CLAIRE FISHER: ON BEHALF OF SBU COLLEGE DEMOCRATS Photo: @sbu_collegedems on Instagram Often, when things do not go our way our immediate response is to be disappointed. We want to be clear, we are not simply disappointed. We are afraid. Countless voters: women, Black, gay, trans, Christian, Jews, teachers, veterans, sexual assault survivors and immigrant…
Photo: SBUnfurled X BY ALLIE ELKINS, SPORTS EDITOR The X (formally known as Twitter) account, SBUnfurled, has amassed 6.9k followers as a St. Bonaventure men’s basketball fan account since its creation in 2019. The man behind the curtain is Derek Howard, a lifetime Bonaventure fan and alumni who created the account for fun five years…
PHOTO COURTESY OF GOBONNIES BY JONNY WALKER, ADVISORY EDITOR With an 85-67 rout of Fordham Wednesday night, the St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team got back to .500 in Atlantic 10 Conference play. But two-thirds of the way through their conference season, the Bonnies (15-9, 6-6 A-10) have only consistently proved one thing: their inconsistency. Wednesday’s…
Photo: St. Bonaventure Athletics BY KYLE MAIER, SPORTS ASSIGNMENT EDITOR Following yet another invitational where they broke numerous records, the St. Bonaventure men’s and women’s track teams compete at the Atlantic 10 Indoor Championships next week. This signifies the approach of the outdoor season, which brings rule changes and environmental obstacles that St. Bonaventure athletes…
Safety and Security cars Meghan Hall/The Bona Venture BY: DAVID SCIBILIA, NEWS EDITOR $15.18. That’s the amount The Living Wage Calculator, a tool created by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, determines an individual in Cattaraugus County needs to make per hour to meet their basic needs. Gov. Kathy Hochul signed legislation that requires employers in…
A HerCampus writer holding a vision board Claire Fisher/ The Bona Venture BY: MORGAN KILGER, STAFF WRITER March is Women’s History Month, and St. Bonaventure University club leaders and faculty have plans to celebrate and raise awareness for women’s history throughout the month. “On our campus, there have been efforts to highlight women’s history, but…
photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons BY MIKE POLCE, STAFF WRITER Every day when I am on my way to class, I see students walking down Clare Road. I pass by these students in my heated car, wondering how they make the trip every morning. The temperatures in St. Bonaventure commonly drops below 20 degrees, and…
An advertisement to join the orientation team Courtesy of Stephanie Carpenter BY: DAVID SCIBILIA, NEWS EDITOR When incoming freshmen arrive on the campus of St. Bonaventure University, the first faces they see are not those of professors, admissions counselors or their peer coaches. Rather, it’s the orientation team. “When students are coming in, they’re very…
BY CASSIDEY KAVATHAS, NEWS EDITOR The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is looking for volunteers from the St. Bonaventure community. The SPCA is a nonprofit animal shelter dedicated to saving the lives of animals, as well as providing adoption services for homeless and neglected animals. SBU@SPCA offers the ability for students to…
BY CASSIDEY KAVATHAS, NEWS EDITOR The St. Bonaventure University food pantry opens for its third year. The pantry began in Oct. 2019, when Alice Miller Nation, director of Bona’s Franciscan Center for Social Concern, found out that some students living on campus struggled with having enough food to get through the week. The pantry is…
Efforts to revise parking on campus may have hit a roadblock. Following a string of student complaints and concerns, St. Bonaventure University’s Student Government Association has been working on new parking policy recommendations. However, its latest recommendation was not approved by the university’s parking committee. SGA President Lara McCormick, a senior political science and international…
St. Bonaventure University’s Campus Activities Board, also known as CAB, is part of the reason why students have entertainment on campus. A club open to all majors, CAB works with student activities in order to bring extracurricular programming for students at St. Bonaventure and for the community. The members are in charge of bringing entertainment…
Photo courtesy of Sydney Best. After months of anticipation, the 100th year of St. Bonaventure men’s basketball arrived. Iconic Bona basketball pictures flashed across the big screen, a special 100th anniversary exhibit opened and two Bona greats from years past, Bob Sassone ’54, and Ronald “Whitey” Martin ‘61, were honored before tip-off. The Bonnies were…
The “It’s Time to Pow Wow” event, taking place on tomorrow at 6 p.m. at the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts auditorium, will be the start of an annual, diverse event on campus. A pow wow, a Native American tradition, comes with a distinct, yet also fluid definition. “Some call them a festival,…
Within the past week few weeks, groups of students and professors have been promoting study abroad programs. Japan, Oxford and Sorrento are all featured destinations in the summer of 2020 for St. Bonaventure students preparing to experience the joys and challenges of living and learning abroad. The Oxford, England study abroad program is by far…
For those who’ve spent more than a semester at St. Bonaventure University as faculty or as a student, there always comes a point in time where it seems as though everybody on campus is getting sick. This concept has garnished an unfortunate and exaggerated nickname amongst the students: “The Bona Plague.” To be clear, while…
As the spring semester approaches, many first-year students are confused as to how to begin the registration process. Planning a schedule seems daunting but can easily be broken down into a few steps: Find out what you need to take, talk with your advisor and register. My.sbu.edu is the portal to everything needed for scheduling.…
On Nov. 5, every single seat in the Reilly Center should have someone sitting (or standing) in it. On Nov. 5, the St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team takes to the floor, marking the 100th season of St. Bonaventure basketball and second season of the greatest trio of players in program history. No, you did not…
The St. Bonaventure men’s basketball came one corner-three short of an Atlantic 10 championship in 2019, and despite nearly climbing to the mountain top last season, the team’s expectations are larger than Osun Osunniyi’s 7’8” wingspan. For coach Mark Schmidt’s five returners, the image of graduate Nelson Kaputo’s shot hitting off of the front of…
In today’s world of instant communication, people are inundated with catastrophic news stories almost daily: a hurricane hits here, a wildfire burns out of control there, or an earthquake kills thousands somewhere else. This constant barrage of bad news can wear people down, and as a result, people often fail to see the stories for…