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Mary Louise White Visiting Writers Series comes to an end Ethan Rutherford, visiting fiction writer, talks about endings

Reading Time: 3 minutesRILEY STRAW Copy Editor The Mary Louise White Visiting Writers Series has brought many poets and fiction writers to Fredonia, including Rachel McKibbens, Matthew Olzmann and most recently, Jericho Brown. However, after 14 years of various creative writers, Fredonia has ceased the program, and the final visiting writer visited Fredonia......
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Dangerous substance poses potential risks in surrounding area

Reading Time: 3 minutesCONNOR HOFFMAN Staff Writer Did you know there’s a highly dangerous substance being transported right near the university? And as we all celebrate Earth Day, a train is carrying this material, which is not only hazardous to the environment, but also to human health and safety. This substance is called......
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Earth Month raises questions as to how ‘green’ the campus is

Reading Time: 5 minutesCOLIN PERRY Special to The Leader Students may have noticed that the lights on the President’s house have turned green, as part of the ongoing celebration of Earth Month on campus. But how green really is the university as a whole? This is a question that may have surprising answers.......
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Department of Communication to host Honors Celebration

Reading Time: 3 minutesKORTNEY YOUNG Special to The Leader Every Spring semester a department-wide Honors Celebration is hosted by the Department of Communication in order to recognize students who have been outstanding in the department. This year’s ceremony is slated for Saturday, April 18, at 2 p.m. in the Williams Center Horizon Room.......
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Meet the Chancellors and Lanford Award winners

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Reading Time: 4 minutesAMANDA DEDIE Staff Writer Three Fredonia seniors were awarded the prestigious SUNY-wide honor of the Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence. Kaitlyn Crossan, Meghan Devine and Courtney Loiacono, students who major in three completely different studies, were recognized at the Empire State Plaza in Albany on April 2 for their academic......
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University Senate votes in changes to gen ed program Program to be implemented in Fall 2017

Reading Time: 6 minutesMEGHAN GUATTERY Assistant News Editor     After rejecting an original proposal in early October, the University Senate has voted in a new set of changes to the Fredonia General Education Program with a 32–12 victory.   The proposal, which is set to be put in place for incoming students of......
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RETRO Special held on April Fools’ day Music faculty to poke fun at serious musical repertoire

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Reading Time: 2 minutesKORI BARKLEY Staff Writer   Fredonia is known for its matchless creativity and amazing endeavors in all aspects of the university; it is only fitting that faculty in the School of Music would create a way to put an exciting twist on performing traditional music.   Tonight at 8 p.m.......
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Jericho Brown visits for first Visiting Writers event of the semester

Reading Time: 4 minutesKORTNEY YOUNG Special to The Leader   Aimee Nezhukumatathil, professor of English and director of the Mary Louise White Visiting Writers Series for fourteen years, introduced the first writer for the Spring semester of 2015 to Fredonia on Thursday, March 26, in McEwen Hall.   Nezhukumatathil has given several readings......

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