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Presidential speechwriter Smith speaks on campaign history

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 13, 2016August 16, 2019

by Contributor to The LeaderOctober 13, 2016August 16, 2019

Reading Time: 3 minutesJAMES LILLIN Staff Writer On Wednesday, Oct. 5, Fredonia’s ALL IN Democracy Challenge Committee continued its steady march of events to drum up political involvement on campus with a lecture from Craig Smith, a former speechwriter for President Gerald Ford and consulting writer for President George H.W. Bush. All throughout...

Fredonia swimming and diving expects strong season

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 13, 2016

by Contributor to The LeaderOctober 13, 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutesBROOKE ATKINS Social Media Manager With the cold weather outside slowly approaching, Fredonia students can stay inside, and stay warm all while watching swimming. Yes, that’s right — swimming season is here. After ending last year’s season on a high, the Fredonia swimming and diving team is expecting big accomplishments...

Make America Bald-Win again: Trump gets dumped for ‘SNL’ caricature artist

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 13, 2016August 25, 2019

by Contributor to The LeaderOctober 13, 2016August 25, 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutesEMMA PATTERSON Staff Lampoonist It seems Hillary Clinton isn’t Donald Trump’s only competition this election season. After Alec Baldwin’s spot-on impersonation of the Republican Presidential nominee in the season 42 premiere of “Saturday Night Live,” Trump supporters everywhere have abandoned their leader in favor of Baldwin’s “more bigly” version...

Opinion: Bills should call it quits before it’s too late

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 13, 2016

by Contributor to The LeaderOctober 13, 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutesJACLYN SPIEZIA Special to the Lampoon As all of you know, Buffalo, New York is home to the Buffalo Bills football team. What some of you may not know is that this is not a fact to really be proud of. Well, at least it hasn’t been in almost a...

The Lampoon’s Guide to Halloween Costumes

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 13, 2016

by Contributor to The LeaderOctober 13, 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutesD. ZBORNAK Staff Lampoonist With Halloween drawing near, most of us are racking our brains for costume ideas. In this age of ingenuity, we strive to impress our peers with our creativity and innovation, but sometimes we hit a wall. Never fear: here are a few ideas to...

Lampoon Investigation: Are hurricanes bad for you?

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 13, 2016August 25, 2019

by Contributor to The LeaderOctober 13, 2016August 25, 2019

Reading Time: 3 minutesPATRICK BENNETT Staff Lampoonist This past week, Hurricane Matthew has ravaged the countries of the Caribbean and the southern coast of the United States. The Lampoon stood in front of the television screen, scratching their chins and thinking to themselves, “Are hurricanes harmful to your health?” Staff member and...

Death by debate 47 percent of voters reportedly die of boredom after VP debate

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 13, 2016

by Contributor to The LeaderOctober 13, 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutesTRAVIS LEFEVRE Lampoon Editor The vice presidential debate finally received some mainstream attention and proved once and for all that these debates should remain irrelevant. With such an intense election season, people from all over the world tuned in hoping to see Clinton and Trump’s Mini-Me’s debate like their masters....

Men’s soccer team rebounds to snap two game losing streak

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 13, 2016

by Contributor to The LeaderOctober 13, 2016

Reading Time: 3 minutesQUINTIN JAMES Staff Writer The Fredonia men’s soccer team, coming off of a thrilling home win against Buffalo State, was looking to continue their conference success and keep playing at a high level this week. This year has been very different for the Blue Devils, as they’ve been playing well...

Bills Update: No Dareus, no Watkins, no problem: Bills win third straight game in Los Angeles

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 13, 2016September 1, 2019

by Contributor to The LeaderOctober 13, 2016September 1, 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutesCURTIS HENRY Sports Editor Only three weeks removed from being on the hot seat, Rex Ryan is fast becoming one of the mid-season favorites to win the NFL’s coach of the year award. This may be a slight exaggeration, given the fickle nature of football and how many games...

Letters From Galway: It’s more than just a little bad luck: County Dublin defeats County Mayo in the 2016 All-Ireland Match

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 13, 2016

by Contributor to The LeaderOctober 13, 2016

Reading Time: 3 minutesCLAIRE O’REILLY Staff Writer 65 years ago, 15 men from County Mayo’s Gaelic Football team were traveling back home, the Sam Maguire Cup on board, celebrating their All-Ireland victory. It was 1951, and the team had just reached the Holy Grail of Gaelic Football. They defeated County Meath to...

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Presidential speechwriter Smith speaks on campaign history

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Opinion: Bills should call it quits before it’s too late

The Lampoon’s Guide to Halloween Costumes

Lampoon Investigation: Are hurricanes bad for you?

Death by debate 47 percent of voters reportedly die of boredom after VP debate

Men’s soccer team rebounds to snap two game losing streak

Bills Update: No Dareus, no Watkins, no problem: Bills win third straight game in Los Angeles

Letters From Galway: It’s more than just a little bad luck: County Dublin defeats County Mayo in the 2016 All-Ireland Match