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Trav S.D. visits campus for Freedonia Marxonia

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Reading Time: 3 minutesSAMUEL LEWANDOWSKI Special to The Leader Trav S.D., a performer, playwright, journalist and author, has spent a great portion of his career drawing people’s attention to vaudeville and the works of the Marx Brothers. He will be coming to Fredonia for a lunchtime interview on Friday, Oct. 4 at 12......
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Hail Freedonia: Reed Library presents annual Marx Brothers-inspired events

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Reading Time: 2 minutesJESSICA MEDITZ Staff Writer Many college-aged people might not know or recognize how iconic the Marx Brothers are considered in pop culture. Students of SUNY Fredonia, however, will have it brought to their attention if it hasn’t been already. To honor the connection between the Marx Brothers and Fredonia, the......
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Writers @ Work presents Fredonia alumnae Emily Barber and Lauren Orlowski

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Reading Time: 2 minutesJESSICA MEDITZ Staff Writer As college students, our futures and careers are often on our minds. Writers @ Work is a Fredonia series that works to help students pursue careers that involve writing. Each year, they invite alumni, who now have careers in writing, back to their alma mater.   In......
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Project 22: Fredonia alum produces suicide prevention movie with a focus on veterans in civilian life

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Reading Time: 3 minutesBRENTON NEWCOMB  Special to The Leader The entire month of September is Suicide Prevention Month. In the spirit of strengthening the fight against suicide and creating awareness, The Community Alliance for Suicide Prevention is bringing a free movie screening to Fredonia  — co-produced by alum and Afghanistan veteran Theo Collins.......
Life & Arts

Rockin’ The Commons: Local music event for the end of summer

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Reading Time: < 1 minuteBRENTON NEWCOMB Special to The Leader The Fredonia Radio Station is presenting the annual Rockin’ The Commons event in Barker Commons on Sept. 21 — just two days before the official end of summer. Rockin’ The Commons will feature live music from local Fredonian bands, raffles with interesting prizes (like......
Life & Arts

Morse shares original poem with Fredonia students

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Reading Time: 2 minutesMADELINE LITTLE Special to The Leader Where you come from shapes who you are, whether you like it or not. On Sept. 21 at Dod’s Grove, Nia Morse will be reciting her poem “My Mother Calls Me A Champion” at the “Brother Versus Sister” cookout hosted by Fredonia clubs Sister......
Opinion

From the desk of Dante Lasting, Assistant Sports Editor

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Reading Time: 2 minutesAs a college student, the better you are at multitasking, the easier things will be for you. I have gotten to be pretty good at multitasking because of a tragic event that I have been dealing with for a while. For six years now, my mom has been struggling with......
Life & Arts

Mentoring program and meet and greet offered for transfer students

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Reading Time: 2 minutesISABELLA DISTEFANO Special to The Leader You may know there are new transfer students on campus, but did you know that there’s a Transfer Mentoring Program? The program was created a few years back, disappeared and is now making a comeback to help new transfer students ease into the environment......
Life & Arts

BJ’s Fredonia presents Fernway, Ever Elsewhere and Young Animals

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Reading Time: 3 minutesJESSICA MEDITZ Special to The Leader If live music, good food and a night away from homework sound good to you — look no further. BJ’s Fredonia and Last Call Entertainment will be holding a show starring three bands: Fernway, Ever Elsewhere and Young Animals. The show will take place......
Life & Arts

Martha Colburn’s opening exhibition at Marion Art Gallery

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Reading Time: 2 minutesBRENTON NEWCOMB  Special to The Leader The Marion Art Gallery is starting this season with an exhibition from Martha Colburn — an internationally renowned, award-winning artist. She is known for her experimental stop-motion animated films.   The exhibition, “Imagined Histories,” features five stop-motion animated films and will be open to the......

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