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Biology professor shares thoughts on Daraprim

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CONNOR HOFFMAN Staff Writer   According to the Washington Post, Martin Shkreli, a 32-year-old hedge fund billionaire, became the recent target of enormous criticism. Shkreli achieved this when he decided to raise the price of Daraprim — a new drug his company Turing Pharmaceuticals had purchased — from $13.50 to......
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Guitar professor releases new CD

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RIANNA SEELIG Staff Writer   One of Fredonia’s own was recently involved in an exciting project. Composer and SUNY Distinguished Professor of the School of Music James Piorkowski had his newest recording, “NINE: The Guitar and Beyond,” released by Centaur Records. The recording is a collection of nine new works.......
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Musicians conduct impromptu jazz improv during “An Evening of Ella and Ellington”

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[metaslider id=3336] STAFF REPORT   With the exception of a few scattered seats, Harry A. King Concert Hall was packed last Saturday night for An Evening of Ella and Ellington, the first concert in the DFT Communication Pops Series, which featured the acclaimed Cleveland Jazz Orchestra. The night started off......
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Fredonia Radio Systems Rocks The Commons

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[metaslider id=3356] SCOTT DOWNEY Special to The Leader   It was a beautiful day in Barker Commons this past Sunday, where Fredonia Radio Systems (FRS) presented its 25th annual Rockin’ The Commons. The event ran from 11 a.m. until after 9 p.m. and all proceeds, which totaled over $4,500, benefited......
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Shanghai Quartet in Residency

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MARIA MELCHIORRE Special to The Leader   “The music is a language itself,” said Lily Li, International Recruiting Assistant for the School of Music. “It’s really a dual-lingual sound,” she continued, explaining the expressional and tonal differences between the Chinese and English languages and how these manifest in the quartet’s......
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A night of poetry Beat Poetry Festival showcases variety of topics

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[metaslider id=3323] CHARLES PRITCHARD Staff Writer The National Beat Poetry Festival at Fredonia kicked off this past weekend; a number of poets from out-of-state came, shared their work and interacted with the young poets on campus. The Festival, which, as one of the poets pointed out, is actually an international......

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