June 20, 2026
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Life & Arts

The Leader

Rescue dogs take Fredonia by storm: ‘Mutts Gone Nuts’ comes to Fredonia

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Reading Time: 3 minutesCLAIRE O’REILLY Staff Writer If you like dogs, a good laugh and some good old-fashioned fun, “Mutts Gone Nuts!” is the show for you. “It’s fun, it’s a lot of fun, and if anybody has ever owned a dog, they will especially enjoy it,” said Rockefeller Arts Center Director Jefferson...
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Q&A: Rachael Smith

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Reading Time: 4 minutesZOE KIRIAZIS Staff Writer For visual and performing arts students, Fredonia provides many opportunities to display their artwork and perform independent projects. Many students produce work from established playwrights; however, the creation of original work is becoming more popular. On Jan. 20 at the Lanford House, the musical “Dollhouse” premiered...
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Campus food drive aims to feed students

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Reading Time: 2 minutes  ANGELINA DOHRE Special to the Leader For the first time ever, a food pantry will be held for students during the last two weeks of the semester. The Health and Counseling Center staff have recently become aware of the growing amount of students that are struggling with food instability....
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Higher ed expert Goldrick-Rab lectures on college costs

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Reading Time: 4 minutes  CAMRY DEAN Staff Writer             Last Wednesday, Nov. 30, Fredonia hosted activist and professor of Higher Education Policy and Sociology of Temple University Sara Goldrick-Rab for a lecture on the price of college. Goldrick-Rab is a national scholar and expert on college affordability and founder of the Wisconsin HOPE...
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Italian chefs in the making: Honors course focuses on Italy’s culinary culture

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Reading Time: 2 minutes  CURTIS LORD Special to The Leader Fifteen students are on their way to becoming the next Italian master chefs. Italian Food Culture in Practice is a specialty course that was offered to students in Fredonia’s Honors Program this semester. The curriculum, taught by Chiara De Santi, the coordinator of...
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Editorial: Why we want a refund on 2016

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Reading Time: 2 minutesEditorial: Why we want a refund on 2016 The end of a year means many things: unrelenting holiday festivities, a panic to finish up work for the Fall semester, and year-in-review lists on every subject under the sun. Every year has its ups and downs, but The Leader’s editorial board...
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Hiking for Hillary: Hikers search for Clinton in multiple states

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Reading Time: 2 minutesPATRICK BENNETT Staff Lampoonist As the Fall semester comes to a screeching halt, ideas of vacation have been blooming. Students have abandoned the traditional winter break ideas of napping, diving into a pool of puppies and going somewhere warm. These ideas prove to be sub-par compared to the newest rage:...
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