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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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The price is right GA Day results in largest Student Activity Fee increase in history

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Reading Time: 3 minutesL. FULLER Editor in Chief   If there are only $1.3 million available, but $6,150 more are needed, what can be done about it? For the Student Association (SA) that problem presented itself on General Assembly (GA) Day when balancing the budget for the 27 constituted clubs for the 2016-17......
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Eating healthy in college made possible Enactus introduces AgriMobile

Reading Time: 2 minutesCHARLES PRITCHARD Staff Writer   With the hustle and bustle of everyday college life, it can be difficult for students to get out to the local farmers market. AgriMobile.org, a joint product of Fredonia Enactus and the Fredonia Farmers’ Market, is taking steps to help bring the farmers market to......
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An award-winning ‘queer, disabled femme of color’ WSU presents Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

Reading Time: 2 minutesMARIA MELCHIORRE Staff Writer   Lambda Award-winning author Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha — who identifies as a queer, disabled femme of color — served as the third annual Women’s Herstory Month keynote speaker on the evening of April 6. Lakshmi is a winner of a Lambda Literary Award for her poetry......
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Mark Twain’s hidden Fredonia history Award-winning journalist Sean Kirst returns to alma mater

Reading Time: 3 minutesJAMES LILLIN Staff Writer   From April 7-9, Fredonia’s alumni-in-residence series “Writers@Work” continued its successful run with award-winning Syracuse Post-Standard columnist Sean Kirst visiting a number of classes and hosting three events for students, faculty and interested community members. “This man has been a journalist for a very long time,”......
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Fredonia and the Goo Goo Dolls HAIL! Fredonia Records and Voices for Autism prepare for ‘Not so Different’

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Reading Time: 3 minutesCAMRY DEAN Staff Writer   Coordinator of the Fredonia music industry program and award-winning producer Armand Petri brought together three big names in music to bring awareness to autism and autism spectrum disorders (ASD) during World Autism Awareness Month this April. Solo artist Cassandra Kubinski, Fredonia alumna Mary Ramsey of......
Life & Arts

‘Fredonia is what made this art possible’ Alumni from 2012 work together to release album

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Reading Time: 4 minutesCLAIRE O’REILLY Staff Writer   For college students, wondering about what they are going to do when they get out of the safe bubble of the Fredonia campus seems to be a common source of anxiety. “Can I really go after my dreams?” is a big question most students may......

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