By Taylor Nigrelli Opinion Editor St. Bonaventure University has released its enrollment figures for the 2014-15 school year, revealing further decline in that department. There are 1,784 full-time undergraduate students and 383 graduate students. That’s down 2.9 percent from last year’s 1,837, 9.3 percent from five years ago when the student population was 1,967… Keep Reading
By Maxwell Scardetta Contributing Writer Investing 101: Mutual Funds Mutual funds are a great way to invest without having to do a lot of the work yourself. A mutual fund is a company that pools money from many investors and invests the money in securities such as stocks, bonds and short-term debt. The entirety of… Keep Reading
Steve Zimmer Staff Writer Equity Fund: $264,405 Energy Fund: $265,070 Finance 101: The Importance of Comps On Friday, September 5th, SIMM held its annual SIMM Bootcamp. SIMM Bootcamp is an all-day event where friends and alumni of SBU call in or present to students on a variety of topics in finance. The resounding theme heard… Keep Reading
Julia Mericle Assistant News Editor St. Bonaventure University will be offering a course this fall to prepare students for the Graduate Management Aptitude Test (GMAT). The prep course will take place on four Saturdays (Sept. 20, Oct. 4, Oct. 18, and Oct. 25) from 9:00 AM to 12:30 PM. The exam is for students… Keep Reading
Lian Bunny News Assignment Editor Since fall of 2013, St. Bonaventure University has partnered with Olean Intermediate Middle School by hosting Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics-related activities (STEM). The relationship began when the Olean School District received a STEM Enrichment Grant last year. According to Joseph Zimmer, dean of the School of Education, this $60,000… Keep Reading
Riley Eike Contributing Writer Megan Walsh, professor of English, wrote two essays in August and September, which are now published in peer-reviewed journals. “The Science of Discernment in Early America,” published Sept. 4 in The Eighteenth Century: Theory and Interpretation 55. No. 2-3, is a review on two books: “Discerning Characters” by Christopher J. Lukasik… Keep Reading
By Hannah Gordon News Editor The School of Business will implement an industrial management major beginning fall 2015. Industrial management will be a Bachelor of Science degree, the first of its kind to be offered in the school of business. The new major will focus heavily on science, said Pierre Balthazard, dean of the… Keep Reading
By Taylor Nigrelli Opinion Editor Wide-ranging budget cuts for the 2014-15 school year have taken a financial toll on St. Bonaventure clubs and programs. According to the Student Government Association (SGA) Executive Board President Alex Noguerola, these cuts stem from a decline in enrollment. Exact enrollment numbers for the 2014-15 school year are not… Keep Reading
By Lian Bunny News Assignment Editor Journalism and mass communication professor Chris Mackowski challenges those who define Gettysburg as the turning point of the Civil War in his most recent co-authored book, “That Furious Struggle: Chancellorsville and the High Tide of the Confederacy, May 1-4, 1863.” The battle at Chancellorsville was a decisive… Keep Reading
By Hunter Samuelson Contributing Writer The Russell J. Jandoli School of Journalism and Mass Communication named Richard Lee, professor in the journalism school, the director of the Integrated Marketing Communication graduate program. Lee will continue to teach his undergraduate courses; however, his undergraduate advisees will be assigned to other journalism and mass communication… Keep Reading
By Juila Mericle Assistant News Editor The School of Arts and Sciences welcomes David Danahar as the interim dean for the 2014-2015 academic year. Danahar is replacing Wolfgang Natter, who accepted a position as chief academic officer at Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia. An elected committee of faculty members reviewed both internal and external candidates… Keep Reading
By Kevin Rogers Editor-in-Chief As the class of 2014 prepares to graduate, it is mounting a fundraising effort to pave the dirt and stone footpath between Devereux Hall and the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts. To reach their goal of $7,500, class leaders are asking their fellow seniors to make a donation… Keep Reading
By Hannah Gordon News Assignment Editor Graduation is fast approaching for the Class of 2014. Graduates will receive their diplomas at St. Bonaventure University’s 154th Commencement on Sunday, May 11. This year’s keynote speaker, Joan Brown Campbell, former director of the Department of Religion at the Chautauqua Institution for 13 years, is one of three… Keep Reading
By Sean Corey Staff Writer Investors will remember the first quarter of 2014 by the Russian-Ukraine conflict and the harsh winter in the United States. Energy companies benefited the most from these events. Both the harsh winter and the conflict in Eastern Europe caused the prices of natural gas and oil to rise. Our… Keep Reading
By Lian Bunny Assistant News Editor Investigative journalists Joshua Pribanic and Melissa Troutman showed their documentary “Triple Divide,” revealing some of the issues with the oversight of hydraulic fracturing, a controversial method of extracting natural gas at St. Bonaventure this week. The documentary was shown in the Dresser Auditorium of the John J. Murphy Professional… Keep Reading
By Kiara Catanzaro News Editor St. Bonaventure’s female student-athletes and staff are set to host local high school female athletes and their coaches to participate in 28th annual National Girls and Women in Sports Day on Tuesday, April 29 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event, sponsored by the school of education,… Keep Reading
By Emma Zaremba Features Editor Simple, woven hemp bracelets continue to weave wishes for the people of Bethlehem, Uganda. This week, St. Bonaventure’s Embrace it Africa organization has been selling woven hemp bracelets in the Reilly Center. The sale will continue today from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Each bracelet, priced at… Keep Reading
By Hannah Gordon Assistant News Editor Robinson and Falconio Halls aren’t the only spots on campus changing for next semester. Along with the dorm facelifts, some clubs will be shuffling their office spaces and a computer lab will shut down. Medical Emergency Response Team (MERT) will be moved from Falconio 128 to Robinson Hall next… Keep Reading
By Kiara Catanzaro News Editor President Sister Margaret Carney, O.S.F., hosted several campus briefings regarding the strategic alliance between St. Bonaventure and Hilbert College. Sister Margaret held the talks on Wednesday, April 9, at the University Club, Tuesday, April 15, and Tuesday, April 22. She will host one final briefing on Wednesday, April 30, at… Keep Reading
By Lian Bunny Assistant News Editor Students from St. Bonaventure women’s studies group are advocating for WS-101, Introduction to Women’s Studies, to count as credit for either CLAR-105, Inquiry into the Social World, or CLAR-208, World Views. The idea originated from a discussion in WS-499, Colloquium in Women’s Studies. Angela Kim, a senior… Keep Reading