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When a screenplay is stolen The Department of Applied Professional Studies presents ‘Backdraft’

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 20, 2015

October 20, 2015

Reading Time: 4 minutesAMANDA DEDIE News Editor Imagine looking up at a movie screen and seeing the opening credits attribute a screenplay to someone else, even though the writing is eerily similar to your own. This was the case for Terrence Burns, M.D. and John Zoll, two former firemen from Buffalo, N.Y.......

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Copyright laws and the Trans-Pacific Partnership

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 20, 2015

October 20, 2015

Reading Time: 3 minutesCHARLES PRITCHARD Staff Writer “Fair use” is the practice of using something that is copyrighted without needing to pay the original copyright holders for its use, as long as it falls within certain categories. “Fair use” tends to affect students in a huge way, because copyrighted material can be......

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An inspirational life Celebrating Russell Wijesiriwardena

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 20, 2015

October 20, 2015

Reading Time: 4 minutesMEGHAN GUATTERY and S. L. FULLER Managing Editor and Editor in Chief In Fall 2014, a student started his freshman year at Fredonia. As a criminal justice major, he made his home in Grissom Hall and quickly found himself a close-knit group of friends. Bringing an affinity for volleyball......

Life & Arts

Finnish-ing the day with cello

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 20, 2015

October 20, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes MARIA MELCHIORRE Staff Writer Dr. Natasha Farny sat center stage in Rosch Recital Hall on Tuesday Oct. 13, drawing her bow across the strings of a cello in slow, haunting movements and then quick, athletic movements. Farney was performing “Sept Papillons,” a 2000 composition of Finnish composer Kaija......

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‘Two words that make the magic’ Broadway star conducts master class

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 20, 2015

October 20, 2015

Reading Time: 3 minutesHOLLY BURDICK Special to The Leader “What if” — two words that can imply many things. “What if” — two words that permit the imagination to run wild. “What if” — two words that Tony Award-nominated, Karen Akers used many times to explain what she wanted to teach. “What......

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A girl on her mind Why Mary Beth Tinker doesn’t remember the Supreme Court

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 13, 2015September 1, 2019

October 13, 2015September 1, 2019

Reading Time: 3 minutesL. FULLER Editor in Chief Free speech heroine Mary Beth Tinker was sitting at the head of the table at The Brick Room on Sept. 28, and I was sitting to her immediate right. She had just finished her presentation in the Science Center about her experiences with the......

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Never-ending construction Annual budget contains upcoming construction projects

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 13, 2015

October 13, 2015

Reading Time: 4 minutesCOLIN PERRY Staff Writer Returning students and faculty to Fredonia know that the only things certain in life are death, taxes and construction. The annual Consolidated Operating Budget released by the Department for Finance and Administration last week contains information on a number of upcoming construction projects slated to begin......

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MOGII Marginalized Orientations,Gender Identities and Intersex

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 13, 2015

October 13, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutesAMBER MATTICE Staff Writer Identification is a complex topic in society today as there are a multitude of sexual identities. However, very rarely does everyone recognize the full range of sexual identification. Intersex and asexuality are two examples of this. Intersex refers to someone who has characteristics, determined medically,......

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Scratching the Surface of Science

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 7, 2015

October 7, 2015

Reading Time: 3 minutesJORDAN PATTERSON Special to The Leader The great unknown of the human experience and scientific awareness will be discussed today at noon in Williams Center room S204. The Brown Bag Lecture Series is a monthly panel that gathers interesting people with important topics and gives them a platform to......

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The Trifecta What led University Police to investigate a bomb threat

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 7, 2015

October 7, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes[metaslider id=3676] Managing Editor Last week Fredonians faced a scare normally seen through a television screen on the news — a bomb threat. At approximately 10:15 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 29, members of the campus received an email alerting them to “a potential emergency in the Dods Hall [vi]cinity.”......

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