By Madeleine Faircloth Contributing Writer St. Bonaventure University’s Model United Nations (SBUMUN) will host more than 230 high school students for a conference on Saturday. The conference has been hosted by St. Bonaventure for more than a decade and continues this year with students visiting from 15 high schools across Western New York and Pennsylvania,… Keep Reading
By Sean Corey Staff Writer New Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen hinted that the Fed may end its bond buying program, quantitative easing, on Wednesday. Currently the Fed buys around $60 billion dollars worth of bonds each month from various banks. This lowers interest rates and increases lending to businesses and other borrowers, thus providing a… Keep Reading
By Julia Mericle Staff Writer The Student Government Association (SGA) passed all the proposed amendments to their constitution with an overwhelming majority. SGA Senator at Large Alexander Noguerola said although the SGA is running smoothly at present, he proposed the amendments to promote a better focus on SGA responsibilities to the entire student body,… Keep Reading
By Kiara Catanzaro News Editor The St. Bonaventure community mourns the loss of Brian Moretti, assistant sports information director, who passed away last Wednesday. Moretti, 26, died of apparent cardiac arrest while in Richmond, Va. for the women’s Atlantic 10 basketball tournament. Steve Mest, associate athletics director, said he will remember Moretti’s… Keep Reading
By Sean Corey Staff Writer According to CNN, the average student loan debt reached $29,400 per student in 2012, up from $18,750 in 2004. Student loan debt is quickly becoming a problem for our generation. Many recent graduates have trouble managing and paying their loans. If you have student loans, it can be a… Keep Reading
By Emma Zaremba Features Editor Too often, performance spaces around campus such as the Skeller, the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts and the Garrett Theater are filled with nothing but silence. One Bonaventure student discovered what was missing and found a way to cure the quiet with laughter. Freshman journalism and… Keep Reading
By Kiara Catanzaro News Editor Eleven St. Bonaventure students traveled to New York City to participate in a journalism history conference to discuss the role of advocacy in journalism. The conference, on Saturday, March 8, was located at New York University’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute. The students who presented at the conference included three… Keep Reading
By Lian Bunny Assistant News Editor BonaResponds, St. Bonaventure’s volunteer service organization, will be packing boxes of food on Saturday, March 22, with a goal of sending 100,000 meals to people in Haiti and the Philippines. To reach their meal goal, the group needs to raise $22,000. Senior math major and BonaResponds member, Lilly Whelan,… Keep Reading
By Julia Mericle Staff Writer Members of SGA began revising their constitution at the Student Government Association (SGA) meeting on Tuesday evening. The most recent update to the SGA constitution was last spring. Senator-at-large and executive board president candidate Alexander Noguerola announced what the proposed changes to the constitution are and then asked… Keep Reading
By Kiara Catanzaro News Editor On Monday, Feb. 24, both Board of Trustees members from St. Bonaventure University and Hilbert College affirmed moving forward on a feasibility. Twenty years ago, St. Bonaventure University and Hilbert College joined forces to create graduate opportunities for their students. Now, both schools hope to extend their available opportunities for… Keep Reading
By Hannah Gordon News Editor St. Bonaventure announced that it will sell 10 of the 17 acres, previously designated as space for Bonaventure Square, though they would not disclose the value of the transaction. Community Bank System, Inc. signed an agreement with the university last week to buy and builda new facility on the… Keep Reading
By Emma Zaremba Features Editor Crunching numbers and analyzing data is becoming commonplace for a small group of Bonaventure students. Four students recently entered a data competition, held by the Upstate Chapters of the American Statistical Association, in which they will analyze complex data sets from standardized high school tests and search for trends to… Keep Reading
By Sean Corey Staff Writer Let’s say you believe a company will have poor earnings and their stock price will decrease. Rather than simply not buying the stock, you can make money off the stock’s decline by shorting the stock. When you short a stock, your bank will lend you a number of shares of… Keep Reading
By Lian Bunny News Editor Joseph Hoag, who has 25 years of fundraising experience, has taken over as St. Bonaventure’s major gifts officer, overseeing university relations and fundraising in Western Pennsylvania and the Washington, D.C. area. “Good fundraising is relational rather than just transactional. You want to be able to develop relationships that are hopefully… Keep Reading
By Julia Mericle Contributing Writer Gregory Privitera, associate professor of psychology at St. Bonaventure University, was recently named 2014’s Most Promising New Textbook Award for his textbook titled, “Research Methods for the Behavioral Sciences.” The Text and Academic Authors Association, a not-for-profit national organization that collects the best textbooks from publishers across the country, presents… Keep Reading
By Sean Corey Staff Writer Housing starts plunged more than 16 percent compared to January of last year. Some economists and investors blamed much of this decrease on the cold weather. Others, however, say the poor housing data, along with low retail sales and mediocre job growth is a sign that there are underlying problems… Keep Reading
Alexandra Salerno Advisory Editor “I hate their music. They’re so fake.” In 2011, assistant professor of marketing Paul Barretta was a Ph.D. of marketing candidate at The University of Texas Pan American. He never imagined the remark made by one of his students about a ‘fake’ recording artist would spark an idea for the… Keep Reading
Nathaniel West Managing Editor Andrew Nicholson will make his triumphant return to the Reilly Center tomorrow. The 2012 graduate and current power forward for the NBA’s Orlando Magic will be back on in Bonnie territory to watch as St. Bonaventure retires his number 44 during their game tomorrow against Rhode Island. “It was a decision… Keep Reading
Julia Mericle Staff Writer CareerFest 2014, hosted by the Career and Professional Readiness Center (CPRC), will bring more than 30 employers to the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts on Thursday, March 6, for students to meet and network. The event, which will begin at 11:30 a.m., is tailored specifically to St. Bonaventure… Keep Reading
Lian Bunny Assistant News Editor Doctor to the Vice President Kevin O’Connor, ’88, returned to St. Bonaventure to speak on his liberal arts education’s impact on his leadership and achievements. O’Connor’s speech was held in the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts Thursday, Feb. 13. “There is nothing we (leaders) can’t do,” O’Connor said.… Keep Reading