By Alexis Young Staff Writer The 2016-17 school year has heightened the standings of four professors along with adding an additional ten to the ‘Bona bubble.’ New professors can be found in three of the university’s five schools, including the School of Business, the School of Arts and Science and the School of Education. The…
“Is this going to kill me?” was Karen Robbins’ first thought as she found a lump on her breast during a self-examination last October. In turn, Robbins, Ph.D, a professor of history, requested and was granted a paid medical leave, as she planned to aggressively determine exactly what that lump was. Robbins, who had a…
By Lauren Zazzara Features Editor Ed. Simone, Ph.D, filled the Garret Theater with the holiday spirit on Saturday with his one-man show of Charles’ Dickens’s A Christmas Carol. A Christmas Carol revolves around Ebeneezer Scrooge, a grumpy and greedy old man with a penchant for the phrase “Bah Humbug!” and a hatred of Christmas.…
By Andrea Fernandes Associate Editor He’s the oldest professor teaching at Bonaventure who also spent his undergraduate years here; he’s the guy who sits in the truck outside the Reilly Center during basketball games, guiding students who want to go into the broadcasting field. He’s the guy who never fails to relay his knowledge…
By Lauren Zazzara Features Editor In high school, Lauren Matz, read Thomas Merton’s autobiography “The Seven Storey Mountain.” Matz, Ph.D, an English professor who attended St. Bonaventure, said she knew Merton had taught at Bonaventure. “I was interested in connecting up my recollections of St. Bonaventure University with what he was saying in his…
By Amelia Kibbe Editor-in-Chief The June 5, 1989 edition of USA Today featured stories about the death of Ayatollah Khomeini, the infamous Supreme Leader of Iran, the retirement of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the NBA’s all-time leading scorer—and a feature on 9-year-old Edward Bysiek, then a student at Southern Tier Catholic School in Olean. Bysiek…
By Alexandra Salerno Advisory Editor Mathematics 107 professor Harold Anglovich admits his subject can sometimes be mundane for students. “It’s boring material as far as I’m concerned,” said Anglovich, who has taught at St. Bonaventure for three years. “I break things up a little bit. I like to make students smile, make them laugh and…
By Katelyn Schrock Staff Writer Karen Robbins has been an associate professor at St. Bonaventure since the fall of 1987. In the classroom, she teaches her students American history, but in her spare time she has been writing a book on its way to publication. A love of American history led her to the writing…
