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Three great films on Netflix for winter days inside

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 4, 2015

March 4, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutesCONNOR BURTON Special to The Leader The cold this time of year forces us to stay indoors, giving us a chance to focus on our schoolwork. What would homework be, though, without our trusty Netflix to distract us and keep us from getting cabin fever while we stay inside on......

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Annual Intercollegiate Choral Festival features Eastman Chorale

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 25, 2015August 15, 2019

February 25, 2015August 15, 2019

Reading Time: 4 minutesREBECCA HALE Reverb Editor Last weekend’s annual Intercollegiate Choral Festival ended with a resounding bang after a two-hour concert that featured performances by four choirs, including the Eastman Chorale; multiple pieces guest-conducted by Eastman’s Choral Director, Dr. William Weinert; and a new twist — a live Twitter feed in which......

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The week in tech news

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 25, 2015

February 25, 2015

Reading Time: 4 minutesNAOMI LYNCH Special to The Leader Much to my Android fangirl chagrin, Apple seems to be having an interesting week of ups and downs. YouTube is trying to become more child friendly, Amazon’s world domination plans are coming to a halt, Kanye West tickles the world pink with his dumb......

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Music review: Lady Lush and the Vinyls at Ellicott Brewing Company

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 25, 2015September 1, 2019

February 25, 2015September 1, 2019

Reading Time: 4 minutesVERONICA PENOYER Special to The Leader Saturday, Feb. 3 was an eventful night at Ellicott Brewing Company for music buffs all around. Lady Lush and the Vinyls, a band consisting of Fredonia alumni that identify themselves as soul-pop, played an incredible four-hour set full of pop covers and their creations......

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And the Best Picture award goes to … “Birdman”

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 25, 2015

February 25, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutesCONNOR BURTON Special to The Leader At the 87th Academy Awards ceremony, of the eight best picture nominees, the deserved winner was “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance).” It won against such competition as “American Sniper,” “The Imitation Game,” “Boyhood,” “Selma,” “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” “The Theory of Everything”......

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Randy George introduces theremin during Newsound Festival

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 25, 2015

February 25, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutesKORI BARKLEY Staff Writer Fredonia’s community came together last Friday night for the second event of the Ethos’ Newsound Festival to witness a musical phenomenon: an electronic instrument that is played completely without physical contact. Ethos presented Randy George, one of the handful of individuals in the world with virtuosic......

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New Masons wins Battle of the New Bands Group awarded free show at BJ’s

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 25, 2015

February 25, 2015

Reading Time: 3 minutesCARLY KNASZAK Staff Writer The final showdown of Battle of the New Bands took place on the evening of Thursday, Feb. 19 in the Williams Center Multipurpose Room. Students from the second floor gazed down at the stage when they heard the bands running soundcheck as the three final band......

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5 Things That are Killing Games

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 25, 2015

February 25, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutesMO SADEK Staff Writer There was a time when being a gamer was easy. Look back at the Nintendo 64. You would buy one game, shove it in the console, make sure all your video cables and wires were plugged into the right place, add a controller and you were......

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“Balm in Gilead” to open in Bartlett

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 25, 2015

February 25, 2015

Reading Time: 3 minutesREBECCA HALE Reverb Editor “Balm in Gilead,” the first in this semester’s Walter Gloor Mainstage Series, will pack a punch this weekend with an elaborate set, unconventional theatrical devices and its cinematic nature. The small space of the Bartlett Theatre will be packed with 35 cast members alone, plus an......

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Advice Column: resisting peer pressure

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 25, 2015

February 25, 2015

Reading Time: 3 minutesBRIONA SAAS Special to The Leader Hello to all my fellow students at Fredonia! I hope you’ve been working hard with dedication this semester. I also hope you’ve found some free time to relieve yourself of the stress most of us have already encountered. I know after a long week......

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Three great films on Netflix for winter days inside

Annual Intercollegiate Choral Festival features Eastman Chorale

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Music review: Lady Lush and the Vinyls at Ellicott Brewing Company

And the Best Picture award goes to … “Birdman”

Randy George introduces theremin during Newsound Festival

New Masons wins Battle of the New Bands Group awarded free show at BJ’s

5 Things That are Killing Games

“Balm in Gilead” to open in Bartlett

Advice Column: resisting peer pressure