Campus News

Theater review: Spring Awakening

Contributor to The LeaderApril 29, 2015

April 29, 2015

REBECCA HALE Reverb Editor Last weekend, President Virginia Horvath’s backyard was transformed into a traveling theater for the Performing Arts Company’s production of “Spring Awakening: A Children’s Tragedy,” a play written in 1890 by Frank Wedekind. “Spring Awakening” is a play which aims to reveal a certain exercise of power......

Life & Arts

Poetry Festival highlights well-known and up-and-coming poets

Contributor to The LeaderApril 24, 2015

April 24, 2015

RILEY STRAW Copy Editor Sometimes, snapping fingers at people while they speak can be considered rude, but at the Fredonia Poetry Festival, audience members did so out of admiration. Rachel McKibbens, Ashley Wylde and several diverse poets from the on-campus writing community performed last Wednesday, April 15. McKibbens, according to......

Life & Arts

Art review: Unconventional Senior Art Expo: Round One

Contributor to The LeaderApril 24, 2015

April 24, 2015

SASHA PINCUS Special to The Leader For many, the end of the semester looms ever nearer, and finals present themselves as sleeping dragons (just now starting to stretch and snort awake). For others, those beasts were awakened weeks ago. Senior BFA students in the Visual Arts and New Media program......

Sports

Softball splits week of games, is ranked fourth in SUNYAC

Contributor to The LeaderApril 24, 2015

April 24, 2015

SEAN MCGRATH Sports Editor With six games originally on the slate for women’s softball, Fredonia got a break on Wednesday, when two games in Alfred, NY, were postponed. During the weekend, the ladies faced the now third place Oneonta Red Dragons in a doubleheader on Friday, followed by another double-header......

Life & Arts

Mary Louise White Visiting Writers Series comes to an end Ethan Rutherford, visiting fiction writer, talks about endings

Contributor to The LeaderApril 23, 2015

April 23, 2015

RILEY STRAW Copy Editor The Mary Louise White Visiting Writers Series has brought many poets and fiction writers to Fredonia, including Rachel McKibbens, Matthew Olzmann and most recently, Jericho Brown. However, after 14 years of various creative writers, Fredonia has ceased the program, and the final visiting writer visited Fredonia......

News

Dangerous substance poses potential risks in surrounding area

Contributor to The LeaderApril 23, 2015

April 23, 2015

CONNOR HOFFMAN Staff Writer Did you know there’s a highly dangerous substance being transported right near the university? And as we all celebrate Earth Day, a train is carrying this material, which is not only hazardous to the environment, but also to human health and safety. This substance is called......

Life & Arts

Yonic performs new album release at Ellicottville Brewing Company

Contributor to The LeaderApril 23, 2015

April 23, 2015

VERONICA PENOYER Staff Writer “I love Yonic” seemed to be the quote of the night from audience members at Ellicottville Brewing Company this past Friday, April 17. Known for performing all around Fredonia at venues ranging from BJ’s to the local party house formerly known as The Jungle, Yonic performed......

Life & Arts

Dance review: feel the ‘Synergy’ with Orchesis Student-Run Dance Company shines at annual spring show

Contributor to The LeaderApril 23, 2015

April 23, 2015

NAOMI LYNCH Staff Writer Fredonia’s student-run dance company, Orchesis, presented “Synergy,” the company’s annual spring showcase on April 17, 2015. This year, the company held its showcase at Fredonia High School, a more spacious dwelling than Fredonia’s Multipurpose Room, where Orchesis has been held in past semesters. All the dance......

News

Invest in SUNY

Contributor to The LeaderApril 23, 2015

April 23, 2015

CONNOR HOFFMAN Staff Writer Fredonia president Dr. Virginia Horvath and the 63 other State University of New York (SUNY) Presidents have started a campaign asking the New York State Legislature to “Invest In SUNY.” The program is based on a consensus, between all 64 campuses, to try to achieve all......

Scallion

Senior chooses ‘Cheesy Friday’ over graduation

Contributor to The LeaderApril 22, 2015

April 22, 2015

TIM DENSMORE Special to the Lampoon Accounting major Joe Schumoe is 12 credit hours away from graduating. With one third of the semester remaining, he has decided he wants to fail. The reason — Cheesy Friday. “I don’t think I’m ready to give up Cheesy Friday,” said Schumoe as he......

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Theater review: Spring Awakening

Poetry Festival highlights well-known and up-and-coming poets

Art review: Unconventional Senior Art Expo: Round One

Softball splits week of games, is ranked fourth in SUNYAC

Mary Louise White Visiting Writers Series comes to an end Ethan Rutherford, visiting fiction writer, talks about endings

Dangerous substance poses potential risks in surrounding area

Yonic performs new album release at Ellicottville Brewing Company

Dance review: feel the ‘Synergy’ with Orchesis Student-Run Dance Company shines at annual spring show

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Senior chooses ‘Cheesy Friday’ over graduation