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Web Exclusive: Bernie Sanders should run, run, run

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Reading Time: 4 minutesCommentary   COLIN PERRY News Editor   The dust is settling from the New York primary on April 19, where former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton beat out Sen. Bernie Sanders in her adopted home-state 58-42 percent. New York, with 247 delegates up for grabs, was seen on both sides......
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The price is right GA Day results in largest Student Activity Fee increase in history

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Reading Time: 3 minutesL. FULLER Editor in Chief   If there are only $1.3 million available, but $6,150 more are needed, what can be done about it? For the Student Association (SA) that problem presented itself on General Assembly (GA) Day when balancing the budget for the 27 constituted clubs for the 2016-17......
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Eating healthy in college made possible Enactus introduces AgriMobile

Reading Time: 2 minutesCHARLES PRITCHARD Staff Writer   With the hustle and bustle of everyday college life, it can be difficult for students to get out to the local farmers market. AgriMobile.org, a joint product of Fredonia Enactus and the Fredonia Farmers’ Market, is taking steps to help bring the farmers market to......
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An award-winning ‘queer, disabled femme of color’ WSU presents Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

Reading Time: 2 minutesMARIA MELCHIORRE Staff Writer   Lambda Award-winning author Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha — who identifies as a queer, disabled femme of color — served as the third annual Women’s Herstory Month keynote speaker on the evening of April 6. Lakshmi is a winner of a Lambda Literary Award for her poetry......
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Mark Twain’s hidden Fredonia history Award-winning journalist Sean Kirst returns to alma mater

Reading Time: 3 minutesJAMES LILLIN Staff Writer   From April 7-9, Fredonia’s alumni-in-residence series “Writers@Work” continued its successful run with award-winning Syracuse Post-Standard columnist Sean Kirst visiting a number of classes and hosting three events for students, faculty and interested community members. “This man has been a journalist for a very long time,”......
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Fredonia and the Goo Goo Dolls HAIL! Fredonia Records and Voices for Autism prepare for ‘Not so Different’

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Reading Time: 3 minutesCAMRY DEAN Staff Writer   Coordinator of the Fredonia music industry program and award-winning producer Armand Petri brought together three big names in music to bring awareness to autism and autism spectrum disorders (ASD) during World Autism Awareness Month this April. Solo artist Cassandra Kubinski, Fredonia alumna Mary Ramsey of......
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Easter Egg Hunt welcomes new Greek life hosts Change due to alleged bad behavior

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Reading Time: 3 minutesCONNOR HOFFMAN Assistant News Editor   On Sunday, President Virginia Horvath’s lawn was filled with tons of children participating in the sixth annual Easter Egg Hunt. However, this year’s egg hunt was hosted by Kappa Sigma and Sigma Kappa instead of Delta Chi, which has traditionally held the event. The......
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Web exclusive: Loss of a Fredonia senior

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Reading Time: < 1 minuteCOLIN PERRY News Editor   Fredonia senior Howard P. Jones died on April 8, according to President Virginia Horvath. Jones, a sport management major from Elmira, New York, was 26. “Howard is remembered by faculty and staff as an outstanding student and fine young man who always had a smile......

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