By Emily Sullivan Associate Editor William Shakespeare is the most widely performed playwright of all time. Having written around 40 plays, it’s no surprise. This past weekend, the SBU Theater department took a different stance on Shakespeare and turned the beloved classics into something brand new. The play, “42 Shakes: A Work in Progress,” is…
By Betsy Pray Staff Writer Which faction will you choose? This is the concept behind the new action fantasy film “Divergent,” The film is based on the first novel in the best-selling book series by Veronica Roth. Starring Shailene Woodley (“The Secret Life of the American Teenager,”) Theo James (“Underworld: Awakening,”) and Kate Winslet, (“Titanic.”)…
By Majella Shields Staff Writer Welcome to this week’s Fashion Focus. On campus we are doing our best to recycle and help with Recyclemania. The “Trashion” show is an event to encourage students to use their creativity as well as the recyclable contents of their trash cans to create an outfit. These materials include products…
By Andrea Fernandes Contributing Writer St. Bonaventure University is certainly comprised of an astonishing group of students. Matt Creeron and Dan Egan are just two students who are striving to become extraordinary. While many Bonnies spent the winter break sleeping in, these two spent their break on a pilgrimage to Italy. While on this pilgrimage,…
By Emily Sullivan Associate Editor After SBU Theater’s fall production of “The Walls,” audiences walked away from the show wondering what the program would do next and how they were going to top the stellar production next semester. We finally have an answer. This weekend and next weekend, the SBU Theater program will be putting…
By Betsy Pray Staff Writer St. Bonaventure University has a president, provost, professors and many faculty members. But what many people may not know is the university has an ombudsman. Gary Ostrower is St. Bonaventure University’s ombuds officer, having held the position since 1997. He explained what an ombudsman’s job is. “The ombuds officer is…
By Amelia Kibbe Features Assignment Editor There are many amazing people and groups at Bonaventure who work throughout the year to make the campus community a better place. On April 15, the Fr. Joe Doino awards ceremony will take place to honor hard-working, caring people who have made a difference in the Bonaventure community. This…
By Alexandra Salerno Advisory Editor The third Thursday of March, dubbed Match Day, is a day when graduating medical students learn which residency program they’ve been assigned to, which is chosen by a complicated computer algorithm. Students across the country learn where they will spend the next seven years of their lives, and among them…
By Harrison Leone Czech Correspondent I think I caught something in Berlin, something besides the lung-throttling cough that wakes my roommates up at 4 a.m. I think I’ve been infected with an incurable case of wanderlust, and the only treatment is travel. A self-prescribed trip to Vienna seemed to be an appropriate antidote. Luckily, there…
I’m not sure what my attraction is to the Olean Applebee’s. It could be the low lighting that creates a soothing ambience or the 15 televisions that never fail to keep me entertained. Possibly it’s just the fact that it is one of the few places in Olean to eat. And I don’t mean that…
By Majella Shields Staff Writer Welcome to this week’s Fashion Focus. I will be discussing a new take on the very popular selfie craze that has taken social media by storm. At the beginning of the week, girls posted pictures of their bare faces, wearing no makeup and using the hashtag “#nomakeupselfie” in order to…
By Amelia Kibbe Features Assignment Editor Mock trial knows how to bring down the gavel. St. Bonaventure’s mock trial team will compete this weekend at the Opening Round Championship Series (ORCS) Tournament in Hamilton, Ohio. This is the next level after the team’s first-place win at the regional competition in Buffalo last month. The team,…
By Emily Sullivan Associate Editor It all started with a book. When “Once Upon a Time” first aired on ABC in 2011, it put almost 12.9 million viewers under its spell, according to an Oct. 24, 2011 TV Line story. Since then, it has managed to captivate viewers for two and a half seasons due…
By Andrea Fernandes Contributing Writer Sister Suzanne Kush, O.S.F., and other Catholic sisters of the St. Bonaventure community gathered Tuesday night to celebrate the first-ever National Catholic Sisters Week. With March being Women’s History Month, this past week was dedicated to recognize the impact that Catholic sisters have made in America. The sisters hosted a…
By Ryan Horan Contributing Writer In yet another example of a studio trying to milk more money from a successful past film, I give you “300: Rise of an Empire.” The movie, a sequel to the 2006 hit “300,” hit theaters Friday, March 7. The sad thing about the situation is the tactic is working…
St. Patrick’s Day is the one day (or, in our case, the one weekend) of the year when everyone thinks they are Irish and find it necessary to wear green. Many choose to wear green even though not everyone can rock this shamrock shade. It’s not a rule you have to wear green, and…
By Majella Shields Staff Writer This week’s Fashion Focus was inevitable. Of course, it;s St. Patrick’s Day themed. The holiday originated in Ireland to celebrate the feast of St. Patrick, Ireland’s patron saint. He was born in Scotland but was captured and brought to Ireland to tend sheep. He was held captive until he was…
By Betsy Pray Staff Writer Let the Lenten season begin. This past Wednesday was Ash Wednesday, signaling the start of Lent, a 40-day season in the Christian liturgical calendar preceding the Easter season. The tradition of Ash Wednesday consists of ashes being put on the forehead in the shape of a cross. The ashes come…
By Kerri Linsenbigler Associate Editor On a November morning in 1989, Denny Wilkins awoke to a hangover and a 30-page Word document. These 30 pages, inspired by a breakup, became the foundation of “Mapping Utah: Love and War in the Wilderness,” Wilkins’ recently published novel. “All I can say is I don’t remember writing what…
By Harrison Leone Czech Correspondent When I prepared to come to Prague, I made a list of places in Europe that I wanted to visit over the next four months. In no particular order, I decided Krakow/Auschwitz, Naples, Dresden and Bruges were the absolute non-negotiables. Obviously, I wanted to go anywhere and everywhere possible, but…