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Eating bran and avoiding murders Fredonia celebrates Vonnegut connection with Joel Cohen

JAMES LILLIN Special to The Leader   Today, two events featuring Joel Cohen, the co-founder of Ragged Edge Press who is known for his artistic collaborations with Kurt Vonnegut, will take place on campus. The first event, a screening of “Kurt Vonnegut’s 1978 Fredonia Commencement Speech: Tralfamadorian Beads of Amber,”......
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‘My foundation, my rock: EDP’ Many honored at Education Development Program Awards

CAMRY DEAN Special to The Leader                         Dozens of students were honored on March 15 at the 34th annual Educational Development Program (EDP) awards ceremony.             The program, which has been on SUNY campuses since the early 1960s, provides motivation, support and financial assistance to students who have the......
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‘Stick with it!’ Panel encourages women to stay strong in STEM fields

SHENECA SHARPE Staff Writer   Women’s Student Union, in conjunction with Latinos Unidos, presented “Gender and Racial Inequalities in STEM,” a panel and presentation about what women face in the STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) fields. The presentation was hosted by Patricia Valoy, a Columbia University graduate with a......
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Life is a cabaret Vocal Point takes the Tim Hortons stage

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CLAIRE O’REILLY Special to The Leader             As many shuffled in and out of Tim Hortons on Tuesday night, students dressed in all black get-ups got ready to take the stage. The café buzzed with conversation and nervous-excited energy. It was time for Vocal Point’s annual Cabaret.             “It’s actually......
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Headliners Spectrum should have chosen Spring Concert featuring a Lupe Fiasco hologram

G. EMMO Staff Lampoonist   Spectrum may have had the best intentions when choosing the headliner for the Spring Concert (not FREDFest), but unfortunately it missed the mark by choosing the white Boston rapper Sammy Adams. (Disclaimer: not the beer — which you’ll need plenty of to enjoy the show.)......
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‘Feminist and Womanist sensibilities’ Fredonia Big Read events include Hurston, stage-adaption of novel

  MARIA MELCHIORRE Staff Writer   The Big Read, a program funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, provides grants for unique community reading initiatives. This year, Fredonia was honored with a grant to be a Big Read community. Each community in the program has a single, classic novel......

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