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Vanwesenbeeck ventures to Albania: Professor to lecture on Fulbright experience

  CAMRY DEAN Staff Writer   For the past four months, Associate Professor of English Iclal Vanwesenbeeck has been living in Elbasan, Albania and teaching at Aleksander Xhuvani University. In April of last year, Vanwesenbeeck was awarded the Teaching/Research Award for the U.S. Core Fulbright Scholarship Program. Fulbright is a......
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Kushner play ‘The Illusion’ to make for magic and mystery

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        KRISTOFER HARRIS Staff Writer   This upcoming weekend, members of the campus and community can witness the mysterious “The Illusion,” a play produced by the Department of Theatre and Dance as part of the Walter Gloor Mainstage Series. The play is the work of American playwright......
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V-Day at Fredonia: The Vagina Monologues

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  SHENECA SHARPE Staff Writer   V-Day presented another spectacular performance of Eve Ensler’s “Vagina Monologues.” With 19 years of monologues under its belt, V-Day continued to spread awareness of domestic violence and sexual assault. All proceeds went to the Salvation Army ANEW Center located in Jamestown which continues to......
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A child’s best friend: Professor’s study shows strong bond between children and pets

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ANGELINA DOHRE Special to The Leader A recent University of Cambridge study was published in the Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology that came to the conclusion children are more attached to their pets than they are to their own siblings. Psychology professor Nancy Gee was one of the collaborators who......
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Q&A Sydney Flanagan: Fredonia Feminists reflect intersectional and supportive feminism on campus

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      AMBER MATTICE Life & Arts Editor   Groups on campus are constantly changing and evolving alongside the changing values and messages associated with them. Fredonia Feminists, formerly known as Women’s Student Union, has done exactly this by changing their name to reflect the values of its members.......
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Art in the Trump Era: Artists across media are ‘questioning the status quo’

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  KRIS HARRIS and LERON WELLINGTON Staff Writers “Take your broken heart. Make it into art.” As a closing for her Golden Globe acceptance speech, Meryl Streep referenced her late friend Carrie Fisher to express the importance of the arts and diversity. In times of political turbulence, the film industry......
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Centered in excellence: Forum held for Fredonia’s new diversity, equity and inclusion plan

  CAMRY DEAN Staff Writer Over the next five years, Fredonia will be working to implement new diversity initiatives to the college standards using a newly adopted strategic plan that is “centered in excellence.” On Nov. 13, a forum for the finalized draft of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Strategic......

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