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THE
LEADER
09.05.18 | Issue 1 | Volume CXXV
NEWS | 2 LIFE & ARTS | 6 SPORTS | 14 THE SCALLION | 16
FREDONIA MOURNS BRINGING TWO LOSS OF A FRESHMAN’S GUIDE
LOSS OF STUDENT WORLDS TOGETHER BLUE DEVIL TO COLLEGE
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The Leader NEWS Fredonia mourns the loss of a student,
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and develop close bonds,” Staversky said. “Jack was
well-liked by everyone and a great teammate.”
Dr. Cedric Howard, Vice President of Enrollment
ALEXANDRIA NIEVES the presence of harmful materials within While faculty, administration and students were and Student Services stressed the familial bonds
Editor in Chief Creative Director
Special to The Leader the building. enjoying the last few relaxing weeks of summer, of the Fredonia community.
Travis LeFevre Hannah Orlousky
“They had to do all of that construction tragedy struck the Fredonia family in a way that “Any time we lose a member of the
Managing Editor Asst. Creative Director Have you seen the building with no due to asbestos. It’s just alarming that brought everything back down to Earth. Fredonia family, especially a student
Amber Mattice Vacant walls or windows? That’s Houghton Hall. when the guys were initially tearing it Jack Corbett, 19, of Orchard Park, N.Y., and a member, we are deeply saddened,”
Or at least what’s left of it. down they were in suits, gloves, and Fredonia student was killed when his car went off the Howard said.
News Editor Photo Editor
Josh Ranney Angelina Dohre Houghton Hall has been on the masks. [While] everyone [is] walking road. According to police reports, the accident took “As an administration we were
campus for 50 years. It is now being [around] because [it] was supposed to be place a little after 2 a.m. on Aug. 7. deeply saddened to hear about
Asst. News Editor Asst. Photo Editor renovated and will be finished in late fall fine,” said senior social work and criminal Corbett reportedly lost control of his car after this and reached out to the
Victor Schmitt-Bush Vacant
of 2021. justice major, Samantha Herman. hitting a bump on Baker Road in the town of Orchard family and let them know we’re
Life & Arts Editor Copy Editor Last spring, University President Students, faculty and staff were safe Park. According to police and accident investigators, here to support them. Once
Elyse Grieco Victoria Barnes Virginia Horvath told the Fredonia from all smells and debris because there after going off the road, the car went through a front you join the Fredonia family
campus community about the renovations are air monitors surrounding the building. yard before finally hitting a tree and bursting into you’re always a part of this
Asst. Life & Arts Editor Asst. Copy Editor
that were going to be happening within The monitors have a filter inside that flames. family.”
Vacant Avril King
the campus pertaining to Houghton Hall. is removed daily and then analyzed to Corbett was pronounced dead at the scene. Many of Corbett’s
Sports Editors Business Manager “The current renovation plans will make sure that no harmful materials are University President Virginia Horvath announced teammates traveled to his
Aidan Pollard Hope Zielinski provide new spaces for Physics, Geology, being released. the news in an email statement. wake to pay their respects to
and Computer Science,” said Markus Despite the fact that Houghton Hall “I offer sincere condolences to his family and his family. His friends said
rbett
Asst. Sports Editor Ad. Sales Manager
Vacant Zachary Roberts Kessler, the Director of Facilities was closed throughout all of last semester, friends, and to the Fredonia faculty, staff and students the line of mourners wrapped
Planning. it seems that much of the construction who are grieving.” around the funeral home on
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The Scallion Editor Asst. Ad. Sales Manager “I personally never got to work in and changes were made throughout the Corbett was a 2017 graduate of Orchard Park High Abbott Road.
tric
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there, but I know [most] of my geology summer. School. He enrolled at Fredonia as a chemistry major “It goes to show the impact he
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Asst. Scallion Editor Sales Representatives classes were originally in there. I hope “The interior demolition and hazardous but withdrew, then re-enrolled as a major in computer had on people. He was someone
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Vacant Zach Siegel they return there [be]cause Jewett is a material removal was completed in July and information sciences. who went out of his way to make
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Caitlyn Croft little run down,” said junior earth science and the exterior envelope reconstruction Corbett was also a member of the Fredonia Club others feel included.”
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Web Editor Bert Dunn
adolescence education major, Ronald is well underway,” said Kessler. Hockey team. Staversky and his teammates
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Jason Cheung
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Social Media Manager Nissen. Some of the new additions that are Fredonia Athletic Director, Gerald Fisk said in a remember his playing qualities as the nd
being added to Houghton Hall are right guy in the right place at the right time. ofu
Asst. Web Editor Sarah Hughston Holly Lawson, the Director of the statement to The Leader, “Fredonia State Athletics g
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Vacant Science Education Partnership serves as teaching and research laboratories, mourns the loss of Jack Corbett. We send our “He was a smart player . . . He wasn’t the to co ww
Asst. Social Media Manager ur tesy of https: //
the project’s shepherd. computer teaching labs, the Stanley condolences to his family, friends and teammates on biggest guy but he understood the game well,”
Design Editor Angelina Dohre
Benjamin Rockafellow “ . . . I have been involved in all Museum Lab, fabrication lab, conference the Blue Devil club hockey team.” Staversky said.
Adviser aspects of the planning, design and rooms, student lounges, faculty offices Word of the loss spread rapidly over social media The team plans to put Corbett’s jersey No. 14 on
Asst. Design Editor Elmer Ploetz now construction of the new Science and an administrative suite. and through text messages. their helmets this hockey season.
Vacant
Center [and Houghton Hall]. My primary “As for how faculty and staff are Junior accounting major and Club Hockey general “To honor him, this year we’re [also] having his last
Art Director responsibility is to act as a liaison responding to the renovations, from my manager, Steven Staversky, said the team was name put on his old home jersey and hanging it up
Mattea Guldy between the ‘users’ and the design and understanding, the response has been devastated when they heard the news. behind the bench for every game,” Staversky said.
construction teams,” said Lawson. positive,” said Kessler. “As a hockey team, you spend a lot of time together
Asst. Art Director
Vacant
The construction was necessary due to
“‘It goes to show the impact he had on people.
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As seen in the Marion Art Gallery exhibit “Exploring Photography.”
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Fredonia’s management team will have to make
one of their toughest decisions yet President Horvath ranks in top 20 of western
VICTOR SCHMITT-BUSH process is understanding that you don’t have to that we’ll need to make very difficult decisions. New York’s most powerful women
Assistant News Editor hire two different groups of people to do things But it is with a vision of a future where this
if you already have existing people who can do campus is thriving. That’s what we want.
With a structural deficit of $12.3 million those things.” Carrying this structural deficit from year-to-year
This explains why there is only one is holding us back as an institution.”
MONICA MANNEY in countless boards dedicated to uplifting and Business First says all 125 of the powerful
dollars, the campus’ management team is doing
Special to The Leader empowering people from all over the country. women on their list are not only helping in
its best to preserve the integrity and quality of community bus now. Initially, the plan was to As of 2018-2019, Fredonia’s management staff
Along with being on the board of the Girls one way or another but also “take risks and
higher education here at Fredonia. But the stakes get rid of the community bus service altogether, have already made significant strides to tackle
If you have ever sold girl scout cookies, earn Scouts of Western New York, she is withstand pressure.” Horvath is no
are higher than they’ve ever been. Sacrifices will but the management staff’s attempt to do so the school’s structural deficit.
patches and raised three fingers to do the Girls also a co-chair of the western exception to this list.
have to be made, and it’s not a matter of if, but generated a lot of flak from students. PEPRE was “Last year, our goal was to cut $5 million from
Scout promise, you have at least one thing in New York regional economic “Whenever you’re going
when. not implemented in the budget plan for 2018- the operating budget, and we went through a
common with the President of Fredonia. development council to go forward with
“Right now we are just collecting data,” said 2019, so the bus loop as it is now is much more whole process,” said Horvath. “We achieved a cut
President Virginia Horvath is a lifetime which awards state something . . . and
Dr. Terry Brown, Provost and Vice President for indicative of how the PEPRE process will run. of more than $4 million out of the budget for
member of the Girl Scouts and a board dollars for projects it involves getting
Academic Affairs. this year [2018-2019]. This year, we need to cut
member of the Girl Scouts of western New such as the Buffalo people on board,”
“It’s the first step another $3 million [2019-2020].”
York. Billion. said Horvath,
to our 2019-2020 According to Horvath, when closer to 90
She has spent most of her life surrounded “We’re actually “all of those
PEPRE process.” percent of your budget is salary and personnel,
by samoas and thin mints, becoming a girl deciding on things are
When and many of those positions have permanency,
scout at 10-years-old, then serving as a cookie which projects risky . . .
it comes to not just faculty but professionals, you don’t have
mom and girl scout leader as an adult. go forward, for every
elimination a lot of flexibility.
With all of her involvement in the Girls which projects decision
and reduction This is because state universities, not just
Scouts, it isn’t her cookie sales or number of get funding,” you make
of the school’s Fredonia, have been experiencing a downward
patches that landed her in the 2018 list of the said Horvath, you’re going
state-funded trend in terms of receiving state-funded
125 most powerful women in Western New “We’re really to upset
programs and assistance for campus operations.
York. working to people who
services, nothing “One of the questions is, ‘Can you have a state
But it may have been her dedication to the help so many don’t want
other than the university without the state? Is it public? At
girl scout promise to “help people at all times.” communities things to
community bus what point is it no longer public?’” said Brown.
This year’s Business First’s Power 125 in western New change.”
service has been “Citizens really need to be aware that, even in a
includes women from all over Western New York.” Horvath
directly affected. state like New York, where public support for
York who are impactful in various ways. Horvath said despite
Not much else higher education is generally high, even here it’s
Fay Patterson/Staff Illustrator Business First spent the last year researching is also on the some people’s
is set in stone becoming nominal.”
the women that would make up this year’s boards of the resistance to
at the moment, but the campus management “The bus loop was controversial,” said Horvath. As of now, state allocations are at a measly 12
most powerful women. western New York change, she is
An
staff are serious. PEPRE, which stands for the “That was a person in an area saying, ‘I can cut percent, which is why tuition is so high, and a
From Chief Executive Officers to partners College Connection, always ensuring
ge
Process for Emergency Program Reduction/ this service because it is not really needed, and it huge factor as to why Fredonia is experiencing
li n
of law firms, Horvath is listed amongst the The Chautauqua she is doing the right
Elimination, should not be taken lightly. It was is expensive. I’ll just cut it.’” such a large structural deficit.
a
County Chamber of hr thing for the most
Do
movers and shakers of the region. e/
developed in 2010-2011 by a few select members But it was clear that people were relying on “1978 was the last year that there were state Ph
She can be found in the top 20 ringing in Commerce and the ot
amount of people and
of the University Senate Planning and Budget it. Horvath explained that an anonymous source appropriations at a high level,” said Horvath. “At oE
at number 19, where she is listed among some Advisory Council of the d it being fair.
Committee, and it was meant to be implemented said, “I just signed up for an apartment in the that point, tuition was really low because the or
familiar faces. Salvation Army of Fredonia. “For me on a college campus
only as a last resort. townhouses and I did so with the expectation state covered 72 percent of the operating budget.”
“Some of the people on that list are my She was formerly on the board of Buffalo when there’s pressure . . . when I’m
“I was part of that group,” said University that the park and ride bus would take me to the Even so, Fredonia is making a commitment to
mentors especially in higher education; the Seminary and the American Association of feeling ‘why are we doing this, all I have to
President Virginia Horvath. “We were Williams Center or to Maytum Hall.” each and every student.
other President’s I work with are great,” said State Colleges and Universities. do is walk around campus. . . . When people
trying to figure out how we could develop a A petition was made successfully by students “All students will be able to complete their
Horvath. If you thought that was a lot, she is also a here do it right — what a difference it makes,
budgeting process that was clear and easy to in the late Spring of 2018 to reestablish the program and get their credential,” said Brown.
She is also listed among her colleague faculty member of the Millenium Leadership, and I’m happy to be a part of that even though
understand. We wanted to be very clear what community bus loop as a viable campus “If we decide that we are going to eliminate an
Katherine Conway-Turner, President of MLI, Institute where she mentors new college there’s pressure,” she said.
the criteria would be, and we wanted there to be service, and the Vice President for Finance and academic program that currently has students,
Buffalo State, and the Head of School at her Presidents. Despite the countless boards, organizations
opportunities for input from those that would be Administration, Mike Metzger, decided instead we would have a plan to, what we call, ‘Teach it
alma mater, Buffalo Seminary. The MLI has a special focus on women and and tasks Horvath is a part of, her advice to
affected.” to make a compromise with the students. In the Out’, where the program is phased out over time.
“It’s in part by virtue of the [Presidential] people of color. Horvath is an alumna of the herself is one that all students should take at
According to Horvath, the document proposed spirit of the PEPRE process, he chose to save If we’ve accepted you, we’ve made a commitment
title,” Horvath said in response to her program as is Fredonia’s own Cedric Howard. the start of the semester.
by the Senate said, “Only if all other avenues $100,000 by reducing the service instead of to you.”
nomination. Horvath’s involvement in the MLI reflects “Practice Self Care; it’s important.”
had been tried would we look at something that getting rid of it altogether. This is important to take note of, especially
But her resume says otherwise. her want to “help people at all times” even if For the next issue of Power 125, Horvath
might reduce the workforce.” This is an example of what is to come, but for this year’s incoming freshmen.
Outside of celebrating her seventh year as she doesn’t always get it right. hopes to see Fredonia alumni filling most of
People might not lose their jobs, but many the management staff is not doing this because “It’s so exciting to see the largest incoming
the President of Fredonia, Horvath is involved “[I’m involved] not because I’m an expert but the numbers.
will have to accommodate for this change they want to. This has been incredibly difficult class in our history,” said Brown. “I want to make
because I can help,” said Horvath.
by doing something different. The goal is to for everyone involved. Brown assures that the sure that, in the years ahead, that they are able
reorganize and reduce. The management staff is changes being made are done specifically with to enjoy a great institution. I want us to remain
doing their best to avoid eliminating services, if the interests of students and staff in mind. that way. They should have everything that they
at all possible. “I know that we are going to do everything dream of when coming here.”
Horvath added, “Part of this budget reduction we can to preserve the quality of the student
experience at Fredonia,” she said. “It may mean
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S.T.E.P.S. unites with theatre company to provide
education on sexual violence
STEPHEN SACCO Students will be able to join and learn more
Special to the Leader at Activites Night on Sept. 5. Following that,
S.T.E.P.S. will have pop-up “get to know you
Bringing two worlds together: On college campuses nationwide one of the
biggest problems is sexual violence.
events” which will be announced.
Petz went on to share her own experience
Aspire Arts for Inclusion Workshop
To combat this issue, Fredonia’s very own with S.T.E.P.S. and how she was immediately
S.T.E.P.S.(Students Teaching Equals Positive intrigued by the organization at her freshman
Sexuality) hosted “One Night” by Equalogy for orientation.
Welcome Week on Aug. 29. “Within the group we are very diverse, just
S.T.E.P.S. brought Equalogy, a traveling being able to have positive relationships with
ELYSE GRIECO The second part of the workshop focused on the theatre company, to the Williams center each other helps, then going out to educate
Life & Arts Editor Spirit Gallery, a new innovative idea that iXpress has Multipurpose Room. Equalogy goes from each other,” she said. Currently we have 40
developed. campus to campus spreading awareness of date members . . . I’ll be walking in the library and
Aspire of western New York held their Arts for Heath Bartle, also an art instructor with iXpress, and acquaintance rape. The theatre company a student will come up to me and we will talk
Inclusion Workshop at the Fredonia Technology proposed the idea for this new gallery. performed “One Night,” a play about four about anything then find the proper resources
Incubator last Friday morning. Through this, he hopes that people with and college friends that are out drinking. on campus.”
Aspire is an organization that helps those without disabilities can integrate together and no Throughout the play, actors challenged The biggest goal for S.T.E.P.S.
with developmental disabilities learn how to live longer be two separate worlds. the morals of students and made clear which is to educate peers on making the
independently and recognize their full potential. “This gallery is designed to familiarize the are the right and wrong decisions when right decisions. S.T.E.P.S. and the
Their mission with this workshop was to show the community with the exceptional abilities of disabled surrounded by the intoxicating nightlife of faculty of Fredonia are here to
impact of art in our community and how it creates a artists while at the same time showcasing artists from college. Throughout the play the actors stopped provide safety and assistance to
sense of belonging for the disabled. the community without disabilities,” said Bartle in and asked audience members questions. all students no matter what the
iXpress is the art program that Aspire offers to the his proposal for the Spirit Gallery. “All work shown in The energy in the MPR was serious and case may be.
community. the gallery will go through heartfelt. Some students cried, while others left
It includes all forms of art from sculpting and a judging process by the for unexplainable reasons. A school counselor
gallery director and staff of was in attendance for support.
painting to theater and videography. “‘This gallery is designed to familiarize the
The artists that iXpress works with are not always the gallery who will include Mary Kate Petz, a senior early childhood/
able to express how they feel. artists to keep the standards community with the exceptional abilities childhood education major, is the president of
Through the program, they are able to tell their of the gallery unbiased.” S.T.E.P.S.
of disabled artists while at the same time “Basically we are a peer education group
stories and shared experiences through the artwork It will also include a
that they make. store to sell merchandise, showcasing artists from the community that talks about college relevant topics . . . so
One of the benefits this talk emphasized was the conduct workshops and run we talk alot about alcohol awareness, safe sex
an art rental program where
without disabilities,’ said Heath Bartle.” and safe partying. It’s not like an adult coming
relationship that is built between the artists that
Aspire serves and their artistic instructors. restaurants and businesses in and telling you not to have sex, it’s how to
Many of the artists in the program lack the skills can rent collections to put on be safe when you’re experiencing these things,”
to create the art they want to on their own. display. said Petz.
Due to this, they are often linked with a mentor to iXpress hopes that many artists involved will also
help make their pieces. become art instructors and help artists who need it.
Alex Glenfield, an Aspire art instructor, believes The development of the Spirit Gallery is currently
that this bond is crucial. underway.
“There is a relationship between the artist and It will not be a place for those with disabilities but
instructor that becomes a friendship,” he said. a place that is open to everyone, disabled or not.
This is just one of the aspects the program has For more information on the gallery and iXpress
that helps the disabled feel included in society. itself contact aspirewny.com/ixpress.
The workshop included a tour of the gallery
featuring artwork made by iXpress artists.
It also featured a screening of a short film created
using humor to help explain the differences between
the worlds of people with handicaps and the rest of
their community.
Kathleen Fenton/Staff Illustrator
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Exploring photography at the Marion Art Gallery I’d App That: It’s time to get a “Clue”
ERIKETA COST
Special to The Leader
mediums in each exhibition, like black and
white, digital, gelatin silver print,” she said.
There are many different styles, too.
“Images in exploring photography
demonstrate the power of photography, not
only to convey information, but also to express
about your period
Different media, celebrities and some themes Some photographs focus on urban scenes, deep feelings through thoughtful image-making,
while others focus on people or celebrities. unique points of view, and exploration of the AMBER MATTICE When you look at an app that is telling you
of American culture are all represented in a
Managing Editor that you should be PMSing for the next week,
collection of works that date back to 1930. Photographs are set up in a way that allow varied photographic media now possible.”
you wonder if your anxieties and frustrations are
Sixty photographs were selected by the the viewer to compare and contrast the themes Among active faculty members of the
Yep. You read it right. We’re here today to talk legitimate or whether it’s simply because of your
Louisiana State University Museum of Art from and approaches of each artist. process were Stephen Komp, Robert Siedentop
about periods. The bane of every human being’s period. I think the important thing to remember
their permanent collection for this exhibition. “It’s interesting to compare and contrast and Liz Lee.
existence that has to deal with bleeding for a here is that your feelings and emotions are valid
Both historic and contemporary works will with the way I set it up. I put Diane Arbus, However, the audience is never just Fredonia
week straight. Like it’s perfectly okay to have to regardless of the current state of your menstrual
be featured in the travelling collection. who photographs people in very strange ways, students.
suffer like that with no control over when or how cycle.
Some of the works include the expansive next to Bonnie Schiffman who photographs The gallery strives to reach out to the
long it happens. “Clue” offers a lot of information about
black and white artichoke by Edward Weston, celebrities. So you see the baby who lost the community with the exhibition as well.
Which is exactly why I love “Clue,” a period periods in general and abnormalities
Victor Landweber’s series of photographs of diaper derby next to a portrait of Alice Walker “Part of the gallery’s outreach mission is
and health tracker available on the App Store. regarding yours that may be cause
famous people which all connect to each other and Quincy Jones,” Räcker said. to invite surrounding middle schools and
Developed by BioWink GmbH, the app keeps for concern. Abnormally long
and a print edition of the Winston Churchill For this exhibition, the photography faculty high schools in the area to come and tour the
tabs on several different facets of your health and or short periods,
portrait by Yousuf Karsh. was also heavily involved and interested in exhibition. There aren’t many opportunities to
lifestyle that affect your menstrual cycle. It tracks unhealthy habits
Marion Art Gallery director, Barbara Räcker, the decision-making process, as they believed see art in the community,” said Räcker.
things like how your skin and hair are doing, or serious
mentioned how she and the art faculty decide the particular media featured would especially The new “Exploring Photography”
levels of pain, sexual activity, exercise, sleep pain causes
which exhibitions to feature on campus. benefit their students. exhibition at Cathy and Jesse Marion Art
habits, general emotions and mental health. the app to
They prefer to showcase exhibits they think A description posted within the gallery Gallery will be presenting 60 photographs until
It basically divides your cycle into three offer you advice
will benefit the students the most. expressed the value of the exhibit and its Oct. 7.
different sections: period, fertility and PMS. It about whether
“We try to focus on featuring different potential impact on students.
updates every time new data is inputted and you should
offers advice or general tips and information consider going to see
about menstrual cycles and the various aspects of your gynecologist. They
health associated with the monthly cycle. back up their information
The app has a rating of four and a half with medical studies and
stars on the App Store which I would say is health journals, all listed
pretty accurate. It’s not perfect and some of as sources within the
the information to input won’t pertain to every app which I appreciate
individual that deals with a period. as someone who is always
The great thing about the app, however, is curious about where
that it still updates and gives you information statistics are coming from.
regarding your cycle despite not inputting all Finally, after you have gone
of the information. There are over 30 different through at least one full cycle (a full
options and I know I forget to put in certain month in between two periods) they give
things more often than not but it still gives as you an average of your period’s length, the
accurate a reading as possible. consistent data you’ve inputted, etc. It helps you Kathleen Fenton/Staff Illustrator
“On Clue, I only enter data for 8 of the to see abnormalities in your cycle and also just
available 31 categories (my partner is a woman, helps to educate you on your own body.
which lets me eliminate a good seven or eight I also love it because I can see consistent signs
items dedicated to pregnancy and birth control), when I’m about to get my period like headaches,
but still . . . I hand over a lot of information,” said low energy levels or lack of sleep and I can
Edward Weston’s Artichoke Halved, 1930. Katie Heaney in an article for “The Cut” in 2017. prepare for the misery that is about to enter my
Darryl Curran’s Nutrition Program: All Smiles, 1973. “And while I’ve found them helpful in knowing life.
when to expect my period — and likewise the I’d definitely recommend the app to anyone
PMS that precedes it — I’ve started to wonder who is curious to see how tracking their period
whether they might give me a bit too much helps them keep track of their physical, mental
Images used in the “Exploring Photography” information in return.” and emotional health. While I’m not great at
exhibit are shown to demonstrate the power of What Heaney is discussing at the end is a updating it everyday, I do enjoy seeing how the
photography, not only through conveying very real problem that many people with period data changes as I add new information and it has
information but also to express emotion. definitely been really informative thus far.
tracking apps deal with. While they can be
reassuring and make going to the doctor’s office Periods are absolutely no fun, but talking
an easier process (you can actually look at the about them doesn’t have to be so difficult. Lots
exact day that you last got your period which I of people have to suffer through them and it’s
ALWAYS forget), they can also cause more stress important to understand such an integral part of
than they are intended to. the way your body functions.
Melanie Walker’s Mis-Allegiance,
from Mis-Nomer Pageant, c. 1990-95.
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The Life & Arts Calendar
A quick look into all arts and campus life related events happening OPINION
SEPTEMBER
throughout the semester
OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER
From the Desk of
9/5 10/4 11/8 12/1 Travis LeFevre, Editor in Chief
Activities Night Freedonia Marxonia 2018 Visiting Artist Program Johnny Peers
From 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Opening Reception lecture: Jennifer Ling Datchuk and the Muttville Comix
8:30 p.m. in McEwen Hall, 209
Come to Dods Grove to see all 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.
Admission is free
the clubs our campus has to offer. in Reed Library at Marvel Theater
Make this the semester to try Come celebrate the exhibit that 11/30-12/6 “Johnny Peers and the Muttville
something new! commemorates the connection Senior Show Comix is a slapstick comedy act like
Marion Art Gallery
9/13 between Fredonia and “Freedonia,” no other.”
the setting of the movie Duck Soup. Stop by and see the display of Tickets available for $15
Elemantra & Candy Ambulance
Admission is free artwork created by Fredonia’s at the ticket office
with Skulking Ghost
10:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. at BJs 10/16-11/16 senior class. 12/4
Admission is free Fredonia African Drumming
21 and over Marvin Bjurlin: A Potter’s Path
11/30-12/8 Ensembles
9/21 In the Marion Art Gallery
Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson 8:00 p.m. at Rosch Recital Hall
Admission is free
Canadian Brass
Bartlett Theater Admission is free
7:30 p.m. at King Concert Hall 10/19
A live performance from “the Fredonia 1891 Opera House Tour
A musical following the beginning 12/12
of the Democratic Party. POPS: 2018 Big Band Christmas
world’s most famous brass group.” 2:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at Village Hall
Tickets $30 for general public, Spectacular
Tickets starting at $25 Come take a tour of one of
$12 for Fredonia students 7:30 p.m. at King Concert Hall
Fredonia’s oldest staples!
Eight Fredonia vocalists and dancer
Admission is free
celebrate the holidays through 19
pieces. Tickets starting at $20
ST. COLUMBAN’S
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On the Lake
It’s weird to think that I’m a senior. Like, with my local newsroom and I’ve worked my way
Photo courtesy of Patricia Maess. really friggin’ weird. Watching the incoming class up the ladder to where I am now at The Leader.
2546 Lake Road
walk around campus with lanyards in tow is a I should clarify, I’m not listing these off to
Silver Creek, NY 14136 bizarre sight for me because I remember being sound braggy; that’s not the intent at all. The
that freshman. Being not too sure where my point of it, rather, is to showcase that, yes, college
WE AR E H IR I NG... first classes were, thinking “What the hell is a goes by quickly, but there’s so much to do with
Thompson Hall?” and generally just feeling like a that short time. This mainly goes out to all the
Manager of Dining Services at lost puppy in a big world. first year students. It will come and go quickly,
St. Columban’s on the lake Retirement Home It was almost a revelation to realize that I but you know how everyone’s been pushing you
was in my last year at Fredonia. It clicked when to get involved because it’s the “best way to get to
Job duties include but are not limited to:
someone asked me, “Where can I find Student know people?”
Love for the Elderly
Accounts?” and I effortlessly pointed to the mini- Well, it’s more than just a minor annoyance; it’s
Menu planning
skyscraper that is Maytum Hall and said, “third the damn truth. Getting involved in groups and
Manage inventory and order within budget
floor, down the hall and past the Payroll office.” clubs is the best way to build your connections
Train, supervise, and schedule staff
That’s it. I’ve peaked. and résumé while you’re in college.
Ensure quality assurance of production and service
Four years felt like it would be a long time. I’m not going to use this to pitch The Leader,
Follow food safety and quality standards required by NYS Dept. of Health
In reality, those years slap you faster than The either. If writing isn’t your thing, do what will
Plan and coordinate special events
Flash with a fly swatter. However, just because it make you flourish. Join the Business Club,
Full Time, Monday - Friday, 35-40 hours/week can speed by you without a second glance doesn’t Fredonia Radio Systems, the Nerf Club, the
mean you can’t do anything. There’s actually a LARPing club, club sports, student government;
Benefits include: Paid Time Off, Life Insurance, Health Insurance, ton you can get done in four years, even with the this list can go on for a while so I’ll cut it off
403B Retirement, Holiday Pay, and Optional Vision & Dental
weight of class work. there.
Culinary/Chef and Management experience REQUIRED In my four years, I’ve worked as a Resident The main point is just to do what makes you
Assistant, became the Public Relations chair for happy. It might take some experimentation and
To apply, contact the Video Game Development Club, started my club-swapping. If one doesn’t fit your needs, join
Michele Yorke, Administrative Assistant
Emily Kupp/Staff Illustrator own online publication for video games, interned another.
(716) 934-4515
myorke@stcolumbanshome.org
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A new semester resolution to consider: VERBATIM
Read a damn book What are you most excited about this semester?
Nicolas Dohre, sophomore
SETH MICHAEL MEYER between the proclivity of reading and success socio-economic status and its effect on literacy video production major
Staff Writer in terms of financial and socio-economic status. cannot be forgotten. For many of us, it’s not “Halloweekend, but at the same time I’m just
The first is that reading can more-or-less hard to imagine the burdens some people in
excited to finally transition into the fall season.”
I was recently scolded on social media for strengthen one’s chances at success and the America face on a daily basis. I’m not referring
having shared an article which suggested that second being that lack of success causes one to to situations where your professor said
libraries should be privatized. “Hands off our be disinclined to literature. something offensive and now you can’t focus
public services,” this young Facebook warrior Jordan Peterson, a professor of psychology in class, I’m talking about a fight for survival
said. I merely shared the article because it at the University of Toronto and the author where the people in the situation can’t think
was an interesting perspective and a good of “12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos,” about tomorrow because they worry about
one, knowing that private competition and beautifully expands on the opportunity today. George Marino, sophomore
innovation go hand-in-hand — but that is reading gives to students in terms of their These people can no longer afford rent.
engineering major
beside the point. success. In a speech he gave at Harvard Maybe the power goes out on hot days or their
I then thought to myself how magnificent University, he implored that becoming an furnace doesn’t work on brutally cold days. “Doing better this semester. Feeling a lot more confident
it is to have the luxury to read and to have articulate speaker is the most important thing Pristine healthcare may not be an option and this semester than the first year.”
so much potential knowledge sitting on the for college students and that cannot be done food is scarce as well.
shelves of a library. I want to stress the word entirely without reading. For these people whose basic needs of food
“potential” because we can make the decision “Read great books, really man,” Peterson and shelter cannot be met, it is damn near
to not utilize our ability to read and our said. “The reason you come to university impossible to be able to concern themselves
privilege to an abundance of reading materials is because there is nothing more powerful with the issue of deciding what book to read
and ultimately, we are deciding to not actively than someone who is articulate and who can next. In this instance, their literacy does not Cayla Dutton, senior
learn any more than we already are. think and speak . . . and if you are a master affect their socio-economic status, rather their
accounting and finance major
Throughout your education I am sure you at formulating your arguments, you win status handicaps their chances to read.
have encountered articles about why reading everything.” In Latin, the word “book” is “liber” which “Probably good grades, hanging out with friends,
is important and you’ve rolled your eyes at the Peterson sheds light on the power that is also a word to describe freedom. To be able feeling successful.”
same statistics being presented about declining comes from those who train themselves in to read is to have freedom from the burdens of
readership in America. By now you are surely speaking with competence — something, I trying to survive, as harsh as it sounds. Those
aware that one out of four college students stress, is done through reading — and studies of us who study liberal arts are those who are
haven’t read a book in the past 12 months but have shown the correlation of literacy and liberated from the toils of everyday life thus
if and once you graduate the likelihood of wealth so conclusively it is as certain as gravity. able to study history instead of machinery or
non-readership in your new post-undergrad A study published by the Economic Journal philosophy instead of health.
demographic shrinks to a mere 7 percent. reports frankly that “books retain explanatory All of us, as college students, have found Anthony Florez, sophomore
If money is the motive for you, then you power even when we select relatively refuge from the burdens of life. We have video production major
will not want to be in the above-mentioned 7 homogenous groups in terms of the economic access to food, shelter and healthcare and are “To not be depressed because of the amount of general
percent. Those making 30 thousand dollars position of the household.” This study reflects therefore at a privileged advantage to having
studies I took for the last two semesters and also
or less in annual salary have a 36 percent the sentiments of countless others so you can the leisure to better ourselves through reading.
prevalence of non-readership compared be damn certain you will get something out of Use the luxury of time and health to because I’m actually taking stuff I’m enjoying.”
to only a 16 percent prevalence from those reading. enhance yourself as a student and a human
making more, according to the Pew Research What Peterson along with these studies being and just maybe you can use that power
Center. present is the ageless axiom that “knowledge is you’ve obtained to better the lives of others
There are two comprehensible reasons, that power” and that truly goes without saying. once you leave university.
I can imagine, that describes the correlation My second point, regarding the poor
SuDi Wang/Staff Illustrator
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Upcoming Sports Events On Campus
SPORTS JORDAN-CHRISTOPHER PURVIS
Special to The Leader
Men’s Soccer Home Games (Sept. 7/8/15) Women’s Soccer Home Games (Sept. 7/8) Women’s Tennis Home Games (Sept. 12/15)
Loss of a Blue Devil
Fredonia vs. Houghton Fredonia vs. D’Youville Fredonia vs. Houghton
When: Friday, 9/7 When: Friday, 9/7 When: Wednesday, 9/12
Where: University Stadium Where: University Stadium Where: Steele Hall Courts
Time: 6 p.m. Time: 3:30 p.m. Time: 4 p.m.
Fredonia vs. Brockport
Fredonia vs. Catholic Fredonia vs. Grove City When: Saturday, 9/15
Where: Steele Hall Courts
When: Saturday, 9/8 When: Saturday, 9/8 Time: 12 p.m.
Where: University Stadium Where: University Stadium
Time: 2:30 p.m. . Time: 12:30 p.m
Fredonia vs. Grove City
When: Saturday, 9/15
Where: University Stadium
Time: 2 p.m.
Photo courtesy of Fredonia Club Hockey’s Twitter page.
Women’s Tennis
Last season the women’s tennis team
AIDAN POLLARD However, Corbett kept his academics and no help from athletic trainers should they finished the 2017 season with a record of
Sports Editor ahead of him as he planned to come into encounter an injury. 10-3. Thus, making it the Blue Devils second
the semester re-enrolled as a computer and Fredonia should be proud to have had a consecutive season with the record of 10-3
It would be insulting to label Jack Corbett information sciences major. person like Corbett enrolled at the school, and Men’s Soccer Khris Dunn/Staff Illustrator and winning percentage above .700. This
as just an athlete. He was much more than Like many students, Corbett went through the club hockey team should be proud to have Entering the 2018 season, the men’s soccer past summer, Matt Johnson was named the
that. He was a student, a son and a friend. a change in majors, but he was coming back had him on their roster. team is back with a determined mindset newest head coach of the women's tennis
Corbett played six games for Fredonia’s to Fredonia about to get a fresh start in a new The Fredonia club hockey team plans to and a chip on their shoulder. Last season team. Johnson is a recent graduate of Berry
club hockey team during the 2017-18 season. department. honor and remember him throughout the Fredonia was looking to secure the sixth and Women’s Soccer College receiving a Bachelor of Science
Corbett was a local high school player for It takes a huge amount of dedication to upcoming season. final playoff spot in the SUNYAC Tournament. The women’s soccer team reached their degree in Biology and a minor in Chemistry.
Orchard Park, and his move to the Fredonia be an athlete, and that speaks to the kind of Corbett’s No. 14 will be worn by the club Unfortunately, New Paltz eliminated Fredonia only SUNYAC Tournament appearance in As a student-athlete for the Berry Vikings,
club hockey team while he was enrolled person Fredonia lost in Corbett. throughout this year, which is one of the from playoff contention as they finished in 2012. Ever since then it’s only been downhill Johnson played for the men’s tennis team
speaks to his love of the game. Playing a sport in college at any level takes highest possible honors and respects in sports. the seventh seed, two points out of a playoff for the Lady Blue Devils. Entering the 2018 from 2016-2018. Although Johnson doesn’t
Corbett was not a hockey player who spent a great amount of discipline and dedication, Both the Fredonia campus and the spot. The 2018 season includes 10 returning season coach Chris Case begins his 16th have an extensive amount of experience
his time after high school playing for a junior and it could be argued that club sports can be Fredonia Blue Devils club hockey team will players from the previous season, as well as season as the head coach for the women’s as a head coach, he has served as a tennis
league before he went to college. He did not even more taxing. forever have a hole left by Corbett’s absence. several transfers and 12 freshmen. Interesting soccer team. Throughout the years coaching instructor at the Chautauqua Institution.
follow the track of many collegiate athletes Club sports receive both no aid from the Fredonia lost a student, friend and a Blue acquisitions for the Blue Devils consist of at Fredonia, he has earned the most wins as as well as teaching youth tennis players
and play for his one last chance at the game at athletic department and no scholarship money Devil in Jack’s passing, and he will be sorely sophomore Ibrahim Doumbia (New York, N.Y. a coach in program history with a 132-126- at his local YMCA in Lakewood as the
a competitive level. for athletic ability. Club sport athletes have missed by all of us. / Business of Sports School) who previously 26 career record. Despite the departure of assistant head tennis professional. Notable
Corbett was a student first. to pay their own way for equipment, and do it played for Hagerstown Community College. several players, the team looks even stronger players returning back to the court is senior
Juggling sports and school can so often just for the love of their game. In addition, freshmen Robert Aboagye (Bronx, with the raw talent acquired over the Olivia Miller (Springwater, N.Y. / Wayland-
cause a student-athlete to falter in at least one, Playing at the club level means the athletes N.Y. / Manhattan Center for Science & Math) offseason. The 19-women roster comprises of Cohocton), junior Anna Chiacchia (Hamburg,
if not both. get no publicity from the athletics department Mitch Kalungi (Kampala, Uganda), Oleg Savka 10 freshmen, six sophomores, one junior, and N.Y./Hamburg) and sophomore Sarah Bunk
(Penfield, N.Y. / Penfield), and Cole Teelin two seniors. On Sept. 7 the women’s soccer (Sayville, N.Y. / Sayville), The team comes
(Manlius, N.Y. / Fayetteville-Manlius). This team will square off against D’Youville the back from the road to face up against
week Fredonia has two home games, first first game of the Fredonia Blue Devil Classic. Houghton at home on Sept. 12. Following that,
against Houghton on Sept. 7, and second Then on Sept. 8 they have a day play against they’ll play against Brockport on Sept. 15.
against Catholic on Sept. 8. Grove City.
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Houghton Hall to be turned into a fully functioning parking garage
T THE SCALLION
BEATRICE BEEBODY That’s right, my fellow melancholy friends. have begun to speculate and are increasingly
Guest Scallywag Fredonia is adding a parking garage to campus. excited about the new addition to campus.
Those of us that have been here over the last “I’m so excited if that’s actually what’s
Okay so, we all know that classes have started couple of years have definitely noticed the hollow happening. I come to class like three hours in
and that means all kinds of sorrow associated building looming in the middle of campus. Like advance every morning just to get a parking spot
with, ya know, being back at school. Despite the a sad little husk, resembling our own selves, the near Fenton. People just lurk around looking
existential dread having already started to settle building that has essentially been useless for at for parking spots and if two people see one at
in, there is something about this year that makes least a year is being put to good use. the same time, it’s basically a parking lot battle
it exponentially worse. After severely decreasing the hours in the cafes royale,” said Kia Carens, a senior English major.
This year’s incoming freshman class is the and cutting back on the campus bus system, the “It would be, like, hella rad if they added more
A Freshman’s Guide to College
largest one that the school has ever seen. I know administration figured they would do the students parking. It sucks when I have to park really
that we said it last year, too, but it’s happening a solid by turning Houghton Hall into a parking far away. I’m always late for class,” said Steven
again. Friggin’ yikes. garage. Sorrento, a junior music performance major. “I
JOSEPH MARCINIAK involved, I’m best friends with Paul, who FSA convince you otherwise. Have a bit extra That means that the lines at Starbucks “It wasn’t the original plan but once we got all mean, I go to Tim’s every morning which might
Guest Scallywag speaks German as a second language and has money from your student loan? Buy that and Tim’s will be waaaaay longer, the tiny lost of the asbestos out of the building and essentially be a part of that but I need my Tim’s man. It’s not
four cats (wouldn’t have known this without extra large speaker system that won’t fit in humans will stop you on your way to class and tore down the exterior of what was previously my fault there are so many freshmen. It’s really
As we, the freshmen, arrive on campus and icebreakers!) I mean, just ask someone you your dorm, it’s worth every penny. Your future ask for help even though you’re running on no Houghton Hall, we saw the potential,” said Carl cramping my routine.”
make our way through several new classes, know who’s gone to college. They’ll tell you all self will thank you for the awesome new TV sleep and no coffee and, perhaps the worst one, Parker, head of the construction committee. “The The university has yet to decide whether the
activities and clubs, we’re given many different about that time that one kid with eight siblings that broke after Rob (the jerk) threw that Wii there will be even less parking on campus. building looked like a parking garage and we parking garage will be upperclassmen only but it
tips and advice on how to survive our four year was the only one left in the circle, or when controller at it when he lost in “Smash” to Now I know by this point you might be thought ‘hey, why not.’” is tentatively scheduled to open at the beginning
college experience. While a lot of this advice Miranda said her favorite thing she did this Jiggly Puff. genuinely considering dropping out, but I’m here The construction committee was implemented of the Spring 2019 semester.
sounds nice, a lot of it is faulty stuff that will summer was go to Cedar Point. to shed some light on your miserable existence. in the spring of last year, because the project was Until then, good luck finding a place to park
trick us into making simple mistakes that put a Now, this list is a little short, but there’s plenty While the first two points will remain true going to be such a massive task to take on. anywhere that isn’t 85 years away from your
hamper on our experience. 3. Make sure to give your family a call now of other garbage that the upperclassmen will throughout the year, our parking prayers have at While the university has not released an classes. Happy hunting!
Today, I’m going to educate you, yes YOU, the and then. Remember moving in, the tears tell us. Make sure you’re aware of the fakes. least been answered. official statement regarding the decision to turn
sophomore, junior or senior reading this article, on [Fill in legal guardians name here]’s face? They’re around every corner. College can be Houghton into a parking garage, many students
on how YOU’RE wrong! I’m also going to teach Well, sorry to break it to you, but it was merely scary, but I like to think us freshmen have a
the freshmen, who unfortunately were unable an act. See, as soon as [Fill in legal guardians pretty good grip on the ins and outs. Good luck
S EHT
to see through the lies of the upper classes, name here] left, they called [Fill in local fitness to my fellow freshmen in the upcoming year!
how those crafty upperclassmen managed to center here], and they’re going to convert your
trick us. They think we’ll latch onto any advice old room into their unused fitness room. They
they give, but we’re smarter than that, we know were just waiting for the day you would finally
it’s all false. So put on your tinfoil hats, and leave so they could impress their friends by
let’s start analyzing some lies. occasionally opening the door and saying stuff
like “Yep, I work out in here,” and then closing
1. Get to know your professors. This is the door and not opening it again for weeks
a blatant attempt to get us to embarrass at a time. So don’t bother giving them a call. If
ourselves and annoy our new professors. As a anything, send them a letter with a note that
freshman who has no experience whatsoever says “I think you should work out,” then maybe
with professors, I like to think I can get in they’ll actually use it.
the mind of my professors. Let me just get in
the mindset of a professor of say, philosophy. 4. Go to every class. This advice is the
I worked six years getting my Ph.D. in most crafty I’ve seen so far. You see, class is
philosophy, and an undergrad is trying to make merely an excuse for teachers to use up our
small talk with me? Back off buddy, High IQ notebook space and our Google Drive memory.
Joe with a Ph.D. in philosophy doesn’t have Everyone loves the smell of a new notebook,
time for your simple minded, loquacious or the freshness of an empty Google Drive
babbling. I know stuff, like big words and account. The upper class wants us to ruin
looking scary in lecture halls! — Woah, that that with “notes” to take away that satisfaction.
was strangely empowering. Sorry if I scared Remember, all of what’s taught in class can
any of you there. If only I was smart enough to be found on Wikipedia. So don’t bother going,
get a Ph.D. in philosophy. catch that extra 20 minutes of sleep in the
morning; you deserve it!
2. Get involved. Ugh, it pains me even typing
it. They lie to us, saying we’ll meet our life 5. Keep track of your spending. Don’t worry
long friends in “activities” and “clubs,” but about money. College is about having fun, and
we all know we make our life long friends money should always be the last thing on your Khris Dunn/Staff Illustrator
from orientation icebreakers. No need to get mind. Don’t let those mischievous people at
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