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Booters need to win out to make playoffs

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By Pat Tintle Assistant Sports Editor Eleven games into the season, the men’s  soccer team still only has one win. The Bonnies offensive production has been absent from the scoreboard for the past three games, having been outscored 11-0, the most recent shutout coming against Buffalo on Oct. 21 by a score of 4-0. “We’re…

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Ruggers prepare for Bulls after big loss

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By Emily Mulcahey Staff Writer The St. Bonaventure men’s rugby club has, thus far, faced one of their most trying seasons in years. This season, the team has moved into the highest division in the country, and so far, they are feeling the results. As opposed to beating teams by large margins, the team has…

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Bad blog bashes Bonnies

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By Hannah Gordon News Assignment Editor If you want someone to take your opinion seriously, the first thing you have to do is disregard all spelling and grammar rules. Next, forget what anyone told you about fact checking. No one cares if what you say is true or can be supported with real information. Oh,…

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Back to Buff

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By Daniel Leopold Staff Writer   College quickly becomes a time in every young adult’s life when school, free time and work become a stressful balancing act. The excitement and adventurous feeling experienced during the first couple of weeks of the semester soon wears down as the prospects of essays and finals draw near. Sometimes…

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Let’s go to the mall!

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By Majella Shields Staff Writer    Hi everyone, and welcome to this week’s Fashion Focus. I hope you all had a great midterm break. I had the best time ever. I am already counting down the weeks until Thanksgiving. Over break, I stayed in Buffalo, and the highlight of my trip was going to the…

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Sing your heart out

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By Whitney Downard Contributing Writer    Did the movie “Pitch Perfect” leave you wanting to join an a cappella group? Look no further. This year, students will have an opportunity to join the group The Reprise and perform with other a cappella singers in the Buffalo area. The Reprise is a multi-generational group open to…

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Being a fan means keeping the faith

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By Taylor Nigrelli Sports Editor “Why do we fall, Bruce?” “So we can learn to pick ourselves up.” These words, first spoken to Bruce Wayne by his father in “Batman Begins,” ring true for Buffalo sports fans on a near-weekly basis. And I should know. As an avid, borderline mentally-unstable western New York sports fan,…

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No freedom ‘til we’re equal

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By Daniel Leopold Contributing Writer   On Sunday, Sept. 22, two vans filled with St. Bonaventure students left campus to take part in the “Dash for Diversity,” a run sponsored by the National Federation for Just Communities (NFJC) in Buffalo. The event was supported by the Damietta Center which is dedicated to combating biases and…

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Men look to rebound from losses

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By Chris Gilbert Contributing writer The men’s soccer team (4-2) suffered two shootout losses on the road this past weekend against the New Jersey Institute of Technology (3-0) and Delaware (3-0). They came into those games only allowing one goal per game, so to allow consecutive games of three goals is a wake-up call for…

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Footballers seek trifecta

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By Zach Waltz Assistant Sports Editor The men’s soccer team started off its season with back-to-back 3-1 wins against Buffalo and Niagara, making this the first time since the 2009 season that the Bonnies have defeated both teams. Junior midfielder/defender Steve Carcaterro said that the game against Buffalo in particular was very important to the…

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Ruggers look to avenge loss

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By Pat Tintle Staff Writer Coming off of a 4-3 2012 season, the Bonnies have high hopes for their 2013 campaign. With the combination of new recruits and returning players, the team has made big improvements from a year ago, according to women’s Rugby Coach Tracy Schrems. “We really didn’t lose anyone,” Schrems said. “We’ve…

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Booters gear up for 2013 campaign

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By Zach Waltz Assistant Sports Editor St. Bonaventure’s men’s soccer team will host its season opener at home today against the Buffalo Bulls at 5:30 p.m. The Bonnies tied Rochester, 1-1, in their only exhibition match. The team looks to improve upon its 5-14 record (3-6 in the Atlantic 10) from the 2012 season, 12th…

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Bonaventure students connect with alumni

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By Alexandra Napoli Staff Writer   SBU alumni have been reaching out to students for years through networking sessions with juniors and seniors. However, this year, the alumni are expanding their reach even further by launching an event for the sophomore class. The alumni will hold a networking session at the Ellicott Square Building in…

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Bonnies drop the ball against Ohio, Bulls to visit RC

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By Anthony Gannon Sports Editor The Bonnies (3-2) host Buffalo (2-6) tomorrow night, trying to rebound from Wednesday night’s 69-64 loss to Ohio. The Bulls have one win in their last five games. Buffalo’s last game was a 54-39 loss to the Bonnies’ Atlantic 10 foe Temple. The Bonnies’ loss to Ohio came down to…

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Subscription to Business First now available to all students

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By Annie Riley Staff Writer The School of Business purchased a one-year subscription to an online service that provides access to business news, job postings and special feature articles related to the Buffalo area, called Buffalo’s Business First. The subscription includes a search function, and provides digital access to all back issues and to the…

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Capturing conflict

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By Kiara Catanzaro Contributing Writer For most, photojournalism is a way of expressing oneself. For Law Eh Soe, however, photojournalism led to him fleeing Burma for the United States. Law Eh Soe visited St. Bonaventure on Tuesday to talk about how his career in photojournalism led to him becoming a refugee who now resides in…

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Players are not the only ones on thin ice due to lockout

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By Kyle Zamiara Promotions Editor As September comes to a close, NHL fans will be dreading an October with no puck drops. That’s right, the league is once again in a lockout. It didn’t seem so long ago when the league locked out for what felt like eternity in the 2004-05 season. I had never…

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Student Spotlight

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Andrew Zona, an integrated marketing communications graduate student, represented St. Bonaventure in the College Wing Eating Championship at the National Buffalo Wing Festival, Sept. 2. “I was proud to represent St. Bonaventure in this challenge in front of anational audience,” Zona wrote in an email. Zona finished second in the competition after eating 25 wings…

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Former JMC dean inducted into hall of fame

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By Nate West News Assignment Editor   Lee Coppola, former dean of the Russell J. Jandoli School of Journalism and Mass Communication, is making news again. Coppola is a 2012 inductee of the Buffalo Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame. “I found out in February,” Coppola said in an email. “As a member of the Buffalo…

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Readership Program lives on as print newspapers decrease

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By Heather Monahan Staff Writer It’s no question technology is moving forward at a rapid pace. It is providing the public many advantages, but it could also be the cause of drawing the age of newspapers to an end. Strategically located across campus, students can find USA Today, The Buffalo News and The New York…

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