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Life & Arts

Latinos Unidos hosts El Carnaval

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Reading Time: 2 minutesWith deadlines and the end of the semester approaching, there are still many groups that are hosting their final events of the Spring Semester.  And what’s a better way to end the semester than with a carnaval? Latinos Unidos will be hosting their annual El Carnaval on Sunday, April 28.......
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Life & Arts

Visiting Artist presents academic and gay activist Jonathan Katz

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Reading Time: 2 minutesERIKETA COST Assistant Life & Arts Editor   How did queer artists express themselves in past generations, in times where it wasn’t accepted in dominant culture? According to art historian Jonathan Katz, these artists expressed themselves in subtle, nuanced ways that now give us insight into what it was like......
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Life & Arts

Ninth annual Choral Festival brings Stacey Gibbs: world famous arranger for first time ever

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Reading Time: 3 minutes  ERIKETA COST Assistant Life & Arts Editor   There is something healing about the power of a spiritual song. Even more so when it’s sung by a choir. Spirituals were created by Black Christians of the south, who wrote these songs during times of adversity and slavery. They were......
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News

Monica Manney to receive Lanford Prize at May commencement, Fredonia to receive an all-around distinguished alumna

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Reading Time: 5 minutesJOSH RANNEY News Editor   Every higher education institution has a mission of making professionals and well-rounded individuals of their students. With that being said, Monica Manney is the embodiment of that mission. Manney is a super-senior, journalism major and earlier this month was told she would be the recipient......
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Life & Arts

Club Highlight: Black Student Union celebrates Black History Month

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Reading Time: 2 minutesELIZABETH SUSKI Special to The Leader   The Spring semester has officially started, and with that comes Activities Night, club meetings and opening events. Clubs like Black Student Union (BSU) have already begun doing events. BSU held their opening ceremony on Feb. 2 in the Williams Center MPR. Black Student......
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Life & Arts

‘Artists as Innovators’ offers new perspectives on the artistic canon

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Reading Time: 3 minutesERIKETA COST Assistant Life & Arts Editor   The new exhibition at the Cathy and Jessie Marion Art Gallery is all about challenging the artistic canon. “Artists as Innovators” features artists of today who strive to innovate in several different ways through their artwork. The exhibition celebrates three decades of......
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Life & Arts

Take the leap and travel: Summer Iceland trip offers immersive learning opportunities

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Reading Time: 3 minutesAMBER MATTICE Managing Editor   It is no secret that Fredonia has a plethora of study abroad options that offer students the opportunity to learn and grow in various countries around the world. With at least one option on every continent, choosing where to go can be a harrowing process,......
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News

Unmasking Halloween’s peculiar past

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Reading Time: 3 minutesJOSH RANNEY News Editor   Halloween: when little kids go out dressed creepy or cool . . . and adults usually dress up as something clever, or inappropriate. Nothing in between. Americans spend billions on candy, decorations and costumes. Classic horror movies are all over the TV. But the holiday......
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Life & Arts

What not to wear: Halloween edition

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Reading Time: 2 minutesMONICA MANNEY Special to The Leader   It seems like every year students on Fredonia’s campus are possessed by the ghastly ghost of Halloweens past. The haunting is also known as cultural insensitivity, followed by a plea of innocence and ignorance. But this year, Fredonia students and staff took a......
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Life & Arts

Sharon Flake’s lecture ‘The Power of Literature to Give Voice to Young Adults’ brings discussion on embracing identity through literature to campus

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Reading Time: 3 minutesERIKETA COST Staff Writer   Seventh grade can be a challenging year when it comes to finding a voice and accepting who you are. Sometimes, it’s the voice of someone else that inspires us to find our own. Author Sharon Flake started to feel inspired after reading some poems that......
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