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Editorial: Illuminating the City of Lights

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“Murderous mayhem,” is what USA TODAY called the terrorist attacks that took place in Paris on Nov. 13. Stating that there are 132 people dead with hundreds more injured, the use of the phrase seems accurate. Here’s the publication’s quick rundown of what happened:   “Three teams of terrorists carried......
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Eighth-graders have PhUn in the Science Center Dunkirk Middle Schools visits the campus for a Physiology PhUn Day

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  COLIN PERRY Assistant News Editor They came, they saw, they touched a dead shark’s brain. Nearly 100 eighth-grade students from Dunkirk Middle School visited the Science Center last Friday as a part of the second annual series of Physiology PhUn Days, sponsored by Fredonia’s Biology Department. A second group......
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Behind the scenes of class registration The Course Scheduling Task Force works to make

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JORDAN PATTERSON Staff Writer The Fredonia campus can take a deep breath now, as advising week has passed. With confusion and stress in their minds, students look to their advisers for assistance. While hoping to get the most of their education in a timely manner, that is not what always......
Life & Arts

Preparing for Battle of the New Bands Music Industry club gets ready to present new talent and familiar faces

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  VALERIE MUSSON Special to The Leader   Students who are always on the lookout for the newest local music will get the ultimate chance to sample some of Fredonia’s finest musicians this Thursday at the Battle of the New Bands in the Williams Center MPR. This annual event, coordinated......
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The persistence of Richard Williams Visiting artist Kevin Schreck presents award-winning documentary

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ALISSA SALEM Special to The Leader The week of Thursday, Nov. 5 a very special visiting artist was in store for Fredonia students. Young filmmaker Kevin Schreck presented his award-winning documentary titled “The Persistence of Vision.” “The Persistence of Vision” is an incredibly well-crafted documentary focusing on legendary animator Richard......
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Models of selflessness Days of Service slated for Nov. 7 – Nov. 12

  CHARLES PRITCHARD Staff Writer   Some people are content with dropping a few quarters in the Salvation Army collection box around Christmas time and claiming that as their good deed for the year. However, there are others, like the volunteers at the Days of Service, that stand out at......
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Who should pay: students or the state? Fredonia faculty urges students to stand up for the MOE Bill

  COLIN PERRY Assistant News Editor The fate of a bill that would help state schools across New York pay for their most basic operating costs — without having students make up costs through tuition — now hangs entirely in the hands of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo. And higher-education activists......
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The intersection of religion of queerness: Vivek Shraya presents at Fall Gathering and Queer History Month closing ceremonies

S. L. FULLER Editor in Chief   Toronto-based author Vivek Shraya called Alberta the “Texas of Canada.” To a room full of Fredonia students and faculty, this comparison proved vivid enough. Alberta is the province in which Shraya grew up as a queer Hindu, which adds another whole dimension to......

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