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University Senate votes in changes to gen ed program Program to be implemented in Fall 2017

Reading Time: 6 minutesMEGHAN GUATTERY Assistant News Editor     After rejecting an original proposal in early October, the University Senate has voted in a new set of changes to the Fredonia General Education Program with a 32–12 victory.   The proposal, which is set to be put in place for incoming students of......
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S.T.E.P.S hosts new sex-ed event

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Reading Time: 5 minutesCARLY KNASZAK Staff Writer   Students all over campus have been raising their eyebrows during the past few weeks; posters started announcing that Students Teaching Equals Positive Sexuality, or S.T.E.P.S, will be hosting “I <3 Female Orgasm!” on Tuesday, March 31. I was intrigued by what this event could mean.......
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Jericho Brown visits for first Visiting Writers event of the semester

Reading Time: 4 minutesKORTNEY YOUNG Special to The Leader   Aimee Nezhukumatathil, professor of English and director of the Mary Louise White Visiting Writers Series for fourteen years, introduced the first writer for the Spring semester of 2015 to Fredonia on Thursday, March 26, in McEwen Hall.   Nezhukumatathil has given several readings......
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Faculty Spotlight: Professor’s original work performed at Carnegie Hall Harmonia Chamber Singers performed Deemer’s composition in Weill Recital Hall

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Reading Time: 4 minutesMEGHAN GUATTERY Assistant News Editor If you had asked college-aged Rob Deemer what he thought he would do when he finished his studies, he would have told you he would be teaching band at a suburban Chicago high school. College-aged Deemer could not have been more wrong. Today, he is......
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‘Porntopia’ sparks discussion on porn culture Event held as part of Women’s Herstory month

Reading Time: 4 minutesS. L. FULLER News Editor Porn. Does that word make you uncomfortable? Does that word incite some type of negative reaction inside of you? Does it peak your interest and excite you? However you may feel about pornography, there are not many people in the college-age demographic, or older, that......
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Applause for Paws: Interactive Theatre Society raises funds for Lakeshore Humane Society

Reading Time: 3 minutesAMANDA DEDIE Staff Writer Applause for Paws is an annual fundraising event held by the Interactive Theatre Society. It was held on Saturday, March 7, in the Multipurpose Room from 2:30 to 5 p.m. The sole purpose of the fundraiser was to raise money for the Lakeshore Humane Society, a......
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A conversation with John Mackey

Reading Time: 4 minutesKORI BARKLEY Staff Writer For the third event of the Ethos Newsound Festival, Fredonia’s composition students were elated to spend this past week with renowned classical composer, John Mackey. Holding degrees from the Cleveland Institute of Music and Juilliard, Mackey composes largely for wind ensembles and orchestra, though his chamber......
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New class spotlight: Global Change Biology Class focuses on the effects of global change on the past, present and future

Reading Time: 4 minutesAMANDA DEDIE Staff Writer Global change — the topic everyone talks about but no one can agree on. Is it real? Are we over-exaggerating? Does it really matter if, most likely, none of us will be alive to see any catastrophic effects? It is well-known that what has happened in......

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