April 23, 2026
Featured

Sidewalk outside Science Center, Houghton Hall crumbling

Third shelter-in-place of semester shuts down White Street

Fifth Quarter: Examining options for Bills’ pick at 26th overall

Bring Back Equality

Revolution or Misinformation?

Campus TV station floods after heavy rainfall

Out of Sight / Out of Mind: Where is Fredonia’s…

Who really controls what we can or can’t read?

[SATIRE] Braces are torture. Like, actual torture

[SATIRE] An exclusive (non-) interview with SUNY chancellor

The Leader

International

Life & Arts

Whimsy and Chicken McNuggets: Notes from a study abroad program to Galway, Ireland

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 2 minutesCLAIRE O’REILLY Staff Writer   Rain drops splash on the ground, and the cobblestone streets glisten. A soft glow of light spills out of a local pub and laughter fills the air. Welcome to Galway, Ireland. For the next three and a half months, I will be fully immersing myself......
Read more
Life & Arts

A summer well spent: Inside the ‘Arts of Italy’ summer study abroad program and its upcoming changes

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 2 minutesMOLLY VANDENBERG Special to The Leader   It’s typical for college students to spend their summer working to save some extra money or just relaxing with familiar hometown family and friends. However, many of us are craving a new and exciting experience that staying at home simply can’t offer. ‘Arts......
Read more
News

New year, new VP Howard begins first semester at head of Student Affairs

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 4 minutesCONNOR HOFFMAN News Editor   Last Spring, it was announced that David Herman, the vice president of Student Affairs, would be retiring at the end of the semester. By the end of the semester, the university had decided to fill Herman’s vacancy with Dr. Cedric Howard. Howard was born in......
Read more
News

Meet the ‘Veep’: Bridget Doyle Junior elected SUNY Student Assembly vice president

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 2 minutesJORDAN PATTERSON Staff Writer   On the second day of the SUNY Student Assembly Spring ‘16 Conference, the elections commenced and one of Fredonia’s very own became the vice president. Junior political science and history dual major Bridget Doyle will be the new SUNY Student Assembly (SA) VP. “I am......
Read more
News

The final conversation with Dr. David Herman

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 6 minutesVice President for Student Affairs Dr. David Herman has fielded an innumerable amount of questions from The Leader. From clubs to FREDFest to anything about students, he’s always been willing to have a conversation with us. So before he retired, we felt it necessary to sit down with him one......
Read more
Life & Arts

All that jazz at EBC Fredonia Jazz Ensemble and Weapons of Jazz Destruction host big band bash

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 3 minutesMARIA MELCHIORRE Staff Writer   On April 29, EBC West was transformed into a jazz-age speakeasy through the jazz big band stylings of the Fredonia Jazz Ensemble and Weapons of Jazz Destruction. The Fredonia Jazz Ensemble started as a dance band at the Fredonia Normal School in 1934. The University......
Read more
News

Groundbreaking: the campus garden The first steps in growing the Fredonia Grove

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 3 minutes[metaslider id=6544] JORDAN PATTERSON Staff Writer   The sun slowly faded into the horizon around 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday night, but in the morning there would be one more garden waiting for its return. A few students played catch with a football in the distance, and some just simply walked......
Read more
News

Heading outside ‘the box’ SUNY SA moves forward to ‘Ban the Box’ on applications

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 3 minutesJAMES LILLIN Staff Writer It started with a question on the SUNY application that most students probably never gave a second thought: “Have you ever been convicted of a felony?” Many students simply check the box marked “No,” and continue on with their application process; for prospective students who have......
Read more
News

‘What does it mean to be human?’: Wade Davis and the spirit of diversity

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 4 minutesMEGHAN GUATTERY Managing Editor   From Christopher Columbus and Hernando Cortes to the fictional likes of Captain Nemo and Indiana Jones, explorers have been sharing their stories for centuries. And after a year-long series of lectures, film screenings, conferences and more, this year’s Convocation ended with a little bit of......
Read more
Life & Arts

Shakespeare in Buffalo Local celebrations of Shakespeare’s 400th year

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 3 minutes  MARIA MELCHIORRE Staff Writer   In the center of the first floor of the Buffalo and Erie County Public Library sits the unassuming Rare Book Room. The city owns an impressive number of rare books, kept in the archives of the Grosvenor Room and available by request. The Rare......
Read more

This website uses cookies to improve your experience. By clicking any link on this page, you are permitting us to set cookies. Accept Read More