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‘The 39 Steps’ Review: a lighthearted night of hitchcock and Fredonia talent

Reading Time: 3 minutesERIKETA COST Special to the Leader   “The 39 Steps” was a true form of escapism with its slapstick humor, sound effects and 1930s setting. The Performing Arts Company (PAC), a student-run theater group, held the performances last Thursday and Friday night. Characters were dropped on their heads and into......
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Fredonia’s Department of Theater and Dance Presents: The 12th annual Fredonia Dance Ensemble

Reading Time: < 1 minute  ELYSE GRIECO Assistant Life & Arts Editor   Every spring, Fredonia’s Department of Theater and Dance put on their annual Dance Ensemble. This weekend long event consists of performances of all different genres of dance ranging from contemporary to modern dance. This ensemble is part of the Walter Gloor......
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‘. . . Fredonia has helped me grow as a person and thus as an artist’: Senior visual art and new media students put on final showcase

Reading Time: 4 minutesBETHANY CLANCY Staff Writer   With the semester coming to an end, so is the time left for the seniors here at Fredonia. Every year, the visual art and new media (VANM) students that are graduating have the opportunity to put some of their favorite works in the Cathy and......
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‘[Soulstice Jam is] a great way for students to promote their music on campus’

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Reading Time: 2 minutesERIKETA COST Special to the Leader   The first Saturday that finally flirted with 50 degrees fell on the same day as Fredonia Music Industry Club’s “Soulstice Jam” event. Sunshine, soulful music and sweet-tooth satisfiers all filled Dod’s Grove this past Saturday. The music and art festival, formerly known as......
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Kid Ink to heat up Fredonia: ‘We didn’t want someone who was a one-hit ‘

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Reading Time: 3 minutesVICTOR SCHMITT-BUSH Assistant News Editor   This year’s winter has been long and drawn out. The cold and dark afternoons have bled into late April, marking as one of Fredonia’s most shivering springs of recent year. Even so, Fredonia’s most esteemed student-run events planning team is heating things up. This......
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From wanting to skip recess to read, to becoming a writer: A profile of Dr. George David Clark

Reading Time: 2 minutesSTEPHEN SACCO Special to the Leader   Dr. George David Clark was born in Savannah, Ga., but moved from time-to-time while growing up in the southeast of The United States. He was raised by his father, a pastor, and his mother, a teacher just like himself. Clark talked about his......
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‘ . . . Sometimes I have to take a moment and look around at everyone in the [radio] station and remind myself how lucky I am to be where I am’: A profile of senior Amy Gruttadauria, program director of WCVF-FM

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Reading Time: 4 minutesMELISSA FUCHS Staff Writer   Amy Gruttadauria is a senior at Fredonia, and her schedule is anything but empty. She is captivating in her ability to seemingly do it all without showing evidence of faltering. When you first meet Gruttadauria, you will notice her lengthy chestnut-brown hair with one side......
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‘I love the idea of growth mindset over fixed mindset’: A profile of Sarah Green: English professor, poet and musician

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Reading Time: 3 minutes  ERIKETA COST   Special to the Leader   Sarah Green’s love for poetry dates back to a high school science class assignment to draw the position of the sun every morning. The point was to understand that the sun is always moving across the sky, even though it seems......
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‘I was always a reader …’: Professor Eric Schlich shares his journey with writing

Reading Time: 3 minutesELYSE GRIECO Assistant Life & Arts Editor   Every year, the University of North Texas holds its annual Katherine Anne Porter Prize competition, a writing competition that awards one writer with the opportunity to publish one of their books. Writers from all across the country enter this competition, and this......

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