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Meet the ‘Veep’: Bridget Doyle Junior elected SUNY Student Assembly vice president

JORDAN PATTERSON Staff Writer   On the second day of the SUNY Student Assembly Spring ‘16 Conference, the elections commenced and one of Fredonia’s very own became the vice president. Junior political science and history dual major Bridget Doyle will be the new SUNY Student Assembly (SA) VP. “I am......
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The final conversation with Dr. David Herman

Contributor to The Leader
Vice President for Student Affairs Dr. David Herman has fielded an innumerable amount of questions from The Leader. From clubs to FREDFest to anything about students, he’s always been willing to have a conversation with us. So before he retired, we felt it necessary to sit down with him one......
Scallion

We’re all gonna die, but at least break is longer Summer vacation extended due to global warming

RAVIOLI Staff Lampoonist      With temperatures still hovering around 50-55 degrees Fahrenheit and expected to stay that way through the semester, some would say that Fredonia’s weather is just as messed up as always. The terrifying truth, however, is that global warming is, indeed, real and is showing itself......
Opinion

New professor makes a big splash in the Social Work Department

Dear Editor,   Jessica Fitzpatrick, Ph.D, joined Fredonia’s Department of Sociocultural and Justice Studies in the Fall semester of 2015. Since joining the department, Fitzpatrick has made tremendous contributions to the programing for Fredonia students. Fitzpatrick brings creativity into her teaching and inspires students to look outside the box. In......
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Groundbreaking: the campus garden The first steps in growing the Fredonia Grove

[metaslider id=6544] JORDAN PATTERSON Staff Writer   The sun slowly faded into the horizon around 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday night, but in the morning there would be one more garden waiting for its return. A few students played catch with a football in the distance, and some just simply walked......
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‘What does it mean to be human?’: Wade Davis and the spirit of diversity

MEGHAN GUATTERY Managing Editor   From Christopher Columbus and Hernando Cortes to the fictional likes of Captain Nemo and Indiana Jones, explorers have been sharing their stories for centuries. And after a year-long series of lectures, film screenings, conferences and more, this year’s Convocation ended with a little bit of......
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An award-winning ‘queer, disabled femme of color’ WSU presents Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

MARIA MELCHIORRE Staff Writer   Lambda Award-winning author Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha — who identifies as a queer, disabled femme of color — served as the third annual Women’s Herstory Month keynote speaker on the evening of April 6. Lakshmi is a winner of a Lambda Literary Award for her poetry......
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Mark Twain’s hidden Fredonia history Award-winning journalist Sean Kirst returns to alma mater

JAMES LILLIN Staff Writer   From April 7-9, Fredonia’s alumni-in-residence series “Writers@Work” continued its successful run with award-winning Syracuse Post-Standard columnist Sean Kirst visiting a number of classes and hosting three events for students, faculty and interested community members. “This man has been a journalist for a very long time,”......
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Fredonia and the Goo Goo Dolls HAIL! Fredonia Records and Voices for Autism prepare for ‘Not so Different’

Contributor to The Leader
CAMRY DEAN Staff Writer   Coordinator of the Fredonia music industry program and award-winning producer Armand Petri brought together three big names in music to bring awareness to autism and autism spectrum disorders (ASD) during World Autism Awareness Month this April. Solo artist Cassandra Kubinski, Fredonia alumna Mary Ramsey of......

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