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Recent efforts to strengthen enrollment displays results

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Reading Time: < 1 minuteDAN ORZECHOWSKI News Editor For the first time since Fall 2013, there are over 1,100 first-year students enrolled at Fredonia. According to last year’s admissions report, in 2013 Fredonia saw 1,105 new faces. In that same year, the university received 6,069 applications, and 3,141 (52 percent) of them were admitted.......
Life & Arts

Return of Rockin’ the Commons

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Reading Time: 2 minutes[metaslider id=9770] BETHANY CLANCY Staff Writer   Every Fall semester, the Fredonia radio station teams up with WNYF and Sound Services to put on a benefit event, Rockin’ the Commons, to raise money for Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, NY. The all-day event takes place in Barker Commons in......
News

Revolutionizing air craft technology: Fredonia professor approved for patent

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Reading Time: 2 minutesSETH MICHAEL MEYER Special to The Leader   Fredonia professor Junaid Ahmed Zubairi of the College of Arts and Sciences has recently been approved for a patent that will change the way researchers recover data from crashed airplanes and can also prevent airplane catastrophes. Say goodbye to multi-million dollar searches......
Sports

Blue Devils cross country is coming together: Good performances from top runners bring good placement for both men and women

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Reading Time: 2 minutesAIDAN POLLARD Special to the Leader   The Blue Devils cross country program continued their season this weekend with the second 5,000 meter race for the women and the first 8,000 meter race for the men at Penn State Behrend. In collegiate cross country points are scored by the top......
Opinion

College students were no-shows at the voting booths

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Reading Time: 2 minutesSETH MICHAEL MEYER Special to The Leader In a recent report, Fredonia’s voting percentages for the 2016 presidential election have been marked as below average compared to other SUNY college institutions. In the Nation Study of Learning, Voting, and Engagement conducted by Tufts University, Fredonia’s voting percentage was measured at......
Life & Arts

Hulu and Spotify team up for college students: Just when you thought you were already binge watching too much

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Reading Time: 2 minutesTRAVIS LEFEVRE Lampoon Editor   On Sept. 7, streaming companies Hulu and Spotify announced a bundle deal for college students. This bundle offers a subscription to both programs for $4.99 per month as the new academic year kicks into high gear. The bundle includes Spotify Premium and Hulu’s limited commercials......

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