June 8, 2026
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Stay in school, kids Fredonia chooses to not participate in SUNY walk-out

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Reading Time: 2 minutes  COLIN PERRY News Editor   Last Friday, students across the SUNY system participated in walk-outs to protest SUNY 2020 and an extension to the incremental tuition increases students face every year. Protests took place at SUNY Brockport, New Paltz, Purchase and Cortland. But one campus where students didn’t march......
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Life & Arts

The passage of time in Dunkirk and Fredonia: Sala Wong and Peter Williams in, and outside, the gallery

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Reading Time: 3 minutes[metaslider id=5916] CLAIRE O’REILLY Special to The Leader Originally hailing from China and Canada respectively, artists Sala Wong and Peter Williams have brought a different sort of art experience to the Marion Art Gallery on campus this month. “They interact with their audiences,” said animation illustration major Katie McDonough. “They......
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Life & Arts

Saturday at Spirit Brew Local Opener, Ellsworth, Bobby Meader Music and Annasun rock the house

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Reading Time: 2 minutes[metaslider id=5921] KRIS HARRIS Staff Writer   There is something about house shows here in Fredonia. Walking up to someone’s residence and hearing the low bass and drums pound against the walls immediately gets a person excited. There is almost always a crowd set up outside giving off the smell......
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Life & Arts

No auditions necessary: Beginners, pros welcome to jam with Fredonia Ukulele Club

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Reading Time: 2 minutesEMMA SCHAIBLE Special to The Leader   Have you ever wanted to try something new or get back into a hobby that you once started? Look no further. On campus there is a new club starting up: Fredonia Ukulele Club. “The club is meant to help others in their field,”......
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Life & Arts

Roomful of excitement Ethos gets ready to host Grammy-winning Roomful of Teeth

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Reading Time: 2 minutesLERON WELLINGTON Special to The Leader   As cliche as it sounds, music is universal and can be enjoyed by everyone. On March 15 in the Multipurpose Room in the Williams Center, Ethos New Music Society will be bringing musical group Roomful of Teeth to perform. At a first glance,......
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Life & Arts

‘Feminist and Womanist sensibilities’ Fredonia Big Read events include Hurston, stage-adaption of novel

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Reading Time: 3 minutes  MARIA MELCHIORRE Staff Writer   The Big Read, a program funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, provides grants for unique community reading initiatives. This year, Fredonia was honored with a grant to be a Big Read community. Each community in the program has a single, classic novel......
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Sports

Success down south Blue Devils baseball wins 3 of 4 in Myrtle Beach

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Reading Time: 3 minutes  JOHN CULLEN Staff Writer   The Fredonia men’s baseball team traveled down the east coast to South Carolina over the weekend where it played four games in Myrtle Beach to start the season. After losing several one-run games last season, the Blue Devils entered this year with a focus......
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A much needed confidence boost Women’s lacrosse wins home opener after two defeats away

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Reading Time: 2 minutes  MORGAN MARSHALL Special to The Leader         On Sunday, the women’s lacrosse team played its home opener for the season and defeated Denison University at University Stadium with a score of 10-7.         Fredonia held off Denison at the end of the first half 5-3. Denison scored its third......
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News

Editorial: We have signs, but how about some more bathrooms?

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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis week in the News section, Assistant News Editor Connor Hoffman reported on how the university changed the unisex bathroom signs to all-gender bathroom signs. This project, which is to be completed by summer, will cost the university $680. After getting funding for a $60 million science center, it seems......
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