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
The Buzz named no. 1 in the nation
WSBUFM-88.3 The Buzz, made international news late this summer after being awarded No. 1 Best College Radio Station by Princeton Review. The Buzz is St. Bonaventure’s student-run radio station. In addition to covering the campus, the station also covers the local area. The station plays a variety of music on a rotating schedule, including indie-rock,… Keep Reading
Interfaith Prayer Service kicks off Francis Week
By Emily Losito Associate Editor The McGinley-Carney Center for Franciscan Ministries has a distinguishing feature – the Interfaith Prayer Tower. University Ministries and The Center for Arab and Islamic Studies hosted an Interfaith Prayer Service to mark the beginning of Francis Week in the great room. Fr. Michael Calabria, OFM, welcomed all religious people… Keep Reading
Women’s soccer nets first conference point
After going nine matches scoreless, the St. Bonaventure University women’s soccer team finally broke their drought in a 1-1 double-overtime draw against University of Richmond, putting the women at 0-9-2 on the season. Junior midfielder Marley Jarvis scored her second goal of the season just before halftime in the 44th minute to put the Bonnies… Keep Reading
Women’s soccer gets shut out in Saint Louis
By A.J. Mitchell Contributing Writer The St. Bonaventure women’s soccer team opened up Atlantic 10 Conference play last night as they fell to the Saint Louis Billikens 5-0. Billikens sophomore forward Emma Farley scored the opening goal for Saint Louis in the seventh minute. After that goal, Saint Louis did not look back. Five… Keep Reading
Cable news lacks diversity
By Patrick Hauf Sean Hannity versus Rachel Maddow. Mr. “I love President Trump forever” versus Ms. “Putin and Trump sitting in a tree, k-i-s-s-i-n-g.” Fox News wants Hannity to match up against Maddow, who has given Fox a rare competition for ratings in the 9 p.m. slot. Since last September, Fox has had five of… Keep Reading
Letter to the Editor: Speaking out for the LGBTQ+ community
Danielle Marie Bergan I am a transgender woman and a Bonaventure graduate of the class of ‘75. I was alerted to Matthew Laurrie’s article in last week’s issue of the Bona Venture by LGBT news. As a transgender activist, I receive alerts daily from Google about any news in my community, and I was quite… Keep Reading
Do not put God to the test
By Luke Nolan Earlier this month, Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California was questioning Amy Coney Barrett during her confirmation hearing for the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals. During the hearing, Feinstein made a rather inappropriate comment regarding Barrett’s Catholic faith. “When you read your speeches, the conclusion one draws is that the dogma lives loudly… Keep Reading
The Polar Spray returns to Bona’s
By Hannah Legacy Contributing Writer To kick off Family Weekend, the St. Bonaventure women’s swimming and diving team will host its third annual Polar Spray to support the Special Olympics of New York (SONY). Participants who attend will be sprayed by the Allegany Volunteer Fire Company. The Polar Spray originated from another event, the… Keep Reading
The virtue of socialism
Millions of lives have been ended because of the oppression of communist regimes in the 20th century. Estimates vary from 65 to 93 million deaths, according to co-author of the Black Book of Communism, Nicolas Werth. Earlier this week, President Trump spoke to the United Nations, calling for an honest examination of communism and socialism,… Keep Reading
Bonaventure’s brownout
By Nicholas Gallo Contributing Writer St. Bonaventure University’s campus faced a power outage on Friday, Sept. 15. From Plassmann to Doyle Hall, students and faculty on campus were “powerless.” Robin Hurlburt, director of facilities operations and maintenance, explained the cause of the outage and the actions that were taken to restore power. “Around 12:40… Keep Reading
ENACTUS acts after hurricanes
Grace Neylan jumped into action to help those affected by recent hurricanes in the Gulf Coast. After Hurricanes Harvey and Irma devastated Texas and Florida earlier this month, Neylan, an MBA candidate who serves as graduate assistant for ENACTUS, organized a boot drive with local fire departments in Olean, Allegany, Salamanca and Bradford to benefit… Keep Reading
Bonaventure senior wins national scholarship
Ethan Kibbe was named one of this year’s recipients of the Jim Murray Memorial Foundation scholarship. Every year, the foundation coordinates a nationwide sports essay competition for journalism students from over 32 universities. To compete, students must be either a second or third year undergraduate in their school’s journalism program with at least a 3.0… Keep Reading
Alumnus wins NYS Teacher of the Year
St. Bonaventure University’s School of Education takes pride in producing award-winning educators. Christopher Albrecht, 93, was named the 2018 New York State Teacher of the Year. Albrecht is the 48th New York State Teacher of the Year. He was given the award for going “above and beyond every day in the classroom.” Albrecht is a… Keep Reading
Netflix’s new take on documentaries
“American Vandal,” a Netflix original series, puts a comedic spin on documentaries by making theirs into a “mockumentary,” following high school senior Dylan Maxwell who is wrongfully accused of spray painting phallic images onto 27 staff cars in the faculty parking lot. The documentary shows why Maxwell was the clear suspect of this obscene prank,… Keep Reading
Objective look: PC’s just a start
Political correctness started as social politeness. The technological revolution of the early 2000s brought us accessibility to mass information – all at the convenience of a Google search bar. In turn, traditional identifiers for marginalized populations, or the majority itself, don’t cut it anymore – mainly because any i-Something gives us the knowledge we need… Keep Reading
Klashing views on tradition
By Leah McCluskey Contributing Writer As the annual Keg Klash event approaches, trouble has already begun to stir. The tradition of throwing a massive party for upperclassmen to binge drink kegs of cheap beer and have a good time has become the subject of many disagreements. For the past few years, talk of racism… Keep Reading
Host disaster: Emmys recap
By Natalie Forster Contributing Writer The 69th annual Emmy Awards took place on Sept. 17 at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California. Stephen Colbert hosted for his first time ever, following in the footsteps of previous comedians. Colbert’s opening monologue was filled with Donald Trump jokes. Everything was put out there from Seth Meyers… Keep Reading
Online Grad programs grow
By Letitia Bottino Contributing Writer Living in an age of technology provides students with plenty of ways to perform tasks both big and small. More importantly, for the millennial generation, completing these tasks causes us to rely heavily on online sources. When it comes to education, students across the globe have utilized the benefits of… Keep Reading
How to apply fall trends on campus
By Kaylyn Foody Contributing Writer New York Fashion Week may be over, but the trends we saw on the runway are fresher than ever. We might be broke college kids who cannot buy couture designer fashion, but we can mimic the pros to achieve hot looks that are prime for cold weather. Here are three… Keep Reading
“It” remake puts a modern spin on horror
By Dominic LoVallo Editor-in-Chief “It” aired as a miniseries 27 years ago and now “It” has found its way –not only to our theater, but into our nightmares. The movie “It,” based on its namesake, the 1986 horror novel by Stephen King, lived up to the hype as a scary movie. At least for everyone… Keep Reading