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“Trash statue” stolen and recycled at Tops

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 2, 2016

September 2, 2016

V. RAVIOLI Staff Lampoonist Throughout SUNY Fredonia’s history, money and budget cuts have been a constant source of contention. With the new school year in full swing, Fredonia’s school administrators are right back to agonizing over whether funding should go towards campus employee wages or better things like the......

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Incoming first-year student dies day before coming to Fredonia

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 2, 2016

September 2, 2016

COLIN PERRY Editor in Chief A tragic car accident sent shockwaves across Western New York last week, as two young students died in Wheatfield, New York. Melanie Aronow’s life was cut short on Aug. 20, mere days before she was supposed to begin her college career at Fredonia. As......

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New year, new VP Howard begins first semester at head of Student Affairs

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 2, 2016

September 2, 2016

CONNOR HOFFMAN News Editor Last Spring, it was announced that David Herman, the vice president of Student Affairs, would be retiring at the end of the semester. By the end of the semester, the university had decided to fill Herman’s vacancy with Dr. Cedric Howard. Howard was born in......

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Woodard to help write next chapter in Fredonia’s story: University alum appointed Director of Marketing and Communications

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 2, 2016

September 2, 2016

CAMRY DEAN Staff Writer Just six weeks before students were due to campus for the semester on July 6, Jeffrey Woodard sat down at his desk for his first day of being Fredonia’s new Director of Marketing and Communications. Woodard, an alumni of SUNY Fredonia, graduated in 1997 with a......

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Fredonia loses its spine: President and students react

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 1, 2016

September 1, 2016

JORDAN PATTERSON Assistant News Editor Those who tried to walk across the bridge between McEwen Hall and the Williams Center failed. Last year, it was announced that the Academic Spine Bridge, a piece of architecture designed by famous architect I.M. Pei, whose work (among other projects) includes The Louvre......

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Meet the ‘Veep’: Bridget Doyle Junior elected SUNY Student Assembly vice president

Contributor to The LeaderMay 5, 2016

May 5, 2016

JORDAN PATTERSON Staff Writer On the second day of the SUNY Student Assembly Spring ‘16 Conference, the elections commenced and one of Fredonia’s very own became the vice president. Junior political science and history dual major Bridget Doyle will be the new SUNY Student Assembly (SA) VP. “I am......

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Web Exclusive: The end of an era in campus media

Contributor to The LeaderMay 5, 2016August 16, 2019

May 5, 2016August 16, 2019

[metaslider id=6631] KRIS HARRIS Special to The Leader In Fredonia, students have the opportunity to explore their interests through the various clubs on campus. However, there is something special about the media groups on campus. They are the voice of the school and allow students to connect with their......

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The final conversation with Dr. David Herman

Contributor to The LeaderMay 5, 2016August 16, 2019

May 5, 2016August 16, 2019

Vice President for Student Affairs Dr. David Herman has fielded an innumerable amount of questions from The Leader. From clubs to FREDFest to anything about students, he’s always been willing to have a conversation with us. So before he retired, we felt it necessary to sit down with him one......

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All that jazz at EBC Fredonia Jazz Ensemble and Weapons of Jazz Destruction host big band bash

Contributor to The LeaderMay 5, 2016

May 5, 2016

MARIA MELCHIORRE Staff Writer On April 29, EBC West was transformed into a jazz-age speakeasy through the jazz big band stylings of the Fredonia Jazz Ensemble and Weapons of Jazz Destruction. The Fredonia Jazz Ensemble started as a dance band at the Fredonia Normal School in 1934. The University......

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Diverse times call for diverse measures Proposed diversity general education requirement moves forward

Contributor to The LeaderMay 5, 2016

May 5, 2016

CAMRY DEAN Staff Writer On April 21, the Student Association (SA) General Assembly passed a resolution for a diversity education requirement to be added to the University’s curriculum. Student representatives from each class backed the resolution and pushed it forward to the University Senate on Monday to be......

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“Trash statue” stolen and recycled at Tops

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The final conversation with Dr. David Herman

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