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
Men’s Lax Inaugural Season: Coach Randy Mearns and staff feel team is ready
By Ian Joseph Contributing Writer This spring, the St. Bonaventure community welcomes their first NCAA Division I men’s lacrosse program. Facing off in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, the Bonnies face the likes of Canisius College, University of Detroit Mercy, Manhattan College, Marist College, Monmouth University, Quinnipiac University and Siena College. Lead by head coach… Keep Reading
Planutis gearing up for 2019
By Mike Hogan Sports Editor While this year’s St. Bonaventure University men’s basketball team has featured a number of new faces, including four freshmen and one eligible transfer, one unknown remains in sophomore transfer Bobby Planutis, who is required to sit out the entire 2018-19 season per NCAA transfer rules. Although Planutis acknowledged that the… Keep Reading
Women’s Lacrosse setting sights on a fresh start
By Pat Giblin Contributing Writer After finishing the 2018 season 0-17, the St. Bonaventure University women’s lacrosse team looks to put last year behind it and bring a positive and competitive attitude into the 2019 season. Team captains Rylee Arnold and Kathryn Yoder look to lead a team full of 21 promising underclassmen into a… Keep Reading
Men’s Basketball Recap
ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. – The St. Bonaventure Bonnies men’s basketball team defeated Big 4 rival Canisius Wednesday night 70-55, snapping a four game losing streak. Senior forward Courtney Stockard made his season debut in a big way after being sidelined for the start of the season with an injury. The senior led the team with… Keep Reading
Dance team goes “Grease Lightnin’”
The SBU Dance Team has evolved from its hip-hop roots The SBU Dance Team will be performing Grease Lightnin’ at 7 p.m. on Tuesday Nov. 27, the week students return from Thanksgiving break, in the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts. Seniors Colleen Corrado, a biology major, and Sarah Koning, an education major, coached… Keep Reading
Primrose Path: Not so glamorous
Reviewing a classic film from the golden age of Hollywood The golden age of Hollywood can be greatly associated with glitz and glamour, with light-hearted musicals and slapstick comedy. However, there are many movies that dealt with intense adult, and many times, sad, stories and themes. The crime dramas and tear-jerkers were as much a… Keep Reading
How to shop with style on Black Friday
Finally, it’s the most wonderful time of the year. When people think of Thanksgiving, they automatically think of Black Friday shopping, which is the kickoff to all of the holiday shopping happening for this season. No matter what time you go shopping, whether it’s right after Thanksgiving dinner or waking up at 2 a.m. to… Keep Reading
SBU students mentor youth from Olean
The Bona Buddies program is valuable to both the children and their mentors For 43 years, the Bona Buddies program has paired students from kindergarten to sixth grade in local schools with Bona students to connect the campus to the community of Olean and the future generation it is raising. Bona Buddies is a youth… Keep Reading
Club Corner: Spectrum
Students come together to promote LGBTQIA+ issues and lifestyle Spectrum, an on-campus club, promotes the acceptance and education of LGBTQIA+ community and its allies. The LGBTQIA+ issues and lifestyle have been in the public eye since the mid 2000s as part of a larger social justice movement. But the movement does not live solely in… Keep Reading
No need to panic, Bonnies fans
After being spoiled with a historic season that ended with a 26-8 record and a victory against a storied UCLA program in the First Four of the NCAA tournament, Bonnies fans have had to endure a tough, disappointing start to the 2018-19 season. Don’t hit that panic button yet, Bona fans. The season got off… Keep Reading
Jack Galatio living the dream
Junior walk-on doing his best to help program Jack Galatio, a junior walk-on guard for the St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team, has made no shortage of special memories during his three years. Standing in the middle of some of the brightest lights college basketball has to offer is most definitely one of them. Although the… Keep Reading
Men’s diving adds four freshmen
With a typical class of divers being one or two, the St. Bonaventure men’s diving team has been small the past few years. This year, however, the team grew to five members with the addition of four freshmen. Matthew Bielobradek, Johnathan Ek, Nathan Howze and Ja’moni Wise join sophomore Michael Bruno to make up the… Keep Reading
Paulson playing after last season’s injury layoff
Redshirt junior to return home with team for Thanksgiving tournament The St. Bonaventure women’s basketball season is upon us, and that means comeback season for redshirt junior guard Bree Paulson. Paulson made her debut for the Bonnies last November against Niagara University, but was limited to only eight games on the season due to injury.… Keep Reading
Cardi B crowned as new queen of rap
Bodak Yellow vocalist has overtaken Nicki Minaj as the best female rapper Don’t come at me Nicki Minaj fan club for the bold statement I’m about to make: Cardi B has dethroned Nicki Minaj from the rap game. It should go without saying that both artists are highly successful in an industry that is predominantly… Keep Reading
How effective are diversity courses?
Throughout much of higher education, diversity training has become widely prominent and in many cases, mandatory. A survey sponsored by the Association of American Colleges and Universities found that 60 percent of schools have some type of diversity requirement for undergraduate students. The purpose of a diversity course is to establish an awareness and a… Keep Reading
Serra House needs a name change
Building bears name of friar responsible for thousands of Native deaths Tucked on the west side of Francis Hall, Serra House is a relatively unknown building on the St. Bonaventure University campus. Formerly the home for the Damietta Center, the Residential Discernment program is run out of Serra House, where undergraduate men considering joining a… Keep Reading
THANKSgiving event celebrates diversity
Damietta Center embraces cultural differences In preparation for the upcoming Thanksgiving break, St. Bonaventure’s Damietta Center for Multicultural Student Affairs hosted a THANKSgiving Event to celebrate the upcoming holiday. Parker Suddeth, director of the Damietta Center, was inspired to plan the event after hearing the Board of Trustees hosted a Thanksgiving event which invited different… Keep Reading
SIMM
Since mid-October, markets have fallen lower as large technology stocks continued to sell off. Looking ahead, we are confident with U.S. GDP growth, low unemployment and inflation, despite the Federal Reserve’s expectations of continued interest rate hikes. Oil has declined from its 30 percent peak this year into negative territory. Rising rates, weak emerging market… Keep Reading
Bona’s keeps pace with online learning trends
Dr. Paul Barretta, chair of the department of marketing at St. Bonaventure University, educated faculty and staff on how to start teaching an online class at a workshop designed for online instructors. As Bonaventure keeps up with online learning trends, it’s important to ensure that professors and lecturers are well-trained to handle teaching online courses.… Keep Reading
#GivingTuesdayatBonas provides support for Warming House
For more than 40 years, St. Bonaventure University’s Warming House has provided fellowship, community and a hot meal for those in need in the Olean area. Founded by Fr. Dan Riley, O.F.M., and a caring group of students in January 1974, the Warming House is believed to be the oldest student-run soup kitchen in the… Keep Reading