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Life & Arts

The Leader

[PROFILE] Splashing into the season with Fredonia’s women’s swim team

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Reading Time: 4 minutesJAINA BERARDI  Special to The Leader  This year launched a new wave for SUNY Fredonia’s women’s swim team as they dove into the 2022-2023 athletic season with a new head coach.  Dunkirk native Bill Bradley became head coach of the Fredonia swim team this past fall. Bradley is no stranger...
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2022 Battle of the New Bands: Highlights from one of Fredonia’s biggest annual music events

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Reading Time: 3 minutesJAINA BERARDI  Special to The Leader  The annual Battle of the New Bands competition was held by SUNY Fredonia’s Music Industry Club in the Williams Center’s Multi-Purpose Room on Friday, Dec. 2. Each year, the competition begins as a mixer, where musicians gather to hear the rules of the competition...
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NYC Native Henry Wang talks street-style fashion

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Reading Time: 4 minutesDAKOTA RICHTER Community Engagement Coordinator  WILL KARR Life & Arts Editor Fredonia student Henry Wang grew up shopping at Macy’s with his mother. His mom would pick out outfits for him, cultivating his passion for fashion in the process.  “My mom has always been my main and biggest supporter,” Wang...
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A brotherhood that transcends boundaries

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Reading Time: 7 minutesWILL KARR Life & Arts Editor This summer, SUNY Fredonia international student Alon Haimovitz was preparing for the 2022-2023 basketball season. But, a couple years ago, Haimovitz was gearing up for something much different, nearly 6000 miles away back home in Israel, until his agent got one game-changing phone call. ...
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A Toolkit and Proposal for Cultivating Mental Health at SUNY Fredonia

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Reading Time: 8 minutesDAVID HERRING Special to The Leader Do you know why the Kauli tribe of New Guinea are so happy? Daniel, a junior here at SUNY Fredonia, thinks he might know. “I think it’s because they get a lot of vitamin C.”   Daniel isn’t talking about the vitamin you get from...
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Kathleen Want encourages campus to combat hazing with ‘courage’

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Reading Time: 5 minutesABIGAIL MILLER  Assistant News Editor  Hazing can occur anywhere. People see it on the news, hear about it through a friend or even witness it firsthand. Kathleen Wiant, the mother of a hazing victim, knows this all too well.  On Nov. 15, Kathleen Wiant gave a presentation at SUNY Fredonia...
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The Local Lo-Down podcast hosts live concert with Foxhead Record Company

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Reading Time: 3 minutesCHLOE KOWALYK Managing Editor  The Local Lo-Down, a podcast at Fredonia Radio Systems, recently set the stage in a new way. Instead of holding interviews with local artists and giving them an opportunity to play a live set on the radio like they usually do, The Local Lo-Down crew hosted...
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Electric car chargers fuel Fredonian vehicles

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Reading Time: 2 minutesCHLOE KOWALYK  HUNTER HALTERMAN Managing Editor Special to The Leader  ALEX ERWIN HEATHER OCCHINO Staff Writer Special to The Leader SUNY Fredonia is taking another step towards green energy and sustainability. The college has recently installed electric vehicle charging stations onto campus.  The chargers were installed in three different parking...
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Strutting the stage: Pride Alliance at Fredonia hosts annual drag show

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Reading Time: 3 minutesCHLOE KOWALYK Managing Editor Queer culture was in the spotlight this past November, as the annual drag show was held once again by the Pride Alliance at Fredonia.  Four different drag queens strutted the stage on Saturday, Nov. 13 in the Williams Center multi-purpose room. L-S-D, Stormy Sky, Regina Gorg...
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