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Hardwork pays off Four seniors receive the Chancellor’s Award

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Reading Time: 2 minutesJORDAN PATTERSON Staff Writer   Although it may seem like putting in the maximum effort in school sometimes goes unnoticed, students do receive recognition for their hard work. On Feb. 22, the 2016 Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence recipients were announced. Fifteen Fredonia seniors were nominated but only four seniors......
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Life & Arts

‘A rollercoaster of emotions’ Opera Scenes promises to take audiences for a ride

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Reading Time: 3 minutes  LERON WELLINGTON Special to the Leader   While opera may not be for everyone, a whole new dynamic is added when it’s being performed by Fredonia students. The Student Opera Theatre Association (SOTA) will be performing its annual Opera Scenes, which will feature three operas that range in style......
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The rule is there are no rules — except innovation and style Fredonia Dance Ensemble to have theme-less show

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Reading Time: 3 minutesAMBER MATTICE Assistant Reverb Editor   With pieces varying from classical ballet to comical theater, this year’s Fredonia Dance Ensemble (FDE) is sure to be a show featuring beautiful and unique performances. The show will take place on April 8 and 9 at 7:30 p.m. and April 10 at 2......
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Life is a cabaret Vocal Point takes the Tim Hortons stage

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Reading Time: 3 minutesCLAIRE 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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Life & Arts

‘Watching God’ in Reed Library Fredonia senior adapts novel to play

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Reading Time: 3 minutes[metaslider id=6062] MARIA MELCHIORRE Staff Writer   On the night of March 10, the back of Reed Library, towards the Japanese gardens, was transformed into a theater. Trees, leaves and other scene setters were projected onto a screen at house left. The library’s seats were arranged into rows, four deep,......
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‘Back to our roots’ Orchesis to present Spring performance

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Reading Time: 2 minutes  AMBER MATTICE Assistant Reverb Editor   On March 12, in the dance studio in Dods Hall, Orchesis will be presenting its 2016 Spring performance. This year’s performance will be particularly interesting, as it will feature eight different pieces choreographed by students as well as an intermission during which other......
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‘Feminist and Womanist sensibilities’ Fredonia Big Read events include Hurston, stage-adaption of novel

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Reading Time: 3 minutes  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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Accounting and artwork for the win: Fredonia alumni receive Chancellor’s Award

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Reading Time: 4 minutesLERON WELLINGTON Special to The Leader   This year, two professors have won the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Adjunct Teaching. Both faculty members, Louann Laurito-Bahgat and Raymond Bonilla, are Fredonia graduates and have returned here after following their own different paths. Laurito-Bahgat has been teaching accounting classes at Fredonia......
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Enter Bartlett, visit Wyoming ‘The Laramie Project: 10 Years Later’ transports audiences

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Reading Time: 3 minutesSHENECA SHARPE   Special to The Leader   “The Laramie Project: 10 Years Later” is about going back to Laramie, Wyoming, to talk to people who had connections with Matthew Shepard, who knew Matthew Shepard, or who even had connections to the murder. The play showed the difference between memories......
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A simple backdrop for a shining message: ‘The Laramie Project’ opens in Barlett Theatre

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Reading Time: 3 minutesMARIA MELCHIORRE Staff Writer   The black space of Bartlett Theatre darkened as cast members, one by one, blew out a candle. “The Laramie Project” ended as it began: Cast members in a circle on a dimmed stage hummed “Amazing Grace.” The stage was simple: a painted satellite image of......
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