By Amelia Kibbe Advisory Editor Once again St. Bonaventure University asks its alumni, friends and family to participate in its annual Bona Giving Day, a 24-hour fundraising event for the school’s The Bonaventure Fund. But this year, school administrators also welcome students to take part in the activities, participating in a scavenger hunt and winning… Keep Reading
By Vanessa Hulse Staff Writer Percy Brown, a junior theater major, has been volunteering at the Warming House for two years starting when he was a participant in the Farm to Table summer internship. In discussing the idea of poverty and those who live in it, he mentions that many of his views have changed… Keep Reading
By Lian Bunny Photo Editor A Cuban couple walks into Saint’s Place, an organization dedicated to helping refugees. The woman is blind, and her husband is severely impaired. The husband walks over to the closest wall and points. The volunteers try to figure out what he wants. He continues to point to a small American… Keep Reading
By Cameron Pettrone Staff writer NASA Fellow and STEM advocate Jane Robinson Gilbride, ’80, visited campus on Thursday to discuss her views on education and the importance of science. Gilbride, who is this year’s Leader in Residence and an earth science teacher, stressed the importance of passion, purpose and opportunity. According to her, it is… Keep Reading
By Elyse Kuhn Staff Writer America is one of the most obese countries on the planet. I think a lot of people want to be healthier, but it is not that easy. A lot of people think that if they want to be healthy they have to exercise rigorously and that alone will get them… Keep Reading
By Rachel Konieczny Photo Editor “I think we all have opportunities in life to do what we are supposed to do or stretch our boundaries and go beyond that, and I think she did that.” That’s how Connie Whitcomb described Jane Robinson Gilbride, ’80, this year’s Leader in Residence. Gilbride, an earth science teacher and… Keep Reading
By Jessica Dillon News Assignment Editor With resident assistant selections just around the corner, resumes and applications from hopeful students have been pouring into RC 206. Submitting a resume and online application through Qualtrics due to RC 206 by 3 p.m. today, marks the completion of the first step in the three-tiered application process. The… Keep Reading
By Harley Anderson Contributing Writer The Seneca Battalion Army ROTC learned how much skill is required in successful marksmanship at a Military Science lab held in Francis Hall last Thursday. The Basic Rifleman Marksmanship (BRM) training, led by Cadets Breandan Cunningham, junior accounting major, and Aaron Byrne, senior sports medicine major, introduced cadets to… Keep Reading
By Amber Levias Contributing Writer There’s a new club on campus that’s capturing the eyes of students this semester- photography club. Created by avid photographers, Deeanna Welling and Charles Walker, PhD., professor of psychology, the club was formed to help interested students learn to hone their photography talents as well as to give back to… Keep Reading
By Emily Losito Associate Editor Eleven faculty position openings listed on the Notice Board in December disappeared in January. Six positions in the School of Arts & Sciences, two in the School of Education and three in the School of Business were taken down at the beginning of the 2017 spring semester. Several faculty searches… Keep Reading
Shannon Murray, a senior biology major, also acts as a coordinator for the Warming House in Olean. With this, she gets the privilege of interacting with the guests who come into the Warming House. Murray talked about how this experience has shaped her view of poverty and people who live in what could be considered… Keep Reading
America is one of the most obese countries on the planet. I think a lot of people want to be healthier, but it is not that easy. A lot of people think that if they want to be healthy they have to exercise rigorously and that alone will get them the results they desire. However,… Keep Reading
Everybody has already heard of the heroic (or in some fans’ case, annoying) performance by Tom Brady and the New England Patriots to comeback from a 28-3 deficit to win the Super Bowl. The game itself is the reason why millions of Americans watch the annual showdown every year, but the entertaining commercials and breathtaking… Keep Reading
By Tom Cottingham Features Editor Everybody has already heard of the heroic (or in some fans’ case, annoying) performance by Tom Brady and the New England Patriots to comeback from a 28-3 deficit to win the Super Bowl. The game itself is the reason why millions of Americans watch the annual showdown every year, but… Keep Reading
By Julia Mericle Editor-in-chief This semester, the Android App Development Club asked faculty members to submit requests for app ideas to use in the classroom. The club, which started last semester, aims to create a space where students who enjoy web, computer or phone-based programming can learn how to make what they want to make,… Keep Reading
Thomas Schaeper, Ph.D., Bonaventure history professor, recently penned a book that connects American history with local ties through an Olean native’s letters. “Somewhere in France: The World War I Letters and Journal of Private Frederick A. Kittleman,” features the letters and private writings of Kittleman, who fought alongside over a dozen other Olean natives. Part… Keep Reading
By Amelia Kibbe Advisory Editor With less than a week to go before the 2017 March for Life, senior LaurieAnne Wickens worked making final travel arrangements for the trip to Washington D.C. for the annual pro-life march. Determined to make this year’s trip a success, Wickens, president of St. Bonaventure’s pro-life club, carefully watched the… Keep Reading
By Vanessa Hulse Contributing Writer Poverty is not something that we generally want to see or think about on a daily basis. Poverty is something we as a society like to brush under the rug and hope it doesn’t interfere with our lives. Only those of us who don’t face poverty each day can avoid… Keep Reading
By Ellen Piper Contributing Writer Students spent their Tuesday evening at the Smooth Sailing seminar listening to alumni Erik Seastedt, who has worked in various areas of human resources for 27 years. The event, sponsored by the EDGEprogram, described ways to succeed in a new job. The EDGE program was created so that students are… Keep Reading
By Lian Bunny Photo Editor An accreditation team visited St. Bonaventure’s journalism school this week and has recommended provisional accreditation, according to Pauline Hoffmann, dean of the Jandoli School of Communication. Hoffmann said this means the school has two years to progress in order to achieve outright accreditation from the Accrediting Council on Education in… Keep Reading