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It can’t get worse, right?

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 7, 2018November 14, 2018

November 7, 2018November 14, 2018

RYAN DUNNING Special to the Leader Another week, another sad, sad Sunday as a Buffalo Bills fan. It’s been a few weeks since we covered the Bills, mostly because we want to forget every game immediately after it ends. The latest chapter for this disaster of a season saw......

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Pride Alliance’s Fall drag show brings new and inclusive changes

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 7, 2018November 14, 2018

November 7, 2018November 14, 2018

ERIKETA COST Staff Writer You can always expect people dancing to ABBA and lip-synching to Lady Gaga at Fredonia Pride Alliance’s semesterly drag shows. However, some new and inclusive changes have been made this time around. Participants no longer fall under “king” and “queen” categories. This way, they do......

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Fall Sweep: Celebrating fall with a Fredonia tradition

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 31, 2018August 25, 2019

October 31, 2018August 25, 2019

ERIKETA COST Staff Writer Rake leaves in the morning, celebrate Halloween festivities in the evening. This year, Fredonia’s Fall Sweep took place on Oct. 27. For the past 14 years, campus has come together to rake the lawns of Fredonia’s community members. This is a way for students to......

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HAIL! Fredonia hosts Fright Night

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 31, 2018November 13, 2018

October 31, 2018November 13, 2018

GIOVANINA VANCHERI Special to The Leader A spooky event for a not-so-spooky cause. Muldoon’s Pub in downtown Fredonia hosted Fright Night on Oct. 26 at 10:30 p.m. The bands Previous Love, The Burkharts and Skulking Ghost all performed. The event was hosted by HAIL! Fredonia Records, a group that......

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New “Halloween” movie is sure to scare the pants off of horror fans

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 31, 2018November 13, 2018

October 31, 2018November 13, 2018

MATTHEW TURNER Special to The Leader The wait is now over for a return-to-form sequel in the long-running and controversial “Halloween” franchise. The series has proved to be something of a wildcard following the release of John Carpenter’s original 1978 “Halloween.” The movie is often seen as one of......

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What not to wear: Halloween edition

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 31, 2018November 13, 2018

October 31, 2018November 13, 2018

MONICA MANNEY Special to The Leader It seems like every year students on Fredonia’s campus are possessed by the ghastly ghost of Halloweens past. The haunting is also known as cultural insensitivity, followed by a plea of innocence and ignorance. But this year, Fredonia students and staff took a......

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Ask Fairy Godmother

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 31, 2018November 14, 2018

October 31, 2018November 14, 2018

Dear Fairy Godmother, Last weekend, I had to go back home for a few days for an appointment. When I came back, I walked in to find that my roommate and some of her friends completely decked out our room in Halloween decorations, complete with black spider webs and creepy......

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A frightful Fredonia favorite: Terror in the Trees returns

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 31, 2018November 13, 2018

October 31, 2018November 13, 2018

ELIZABETH SUSKI Special to the Leader It’s that time of the year again: pumpkin carvings, apple pickings and running through corn mazes and haunted houses. And yet, the woods near the clock tower sit untouched until it’s their time to cause terror on campus. Terror in the Trees is......

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Sharon Flake’s lecture ‘The Power of Literature to Give Voice to Young Adults’ brings discussion on embracing identity through literature to campus

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 24, 2018October 23, 2018

October 24, 2018October 23, 2018

ERIKETA COST Staff Writer Seventh grade can be a challenging year when it comes to finding a voice and accepting who you are. Sometimes, it’s the voice of someone else that inspires us to find our own. Author Sharon Flake started to feel inspired after reading some poems that......

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Actress and Fredonia alumna, Mary McDonnell, returns for Homecoming Weekend

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 24, 2018September 1, 2019

October 24, 2018September 1, 2019

ELIZABETH SUSKI Special to the Leader Lights. Camera. Action! Academy Award-nominated actress Mary McDonnell visited Fredonia over homecoming weekend. McDonnell attended Fredonia and graduated in 1974. Born and raised in Ithaca, N.Y., McDonnell chose Fredonia because she needed to go to a state school, and she wanted to be......

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It can’t get worse, right?

Pride Alliance’s Fall drag show brings new and inclusive changes

Fall Sweep: Celebrating fall with a Fredonia tradition

HAIL! Fredonia hosts Fright Night

New “Halloween” movie is sure to scare the pants off of horror fans

What not to wear: Halloween edition

Ask Fairy Godmother

A frightful Fredonia favorite: Terror in the Trees returns

Sharon Flake’s lecture ‘The Power of Literature to Give Voice to Young Adults’ brings discussion on embracing identity through literature to campus

Actress and Fredonia alumna, Mary McDonnell, returns for Homecoming Weekend