RECAP: Bonaventure WBB Comes Back to Beat Canisius
Photo: St. Bonaventure Athletics BY: AIDAN SHINNERS, STAFF WRITER The St. Bonaventure University women’s basketball defeated Little Three rival Canisius University on … Keep Reading
Making my way downtown in Vienna
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… Keep Reading
Going for the gold
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… Keep Reading
Female Power
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… Keep Reading
Softball drops doubleheader to LaSalle
By Nick Konotopskyj Assistant Sports Editor After back-to-back wins to cap off March, the softball team started April on a bad note. The Bonnies dropped both games of the doubleheader April 4 against the La Salle Explorers by scores of 6-2 and 10-5. The losses drop the Bonnies to 6-14 overall (2-5 in conference play),… Keep Reading
Teamwork: How each news story is perfected
By Julia Mericle News Assignment Editor When reading The Bona Venture, there is a byline under each story giving credit to the writer. It is easy to assume that each writer just wrote their story by themselves and then all the stories are simply pieced together in the newspaper. However, until I began my adventure… Keep Reading
2015 Spring Awards Ceremony award recipients
Updated by Amelia Kibbe Father Joe Doino, O.F.M., Honors and Awards winners: 1. University Mission Volunteer of the Year- student Joshua Maxey 2. The Fr. Bob Stewart, O.F.M. Adviser of the Year- Tracy Schrems, women’s rugby coach 3. Program or Event of the Year- MLK Jr. Celebration (hosted by the Urban Arts Club) 4. Donald… Keep Reading
Stop the presses: Buff State student government oversteps authority
By Harrison Leone Editor-in-Chief On April 1, SUNY Buffalo State’s student-run newspaper, The Record, ran an April Fool’s edition. A cursory look at the online edition of the paper at Buffstaterecord.com revealed a funny, tongue-in-cheek and obviously farcical issue, with the title of the paper changed to “The Wrecked”, and a front page expose of… Keep Reading
Oh the people you’ll meet
One of the best parts of writing for The Bona Venture is the people that you get to meet as a part of your job. Whether an assignment requires interviews with random students on campus or a formal meeting with Sr. Margaret Carney, O.S.F., the university’s president, writing for the BV is sure to lead… Keep Reading
Fashion, features and frivolity
By Lauren Zazzara Features Assignment Editor Being Features Assignment is incredibly easy. I do no work but I get a fancy title, and it’s great. I kid. But working for the features section is a fun job. Basically, I help come up with story ideas and, with the rest of the features team, I edit… Keep Reading
Laxers look to turn season around
By Reid Okoniewski Contributing Writer After a slow start to the women’s lacrosse team’s season, the Bonnies are prepared for Atlantic 10 Conference games. A 1-7 start to the season was not what fourth-year head coach Ryan Lynn, or the team had hoped to start with, according to Lynn. “Now that we’re in conference play, everyone… Keep Reading
Interim AD set for retirement
Pat Tintle Sports Editor With St. Bonaventure’s announcement of Tim Kenney taking over the duties of Athletic Director, Ron Zwierlein will step down from his position as interim athletic director. Zwierlein, who held the AD position between January of 2004 and January of 2007, replaced former Bonaventure AD Steve Watson, who departed from Bona’s and accepted the… Keep Reading
More madness to come
By Nick Konotopskyj Assistant Sports Editor Professional sports give fans a chance to see the best players in the world. Although the same isn’t true with college sports, people are still fascinated with watching the best basketball schools in the country compete for a national championship. In two weeks time, a college basketball champion will be crowned… Keep Reading
Phun with Philosophy
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… Keep Reading
Dayton flies past St. Bona’s
By Nick Konotposkyj Assistant Sports Editor The Dayton Flyers were not gracious hosts to the St. Bonaventure softball team this past weekend. The Bonnies came away losing all three of their games to kick off Atlantic 10 play, being outscored 19-4 in the process. The series sweep droped the Bonnies to 4-12 overall (0-3 in conference… Keep Reading
Hop into Wonderland
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… Keep Reading
Bonnies walkoff
By Pat Tintle Sports Editor The baseball team continued its strong early-season success in dramatic fashion Tuesday, as the Bonnies beat Niagara 8-7 on a walk-off sacrifice fly. The Bonnies continued the doubleheader as the team tied the Purple Eagles 1-1 in an eight-inning game that was cut short due to expiring daylight. The eventual… Keep Reading
Tell me a tale
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. … Keep Reading
Classes to be cancelled for April fools
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… Keep Reading
Theaters have a ball with Cinderella
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… Keep Reading
Tennis team loses sixth straight
By Jonathan Sawyer Staff Writer The men’s tennis team suffered its sixth straight loss last weekend to Duquesne. Playing in a tightly contested match, the Bonnies never lost hope of winning, played a lot more competitively and felt they were equal to the Duquesne team, they said. “We played very well this weekend, and we… Keep Reading