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From the desk of Chief Copy & Design Editor: A note on survival and hope

Alyssa Bump
ALYSSA BUMP  Chief Copy & Design Editor Content warning: This story includes depictions of sexual assault and suicidal ideation. But it ends with hope. April is a month normally associated with the summoning of spring songbirds and sprouting plants. But for me, April is a month I routinely have to......
Life & Arts

Navigating the college terrain: Take a step with S.T.E.P.S.

Will Karr
WILL KARR  Staff Writer  Moving away from friends and family to college can be difficult. However, Student Teaching Equals Positive Sexuality, better known as S.T.E.P.S, is an educational club which works to help students make the transition from home to campus. “I think that S.T.E.P.S is really important because oftentimes,......
Life & Arts

‘Brown, White, Black’: Nishta Mehra speaks about identity

Contributor to The Leader
HANNAH JOHNSON Special to The Leader Nishta Mehra, a wife, author and first generation daughter of Indian immigrants has a goal to promote dialogue across differences of culture identity through her book, “Brown, White, Black.” Born and raised in Memphis, T.N., Mehra is an alum of St. Mary’s Episcopal school......
Life & Arts

Get ready to HoliSLAY: Everything you need to know about the Fall Drag Show

Contributor to The Leader
ERIKETA COST Life & Arts Editor Some people are arguing it’s Christmas time. Others say the Mariah Carey and Michael Bublé tunes can wait until after Thanksgiving. The Fredonia Fall Drag show says who cares, it’s every holiday wrapped into one glitzy night. This year, you can expect a focus......
Life & Arts

ACT UP Locally and Pride Alliance recognize LGBTQ change-makers and the AIDs epidemic

Contributor to The Leader
SHENECA SHARPE Special to The Leader Fredonia Pride Alliance is partnering with the convocation committee to host: ACT UP Locally. (WNY) Members of the ACT UP Western New York chapter will be in attendance to provide oral histories with a focus on issues of activism and social change. ACT UP......
Life & Arts

Visiting Artist presents academic and gay activist Jonathan Katz

Contributor to The Leader
ERIKETA COST Assistant Life & Arts Editor   How did queer artists express themselves in past generations, in times where it wasn’t accepted in dominant culture? According to art historian Jonathan Katz, these artists expressed themselves in subtle, nuanced ways that now give us insight into what it was like......
Life & Arts

Visiting Artist Program welcomes cartoonist Ed Luce

Contributor to The Leader
ERIKETA COST Assistant Life & Arts Editor   Everyone has at least one wuvable oaf in their lives, according to American cartoonist Ed Luce. Luce will be visiting campus this weekend for the next Visiting Artist Lecture, to discuss his main project “Wuvable Oaf,” a compilation of his first ever......

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