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The search for a new athletic director quickly wrapping up

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 3, 2017

by Contributor to The LeaderNovember 3, 2017

Reading Time: 3 minutesAVRIL KING Social Media Manager Since 1997, SUNY Fredonia has known one person as the athletic director. Greg Prechtl was a Fredonia graduate with the class of 1969. He went on to serve as the head coach of the men’s basketball team for 23 seasons, and he eventually took the...

Step back into the strange town of Hawkins, Indiana: ‘Stranger Things’ returns to Netflix

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 3, 2017

by Contributor to The LeaderNovember 3, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutesMOLLY VANDENBERG Staff Writer The long-anticipated season two of the science-fiction “Stranger Things” was released on Netflix on Oct. 27 with nine new episodes. This is a follow up to the first season that Netflix released in July 2016. This second season takes place a year after the first....

Alison Pipitone: Buffalo Music Hall of Fame’s newest inductee

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 3, 2017August 15, 2019

by Contributor to The LeaderNovember 3, 2017August 15, 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutesBAILEY KUZMA Special to The Leader On Oct. 5, Alison Pipitone, an adjunct instructor for the Music Industry program here at Fredonia, was inducted into the Buffalo Music Hall of Fame. “I’ve always liked music my whole life because my parents always had music on in my living room....

A writer’s reunion: NYT bestseller Wendy Corsi Staub and Lucia Macro return to SUNY Fredonia

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 3, 2017

by Contributor to The LeaderNovember 3, 2017

Reading Time: 3 minutesVICTOR SCHMITT-BUSH Staff Writer To some graduates, their time at Fredonia lives on only as a story. A good read it might have been, but it remains a memory, nonetheless. For others, the story is still being written. Staff and students alike will be pleased to know that Fredonia...

Brews Under Review: Hang Time for a hangover

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 3, 2017

by Contributor to The LeaderNovember 3, 2017

Reading Time: 3 minutesTRAVIS LEFEVRE The Scallion Editor I have no idea why anybody would let me write a beer review. I would hardly even call myself a beer novice. Having recently turned 21, I always thought beer was trash. The only way I could get myself through a can of Bud...

Battle of the New Bands rocks the MPR

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 3, 2017August 15, 2019

by Contributor to The LeaderNovember 3, 2017August 15, 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutes[metaslider id=10306] ELYSE GRIECO Special to The Leader The Music Industry Club (MIC) rocked the Multi-Purpose Room this past Thursday night with their annual Battle of the New Bands. This competition showcases some of Fredonia’s most talented students. It was created to give students an inside look on what...

Water boiling advisory has FSA quick to respond

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 3, 2017

by Contributor to The LeaderNovember 3, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutesSETH MICHAEL MEYER Assistant News Editor On the morning of Oct. 21, the students of Fredonia woke up to an email advising them not to consume the tap water without it being boiled and to conserve water. The effect of what the email described as a water main break...

From the Desk of Avril King, Social Media Manager

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 3, 2017August 16, 2019

by Contributor to The LeaderNovember 3, 2017August 16, 2019

Reading Time: 3 minutesHelp yourself It’s that time of year again. It’s the middle of the semester, professors are assigning projects left and right and students are mixing their coffee with 5-Hour Energy in an attempt to get all of their work done. As someone who has struggled with severe anxiety and panic...

Excelsior by the numbers

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 3, 2017

by Contributor to The LeaderNovember 3, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutesTRAVIS LEFEVRE The Scallion Editor The Excelsior scholarship went into full effect this semester with approximately 12 percent of Fredonia’s 4,631 undergraduates qualifying for the program. In order to be deemed eligible for the scholarship for this current academic year, your aggregated gross income, or (AGI) must be below...

Fredonia has three top 10 finishers at SUNYACs

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 3, 2017

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Reading Time: 2 minutesAIDAN POLLARD Special to the Leader On Oct. 28, the Blue Devils men’s and women’s cross country teams competed in the SUNYAC championship race hosted by SUNY Potsdam on a grueling and extremely hilly, looping course. The men came seventh out of 10 teams and the women placed fourth out...

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The search for a new athletic director quickly wrapping up

Step back into the strange town of Hawkins, Indiana: ‘Stranger Things’ returns to Netflix

Alison Pipitone: Buffalo Music Hall of Fame’s newest inductee

A writer’s reunion: NYT bestseller Wendy Corsi Staub and Lucia Macro return to SUNY Fredonia

Brews Under Review: Hang Time for a hangover

Battle of the New Bands rocks the MPR

Water boiling advisory has FSA quick to respond

From the Desk of Avril King, Social Media Manager

Excelsior by the numbers

Fredonia has three top 10 finishers at SUNYACs