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Contributor to The LeaderNovember 5, 2014August 16, 2019

by Contributor to The LeaderNovember 5, 2014August 16, 2019

Reading Time: 4 minutesEMILY WYNNE Copy Editor If you don’t have a passion for something, you’re missing out. I’m not talking about people here; you should be able to lose yourself in something that interests and intrigues you, something that you could never get tired of doing. This isn’t a just a hobby;...

Bridging the gap: student, community, artist

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 5, 2014

by Contributor to The LeaderNovember 5, 2014

Reading Time: 2 minutesCHARLES PRITCHARD Staff Writer Whereas screenwriter Kevin Smith has said that “it costs nothing to encourage an artist, and the potential benefits are staggering,” Brandon Perdomo, a student at the State University of New York at Fredonia, is doing much more than just providing encouragement. “It’s just my house,” Perdomo...

How to overcome the struggle that is class registration

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 5, 2014

by Contributor to The LeaderNovember 5, 2014

Reading Time: 3 minutesJORDYN HOLKA Reverb Editor Class registration is a beast; there’s no doubt about it. If done properly, it involves planning, scheduling, list making and more, not to mention frustration when that one class you need ends up being full to capacity. But fear not, because there is a way to...

Ask: A Teeming Hive of Bees

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 5, 2014

by Contributor to The LeaderNovember 5, 2014

Reading Time: 2 minutesBEES Special to the Lampoon Dear Bees, I’ve recently come to suspect my girlfriend of being unfaithful, but I don’t have any way to prove it. She just seems different than before. What should I do? Signed, “Concerned Boyfriend” BEES HAVE NO CONCEPT OF JEALOUSY. BECAUSE THE QUEEN BEE IS...

A conversation with Jefferson Dedrick

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 5, 2014

by Contributor to The LeaderNovember 5, 2014

Reading Time: 8 minutesCONNOR HOFFMAN Special to The Leader Connor Hoffman: So, what attracted you to the Student Association? Jefferson Dedrick: That’s a good question. Well, I got involved with the student association right out of the gate my freshman year. I was one of the only two freshman reps to be in...

Being Awkward: Almost Broke

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 4, 2014

by Contributor to The LeaderNovember 4, 2014

Reading Time: 2 minutesAWKWARD ANNIE Special to the Lampoon It’s around that time of the semester when you realize that in order to feed yourself for the next sevenweeks, you will have to ration your meals to C-store cashews and tap water. If you are like me, you got the all-points plan and...

Rocky Horror Picture Show to screen on Halloween Lead role features un-traditional casting

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 29, 2014

by Contributor to The LeaderOctober 29, 2014

Reading Time: 3 minutesREBECCA HALE Assistant Reverb Editor Not going out on Halloween? Need something to get you in the spirit before you go out? On the night of All Hallow’s Eve, students will be putting on and acting out a production/screening of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. The production will be an...

‘Ordinary Days’ kicks of PAC season Fredonia First United Methodist Church hosts intimate musical

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 29, 2014August 15, 2019

by Contributor to The LeaderOctober 29, 2014August 15, 2019

Reading Time: 3 minutesREBECCA HALE and MO SADEK Assistant Reverb Editor and Staff Writer Over the weekend, the Performing Arts Company opened their first show of the semester — “Ordinary Days,” written by Adam Gwon. The production played in the basement of the Fredonia First United Methodist Church and was directed by Cassandra...

Money gained from cut adjuncts funds pay increase

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 29, 2014

by Contributor to The LeaderOctober 29, 2014

Reading Time: 3 minutesCOURTNEE CESTA Managing Editor On Oct. 8th, the president’s cabinet approved a raise in minimum pay for Fredonia adjuncts, a move made possible only after administration cut over 50 contingent faculty positions last Spring. “This money is coming from the savings we’re reinvesting in our adjuncts,” said Provost and Vice...

Look good, feel good, always FABULOUS!

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 29, 2014

by Contributor to The LeaderOctober 29, 2014

Reading Time: 2 minutesCHRIS SANCHEZ Advertising Manager “When you look good, you feel good. When you look good, you feel good.” These are the words I can remember my mother telling me as she confidently looked into the mirror applying her lipstick or primping her hair just before we left the house for...

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From The Desk Of

Bridging the gap: student, community, artist

How to overcome the struggle that is class registration

Ask: A Teeming Hive of Bees

A conversation with Jefferson Dedrick

Being Awkward: Almost Broke

Rocky Horror Picture Show to screen on Halloween Lead role features un-traditional casting

‘Ordinary Days’ kicks of PAC season Fredonia First United Methodist Church hosts intimate musical

Money gained from cut adjuncts funds pay increase

Look good, feel good, always FABULOUS!