May 2, 2026
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Earth Day & Sustainability Expo returns to Fredonia’s campus

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Don’t think, just dance: Recapping Fredonia’s first Dance-A-Thon

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 2 minutesZOE KIRIAZIS Special to The Leader Fredonia’s Student Dance Organization held its first annual Dance-A-Thon on Friday Oct. 7 in Steele Hall’s Fieldhouse. A charity event for the Dizzy Feet Foundation created and founded by ‘So You Think You Can Dance’ judge, Nigel Lythgoe. The night was filled with an......
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News

Remembering Kathleen “Kay” McDonough

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 7 minutesCOLIN PERRY and CONNOR HOFFMAN Editor in Chief and Managing Editor Kathleen McDonough had a hypothesis to test, and as fate would have it, she had found the perfect partner in crime. She was standing in an elevator in McEwen Hall with communication professor Tracy Marafiote and Marafiote’s toddler son......
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Opinion

Campus View: It’s time to have conversations about racism

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 3 minutesSHENECA SHARPE Staff Writer   As someone who has been living in Fredonia for a year and half, a lot of my opinions have changed about what I naively thought about the town. I thought it was a simple town that didn’t have any discriminatory feelings or ideas about people......
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News

Ivani the Great: International politics professor receives President’s Award

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Reading Time: 3 minutesJORDAN PATTERSON Assistant News Editor Late Thursday afternoon, the campus was emptying. Most professors and student had left, but Ivani Vassoler-Froelich was still there, busy as usual. Vassoler, a professor in the Politics and International Affairs Department, received the 2016 President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching last spring. She will......
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News

Feeding Fredonia Challenge returns to campus

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Reading Time: 3 minutes  CAMRY DEAN Staff Writer                         The Feeding Fredonia Challenge began this Monday, Oct. 10 and will run until Friday, Oct. 14.             The campus and community-wide food donation drive, which first started in October 2014, will benefit the Fredonia Food Pantry at the First United Presbyterian Church of......
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News

Clown craze causes chaos across campus: Kels the Klown speaks

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 4 minutesCOLIN PERRY and CONNOR HOFFMAN Editor in Chief and Managing Editor Kelsey Martinez says that she’s always been terrified of clowns. According to her, the media and film industry instill a negative image of them on people when they’re most impressionable. “I never really had any encounters with clowns. I......
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News

First Brown Bag explores role of science in society

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Reading Time: 2 minutesDAN ORZECHOWSKI Special to The Leader Taking the CCC-required science courses can appear to be a waste of time for many non-science majors. Why would a history major ever need to know the process of photosynthesis? This year’s Brown Bag Lecture Series is titled “Detours on the Information Highway.” This......
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Faculty Spotlight: Ferguson utilizes largest grant in Biology Department history

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Reading Time: 3 minutes    CAMRY DEAN Staff Writer   In 2012, professor Scott Ferguson of the Biology Department was awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation for his research project, “Genetic Analysis of Gurken Translational Control.” The $250,000 grant, the largest ever awarded to a Fredonia Biology faculty member, has helped......
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Life & Arts

Fall is in full swing: A preview of Habitat For Humanity Club’s first ever Harvest Festival

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Reading Time: 2 minutesKRIS HARRIS Staff Writer This weekend the residents of Fredonia can enjoy all the benefits of fall while helping the community, as Fredonia’s Habitat for Humanity Club will be hosting the first ever Harvest Festival this Saturday, Oct. 8 from 11 a.m to 6 p.m. in downtown Fredonia. The Harvest......
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