BY: COLIN BISH,STAFF WRITER Photo from Wikimedia Commons Five weeks into the college football season. 2024 has more than delivered. We have seen incredible games, unbelievable upsets and amazing early Heisman campaigns. In recent years, quarterbacks have often been majorly nominated for the Heisman trophy. This season has changed these trends, with two of the…
BY COLIN BISH, STAFF WRITER Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons The introductions of name, image, and likeness (NIL), the transfer portal and new conferences have shaken college football to its core. The norm we have been accustomed to for decades has changed completely. Oklahoma and Texas are leaving the Big 12, and the PAC-12 hangs…
LANDON WASHBURN, CONTRIBUTING WRITER Photo Courtesy of Landon Washburn The NFL Super Bowl and the FIFA World Cup are considered to be the best sporting events. This past season, the Super Bowl had around 120 million viewers. In 2022, FIFA had 1.5 billion viewers for the World Cup. March Madness’s highest viewership in the last…
ISABEL MARZULLO, CONTRIBUTING WRITER Photo Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons Some students may struggle with getting back into a schooling mindset after the winter break. For some students, getting back into a schooling mindset may mean finding a new routine; for others, it may mean finding a space to study. Regardless, this article provides five tips…
BY: BLAIR BAPTISTE, CONTRIBUTING WRITER Many modern college students, including myself, continue to fall victim to “Grind Culture.”According to slang.net, Grind Culture is the belief that people must work hard and be productive to prove their worth. This idea is integrated into many parts of our society, especially in media campaigns college-aged people are familiar…
BY ERICA GUSTAFSON, OPINION EDITOR “A life full of regrets is not living at all.” Along with the hundreds of other comments and advice, this one sentence stuck with me the most. However, not in a way you may think. After thinking about this time and time again over the years, I can say that…
BY ANTHONY DASILVA, STAFF WRITER The sensory room is a new addition to the Student Health and Wellness Center at St. Bonaventure University; it is located in room 222 of the Reilly Center, upstairs nearby the Career and Professional Readiness Center. The room has calming lights, a small waterfall, two massive high-tech massage chairs, bean…
By Andrew Kruszka, Staff Writer Living at home while studying at college is not a bad experience by any means. Some believe that a student has to live on campus to get the full college experience. To an extent, this opinion is validated. However, as someone who has lived on campus for a couple of…
By: Haylei John The “Bona Bubble” is a phrase often used with pride by students to describe feelings of community throughout the campus. I too used to think of the Bona Bubble as some fond description of life at Bona’s, but now I’m challenging this notion and hoping that others will as well. Not all…
This past week, as I slaved with a friend on the halls in my dorm to make them look spooky for Halloween, I started to think about the money I didn’t have that I was spending. I then began to realize that sort of thing tends to happen a lot. I came to college fully…
Corey Krajewski Staff Writer Almost every student has experienced a moment in a class where a professor reiterates that Wikipedia is not a valid source to cite in schoolwork. Crowd-sourced information, especially on the Internet, has a reputation for inaccuracy. But crowd-sourcing is actually one of the most-effective ways of getting quality information. Crowd-sourcing…
By: Emily Mulcahey As another St. Patrick’s Day has come and gone, so has another spring break for Bonaventure students. It is common knowledge to those associated with the campus—and those associated with the whole town of Allegany—that the spring semester is full of festivities for the Bonnies. The January-May months give life to House…
By Taylor Nigrelli Opinion Editor When considering the enrollment issues facing St. Bonaventure, two numbers stand out. 19.6. St. Bonaventure’s enrollment has dropped 19.6 percent since the 2004-05 school year. 58. The tuition discount rate is 58 percent for the 2014-15 freshmen class. With such a reasonable actual tuition cost, St. Bonaventure’s enrollment shouldn’t be…
By Kiara Catanzaro News Assignment Editor The university has seen a decrease in its freshman enrollment from 2012 to 2013. This year, the university enrolled 438 freshman and 71 transfer students. There were 422 graduate students enrolled for a total of 2,259 students at St. Bonaventure, according to Emily Sinsabaugh, vice president for university relations.…
By: Harrison Leone Sports Assignment Editor If anyone were to ask why I became a history major, the answer would most accurately be “my dad.” Between feeding me a steady diet of the History Channel and taking/dragging me to hundreds of museums, national parks and monuments for many of my formative years, my father groomed…
By Heather Monahan Features Editor Senior year is usually a time that brings up a mix of emotions. There’s obviously some fear and anxiousness as to what life after Bona’s holds, but excitement and anticipation usually do a good job of masking any negative feelings. In general, the year is a time to celebrate accomplishments…
By: Matthew Laurrie Features Editor I’d like to take this opportunity to formally thank my dream college for denying my overachieving, entitled self circa 2011. The day I received notice of my rejection from my first-choice school was – in hindsight – quite possibly the best nugget of news I’ve ever learned. And while a…
By Allie Napoli Staff Writer It’s happened to all of us — great ideas spring into our minds and we’re enlightened with ways to get rich and famous overnight. But what if one day, you made these plans do just that — come to life? Makeda Loney, a junior journalism and mass communication major, has…
By Matthew Laurrie Features Editor Millions of YouTube viewers have spent countless hours watching thirty-second videos of the latest viral sensation. The “Harlem Shake” has students at Bona’s and individuals around the world abuzz with rhythm and moves. People may be familiar with the traditional move-and-sway Harlem Shake, but an updated craze is sweeping the…
By Jillian Hammell Assistant Features Editor During St. Bonaventure’s basketball season, the Reilly Center has a designated spot for its roaring student section known as the Wolf Pack. The group’s arrival to the arena ignites an all-out enthusiastic yelling session that is anything but subtle. The Wolf Pack is now in the running for the…