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A birthday celebration CAC announces 2016 Relay theme

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Reading Time: 3 minutes  AMANDA DEDIE News Editor   Happy Birthday to Fredonia’s Relay for Life! In celebration of Fredonia’s 10th year of participating in Relay for Life, the 2016 theme will be “10th Birthday Party.” Relay for Life at Fredonia is an overnight event held each April in Steele Hall. The national......
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Diversity in a small town First International Dinner raises money for international students

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Reading Time: 3 minutes  COLIN PERRY Assistant News Editor International Education Week concludes on Nov. 19 with singing, dancing and every college student’s favorite: a whole lot of food. The first International Dinner will be held in the Williams Center Multipurpose Room to benefit scholarship funds for Fredonia’s international students. The event is......
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Commercial controversy University takes down ads after negative feedback

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Reading Time: 4 minutes  JORDAN PATTERSON Staff Writer   Fredonia campus was left with unanswered questions after the recently released commercials that appeared on the university’s website seemingly vanished into thin air. Last week, Fredonia unveiled four new advertisements that were available for viewing on the college’s homepage and YouTube. After only a......
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Fredonia’s first female mayor Landis elected as Keefe’s term ends

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Reading Time: 4 minutes  AMANDA DEDIE News Editor   After 186 years, Fredonia has finally voted in their first female mayor. Dr. Athanasia Landis, a 23-year resident of the Village of Fredonia, will officially hold the mayoral office come this January. “I feel a lot of responsibility — it’s a big responsibility to......
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Upping its game WNYF-TV has ‘high hopes’ for this year’s Clash of the Clubs

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Reading Time: 3 minutesCURTIS HENRY Distribution Manager   Those who tuned in one year ago to witness the first annual “Clash of the Clubs” weren’t disappointed. It provided a perfect sample of what opportunities Fredonia has to offer. One of those opportunities was winning a contest by way of choreographing the perfect lip-sync......
Life & Arts

Peacebuilding through the arts Karimi-Hakak speaks on Shakespeare and terror

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Reading Time: 3 minutes  MARIA MELCHIORRE Staff Writer   Students, faculty and community members gathered in a Fenton lecture hall on the cold, dark, windy night of Nov. 14. Everyone was speaking in hushed tones of the uncertainty and confusion over what was currently unfolding an ocean away from that room. People were......
Opinion

Editorial: Illuminating the City of Lights

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Reading Time: 7 minutes“Murderous mayhem,” is what USA TODAY called the terrorist attacks that took place in Paris on Nov. 13. Stating that there are 132 people dead with hundreds more injured, the use of the phrase seems accurate. Here’s the publication’s quick rundown of what happened:   “Three teams of terrorists carried......
Life & Arts

Web Exclusive: Getting excited for ‘Dancing with the Athletes’

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Reading Time: 2 minutes[metaslider id=4697] CURTIS HENRY Distribution Manager   This Sunday the Fredonia Student Dance Organization will be putting on the annual “Dancing with the Athletes” competition. The competition is set up in a format similar to ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars.” Students who are majors in dance or specialize in dance......
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Web Exclusive: Casey Springer: A conversation with a student veteran

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Reading Time: 7 minutesAMANDA DEDIE News Editor   Meet Casey Springer, a senior social work major. A lot of people have things about them that make them stick out from the rest, but Springer is of a very small minority on the Fredonia campus. From 2008-2011, Springer served in the United States Air......

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