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Greg Catalano: Family first, team second

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 11, 2017August 18, 2019

by Contributor to The LeaderOctober 11, 2017August 18, 2019

Reading Time: 3 minutesAVRIL KING Social Media Manager Most athletes will agree that the best part of an away competition is the food. So when the Fredonia women’s tennis team entered a restaurant after a tough match, naturally, they were all excited. A few minutes later, when an older couple came into the...

Ambiguity leads to student’s Excelsior scholarship rejection

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 11, 2017

by Contributor to The LeaderOctober 11, 2017

Reading Time: 3 minutesDAN ORZECHOWSKI and TRAVIS LEFEVRE News Editor and The Scallion Editor The announcement of the Excelsior scholarship was intended to pave the way for affordable higher education for middle-class students. Some people, however, fall just short of that. In the Fall of 2015, Caroline Schettler began her collegiate career at...

Punk rock’s not dead: ‘GoNightClubbing’ directors visit Fredonia

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 11, 2017August 15, 2019

by Contributor to The LeaderOctober 11, 2017August 15, 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutesMOLLY VANDENBERG Staff Writer The SUNY Fredonia Cinema Alternatives Group had a showing of “GoNightClubbing” on Oct. 2 where Pat Ivers and Emily Armstrong were present to talk about their work. The mix shown was a collection of punk rock video performances from 1975-1980 in New York City during the...

Fredonia cross country races at Houghton

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 11, 2017

by Contributor to The LeaderOctober 11, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutesAIDAN POLLARD Special to the Leader The Fredonia men and women’s cross country teams raced at the Atlantic Regional Preview this weekend at Houghton College. The women came fifth out of 16 teams in a 6,000-meter race, and the men came sixth out of 16 teams in an 8,000-meter race...

‘Younger Now’ reminiscent of a younger Miley

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 11, 2017August 15, 2019

by Contributor to The LeaderOctober 11, 2017August 15, 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutesMOLLY VANDENBERG Staff Writer Miley Cyrus returns to her Tennessee roots in her new album “Younger Now” which was released Sep. 29, saying in the first line of the first track “feels like I just woke up, like all this time I’ve been asleep.” Cyrus wrote and produced the entire...

Circling the Wagons: Bills fall to 3-2 heading into the bye

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 11, 2017

by Contributor to The LeaderOctober 11, 2017

Reading Time: 3 minutesCURTIS HENRY Sports Editor Tyrod Taylor needs some help, and it’s becoming obvious. The Bills struggled mightily on Sunday, losing a competitive game in Cincinnati to the Bengals by a final score of 20-16. The most obvious storyline for each team throughout the game on Sunday afternoon was the play...

Clemons’ big day leads Fredonia women’s soccer to victory

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 10, 2017

by Contributor to The LeaderOctober 10, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes [metaslider id=9922] DYLAN WEBB Special to the Leader If there was one thing to be taken away from Fredonia’s win over Buffalo State Saturday, it’s that the Blue Devils may have a truly deadly combo on their roster. Fredonia managed to knock off their conference foes 3-1 on Sept....

‘She Kills Monsters’ brings witty, dragon-slaying characters to life: PAC opens their first show of the season

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 10, 2017

by Contributor to The LeaderOctober 10, 2017

Reading Time: 3 minutes [metaslider id=9909] KARA CEKUTA Staff Writer Fredonia’s Performing Arts Company is preparing for their first show of the season with their full length rendition of “She Kills Monsters,” a story by Samuel French. This dramatic comedy was written into a play by Qui Nguyen in 2011. The Performing Arts...

Police Notter

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 7, 2017

by Contributor to The LeaderOctober 7, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutesALBERTO GONZALEZ Staff Scallywag Monday, Sept. 25, 2017 Police are requesting that whoever is using the call boxes around campus to ask if your radio is running to please stop. It is not funny anymore, and it honestly never was. Police responded to a complaint about loud noises coming from...

Guy Fieri takes Flave-donia by storm

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 7, 2017

by Contributor to The LeaderOctober 7, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutesDOMINIC MAGISTRO Special to The Scallion After the “No Burger Wednesday” escapade, the head chef position at Cranston has been vacated. While FSA was looking for a new head chef, Cranston has suffered from lines even longer than normal at the pasta counter, a distinct lack of taco shells at...

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Greg Catalano: Family first, team second

Ambiguity leads to student’s Excelsior scholarship rejection

Punk rock’s not dead: ‘GoNightClubbing’ directors visit Fredonia

Fredonia cross country races at Houghton

‘Younger Now’ reminiscent of a younger Miley

Circling the Wagons: Bills fall to 3-2 heading into the bye

Clemons’ big day leads Fredonia women’s soccer to victory

‘She Kills Monsters’ brings witty, dragon-slaying characters to life: PAC opens their first show of the season

Police Notter

Guy Fieri takes Flave-donia by storm