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Theater review: “Ordinary Days”

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Reading Time: 2 minutesLYDIA TURCIOS Art Director This week PAC — the Performing Arts Company, a student run organization here at SUNY Fredonia — performed Ordinary Days by Adam Gwon, with great success. This production was their first in person event since February 2020, and set the tone for a brilliant year of......
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Activities Night returns to an in-person event

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Reading Time: 3 minutesNIKKI INDELICATO Staff Writer The sounds of students enamored Dod’s Grove Wednesday, Sept. 3.  Clubs gathered around with the hopes of getting to share their common interests with some new prospective students and members.  Students could be spotted promoting their clubs with cow bells, posters and music at their tables.......
Sports

What the Fall Semester brings for Fredonia sports teams

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Reading Time: 2 minutesANTHONY GETTINO Sports Editor This past year had many obstacles for sports teams to overcome.  There were limits on the number of athletes in the weight rooms, practice pods separating teams and mask requirements for players to follow at practices and games. This upcoming semester will have noticeable changes for......
Sports

Clubs and intramural sports: What they are and how to join

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Reading Time: 2 minutesANTHONY GETTINO Sports Editor Like many other colleges, Fredonia has NCAA sponsored sports teams that students come to the school to play for. But these teams have large time commitments and standards of skill level that some people who are interested in playing sports may not want to deal with. ......
Life & Arts

Fundraiser for bed sheets — Phi Alpha Honors Society of Social Work

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Reading Time: 2 minutesALYSSA BUMP Life & Arts Editor  When thinking of items to donate to shelters, oftentimes people think of canned food, clothing and personal care items.  An item most people forget that is desperately needed at shelters is bed sheets. As a result of COVID-19, many new people have had to......
News

New Student Association president plans to improve Fredonia for students

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Reading Time: 2 minutesALYSSA BUMP Life & Arts Editor With the new year comes new changes at SUNY Fredonia.  Israel Ortiz will be stepping up as the new president of the Student Association. The last president was Jillian Beard, who Ortiz said “was an excellent president and she accomplished many things throughout her......
Life & Arts

The double, double toil and trouble of COVID-19 has no effect on Fredonia TADA’s production of Macbeth

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Reading Time: 6 minutesCHLOE KOWALYK Staff Writer  Fredonia Theatre and Dance’s production of “Macbeth” is quickly approaching.  However, putting on a show during a global pandemic is not an easy task.  The show is being directed by Paul Mockovak, who has an extensive background in theatre, musical theatre, concert dance and music alike. ......
Life & Arts

FREDConnect: Fredonia’s new student portal

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Reading Time: 2 minutesHAWA TEJAN-COLE Special to The Leader Confused about how to get involved on campus during COVID-19? Fredonia’s Campus Life has launched an easy way to interact with the 170+ clubs and organizations here on campus. FREDConnect is a student portal that highlights Student Life events and campus clubs.  It also......
Life & Arts

Highlighting Fredonia’s all-black student government

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Reading Time: 5 minutesALYSSA BUMP Assistant Life & Arts Editor Fredonia is a predominantly white institution. According to statistics from Fredonia’s website, it’s a 70 percent white institution; only 9 percent of students are African-American.  With that being said, where can black students find representation? For the first time in Fredonia history, the......
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Closing Black History Month: Thank you BSU

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Reading Time: 3 minutesALYSSA BUMP Special to The Leader February may only have been 29 days, but Fredonia’s Black Student Union made each one count. February is Black History Month, a month that celebrates and remembers people of African descent. This month reminds people to dig deeper, celebrate their race and remember the......

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