As it has come to the end of my blogging journey, I have decided to take a moment and stop to reflect on the blogging process. Thanks so much for reading!
The Leader in 2014: the last issue of the year
As I come to the end of this blogging journey, my mind has moved from the past to the present. Yesterday, we published our very last issue of The Leader of the year. We have come very far in just one year, let alone the 70 plus years of Leaders I have been looking at!
Yesterday’s issue received attention across campus, as it featured a word search that included every name in the senior class. The word search was promoted in campus PR and featured on http://www.Fredonia.edu. We were happy to see our hard work recognized, and hoped that the campus was having fun completing it!
Here is the link on Fredonia.edu I hope that all of our predecessors on The Leader would be proud of where we are today.
Cheers folks! I’m Melissa, creator of the blog “Curbside Rubbish” and friend of Maggie’s. Maggie and I have spent long hours together working on our campus paper, The Leader, so many hours in our boring white walled office have been spent and will continue to be spent in the following semesters. I’m a firm believer in bringing the comforts and joys of home into a space that might otherwise be considered as not so homey. That being said, I collaborated with Maggie to combine her love for newspapers and my love for crafts to make quick and easy décor pieces for our office.
With mason jars, vases, Modge Podge, and old issues of The Leader in hand, Maggie and I spent a fun hour together making newspaper overlay containers to house our endless supply of markers and pens, and a few silk flowers to add in some pretties.
Maggie and I chose this project because we wanted to create something very cheap and easy to bring cheer into the office. And let’s be honest, Maggie isn’t much of a crafter so this is a very simple DIY project for crafters of all ages. It can get a little messy, but it’s all about the fun of the experience, not to mention the end result! Modge Podge is one of my favorite supplies and in my opinion; it is a staple of the crafting world. It is both an adhesive and a sealer, making it so easy to decoupage on any surface. It dries fast, it’s crystal clear, and it comes in a variety of finishes such as matte, gloss, glitter and more. It is also super accessible because it can be purchased at any craft store, as well as superstores like Wal-Mart and Target.
The collaboration with Maggie is one of the most important things I took away from our crafting afternoon. She blogs about the history of SUNY Fredonia and issues of The Leader from decades back, so tying in that history with the creation of something to last for future years was a very intriguing dynamic. Maggie and I still have a year left before graduation, but creating these little knick-knacks for the future staff of The Leader is our little way to leave a mark on the publication that has defined our college careers.
Stay tuned for a video of Maggie and I getting messy in the office!
Hello “Curbside Rubbish” readers! I am Maggie Gilroy, a friend and classmate of Melissa. I also am the creator of “On This Day in Fredonia,” a blog about old newspapers. Since Melissa and I are in our blogging class together, we decided to collaborate and make a video for our respective blogs. We combined Melissa’s love of crafting with my interest in newspapers and took part in a fun newspaper craft!
Unlike Melissa, I am not a crafty person. I haven’t taken an art class since high school, am not good at working with my hands and tend to freak out when anyone asks me to create something. So, thankfully, we chose a fun and simple craft. That craft consisted of decorating old mason jars and vases with newspapers (and naturally chose copies of The Leader from this past year). It was simple and cheap: we just had to cut…
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These sentiments are exactly why I enjoy writing this blog!
History has also been listed as ‘one damn thing after another’ – an aphorism likely first uttered by Arnold Toynbee.
Reconstruction by unknown artist of the Treaty of Waitangi being signed. New Zealand. Department of Maori Affairs. Artist unknown : Ref: A-114-038. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22701985
So why should we bother with it? Those of us who did history at school – certainly in New Zealand in the twentieth century – probably got sick of having to memorise lists of English monarchs and being told that New Zealand didn’t have a history. I know I did.
Fact is, New Zealand does have a history – and a very interesting one. It’s a history that encompasses everything that makes…
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After reading and writing about The Leader for almost four months, I often wonder who else reads the paper other than me? I am aware that many of my friends read the it however, as a journalism major who is also on The Leader, this observation is not an honest example of our audience. So, I decided to go and find our readers for myself.
Today, I went out and asked students two questions 1.) Do you read The Leader? and2.) If so, what is your favorite part of The Leader? While I only asked a very small sample of the student population – five students – I made sure I only asked strangers so I could get an honest opinion. I was very happy to find of the five students I asked read The Leader and was very interested to find what their favorite parts are!
Stephanie Doche, senior music education/voice
“If I have a free hour and I see it sitting out, I’ll grab it.”
“Usually I go front to back but, but I’ll see on the front page what the top story is on campus [and read it]”
Leslie Ratner, senior music education/voice
“Every once in a while”
“Probably the arts section”
Manny Guzman, sophomore communication disorders and sciences
“Sometimes”
“Police blotters”
Yarielix Acevido, freshman liberal arts
“I used to”
“I don’t know what it’s called, but when you hear random things and they put it in he newspaper [me: “Overheard?”] Yeah, that!”
Trey Abdella, freshman cooperative engineering
“I don’t.”
On March 5 I posted about construction and renovations being made to our campus. Since that post, there have been many changes made to the building and the area surrounding it. I am constantly impressed by the progress made on the building. It was recently announced that “Bill Nye the Science Guy” will visit campus on Sept. 18 as the convocation speaker as well as to inaugurate the new Science building. This has caused excitement to accompany this construction and students are eager to see the finished building!
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