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Issue 6 | Volume CXXVII THE EADER SUNY FREDONIA’S STUDENT-RUN NEWSPAPER Expelled Student Takes Fredonia to Court Music Industry Program to Offer New Capstone Classes Tiger Woods The Fredonia Tickler: Man or Menace? 2 The Leader Issue 5 THE LEADER S206 Williams Center What’s in this issue? Fredonia, NY 14063 News - 3 www.fredonialeader.org - Virtual Employer Showcase Opinion - 16 - Former Expelled Student - It’s Been One Year Since Email [email protected] Takes Fredonia to Court COVID-19 Turned Our Twitter @LeaderFredonia - Campus COVID-19 World Upside Down Instagram @leaderfredonia Update Photography - 18 Life & Arts - 6 - Derek Raymond: “Debar - Fundraiser for Bed Sheets: Lodge” Phi Alpha Honors Society of Editor in Chief Asst. Design Editor Social Work Scallion - 20 Jessica Meditz Open - Music Industry Program to - Local Man Goes into a Food Coma After Throwing Managing Editor Art Director Offer New Capstone Classes James Mead Open - Fredonia Farmers’ Market One-Man Pi Day Rave - Andy Warhol’s Work in - Why Are Dogs Not News Editor Asst. Art Director Marion Art Gallery Allowed to Take Fredonia Alisa Oppenheimer Open Classes? Sports - 12 - The Tickler: Fredonia’s Asst. News Editor Photo Editor - Student Athletes to be Pool Newest Sketchy Guy Open Alexis Carney Tested Despite Fredonia’s - Joe Marciniak is Not the New Self-Testing Measure Editor of the Scallion, and Life & Arts Editor Asst. Photo Editor - NCAA March Madness: Now He Has Short Legs Alyssa Bump Derek Raymond What You Need to Know - Horoscopes: In One Word Asst. Life & Arts Editor Copy Editor - The Reach of the Tiger Open Anna Gagliano - Top Five NBA Prospects to Watch During This Year’s Sports Editor Asst. Copy Editor NCAA Tournament Anthony Gettino Open Fredonia Farmers’ Market. Front and back cover by Jules Hoepting. Asst. Sports Editor Business Manager Open Kemari Wright Scallion Editor Asst. Business Manager Matthew Baum Open Asst. Scallion Editor Ad. Sales Manager Open Open Web Editor Sales Representatives Ryan Dunning Open Asst. Web Editor Social Media Manager Open Open Design Editor Adviser Jules Hoepting Elmer Ploetz The Leader is funded through advertising revenue and a portion of the mandatory student activities fee. It is published by the students of SUNY Fredonia. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means except as may be expressly permitted in writing by the editor in chief. All opinion writings in The Leader reflect the opinion of the writer, with the exception of the editorial, which represents the opinion of the majority of the editorial board. Letters to the editor must be 350 words or less and have a deadline of 4 p.m. on Friday. The Leader is printed by the Post-Journal in Jamestown, New York and is distributed free on campus and in the surrounding community. Press run is 1,000. The first 30 digits of pi in roman numerals. III. I IV I V IX II VI V III V VIII IX VII IX III II III VIII IV VI II VI IV III III VIII III II VII Proud member of The Associated Collegiate Press. fredonialeader.org The Leader 3 Fredonia hosts Virtual Employer Showcase through the month of March MADISON BLASZ Special to The Leader With COVID-19 infections still surg- ing across the U.S., many employers are turning to virtual showcases as a hiring strategy. While not new, the concept has been gaining popularity since the pandemic began. You might be asking yourself — what is a virtual employer showcase? Well, all throughout the month of March at Fredonia, the Career Develop- ment Office (CDO) is hosting a virtual showcase where employer workshops are hosted by student clubs and target- ed classes, all of which are open to all Image from Pexels. students and alumni. edy Center; New York Mets; New York pening, being able to attend an event Christopher LaGrow, associate direc- State Civil Service; Pro Football Hall of like this is amazing,” said senior, Madi- tor of Career Development, has worked Fame; Service Collaborative of Western son Engle. at Fredonia for 16 years. New York; among others. Not knowing what to expect, she was Two sides of his job include working There are also multiple student clubs hopeful a good thing would come out of with students on job searching, resume partnering with this virtual event. this event. building and career decision making, LaGrow said, “We hope that this “Having the opportunity to be able to and also working with employers, coor- showcase helps student clubs by getting still see what jobs are out there shows us dinating their job posts and recruiting together and providing programming students that the school is doing the best programs. for their members, at least for clubs that they can to still help us in any way,” said “This showcase is a way to bring em- have a more career or academic focus.” Engle. ployers to students during the pandemic, Student clubs that are included are Engle was surprised when hearing giving them a more direct access,” said Tau Sigma; the Fredonia Democracy about the chance to win an FSA gift LaGrow. Initiative; Transfer Student Organi- card if she attends some of these show- The presentations held virtually will zation; American Society for Quality; cases. be approximately 30 to 45 minutes and Computer Science/CIS and the School “I feel that is a great way for students may cover information including each of Business; among others. to be more interested in this showcase organization’s own recruitment needs The showcase helps student clubs and because they have a chance to win some- and internship opportunities, as well as employers to engage with students from thing,” she said. topics such as interviewing, job search- all backgrounds, disciplines and inter- At the end of the month, all partici- ing and professionalism. ests. pants will be entered for a chance to win “While we are doing these kinds of This event is an impactful way for a $200 FSA gift card. presentations and hearing it from actual students to connect. “The chance to win the $200 gift card employers, it can be real meaningful,” Students have the opportunity to ask is to anyone who does our evaluation at said LaGrow. questions, see offices and interact with the end of the month, those individuals The employer showcase has a lot of employees in the field and in real time. are entered into a larger raffle,” said employers participating — 80 to 90 LaGrow made it clear that if you are LaGrow. different organizations. interested in any of the employers, just Also, one participant from each A current list of employer partici- come. session will receive a $25 FSA gift card, pants includes the following: Advanced Do not make an assumption that a and those entries are earned for each Production Group LLC; Alliance Ad- certain type of employer is looking for a presentation attended. visory Group; Calpine; Disney College certain type of person, just go and learn These FSA gift cards are being donat- Program; International Order of The what that company and organization is ed through a grant that the CDO has King’s Daughters and Sons; Lancaster about and ask questions. through FSA. Central School District; National Com- “Even with the pandemic still hap- 4 The Leader Issue 6 Former expelled student takes Fredonia to court ALISA OPPENHEIMER against them on Sept. 6, 2019. ric Howard declined to comment on the News Editor Then about a year later, the student situation. who reported the situation initially, However, Melissa H. Thore, counsel While Fredonia is trying to manage chose to request an investigation around for SUNY Fredonia, does provide her an entire SUNY campus during a Aug. 31, 2020. argument on record. pandemic, they also have another heavy Z.P. was notified of this on Sept. 28 According to court records, Thore situation on their hands. and two days later he met with Liggins argues that “injunctive relief is a drastic A former student who has been for a one-on-one interview. remedy that should be awarded sparing- expelled for “non-consensual sexual The claim of evidence was submitted ly and only where the party seeking it conduct,” is requesting from the Su- to University Police on Oct. 7, and on has met its burden of proving both the preme Court of Chautauqua County Nov. 4, 2020, a Judicial Board Meeting clear right to the ultimate relief sought, that they be reinstated and have their was held via Zoom. and the urgent necessity of preventing record cleared. Only two days prior to that meeting, irreparable harm.” The former student is only referred Z.P. was found guilty of violating section She also argues: “To obtain prelim- to as “Z.P.,” and has requested to stay 2(f) of Fredonia’s Student Code of inary and injunctive relief, the movant anonymous in all public court records. Conduct. must show, by clear and convincing During the spring semester of 2019, Z.P. then tried to appeal this decision, evidence: (1) a likelihood of success on on or around March 8, the incident re- but was denied to do so on Nov. 31, the merits; (2) irreparably injury in the garding Z.P. was reported to Fredonia’s 2020. absence of provisional relief and; (3) a Title IX coordinator, Dr. Bill Boerner, Z.P. also made claims regarding the balancing of the equities in its favor… by another Fredonia student. wrongdoings throughout the investiga- Petitioner cannot meet this high bur- At this time, an investigation was not tion. den.” pursued, because the student who re- For one, court records show that One point made to corroborate these ported the incident chose not to pursue allegedly only two people were inter- points was that there is “substantial one.