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Amazon gives local charities reason to smile

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Reading Time: 2 minutesPhoto taken by: Courtnee Cesta / Managing Editor COURTNEE CESTA Managing Editor Supporting a local charity is as easy as buying things online. Amazon has launched a donation program they’re calling “AmazonSmile,” which supports charitable organizations at no extra cost for the customer. It’s the same online buying experience Amazon......
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The poor-trayal of women in video game media

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Reading Time: 5 minutesMO SADEK Special to The Leader It would be incorrect to say that women are just starting to become a force in the video game industry, since they’ve been here since the beginning. Women like Carol Shaw and Roberta Williams are some of the most notable women in the industry;......
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GRAMMY winner Kent Knappenberger to visit Fredonia campus

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Reading Time: 3 minutesJORDYN HOLKA Reverb Editor How many music educators think for even one minute that a national award, maybe even a GRAMMY, is in their future? Probably not many. But for one, Kent Knappenberger, national recognition by way of a GRAMMY award is already a part of his accomplished past. Knappenberger......
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The sound of Italy in Rosch

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Reading Time: 2 minutesKRISTEN SHULTIS Staff Writer Thursday night brought musicians, community members and students together in Rosch recital hall to hear the sounds of Italy. This concert included two faculty members from the School of Music, Julie Newell and Daniel Ihasz, as well as three native Italians, Stefani Donzelli, Sandra Buongrazio and......
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Comedian Jessica Halem gets down and dirty

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Reading Time: 3 minutesREBECCA HALE Assistant Reverb Editor Jessica Halem, who introduced herself as “a radical, Jewish, feminist queer stand-up comic,” and whose career she describes as “generally being pissed off for a living,” put on quite a jaw-dropping act in Marvel Theatre last Tuesday. Halem is not a cautious comic who treads......
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The “50th Anniversary of the 60s” Mainstage season to celebrate baby boom era

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Reading Time: 4 minutesKORI BARKLEY Staff Writer Fredonia’s Theatre and Dance Department, commonly known as TADA, is gearing up for its 2014-15 Walter Gloor Mainstage season with productions full of laughter, controversy and potentially even a few tears. This season, TADA will bring five major productions to the Fredonia campus. Without really intending......

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