April 26, 2026
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Meet Ilene Thompson: SA President and so much more

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 6 minutesALYSSA BUMP  Editor in Chief  (All photographs courtesy of Ilene Thompson.) Raised in the Bronx, N.Y. by a single mom with three siblings, Ilene Thompson, a junior psychology major with a minor in public health, has been working since she was 14 years old.  “Having my own independence and my......
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Director’s notes: Soon-to-debut short film “The Cryptid Cast vs. The Goopy Ganker”

Jules Hoepting
Reading Time: 8 minutesJULES HOEPTING  Managing Editor  (All photos courtesy of Jackson DiCarlo.) “Out for intrigue and out of their league” is the slogan of the soon-to-debut short film, “The Cryptid Cast vs. The Goopy Ganker.”  What’s the 45-minute film about? “A host of a monster-themed college radio show that gets herself and......
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Local Lo-Down radio show: Getting behind the scenes of Fredonia’s music scene

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 2 minutesCHLOE KOWALYK News Editor This year marks 10 years since The Local Lo-Down took to the FM waves at Fredonia Radio Systems (FRS).  However, after the COVID-19 pandemic shut down several clubs and activities for about two years, The Local Lo-Down was put on pause.  The Local Lo-Down is a......
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Nomads: Freshly-formed SUNY Fredonia faculty band

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 3 minutesQUINN SPOOK Special to The Leader In Mason Hall as the week is coming to a close, a cover of Jimmy Eat World’s “It Just Takes Some Time” fills the empty corridors. The familiar tune as well as laughter spills out of room 2018. The overhead lights are replaced with......
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“The Hunchback of Notre Dame” local performance review

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 4 minutesNIKKI INDELICATO Life & Arts Editor “What makes a monster and what makes a man?” One of the most notable lyrics that gets answered over the course of two and half hours can be found within the musical written by Peter Parnell with music and lyrics by Alan Menken and......
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Rocks holding history’s haunting weight displayed as part of English Senior Seminar project

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 3 minutesLYDIA TURCIOS Art Director haunt·ing /ˈhôn(t)iNG/ adjective poignant and evocative; difficult to ignore or forget. The English Department’s Senior Seminar class will be presenting, under the guidance of their Professor Dr. Jeanette Mcvicker, an exhibition of academic research based on hauntology in literature titled “The Weight of History: How we......
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Earth Day events hosted by Greystone Nature Preserve, FRED Grows and Enactus + photo gallery

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 2 minutesTANNER CLARK Special to The Leader Earth Day, which annually takes place on April 22, bloomed into an array of events offered in Fredonia on a beautiful Friday afternoon.  Greystone Nature Preserve hosted this event with two campus clubs: FRED Grows and the Planet Division of Enactus to celebrate the......
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The winds are back: Importance of live ensemble performances

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 2 minutesAUSTIN YOUNGS Special to The Leader As a musician who has been playing the bassoon for nine years, I’ve seen the importance of the wind band in American music education.  That importance remains the same here at the Fredonia School of Music. At Fredonia, there are several large wind band......
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11 SUNY Fredonia B.A. theatre art senior capstones to showcase in “Envision” this weekend

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Reading Time: 2 minutesTORI TRUMBULL Special to The Leader At the height of a busy weekend for the department of theatre and dance with “Ghost Quartet,” produced by Jay Byron, Niklas Dahlen and Skylar Ginsberg, “Not for Discipline” presented by the Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) dance senior class and “This Random World”......
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