March 7, 2026
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OSCAR: Presenting research opportunities for students and faculty

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Reading Time: 2 minutesSTEPHEN SACCO Staff Writer   The Office of Creative Activity and Research provides Fredonia’s students and faculty with the opportunities to successfully conduct research. Students who have conducted research in the past have gone onto present their research at SUNY-wide conferences and other venues. In fact, in 2017, the Western......
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Life & Arts

Pride Alliance’s Fall drag show brings new and inclusive changes

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Reading Time: 3 minutesERIKETA COST Staff Writer   You can always expect people dancing to ABBA and lip-synching to Lady Gaga at Fredonia Pride Alliance’s semesterly drag shows. However, some new and inclusive changes have been made this time around. Participants no longer fall under “king” and “queen” categories. This way, they do......
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News

Unmasking Halloween’s peculiar past

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Reading Time: 3 minutesJOSH RANNEY News Editor   Halloween: when little kids go out dressed creepy or cool . . . and adults usually dress up as something clever, or inappropriate. Nothing in between. Americans spend billions on candy, decorations and costumes. Classic horror movies are all over the TV. But the holiday......
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Life & Arts

What not to wear: Halloween edition

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Reading Time: 2 minutesMONICA MANNEY Special to The Leader   It seems like every year students on Fredonia’s campus are possessed by the ghastly ghost of Halloweens past. The haunting is also known as cultural insensitivity, followed by a plea of innocence and ignorance. But this year, Fredonia students and staff took a......
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News

Science Center hosts Halloween Science Fair

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Reading Time: 2 minutesLEAH GRAZIANO Special to The Leader Spooky science experiments took over the Science Center. The first ever Frankin-Lab Halloween Science Fair was Saturday, Oct. 27 in the Science Center from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Fredonia’s Chemistry Club hosted the free event, which was open to students and the general......
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Scallion

Keeping students in classes after 5 p.m. now considered an international war crime

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Reading Time: 2 minutesJOSEPH MARCINIAK Staff Scallywag   A recent meeting at the UN headquarters has determined that all classes that extend past 5 p.m. are considered a human rights violation. This intense decision has caused the UN Peacekeeping Forces to be on full alert within the U.S. and, more recently, here at......
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Sports

Family on and off the field

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Reading Time: 4 minutesLEAH GRAZIANO Special to The Leader   When you’re a part of a sports team, it’s like being a part of a family. For some athletes at Fredonia, they get to experience this with their actual family. “We’ve only ever been on the same team. Every sports team we’ve ever......
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News

Dr. Sherri Mason — not your average professor

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Reading Time: 3 minutesMARISSA BATTAGLIA Special to The Leader   You know when you win an award for something and you feel like you’re on top of the world? That’s probably how Sherri Mason felt when she received the Heinz award. This award is for individual achievement honors that are given annually by......
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Life & Arts

Marvin Bjurlin exhibit: ‘A Potter’s Path’

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Reading Time: 3 minutesVICTOR SCHMITT-BUSH Assistant News Editor   Distinguished teaching professor and emeritus Marvin Bjurlin returned to Fredonia on Friday to celebrate his 50-year-long journey as both a potter and educator. His exhibit titled, “A Potter’s Path,” is located in the Cathy and Jesse Marion Art Gallery. It hosts a collection of......
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News

Overnight threat in Reed Library prompts police response

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Reading Time: 4 minutesJOSH RANNEY News Editor   Much of the campus community woke up Monday morning to an email from University President Virginia Horvath, explaining an incident from overnight that sparked some concern for campus safety. “A non-specific, written threat was discovered on campus overnight, resulting in a thorough investigation by the......
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