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

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Reading Time: 3 minutes  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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Reading Time: 4 minutesALISSA 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

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Reading Time: 3 minutes  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

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Reading Time: 4 minutes  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

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Reading Time: 3 minutesS. 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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A Sunday Showcase Chamber Choir, Women’s Choir and College Choir take the stage

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Reading Time: 3 minutes  ALISSA SALEM Special to The Leader               Last Sunday, as the sky was gray with clouds, Rosch Recital Hall was flooded with families and the indistinct murmur of warm voices, excited for the Annual Fall Choral Showcase. Students of the choir waved from the balcony to loved ones......
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Fredonia alumni come ‘home’ Homecoming weekend not just for students

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Reading Time: 3 minutes[metaslider id=4107] AMANDA DEDIE and SCOTT DOWNEY News Editor and Special to The Leader   Homecoming weekend isn’t just for students to celebrate with pep rallies and spirit days. It also gives Fredonia alumni a chance to come together to see the campus they used to stroll daily, the classmates......
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Student’s 40-page proposal turns into reality Campus garden to be developed behind Science Center greenhouse

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Reading Time: 3 minutes  CHARLES PRITCHARD Staff Writer   It took two years of work. It was proposed many, many times by different people. But time and again, it was turned down. Finally, though, a garden is coming to Fredonia and the student who spearheaded the event couldn’t be happier. Zachary Beaudoin is......
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Double the reeds, double the learning Robert Sorton leads Double Reed Day

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Reading Time: 3 minutesHOLLY BURDICK                       Special to The Leader   Double Reed Day was Sunday Oct. 25. It was a day to celebrate the unique double reed instruments and the many people who play them. This event held master classes for students of all ages for their instruments. Middle school, high school......
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An art exhibit set to music Weapons of Jazz Destruction performs at gallery opening

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Reading Time: 2 minutesAMBER MATTICE Staff Writer   On Oct. 23, the Department of Visual Arts and New Media Faculty Exhibition opened in an unusual style in the Marion Art Gallery of the Rockefeller Arts Center. The student jazz group, Weapons of Jazz Destruction, performed almost the entire night and other musicians were......
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