Writing

From the desk of Chief Copy & Design Editor: A note on survival and hope

Contributor to The LeaderMay 11, 2023May 11, 2023

May 11, 2023May 11, 2023

ALYSSA BUMP Chief Copy & Design Editor Content warning: This story includes depictions of sexual assault and suicidal ideation. But it ends with hope. April is a month normally associated with the summoning of spring songbirds and sprouting plants. But for me, April is a month I routinely have to......

Life & Arts

Students win Writer’s Ring Halloween poetry and prose contest

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 8, 2022November 8, 2022

November 8, 2022November 8, 2022

Writer’s Ring, a writing club and artist association at SUNY Fredonia, hosted a Halloween Poetry and Prose contest in late October. The competition was hosted by Professor Sheehan, Professor Cuthbert and Professor Liggins. The contest winners are below: First Place Poetry: Ashley Halm AccidentPut down your ax, come in from......

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[SATIRE] Fenton Hall from a music major’s perspective

Contributor to The LeaderMay 8, 2022May 8, 2022

May 8, 2022May 8, 2022

MEGAN KIDBY Guest Scallywag The following is a parody of the article “Mason Hall from an outsider’s perspective,” previously published March 30, 2022 in Issue 10. As I approached the book building with the bricks I only had one thing on my mind: how was I going to survive in......

Life & Arts

Stefan Zweig-inspired “The Grand Budapest Hotel” film screening

Contributor to The LeaderDecember 8, 2021December 8, 2021

December 8, 2021December 8, 2021

LYDIA TURCIOS Art Director Wes Anderson is a master of color, composition and balancing comedy with tragedy. The jewel of his work is “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” released in 2014, in much the same way that the hotel is the jewel of Zubrowka, the fictional country in which the equally......

Life & Arts

Visiting Writers Series: Matthew Salesses

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 15, 2021November 15, 2021

November 15, 2021November 15, 2021

MEGAN MUNRO Special to The Leader On Nov. 3, the Mary Louise White Visiting Writers Series hosted its last visiting writer of the semester. Students were given the exciting opportunity of hearing from the novelist Matthew Salesses. Salesses received his Ph.D. in Literature and Creative Writing from the University of......

Life & Arts

“A R T from the S O U L” — A Q+A with the author

Contributor to The LeaderJuly 31, 2020

July 31, 2020

ALYSSA BUMP Assistant Life and Arts Editor Fredonia’s very own, Israel Ortiz, is publishing his first book this Saturday, Aug. 1. Ortiz, a rising junior, wrote a piece of literature that came directly from his soul. Appropriately, it is titled “A R T from the S O U L.” Ortiz......

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From the desk of Chief Copy & Design Editor: A note on survival and hope

Students win Writer’s Ring Halloween poetry and prose contest

[SATIRE] Fenton Hall from a music major’s perspective

Stefan Zweig-inspired “The Grand Budapest Hotel” film screening

Visiting Writers Series: Matthew Salesses

“A R T from the S O U L” — A Q+A with the author