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Fredonia is becoming more diverse: But if minorities don’t feel comfortable on campus, does it matter?

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Reading Time: 4 minutesVICTOR SCHMITT-BUSH Assistant News Editor Fall 2017 marks Fredonia’s most diverse year for incoming freshmen, with more than 30 percent from underrepresented minority groups, according to Fredonia’s Right Serving, Right Sizing final report. Even so, students and staff have become increasingly critical of the school’s intentions. If anyone has been......
Life & Arts

The return of DuffleBag Theatre: ‘‘Twas the Night Before Christmas’

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Reading Time: 2 minutesELYSE GRIECO Staff Writer   Fredonia’s Kaleidoscope Family Series is proud to announce the return of the “Nearly World Famous” DuffleBag Theatre. Based out of Toronto, DuffleBag has gained recognition due to their humor and unique style of storytelling. “DuffleBag is a group that we have had for a number......
Opinion

What we can learn from the ‘abusers list’

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Reading Time: 6 minutesJAMES LILLIN Staff Writer It’s March 10, 2016, my 21st birthday and my first time going downtown. It’s a clear, warm night, with the promise of spring budding from the newly defrosted grass around the town fountain. My friends and I are laughing, sharing jokes and stories as we walk......
Opinion

From the Desk of Jason Cheung, Web Editor

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Reading Time: 2 minutes  “How did you even find Fredonia?” This is a question a lot of people ask me. Being an international student from Hong Kong one might think the chances of me finding Fredonia is slim to none. I first came to Fredonia because of the co-op engineering program. Even if......
News

Fredonia Radio Systems found guilty of violating statute

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Reading Time: 2 minutesSETH MICHAEL MEYER Assistant News Editor Fredonia Radio Systems (FRS) was found guilty of violating Statute O-6 Article II of the Student Association in a court case on Nov. 13. The statute violated regards to membership requirements of a club, specifically stating that “membership for Constituted groups shall be open......
Sports

Fredonia football: Most popular sport in America unlikely to come to campus anytime soon

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Reading Time: 2 minutesANDREW RICHARDSON Special to The Leader   Football is the country’s most popular sport. Though Fredonia has never fielded a team of its own, the campus did host the Buffalo Bills’ summer training camp in the 1980s and ‘90s. The idea of a football team on campus is appealing to......
Life & Arts

Sam Smith thrills us all once again: Smith’s second album tops the charts

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Reading Time: 3 minutesTEISHA MCELFRESH Special to the Leader   Sam Smith is possibly one of the youngest old souls that we have in pop music today. According to Biography.com, he is a four-time Grammy winner and has also won an Academy Award. Between his romantically desperate crooning ballads and his impossibly high......

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