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Why have SUNY Fredonia’s enrollment and acceptance rates increased?

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Reading Time: 2 minutesABIGAIL JACOBSON Asst. News Editor As you’re walking to class, you may have seen a few tour guides going around the SUNY Fredonia campus. Most of these groups we’ve seen have been large, and some may be coming in for the Fall 2024 semester.  The question is: Why? According to......
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Vice President for Finance and Administration Michael Kelly resigns

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Reading Time: 3 minutesDAN QUAGLIANA News Editor ROSEMARIE RAPISARDA Staff Writer On March 13, SUNY Fredonia’s Vice President for Finance and Administration Michael Kelly resigned from his position at the University. “Today [March 13], I had a conversation about the future with Mr. Michael Kelly, [v]ice [p]resident for Finance and Administration, and I......
Opinion

[OPINION] New townhouse policy has residents fed up

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Reading Time: 8 minutesAISLINN EDMUNDS Special to The Leader It’s no secret that SUNY Fredonia is in financial disarray from program cuts to most extracurricular club budgets being cut in half.  But I fear that Fredonia is beginning to think that the solution to these economic problems is to squeeze even more pennies......
News

SA comptroller resigns, new student takes his place

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Reading Time: 5 minutesHUNTER HALTERMAN  Staff Writer Fredonia’s Student Association (SA) has recently lost their comptroller and hired a new one.  Brian Lyght Jr., a junior music education major and former SA Comptroller, officially announced his resignation from that position on March 29, 2024.  Included in his letter, he wrote about his time......
News

Fredonia alum Josh Ranney returns to campus to inform students

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Reading Time: 3 minutesGWENYTH KIRKWOOD Special to The Leader Josh Ranney, the director of communications for New York State Assembly Member Karen McMahon, returned to Fredonia on April 17 to tell students about voting, state government and the power of the press. After graduating in 2019 with degrees in journalism and political science,......
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Rachel Kerr wins SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Adjunct Teaching

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Reading Time: 4 minutesROSEMARIE RAPISARDA Staff Writer Inspirational, passionate, supportive, kind-hearted, enthusiastic, eccentric, funny, honest and fashionable. These are some words from a few former and current students that they used to describe Rachel Kerr, an adjunct communications lecturer. In early March, Kerr won the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Adjunct Teaching.......
News

Students face difficulties accessing Title IX services

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Reading Time: 5 minutesMARISSA BURR Opinion Editor  CHLOE KOWALYK  Editor in Chief  The Title IX office is located on the second floor of Fenton Hall, but being in a central location on campus has not guaranteed students easy access to its services.  On March 5, The Leader’s Opinion Editor Marissa Burr reached out......
Life & Arts

The Solar Eclipse at SUNY Fredonia: Preview

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Reading Time: 3 minutesROSEMARIE RAPISARDA Staff Writer After more than 100 years, SUNY Fredonia will once again experience a solar eclipse in the path of totality. “Totality is an awe-inspiring phenomenon that includes darkness in the middle of the day,… [an] effect that only can be witnessed during totality,” said Dr. Michael Dunham,......
News

SFF & SA hold meeting to address rising tension between students and administration

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Reading Time: 5 minutesALEXANDER BUCKNAM Special to The Leader On March 6, Students for Fredonia (SFF) and the Student Association (SA) held a town hall meeting welcoming all students and faculty to come address their questions and concerns about the administration.  The purpose of this town hall meeting was for SA President Rosemarie......

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