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Honors Program to embark on chilling Dunkirk Lighthouse tour

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Reading Time: 3 minutesALANA 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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Reading Time: 7 minutesWILL 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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Reading Time: 2 minutesDREW 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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Reading Time: 2 minutesMAISIE 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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Reading Time: 4 minutesWILL 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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Reading Time: 4 minutesJAINA 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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Reading Time: 3 minutesWILL 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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Reading Time: 3 minutesWILL 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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From the shadows to the spotlight: Chris O’Dell on working with men of rock

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Reading Time: 3 minutesWILL KARR Staff Writer They say that behind every great man is a woman. These words rang true for Chris O’Dell, “The First Lady of Rock & Roll,” who has lived mostly in the shadows of men of rock.  “I worked with the Holy Trinity of rock and roll: The......
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