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Black history month closes with inspirational speaker

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Reading Time: 2 minutesJESSICA COLON Staff Writer On Feb. 28, the Black Student Union held their closing ceremony in regard to the celebration of Black History Month. Over the past month, several event stook place in the celebration of Black History Month such as a redefined beauty pageant, a comedian, poetry workshop and......
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Interactive Theatre Society to put on murder mystery dinner

Reading Time: 2 minutesREBECCA HALE Staff Writer This weekend, murder will run rampant in the Williams Center. In the Horizon Room, the Interactive Theatre Society will put on “Where There’s a Will,” a student-written and directed murder mystery. Co-written by Rachel Gregg, Sam Ploetz, Tiffany Conners and alumni Shawn Hallet, the event will......
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GRAMMY win brings Fredonia alumnus praise, swag and Twitter trends

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Reading Time: 5 minutesMAGGIE GILROY Reverb Editor The cafeteria of Westfield Secondary School added a new addition to its decor Friday evening: a red carpet fit for a GRAMMY winner. Members of the Westfield community filled the quaint school’s cafeteria eager to greet Kent Knappenberger, recent winner of the first ever GRAMMY Music......
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Panel discusses the perspectives of international students

Reading Time: 2 minutesMARSHA COHEN Staff Writer When one attends an institution of higher learning, the hope is that the lessons do not stop at the end of the lecture. For the students of the Cross-Cultural Learning Living Community, the learning never stops. On Thursday, Nov. 21, the Cross-Cultural Learning Living Community presented......
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Fairytale took King in the form of an opera

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Reading Time: 3 minutesKRISTEN SHULTIS and MAGGIE GILROY Special to The Leader and Reverb Editor On Friday night, King concert hall erupted with sounds of idle chatter and the warming up of an orchestra. On the stage in front of that orchestra sat a lonely fireplace just waiting for the singers to arrive......
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Adjunct Spotlight: Decker brings experience into the classroom

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Reading Time: 4 minutesCarl Lam Staff Writer “My college years went by fast because I was busy,” he said. What Derrik Decker said is something that at least half of the campus, if not more, could agree with. An adjunct professor of computer science, Decker has been with SUNY Fredonia for 13 semesters.......
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Orchesis: Unplugged, Student-run dance company’s show sells out despite change of venue

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Reading Time: 2 minutesRebecca Hale Staff Writer Dancers of all styles and colors twisted, jumped and rolled in Mason 1080, bringing movement and color to the dark, rainy Saturday evening. Students, faculty, friends and family squeezed into the room until no more could fit, many standing in the back of the room to......

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