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Alumna sheds light on life in film and theatre

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 28, 2018

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Reading Time: 3 minutesSTEPHEN SACCO Special to the Leader Sarah T. Schwab, a writer who collaborated with Karen Allen and others who are critically acclaimed, paid SUNY Fredonia a nostalgic visit. Writers @ Work, a collective of the English department, hosted the events with Schwab and Long from March 22-23. The...

Fredonia science professor selected to governor’s water protection committee

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 28, 2018

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Reading Time: 3 minutesCOLIN HART Special to The Leader Dr. Courtney Wigdahl-Perry, a biology professor at SUNY Fredonia, has been selected for Governor Andrew Cuomo’s steering committee for combating harmful algal blooms (HABs) in several lakes throughout New York state. Alongside a panel of nationwide experts, Wigdahl-Perry is scheduled to attend a summit...

Fredonia professor receives international recognition

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 28, 2018

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Reading Time: 3 minutes VICTOR SCHMITT-BUSH Assistant News Editor The issue of plastic pollution is starting to be taken seriously, and it’s partly thanks to Sherri Mason, the chair of Fredonia’s Geology and Environmental Sciences department. As an affiliate of Orb Media, the non-profit activist organization against plastic pollution, Mason was...

Betsy DeVos is unconvinced that children exist

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 28, 2018

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Reading Time: 2 minutesJACLYN SPIEZIA Staff Scallywag Betsy DeVos is in disagreeance with the rest of society about the existence of children. The controversy started when DeVos was asked about her future plans as secretary of education. When she responded, Betsy DeVos at first seemed confused, almost as if she had forgotten...

Cutting the ribbon KM3 Studios and Fredonia Video Game Development Club open their alphas to public

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 28, 2018August 16, 2019

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

Reading Time: 3 minutesDAN ORZECHOWSKI News Editor Just in its second semester, Fredonia’s Video Game Development Club has gathered a following that some clubs spend years building. Last Wednesday, the club and Kermit Mitchell III (the club’s founder and president) presented an alpha video game testing, open to the public. Two...

Sigma Tau Delta: Linking education with community

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 28, 2018August 16, 2019

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

Reading Time: 2 minutesMOLLY VANDENBERG Staff Writer On March 30, Sigma Tau Delta hosted an open mic night at the 21 East Bookstore in Dunkirk. The bookstore is almost hidden in a brick building on East Second Street. However, once inside, you’ll notice the store is open and inviting with comfy chairs...

A letter from Regret — everyone’s favorite buzzkill

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 28, 2018

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Reading Time: 2 minutesMORGAN HENDERSON and EMMA PATTERSON Staff Scallywag and Editor of the Scallion To the poor broken body I have the current misfortune of inhabiting (AKA Paul), First of all, I’ve had enough of all of you. Every day it’s the same thing. Every time spring break rolls around I...

I’d App That: Grade Hound

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 28, 2018

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Reading Time: 2 minutes MELISSA FUCHS Staff Writer Being a college student can take a lot of hard work and organization. My late step-dad always used to tell me to do the hard work first and then to do the easier tasks. I often find that organizing yourself before delving into tasks...

Governor Cuomo suggests his SAFE Act be adopted nationwide

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 28, 2018August 25, 2019

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

Reading Time: 3 minutesSETH MICHAEL MEYER Assistant News Editor Tens of thousands of demonstrators marched through the streets of D.C. Saturday in support of gun law reform. Marchers came together in light of the school shooting in Parkland, Fla., last month which left 17 students and faculty dead and many more...

Representation of women in the music field

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 21, 2018August 17, 2019

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Molly VandenBerg Staff Writer

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Alumna sheds light on life in film and theatre

Fredonia science professor selected to governor’s water protection committee

Fredonia professor receives international recognition

Betsy DeVos is unconvinced that children exist

Cutting the ribbon KM3 Studios and Fredonia Video Game Development Club open their alphas to public

Sigma Tau Delta: Linking education with community

A letter from Regret — everyone’s favorite buzzkill

I’d App That: Grade Hound

Governor Cuomo suggests his SAFE Act be adopted nationwide

Representation of women in the music field