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Actress and Fredonia alumna, Mary McDonnell, returns for Homecoming Weekend

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 24, 2018September 1, 2019

October 24, 2018September 1, 2019

ELIZABETH SUSKI Special to the Leader Lights. Camera. Action! Academy Award-nominated actress Mary McDonnell visited Fredonia over homecoming weekend. McDonnell attended Fredonia and graduated in 1974. Born and raised in Ithaca, N.Y., McDonnell chose Fredonia because she needed to go to a state school, and she wanted to be......

Life & Arts

Freedonia Marxonia: A Fall Fredonia Tradition

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 3, 2018August 25, 2019

October 3, 2018August 25, 2019

ERIKETA COST Staff Writer Hail! Hail Freedonia! Land of the Brave and Free! This phrase can be heard around Fredonia this time of year, and the Marx Brother film, “Duck Soup,” can tell you why. The film debuted in 1933. “Duck Soup” takes place in an imaginary country called......

Life & Arts

Fredonia V-day’s SlutWalk

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 3, 2018

October 3, 2018

ELIZABETH SUSKI Special to The Leader Can you imagine minding your own business and suddenly you’re being called a slut? Whether it’s from the way you’re dressed, or the way you’re acting, you’re called something that you’re not. That’s what it’s like for multiple girls around the world. That’s......

Life & Arts

Remembering Bernard Woma

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 28, 2018August 15, 2019

September 28, 2018August 15, 2019

ERIKETA COST Staff Writer Fredonia’s own Ghanaian xylophone player, performer and mentor recently passed away on April 27 after battling cancer. A memorial service will be held for Bernard Woma Saturday, Sept. 29 at 1 p.m. in Mason Hall. It will begin with prayers and an unveiling of the......

Life & Arts

Exploring photography at the Marion Art Gallery

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 7, 2018

September 7, 2018

ERIKETA COST Special to The Leader Different media, celebrities and some themes of American culture are all represented in a collection of works that date back to 1930. Sixty photographs were selected by the Louisiana State University Museum of Art from their permanent collection for this exhibition. Both historic......

Life & Arts

‘To keep it simple, this album bumps’: A review of Rich The Kid’s ‘The World is Yours’

Contributor to The LeaderApril 11, 2018

April 11, 2018

ELYSE GRIECO Assistant Life & Arts Editor A debut album can really set the tone for the new artists career to come. Rich The Kid’s “The World Is Yours” dropped last week and, if I do say so myself, it’s quite impressive for a rookie. The album consists of......

Life & Arts

BSU Fashion Show

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 28, 2018

March 28, 2018

QUINTIN JAMES Assistant Sports Editor On Saturday, March 25, the Black Student Union held their annual fashion show in the William Center MPR. The fashion show, which has been around since BSU’s creation, has evolved in the last few years to be their biggest event of the school year.......

Life & Arts

Christopher Robbins brings inspiration, activism to the Visiting Artist Program

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 28, 2018

March 28, 2018

BETHANY CLANCY Staff Writer This week’s Visiting Artist Program featured Christopher Robbins, one of the founders of Ghana ThinkTank. Robbins is an unusual artist. Instead of producing art in the form of paintings, drawings and ceramics, Robbins uses the ideas from the results of the ThinkTank and produces......

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Alumna sheds light on life in film and theatre

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 28, 2018

March 28, 2018

STEPHEN SACCO Special to the Leader Sarah T. Schwab, a writer who collaborated with Karen Allen and others who are critically acclaimed, paid SUNY Fredonia a nostalgic visit. Writers @ Work, a collective of the English department, hosted the events with Schwab and Long from March 22-23. The......

Life & Arts

Fredonia defends their winning title at annual Intercollegiate Poetry Slam

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 7, 2018

March 7, 2018

MADELINE LITTLE Special to the Leader The Intercollegiate Poetry Slam is an annual event that started four years ago and is hosted by Pure Ink Poetry, located in Buffalo, N.Y. Each year, the slam is hosted on a different college campus. In the past few years, the event has......

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Actress and Fredonia alumna, Mary McDonnell, returns for Homecoming Weekend

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Remembering Bernard Woma

Exploring photography at the Marion Art Gallery

‘To keep it simple, this album bumps’: A review of Rich The Kid’s ‘The World is Yours’

BSU Fashion Show

Christopher Robbins brings inspiration, activism to the Visiting Artist Program

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Fredonia defends their winning title at annual Intercollegiate Poetry Slam