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Swimming and diving teams score personal bests at SUNYACs

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Reading Time: 3 minutesMICHELLE HALE Assistant Sports Editor Fredonia’s men and women’s swimming and diving teams competed for the SUNYAC title this past week. The women’s swimming and diving team placed fourth overall, and the men placed fifth. Although they did not clinch the title of champion, many Blue Devil swimmers placed first......
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Media Attention Deficit Disorder: Hilary and Libya

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Reading Time: 3 minutesCHARLES PRITCHARD Staff Writer The media and its audience have a habit of immediately forgetting about something after a short amount of time. Questions are asked, outrage is created and it all gets swept under the rug after a few months; bigger and better stories then grab the public’s attention.......
Life & Arts

Lynn Trefzger brings puppet humor to Fredonia

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Reading Time: 4 minutesWILLIAM MOHAN Special to The Leader Little Siblings Weekend kicked off with flying colors and consisted of an equally colorful cast of characters through the talented voice and comedy of one unique talent. Known for her work with names like Ray Romano, Jeff Foxworthy and The Smothers Brothers, and numerous......
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Teammates, friends reflect on alumnus who was more than just another teammate

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Reading Time: 5 minutesSEAN MCGRATH Sports Editor “Loyal.” “Humble.” “Outgoing.” “Charismatic.” “Bucketz.” Look at any of these words in the dictionary, Amir Billups is sure to be listed as a synonym. Yes, even ‘Bucketz’ would be in the dictionary if the men’s basketball team had their way. This past Saturday, Billups lost his......
Life & Arts

Ian Clarke shares concepts of creativity with Fredonia musicians

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Reading Time: 2 minutesKORI BARKLEY Staff Writer Ian Clarke, a leading musician and composer in the flute world, spent this past Tuesday at Fredonia. This was a “marvelous treat” for Susan Royal and Fredonia’s flute studio. While in Fredonia, Clarke presented a lecture sharing his concepts for the development of a creative idea......
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A three-legged battle for the playoffs Three teams eye spot for women’s basketball playoffs

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Reading Time: 3 minutesQUINTIN JAMES Special to The Leader With the women’s basketball team sitting at 9-13 and two games remaining in the season, the Blue Devils will not be finishing the season with a record above .500, but they have a chance to make the playoffs — and make some noise there,......
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Player profile: Marcus Andersson Swedish hockey player excels in the classroom and on the ice

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Reading Time: 3 minutesCURTIS HENRY Special to The Leader “You want to know where I’ll be five years from now?” he said, a grin becoming prominent on his face. “I don’t even know where I’m going to be five minutes from now.” Those two sentences from a recent interview with sophomore Marcus Andersson......

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