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CrossFit and praying mantises: Meet the winner of the Fredonia Speaks Essay Contest

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Reading Time: 6 minutesS.L. FULLER Editor in Chief   Name: Meredith Nugent Year: Senior Major: Biology Essay: “Beauty in Strength,” written about the book “Wintergirls” by Laurie Halse Anderson     Meredith Nugent plays the trumpet, wears oxford-style shoes and is a biology major. She also has nine tattoos, plays rugby and does......
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Life & Arts

The persistence of Richard Williams Visiting artist Kevin Schreck presents award-winning documentary

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Reading Time: 4 minutesALISSA SALEM Special to The Leader The week of Thursday, Nov. 5 a very special visiting artist was in store for Fredonia students. Young filmmaker Kevin Schreck presented his award-winning documentary titled “The Persistence of Vision.” “The Persistence of Vision” is an incredibly well-crafted documentary focusing on legendary animator Richard......
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Star Wars

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Reading Time: 2 minutesSTU PADIDDY Certified Racist   White America this week is up in arms about the new “Star Wars: Episode VII” trailer — and, more specifically, the race of the main character. Apparently, when George Lucas sold the “Star Wars” franchise to Disney, he also sold the saga’s Aryan validity. According......
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Life & Arts

Dracula conducts a concert College Symphony Orchestra’s Halloween event

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Reading Time: 2 minutesAMBER MATTICE Staff Writer   On an eerie Halloween night, the College Symphony Orchestra caused the dead to rise — quite literally. Upon walking into the concert hall, guests were met by a coffin surrounded by students dressed for a funeral. There were people lying on the ground, covered in......
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News

When a screenplay is stolen The Department of Applied Professional Studies presents ‘Backdraft’

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Reading Time: 4 minutesAMANDA DEDIE News Editor   Imagine looking up at a movie screen and seeing the opening credits attribute a screenplay to someone else, even though the writing is eerily similar to your own. This was the case for Terrence Burns, M.D. and John Zoll, two former firemen from Buffalo, N.Y.......
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Life & Arts

The Marx Brothers take over Reed Library

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Reading Time: 2 minutesVERONICA PENOYER Layout Editor Freedonia Marxonia, a film festival and art symposium dedicated to celebrating the Marx brothers’ contribution to American culture, started last Thursday. This celebration began as a way to show the connection between Fredonia and “Freedonia,” the setting of the Marx Brothers’ film, “Duck Soup.” The Marx......
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Vigilante faces time after student is arrested under clock tower

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Reading Time: 3 minutesEMMO Special to The Lampoon A local self-proclaimed vigilante, armed with a black painted airsoft gun, illegally detained a Fredonia student (whose name has not been revealed) last Thursday for standing underneath the clock tower near Thompson Hall. The student raised suspicion with Dunkirk “vigilante” Tracy McAdams who says that......
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Life & Arts

Musicians conduct impromptu jazz improv during “An Evening of Ella and Ellington”

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Reading Time: 3 minutes[metaslider id=3336] STAFF REPORT   With the exception of a few scattered seats, Harry A. King Concert Hall was packed last Saturday night for An Evening of Ella and Ellington, the first concert in the DFT Communication Pops Series, which featured the acclaimed Cleveland Jazz Orchestra. The night started off......
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