The Leader

The legality of hosting a house show: How should one go about furthering Fredonia’s culture, without getting in trouble?

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Reading Time: 4 minutesANDREW RICHARDSON Special to The Leader If you have been attending SUNY Fredonia for any period of time, you will have undoubtedly heard about a house show near you. A “house show” is basically having a musical act of some sort play in your home for other people. This format...

From the Desk of Claire O’Reilly, Life & Arts Editor

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Reading Time: 2 minutesSwirls of sherbet ice-cream colored clouds lazily glide over a baby-blue sky and the world seems to be basking in a warm, golden light. The lake is bathwater warm and completely still, reflecting the beauty above it. I was recently asked to describe one of my favorite memories during an...

Delta Chi to host annual charity event

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Reading Time: 3 minutesVICTOR SCHMITT-BUSH Special to The Leader On Oct. 12, Delta Chi will be hosting their annual event Miss Delta Chi. “It is a philanthropy event that we put on,” said Delta Chi vice president and political science major Nakib Kabir. “It started about eight years ago. It’s a pageant that...

WCA Home celebrates its 125th anniversary at Lanford Home

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Reading Time: 3 minutes[metaslider id=9956] JAMES LILLIN Staff Writer The Women’s Christian Association (WCA) Home of Fredonia has been a Fredonia landmark since 1892, with its spacious, Victorian halls offering a home to elderly women in Fredonia who have found themselves in need of assisted living. “Our goal during this anniversary year is...

‘The sun and her flowers are here’: A feature on Rupi Kaur’s new poetry book ‘The Sun and Her Flowers’

Reading Time: 3 minutesAMBER MATTICE Managing Editor “ . . . think of those flowers you plant/ in the garden each year/ they will teach you/ that people too/ must wilt/ fall/ root/ rise/ in order to bloom.” Those lines are a part of the poem printed on the back of Rupi Kaur’s...

Feeding Fredonia Challenge returns for its fourth year

Reading Time: 2 minutesMADELINE CARROLL Editor in Chief Joyce Smith’s office sits on the second floor of the Williams Center. There are boxes piled high in one corner and brightly colored posters lay around them, both waiting to be distributed. These boxes are collection sites for the Feeding Fredonia Challenge, a food drive...

The Catalan crisis: Referendum may be disaster for European economy

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Reading Time: 2 minutesSETH MICHAEL MEYER Staff Writer   The climate is revolutionary for the Spanish region of Catalonia as just last month almost 2 million Catalans voted to completely secede from Spain. The wealthy part of the Iberian Peninsula has had partial autonomy since 1977 when Spain became a democratic nation, and...

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