By Annie Riley Assistant News Editor St. Bonaventure will co-host unified basketball games and clinics with Special Olympics New York on April 19 and 20. The men’s and women’s basketball teams will participate in a clinic for the Special Olympics teams in the Western New York area. The event on Sat., April 20, will involve…
By Stacia Salvatore Staff Writer On Wednesday, Feb. 13, St. Bonaventure University announced the Russell J. Jandoli School of Journalism and Mass Communication will offer a new Strategic Leadership master’s program. It’s the first online master’s program to be offered at SBU. The Master of Arts degree in Strategic Leadership is an accelerated, one-year, 33-credit…
By Emmariah Holcomb Staff Writer Monday morning, Dr. Jeff Peterson, associate professor and department chair of finance, passed away following his battle with bladder cancer. The funeral will take place at 11 a.m. tomorrow in United Congregational Methodist Church in Salamanca. A memorial service will take place at 4 p.m. Monday in the University Chapel.…
By Kristie Schiefer News Assignment Editor In the midst of RecycleMania, Tread Lightly: SBU’s Environmental Club continues to make recycling a part of daily lives and is giving attention to greater issues like hydrofracking. RecycleMania, a nationwide competition between universities, runs from Feb. 1 through March 31 and is a nationwide competition between universities. This…
By Kiara Catanzaro Staff Writer Cold weather and potholes irritate students, but with spring around the corner long-overdue repairs will be made to the roads near Francis Hall. “Sometimes in critical situations we may make a mid-winter repair with a cold-patch material,” Philip Winger, associate vice president for facilities, said. “But this is a temporary…
By Amy Michel Contributing Writer With the first three weeks completed and another two weeks to go until the second round of voting is concluded, the 2013 Naismith Student Section of the Year contest has St. Bonaventure in second place, leaving students and players alike excited. St. Bonaventure’s student body size is roughly 2,000 people,…
By Nate West News Editor On Monday, Feb. 11, Pope Benedict XVI announced he would be resigning as pope on Feb. 28, 2013, making him the first pope to do so voluntarily since Pope Celestine V in 1294. “After having repeatedly examined my conscience before God, I have come to the certainty that my strengths,…
By Nate West News Editor Olean General Hospital alerted 1,915 people who were inpatients between Nov. 2009 and Jan. 16, 2013 that they may have received insulin injections with a used insulin pen, according to a Jan. 24 press release. “Recent interviews with nursing staff at the hospital indicated that some insulin pens may have…
By Annie Riley Assistant News Editor St. Bonaventure University Ministries named Margaret Morris, ’05, the new program manager of the Warming House and Bona Buddies. The Warming House is known as one of the oldest student-run soup kitchens in the nation and Bona Buddies is a mentoring program where one-on-one relationships are created between local…
By Kiara Catanzaro Staff Writer Construction of The William E. and Ann L. Swan Business Center is anticipating completion on June 1, 2013. Business students can expect a modern building which will have features similar to other buildings created years ago, according to Dr. Pierre A. Balthazard, professor of management and Dean of the School…
By Kristie Schiefer News Assignment Editor Jan. 1 left sophomore political science major Luke Stewart speechless. The people of Salamanca elected Stewart to serve as their Ward 5 Councilman. “On election day I was very unsure of how the results were going to turn out,” Stewart said. “I was content that I did my very…
By Kristie Schiefer News Assignment Editor The game operations team within the St. Bonaventure University Athletics Department collectively agreed to cut the pep band from Bonnies Basketball games, and not everyone’s happy about it. With NCAA Division I school pep bands rarely featuring less than 25 members, the St. Bonaventure pep band lacked in numbers…
By Nate West News Editor “I haven’t won a game for 25 years, the players win the games. I just coach.” That’s what men’s basketball Head Coach Mark Schmidt says he tells people. It’s just the opposite, however. He’s actually won 163 games as a head coach and people have noticed. Forbes.com named Schmidt the…
By Emmariah Holcomb Staff Writer The Class of 2013 plans to update the look of campus by donating a new West Entrance sign and map for its senior gift. The senior class also plans on having a pull-off station, similar to the main entrance, set up. According to Robbie Chulick, a senior journalism and mass…
By Annie Riley Assistant News Editor Father Kenan Osborne, O.F.M., will be this year’s guest speaker of the annual Brady Lecture. Osborne’s lecture, “Our Relational World Today,” will be at 4:30 p.m., Feb. 12, in the University Chapel. The lecture will discuss St. Bonaventure’s relatable understanding of the Christian God, drawn in large measure from…
By Taylor Nigrelli Sports Assignment Editor New York Post lead sports columnist Mike Vaccaro, ’89, is one of two journalists to earn the honor of being named 2013’s New York Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association (NSSA). The NSSA annually awards the best sportswriter and sportscaster in each state. The…
By Nate West News Editor The Career and Professional Readiness Center (CPRC) plans to hold two events today to help students network with Bonaventure graduates. The Young Alumni Panel Presentation will begin at 4 p.m. in the Reilly Center Hall of Fame Room, followed immediately an Alumni/Student Networking Reception. It’s open and encouraged for all…
By Helen Ventura Staff Writer The Family Business Special Interest Group of the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE) members re-elected Carol Wittmeyer, associate professor of management, as chair last week during its annual meeting in San Francisco. The USASBE is the largest international organization of entrepreneurship educators. It aims to provide…
By Kevin Rogers Opinion Assignment Editor In media coverage of politics and elections, it’s common to hear the words “red state” and “blue state.” As President Barack Obama took the oath of office for the second time, Dr. Ben Gross of the sociology department looked to shine some light on the terms and what forms…
By Nate West News Editor Sr. Margaret Carney, O.S.F., S.T.D. and Brenda McGee, senior vice president of finance and administration, appointed Ludwig Brunner executive director of the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts, according to a Jan. 11 university press release. Brunner served the Quick’s interim director since Dec. 2011 when then previous executive…