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Tradition marries competition: Day of the Dead to be celebrated with altar competition

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 2 minutesMORGAN HENDERSON Staff Writer   Day of the Dead will be celebrated on campus this semester by mixing some competition with tradition. On Nov. 1, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., an altar competition will take place in the Reed Library Commons. Some of those competing include students from professor Diane......
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News

Gerald Gray: A legacy of fighting mediocrity

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 3 minutesSETH MICHAEL MEYER Assistant News Editor   On Oct. 15, Fredonia lost a great mentor, a loving husband and brilliant musician. Gerald Thomas Gray, associate professor at Fredonia’s College of Music, died after a valiant fight against pancreatic cancer at the age of 51. An email from Melvin Unger, the......
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Sports

Fredonia: the school of tennis: These three stars might make this saying a reality

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Reading Time: 4 minutesANDREW RICHARDSON Special to The Leader   “Honestly, it is amazing having such an outstanding record this year. I did not know what to expect going into this season, especially after losing so many players from last year but everyone has surprised me,” said Anna Chiacchia, a sophomore on the......
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Democracy 101 seeks to prevent the risks of being an uninformed society

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Reading Time: 2 minutesSETH MICHAEL MEYER Staff Writer “The self is not something ready-made,” suggests American philosopher John Dewey, “but something in continuous formation through choice of action.” Dewey was a strong proponent of civic action in education, and his push for such reforms produced things like classes in civics and sparked interest......
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Accomplished Fredonia graduate returns to campus for Writers at Work series

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Reading Time: 3 minutesANGELINA DOHRE Photo Editor Jim Ranney, Fredonia alumnus and Director of Communications for New York State Senator Patrick Gallivan made a recent appearance at his alma mater. Ranney is a 25-year veteran of broadcast journalism and former station manager and news director of WBFO/WNED-TV in Buffalo. This past week he......
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News

Ambiguity leads to student’s Excelsior scholarship rejection

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 3 minutesDAN ORZECHOWSKI and TRAVIS LEFEVRE News Editor and The Scallion Editor The announcement of the Excelsior scholarship was intended to pave the way for affordable higher education for middle-class students. Some people, however, fall just short of that. In the Fall of 2015, Caroline Schettler began her collegiate career at......
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News

Bill that would protect students from additional fees is likely to pass

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Reading Time: 2 minutesALEXANDRIA NIEVES and DAN ORZECHOWSKI Special to The Leader and News Editor A bill passed by the New York State Senate and Assembly could cover the cost of salaries, inflationary costs, collective bargaining and mandatory operating costs, protecting the pockets of SUNY and CUNY students. The “Maintenance of Effort” bill......
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FSA changes operating hours with an eye to the future

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 3 minutesJAMES LILLIN Staff Writer Food vendors on the Fredonia campus are currently in a transitory period, with operating hours experiencing an across-the-board cut to combat the falling enrollment of past years. Returning students are particularly irate when it comes to the changes to Tim Hortons, which in past years was......
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