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Former student found guilty of sex crimes Lewis’s sentencing triggered reform in College of Education

Courtesy of WSYR-TV MAGGIE GILROY Editor in Chief The College of Education is redrafting its fingerprint protocols following the two-year prison sentence handed to Arthur Lewis, a 2012 graduate of the College of Education. According to the Syracuse Post-Standard, Lewis was convicted of rape in the third degree, forcible touching......
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Chautauqua named High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Heroin use reported high in county, but not on campus

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BRITTANY PERRY Special to The Leader Last week, the federal government named Chautauqua County a High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area, or HIDTA, due to a rising heroin problem. Heroin arrests in Jamestown alone have tripled over the past three years and have been linked to more deaths in the area......
Sports

Geoff Braun leads women’s volleyball in 16th season

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MICHELLE HALE Staff Writer Coach Geoff Braun has been the head volleyball coach at Fredonia for 15 seasons. Within these 15 seasons, his teams have a combined record of 335-193. Braun joined the Fredonia coaching staff in 1999. He grew up in Hamburg, N.Y., and attended Frontier High School where......
Life & Arts

Quartetto Gelato to bring an amusing twist on traditional music

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KORI BARKLEY Staff Writer Described on their website as “supremely talented, deliciously smart, endlessly creative, refreshingly funny and totally surprising,” Quartetto Gelato, a virtuosic, classically trained, multi-genre group from Toronto, will bring its theatrical style and a taste of acrobatics to the Fredonia campus this week. Formed nearly 20 years......
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Fredonia alumni inducted into Buffalo Music Hall of Fame

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JORIAN HOLKA Special to The Leader Each year at its annual induction gala, the Buffalo Music Hall of Fame recognizes and honors natives and residents of Western New York who have proven invaluable to the local music scene. This year’s event will take place on Oct. 2, when 18 new......

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