June 11, 2026
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‘Softball became my entire life. It was able to get me through the toughest times in life’: A profile of Eva FitzSimmons, freshman softball player

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Reading Time: 3 minutesCASSIDY HERMAN Special to The Leader   Eva FitzSimmons, a freshman from Rochester, N.Y., has begun her first softball season at SUNY Fredonia. FitzSimmons came to Fredonia with 15 years of softball experience under her belt. Throughout her 15 years, she played shortstop, third and first base. Never once did......
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Life & Arts

‘I love the idea of growth mindset over fixed mindset’: A profile of Sarah Green: English professor, poet and musician

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Reading Time: 3 minutes  ERIKETA COST   Special to the Leader   Sarah Green’s love for poetry dates back to a high school science class assignment to draw the position of the sun every morning. The point was to understand that the sun is always moving across the sky, even though it seems......
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Sports

From the battlefield to the playing field: how a military hero has found solace in a sport

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Reading Time: 3 minutesTANNER WILLIAMS Special to The Leader   After serving any kind of military tour, reintegration into the “real world” can be a trying process. You often hear stories of soldiers who cannot quite get back on their feet, to the point where many of them choose to re-deploy. Passing up......
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News

‘I think, more than love, I realized I needed literature’: A PROFILE OF DR. ICLAL VANWESENBEECK, ENGLISH PROFESSOR

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Reading Time: 2 minutesALEXANDRIA SMITH Special to The Leader   She found the connections between myths and reality, traveled the world and has hosted a number of events. All the while, she was and remains a literature professor here at Fredonia. This adventurous life belongs to Dr. Iclal Vanwesenbeeck. Life, for her, began......
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Life & Arts

‘I was always a reader …’: Professor Eric Schlich shares his journey with writing

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Reading Time: 3 minutesELYSE GRIECO Assistant Life & Arts Editor   Every year, the University of North Texas holds its annual Katherine Anne Porter Prize competition, a writing competition that awards one writer with the opportunity to publish one of their books. Writers from all across the country enter this competition, and this......
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News

‘Society constantly tells us the that we do not fit its idea of beautiful, so we’re ignoring that and are owning our hair’: Student Sheneca Sharpe starts ‘Under this Bonnet’ club

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Reading Time: 4 minutesVICTOR SCHMITT-BUSH Assistant News Editor Creating and managing a club is no easy task. It takes a lot of effort just to get it started. The Student Association must approve the idea for the club, and that takes paperwork, presentations and all sorts of other preparations that are necessary to......
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Sports

‘Seeing students ultimately be successful, that’s what it’s about’: David White: former Buffalo Bills player heads Fredonia’s Educational Development Program

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Reading Time: 3 minutesJAMAL HYPOLITE Special to The Leader   Did you know that between the years of 1981- 1999, SUNY Fredonia served as the Buffalo Bills’ training camp? Not many of today’s students do. Many also don’t know that one of their Bills returned: David White. White played 12 years of professional......
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