June 21, 2026
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Life & Arts

The Leader

Sigma Tau Delta installs mini libraries across campus

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Reading Time: 3 minutes  ZOE KIRIAZIS Staff Writer   Reading, whether it’s for a class or for leisure, has no limits. Anyone can pick up a book in any genre of their choosing and start reading. To promote reading and literacy Sigma Tau Delta, the English Department’s honor society, installed two miniature libraries...
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Sabres Spotlight: The search for a GM: How involved is Russ Brandon?

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Reading Time: 2 minutesCHRISTIAN EVANS Special to The Leader   Buffalo Bills and Sabres owner Terry Pegula has really added a ton onto his already overwhelming plate over the last few weeks. He has fired just about everybody in the Sabres organization, including the head coach, the general manager and the entire scouting...
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Lend a Paw dog walk brings canines across campus

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Reading Time: 3 minutesCAMRY DEAN Staff Writer This past Sunday was the perfect day for live music, dog-walking and doing your part to raise awareness and support a good cause. HAIL! Fredonia Records, Fredonia’s resident record label, held the Lend a Paw dog walk to raise money for the Institute for Autism Research...
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Food trucks flock to Fredonia for first-ever festival

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Reading Time: < 1 minuteNUNET CLITANDRE Staff Writer   On Thursday, April 27, the Office of International Education will present Fredonia’s first-ever Food Truck Thursday from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Food trucks from all around western New York will be on campus selling unique eats and treats right out of Jewett Hall’s parking...
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Why we should be cautious about ‘13 Reasons Why’

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Reading Time: 3 minutesMADDY CARROLL Design Editor   When I was 14, I read “13 Reasons Why” by Jay Asher. Since the TV adaptation “13 Reasons Why” recently aired on Netflix it has flooded my newsfeed with people recalling how much they loved the book and that they couldn’t wait to watch the...
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From the Desk Of Connor Hoffman, Managing Editor

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Reading Time: 3 minutesWith less than a month left, I have been doing quite a lot of reflecting on my past four years at this wonderful institution many of us call home. My time in Fredonia has taught me so much about not only my studies but also life in general. I believe...
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This Summer, Resolve to Stop Your Slacktivism

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Reading Time: 3 minutesJAMES LILLIN Staff Writer   There are countless ways that I’ve hurt the movements I love most. There are times when I don’t have the energy to be respectful to people on my social media who have views that I find disagreeable, and have let conversations devolve into “8-Mile”-esque insult...
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Village and University prep for ‘Fred Fest’

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Reading Time: 3 minutesJORDAN PATTERSON News Editor   The annual Fredonia party to end all parties is upon the small community yet again: Fred Fest. Depending on who you ask, the response to those two words will either be negative or positive and sometimes in the small grey area in between. This year...
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Pride Alliance to screen documentary on Islam and intersectionality

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Reading Time: 2 minutesJAMES LILLIN Staff Writer On April 26, 2017, in McEwen 209 from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., Pride Alliance will host a screening of “A Sinner in Mecca” by documentarian Parvez Sharma, followed by a discussion with Sharma immediately after the screening. The idea for the event originally came when...
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