March Madness: Fredonia edition
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[OPINION] Boil water notices continue due to government inefficiency
DAN QUAGLIANA Managing Editor Fredonia’s contaminated water under a microscope. Photo by DAKOTA RICHTER | Special to The Leader On Sunday, Feb. 3, the Village of Fredonia and the Town of Pomfret announced that they were implementing another boil water order. Yes, that says “another.” It’s the fifth one in......
[OPINION] “Search for Meaning”
ANONYMOUS Anonymous Graffiti under Big Lots sign in Fredonia Photo by ANONYMOUS Trigger warning. This poem is messy, like life. Thank you for reading if you do. I am a writer. And I have lost all meaning. I am a poet. I have lost all meaning. I am lost in......
Pick a card, any card: Students premiere tarot art depictions
MAISIE STRADER Special to The Leader The Magician, by Julian Santos. Photo by MAISIE STRADER | Special to The Leader Warning: Depictions of violence. All people believe different things; some believe in magic, and others do not. However, just because you can’t see it doesn’t mean it isn’t real. Tarot......
Attacks on diversity, equity and inclusion continue
ALEX BUCKNAM Asst. News Editor Two prominent events have happened in Washington D.C. since Feb. 14: the Department of Education (DOE) sent out a letter telling schools that they need to get rid of diversity, equity and inclusion programs; and the House of Representatives passed a budget resolution bill. On......
Roommates release song on Valentine’s Day in support of domestic violence survivors
MIA CIECHALSKI Life & Arts Editor Warning: This article contains mentions of domestic violence. Music is one of the best ways to let out emotions that are otherwise difficult to express. To that effect, two best friends and roommates, now creative partners, released their very first single “you should leave......
Local TV station owner Phil Arno shares insight into reality of news industry
ABBIE MILLER Editor-in-Chief While he spent a lot of his career behind the silver screen, there is nothing two-dimensional about Phil Arno. This is exactly the thought process that led Communications Professor Mike Igoe to choose the WBBZ TV Owner as a guest speaker for his journalism class. Arno described......
Lovercolumn: Long-Distance Relationships
THE QUARTERBACK Executive Producer of Lovercall THE MUSICIAN Lovercall Producer RADIO REBEL Lovercall Producer Hello! We are The Quarterback, The Musician and Radio Rebel: producers and hosts of the radio show Lovercall, right here at Fredonia. Lovercall is an anonymous late-night talk show about love, relationships and more. Students who......
Campus computer lab innovates a new beginning
ABIGAIL JACOBSON News Editor Technology changes everyday with new developments. To keep up with these changes, systems need to be in place to help us understand them. A computer lab in Fenton Hall is doing just that. New changes came to a computer lab in Fenton Hall in November of......
Why do 10-year-olds think they’re better than me at Dress to Impress?
ABIGAIL JACOBSON News Editor (AKA Researcher of Dress to Impress) Graphic by Isabella Rizzo | Art Director Guys. I can’t believe I’m saying this but I hate children. Shocking, I know. The only children I love are my nieces, nephews and the child I babysit for. Every other child, hell......