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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......

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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......

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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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Quidditch: Through the Ages (Or at least from 2005 to now)

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 31, 2018November 13, 2018

October 31, 2018November 13, 2018

AIDAN POLLARD Sports Editor Quidditch: The fictional sport played exclusively within the Harry Potter universe; at least up until 2005. In a game of Quidditch in the Harry Potter universe, there are seven players on each team along with four balls to worry about. The quaffle is the ball......

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Science Center hosts Halloween Science Fair

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 31, 2018November 13, 2018

October 31, 2018November 13, 2018

LEAH GRAZIANO Special to The Leader Spooky science experiments took over the Science Center. The first ever Frankin-Lab Halloween Science Fair was Saturday, Oct. 27 in the Science Center from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Fredonia’s Chemistry Club hosted the free event, which was open to students and the general......

Life & Arts

A frightful Fredonia favorite: Terror in the Trees returns

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 31, 2018November 13, 2018

October 31, 2018November 13, 2018

ELIZABETH SUSKI Special to the Leader It’s that time of the year again: pumpkin carvings, apple pickings and running through corn mazes and haunted houses. And yet, the woods near the clock tower sit untouched until it’s their time to cause terror on campus. Terror in the Trees is......

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Black alumni homecoming

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 24, 2018August 31, 2019

October 24, 2018August 31, 2019

MONICA MANNEY Special to The Leader Fredonia’s campus flooded with former college students, despite the rain, last weekend for homecoming. In one room, the less than 10 percent of students of color found a safe space with black alumni. The Black Student Union invited former students from all over......

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Keeping students in classes after 5 p.m. now considered an international war crime

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 24, 2018August 25, 2019

October 24, 2018August 25, 2019

JOSEPH MARCINIAK Staff Scallywag A recent meeting at the UN headquarters has determined that all classes that extend past 5 p.m. are considered a human rights violation. This intense decision has caused the UN Peacekeeping Forces to be on full alert within the U.S. and, more recently, here at......

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Sharon Flake’s lecture ‘The Power of Literature to Give Voice to Young Adults’ brings discussion on embracing identity through literature to campus

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 24, 2018October 23, 2018

October 24, 2018October 23, 2018

ERIKETA COST Staff Writer Seventh grade can be a challenging year when it comes to finding a voice and accepting who you are. Sometimes, it’s the voice of someone else that inspires us to find our own. Author Sharon Flake started to feel inspired after reading some poems that......

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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

Quidditch: Through the Ages (Or at least from 2005 to now)

Science Center hosts Halloween Science Fair

A frightful Fredonia favorite: Terror in the Trees returns

Black alumni homecoming

Keeping students in classes after 5 p.m. now considered an international war crime

Sharon Flake’s lecture ‘The Power of Literature to Give Voice to Young Adults’ brings discussion on embracing identity through literature to campus