Tom Cottingham Features Editor The hit musical La La Land seemed to have everything Hollywood desires: great acting, great singing and great production. It was on track to win the “Best Picture” award, and it did, until the biggest fail in Oscars’ history happened in front of millions of viewers. As the…
By Dom LoVallo Managing Editor Tonight, two clubs on campus will come together and present an Open Mic Night in Café La Verna. Chattertons, St. Bonaventure’s poetry club, and The Laurel, the university’s literary magazine organized the event. Michael O’Malley, co-editor of The Laurel, enjoys how the magazine promotes student expression and that will also…
“Why does everything have to be so political?” This notion roars its head from the unshackled mouths of conservative viewers after just about every major, televised event — despite an amendment that warrants uproar of any legal caliber. With this month’s annual Super Bowl performance, we heard a mix of emotions — manifested in social…
By Tom Cottingham Features Editor The Bonaventure Education Association and Kappa Delta Pi, International Honor Society in Education, are holding book drives to benefit the Olean Head Start program. According to the official site, “the program is designed primarily for children whose families fall within the federal poverty income guidelines.” “We’re working together to try…
By Ellen Piper Contributing Writer On Feb. 11, six couples gathered to learn from St. Bonaventure Sous Chef, Justin Maxson. These were the first classes offered this semester after a successful offering of classes last semester. Teaching is something that Maxson has always wanted to do because he is so outgoing and loves to see…
By Brianna McKnight Contributing Writer As I talked about last week, the 80s are making their way back into our lives now, and we just have to know how to pull it off. Hair will be seen becoming bigger and fluffier, pastels and bold colors are going to find their way into your closest and…
Sampha Sisay, a British singer, songwriter, and record producer from London, released his debut album, Process, on Feb. 3. Some popular songs by Sampha can be found as features with Drake, Kanye West, Solange and others. Sampha’s album is unlike other hip-hop hits. The experience is more of an emotional journey through the heartbreak and…
By Yoselin Person Features Assignment Editor As we’re into the second week of February, we will also be heading to the day that consists of Romantic love. People giving cards and flowers. Doing something unforgettable for your partner or crush- it’s called Valentine’s Day. St. Bonaventure students said they consider Valentine’s Day to be a…
A&E’s psyche-twisting, jaw-dropping series Bates Motel is scheduled to launch its fifth installment this month — drawing from chilling, past plots and projecting the ongoing empire into heightened show time success. On Feb. 20, Bates fans will be reacquainted with Norma and Norman Bates, and all their subsequent sideshows — the supporting characters who always…
By Brianna McKnight Contributing Writer Spring 2017 is coming up soon, and it’s introducing many new trends. It is bringing back old trends, as well as keeping some existing trends that are already in style. The new styles introduced during the fashion weeks’ in Paris and New York City consist of many trends that might…
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…
By Yoselin Person Features Assignment Editor The month of February is Black History Month, and we are reminded of Emmett Till’s murder. Recently, the news of Emmett Till’s accuser, Carolyn Bryant, 82 years old, from Indianola, Mississippi, has broken her silence of falsely accusing Till in being “inappropriate” with her. For six decades, Bryant…
By Alexis Young Staff Writer Thursday, Punxsutawney, PA—affectionately called Punxsy by locals—celebrated the 131st anniversary of Groundhog’s Day. For those who don’t know what Groundhog’s Day is, every February 2nd, a local groundhog named Punxsutawney Phil is pulled from his burrow on top of Gobbler’s Knob to predict the coming of spring. If Phil…
By Cameron Pettrone Contributing Writer St. Bonaventure presented the 2016 docudrama “The Sultan and the Saint” in the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts Wednesday. The film depicts Francis of Assisi striving for common ground with Malik al-Kamil, the Sultan of Egypt, during the Fifth Crusade in 1219, in which members of the…
By Brianna Mcknight Contributing Writer The first three weeks of the semester are great for the most part. You get to class on time, and maybe even early. You wake up with enough time to shower and eat, and have more motivation to get dressed nicely, but then you get settled in. Now your…
Kehlani’s recent release SweetSexySavage infuses a blend of pop music-style hooks and thoughtful, raw concepts; and the combination is dynamite. Those same culminations of artistic approaches hold the power to establish the 21-year-old singer, an America’s Got Talent finalist, within the mainstream. Her storytelling is skillful — taking the focus off of hip-hop’s expected innuendos…
By Dom LoVallo Managing Editor Students and faculty gathered in the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts to watch comedic-magician Brian Miller perform Tuesday night. CAB organized the event, and Beth Palumbo, CAB advisor and assistant director of activities, recreation and leadership at Bonaventure, said Miller’s ties to Buffalo made him an interesting person…
On screen, musicals can easily fall dull — adopting a formula of momentous dance numbers, all tied together by loose, shifty dialogue. Damien Chazelle’s La La Land — starring Ryan Gosling as Sebastian, an aspiring jazz pianist, and Emma Stone as Mia, a hopeful actress, must be exempt from this award nomination damning curse —…
Warren Mayenga Contributing Writer The infamous “Freshman 15” has been haunting incoming students for decades. It is something that I did not know was a thing until I came to college. This myth has been passed down through generations of high school seniors to college students about how freshmen gain approximately 10 to 15…
Yoselin Person Feature Assignment Editor Hundreds of thousands of people gathered in Washington D.C. this past weekend for the Women’s March. It was considered to be a counter inauguration after President Donald J. Trump took office. A few Bonaventure faculty members and students attended the gathering in Washington and went through an empowering experience.…
