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The Cure for the Common Comedy has been found: The Second City brings plenty of laughs in time for Family Weekend

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 3, 2017August 17, 2019

November 3, 2017August 17, 2019

TEISHA MCELFRESH Special to The Leader Last Friday night, The Second City Touring Group kicked off Family Weekend by bringing the phrase “laughter is the best medicine” to Fredonia. As the weather is starting to cool off and summer is behind us, the troupe’s famous improvisation and anecdotal jokes......

Sports

The search for a new athletic director quickly wrapping up

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 3, 2017

November 3, 2017

AVRIL KING Social Media Manager Since 1997, SUNY Fredonia has known one person as the athletic director. Greg Prechtl was a Fredonia graduate with the class of 1969. He went on to serve as the head coach of the men’s basketball team for 23 seasons, and he eventually took the......

Life & Arts

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......

Life & Arts

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......

Sports

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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The Cure for the Common Comedy has been found: The Second City brings plenty of laughs in time for Family Weekend

The search for a new athletic director quickly wrapping up

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