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What’s next: Hard conversations and the future of diversity at Fredonia

Reading Time: 2 minutesSpecial to The Leader   On Thursday, Feb. 22, Rosalyn Taylor O’Neale visited Fredonia’s campus to give a presentation on “The Power of Diversity and Inclusion.” The conversation began with lessons on similarities and differences but ended with students yelling calls to action to administration. With racial incidents happening semesterly,......
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A little ‘parti’ never killed nobody: Annual Mardi Gras party returns to EBC West

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Reading Time: 3 minutesBETHANY CLANCY Staff Writer   Last Tuesday, the 13th, HAIL! Fredonia Records put their own spin on the New Orleans orientated celebration, Mardi Gras: Parti Gras. Since the event’s origin in 2016, it has consistently been held at EBC West and has drawn a crowd each year. This year’s event......
Life & Arts

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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Dancing with the Athletes: Athletes team up with dancers to raise money for Moving Miracles

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Reading Time: 3 minutesQUINTIN JAMES Assistant Sports Editor   On Nov. 12, in the Williams Center Multipurpose Room, the Student Dance Organization held their fifth annual Dancing with the Athletes event. The event was for charity, a non-profit organization called Moving Miracles that assists individuals with special needs in dance, creative movement, music......
Life & Arts

The Cure for the Common Comedy has been found: The Second City brings plenty of laughs in time for Family Weekend

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Reading Time: 3 minutesTEISHA MCELFRESH Special to The Leader   Last Friday night, The Second City Touring Group kicked off Family Weekend by bringing the phrase “laughter is the best medicine” to Fredonia. As the weather is starting to cool off and summer is behind us, the troupe’s famous improvisation and anecdotal jokes......
Life & Arts

Homecoming royalty crowned after Fredonia’s Got Talent

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Reading Time: 2 minutes[metaslider id=10167]   JAMES LILLIN Staff Writer On Friday night, students gathered in Steele Hall to watch a showcase of talented SUNY Fredonia students in a spectacle that was part pep-rally and part dance show, all of which culminated in the crowning of this year’s homecoming royalty. Although the event......
Life & Arts

A Peter Pan origin story: ‘Peter and The Starcatcher’ comes to Fredonia

Reading Time: 3 minutesMORGAN HENDERSON Staff Writer   The Department of Theatre and Dance is bringing Fredonia the story before Peter Pan emerged. “Peter and the Starcatcher” will premiere on Friday, Oct. 20 at 8 p.m. “It’s all about how Peter Pan becomes Peter Pan, and the story is simply beautiful. It’s a......
News

Delta Chi to host annual charity event

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Reading Time: 3 minutesVICTOR SCHMITT-BUSH Special to The Leader On Oct. 12, Delta Chi will be hosting their annual event Miss Delta Chi. “It is a philanthropy event that we put on,” said Delta Chi vice president and political science major Nakib Kabir. “It started about eight years ago. It’s a pageant that......

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