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Coat drive targets campus need before winter

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BY CASSIDEY KAVATHAS, NEWS EDITOR The Franciscan Center of Social Concern, Residential education and High Education Opportunity Program joined forces for Clare’s coats drive. Donations of winter coats, hats, gloves and other winter gear will be accepted from now until Oct. 18.  This drive is a first of its kind. If this year goes well…

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Over 800 alumni donate to second annual Bona’s giving day

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By Amelia Kibbe Advisory Editor As part of the university’s second annual giving day on Feb. 23, an alumnus challenged the St. Bonaventure community to add 60 new donors to the online fundraising day’s growing total.   If at least that many members donated in the next 60 minutes, the alumnus, who wished to remain…

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Bona Giving Day returns to campus

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By Amelia Kibbe Advisory Editor Once again St. Bonaventure University asks its alumni, friends and family to participate in its annual Bona Giving Day, a 24-hour fundraising event for the school’s The Bonaventure Fund. But this year, school administrators also welcome students to take part in the activities, participating in a scavenger hunt and winning…

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Bonas ROTC adopts platoon of soliders

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By Brandon Chin Contributing Writer Most high school seniors enroll into college, but far less enlist into the United States Army, said ROTC members. The Adopt a 10th Mountain Platoon Program is a fundraiser event that has been occurring at Bonaventure since Nov. 13. It was hosted in collaboration with the Olean Lions Club to…

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Alumni pop Bona Bubble to help students

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By Lian Bunny Photo Editor Bonaventure is known for it’s alumni network. It is arguably one of the biggest draws of being part of the Bona family. The BV staff knows this all too well. This sense of community and loyalty is one of the main reasons I decided to go to Bonaventure, when I…

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Bona’s owes thanks to mystery donor

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Read the editorial at the top of the page to the right of this before reading this. Welcome back. The bit about The Bona Venture going back to a weekly publication? That is thanks to an anonymous donor who generously helped clubs and other campus groups who were struggling financially with their budgets as a…

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‘Tis the season to give

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By Andrea Fernandes Features Assignment Editor As Christmas approaches, people begin to think of what they want to see under the tree with their name on it when they wake up on Christmas morning. Instead of thinking this way, some members of the Bonaventure community have been taking action to brighten someone else’s Christmas morning.…

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BonaResponds prepares for food packing day

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By Lian Bunny Assistant News Editor BonaResponds, St. Bonaventure’s volunteer service organization, will be packing boxes of food on Saturday, March 22, with a goal of sending 100,000 meals to people in Haiti and the Philippines. To reach their meal goal, the group needs to raise $22,000.  Senior math major and BonaResponds member, Lilly Whelan,…

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Alum donates $75,000 for locker room renovations

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By Annie Riley Staff Writer A Bonaventure Alumnus and his wife donated $75,000 to the women’s basketball team’s locker room. John H. and Kay Meisch donated the money to honor St. Bonaventure women’s basketball head coach, Jim Crowley. Crowley is a two-time Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year and ESPN named him National Coach of…

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Senior gift supports Skeller updates

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By Jillian Hammell Contributing Writer As you make your way through the Hickey during crowded lunch hours or casually find a table at dinner, you may notice a new addition. During the summer, the Hickey underwent construction to open up a staircase leading from the dining hall into the Rathskeller. Not only does the underground…

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