March 11, 2026
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Hurston’s transcendent impact The Big Read welcomes Dr. Jennifer Ryan-Bryant

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Reading Time: 3 minutes  LERON WELLINGTON Special to The Leader   Without inspiration, art cannot be created. As obvious as that might sound, we often forget to question the influence of pieces of literature, especially great ones. As part of the The Big Read events, Dr. Jennifer Ryan-Bryant, a literature professor at Buffalo......
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Freshmenitis Warm weather causes freshmen to forget they have three years to go

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Reading Time: 2 minutes  TRAVIS LEFEVRE Assistant Lampoon Editor   ‘Tis the season for dad bods and a plummeting GPA. With spring break only days away, midterms and stress have become more common than usual. While this is no surprise, what is a new shocker is that some students are nowhere to be......
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Transcending Tragedy: Judy Shepard shares her story with the campus

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Reading Time: 3 minutesJORDAN PATTERSON Staff Writer   Seventeen years ago, Matthew Shepard was murdered because he was gay. On March 3, his mother Judy Shepard stood in front of yet another audience and attempted to explain what had happened. For the next hour and a half, Judy Shepard would once again have......
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Signs of good things to come? Fredonia changes unisex bathroom signs to all-gender

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Reading Time: 3 minutesCONNOR HOFFMAN Assistant News Editor   Fredonia has decided this semester that it is going to make certain bathrooms on campus into all-gender bathrooms. These sign changes are the result of a movement to raise awareness of transgender student rights on campus, which began about three years ago, according to......
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Life & Arts

No auditions necessary: Beginners, pros welcome to jam with Fredonia Ukulele Club

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Reading Time: 2 minutesEMMA SCHAIBLE Special to The Leader   Have you ever wanted to try something new or get back into a hobby that you once started? Look no further. On campus there is a new club starting up: Fredonia Ukulele Club. “The club is meant to help others in their field,”......
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‘Feminist and Womanist sensibilities’ Fredonia Big Read events include Hurston, stage-adaption of novel

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Reading Time: 3 minutes  MARIA MELCHIORRE Staff Writer   The Big Read, a program funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, provides grants for unique community reading initiatives. This year, Fredonia was honored with a grant to be a Big Read community. Each community in the program has a single, classic novel......
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Breaking: Sammy Adams is coming to Fredonia

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Reading Time: 2 minutesCHARLES PRITCHARD Staff Writer   Even though FREDFest is no longer a part of Fredonia, Spectrum has been working hard to organize this year’s Spring Concert. Headlining the event is American rapper and songwriter, Sammy Adams, best known for his hits “All Night Longer” and “L.A. Story.” “We used to......
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‘Go tear some shit up’ Charlene Carruthers talks Beyoncé and oppression of minorities

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Reading Time: 3 minutesJORDAN PATTERSON Staff Writer   A mix of students and faculty filled up Rosch Recital Hall right before 6:30 p.m. last Wednesday. Organizer and member of the Black Youth Project, Charlene Carruthers, was in the building. Everyone in attendance came to witness her presentation on student activism, titled “But no......
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The rise, then fall, then rise again of Tapingo delivery: Couriers hired back the day after they were fired

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Reading Time: 2 minutes          COLIN PERRY News Editor   Last Friday, students who worked for Tapingo as couriers received a surprising message from their managers: The delivery service would be ending in just two days, and their jobs would go along with it. The online food ordering app was......
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Accounting and artwork for the win: Fredonia alumni receive Chancellor’s Award

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Reading Time: 4 minutesLERON WELLINGTON Special to The Leader   This year, two professors have won the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Adjunct Teaching. Both faculty members, Louann Laurito-Bahgat and Raymond Bonilla, are Fredonia graduates and have returned here after following their own different paths. Laurito-Bahgat has been teaching accounting classes at Fredonia......
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