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Fredonia celebrates Valentine’s Day weekend with The Vagina Monologues

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 25, 2014September 2, 2019

by Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 25, 2014September 2, 2019

Reading Time: 3 minutesHanna Neumann and other members of the cast perform “My First Period.” Mary Laing / Special to The Leader CHRISTINA CONCEICAO Sports Editor This past weekend, SUNY Fredonia put on its 13th annual performance of “The Vagina Monologues,” a play written by Eve Ensler, a Tony Award winning playwright, performer...

Fredonia gets Stucky on New Music

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 24, 2014August 15, 2019

by Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 24, 2014August 15, 2019

Reading Time: 3 minutesCOURTNEE CESTA Assistant Reverb Editor When Pulitzer Prize winner Steven Stucky held a series of workshops at the School of Music last weekend, many students learned they are much more similar to the accomplished composer than they realized. “When I have to compose a piece … I really put it...

EBC takes over trivia night

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 19, 2014

by Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 19, 2014

Reading Time: 2 minutesEBC plans to run trivia nights for the rest of the semester. Photo courtesy of Anne Ritz / News Editor JESSICA COLON Staff Writer The start of the new semester has brought new changes to the bar scene here in Fredonia, especially for EBC on Main Street. Since the closing...

Adjunct Spotlight: Wragge sparks interest for over 25 years

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 19, 2014

by Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 19, 2014

Reading Time: 4 minutesWilliam Wragge has been an adjunct professor of the Department of Physics for over 25 years. Photo courtesy of Carl Lam / Staff Writer CARL LAM Staff Writer According to an old saying, “you never know where life will take you.” Never has there been a phrase that’s so fitting...

Culler brings a world of knowledge to Fredonia

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 12, 2014

by Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 12, 2014

Reading Time: 4 minutesFlorida native Jeremy Culler is an adjunct professor of art history within the Department of Visual Arts and New Media. Photo courtesy of Carl Lam / Staff Writer CARL LAM Staff Writer It’s safe to say a good percentage of campus is used to, or is getting used to, the...

Less is more: WNYCO performs world premiere of Mahler chamber arrangement

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 12, 2014

by Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 12, 2014

Reading Time: 2 minutesGlen Cortese conducts the WNYCO as they perform his arrangement of Mahler’s “Das Lied von der Erde.” Photo courtesy of Melissa Rechin / Photo Editor COURTNEE CESTA Assistant Reverb Editor More than 115 years after it was first composed, Mahler’s “Das Lied von der Erde” was given new...

Five of the most anticipated books of 2014

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 6, 2014

by Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 6, 2014

Reading Time: 3 minutesKRISTEN SHULTIS Special to The Leader A new year means a whole list of new books. Every year there are tons of books that you hear about from people around you; recommendations such as “read this,” and “this is such a good book.” With the help of Goodreads.com, we chose...

Pink the Rink ends in double victory for Blue Devils

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 5, 2014

by Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 5, 2014

Reading Time: 4 minutesBlue Devil number 10, Blake Forslund, celebrates his first of two goals in the first period of the game. Photo courtesy of Melissa Rechin SEAN MCGRATH Assistant Sports Editor The fifth-place Fredonia Blue Devils wrapped up the home part of their schedule by sweeping the Morrisville Mustangs twice in...

Meth lab bust

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 4, 2014

by Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 4, 2014

Reading Time: 3 minutesA meth lab was busted at a Local address, 13 Washington Avenue, after it was raided on Jan. 27. Photo courtesy of Cody Castro S.L. FULLER Staff Writer The morning of Monday, Jan. 27 was out of an episode of “Breaking Bad.” “The DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration) probably had...

Interactive Theatre Society to put on murder mystery dinner

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 4, 2014

by Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 4, 2014

Reading Time: 2 minutesREBECCA HALE Staff Writer This weekend, murder will run rampant in the Williams Center. In the Horizon Room, the Interactive Theatre Society will put on “Where There’s a Will,” a student-written and directed murder mystery. Co-written by Rachel Gregg, Sam Ploetz, Tiffany Conners and alumni Shawn Hallet, the event will...

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Fredonia celebrates Valentine’s Day weekend with The Vagina Monologues

Fredonia gets Stucky on New Music

EBC takes over trivia night

Adjunct Spotlight: Wragge sparks interest for over 25 years

Culler brings a world of knowledge to Fredonia

Less is more: WNYCO performs world premiere of Mahler chamber arrangement

Five of the most anticipated books of 2014

Pink the Rink ends in double victory for Blue Devils

Meth lab bust

Interactive Theatre Society to put on murder mystery dinner