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Black Student Union hosts candlelight vigil: Students commemorate black lives lost to police brutality

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 4 minutesJAMES 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

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 3 minutesJAMES 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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Life & Arts

“Piano men” kick off Pops concert series: Inside the tribute to Elton John and Billy Joel

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 2 minutesSHENECA 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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Life & Arts

Reporter’s Notebook: Talking with Rita Moreno

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 3 minutesLERON WELLINGTON Staff Writer   This past Friday, I was eating my lunch between classes when I received an email from a member of Rita Moreno’s management, Sean Katz. He messaged saying that the interview I requested could be a possibility. And that possibility would only be available that day,......
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Web Exclusive: Q&A with Michele Bernatz

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 6 minutesAs reported by The Leader last week, the Department of Visual Arts and New Media has welcomed a new chair this semester. Staff Writer James Lillin spoke to her about the future of the department, her Fredonia connections and more.   James Lillin (JL): What differentiates the Visual Arts and New......
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Rockefeller’s return: RAC addition project on pace for October unveiling

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Reading Time: 2 minutesJORDAN PATTERSON Assistant News Editor   The nearly $40 million Rockefeller Arts Center project continues, with all classrooms in the building expected to be fully functional by January, The approximately 40,000 square-foot new addition includes two brand new dance studios, ceramics and sculpture studios, two acting classrooms and a dedicated......
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Life & Arts

Legendary entertainer Moreno to give Convocation address

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 3 minutesLERON WELLINGTON Staff Writer Fredonia is starting off the new year with a Convocation speaker with flair and gusto that you don’t find just anywhere. She is one of the handful of people in the world who can call themselves a Grammy-, Tony-, Emmy- and Oscar-winner, and she is here......
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