June 11, 2026
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Peaches Maloney’s desperate attempt at fame Fredonia student aims to be Insta famous

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Reading Time: 2 minutesPATRICK BENNETT Staff Scallywag   Fredonia marketing major, Peaches Maloney, recently made desperate attempts to try and become Instagram famous after breaking up with his beloved girlfriend Debbie McIntyre, who he used to date on-and-off for a five-year period in high school. “This will show her that I’m a real......
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Laurie Tramuta: recipient of SUNY Chancellor Award of Excellence for Adjunct Teaching

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Reading Time: 3 minutesSETH MICHAEL MEYER Staff Writer   Walking in to Mason Hall, the home of the renowned Fredonia School of Music, one can never fail to hear the exuberant voices of Fredonia’s finest vocal students. It is not only the students’ talents that can produce such wonderful singing, it’s also the......
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‘I would love to see more students getting involved to share their art-making abilities’: Fredonia seeks students to share skills and hobbies for Mini Maker Faire this fall

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Reading Time: 2 minutes  JACOB SANTOS Special to The Leader   In October of last year during Fredonia’s homecoming weekend, the campus held its second annual Mini Maker Faire. The event welcomes attendees of all ages to engage with “makers,” which are artists, engineers, crafters, and scientists, to share their knowledge and skills.......
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Life & Arts

Kid Ink to heat up Fredonia: ‘We didn’t want someone who was a one-hit ‘

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Reading Time: 3 minutesVICTOR SCHMITT-BUSH Assistant News Editor   This year’s winter has been long and drawn out. The cold and dark afternoons have bled into late April, marking as one of Fredonia’s most shivering springs of recent year. Even so, Fredonia’s most esteemed student-run events planning team is heating things up. This......
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Life & Arts

From wanting to skip recess to read, to becoming a writer: A profile of Dr. George David Clark

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Reading Time: 2 minutesSTEPHEN SACCO Special to the Leader   Dr. George David Clark was born in Savannah, Ga., but moved from time-to-time while growing up in the southeast of The United States. He was raised by his father, a pastor, and his mother, a teacher just like himself. Clark talked about his......
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Life & Arts

‘ . . . Sometimes I have to take a moment and look around at everyone in the [radio] station and remind myself how lucky I am to be where I am’: A profile of senior Amy Gruttadauria, program director of WCVF-FM

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Reading Time: 4 minutesMELISSA FUCHS Staff Writer   Amy Gruttadauria is a senior at Fredonia, and her schedule is anything but empty. She is captivating in her ability to seemingly do it all without showing evidence of faltering. When you first meet Gruttadauria, you will notice her lengthy chestnut-brown hair with one side......
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Connor Aitcheson: international man of student advocacy

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Reading Time: 3 minutesJOSH RANNEY Assistant News Editor   The President of the Student Association: everyone votes for them, and they represent each student but not everyone knows who they really are. President Connor Aitcheson was elected last semester and began his term on the first of this year. Four months into his......
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Sports

‘Coach is someone who cares about your complete overall success, not just your on-ice success’: 30 years later: Men’s Ice Hockey Coach Jeff Meredith’s legacy

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Reading Time: 4 minutesANGELINA DOHRE Photo Editor   When walking into Fredonia head hockey coach Jeff Meredith’s office, two walls immediately stand out. One is scattered with coaching awards gathered from 30 years at Fredonia, and the other is covered with photos of families of past hockey players. These walls represent Meredith’s two......
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‘Everything and anything is possible through hard work’: A profile of Phil Seymore, Fredonia’s head coach of men’s basketball

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Reading Time: 5 minutesDERECK ICE Special to The Leader   As you step foot inside Coach Phil Seymore’s office, something that will immediately grab your attention is his large award from Canisius College that he received for earning all-conference and all-region honors his senior basketball season. You will see many basketball trophies and......
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‘. . . she was pretty much unstoppable’: Jenna Einink, junior basketball player, reaches 1,000 points

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Reading Time: 5 minutesCHELSEA BARON Special to The Leader   2,000 may not be a high score in a video game, but it is in basketball. Jenna Einink has celebrated reaching 1,000 points in both her high school and college careers. Ken Ricker, Einink’s basketball coach from the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU), was......
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