Movies

Trump schemes with long lost twin to get North and South Korea back together: “Donald, you and I are like . . . twins!”

Contributor to The LeaderMay 9, 2018September 9, 2019

May 9, 2018September 9, 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutes EMMA PATTERSON Editor of The Scallion A disturbing but otherwise entertaining series of events has resulted in President Donald Trump accidentally reuniting with his long-lost twin brother, Donald 2, at summer camp. Though their relationship was initially bumpy — “The guy dumped chocolate syrup all over my head,”......

Life & Arts

‘I was always a reader …’: Professor Eric Schlich shares his journey with writing

Contributor to The LeaderApril 18, 2018

April 18, 2018

Reading Time: 3 minutesELYSE GRIECO Assistant Life & Arts Editor Every year, the University of North Texas holds its annual Katherine Anne Porter Prize competition, a writing competition that awards one writer with the opportunity to publish one of their books. Writers from all across the country enter this competition, and this......

Sports

Vegas is gonna do it: NHL expansion team making playoff debut

Contributor to The LeaderApril 11, 2018

April 11, 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutesAIDAN POLLARD Assistant Sports Editor This NHL season has felt like a cheesy ‘80s movie where the Vegas Golden Knights are the protagonists. When the NHL announced a new expansion team, almost no one thought anything would come of the Golden Knights. The team was drafted by choice, but......

Life & Arts

Looking beyond the everyday: ‘Knowing Paper’ opens in Marion Art Gallery

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 7, 2018

March 7, 2018

Reading Time: 4 minutesMELISSA FUCHS Special to the Leader Saturday evening saw the opening reception for the latest exhibit at Fredonia’s Cathy and Jesse Marion Art Gallery with Knowing Paper: Five Contemporary Artists Using Paper as their Expressive Medium. The exhibit, curated by visual arts professor Timothy Frerichs, features the works from......

Life & Arts

‘Black Panther’ is creating a more diverse Hollywood

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 14, 2018

February 14, 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutesMADELINE LITTLE Special to the Leader As you all know, “Black Panther” is being released this upcoming Friday. It’s being talked about all over America. It is the first superhero movie Marvel has created with all black characters, cast and directors. A lot of Fredonia students are excited for......

Opinion

A journalist’s critique of a consumer’s critique

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 7, 2018September 2, 2019

February 7, 2018September 2, 2019

Reading Time: 3 minutesTRAVIS LEFEVRE Managing Editor About two weeks ago, The Leader received a letter from a self proclaimed prophet and authorized Bible historian known as Ebenezer. It is essentially a wall of words titled “Conduct Unbecoming For a World Leader: A Consumer’s critique of the U.S. movie industry.” He goes......

News

Spectrum Entertainment hosts another big hit

Contributor to The LeaderJanuary 31, 2018

January 31, 2018

Reading Time: 3 minutes VICTOR SCHMITT-BUSH Assistant News Editor Last week was a big success for Spectrum Entertainment, a student-run organization responsible for many of Fredonia’s most well-known campus events. Students swarmed to the events that unfolded under Spectrum’s Spring annual occasion known as “Welcome Week.” For every event, each room in......

Scallion

Life hacks for finals week

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 29, 2017September 1, 2019

November 29, 2017September 1, 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutesEMMA PATTERSON Assistant Scallion Editor Keep tissues in your sleeve so you’ll have them handy during those late-night sob sessions at the back of the library. Having trouble concentrating on your schoolwork? Find an abandoned field, dig a hole about 50-feet deep and jump right in. There are no distractions......

Life & Arts

‘Younger Now’ reminiscent of a younger Miley

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 11, 2017August 15, 2019

October 11, 2017August 15, 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutesMOLLY VANDENBERG Staff Writer Miley Cyrus returns to her Tennessee roots in her new album “Younger Now” which was released Sep. 29, saying in the first line of the first track “feels like I just woke up, like all this time I’ve been asleep.” Cyrus wrote and produced the entire......

News

The Kevin Hines story: Suicide is never the answer

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 27, 2017August 25, 2019

September 27, 2017August 25, 2019

Reading Time: 4 minutesVICTOR SCHMITT-BUSH Special to the Leader “He is ancient, yet ageless. He is ticking, yet timeless. He runs not hunted, he chases. He is a man of many faces. He is the darkness. I am the light.” “That was a limerick I wrote in eighth grade about the immense......

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Trump schemes with long lost twin to get North and South Korea back together: “Donald, you and I are like . . . twins!”

‘I was always a reader …’: Professor Eric Schlich shares his journey with writing

Vegas is gonna do it: NHL expansion team making playoff debut

Looking beyond the everyday: ‘Knowing Paper’ opens in Marion Art Gallery

‘Black Panther’ is creating a more diverse Hollywood

A journalist’s critique of a consumer’s critique

Spectrum Entertainment hosts another big hit

Life hacks for finals week

‘Younger Now’ reminiscent of a younger Miley

The Kevin Hines story: Suicide is never the answer