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Editorial: Registration: The good, the bad, the breeze

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 10, 2015

by Contributor to The LeaderNovember 10, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutesFor the most part, your very first schedule is made for you when you come to Fredonia for the first time. It’s like the university wants students to think that creating a schedule and registering for classes is a breeze. But then, when it comes time for the second semester,...

From the desk of: Veronica Penoyer Layout Editor

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 10, 2015August 16, 2019

by Contributor to The LeaderNovember 10, 2015August 16, 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutesI came to Fredonia with one goal: receive a degree. But I have gained so much more since I was a freshman. I’ve recovered pieces of myself that I didn’t know needed to be healed. When I came to Fredonia I was a girl struggling to accept what death had...

Models of selflessness Days of Service slated for Nov. 7 – Nov. 12

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 3, 2015

by Contributor to The LeaderNovember 3, 2015

Reading Time: 3 minutes CHARLES PRITCHARD Staff Writer Some people are content with dropping a few quarters in the Salvation Army collection box around Christmas time and claiming that as their good deed for the year. However, there are others, like the volunteers at the Days of Service, that stand out at...

Support for Sanders Fredonia Students for Bernie Sanders forms from Facebook

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 3, 2015August 16, 2019

by Contributor to The LeaderNovember 3, 2015August 16, 2019

Reading Time: 3 minutes AMANDA DEDIE News Editor As the generation who will one day be ruling the world, it’s our responsibility to vote in a presidential candidate who can help take care of us, and have our best interests in mind, until we can start running the world on our own....

Web Exclusive: Inside Haunted Gregory

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 3, 2015

by Contributor to The LeaderNovember 3, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes AMANDA DEDIE News Editor Last Tuesday and Wednesday, Gregory Hall hosted a haunted house right in the basement of the campus’ oldest — and therefore, probably the creepiest — dorm building. Haunted Gregory 2015 didn’t disappoint. Do not be fooled by my tough exterior, because as it turns...

Canadaway Creek investigation is ongoing Police still determining cause of death

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 3, 2015

by Contributor to The LeaderNovember 3, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutesJORDAN PATTERSON Staff Writer Another life was cut short last month. On Oct. 15. Jacob A. Schuk, age 18, of Fredonia was found dead near the embankment of Canadaway Creek on lower Spoden Road, off of Route 60 in the town of Pomfret. Schuk lived his entire life in...

Decision 2015 Candidates are announced for the 2015 Student Association Presidential Election

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 3, 2015

by Contributor to The LeaderNovember 3, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes[metaslider id=4267] SCOTT DOWNEY Special to The Leader With all the hype in the media about the 2016 presidential election race, students now need to take a timeout from Trump and Clinton to think about something much closer to home. The declaration book where students announce their intention to...

Who should pay: students or the state? Fredonia faculty urges students to stand up for the MOE Bill

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 3, 2015

by Contributor to The LeaderNovember 3, 2015

Reading Time: 4 minutes COLIN PERRY Assistant News Editor The fate of a bill that would help state schools across New York pay for their most basic operating costs — without having students make up costs through tuition — now hangs entirely in the hands of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo. And higher-education activists...

Horoscopes

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 3, 2015August 15, 2019

by Contributor to The LeaderNovember 3, 2015August 15, 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutesPHYLLIS T. CUPP Lampoonist Aries Your lack of outward emotion will work in your favor, Aries, as the 25th Annual Staring Contest is being held on Sunday. You will finish in third place. Taurus This week, your stress will consume you like you consumed Maria’s four times last...

Meat-free Fredonia Fredonia eliminates all meat products after WHO report

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 3, 2015August 25, 2019

by Contributor to The LeaderNovember 3, 2015August 25, 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutesEMMO Staff Lampoonist Recently the World Health Organization announced that processed meat is classified as a carcinogen on par with tobacco use. This news has raised major health concerns nationwide. While the rest of the United States is still figuring out how to handle the issue, Fredonia has reacted...

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Editorial: Registration: The good, the bad, the breeze

From the desk of: Veronica Penoyer Layout Editor

Models of selflessness Days of Service slated for Nov. 7 – Nov. 12

Support for Sanders Fredonia Students for Bernie Sanders forms from Facebook

Web Exclusive: Inside Haunted Gregory

Canadaway Creek investigation is ongoing Police still determining cause of death

Decision 2015 Candidates are announced for the 2015 Student Association Presidential Election

Who should pay: students or the state? Fredonia faculty urges students to stand up for the MOE Bill

Horoscopes

Meat-free Fredonia Fredonia eliminates all meat products after WHO report