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Fredonia Central School district debates over school resource officer

Contributor to The LeaderApril 2, 2018

by Contributor to The LeaderApril 2, 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutesMolly VandenBerg Staff Writer There has been ongoing controversy recently involving the absence of a school resource officer at the Fredonia Central School District. An SRO is a law enforcement officer who is sent by a police department or agency to work in collaboration with one or more schools....

BSU Fashion Show

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 28, 2018

by Contributor to The LeaderMarch 28, 2018

Reading Time: 3 minutesQUINTIN JAMES Assistant Sports Editor On Saturday, March 25, the Black Student Union held their annual fashion show in the William Center MPR. The fashion show, which has been around since BSU’s creation, has evolved in the last few years to be their biggest event of the school year....

New rule changes coming to college basketball?

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 28, 2018

by Contributor to The LeaderMarch 28, 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutesCOLIN HART Special to The Leader Coverage of the National Invitational Tournament, or NIT, often gets lost amid the high-stakes and general excitement of March Madness. The NIT is a small consolation for college basketball’s also-rans — think of comparing the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl to the College Football...

From the desk of Lauren Finke, Business Manager

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 28, 2018August 15, 2019

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

Reading Time: < 1 minuteLauren Finke Business Manager As a freshman at Fredonia, I knew I wanted to be involved in an a capella group. I helped to start one at my high school, and it was something I wanted to continue to be a part of in my college years. I first...

How we became the Fredonia Blue Devils

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 28, 2018

by Contributor to The LeaderMarch 28, 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutesMOLLY VANDENBERG Staff Writer Fredonia’s athletic department is referred to as the Fredonia Blue Devils, but how did this nickname actually come to be? A lot of this information came to light during the school’s 175th anniversary celebration back in 2001. Joanne Schweik, a past archivist at the Reed...

What makes a great coach?

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 28, 2018

by Contributor to The LeaderMarch 28, 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutesAIDAN POLLARD Assistant Sports Editor A good coach needs to be just that — a coach. Good coaches don’t need ridiculous athletic résumés; they just need to understand the game they’re coaching and understand how to lead a team or individual to victory. If I were looking to find...

NCAA March Madness Tournament Bracket Buster

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 28, 2018August 25, 2019

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

Reading Time: 2 minutesJORDAN PURVIS Special to The Leader Dreams definitely come true in the month of March, and hearts and brackets are ripped into shreds. More than 17 million brackets were filled out on ESPN for the 2018 NCAA men’s basketball Tournament Challenge. There are currently zero perfect NCAA brackets left....

The NBA should allow players to join after high school, players should be able to go back to college if they go undrafted

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 28, 2018September 2, 2019

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

Reading Time: 4 minutesQUINTIN JAMES Assistant Sports Editor The past few years in college sports, athletes and schools have gotten in some trouble over student athletes receiving improper benefits. The NCAA rules state that student athletes cannot make money off of their own likeness nor can they receive money from boosters and...

Christopher Robbins brings inspiration, activism to the Visiting Artist Program

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 28, 2018

by Contributor to The LeaderMarch 28, 2018

Reading Time: 3 minutesBETHANY CLANCY Staff Writer This week’s Visiting Artist Program featured Christopher Robbins, one of the founders of Ghana ThinkTank. Robbins is an unusual artist. Instead of producing art in the form of paintings, drawings and ceramics, Robbins uses the ideas from the results of the ThinkTank and produces...

UMBC wins big, makes history in the process

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 28, 2018August 25, 2019

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

Reading Time: 2 minutesAVRIL KING Social Media Manager and Assistant Sports Editor In a surprise twist last week, the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) dominated over University of Virginia 74-54 in the first round of the NCAA tournament. A number 16 seed has not beaten a number 1 seed since 1985,...

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Fredonia Central School district debates over school resource officer

BSU Fashion Show

New rule changes coming to college basketball?

From the desk of Lauren Finke, Business Manager

How we became the Fredonia Blue Devils

What makes a great coach?

NCAA March Madness Tournament Bracket Buster

The NBA should allow players to join after high school, players should be able to go back to college if they go undrafted

Christopher Robbins brings inspiration, activism to the Visiting Artist Program

UMBC wins big, makes history in the process