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Cleaning up Fredonia Rotaract club gives back

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Reading Time: 2 minutesJAMES LILLIN Staff Writer Walking around the Fredonia campus is usually a pleasant time, with breathtaking foliage and relatively clean streets. Still, sophomore musical theatre major Patrick Brett makes a good point: “There are a lot of cigarette butts on the ground for a smoke-free campus.” The garbage situation only......
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Pot or not? Toastmasters debate marijuana legalization

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Reading Time: 3 minutesCAMRY DEAN Staff Writer On April 13, community members who make up The Toastmasters of the Fredonia area, whose chapter is named the “Concord Spellbinders Club,” met at Fredonia for their first debate on legalizing the recreational use of marijuana for those 18 and older. The Toastmasters, a club that......
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Topping the trucks with trash Time Warner, Sunnking and Cathy Young team up for e-recycling

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Reading Time: 3 minutesJORDAN PATTERSON Staff Writer Fredonia and company are looking to save a piece of the environment while giving a little back to the students. The University will play host to an e-recycling event on campus. In collaboration with Time Warner Cable, Senator Catherine Young and Sunnking, Fredonia is welcoming the......
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Life & Arts

Shakespeare in Buffalo Local celebrations of Shakespeare’s 400th year

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Reading Time: 3 minutes  MARIA MELCHIORRE Staff Writer   In the center of the first floor of the Buffalo and Erie County Public Library sits the unassuming Rare Book Room. The city owns an impressive number of rare books, kept in the archives of the Grosvenor Room and available by request. The Rare......
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Mark Twain’s hidden Fredonia history Award-winning journalist Sean Kirst returns to alma mater

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Reading Time: 3 minutesJAMES LILLIN Staff Writer   From April 7-9, Fredonia’s alumni-in-residence series “Writers@Work” continued its successful run with award-winning Syracuse Post-Standard columnist Sean Kirst visiting a number of classes and hosting three events for students, faculty and interested community members. “This man has been a journalist for a very long time,”......
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Life & Arts

A nude, blank canvas Alumna exhibits art gallery featuring the human body

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Reading Time: 3 minutes  MARIA MELCHIORRE Staff Writer   Fredonia alumna Cecelia Ivy Price will be exhibiting her work at the Sensory Winery & Art Gallery in Ripley, New York, through May 8. Price, who graduated from Fredonia in 2015, creates paintings that address human nature and vulnerabilities. Price paints sensuous, undulating lines......
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Soaking up the sun Inside the Solar Chautauqua campaign

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Reading Time: 3 minutesCONNOR HOFFMAN Assistant News Editor   It looks like the residents of Chautauqua County may soon be able to enjoy the sunshine in more than one way as a result of the Solar Chautauqua campaign. The Solar Chautauqua campaign is an educational effort organized by various different local groups to......
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Life & Arts

Three full rehearsals, one master work ‘St. Matthew Passion’ reinvigorates both audience and performers

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Reading Time: 4 minutes[metaslider id=5995] REBECCA HALE Reverb Co-Editor   King Concert Hall neared capacity last Wednesday as hundreds of students, faculty, family and community members sat in anticipation of Fredonia’s largest musical event of the year. The School of Music — partnered with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Holy Trinity Lutheran Church and......
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