Photo Courtesy: Kelsey Purcell By: Kelsey Purcell & Elizabeth Egan, Features Staff Twenty-five St. Bonaventure University students sat anxiously in their seats at Pace University, as the award ceremony for the American Advertising Federation’s National Student Advertising Competition began. Their co-professors, Mike Jones-Kelley, a lecturer in the Jandoli School of Communication, and Lu Liu, assistant… Keep Reading
Photo Courtesy: Lorelei Kelley By: Kelsey Purcell, Features Staff Lorelei Kelley, a junior adolescence education and history major at St. Bonaventure University, spends her Tuesdays and Thursdays at Olean High School, observing classes and teaching lessons. Education majors must complete many required clinical and field internships in order to graduate. These experiences are unpaid. Other… Keep Reading
By: Elizabeth Egan, Features Editor Photo Courtesy of Anthony Goss Anthony Goss made his way into his sports writing class early in the semester when professors started filing out of the room and congratulating him. “I was on my way to Dr. [Denny] Wilkins’ class, and I guess they held the meeting to decide the… Keep Reading
Photo Courtesy/St. Bonaventure University By: Elizabeth Egan, Features Editor As Deandre Allen began to settle in for his American Advertising Federation class, he was interrupted by Aaron Chimbel, dean of the Jandoli School of Communication, asking him to come chat in the hall. Chimbel led Allen, a senior strategic communications major with a marketing minor,… Keep Reading
Image Courtesy of the Career and Professional Readiness Center By Elizabeth Egan, Features Editor Marnique Olivieri-Panepento could not contain her smile when she returned to class on Jan. 24, after finding out she was being recognized for not one, but two senior awards. Every year the Jandoli School of Communication at St. Bonaventure University offers… Keep Reading
Image Courtesy of Elizabeth Egan/Norah Marriner, a member of Empower, leads a discussion about identifying signs of control in a relationship. Empowering students to become educated advocates for campus safety is the goal of the St. Bonaventure University club, Empower. Empower is a student-run group that uses trainings and creates programs for the campus community… Keep Reading
BY ELIZABETH EGAN, FEATURES ASSIGNMENT EDITOR For many people winter break means family time. An easy way to pass the time with family is a movie night, but when your family has a wide range of ages and tastes, picking a movie can take longer than watching one. If your family celebrates Christmas, the choice… Keep Reading
BY ELIZABETH EGAN, FEATURES ASSIGNMENT EDITOR Dan Schiffhauer and Cecelia Byrne cook together at the Warming House/Photo Courtesy of Elizabeth Egan For Dan Schiffhauer, it was the support and cheery demeanor of the senior coordinators that has kept him working at The Warming House for so long. Cecelia Byrne, a freshman undeclared business major from… Keep Reading
BY ELIZABETH EGAN, FEATURES ASSIGNMENT EDITOR Photo Courtesy of Conor Amendola/Students participating in freshman service week pose for a picture at Mount Irenaeus Strengthening the Bonnies community and creating a group of people willing to help others. This is what Sullivan Murphy, a freshman environmental studies major from West Seneca, New York, believed was accomplished… Keep Reading
Valentina Cossio chops onions for a meal at The Warming House / Photo courtesy of Alicia Maxwell BY ELIZABETH EGAN, FEATURES ASSIGNMENT EDITOR From trips to Philly to bringing freshmen to campus early, Break the Bubble works to take students off campus. Valentina Cossio, a senior accounting major from Florida, fondly recalled the trip she… Keep Reading
Emily Gustafson plays with a dog from the SPCA / Photo Courtesy of Elizabeth Egan BY ELIZABETH EGAN, FEATURES ASSIGNMENT EDITOR For Emily Gustafson, seeing how many animals in the area need a home is the hardest part of being a SBU@SPCA coordinator. Through the SBU@SPCA students take a weekly trip to the Cattaraugus County… Keep Reading
Cynthia Offerman makes fall crafts with other Silver Wolves volunteers and residents of Eden Heights / Photo courtesy of the Franciscan Center For Social Concern BY ELIZABETH EGAN, FEATURES ASSIGNMENT EDITOR Cynthia Offerman, got involved with Silver Wolves during her freshman year and has maintained connections through her senior year at St. Bonaventure University. When… Keep Reading
Photo courtesy of SBU Food Pantry Staff / Food pantry volunteers at their club fair table Sarah Haq, senior accounting major from Allegany, New York, chose St. Bonaventure University for its great accounting program and the fact that being close to home saved money on room and board. Understanding the burdens that the cost of… Keep Reading
Photo courtesy of Grace Yeung / Allison Zhang, Bona Buddies Coordinator BY ELIZABETH EGAN, FEATURES ASSIGNMENT EDITOR Allison Zhang, a junior, from Princeton NJ, double majoring in public health and health science with a biomedical concentration, has worked as a Bona Buddies coordinator since the spring semester of her freshman year. Bona Buddies is a… Keep Reading
Photo Courtesy of Alice Miller-Nation – Students posing for a photo at the Warming House BY ELIZABETH EGAN, FEATURES ASSIGNMENT EDITOR At the beginning of the fall semester, a day of service is organized to get Bonaventure students involved in the community and connect them to the Franciscan value of service. Saturday, Sept. 10 marked St.… Keep Reading