Seniors Michael Seitz, Joseph Gombatto, Thomas Reilly, Eric Bernhardt, Jimmy McKeown, Jace Frazier and Jack Gombatto tour Times Square prior to the team’s NIT matchup at Madison Square Garden Tucker Reilly/ The Bona Venture BY: TUCKER REILLY, ADVISORY EDITOR St. Bonaventure University’s basketball program is no stranger to the national stage. In addition to games in the…
By Emilie Weinbeck, Features Assignment Editor Since the start of the pandemic, television has looked a little different. News stations started having reporters broadcast their stories from home, award show hosts dressing up to sit in their living rooms and sports anchors commentating from home offices. Late night television was no exception to this new…
By Cammie Dutchess, Managing Editor Netflix series, “Trinkets” follows three young girls who kindle a friendship at their weekly Shoplifting Anonymous meetings. In the first season, the series courses through the trio’s struggles with friendships and relationships. While the second season mainly still focuses on those problems, it also pursues the embrace of their three…
By Max McAuiliff, Opinion Editor Season two of Amazon Prime’s hit show “The Boys” premiered last Friday, with the first three of eight episodes being released. While season one pleased the critics, with the show scoring an 84% on Rotten Tomatoes, the second season seems to have impressed critics even more. “The Boys” currently sits…
Since comic books were created, they have always seemed to have the stigma that they exist for children, and adults that enjoy them are nerds. But as comic book heroes have made their way to the silver screen and have begun generating millions of dollars at the box office. The success of these movies is…
The Orenthal James Simpson murder case was a landmark court case. It split demographics. It was racially charged. For the defense and prosecutors, it was a nightmare, a form of hell on Earth. The case’s timing splits today’s Millennials, too — with the older portion raised amidst and bombarded by the case’s headlines, the younger…
By Dom LoVallo Managing Editor April Fool’s Day is the one day of the year that it’s okay to make your friends a little miserable. The creators of Rick and Morty, Dan Harmond and Justin Roiland, surprised their fans last Saturday by premiering season three on adult swim unannounced. Rick and Morty is an animated…
A&E’s psyche-twisting, jaw-dropping series Bates Motel is scheduled to launch its fifth installment this month — drawing from chilling, past plots and projecting the ongoing empire into heightened show time success. On Feb. 20, Bates fans will be reacquainted with Norma and Norman Bates, and all their subsequent sideshows — the supporting characters who always…
By Tom Cottingham Features Assignment Editor FX is a station that is usually a hit or miss when it comes to original programming. However, when they hit, they hit big. Shows such as “Louie”, “Fargo”, “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” and “The Americans” are respected television series, but a new show must be added…
By Julia Mericle News Editor Michael Hoffman, associate provost and chief information officer at St. Bonaventure, responded to student concerns about cable TV and Internet bandwidth strength on campus. According to Hoffman, the Internet bandwidth has been updated from 300 megabits per second to one gigabit per second, or 1,000 megabits. A graph of campus…
Over the summer the Bonaventure community received technology updates throughout the campus. The updates included flat-screen televisions in all residence hall lounges and new systems in three computer labs, said Michael Hoffman, associate provost and chief information officer at Bonaventure. Hoffman said that he was delighted the university was able to more than triple the…
By Harrison Leone Associate Editor You can binge eat, you can binge drink and now, thanks to the rise of internet streaming services such as Netflix and Hulu, as well as the reliable DVD box-set, you can binge watch. From college students to retirees, millions of Americans are firing up their tablets and Xbox Ones…
By Emily Sullivan Opinion Editor It’s finally that time of year. The television shows that left us frazzled with cruel cliffhangers and a thousand questions will finally make their return and give anxious and excited fans the answers they crave. In the short time between a season finale and the season premier, a lot can…
