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
Women’s basketball downs 49ers, moves on in WNIT
By Zach Waltz Sports Assignment Editor The women’s basketball team defeated the Charlotte 49ers 81-62 in the first round of the Women’s National Invitation Tournament tonight. The Bonnies had four players in double-digit scoring. Sophomore forward Katie Healy led the team with a career-high 28 points. She also contributed 12 rebounds and a game-high five… Keep Reading
Column: Healy, Little lead St. Bonaventure resurgence
By Taylor Nigrelli Sports Editor During St. Bonaventure’s surprisingly successful 2013-14 season, much has been made of the on-and-off court chemistry of the team’s star sophomore forward duo of Katie Healy and Hannah Little. In multiple press conferences Coach Jim Crowley has joked about the similarities between the two, on separate occasions saying they “have… Keep Reading
University magazine should revisit, abolish homophobic policy
By Taylor Nigrelli Sports Editor In April 2013, then Bona Venture news editor Nate West (current managing editor) wrote a story exposing St. Bonaventure’s policy of not printing LGBT marriage announcements in its alumni magazine, The Bonaventure. The piece, which also yielded a condemning editorial from former editor-in-chief Mary Best, garnered a fair amount of… Keep Reading
Campus involvement essential for students
By Sara Ward Associate Editor This past weekend, excitement overtook campus as the men’s basketball team beat St. Louis in a last minute victory to make it to the Atlantic 10 tournament semifinals. Many students made spur of the moment decisions to head to Brooklyn and support the team. Even though we ended up losing… Keep Reading
Students should be wary of rumors on social media
This editorial represents the opinion of The Bona Venture staff. Social media has recently been abuzz regarding the sobriety status of Spring Weekend, which begins Friday, April 25. Rumors about an absolutely dry campus have dominated newsfeeds and timelines for the past several weeks. But students need to wait until they have correct facts and information… Keep Reading
Dear BV…
“Two of my good friends asked me to room with them in Dev next year. How do I choose whom to live with?” __________________ There certainly is never a shortage of stress when it comes to roommates and living arrangements in college, but we hope to help you slam the door on any unnecessarily housing… Keep Reading
Makeda Loney named Woman of Promise
By Lian Bunny Assistant News Editor St. Bonaventure named Makeda Loney, senior journalism and mass communication major, the 2014 recipient of the Dr. Mary A. Hamilton Woman of Promise award. The award is named in honor of Dr. Mary Hamilton, a ’59 St. Bonaventure graduate and a retired associate professor for the Russell J. Jandoli… Keep Reading
Two Bona’s students honored for advertising achievemen
By Hannah Gordon News Assignment Editor Two St. Bonaventure students, Alyssa Hamilton and Danny Bush were honored by the Advertising Club of Buffalo for their achievements in advertising and videography. The Western New York Student ADDY Awards ceremony, hosted by the Advertising Club of Buffalo on Friday, March 7, was located at the Tralf… Keep Reading
SGA, SPCA bringing dogs to campus for fundraiser
By Heather Monahan Copy Editor Imagine being able to fish into your pocket for a spare dollar and pay to play with an adorable dog. You’ll be able to do just that next Friday when the Cattaraugus County branch of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) brings dogs to St. Bonaventure.… Keep Reading
St. Bonaventure’s Model United Nations to host conference Saturday
By Madeleine Faircloth Contributing Writer St. Bonaventure University’s Model United Nations (SBUMUN) will host more than 230 high school students for a conference on Saturday. The conference has been hosted by St. Bonaventure for more than a decade and continues this year with students visiting from 15 high schools across Western New York and Pennsylvania,… Keep Reading
Stock Box: Fed hints at slowing bond buys
By Sean Corey Staff Writer New Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen hinted that the Fed may end its bond buying program, quantitative easing, on Wednesday. Currently the Fed buys around $60 billion dollars worth of bonds each month from various banks. This lowers interest rates and increases lending to businesses and other borrowers, thus providing a… Keep Reading
SGA reveals changes for constitution next year
By Julia Mericle Staff Writer The Student Government Association (SGA) passed all the proposed amendments to their constitution with an overwhelming majority. SGA Senator at Large Alexander Noguerola said although the SGA is running smoothly at present, he proposed the amendments to promote a better focus on SGA responsibilities to the entire student body,… Keep Reading
Following the footsteps of Francis
By Andrea Fernandes Contributing Writer St. Bonaventure University is certainly comprised of an astonishing group of students. Matt Creeron and Dan Egan are just two students who are striving to become extraordinary. While many Bonnies spent the winter break sleeping in, these two spent their break on a pilgrimage to Italy. While on this pilgrimage,… Keep Reading
Preparing for ‘42 Shakes’
By Emily Sullivan Associate Editor After SBU Theater’s fall production of “The Walls,” audiences walked away from the show wondering what the program would do next and how they were going to top the stellar production next semester. We finally have an answer. This weekend and next weekend, the SBU Theater program will be putting… Keep Reading
Who ya gonna call?
By Betsy Pray Staff Writer St. Bonaventure University has a president, provost, professors and many faculty members. But what many people may not know is the university has an ombudsman. Gary Ostrower is St. Bonaventure University’s ombuds officer, having held the position since 1997. He explained what an ombudsman’s job is. “The ombuds officer is… Keep Reading
Take a look around
By Amelia Kibbe Features Assignment Editor There are many amazing people and groups at Bonaventure who work throughout the year to make the campus community a better place. On April 15, the Fr. Joe Doino awards ceremony will take place to honor hard-working, caring people who have made a difference in the Bonaventure community. This… Keep Reading
It’s time for your check up
By Alexandra Salerno Advisory Editor The third Thursday of March, dubbed Match Day, is a day when graduating medical students learn which residency program they’ve been assigned to, which is chosen by a complicated computer algorithm. Students across the country learn where they will spend the next seven years of their lives, and among them… Keep Reading
Czech it out
By Harrison Leone Czech Correspondent I think I caught something in Berlin, something besides the lung-throttling cough that wakes my roommates up at 4 a.m. I think I’ve been infected with an incurable case of wanderlust, and the only treatment is travel. A self-prescribed trip to Vienna seemed to be an appropriate antidote. Luckily, there… Keep Reading
Bonnies love this: Applebee’s
I’m not sure what my attraction is to the Olean Applebee’s. It could be the low lighting that creates a soothing ambience or the 15 televisions that never fail to keep me entertained. Possibly it’s just the fact that it is one of the few places in Olean to eat. And I don’t mean that… Keep Reading
Stand out with a selfie
By Majella Shields Staff Writer Welcome to this week’s Fashion Focus. I will be discussing a new take on the very popular selfie craze that has taken social media by storm. At the beginning of the week, girls posted pictures of their bare faces, wearing no makeup and using the hashtag “#nomakeupselfie” in order to… Keep Reading