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
Crowley and Co. exceed expectations
By Taylor Nigrelli Sports Editor Before the women’s basketball team’s scrimmage against Edinboro last November, a fellow reporter and friend asked me how I thought the team would finish in conference play. “No better than two wins,” I told him. After the team finished 3-11 in conference play last season, lost two major contributors to… Keep Reading
The Wrighteous path
By Taylor Nigrelli Sports Editor It’s not uncommon for freshmen in the Atlantic 10, especially at St. Bonaventure, to struggle to garner playing time. Regardless of their talent level and recruiting prominence, most freshmen tend to idly sit the bench for most of their first season. Current sophomore forward Dion Wright was not immune to… Keep Reading
Moats far more than just an athlete
By Taylor Nigrelli Sports Editor As has been abundantly clear throughout its history, football is a violent game. Each play produces multiple, high-speed collisions. Players do their best to make sure their opponents feel each hit. Defensive backs nail receivers coming over the middle of the field, defensive linemen and linebackers chase down the quarterback… Keep Reading
Ski team races to prominence
By Kyle Zamiara Promotions Editor Last weekend, the United States Collegiate Ski Association came to Holiday Valley for the first time in 25 years for an invitational hosted by St. Bonaventure. It was the first time St. Bonaventure’s club ski team has ever hosted a meet. Senior team co-captain Nick Turgeon said he was beyond… Keep Reading
Run not enough to put team in playoffs
By Gavin Lindahl Assistant Sports Editor Despite its late game heroics in Sunday’s 8-7 win over Canisius College, the St. Bonaventure club hockey team will not find their way into the playoffs this season. After struggling to win in the first semester, the Bonnies were hoping to find a playoff seed after strong play in… Keep Reading
Dietrich says Auf Wiedersehen to swimming
By Joel Jackson Staff Writer Jeanette Dietrich has been an instrumental part of the St. Bonaventure women’s swimming team over the past four years, but now, she is looking ahead toward graduation and her last meet as a Bonnie. She reflected on the great memories she has had at St. Bonaventure. The senior freestyle swimmer… Keep Reading
Bonnies blow another late lead, fall to Dayton
By Taylor Nigrelli Sports Editor If you’ve attended enough St. Bonaventure men’s basketball games this year, you’ve probably begun to notice a pattern. The Bonnies (13-10, 3-6) take an early lead, begin to falter around halftime, regain their step in the second half then ultimately fall apart down the stretch and lose by five points… Keep Reading
‘Trial and error’
By Heather Monahan Copy Editor The St. Bonaventure Mock Trial team proved they could take challenges by the horns as they placed third in the Running of the Bulls Tournament hosted by The University at Buffalo. Two members of the team, freshman political science major James Cook, and junior political science major Alex Noguerola, received… Keep Reading
Czech it out
By Harrison Leone Czech Correspondent From the air, central Bohemia sharply resembles Kansas. Flat and barren, with the only signs of human development being arrow-straight roads crossing through the snow-covered landscape. Things changed dramatically once my British Airways flight touched down at Vaclav Havel Airport. Vaclav Havel, which services more than 11 million passengers a… Keep Reading
Remembering Phillip
By Betsy Pray Staff Writer He played more than 50 different roles in less than 25 years. Phillip Seymour Hoffman, one of the best-known actors in Hollywood in recent years, was found dead in his New York City apartment this past Sunday. What many people don’t know is that the 46-year-old began his acting career… Keep Reading
Through the ringer
By Amelia Kibbe Features Assignment Editor It’s Olympic season yet again. Every two years the world comes together to participate in the most recognized international sporting event. This year, the Winter Olympics are taking place in Sochi, Russia. Though the athletic action began last night, the opening ceremonies launch tonight. NBC plans to have complete… Keep Reading
SBU welcomes alumni for event-filled homecoming
By Emma Zaremba Features editor There’s no place like St. Bonaventure for alumni returning to campus each year on homecoming weekend. This weekend, also known as young alumni weekend, features a schedule of events set to begin this afternoon and last through Sunday. Alumni Services organized the entire weekend in collaboration with the… Keep Reading
Resurrecting the dead
By Kevin Rogers Editor-In-Chief After the first half of a season as plodding and meandering as its titular zombies, AMC’s “The Walking Dead” returns Sunday night at 9 p.m. with a chance to rekindle some of its lost mojo. The following contains spoilers, so those wishing to catch up with the series might do well… Keep Reading
Go for the green
By Tristan King Contributing Writer The challenge continues as Recyclemania returns to Bonaventure for another year. The campaign kicked off on Sunday and ends Monday, March 31. Various recycling containers and informational posters across campus have been stamped with the nature-friendly green Bona Wolf. The goal of Recyclemania is to recycle 25 percent of plastic… Keep Reading
Red Alert: Red Dress Week
By Majella Shields Staff Writer Hi everyone, and welcome to this week’s Fashion Focus. I would like to address an up-and-coming event I have been reading about on social media. The American Heart Association’s (AHA) “National Wear Red Day” is today. This campaign was launched by the AHA in light of research that displayed women… Keep Reading
Honors society hosts annual Hut-A-Thon
By Hannah Gordon News Assignment Editor Phi Rho, St. Bonaventure’s counseling honor society, will host its annual Hut-A-Thon this weekend to raise awareness about homelessness and mental illness. This year’s event will be held today from 2 to 8 p.m., Saturday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Feb. 9 from 8 a.m.… Keep Reading
Stock Box: How do stocks work?
By Sean Corey Contributing Writer Stocks are simply ownership shares in a company. If you own a stock of a company you are part owner of that company. Being an stockholder entitles you to the financial profits of the company and gives you a vote in the corporate governance of the company. If the financial… Keep Reading
Bonaventure community joins recycling competition
By Julia Mericle Staff Writer Recyclemania is underway and will continue for the next eight weeks at St. Bonaventure. The project, hosted by Tread Lightly, will promote recycling and sustainability at St. Bonaventure in an effort to benefit the local environment. Each spring, colleges across the United States and Canada take on… Keep Reading
J/MC professor edits new Civil War book
By Lian Bunny Assistant News Editor Chris Mackowski, an associate professor of journalism and mass communication, recently edited “Bloody Autumn: The Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1864,” published in January. This book is the 10th book of the “Emerging Civil War” series. Mackowski has authored or co-authored five of the 10 books. They… Keep Reading
Three alumni named to WSBU Hall of Fame
By Kiara Catanzaro News Editor Three St. Bonaventure alumni will be inducted into the WSBU-FM 88.3 The Buzz Hall of Fame tomorrow at noon to honor their professional achievements. The inductees include Justin Craig, ‘97, a program director at ESPN’s New York City station, Tom Schuh, ‘84, a programming and marketing specialist with… Keep Reading