Photo: Will D’agostino BY: KYLE MAIER, SPORTS EDITOR “I could be anywhere in the basketball world today, and I choose to be at St. Bonaventure University,” said Adrian Wojnarowski today at his introductory press conference as Bonaventure’s men’s basketball general manager. At a packed Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts, Wojnarowski sat alongside director…
PHOTO: Frankie Debari BY: CARSON HAYEK, STAFF WRITER The St. Bonaventure men’s soccer team will host Robert Morris University in an out-of-conference clash this afternoon. RMU visits with a record of 3-2-2. The Colonials’ last game resulted in a 3-2-win Saturday evening to IU Indianapolis. The Colonials come into the matchup shooting 1.57 goals per…
Photo: St. Bonaventure Athletics BY: AIDAN SHINNERS, CONTRIBUTING WRITER The St. Bonaventure’s women’s soccer team fell to 0-2-0 in Atlantic 10 play yesterday afternoon following a 1-0 loss to the University of Massachusetts. The Bonnies (1-8-1, 0-2-0 A-10) committed 12 fouls and allowed UMass (6-3-1, 1-1-0 A-10) to take eight corner kicks. The Minutewomen attacked…
Photo: Frankie Debari BY: CARSON HAYEK, CONTRIBUTING WRITER The St. Bonaventure women’s soccer team will face the University of Massachusetts at home today on Bona’s Senior Day. UMass is coming off a 1-0 loss to #22 Saint Louis University Thursday night. Overall, Massachusetts owns a record of 5-3-1 (0-1-0 A10). The Minutewomen average 1.5 goals…
Photo: St. Bonaventure Athletics BY: DAVID PREMYSLOVSKY, CONTRIBUTING WRITER The St. Bonaventure men’s and women’s cross county teams compiled fifth and seventh place finishes at the University of Rochester Yellowjacket Invitational today. In the men’s first 8k event of the season, junior Aiden Scattergood finished first overall out of 261 runners with a time of…
Photo: St. Bonaventure Athletics BY: AARON TARQUINIO The St. Bonaventure men’s tennis team went one for 11 this weekend in the Big 3 Battle, hosted by the University of Buffalo. Niagara University and UB both outmatched the Bonnies in the singles competition, with freshman Alex Kim being the only Bonnie to win a set. Buffalo…
Photo: Frankie Debari BY: LAYNE HAUGHT, CONTRIBUTING WRITER The St. Bonaventure University women’s soccer team opened up Atlantic 10 play with a 1-0 loss to the George Washington Revolutionaries yesterday afternoon. The defeat brought the Bonnies to 1-7-1 (0-1-0 A-10), while the Revolutionaries moved to 3-4-2 (1-0-0 in A-10). The Brown and White came out…
Andrew Hale/ The Bona Venture BY: ANDREW HALE, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF The Indigenous Spirit Dancers took center stage and showcased aspects of Native American culture through dance in a packed Reilly Center Tuesday night. The Indigenous Spirit Dancers, a dance group based in Cattaraugus County and the Seneca Nation, are made up of members from various nations…
Photo Courtesy of: Morgan Kilger/The Bona Venture BY: ISABEL MARZULLO, FEATURES ASSIGNMENT EDITOR On the campus of St. Bonaventure, New York, resides the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts. It’s in this vast brick building, where productions come to perform on a small and intimate stage for the people. This year, the Quick Center’s…
3D Rendering of Proposed Jandoli School Renovation Courtesy of Aaron Chimbel BY: ELIZABETH KAMROWSKI, NEWS EDITOR Renovations to The John J. Murphy Professional Building plan to bring new workspaces and strengthen student media at St. Bonaventure University. The groundbreaking for this renovation will be at the Jandoli School of Communication 75th anniversary event on Oct.…
Loughlen Hall Elizabeth Kamrowski/The Bona Venture BY: GENEVIEVE BLUMBERG, CONTRIBUTING WRITER Residence Life converts freshmen dorms into triples, accommodating one of the largest incoming classes in 20 years. The Loughlen Hall lounges were converted into triples to accommodate the large incoming freshmen class, according to Tom Missel, chief communications officer. Beds are situated against either…
BY: JESSICA WIKANDER, CONTRIBUTING WRITER St. Bonaventure’s Criminology Club hosted its Criminal Justice Day event on Friday, Sept. 13 in the Richter Center parking lot. The event was held to give students an opportunity to interact with local and state law enforcement offices and learn about the role they play in the greater Olean Area.…
The Rathskeller Courtesy of The Bona Venture BY: CHRIS DOODY, CONTRIBUTING WRITER Some students said they are deterred from the Rathskeller’s new changes, due to its new rotating menu. Others said they are unable to dine there at all because of health concerns like common allergies. Before this year, between 8 and 10 p.m. students…
Speed bump on campus David Scibilia/The Bona Venture BY: DAVID SCIBILIA, MANAGING EDITOR St. Bonaventure University’s Office of Safety and Security placed two sets of speed bumps outside the Reilly Center’s south entrance, marking their return to campus. Security added the 2.5-3-inch tall, 1-foot wide speed bumps in the fall of 2023. “Since the time…
Dean Whitcomb Courtesy of: Dean Whitcomb BY: MORGAN KILGER, FEATURES EDITOR Dean Whitcomb stepped on St. Bonaventure University’s campus for Welcome Days in August 2004 as an incoming freshman. Little did he know, 15 years later, he would be telling his Bonaventure story in front of hundreds of prospective Bonnies as the director of Undergraduate…
Photo: Ryan Addeo BY: GAVIN WATSON, STAFF WRITER AND WILL NUNN, CONTRIBUTING WRITER For St. Bonaventure University’s cross-country team success comes from the utilization of technology in training, and it all starts with the Garmin GPS watch. The watch, which every runner wears during practice, documents their performance and vitals with an app called V.O2.…
Photo: St. Bonaventure Athletics BY: CARSON HAYEK, CONTRIBUTING WRITER St. Bonaventure University’s golf head coach, Ryan Swanson, has returned to the mountains of Allegany for his eighth year. Swanson was a 2008 graduate of Bonaventure and looks very favorably on his time in Olean. “I had a great experience here,” said Swanson. “It is why…
Photo: Frankie Debari BY: KYLE MAIER, SPORTS EDITOR With players hailing from Jamaica, Venezuela, Ghana and Denmark, St. Bonaventure University’s men’s soccer head coach Kwame Oduro has built an international roster with diverse skill sets. Oduro described the scouting approach his staff takes to locate premier talent globally. “There are showcases all over the world…
Photo: Frankie Debari BY: KEGAN MCCALLUM, CONTRIBUTING WRITER The St. Bonaventure Women’s team will kick off its Atlantic 10 conference play today, taking on the George Washington University Revolutionaries at the Mount Vernon Athletic Field in Washington, D.C. The Bonnies sit at a 1-6-1 record going into the game. This matchup starts a 10-game run…
Photo: St. Bonaventure Athletics BY: LUCAS PANNOZZO, CONTRIBUTING WRITER Second-round heroics allowed the St. Bonaventure men’s golf team to capture its eighth straight Little Three Championship at the Crag Burn Golf Course Tuesday. The Bonnies fought off Canisius University’s strong first round, ultimately ending the day victorious by eight shots. After the first round of…