Health

Sigma Gamma Phi’s Bingo for Babies returns

Contributor to The LeaderApril 4, 2018August 16, 2019

April 4, 2018August 16, 2019

ELYSE GRIECO Life & Arts Assistant Editor This past Wednesday night, Sigma Gamma Phi held their annual Bingo for Babies in the Williams Center MPR. Bingo for Babies is an event that helps raise money and awareness for March of Dimes, one of the sorority’s philanthropies. March of Dimes......

News

Documentary brings mental health problems in prisons to light

Contributor to The LeaderApril 2, 2018

April 2, 2018

STEPHEN SACCO Special to The Leader SUNY Fredonia’s Department of Psychology expanded the scope of America’s prison system. In correlation with the incarcerated and their mentality, the department held a panel discussion and a film screening of The New Asylums documentary on Wednesday, March 7, 2018. The purpose of......

News

Fredonia science professor selected to governor’s water protection committee

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 28, 2018

March 28, 2018

COLIN HART Special to The Leader Dr. Courtney Wigdahl-Perry, a biology professor at SUNY Fredonia, has been selected for Governor Andrew Cuomo’s steering committee for combating harmful algal blooms (HABs) in several lakes throughout New York state. Alongside a panel of nationwide experts, Wigdahl-Perry is scheduled to attend a summit......

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Fredonia professor receives international recognition

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 28, 2018

March 28, 2018

VICTOR SCHMITT-BUSH Assistant News Editor The issue of plastic pollution is starting to be taken seriously, and it’s partly thanks to Sherri Mason, the chair of Fredonia’s Geology and Environmental Sciences department. As an affiliate of Orb Media, the non-profit activist organization against plastic pollution, Mason was......

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Governor Cuomo suggests his SAFE Act be adopted nationwide

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 28, 2018August 25, 2019

March 28, 2018August 25, 2019

SETH MICHAEL MEYER Assistant News Editor Tens of thousands of demonstrators marched through the streets of D.C. Saturday in support of gun law reform. Marchers came together in light of the school shooting in Parkland, Fla., last month which left 17 students and faculty dead and many more......

Opinion

From the Desk of Claire O’Reilly, Editor in Chief

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 7, 2018August 15, 2019

March 7, 2018August 15, 2019

I’m sitting at my kitchen table in Eisenhower 208B, my head is pounding and my stomach is so empty that I am in physical pain. My energy level is at zero, and I’m staring at a plate of chocolate cupcakes smothered in chocolate frosting. After five minutes, I cave......

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Fredonia battles food insecurity

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 7, 2018

March 7, 2018

MONICA MANNEY Special to The Leader At this point in the semester, you may be checking your FREDCard to make sure you have enough points to eat for the week. As embarrassing as it may seem, you’re not alone. Food insecurity, or the lack of access to resources to......

News

Bike-share program hopeful to start on campus

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 7, 2018

March 7, 2018

SETH MICHAEL MEYER Assistant News Editor The way the students of Fredonia commute around and off campus may be changing as Fredonia welcomes the idea of a bike-share program. The project is being spearheaded by Enactus, a club on campus for students interested in business, and coordinated with......

Sports

Top 5 offseason moves: MLB free agent & hot stove tracker

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 3, 2018

March 3, 2018

JORDAN PURVIS Special to The Leader Unless you live under a rock, you probably have been inundated with news of all the blockbuster trades and contract signings over the past several months. With Super Bowl LII finally out the way, we can now focus on MLB spring training and......

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Yet another racial incident

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 21, 2018August 18, 2019

February 21, 2018August 18, 2019

QUINTIN JAMES Assistant Sports Editor On Feb. 11, an alleged incident downtown involving SUNY Fredonia students led directly to a racial slur being posted on social media. This has sparked outrage and controversy on campus and online. In a matter of hours, Fredonia was notified through Twitter, Facebook and......

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Sigma Gamma Phi’s Bingo for Babies returns

Documentary brings mental health problems in prisons to light

Fredonia science professor selected to governor’s water protection committee

Fredonia professor receives international recognition

Governor Cuomo suggests his SAFE Act be adopted nationwide

From the Desk of Claire O’Reilly, Editor in Chief

Fredonia battles food insecurity

Bike-share program hopeful to start on campus

Top 5 offseason moves: MLB free agent & hot stove tracker

Yet another racial incident