Celebs on campus: 10 icons who have visited Fredonia
Reading Time: 6 minutesDespite being a small school in a rural area, Fredonia has been visited by star athletes, iconic bands, entertainment personalities and more....
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“Murderville”: A Netflix show review
Reading Time: 3 minutesNIKKI INDELICATO Assistant Life & Arts Editor *Contains Spoilers* On Feb. 3, Netflix added the latest addition to its ever-growing original series list: “Murderville.” “Murderville” is your not-so-typical cop show. This new “who done it” style show makes you feel like you are at murder mystery party with elements of......
Time isn’t real and we are accelerating into Hell
Reading Time: 2 minutesBRIAN CECALA Staff Scallywag I was going to write an article about Gavin Newsom and the California recall but it’s been less than a week and it’s already not relevant to the news cycle anymore. The human conscious experience has accelerated to only remembering things that happened in the last......
Bryant estate has left Nike
Reading Time: 3 minutesSOBAN FAISAL Special to The Leader Tom Brady, Dwayne Johnson, Kobe Bryant, Serena Williams, Drake, Eminem, Rihanna, Jay-Z, LeBron James and Lionel Messi. What do all these people have in common? They have all shaped the 21st century and those who have grown up in this century. Now imagine you......
Stop saying I look like Jonah Hill 😡
Reading Time: 2 minutesBRIAN CECALA Staff Scallywag Hi guys, it’s me, Brian Cecala, local hero and writer for the Scallion. I was pawing through my fan mail recently (which I get a LOT of) and I noticed a trend. Lots of you guys write in to give me admiration and praise for my......
Should athletes use their platform to speak on social issues?
Reading Time: 3 minutesJEREMY ERMAN Special to The Leader Today, more than ever, athletes are seen as more than just someone who plays a sport. Half a century ago, athletes starring in movies and speaking on social justice was rare, and in some cases, taboo. Kareem Abdul Jabbar starred in “Airplane” in 1980,......
Fredonia Spectrum’s David Dobrik appearance to be cancelled
Reading Time: 2 minutesJESSICA MEDITZ Life & Arts Editor Following the various health and safety precautions put in place by New York State, SUNY Fredonia has decided to cancel all shows in Rockefeller Arts Center for the remainder of the semester. This includes the David Dobrik show. “All remaining ticketed performances for the......
So, what about David Dobrik?
Reading Time: 2 minutesJESSICA MEDITZ Life & Arts Editor [UPDATE 5:06 p.m., 3/16/2020: David Dobrik’s show has been cancelled.] Based upon Fredonia’s current state of confusion surrounding the recent coronavirus outbreak, a lot of unanswered questions are circulating regarding several aspects of campus life. One specifically poses the question about the status of......
Fredonia disqualified from ‘Small Business Revolution’
Reading Time: 2 minutesDOM MAGISTRO Staff Scallywag [That’s Staff Scallywag as in staff satirist. We made this story up, OK. That’s what satirists do. This is a humor section. So stop calling us, already!] [UPDATE: A letter from Joseph Marciniak, Scallion Editor] That’s right, you heard it here first, folks. The Village of......
Remembering Kobe Bryant
Reading Time: 2 minutesANTHONY GETTINO Sports Editor Sunday, January 26th was just a normal day. The news was focused on Super Bowl 54 between the Chiefs and the 49ers. Then, there was a report. Kobe Bryant had died in a helicopter crash. It didn’t seem like it was real. TMZ had reported the......