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Fredonia student Jacob King releases new album, ‘Healers’

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Reading Time: 5 minutesJORDAN BUDD  Special to The Leader  Jacob King opens the door to his latest album with a chasm of sounds. Light acoustic strums float around the head while a contrasting pitch-altered scream sounds like wind blown in from another dimension. It’s called “The Universe.” The intro song tells the story......
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Gen. E represents Gen Z in Broadway’s ‘Les Miz’

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Reading Time: 8 minutesWILL KARR Editor in Chief In 2019, Fredonia alum and former theatre student Genevieve Ellis was warming up for her senior recital and preparing for life after graduation. But, one microscopic medical discovery put a halt to all of her future plans. As she approached graduation, she explained how “things......
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Kelly Nyguen embraces Vietnamese heritage through fashion

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Reading Time: 4 minutesDAKOTA RICHTER  Special to The Leader WILL KARR Life & Arts Editor  Creativity and one’s ability to express themselves is something that every little kid is normally allowed to do. However, growing up, SUNY Fredonia junior animation student Kelly Nyguen felt like she had to repress her cultural heritage.  “I......
News

Getting students back on flight to study abroad: a timeline of the study abroad issue

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Reading Time: 8 minutesWILL KARR  Life & Arts Editor  College is about more than just going to class — it’s about the transformative experiences that take place outside of the four-walled classroom. Study abroad programs give students the opportunity to immerse themselves in new cultural environments and languages.  During the COVID-19 pandemic, schools......
Life & Arts

Biology Student Dakota Garcia struts across gender boundaries and New York Fashion Week runway

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Reading Time: 5 minutesWILL KARR  Life & Arts Editor  As a young child, Fredonia student Dakota Garcia would parade around his house in his dad’s work boots and overalls, and his mom’s high heels and dresses. His parents provided him and his siblings with the liberty and agency to openly express themselves, breaking......
Opinion

[OPINION] The COVID-19 pandemic turned me into an extrovert

Chloe Kowalyk
Reading Time: 3 minutesCHLOE KOWALYK Managing Editor Back in high school, about six years ago, I was sitting in my freshman seminar class. We were told to take the Myers-Briggs personality test to help us find our academic and professional personality traits.  I was given an answer that I certainly expected.  While I......
Opinion

[OPINION] Eating on campus is difficult: FSA could improve

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Reading Time: 4 minutesGABRIEL GONZALEZ Special to The Leader As a senior business administration management student, I have witnessed several issues with campus dining since my freshman year. Starbucks, being the only place that I prefer to go, always has enormous lines out the door. This not only creates issues for the people......
Opinion

Advice from a former resident assistant: What it’s like to become a college student 

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Reading Time: 3 minutesANDIE VÉLEZ-DAVIS Special to The Leader Despite how exciting it may be to go to college, the transition between high school and college can be a scary adjustment for some. There’s so many new things to be explored — new friends, new home, new professors, new classes — the list......

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