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Step back into the strange town of Hawkins, Indiana: ‘Stranger Things’ returns to Netflix

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 3, 2017

November 3, 2017

MOLLY VANDENBERG Staff Writer The long-anticipated season two of the science-fiction “Stranger Things” was released on Netflix on Oct. 27 with nine new episodes. This is a follow up to the first season that Netflix released in July 2016. This second season takes place a year after the first.......

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Brews Under Review: Hang Time for a hangover

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 3, 2017

November 3, 2017

TRAVIS LEFEVRE The Scallion Editor I have no idea why anybody would let me write a beer review. I would hardly even call myself a beer novice. Having recently turned 21, I always thought beer was trash. The only way I could get myself through a can of Bud......

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Battle of the New Bands rocks the MPR

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 3, 2017August 15, 2019

November 3, 2017August 15, 2019

[metaslider id=10306] ELYSE GRIECO Special to The Leader The Music Industry Club (MIC) rocked the Multi-Purpose Room this past Thursday night with their annual Battle of the New Bands. This competition showcases some of Fredonia’s most talented students. It was created to give students an inside look on what......

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Tradition marries competition: Day of the Dead to be celebrated with altar competition

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 25, 2017

October 25, 2017

MORGAN HENDERSON Staff Writer Day of the Dead will be celebrated on campus this semester by mixing some competition with tradition. On Nov. 1, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., an altar competition will take place in the Reed Library Commons. Some of those competing include students from professor Diane......

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Homecoming royalty crowned after Fredonia’s Got Talent

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 25, 2017August 15, 2019

October 25, 2017August 15, 2019

[metaslider id=10167] JAMES LILLIN Staff Writer On Friday night, students gathered in Steele Hall to watch a showcase of talented SUNY Fredonia students in a spectacle that was part pep-rally and part dance show, all of which culminated in the crowning of this year’s homecoming royalty. Although the event......

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Harvey Breverman: A decade of drawing

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 25, 2017

October 25, 2017

[metaslider id=10221] ELYSE GRIECO Special to the Leader University at Buffalo’s own Professor Emeritus Harvey Breverman has brought a decade’s worth of art to the SUNY Fredonia campus this month. Breverman’s collection, “A Decade of Drawing 2005-2015 (Idiosyncratic Amalgams and Disparate Composites)” consists of forty-six portraits of writers,......

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Brews Under Review: Spoiler alert: IPAs still suck

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 25, 2017

October 25, 2017

CURTIS HENRY Sports Editor “Okay this is an IPA, but I promise it’s good.” In those 10 simple words, I was lied to. I was hoodwinked. Strategemed. Flim-flammed. Bamboozled. I had been fooled into thinking that this was it. This was the IPA that was going to change my......

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‘Take Back the Night’ offers safe space for victims of sexual violence

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 25, 2017

October 25, 2017

MOLLY VANDENBERG Staff Writer Fredonia Feminists hosted their annual “Take Back the Night” on Oct. 18 in McEwen Hall. This is arguably one of Fred Fem’s most anticipated events of the year, where survivors of sexual assault and violence are given a place to share their stories. With only......

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Everything is better in drag: Fall 2017 Drag show doesn’t disappoint

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 19, 2017

October 19, 2017

MOLLY VANDENBERG Staff Writer The line for this Fall’s drag show, held on Oct. 14 wrapped around the circular hallway of the Williams Center as everyone waited for the doors to open. The drag show is put on every semester by Fredonia’s Pride Alliance. Whether it was your first......

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Painting, props and puppets: Clare Osborn does it all

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 19, 2017August 16, 2019

October 19, 2017August 16, 2019

LEAH GRAZIANO Special to The Leader Have you ever wondered how shows like “Fredtown, USA” and “Fred Before Bed” get their props? That backdrop you see on “Fred Before Bed” and the funny props used in Fredtown come from the hands of Clare Osborn. Osborn has been creating props......

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Step back into the strange town of Hawkins, Indiana: ‘Stranger Things’ returns to Netflix

Brews Under Review: Hang Time for a hangover

Battle of the New Bands rocks the MPR

Tradition marries competition: Day of the Dead to be celebrated with altar competition

Homecoming royalty crowned after Fredonia’s Got Talent

Harvey Breverman: A decade of drawing

Brews Under Review: Spoiler alert: IPAs still suck

‘Take Back the Night’ offers safe space for victims of sexual violence

Everything is better in drag: Fall 2017 Drag show doesn’t disappoint

Painting, props and puppets: Clare Osborn does it all