Discovering Fredonia A Columbus Day open house
Reading Time: 3 minutesJORDAN PATTERSON Special to The Leader A day set aside for celebrating Christopher Columbus’s discoveries saw students travel from all over in search of their own adventure. While these students are deciding which school fits them best, Fredonia held an open house to show the many opportunities it has...
When a screenplay is stolen The Department of Applied Professional Studies presents ‘Backdraft’
Reading Time: 4 minutesAMANDA DEDIE News Editor Imagine looking up at a movie screen and seeing the opening credits attribute a screenplay to someone else, even though the writing is eerily similar to your own. This was the case for Terrence Burns, M.D. and John Zoll, two former firemen from Buffalo, N.Y....
Pets in the residence halls? Fredonia’s ‘emotional support animals’ policy
Reading Time: 4 minutesCONNOR HOFFMAN Staff Writer The New York Times recently ran an article on universities increasingly allowing the use of comfort animals in their dorms, and some of the concerns having these animals in the dorms has caused. “Comfort animals, or Emotional Support Animals (ESAs) are animals that, by being...
Dunkirk residents seek housing on campus
Reading Time: 3 minutes[metaslider id=3997] COLIN PERRY Staff Writer Fredonia is no stranger to hosting guests in the dorms. But for the past three weeks, nearly 20 Dunkirk residents have been staying on campus after a partial building collapse on Central Avenue forced them out of their homes. Since the day of...
Copyright laws and the Trans-Pacific Partnership
Reading Time: 3 minutesCHARLES PRITCHARD Staff Writer “Fair use” is the practice of using something that is copyrighted without needing to pay the original copyright holders for its use, as long as it falls within certain categories. “Fair use” tends to affect students in a huge way, because copyrighted material can be...
An inspirational life Celebrating Russell Wijesiriwardena
Reading Time: 4 minutesMEGHAN GUATTERY and S. L. FULLER Managing Editor and Editor in Chief In Fall 2014, a student started his freshman year at Fredonia. As a criminal justice major, he made his home in Grissom Hall and quickly found himself a close-knit group of friends. Bringing an affinity for volleyball...
Ten things to do besides grad school
Reading Time: 2 minutes EMMO Staff Lampoonist Fredonia’s Annual Graduate School Fair had a lot of people thinking about their plans for post graduation. Grad school is a great option for some undergrads to find a career path that suits them. You may not have an interest in grad school and that’s...
Violence at the creek, weed is to blame
Reading Time: 2 minutesTHE FEVER Staff Lampoonist Within the deepest corners of our campus lies the one thing we all fear: marijuana. The dreaded substance has made waves and has also caused a spike in violence at the creek. In just a short amount of time, acts of violence have reached an...
Bad midterm grades create need for support pets
Reading Time: 2 minutesMISSY FEOLA Staff Lampoonist Midterm grades will be released this Thursday, Oct. 22, and, as a result, the Fredonia campus is predicted to be in a state of pure misery, disbelief and anxiety. There have been several reports of students sitting in the fetal position in the corners of...