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[SATIRE] Students advocate for global warming in response to unreasonable winter weather

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 3 minutesJAY BYRONStaff Scallywag (This article is written for comedic purposes. For factual information on global warming, visit Fredonia’s Climate Education Initiative website: fredonia.edu/about/offices/climate-education-initiative/climate-facts.) Going to Fredonia, you were probably already aware that the weather was gonna be quite the treat. We all knew that snow was a big thing to......
News

Could logging around the Fredonia Reservoir lead to murky drinking water?

Jules Hoepting
Reading Time: 8 minutesJULES HOEPTING  Managing Editor  Note: Visiting the Fredonia Reservoir without permission from the Village of Fredonia is considered trespassing. Water Concerns Murky water, or water with high turbidity or a high concentration of sediment in it, has been a problem within the Fredonia Reservoir for decades. The reservoir provides drinking......
News

Low mow zones: How doing less can benefit the environment

Jules Hoepting
Reading Time: 4 minutesJULES HOEPTING  Managing Editor  Sometimes doing nothing is the best way to help the environment.  A “no mow zone” is a designated section of land purposely not mowed in order to encourage native plant species growth. If left alone for a century or longer, the lawn will transform into a......
News

Logging around Fredonia reservoir: Concerns for Fredonia’s drinking water quality

Jules Hoepting
Reading Time: 7 minutesUPDATED ARTICLE ON FREDONIA RESERVOIR. JULES HOEPTING  Managing Editor  The Fredonia Reservoir has been filling up with sediment for decades. Many Fredonia citizens are concerned the logging of trees near the Fredonia reservoir will further increase the sediment in the reservoir and result in more occurrences of unfit drinking water.  ......
Life & Arts

Garden art gala showcases revitalized campus garden

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 4 minutesCHLOE KOWALYK Asst. News Editor  Have you noticed the new fencing and flowers around the garden next to the Science Center greenhouse?  A group of five students: Abby Hart, Jules Hoepting, Meg Munro, Sydney Schawartzott and Yuwan Ilano were hand-picked by Dr. Christina Jarvis to take her ENGL 399 Sustainability......
Life & Arts

How to make the best of living on an unsustainable campus

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 4 minutesJESSICA MEDITZ Editor in Chief LYDIA TURCIOS Special to The Leader Most of us are probably aware of the environmental apocalypse that is brewing in the world right now. Luckily, there are endless suggestions and resources on how to reduce your carbon footprint and do your part to save the......

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