By John Pullano, Managing Editor The Rhode Island Rams and the St. Bonaventure Bonnies took center stage Saturday night in front of a sellout crowd at the Reilly Center. The Bonnies opened the game with a barrage of three pointers, lighting up the Atlantic 10’s best defense that has only allowed 60.3 points per game.… Keep Reading
School shootings do not seem faze us anymore, and that is very bad. In elementary school, we’d have fire drills and earthquake drills. We’d hide under desks and cover our heads while lined up in hallways, preparing for a possible disaster that we knew would be unlikely. No one took those drills seriously. We’d have… Keep Reading
This article is going to be interactive, so be prepared to get your mind working a little bit. How good at multitasking would you say you are? Most people are relatively good at balancing multiple tasks and being on top of all of them at once. Doing homework, listening to music, texting people. You can… Keep Reading
As I reflect on my time here in the rolling hills of Allegany, I’m not sure where to begin my farewell. It seems like yesterday I was moving here for the first time, starting a “new chapter.” In the blink of an eye, I became a 22-year-old who finished his undergraduate coursework about a semester… Keep Reading
While I obviously don’t attend Syracuse University, I am from Syracuse and have been to the university countless times. I’ve attended sporting events, Science Olympiads and went on official visits when I was looking at colleges. That is why it goes without saying that I feel very strongly about the racist incidents that have been… Keep Reading
As we draw closer to the primary elections in February, the Democrats’ window of opportunity to find a single candidate to unite the party is getting slimmer, along with their chances of defeating Trump for the presidency. At this moment, the Democratic Party’s single biggest threat is their inability to consolidate their choices to oppose… Keep Reading
Yes, I know, another opinion article on mental health. There seems to be one almost every semester here at The Bona Venture. But as 2019 nears to a conclusion, mental illness continues to be stigmatized. Many people still do not even consider mental illness as an actual illness. But mental illness has been at an… Keep Reading
St. Bonaventure University’s Technology Services has begun implementing a two-factor authentication process for all Bonaventure email accounts to reduce the number of phishing attacks. Email accounts were added to the new system in groups over a two-week period, and users were then asked to participate in a 10-minute process to successfully implement the authentication to their account. … Keep Reading
St. Bonaventure University’s Faculty Senate held a nomination process for an interim senator position, representing the School of Education, that concluded at the beginning of the month. The only nominee, associate professor Rene Hauser, will represent the School of Education while assistant professor Rebecca Scherer is on leave until the start of the spring 2020… Keep Reading
Efforts to revise parking on campus may have hit a roadblock. Following a string of student complaints and concerns, St. Bonaventure University’s Student Government Association has been working on new parking policy recommendations. However, its latest recommendation was not approved by the university’s parking committee. SGA President Lara McCormick, a senior political science and international… Keep Reading
Amendment will be voted on by the student body on Monday “Grants shall be used for on-campus and off-campus events.” This is the new Student Government Association amendment that will be voted on by the student body on Nov. 25. The added component to this part of the SGA constitution is, “on-campus and off-campus.” These… Keep Reading
The week of Nov. 17, 2019 will always be remembered, in my mind at least, as the week when sports media got bored. Sports media networks wasted their time covering the tryouts of potential backup NFL quarterbacks and washed up NBA superstars. The likes of ESPN, Bleacher Report and Fox Sports were sucked into the… Keep Reading
Jessica Jenkins, Chelsea Bowker and Mariah Ruff. Three names that St. Bonaventure women’s basketball fans are all too familiar with. Those three women were some of the most prolific shooters and gifted scorers to don the white and brown. They rank first, fourth and fifth respectively all-time in three-pointers in program history. But there’s a… Keep Reading
The St. Bonaventure men’s tennis team concluded its fall season Nov. 3. Although the three events didn’t count towards the team record, there were many opportunities in the fall season for growth. Senior captain John Rutkowski said the fall season is a great time to get practice in for the spring. “Being a captain this… Keep Reading
The Akron Zips mounted a major comeback last Sunday as they came back to defeat the St. Bonaventure Bonnies, 63-54. It was a game of runs to say the least. The Bonnies started the game on an 11-0 run and led 16-4 early. The Zips then took their own run then, going on a 18-5… Keep Reading
Thanksgiving is upon us. Another fourth Thursday in November where NFL fans are forced to watch the pathetic Detroit Lions and the underperforming Dallas Cowboys, while stuffing their faces at the idea of Christmas being right around the corner. But before you rush off to Target and are forced to play tug of war over… Keep Reading
Macfarlane and Lonzi assemble best team in six years As snow begins to fall and students are forced to take their workouts to the Richter Center, it means the fall sports season is all but over. The soccer team is packing up cleats while the golf teams are storing their clubs away for the… Keep Reading
The St. Bonaventure women’s swimming and diving team loss its meet against Cornell University Saturday, 164-136. The loss drops the Bonnies record to 5-4 on the season. Although a loss, the Bonnies won a total of eight events and were led by Rachael Kimmel and Katrina Wardner, last week’s Atlantic 10 performer of the week.… Keep Reading
The offensive stats haven’t been glamorous for the Bonnies through three games of the 2019-2020 season. In fact, they’ve been the Achilles heal of the 0-3 start. No team that shoots 17-60 (28%) from three wins many games. Heck, Bonnies’ head coach Mark Schmidt has said that himself. Factor in an extremely young and inexperienced… Keep Reading
A proposed ban on Youth Tackle Football in New York State has resurfaced Football…it’s America’s game…and it’s slowly dying. The game of football has been played under a microscope ever since tragic stories started to flood in from former NFL players. Stories detailing the struggles many of these players endure in their retired lives… Keep Reading