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“Trash statue” stolen and recycled at Tops

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Reading Time: 2 minutesV. RAVIOLI Staff Lampoonist   Throughout SUNY Fredonia’s history, money and budget cuts have been a constant source of contention. With the new school year in full swing, Fredonia’s school administrators are right back to agonizing over whether funding should go towards campus employee wages or better things like the......
News

New year, new VP Howard begins first semester at head of Student Affairs

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Reading Time: 4 minutesCONNOR HOFFMAN News Editor   Last Spring, it was announced that David Herman, the vice president of Student Affairs, would be retiring at the end of the semester. By the end of the semester, the university had decided to fill Herman’s vacancy with Dr. Cedric Howard. Howard was born in......
News

Meet the ‘Veep’: Bridget Doyle Junior elected SUNY Student Assembly vice president

Reading Time: 2 minutesJORDAN PATTERSON Staff Writer   On the second day of the SUNY Student Assembly Spring ‘16 Conference, the elections commenced and one of Fredonia’s very own became the vice president. Junior political science and history dual major Bridget Doyle will be the new SUNY Student Assembly (SA) VP. “I am......
Life & Arts

All that jazz at EBC Fredonia Jazz Ensemble and Weapons of Jazz Destruction host big band bash

Reading Time: 3 minutesMARIA MELCHIORRE Staff Writer   On April 29, EBC West was transformed into a jazz-age speakeasy through the jazz big band stylings of the Fredonia Jazz Ensemble and Weapons of Jazz Destruction. The Fredonia Jazz Ensemble started as a dance band at the Fredonia Normal School in 1934. The University......
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Diverse times call for diverse measures Proposed diversity general education requirement moves forward

Reading Time: 2 minutesCAMRY DEAN Staff Writer             On April 21, the Student Association (SA) General Assembly passed a resolution for a diversity education requirement to be added to the University’s curriculum.             Student representatives from each class backed the resolution and pushed it forward to the University Senate on Monday to be......
Life & Arts

Sam Kenney takes the stage as new Theatre and Dance Department chair

Reading Time: 3 minutesLERON WELLINGTON Staff Writer With the end of the semester approaching, students and faculty can only look forward to future changes for the University. One of the changes Fredonia can expect is that Sam Kenney, who is currently an associate professor of dance, will take the position of chair of......
Life & Arts

Music Industry Club breaks records Life is Art garners highest fundraising total to date

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Reading Time: 3 minutesAMBER MATTICE and CLAIRE O’REILLY Assistant Reverb Editor and Staff Writer   It was a gloomy day for most in Fredonia, but that didn’t stop the high energy in Steele Hall last Sunday afternoon. Music Industry Club’s Life is Art event brought in a great deal of local talent from......
Opinion

New professor makes a big splash in the Social Work Department

Reading Time: 2 minutesDear Editor,   Jessica Fitzpatrick, Ph.D, joined Fredonia’s Department of Sociocultural and Justice Studies in the Fall semester of 2015. Since joining the department, Fitzpatrick has made tremendous contributions to the programing for Fredonia students. Fitzpatrick brings creativity into her teaching and inspires students to look outside the box. In......
News

Groundbreaking: the campus garden The first steps in growing the Fredonia Grove

Reading Time: 3 minutes[metaslider id=6544] JORDAN PATTERSON Staff Writer   The sun slowly faded into the horizon around 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday night, but in the morning there would be one more garden waiting for its return. A few students played catch with a football in the distance, and some just simply walked......

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