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‘To keep it simple, this album bumps’: A review of Rich The Kid’s ‘The World is Yours’

Contributor to The LeaderApril 11, 2018

by Contributor to The LeaderApril 11, 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutesELYSE GRIECO Assistant Life & Arts Editor A debut album can really set the tone for the new artists career to come. Rich The Kid’s “The World Is Yours” dropped last week and, if I do say so myself, it’s quite impressive for a rookie. The album consists of...

Fredonia’s budget situation is ‘not the end of the Earth’

Contributor to The LeaderApril 11, 2018

by Contributor to The LeaderApril 11, 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutesDAN ORZECHOWSKI News Editor Since the early 2000s, Fredonia has been in a financial deficit. Throughout the years, this hasn’t been a huge problem, but now that reserve funds are dwindling, the issue is more of a concern. The future of the budget was discussed for much of a...

Fredonia Art Forum demoted from ‘constituted’ to ‘chartered’

Contributor to The LeaderApril 11, 2018

by Contributor to The LeaderApril 11, 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutesQUINTIN JAMES Assistant Sports Editor Last Thursday, the Student Association (SA) held a general body meeting in room G-26 in McEwen Hall, where they voted on the status of Fredonia’s Art Forum and their program “In Site/On Site.” Fredonia Art Forum creates different programs, such as “In Sight/On Site,”...

Mar-A-Lago: Where Russian operatives are at your service: Trump’s latest oblivious nightmare (or success?)

Contributor to The LeaderApril 4, 2018September 9, 2019

by Contributor to The LeaderApril 4, 2018September 9, 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutesPATRICK BENNETT Staff Scallywag This past weekend, affluent members of the esteemed Palm Beach Mar-a-Lago were surprised to learn that their stay was magnificent, due to the hard work of Russian operatives posing as butlers. “When we booked our overnight stay at the resort we were met with beautiful...

Former chaplain of Fredonia’s Newman Center is linked to sexual misconduct

Contributor to The LeaderApril 4, 2018

by Contributor to The LeaderApril 4, 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutesDAN ORZECHOWSKI and SETH MICHAEL MEYER News Editor and Assistant News Editor A list of 42 priests who have been accused of sexual conduct with minors was released on March 20 by Bishop Richard J. Malone. On that list is the Rev. Edward J. Walker, who served as dean...

Advice column from a nihilist

Contributor to The LeaderApril 4, 2018

by Contributor to The LeaderApril 4, 2018

Reading Time: 3 minutesNICHOLAS NIHILIST Staff Nihilist Dear nihilist, My girlfriend is constantly controlling every aspect of my life. Like, at first it was small favors here and there, and I didn’t mind. That was five years ago and now I am hiding in a closet, pretending that I am looking for...

Terrified lawmakers claim that everyone who showed up to the “March For Our Lives” event were crisis actors

Contributor to The LeaderApril 4, 2018

by Contributor to The LeaderApril 4, 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutesJACLYN SPIEZIA Staff Scallywag When children started speaking out after the Parkland mass shooting, including recently at the March for Our Lives, lawmakers were concerned that young children had well-formed opinions. “Just because people lost family members and friends due to gun violence doesn’t mean they have the right...

Gender neutral bathroom placed in Mason Hall

Contributor to The LeaderApril 4, 2018

by Contributor to The LeaderApril 4, 2018

Reading Time: 3 minutesMACI COSMORE Special to The Leader In February, a petition to place a gender neutral bathroom in Mason Hall made its way around social media. Just last month, a bathroom in the building was officially switched over. On Feb. 26, President Horvath sent out a statement in a Monday...

Get a closer look at the stars with Fredonia’s Observatory

Contributor to The LeaderApril 4, 2018

by Contributor to The LeaderApril 4, 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutesALIX SMITH Special to The Leader “A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away . . . ” . . . Just kidding! Nevertheless, in this galaxy, the Fredonia Observatory will open its doors for a second time. A success in Spring 2017, Dr. Michael Dunham, assistant...

From the Desk of Avril King, Social Media Manager and Assistant Sports Editor

Contributor to The LeaderApril 4, 2018August 15, 2019

by Contributor to The LeaderApril 4, 2018August 15, 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutesA few years ago, I heard a conversation between two women that I hardly know. I was sitting in a hair salon, waiting for my mom, when the pair sitting in the chairs next to me starting talking about how they regularly took their sons to the chiropractor. Of course,...

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‘To keep it simple, this album bumps’: A review of Rich The Kid’s ‘The World is Yours’

Fredonia’s budget situation is ‘not the end of the Earth’

Fredonia Art Forum demoted from ‘constituted’ to ‘chartered’

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Former chaplain of Fredonia’s Newman Center is linked to sexual misconduct

Advice column from a nihilist

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Gender neutral bathroom placed in Mason Hall

Get a closer look at the stars with Fredonia’s Observatory

From the Desk of Avril King, Social Media Manager and Assistant Sports Editor