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Op-Ed: Pornography gave me unrealistic expectations about the number of available delivery jobs out there

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 5, 2015

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Reading Time: 2 minutesPAUL E. AMOREE Special to the Lampoon I used to be like any other American dude: I drank my ketchup every day like a good boy. I fired my assault rifle into the air seven times a day — that’s two more than the five times mandated for every American...

Local stupid moron in serious debt

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 5, 2015

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Reading Time: < 1 minuteANNE ARKEY Special to the Lampoon In an announcement issued Friday night, Fredonia student and complete idiot Anne Arkey, 22, admitted to having “really gone and done it this time,” saying she was “absolutely screwed” if she could not find a solution to the “like forty thousand dollars with a...

How to nap on campus

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 5, 2015

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Reading Time: 2 minutesLEO FRANK Lampoon Editor They say to write what you know. Unfortunately, there’s a lot I don’t know. I don’t know how to make chicken cordon bleu, for example. I don’t know why people keep sharing Buzzfeed articles on Facebook, and I don’t know how to work Excel spreadsheets. But...

Women’s lacrosse wins first of the season

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 5, 2015

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Reading Time: 2 minutesMICHELLE HALE Assistant Sports Editor Fredonia women’s lacrosse team started their season with a win. The No. 18 team, according to preseason polls by the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association, showed off their talent with a 13-11 win against Wooster College. Despite the change of game location, the Blue Devils...

Indoor Track shatters records at SUNYAC

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 5, 2015

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Reading Time: 3 minutesDYLAN FORMAN Staff Writer On Friday and Saturday, the men and women’s indoor track and field team traveled to SUNY Brockport to compete in the SUNYAC championships. Out of eight total teams, the men were able to finish in fourth place, with the women’s team finishing sixth. Leading the way...

Music Review: Funktional Flow at Ellicottville Brewing Company

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 5, 2015August 15, 2019

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Reading Time: 3 minutesVERONICA PENOYER Special to The Leader Fredonia definitely brought the musical diversity this past weekend. Ellicottville Brewing Company’s makeshift stage was home to a funk, rock and reggae band known as Funktional Flow on Friday, Feb. 28, making it the second weekend in a row to draw a notable crowd....

Music review: Artists on the Rise Hellogoodbye is announced as Spring headliner

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 4, 2015August 15, 2019

by Contributor to The LeaderMarch 4, 2015August 15, 2019

Reading Time: 4 minutesWILLIAM MOHAN Special to The Leader The Williams Center was full of energy from various forms of musical talent that shared their love of their craft with an enthusiastic and hyper audience this past Thursday night, Feb. 26. This was all courtesy of Spectrum Entertainment Board. Following the performance of...

New class spotlight: Global Change Biology Class focuses on the effects of global change on the past, present and future

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 4, 2015

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Reading Time: 4 minutesAMANDA DEDIE Staff Writer Global change — the topic everyone talks about but no one can agree on. Is it real? Are we over-exaggerating? Does it really matter if, most likely, none of us will be alive to see any catastrophic effects? It is well-known that what has happened in...

‘Balm in Gilead’ challenges traditional narratives

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 4, 2015

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Reading Time: 3 minutesREBECCA HALE Reverb Editor “Balm in Gilead” opened this past weekend in a theatrical spectacle. Directed by Dr. James Ivey, this modern version of Lanford Wilson’s play included many different and interesting facets which contributed to the show’s uniqueness. The name of the play comes from a biblical verse in...

Three great films on Netflix for winter days inside

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 4, 2015

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Reading Time: 2 minutesCONNOR BURTON Special to The Leader The cold this time of year forces us to stay indoors, giving us a chance to focus on our schoolwork. What would homework be, though, without our trusty Netflix to distract us and keep us from getting cabin fever while we stay inside on...

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Op-Ed: Pornography gave me unrealistic expectations about the number of available delivery jobs out there

Local stupid moron in serious debt

How to nap on campus

Women’s lacrosse wins first of the season

Indoor Track shatters records at SUNYAC

Music Review: Funktional Flow at Ellicottville Brewing Company

Music review: Artists on the Rise Hellogoodbye is announced as Spring headliner

New class spotlight: Global Change Biology Class focuses on the effects of global change on the past, present and future

‘Balm in Gilead’ challenges traditional narratives

Three great films on Netflix for winter days inside