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Open forums to be held for presidential search

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Reading Time: 2 minutesAIDAN POLLARD News Editor As SUNY Fredonia prepares the confidential search for a new university president, they’ve hired the presidential search firm Storbeck/Pimentel. In November, the firm successfully aided in searches at the University of Wisconsin-Stout, Penn State Brandywine and the University of the Pacific. A piece of the firm’s......
Opinion

A letter from the Editorial Board

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Reading Time: 2 minutesRecently, there have been a lot of questions regarding one of The Leader’s advertisements. The University at Buffalo ad first appeared in Issue 11 and has been printed in subsequent issues, including this one. While the Editorial Board wishes the representative at UB had phrased the ad differently, The Leader......
Life & Arts

Journalist Carl Hoffman to answer: Who is Michael C. Rockefeller?

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Reading Time: 2 minutesELIZABETH SUSKI Special to The Leader Did you ever think that one of the buildings on campus would be named after someone who disappeared off the coast of New Guinea? The Rockefeller Arts Center is named after Michael C. Rockefeller, Gov. Nelson Rockefeller’s son. This Thursday, author and journalist Carl......
News

Pulitzer Prize winner lectures to aspiring journalists

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Reading Time: 4 minutesGIOVANINA VANCHERI Special to The Leader ANALYSIS Fredonia’s chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists hosted their annual conference this weekend. As usual, the event was composed of three special topic speakers and a keynote speaker. For the first time ever, the keynote speaker was a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist:......
News

From FBI Special Agent to University Police Chief

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Reading Time: 4 minutesSOPHIE WOJCIECHOWSKI Special to The Leader Brent Isaacson, former FBI Special Agent and U.S. Navy nuclear engineer, became the University Police Chief just a short three months ago. He replaced Ann Burns after she retired, having been the UP Chief for 37 years. Chief Isaacson was born and raised in......
News

Writers @ Work presents opportunity for students to connect with professionals

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Reading Time: 3 minutesKATIE LENDA Special to The Leader The opportunity to meet and interact with seasoned professionals is an event students will have the chance to attend on Nov. 7 – 8. Fredonia is set to welcome Grammy award winner, Kent Knappenberger, Nannette Knappenberger and sound engineer, Anthony Casuccio back to their......
Life & Arts

Keep campus a respectful place this Halloween: The conversation on cultural appropriation continues

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Reading Time: 2 minutesSHENECA SHARPE Special to The Leader Halloween is coming soon, and with that means an array of costumes from cute to funny to scary. Sadly, Halloween is known for its use of cultural appropriation as costumes for trendy or comedic effects. For people who aren’t sure what cultural appropriation means,......
News

Get ready to be spooked: Terror in the Trees brings Halloween spirit to campus

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Reading Time: 2 minutesELIZABETH SUSKI Special to The Leader With one of the spookiest holidays right around the corner, the Halloween spirit is alive and well on campus. Once again, the campus woods will be causing terror to those who dare enter them. This event is led by the group Fredonia Immersive Theatre......

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