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From Buffalo Bills linebacker to backing up students: Director of Multicultural Student Services David White

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Reading Time: 4 minutes ALANA WINGATE  Staff Writer  Education, culture and family are the first elements you’ll notice when entering David White’s office. Black cultural representation in the form of art, numerous frames filled with family photos and higher education, fill the walls and shelves of White’s office.  White is the previous Director of......
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Ultimate Frisbee and Field Hockey Club join forces

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Reading Time: 3 minutesWILL KARR Editor in Chief  While many students don’t take on leadership roles until their junior and senior years, Fredonia student Isabella Smith is already a club president as a freshman. Smith became president of the Fredonia Field Hockey Club team this past January. This semester, the Field Hockey Club......
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Safety on the Mind: What if a life-threatening injury happened to a varsity athlete at Fredonia?

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Reading Time: 6 minutesMATT VOLZ Asst. Sports Editor  Sports can be dangerous. There is always the possibility of injury, no matter the sport. But many football fans likely will not forget what happened on Jan. 3, 2023, when Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin collapsed during a Monday Night Football game. Bills trainer Denny......
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Racing Into Action with captain of Track and Field, Joshua Walters

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Reading Time: 2 minutesMITCHELL HORUCY Staff Writer Captain of the men’s track and field team, Josh Walters, runs year-round for the Blue Devils. He is a member of the cross-country team as well. Walters, a junior exercise science major, ran track in middle and high school. He debated on if he wanted to......
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Fredonia athletes unite for unified basketball game

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Reading Time: 3 minutesWILL KARR  Editor in Chief  While SUNY Fredonia athletes are usually the ones playing on-campus sporting events. Last week, on Thursday April 27, the Athletics Department hosted its first-ever Unified Basketball game in Dods Hall between Dunkirk and Fredonia high schools.  “I brought up the idea of hosting a unified......
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[NEWS ANALYSIS] Double vision: balancing looking backward and forward

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Reading Time: 4 minutesWILL KARR Editor in Chief  In order to move forward, we must first look backwards. We can’t move into the future without going back to address and come to terms with our problematic pasts, histories and actions. Confronting our pasts can be difficult. Looking back can force us to start......

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