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Fredonia experiences a total solar eclipse

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 4 minutesIZZIE INZINNA Staff Writer KRYSTYNA PORTUGUES-KLOS Staff Writer Western New York experienced a rare celestial event on April 8 — being in the path of totality for a total solar eclipse.  The light in the sky faded into black, shocking engulfed towns across the nation.  A solar eclipse can only......
Scallion

[SATIRE] Horoscopes: Moments of womanhood aligned with the signs

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 4 minutesJACE JACOBSAssistant Editor of The Scallion  ABIGAIL MILLER  Managing Editor  Hello Fredonians and a very happy Woman Issue to all who celebrate (guys please don’t hate me for calling it that, it’s literally what our Editor in Chief called it)!  For some context, I am a transgender man, so although......
Opinion

[OPINION] Anything but stereotypical

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 5 minutesMARISSA BURR Opinion Editor Trigger warning: mentions of sexual harassment, sexual assault and self-harm Women are constantly defying expectations with their accomplishments and abilities, but what seems to ruffle the misogynists’ feathers the most is when stereotypes get shredded — as they should be.  Our society is known for treating......
Scallion

[SATIRE] Women are funny… yeah I said it.

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 2 minutesMEGAN KIDBY Scallion Editor I believe women are funny despite what Dan Schnieder thinks. In a world teeming with age-old debates, from the existence of extraterrestrial life to the proper way to hang toilet paper, one question continues to perplex and bemuse scholars and comedians alike: are women funny?  This......
Opinion

America is Everything We Saw In “The Barbie Movie”

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 6 minutesAMARAH GHORI  Staff Writer  America is a Patriarchy My earliest memories as a child include me playing with baby dolls. Pushing them around in their strollers, putting them to bed and “feeding” them.  Playing with toys that represented housework was normal. I loved my kid-sized toy iron, kitchen play set......
Life & Arts

QUEER LITERATURE BROUGHT TO CAMPUS: 

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 4 minutes“Rainbow Rainbow” author Lydia Conklin visits Fredonia MARISSA BURR  Opinion Editor Every four years, there’s an extra day in the calendar year; on Leap Day 2024, the campus welcomed writer and graphic artist Lydia Conklin.  As part of the English Department’s Mary Louise Wright Visiting Writers series, Conklin came to......
News

University Senate holds special meeting discussing potential program cuts

Sierra Mills
Reading Time: 3 minutesSIERRA MILLS Chief Copy Editor The proposed program cuts have been plaguing the minds of students, faculty and staff since their announcement, with questions having seemingly gone unanswered and many discussions and data being hidden from the public.  “It’s been horrific. We knew it was coming. You know, we’ve seen......
Life & Arts

Fredonia shows PACing a punch

EJ Jacobs
Reading Time: 3 minutesEJ JACOBS  Life & Arts Editor What makes a story timeless?  Some students say Fredonia’s Performing Arts Company (PAC) has perfected the answer. Every year, PAC puts on five productions: two main stage productions, two experimental productions and one collaborative production, which is usually written by a student. Students create......
Life & Arts

The students behind the art: Marisa Zoerb

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 3 minutesDAN QUAGLIANA News Editor When people apply for college, they expect to go get their degree and then be supported by their alma mater when they apply for jobs after graduation.  But what happens when their college discontinues their major halfway through their time there? That happened to Marisa Zoerb,......

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