Food
Students weigh in on dine in and take out preferences
ALANA WINGATE Special to The Leader To dine or not to dine — that is the question. Several of SUNY Fredonia’s dining halls have added grab-and-go options to accommodate students’ busy schedules, but do students prefer to eat in a dining hall with their friends? I asked Fredonia students their......
FSA Board of Directors fills student representative positions
WILL KARR Life & Arts Editor In recent years, SUNY Fredonia students have been candid and vocal about their feelings regarding Faculty Student Association’s (FSA) food offerings on campus. Junior political science major Sangai Keita, however, believes that expressing opinions is not merely enough, students need to turn words into......
SUNY Fredonia professor proposes edible landscaping on campus
CHLOE KOWALYK Managing Editor Imagine a SUNY Fredonia filled with fruit-bearing trees and freshly grown vegetables plentiful across campus. Students could harvest these crops each season, and could implement them into healthy meal ideas while in college. The campus would be filled with healthy and edible greenery for all students......
Cranston Marche introduces variety of healthy and allergy-friendly menu options
ALYSSA BUMP Editor in Chief Dining on campus has looked a little different for SUNY Fredonia students lately. Since the closure of Blue Devil Grill, Tim Hortons and FREDExpress, the Faculty Student Association (FSA) has worked to bring a variety of food options to the remaining dining facilities on campus. ......
Meal plan costs are on the rise—here’s why
ABIGAIL MILLER Special to The Leader Over the past couple of years, SUNY Fredonia has changed tremendously. The COVID-19 pandemic created multiple issues, and chief among them are low enrollment and inflation. These shifts are reflected in the rise in cost of Fredonia’s meal plans. The changes in the meal......
[OPINION] Eating on campus is difficult: FSA could improve
GABRIEL GONZALEZ Special to The Leader As a senior business administration management student, I have witnessed several issues with campus dining since my freshman year. Starbucks, being the only place that I prefer to go, always has enormous lines out the door. This not only creates issues for the people......
New Blue Devil Den and Blue Lounge attract students to William’s Center
WILL KARRSpecial to The Leader After receiving news last spring of Tim Horton’s upcoming closure in the Williams Center, Khristian King, executive director of Student Engagement and Inclusion, came up with a plan to reinvent the space. Now, she is working to help make the Williams Center the epicenter of......
Fredonia Farm Festival unites local and college community
CHLOE KOWALYK Managing Editor Downtown Fredonia was filled with excited residents and returning students at the end of August with the Fredonia Farm Festival. The festival was held Aug. 26–28 in Barker Commons, and featured countless local vendors selling a variety of goods including jewelry, honey, fresh produce and homemade......
Lovercolumn: Electronics and college relationships
“THE PLUMBER” Executive Producer of Lovercall “THE ELECTRICIAN” Lovercall Producer Hello! We are “The Plumber” and “The Electrician”: two producers of the radio show Lovercall right here at SUNY Fredonia. Lovercall is an anonymous late-night talk show about love, relationships and more. Students who come on the show use a......