March 6, 2026
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Life & Arts

Sharon Flake’s lecture ‘The Power of Literature to Give Voice to Young Adults’ brings discussion on embracing identity through literature to campus

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Reading Time: 3 minutesERIKETA COST Staff Writer   Seventh grade can be a challenging year when it comes to finding a voice and accepting who you are. Sometimes, it’s the voice of someone else that inspires us to find our own. Author Sharon Flake started to feel inspired after reading some poems that......
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Actress and Fredonia alumna, Mary McDonnell, returns for Homecoming Weekend

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Reading Time: 2 minutesELIZABETH SUSKI Special to the Leader   Lights. Camera. Action! Academy Award-nominated actress Mary McDonnell visited Fredonia over homecoming weekend. McDonnell attended Fredonia and graduated in 1974. Born and raised in Ithaca, N.Y., McDonnell chose Fredonia because she needed to go to a state school, and she wanted to be......
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Sports

Family on and off the field

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Reading Time: 4 minutesLEAH GRAZIANO Special to The Leader   When you’re a part of a sports team, it’s like being a part of a family. For some athletes at Fredonia, they get to experience this with their actual family. “We’ve only ever been on the same team. Every sports team we’ve ever......
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News

Dr. Sherri Mason — not your average professor

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Reading Time: 3 minutesMARISSA BATTAGLIA Special to The Leader   You know when you win an award for something and you feel like you’re on top of the world? That’s probably how Sherri Mason felt when she received the Heinz award. This award is for individual achievement honors that are given annually by......
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Sports

Farewell captain: David Wright retires

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Reading Time: 2 minutesJORDAN-CHRISTOPHER PURVIS Special to The Leader   Longtime Mets third baseman David Wright announces his retirement from professional baseball during a press conference held with teammates, coaching staff and media. Wright addressed the crowd that he will return at third base for the final homestand series against the Miami Marlins......
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Life & Arts

Visiting Artist Program presents Melanie Walker

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Reading Time: 2 minutesELIZABETH SUSKI Special to The Leader   SUNY Fredonia will be welcoming Melanie Walker as part of the Visiting Artist Program on Sept. 27. The Visiting Artist Program (VAP) is a class that Barbara Räcker coordinates through the Visual Arts Department. Räcker is the gallery director at the Marion Art......
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Scallion

Ask Fairy Godmother – Your place to bippity boppity bitch

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Reading Time: 2 minutesDear Loyal Readers, This week ‘tis I writing you the letter as a nice change of pace. I’ve come to learn that many of you are first years as most of the questions I receive pertain to the transition into academia and communal living. Well this week I’m going to......
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Life & Arts

Grammy Award Winners, The Harlem Quartet, comes to Fredonia

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Reading Time: 2 minutesCASSIDY HERMAN Special to The Leader A quartet that has thrilled audiences in 47 states as well as in the U.K., France, Belgium, Brazil, Canada and South Africa is coming to a concert hall near you. Rosch Recital Hall, that is. The Harlem Quartet will make an appearance in Fredonia,......
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Ace of all trades:Ethan Francis begins his final year at Fredonia

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Reading Time: 3 minutesRYAN DUNNING28 Special to the Leader   “My freshman year of high school I was a hurdler, but I saw people leaving practice to go on runs. I wanted to leave and not practice, so I started running distance. It was awful,” said Ethan Francis. This is how he recalls......
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News

The results are in: SA Elections

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Reading Time: 4 minutesVICTOR SCHMITT-BUSH Assistant News Editor   With the largest incoming freshman class in Fredonia’s history, the Student Association’s Fall 2018 representative elections have given rise to a new and expanding line of student governance. SA is proud to announce its new representatives. “I’m very excited for the changes that we’re......
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