By Julia Mericle News Editor Beginning this year, all resident assistants (RA) will be paid hourly wages rather than a stipend, said Nichole Gonzalez, executive director of residential living. According to Gonzalez, RAs were previously paid a flat stipend through six installments during the course of the academic year. Gonzalez said the stipend totaled around… Keep Reading
By Lian Bunny Photo Editor After St. Bonaventure clubs prepared for another budget decrease for the 2015-2016 academic year, a university gift of $42,000 allowed the Student Government Association (SGA) to raise people’s expectations and club allocations. SGA President Rose Brown said the group was told the funds were a “university gift.” The university did… Keep Reading
By Julia Mericle News Editor Professor Adam Cook, who graduated with a Ph. D. from the State University of New York at Buffalo last year, joined the finance department as a visiting assistant professor. Cook previously worked as a visiting professor at SUNY Fredonia. He will be teaching macroeconomic principles and statistical apps for business… Keep Reading
By Amelia Kibbe Editor-in-Chief As part of the academic section of the university’s opening ceremonies, university officials honored one of Bonaventure’s longest-standing professors, Patrick Panzarella, Ph. D. Over the summer, anonymous donors gave a $600,000 gift to establish a professorship in Panzarella’s honor. On Sunday, Sister Margaret Carney, O.S.F, university president, presented Panzarella with a… Keep Reading
By Julia Mericle News Editor During the first weekend on campus, from Thursday to Sunday, six students were arrested by the Village of Allegany Police Department for either possession of alcohol, open container or littering, officials said. In addition, 26 underage students were involved in three instances of alcohol confiscations and three medical calls were… Keep Reading
By Rachel Konieczny News Assignment Editor Bonaventure students said they are encountering decreased WiFi bandwidth and noticeable cable changes through Time Warner as students moved back to campus for the beginning of the academic year. Talk of these changes began last semester with the university’s overall goal of more than tripling the Internet bandwidth strength,… Keep Reading
By Corey Krajewski Staff Writer Donald Trump made a formal Presidential campaign announcement in late June, and ever since, he has dominated election coverage. News media, both left and right have been closely reporting on his every word. Many people have mocked the campaign and do not consider him a serious campaigner. But Trump is… Keep Reading
By Julia Mericle News Editor he Most Rev. Richard J. Malone, bishop of the Diocese of Buffalo, students and faculty gathered in the University Chapel in Doyle Hall Sunday evening to participate in the Opening Celebration and Mass of the Holy Spirit. The celebration began with an academic procession and the recognition of the new… Keep Reading
By Lian Bunny Photo Editor Bonaventure is known for it’s alumni network. It is arguably one of the biggest draws of being part of the Bona family. The BV staff knows this all too well. This sense of community and loyalty is one of the main reasons I decided to go to Bonaventure, when I… Keep Reading
By Amelia Kibbe Editor-in-Chief When I was young, I always read the morning newspaper after my father finished it. I have always loved the idea of writing and reporting, but I never saw myself leading a newspaper one day. And then I joined The Bona Venture, and one semester later I became one of the… Keep Reading
By Amelia Kibbe Editor-In-Chief Although university officials have yet to release official enrollment numbers for the 2015-16 academic year or finalized club budgets, new Student Government Association (SGA) President Rose Brown said a budget decrease is likely to continue. However, she added she is confident university officials will do everything possible to ensure the continuation… Keep Reading
By Harrison Leone Editor-in-Chief From the first day of orientation through all of freshman year, the repeated mantra is “get involved”. Get involved, get involved, get involved. You have to leave your room. Whatever. I wasn’t hearing any of that. I wanted to stay in my room, emerge once in a while for a plate… Keep Reading
By Taylor Nigrelli Digital Media Strategist I never intended to be in this position. I didn’t know I’d end up contemplating for days what to say in my farewell editorial while frantically searching for scarce journalism jobs. When I saw a flyer for a BV interest meeting back in the opening weeks of the first… Keep Reading
By Nate West Opinion Editor “But when his father told him on his eighteenth birthday that he needed to start planning his retirement, he felt his future tighten on him like an anaconda.” That’s a line from Christopher Moore’s book Bloodsucking Fiends. This is the place I’ve been for some time now, being a 21… Keep Reading
By Emma Zaremba Copy Editor The time I’ve spent at The BV can’t be matched. I’ll never again experience the painfully long Wednesday nights, the hassle of hunting down writers to make sure stories get in on time, or battle with the beast that is InDesign for hours on end. Editorial positions are stressful, tiring… Keep Reading
By Kiara Catanzaro Associate Editor Most seniors write about their experience at The Bona Venture, and how they met their closest friends writing and editing until 4 a.m. Other seniors list the many people who helped them throughout their four years at school and thank them for what they’ve done. Of course, that’s not what… Keep Reading
By: Jason Klaiber Staff Writer In response to current turmoil in Baltimore and a student’s series of racist tweets, University Ministries hosted an open forum, during which students, staff and faculty members discussed race relations Wednesday in the University Chapel. Father Francis Di Spigno, O.F.M., executive director of University Ministries, moderated the forum. Every attendant… Keep Reading
By: Lian Bunny News Editor St. Bonaventure University and Jamestown Community College (JCC) officials finalized the decision to have Bonaventure house JCC students on its campus for the 2015-2016 academic year. Bonaventure could make about $205,000 on the agreement from JCC students’ room and board fees, based on the cost of a double room in… Keep Reading
By: Julia Mericle News Assignment Editor University Safety and Security officers evacuated the residents of Shay Hall and Loughlen Hall at 11:23 p.m. on Monday, Apr. 17. The evacuation was due to a fire inside a microwave on second floor of Loughlen. According to Ralph Aloia, St. Bonaventure’s fire and life safety officer, a resident… Keep Reading
By: Steve Zimmer Staff Writer Alumni Chicago Trip Last week, members of SIMM traveled to Chicago to meet with St. Bonaventure alumni at their respective businesses. The first meeting of the trip was a tour of the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) with Tom Scanlan ’89, vice president of ICAP. Scanlan gave students an… Keep Reading