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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......

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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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Parents weekend returns: All truths revealed

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 25, 2017

October 25, 2017

ALBERTO GONZALEZ Staff Scallywag Parents weekend is among us, and that means that many of you will be visited by your familial overlords and will need places to take them to give them a glimpse of life here on campus. There are the obvious spots that everyone expects to......

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Fredonia’s ‘dream team’ behind the Excelsior scholarship

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 25, 2017

October 25, 2017

DAN ORZECHOWSKI News Editor Starting this week, Fredonia students are once again meeting with their advisors to map out their academic plans. However, many students will go beyond discussing grades and courses. Almost 600 undergraduates received the Excelsior scholarship, a new program initiated by Governor Cuomo, which was designed......

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A nation divided

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 25, 2017August 25, 2019

October 25, 2017August 25, 2019

DOMINIC MAGISTRO Special to The Scallion America could handle the rampant racism, gun violence, embryo murders and McDonald’s Szechuan Sauce riots, but there is no possible way a nation could withstand the most divisive question since the dawn of computers: “How is the abbreviated form of the graphics interchange......

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Fredonia men’s soccer drop final two games: Miss chance to go to playoffs

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 25, 2017

October 25, 2017

QUINTIN JAMES Staff Writer Fredonia men’s soccer, coming into the weekend, needed to win at least one game to get into the SUNYAC playoffs. They were looking to secure the sixth and final playoff spot, but they had to face New Paltz and Oneonta on the last weekend of......

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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

Parents weekend returns: All truths revealed

Fredonia’s ‘dream team’ behind the Excelsior scholarship

A nation divided

Fredonia men’s soccer drop final two games: Miss chance to go to playoffs