Students on the trip to St. Francis Inn in the fall semester. Photo courtesy of Alice Miller Nation BY: CASSIDEY KAVATHAS, ADVISORY EDITOR Spring break has often been looped in with vacations and beaches but a group of Bonnies will be taking a different route by devoting themselves to a week of service, faith and…
BY ANTHONY DASILVA, CONTRIBUTING WRITER St. Francis week starts today, Oct. 1 and goes through Wednesday, October 6. According to Amanda Naujoks, associate director of St. Bonaventure University’s ministries, the event has a long and detailed tradition at the university. “St. Bonaventure has held St. Francis week for at least 20 years,” said Naujoks. The…
By Lauren Zazzara Features Editor Instead of spending the dog days of summer at the beach to do some relaxing, some students at St. Bonaventure opted to go to Africa to do some service. Two students who chose to volunteer this summer were Amanda Saeli, a junior marketing major, and David Bryant, a junior journalism…
As BonaResponds celebrates its 10th anniversary, the Bonaventure community looks back on the local, national and international work this disaster-relief based club has done. Established in the days after Hurricane Katrina hit in late August 2005, BonaResponds originally aimed to provide relief to victims of this natural disaster, said Jim Mahar, BonaResponds founder and associate…
By Lian Bunny Assistant News Editor BonaResponds, St. Bonaventure’s volunteer service organization, will be packing boxes of food on Saturday, March 22, with a goal of sending 100,000 meals to people in Haiti and the Philippines. To reach their meal goal, the group needs to raise $22,000. Senior math major and BonaResponds member, Lilly Whelan,…
By Kiara Catanzaro News Editor Arthur Moats, Buffalo Bills linebacker, will visit St. Bonaventure University on Saturday, Feb. 8 to speak on the importance of community service and how the NFL gives back. The speech is open to students, faculty and members of the local community. Last semester, 2,000 people in the St. Bonaventure community…
By Tate M. Slaven Staff Writer For students, Bonaventure’s campus is a temporary home. Many come for four years, and then they are gone. More often than not, it is the professors that find their way to campus and eventually make Bonaventure their permanent home. Patrick Panzarella, professor of English, stumbled upon St. Bonaventure University…
By Mary Best Editor-in-Chief Determined to get home to see her family and enjoy spring break, senior Maddie Gionet decided to wait to respond to an email from Pauline Hoffmann, dean of the school of journalism and mass communication, until she arrived home. Before she could write a response, Gionet’s cellphone went off — Hoffmann…
By Heather Monahan Assistant Features Editor Recognizing the men and women who serve our country is important every day. However, with Veteran’s Day on Sunday, Bonaventure alumni who are veterans, as well as students with veteran relatives, encourage the community to take extra time out of their day to be thankful. Donald Seitz, ’54, was…
By Nate West Assistant News Editor Tomorrow, BonaResponds and other volunteers will participate in the third annual International Service Day. International Service Day is an event that takes place all across the world. By the end of the day, BonaResponds is hoping to have 24 hours of community service completed worldwide. “International Service Day is…