Community News

Village and University prep for ‘Fred Fest’

Contributor to The LeaderApril 26, 2017

April 26, 2017

JORDAN PATTERSON News Editor The annual Fredonia party to end all parties is upon the small community yet again: Fred Fest. Depending on who you ask, the response to those two words will either be negative or positive and sometimes in the small grey area in between. This year......

Life & Arts

English seniors team up with community libraries for ‘Beyond Human’: Events explore animals in literature

Contributor to The LeaderApril 26, 2017

April 26, 2017

BETHANY CLANCY Staff Writer This month the Chautauqua-Cattaraugus County Library System is teaming up with Fredonia’s Department of English capstone class to explore the topic of animals in literature. This features a variety of readings related to animals. The capstone class is doing this to replace the......

Life & Arts

Diverse bill raises dollars for dogs at BJ’s

Contributor to The LeaderApril 26, 2017

April 26, 2017

[metaslider id=9244] MORGAN HENDERSON Special to The Leader BJ’s, Last Call Entertainment and the Senior Challenge Committee came together to give a good show for a good cause. It was the owner of BJ’s idea to have an event for the Northern Chautauqua Canine Rescue......

News

UCSB professor Boris places Trump in context

Contributor to The LeaderApril 5, 2017September 1, 2019

April 5, 2017September 1, 2019

CAMRY DEAN Staff Writer As part of the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge, Fredonia welcomed Eileen Boris of the University of California, Santa Barbara last week. As Hull Professor of Feminist Studies, Boris presented her talk, “Trump’s America in Historical Perspective: The Assault on African Americans, Mexicans and......

Opinion

From the Desk Of Jordan Patterson, News Editor: The remaining days

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 29, 2017August 18, 2019

March 29, 2017August 18, 2019

11 a.m. Sunday morning. The sun creeps in just a little. A pounding headache ensues. The initial thoughts are confusing, and the clothes are the same as last night. The bedroom smells of cheap drinks, and the living room isn’t any better. The coffee table is patterned with beer......

Sports

Five divers, two boards, one goal: Diving Devils head into Regionals, Nationals on the horizon

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 1, 2017

March 1, 2017

AVRIL KING Social Media Asst. Five Blue Devils are making a splash in diving. After a stunning season and huge successes in SUNYACs, the athletes have made the trip to compete at the NCAA Division III Region 4 meet. All of this is done in the hopes of......

News

Horvath appointed co-chair of economic council by Cuomo

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 22, 2017

February 22, 2017

DAN ORZECHOWSKI Staff Writer President Virginia Horvath was appointed to co-chair the Western New York Regional Economic Development Council (REDC) by Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Feb. 10. Having been on the REDC since 2015, Horvath will now lead the council with co-chair Jeff Belt, president of SolEpoxy, Inc. “I’ve enjoyed......

News

University seeks to “right-size” for right service

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 22, 2017

February 22, 2017

JACOB SANTOS Special to The Leader Within the last few years, the number of students enrolled at SUNY Fredonia has been in decline. A decrease in enrollment has resulted to a smaller budget given by New York state. The 2016-2017 budget was reduced by $1.4 million in comparison to its......

Life & Arts

“Escapes” installation opens

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 15, 2017

February 15, 2017

The “Escapes” art installation at Kasia Coffee. (Corey Maher/Photo Editor) LERON WELLINGTON Staff Writer Artistic expression can have many benefits, one of them being building a community. On Feb. 10, the North Shore Alliance hoped to do just that with their most recent art installation entitled “Escapes.”......

News

Gordon, Eklum and Hartling Nominated for Chancellor’s Award

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 8, 2017

February 8, 2017

JAMES LILLIN Staff Writer The Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence is one of the highest academic honors that can be received by a student attending a SUNY institution. This year, Fredonia has nominated three students to receive the award: senior biology major Zachary Eklum, senior public relations and Spanish......

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