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Fredonia: the school of tennis: These three stars might make this saying a reality

Reading Time: 4 minutesANDREW RICHARDSON Special to The Leader   “Honestly, it is amazing having such an outstanding record this year. I did not know what to expect going into this season, especially after losing so many players from last year but everyone has surprised me,” said Anna Chiacchia, a sophomore on the......
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Democracy 101 seeks to prevent the risks of being an uninformed society

Reading Time: 2 minutesSETH MICHAEL MEYER Staff Writer “The self is not something ready-made,” suggests American philosopher John Dewey, “but something in continuous formation through choice of action.” Dewey was a strong proponent of civic action in education, and his push for such reforms produced things like classes in civics and sparked interest......
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Accomplished Fredonia graduate returns to campus for Writers at Work series

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Reading Time: 3 minutesANGELINA DOHRE Photo Editor Jim Ranney, Fredonia alumnus and Director of Communications for New York State Senator Patrick Gallivan made a recent appearance at his alma mater. Ranney is a 25-year veteran of broadcast journalism and former station manager and news director of WBFO/WNED-TV in Buffalo. This past week he......
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Delta Chi to host annual charity event

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Reading Time: 3 minutesVICTOR SCHMITT-BUSH Special to The Leader On Oct. 12, Delta Chi will be hosting their annual event Miss Delta Chi. “It is a philanthropy event that we put on,” said Delta Chi vice president and political science major Nakib Kabir. “It started about eight years ago. It’s a pageant that......
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Feeding Fredonia Challenge returns for its fourth year

Reading Time: 2 minutesMADELINE CARROLL Editor in Chief Joyce Smith’s office sits on the second floor of the Williams Center. There are boxes piled high in one corner and brightly colored posters lay around them, both waiting to be distributed. These boxes are collection sites for the Feeding Fredonia Challenge, a food drive......
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Ambiguity leads to student’s Excelsior scholarship rejection

Reading Time: 3 minutesDAN ORZECHOWSKI and TRAVIS LEFEVRE News Editor and The Scallion Editor The announcement of the Excelsior scholarship was intended to pave the way for affordable higher education for middle-class students. Some people, however, fall just short of that. In the Fall of 2015, Caroline Schettler began her collegiate career at......
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Center for Multicultural Affairs becomes the Intercultural Center

Reading Time: 3 minutesJACOB SANTOS Special to The Leader During the early to mid 1990s, the administration at SUNY Fredonia pushed to promote inclusion and diversity to their students. This led to what became known as the Center for Multicultural Affairs (CMA) in 1997, catering to various students from different backgrounds. Over the......
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The Science Center Hosts Fredonia’s First-Ever ‘Bat Lab’

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Reading Time: 3 minutesJAMES LILLIN Staff Writer   Last Saturday, Fredonia’s Science Center was transformed from its average, spacious, sleek-white interior into a jam-packed area with tables, posters, pamphlets, cookies and presentations revolving around bats. This is Fredonia’s first year hosting Greystone Nature Preserve’s “Bat Lab,” but students are hoping that Fredonia’s hosting......

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