June 12, 2026
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Fredonia announces additional program cuts following finals week

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Best photos of the year from Fredonia athletics

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Director of Innovation and Economic Development reportedly retrenched

[SATIRE] Horoscopes

[OPINION] Lovercolumn: Do’s and don’ts of dating

Who started the Butterlow fire? The Leader investigates

Life & Arts

The Leader

The ‘surprisingly chaotic’ Canadaway Creek

Alex Bucknam
by Alex Bucknam
Reading Time: 4 minutesALEX BUCKNAM Asst. News Editor During your evening walk around Fredonia, if you end up on Risley St. coming off of Temple St., you will go on a bridge that goes over Canadaway Creek. You may not realize there’s college students sitting right below your feet. Canadaway Creek (“the creek,”...
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Digging into the impact of Fredonia’s faculty cuts

Alex Bucknam
by Alex Bucknam
Reading Time: 5 minutesALEX BUCKNAM Asst. News Editor Warning: This article contains strong language. If you don’t live under a rock, then you know by now that SUNY Fredonia is currently facing a financial problem.  Everything is a mess, the future is unclear, and staff, faculty and students are lost with no idea...
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Reviving community through leadership on the field

Contributor to The Leader
by Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 4 minutesGWENYTH KIRKWOOD Special to The Leader Being a part of a team involves leadership and community involvement.  Lindsay Hocking knows all about that.  Hocking, a senior at SUNY Fredonia, has dedicated her time in college to leadership and community involvement. A public relations major with a minor in leadership studies,...
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Lovercolumn: The Transgender Experience

Contributor to The Leader
by Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 6 minutesTHE QUARTERBACK Executive Producer of Lovercall THE MUSICIAN Lovercall Producer  RADIO REBEL Lovercall Producer Hello!  We are The Quarterback, The Musician and Radio Rebel: producers and hosts of the radio show Lovercall, right here at Fredonia. Lovercall is an anonymous late-night talk show about love, relationships and more. Students who...
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5th Quarter Column: Coop there it is

Contributor to The Leader
by Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 4 minutesMITCHELL HORUCY Asst. Sports Editor  After a two-game skid, the Bills got back into the win column with a 23-20 win over the Jets.  Before I get started, I want to preface this column by saying that it was written before the Bills-Titans game on Sunday.  Due to The Leader’s...
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County health department declares Lena’s Pizza safe after YikYak scare

Dan Quagliana
by Dan Quagliana
Reading Time: 3 minutesDAN QUAGLIANA Managing Editor Warning: This article contains strong language. About three weeks ago, a Facebook post by a Fredonia community member was shared on the social media platform YikYak that detailed a health concern at Lena’s Pizza, Subs & Wings, a popular eatery in downtown Fredonia. The post explained...
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What will happen to freshmen who are attending Fredonia with a discontinued major?

Alex Bucknam
by Alex Bucknam
Reading Time: 3 minutesALEX BUCKNAM Asst. News Editor  SUNY Fredonia is offering a teach-out option for students who were enrolled in a major that was discontinued last Spring. This teach-out initiative will continue for four full years.  Majors were officially deactivated on June 5 of this year, according to an email sent out...
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[SATIRE] Horoscopes: What should your sign dress up as for Halloween?

Abbie Miller
by Abbie Miller
Reading Time: 4 minutesABIGAIL MILLER Editor-in-Chief As the leaves change and my body begins to resist doing anything that resembles schoolwork, I know one thing: it is time. Dust off those black glittery stilettos that you only wear once a year. Dig out the costume you’ve been reusing since freshman year from the...
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TADA to perform “Legally Blonde: The Musical”

Contributor to The Leader
by Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 3 minutesAMARAH GHORI DEI Chair & Asst. Opinion Editor This fall, the courtroom is coming to Fredonia. “Legally Blonde: The Musical” will be performed by SUNY Fredonia’s Department of Theatre and Dance at the Robert W. Marvel Theatre, inside Rockefeller Hall. Performances will be held on Oct. 25, 26, 27, 31...
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