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Fredonia College Foundation initiates annual All-Campus Appeal

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  KELSIE ABBT Special to The Leader                           Every year since the mid-1980s, the Fredonia College Foundation has organized a campus-wide appeal of its employees to draw in funds for approximately 500 different schools, programs, scholarships and endowments. The All-Campus Appeal has become necessary, in part, due to......
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First debate watch party draws energized crowd

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COLIN PERRY Editor in Chief   The All-In Challenge continued last night, as students, faculty and community members gathered in the Williams Center Multi-Purpose Room to watch the first televised debate between Democratic candidate for president Hillary Clinton and her Republican counterpart Donald Trump. While the free food and refreshments......
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Vandalism in village leaves residents vexed

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CAMRY DEAN Staff Writer             For the past two issues, The Leader has published two Guest Op-Eds from Fredonia faculty, including President Virginia Horvath, on recent vandalism in the Fredonia community.             Last weekend, Horvath was included in several threads on social media about the vandalism and property crimes evidently......
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Fredonia Radio Systems starts fundraiser to help former custodian Randy Goodemote

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  CONNOR HOFFMAN News Editor Fredonia Radio Systems (FRS) is hosting a fundraiser dedicated to raising money to help recently retired custodial worker Randy Goodemote fight cancer. FRS is selling special bracelets for $2 that say “Team Randy – We Have Your Back!” Goodemote was diagnosed with cancer last year......
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Fredonia ALL IN Challenge seeks to get out the vote

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JAMES LILLIN Staff Writer With the presidential election right around the corner, Fredonia has been searching for ways to drum up student involvement and, ultimately, to increase voter turnout come election day. One of the most recent signs of political apathy among Fredonia students was a campus report detailing the......
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History major Schrantz finds significant discovery through Fredonia internship

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Kelsie Abbt and Dan Orzechowski Special to The Leader   This past summer, senior Benjamin Schrantz revealed a major piece to a 3,000-year-old puzzle. Using opportunities and connections provided by the State University of New York at Fredonia, he was able to make a previously overlooked discovery that has since......
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Web Exclusive: Q&A with Michele Bernatz

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As reported by The Leader last week, the Department of Visual Arts and New Media has welcomed a new chair this semester. Staff Writer James Lillin spoke to her about the future of the department, her Fredonia connections and more.   James Lillin (JL): What differentiates the Visual Arts and New......
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Visual Arts and New Media Department looks to the future: New semester brings new chair and more

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JAMES LILLIN Staff Writer Fredonia’s Visual Arts and New Media Department is facing numerous changes this year as it adapts to a new location in the $37 million dollar expansion added on to the Rockefeller Arts Center, an expansion which includes new areas for sculpting, drawing, animating, and illustrating. Leading......
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Rockefeller’s return: RAC addition project on pace for October unveiling

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JORDAN PATTERSON Assistant News Editor   The nearly $40 million Rockefeller Arts Center project continues, with all classrooms in the building expected to be fully functional by January, The approximately 40,000 square-foot new addition includes two brand new dance studios, ceramics and sculpture studios, two acting classrooms and a dedicated......

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