By Jillian Hammell Contributing Writer As you make your way through the Hickey during crowded lunch hours or casually find a table at dinner, you may notice a new addition. During the summer, the Hickey underwent construction to open up a staircase leading from the dining hall into the Rathskeller. Not only does the underground…
By Heather Monahan Assistant Features Editor St. Bonaventure students arrive back to campus in late August re-energized and excited for their upcoming school year. It’s a new start, with new professors, new classes and new housing. This year, the campus will notice fresh administrative faces. Three deans have officially begun their new positions at St.…
By Mary Best Managing Editor SBU Theater produces a wide variety of plays – from William Shakespeare and Anton Chekov to festivals of one-act plays by regional playwrights. This fall’s drama carries on that tradition with the full-length debut of Washington D.C. playwright Kathryn Coughlin’s “More than Before.” “The play is a meta-theatrical look at…
By Angelia Roggie Associate Editor Students of all faiths are now welcome to join a new campus organization, InterVarsity. According to the national organization’s website, “InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA is a vibrant campus ministry that establishes and advances witnessing communities of students and faculty.” Steven Andrianoff, a professor of computer science, and Theodore Georgian, a professor…
Larry Sorokes By Kerri Linsenbigler Features Editor For Larry Sorokes, ’82, Bonaventure is in his blood. Not only did Sorokes attend Bonaventure, but so did his wife and three daughters. “I think within my immediate family, we have 25 Bonaventure degrees,” Sorokes said. With such a strong connection, it seems only natural Sorokes rejoined the…
By Matthew Laurrie Features Assignment Editor You can say a lot in 140 characters or less. Some Bonaventure-themed parody accounts take to Twitter to make every character count. Fake accounts associated with the university include @5th_DEV_Gh0st, @FakeSisterMarge and @BonaStudentProb, among many others. Each account creates a unique persona of a well-known figure on campus…
By Alexandra Napoli Contributing Writer “A man should never neglect his family for business,” Walt Disney once said. One campus organization, Family Business Club (FBC), establishes a compromise in Walt Disney’s eyes by combining both family and business. About one in four students at St. Bonaventure have a parent who owns a business, according to…
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…
By Mary Best Managing Editor St. Bonaventure’s motto preaches being extraordinary, and SBU Theater is no exception this year. With one production underway and two to go in its unconventional season, things are only looking brighter for the program celebrating its 10th anniversary. Ed. Simone, director of the theater program, expressed his excitement for the…
By Alexandra Napoli Contributing Writer Over the summer, more than 500 incoming freshmen joined in a tradition that would not only bond them for the next four years, but for the rest of their lives. During orientation, freshmen received the class of 2016 All Bonaventure Reads novel, a memoir by Neil White, titled “In…
By Heather Monahan Assistant Features Editor Bonfires, summer jobs, vacations and internships fill the summers of students. Although professors also get summers off, their breaks aren’t always filled with vacations and parties. Mary Rose Kubal, associate professor of political science, admits while summer is not as stressful as the upcoming fall semester, a lot…
By Kerri Linsenbigler Features Editor Students usually only experience the scenic views, fresh air and relaxing atmosphere of Mt. Irenaeus for just a few hours. Three students, however, live the life of a mountain friar for nine weeks every summer. Located approximately 40 minutes from campus, St. Bonaventure’s mountain retreat, Mt. Irenaeus, was established in…
Steve Kuchera By Elizabeth Grady Promotions Editor Most students at St. Bonaventure have stopped into the Office of Campus and Recreational Leadership (C.A.R.L.) at least once to buy movie tickets or sign up for a bus trip. But some students might not know the soft-spoken man in the corner office. His name is Steve Kuchera,…
By Jillian Hammell Contributing Writer Imagine walking to class and hearing someone yell your name. You turn around, and the person is none other than your sibling who spent countless years caring, looking out for and, of course, embarrassing you. Julia and Carter Anderson know exactly how that feels. Julia, a junior sports studies major,…
By Makeda Loney Contributing Writer After an entire semester of anticipation, the day finally came. School was out, and summer shined its golden rays on me. The season greeted me with opportunities and excitement. Along with 29 other Bonnies (both graduate and undergraduate), my summer adventure awaited me in beautiful Oxford, England. The thought of…
By Matthew Laurrie Assistant Features Editor Freshman checklist: finalize room assignment information, get dorm necessities, buy school supplies and read the All Bonaventure Reads (ABR) selection. At the end of August, a new pack of Bonnies will pour into St. Bonaventure and each will be expected to have read “In the Sanctuary of Outcasts,” the…
By Kevin Cooley Contributing Writer Words arranged deliberately have the power to entrance masses. The English Department’s Writers Series proved this claim, as two more professional writers read their works on campus within a week of one another. Gregory Betts, a contemporary Canadian poet, performed selections of his work in the Dresser Auditorium April 19.…
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 Heather Monahan Staff Writer “Sincerity, truth and design.” Sigma Tau Delta, the international English honor society, lives by this motto. This semester, a group of St. Bonaventure students will start following this motto as well. Theta Rho, the Bonaventure chapter of Sigma Tau Delta, founded in the 1980s ceased to exist by the end…
By Alexandra Salerno Managing Editor Earlier this week, Sports Locker in Olean contacted Rob DeFazio about a T-shirt design it deemed too inappropriate to produce. Welcome to Spring Weekend. Starting yesterday and culminating in a championship game Sunday, 56 student softball teams will take part in the 14th annual Rick Farina Softball Tournament. The games…
