By Alexis Young Staff Writer This Sunday marks the 156th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s legendary log cabin birth. Many today don’t seem to recognize that Lincoln’s election severely divided the country, and the atmosphere around his inauguration was not hopeful, as I believe many of us like to envision it to be. There is much…
By Kerri Linsenbigler Associate Editor Nearly 150 years after the end of the Civil War, the debate over its defining moment still wages on at St. Bonaventure. The Steven Spielberg film “Lincoln,” shown in the Walsh Amphitheater last week, looks at the passing of the 13th Amendment as the defining legislation of the Civil War…
By Kellen Quigley Staff Writer As the last weekend of February quickly approaches, the 85th annual Academy Awards draw near. This year, Seth MacFarlane will host the ceremony, which will air live on ABC at 7 p.m. Sunday. Three-time Oscar winner Steven Spielberg’s Civil War-era epic “Lincoln” leads with 12 nominations, including Best Picture and…