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
By Mike Hogan It was 3rd down and 10 from the 13 yard line with just over a minute left in the NFC Championship game between the Los Angeles Rams and the New Orleans Saints. The game was tied and a trip to the Super Bowl was on the line. Drew Brees, the sure-to-be hall… Keep Reading
By Ian Joseph Contributing Writer This spring, the St. Bonaventure community welcomes their first NCAA Division I men’s lacrosse program. Facing off in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, the Bonnies face the likes of Canisius College, University of Detroit Mercy, Manhattan College, Marist College, Monmouth University, Quinnipiac University and Siena College. Lead by head coach… Keep Reading
By Mike Hogan Sports Editor While this year’s St. Bonaventure University men’s basketball team has featured a number of new faces, including four freshmen and one eligible transfer, one unknown remains in sophomore transfer Bobby Planutis, who is required to sit out the entire 2018-19 season per NCAA transfer rules. Although Planutis acknowledged that the… Keep Reading
By Pat Giblin Contributing Writer After finishing the 2018 season 0-17, the St. Bonaventure University women’s lacrosse team looks to put last year behind it and bring a positive and competitive attitude into the 2019 season. Team captains Rylee Arnold and Kathryn Yoder look to lead a team full of 21 promising underclassmen into a… Keep Reading
Damietta Center embraces cultural differences In preparation for the upcoming Thanksgiving break, St. Bonaventure’s Damietta Center for Multicultural Student Affairs hosted a THANKSgiving Event to celebrate the upcoming holiday. Parker Suddeth, director of the Damietta Center, was inspired to plan the event after hearing the Board of Trustees hosted a Thanksgiving event which invited different… Keep Reading
Since mid-October, markets have fallen lower as large technology stocks continued to sell off. Looking ahead, we are confident with U.S. GDP growth, low unemployment and inflation, despite the Federal Reserve’s expectations of continued interest rate hikes. Oil has declined from its 30 percent peak this year into negative territory. Rising rates, weak emerging market… Keep Reading
Dr. Paul Barretta, chair of the department of marketing at St. Bonaventure University, educated faculty and staff on how to start teaching an online class at a workshop designed for online instructors. As Bonaventure keeps up with online learning trends, it’s important to ensure that professors and lecturers are well-trained to handle teaching online courses.… Keep Reading
For more than 40 years, St. Bonaventure University’s Warming House has provided fellowship, community and a hot meal for those in need in the Olean area. Founded by Fr. Dan Riley, O.F.M., and a caring group of students in January 1974, the Warming House is believed to be the oldest student-run soup kitchen in the… Keep Reading
Spectrum, St. Bonaventure’s LGBTQIA+ alliance club held a candlelight vigil for Transgender Day of Remembrance. Members of the campus community gathered to remember the transgender and gender-variant, as well as those perceived to be transgender, who lost their lives in the past year due to hate. The event was held in Doyle Chapel Thursday evening.… Keep Reading
The St. Bonaventure Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program celebrated Veteran’s Day with a week of events leading up to the holiday. First, on Monday, Nov. 5, ROTC cadets traveled to a veteran’s home in Bath, New York, one of the oldest in the nation. On Tuesday, the program sent a color guard to Allegany-Limestone… Keep Reading
For Republicans, Democrats, third-party members and Independents alike, this year’s midterm elections were probably a mixed bag of emotions. The result did not meet many of the expectations from either major party, with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert saying that she was expecting a massive win for Democrats.… Keep Reading
Damian Mordecai, the executive director of the Pride Center of Western New York, came to the Damietta Center for Multicultural Student Affairs at St. Bonaventure University Monday evening to discuss his role as an activist. The event was well attended, with some students having to sit outside of the center. “The Pride Center is not… Keep Reading
SBU Theater is performing their adaptation of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” November 8-10 at 7:30 p.m., as well as a special 2 p.m. matinee Saturday in the Garret Theater. Adapted by Dr. Ed Simone, director of the theater program at St. Bonaventure University, the play is set to include seven actors, as well as… Keep Reading
You can practically hear the laughter echoing off the brick walls of the orphanage as Jessica Cason reminisces about playing hide-and-seek with a young girl in Guatemala. A warm memory during her mission trip to the Valley of the Angels orphanage with the Franciscan Mission Service, Cason feels the children she met left as much… Keep Reading
The Student Government Association revealed that St. Bonaventure University will move the class of 2020’s graduation date up one day. The ceremony will now take place on Saturday instead of Sunday, which is when it has been celebrated historically. The university switched the date because of a conflict with the university president’s schedule. Dr. Dennis… Keep Reading
A fire alarm went off in Francis Hall at St. Bonaventure University at 7:29 p.m. on Sunday. The security dispatcher contacted 911 and security responded within a couple of minutes. Security detected smoke and flames coming from the crack under the boiler room door, which is beneath the kitchen in Francis Cafe, said Tom Missel,… Keep Reading
St. Bonaventure University’s Franciscan Center for Social Concern is hosting a one-day fundraising event on Nov. 27, a day known as #GivingTuesdayatBonas. The “Giving Tuesday” movement, established in response to the consumerism found post-Thanksgiving in days such as Black Friday and Cyber Monday, is intended to be a way to encourage people to support their… Keep Reading
St. Bonaventure University teamed up with CEO Act!on for Diversity and Inclusion to bring the Check Your Blind Spots Mobile Tour to campus on Tuesday, Oct. 30. The event focused on allowing members of the university to become aware of their “blind spots,” which are unconscious biases held by members of society. The program occurred… Keep Reading
Students gathered around the peace pole in solidarity Members of the St. Bonaventure community gathered around the McGinley-Carney Center for Franciscan Ministry peace pole Tuesday morning to remember the victims of the Oct. 27 Pittsburgh synagogue shooting. On the morning of Oct. 27, a man went into the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania… Keep Reading