Education

Are we diverse enough as an on-campus community?

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 29, 2017

November 29, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutesTHE EDITORIAL BOARD With the recent spike in enrollment and a more diverse student body coming in, the biggest issue seems to be creating an environment of acceptance and understanding. What good is having a more diverse group of students if it’s rampant with hate and ignorance? With an......

News

Aitcheson and Apthorpe elected to SA presidency and vice-presidency

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 15, 2017

November 15, 2017

Reading Time: 3 minutesJAMES LILLIN Staff Writer After about 700 votes were tallied during last week’s Student Association elections, junior Spanish adolescence education major Connor Aitcheson and junior public relations major Hannah Apthorpe were elected to the SA Presidency and Vice-Presidency, respectively. “Students have this perception that the students that serve on......

Life & Arts

Comfort food is good for the soul

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 8, 2017

November 8, 2017

Reading Time: 3 minutesTEISHA MCELFRESH Special to the Leader According to the Merriam Webster Dictionary, comfort food is defined as, “a food that provides a person sentimental or nostalgic value, and is high in calories or carbs.” Think back to the days of being sick as a child, when your mom would......

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......

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

Excelsior by the numbers

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 3, 2017

November 3, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutesTRAVIS 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......

News

Ten Fredonians leave big impact on scholarship application

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 3, 2017

November 3, 2017

Reading Time: 3 minutesDAN 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......

News

‘mAsk4CampusEquity’ brings lack of stability to light

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 3, 2017

November 3, 2017

Reading Time: 3 minutesANGELINA DOHRE Photo Editor This past Thursday and Monday, Fredonia’s Chapter of United University Professions (UUP) held its biennial event for Campus Equity Week. This year’s campaign was mask-making events, titled “mAsk4CampusEquity.” Since 2015, Fredonia has been involved with Campus Equity Week. According to an email from UUP’s Fredonia......

News

Fredonia’s ‘dream team’ behind the Excelsior scholarship

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 25, 2017

October 25, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutesDAN ORZECHOWSKI News Editor Starting this week, Fredonia students are once again meeting with their advisors to map out their academic plans. However, many students will go beyond discussing grades and courses. Almost 600 undergraduates received the Excelsior scholarship, a new program initiated by Governor Cuomo, which was designed......

Scallion

A nation divided

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 25, 2017August 25, 2019

October 25, 2017August 25, 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutesDOMINIC MAGISTRO Special to The Scallion America could handle the rampant racism, gun violence, embryo murders and McDonald’s Szechuan Sauce riots, but there is no possible way a nation could withstand the most divisive question since the dawn of computers: “How is the abbreviated form of the graphics interchange......

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Are we diverse enough as an on-campus community?

Aitcheson and Apthorpe elected to SA presidency and vice-presidency

Comfort food is good for the soul

The age-old best wings question is answered

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

Excelsior by the numbers

Ten Fredonians leave big impact on scholarship application

‘mAsk4CampusEquity’ brings lack of stability to light

Fredonia’s ‘dream team’ behind the Excelsior scholarship

A nation divided