June 20, 2026
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Fredonia announces additional program cuts following finals week

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 Orchesis caps off year with ‘Escape Into the Music’

Best photos of the year from Fredonia athletics

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Director of Innovation and Economic Development reportedly retrenched

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Life & Arts

The Leader

Democracy 101 seeks to prevent the risks of being an uninformed society

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Reading Time: 2 minutesSETH MICHAEL MEYER Staff Writer “The self is not something ready-made,” suggests American philosopher John Dewey, “but something in continuous formation through choice of action.” Dewey was a strong proponent of civic action in education, and his push for such reforms produced things like classes in civics and sparked interest...
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Fredonia loses mentor, husband, friend, Sunday evening

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Reading Time: 2 minutesSETH MICHAEL MEYER Staff Writer Gerald Thomas Gray, associate professor at the Fredonia College of Music since 2002, died Sunday night. An email from Director Melvin Unger went out to the students and faculty of the college Monday morning, informing them of the news of his passing. A Tennessee native,...
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Accomplished Fredonia graduate returns to campus for Writers at Work series

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Reading Time: 3 minutesANGELINA DOHRE Photo Editor Jim Ranney, Fredonia alumnus and Director of Communications for New York State Senator Patrick Gallivan made a recent appearance at his alma mater. Ranney is a 25-year veteran of broadcast journalism and former station manager and news director of WBFO/WNED-TV in Buffalo. This past week he...
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This Fall’s undergraduate enrollment spike relieves department tensions

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Reading Time: 4 minutesVICTOR SCHMITT-BUSH Special to the Leader This Fall marks Fredonia’s second highest undergraduate enrollment in its almost two century legacy. Out of 191 years, this was “the first time since the 2014-2015 academic year that the campus enrolled more than 1,000 first-year students,” according to Fredonia’s campus report today. Dean...
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Editorial: We need to care about what happens to other people

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Reading Time: 3 minutesTHE EDITORIAL BOARD By now the recent shooting in Las Vegas is old news. This does not mean, however, that it shouldn’t continue to be talked about. As a society based so heavily in social media, we have a tendency to rage about things when they initially occur and then,...
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Creating community through music: Why BJ’s is the perfect place to do so

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Reading Time: 3 minutes[metaslider id=9986]   BETHANY CLANCY Staff Writer There was no better way to kick off the first night of Fall break than with a show at BJ’s. Last week’s show brought in The Slums: a rock band from Buffalo, No Prevail: a melodic punk rock band from Fredonia and Cooler:...
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