By Tom Seipp, Sports Editor It’s no secret 2020 has been a year unlike any other. After not having professional sports from March to the end of July, the sports world is finally completely back underway. The return to watching live sports is something we’ve all missed tremendously, and are glad to have back, but…
By Richard Williams, Contributing Writer At St. Bonaventure University, the campus housekeeping department has made numerous changes to their program for the fall semester due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. “The pandemic has changed everything,” said Jared Smith, facilities director at St. Bonaventure. “Cleaning now is 24/7 and weekends are just as important as weekdays…
By Tucker Reilly, News Editor With St. Bonaventure University now four weeks into the fall semester, the Campus Activities Board (CAB) has done its best to adapt to the university’s COVID-19 policy. The Board is a student club focused on providing opportunities for students outside of the classroom through a number of activities, events and…
By John Pullano, Editor-In-Chief At the beginning of September, St. Bonaventure University undergraduate students in the teacher preparation programs began working at schools in Cattaraugus County. Depending on their program, education majors at Bonaventure are required to complete “authentic off-campus experience” in order to graduate, according to Bonaventure’s university website. In a normal year Bonaventure’s…
By Cassidey Kavathas, Contributing Writer Tutoring, like many other St. Bonaventure University functions, has been forced online due to the COVID-19 crisis. However, the Student Success Center is up to the challenge of helping students remotely this semester. All tutoring for the fall semester will be done online or through Zoom. “We do have some…
By Ryan Signorino, Associate Editor Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, face masks have become common. However, masks being mandatory is a new policy to St. Bonaventure University for Fall 2020. Upon return to campus, and in addition to providing a negative PCR COVID-19 test, all students on and off campus signed a Community Compact stating…
By Max McAuliff, Opinion Editor After a tumultuous summer for collegiate sports, The Big Ten announced on Aug. 11 it would be cancelling its Fall 2020 football season due to COVID-19. This decision was at first met with awe. It appeared that any chance of a college football season happening disappeared in a matter of…
By Erica Gustafson, Staff Writer As many people already know, the COVID-19 pandemic has notably impacted the working U.S. citizens and the nation’s educational systems. Workers and students alike were taken out of their original work settings to be isolated from their peers. This event brought up many controversial discussions on the accessibility of internet…
By Richard Williams, Contributing Writer Wearing a facemask in the classroom is now a requirement for students and professors at St. Bonaventure University for the 2020 fall semester due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Students have shown they are not concerned about the masks hindering their learning experience. “I don’t think my learning ability is…
By John Pullano, Editor-in-Chief St. Bonaventure University officials suspended 28 students Sunday following a large scale party at the Garden East Apartment Saturday night. The suspensions come as the first major violation of Bonaventure’s COVID-19 code of conduct, which students were asked to sign when moving onto campus in August. The code read, “Behaviors that…
By Erica Gustafson, Staff writer Across the country universities have been struggling with keeping their communities safe from the coronavirus as they continue to educate their students. It is not an easy task, but college officials are working with health and government departments to make face-to-face classes work for students and professors. These returning students…
By Kathy Williams, Features Assignment Editor COVID-19 is well-known for the physical damage it can induce on a person. However, it is also impacting people in an invisible way. With September being National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, discussing mental health during this pandemic is crucial for 2020. Moving back to college is difficult for most,…
By Kelsey Purcell, Contributing writer Freshmen students at St. Bonaventure University were welcomed to campus by orientation team leaders as they moved in on Aug. 21. Cars were unloaded, dorms were set up and freshmen had arrived at their new home away from home. After students were moved in, there were activities for them to…
By Will Poladian, Contributing writer This year has been a wild and unique one to say the least. From having classes virtually or just having to wear a mask wherever you go, it has started to become the new normal. We all hope that it’s over soon, but we don’t know how much longer this…