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Not only a missing person

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 7, 2018February 26, 2019

November 7, 2018February 26, 2019

CHELSEA ANN BARON Special to The Leader The days tick past as search efforts continue for State University of New York at Fredonia graduate Samantha “Sam” Sayers. Sayers set out on a solo hike of Vesper Peak in Seattle, Wash. on Aug. 1, 2018. She has been missing ever......

Life & Arts

Pride Alliance’s Fall drag show brings new and inclusive changes

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 7, 2018November 14, 2018

November 7, 2018November 14, 2018

ERIKETA COST Staff Writer You can always expect people dancing to ABBA and lip-synching to Lady Gaga at Fredonia Pride Alliance’s semesterly drag shows. However, some new and inclusive changes have been made this time around. Participants no longer fall under “king” and “queen” categories. This way, they do......

News

Students to vote on making fee mandatory or voluntary next week

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 7, 2018November 14, 2018

November 7, 2018November 14, 2018

JOSH RANNEY News Editor On the ballot next week, along with the Student Association presidential election will be a referendum vote on the Student Activity Fee. The Student Activity Fee is currently a mandatory fee that all students pay each semester. This fee funds all the items, programs and......

Sports

Fredonia goes 1-1 on the weekend

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 7, 2018November 14, 2018

November 7, 2018November 14, 2018

AIDAN POLLARD Sports Editor Blue Devil hockey got off to a difficult start to SUNYAC play on Friday with a 6-1 loss to the Geneseo Knights. “I think the first period we just struggled,” said Head Coach Jeff Meredith. “It was just a mental thing.” Fredonia suffered four goals......

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The tricky prices and eerie economics of Halloween

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 31, 2018November 13, 2018

October 31, 2018November 13, 2018

CASSIDY HERMAN Special to the Leader Do you feel like you’re spending too much money on your costumes and candy? Recent studies have shown that you probably are. The National Retail Federation has been conducting its annual Halloween survey since 2003 to see how Americans will celebrate the holiday.......

Life & Arts

HAIL! Fredonia hosts Fright Night

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 31, 2018November 13, 2018

October 31, 2018November 13, 2018

GIOVANINA VANCHERI Special to The Leader A spooky event for a not-so-spooky cause. Muldoon’s Pub in downtown Fredonia hosted Fright Night on Oct. 26 at 10:30 p.m. The bands Previous Love, The Burkharts and Skulking Ghost all performed. The event was hosted by HAIL! Fredonia Records, a group that......

Life & Arts

What not to wear: Halloween edition

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 31, 2018November 13, 2018

October 31, 2018November 13, 2018

MONICA MANNEY Special to The Leader It seems like every year students on Fredonia’s campus are possessed by the ghastly ghost of Halloweens past. The haunting is also known as cultural insensitivity, followed by a plea of innocence and ignorance. But this year, Fredonia students and staff took a......

Scallion

Student’s intentionally haunt apartment for a wicked Halloweekend house party

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 31, 2018November 14, 2018

October 31, 2018November 14, 2018

TRAVIS LEFEVRE Editor in Chief Three students on Eagle Street have achieved the impossible this Halloweekend after throwing the spookiest house party in town. Barry DeLive, River Styx and Emma Goner got together and planned this shindig months in advance, deciding that the best way to spook up the......

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Local loser arrested for “being himself” on Halloween

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 31, 2018November 14, 2018

October 31, 2018November 14, 2018

JOSEPH MARCINIAK Staff Scallywag In 1787, at the birth of the American Constitution, the following words were written. “Dressing as yourself for Halloween is the most egregious sin viable in our free-spirited country. I, Thomas Jefferson, will personally kill any man who dares commit this offence.” This piece of......

News

The haunt of Thompson Hall

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 31, 2018November 13, 2018

October 31, 2018November 13, 2018

VICTOR SCHMITT-BUSH Assistant News Editor If you were to ask students and staff about paranormal activity on campus, they would point you in the direction of Igoe Hall, but some say that Thompson Hall is haunted, too. Students and staff go about their daily activities during the day, but......

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Not only a missing person

Pride Alliance’s Fall drag show brings new and inclusive changes

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Fredonia goes 1-1 on the weekend

The tricky prices and eerie economics of Halloween

HAIL! Fredonia hosts Fright Night

What not to wear: Halloween edition

Student’s intentionally haunt apartment for a wicked Halloweekend house party

Local loser arrested for “being himself” on Halloween

The haunt of Thompson Hall