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Police Notter

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 29, 2017

by Contributor to The LeaderMarch 29, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes ZOE KIRIAZIS Guest Lampoonist Sunday, March 5, 2017 A noise complaint was made in Eisenhower Hall at 7:42 p.m. after three large thuds were heard on the second floor. An R.A came to investigate the noise and discovered a resident who was repeatedly throwing their...

From the Desk Of Jordan Patterson, News Editor: The remaining days

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 29, 2017August 18, 2019

by Contributor to The LeaderMarch 29, 2017August 18, 2019

Reading Time: 3 minutes 11 a.m. Sunday morning. The sun creeps in just a little. A pounding headache ensues. The initial thoughts are confusing, and the clothes are the same as last night. The bedroom smells of cheap drinks, and the living room isn’t any better. The coffee table is patterned with beer...

Video surveillance shows Obama tap dancing on Trump’s landline

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 29, 2017September 9, 2019

by Contributor to The LeaderMarch 29, 2017September 9, 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutes JACLYN SPIEZIA Staff Lampoonist Multiple citizens reportedly saw a man tap dancing on one of President Donald Trump’s landlines the other morning. After reviewing video surveillance, it has been discovered that the very man tapping his toes on Trump’s wire was former President Barack Obama....

It’s more than a relay, it’s a fight

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 29, 2017

by Contributor to The LeaderMarch 29, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes[metaslider id=8862] DAN ORZECHOWSKI Assistant News Editor On Saturday morning, Tami Marsh answered an incoming call. On the line was her daughter, asking if Marsh could speak at Fredonia’s Relay for Life event, a fundraiser put on by Colleges Against Cancer, in Steele Hall later that night. Despite the...

Tweet featuring student goes viral

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 29, 2017

by Contributor to The LeaderMarch 29, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutesCOLIN PERRY Editor in Chief Jimmy Skrzeczkowski began March 19 as an ordinary person, but by the early hours of the morning, his face would be seen by millions around the world. The junior video production major was featured in a tweet that day which almost immediately exploded in...

Man requests to be put back into coma after awakening in 2017

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 29, 2017

by Contributor to The LeaderMarch 29, 2017

Reading Time: 3 minutes ALBERTO GONZALEZ Staff Lampoonist A man who was the on the receiving end of a medical miracle awoke after 15 years last week. Nile List awoke from a coma he sustained after falling victim to a stray bullet that was shot into the air on the Fourth...

NASA announces plans to convert flat earthers: Is Earth really round?

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 29, 2017

by Contributor to The LeaderMarch 29, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes PATRICK BENNETT Staff Lampoonist There are many things that are flat: a garlic and herb Triscuit cracker, a tabletop and a frat member’s head after his bro hits him with a sledgehammer during a 5-day bender. Now, according to top science officials including Shaquille O’Neal, B.O.B....

Campus View: Contrasting the Culture: A look into the sports cultures of NYC and Buffalo

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 29, 2017September 1, 2019

by Contributor to The LeaderMarch 29, 2017September 1, 2019

Reading Time: 3 minutes QUINTIN JAMES Staff Writer Being a sports fan in New York City in one of the best and worst things to be. While the city has so many famous franchises with rich histories that people tend to root for, other people like myself have found a liking in the...

March Madness: Dancing on to the Final Four: Millions tear up brackets as South Carolina, Oregon advance to Final Four

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 29, 2017

by Contributor to The LeaderMarch 29, 2017

Reading Time: 3 minutes CURTIS HENRY Sports Editor Of the 18-million plus brackets that were filled out on ESPN.com for this year’s tournament challenge, a mere 657 of them correctly picked the Final Four. That’s right: a miniscule .0003 percent of brackets had top seeds North Carolina and Gonzaga advancing...

Compulsive shoppers sacrifice going to Dollar Tree

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 29, 2017

by Contributor to The LeaderMarch 29, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes EMMA PATTERSON Staff Lampoonist The Lampoon stopped by an ordinary residential street this week to investigate a small protest that broke out in front of one of the houses. The owners of the house are Prissy and Chip McShopperson, self-proclaimed compulsive shoppers whose many purchases have overflowed...

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Police Notter

From the Desk Of Jordan Patterson, News Editor: The remaining days

Video surveillance shows Obama tap dancing on Trump’s landline

It’s more than a relay, it’s a fight

Tweet featuring student goes viral

Man requests to be put back into coma after awakening in 2017

NASA announces plans to convert flat earthers: Is Earth really round?

Campus View: Contrasting the Culture: A look into the sports cultures of NYC and Buffalo

March Madness: Dancing on to the Final Four: Millions tear up brackets as South Carolina, Oregon advance to Final Four

Compulsive shoppers sacrifice going to Dollar Tree