Sneak Peak: Documentary Featuring Bonaventure’s Men’s Basketball Team
BY: MORGAN KILGER/FEATURES EDITOR The St. Bonaventure University’s men’s basketball team has impacted both the university and Franciscan values for decades. The … Keep Reading
Club Basketball picks up pair over Binghamton
By Emily Coughlin Staff Writer The St. Bonaventure University men’s club basketball team played against Binghamton in a three-game series today, taking two of three games. The Bonnies (8-4) came out in the first game and picked up a close win, winning 45-43. Both teams kept the score tight throughout the entirety of the game,… Keep Reading
Students reflect on Emmett Till
By Yoselin Person Features Assignment Editor The month of February is Black History Month, and we are reminded of Emmett Till’s murder. Recently, the news of Emmett Till’s accuser, Carolyn Bryant, 82 years old, from Indianola, Mississippi, has broken her silence of falsely accusing Till in being “inappropriate” with her. For six decades, Bryant… Keep Reading
Groundhog’s Day at Punxsutawney
By Alexis Young Staff Writer Thursday, Punxsutawney, PA—affectionately called Punxsy by locals—celebrated the 131st anniversary of Groundhog’s Day. For those who don’t know what Groundhog’s Day is, every February 2nd, a local groundhog named Punxsutawney Phil is pulled from his burrow on top of Gobbler’s Knob to predict the coming of spring. If Phil… Keep Reading
Pink Game returns to SBU
By Mike DeSanto Sports Editor When the St. Bonaventure University women’s basketball team takes on the La Salle Explorers on Feb. 7, it will be more than a game for some in attendance. The team’s annual Pink Game, which is done in conjunction with Olean General Hospital, supports the research and treatment of a variety… Keep Reading
Draining the swamp
One thing I love more than anything is hearing the stories of my parents’ and my grandparents’ childhood. Although every generation has its struggles, hearing their tales of yesteryear brings me back to a time that always seems a little less complicated than my own. Until recently, I haven’t given much thought to my own… Keep Reading
Bonnies go against the ban
President Donald Trump signed an executive order barring all people from seven heavily Muslim populated nations from entering the United States last Friday. The order received immediate and heavy pushback from people all over the world — from protests at John F. Kennedy airport in New York, to San Francisco to London. On Thursday, Bonnies… Keep Reading
App Development Club takes requests
By Julia Mericle Editor-in-chief This semester, the Android App Development Club asked faculty members to submit requests for app ideas to use in the classroom. The club, which started last semester, aims to create a space where students who enjoy web, computer or phone-based programming can learn how to make what they want to make,… Keep Reading
History professor pens new book
Thomas Schaeper, Ph.D., Bonaventure history professor, recently penned a book that connects American history with local ties through an Olean native’s letters. “Somewhere in France: The World War I Letters and Journal of Private Frederick A. Kittleman,” features the letters and private writings of Kittleman, who fought alongside over a dozen other Olean natives. Part… Keep Reading
Bonaventure friar consults on film
By Cameron Pettrone Contributing Writer St. Bonaventure presented the 2016 docudrama “The Sultan and the Saint” in the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts Wednesday. The film depicts Francis of Assisi striving for common ground with Malik al-Kamil, the Sultan of Egypt, during the Fifth Crusade in 1219, in which members of the… Keep Reading
Students participate in March for Life
By Amelia Kibbe Advisory Editor With less than a week to go before the 2017 March for Life, senior LaurieAnne Wickens worked making final travel arrangements for the trip to Washington D.C. for the annual pro-life march. Determined to make this year’s trip a success, Wickens, president of St. Bonaventure’s pro-life club, carefully watched the… Keep Reading
How to handle your bad hair day
By Brianna Mcknight Contributing Writer The first three weeks of the semester are great for the most part. You get to class on time, and maybe even early. You wake up with enough time to shower and eat, and have more motivation to get dressed nicely, but then you get settled in. Now your… Keep Reading
SGA updates on Paladino Building
On Tuesday, the Student Government Association’s voting members selected the students’ recommendation to present to the board of trustees regarding the name change of the “Paladino House.” Though there were originally four resolutions one was retracted late last week and another early Tuesday. Two resolutions were voted on: Resolution one, being to change the name… Keep Reading
Kehlani releases infusing pop project
Kehlani’s recent release SweetSexySavage infuses a blend of pop music-style hooks and thoughtful, raw concepts; and the combination is dynamite. Those same culminations of artistic approaches hold the power to establish the 21-year-old singer, an America’s Got Talent finalist, within the mainstream. Her storytelling is skillful — taking the focus off of hip-hop’s expected innuendos… Keep Reading
Exploring Poverty
By Vanessa Hulse Contributing Writer Poverty is not something that we generally want to see or think about on a daily basis. Poverty is something we as a society like to brush under the rug and hope it doesn’t interfere with our lives. Only those of us who don’t face poverty each day can avoid… Keep Reading
Magician leaves audience in awe
By Dom LoVallo Managing Editor Students and faculty gathered in the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts to watch comedic-magician Brian Miller perform Tuesday night. CAB organized the event, and Beth Palumbo, CAB advisor and assistant director of activities, recreation and leadership at Bonaventure, said Miller’s ties to Buffalo made him an interesting person… Keep Reading
EDGE: Smooth Sailing
By Ellen Piper Contributing Writer Students spent their Tuesday evening at the Smooth Sailing seminar listening to alumni Erik Seastedt, who has worked in various areas of human resources for 27 years. The event, sponsored by the EDGEprogram, described ways to succeed in a new job. The EDGE program was created so that students are… Keep Reading
Swimmers excelling outside of pool
By Ryan Signorino Staff Writer From managing classes, classwork, time to eat and sleep and maintaining a social life, time management can be difficult for college students. Throw in being a student athlete on top of all that, and the equation for finding time throughout the day can become even more crammed. That’s why women’s… Keep Reading
A Sports Legend Rides On
By Mike DeSanto Sports Editor Let it be marked down in the history books: on Tuesday, Brent Musburger called the final game of his illustrious career, and boy, what a game it was. Musburger got a proper send-off in the form of an overtime thriller between the Georgia Bulldogs and the number-eight ranked Kentucky Wildcats,… Keep Reading
Women’s Lax preps for spring
By Kiley O’Donnell Sports Assignment Editor The St. Bonaventure University women’s lacrosse team is gearing up this spring to begin its 17th season as a program. During the spring of 2016, the Bonnies went 3-14, finishing ninth in the Atlantic 10. Senior captain Taylor Fallon started 15 games during her junior campaign in 2016, tallying… Keep Reading
Do celebrities’ opinions sway yours?
For years, celebrities have been using their status as a platform to springboard their political and social views. Society holds celebrities on a pedestal, to the point where if they’re doing or saying something, it has to be the cool or right thing for everybody to do. Celebrities know they’re seen in this manner, so… Keep Reading