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Lacrosse/SPORTS

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

SPORTS

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

Extra Point/SPORTS

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

FEATURES

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

Softball/SPORTS

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

FEATURES

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

Baseball/SPORTS

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

FEATURES

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

FEATURES

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

FEATURES

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

FEATURES

Bohemian Rhapsody

By Hannah Gordon Czech Correspondent In the last installment of “Bohemian Rhapsody” I mentioned feeling obligated to take in every moment of being abroad. I think I took that sentiment to another level this week. The Easter market started on Sunday, which means that Old Town Square and Wenceslas Square, the two most popular squares… Keep Reading

FEATURES

Dreading diversity

By Lauren Zazzara Features Assignment Editor The E! Network show “Fashion Police” is dedicated to offering commentary on the fashion choices of celebrities both on and off the red carpet. But since former host Joan Rivers’ death, the show has been shrouded in controversy. At the 2015 Academy Awards, Disney actress Zendaya Coleman (recognized as… Keep Reading

Golf/SPORTS

Golfer looks to rejuvenate Bonnies

Sports are often thought of as activities done for fun, but for junior Josh Stauffer, golf is a way of life. “Growing up, I was surrounded by golf,” Stauffer said.  “My dad is a golf pro in Bradford, Pennsylvania, my hometown, and my mom works at the golf course too. So, when I was younger, I… Keep Reading

SPORTS

Kenney wants cash back at Bona’s

By Pat Tintle Sports Editor St. Bonaventure University has found its new Director of Athletics in Tim Kenney, the former executive associate athletic director for the University of Massachusetts. Kenney will start work at Bonaventure in mid-April. In his introductory news conference held in the St. Bonaventure Hall of Fame on March 19, Kenney, a graduate… Keep Reading

NEWS

Grant funds SafeTeen Coalition

By Lian Bunny News Editor St. Bonaventure’s Medical Emergency Response Team (MERT) found another way to promote safety in the local community: the SafeTeen Coalition. Alex Gu, a senior biology major, invented the idea of SafeTeen and applied for a State Farm grant to create the program.  As the chief of MERT and an emergency… Keep Reading

NEWS

Journalism faculty present

By Jason Klaiber Staff Writer Anne and Rich Lee, St. Bonaventure journalism and mass communication faculty, spoke at this year’s Joint Spring Meeting of the American Journalism Historians Association and the History Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. The conference was held at New York University on March 21. Anne… Keep Reading

NEWS

Panelists speak: women say inequality still exists in the workplace

By Lian Bunny News Editor My child’s father got paid paternity leave.  I did not, and I had the baby.” Eboni Hayes’ statement exemplified the inequality discussed at the second annual women’s panel on Tuesday. St. Bonaventure’s Russell J. Jandoli School of Journalism and Mass Communication hosted the discussion on women’s issues in the workplace.… Keep Reading

NEWS

Bona’s students rally: protesters disagree with Cuomo and Young

By Julia Mericle News Assignment Editor Between 250 and 300 teachers, administrators, parents and students from St. Bonaventure University and surrounding community schools, protested outside the office of Republican State Sen. Catharine Young last Friday. The protesters were seeking clarification regarding Young’s stance on public education and her plans regarding modifications to Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s… Keep Reading

NEWS

Ciesla receives Woman of Promise

By Julia Mericle News Assignment Editor One of the great joys I have as dean is telling a student when he or she has won an award, and I was very excited to tell Anna,” Pauline Hoffmann, dean of the Russell J. Jandoli School of Journalism and Mass Communication, said about senior Anna Ciesla. Each… Keep Reading

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