Environment

Men’s baseball team on 7-game losing streak Trips to Florida and Oneonta bring record to 8-10

Contributor to The LeaderApril 1, 2016

April 1, 2016

Reading Time: 6 minutesQUINTIN JAMES Special to The Leader After starting off the season 8-3 and having a ton of momentum in Florida, the Fredonia men’s baseball team has suddenly lost its momentum and has found itself in a bad losing streak. During this losing streak, the scores haven’t been close. The......

Opinion

Fredonia needs to put the ‘sun’ back in SUNY

Contributor to The LeaderApril 1, 2016

April 1, 2016

Reading Time: 3 minutes When Icarus tried to fly on wings made of wax, his folly was flying so close to the sun that it melted him mid-air and sent him hurtling down into the sea. In the 21st century, Fredonia might be saved from sinking if it can embrace the sun a......

Life & Arts

SPOILER ALERT: ‘House of Cards’ Season 4 Wright is now an executive producer — and it shows

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 21, 2016

March 21, 2016

Reading Time: 3 minutes RIANNA SEELIG Staff Writer Reader, beware! Spoilers await you. Any loyal “House of Cards” fan likely binged-watch the entire fourth season in one sitting. The entire season was released on Netflix on March 4, and, within hours, garnered a ton of attention from fans. The show is a......

News

Transcending Tragedy: Judy Shepard shares her story with the campus

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 10, 2016

March 10, 2016

Reading Time: 3 minutesJORDAN PATTERSON Staff Writer Seventeen years ago, Matthew Shepard was murdered because he was gay. On March 3, his mother Judy Shepard stood in front of yet another audience and attempted to explain what had happened. For the next hour and a half, Judy Shepard would once again have......

Scallion

Forget the rest, Trump is best: Better than the booger-eater and Marco ‘Roboto’

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 10, 2016August 25, 2019

March 10, 2016August 25, 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutesTHE FEVER Assistant Trumpoonist When it comes to the presidential candidates, no one can compare to Donald J. Trump. The charismatic, charming and handsome frontrunner for the GOP has been running circles around rivals Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio. Any naysayers to Trump’s inevitable presidency should know that neither......

Sports

Success down south Blue Devils baseball wins 3 of 4 in Myrtle Beach

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 10, 2016

March 10, 2016

Reading Time: 3 minutes JOHN CULLEN Staff Writer The Fredonia men’s baseball team traveled down the east coast to South Carolina over the weekend where it played four games in Myrtle Beach to start the season. After losing several one-run games last season, the Blue Devils entered this year with a focus......

Life & Arts

Education and expression through spoken word: Button Poetry aims to popularize slam poetry

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 3, 2016

March 3, 2016

Reading Time: 3 minutesAMBER MATTICE Assistant Reverb Editor Words are pretty incredible on their own, but add in the intense and emotional tones that characterize slam poetry, said words become something new entirely. Button Poetry, a Minnesota-based organization, is dedicated to bringing slam poetry to the forefront. The organization takes poets from......

News

Fredonia Democrats and Republicans endorse candidates Clubs choose Sanders, Rubio and Cruz

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 24, 2016

February 24, 2016

Reading Time: 3 minutes GRAPH JAMES T. LILLIN Special to The Leader Fredonia students are outspoken when it comes to politics. Drive around campus and a plethora of bumper stickers, a few T-shirts and various signs in dorm and townhouse windows can be seen espousing student political affiliation. The visibility of student political......

Scallion

‘The Force Awakens’ a ‘New Hope’ A gyp or a well-formulated crowd-pleaser?

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 24, 2016

February 24, 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutes GRIFFIN JONES Special to The Lampoon On Dec. 18, 2015, something happened — the likes of which the world has seen before: “Star Wars Episode IV: The Force Awakens” was re-released in American theaters to universal, unquestionable acclaim. Fans turned out in droves, dressed head-to-toe in the same......

News

Web Exclusive: BSU’s ‘Know Your Rights’ panel

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 19, 2016

February 19, 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutes MARIA MELCHIORRE Staff Writer On the evening of Feb. 15, Fredonia’s Black Student Union held a panel discussion titled “Know Your Rights.” The panel included political science professor Jonathan Chausovsky and Buffalo Police officer Debra Perry. “Do we treat people fairly or equal?” was a main question Perry......

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Men’s baseball team on 7-game losing streak Trips to Florida and Oneonta bring record to 8-10

Fredonia needs to put the ‘sun’ back in SUNY

SPOILER ALERT: ‘House of Cards’ Season 4 Wright is now an executive producer — and it shows

Transcending Tragedy: Judy Shepard shares her story with the campus

Forget the rest, Trump is best: Better than the booger-eater and Marco ‘Roboto’

Success down south Blue Devils baseball wins 3 of 4 in Myrtle Beach

Education and expression through spoken word: Button Poetry aims to popularize slam poetry

Fredonia Democrats and Republicans endorse candidates Clubs choose Sanders, Rubio and Cruz

‘The Force Awakens’ a ‘New Hope’ A gyp or a well-formulated crowd-pleaser?

Web Exclusive: BSU’s ‘Know Your Rights’ panel