By: Lian Bunny News Editor By closing the second, third and fourth floors of Francis Hall, St. Bonaventure University will save approximately $105,000, according to Richard Trietley, vice president of student affairs. Trietley said about a third of the money will be reallocated for residence life to use the money in other residence halls. It… Keep Reading
By: Lian Bunny News Editor Seth Spain, a management professor at SUNY Binghamton, delivered the talk “Nice guys/gals finish last: How ‘Dark Personality Traits Can Help People Rise Through Ranks on Tuesday.’” Spain, defined these characteristics as the “dark” triad: narcissism, manipulation and psychopathy. Spain has studied individual differences in personality and authored the article… Keep Reading
By: Riley Eike Staff Writer Embrace It Africa (EIA) held the second annual Hunger Walk Sunday, April 26. The event, held on St. Bonaventure’s campus, raised $2500 for Bethlehem Parents School and Orphanage in Uganda. EIA is a nonprofit organization that was started by students from St. Bonaventure University. The team is focused on sustainable… Keep Reading
By: Julia Mericle News Assignment Editor Bonaventure offers approximately 25 undergraduate courses online over the summer, as well as several courses taught on campus, according to Michael Fischer, provost and vice president for academic affairs. Graduate courses can be taken on Bonaventure’s main campus, the Buffalo center, which is on the Hilbert College campus, and… Keep Reading
By: Rachel Konieczney Assistant News Editor Over 70 prospective students have visited campus during the five admissions events since the beginning of the spring semester, Monica Emery, director of recruitment, said. According to Emery, this number is a slight increase from last spring’s admissions events. “The event is meant to introduce St. Bonaventure University to… Keep Reading
By Luis Rodriguez Last week, St. Bonaventure officials blessed us with some good news and not-so-good news. The good news was that they would be tripling the internet bandwidth on campus. The not-so-good news is that to compensate for this change, they will be removing cable from all rooms There are both positives and negatives… Keep Reading
By Emily Mulcahey As St. Bonaventure hosted a plethora of local high-school-aged girls for another year’s Women in Sports Day, a day designed to promote what the world of sports can do for young women, I could not help but finally touch on an issue I’ve been waiting for all semester. This issue remains one… Keep Reading
By Harrison Leone English is an amazing language. It is the closest thing the human race has ever had to a universal tongue. It does not have the most amount of speakers worldwide—that distinction belongs to Chinese, with over a billion native speakers to English’s 335 million—but it has a global breadth that no other… Keep Reading
By: Lian Bunny News Editor St. Bonaventure students can anticipate a 3 percent increase in tuition for the 2015-2016 academic year, according to Emily Morris, vice president for university relations. The tuition for the 2015-2016 academic year will increase from $30,475 to $31,389, a $914 raise. Jeffrey Georgiades, a junior biology major, said his first… Keep Reading
By Rachel Konieczny Assistant News Editor Beginning next fall, St. Bonaventure University will no longer provide free cable service to individual student residence spaces. Instead, Bonaventure will be more than tripling its Internet bandwidth strength. Bandwidth is the transmission capacity of a computer network. “The reality is, as students are self selecting to receive video… Keep Reading
By Julia Mericle News Assignment Editor The Give Back Bash, a two-day event hosted by ENACTUS, raised nearly $4,000 this past weekend. The money will be split between CURE, an organization that raises money to support the families of children with cancer, and the family of an Olean boy who was recently diagnosed with terminal… Keep Reading
By: Steve Zimmer Staff Writer Trading Activity Buy Alcoa Inc. (AA) Alcoa Inc. produces and manages primary aluminum, fabricated aluminum and alumina. The company operates in four segments: alumina, primary metals, global rolled products and engineered products and solutions. Alcoa supplies aluminum to eight major markets, including the automotive, aerospace, construction, oil, commercial transportation, defense,… Keep Reading
By Rachel Konieczny Assistant News Editor Nearly 20 miles from St. Bonaventure, four Salamanca area residents overdosed on an alternate form of heroin. Students received notification of the overdose cases, including the death of one individual, on April 17. The “killer heroin” appears to be a clear, white granular substance packaged small clear bags, according… Keep Reading
By: Lian Bunny News Editor After working at St. Bonaventure for 30 years, Michael Fischer chose to step down as provost and vice president for academic affairs and return to what he considers his favorite position at the university: the teaching faculty in the School of Business. “I made the decision 30 years ago to… Keep Reading
By: Lian Bunny News Editor “I hope everyone is looking forward to me making a fool out of myself trying to play kickball. I’m really horrible at sports, so expect great things.” According to Peter Bertoldo, a sophomore modern languages major, this is the main reason people should attend this year’s Spring Weekend festivities. On… Keep Reading
By: Jason Klaiber Staff Writer St. Bonaventure’s Damietta Center, Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) and Safety and Security departments commenced the annual week-long “Enough is Enough” campaign by sponsoring an on-campus walk on April 18. The walk started at the lawn beside the Hickey Dining Hall and circled around the internal loop of the… Keep Reading
By: Julia Mericle News Assignment Editor The women’s swimming and diving team is holding a shoe drive to collect shoes for the organization Soles4Souls. For each dollar donated, one pair of shoes will be given to a person in need. Soles4Souls is an international, non-profit organization that fights poverty by collecting and distributing shoes and… Keep Reading
By: Brando Fields Staff Writer The St. Bonaventure University community has a new Student Government Association (SGA) lineup. SGA is a group of students elected by their peers who work together in order to better the campus. Each member is involved with the decision making process. The mix of students for this upcoming fall semester… Keep Reading
By: Riley Eike Staff Writer Katelynn Brown stood inside a residence hall lobby talking with her friend. A drunken boy appeared and said hello to Brown. “Hi,” she said. He grabbed her arm and yanked her, dragging her behind him as he made his way to the door leading upstairs. “No!” she said, trying to… Keep Reading
Letter to the Editor Last week, the Laugh Pack, the comedy club at St. Bonaventure University, held a very disappointing stand-up comedy open mic. Multiple people got up and left after they felt offended by some of the jokes our comedians told to the audience. As the club leader, I send out my deepest apologies… Keep Reading