March 13, 2026
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Life & Arts

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

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Reading Time: 3 minutesERIKETA 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

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Reading Time: 2 minutesERIKETA 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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New “Halloween” movie is sure to scare the pants off of horror fans

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Reading Time: 2 minutesMATTHEW 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

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Reading Time: 2 minutesMONICA 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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A frightful Fredonia favorite: Terror in the Trees returns

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Reading Time: 2 minutesELIZABETH 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

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Reading Time: 3 minutesERIKETA 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

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Reading Time: 2 minutesELIZABETH 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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