Education

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

CURTIS 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......

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Excelsior by the numbers

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 3, 2017

November 3, 2017

TRAVIS 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......

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Ten Fredonians leave big impact on scholarship application

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 3, 2017

November 3, 2017

DAN 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......

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‘mAsk4CampusEquity’ brings lack of stability to light

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 3, 2017

November 3, 2017

ANGELINA 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......

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Fredonia’s ‘dream team’ behind the Excelsior scholarship

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 25, 2017

October 25, 2017

DAN 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......

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A nation divided

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 25, 2017August 25, 2019

October 25, 2017August 25, 2019

DOMINIC 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......

Life & Arts

Tradition marries competition: Day of the Dead to be celebrated with altar competition

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 25, 2017

October 25, 2017

MORGAN HENDERSON Staff Writer Day of the Dead will be celebrated on campus this semester by mixing some competition with tradition. On Nov. 1, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., an altar competition will take place in the Reed Library Commons. Some of those competing include students from professor Diane......

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Gerald Gray: A legacy of fighting mediocrity

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 25, 2017August 15, 2019

October 25, 2017August 15, 2019

SETH MICHAEL MEYER Assistant News Editor On Oct. 15, Fredonia lost a great mentor, a loving husband and brilliant musician. Gerald Thomas Gray, associate professor at Fredonia’s College of Music, died after a valiant fight against pancreatic cancer at the age of 51. An email from Melvin Unger, the......

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Bomb threat reveals glitch in campus emergency notification service

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 25, 2017

October 25, 2017

CLAIRE O’REILLY Life & Arts Editor While students and faculty filled Thompson Hall on Tuesday afternoon, an emergency alarm sounded and a voice came over the speakers calling for evacuation. Some never heard the alarm. “We noticed there were a bunch of people outside of Thompson, and we wondered if......

Sports

Fredonia: the school of tennis: These three stars might make this saying a reality

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 19, 2017

October 19, 2017

ANDREW RICHARDSON Special to The Leader “Honestly, it is amazing having such an outstanding record this year. I did not know what to expect going into this season, especially after losing so many players from last year but everyone has surprised me,” said Anna Chiacchia, a sophomore on the......

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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

Tradition marries competition: Day of the Dead to be celebrated with altar competition

Gerald Gray: A legacy of fighting mediocrity

Bomb threat reveals glitch in campus emergency notification service

Fredonia: the school of tennis: These three stars might make this saying a reality