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Students react to election results with surprise, concern

Contributor to The Leader
DAN ORZECHOWSKI Staff Writer The night after the election, students poured into the Williams Center to discuss the electoral results together at an organized, open meeting. For many, the presidential election caused distress and concern. Voices were choppy, and tears were shed. Students often stumbled and paused as they spoke......
News

Rockefeller’s ribbon cutting begins a dynamic new chapter

  [metaslider id=7553] JACOB SANTOS Special to The Leader Since May 2014, much has been brewing at the Rockefeller Arts Center with the construction of the building’s new addition. For years, there have been dreams to create more functional spaces to better suit the skills and talent of visual and......
Sports

Athletics program seeks larger Blue Devil presence

Connor Hoffman Managing Editor The Fredonia Athletics Program and budget are looking to face some changes this year. Promoting the Blue Devil brand is one of the goals of Cedric Howard, the new vice president for Student Affairs. Howard said that the Fredonia campus can have a bigger Blue Devils......
News

Accessibility on campus: what affects few can affect all

Contributor to The Leader
KATERINA KOUTSANDREAS Special to The Leader Editor’s Note: This article was originally written independently from The Leader as Katerina’s final project for an investigative journalism course last semester. While it has been trimmed for space, the entire article is available almost entirely as Katerina wrote it. It’s a sobering look......
News

Community forum discusses connecting Fredonia and Dunkirk

  [metaslider id=7466] DAN ORZECHOWSKI Special to The Leader   Led by President Virginia Horvath, a community forum was held on Oct. 12 to give members of the community a rundown of campus activity and initiatives. Community residents had the opportunity to express any concerns and ideas. Strengthening the link......
Life & Arts

‘SEVEN’ is eye-opening look into abuse

SHENECA SHARPE Staff Writer     The play “SEVEN,” composed of monologues based on the interviews of women from all corners of the world sharing their personal experience of abuse, hit Rosch Recital Hall on Oct. 8. The monologues were recited by Jamestown and Fredonia leaders in community and education,......
Opinion

Campus View: It’s time to have conversations about racism

Contributor to The Leader
SHENECA SHARPE Staff Writer   As someone who has been living in Fredonia for a year and half, a lot of my opinions have changed about what I naively thought about the town. I thought it was a simple town that didn’t have any discriminatory feelings or ideas about people......
News

Clown craze causes chaos across campus: Kels the Klown speaks

COLIN PERRY and CONNOR HOFFMAN Editor in Chief and Managing Editor Kelsey Martinez says that she’s always been terrified of clowns. According to her, the media and film industry instill a negative image of them on people when they’re most impressionable. “I never really had any encounters with clowns. I......
News

Enrollment Crunch: New report shows increased diversity on campus

  CONNOR HOFFMAN Managing Editor Although the recently released Student Affairs report shows that enrollment is down, as reported by The Leader last week, it also shows that Fredonia’s campus has become more diverse. Corey Bezek, the director of admissions and also an alumnus, explained how the campus used to......
Life & Arts

A global issue brought home: ‘SEVEN’ comes to Fredonia to shed light on the global abuses against women

  SHENECA SHARPE Staff Writer   The innovative production of “SEVEN,” featuring some of Fredonia’s and Jamestown’s very own, such as President Virginia Horvath and Jamestown Community College Vice President for Academic Affairs Marilyn Zagora, will be shown in Rosch Recital Hall for the first time. The first act of......

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