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Web exclusive: University reposts commercials sans the controversy

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Reading Time: 2 minutesAMANDA DEDIE News Editor   When you go to the school’s homepage and click “Start Your Journey,” the videos that were taken down last week — in response to various complaints made by Fredonia students — have been reposted. The commercials feature Fredonia students working in the field that they’re......
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A birthday celebration CAC announces 2016 Relay theme

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Reading Time: 3 minutes  AMANDA DEDIE News Editor   Happy Birthday to Fredonia’s Relay for Life! In celebration of Fredonia’s 10th year of participating in Relay for Life, the 2016 theme will be “10th Birthday Party.” Relay for Life at Fredonia is an overnight event held each April in Steele Hall. The national......
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Diversity in a small town First International Dinner raises money for international students

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Reading Time: 3 minutes  COLIN PERRY Assistant News Editor International Education Week concludes on Nov. 19 with singing, dancing and every college student’s favorite: a whole lot of food. The first International Dinner will be held in the Williams Center Multipurpose Room to benefit scholarship funds for Fredonia’s international students. The event is......
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Commercial controversy University takes down ads after negative feedback

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Reading Time: 4 minutes  JORDAN PATTERSON Staff Writer   Fredonia campus was left with unanswered questions after the recently released commercials that appeared on the university’s website seemingly vanished into thin air. Last week, Fredonia unveiled four new advertisements that were available for viewing on the college’s homepage and YouTube. After only a......
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Fredonia’s first female mayor Landis elected as Keefe’s term ends

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Reading Time: 4 minutes  AMANDA DEDIE News Editor   After 186 years, Fredonia has finally voted in their first female mayor. Dr. Athanasia Landis, a 23-year resident of the Village of Fredonia, will officially hold the mayoral office come this January. “I feel a lot of responsibility — it’s a big responsibility to......
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A new president and vice president Burgos and Taylor win Student Association Executive Election

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Reading Time: 3 minutesSCOTT DOWNEY Special to The Leader   On Nov. 10 and 11, students voted for the president and vice president duo they think will serve the campus best. The polls closed Tuesday at 9 p.m. and with 142 votes Jason Burgos, a senior finance and business administration major, and Mary......
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Upping its game WNYF-TV has ‘high hopes’ for this year’s Clash of the Clubs

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Reading Time: 3 minutesCURTIS HENRY Distribution Manager   Those who tuned in one year ago to witness the first annual “Clash of the Clubs” weren’t disappointed. It provided a perfect sample of what opportunities Fredonia has to offer. One of those opportunities was winning a contest by way of choreographing the perfect lip-sync......
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Web Exclusive: Casey Springer: A conversation with a student veteran

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Reading Time: 7 minutesAMANDA DEDIE News Editor   Meet Casey Springer, a senior social work major. A lot of people have things about them that make them stick out from the rest, but Springer is of a very small minority on the Fredonia campus. From 2008-2011, Springer served in the United States Air......
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Web exlusive Student Association Executive Election Debate highlights

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Reading Time: 4 minutesAMANDA DEDIE News Editor   Last Thursday the candidates for Student Association president and vice president got together for a debate — president against president, vice president against vice president. Important questions were asked: how each individual anticipates their role in SA playing out, and  what they — as president......

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