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A Closer Look on the Students Behind the Art

EJ Jacobs
Reading Time: 4 minutesEJ JACOBS  Life & Arts Editor Of the 13 programs that are potentially getting cut, photography is one of them. Photography is something that is used in many different aspects of SUNY Fredonia. From The Leader to campus marketing, promotional content photography helps Fredonia succeed. Students are what keeps SUNY......
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Remembering Shannon T. Jonas

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Reading Time: 5 minutesLEE PYE Special to The Leader Professor and Ph.D. Dr. Shannon Tate Jonas passed away suddenly on Dec. 23, 2023. Jonas was born on February 12, 1978, making him only 45 years old.  Jonas became a professor at Fredonia in 2018, teaching courses like Craft of Writing, Intro to Creative......
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Clubs create unique ways to promote at Activities Night

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Reading Time: 3 minutesSARA LODESPOTO Special to The Leader Fredonia truly comes alive when all the clubs get together to show what they are capable of.  This past Wednesday, Jan. 31, Activities Night reflected SUNY Fredonia’s wide variety of clubs from music to Greek Life. Traditionally, Spectrum Entertainment has hosted this event. However,......
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The “Mom-ager” of Beach Tower

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Reading Time: 4 minutesHUNTER HALTERMAN Staff Writer  “You can’t underestimate the power of a local music scene,” says Connor Bessey-Nolan, manager of Beach Tower. Fredonia’s music scene in particular is one that produces many different bands. The people behind those bands, though, often get overlooked.  Beach Tower, an indie/rock band of current and......
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Fredonia alumnus spotlight: ‘The Merch Gremlin’

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Reading Time: 5 minutesDOMINICK CORSI Staff Writer Friendly, passionate, enthusiastic, inspirational, silly. The list goes on. These are just a few characteristics that Alex Erwin’s collaborators and friends would use to describe the former Fredonia Radio Systems personality. Erwin’s legacy at Fredonia Radio Systems is well-versed through his involvement in a plethora of......
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Battle of the New Bands brings another three acts into the music scene 

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Reading Time: 4 minutesELENA FITZGERALD Special to The Leader The Music Industry Club is back at it with another Battle of the New Bands.  This event exists as a tradition that has brought many bands together that are now integral to the Buffalo music scene.  The event was planned mainly by Ahmani McKoy,......
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Cornflake Car: A student thriving in the music industry

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Reading Time: 3 minutesNYELA RENNIE Special to The Leader Asia Toyryla is making waves in the national and international music scenes from the little Western New York town of Fredonia. Toyryla is a student here at SUNY Fredonia. She is currently majoring in music industry and minoring in economics. Her artist name is......
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The Local Lo-Down’s Beachfest brings sunshine amidst snowstorm

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Reading Time: 3 minutesISABELLA INZINNA Staff Writer The weather might be cold and windy, but that didn’t stop the Local Lo-Down from picking a beach theme for their last concert of the semester. Nov. 11’s Beachfest was the last concert of the Fall 2023 semester hosted by The Local Lo-Down.  Many students were......
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The silence between, before and after: A concert analysis

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Reading Time: 7 minutesLUKE VILLAVICENCIO Special to The Leader  “Music is the silence between the notes.”          – Claude Debussy Rosch Recital Hall, Oct. 22—You could hear a pin drop.  The crowd is quiet and the Ekstasis Duo, made up of Fredonia’s own Dr. Natasha Farny (cello) and Dr. Eliran Avni (piano), has taken......
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