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Playing for a purpose: Luke Rivera nominated for 2018 Hockey Humanitarian Award

AVRIL KING Social Media Manager, Assistant Sports Editor   Luke Rivera, a junior at Fredonia, did not set out to be nominated for the 2018 Hockey Humanitarian Award when he first proposed his community service idea to Head Hockey Coach Jeff Meredith. That is simply where he ended up. After......
Life & Arts

Sigma Tau Delta coffee talk inspires creative writers

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BETHANY CLANCY Staff Writer This past Friday, Sigma Tau Delta, the English honor society, set up a “coffee talk” with two new creative writing professors, Eric Schlich and Sarah Green. This gave students an opportunity to ask them questions about their journey as writers, along with asking about the work......
Life & Arts

Sam Smith thrills us all once again: Smith’s second album tops the charts

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TEISHA MCELFRESH Special to the Leader   Sam Smith is possibly one of the youngest old souls that we have in pop music today. According to Biography.com, he is a four-time Grammy winner and has also won an Academy Award. Between his romantically desperate crooning ballads and his impossibly high......
Life & Arts

The spirit of Shakespeare pays Fredonia a visit: ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ comes to Barlett Theatre

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BAILEY KUZMA Special to The Leader   Starting Nov. 30 and continuing from Dec. 1 through Dec. 3, Fredonia will be putting on Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing” in the Bartlett Theatre in the Rockefeller Arts Center. “The major themes are: love, [a] couple who have it, lose it [and]......
Sports

Bunk missing SUNYACs poses questions about academics and athletics: Women’s tennis team bounced amid bizarre circumstances

CURTIS HENRY Sports Editor   The Fredonia women’s tennis team was ousted in the quarterfinal of SUNYAC play to SUNY Cortland at the start of the month. This was an unexpected early finish to what was otherwise a wildly successful year for the Blue Devils. However, missing from the team......
News

WCA Home celebrates its 125th anniversary at Lanford Home

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[metaslider id=9956] JAMES LILLIN Staff Writer The Women’s Christian Association (WCA) Home of Fredonia has been a Fredonia landmark since 1892, with its spacious, Victorian halls offering a home to elderly women in Fredonia who have found themselves in need of assisted living. “Our goal during this anniversary year is......
Life & Arts

‘Broadway and the Marx Brothers’: Freedonia Marxonia back for third year in a row

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MELISSA FUCHS Special to The Leader This year’s Freedonia Marxonia is nearly here. The yearly celebration of the comedic troupe kicks off on Sept. 28, with the exhibit opening in Reed Library at 3 p.m. This year’s theme “Broadway and the Marx Brothers” features planned events at both the library......

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