Photo: SBU Archives BY: CARSON HAYEK, STAFF WRITER While students today pile into the Reilly Center for basketball games, students in the early 1900s piled into St. Bonaventure University’s four stands of bleachers to watch Bonaventure football games. Created in 1895, the student body of Bonaventure raised money for the program to afford equipment and…
Photo: Kyle Maier BY: ALLIE ELKINS, CONTRIBUTING WRITER “Every decision that we make is going to be with the student-athlete at the forefront,” said Bob Beretta, vice president and director of athletics at St. Bonaventure University. Beretta took on the job in July, following a months-long search for an athletic director by the university. According…
BY BOB BERETTA, ATHLETIC DIRECTOR Image courtesy of St. Bonaventure So many things have changed since I first walked this charming campus as a mass communication major, played on the baseball team and served as a staff writer for The Bona Venture almost four decades ago. There’s the Swan Business Center, the quick center for…