Campus News

Feast your eyes on Fredonia’s food hotspots

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 8, 2017

November 8, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutesEMMA PATTERSON Assistant Scallion Editor All college students understand the pivotal role food plays in our daily lives. Luckily for us, there are plenty of off-campus dining options for when Cranston is terrifying and Tim Horton’s is inevitably closed. So the next time you’re on page 18 of your......

Life & Arts

The age-old best wings question is answered

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 8, 2017

November 8, 2017

Reading Time: 3 minutesELYSE GRIECO Special to The Leader If there’s one thing the 716 is known for, it’s chicken wings. Since Fredonia is only an hour away from Buffalo, the birthplace of wings themselves, the area has an abundance of great wings to offer. However, all these options leave one lingering......

Scallion

Student’s report temporary superintelligence from contaminated water

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 3, 2017

November 3, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutesJACLYN SPIEZIA Staff Scallywag The multiple water main breaks that occurred last weekend left Fredonia students to boil water before consuming it, as the water was contaminated. Prior to checking their emails, however, many students accidentally consumed the contaminated water by either drinking it or brushing their teeth. At......

Sports

Men’s basketball has big plans for upcoming season

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 3, 2017

November 3, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutesJORDAN PURVIS Special to The Leader Last season the men’s basketball team finished with a record of 10-15 and failed to reach the SUNYAC playoffs. The team hasn’t been to the playoffs since the 2012-2013 season. Surely, getting back to the playoffs will be the team’s top priority for......

Sports

Bunk missing SUNYACs poses questions about academics and athletics: Women’s tennis team bounced amid bizarre circumstances

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 3, 2017

November 3, 2017

Reading Time: 7 minutesCURTIS HENRY Sports Editor The Fredonia women’s tennis team was ousted in the quarterfinal of SUNYAC play to SUNY Cortland at the start of the month. This was an unexpected early finish to what was otherwise a wildly successful year for the Blue Devils. However, missing from the team......

News

The hurricanes have hurt more than just Puerto Rico

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 3, 2017

November 3, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutesALEXANDRIA NIEVES Special to the Leader Over a month since both Hurricane Maria and Hurricane Irma hit Puerto Rico, the American territory is still trying to get back to its original state. Families are constantly worrying about their family members that are in any part of Puerto Rico. While......

Life & Arts

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

Reading Time: 3 minutesTEISHA 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

Reading Time: 3 minutesAVRIL 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

Reading Time: 2 minutesBAILEY 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.......

News

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

Reading Time: 3 minutesVICTOR 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......

Earth Day & Sustainability Expo returns to Fredonia’s campus

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Construction blocks off accessible parking next to Jewett Hall

Sidewalk outside Science Center, Houghton Hall crumbling

Third shelter-in-place of semester shuts down White Street

Fifth Quarter: Examining options for Bills’ pick at 26th overall

Bring Back Equality

Revolution or Misinformation?

Campus TV station floods after heavy rainfall

Feast your eyes on Fredonia’s food hotspots

The age-old best wings question is answered

Student’s report temporary superintelligence from contaminated water

Men’s basketball has big plans for upcoming season

Bunk missing SUNYACs poses questions about academics and athletics: Women’s tennis team bounced amid bizarre circumstances

The hurricanes have hurt more than just Puerto Rico

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