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From the battlefield to the playing field: how a military hero has found solace in a sport

Contributor to The LeaderApril 18, 2018

April 18, 2018

TANNER WILLIAMS Special to The Leader After serving any kind of military tour, reintegration into the “real world” can be a trying process. You often hear stories of soldiers who cannot quite get back on their feet, to the point where many of them choose to re-deploy. Passing up......

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‘I think, more than love, I realized I needed literature’: A PROFILE OF DR. ICLAL VANWESENBEECK, ENGLISH PROFESSOR

Contributor to The LeaderApril 18, 2018

April 18, 2018

ALEXANDRIA SMITH Special to The Leader She found the connections between myths and reality, traveled the world and has hosted a number of events. All the while, she was and remains a literature professor here at Fredonia. This adventurous life belongs to Dr. Iclal Vanwesenbeeck. Life, for her, began......

Life & Arts

‘I was always a reader …’: Professor Eric Schlich shares his journey with writing

Contributor to The LeaderApril 18, 2018

April 18, 2018

ELYSE GRIECO Assistant Life & Arts Editor Every year, the University of North Texas holds its annual Katherine Anne Porter Prize competition, a writing competition that awards one writer with the opportunity to publish one of their books. Writers from all across the country enter this competition, and this......

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‘Society constantly tells us the that we do not fit its idea of beautiful, so we’re ignoring that and are owning our hair’: Student Sheneca Sharpe starts ‘Under this Bonnet’ club

Contributor to The LeaderApril 18, 2018

April 18, 2018

VICTOR SCHMITT-BUSH Assistant News Editor Creating and managing a club is no easy task. It takes a lot of effort just to get it started. The Student Association must approve the idea for the club, and that takes paperwork, presentations and all sorts of other preparations that are necessary to......

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Profile: Your geology professor who dreams of the stage

Contributor to The LeaderApril 18, 2018

April 18, 2018

ALBERTO GONZALEZ Staff Scallywag Professor Dreary has now been teaching geology at Fredonia for the last 20 years, or how he remembers it, the number of years since he could have had a child with his ex-wife, but declined the opportunity. Back then, his wife had really wanted a......

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‘Seeing students ultimately be successful, that’s what it’s about’: David White: former Buffalo Bills player heads Fredonia’s Educational Development Program

Contributor to The LeaderApril 18, 2018

April 18, 2018

JAMAL HYPOLITE Special to The Leader Did you know that between the years of 1981- 1999, SUNY Fredonia served as the Buffalo Bills’ training camp? Not many of today’s students do. Many also don’t know that one of their Bills returned: David White. White played 12 years of professional......

Life & Arts

Roslin Smith: a life of taking opportunities

Contributor to The LeaderApril 18, 2018

April 18, 2018

AVRIL KING Social Media Manager and Assistant Sports Editor It was 8 a.m. in a town just outside of Edinburgh, Scotland, and Sir David Frost was nowhere to be found. Working on one of her big projects at the time, Roslin Smith had been up since 3 a.m., making......

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Spring cleaning for your social media accounts: ‘Writers @ Work’ panel offers advice, tips for creating positive social media presence

Contributor to The LeaderApril 11, 2018September 1, 2019

April 11, 2018September 1, 2019

MONICA MANNEY Special to The Leader Have you ever gotten a random message on Facebook or Twitter? As creepy as random people on the internet can be, you may have to pick up their tactics to land your post-graduation job. The English department’s “Writers @ Work” series featured four......

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LinkedIn launches new website for introverts

Contributor to The LeaderApril 11, 2018

April 11, 2018

EMMA PATTERSON Editor of The Scallion Nothing quite illustrates the terrifying and nausea-inducing reality of adulthood like LinkedIn, the website dedicated to making the lives of thousands of inadequate man-children 1,000 times more stressful. But as the introverts continue to take over the world, (mwa ha ha ha), LinkedIn......

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OnCourse slowly but surely becoming more popular

Contributor to The LeaderApril 11, 2018

April 11, 2018

VICTOR SCHMITT-BUSH Assistant News Editor Back in Spring 2016, Fredonia’s online learning system, ANGEL, was not only replaced but unplugged and turned off by its host software, Blackboard Learning. The intentions were clear. ANGEL was an outdated service, and it was time for Fredonia to make a decision that......

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From the battlefield to the playing field: how a military hero has found solace in a sport

‘I think, more than love, I realized I needed literature’: A PROFILE OF DR. ICLAL VANWESENBEECK, ENGLISH PROFESSOR

‘I was always a reader …’: Professor Eric Schlich shares his journey with writing

‘Society constantly tells us the that we do not fit its idea of beautiful, so we’re ignoring that and are owning our hair’: Student Sheneca Sharpe starts ‘Under this Bonnet’ club

Profile: Your geology professor who dreams of the stage

‘Seeing students ultimately be successful, that’s what it’s about’: David White: former Buffalo Bills player heads Fredonia’s Educational Development Program

Roslin Smith: a life of taking opportunities

Spring cleaning for your social media accounts: ‘Writers @ Work’ panel offers advice, tips for creating positive social media presence

LinkedIn launches new website for introverts

OnCourse slowly but surely becoming more popular