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Money gained from cut adjuncts funds pay increase

Reading Time: 3 minutesCOURTNEE CESTA Managing Editor On Oct. 8th, the president’s cabinet approved a raise in minimum pay for Fredonia adjuncts, a move made possible only after administration cut over 50 contingent faculty positions last Spring. “This money is coming from the savings we’re reinvesting in our adjuncts,” said Provost and Vice......
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Princesses and minions and superheroes … oh my! Phi Mu Alpha hosts Safe Halloween for ninth year

Reading Time: 3 minutesMEGHAN GUATTERY Staff Writer On Saturday Oct. 25, a seemingly endless number of Cinderellas, minions and woodland creatures took over Mason Hall for the ninth annual Safe Halloween. Hosted by Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, Safe Halloween has been a tradition at Fredonia since 2006. “It’s hard to be able to......
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Times have changed The evolution of queer culture at Fredonia: 1950s to today

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Reading Time: 3 minutesCOURTNEE CESTA Managing Editor “It was another world back then.” As queer America has changed, so, too, has Fredonia. Professor Emeritus John Malcolm was a student at Fredonia in the late 1950s, faculty until 1970 and sat as the founding chair of the communication department from 1977-98. “I watched the......
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Pride book club explores queer literature

Reading Time: 2 minutesMARSHA COHEN Staff Writer Fredonia’s Pride Alliance is branching out with their very own book club. The Pride Book Club meets on Fridays to discuss literature pertaining to the queer community. It does not require attendance from Pride Alliance members but does provide an outlet for Fredonia students, faculty and......
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Rebuilding a ‘Safe Zone’ Efforts being made to increase presence of program on campus

Reading Time: 3 minutesMEGHAN GUATTERY Staff Writer While walking around campus, you may have noticed an upside down, triangular, rainbow colored sticker on the occasional office door. On these stickers are two short words: “Safe Zone” Although these stickers receive no more than a passing glance by students on their way to classes,......
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Workshops engage students in the joy of discovery

Reading Time: 3 minutesMEGHAN GUATTERY Staff Writer The biology department will be continuing this year’s overall convocation theme of “Joyful Discovery” with an open-forum, titled “Maintaining Joyful Discovery in Natural Spaces.” “When you’re exploring, and you’re outside, it is just really exciting and fun to see all of the incredible, really cool, amazing......
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‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ premieres Back to the Summer of Love

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Reading Time: 3 minutesPicture taken by Adrea Adinolfe/ Special to The Leader REBECCA HALE Assistant Reverb Editor Students, faculty and alumni experienced the psychedelic culture of the ‘60s, coupled with a Shakespearean classic, in Marvel Theatre last weekend. “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” is set in Ohio, at Athens College. The characters are separated......

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