Science

Final Brown Bag tackles fake news and social media

Contributor to The LeaderApril 19, 2017August 16, 2019

April 19, 2017August 16, 2019

[metaslider id=9141] JAMES LILLIN Staff Writer On April 12, the final Brown Bag lecture of the year took place in the Williams Center, featuring communications professor Mike Igoe and computer science professor Michael Scialdone, both choosing to tackle the rise in fake news and media bias. “I decided......

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Report: College professors out to make your day a living hell: Believe the rumors

Contributor to The LeaderApril 19, 2017

April 19, 2017

PATRICK BENNETT Staff Lampoonist After being caught having sexual relations with multiple dinosaurs in the Science Center, freshman biology major Winky Houdini passed out from exhaustion last week. This exhaustion, according to doctors, wasn’t caused by prehistoric coitus but rather a tough workload this semester. Upon......

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A battle to preserve a campus: University eyes remodels while concrete collapses

Contributor to The LeaderApril 12, 2017

April 12, 2017

DAN ORZECHOWSKI Assistant New Editor Recently, Fredonia’s campus has seen some drastic changes to its building layout. More changes are expected to be seen in upcoming years. In Fall of 2014, the brand new Science Center was erected. The $60 million project allowed the Biology Department to migrate from......

Life & Arts

Activist Wanjuki warns against rape culture, Trump presidency

Contributor to The LeaderApril 5, 2017September 1, 2019

April 5, 2017September 1, 2019

NUNET CLITANDRE Special to The Leader Wagatwe Wanjuki, a prominent feminist and anti-rape figure, came to Fredonia on March 30, closing out Women’s History Month to talk to students about rape culture in President Donald Trump’s America. She wore a red t-shirt with the words “I Won’t Keep Calm......

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Fredonia to host Fulbright Conference

Contributor to The LeaderApril 5, 2017

April 5, 2017

JORDAN PATTERSON News Editor Paul Chambers answered his phone on a 50 degree night in Polokwane, South Africa around 9 p.m. on Sunday. To him, a native of New York State, this weather was a delight, but to the locals it was what they would consider freezing. Last......

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“Dead Week” email to campus accused of plagiarism

Contributor to The LeaderApril 5, 2017

April 5, 2017

CONNOR HOFFMAN Managing Editor Last week, Student Affairs sent out an email that detailed the history of Dead Week and stated that Dead Week is now to be called “Study Weeks.” This email seemed like a relatively mundane name change, but it has generated a lot of controversy. Much of......

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Observatory makes space for community members

Contributor to The LeaderApril 5, 2017

April 5, 2017

ANGELINA DOHRE Staff Writer Viewing celestial objects up close in the night sky has now become a little easier for the community. The observatory at the Science Center is now open to the general public. Advanced reservations are currently required, and the designated night for each week will be......

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Freshman receives 4th out of 70 teams in coding challenge

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 29, 2017

March 29, 2017

ANGELINA DOHRE Staff Writer Over 370 students participated in the “Making College Possible Coding Challenge,” but freshman computer science major Kermit Mitchell III was able to make it to the final round. On March 10, Facebook New York hosted its final judging of the challenge at its New York......

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University renews Japan study abroad agreement

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 29, 2017

March 29, 2017

CAMRY DEAN Staff Writer On Thursday, March 9, President Virginia Horvath renewed a long-standing study abroad agreement with Aichi Prefectural University in Nagakute, Aichi, Japan. Alongside Horvath was Yumiko Kataoka, an associate professor in the Department of Nursing & Health at Aichi Prefectural and a Fredonia alumnus. For the past......

Life & Arts

Dunn Day of Poetry and Prose celebrates ‘the art of reading aloud’

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 29, 2017August 17, 2019

March 29, 2017August 17, 2019

MOLLY VANDENBERG Staff Writer Illustration by Kara Cekuta/Staff Illustrator The legacy of former English professor Dr. Albert A. Dunn, who died 10 years ago, lives on through the Albert A. Dunn Day of Poetry and Prose. This year, the event will take place on April 3. For more than......

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Final Brown Bag tackles fake news and social media

Report: College professors out to make your day a living hell: Believe the rumors

A battle to preserve a campus: University eyes remodels while concrete collapses

Activist Wanjuki warns against rape culture, Trump presidency

Fredonia to host Fulbright Conference

“Dead Week” email to campus accused of plagiarism

Observatory makes space for community members

Freshman receives 4th out of 70 teams in coding challenge

University renews Japan study abroad agreement

Dunn Day of Poetry and Prose celebrates ‘the art of reading aloud’