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The Leader

Director’s notes: Soon-to-debut short film “The Cryptid Cast vs. The Goopy Ganker”

Jules Hoepting
by Jules Hoepting
Reading Time: 8 minutesJULES HOEPTING  Managing Editor  (All photos courtesy of Jackson DiCarlo.) “Out for intrigue and out of their league” is the slogan of the soon-to-debut short film, “The Cryptid Cast vs. The Goopy Ganker.”  What’s the 45-minute film about? “A host of a monster-themed college radio show that gets herself and...
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[SATIRE] Fenton Hall from a music major’s perspective

Contributor to The Leader
by Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 2 minutesMEGAN KIDBY Guest Scallywag  The following is a parody of the article “Mason Hall from an outsider’s perspective,” previously published March 30, 2022 in Issue 10.  As I approached the book building with the bricks I only had one thing on my mind: how was I going to survive in...
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Local music scene in Fredonia, N.Y.

Contributor to The Leader
by Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 8 minutesCHLOE KOWALYK News Editor  Unforgettable.  That’s a word many have used to describe the local music scene in Fredonia, N.Y.  A music-lover can go into any show: a house venue, a bar show or even a campus event and they’ll instantly recognize how unique Fredonia’s music scene is. When you...
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Your rock ‘n’ roll is dead: The past, present and future of Fredonia’s music scene

Contributor to The Leader
by Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 5 minutesRYAN TERRY Special to The Leader This may be a sappy article, sentimental even, but a whirlwind of emotion was felt by myself and many others upon hearing of the closing of the North Pole Strip Club (NPSC) house music venue that I couldn’t shake off, a thundercloud hanging over...
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Amtrak train station in Dunkirk: Is it worth it?

Contributor to The Leader
by Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 3 minutesKARISSA DOYLESpecial to The Leader There’s a train station in Buffalo, so how about putting one in the Dunkirk-Fredonia area too? The Amtrak Train station is a system of railroads that run across the United States covering 46 states, the District of Columbia and even leaving the country, entering into...
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Local Lo-Down radio show: Getting behind the scenes of Fredonia’s music scene

Contributor to The Leader
by Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 2 minutesCHLOE KOWALYK News Editor This year marks 10 years since The Local Lo-Down took to the FM waves at Fredonia Radio Systems (FRS).  However, after the COVID-19 pandemic shut down several clubs and activities for about two years, The Local Lo-Down was put on pause.  The Local Lo-Down is a...
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[SATIRE] Horoscopes as random stuff happening in the news right now

Contributor to The Leader
by Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: < 1 minuteJAY BYRONStaff Scallywag This is the signs as all the random stuff happening in the news right now! Aries: Casual wildfires happening Taurus: Going back and forth between freezing weather and almost 80 degrees Gemini: Lorde shushing the audience because she wants to have the solo Cancer: The Met Gala...
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Nomads: Freshly-formed SUNY Fredonia faculty band

Contributor to The Leader
by Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 3 minutesQUINN SPOOK Special to The Leader In Mason Hall as the week is coming to a close, a cover of Jimmy Eat World’s “It Just Takes Some Time” fills the empty corridors. The familiar tune as well as laughter spills out of room 2018. The overhead lights are replaced with...
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SUNY Fredonia track and field sprinting toward SUNYAC meet

Contributor to The Leader
by Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 2 minutesTYLER PACOS Assistant Sports Editor Both the men’s and women’s outdoor track and field teams finished their regular seasons this week at the University of Buffalo team invitational on April 23 and the University of Rochester alumni invitational on April 30.  At the University of Rochester meet, the women’s top...
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SUNY Fredonia student says he was assaulted, then police arrested him

Contributor to The Leader
by Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 6 minutes Student files federal civil rights case against village police   CASEY HUBERSpecial to The Leader  A SUNY Fredonia student and his mother have filed a federal civil rights case against two Village of Fredonia police officers as a result of a January incident. The student was arrested while police were investigating...
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