By Kurt Martone, Staff Writer Graduation will be held in person this year, according to a release sent out by St. Bonaventure University on March 22. Graduation will take place on Saturday, May 15. Seven small ceremonies will be conducted over the course of the day, divided into graduating schools. The schools of arts, sciences,…
By Kurt Martone, Staff Writer On Saturday, Bonaventure will finally kick off its senior celebration plans with “50 days.” The COVID-19 pandemic has delayed this flurry of celebrations, which usually offer several events throughout the year that seniors can attend. This event is the first celebration since February last year, which was the “100 days”…
As time is dwindling before the university’s December commencement ceremony, approximately 111 graduate and undergraduate students will soon be starting their lives after exiting the Bona bubble. There are three commencement ceremonies throughout the year, in August, December and May. The December commencement, taking place on Saturday the 17th, provides students that finish their requirements…
For most undergraduates, college is thought of as a four-year process — at least. So, for students with transferable credits from high school, putting off gathering and submitting transcripts can result in a lot of future disorder. Unfortunately, I’m learning that in the most hands-on way possible, by living through that disorder. As a second-semester…
Ah, the inevitable break up. Strange to think that every time we start a new relationship, there are really only two options: we will either end up marrying this person or eventually part ways. Well, more often than not, it’s the latter. Especially in a college setting, breakups are bound to happen. They have the…
By Emily Mulcahey Staff Writer Uh oh. It has finally happened. I am becoming my mother. I was talking to a friend who had just received her new and improved, finally 21-year-old license in the mail. The only problem was, it had been printed with her old (totally lame, 16-year-old) picture. As I told her…
By Javonna Simons Contributing writer Walking into St. Bonaventure University as a freshman for the first time can be both exhilarating and nerve racking for first-year students. While registering for spring semester classes, seniors are faced with the realization that graduation day is quickly approaching. It is imperative to appreciate the amount of dedication that…
By Hannah Gordon News Assignment Editor Graduation is fast approaching for the Class of 2014. Graduates will receive their diplomas at St. Bonaventure University’s 154th Commencement on Sunday, May 11. This year’s keynote speaker, Joan Brown Campbell, former director of the Department of Religion at the Chautauqua Institution for 13 years, is one of three…
By: Heather Monahan Features Editor Even if you were unable to see first-hand the travesty that was the opening ceremony for the William E. and Ann L. Swan Business Center, you definitely heard about it. In light of these events, I think it’s time to take another look at the mandatory $100 graduation fee. The…
By Jackie Roberts Staff Writer “The Good Journey”: sounds familiar, doesn’t it? A journey beginning at Bona’s is a concept engraved in all students, whether they are a sophomore, junior, senior or even an alumnus. On Thursday, Aug. 22, St. Bonaventure University once again welcomed freshmen with a Candlelight Ceremony, so they, too, can…
By Matthew Laurrie Features Editor Somewhere along their journey, senior Bonnies traded in crayons and overalls for a degree and dress clothes. As the class of 2013 looks toward the future, some students took time to reflect on their youthful dreams. Brittany Gasper, a journalism and mass communication major, had astrological aspirations when she was…
By Stacia Salvatore Staff Writer Patricia Hampl, writer and educator, will address graduates and their families at St. Bonaventure University’s 153rd annual Commencement exercises on Sunday, May 12. Hampl, Regents Professor and McKnight Distinguished Professor at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, was asked to be the keynote speaker by University President Sister Margaret Carney,…
By Nate West News Assignment Editor Student-athletes at St. Bonaventure are graduating at a rate above their peers, according to an annual poll released Thursday, Oct. 25, by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The Graduation Success Rate (GSR) is released annually by the NCAA to show the percentage of student-athletes who graduate with a…
By Sam Wilson Associate Editor It sure doesn’t feel like it, but it’s time for this old guy to leave Robinson Hall for the last time as an editor. Little more than two years after then-sports editor Jake Sonner, flanked by Ryan Papaserge and Tyler Diedrich, took me in a creepily empty…
By Mike Vitron Associate Editor Well, I’ve been dreading this for a while. Here goes nothing. I came to college knowing exactly what I wanted to do for a living. I was going to make the jump from Bonaventure straight to Bristol, Conn. and be a SportsCenter anchor. End of story. …
By Chris Graham Associate Editor My trip down to Robinson 111 didn’t follow the same path as some of my fellow editors, so allow me to tell a story. I was a bad student my freshman year. Grades weren’t a big deal to me. It was a problem I had dealt with…
By Kait Laubscher Associate Editor This semester, for my senior capstone, I’ve had the pleasure of speaking and exchanging emails with a number of women who have been editors-in-chief of The BV. These women range from one of my new friends Sylvia Burke, ‘59, to one of my best friends, Amanda Klein,…
By Ryan Papaserge Associate Editor There are no words that can possibly do justice to the four years I spent at St. Bonaventure University. It seems pretentious to sum up so many life experiences into a piece that’s fit to run in a student publication, but here goes nothing. As a wide-eyed…
By Bryan Jackson Associate Editor I didn’t know how to start this farewell editorial. I was going to say something witty about how I dislike farewell speeches and addresses for their inherent cheesiness, then point out the irony of that sentiment, considering I’m now writing a farewell. However, that little witticism didn’t…
As graduating seniors finish off their last few weeks at St. Bonaventure, they are trying to enjoy all the pageantry that comes with graduation. The catch? That pageantry revolves around some pricey expenditures at the end of the year. Recently, graduating seniors had to purchase caps and gowns, which were priced at…