Campus News

The search for true love, money: Random Acts presents first cabaret night

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 15, 2017August 17, 2019

November 15, 2017August 17, 2019

ELYSE GRIECO Special to The Leader Fredonia’s Random Acts held their first-ever character cabaret on Nov. 10. Random Acts is an improvisation comedy group on campus that never fails to make their audience laugh. The group has been on campus for quite some time, but they have never held......

Life & Arts

The spirit of Shakespeare pays Fredonia a visit: ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ comes to Barlett Theatre

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 15, 2017

November 15, 2017

BAILEY KUZMA Special to The Leader Starting Nov. 30 and continuing from Dec. 1 through Dec. 3, Fredonia will be putting on Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing” in the Bartlett Theatre in the Rockefeller Arts Center. “The major themes are: love, [a] couple who have it, lose it [and]......

News

Philosophical debate brings back age-old question: Is abortion morally acceptable?

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 15, 2017

November 15, 2017

SETH MICHAEL MEYER Assistant News Editor On Nov. 7, Fredonia hosted a debate that discussed the morality of abortion. Dr. John Keller, associate professor at Niagara University, argued that abortion is immoral while Fredonia’s own Dr. Stephen Kershnar, chair of the philosophy department, argued that abortion is moral. A......

News

Aitcheson and Apthorpe elected to SA presidency and vice-presidency

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 15, 2017

November 15, 2017

JAMES LILLIN Staff Writer After about 700 votes were tallied during last week’s Student Association elections, junior Spanish adolescence education major Connor Aitcheson and junior public relations major Hannah Apthorpe were elected to the SA Presidency and Vice-Presidency, respectively. “Students have this perception that the students that serve on......

Scallion

Cleansing flood sweeps through Fredonia

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 15, 2017

November 15, 2017

ALBERTO GONZALEZ Staff Scallywag The great flood has hit Fredonia and, like a well-needed rain on a crop, it has brought rejuvenation through the downtown area. As many homeowners on Canadaway had flood damage on the brain, one business owner saw a rare and free opportunity to improve their......

Sports

Christian Krasnek, the diving mortician

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 15, 2017

November 15, 2017

AVRIL KING Social Media Manager and Assistant Sports Editor “Every meet is a funeral.” Those are the words that Christian Krasnek, a sophomore member of the Fredonia men’s diving team lives by. Why? “Because I’m going to kill it,” he said. It certainly seems as though Krasnek is taking......

Sports

Dancing with the Athletes: Athletes team up with dancers to raise money for Moving Miracles

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 15, 2017

November 15, 2017

QUINTIN JAMES Assistant Sports Editor On Nov. 12, in the Williams Center Multipurpose Room, the Student Dance Organization held their fifth annual Dancing with the Athletes event. The event was for charity, a non-profit organization called Moving Miracles that assists individuals with special needs in dance, creative movement, music......

Opinion

Fredonia is perpetuating a rape culture

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 15, 2017September 1, 2019

November 15, 2017September 1, 2019

CLAIRE O’REILLY Life & Arts Editor In light of recent events relating to sexual assault in Hollywood and in our own backyards right here in Fredonia, I struggle to find the right way to express just how I am feeling. If I had to sum it up: helpless, outraged,......

News

New York Times bestselling author hosts workshops on campus

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 15, 2017

November 15, 2017

VICTOR SCHMITT-BUSH AND ANGELINA DOHRE Staff Writer and Photo Editor This past week, New York Times bestselling author and Fredonia alumna Wendy Corsi Staub returned to campus with HarperCollins executive editor Lucia Macro. The two presented several opportunities for students to meet with them and discuss novel writing,......

News

Dark and Dreary: An ode to Erie Hall

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 8, 2017August 25, 2019

November 8, 2017August 25, 2019

VICTOR SCHMITT-BUSH Staff Writer As the years go by, Fredonia and its infrastructure is changing and it is changing fast. In 2014, the construction of the Science Center, a $4.2 million complex, was completed serving as the new go-to building for students with science concentrations. In 2016, plans were being......

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The search for true love, money: Random Acts presents first cabaret night

The spirit of Shakespeare pays Fredonia a visit: ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ comes to Barlett Theatre

Philosophical debate brings back age-old question: Is abortion morally acceptable?

Aitcheson and Apthorpe elected to SA presidency and vice-presidency

Cleansing flood sweeps through Fredonia

Christian Krasnek, the diving mortician

Dancing with the Athletes: Athletes team up with dancers to raise money for Moving Miracles

Fredonia is perpetuating a rape culture

New York Times bestselling author hosts workshops on campus

Dark and Dreary: An ode to Erie Hall