leader
by Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 3 minutesMIA CIECHALSKI Staff Writer Amidst the closed-offness that lingers from what seems like never-ending Fredonia snowstorms, it is rare to see anyone, professor or student alike, become excited by the return to a perpetually snowy Fredonia.  New adjunct professor Natasha McCandless appears to challenge this assumption. McCandless has recently joined...
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Trump signs flurry of executive orders in his first week back in office

Alex Bucknam
by Alex Bucknam
Reading Time: 4 minutesALEX BUCKNAM Asst. News Editor  Donald Trump isn’t wasting any time getting acclimated to the White House for his second term. President Trump was inaugurated on Jan. 20, 2025, in the rotunda of the United States Capitol due to the cold temperatures Washington, D.C. was facing.  He is the second...
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5th Quarter Column: Marked short… again

Contributor to The Leader
by Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 4 minutesMITCH HORUCY Asst. Sports Editor Image Property Of The Buffalo Bills In what has become my favorite tradition of the past few years, it’s another heartbreaking end to the season for the Buffalo Bills. More specifically, it came at the hands of the Kansas City Chiefs for the fourth time...
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[OPINION] Lovercolumn: Finding Your Safe Space

Contributor to The Leader
by Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 4 minutesTHE QUARTERBACK Executive Producer of Lovercall THE MUSICIAN Lovercall Producer  RADIO REBEL Lovercall Producer Hello!  We are The Quarterback, The Musician and Radio Rebel: producers and hosts of the radio show Lovercall, right here at Fredonia. Lovercall is an anonymous late-night talk show about love, relationships and more. Students who...
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‘Super’ rematch between Chiefs and Eagles? Many say ‘no thanks’ despite potential history

Matt Volz
by Matt Volz
Reading Time: 4 minutesMATT VOLZ Sports Editor Note: This article was written as a game preview before the Super Bowl was played. At the start of the NFL playoffs, fans tossed around various matchups they’d like to see. Perhaps the most popular would have been a Buffalo Bills vs. Detroit Lions matchup —...
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[SATIRE] Horoscopes: Which New Year’s resolution is right for you?

Abbie Miller
by Abbie Miller
Reading Time: 3 minutesABBIE MILLER  Editor-in-Chief, Reluctant Gemini As we head into the second month of the new year, the resolutions that we were so sure we would stick to start to fade from memory.  The ball drop appears to have had the same effect as the neuralyzer in the “Men in Black”...
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