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Autumn is coming: Bookstore features all-Fall everything

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Reading Time: 3 minutesEMMA PATTERSON Special to the Lampoon It’s that time of year again, folks. The days are shorter, the nights are cooler, and students around campus can be heard saying things like, “It’s literally 1,000 degrees in Fenton” and “I think I’m melting.” That’s right, the fall season is upon us...

Reporter’s Notebook: Talking with Rita Moreno

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Reading Time: 3 minutesLERON WELLINGTON Staff Writer   This past Friday, I was eating my lunch between classes when I received an email from a member of Rita Moreno’s management, Sean Katz. He messaged saying that the interview I requested could be a possibility. And that possibility would only be available that day,...

Web Exclusive: Q&A with Michele Bernatz

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Reading Time: 6 minutesAs reported by The Leader last week, the Department of Visual Arts and New Media has welcomed a new chair this semester. Staff Writer James Lillin spoke to her about the future of the department, her Fredonia connections and more.   James Lillin (JL): What differentiates the Visual Arts and New...

The stone-cold war: Obama and Putin engaged in a passive-aggressive war

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Reading Time: 2 minutesTRAVIS LEFEVRE Lampoon Editor   The United States and Russia have had a long love-hate relationship with one another. Today is no exception. From teaming up in World War II to constantly fearing nuclear war with each other, Presidents Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin have now ushered in a new...

Pummeled to the POTUS: Presidency will be determined through a tag team cage match

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Reading Time: 2 minutesTRAVIS LEFEVRE Lampoon Editor   Get ready for the rumble of a lifetime folks, because “red state” will soon have a whole new meaning. World Wrestling Entertainment has announced that it has signed a contract to determine the next president of the United States. A new approach is being taken...

New library printers lead to robot uprising

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Reading Time: 2 minutesV. RAVIOLI Staff Lampoonist        As is well known to all Fredonia students, the world this past year has been nothing short of a calamity — one disaster after another without any foreseeable sign of resolution. With no hope left for humanity, the long-mocked prophecy of sci-fi writers throughout...

Record-breaking bee deaths leads to drop in Honey Nut Cheerio production

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Reading Time: 2 minutesV. RAVIOLI Staff Lampoonist   Devastating news has been going around about the recent Zika spraying that inadvertently killed off millions of honeybees. What was intended to be a heroic effort toward the destruction of the Zika virus in the U.S. has tragically resulted in an unbelievable drop in honey...

Visual Arts and New Media Department looks to the future: New semester brings new chair and more

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Reading Time: 3 minutesJAMES LILLIN Staff Writer Fredonia’s Visual Arts and New Media Department is facing numerous changes this year as it adapts to a new location in the $37 million dollar expansion added on to the Rockefeller Arts Center, an expansion which includes new areas for sculpting, drawing, animating, and illustrating. Leading...

Rockefeller’s return: RAC addition project on pace for October unveiling

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Reading Time: 2 minutesJORDAN PATTERSON Assistant News Editor   The nearly $40 million Rockefeller Arts Center project continues, with all classrooms in the building expected to be fully functional by January, The approximately 40,000 square-foot new addition includes two brand new dance studios, ceramics and sculpture studios, two acting classrooms and a dedicated...

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