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March Madness: Teams with work left to do to make the big dance

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 10, 2016

by Contributor to The LeaderMarch 10, 2016

Reading Time: 4 minutes CURTIS HENRY Distribution Manager When the calendar turned to March, one thought became dominant for all basketball fanatics across the nation: March Madness. The coming days will set the field for the tournament of 68 Division I teams, with one ticket being punched as of Saturday night. Five...

From the desk of: VeRONicAAAA

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 10, 2016August 16, 2019

by Contributor to The LeaderMarch 10, 2016August 16, 2019

Reading Time: < 1 minute In my last “From the Desk Of” I talked about the feeling of not having anything to look forward to once May comes. It’s not stressful to have nothing to look forward to — it’s freeing. I lied. That freedom turns out to bI hate being in school, but...

Editorial: We have signs, but how about some more bathrooms?

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 10, 2016

by Contributor to The LeaderMarch 10, 2016

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis week in the News section, Assistant News Editor Connor Hoffman reported on how the university changed the unisex bathroom signs to all-gender bathroom signs. This project, which is to be completed by summer, will cost the university $680. After getting funding for a $60 million science center, it seems...

Breaking: Sammy Adams is coming to Fredonia

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 9, 2016August 17, 2019

by Contributor to The LeaderMarch 9, 2016August 17, 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutesCHARLES PRITCHARD Staff Writer Even though FREDFest is no longer a part of Fredonia, Spectrum has been working hard to organize this year’s Spring Concert. Headlining the event is American rapper and songwriter, Sammy Adams, best known for his hits “All Night Longer” and “L.A. Story.” “We used to...

‘Go tear some shit up’ Charlene Carruthers talks Beyoncé and oppression of minorities

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 3, 2016

by Contributor to The LeaderMarch 3, 2016

Reading Time: 3 minutesJORDAN PATTERSON Staff Writer A mix of students and faculty filled up Rosch Recital Hall right before 6:30 p.m. last Wednesday. Organizer and member of the Black Youth Project, Charlene Carruthers, was in the building. Everyone in attendance came to witness her presentation on student activism, titled “But no...

The rise, then fall, then rise again of Tapingo delivery: Couriers hired back the day after they were fired

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 3, 2016

by Contributor to The LeaderMarch 3, 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutes COLIN PERRY News Editor Last Friday, students who worked for Tapingo as couriers received a surprising message from their managers: The delivery service would be ending in just two days, and their jobs would go along with it. The online food ordering app was...

Accounting and artwork for the win: Fredonia alumni receive Chancellor’s Award

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 3, 2016

by Contributor to The LeaderMarch 3, 2016

Reading Time: 4 minutesLERON WELLINGTON Special to The Leader This year, two professors have won the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Adjunct Teaching. Both faculty members, Louann Laurito-Bahgat and Raymond Bonilla, are Fredonia graduates and have returned here after following their own different paths. Laurito-Bahgat has been teaching accounting classes at Fredonia...

‘Language, housing, employment and low-income’ Panel discusses global refugee crisis

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 3, 2016

by Contributor to The LeaderMarch 3, 2016

Reading Time: 3 minutesCONNOR HOFFMAN Staff Writer Since 2013 Syria has been embedded in a civil war, leading to both the rise of ISIS and many citizens becoming refugees. Fredonia held a panel last Thursday to clear up some confusion surrounding the issue and show everyone the troubles these refugees have experienced....

Web Exclusive: Twelve fire alarms in two months from food and malfunctions

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 3, 2016

by Contributor to The LeaderMarch 3, 2016

Reading Time: 3 minutesCHARLES PRITCHARD Staff Writer At approximately 3 a.m., students living in the Andrews Complex on Feb. 21 were rudely awakened to the noise of the fire alarm going off. Half-dressed students carrying blankets and bags under their eyes poured out of Hendrix, Hemingway, Schulz and Igoe Hall while the...

Enter Bartlett, visit Wyoming ‘The Laramie Project: 10 Years Later’ transports audiences

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 3, 2016

by Contributor to The LeaderMarch 3, 2016

Reading Time: 3 minutesSHENECA SHARPE Special to The Leader “The Laramie Project: 10 Years Later” is about going back to Laramie, Wyoming, to talk to people who had connections with Matthew Shepard, who knew Matthew Shepard, or who even had connections to the murder. The play showed the difference between memories...

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March Madness: Teams with work left to do to make the big dance

From the desk of: VeRONicAAAA

Editorial: We have signs, but how about some more bathrooms?

Breaking: Sammy Adams is coming to Fredonia

‘Go tear some shit up’ Charlene Carruthers talks Beyoncé and oppression of minorities

The rise, then fall, then rise again of Tapingo delivery: Couriers hired back the day after they were fired

Accounting and artwork for the win: Fredonia alumni receive Chancellor’s Award

‘Language, housing, employment and low-income’ Panel discusses global refugee crisis

Web Exclusive: Twelve fire alarms in two months from food and malfunctions

Enter Bartlett, visit Wyoming ‘The Laramie Project: 10 Years Later’ transports audiences