Holiday

Let’s get festive: Don’t be a grinch, and keep reading

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 28, 2018

November 28, 2018

AMBER MATTICE Managing Editor By the headline above I’m sure you have gathered that this is going to be an article centered around the upcoming holiday season. Don’t get me wrong, I used to be very grumpy around this time of year with everyone spouting Christmas cheer before it......

Life & Arts

Fredonia club highlight: Much More Chill

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 28, 2018September 2, 2019

November 28, 2018September 2, 2019

ELYSE GRIECO Life & Arts Editor With more than 170 student organizations offered on campus, Fredonia has a club for every student with every interest. Much More Chill is one of the many a capella groups open to the student body. The club has been performing together for the......

News

Small crowds but big sales: E-commerce ushers in a new era of Black Friday shoppers

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 28, 2018

November 28, 2018

VICTOR SCHMITT-BUSH Assistant News Editor Black Friday was booming this year, but if you went to a big consumer chain like Walmart, Target or Macy’s, you wouldn’t have noticed a thing. This is because the old hustle and bustle of Black Friday has become a thing of the past. With......

Scallion

Ask Fairy Godmother: Your place to bippity bappity bitch

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 7, 2018August 15, 2019

November 7, 2018August 15, 2019

Dear Fairy Godmother, As you know, Halloween was last week. When I went to the store to buy the finishing touches for my costume, I found that all of the spooky stuff was gone, replaced by the sickening aroma of gingerbread and pine. It wasn’t even November yet. Now,......

News

Unmasking Halloween’s peculiar past

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 31, 2018August 25, 2019

October 31, 2018August 25, 2019

JOSH 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......

News

The tricky prices and eerie economics of Halloween

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 31, 2018November 13, 2018

October 31, 2018November 13, 2018

CASSIDY HERMAN Special to the Leader Do you feel like you’re spending too much money on your costumes and candy? Recent studies have shown that you probably are. The National Retail Federation has been conducting its annual Halloween survey since 2003 to see how Americans will celebrate the holiday.......

Life & Arts

Ask Fairy Godmother

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 31, 2018November 14, 2018

October 31, 2018November 14, 2018

Dear Fairy Godmother, Last weekend, I had to go back home for a few days for an appointment. When I came back, I walked in to find that my roommate and some of her friends completely decked out our room in Halloween decorations, complete with black spider webs and creepy......

Scallion

May declared national *NSYNC month

Contributor to The LeaderMay 2, 2018

May 2, 2018

JACOB LOGRIVER Rejected band frontman It’s been meme’d to hell and back; so much so, that it has been recognized by the federal government who has officially declared the month of May “National *NSYNC month.” To celebrate this momentous move, the mayor of New York City issued an......

Life & Arts

I’d App That: Daily Budget

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 7, 2018

March 7, 2018

BETHANY CLANCY Staff Writer The spring semester is in full swing, and everybody’s holiday money from family members is running out. You’re stuck scrambling up quarters in the couch cushions for this week’s bar money, or for funds for a two slice at Maria’s. How do you manage all......

Scallion

Politics was this Thanksgiving’s ugly centerpiece on the dinner table as debates turned brutal

Contributor to The LeaderDecember 6, 2017August 25, 2019

December 6, 2017August 25, 2019

SETH MICHAEL MEYER Assistant News Editor This year’s Thanksgiving has reportedly been more brutal than usual as many self-proclaimed social justice warriors squared up against their “MAGA” hat-wearing uncles in heated debates. The arguments over the holiday had a political theme with topics such as healthcare, the GOP......

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Let’s get festive: Don’t be a grinch, and keep reading

Fredonia club highlight: Much More Chill

Small crowds but big sales: E-commerce ushers in a new era of Black Friday shoppers

Ask Fairy Godmother: Your place to bippity bappity bitch

Unmasking Halloween’s peculiar past

The tricky prices and eerie economics of Halloween

Ask Fairy Godmother

May declared national *NSYNC month

I’d App That: Daily Budget

Politics was this Thanksgiving’s ugly centerpiece on the dinner table as debates turned brutal