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Life & Arts

The Leader

Gerald Gray: A legacy of fighting mediocrity

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Reading Time: 3 minutesSETH MICHAEL MEYER Assistant News Editor   On Oct. 15, Fredonia lost a great mentor, a loving husband and brilliant musician. Gerald Thomas Gray, associate professor at Fredonia’s College of Music, died after a valiant fight against pancreatic cancer at the age of 51. An email from Melvin Unger, the...
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Epistolary sleuthing: A new look into the disputed letters of Robert Frost

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Reading Time: 4 minutesVICTOR SCHMITT-BUSH Staff Writer   There are very few, if any, Pulitzer Prize winning American poets with a standing reputation laden with as much controversy as Robert Frost. As a poet of “countrified wisdom” and “yankee stoicism” as expressed by Fredonia English professor Natalie Gerber, little is known of Frost’s...
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Bomb threat reveals glitch in campus emergency notification service

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Reading Time: 2 minutesCLAIRE O’REILLY Life & Arts Editor While students and faculty filled Thompson Hall on Tuesday afternoon, an emergency alarm sounded and a voice came over the speakers calling for evacuation. Some never heard the alarm. “We noticed there were a bunch of people outside of Thompson, and we wondered if...
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‘Take Back the Night’ offers safe space for victims of sexual violence

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Reading Time: 3 minutesMOLLY VANDENBERG Staff Writer   Fredonia Feminists hosted their annual “Take Back the Night” on Oct. 18 in McEwen Hall. This is arguably one of Fred Fem’s most anticipated events of the year, where survivors of sexual assault and violence are given a place to share their stories. With only...
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Communication department remembers long-time colleague

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Reading Time: 3 minutesANGELINA DOHRE Photo Editor   This past Thursday, a public memorial service was held for long-time communication professor Ann Carden, who died on May 4 of this year, following a lengthy battle with cancer. It was sponsored by Fredonia’s communication department, with the help of Department Chair Mark Kiyak and...
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Trump dedicates golf trophy to Puerto Rico

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Reading Time: 2 minutesDOMINIC MAGISTRO Special to The Scallion   After Marshall Mathers’ scathing freestyle of his policies, President Donald Trump released a press statement announcing that his newest trophy from Mar-A-Lago would be dedicated to the victims of the disastrous series of hurricanes which struck Puerto Rico recently. Minutes after the press...
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Man who constantly sports “Life is Good” hat slowly realizing that life is indeed not good

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Reading Time: 2 minutesEMMA PATTERSON Scallion Assistant Editor   Danny Sallright was, until recently, a walking phenomenon. With his constant smile and “Life is Good” cap, he was a 40-year-old optimist. However, it seems even the most cheerful of the world’s population cannot protect itself from the unrelenting deluge of crap that is...
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