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FSA responds to lack of C-Store inventory

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 20, 2020February 20, 2020

February 20, 2020February 20, 2020

Reading Time: 2 minutesISABELLA DISTEFANO Asst. Social Media Manager If you are a frequent visitor of the C-Store, then you may have noticed the lack of pre-packaged items. During previous semesters the refrigerator in the back has been stocked with sandwiches, wraps and salads. The top shelf holds the vegan options. Some of......

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Student bias incident leads to University Police investigation

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 18, 2020February 18, 2020

February 18, 2020February 18, 2020

Reading Time: 3 minutesALISA OPPENHEIMER Special to The Leader Sunday night, Feb. 9, amongst the many students who live on campus, one specific student was targeted. While most of us were preparing to start our week the following morning, University Police were notified about a serious student bias incident that occurred in one......

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Lubienecki arrested for life-threatening voicemail

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 18, 2020February 18, 2020

February 18, 2020February 18, 2020

Reading Time: 2 minutesELYSE GRIECO Editor in Chief On Wednesday, Feb. 12, it was announced by The United States Attorney’s Office Western District of New York that Adjunct Lecturer Paul Lubienecki was arrested. Lubienecki was charged with cyberstalking, a charge that carries a $250,000 fine and up to five years in prison. Just......

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Drop in yield for freshmen and transfers costs Fredonia 200 undergraduate students

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 11, 2020February 11, 2020

February 11, 2020February 11, 2020

Reading Time: 3 minutesALISA OPPENHEIMER Special to The Leader Just last April, everyone was buzzing about Fredonia’s largest incoming freshman class coming in the fall of 2019. We now face a new reality. Over the past year, the drop in yield for both freshmen and transfers has cost the school 200 undergraduate students.......

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President Hefner: Who he is and what he’s done since his return

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 11, 2020February 11, 2020

February 11, 2020February 11, 2020

Reading Time: 5 minutesAIDAN POLLARD News Editor “I don’t ever describe myself. Other people talk about me — I don’t talk about myself,” said Interim University President Dennis Hefner. It was a lighthearted answer, even though he seemed a little caught off guard by my question asking him to describe himself to the......

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New crustacean species discovered by assistant professor

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 11, 2020February 11, 2020

February 11, 2020February 11, 2020

Reading Time: 3 minutesANGELINA DOHRE Staff Writer Almost 10 years ago, then-Yale graduate student Thomas Hegna began collaborating on research that would lead to a new discovery of crustacean species. Now a new assistant professor at Fredonia, Hegna recently finalized the project that has lasted since long before he received his Ph.D. The......

Life & Arts

2019 Miss America Nia Franklin pays visit to Fredonia for arts advocacy

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 4, 2020February 4, 2020

February 4, 2020February 4, 2020

Reading Time: 3 minutesKATIE LENDA Special to The Leader Composer, arts advocate and Miss America 2019 Nia Franklin was proudly welcomed to Fredonia on Jan. 28 by the student organization, Ethos New Music Society. Earlier that day, Franklin taught a master class for student composers, and later gave a lecture which was preceded......

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David Dobrik is coming to SUNY Fredonia, but why? Yeah, we don’t know either

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 4, 2020March 7, 2020

February 4, 2020March 7, 2020

Reading Time: 3 minutesISABELLA DISTEFANO Asst. Social Media Manager If you’ve been watching YouTube for the past few years, the name David Dobrik may sound familiar to you. That name will probably become even more familiar this spring — because he’s coming to SUNY Fredonia. According to Spectrum Fredonia’s Twitter page, David Dobrik’s......

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Search firm takes input from Fredonia campus & community on presidential search

Contributor to The LeaderDecember 10, 2019December 11, 2019

December 10, 2019December 11, 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutesAIDAN POLLARD News Editor Though the search for Fredonia’s new president may be confidential due to a SUNY-wide policy change, the search firm Storbeck/Pimentel & Associates is still taking the campus community’s opinion into account throughout the process. The firm was on campus Thursday, Dec. 5 and Friday, Dec. 6......

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Culturefest brings together students of all backgrounds

Contributor to The LeaderDecember 4, 2019December 3, 2019

December 4, 2019December 3, 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutesMADDIE LITTLE Special to The Leader On Monday, Nov. 18, the Intercultural Center (IC) at Fredonia hosted their annual Culturefest in the Williams Center, MPR. This is the fifth year this event has been put on. However, it wasn’t always called Culturefest or designed for all cultures. Culturefest was first......

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FSA responds to lack of C-Store inventory

Drop in yield for freshmen and transfers costs Fredonia 200 undergraduate students

President Hefner: Who he is and what he’s done since his return

New crustacean species discovered by assistant professor

2019 Miss America Nia Franklin pays visit to Fredonia for arts advocacy

Search firm takes input from Fredonia campus & community on presidential search

Culturefest brings together students of all backgrounds