BY NATHAN DASILVA, CONTRIBUTING WRITER As students, we all know that the primary exercise of day-to-day classes is note-taking. I prefer to use my laptop, but when I’m most serious about the subject matter, I’ll take hand-written notes. That’s because writing notes by hand takes more concentrated effort, but to do it effectively, you need…
Writing: It’s the intersection of art and life. A lot of what we know to be true about this crazy, confusing gift of life stems from writing, arguably the most important art form we know. Throughout our lives, we’re constantly learning—whether intended or not. In reality, that mental growth often stems from either verbal or…
Students said they are enjoying an opportunity to speak in a creative way through the new St. Bonaventure chapter of the online-opinion sharing platform, The Odyssey. Caitlin McClare, a senior journalism and mass communication major and the editor-in-chief of Bonaventure’s sector of The Odyssey, said that this club is the perfect way for students to…
As assistant features editor, I do a lot of, well, assisting. Each weekend, I meet with the other two features editors, and we come up with story ideas. Our meetings usually consist of laughing, joking and telling stories, but we eventually take the time to discuss ideas for stories and who will be writing them.…
Kevin Rogers Editor-in-chief Many greetings and welcome to a new edition of The Bona Venture. I’m excited for the chance to lead a crew of excellent student journalists as we strive to make this paper a well-respected and well-crafted source for all things Bonaventure. As you’ll notice, we’ve already made some changes from previous editions.…
By Mary Best Opinion and Advisory Editor My younger sister and I are experiencing our senior years together — hers in high school, mine at Bona’s. While the nerves that come with joining “the real world” surround my everyday activities, fighting the injustice of standardized testing surrounds hers. The dreaded Scholastic Assessment Test, or SAT,…
By Allie Napoli Staff Writer It’s happened to all of us — great ideas spring into our minds and we’re enlightened with ways to get rich and famous overnight. But what if one day, you made these plans do just that — come to life? Makeda Loney, a junior journalism and mass communication major, has…
By Elizabeth Pray Staff Writer Some students had more on their minds than Spring Weekend plans over the last few weeks. Fifteen students fulfilled their Honors Program requirements with presentations in Plassmann Hall to an audience of students, faculty and staff April 18-24. Francesca DiCillo, a senior English major, chose to do her project, titled…
By Matthew Laurrie Assistant Features Editor With the lights dimmed, anxious audience members gazed toward the stage. A spotlight centered and the Garret Theater came alive with poetry at the commencement of St. Bonaventure’s fourth poetry slam. The Slam Poetry Club recently adopted “There is no excuse for art” as its catchphrase. It embodies the…
By Marissa Bruno Staff Writer “I am not a woman, just an inmate.” Breea Willingham, a former St. Bonaventure University journalism and mass communication visiting professor, read an excerpt written by an incarcerated woman in New York state Tuesday evening in Dresser Auditorium as a part of her talk called “Write On, Sister!: How Incarcerated…
