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Shatter the silence through storytelling: Fredonia Feminists aim to Take Back the Night

    ZOE KIRIAZIS Staff Writer Survivors, friends, strangers and colleagues participated in Fredonia Feminist’s most anticipated event of the year, Take Back the Night, on Nov. 2. Take Back the Night at Fredonia is an event where survivors of sexual assault, sexual harassment and rape come to confidentially talk......
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Beyond The Gender Binary Panel explores the rise of new pronouns

JAMES LILLIN Staff Writer   On Nov. 7 at 2 p.m. in Williams Center S204ABC, a panel including Chief Diversity Officer Bill Boerner, English professors KimMarie Cole, Natalie Gerber, Jeffry Iovannone, Heather McEntarfer, and senior English and women’s and gender studies major Dean Bavisotto gathered to discuss innovations in pronouns......
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Exclusive: Rep. Tom Reed and John Plumb on college issues

CONNOR HOFFMAN Managing Editor Republican Rep. Tom Reed (TR) has served New York’s 23rd district in Congress since 2013. He is being challenged by Democrat John Plumb (JP) for the seat in what’s turned out to be one of the biggest toss-ups in the state. The Leader spoke with both......
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Election Rigging 101: How to rig your local polling station: God knows we need it

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Patrick Bennett Staff Lampoonist In the next couple of weeks, an event will take place that will shape the American people. This isn’t even the announcement that Big Macs will be sold again for $1 on Mondays, it’s the presidential election. The two candidates, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, are......
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Marion Fellowship winners present artistic pieces

  BETHANY CLANCY Staff Writer Every year, the Marion International Fellowship, created by Cathy and Jesse Marion, helps support and fund an artistic journey through which a creative project is started. Those who are selected display outstanding potential to succeed in the arts. Fredonia participates alongside institutions spanning from Wyoming......
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After a presidential fail, Trump opens the Toasty Trumpettes

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  D. ZBORNAK Staff Lampoonist   With the second presidential debate completed, Americans are growing optimistic that Hillary Clinton will save the country from sure destruction by the Donald. After having the stamina sucked out of him by two women and a gay man this past Sunday, Trump has decided......
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‘SEVEN’ is eye-opening look into abuse

SHENECA SHARPE Staff Writer     The play “SEVEN,” composed of monologues based on the interviews of women from all corners of the world sharing their personal experience of abuse, hit Rosch Recital Hall on Oct. 8. The monologues were recited by Jamestown and Fredonia leaders in community and education,......
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A global issue brought home: ‘SEVEN’ comes to Fredonia to shed light on the global abuses against women

  SHENECA SHARPE Staff Writer   The innovative production of “SEVEN,” featuring some of Fredonia’s and Jamestown’s very own, such as President Virginia Horvath and Jamestown Community College Vice President for Academic Affairs Marilyn Zagora, will be shown in Rosch Recital Hall for the first time. The first act of......
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“Piano men” kick off Pops concert series: Inside the tribute to Elton John and Billy Joel

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SHENECA SHARPE Staff Writer   If you’re in the mood for a melody, then on Sept. 23 at 7:30 p.m. there will be a tribute in honor of Billy Joel and Elton John in the Rockefeller Arts Center. As part of the DFT Communications Pops Series, performances will be done......

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