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
Discernment program offers religious guidance
By Landon Allison, Staff Writer St. Bonaventure University currently offers the Residential Discernment Program for men considering religious life. “This Residential Discernment Program is about people who are actively considering the possibility that God might be calling them to be a Franciscan friar, a priest, brother or something like that,” said Fr. Ross Chamberland, O.F.M.,… Keep Reading
13 Reasons Why: Netflix adaptation
A decade after the release of the novel “Thirteen Reasons Why,” the Jay Asher television adaptation premiered as a Netflix original series, and the next season is expected to air soon as they cast new characters. Widely criticized for its romanticization of suicide, the show tackles a variety of taboo subjects throughout its 13 episodes.… Keep Reading
Raunchy Netflix comedy causes controversy
By Natalie Forster, Features Assignment Editor The Netflix-original movie, “Game Over, Man!” directed by Kyle Newacheck, follows three nobodies as they go from their routine, lackadaisical lives into being a focal point for United States safety. Starring Adam DeVine, Blake Anderson and Anders Holm, this film premiered on March 23 and raunchily showcases the destruction… Keep Reading
A year in recap for BonaResponds
By Jim Mahar, Professor Columinst With the school year winding down, I will take this week to look back on the school year while next week’s article will be a look ahead. After graduation last year, we had one of our largest events: the Rural Area Medical (RAM) clinic, where we helped turn the floor… Keep Reading
Athletics compliance: enforcing the NCAA’s rules
Just like sports have rules to follow, the job of compliance director is important for athletics to make sure St. Bonaventure sports are complying with all the NCAA rules. Sarah Pruess, the associate athletic director for compliance, said her job is a lot of behind-the-scenes work that most people don’t see. “I don’t think most… Keep Reading
World Cup preview
In just under two months, the eyes of the world will converge upon the greatest sporting spectacle there is: The FIFA World Cup. This iteration of the World Cup — the 21st in history — kicks off on June 14, when the host nation, Russia, takes on Saudi Arabia at Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow. Twelve… Keep Reading
Season-long struggles
By Morgan Hoffman, Staff Writer The St. Bonaventure women’s lacrosse team has faced a tough season, going 0-6 in Atlantic 10 conference play and 0-14 overall this spring. Injuries have played a large role in preventing the Bonnies from picking up a win this season. “We have unfortunately experienced a lot of serious injuries on… Keep Reading
The most realistic TV season to date
With his recent starring role in the successful superhero movie Black Panther, 31-year-old Michael B. Jordan’s career has taken on a new level. Combined with his 2015 role as Adonis Creed in Creed, the seventh movie of Sylvester Stallone’s iconic Rocky series, this movie has solidified Jordan as one of the most sought-after actors today.… Keep Reading
NHL update: It’s still the Caps’ year
It’s officially that time of year, ladies and gentlemen. The Stanley Cup Playoffs are here, which only means one thing: I’m ready to get my heart broken again. The storylines for this playoffs are endless, including the Penguins’ chances to capture its third straight championship and Vegas making it into the postseason during its inaugural… Keep Reading
Media needs to work on earning back trust
By Brandon Sapienza, Contributing Writer It was recently uncovered that the conservative-leaning Sinclair Broadcasting Group forced anchors of their local affiliates to read off a script that highlighted fake news running through the mainstream media. The reasons why this story isn’t covered are unknown, but this situation is as the script said, “extremely dangerous to… Keep Reading
It’s time to “trust the process”
By Tedd Caputo, Contributing Writer The NBA season came to a close in a big way Wednesday. Eleven of the 17 teams in the playoff race fought for seeding in their respective conferences; however, the most important seeding situation in the NBA takes place between two of the most exciting teams in the league as… Keep Reading
SGA welcomes new executive board
Juniors Geoffrey Broadbent, Colleen Corrado, Dahron Wells and Lauren Anderson have high hopes to empower student leaders through St. Bonaventure University’s Student Government Association (SGA) in the 2018-19 academic year. The results of SGA’s 2018-19 elections were announced on March 27 and the next meeting will be held this upcoming Thursday in Swan 209. Broadbent,… Keep Reading
Spaces with stories: MCCFM115
The recently established McGinley-Carney Center for Franciscan Ministry is the home to many offices, including one belonging to Fr. Francis Di Spigno, O.F.M., executive director of University Ministries. When he relocated to his new office, he had to decide what items to bring. His fish tank, not pictured, was one of the first things that… Keep Reading
Designers prepare for Trashion Fashion
By Jenna Cosentino, Staff Writer The sixth annual Trashion Fashion: Bona’s Gets Trashy 2018 Runway Experience Show is only one week away. The Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts will be turned into one big runway. Trashion Fashion came from a recycling incentive here on campus. Sean Conklin, assistant curator at the Quick Center,… Keep Reading
DePerro to give next Agape Latte talk
By Faith Topolski, Staff Writer Agape Latte is a chance for students on-campus students to engage in open and meaningful conversation. The event is faith-based and the conversation is lead by a central guest speaker. Topics are diverse and hard-hitting, with past themes being anxiety, family and marriage, coming out and living out faith. There… Keep Reading
Students from MA reflect on bombing
The Boston Marathon, an event that takes place on Patriot’s Day, is a prestigious race that all Bostonians take pride in. It brings everyone in the city together, as we celebrate the tremendous athletic accomplishments of people from all around the world. Five years ago, that wasn’t the case. I’ll never forget where I was… Keep Reading
Small actions make the largest impacts
By Jim Mahar, Professor Columnist Everyone can make the world better every day. It sounds like a trite statement, but it is more than that. It is a basic tenant of BonaResponds that everyone matters and can make things better. To prove that, I am going to give you some examples from the BonaResponds world… Keep Reading
Rapper Cardi B releases honest record
“Invasion of Privacy,” rapper Cardi B’s follow-up installment to a two-part “Gangsta B*tch Music” mixtape, is a 13-track embodiment of the Bronx native; it’s honest, straightforward, unforgiving. Every track on the record tells the story of her self-discovery, as she’s moved from the strip club across from her neighborhood school to a world-wide platform of… Keep Reading
Athletics is Part of Intersectionality
Intersectionality is a fairly recent idea that ties together the different parts of a person’s identity and how those parts overlap and affect one another. Typically, this involves race, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status and others. Added to Merriam-Webster in April 2017, it is defined as “the complex, cumulative manner in which the effects of… Keep Reading
Academic support: the silent helper
It’s not uncommon to hear the phrase, “student-athletes are students first.” The office of athletic academic support exists for that very reason. Located in the basement of the Reilly Center in 019 and in the northwest corner, academic support can be overlooked due to its low-traffic location. However, Heather McDivitt, assistant athletic director for academic… Keep Reading