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Yet another racial incident

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Reading Time: 5 minutesQUINTIN 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......
News

New clubs debut at Activities Night, but bad Wi-Fi becomes problematic

Reading Time: 3 minutesVICTOR SCHMITT-BUSH and MELISSA FUCHS Assistant News Editor and Special to The Leader   As the Spring semester unravels, the campus community rushed back into Spectrum Entertainment’s bi-annual program, Activities Night. Although there were no grand marriage proposals this time, many club leaders insisted that it still prevailed as a night......
Life & Arts

Coming together to celebrate Black History Month

Reading Time: 2 minutesLEAH GRAZIANO Special to The Leader   To kick off Black History Month, Fredonia’s Black Student Union hosted the opening ceremony of “The Black Renaissance.” This includes a month full of events celebrating black history. Members of the Black Student Union and other students at Fredonia gathered on Feb. 4......
News

Houghton Hall undergoes major renovation project

Reading Time: 3 minutesJACOB SANTOS Special to The Leader   Since 2015, a series of changes began to take place at Houghton Hall as the physics and geosciences departments were temporarily moved to Jewett Hall. The building was briefly used for fine arts students while the Rockefeller Arts Center was nearing the completion......
Opinion

From the Desk of Quintin James, Assistant Sports Editor – Caution: Fredonia’s campus

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Reading Time: 4 minutesQUINTIN JAMES Assistant Sports Editor   Going to school five minutes south of Lake Erie has it perks for sure. The water is beautiful in the summer and there are plenty of beaches to play and lay on. In the winter, though, these perks turn into problems. Winter means snow,......
Life & Arts

Looking ahead to Activities Night

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Reading Time: 3 minutesBETHANY CLANCY Staff Writer   At the beginning of each semester comes the familiar: syllabus week, Welcome Week activities to get everyone into the swing of things and then it all leads to Activities Night the following week. This upcoming Wednesday, over 190 clubs and organizations will be meeting in......
News

Spectrum Entertainment hosts another big hit

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......
News

Student Association hopeful about budget after increased enrollment

Reading Time: 3 minutesSETH MICHAEL MEYER Assistant News Editor   As the Fall 2017 semester comes to a close, Student Association (SA) officials are hopeful about the budget for the next school year, citing that increased enrollment means an increased budget. Junior computer science and mathematical science major Jason Cheung has been involved......
Scallion

Police Notter

Reading Time: 2 minutesAVRIL KING Social Media Manager and Assistant Sports Editor   Monday, Nov. 27 A student was seen drawing a large pen­tagram in the middle of the quad. When questioned, the student explained that they were attempting to summon Satan to write their final paper for them. Chegg’s servers went down......
News

Another star, another state?: Puerto Rico’s political storm continues

Reading Time: 3 minutesJACOB M. SANTOS Special to the Leader During the Fall 2017 semester, Fredonia’s Professional Development Center has continued to coordinate The Democracy 101 collection held every week in Reed Library. Last week, Carmen Rivera, who serves as the associate dean for the College of Liberal Arts and Science, hosted a......

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