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Editorial: If the Gates helped us fix our freshmen year experiences…

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Reading Time: 2 minutes  In our News section this week, Staff Writer Jordan Patterson reported on how Fredonia was chosen to participate in a program called “Re-imagining the First Year of College.” This program is supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which means it’s a tremendous opportunity. Fredonia is hoping to......
News

Meet the 2016 Lanford Presidential Prize Winner: Julianne Foster

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Reading Time: 3 minutesCURTIS HENRY Distribution Manager “Balance” is a delicate word, both in its nature and its meaning. In college, there’s seemingly never any true sense of balance. It’s easy to fail when it comes to time management. A simple 15-credit schedule can overwhelm a majority of students. However, one true illustration......
News

Cronk cranks it up: The first installment of Writers@Work

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Reading Time: 3 minutesTORIN O’BRIEN Special to The Leader   Last week was a good one for writers at Fredonia as the first part of the Writers@Work series kicked off with Randy Cronk. Cronk spent the better part of three days here, speaking to classes, giving lectures and sharing his knowledge with whoever......
News

‘Quick mind, good heart and love of Fredonia’ Remembering VP Liz Praetorius

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Reading Time: 3 minutesS. L. FULLER and MEGHAN GUATTERY Editor in Chief and Managing Editor   Elizabeth Praetorius’ job description as vice president for Finance and Administration included words like “operations,” “purchasing,” “accounts” and “budget.” Nowhere did it mention “caring about students” or “putting smiles on faces.” But that’s exactly what coworkers and......
News

From Fredonia to the White House Professor’s research contributes to new federal law

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Reading Time: 3 minutes  COLIN PERRY News Editor   Four years ago, few people knew what microbeads were or how much they threatened the world’s waterways. Now, just a few years later, the tiny plastic beads that Americans usually find in their toothpaste or exfoliating scrubs are now banned. This is largely thanks......
Sports

Pink The Rink weekend series ends in a split: Blue Devils win one, drop one to Canton

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Reading Time: 4 minutesJOHN CULLEN Staff Writer   In the first game of the weekend series against SUNY Canton, the Fredonia men’s ice hockey team fell behind early in the first period before responding with four goals of their own in less than 12 minutes to take a 4-1 lead into the second......

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