Campus News

How we became the Fredonia Blue Devils

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 28, 2018

March 28, 2018

MOLLY VANDENBERG Staff Writer Fredonia’s athletic department is referred to as the Fredonia Blue Devils, but how did this nickname actually come to be? A lot of this information came to light during the school’s 175th anniversary celebration back in 2001. Joanne Schweik, a past archivist at the Reed......

Life & Arts

Christopher Robbins brings inspiration, activism to the Visiting Artist Program

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 28, 2018

March 28, 2018

BETHANY CLANCY Staff Writer This week’s Visiting Artist Program featured Christopher Robbins, one of the founders of Ghana ThinkTank. Robbins is an unusual artist. Instead of producing art in the form of paintings, drawings and ceramics, Robbins uses the ideas from the results of the ThinkTank and produces......

Sports

UMBC wins big, makes history in the process

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 28, 2018August 25, 2019

March 28, 2018August 25, 2019

AVRIL KING Social Media Manager and Assistant Sports Editor In a surprise twist last week, the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) dominated over University of Virginia 74-54 in the first round of the NCAA tournament. A number 16 seed has not beaten a number 1 seed since 1985,......

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Alumna sheds light on life in film and theatre

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 28, 2018

March 28, 2018

STEPHEN SACCO Special to the Leader Sarah T. Schwab, a writer who collaborated with Karen Allen and others who are critically acclaimed, paid SUNY Fredonia a nostalgic visit. Writers @ Work, a collective of the English department, hosted the events with Schwab and Long from March 22-23. The......

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Fredonia science professor selected to governor’s water protection committee

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 28, 2018

March 28, 2018

COLIN HART Special to The Leader Dr. Courtney Wigdahl-Perry, a biology professor at SUNY Fredonia, has been selected for Governor Andrew Cuomo’s steering committee for combating harmful algal blooms (HABs) in several lakes throughout New York state. Alongside a panel of nationwide experts, Wigdahl-Perry is scheduled to attend a summit......

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Fredonia professor receives international recognition

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 28, 2018

March 28, 2018

VICTOR SCHMITT-BUSH Assistant News Editor The issue of plastic pollution is starting to be taken seriously, and it’s partly thanks to Sherri Mason, the chair of Fredonia’s Geology and Environmental Sciences department. As an affiliate of Orb Media, the non-profit activist organization against plastic pollution, Mason was......

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Cutting the ribbon KM3 Studios and Fredonia Video Game Development Club open their alphas to public

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 28, 2018August 16, 2019

March 28, 2018August 16, 2019

DAN ORZECHOWSKI News Editor Just in its second semester, Fredonia’s Video Game Development Club has gathered a following that some clubs spend years building. Last Wednesday, the club and Kermit Mitchell III (the club’s founder and president) presented an alpha video game testing, open to the public. Two......

Life & Arts

Sigma Tau Delta: Linking education with community

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 28, 2018August 16, 2019

March 28, 2018August 16, 2019

MOLLY VANDENBERG Staff Writer On March 30, Sigma Tau Delta hosted an open mic night at the 21 East Bookstore in Dunkirk. The bookstore is almost hidden in a brick building on East Second Street. However, once inside, you’ll notice the store is open and inviting with comfy chairs......

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Hemlock invades campus woodlot

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 21, 2018

March 21, 2018

MEGAN HOWES Special to The Leader The invasive and deadly Wolly Hemlock Adelgid is slowing taking over the campus woodlot. A group of students from various science classes went out to the woodlot to survey the Hemlock trees and mark them for treatment. According to Jonathan Titus, an......

Life & Arts

Fredonia’s Pride Alliance to put on trans clothing drive

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 21, 2018August 17, 2019

March 21, 2018August 17, 2019

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How we became the Fredonia Blue Devils

Christopher Robbins brings inspiration, activism to the Visiting Artist Program

UMBC wins big, makes history in the process

Alumna sheds light on life in film and theatre

Fredonia science professor selected to governor’s water protection committee

Fredonia professor receives international recognition

Cutting the ribbon KM3 Studios and Fredonia Video Game Development Club open their alphas to public

Sigma Tau Delta: Linking education with community

Hemlock invades campus woodlot

Fredonia’s Pride Alliance to put on trans clothing drive