Social Media

County health department declares Lena’s Pizza safe after YikYak scare

Dan QuaglianaOctober 31, 2024October 29, 2024

October 31, 2024October 29, 2024

DAN QUAGLIANA Managing Editor Warning: This article contains strong language. About three weeks ago, a Facebook post by a Fredonia community member was shared on the social media platform YikYak that detailed a health concern at Lena’s Pizza, Subs & Wings, a popular eatery in downtown Fredonia. The post explained......

News

The threats made on Thompson Hall: One semester later

Chloe KowalykMay 3, 2023May 3, 2023

May 3, 2023May 3, 2023

CHLOE KOWALYK Managing Editor The Fredonia student accused of making threats of campus violence on Yik Yak last November is awaiting his day in court. The student, identified as Malik K. Sissoko, has been charged with making a terroristic threat. He was charged on Nov. 23, 2022, he incident on......

Life & Arts Opinion

Should Fredonia students be more careful of what they post on social media?

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 2, 2021March 2, 2021

March 2, 2021March 2, 2021

MADISON BLASZ Special to The Leader Can what you say on social media get you in trouble with your college? That was the case for Kimberly Diei, a pharmacy graduate student at the University of Tennessee. According to The New York Times, the university tried to expel her because some......

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“Class of” Facebook groups suddenly deleted by Fredonia Admissions

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 9, 2020September 9, 2020

September 9, 2020September 9, 2020

JESSICA MEDITZ Editor in Chief For a change at Fredonia, numbers went down instead of up. This is not in reference to cases of COVID-19, but to the number of members present in Fredonia’s class of 2021 Facebook group. Students reported seeing the amount of members plummet from over 400......

Opinion

Damage of social media during the pandemic

Contributor to The LeaderMay 1, 2020May 1, 2020

May 1, 2020May 1, 2020

MARCIA HUNT Special to The Leader It would take you less than five minutes of scrolling through Twitter to find posts about the global coronavirus pandemic. And this is understandable — these are unprecedented times. Social media has given people everywhere the ability to put their feelings of fear, frustration......

Life & Arts

David Dobrik is coming to SUNY Fredonia, but why? Yeah, we don’t know either

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 4, 2020March 7, 2020

February 4, 2020March 7, 2020

ISABELLA DISTEFANO Asst. Social Media Manager If you’ve been watching YouTube for the past few years, the name David Dobrik may sound familiar to you. That name will probably become even more familiar this spring — because he’s coming to SUNY Fredonia. According to Spectrum Fredonia’s Twitter page, David Dobrik’s......

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Guy downloads Tik Tok ironically and starts using it religiously

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 16, 2019October 16, 2019

October 16, 2019October 16, 2019

MATTHEW BAUM Guest Scallywag What’s the old phrase? “You either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.” This is the fate that has fallen upon freshman gravitational studies major Samuel Mitch, who has found himself Tik Tok famous. Mitch claims that he was an......

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