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Should students have to audition to get into their desired major?

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DELICIA HOLDER Special to The Leader   Should high schoolers have to audition to get into their desired arts major? Most high schoolers that audition for the arts programs in high school don’t get in and end up having to come in under a different major and re-audition in the......
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Easy-going SA budget week leaves hope for speedy GA Day

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JOSH RANNEY News Editor   This past week wrapped up business for the Student Association’s Budget and Appropriations week. The process, that has a notoriously meticulous reputation, ended with relatively few major changes to the Student Association budget. Student Association Comptroller Jason Cheung said there were really only two areas......
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Loss of Student: Passing of Stephanie Handschu brings new tragedy to Fredonia

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MACI COSMORE Special to The Leader   As holiday and new year festivities wrapped up and students and staff began to return back to campus for the Spring semester, heartbreak struck the Fredonia campus. Stephanie Handschu, 21, of Plainview, Long Island and a Fredonia student, passed away suddenly on Jan.......
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Rollbacks to Title IX cause concerns among Fredonians

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JESSICA SERRANO Special to The Leader Big changes are coming to Title IX. Betsy DeVos, the U.S. Secretary of Education, is making her propositions heard. In a speech at George Mason University, she said, “The truth is that the system established by the prior administration has failed too many students.......
Life & Arts

Take the leap and travel: Summer Iceland trip offers immersive learning opportunities

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AMBER MATTICE Managing Editor   It is no secret that Fredonia has a plethora of study abroad options that offer students the opportunity to learn and grow in various countries around the world. With at least one option on every continent, choosing where to go can be a harrowing process,......
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Delta Phi Epsilon hosts fundraiser volleyball tournament

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LEAH GRAZIANO Special to The Leader   Delta Phi Epsilon hosted “Volley for Kaity” this past Saturday, Nov. 3 in Dodd’s Gym. “Volley for Kaity” was hosted to raise money for the Lupus Foundation of America, one of Delta Phi Epsilon’s philanthropies. “One of our sisters, Kaity Coleman, has lupus,......
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Pride Alliance’s Fall drag show brings new and inclusive changes

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ERIKETA COST Staff Writer   You can always expect people dancing to ABBA and lip-synching to Lady Gaga at Fredonia Pride Alliance’s semesterly drag shows. However, some new and inclusive changes have been made this time around. Participants no longer fall under “king” and “queen” categories. This way, they do......
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Student’s intentionally haunt apartment for a wicked Halloweekend house party

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TRAVIS LEFEVRE Editor in Chief   Three students on Eagle Street have achieved the impossible this Halloweekend after throwing the spookiest house party in town. Barry DeLive, River Styx and Emma Goner got together and planned this shindig months in advance, deciding that the best way to spook up the......
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Sharon Flake’s lecture ‘The Power of Literature to Give Voice to Young Adults’ brings discussion on embracing identity through literature to campus

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ERIKETA COST Staff Writer   Seventh grade can be a challenging year when it comes to finding a voice and accepting who you are. Sometimes, it’s the voice of someone else that inspires us to find our own. Author Sharon Flake started to feel inspired after reading some poems that......

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