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Chautauqua named High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Heroin use reported high in county, but not on campus

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Reading Time: 4 minutesBRITTANY PERRY Special to The Leader Last week, the federal government named Chautauqua County a High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area, or HIDTA, due to a rising heroin problem. Heroin arrests in Jamestown alone have tripled over the past three years and have been linked to more deaths in the area......
Life & Arts

‘It’s okay to be different’ ‘Trans: The Movie’ documents transgender lives

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Reading Time: 4 minutesKRISTEN SHULTIS Staff Writer “It’s okay to be different,” were the wise words of an eight-year-old transgender girl in “Trans: The Movie,” a film shown on Tuesday, Oct. 7, in McEwen Hall as part of TransDiscovery: Exploring Gender Variant Lives. “Trans” is a documentary about transgenders either transitioning, in the......
Life & Arts

‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ to open

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Reading Time: 3 minutesPicture taken by: Reecca Hale/ Assistant Reverb Editor REBECCA HALE Assistant Reverb Editor This weekend, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” will open as the first production in this year’s Walter Gloor Mainstage Series in Marvel Theatre. The play is one of Shakespeare’s most popular works, and the Department of Theatre and......
Life & Arts

An artist’s life after Fredonia: Greg Paladino

Reading Time: 2 minutesKORI BARKLEY Staff Writer It is evident to most students pursuing the arts that finding a career to fit one’s area of study will be a challenge, especially in today’s society where arts programs in schools and communities are continuously diminishing. Greg Paladino, a graduate from the School of Music......
Life & Arts

The Digital Art of Storytelling with Yves Geleyn World-Renowned Animator Visits Fredonia

Reading Time: 3 minutesNAOMI LYNCH Special to The Leader On Thursday, Oct. 2, internationally acclaimed animator Yves Geleyn visited Fredonia as the first artist of the 2014-15 Visiting Artists Program (VAP). Geleyn has worked with various companies, including Zune, BBC Radio 6 and Toyota. “Animation is about four things,” Geleyn told the crowd,......
News

FREDFest changes announced at General Assembly meeting

Reading Time: 2 minutesS. L. FULLER News Editor Dr. David Herman, Vice President of Student Affairs, made the announcement at the Student Assembly General Assembly meeting last Thursday that FREDFest needs to change. Herman spoke for about 20 minutes at the beginning of the meeting, explaining how and why Fredonia as a whole......
Sports

Fredonia holds on and ties SUNYAC rival Buffalo State

Reading Time: 2 minutesTORIN O’BRIEN Special to The Leader The Blue Devils men’s soccer team improved to 7-1-2 following another double overtime draw against conference rival, Buffalo State after beating the Cazenovia Wildcats last Wednesday 2-1. Fredonia got started early against the Bengals. In the 18th minute of play, Vinny Chimento was able......
Sports

Women’s Blue Devils gain bigger lead in “Battle by the Lake”

Reading Time: < 1 minuteSEAN MCGRATH Sports Editor After a thunderstorm cancellation last Tuesday, the women’s Blue Devils were electrified on Saturday afternoon, downing the Buffalo State Bengals 1-0 in SUNYAC play on the road. With a 14-8 shot count in favor of Fredonia, sophomore Kaleigh Creeden managed to notch her second goal of......

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