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Fredonia loses mentor, husband, friend, Sunday evening

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 19, 2017August 15, 2019

October 19, 2017August 15, 2019

SETH MICHAEL MEYER Staff Writer Gerald Thomas Gray, associate professor at the Fredonia College of Music since 2002, died Sunday night. An email from Director Melvin Unger went out to the students and faculty of the college Monday morning, informing them of the news of his passing. A Tennessee native,......

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Accomplished Fredonia graduate returns to campus for Writers at Work series

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 19, 2017August 16, 2019

October 19, 2017August 16, 2019

ANGELINA DOHRE Photo Editor Jim Ranney, Fredonia alumnus and Director of Communications for New York State Senator Patrick Gallivan made a recent appearance at his alma mater. Ranney is a 25-year veteran of broadcast journalism and former station manager and news director of WBFO/WNED-TV in Buffalo. This past week he......

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This Fall’s undergraduate enrollment spike relieves department tensions

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 18, 2017

October 18, 2017

VICTOR SCHMITT-BUSH Special to the Leader This Fall marks Fredonia’s second highest undergraduate enrollment in its almost two century legacy. Out of 191 years, this was “the first time since the 2014-2015 academic year that the campus enrolled more than 1,000 first-year students,” according to Fredonia’s campus report today. Dean......

Life & Arts

Creating community through music: Why BJ’s is the perfect place to do so

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 11, 2017August 15, 2019

October 11, 2017August 15, 2019

[metaslider id=9986] BETHANY CLANCY Staff Writer There was no better way to kick off the first night of Fall break than with a show at BJ’s. Last week’s show brought in The Slums: a rock band from Buffalo, No Prevail: a melodic punk rock band from Fredonia and Cooler:......

Life & Arts

The legality of hosting a house show: How should one go about furthering Fredonia’s culture, without getting in trouble?

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 11, 2017August 15, 2019

October 11, 2017August 15, 2019

ANDREW RICHARDSON Special to The Leader If you have been attending SUNY Fredonia for any period of time, you will have undoubtedly heard about a house show near you. A “house show” is basically having a musical act of some sort play in your home for other people. This format......

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WCA Home celebrates its 125th anniversary at Lanford Home

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 11, 2017September 1, 2019

October 11, 2017September 1, 2019

[metaslider id=9956] JAMES LILLIN Staff Writer The Women’s Christian Association (WCA) Home of Fredonia has been a Fredonia landmark since 1892, with its spacious, Victorian halls offering a home to elderly women in Fredonia who have found themselves in need of assisted living. “Our goal during this anniversary year is......

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Feeding Fredonia Challenge returns for its fourth year

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 11, 2017

October 11, 2017

MADELINE CARROLL Editor in Chief Joyce Smith’s office sits on the second floor of the Williams Center. There are boxes piled high in one corner and brightly colored posters lay around them, both waiting to be distributed. These boxes are collection sites for the Feeding Fredonia Challenge, a food drive......

Sports

Greg Catalano: Family first, team second

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 11, 2017August 18, 2019

October 11, 2017August 18, 2019

AVRIL KING Social Media Manager Most athletes will agree that the best part of an away competition is the food. So when the Fredonia women’s tennis team entered a restaurant after a tough match, naturally, they were all excited. A few minutes later, when an older couple came into the......

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Ambiguity leads to student’s Excelsior scholarship rejection

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 11, 2017

October 11, 2017

DAN ORZECHOWSKI and TRAVIS LEFEVRE News Editor and The Scallion Editor The announcement of the Excelsior scholarship was intended to pave the way for affordable higher education for middle-class students. Some people, however, fall just short of that. In the Fall of 2015, Caroline Schettler began her collegiate career at......

Life & Arts

Punk rock’s not dead: ‘GoNightClubbing’ directors visit Fredonia

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 11, 2017August 15, 2019

October 11, 2017August 15, 2019

MOLLY VANDENBERG Staff Writer The SUNY Fredonia Cinema Alternatives Group had a showing of “GoNightClubbing” on Oct. 2 where Pat Ivers and Emily Armstrong were present to talk about their work. The mix shown was a collection of punk rock video performances from 1975-1980 in New York City during the......

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Fredonia loses mentor, husband, friend, Sunday evening

Accomplished Fredonia graduate returns to campus for Writers at Work series

This Fall’s undergraduate enrollment spike relieves department tensions

Creating community through music: Why BJ’s is the perfect place to do so

The legality of hosting a house show: How should one go about furthering Fredonia’s culture, without getting in trouble?

WCA Home celebrates its 125th anniversary at Lanford Home

Feeding Fredonia Challenge returns for its fourth year

Greg Catalano: Family first, team second

Ambiguity leads to student’s Excelsior scholarship rejection

Punk rock’s not dead: ‘GoNightClubbing’ directors visit Fredonia