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Alison Pipitone: Buffalo Music Hall of Fame’s newest inductee

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 3, 2017August 15, 2019

November 3, 2017August 15, 2019

BAILEY KUZMA Special to The Leader On Oct. 5, Alison Pipitone, an adjunct instructor for the Music Industry program here at Fredonia, was inducted into the Buffalo Music Hall of Fame. “I’ve always liked music my whole life because my parents always had music on in my living room.......

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A writer’s reunion: NYT bestseller Wendy Corsi Staub and Lucia Macro return to SUNY Fredonia

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 3, 2017

November 3, 2017

VICTOR SCHMITT-BUSH Staff Writer To some graduates, their time at Fredonia lives on only as a story. A good read it might have been, but it remains a memory, nonetheless. For others, the story is still being written. Staff and students alike will be pleased to know that Fredonia......

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Battle of the New Bands rocks the MPR

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 3, 2017August 15, 2019

November 3, 2017August 15, 2019

[metaslider id=10306] ELYSE GRIECO Special to The Leader The Music Industry Club (MIC) rocked the Multi-Purpose Room this past Thursday night with their annual Battle of the New Bands. This competition showcases some of Fredonia’s most talented students. It was created to give students an inside look on what......

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Water boiling advisory has FSA quick to respond

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 3, 2017

November 3, 2017

SETH MICHAEL MEYER Assistant News Editor On the morning of Oct. 21, the students of Fredonia woke up to an email advising them not to consume the tap water without it being boiled and to conserve water. The effect of what the email described as a water main break......

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Excelsior by the numbers

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 3, 2017

November 3, 2017

TRAVIS LEFEVRE The Scallion Editor The Excelsior scholarship went into full effect this semester with approximately 12 percent of Fredonia’s 4,631 undergraduates qualifying for the program. In order to be deemed eligible for the scholarship for this current academic year, your aggregated gross income, or (AGI) must be below......

Sports

Fredonia has three top 10 finishers at SUNYACs

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 3, 2017

November 3, 2017

AIDAN POLLARD Special to the Leader On Oct. 28, the Blue Devils men’s and women’s cross country teams competed in the SUNYAC championship race hosted by SUNY Potsdam on a grueling and extremely hilly, looping course. The men came seventh out of 10 teams and the women placed fourth out......

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Ten Fredonians leave big impact on scholarship application

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 3, 2017

November 3, 2017

DAN ORZECHOWSKI News Editor On Jan. 3, the first day back to work after winter break, Dan Tramuta’s phone rang. Virginia Horvath, president of SUNY Fredonia, was on the line asking if Tramuta knew that Sen. Bernie Sanders and Gov. Andrew Cuomo were about to announce the blueprints for......

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A sit down with Ian Helps

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 3, 2017

November 3, 2017

QUINTIN JAMES Staff Writer Coming into his senior season at Fredonia, forward Ian Helps has not only become the best player on the men’s basketball team, but he has become a leader. It has been three years of learning and getting better and, now in his senior season, he’s......

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‘mAsk4CampusEquity’ brings lack of stability to light

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 3, 2017

November 3, 2017

ANGELINA DOHRE Photo Editor This past Thursday and Monday, Fredonia’s Chapter of United University Professions (UUP) held its biennial event for Campus Equity Week. This year’s campaign was mask-making events, titled “mAsk4CampusEquity.” Since 2015, Fredonia has been involved with Campus Equity Week. According to an email from UUP’s Fredonia......

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Impending ice age calls for chilly tactics

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 25, 2017

October 25, 2017

JACLYN SPIEZIA Staff Scallywag In the upcoming month, University Police is set to begin conducting “midwinter fire drills.” Fredonia State has recognized the need to prepare for the inevitable ice age that is bound to happen. The breaking news story was leaked from clothing stores nearby who are desperate......

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Alison Pipitone: Buffalo Music Hall of Fame’s newest inductee

A writer’s reunion: NYT bestseller Wendy Corsi Staub and Lucia Macro return to SUNY Fredonia

Battle of the New Bands rocks the MPR

Water boiling advisory has FSA quick to respond

Excelsior by the numbers

Fredonia has three top 10 finishers at SUNYACs

Ten Fredonians leave big impact on scholarship application

A sit down with Ian Helps

‘mAsk4CampusEquity’ brings lack of stability to light

Impending ice age calls for chilly tactics