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
Everyone dance now
By Lauren Zazzara Features Assignment Editor The Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts “went up” on a Tuesday. The Quick Center faculty hosted a dance party on Tuesday as part of their 20th anniversary celebration. They transformed The Center into a club using colored lights, balloons and music. As guests arrived, photographers snapped pictures… Keep Reading
Let’s hear it for Lets
By Gavin Lindahl Sports Assignment Editor With its season having come to an end, the men’s swimming team may be satisfied with its strong performance at the Atlantic 10 championship last weekend despite coming up short of its third consecutive title. However, it is time to take stock of what will be lost going forward… Keep Reading
Students launch new chapter of national blog
By Riley Eike Staff Writer On March 17, St. Bonaventure University will launch a chapter of Her Campus. Kiara Catanzaro, a senior journalism and mass communication major, and Lauren Zazzara, a sophomore journalism and mass communication major, will lead the new Bonaventure chapter of Her Campus. Although St. Bonaventure is introducing Her Campus to students… Keep Reading
Bonnies to face strong pitching in weekend series
By Pat Tintle Sports Editor After getting off to an 0-4 start in which it was outscored 23-4, the softball team is looking ahead to a busy weekend in North Carolina as it takes on Kent State and Robert Morris. The Bonnies will face each team once both today and on Saturday. Despite coming off… Keep Reading
Lights, camera, fashion
By Lauren Zazzara Features Assignment Editor The Academy Awards is one of the biggest nights for the fashion industry. The night requires luxurious, statement-making and dramatic attire. There’s a reason why hundreds of websites post slideshows of what the stars wore. Reporters always ask the famous question: “Who are you wearing?” There was live online… Keep Reading
Club basketball makes strong impact in first year
By Jonathan Sawyer Contributing Writer In its inaugural season, the club basketball team is looking to compete with the best. “Last year, it was an idea, us playing in the Richter. We thought we could play organized, and we were good enough to compete,” sophomore Student-Coach Amir Dastoori said. The Bonnies are in the North… Keep Reading
Marra gives leadership talk
By Julia Mericle News Assignment Editor On Thursday Feb. 19, alumnus Thomas Marra, ‘80, returned to campus to speak in a series of events for the Building Extraordinary Leaders program. His main talk, titled, “The Art and Science of Leadership,” included a presentation and question-and-answer session for students in the William F. Walsh Science Center… Keep Reading
Bona’s hosts copyright workshop
St. Bonaventure faculty hosted its first copyright workshop on Tuesday, Feb. 24 to inform the Bonaventure community about the importance of copyright laws. Ann Tenglund, associate director of libraries, and Carol McNall, professor of journalism and mass communication, hosted the copyright workshop. The workshop addressed how students, producers of new ideas, need to know the… Keep Reading
Bonnies attend conference at UB
Approximately sixteen St. Bonaventure University students attended the 2015 Western New York Student Leadership Conference (WNYSLC) at the University at Buffalo on Saturday, Feb. 21. The theme of this year’s conference was Cultivate Your Leadership: Grow Your Legacy. The conference included several guest speakers, including representatives from various universities throughout New York State, including… Keep Reading
Bona’s announces Ciesla as 2015 Woman of Promise
By Bryce Spadafora Contributing Writer Each year, a female student in the Russell J. Jandoli School of Journalism and Mass Communication is awarded the Dr. Mary A. Hamilton Woman of Promise Award for her achievements. This year’s recipient is senior Anna Ciesla. According to the school’s webpage, the student who is chosen demonstrates success academically,… Keep Reading
McCannon takes job at West Virginia
This will be the last semester Bryan McCannon, associate professor of economics, will teach at St. Bonaventure University, since he has taken a position at West Virginia University in Morgantown. McCannon has been at Bonaventure for four years teaching multiple areas of economics including intro to microeconomics and macroeconomics, econometrics and managerial economics. McCannon received… Keep Reading
BV Editor’s Blog: The Editing Process
By Amelia Kibbe Managing Editor Because Harrison described the delivery process, I thought I would explain one of the most important steps that get us to distribution: editing. Editing also happens to be my favorite phase, so although I could rant on for hundreds of words about the glories of semicolons and parallelism and the… Keep Reading
Editor’s Blog: Distribution of Labor
By Harrison Leone Editor-in-Chief In an effort to improve our online presence, The BV is rebooting a long-dormant feature of our website: the editor’s blog. Each week, readers of this blog will be offered in-depth access to the life of a Bona Venture editor. The BV is full of talented and dedicated people, and this… Keep Reading
SBU needs more out of starting five
Expectations can be hard to meet, and the St. Bonaventure women’s basketball team is finding this out the hard way. Going into the season, the Bonnies were projected to finish fourth in the Atlantic 10. Yet, as the season nears its end, the Bonnies find themselves with a 14-12 (4-9) record and an inconsistent, under-performing roster.… Keep Reading
Turnovers lead to loss
By Pat Tintle Sports Editor The men’s basketball team hosted another 6-6 Atlantic 10 team last Wednesday, but fell to Richmond 71-56. The Spiders improved to 14-12 (7-6), while the Bonnies fell to 13-11 (6-7). With freshman guard Jaylen Adams out for the season with a broken finger, junior guard Iakeem Alston started the game with… Keep Reading
Friar speaks on human trafficking
By Lian Bunny News Editor “Then did the idea begin to break upon my mind…that I had been kidnapped. But that I thought was incredible. There must have been some misapprehension – some unfortunate mistake…The more I contemplated my situation, however, the more I became confirmed in my suspicions…I felt there was no trust or… Keep Reading
Students to participate in Rite of Election
By Julia Mericle News Assignment Editor On Sunday, five St. Bonaventure students, who are members of the Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA), will participate in the Rite of Election as they prepare to enter the faith of the Catholic Church. Bishop Malone of the Buffalo Diocese will lead the celebration at the St.… Keep Reading
Shuttleworth stuns Skeller
By Kellen Quigley Contributing writer Justin Shuttleworth took the Rathskeller stage on Valentine’s Day. Armed only with a guitar, an iPad and a peddle board, Shuttleworth created a full concert experience comprised of his own songs, old and new, and covers of artists he admires. Shuttleworth is a native of Hamburg and currently attends college… Keep Reading
Students learn more about Bona’s graduate programs
By Jason Klaiber Staff Writer Students looking to further their education after an undergraduate degree visited St. Bonaventure’s graduate information session on Tuesday in the Doyle Hall Trustees Room. “At the grad level, because the students already have an area they’re focusing on, the questions tend to get deeper into curriculum and requirements,” Bruce Campbell,… Keep Reading
Young gives TED talk
By Katie Tercek Contributing Writer TEDxBuffalo, a branch of TED talks, invited Dr. Kimberly Young, a journalism and mass communication professor at St. Bonaventure University, to speak on Oct. 14, 2014. “TED,” which stands for technology, entertainment and design coverage, was founded in 1984 and enables people to share their ideas through short talks. Young’s… Keep Reading