June 14, 2026
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Life & Arts

The Leader

Masterworks concert features ‘Lord Nelson Mass,’ ‘Eclipse’

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Reading Time: 3 minutesKORI BARKLEY Staff Writer Now in its seventh year, the Masterworks Scholarship Benefit Concert has grown to become the highlight performance in the School of Music. This was evident on Sunday, April 27, because Rosch Recital Hall was near full capacity as the College Symphony Orchestra and Masterworks Chorus presented...
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Musical theatre students prepare to work with Jason Robert Brown Tony-winning composer to hold lecture, master class and recital

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Reading Time: 3 minutesMAGGIE GILROY Editor in Chief “When I was little, my oldest sister had all these musical CDs, and I remember the first one was ‘RENT’ and then another one that she got was ‘The Last Five Years,’ and that was when it first came out,” said Alanna Henriquez, a senior...
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Fredonia Dance Ensemble features new scenic elements

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Reading Time: 3 minutesREBECCA HALE Reverb Editor This weekend, the annual production of Fredonia Dance Ensemble will make its last appearance in Marvel Theatre before the current RAC construction’s finish. Over 30 dancers will come together to perform seven new pieces in what Michelle Kirisits has called the most diverse show yet. “A...
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Tuition to increase next year President Virginia Horvath’s budget forecast

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Reading Time: < 1 minuteS. L. FULLER News Editor Dr. Virginia Horvath conveyed the state of the university budget to an attentive audience in Rosch Recital Hall during the President’s Budget Presentation last Monday. Using weather metaphors, in some scenarios, the forecast looked partly sunny, or partly cloudy, “depending on how you look at...
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Astronomy club hosts first event Aliens??? discusses existence of microbial life

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Reading Time: 3 minutesCOLIN PERRY Special to The Leader One of the newest clubs on campus is aiming for the stars as it moves forward — literally. Fredonia’s Astronomy Club was established this semester by sophomore geology major Dana Reinstein. As its first president, her inspiration to create the club was as simple...
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Bakken crude part 2: Faculty research Why Dr. Tracy Marafiote went on sabbatical last Fall

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Reading Time: 4 minutesAMANDA DEDIE Staff Writer Last semester, while communication majors and more were celebrating over the absence of Dr. Tracy Marafiote’s hour-and-a-half-long 8 a.m. classes, she was utilizing that time on her sabbatical, researching a topic that affects us, without us even realizing it. Most people in Chautauqua County are aware...
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Raising awareness for cystic fibrosis this May

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Reading Time: 3 minutesREBECCA HALE Reverb Editor Relay for Life is a huge event at Fredonia, and students and patrons were able to raise over $32,000 two weeks ago. However, what most students aren’t aware of is that Delta Phi Epsilon was also raising money toward a cure last month. Not a cure...
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Panel discusses issues of voting rights

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Reading Time: 4 minutesCONNOR HOFFMAN Staff Writer On Thursday, in the Williams Center S204, history professors Dr. Jennifer Hildebrand and Dr. Mary Beth Sievens held a roundtable discussion on the issue of voting rights, which gathered the opinions of professors of various disciplines on this subject. The idea for this round table discussion...
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Keyboardist of Snarky Puppy shares his talents with Fredonia

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Reading Time: 3 minutesKORI BARKLEY Staff Writer The once Texas, now New York-based, collective of musicians known as Snarky Puppy play an infectious fusion of jazz, funk, soul and world music, or “music to move the brain and booty,” as the band describes it. Snarky Puppy features a collective of at least 40...
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Theater review: Spring Awakening

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Reading Time: 3 minutesREBECCA HALE Reverb Editor Last weekend, President Virginia Horvath’s backyard was transformed into a traveling theater for the Performing Arts Company’s production of “Spring Awakening: A Children’s Tragedy,” a play written in 1890 by Frank Wedekind. “Spring Awakening” is a play which aims to reveal a certain exercise of power...
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