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[SATIRE] ‘Ask Freddy,’ new AI chatbot, tells all!

Megan Kidby
Reading Time: 2 minutesMEGAN KIDBY  Scallion Editor  When SUNY Fredonia launched its new campus-wide AI chatbot, Ask Freddy, the goal was simple: provide students with instant answers about residence life and IT help while also giving the IT workers and Residence Life more of a will to live.   However, during my exclusive interview......
News

Campus Life and Student Affairs unveil policy regulating on-campus assemblies

Dan Quagliana
Reading Time: 4 minutesDAN QUAGLIANA Managing Editor Some of the most memorable events from the past year at SUNY Fredonia have been the protests organized by the student advocacy group Students for Fredonia. These protests have been organized to raise awareness and rally students against the various program cuts enacted by Fredonia’s administration.......
Life & Arts

Professor Peter Tucker reflects on his time at Fredonia

Drew Paluch
Reading Time: 4 minutesMARIANA CRUZ Special to The Leader Warning: This article contains strong language. Sculpture professor Peter Tucker went on sabbatical for the Fall 2024 semester.  After a semester of knowing that half of the programs in the Visual Arts and New Media (VANM) department will be discontinued, he got a grant......
Life & Arts

Why is Greek Life initiation so controversial?

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 5 minutesDAN QUAGLIANA News Editor Depending on who you talk to, Greek Life organizations can seem like they’re the best things or the worst things to join on campus.  Fraternities and sororities have had a polarizing reputation for as long as they’ve been staples at colleges and universities. But how did......
Life & Arts

Remembering Shannon T. Jonas

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 5 minutesLEE PYE Special to The Leader Professor and Ph.D. Dr. Shannon Tate Jonas passed away suddenly on Dec. 23, 2023. Jonas was born on February 12, 1978, making him only 45 years old.  Jonas became a professor at Fredonia in 2018, teaching courses like Craft of Writing, Intro to Creative......
Life & Arts

Battle of the New Bands brings another three acts into the music scene 

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 4 minutesELENA FITZGERALD Special to The Leader The Music Industry Club is back at it with another Battle of the New Bands.  This event exists as a tradition that has brought many bands together that are now integral to the Buffalo music scene.  The event was planned mainly by Ahmani McKoy,......
Life & Arts

FRS and Campus Life kick it up a notch for Field Day

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 2 minutesSYLVANA CUBILLOS Special to The Leader As the weather warms up in Fredonia, outdoor events return to campus.  This past weekend’s outdoor festivities were  courtesy of Fredonia Radio Systems and Campus Life   The duo hosted a Field Day, which took place on Saturday, April 15 from 2 p.m. to 6......
Life & Arts

Embracing diversity through Carnaval

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 4 minutesNERON SIMPSON Special to The Leader Photograph By AMBER LOUIS | Special to the Leader. At predominantly white institutions (PWI), students of color may sometimes feel as if they have little cultural connection to the school itself. For students of Hispanic and Latin backgrounds, one way of coming together and......

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