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

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Reading Time: 2 minutesMONICA 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......
Scallion

LinkedIn launches new website for introverts

Reading Time: 2 minutesEMMA 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......
News

OnCourse slowly but surely becoming more popular

Reading Time: 3 minutesVICTOR 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 ANGEL was an outdated service, and it was time for Fredonia to make a decision that......
Sports

A lifetime of achievement: Former athletic director to receive Damore Award

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Reading Time: 3 minutesCOLIN HART Special to The Leader   “I thought I could do a decent job given the opportunity.” These are the words of former SUNY Fredonia Athletic Director Greg Prechtl, who is set to receive the Dr. Patrick R. Damore Distinguished Service Award this May in recognition of his lifetime......
Life & Arts

‘ . . . [Fredonia’s music scene] helps bring people together’: American Nosebleed, among others, makes their debut at BJ’s

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Reading Time: 2 minutesBETHANY CLANCY Staff Writer   This past week at BJ’s, three bands that have never played at the bar before, took the stage. Opening the show was Fredonia’s own Eerie Shores. Eerie Shores is a four-piece pop/punk band that mixes in other genres like blues and alternative rock. Although this......
News

Cosmic transformation talk draws in large turnout

Reading Time: 2 minutesANGELINA DOHRE Photo Editor   Students, faculty and community members gathered for last week’s Brown Bag Lecture series. Dr. Neal Evans from the University of Texas at Austin presented “Extraterritorial Life: A Scientific Inquiry.” He focused on cosmic transformation and the scientific explanation of life beyond Earth. Opening remarks were......
Opinion

From the Desk of Ben Anderson, Copy Editor: The fortunate future of Fredonia philosophy: an introspective

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Reading Time: 2 minutesImplemented in the spring of the past academic year, the “Right Serving, Right Sizing” plan encouraged academic department heads to review their own curriculums in an overall attempt to increase enrollment for future classes. The plan also set out to add more courses, integrating multiple disciplines, hopefully encouraging student interest......

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