By Gwen Furmanek Assistant Opinion Editor We’ve begun a new year, and with it should come progress in policy. Change happened this past week when a historic moment in history occurred. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, announced the U.S. military is lifting its prohibition…
By Deirdre Spilman Opinion Editor I am by no means a football fan. I do not even pretend to know what’s going on when people talk about it. Up until a few days ago, I didn’t even know who Ray Lewis was. Even though I may not appreciate the sport as much as some die-hard…
By Sara Ward Associate Editor Jimmy Lee Dykes, a 65-year-old retired truck driver was a standoffish, unsocial Vietnam Navy veteran who was known to go out in the middle of the night to shoot birds and rabbits. He constructed a 4-feet-wide, 6-feet-long bunker about eight feet deep and covered it in sand near his house.…
By Mary Best Editor-in-Chief With another year and another apocalypse behind us, The Bona Venture staff hopes to move forward in 2013 and bring a fresh newspaper with us. We hope to improve The Bona Venture as a legitimate campus newspaper. No story is unimportant. We know every person who sets foot on campus has…
By Kevin Rogers Opinion Assignment Editor In the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, it was inevitable that politicians would look to move toward gun control legislation. Whether the motivation is out of true sympathy for the slain or a chance to act on a long-desired agenda, the bills came hard and fast.…
Seasonal illness is very much like sub-zero temperatures and slushy sidewalks: difficult to avoid and not fun in the slightest. And nothing’s worse or less fun than spreading the sufferings of the flu to the St. Bonaventure community. Though the Center for Disease Control says the widespread flu epidemic which has been harassing the United…
By Matthew Laurrie Features Editor The golden arches are arguably one of the most adored and recognizable symbols in the fast food industry, but not everyone is lovin’ it at McDonald’s these days. In April 2011, a man in Dearborn Heights, Mich. sued McDonald’s and one of its franchise owners – Finley’s Management Company –…
By Deirdre Spilman Opinion Editor Patriotism swept the nation last Monday when President Barack Obama was inaugurated for his second term. The event became even more momentous as he is the nation’s first African-American president and the ceremony just happened to take place on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. However, if you are like me,…
By Sara Ward Associate Editor As the excitement from Inauguration Day dies down, it’s amazing what kind of stories have emerged as a result. Among the expected headlines such as “Obama’s Address Filled With Inspirational Quotes” according to a Jan. 21 Huffington Post article or “President Addresses Thousands During Celebration” according to another Jan. 21…
By Gwen Furmanek Assitant Opinion Editor Why are the names of the sadistic perpetrators of shootings being sensationalized as household names? The American public focuses on the issue of gun control because of recent tragedies when, in reality, society should be looking toward the media for hyping up these villains to who they are. According…
By Samantha Berkhead Managing Editor In the immediate aftermath of the horrific massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School last month, Hollywood executives suspended the premieres of several releases containing violent content, including “Jack Reacher” and “Django Unchained.” Despite this, an argument prevails among many Americans about these types of films — that their violent content…
By: Elizabeth Pray Staff Writer Imagine this scenario: a five-year-old girl talking to her classmates at the bus stop about playing with Hello Kitty toys. One of those toys includes a bubble gun— simply a toy that shoots bubbles out at people. Sounds innocent and cute, right? Well, apparently, the kindergartner’s school, Mount Carmel Area…
By Emily Sullivan Associate Editor When you apply to a college, you have to give whatever university you have chosen a lot of personal information. In an application, such as the one you fill out when applying to St. Bonaventure University, you have to give them your social security number, home address and phone number.…
By Alexandra Salerno Editor-in-Chief Unfurl the brown and white … and yellow. Following almost a decade of the student section representing a sea of brown during game nights in the Reilly Center, the WolfPack has transformed to a blob of yellow. Now in my junior year, my previous two WolfPack shirts look almost identical except…
By Gwen Furmanek Staff Writer She made the same mistake twice, but this time, it cost a life. Danielle Kellogg’s SUV veered into an oncoming lane and hit 31-year-old Denise Hine’s car on Nov. 27, in Brant, N.Y. Hine’s 7- month- old infant Baylee was pronounced dead after being taken to Lakeshore Health Care Center…
This editorial represents the opinion of The Bona Venture staff Finals week is approaching. Stress levels are high and patience is low. Presentations, tests and papers take over our lives. In times like these, we could all use a little pick-me-up. The creators of the Facebook page “Sbu Compliments” are trying to do just that.…
By Kevin Rogers Assistant Opinion Editor For text-message addicts, it probably doesn’t take long for a cell phone inbox to be filled to capacity. Press a couple of buttons and they’ll be gone. Though some cell phone carriers might store the data briefly, that text message will likely never be a factor again. An organization…
By Deirdre Spilman Opinion Assignment Editor There is a crisis threatening the welfare of our nation. No, not global warming or horrible state of the economy. It’s obesity, and it is practically impossible to go anywhere without seeing its effects. Childhood obesity has tripled in the past 30 years according to the Centers for Disease…
By Mary Best Managing Editor It’s been four days, and the royal baby already has five parody Twitter accounts. In an announcement which took over social media, their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge a.k.a. Prince Will and Princess Kate announced Kate’s pregnancy on their official website on Monday. Granted, this is nothing…
By Sara Ward Copy Editor It’s disappointing when journalists feel the need to plaster someone’s tragedy all over for a news story. The New York Post insensitively chose to run a front-page photo of a man about to be struck by a subway train, according to a Dec. 4 USA Today article. While it’s true…