June 18, 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’

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How To Be a Good White Ally 101

Director of Innovation and Economic Development reportedly retrenched

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Life & Arts

The Leader

Transcending Tragedy: Judy Shepard shares her story with the campus

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Reading Time: 3 minutesJORDAN PATTERSON Staff Writer   Seventeen years ago, Matthew Shepard was murdered because he was gay. On March 3, his mother Judy Shepard stood in front of yet another audience and attempted to explain what had happened. For the next hour and a half, Judy Shepard would once again have...
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Signs of good things to come? Fredonia changes unisex bathroom signs to all-gender

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Reading Time: 3 minutesCONNOR HOFFMAN Assistant News Editor   Fredonia has decided this semester that it is going to make certain bathrooms on campus into all-gender bathrooms. These sign changes are the result of a movement to raise awareness of transgender student rights on campus, which began about three years ago, according to...
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What sex ed failed to mention: Women’s Herstory Month begins with Mickey Thomas

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Reading Time: 2 minutes[metaslider id=5912] CAMRY DEAN Special to The Leader   Last Tuesday Women’s Herstory Month kicked off with its first event, “Not Your High School Sex Ed,” where students learned about intersectionality, birth control and everything else that they might have missed in health class. Fredonia was fortunate enough to host...
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Stay in school, kids Fredonia chooses to not participate in SUNY walk-out

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Reading Time: 2 minutes  COLIN PERRY News Editor   Last Friday, students across the SUNY system participated in walk-outs to protest SUNY 2020 and an extension to the incremental tuition increases students face every year. Protests took place at SUNY Brockport, New Paltz, Purchase and Cortland. But one campus where students didn’t march...
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The passage of time in Dunkirk and Fredonia: Sala Wong and Peter Williams in, and outside, the gallery

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Reading Time: 3 minutes[metaslider id=5916] CLAIRE O’REILLY Special to The Leader Originally hailing from China and Canada respectively, artists Sala Wong and Peter Williams have brought a different sort of art experience to the Marion Art Gallery on campus this month. “They interact with their audiences,” said animation illustration major Katie McDonough. “They...
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Saturday at Spirit Brew Local Opener, Ellsworth, Bobby Meader Music and Annasun rock the house

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Reading Time: 2 minutes[metaslider id=5921] KRIS HARRIS Staff Writer   There is something about house shows here in Fredonia. Walking up to someone’s residence and hearing the low bass and drums pound against the walls immediately gets a person excited. There is almost always a crowd set up outside giving off the smell...
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No auditions necessary: Beginners, pros welcome to jam with Fredonia Ukulele Club

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Reading Time: 2 minutesEMMA SCHAIBLE Special to The Leader   Have you ever wanted to try something new or get back into a hobby that you once started? Look no further. On campus there is a new club starting up: Fredonia Ukulele Club. “The club is meant to help others in their field,”...
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‘Back to our roots’ Orchesis to present Spring performance

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Reading Time: 2 minutes  AMBER MATTICE Assistant Reverb Editor   On March 12, in the dance studio in Dods Hall, Orchesis will be presenting its 2016 Spring performance. This year’s performance will be particularly interesting, as it will feature eight different pieces choreographed by students as well as an intermission during which other...
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