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Ask Fairy Godmother – Your place to bippity boppity bitch

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 28, 2018August 15, 2019

by Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 28, 2018August 15, 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutesDear Loyal Readers, This week ‘tis I writing you the letter as a nice change of pace. I’ve come to learn that many of you are first years as most of the questions I receive pertain to the transition into academia and communal living. Well this week I’m going to...

Fredonia Radio Systems rocks the Commons

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 28, 2018August 25, 2019

by Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 28, 2018August 25, 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutesGIOVANINA VANCHERI Special to The Leader It was music that helped warm downtown Fredonia on the chilly first day of fall. Fredonia students, community members and musicians came together to listen to music, play games and enjoy barbecue at Rockin’ the Commons last Saturday. The annual event, hosted by...

Grammy Award Winners, The Harlem Quartet, comes to Fredonia

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 28, 2018August 15, 2019

by Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 28, 2018August 15, 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutesCASSIDY HERMAN Special to The Leader A quartet that has thrilled audiences in 47 states as well as in the U.K., France, Belgium, Brazil, Canada and South Africa is coming to a concert hall near you. Rosch Recital Hall, that is. The Harlem Quartet will make an appearance in Fredonia,...

“Protein cold bruh”causes Starbucks boom

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 28, 2018October 1, 2018

by Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 28, 2018October 1, 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutesDOM MAGISTRO Guest Scallywag Starbucks released its new Protein Blended Cold Brew last month, and the results could not have been better for the corporation. Gym rats and hipsters alike took to the streets, some waiting in lines longer than the gym rats could throw the hipsters. And now,...

Mayweather vs. Pacquiao II:Here we go againA

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 28, 2018October 1, 2018

by Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 28, 2018October 1, 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutesAIDAN POLLARD Sports Editor Get ready for pay-per view (or to find a stream on Reddit), because Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao are going at it again. The fight first started gaining traction after the Canelo Alvarez vs. Gennady Golovkin rematch, where both Mayweather and Pacquiao were in attendance....

Ace of all trades:Ethan Francis begins his final year at Fredonia

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 28, 2018August 16, 2019

by Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 28, 2018August 16, 2019

Reading Time: 3 minutesRYAN DUNNING28 Special to the Leader “My freshman year of high school I was a hurdler, but I saw people leaving practice to go on runs. I wanted to leave and not practice, so I started running distance. It was awful,” said Ethan Francis. This is how he recalls...

Trump denies allegations of sending a mass sextto every American’s phone

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 28, 2018August 25, 2019

by Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 28, 2018August 25, 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutesTRAVIS LEFEVRE Editor in Chief It was a quiet Thursday evening. All was calm until everyone’s phones made a collective ring. What followed was chaos in the streets of America, with citizens using various ways to rid themselves of their eyesight. FEMA has been working on a system that...

Let’s talk about Mac Miller’s death

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 28, 2018September 2, 2019

by Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 28, 2018September 2, 2019

Reading Time: 4 minutesAMBER MATTICE Managing Editor So I know this is a little late. Mac Miller died on Sept. 7 this year. While it was at the beginning of the month, this is something I’ve been ruminating on since people started speaking about his death and have only recently formulated my...

Colleges need emphasis on intellectual diversity

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 28, 2018October 1, 2018

by Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 28, 2018October 1, 2018

Reading Time: 3 minutesSETH MICHAEL MEYER Staff Columnist As globalization has taken root in the fabric of the United States so, too, has the emphasis for diversity. This modern paradigm has brought about laws requiring female representation on boards and committees and to affirmative action in higher-ed which has done a magnificent...

Change in package pick-up rules pleases administrationand RA’s, frustrates residents

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 25, 2018

by Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 25, 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutesALEXANDRIA NIEVES and JOSH RANNEY Special to The Leader and News Editor If you live in a dorm and you’ve ordered something online or gotten a package in the mail, you’ve probably gotten an email that said, “You have a package waiting at the University Bookstore.” Christopher Zenns, the...

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Ask Fairy Godmother – Your place to bippity boppity bitch

Fredonia Radio Systems rocks the Commons

Grammy Award Winners, The Harlem Quartet, comes to Fredonia

“Protein cold bruh”causes Starbucks boom

Mayweather vs. Pacquiao II:Here we go againA

Ace of all trades:Ethan Francis begins his final year at Fredonia

Trump denies allegations of sending a mass sextto every American’s phone

Let’s talk about Mac Miller’s death

Colleges need emphasis on intellectual diversity

Change in package pick-up rules pleases administrationand RA’s, frustrates residents