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Opinion

Editorial: A mandatory Student Activity Fee is a necessity

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Student Activity Fee is necessary to maintain Fredonia’s vibrant club atmosphere, so vote yes to the activity fee during the Student Association’s Elections on Nov. 8 and 9.   You may be thinking, what exactly is the Student Activity Fee? The Student Activity Fee is a semesterly fee that......
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News

Rockefeller’s ribbon cutting begins a dynamic new chapter

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Reading Time: 4 minutes  [metaslider id=7553] JACOB SANTOS Special to The Leader Since May 2014, much has been brewing at the Rockefeller Arts Center with the construction of the building’s new addition. For years, there have been dreams to create more functional spaces to better suit the skills and talent of visual and......
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Life & Arts

Review: Hillman Opera captivates audiences with two different shows

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Reading Time: 2 minutes[metaslider id=7587] LERON WELLINGTON Staff Writer The School of Music shook things up this year by collaborating with the Hillman Opera and putting on two shows, “Dido and Aeneas” and “The Medium.” The combination was brilliant, giving audiences two very different stories and musical styles: one, a Baroque tale of......
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Safe Halloween returns to bring Halloween spirit to the community

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 3 minutesJAMES LILLIN Staff Writer Every year on the Fredonia campus, dozens of clubs gather for Safe Halloween, flooding the hallways of Mason Hall to string up a panoply of Halloween decorations and setting up bowls of candy with costumed club members in the practice rooms greeting eager children of the......
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Bridging the language gap: Fredonia hosts 30 Mexican exchange students

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Reading Time: 3 minutes      CAMRY DEAN Staff Writer This Monday, 30 undergraduate students from Mexico were welcomed to Fredonia’s campus to begin their four-week English as a Second Language program. The students are a part of a month-long government initiative program, Proyecta 100,000, which is a Mexican agency for International Cooperation......
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Short film ‘Waiting at the Door’ takes Fredonia into life as a Syrian refugee

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Reading Time: < 1 minute  ERIYON CRUZ Special to The Leader   Fredonia will be hosting Syrian-American filmmaker and director Akram Shibly tonight for a screening of his short film, “Waiting at the Door,” in McEwen G26. The focus of this film is to provide the audience some small insight into the daily life......
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Opinion

From the Desk Of Rebecca Masiker, Graphics Editor

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 3 minutesRebecca Masiker Graphics Editor Coming from a small town, I’m constantly asked what graphic design is,  how I got into the major, and where I will find a future position. Growing up near a farm in the country, I was encouraged by my surroundings to appreciate and focus on the......
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Life & Arts

‘SEVEN’ is eye-opening look into abuse

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Reading Time: 2 minutesSHENECA SHARPE Staff Writer     The play “SEVEN,” composed of monologues based on the interviews of women from all corners of the world sharing their personal experience of abuse, hit Rosch Recital Hall on Oct. 8. The monologues were recited by Jamestown and Fredonia leaders in community and education,......
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News

Presidential speechwriter Smith speaks on campaign history

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 3 minutesJAMES LILLIN Staff Writer On Wednesday, Oct. 5, Fredonia’s ALL IN Democracy Challenge Committee continued its steady march of events to drum up political involvement on campus with a lecture from Craig Smith, a former speechwriter for President Gerald Ford and consulting writer for President George H.W. Bush. All throughout......
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Life & Arts

Fall fun for all: First Harvest Fest is a hit

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 3 minutesMOLLY VANDENBERG Staff Writer It may have been a gloomy weekend in downtown Fredonia, but that didn’t stop Fredonia’s Habitat for Humanity club from putting on their first annual Harvest Fest this past Saturday, Oct. 8. Despite the rain, club members had to deal with during set up, the weather......
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