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‘Coming Out Simulator 2014’: A New Perspective on Coming Out

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 29, 2014

October 29, 2014

MO SADEK Staff Writer Have you ever wanted to experience life as a farmer? There’s a simulator for that. Have you ever wanted to build spaceship? There’s a simulator for that. Have you ever had the urge to headbutt through someone’s house, into a gas station, and cause an explosion......

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A cryptanalyst, nurse, and rocket scientist: queer contributors ‘The Imitation Game’ to document life of gay mathematician

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 29, 2014

October 29, 2014

CHARLES PRITCHARD Staff Writer Do you recognize any of these names: Alan Turing, Florence Nightingale, or James Pollack? If you do, then you might know your history quite well. If not, here’s a lesson on these figures. Alan Turing was a British mathematician and cryptanalyst who worked with the Allies......

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The howling winds and the Terror in the Trees Fredonia’s own little horror show

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 22, 2014

October 22, 2014

CHARLES PRITCHARD Staff Writer It doesn’t take much to startle a person. One person jumping out of a closet wearing a mask can spook an entire room. Still to make people actually afraid — to make someone worried about what is around the next corner and dread every sound and......

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Entertain mom and pop during Family Weekend

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 22, 2014August 17, 2019

October 22, 2014August 17, 2019

JORDYN HOLKA Reverb Editor Moving out and escaping the watchful eye of parents has become an American rite of passage for college students. But just as soon as we embrace the true amazingness of freedom, those feelings of longing for home, mom’s cooking and one’s childhood bed that were formerly......

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Pulitzer Prize winner to reside in Fredonia

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 22, 2014

October 22, 2014

KORI BARKLEY Staff Writer Winner of a 1978 Pulitzer Prize and 1982 Emmy Award (among other awards), Michael Colgrass is an American-born Canadian musician, composer and educator known for his work as a percussionist with ensembles like the New York Philharmonic Orchestra and the Metropolitan Opera, as well as his......

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Spotlight: Uncle Ben’s Remedy

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 22, 2014August 15, 2019

October 22, 2014August 15, 2019

CLAIRE WOODCOCK Special to The Leader When I first spoke with Ben Wusterland, the singer of Uncle Ben’s Remedy, I hadn’t meant to lead with it, but the first question that popped out of my mouth had to do with the band’s name. “It wasn’t anything I ever used to......

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‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ premieres Back to the Summer of Love

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 22, 2014August 18, 2019

October 22, 2014August 18, 2019

Picture taken by Adrea Adinolfe/ Special to The Leader REBECCA HALE Assistant Reverb Editor Students, faculty and alumni experienced the psychedelic culture of the ‘60s, coupled with a Shakespearean classic, in Marvel Theatre last weekend. “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” is set in Ohio, at Athens College. The characters are separated......

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A first look at ‘Elegy for a Dead World’

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 22, 2014

October 22, 2014

MO SADEK Special to The Leader As a child, you probably remember someone telling you stories. Whether they came from your parents, grandparents or respected community members, listening to stories was a great way to pass time. Although some of these stories were fables or overly fabricated memoirs, they all......

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‘We Were All – Endi Poskovic: Printworks’

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 22, 2014

October 22, 2014

Picture taken by Gabbie Lee/ Assistant Photo Editor CARLY KNASZAK Special to The Leader Marion Art Gallery presented “We Were All – Endi Poskovic: Printworks,” on Friday, Oct. 17. Poskovic’s work consists of hand carved woodblock prints, in which he puts ink on the blocks with rollers and then transfers......

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Monthly F.A.T. Week brings artists together

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 22, 2014

October 22, 2014

JORDYN HOLKA Reverb Editor Fredonia is full of students with more artistic ability than they could possibly know what to do with, making for an enriching and exciting environment. When these talented individuals decide to convene in one room to celebrate their talents, the environment in that room can be......

Theater kids are taking over Fredonia

Rating every 2025 Oscar award-winning movie

President Trump signs orders dismantling eight departments

[SATIRE] Fear and Loathing in Talladega: A Journey to Beer-Soaked…

[SCALLION/NEWS] Campus bus leaves students traumatized

[SATIRE/NEWS] Police Notters

Executive Vice President and Provost Dr. David Starrett abruptly leaves…

[SATIRE] Abigail Jacobson, news editor, cancels news

[SCALLION/SPORTS] Volz enlisted to help suffering Sabres

[SCALLION/NEWS] All hail the new era: The Scallion has taken…

‘Coming Out Simulator 2014’: A New Perspective on Coming Out

A cryptanalyst, nurse, and rocket scientist: queer contributors ‘The Imitation Game’ to document life of gay mathematician

The howling winds and the Terror in the Trees Fredonia’s own little horror show

Entertain mom and pop during Family Weekend

Pulitzer Prize winner to reside in Fredonia

Spotlight: Uncle Ben’s Remedy

‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ premieres Back to the Summer of Love

A first look at ‘Elegy for a Dead World’

‘We Were All – Endi Poskovic: Printworks’

Monthly F.A.T. Week brings artists together