Campus News

Canadian Brass Quintet: Preview

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 19, 2018August 15, 2019

September 19, 2018August 15, 2019

ERIKETA COST Special to The Leader From 1600s Baroque music to 1940s Dixieland, the Canadian Brass Quintet has all kinds of decades to transport Fredonia students back to for their upcoming concert. The internationally known group is coming to Fredonia on Sept. 21. Their story starts in 1970 with......

Life & Arts

Making connections over coffee: Coffee Break

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 19, 2018September 1, 2019

September 19, 2018September 1, 2019

LEAH GRAZIANO Special to The Leader Take a coffee break with Fredonia’s international students. Fredonia students came together for coffee, cookies and conversation on Sept. 12, in the Williams Center S226B, or the Global Connections Lounge. Alex Phillips, a graduate student in the Teaching English to Speakers of Other......

News

Fredonia’s budget crisis: Fact or Fiction?

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 19, 2018

September 19, 2018

VICTOR SCHMITT-BUSH Assistant News Editor What was once a leaky but steady ship plugged by reserves and alternative fees has now begun to sink, according to Associate professor Dr. Peter Reinelt, who is also the chair to the Economics department. He and the administration have been ringing alarm bells......

News

Community Service Fair celebrates 15th year

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 19, 2018September 19, 2018

September 19, 2018September 19, 2018

Monica Manney Special to The Leader For students looking for opportunities to give back, the Office of Volunteer & Community Service will hold its 15th annual community service fair on Sept. 26. “The purpose of the event is to educate the campus and community,” said Joyce H. Smith, “I......

Sports

Jerry Fisk: Changing the culture

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 12, 2018September 2, 2019

September 12, 2018September 2, 2019

AIDAN POLLARD Sports Editor Fredonia’s new athletic director, Jerry Fisk, is a big man with big ideas. Fisk took over the position in the Spring semester of last year, and already the changes he’s made can be seen all over campus. Since the winter, the Blue Devils athletics department......

Sports

Fredonia Lacrosse is ready to face-off season with new coach

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 12, 2018September 2, 2019

September 12, 2018September 2, 2019

CASSIDY HERMAN Special to The Leader The new head coach of Fredonia Blue Devil women’s lacrosse, Marykate Edmunds, is ready to start her season and has been since July of 2018. Edmunds sees great things in Fredonia’s future. Not only is she excited to work with the women on......

Life & Arts

Candy Ambulance to make first ever appearance at BJ’s with Elemantra and Skulking Ghost

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 12, 2018September 11, 2018

September 12, 2018September 11, 2018

ERIKETA COST Special to The Leader BJ’s Bar and Grill, check. Loud music and live bands, check. Local Fredonia Musicians, check. Last Call Entertainment will be hosting Candy Ambulance, Elemantra and Skulking Ghost on Sept. 12 at BJ’s Bar and Grill from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. Last Call......

News

Fredonia Students sign up for over 170 clubs during another successful Activities Night

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 12, 2018September 11, 2018

September 12, 2018September 11, 2018

MONICA MANNEY Special to The Leader Every year, Activities Night sees over 170 clubs collect thousands of signatures. But this year, with the biggest and most diverse incoming class of first year students, some major changes swept the grass of Dods Grove. Students who attended Activities Night had the......

Opinion

From the Desk of Amber Mattice, Managing Editor

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 12, 2018August 15, 2019

September 12, 2018August 15, 2019

For those of you who are dreading the end of summer, you might as well turn the page because we don’t want that kind of negativity here. I’m about to go on a full fledged rant about how excited I am for the beginning of fall. It’s my favorite for......

Life & Arts

Visual performance artist Ei Arakawa will be setting the stage

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 12, 2018September 11, 2018

September 12, 2018September 11, 2018

STEPHEN SACCO Special to the Leader Ei Arakawa, a Japanese visual artist, will be touching down in SUNY Fredonia this Thursday, Sept. 13. He will be hosting a hands-on workshop with students creating improvisational visual art. Arakawa’s work has been featured in the Museum of Modern Art, The Whitney......

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Canadian Brass Quintet: Preview

Making connections over coffee: Coffee Break

Fredonia’s budget crisis: Fact or Fiction?

Community Service Fair celebrates 15th year

Jerry Fisk: Changing the culture

Fredonia Lacrosse is ready to face-off season with new coach

Candy Ambulance to make first ever appearance at BJ’s with Elemantra and Skulking Ghost

Fredonia Students sign up for over 170 clubs during another successful Activities Night

From the Desk of Amber Mattice, Managing Editor

Visual performance artist Ei Arakawa will be setting the stage