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Being Awkward: Dazed and Confused

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 15, 2014

by Contributor to The LeaderOctober 15, 2014

Reading Time: 2 minutesAWKWARD ANNIE Special to The Lampoon Can you remember the last time you got a good night’s sleep? Probably not. We are in college, so a restful night to us is getting about five hours. Since we are in a zombied state most of the time already, add a lecture...

Graduate Fair to showcase graduate programs Event will feature largest number of graduate programs to date

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 15, 2014

by Contributor to The LeaderOctober 15, 2014

Reading Time: 2 minutesMARSHA COHEN Staff Writer The 2014 Graduate Fair is right around the corner and it currently has the most graduate programs slated to attend in its history. The annual event has been taking place since 2009, when there were just 48 graduate programs in attendance. The 2014 Graduate Fair will...

True life: I’m a cosplayer Comic Con serves as a cosplay hotspot

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 15, 2014

by Contributor to The LeaderOctober 15, 2014

Reading Time: 3 minutesMO SADEK Special to The Leader Halloween is one of the more restricting celebrations in existence. People spend 364 days a year planning the perfect outfit, usually with a group of similarly obsessed people, just to dress up for one day. Dress up any other day and you’re either a...

Police investigate ‘FEW’ campus graffiti ‘FEW’ tag surfaces on campus property and FSA vehicles

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 15, 2014

by Contributor to The LeaderOctober 15, 2014

Reading Time: < 1 minuteMEGHAN GUATTERY Staff Writer If you have taken the time to explore the campus since the start of the semester, you may have noticed some strange markings. They have been found on the walls, doors and bathrooms of campus, and even made an appearance on an FSA vehicle. Within the...

Chautauqua named High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Heroin use reported high in county, but not on campus

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 15, 2014August 18, 2019

by Contributor to The LeaderOctober 15, 2014August 18, 2019

Reading Time: 4 minutesBRITTANY PERRY Special to The Leader Last week, the federal government named Chautauqua County a High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area, or HIDTA, due to a rising heroin problem. Heroin arrests in Jamestown alone have tripled over the past three years and have been linked to more deaths in the area...

‘It’s okay to be different’ ‘Trans: The Movie’ documents transgender lives

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 15, 2014August 25, 2019

by Contributor to The LeaderOctober 15, 2014August 25, 2019

Reading Time: 4 minutesKRISTEN SHULTIS Staff Writer “It’s okay to be different,” were the wise words of an eight-year-old transgender girl in “Trans: The Movie,” a film shown on Tuesday, Oct. 7, in McEwen Hall as part of TransDiscovery: Exploring Gender Variant Lives. “Trans” is a documentary about transgenders either transitioning, in the...

Microsoft buys Minecraft: a Minecrafter responds

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 15, 2014

by Contributor to The LeaderOctober 15, 2014

Reading Time: 2 minutesCHARLES PRITCHARD Staff Writer What originally started out as a one-man job and a simple idea has become a property that Microsoft has paid $2.5 billion to acquire. Minecraft was released in 2009 by Markus Persson, better known by his internet handle, Notch. The open-world sandbox-building game gained a massive...

‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ to open

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 15, 2014August 18, 2019

by Contributor to The LeaderOctober 15, 2014August 18, 2019

Reading Time: 3 minutesPicture taken by: Reecca Hale/ Assistant Reverb Editor REBECCA HALE Assistant Reverb Editor This weekend, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” will open as the first production in this year’s Walter Gloor Mainstage Series in Marvel Theatre. The play is one of Shakespeare’s most popular works, and the Department of Theatre and...

An artist’s life after Fredonia: Greg Paladino

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 15, 2014

by Contributor to The LeaderOctober 15, 2014

Reading Time: 2 minutesKORI BARKLEY Staff Writer It is evident to most students pursuing the arts that finding a career to fit one’s area of study will be a challenge, especially in today’s society where arts programs in schools and communities are continuously diminishing. Greg Paladino, a graduate from the School of Music...

Five nights of terror

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 8, 2014

by Contributor to The LeaderOctober 8, 2014

Reading Time: 4 minutesMO SADEK Special to The Leader It’s a regular Friday night. You’ve had a tough week and head back home with the intentions of relaxing a bit before your weekend activities begin. As you take your shoes off and sit down on the first seat with cushioning, you hear a...

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Being Awkward: Dazed and Confused

Graduate Fair to showcase graduate programs Event will feature largest number of graduate programs to date

True life: I’m a cosplayer Comic Con serves as a cosplay hotspot

Police investigate ‘FEW’ campus graffiti ‘FEW’ tag surfaces on campus property and FSA vehicles

Chautauqua named High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Heroin use reported high in county, but not on campus

‘It’s okay to be different’ ‘Trans: The Movie’ documents transgender lives

Microsoft buys Minecraft: a Minecrafter responds

‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ to open

An artist’s life after Fredonia: Greg Paladino

Five nights of terror