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

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Director of Innovation and Economic Development reportedly retrenched

[SATIRE] Horoscopes

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Life & Arts

The Leader

Spotlight on Courtney Woodring, co-captain of Fredonia’s cheer team

Chloe Kowalyk
by Chloe Kowalyk
Reading Time: 5 minutesCHLOE KOWALYK Editor in Chief When Courtney Woodring isn’t on the mat with a bow in her hair and white sneakers on her feet, she’s focusing on her academics and extracurriculars. Woodring is a senior public relations major with a minor in leadership studies. She graduated from Eden High School,...
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[SATIRE] Horoscopes: What does the month of March have in mind for your sign?

Contributor to The Leader
by Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: < 1 minuteJACE JACOBSAssistant Editor of The Scallion, Chloe Kowalyk’s Least Favorite Staff Member (Apparently) Hi guys, welcome back to another edition of Jace’s super great and awesome horoscopes. At our last e-board meeting for The Leader, our editor-in-chief told me I needed to “make the horoscopes shorter” and “edit myself.” I...
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The Queer Woman Experience

Contributor to The Leader
by Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 4 minutesGABRIELLA GARDNER Special to The Leader It is no secret that the LGBTQ+ community has faced lifetimes of oppression.  While things have become more accepting and tolerant, there is still a long way to go. Homophobia has not gone away fully, but rather turned more towards subtlety and microaggressions. In...
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Black Student Union concludes Black History Month with Red & Black Affair

Contributor to The Leader
by Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 2 minutesSIERRA MILLS Chief Copy Editor Fredonia’s Black Student Union (BSU) has taken the opportunity to celebrate Black culture and history as Black History Month draws to a close.  On Saturday, Feb. 24, BSU hosted an event called the Red & Black Affair, in which food and dancing filled the space...
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College of Liberal Arts and Sciences holds open forum to bolster student engagement

EJ Jacobs
by EJ Jacobs
Reading Time: 3 minutesEJ JACOBS Life & Arts Editor On Feb. 22, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) and its Student Advisory Council (SAC) sent out an email to all students on track to receive a degree from that college.  This email stated that, “The CLAS dean’s office and the CLAS...
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University Senate holds special meeting discussing potential program cuts

Sierra Mills
by Sierra Mills
Reading Time: 3 minutesSIERRA MILLS Chief Copy Editor The proposed program cuts have been plaguing the minds of students, faculty and staff since their announcement, with questions having seemingly gone unanswered and many discussions and data being hidden from the public.  “It’s been horrific. We knew it was coming. You know, we’ve seen...
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5th Quarter Column: Even with Snow, the Drought Continues

Contributor to The Leader
by Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 4 minutesMITCHELL HORUCY Assistant Sports Editor  It’s April 2011. President Obama is in his first term, E.T. by Katy Perry is the number one song in America and Zach Benson is six years old.  That is the last time the Buffalo Sabres played in a playoff game.  This drought of 12...
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Students for Fredonia holds protest in Barker Commons

Contributor to The Leader
by Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 3 minutesABIGAIL JACOBSON Asst. News Editor DAN QUAGLIANA News Editor Most students remember last semester ending with a bang — specifically, with a protest that aimed to raise awareness and concerns about the proposed program cuts that had just been announced by Fredonia President Stephen Kolison.  The group that organized that...
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