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Fredonia comedians on the rise

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 8, 2014August 16, 2019

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Reading Time: 3 minutesMEGHAN GUATTERY Staff Writer Fredonia may want to consider adding a new department to the campus: comedy. Comedian and Fredonia alumnus Pete Correale appeared on Conan on Oct. 1. He performed his stand up comedy act, joking about his daughter growing up and dating, his wife and golf being so...

Hastings receives prestigious grant Grant will be put towards ‘Morphologies’ series

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 8, 2014

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Reading Time: 2 minutesAMANDA DEDIE Special to The Leader Phil Hastings, associate professor of Film and Video Arts, isn’t just a professor — he’s an artist. Hastings has always wanted to be a teacher, following in the footsteps of his father who taught high school. “My interest was seeing how I could affect...

Racketeering and Collusion Part 3 Fez’s Skeletons in the Closet

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 8, 2014

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Reading Time: 3 minutesCHARLES PRITCHARD Special to The Leader Two hateful tweets from the now-deleted Twitter account of one Philippe Poisson, better known in the gaming community as Phil Fish were directed at a Marcus Beer, a.k.a “Annoyed Gamer” and Agent MST, a self proclaimed “lover of video games.” “Compare your life to...

Women Rock the Vote at Women, Rock and Soul

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 8, 2014September 1, 2019

by Contributor to The LeaderOctober 8, 2014September 1, 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutesREBECCA HALE Assistant Reverb Editor The Women’s Student Union hosted its annual event, Women, Rock and Soul, last Tuesday evening in the Williams Center Multipurpose Room. This year’s event was themed “Women Rock the Vote” and emphasized the importance of voting not only for women, but for the highly unrepresented...

Art Forum makes public statement on texting

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 8, 2014

by Contributor to The LeaderOctober 8, 2014

Reading Time: < 1 minuteREBECCA HALE Assistant Reverb Editor Last Wednesday afternoon, members of Art Forum could be seen in various places around campus — doing what? — that’s right: texting. The group traveled all around campus with their eyes glued to their phones, verbally talking to no one — not even each other...

Humor and music fill King

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 8, 2014August 15, 2019

by Contributor to The LeaderOctober 8, 2014August 15, 2019

Reading Time: 3 minutesKRISTEN SHULTIS Staff Writer On Friday night, California-based brass quintet Presidio Brass took over King Concert Hall. They brought with them some of their favorite pieces of music from famous movies. The day started with a special concert for about 500 kindergarten-through-sixth-graders, and then moved to a lecture on musicianship...

EBC to host Open Mic Night

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 1, 2014

by Contributor to The LeaderOctober 1, 2014

Reading Time: 3 minutesCARLY KNASZAK Special to The Leader College students can agree that nights in Fredonia can get a little bit out of hand, but why not have the experience of getting a group together, eating food, playing a game and listening to music? The Ellicottville Brewing Company, or EBC West, is...

A Leader makeover How do you want The Leader logo to look?

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 1, 2014August 31, 2019

by Contributor to The LeaderOctober 1, 2014August 31, 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutesWith a new brand and a new logo, the campus has received a makeover. We, The Leader staff, feel it’s time The Leader has one too — but we need your help. We have prided ourselves on being a publication that serves the Fredonia population, and we want your input...

Spreading joy with balloon art Georgalas begins first ever #FREDBalloonDay

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 1, 2014

by Contributor to The LeaderOctober 1, 2014

Reading Time: 3 minutesCHARLES HENNEBERGER Special to The Leader As the middle of the semester approaches, some people might start to feel stressed out over school, work or any number of things. Luckily for them, Brittany Georgalas, a senior media management and animation double major, decided to inject a spot of cheerfulness and...

An Ode to the iPod Classic A Salute to “Forgotten Technology”

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 1, 2014

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Reading Time: 4 minutesNAOMI LYNCH Special to The Leader On Sept. 9th, the world said farewell to an iconic member of the 21st century: the iPod Classic. What makes the departure even more sullen is that Apple didn’t say a word when it pulled the nearly 13-year-old product. According to the Huffington Post,...

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EBC to host Open Mic Night

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Spreading joy with balloon art Georgalas begins first ever #FREDBalloonDay

An Ode to the iPod Classic A Salute to “Forgotten Technology”