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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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Phi Mu Alpha hosts 11th annual Safe Halloween

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Reading Time: 2 minutesELYSE GRIECO Life & Arts Editor   Phi Mu Alpha will be hosting the 11th annual Safe Halloween this Sunday, Oct. 28. Phi Mu Alpha is the national professional music fraternity on campus. Every fall, the organization welcomes children from the Fredonia area, along with their guardians, to come trick-or-treating......
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Marvin Bjurlin exhibit: ‘A Potter’s Path’

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Reading Time: 3 minutesVICTOR SCHMITT-BUSH Assistant News Editor   Distinguished teaching professor and emeritus Marvin Bjurlin returned to Fredonia on Friday to celebrate his 50-year-long journey as both a potter and educator. His exhibit titled, “A Potter’s Path,” is located in the Cathy and Jesse Marion Art Gallery. It hosts a collection of......

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