Spring Weekend poster Courtesy of SBU CAB BY: ELIZABETH KAMROWSKI, NEWS ASSIGNMENT EDITOR This weekend is St. Bonaventure University’s annual Spring Weekend. This event is held for students to unwind and celebrate the end of the academic year. Students have various opportunities to participate in activities such as a kickball tournament, inflatables, bingo, karaoke and…
BY CASSIDEY KAVATHAS, MANAGING EDITOR Spring Weekend is back and in full swing starting Friday. The weekend has been a tradition since before the 1980s according to Rob DeFazio, the associate dean for student life. “To me Spring Weekend is a chance for students and the campus community to relax and enjoy themselves without having…
BY HADLEY THOMPSON, NEWS ASSIGNMENTS EDITOR Alumni remember their experience and preference for softball while current students enjoy kickball. “Getting up early in the morning with the sun in your face and the dew on the grass will always be something I look forward to,” said Luis Perez, a sophomore video production major. Perez, after…
By Cassidey Kavathas, News Editor Spring Weekend has been a tradition since the 1980s but the kickball tournament has been a part of the weekend since around 2012. Due to COVID-19, though, this Bonaventure transition had to undergo some changes. “We set the team roster limit to 16 students max per team, in order to…
By Cameron Pettrone Staff Writer With Spring Weekend just around the corner, students are becoming excited for the weekend’s events. Molly Pra Sisto, a freshman education major, is looking forward to this weekend. “It’s supposed to be crazy from what I heard, but I am looking forward to spending time outside with my friends,” she…
This past weekend, I visited the University at Buffalo. This school is known for having huge names for its fall and spring concerts. It can usually muster up huge names in music that Bona’s simply cannot match. While I was there, I discovered the line-up for its Spring Fest, and I didn’t think the line-up…
By Lian Bunny Photo Editor The theme for this year’s Spring Weekend: the carnival. Abby Cohen, associate director for intramurals, club sports and student engagement, said this means more inflatables and games. “(We’ll have games) such as skee ball and plinko as opposed to just the bull,” Cohen said. “Some new things to get excited…
By: Lian Bunny News Editor “I hope everyone is looking forward to me making a fool out of myself trying to play kickball. I’m really horrible at sports, so expect great things.” According to Peter Bertoldo, a sophomore modern languages major, this is the main reason people should attend this year’s Spring Weekend festivities. On…
Spring Weekend Necessities 1. Kickball Team- The more creative, slightly inappropriate and risqué the name is, the better. Everyone knows that it doesn’t matter if you win or lose: it’s all about the shirt you get. 2. Meal Bracelet- Don’t forget to grab one of those wonderful green plastic bracelets. You can’t miss out on…
By Zach Waltz Sports Assignment Editor After year-long anticipation from the student body, Spring Weekend 2014 is just two weeks away, but the effects of one weekend leaves a desolate wasteland that is seen the following day by prospective students. Every year in late April- early May, high school seniors around the country commit to…
“My friends and I are doing a kickball team for the first time this year ,and we can’t agree on a team name. Any thoughts on how to settle our dilemma?” You should never start off your Spring Weekend with drama! The weekend should be about creating fun memories dancing around the Richter parking lot,…
By Emma Zaremba Features Editor After a long year, it’s time to pump up the volume and let loose. Spring Weekend, the highly anticipated end-of-the-year celebration, will arrive in just a couple weeks. The kickball tournament and weekend-long festivities are usually enough to get students amped up, but this year, the two-man DJ…
By Julia Mericle Staff Writer With Spring Weekend just a few weeks away, planning for the event among university faculty and student groups is charging forward. The festivities will begin at 4 p.m. on Friday, April 25 and continue through Saturday, April 26. Nichole Gonzalez, executive director of residential living, encouraged…
By Julia Mericle Staff Writer The Student Government Association (SGA) meeting on Tuesday focused on what each class is bringing to St. Bonaventure during the Spring 2014 semester and what the Campus Activities Board (CAB) plans to accomplish with a reduced budget. CAB is in full swing this semester, with plans to bring musician Teddy…
By Emma Zaremba Contributing Writer Spring Weekend is a celebrated event by Bonaventure students. The various festivities and traditional sporting event mark the end of the school year. This year, one student will experience the festivities from a different view. Josh Popsie, a senior journalism and mass communication major, will perform on stage in front…
By Matthew Laurrie Features Editor Spring Weekend, which officially begins on campus Friday, April 26, will kick-start a few updates this year. Rob DeFazio, director of the Center for Activities, Recreation and Leadership, announced Monday the designated Spring Weekend sport would be changed from softball to kickball. DeFazio said the shift was made in an…
By Heather Monahan Features Assignment Editor Students aren’t always the only ones who get to rock the Reilly Center at St. Bonaventure. In the past, the Campus Activities Board (CAB) has brought artists such as Bruce Springsteen, the Goo Goo Dolls and Sean Kingston to campus for a Spring Concert. However, due to lower enrollment…
Students who were looking forward to see a national musical act come to campus will be sorely disappointed. The news that the Campus Activity Board (CAB) would not be hosting a spring concert spread quickly last Tuesday. Some Bona’s students on Twitter derided the decision. They lobbed criticisms at the school’s administration and CAB and…
By Alexandra Salerno Managing Editor Earlier this week, Sports Locker in Olean contacted Rob DeFazio about a T-shirt design it deemed too inappropriate to produce. Welcome to Spring Weekend. Starting yesterday and culminating in a championship game Sunday, 56 student softball teams will take part in the 14th annual Rick Farina Softball Tournament. The games…
By Marissa Bruno Staff Writer Get ready for a major genre change for the Spring Weekend acts this year. WSBU-FM 88.3, The Buzz, will host this year’s hip-hop and R&B artists. So Fly Smooth will perform at noon, Jade Alston at 2 p.m. and Matt Patterson at 4 p.m. tomorrow in the parking lot between…