Pictured from left to right: Vicky Hartzler, Mason Palude, Bart Lambert, Larry LaRocco David Scibilia/The Bona Venture BY: DAVID SCIBILIA, NEWS EDITOR “Democracy is at stake in the 2024 election,” said Larry LaRocco, a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives. “We’ve had attacks on the norms of how we conduct our democracy and…
Headshots of Larry LaRocco (D-Idaho) and Vicky Hartzler (R-Missouri) Photo Courtesy: Noticeboard BY: ELIZABETH KAMROWSKI, STAFF WRITER Former members of the U.S. House of Representatives will be coming to St. Bonaventure University to meet with students, speak in classes and give a public forum from Nov. 13 to Nov. 14. Every two years, Bonaventure participates…
BY TUCKER REILLY, MANAGING EDITOR Former United States representatives Peter H. Kostmayer and David A. Trott visited St. Bonaventure University this week as part of the Congress to Campus Program. The two former congressmen visited political science classes on Monday and Tuesday, in addition to participating in a public forum Monday evening. The Congress to…
Capitol Hill exists somewhere between its grandiose portrayal in House of Cards and the abysmal dysfunction assumed by your crazy uncle on Facebook. Washington D.C. is often vilified, and maybe it should be, but there are many staffers and interns who work in the District that are out there to serve. I would implore anyone…
By Mary Best Opinion and Advisory Editor The National Security Agency (NSA) is just one giant spider weaving the World Wide Web at this point. While that hopefully doesn’t come as a surprise, former NSA contractor Edward Snowden’s June reveal of top-secret government documents outlining NSA surveillance programs divided the American public to assume one…
By Heather Monahan Features Editor Lazy. Narcissistic. Coddled. Delusional. All adjectives Time used to describe Generation Y. It’s funny, if you think about it. My generation, the twenty-somethings working our butts off in college to come out with debt up to our eyeballs and an awful job market, is constantly labeled as the selfish and…
By Emily Sullivan Opinion and Associate Editor On Sept. 30, my roommates and I sat gathered around our living room, our eyes glued to the television. On a normal Monday night, we would have been watching a movie together or maybe a late-night rerun of “Friends.” But on this particular Monday night, our eyes were…
By Kevin Rogers Managing Editor Displaying typical form, Congress failed to reach a budget agreement on Tuesday at midnight, resulting in a partial government shutdown immediately thereafter. As a result, agencies furloughed workers and a number of federal institutions shut down. It’s nothing more than could be expected. Congress, being the wildly inefficient and unproductive…
By: Mary Best Opinion and Advisory editor If the last sitting president to visit a college in your hometown was Millard Fillmore, it’s only natural to get excited when you find out the President of the United States is rolling in to talk about the increasing education costs. That’s exactly what happened when The White…
By Kevin Rogers Opinion Assignment Editor Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., cemented himself as one of the leading defenders of American liberty in Congress last Wednesday. Paul, seeking answers on the Obama administration’s drone strike program, stood for 13 hours to filibuster the confirmation of CIA nominee John Brennan. Paul focused on one core question: does…
Nate Shinagawa, a 2012 Democratic candidate for the newly-formed 23rd Congressional District of New York, brought his campaign to campus Wednesday. Shinagawa met with a small group of students and faculty members in the University Club. He discussed his stance on issues facing not only students and local residents, but on national and international issues.…