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Don’t think, just dance: Recapping Fredonia’s first Dance-A-Thon

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ZOE KIRIAZIS Special to The Leader Fredonia’s Student Dance Organization held its first annual Dance-A-Thon on Friday Oct. 7 in Steele Hall’s Fieldhouse. A charity event for the Dizzy Feet Foundation created and founded by ‘So You Think You Can Dance’ judge, Nigel Lythgoe. The night was filled with an......
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Faculty Spotlight: Ferguson utilizes largest grant in Biology Department history

    CAMRY DEAN Staff Writer   In 2012, professor Scott Ferguson of the Biology Department was awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation for his research project, “Genetic Analysis of Gurken Translational Control.” The $250,000 grant, the largest ever awarded to a Fredonia Biology faculty member, has helped......
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Black Student Union hosts candlelight vigil: Students commemorate black lives lost to police brutality

JAMES LILLIN Staff Writer Fredonia’s Black Student Union hosted a candlelight vigil on Sept. 28 to remember and celebrate the lives lost to police brutality, as well as to push for change on both a campus and a national level. Attendees were asked to wear all-black in solidarity with the......
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Hispanic Heritage Month returns with a new focus on immigration

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JAMES LILLIN Staff Writer Each year from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, Fredonia’s Latinos Unidos (LU) has brought a litany of events to the campus for Hispanic Heritage Month, celebrating the achievements and contributions of Hispanic and Latino Americans, while fostering an increased awareness and appreciation for their histories and......
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“Piano men” kick off Pops concert series: Inside the tribute to Elton John and Billy Joel

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SHENECA SHARPE Staff Writer   If you’re in the mood for a melody, then on Sept. 23 at 7:30 p.m. there will be a tribute in honor of Billy Joel and Elton John in the Rockefeller Arts Center. As part of the DFT Communications Pops Series, performances will be done......

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