By Olivia Boyd, Staff Writer I am sure that most people who attend St. Bonaventure University has heard of the “Bona Bubble.” As the light at the end of a very dark tunnel approaches, with about a month left until graduation, I am left to contemplate on my time here at this lovely university and…
By Matt Polce, Contributing Writer A few weeks ago, more St. Bonaventure students were suspended. The last time there were major suspensions inflicted on St. Bonaventure students, 21 of us were deemed guilty. This time around that number increased to 28 of us. These suspensions sparked disappointment within our professors. We were scrutinized in some…
How Bonaventure has been affected by the recent social justice movement By Matthew Villanueva and John Pullano, Features Editor and Editor-in-Chief On St. Bonaventure University’s official homepage visitors can see a “snapshot” of the University according to statistics. The page shows 86% of freshmen return for their sophomore year, the student to faculty ratio is…
By Richard Williams, Contributing Writer Wearing a facemask in the classroom is now a requirement for students and professors at St. Bonaventure University for the 2020 fall semester due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Students have shown they are not concerned about the masks hindering their learning experience. “I don’t think my learning ability is…
By Tucker Reilly, News Editor At the start of the 2020-2021 school year, St. Bonaventure University officially opened a new parking lot between the Administration Building and Doyle Hall. The lot — listed as “Lot L” or “Events Lot” on campus maps — adds 94 new overnight parking spaces and is the most recent motion…
By Ryan Bowlin, Contributing Writer With the fall exhibition season complete, the spring tennis season has started for St. Bonaventure men’s and women’s tennis teams. The matches count now. Head coach Michael Bates has set the bar for the spring season. One of the team’s biggest goals, according to Bates, is to advance in the…
St. Bonaventure University’s Technology Services has begun implementing a two-factor authentication process for all Bonaventure email accounts to reduce the number of phishing attacks. Email accounts were added to the new system in groups over a two-week period, and users were then asked to participate in a 10-minute process to successfully implement the authentication to their account. …
The Akron Zips mounted a major comeback last Sunday as they came back to defeat the St. Bonaventure Bonnies, 63-54. It was a game of runs to say the least. The Bonnies started the game on an 11-0 run and led 16-4 early. The Zips then took their own run then, going on a 18-5…
A proposed ban on Youth Tackle Football in New York State has resurfaced Football…it’s America’s game…and it’s slowly dying. The game of football has been played under a microscope ever since tragic stories started to flood in from former NFL players. Stories detailing the struggles many of these players endure in their retired lives…
Last year, Kelly Haberstroh, former editor-in-chief, wrote an article about how Plassmann Hall was prospectively going to be a 24/7 workspace. The Student Government Organization (SGA), was planning on making a formal request to make Plassmann a 24/7 workspace. As the semester has come and almost gone, Plassmann continues to lock its doors at 11…
Calling all slobs, Garden Apartment West is the place for you Two weeks ago, Drew Torres, a junior at St. Bonaventure University, walked through the front lobby of Garden apartment West to an unpleasant, putrid smell. The smell, you may ask? A mountain of fishy-smelling trash bags, beer cans and other loose garbage. According…
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…