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From the Desk Of Brooke Atkins, Social Media Manager

Contributor to The LeaderApril 19, 2017August 16, 2019

by Contributor to The LeaderApril 19, 2017August 16, 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutes From the Desk Of Brooke Atkins, Social Media Manager As my days at Fredonia dwindle down very quickly, I cannot help but look back on all the memories I have created here, and the person I have become, and the people I have met. Four...

Conservative Corner: Excelsior Scholarship won’t take us higher

Contributor to The LeaderApril 19, 2017September 2, 2019

by Contributor to The LeaderApril 19, 2017September 2, 2019

Reading Time: 3 minutes CONNOR HOFFMAN Managing Editor Recently, the New York state budget for the upcoming budget passed. One of the most controversial additions to the budget bill was a program called the Excelsior Scholarship. This idea was horribly thought-out and reeks of “Cuomo 2020.” The scholarship will cover...

Energy drink dealer spotted in Reed Library

Contributor to The LeaderApril 19, 2017

by Contributor to The LeaderApril 19, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes JACLYN SPIEZIA Staff Lampoonist The other day, word got around that someone in Reed Library was illegally selling drinks to students. As finals are surely but scarily approaching, one unknown shady man reportedly decided to sell espresso shots and energy drinks to students who were struggling...

From the Desk Of Corey Maher, Photo Editor

Contributor to The LeaderApril 12, 2017August 16, 2019

by Contributor to The LeaderApril 12, 2017August 16, 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutesLast week, I was assigned a small crowdsourcing project in my Digital Narrative class. For those of you that don’t know, crowdsourcing is exactly what it sounds like: using a large crowd as a source for any kind of information, or as Merriam-Webster puts it “the practice of obtaining needed...

Guest Op-Ed: Cutting dining hours a cop-out

Contributor to The LeaderApril 12, 2017

by Contributor to The LeaderApril 12, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutesZACH BEAUDOIN Special to The Leader With the significant changes to the hours of many of the campus’ dining facilities, there’s been reasonably a lot of outrage. FSA’s response will be “it’s the best we can do in this economic situation.” Which, as a former FSA board member, I’d...

Season over, what’s next?: 2016-2017 season comes to close for Sabres

Contributor to The LeaderApril 12, 2017

by Contributor to The LeaderApril 12, 2017

Reading Time: 4 minutesCHRISTIAN EVANS Special to The Leader Disappointed, frustrated, unsatisfied — just a few words to describe yet another year in which the Buffalo Sabres will not be present in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. It has now been six straight seasons since the team has qualified, and fans everywhere in...

“Finals Week” changed to “Exam Week”

Contributor to The LeaderApril 12, 2017

by Contributor to The LeaderApril 12, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes EMMA PATTERSON Staff Lampoonist Fredonia’s decision to change “Dead Week” to “Study Weeks” caused a mild sensation on campus this past week. The name change apparently stemmed from a desire to take a negative connotation away from the week that takes place before Finals Week, a time that...

Keep Flying make Fredonia debut with Apathetic

Contributor to The LeaderApril 12, 2017August 15, 2019

by Contributor to The LeaderApril 12, 2017August 15, 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutes [metaslider id=9085] MORGAN HENDERSON Special to The Leader The drunken banter meets their ears before their hands meet the door, like they have any given Wednesday as if it were church on Sunday. The dim red light highlights fans’ faces eager to see the show, then...

Hollywood producer Sama discusses reality of entertainment industry

Contributor to The LeaderApril 12, 2017

by Contributor to The LeaderApril 12, 2017

Reading Time: 4 minutes ZOE KIRIAZIS Staff Writer Making it in the entertainment industry is not easy, but it’s not impossible to achieve. Franco Sama, an independent film producer in Los Angeles, spoke at Fredonia’s Technology Incubator on Wednesday, April 5. He discussed the financial business of being a...

Lehrer Dance Company to take Fredonia stage

Contributor to The LeaderApril 12, 2017August 16, 2019

by Contributor to The LeaderApril 12, 2017August 16, 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutes LERON WELLINGTON Staff Writer Fredonia gets a rare but long-awaited deal with the upcoming performance of the Lehrer Dance 10th Anniversary Season Concert. The event, which is sponsored by the Carnahan Jackson Humanities Fund and the Department of Theatre and Dance, has been in the...

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From the Desk Of Brooke Atkins, Social Media Manager

Conservative Corner: Excelsior Scholarship won’t take us higher

Energy drink dealer spotted in Reed Library

From the Desk Of Corey Maher, Photo Editor

Guest Op-Ed: Cutting dining hours a cop-out

Season over, what’s next?: 2016-2017 season comes to close for Sabres

“Finals Week” changed to “Exam Week”

Keep Flying make Fredonia debut with Apathetic

Hollywood producer Sama discusses reality of entertainment industry

Lehrer Dance Company to take Fredonia stage