Doyle Hall David Scibilia/The Bona Venture BY: ELIZABETH KAMROWSKI, NEWS ASSIGNMENT EDITOR As students receive emails on how to pick housing for the 2024-2025 academic year, they’ll notice a new option for housing — triples. “I wasn’t aware that Dev or Doyle rooms were even considered triple size, but after learning that, it makes a…
Devereux Hall David Scibilia/ The Bona Venture BY: ANDREW HALE, MANAGING EDITOR When Pamphilus da Magliano arrived from Italy in 1855, he and other Franciscan friars established St. Bonaventure University in 1858. Magliano envisioned academic buildings similar to those in Italy. Now, 31 buildings sit on the rural, private Franciscan-Catholic university in western New York.…
Devereux Hall Photo Courtesy: SBU Archives BY: BROOKE JOHNPIER, STAFF WRITER “On Saturday evening, I walked into the bathroom prepared to take a shower,” said Emma Gavazzi, a sophomore English major. “But as I approached the shower stalls, I was met first by a vicious odor and then a sight that I could only describe…
BY KURT MARTONE, NEWS EDITOR The bells stationed above Devereux Hall’s fourth floor, now ring across campus after months of inactivity and some Dev residents are pissed. “They are just so loud and after they wake me up I cannot go back to bed because they continue to go off repeatedly in short intervals for…
BY TUCKER REILLY, MANAGING EDITOR A number of construction projects on the campus of St. Bonaventure University have progressed over the summer. Renovations to Plassmann Hall, a new wall and sign in front of Doyle Hall and a pavilion in front of Devereux Hall are all in various stages of development. In April 2021, construction…
By Tucker Reilly, News Assignment Editor Several construction projects in front of student dorms have begun at St. Bonaventure University this week. In front of Devereux Hall, a new gathering area for students is being constructed. In front of Doyle Hall, work is beginning on a new wall and attached patio. Plans for the Devereux…
The scent of buttery popcorn filled the fourth floor of Devereux Hall, once again, as Dr. Paula Scraba, O.S.F., PhD, residence in minister, sporting an apron, hosted another Popcorn Tuesday. Scraba said that as a minister, it is really important to showcase hospitality. “Popcorn Tuesday really started as a way for students to get a…
By: Lian Bunny News Editor By closing the second, third and fourth floors of Francis Hall, St. Bonaventure University will save approximately $105,000, according to Richard Trietley, vice president of student affairs. Trietley said about a third of the money will be reallocated for residence life to use the money in other residence halls. It…
By Hannah Gordon News Editor Students in the Shay and Loughlen residence halls experienced a fire alarm around 4 a.m. due to a similar steam release that happened in Devereux Hall last month and resulted in evacuation. Although residents were not officially evacuated, the associate vice president for facilities, Phil Winger, said the steam event…
By: Hannah Gordon News Editor On Sunday night, Devereux Hall was evacuated despite the incident being a regular occurrence. “A relief valve acted normally to relieve excess pressure,” Phil Winger, associate vice president for facilities, said. “The steam was released from a pipe in the courtyard area.” Social media flooded with speculation from students about a…