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A letter to fifth-year students

Contributor to The LeaderApril 17, 2016August 17, 2019

by Contributor to The LeaderApril 17, 2016August 17, 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutesRILEY STRAW Lampoon Editor To Fredonia students and alumni, When I was a freshman, I thought that college was going to be a haven for new experiences — that I’d be able to drink on the weekends for more nights than society deems “acceptable.” When my grades slipped...

The Fredonia Files Mossack Fredonia encourages students to evade college tuition

Contributor to The LeaderApril 17, 2016

by Contributor to The LeaderApril 17, 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutesJESSICA D’NONSENS Lampoonist The Panama Papers scandal has unleashed a furor of other secrets that large, wealthy businesses have held from the public. Mossack Fredonia recently came clean about the Fredonia Files — papers that prove wealthy students at Fredonia are keeping funds in offshore banking accounts as a...

Tay is not O.K. Microsoft’s chatbot reveals need for sensitivity training in high schools

Contributor to The LeaderApril 17, 2016

by Contributor to The LeaderApril 17, 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutesV. RAVIOLI Staff Lampoonist The brazen tweets of a recently famous artificial intelligence (AI) have captured the attention of parents and educators worldwide. She has proven that sensitivity and ethics training need to begin much earlier than the workplace. Microsoft proposed the idea of creating a chatbot that aimed...

Rage over wage Adults unhappy with $15 minimum wage raise

Contributor to The LeaderApril 17, 2016

by Contributor to The LeaderApril 17, 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutesTRAVIS LEFEVRE Assistant Lampoon Editor In a bold move, Gov. Andrew Cuomo has signed into law a measure that will gradually raise the hourly minimum wage in New York to $15 via wage hikes. California signed a similar bill moments later. The signing of this bill will provide low-income...

The dangers of being sarcastic after college Man shot, but he sort of asked for it

Contributor to The LeaderApril 17, 2016September 2, 2019

by Contributor to The LeaderApril 17, 2016September 2, 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutesTRAVIS LEFEVRE Assistant Lampoon Editor In a dramatic turn of events, a man was shot in his shoulder after a conflict in a bar. The victim, 22-year-old Jason Daville, was described as “sarcastic and had it comin’.” Old Main Inn, a popular watering hole in Fredonia, saw a heavy...

Horoscopes

Contributor to The LeaderApril 17, 2016August 15, 2019

by Contributor to The LeaderApril 17, 2016August 15, 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutesMISSY FEOLA Staff Lampoonist Aries It’s time to face the cold, dark truth: Winter is never-ending. Summer will never come. It is the winter of your life, so bundle up and shut up about the sun. Taurus Buy yourself some dog food air fresheners for your car for...

Move ova’, ’Nova Syracuse wins March Madness

Contributor to The LeaderApril 17, 2016

by Contributor to The LeaderApril 17, 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutesPATRICK BENNETT Special to the Lampoon With less than five seconds left on the clock, University of North Carolina (UNC) tied the game against Villanova. It was the championship game. The end of March Madness. It was every dad with two kids and a wife in the suburbs’ favorite...

Mother Nature has plans of her own Fredonia softball games canceled again

Contributor to The LeaderApril 17, 2016

by Contributor to The LeaderApril 17, 2016

Reading Time: < 1 minuteBROOKE ATKINS Social Media Manager For the second week in a row Fredonia’s softball games have been canceled due to the weather. The Blue Devils were supposed to play Case Western Reserve. This game will be scheduled for a later date in the season. This week, the...

‘Baseball is full of ups and downs’ Blue Devils snap losing streak, then get swept at New Paltz

Contributor to The LeaderApril 17, 2016

by Contributor to The LeaderApril 17, 2016

Reading Time: 3 minutesQUINTIN JAMES Staff Writer Coming off a loss at home, the Fredonia Blue Devils baseball team needed a spark to turn its season around before it was too late. It had another home game to play before going out on the road to face off against New Paltz. The...

A tough week for Fredonia Women’s lacrosse falls short to Brockport and Fisher

Contributor to The LeaderApril 17, 2016

by Contributor to The LeaderApril 17, 2016

Reading Time: 3 minutesMORGAN MARSHALL Staff Writer On April 5, the women’s lacrosse team hosted its SUNYAC game against Brockport. Brockport is currently ranked No. 12 in the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) poll. The Blue Devils came within one goal of the Golden Eagles before Brockport took full control of...

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A letter to fifth-year students

The Fredonia Files Mossack Fredonia encourages students to evade college tuition

Tay is not O.K. Microsoft’s chatbot reveals need for sensitivity training in high schools

Rage over wage Adults unhappy with $15 minimum wage raise

The dangers of being sarcastic after college Man shot, but he sort of asked for it

Horoscopes

Move ova’, ’Nova Syracuse wins March Madness

Mother Nature has plans of her own Fredonia softball games canceled again

‘Baseball is full of ups and downs’ Blue Devils snap losing streak, then get swept at New Paltz

A tough week for Fredonia Women’s lacrosse falls short to Brockport and Fisher