June 11, 2026
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Fredonia announces additional program cuts following finals week

Fredonia has lost the art of the elective

 Orchesis caps off year with ‘Escape Into the Music’

Best photos of the year from Fredonia athletics

Five major takeaways from the 2026 NFL Draft

How To Be a Good White Ally 101

Director of Innovation and Economic Development reportedly retrenched

[SATIRE] Horoscopes

[OPINION] Lovercolumn: Do’s and don’ts of dating

Who started the Butterlow fire? The Leader investigates

Life & Arts

The Leader

[SATIRE] Women are funny… yeah I said it.

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Reading Time: 2 minutesMEGAN KIDBY Scallion Editor I believe women are funny despite what Dan Schnieder thinks. In a world teeming with age-old debates, from the existence of extraterrestrial life to the proper way to hang toilet paper, one question continues to perplex and bemuse scholars and comedians alike: are women funny?  This...
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Rachel Kerr wins SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Adjunct Teaching

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Reading Time: 4 minutesROSEMARIE RAPISARDA Staff Writer Inspirational, passionate, supportive, kind-hearted, enthusiastic, eccentric, funny, honest and fashionable. These are some words from a few former and current students that they used to describe Rachel Kerr, an adjunct communications lecturer. In early March, Kerr won the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Adjunct Teaching....
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[OPINION] The women of The Leader

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Reading Time: 2 minutesKRYSTYNA PORTUGUES-KLOS Staff Writer  The Leader has been the newspaper of Fredonia since 1893.  Originally called the Fredonia Normal Leader, it was run strictly by women, an all-women group named the Agonian Literary Society, but then was combined with the men-only Zetesian literary society.  In 1936, the Fredonia Normal Leader...
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Students face difficulties accessing Title IX services

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Reading Time: 5 minutesMARISSA BURR Opinion Editor  CHLOE KOWALYK  Editor in Chief  The Title IX office is located on the second floor of Fenton Hall, but being in a central location on campus has not guaranteed students easy access to its services.  On March 5, The Leader’s Opinion Editor Marissa Burr reached out...
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5th Quarter Column: End of an era

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Reading Time: 4 minutesMITCH HORUCY Assistant Sports Editor In what seemed like the inevitable outcome, Stefon Diggs has been traded from the Buffalo Bills.  Diggs heads down south and joins the young, but exciting Houston Texans.  The Bills are sending Diggs, a 2025 fifth-round pick and a 2024-sixth round pick.  In return, the...
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History of the Fredonia Guitar Quartet

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Reading Time: 4 minutesLUKE VILLAVICENCIO Asst. Life & Arts Editor  With the countless student performance groups that exist here on campus, it can be easy to go through your college career and miss out on a heaping handful of them. The Fredonia Guitar Quartet (FGQ), organized by distinguished Professor James Piorkowski, is one...
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The Solar Eclipse at SUNY Fredonia: Preview

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Reading Time: 3 minutesROSEMARIE RAPISARDA Staff Writer After more than 100 years, SUNY Fredonia will once again experience a solar eclipse in the path of totality. “Totality is an awe-inspiring phenomenon that includes darkness in the middle of the day,… [an] effect that only can be witnessed during totality,” said Dr. Michael Dunham,...
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[OPINION] University counseling centers in crisis

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Reading Time: 6 minutesJOSEPH BORYNSKI Special to The Leader It’s no secret that being in college can be stressful.  The pressure students often face while trying to balance their coursework with the rest of their life responsibilities can feel overwhelming.  Campuses have implemented counseling centers to help students combat their mental health issues,...
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HitGRL Profile

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Reading Time: 4 minutesLEE PYE Staff Writer  Jamming their way into the local music scene, HitGRL is making their way to the stage.  HitGRL is a new band led by two female-presenting artists, Sarah Burke (she/her) as the lead singer-songwriter, and Kathrine Wynn (they/them) as the backup singer and cellist,  The addition of...
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[POETRY] Gemini Confliction

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Reading Time: < 1 minuteQUINN NOVA Staff Artist THis vision Becomes Irritating Poking, prodding, putrid, pulsating Asking if I’ve “found it yet?” Always breathing down my neck Looming over my every move  “They’ve all found it, why can’t you?”  Toss me, turn me, round and round  Clock keeps ticking, can’t stand the sound Where...
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