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Fredonia welcomes the second largest incoming class in campus history

Reading Time: 3 minutesJAMES LILLIN Staff Writer   For the past few years the SUNY system has been fighting plummeting enrollment numbers, and SUNY Fredonia was no different. According to the Spring 2017 Demographics Report, a total of only 4,261 students were enrolled at Fredonia last semester, with the school’s various departments scrambling......
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Fredonia community gathers to witness solar eclipse

Reading Time: 2 minutes[metaslider id=9452] JACOB SANTOS Special to The Leader   While Aug.  21 initiated the Fall 2017 semester, millions of people across the country eagerly w aited to witness a solar eclipse visible throughout the contiguous United States. A band spanning between the states of Oregon and South Carolina provided the most......
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Fred Fest 2017: gunshots, garbage and a missing ‘F’: Party ends with gunshots on Sunday

Reading Time: 2 minutesJORDAN PATTERSON News Editor Last week, Fredonia Mayor Athanasia Landis described the village on the Sunday after Fred Fest as a “war zone.” Early Sunday morning this year, gunshots rang out on Center Street. As expected, many people were arrested. The people getting arrested ranged from students to non-students to......
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Dunkirk native, entrepreneur to be guest speaker at Commencement.

Reading Time: 3 minutesANGELINA DOHRE Staff Writer Graduation is quickly approaching, and a decision has been made on the guest speaker for commencement. Born and raised in Dunkirk, entrepreneur and philanthropist Donato J. Tramuto was chosen by President Virginia Horvath to give this year’s keynote address. Tramuto found out about his role as......
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Food trucks flock to Fredonia for first-ever festival

Reading Time: < 1 minuteNUNET CLITANDRE Staff Writer   On Thursday, April 27, the Office of International Education will present Fredonia’s first-ever Food Truck Thursday from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Food trucks from all around western New York will be on campus selling unique eats and treats right out of Jewett Hall’s parking......
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Pride Alliance to screen documentary on Islam and intersectionality

Reading Time: 2 minutesJAMES LILLIN Staff Writer On April 26, 2017, in McEwen 209 from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., Pride Alliance will host a screening of “A Sinner in Mecca” by documentarian Parvez Sharma, followed by a discussion with Sharma immediately after the screening. The idea for the event originally came when......
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Right Serving, Right Sizing leaves uncertainty for department futures

Reading Time: 3 minutesDAN ORZECHOWSKI Assistant News Editor   Each department within the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) is preparing for significant scheduling changes and curricula adaptations. Right Serving, Right Sizing (RSRS), the plan initiated by President Virginia Horvath, is expected to help combat Fredonia’s low enrollment. In a RSRS report,......

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