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Dancing with the Athletes: Athletes team up with dancers to raise money for Moving Miracles

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Reading Time: 3 minutesQUINTIN JAMES Assistant Sports Editor   On Nov. 12, in the Williams Center Multipurpose Room, the Student Dance Organization held their fifth annual Dancing with the Athletes event. The event was for charity, a non-profit organization called Moving Miracles that assists individuals with special needs in dance, creative movement, music...

Circling the Wagons: Tailgating a saving grace for Bills fans

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Reading Time: 4 minutesCURTIS HENRY Sports Editor   Seventeen years of mediocrity. I regularly find myself wondering how the entirety of the Buffalo Bills’ fan base — myself included — is capable of rallying each and every Sunday during the fall to go out and support one of the NFL’s saddest franchises. Perhaps...

Editorial: Another gun editorial

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Reading Time: 2 minutesAnother gun editorial   Just over a month ago, 58 people were slaughtered in Las Vegas when Stephen Paddock opened fire on a crowd of 22,000 concertgoers. The tragedy claimed not only the lives of innocent people, but also the title for the deadliest mass shooting in American history. Surely...

New York Times bestselling author hosts workshops on campus

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Reading Time: 3 minutes  VICTOR SCHMITT-BUSH AND ANGELINA DOHRE Staff Writer and Photo Editor   This past week, New York Times bestselling author and Fredonia alumna Wendy Corsi Staub returned to campus with HarperCollins executive editor Lucia Macro. The two presented several opportunities for students to meet with them and discuss novel writing,...

Dark and Dreary: An ode to Erie Hall

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Reading Time: 3 minutesVICTOR SCHMITT-BUSH Staff Writer As the years go by, Fredonia and its infrastructure is changing and it is changing fast. In 2014, the construction of the Science Center, a $4.2 million complex, was completed serving as the new go-to building for students with science concentrations. In 2016, plans were being...

Flood runs rampant through town, campus: Heavy rains cause problem in Fredonia

Reading Time: 3 minutesCURTIS HENRY Sports Editor   In the ongoing battle of man vs. Mother Nature, Mother Nature remains undefeated. Torrential downpours all weekend led to various points of flooding throughout the town of Fredonia and the SUNY Fredonia campus on Sunday night. The Buffalo Niagara International Airport reported 1.99 inches of...

From the Desk of Brandon Safe, Copy Editor: Where to eat, vegetarians?

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Reading Time: 3 minutesSometimes it gets discouraging and disheartening when you realize how much meat dominates the food industry, and you get a little tired of seeing it advertised and glorified everywhere, but there’s hope. Even if you’re not a vegetarian, there’s probably a pretty good chance that somebody you know or somebody...

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