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Rockefeller renovations Part I: The good, the bad and the nitty gritty

Reading Time: 3 minutesREBECCA HALE Reverb Co-Editor   The “RAC Project,” designed by architect Deberah Berke, began in the summer of 2014 and was set to be complete in the Spring of 2016. Unfortunately, due to delays and unexpected complications, the project is still incomplete, and much of the Rockefeller Arts Center (RAC)......
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Cleaning up Fredonia Rotaract club gives back

Reading Time: 2 minutesJAMES LILLIN Staff Writer Walking around the Fredonia campus is usually a pleasant time, with breathtaking foliage and relatively clean streets. Still, sophomore musical theatre major Patrick Brett makes a good point: “There are a lot of cigarette butts on the ground for a smoke-free campus.” The garbage situation only......
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Pot or not? Toastmasters debate marijuana legalization

Reading Time: 3 minutesCAMRY DEAN Staff Writer On April 13, community members who make up The Toastmasters of the Fredonia area, whose chapter is named the “Concord Spellbinders Club,” met at Fredonia for their first debate on legalizing the recreational use of marijuana for those 18 and older. The Toastmasters, a club that......
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Topping the trucks with trash Time Warner, Sunnking and Cathy Young team up for e-recycling

Reading Time: 3 minutesJORDAN PATTERSON Staff Writer Fredonia and company are looking to save a piece of the environment while giving a little back to the students. The University will play host to an e-recycling event on campus. In collaboration with Time Warner Cable, Senator Catherine Young and Sunnking, Fredonia is welcoming the......
Life & Arts

‘Don’t be a drag, just be a queen,’ or a king Pride Alliance presents ‘Evolution of Drag’

Reading Time: 4 minutes  CLAIRE O’REILLY Staff Writer   Glitter, eyeshadow pallets, bedazzled heels and tubes of lipstick littered Steele Hall’s lower-level bathrooms on Friday night. It was time for Evolution of Drag. For some performers, this was their last show at Fredonia. For senior visual arts and new media major Maegan Clark,......
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Shakespeare in Buffalo Local celebrations of Shakespeare’s 400th year

Reading Time: 3 minutes  MARIA MELCHIORRE Staff Writer   In the center of the first floor of the Buffalo and Erie County Public Library sits the unassuming Rare Book Room. The city owns an impressive number of rare books, kept in the archives of the Grosvenor Room and available by request. The Rare......
Life & Arts

Everything is peachy keen ‘James and the Giant Peach’ to come to Bartlett Theatre

Reading Time: 3 minutesAMBER MATTICE Assistant Reverb Editor   This year the Department of Theatre and Dance will be putting on a particularly interesting show. It will be whimsical, humorous and enjoyable for all ages. The show is “James and the Giant Peach,” which many know as the book written by Roald Dahl.......
Sports

Stayin’ alive Blue Devils win five out of six to keep playoffs possible

Reading Time: 3 minutesQUINTIN JAMES Staff Writer   After being swept by New Paltz last week, the Fredonia men’s baseball team hit rock bottom as it couldn’t shake off the losing energy it’s had for weeks. Even though team members said they weren’t worried, with the season moving along, things needed to change......
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Split doubleheaders Fredonia softball finally begins its season

Reading Time: 3 minutesBROOKE ATKINS Social Media Manager         After a long wait due to weather cancellations, the Fredonia softball team finally played its first home game of the season. The game was against Oswego, in which the team split its doubleheaders to begin the season.         Sophomore outfielder Lauren Pixley hit her......

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