Gas Leak Near Jewett Hall Prompts Evacuations at SUNY Fredonia
Reading Time: 2 minutes A gas leak near Jewett Hall prompted evacuations of Mason Hall, the Williams Center and Reed Library Thursday morning....
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A tribute to my father
Reading Time: 7 minutesABIGAIL JACOBSON Just a girl who misses her dad Warning: This article contains mentions of suicide, depression, overdosing, post-traumatic stress disorder and explicit language. As you get older, there are events that change your life. Whether for better or for worse, it happens. Some say this is the beauty of......
Latinos Unidos’ Loteria helps students unwind as semester stress heightens
Reading Time: 5 minutesABBIE MILLER Editor-in-Chief Latinos Unidos is giving burnout a run for its money. With the semester nearing a close and finals looming on students’ minds, it seemed as though a break in studying was in desperate need amongst those attending Wednesday’s Lotería event. Sebastian Montalban, a senior public relations and......
PAC undertakes ‘Lord of the Flies’ as latest endeavor
Reading Time: 3 minutesMIA CIECHALSKI Life & Arts Editor On the weekend of April 4, Fredonia’s Performing Arts Company (PAC) added “Lord of the Flies” to their ever-growing list of productions. The production was directed by junior BFA musical theater and BS dance major Cassie Gillen and by junior BFA theatrical production and......
‘Hands Off!’ rallies make an appearance in Fredonia
Reading Time: 2 minutesALEX BUCKNAM Asst. News Editor On April 5, people across the United States took to the streets to protest President Donald Trump and Elon Musk. The protesters had one message: hands off! The event, called “Hands Off!,” was a nationwide protest that took place in almost every large urban community......
[SCALLION] From the “Sitdown” desk: My time in student media
Reading Time: 5 minutesBROCK PAPKE Special to The Leader It’s 2:55 a.m. I just dropped the penultimate episode of my show, “A Sitdown With Brock,” and I’m lying here on one of the old couches at the TV station’s green room, phone in hand, completely wiped — but still typing. That weird mix......
[SCALLION] There is no Class of 2029
Reading Time: 2 minutesMORGAN BROWN Asst. Business Manager It has come to the attention of our writing staff that Fredonia has ceased to source any students for the upcoming 2025-2026 academic year. May 1, known nationwide as Decision Day, will be a special occasion for us — we’ll be celebrating our first clean......
From the Desk of Abigail Jacobson
Reading Time: 7 minutesABIGAIL JACOBSON News Editor As someone who is a very emotional and sentimental person, this article will probably be the hardest thing I have ever written. I’m sitting here, in my dorm, trying to figure out how to write this. Where do I start? Do I trauma dump? Do I......
From the Desk of Dan Quagliana
Reading Time: 4 minutesDAN QUAGLIANA Managing Editor Four years ago, I didn’t think I wanted to go to college. Actually, I didn’t know what I wanted to do with my life at all, let alone just the next four years. Both of my parents are teachers, and with the combination of that and......
[OPINION] Inmates vs. Death
Reading Time: < 1 minuteZECHARIAH BECKETT Special to The Leader People are dying. People are dying in jail. People are dying in prison. People are dying under the eye of those who are supposed to protect us. These are not inmates. These are not numbers. These are people. These are people with children. These......