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But will it be enough? New York State battles student loan debt with new program

Reading Time: 5 minutesS. L. FULLER and MEGHAN GUATTERY News Editor and Assistant News Editor Tuition is increasing again in the 2015-2016 academic year, as it does most every year. Unfortunately, financial aid is not increasing accordingly. While universities offer as much help as they can, it’s just not enough to give every......
Life & Arts

Masterworks concert features ‘Lord Nelson Mass,’ ‘Eclipse’

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Reading Time: 3 minutesKORI BARKLEY Staff Writer Now in its seventh year, the Masterworks Scholarship Benefit Concert has grown to become the highlight performance in the School of Music. This was evident on Sunday, April 27, because Rosch Recital Hall was near full capacity as the College Symphony Orchestra and Masterworks Chorus presented......
Life & Arts

Musical theatre students prepare to work with Jason Robert Brown Tony-winning composer to hold lecture, master class and recital

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Reading Time: 3 minutesMAGGIE GILROY Editor in Chief “When I was little, my oldest sister had all these musical CDs, and I remember the first one was ‘RENT’ and then another one that she got was ‘The Last Five Years,’ and that was when it first came out,” said Alanna Henriquez, a senior......
Life & Arts

Spring ‘awakens’ at the President House Final PAC production to feature ‘Spring Awakening’

Reading Time: 4 minutesMAGGIE GILROY Editor in Chief The spirit of self-discovery and youthful angst will inhabit President Virginia Horvath’s backyard as the Performing Arts Company presents Frank Wedekind’s classic tragedy, “Spring Awakening.” Directed by senior acting major Cody Jones, with assistance by junior acting major Joanna Shapiro, the classic German play marks......
Life & Arts

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.......
Life & Arts

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......
Sports

Desens breaks record, Blue Devils women finish third, men fifth

Reading Time: 2 minutesSEAN MCGRATH Sports Editor   When it comes to indoor and outdoor shot put records, senior Nicole Desens now owns them both.   The Fredonia Blue Devils track and field team travelled to Delaware, Ohio, this week for the Marv Frye Invitational at Ohio Wesleyan University, where Desens’ shot put......
News

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......
Life & Arts

WNYCO to present ‘Don Giovanni’ Stage concert production to be held in King

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Reading Time: 2 minutesKORI BARKLEY Staff Writer Each year, the Western New York Chamber Orchestra brings to the community one operatic production. This year, on March 29 at 4 p.m. in King Concert Hall, WNYCO will collaborate with students in the School of Music and guest artists to present a semi-staged concert version......

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