Environment

SUNY Fredonia’s snow makes it difficult for students to navigate campus

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 31, 2022March 30, 2022

March 31, 2022March 30, 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesCHLOE KOWALYK News Editor During the winter season, SUNY Fredonia’s campus becomes a landscape of white snow and giant snowflakes sticking to the trees. However, along with the winter aesthetic comes various issues for students trying to walk around campus. One student in particular, Max Sheedy, uses a wheelchair to......

Opinion

Reuse or abuse? The plastic predicament

Jules HoeptingMarch 11, 2022March 9, 2022

March 11, 2022March 9, 2022

Reading Time: 5 minutesJULES HOEPTING Managing Editor “Do you ever feel like a plastic bag drifting through the wind wanting to start again?” asks Katy Perry in the opening line of her megahit song “Firework.” The idea of plastic bags ending up in places they were never intended to be is all too......

News

Microplastics: The silent killer

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 27, 2022February 27, 2022

February 27, 2022February 27, 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesCASEY HUBER Special to The Leader Plastic pollution is in every corner of our world. In fact, the level of global pollution is so high that trash has been found in the deepest surface of the Earth, the Marianas Trench, as well as the highest peak of our world, Mount......

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

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 26, 2022February 27, 2022

February 26, 2022February 27, 2022

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 HoeptingDecember 7, 2021December 7, 2021

December 7, 2021December 7, 2021

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 HoeptingNovember 14, 2021November 14, 2021

November 14, 2021November 14, 2021

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 HoeptingNovember 9, 2021December 7, 2021

November 9, 2021December 7, 2021

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 LeaderMay 12, 2021May 12, 2021

May 12, 2021May 12, 2021

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......

Opinion

The connection between veganism and food allergies

Contributor to The LeaderApril 23, 2021April 23, 2021

April 23, 2021April 23, 2021

Reading Time: 3 minutesCHLOE KOWALYK Staff Writer Going vegan may seem like a daunting choice to many. Some believe that they will need to give up their favorite foods and will be stuck eating nothing but “rabbit food” for the rest of their lives. Some believe that they won’t be able to enjoy......

Galleries Life & Arts

Neat nature near Fredonia

Jules HoeptingApril 22, 2021April 22, 2021

April 22, 2021April 22, 2021

Reading Time: 6 minutesJULES HOEPTING Design Editor Fredonia, N.Y. is a pretty good place to be. Housing is comparatively cheap, you’re an hour away from a major city, Buffalo, an hour away from another large city in a different state, Erie, and an hour away from the largest state park in New York,......

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SUNY Fredonia’s snow makes it difficult for students to navigate campus

Reuse or abuse? The plastic predicament

Microplastics: The silent killer

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

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

Low mow zones: How doing less can benefit the environment

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

Garden art gala showcases revitalized campus garden

The connection between veganism and food allergies

Neat nature near Fredonia