Recap: Bonaventure MBB Defeats Big Four Rival Buffalo, Remains Undefeated at Home
Photo: St. Bonaventure Athletics BY: ANDREW HALE, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF The St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team picked up its ninth win of the season, … Keep Reading
Club hosts speakers: alumni panel speaks on family business
Dr. Carol Wittmeyer, advisor of St. Bonaventure’s Family Business Club, will host a family business event next Tuesday, bringing in experts and current family business owners to talk about the topic. “If you go to work at the New York Times, you are going to work at a family controlled firm,” said Wittmeyer, an associate… Keep Reading
Your opinion doesn’t matter…on the Internet
Due to the difficulty of policing people’s behavior on the Internet, it has become the norm to defer to a type of mob rule. When someone says something perceived as problematic online, the go-to move is for the masses to gang up on that person to inform him or her that they disagree. Different tactics… Keep Reading
Merton Center prepares for renovations
By ALEXIS YOUNG Contributing Writer In January, University Ministries will move to the John J. Murphy Professional Building as renovations to the Thomas Merton Ministry Center begin. A donation of $2 million from John R. “Jack” McGinley Jr. made the renovations, announced in the summer of 2015, possible. The renovation will include a complete demolition… Keep Reading
Letter to the editor: Alumnus encourages Bonnies to visit Mt. Irenaeus
If I close my eyes, I can still see it. You know, the path leading up to the chapel, the last leg of the journey to the summit of Mt. Irenaeus. It is beautiful, still, quiet. What defines it is not so much the chirping of birds or the feel of soft wind on your… Keep Reading
#RaceMatters begins
By Lian Bunny Photo Editor American criminal justice system or injustice system? Breea Willingham, Ph.D., a former Bonaventure journalism and mass communication professor, argued the latter in her talk titled “Race, Crime and the American Injustice System.” The lecture, given last Friday in the Walsh Amphitheatre, replaced the All Bonaventure Reads (ABR) author’s talk. Bryan… Keep Reading
Campus discusses race: Bona’s professors run panel on Confederate flag
By Lian Bunny Photo Editor What is offensive is determined by who is offended, not who is offending,” Robert Amico said. In response to recent events such as the Charleston, South Carolina, shooting, St. Bonaventure Residence Life sponsored a talk titled “Confederate Flag: Hate or History” on Wednesday evening. More than 100 students, faculty and… Keep Reading
Strut like you mean it
By Simone Robinson Contributing Writer The international fashion capital, New York City, hosted the annual Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week last week, officially beginning on Sept. 10. Designers, editors and celebrities all gathered together to get the scoop on the latest fashion trends for spring 2016, bonding over the street styles of fellow participants. As the… Keep Reading
Empire state of mind
By Caitlyn Morral Staff Writer Bonaventure students got a taste of the Big Apple last weekend. For one day, the students took on the city that never sleeps. The Campus Activities Board, (CAB) coordinates these bus trips. They happen twice a year, once in the fall semester and once in the spring semester. Fifty-five students… Keep Reading
To grandma’s house we go
Forget warm cookies and hugs. The grandparents in director M. Night Shyamalan’s newest thriller, “The Visit,” offer disturbing behavior and a 9:30 bedtime when their grandchildren come to visit for the week. In Shyamalan’s newest film, two kids, Rebecca (Olivia DeJonge) and Tyler (Ed Oxenbould) venture to their grandparent’s house while their mother, Paula, (Kathryn… Keep Reading
Special Olympics brings freeze to Bona’s
By Lauren Zazzara Features Editor It’s not winter yet, but the St. Bonaventure campus will be freezing on Sept. 25. The women’s swimming and diving team will host a Polar Spray to raise money for Special Olympics New York athletes. The Allegany Volunteer Fire Company will be on campus to spray registered participants with a… Keep Reading
Soccer winless in Michigan
By Dominic LoVallo Contributing Writer The St. Bonaventure men’s soccer team has struggled to score recently, netting only one goal in the last five games. Other than their season opener, where the Bonnies beat the New Jersey Institute of Technology Highlanders 2-1, they have lost every other game, falling to a record of 1-5. According… Keep Reading
Unfair for Clare
By Lauren Zazzara and Kailyn Jennings St. Bonaventure has multiple St. Francis statues, yet none of St. Clare, said Jean François Godet-Calogeras, professor of Franciscan studies. He added there should be a statue of Clare on campus. “The Franciscan movement would be incomplete without Clare,” he said. “Clare brought the women into the movement to… Keep Reading
The EDGE of glory
This fall, The Career and Professional Readiness Center (CPRC) will offer a new program to provide students with a competitive edge in their fields. According to Connie Whitcomb, the director of the CPRC, The Competitive Edge Certificate (The EDGE) program was created by the CPRC to teach participants useful skills for future internships, leadership positions… Keep Reading
Students to see the pope in D.C.
Pope Francis will visit the United States next week and several St. Bonaventure students have been given the opportunity to travel to Washington, D.C. to attend this once-in-a-lifetime event. From Sept. 22 to 24, 10 students will participate in young-adult-oriented group activities, designed to further prepare them for Pope Francis’ visit. These faith-based activities are… Keep Reading
Women split weekend
By Gavin Lindahl Staff Writer For the women’s soccer team, there’s only one match standing between them and conference play. This past week, the Bonnies played a couple of road games, going 1-1. Last Friday, the squad was in Lewiston to face off against Niagara University. Coach Steve Brdarski described the match, a 3-1 victory,… Keep Reading
Bonaventure adopts Odyssey chapter
Students said they are enjoying an opportunity to speak in a creative way through the new St. Bonaventure chapter of the online-opinion sharing platform, The Odyssey. Caitlin McClare, a senior journalism and mass communication major and the editor-in-chief of Bonaventure’s sector of The Odyssey, said that this club is the perfect way for students to… Keep Reading
Time always runs out
Far too often, understanding and appreciating the gravity of a certain time in our lives happens retroactively. This will happen hundreds of times in our lifespan, and we will look back and smile or cry, and wish we were somehow able to live in that moment just a bit longer. We wish, somehow, that we… Keep Reading
The mountain is calling
If there is one thing I’ve learned in my one year at St. Bonaventure, it’s that the trips you can take to Mount Irenaeus can have the power to open you up to amazing experiences and give you friends for life. At the beginning of my freshman year, I tried several different clubs to see… Keep Reading
Bishop to preside over mass at local church
The Most Rev. Richard J. Malone, bishop of the Diocese of Buffalo, will be presiding over mass at Saint Mary of the Angels tomorrow morning at 11:30 in Olean, NY. The church will celebrate its 100th anniversary. Two weeks ago, the bishop participated in the Opening Celebration and Mass of the Holy Spirit at St.… Keep Reading
Haitian hurrah
By Caitlyn Morral Staff Writer Bonaventure students are about to get a taste of Haiti. This semester, St. Bonaventure has decided to host 20 Haitian students. The Haitian group will be at the university from Sept. 23 until Oct. 12. The students are staying for three weeks as a new branch of BonaResponds, called “Bonas… Keep Reading