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Buffalo State saves their playoff hopes, ends the Blue Devils’

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 21, 2018

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Reading Time: 2 minutesJORDAN PURVIS Special to The Leader The women’s basketball team fell 74-60 to Buffalo State on Saturday. The Bengals’ victory secured their first postseason berth since 2015. Leading up to the game on Saturday, both teams were in a tie for the sixth and final SUNYAC playoff spot. Coach...

100 years later: Fredonia talks World War I

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 21, 2018

by Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 21, 2018

Reading Time: 3 minutesVICTOR SCHMITT-BUSH Assistant News Editor On Nov. 11, 1918, the “War to end all wars,” the long and bloody World War I, had finally come to a close. Germany formally surrendered, signing the Treaty of Versailles alongside the Allied Nations. In recognition of its 100 year anniversary, Fredonia will...

A little ‘parti’ never killed nobody: Annual Mardi Gras party returns to EBC West

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 21, 2018

by Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 21, 2018

Reading Time: 3 minutesBETHANY CLANCY Staff Writer Last Tuesday, the 13th, HAIL! Fredonia Records put their own spin on the New Orleans orientated celebration, Mardi Gras: Parti Gras. Since the event’s origin in 2016, it has consistently been held at EBC West and has drawn a crowd each year. This year’s event...

Yet another racial incident

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 21, 2018August 18, 2019

by Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 21, 2018August 18, 2019

Reading Time: 5 minutesQUINTIN JAMES Assistant Sports Editor On Feb. 11, an alleged incident downtown involving SUNY Fredonia students led directly to a racial slur being posted on social media. This has sparked outrage and controversy on campus and online. In a matter of hours, Fredonia was notified through Twitter, Facebook and...

Student finds himself “horribly and utterly alone” during group project, fights to survive

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 21, 2018

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Reading Time: 3 minutes ALBERTO GONZALEZ Staff Scallywag This semester is now at full speed and that means many things. You might’ve taken your first exams of the semester, there might be a rough draft of a paper due, a lesson plan, a blog post … er, whatever art majors have to...

This just in: Alexa is rude AF

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 21, 2018

by Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 21, 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutesMORGAN HENDERSON Staff Scallywag Alexa has always been ready to help no matter how you talk to her, but lately, it seems like she’s had enough. An Alexa user in California just reported that when she asked Alexa, “what’s the weather like today?” Alexa responded with, “you have a...

I’d App That: Gimme a ‘pizza’ that ‘app’

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 21, 2018

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Reading Time: 2 minutesMELISSA FUCHS Special to The Leader As an Italian gamer, when I first heard of “Good Pizza, Great Pizza”, I was intrigued. Admittedly, my foodie brain initially thought it was a pizza ordering app (not a bad idea in my eyes), but after downloading and playing around with it...

Can the Sabres use this trade deadline to fix their team?

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 21, 2018

by Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 21, 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutesAIDAN POLLARD Staff Writer The NHL trade deadline is approaching, and the Sabres are missing their star player, Jack Eichel. It’s hard to believe that the Sabres’ luck could have possibly gotten worse, but they lost Eichel to a high-ankle sprain which will likely take him out for the...

Valentine’s Day event at Sunny’s stirs backlash on campus

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 21, 2018

by Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 21, 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutesDAN ORZECHOWSKI News Editor Last Wednesday night, a flyer warning people to avoid Sunny’s was found in a bathroom at University Commons. Sunny’s, a bar located in downtown Fredonia, held an event on Valentine’s Day where attendees were encouraged to bring and shred pictures of their exes. The flyer...

Student dabs three consecutive times, accidentally summons the genie of 2016

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 21, 2018

by Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 21, 2018

Reading Time: 3 minutesJACLYN SPIEZIA Staff Scallywag Dank Glott was on his dorm bed, Lays chips squashed all over his green bed sheets, and he was laughing at a somewhat hypnotic poster on his wall for no reason. His roommate was out doing something “productive,” while he had decided to spend his...

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A little ‘parti’ never killed nobody: Annual Mardi Gras party returns to EBC West

Yet another racial incident

Student finds himself “horribly and utterly alone” during group project, fights to survive

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I’d App That: Gimme a ‘pizza’ that ‘app’

Can the Sabres use this trade deadline to fix their team?

Valentine’s Day event at Sunny’s stirs backlash on campus

Student dabs three consecutive times, accidentally summons the genie of 2016