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Ethos NewSounds coordinates festival with Latitude 49

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Reading Time: 3 minutes[metaslider id=10776] STEPHEN SACCO Special to The Leader   Latitude 49, a six-person band originating from the University of Michigan, payed Fredonia a sonic visit. On Wednesday, Jan. 31, the band arrived at Mason Hall offering students a master class focusing on music composition. The next night, Latitude 49 performed......
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Coming together to celebrate Black History Month

Reading Time: 2 minutesLEAH GRAZIANO Special to The Leader   To kick off Black History Month, Fredonia’s Black Student Union hosted the opening ceremony of “The Black Renaissance.” This includes a month full of events celebrating black history. Members of the Black Student Union and other students at Fredonia gathered on Feb. 4......
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Percussion Guild brings Ghana to Fredonia

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Reading Time: 3 minutes[metaslider id=10659] MELISSA FUCHS Special to The Leader   Wednesday night brought a taste of Ghana to Rosch Recital Hall on the Fredonia campus as students, community members and faculty were treated to the sights and sounds of the Saakumu Dance Troupe. While Saakumu is Ghanaian for tradition, the performance......
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Step into Enrique Chagoya’s world: Aliens Sans Frontières on display in Marion Art Gallery

Reading Time: 2 minutes[metaslider id=10645]MOLLY VANDENBERG Staff Writer   There’s nothing like art touched by the traces of history that helped preserve it. Enrique Chagoya, a current professor of art at Stanford University, spoke at a Visiting Artist Program lecture in Fredonia on Jan. 25 regarding his artwork. Hailing from Mexico City, Chagoya......
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Fredonia is becoming more diverse: But if minorities don’t feel comfortable on campus, does it matter?

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Reading Time: 4 minutesVICTOR SCHMITT-BUSH Assistant News Editor Fall 2017 marks Fredonia’s most diverse year for incoming freshmen, with more than 30 percent from underrepresented minority groups, according to Fredonia’s Right Serving, Right Sizing final report. Even so, students and staff have become increasingly critical of the school’s intentions. If anyone has been......
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Blackface and Halloween: A love story

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Reading Time: 3 minutesDAN ORZECHOWSKI News Editor   America has a long history with blackface, and come Halloween time, we’re all reminded that it’s still around. Blackface, the theatrical makeup used by non-black people to represent a person of color, has lingered in our Halloween traditions. Pumpkins are carved, candy is dished out......

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