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‘Fred Before Bed’ up for a major award

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Reading Time: 2 minutes  MOLLY VANDENBERG Staff Writer   Fredonia is home to the student-run TV station, WNYF, that’s located in the lower level of Hendrix Hall. While working at the station offers hands-on experience for students wishing to go into broadcast news or television, the station is open to all majors. One......
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‘Coffee Break!’ offers time for students to relax, mingle

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Reading Time: 2 minutesNUNET CLITANDRE Staff Writer   “I’m a little afraid to make friends in my classes because I feel my English isn’t good at all,” said Hanyu Deng, a Chinese international student. This is a dilemma constantly faced by Deng as well as a countless number of international students at Fredonia......
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The spirit of the 70s to visit Fredonia: A preview of ‘You’ve Got a Friend: The Music of Carole King & James Taylor’

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Reading Time: 2 minutesMORGAN HENDERSON Staff Writer Fredonia’s bringing the 70s back to the Rockefeller Arts Center with “You’ve Got a Friend: The Music of Carole King & James Taylor” on Sept. 21, at 7:30 p.m. “Carole King and James Taylor made ‘thee pop music’ in the 70s,” said Jefferson Westwood, director of......
Sports

Men’s Soccer continues hot start as record climbs to 4-0

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Reading Time: 3 minutesQUINTIN JAMES Staff Writer After going 2-0 in Buffalo, the Fredonia men’s soccer team came home to start their annual Blue Devil classic at University Stadium. Games against nonconference teams are always important, especially early in the season, and coach PJ Gondek stressed the importance of getting off to a......
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Women’s soccer hoping for big things this year: With 11 freshmen, how will they achieve these aspirations?

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Reading Time: 2 minutesANDREW RICHARDSON Special to the leader   Calling this roster young is an understatement. Out of the 11 incoming freshmen, seven are expected to start for the Blue Devils this year. Sophomore public relations major Olivia Coccitto voiced her thoughts about whether any of these freshmen can come in and......
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Fredonia campus opens new skatepark: “There’s no way he just landed that”

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Reading Time: 2 minutes  PATRICK BENNETT Staff Lampoonist   As of last week, Fredonia students embarking on their daily walk from McEwen to the Williams Center will now be offered more gnarly, shred-tastic and tubular spots to skateboard as the pathway has become a full-blown skatepark. Officials at Fredonia have become outraged at......
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Women’s tennis team stands at 1-1: Two matches in and the pressure is already on for the Blue Devils

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Reading Time: 3 minutes[metaslider id=9589] AVRIL KING Social Media Manager   The Fredonia women’s tennis team kicked off their season this weekend, facing off first against D’Youville on Friday and SUNY Cortland on Saturday. The first game, which took place on Fredonia’s courts, seemed to be a nice, simple entry into the season.......
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Festivals Fredonia to kick off 22nd annual Red, White and Blues fest

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Reading Time: 2 minutesBETHANY CLANCY Staff Writer   For 22 years, a local non-profit group, called Festivals Fredonia, has been putting on the Red, White and Blues festival in downtown Fredonia. It’s a two-day free music festival featuring red and white wines from local wineries along with blues styled music in Barker Commons.......
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Breaking the stigma: The National Alliance of Mental Illness comes to SUNY Fredonia

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Reading Time: 3 minutesBailey Kuzma Special to The Leader   This year there is a new club on campus: NAMI. NAMI stands for the National Alliance of Mental Illness. It was started by Tyler Gross, a junior biology major. “I wanted to start the club because I’ve always been passionate about helping people......

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