University President’s son set to graduate the same morning On Oct. 31, St. Bonaventure University sent out a news release stating that the time of this school year’s commencement ceremony had been changed from the original morning start to 3:30 p.m. The release claimed this time alteration was due to a conflict with the graduation…
After dropping their second consecutive home game, 61-59 to the Vermont Catamounts, to start the season the Bonnies are left scratching their heads. “It’s just good shooters missing pretty good looks and that happens early in the year,” said Vermont Catamounts’ head coach John Becker following his win against the Bonnies. “I am thankful they…
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…
It’s been a trash-infested garbage bin of a living space since August, and I have had enough. A barn filled with pigs, cows and chickens is cleaner. Garden Apartments West has become the campuses biggest slob fest. The pictures above do justice, don’t they? Tuesday, as I entered the building and walked past the mounting…
“Setting up a cybersecurity program in today’s environment is not an easy task. It’s not easy to find faculty to teach the programs… other universities will have difficulty setting up programs like that, but I think St. Bonaventure has been very successful – and we have attracted some top faculty – globally recognized faculty in…
This past Tuesday, St. Bonaventure University hosted a political debate featuring the candidates running for State Senate in New York’s 57th District, Republican George Borrello and Democrat Austin Morgan. The event was hosted by Jandoli Institute Director and Associate Professor Dr. Rich Lee and senior journalism major Cameron Hurst at 7 p.m. in the Bob…
The Jandoli School of Communication at St. Bonaventure University hosted its annual CommDay this past Friday. The event boasted a turnout of over 250 students from local high schools and offered them a variety of different ways to be introduced to the journalism field. “CommDay is an event that brings high school students from around…
“I got involved in the event by being a part of the Peer Prevention Educator student group, supported by the Department of Justice Campus Program called EMPOWER,” said Amber Peralta, a junior marketing major and member of EMPOWER. “I signed up thinking I would put my previous skills to use again by facilitating workshops like…
At the end of the east wing on the fourth floor of Devereux Hall, Adrian “Woj” Wojnarowski, then a freshman, knocked on Mike Vaccaro’s door. Vaccaro, once editor for The Bona Venture and now New York Post Sports columnist, opened the door, and in doing so, opened the door to Wojnarowski’s journalism journey and a…
If St. Bonaventure men’s basketball fans are not yet familiar with the name Justin Winston, it shouldn’t be too long before they are. Winston, a freshman power forward out of West Orange, New Jersey, was rated a four-star recruit by ESPN coming out of Immaculate Conception High School in Montclair, New Jersey. By adding Winston…
Did you just get your midterm grades back and didn’t do as well as you thought? Did you love biology in high school and always wanted to be a doctor, but are questioning that choice after the first couple tests? Are you seeing the work your classmates are doing and thinking that looks way more…
Thanks to a $2,500 grant received through the Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation last spring, St. Bonaventure University’s Warming House has started providing cooking and nutrition classes for its visitors. The classes began on Sept. 21 and will continue once a month during October, November, February, March and April. Warming House guests can register for classes…
The Center for Arab and Islamic Studies at St. Bonaventure University serves as a way to bridge the university’s rich Franciscan tradition and Arab and Islamic culture. Opened in 2015, the CAIS has allowed students, faculty and community members to interact with new experiences or connect with their cultures. The CAIS recently received a gift…
For years, members of St. Bonaventure University’s Medical Emergencies Response Team (MERT) have responded to on-campus emergency calls to assist their fellow students. With the university’s enrollment growing, MERT is preparing for the impact the increased student population could have on the organization’s ability to serve the campus. Today, MERT has over 60 members and…
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…
This summer, I hopped on a plane at Toronto Pearson Airport, and set off on a journey that I’ll forever be thankful for. “What the hell am I getting myself into?” I thought to myself as the massive AirTransat airbus took off into the night sky on July 4. I was England bound, where Trinity…
St. Bonaventure University has implemented the Department of Justice program into the 2019-2020 academic school year following the $300,000 grant they received last year. The grant, which spans over three years, works to empower the St. Bonaventure community in relation to gender-based violence and sexual assault. Working in conjunction with McAllister & Quinn, a federal…
On Wednesday, members of St. Bonaventure University’s Franciscan Center for Social Concern (FCSC), a program of University Ministries, had the official grand opening of their newest project: a food pantry. Located in the McGinley-Carney Center for Franciscan Ministry’s room 114, the food pantry serves to provide food for students and employees that might otherwise not…
Over the past several decades, there have been a few local restaurants and saloons that have graduated to the status of local institutions. From The Other Place to Randy’s up the River, the Hickey Tavern and, of course, The Burton, these places are well known to anyone who’s spent more than an academic year in…