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The arts from home: How performance-based classes are coping

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Reading Time: 3 minutesANNA GAGLIANO Copy Editor The transition to online classes amidst the COVID-19 pandemic has been tough for many students, but one particularly large group has been feeling it the hardest.  SUNY Fredonia students involved in music and the arts are struggling with the move toward distance learning. Out of the......
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How to support small businesses while social distancing

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Reading Time: 3 minutesGIOVANINA VANCHERI Special to The Leader With everyone moving toward social distancing and businesses everywhere closing their doors, it can be pretty difficult to support restaurants and stores around your community.  Supporting small businesses is important to me, (it is quite literally the foundation of my blog), but it is......
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Hannah and Matt on Music: “Ghosts V: Together” by Nine Inch Nails

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Reading Time: 3 minutesHANNAH LUTEREK AND MATT TURNER Specials to The Leader Matt’s Take: Having not listened to Nine Inch Nails’ previous “Ghosts” releases, I really went into their newest release blind. If I had to expect anything, it would have been a bombastic display of Trent Reznor’s heavy and hoarse voice paired......
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“After Hours” by The Weeknd: A Review

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Reading Time: 2 minutesMATT TURNER Special to The Leader Without having much exposure to The Weeknd outside of “Earned It,” “Can’t Feel My Face” and his cameo in the 2019 film, “Uncut Gems,” I was cautiously optimistic going into his newest release: “After Hours.” His floaty voice from what I’ve heard prior elicited......
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Black Student Union annual Fashion Show canceled

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Reading Time: 2 minutesMARCIA HUNT Special to The Leader  In the midst of SUNY Fredonia’s switch to distance learning, several campus events were canceled to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. One of these highly anticipated events was Black Student Union’s (BSU) annual fashion show, which faced cancellation just two weeks before it......
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Interviews with some of Fredonia’s art community: “We are born into times we can handle”

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Reading Time: 3 minutesMARCIA HUNT Special to The Leader  SUNY Fredonia has officially switched to distance learning as New Yorkers find themselves practicing social distancing to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The complete switch to online classes has been particularly stressful for performing arts majors, who find that several of their hands-on classes......
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Closing Black History Month: Thank you BSU

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Reading Time: 3 minutesALYSSA BUMP Special to The Leader February may only have been 29 days, but Fredonia’s Black Student Union made each one count. February is Black History Month, a month that celebrates and remembers people of African descent. This month reminds people to dig deeper, celebrate their race and remember the......
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Fredonia Spectrum’s David Dobrik appearance to be cancelled

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Reading Time: 2 minutesJESSICA MEDITZ Life & Arts Editor Following the various health and safety precautions put in place by New York State, SUNY Fredonia has decided to cancel all shows in Rockefeller Arts Center for the remainder of the semester. This includes the David Dobrik show. “All remaining ticketed performances for the......

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