By Emma Zaremba Features Assignment Editor In the Bona Bubble, we support our family through it all. On Sunday, Nov. 3, at noon, a group of students in marketing professor Michael Russell’s Event and Sponsorship Marketing class will host a memorial dodgeball tournament in honor of Bonnies’ baseball pitcher Andrew Revello. Revello graduated in…
By Heather Monahan Features Editor If you’ve ever wanted to see the sights of the world, you’ll want to make your way over to the Loft on the third floor of the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts on Thursday, Nov. 7. Photographs taken from all around the world will be displayed for…
By Heather Monahan Features Editor If you don’t live on the East Side of campus, you may not have met Dean Atkins, one of three new resident directors at St. Bonaventure. Even if you have met him, you may not know much about him other than deducing that he’s from the United Kingdom, based…
By Whitney Downard Contributing Writer Do you want to help break a Guinness World Record and raise money for charity? Tomorrow, Headstands for Humanity will attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the most people doing a headstand simultaneously. The current record is 399 simultaneous headstands in Wevelgem, Belgium, back in 2006. The…
By Samantha Berkhead Editor-in-Chief Art doesn’t always revolve around happiness. The Rampallian was born last year when Becky McKeown, ’11, decided to combine her love of literature with her hunger for dark, gritty poetry and prose. “A lot of literary magazines don’t publish dark, experimental works,” McKeown said. “I wanted to create a publication…
By Kevin Rogers Managing Editor Café La Verna transformed from its normal campus coffee stop into a performance space last Thursday night as St. Bonaventure’s Slam Poetry Club hosted its second open-mic night of the semester. More than 40 students packed the café to hear student poets spin tales about childhood, love, friendship, life…
By Daniel Leopold Staff Writer Looking for a great way to feel the passion of Bonaventure sports before basketball season begins? After kicking off its season a few weeks ago, the men’s club hockey team has been hitting the rink rearing to go. The games are excellent opportunities to engross yourself in a fast-paced…
By Majella Shields Staff Writer Here it is, my third-favorite time of year (after Christmas and my birthday, of course). It’s Halloween! Halloween falls on a school night this year, so the celebrations will be in full swing this weekend. Every year, my friends and I begin to brainstorm in August as to what…
By Taylor Nigrelli Sports Editor ‘Tis the time of year to dress up, decorate houses, take candy from strangers and, most of all, watch Halloween films. Halloween movies have always been a favorite of young American adults. Some thrill us from start to finish, leaving us at the edge of our seats. Some fulfill…
By Heather Monahan Features Editor The haunting hour may be upon us, but ghouls and ghosts aren’t the things haunting Bonaventure students, and it certainly isn’t limited to just Halloween. Some don’t even like the occasional spook from scary movies or haunted houses this time of year. Senior accounting major Rita Belloma has two…
By Amelia Kibbe Staff Writer Halloween is just around the corner, and things are starting to get spooky at Bonaventure. Several buildings on campus are decked out with scary decorations, from spider webs in the hallways of Loughlen Hall to cauldrons and pumpkins in the Hickey. Last weekend, Halloween events on campus kicked off…
By Daniel Leopold Staff Writer On Friday, Oct. 18, renowned classical guitarist Paul Galbraith played an hour-long recital at the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts. The event was one of many visual and performance arts pieces the Quick Center hosts during the school year including concerts, plays and art exhibits…
By Majella Shields Staff Writer Hi everyone, and welcome to this week’s Fashion Focus. I hope you all had a great midterm break. I had the best time ever. I am already counting down the weeks until Thanksgiving. Over break, I stayed in Buffalo, and the highlight of my trip was going to the…
Heather Monahan Features Editor According to distraction.gov, 2011 saw 3,331 deaths caused by distracted driving. In the same year, 31 percent of all driving fatalities were caused by drunk driving, according to centurycouncil.org. Jason Bock, owner of Mad Matt’s Entertainment, visited St. Bonaventure Tuesday and gave students a chance to simulate drunk and distracted…
By Whitney Downard Contributing Writer Did the movie “Pitch Perfect” leave you wanting to join an a cappella group? Look no further. This year, students will have an opportunity to join the group The Reprise and perform with other a cappella singers in the Buffalo area. The Reprise is a multi-generational group open to…
By Emma Zaremba Features Assignment Editor Those first-date butterflies are the worst. Not knowing what to expect can send a person into panic mode. St. Bonaventure students shared their dating fears as well as choice bits of advice to help alleviate the pressure associated with first dates. Some students noted what makes them nervous…
By Samantha Berkhead Editor-in-Chief Believe the hype. Los Angeles indie-pop trio Haim (the name rhymes with “time”) are conquering the music world. This week, the band’s debut “Days Are Gone” claimed the No. 1 spot on the UK albums chart, ahead of long-established artists like Justin Timberlake, Drake and Kings of Leon. They took…
By Taylor Nigrelli Sports Editor After viewing Alfonso Cuarón’s “Gravity,” I spent the next few days searching for a way to sum up my feelings on the movie. I couldn’t do better than echoing the sentiments of iconic/pretentious folk singer John Mayer. “Gravity, stay the hell away from me.” Of course, the space thriller…
By Jackie Roberts Staff Writer Students from every team, organization and major are stacking up their books, packing their backpacks and making their way over to the library. After this Friday, it may seem like the big push is complete, but many students have further challenges ahead once they return from break. “The main…
Majella Shields Staff Writer Hello everyone, and welcome to this week’s Fashion Focus. My woolies, knitted jumpers, boots and favorite beanie hat have been called upon this week to keep my toes warm and ears from freezing and falling off (okay, a bit dramatic). I think it is fair to say fall is well and…