By Landon Allison News Editor This coming summer, there are two abroad programs that St. Bonaventure University is offering its students. These trips are taking interested students to Sorrento, Italy and Oxford, England. Lecturer in the Jandoli School of Communication Mike Jones-Kelley is the director of the Francis E. Kelley Oxford Program. “Very simply, the… Keep Reading
By Julia Schneider Contributing Writer Following a 35-day government shutdown, President Donald Trump has signed a bill that will reopen the government for a three-week period. The nearly 800,000 government workers who worked unpaid during the shutdown will resume normal practice and receive back pay. The government shutdown’s beginning stemmed from Trump’s initial campaign… Keep Reading
By Landon Allison News Editor At the start of the semester, the Buzz received new equipment to use for the radio station. Assistant Professor Carole McNall is the faculty adviser for the Buzz. “I’m the person that they touch base with. I’m the one that generally gets pulled into the loop,” said McNall. “I sat… Keep Reading
By Jeremy Castro Associate Editor St. Bonaventure University hosted its 2019 Leadership Summit, giving students a crash course in several leadership aspects. The event, presented by the Career and Professional Readiness Center and the Center for Activities, Recreation and Leadership, on Feb. 2 spanned three hours in the Doyle Hall Dining and Trustees’ rooms and… Keep Reading
By Rachel Kimmel Contributing Writer The yearly summer study abroad program in Italy is looking for students to join the trip. The summer study is a five-week course where students travel around Italy and earn up to seven credits taking classes. The program begins on May 24, when students land in Rome. From there, they… Keep Reading
By Julia Schneider Contributing Writer St. Bonaventure University, partnering with Special Olympics, has continued their tradition of involvement by training numerous students as coaches for the upcoming Special Olympics in April. Funded by Special Olympics New York, in conjunction with the proceeds from the Polar Spray hosted by St. Bonaventure in the fall, the nearing… Keep Reading
By Nathan Desutter Contributing Writer Dr. Althea Kaminske, the co-director of the Center for Attention, Learning & Memory (CALM), is a self-described learning nerd who tries to avoid any faculty confrontation. Normally, if she sees an email from a colleague meant to rile up a certain department on a faculty message board, she tries to… Keep Reading
By Amina Golden-Arabaty Contributing Writer The Center for Arab and Islamic Studies will be hosting the first in a series of events, commemorating the 800th anniversary of the historic encounter between St. Francis and the Egyptian Sultan in 1219. It will be hosted in Plassmann Hall, room 206, across from the new Center for Arab… Keep Reading
By Ryan Signorino Training Editor St. Bonaventure’s LGBTQIA+ club hosted auditions for its upcoming performance, Spectrum Ball. Spectrum is a club focused on safe discussions and activism for LGBTQIA+ members of the St. Bonaventure community. Spectrum Ball is a drag show performance in which students can showcase talents and experiment with gender roles, dressing up… Keep Reading
By Luke Nolan Staff Writer On Jan. 22, the New York State Senate passed Bill S240, with Governor Andrew Cuomo signing it into law the same day. Commonly referred to as the Reproductive Health Act, the law “revises provisions of law relating to abortion.” In it, lawmakers seek to appropriate personhood from the unborn by… Keep Reading
By John Pullano Opinion Editor For the Pullano family, the Super Bowl is more than a game; it’s a holiday. Despite being away from my family at my first year away at college, I knew I still had to go home for the game. So, I drove to Rochester to witness the spectacle alongside all… Keep Reading
By Matthew Villanueva Contributing Writer As Jacqueline Woodson, author of “Brown Girl Dreaming,” a memoir told in poetry, once said, “Diversity is about all of us and about us having to figure out how to walk through this world together.” Being an English and secondary education double major, I love classic American literature: Carver, Fitzgerald,… Keep Reading
By Mark Vaccaro Contributing Writer It has been a few weeks since the college football season has wrapped up, with Clemson’s blowout win over Alabama in the National Championship being the biggest take away. There was no doubt when the season came to a close that a worthy champion was crowned, which was the goal… Keep Reading
By Matthew Villanueva Contributing Writer The great Yankees catcher Yogi Berra once said “90 percent of the game is mental.” While very true for professional baseball players, it is also true for all college athletes. College is hard enough by itself. Trying to balance academics, a social life, a sleep schedule and a personal life is… Keep Reading
By John Pullano Opinion Editor On the front steps of the Lincoln Memorial Covington High School junior Nick Sandmann went face to face with Native American Elder Nathan Phillips. Sandmann and Phillips went toe to toe in a crowd of chanting Hebrew Israelites and Covington High School students. Both groups believed they were in… Keep Reading
By Keara Donnelly As I walked into the Hall of Fame Room in the Reilly Center for men’s basketball media day, I remember a sense of loneliness going through my mind as I scanned the room and saw that I was the only female reporter in the room. Although I felt overwhelmed and nervous, I… Keep Reading
By Mike Hogan Sports Editor Former St. Bonaventure men’s soccer midfielder Remi Dujardin fulfilled a lifelong goal of his last week, signing a professional contract with FC Jumilla in Murica, Spain. Dujardin, who got professional-like experience this past summer with the Hong Kong U23 National Team, said the opportunity came after he graduated in the… Keep Reading
By Mike Hogan Sports Editor Welcome to East St. Louis, Illinois, one of America’s crime-plagued cities, commonly found at the top of “Most Dangerous Cities in America” lists. It is also the city that St. Bonaventure men’s basketball star Courtney Stockard calls home. On the border of Illinois and Missouri in the shadows of the… Keep Reading
By Pat Giblin Contributing Writer After a slow start to the 2018-19 season, the St. Bonaventure women’s basketball team has hit its stride over the last two weeks. The Bonnies collected wins over Atlantic 10 foes UMass, Rhode Island and George Mason on its way to its longest winning streak of the season. For the… Keep Reading
By Keara Donnelly Sports Assignment Editor While the St. Bonaventure University women’s basketball team does not have the record (6-14) they or anyone else desires, freshman Deja Francis has provided a bright spot in a season where wins haven’t come easily for the team. Francis, a guard from Queens, New York, averages 13.0 points per… Keep Reading