Coronavirus

[SATIRE] How to make friends with the coronavirus, a step-by-step guide

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 18, 2021May 4, 2021

February 18, 2021May 4, 2021

JAY BYRONStaff Scallywag Over the winter break, I’ve had time to think about my friends — who is a real friend, who wants to be my friend and who needs a friend. The more I think about it, the more I realize some people are very lonely and that hurts......

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How will COVID affect SUNY Fredonia’s budget?

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 24, 2020November 23, 2020

November 24, 2020November 23, 2020

TANNER TRUAX Special to The Leader SUNY Fredonia continues to hemorrhage as COVID-19 stretches an already thin budget. How much of a hemorrhage? Nothing a bandage could cover. “We anticipate borrowing 1.2 million dollars at the end of this year,” said Mike Metzger, vice president for finance and administration. This......

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[Column] This semester in COVID

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 19, 2020November 19, 2020

November 19, 2020November 19, 2020

ALISA OPPENHEIMER News Editor To say we’ve made it through this semester gracefully would be a false statement. COVID-19 made its presence known on our campus, but we’ve managed to stick it out. As we head into our final week of in-person classes, looking back on how we got here......

Sports

Why is Justin Turner in trouble

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 15, 2020November 12, 2020

November 15, 2020November 12, 2020

TYLER PACOS Special to The Leader The World Series has finally come to an end after a delayed start to the MLB season due to the recent global pandemic caused by COVID-19. It took six games of a possible seven for the Los Angeles Dodgers to clinch the World Series......

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[Column] This week in COVID

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 3, 2020November 3, 2020

November 3, 2020November 3, 2020

ALISA OPPENHEIMER News Editor This week in COVID, we have had a recent increase in our total number of positive cases. According to Fredonia’s COVID-19 Dashboard, from Monday, Oct. 26, to Friday, Oct. 30, there were a total of 1,345 campus-administered tests. Out of those tests, there were 11 positive......

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[Column] This Week in COVID

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 22, 2020October 22, 2020

October 22, 2020October 22, 2020

ALISA OPPENHEIMER News Editor As we reach the end of another week in Fredonia, in-person classes are still in session. With of course, restrictions, guidelines, precautions and new rules that go along with being a SUNY school in the middle of a pandemic. But compared to various other SUNY schools,......

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[Column] This week in COVID

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 13, 2020October 13, 2020

October 13, 2020October 13, 2020

ALISA OPPENHEIMER News Editor With six weeks left until the end of our semester, hopes in Fredonia are high that we will finish strong without having to switch to fully remote learning. In the past two weeks, our campus has had great outcomes in results of the random pool testing. ......

Opinion

What’s pool testing really like?

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 13, 2020October 13, 2020

October 13, 2020October 13, 2020

SARAH HUGHSTON Social Media Manager On Tuesday, Sept. 22 I got the dreaded email; I was selected for pool testing. The email was fairly straightforward: watch an informational video, sign up through the SUNY COVID Test website and show up on time. While anxiety played out every bad scenario in......

Sports

How Fredonia Athletes react to UB pausing sports

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 9, 2020October 9, 2020

October 9, 2020October 9, 2020

TYLER PACOS Special to The Leader An article released on Tuesday, Sept. 29, by the Buffalo News said that the University at Buffalo, which is home to NCAA Division I sports, have paused their football, volleyball and women’s soccer programs due to 25 student athletes testing positive for COVID-19. Most......

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[Column] This Week in COVID

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 7, 2020October 7, 2020

October 7, 2020October 7, 2020

ALISA OPPENHEIMER News Editor Throughout the past few weeks, we have seen various changes made to prevent the spread of COVID-19 on our campus. In the beginning of the semester, we had a huge rise in numbers of positive COVID cases, to the point where everyone in our campus-community was......

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[SATIRE] How to make friends with the coronavirus, a step-by-step guide

How will COVID affect SUNY Fredonia’s budget?

[Column] This semester in COVID

Why is Justin Turner in trouble

[Column] This week in COVID

[Column] This Week in COVID

[Column] This week in COVID

What’s pool testing really like?

How Fredonia Athletes react to UB pausing sports

[Column] This Week in COVID