By Hannah Gordon Assistant News Editor When you are required to pay $2,477.50 per semester for a meal plan, you expect food you can eat to be served to you – without an attitude. Although that may seem extremely reasonable, apparently for one manager in the Hickey Dining Hall, a simple question about what I…
By Zachary Waltz Assistant Sports Editor The government shutdown officially ended when President Obama signed a bill just after midnight on Oct. 17. Some people still don’t know that; I didn’t even know until a week after it happened. However, when the government shut down on Oct. 1, it was almost impossible not to know…
By Mary Best Opinion and Advisory Editor The National Security Agency (NSA) is just one giant spider weaving the World Wide Web at this point. While that hopefully doesn’t come as a surprise, former NSA contractor Edward Snowden’s June reveal of top-secret government documents outlining NSA surveillance programs divided the American public to assume one…
By Emily Sullivan Opinion and Associate Editor There always seems to be some sort of controversy in the music industry. Whether it’s because of Lady Gaga’s strange videos or Miley Cyrus’ never-ending twerking, artists are constantly coming up with new ways to be noticed and get publicity. But while Gaga and Cyrus rely on interesting…
By Sean O’Brien Assistant Opinion Editor Since Family Weekend, I have been without a computer of my own, as it had to be sent out for repairs. This has proven problematic, as most of my journalism and mass communication studies require use of a computer on a regular basis. That’s not to mention needing a…
Midterms. The very word makes most college students cringe. While we get the gift of a two-day vacation plus the weekend, the week we just finished was a jumble of papers, tests and presentations. It’s a stressful and dreary time. Our workload is much more intense than it is during the average week of classes.…
By Heather Monahan Features Editor Lazy. Narcissistic. Coddled. Delusional. All adjectives Time used to describe Generation Y. It’s funny, if you think about it. My generation, the twenty-somethings working our butts off in college to come out with debt up to our eyeballs and an awful job market, is constantly labeled as the selfish and…
By Hannah Gordon Assistant News Editor Far too often students take the close-knit community here at St. Bonaventure for granted. The opportunity for students to communicate personally with the president of their university is not common at other schools. Realizing St. Bonaventure forms special bonds is essential to the SBU experience. Tuesday night, the third…
By Samantha Berkhead Editor-in-Chief In the 1980s, cartoonist Alison Bechdel created a system to test gender bias in media. The Bechdel test is simple in its requirements. A film, television show or any other storytelling media passes the Bechdel test if it has at least two women in it who talk to each other about…
By Deirdre Spilman Associate Editor In the Bible, it is stated that every child is a gift from God (Psalms 127:3). If this is true, then Michelle and Jim Bob Duggar of TLC’s “19 Kids and Counting” are extremely spoiled. After experiencing complications and even a miscarriage with later-in-life pregnancies, the couple is still trying…
By Mary Best Opinion and Advisory Editor As liberating as it is to have practically limitless freedom in college, the glory of it all fades away when students face penalties for caring about what happens to that precious freedom. Tuesday afternoon brought a dilemma — do I go to my 1 p.m. class to receive…
This editorial expresses the opinion of the Bona Venture staff. Ever walk out of a job interview wishing you had been more prepared? The Career and Professional Readiness Center (CPRC) is offering a new service throughout the month of October that is sure to help plenty of students, whether they are having problems with social media,…
By Emily Sullivan Opinion and Associate Editor On Sept. 30, my roommates and I sat gathered around our living room, our eyes glued to the television. On a normal Monday night, we would have been watching a movie together or maybe a late-night rerun of “Friends.” But on this particular Monday night, our eyes were…
By Kevin Rogers Managing Editor Displaying typical form, Congress failed to reach a budget agreement on Tuesday at midnight, resulting in a partial government shutdown immediately thereafter. As a result, agencies furloughed workers and a number of federal institutions shut down. It’s nothing more than could be expected. Congress, being the wildly inefficient and unproductive…
By Sean O’Brien Assistant Opinion Editor “We have a beautiful campus; now let’s make sure everyone has the ability to experience that,” said Jessica Ceglia, a junior psychology major, about an issue the university needs to pay more attention to solving: accessibility for those with a physical handicap, whether they’re confined to a wheelchair or…
By Matthew Laurrie Copy Editor Spaghetti may be straight, but the people who eat it don’t have to be. Macaroni mayhem is on the rise, and a recent controversy has prompted consumers to be mindful about the brands of pasta they support. Guido Barilla, chairman of Barilla Group, the world’s leading pasta producer, incited a…
By Alexandra Salerno Advisory editor A little boy, about six years old, sat behind me in the movie theater on Saturday night. “I can’t see!” he exclaimed to the couple he was seated with. There was nowhere else to sit. The theater was packed. The woman whispered to him he would see better once the…
By Sara Ward Associate editor One morning this week, I was waiting outside Paladino House to walk to class with my friend. As I rested against the red brick wall, I glanced around me, taking in the bright sky and wind rustling the grass across the street. After about a couple minutes, I reached into…
This editorial represents the opinion of The Bona Venture staff The campus speed limit is 15 mph. That means the fastest anyone should ever be driving on St. Bonaventure University grounds caps out at 15 mph. So when Safety and Security clocks drivers at 40 mph with a radar gun, there needs to be a…
By Matthew Laurrie Copy Editor I need to preach a hearty “hallelujah” to Pope Francis. As a self-declared fallen Catholic, I applaud @Pontifex’s attempts to undertake his position with a progressive mindset and become what the Catholic Church so desperately needs: a pope for the people. My pessimism was certainly more audible than my prayers…