Photo: Scott Eddy BY: ANDREW HALE, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF KISSIMMEE, Fla. — The St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team defeated Northern Iowa 68-56 Friday, placing third … Keep Reading
Photo: Scott Eddy BY: ANDREW HALE, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF KISSIMMEE, Fla. — The St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team plays for third place in the NIT … Keep Reading
Photo: Scott Eddy BY: ANDREW HALE, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF KISSIMMEE, Fla. — The St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team picked up its first loss of the … Keep Reading
Photo: St. Bonaventure Athletics BY: ANDREW HALE, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF The St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team plays its opening game of the ESPN NIT … Keep Reading
By Kyle Zamiara Sports Editor In case you were living under a rock, March was a pretty busy month for both basketball teams. Since I’ve been at St. Bonaventure, it was my favorite month by far. With the women making the Sweet 16 and the men’s astonishing Atlantic 10 championship that put them in the Big Dance,… Keep Reading
In the March 16 issue of The Bona Venture, a column by Chris Graham appeared under the title “Action should be taken against Limbaugh.” As a former editor of The BV (school year ‘46-’47), I must express wonder at the obvious discrepancy between the title and the writer’s expressed admiration of the First Amendment for… Keep Reading
By Taylor Nigrelli Staff Writer The lacrosse team (3-5) has a busy weekend, as it takes on Atlantic 10 opponent Saint Joseph’s (4-9, 0-3) in Philadelphia today at 3:30 p.m. before traveling to Amherst, Mass., to take on the Massachusetts Minutewomen (12-1, 3-0) Sunday at noon. The Bonnies must win both of these games and all other league… Keep Reading
By Jordan Morey Staff Writer The golf team looks to rebound from two consecutive last-place finishes as it heads to Farmville, Va., today for the Manor Intercollegiate, hosted by Longwood. Longwood is hosting a field of nine schools: Bucknell, Delaware, George Washington, Seton Hall, Towson, Wagner, and Hampden Sydney. Last year, Longwood opened its season with a win… Keep Reading
By Anthony Gannon Sports Assignment Editor The Bonnies (14-14, 4-4) head to Charlotte for a noon doubleheader tomorrow after dropping two games to Massachusetts last weekend, including a perfect game from the Minutewomen’s Sara Plourde. Plourde struck out 10 Bonnies and hit two home runs in the first game before throwing a one-hitter in the second game to… Keep Reading
By Nate West News Assignment Editor Believe it or not, St. Bonaventure has two more teams headed to the Atlantic 10 Championships. The women’s tennis team is traveling south to the Boar’s Head Sports Club in Charlottesville, Va., to compete in the Atlantic 10 tournament. Seeds have not yet been announced but will before play begins next Thursday. The… Keep Reading
By Samantha Berkhead News Editor Instead of performing in the Reilly Center like past Spring Concert acts, this year’s bands set up their equipment somewhere a little more underground. Due to insufficient ticket sales, Breathe Carolina and The Ready Set performed in the The Rathskeller tonight to a sold-out crowd of 300. Steve Kuchera, assistant… Keep Reading
By Mike Vitron Associate Editor It is easy to take our beautiful, 500-acre campus, tucked into the middle of the Enchanted Mountains, for granted. However, several students are doing their part to help beautify their campus. On Earth Day, April 22, the Center for Community Engagement’s First Year Service Program (FYSP) will assist maintenance crews… Keep Reading
By Samantha Berkhead News Editor A group of St. Bonaventure students recently created a movement to raise funds for anti-hunger charities called Cans For Change. Its goal? Feeding a four-person family for 30 days through the Community Angels of Allegany County, a group dedicated to helping people in need throughout Western New York. An assignment… Keep Reading
By Nate West Assistant News Editor The Franciscan Center for Social Concern (FCSC) and Clare College sponsored a guest to speak on immigration Tuesday in Walsh Amphitheater. Dr. Claudia Chiesi, ’69, executive producer of films on human rights at Siren Films, spoke to students about a variety of issues relating to immigration to the United… Keep Reading
By Nate West Assistant News Editor The university held its annual Spring Awards ceremony in the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts today. Richard Trietley, vice provost for student life emceed the event. Brother Basil Valente, O.F.M., director of the integrated marketing communications program, opened the ceremony with the invocation. Sister Margaret Carney, O.S.F.,… Keep Reading
By Ryan DeOrdio Staff Writer The two-year anniversary of President Obama’s health care law has been recognized with public wariness and an ongoing Supreme Court challenge. Not only should the Court claim constitutionality, but it should also be widely supported. Misinformation in media coverage on the Affordable Care Act is partly responsible.… Keep Reading
By Kait Laubscher Advisory Editor It’s that season once again. Midterm break has passed, and May 13 is fast approaching. The next month-and-a-half will fly by, taking seniors’ Spring Weekend and Senior Week with it. Before we know it, seniors, it’ll be May 14, and we will be college graduates. But… Keep Reading
By Kevin Rogers Staff Writer The shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin continues to dominate the news cycle. Despite this, conflicting reports and sensationalism are clouding the truth surrounding the circumstances of the shooting. We may have logged hours of coverage, but we’re no closer to the truth than we were last… Keep Reading
By Alexandra Salerno Managing Editor I love new technology as much as the next person, but Google’s newest patent is just plain creepy. The patent covers technology that could potentially allow the use of targeted advertising based on background noise in phone conversations, or as Google calls it, ‘advertising based on… Keep Reading
By Mary Best Opinion Editor It’s a little disheartening when thousands of kids will learn every Hannah Montana song, but will never know the meaning behind, “Life’s tough, get a helmet.” Regardless of what we watched on TV or where we came from, our similarities as kids help us bond with other kids and make… Keep Reading
By Angelia Roggie Features Editor Independence, strength, courage, overcoming adversity and standing up for what you believe. These are some of the brilliant themes that resonate within “The Hunger Games.” But parents could care less about these ideas when it comes to their children. They choose to focus on the violent aspects… Keep Reading
By Marissa Bruno Staff Writer “I am not a woman, just an inmate.” Breea Willingham, a former St. Bonaventure University journalism and mass communication visiting professor, read an excerpt written by an incarcerated woman in New York state Tuesday evening in Dresser Auditorium as a part of her talk called “Write On, Sister!: How Incarcerated… Keep Reading
By Kerri Linsenbigler Features Assignment Editor In its opening weekend, “The Hunger Games” grossed $155 million, the third highest in North American box-office history, according to a March 26 CNN article. Despite all the hype, the casting choices have garnered negative attention on Twitter. And by negative, I mean racist. In the… Keep Reading
By Tyler Diedrich Editor-in-Chief We can now resume our regularly scheduled lives, but what a month – what a year we’ve experienced at St. Bonaventure. Bonnies basketball fans had high expectations entering the 2011-12 season, and it’s fair to say the teams met them – in exhilarating fashion. It didn’t quite have a fairytale ending, but the glass slipper… Keep Reading