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Blue Devil pride at 2022 Homecoming Pep Rally photo gallery

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CASEY KOCHER Special to The Leader 2022 Homecoming Court From left to right: Laurell Brown (Runner up), Makayla Barone (Royalty), Grace Ojatunwase (Runner up), Ilene Thompson (Runner up) and Kasi Williams (Royalty) Homecoming performances featuring: Fredonia Cheer Team  Fredonia Dance Team  Some Like It Hot  The Guerrillas  Orchesis Dance Company  EnFusion Dance......
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Honors Program to embark on chilling Dunkirk Lighthouse tour

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ALANA WINGATE Special to The Leader The Fredonia Honors Program is ditching their books on Saturday, Oct. 22 for a supernatural hunt at the Dunkirk Lighthouse. Honors Program Director Dr. Natalie Gerber says fun is needed from time to time. “We have three pillars: learn, lead, live,” Gerber said. “In......
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Quinn Nova explores queerness, death and mental health in solo-exhibit ‘Ego Death’

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WILL KARR Life & Arts Editor  Fredonia art student Quinn Nova grew up reading the Christian scriptures in Sunday school. However, as she approached middle school, she began questioning her faith for the first time.  “I started questioning why would God make us perfect, but also in the same sense......
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PAC presents ‘A New Brain’ + photo gallery

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DREW PALUCH Special to The Leader SUNY Fredonia’s Performing Arts Company showcased “A New Brain” in the Bartlett Theatre on Sept. 30, Oct. 1 and Oct. 2. The musical was directed by Alice Khekht, a senior musical theatre major. Described as “a strange and chaotic musical” by Vincent Canale-Rouse, who......
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The sounds of the Revolution: Fredonia’s Symphonic winds concert of change

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MAISIE STRADER Special to The Leader SUNY Fredonia’s School of Music hosted its first ever Fredonia Symphonic Winds concert on Sept. 29 in King Concert Hall. The conductor, Dr. Carrie Pawelski, hopes to recognize the series of changes our world has experienced through the ensemble’s power of music. The symphonic......
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Charlotte Mahaffy’s “Moving Land” solo exhibition evokes memory and recollection

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WILL KARR  Staff Writer  Growing up, SUNY Fredonia student Charlotte Mahaffy always knew that she wanted to be an artist. However, she never imagined that it would actually be a realistic or attainable possibility.  “When I grew up, I was like, ‘I think I want to be an artist,’” Mahaffy......
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‘A little help from a friend’ George Harrison’s ‘Miss O’Dell’ talks helping out The Beatles

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JAINA BERARDI Special to The Leader  English rock group The Beatles gained international fame during the 1970s. However, Chris O’Dell is showing that they couldn’t have gotten by without a little help from an American friend.  “I wanted to prove that they couldn’t exist without me,” O’Dell said. “With them,......
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Annual Freedonia Marxonia returns to campus

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WILL KARR  Staff Writer  Movies allow people to escape from current realities into fictionalized worlds. This upcoming week, students will be transported from the city of Fredonia to the mythical country of Freedonia.  Each year at SUNY Fredonia, the campus hosts a celebration titled “Freedonia Marxonia,” based on the Marx......
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Navigating the college terrain: Take a step with S.T.E.P.S.

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WILL KARR  Staff Writer  Moving away from friends and family to college can be difficult. However, Student Teaching Equals Positive Sexuality, better known as S.T.E.P.S, is an educational club which works to help students make the transition from home to campus. “I think that S.T.E.P.S is really important because oftentimes,......

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