By Zach Waltz Assistant Sports Editor The Student Government Association (SGA) will be pairing up with the Olean Food Pantry for a diaper drive. The diaper drive began on Wednesday and will end Tuesday, Oct. 1. Michelle Schram, a member of the Olean Food Pantry Board and St. Bonaventure alumnus, said the Diaper Bank of…
By Kiara Catanzaro News Assignment Editor The St. Bonaventure softball team will sponsor the third-annual Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) Walk for a Cure Friday, Oct. 4 at 7:30 p.m. The walk will take place on the Allegheny River Valley Trail and start on the west end of campus near the tennis courts. The softball…
By Emma Zaremba Features Assignment Editor Albany Law Professor Paul Finkelman visited campus Wednesday lecturing about the issues of religious monuments on public property. He conveyed his belief that although we look to biblical texts for a moral approach to our lives, we shouldn’t for a political or civil approach. Finkelman illustrated the different varieties…
By Kiara Catanzaro News Assignment Editor Sabine Wakim, a sophomore international studies and philosophy major, participated in the Fall Strength and Endurance Challenge Sunday, Sept. 22, and placed first in her division. The challenge, hosted at Eades Fitness in downtown Olean, incorporated elements of CrossFit training. CrossFit has become popular over the last few months…
By Nate West News Editor Francis Week will feature a new ending this year. For the first time, the Campus Service Day will mark the end of the campus-wide celebration of the life and times of Francis of Assisi. “When we celebrate Francis Week, there are many speakers and there’s different activities going on,” Sister…
By Julia Mericle Contributing Writer As Francis Week approaches, University Ministries is preparing a variety of events to get the campus involved. The festivities run from Sunday to Saturday, Oct. 5, with the Feast of Saint Francis taking place on Friday, Oct. 4. “Francis Week is a celebration of our Franciscan identity on campus,” Julianne…
By Nate West News Editor On Wednesday, the maintenance department received reports from residents in townhouses 23, 24, 25 and 26 saying the buildings lost cable. We have a call into the cable company (Time Warner) to come in and fix it,” said Michael Hoffman, executive director for information technology. “The cable TV system is…
By Kiara Catanzaro News Assignment Editor US News & World Report’s 2014 list of best college values in the North ranked St. Bonaventure University fifth, SBU’s highest rank ever on the publication’s “Great Schools at Great Prices” list. The magazine determined the value of the college ranking by ratio of academic quality to price, need-based…
By Julia Mericle Contributing Writer Barry Gan, a philosophy professor as St. Bonaventure University for 23 years, recently had his book, “Violence and Nonviolence,” published. Gan has worked in the nonviolence field for many years and is director of the Center for Nonviolence on campus. Initially told by editors that his work was too short,…
By Hannah Gordon Assistant News Editor St. Bonaventure University’s Dr. Kimberly Young, program director of the Strategic Leadership graduate program, is the director of the first in-patient clinical program in the United States to treat Internet addiction, located in Bradford, Pa. Young’s initial interest in Internet addiction began in the 1990s, she said. Her first…
By Emily Steves Contributing Writer St. Bonaventure University will host a three-part lecture series in the William F. Walsh Science Center Ampitheater to promote public interest in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) education and career opportunities to area high school and college students. Sponsored by the university and the Dresser Rand Challenger Learning Center,…
By Kiara Catanzaro News Assignment Editor Greg K. “Doc” Gibbs, program director of educational leadership, received the George B. Evans Grassroots Veterans’ Advocate of the Year Award. Gibbs attended the National Sons of The American Legion Convention in Houston, Texas where he was honored as a distinguished guest and sole recipient of the award. “The…
By Mary Best Advisory Editor On Tuesday, a Bona Venture reporter received a tip about an alleged robbery of one of the March of Dimes collection boxes in Café La Verna. The boxes had only been in the café for about a week, according to an anonymous tipper. Vito Czyz, director of Safety and Security,…
By Kiara Catanzaro News Assignment Editor Monica Thomas, former University of Scranton education and wellness director, was recently named to the position of Director of Franciscan Health Care at St. Bonaventure University. Thomas previously worked in Pennsylvania before taking over the university’s health care program. “In this role, I was responsible for the development of…
By Hannah Gordon Assistant News Editor Pope Francis called for a day of fasting and prayer on Sat., Sept. 7 to recognize increasing violence in Syria and threat of further war. Members of the St. Bonaventure community also took part. However, with such short notice, no specified event was created. “We figured what could we…
By Hannah Gordon Assistant News Editor The SBU Family Business Club is planning a variety of opportunities to students that are interested in business-related programs, seminars or entrepreneurship, Carol Wittmeyer, associate professor of management, said. According to Wittmeyer, membership in the Family Business Club gives students access not only to informative club meetings but tours…
By Kiara Catanzaro News Assignment Editor The Latin American Student Organization (LASO) is set to host Spanish comedian Sara Contreras tomorrow in the Regina A. Quick Center of the Arts at 5:30 p.m. Contreras has been hailed as one of the country’s best female comedians. She works in various platforms in television and film. Contreras…
By Nate West News Editor Rick Trietley, former vice president of Student Life, was promoted to the Vice President of Student Affairs position by University President Sister Margaret Carney, O.S.F., over the summer. The first official announcement came came at the same time the Student Life division was renamed to Student Affairs. “I’m very excited…
By Kiara Catanzaro News Assignment Editor Safety and Security Services purchased a Jeep Patriot in May 2013. This is the second Jeep that St. Bonaventure University funded; the first was purchased in May 2011, according to Vito Czyz, director of Safety and Security Services. “The newer Jeeps are more mobile, four-wheel drive vehicles,” Czyz said.…
By Nate West News Editor The St. Bonaventure email system temporarily went down last week, preventing some students from communicating with peers or professors, according to Michael Hoffman, executive director of information technology. “Due to a forced migration to a new version of the Microsoft email system, some students were unable to email faculty and…