March 11, 2026
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Life & Arts

Hillman Opera tells stories of mythology and magic

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Reading Time: 2 minutes    LERON WELLINGTON Staff Writer   This year, the Hillman Opera presents students with not just one, but two musical shows that will give audiences more than they expect. The pairing of the one act operas, Henry Purcell’s “Dido and Aeneas” and Gian Carlo Menotti’s “The Medium,” show a......
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Life & Arts

Breaking boundaries in artistic forms; + Farm workshop connects art and technology

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Reading Time: 2 minutes    AMBER MATTICE Reverb Editor   Exploring artistic boundaries often leads to unique and innovative outcomes. From Oct. 21-23, + Farm, a group of artists, architects and digital fabricators that explore the boundaries between art and technology, will be holding a workshop from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in......
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Opinion

From the Desk Of Rebecca Masiker, Graphics Editor

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Reading Time: 3 minutesRebecca Masiker Graphics Editor Coming from a small town, I’m constantly asked what graphic design is,  how I got into the major, and where I will find a future position. Growing up near a farm in the country, I was encouraged by my surroundings to appreciate and focus on the......
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Life & Arts

‘SEVEN’ is eye-opening look into abuse

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Reading Time: 2 minutesSHENECA SHARPE Staff Writer     The play “SEVEN,” composed of monologues based on the interviews of women from all corners of the world sharing their personal experience of abuse, hit Rosch Recital Hall on Oct. 8. The monologues were recited by Jamestown and Fredonia leaders in community and education,......
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News

Remembering Kathleen “Kay” McDonough

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Reading Time: 7 minutesCOLIN PERRY and CONNOR HOFFMAN Editor in Chief and Managing Editor Kathleen McDonough had a hypothesis to test, and as fate would have it, she had found the perfect partner in crime. She was standing in an elevator in McEwen Hall with communication professor Tracy Marafiote and Marafiote’s toddler son......
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Opinion

Campus View: It’s time to have conversations about racism

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Reading Time: 3 minutesSHENECA SHARPE Staff Writer   As someone who has been living in Fredonia for a year and half, a lot of my opinions have changed about what I naively thought about the town. I thought it was a simple town that didn’t have any discriminatory feelings or ideas about people......
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News

Ivani the Great: International politics professor receives President’s Award

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Reading Time: 3 minutesJORDAN PATTERSON Assistant News Editor Late Thursday afternoon, the campus was emptying. Most professors and student had left, but Ivani Vassoler-Froelich was still there, busy as usual. Vassoler, a professor in the Politics and International Affairs Department, received the 2016 President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching last spring. She will......
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News

Feeding Fredonia Challenge returns to campus

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Reading Time: 3 minutes  CAMRY DEAN Staff Writer                         The Feeding Fredonia Challenge began this Monday, Oct. 10 and will run until Friday, Oct. 14.             The campus and community-wide food donation drive, which first started in October 2014, will benefit the Fredonia Food Pantry at the First United Presbyterian Church of......
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