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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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Actress and Fredonia alumna, Mary McDonnell, returns for Homecoming Weekend

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 24, 2018September 1, 2019

October 24, 2018September 1, 2019

ELIZABETH SUSKI Special to the Leader Lights. Camera. Action! Academy Award-nominated actress Mary McDonnell visited Fredonia over homecoming weekend. McDonnell attended Fredonia and graduated in 1974. Born and raised in Ithaca, N.Y., McDonnell chose Fredonia because she needed to go to a state school, and she wanted to be......

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Family on and off the field

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 24, 2018October 23, 2018

October 24, 2018October 23, 2018

LEAH GRAZIANO Special to The Leader When you’re a part of a sports team, it’s like being a part of a family. For some athletes at Fredonia, they get to experience this with their actual family. “We’ve only ever been on the same team. Every sports team we’ve ever......

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Phi Mu Alpha hosts 11th annual Safe Halloween

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 24, 2018August 16, 2019

October 24, 2018August 16, 2019

ELYSE GRIECO Life & Arts Editor Phi Mu Alpha will be hosting the 11th annual Safe Halloween this Sunday, Oct. 28. Phi Mu Alpha is the national professional music fraternity on campus. Every fall, the organization welcomes children from the Fredonia area, along with their guardians, to come trick-or-treating......

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Dr. Sherri Mason — not your average professor

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 24, 2018October 23, 2018

October 24, 2018October 23, 2018

MARISSA BATTAGLIA Special to The Leader You know when you win an award for something and you feel like you’re on top of the world? That’s probably how Sherri Mason felt when she received the Heinz award. This award is for individual achievement honors that are given annually by......

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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

Actress and Fredonia alumna, Mary McDonnell, returns for Homecoming Weekend

Family on and off the field

Phi Mu Alpha hosts 11th annual Safe Halloween

Dr. Sherri Mason — not your average professor