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2021 Marion Fellowship awardee Sarah McKenzie presents ‘To See Inside: Examining Prison Architecture’

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Reading Time: 5 minutesJAINA BERARDI Special to The Leader In 2021, a Colorado-based artist named Sarah McKenzie became the recipient of the Marion International Fellowship for the Visual and Performing Arts. Because of this, her project, “To See Inside: Examining Prison Architecture,” was funded by this foundation. After over a year, her project......
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Houghton Hall reopens after years of construction

Chloe Kowalyk
Reading Time: 4 minutesCHLOE KOWALYK Managing Editor  Construction has become a common sight on SUNY Fredonia’s campus. However, Houghton Hall, an academic building on campus, is complete.  Located between the Science Center and Fenton Hall, Houghton Hall houses the computer and information sciences, geosciences and physics departments.  According to Markus Kessler, the director......
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Absentee voting: What it is and how you can apply

Chloe Kowalyk
Reading Time: 4 minutesCHLOE KOWALYK Managing Editor  You’re away from home, but you still want to exercise your right to vote.  What do you do? You apply for an absentee ballot! What is an absentee ballot?  According to the American Democracy Project community relations coordinator and senior public relations major Allyson Youngs, absentee......
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Quinn Nova explores queerness, death and mental health in solo-exhibit ‘Ego Death’

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Reading Time: 7 minutesWILL KARR Life & Arts Editor  Fredonia art student Quinn Nova grew up reading the Christian scriptures in Sunday school. However, as she approached middle school, she began questioning her faith for the first time.  “I started questioning why would God make us perfect, but also in the same sense......
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SUNY Fredonia professor proposes edible landscaping on campus

Chloe Kowalyk
Reading Time: 4 minutesCHLOE KOWALYK Managing Editor  Imagine a SUNY Fredonia filled with fruit-bearing trees and freshly grown vegetables plentiful across campus. Students could harvest these crops each season, and could implement them into healthy meal ideas while in college.  The campus would be filled with healthy and edible greenery for all students......
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Meal plan costs are on the rise—here’s why

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Reading Time: 4 minutesABIGAIL MILLER Special to The Leader  Over the past couple of years, SUNY Fredonia has changed tremendously. The COVID-19 pandemic created multiple issues, and chief among them are low enrollment and inflation.  These shifts are reflected in the rise in cost of Fredonia’s meal plans. The changes in the meal......
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English Department introduces new writing major and reintroduces Visiting Writers Series

Chloe Kowalyk
Reading Time: 3 minutesWILL KARR Staff Writer  From non-fiction and journalism, to creative writing and fiction, many writers feel like they have to pigeonhole themselves into one area of focus. However, the new writing major at SUNY Fredonia is showing students that they don’t have to limit themselves to only one form of......
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Fredonia Radio Systems hosts annual Rockin’ the Commons

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Reading Time: 3 minutesALANA WINGATE Special to The Leader Downtown Fredonia’s Barker Commons was filled with life on Saturday, Sept. 24 during The Fredonia Radio Systems annual Rockin’ the Commons fundraiser. This year’s event returned back to its original stomping grounds of Barker Commons for the first time since the pandemic. Many people......

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