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
Bonnies fight back, fall short at GW
By Dave Malchak Staff Writer On Friday afternoon, the St. Bonaventure Bonnies women’s lacrosse team fell to the George Washington Colonials 10-9. The contest was held at the GW Lacrosse Field at George Washington University in Washington D.C. The Bonnies opened scoring with a goal by senior attacker/midfielder Rachel Perla before George Washington scored three… Keep Reading
Locker room refurbishment in works
By Alfonso De Falco Contributing Writer St. Bonaventure University plans to refurbish the locker rooms for Division I athletes and potentially add a few more locker rooms. St. Bonaventure Athletic Director Tim Kenney talked about the steps that have to be taken for the plan to unfold. “The plan of attack is to first get… Keep Reading
Lacrosse adjusting to opponent’s style
By Emily Coughlin Staff Writer The St. Bonaventure University women’s lacrosse team has had success so far this season due to its hard work. Though the scores of its games vary, the Bonnies have been playing harder competitors than past seasons and have been practicing hard to play up to their levels, said sophomore attacker… Keep Reading
Freshmen hurlers take center stage
By Mike DeSanto Sports Editor A pair of injuries has left the St. Bonaventure University baseball team in a difficult situation recently to fill the void. The Bonnies have looked to a group of freshmen to pick up the slack and help the team win games. Prior to the beginning of the season, junior pitcher… Keep Reading
Family act comes to Bonaventure
Siblings share a bond, and when that bond is used in sports, it makes the connection on the field even stronger than the bond between teammates. Softball players Josie and Emma Borysevicz, a junior pitcher and a freshman infielder, respectively, said they have that bond. Natives of Ashford, Connecticut, the pair will wear the Brown… Keep Reading
The Life and Times of Wilson
Hi everybody! My name is Wilson. I’m a basketball! I’ll bet you didn’t know a basketball could write, did you? Well…I can’t, but I was able to get two very nice writers to tell my story for me. I was born in a factory in China, where my brothers and sisters were also born. I… Keep Reading
Offseason? What offseason?
By Kiley O’Donnell Sports Assignment Editor For the St. Bonaventure University men’s and women’s basketball programs, the regular season isn’t the only time the coaches are in full swing. Recruiting during the offseason is a part of their jobs, which requires strategic planning, observation and times at length away from home. Steve Curran, who will… Keep Reading
Journalism is still thriving
Journalism is like Betty White; you figure it should’ve been dead for years, but every time you check up on it, it’s doing better than ever. For years I’ve heard people try to make the argument that journalism is a dying field because people don’t read newspapers anymore and the media is lying to us.… Keep Reading
Student shares emotional story about grandmother
Sitting comfortably on my grandparents’ red loveseat, I waited anxiously for my mamone (our name for grandmother) to read one of her many stories. Underneath a small night stand she plucked my favorite book – Watch Out for the Chicken Feet in Your Soup by Tomie dePaola. She sat down next to me, wetting her… Keep Reading
SGA president addresses state of campus
The SGA Constitution stipulates that the SGA President shall publish a state of the campus address once per academic year. As my term comes to an end, I thought this was the perfect opportunity to inform the campus about SGA’s activities this year. This year, SGA was the largest it has ever been with fifty-six… Keep Reading
Campus hosts poetry event
By Dominic LoVallo Managing Editor St. Bonaventure University is hosting the “Never Abolish Chance: The Concrete Poetry Conference” today and tomorrow on campus. The president emeritus should get a lot of the credit for the event coming to fruition, because the idea is over a year in the making, said Kaplan Harris, Ph.D. a member… Keep Reading
SGA election lacks choices
SGA election ballots are up — and are looking noticeably more scant compared with last year’s ballots. While three groups of candidates ran for Executive Board president and vice president, only one group is running this year. Executive Board president candidate Haylei John, said she feels the student body has been generally disinterested in SGA… Keep Reading
Enactus inspires CASA student group
By Cameron Pettrone Staff Writer St. Bonaventure’s Caribbean Association for Student Action group, or CASA, reached a peak number of student members this year. According to Todd Palmer, Ph.D., a professor in the school of business and the head of the group, CASA now has about 40 student members at Bonaventure. “We’ve been doing an… Keep Reading
Saint’s Place serves refugees
While preparing for a final in one of his courses, Michael Flanigan asked his professor what his theology was. “If you have the opportunity to help someone, do it,” his professor said. Flanigan took these words as his faith commitment and asked himself how he could make a difference. He now works for Saint’s Place,… Keep Reading
Legal Ethics series offers graduate advice
By Rachel Konieczny Photo Editor The Center for Law and Society is offering a Legal Ethics Speaker Series to interested prelaw students through the month of April. Steven Nuttall, Ph.D., professor of philosophy, said he opened the speaker series to those beyond his legal ethics course so that interested students can better understand the practice… Keep Reading
University offers Lenten Preparation for Easter
By Amber Levias Staff Writer With Lent already half over, University Ministries will continue to keep the spirit of Lent alive throughout the St. Bonaventure community. “The Lenten journey is really to prepare us to celebrate Easter Triduum,” said Fr. Francis DiSpigno, O.F.M., director of University Ministries. “We really separate these 40 days knowing we’re… Keep Reading
MSA brings Wear a Hijab Day to SBU
By Jessica Dillon News Assignment Editor More than 45 members of the St. Bonaventure University community participated in Wear a Hijab Day, an event hosted by Muslim Students and Allies and SGA to raise awareness about the cultural, religious and traditional values of veiling. After months of planning and preparation spearheaded by sophomore journalism and… Keep Reading
Poverty in Olean: The Warming House
By Vanessa Hulse Staff Writer Ellen Piper, a senior theology major, is currently a coordinator of the Warming House and has been one for about two years. In addition, she was a part of the Farm to Table community, a summer opportunity for students to work at the Warming House and Canticle Farm, during the… Keep Reading
Control issues spoil Bonnies home opener
By Mike DeSanto Sports Editor The St. Bonaventure University baseball team struggled to find the plate at times Tuesday afternoon, leading to a 5-4 loss in its home opener against the University at Buffalo Bulls. The Bonnies (7-10) used nine pitchers over the course of the game, walking the Bulls (7-14) hitters seven times while… Keep Reading
Program zeroes in on health care problems
By Julia Mericle Editor-in-chief The Health Care Access Coalition presented “My Community, My Health” on Saturday, March 25, at Christ United Methodist Church, bringing serious health care issues to over 50 concerned members of the community. A panel of speakers discussed the current issues of prescription medication prices, sugar consumption and addiction with a local… Keep Reading