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[12.04.2022] Blue Devil sports roundup

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Reading Time: 4 minutesMATT VOLZ Staff Writer MEN’S BASKETBALL STILL SEARCHING FOR FIRST WIN The Blue Devils’ men’s basketball team fell to 0-9 on the season with two losses this past weekend. On Friday, Dec. 2, the Blue Devils kept it close with SUNY Cortland but ultimately fell by a final score of...

[SATIRE] Top 10 best dogs for being anything but dogs

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Reading Time: 3 minutesMATTHEW BAUM Scallion Editor As we all know, the best kinds of dogs are dogs that can do jobs! Service dogs, emotional support animals, dogs that help open doors and things, each of them more lovely than the last. This convenience comes with two problems.  The first is that there...

[SATIRE] “Same grass, different day” — Local deer speaks out against on-campus food options

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Reading Time: 2 minutesMATTHEW BAUM Scallion Editor In the last several weeks, it has been made clear to the staff at SUNY Fredonia that the local herd of deer have had enough of the status quo.  A great number of deer have been seen wandering the grassy stretches of Fredonia’s campus with more...

FSA serves up a helping of changes at Willy C’s

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Reading Time: 3 minutesJAINA BERARDI  Special to The Leader  Since planning began for the Fall 2022 semester, the Faculty Student Association has been making many changes and updates to the food systems and offerings on Fredonia’s campus.  In the wake of Blue Devil Grill’s closing, several options from their menu have been transferred...

Blue Devil cheerleaders build bonds through love of sport

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Reading Time: 6 minutesALANA WINGATE  Staff Writer   Basketball, football, hockey and soccer are sports featured in the media regularly. Meanwhile, cheerleading is often widely underrepresented in the athletic community, as many people fail to see the athleticism that goes into the sport. The Fredonia Blue Devils women’s cheerleading team is one of the...

FSA x Honors to ring in the holiday season with food and community

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Reading Time: 2 minutesABIGAIL MILLER  Staff Writer From Thanksgiving turkeys to Christmas hams, the holidays are a time when food is often on the forefront of people’s mind. This holiday season, the Faculty Student Association and the Honors Program are collaborating to offer honors students a free interactive cooking demo at 4 p.m....

Getting to the ‘root’ of SUNY Fredonia’s invasive plant species problem 

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Reading Time: 5 minutesDAKOTA RICHTER   Special to The Leader In the Campus Woodlot located near Ring Road, there are multiple invasive species in the perimeters of the roughly 14-acre forest. These invasive species were brought to the area by humans for landscaping and grew beyond their original ecosystems. In addition, animals such as...

From the page to a public stage: Poet Adam Clay reads unpublished work

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Reading Time: 3 minutesJAINA BERARDI  Special to The Leader  Before the advent of written forms of communication, humans primarily communicated orally. The Mississippi poet Adam Clay brought his poetic written words to vocal life on Thursday, Nov. 3 at the Marion Art Gallery. He visited Fredonia as part of The Mary Louise White...

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