By Amelia Kibbe Managing Editor Sophomore Erin O’Rourke exited the front door of Plassmann Hall on her way to the Hickey Dining Hall for lunch. As she descended the steps, she said she realized a student with a lit cigarette stood beside her. Annoyed, O’Rourke, a marketing major, said she walked through a cloud of…
By Taylor Nigrelli Digital Media Strategist “Mad Men” has never been a show for the common man. It has always catered to a certain audience. To the type of person who appreciates truly brilliant dialogue. To the kind of person who wants a plot that is both interesting and not absurd. To a person who’s…
As the final weeks of spring semester draw to a close, students said they are beginning to apply and interview for summer internships. Internships allow students to get hands-on experience in the professional world before graduating and beginning their careers. While some students said they choose to apply for internships within their career paths, other…
By Philosophy Club members Perhaps one day, like Neo, we’ll end up discovering we’re actually in pods being fed sensations from machines. We might “see” that woman in the red dress or cringe as we “bite” a Popsicle stick between front teeth, but these sensations and the supposed world they construct could be false. I…
By Lauren Zazzara Features Assignment Editor Music festival season is in full force, and with it comes festival fashion. Instagram, Tumblr and Pinterest are full of denim, flower crowns and fringe as street style at festivals is documented on blogs and websites. The free-spirited vibe that comes with festivals is inspired by the days of…
By Andrea Fernandes Features Editor Kevin Hart trains Will Ferrell to “Get Hard” for jail in their new movie. Hopefully both are tough enough for the terrible reviews this movie has received and the bad critiques yet to come. Etan Cohen directed the movie, and he is also known for directing movies such as “Men…
By Hannah Gordon Czech Correspondent At this time two years ago, I was on a 10-day excursion through France, Monaco and Italy with about 40 girls from my small, Franciscan high school. We went to Mass on Easter, and I remember writing in my travel journal how lucky I was to be there. I thought…
For 25 years, Carl Case, professor of management, has been coaching Special Olympics teams. Case has a 31-year-old son with Down syndrome, so his involvement with the organization has a personal connection. The Special Olympics started in the early 1960s, when Eunice Kennedy Shriver saw the unfair treatment people with mental disabilities experienced. She began…
By Lauren Zazzara Features Assignment Editor The word “feminist” has been thrown around in pop culture hundreds of times in the past few years. Emma Watson became an ambassador of HeForShe, a gender equality movement. Patricia Arquette spoke about wage inequality between genders in her Academy Awards acceptance speech this year. The Twitter account WomanAgainstFeminism…
By Philosophy Club members Hello, readers of The Bona Venture! Philosophy Club has a brief announcement. We’ll be around to greet you in the BV with a regular column now, but need a little help. While we could talk on and on about philosophy, as we often like to do, we’d love some input from…
Bonaventure’s hip-hop team will host its annual hip-hop show in the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts, with an “Alice in Wonderland” theme. Just like the White Rabbit, the dancers are in a race for time to hit the stage on April 28-29. Freshman sociology major and hip-hop team member Brooke Astley said the…
The SBU Theatre’s spring production hit the Regina A. Quick Center for the arts this week. Student actors took on different roles based on characters from the Brothers Grimm to create their production titled “Story Theatre.” Based on Aesop’s fables and Grimm Brothers tales, the play aims to tell classic tales with a comedic twist. …
By Caitlyn Morral Staff Writer A day filled with tricks and pranks is right around the corner. Students and teachers are eager to use this day to play jokes on their friends, they said. For some students, April Fool’s Day is just an amusing day to trick those around them. “You can get away with…
By Kellen Quigley Staff Writer Disney remade ‘Cinderella’ with impressive changes and its classic magic. With all the live-action remakes of traditional fairytales in recent years, a retelling of “Cinderella” was only a matter of time. While others like “Snow White and the Huntsman” and “Maleficent” changed quite a bit for a fresher story, this…
By Hannah Gordon Czech Correspondent In the last installment of “Bohemian Rhapsody” I mentioned feeling obligated to take in every moment of being abroad. I think I took that sentiment to another level this week. The Easter market started on Sunday, which means that Old Town Square and Wenceslas Square, the two most popular squares…
By Lauren Zazzara Features Assignment Editor The E! Network show “Fashion Police” is dedicated to offering commentary on the fashion choices of celebrities both on and off the red carpet. But since former host Joan Rivers’ death, the show has been shrouded in controversy. At the 2015 Academy Awards, Disney actress Zendaya Coleman (recognized as…
By Bryce Spadafora Contributing Writer Midterm grades have been posted, but they aren’t final. Students who are unhappy with their grades still have a chance to improve. One option available for students is the Teaching and Learning Center (TLC). Located in the basement of Doyle Hall, the TLC is a campus resource invested in the…
By Hannah Gordon Czech Correspondent If there is one thing I’ve learned from my study abroad experience so far, it’s that some things will stick with you for a lifetime and others you just hope will remain. Two weeks ago, my friends and I traveled to Poland with a group of students from our university.…
With spring beginning today, students may have noticed all this Western New York snow starting to melt and the sun shining a little more than usual. Some students said the sunshine might bring about newfound positivity. Others said they are excited to start planning for upcoming events on and off campus “Spring is symbolic of…
By Kailyn Jennings Contributing Writer Dan Milgate’s iPhone vibrated on his nightstand as he laid in bed at 11 p.m. – another retweet for his video of Marcus Posley’s game-winning shot when St. Bonaventure University beat #18 Virginia Commonwealth University, he said. He scrolled through his newsfeed, thinking of his 8:30 a.m. class. Thirty minutes…
