By Majella Shields Staff Writer Welcome to this week’s Fashion Focus. Easter is just around the corner, and it’s one of my favorite times of year. Easter is Christianity’s oldest holiday, in which Christians celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ. The date changes slightly every year, falling on a Sunday between March 21 and April…
Junior prom is here, and when it comes to proms, Bonnies do it best. Night number one of this fun-filled weekend will be a Jock Jams party in the Skeller. Whoever chose this theme obviously knows what they’re doing when it comes to party planning because the meaning of Jocks Jams is crystal clear. Googling…
By Amelia Kibbe Features Assignment Editor Wear your makeup like war paint because it’s game-time in the advertising world. Bonaventure’s on-campus advertising agency (part of the American Advertising Federation,) Kwerkworks, will compete in the American Advertising Association National Student Advertising Competition (NSAC) on Saturday, April 10 in New York City. This year, the team will…
By Emma Zaremba Features Editor It may be impossible to predict the future, but it’s entirely possible to draw out a plan that leads you there. Around this time of year, college seniors are either planning what needs to be done before moving on to their next big adventure or planning out what steps to…
By Asha Matthews Contributing Writer There are papers due, finals to take and only a few weeks left of school before summer begins. Most high school seniors are waiting to have their prom, but junior Bonnies are getting ready for a three-day extravaganza — an amplified version of a high school “prom.” Class of 2015…
By Kevin Rogers Editor-in-Chief Swordfights, sorcery, regal politics and a trio of dragons will make their return to television on Sunday evening as HBO’s fantasy drama “Game of Thrones” strikes back for its fourth season. The series, based on George R. R. Martin’s “A Song of Ice and Fire” novels, details the power struggles between…
By Pat Tintle Staff Writer Talk about controversy. “Noah,” the 2014 film based on the biblical tale known to Christians, Jews and Muslims around the world, had received plenty of criticism ahead of its release last weekend. Christian groups have made their opinions known of the rendering of the Old Testament tale, some perceiving the…
By Majella Shields Staff Writer Welcome to this week’s Fashion Focus. This week finally felt like spring. The sun is shining, the temperatures are above 30, the sidewalks are clear and snow-free and everyone is smiling. With this change in weather comes a change in your wardrobe. Although the sun may be a bit deceiving,…
By Andrea Fernandes Contributing Writer After hours of practice, a few minor injuries and a lot of hard work, the St. Bonaventure Hip Hop team is just about ready for their upcoming show. Maybe you’ve seen one of the many flyers posted around campus. For those who have not, the show is based on the…
By Asha Matthews Contributing Writer It’s almost that bittersweet time of year when our seniors are ready to move on and prospective students are getting ready to make peace with the idea that they are going to college. To help with this process, the St. Bonaventure admissions team has planned an event, “Spring into Bonaventure,”…
By Emily Sullivan Associate Editor William Shakespeare is the most widely performed playwright of all time. Having written around 40 plays, it’s no surprise. This past weekend, the SBU Theater department took a different stance on Shakespeare and turned the beloved classics into something brand new. The play, “42 Shakes: A Work in Progress,” is…
By Betsy Pray Staff Writer Which faction will you choose? This is the concept behind the new action fantasy film “Divergent,” The film is based on the first novel in the best-selling book series by Veronica Roth. Starring Shailene Woodley (“The Secret Life of the American Teenager,”) Theo James (“Underworld: Awakening,”) and Kate Winslet, (“Titanic.”)…
By Majella Shields Staff Writer Welcome to this week’s Fashion Focus. On campus we are doing our best to recycle and help with Recyclemania. The “Trashion” show is an event to encourage students to use their creativity as well as the recyclable contents of their trash cans to create an outfit. These materials include products…
By Andrea Fernandes Contributing Writer St. Bonaventure University is certainly comprised of an astonishing group of students. Matt Creeron and Dan Egan are just two students who are striving to become extraordinary. While many Bonnies spent the winter break sleeping in, these two spent their break on a pilgrimage to Italy. While on this pilgrimage,…
By Emily Sullivan Associate Editor After SBU Theater’s fall production of “The Walls,” audiences walked away from the show wondering what the program would do next and how they were going to top the stellar production next semester. We finally have an answer. This weekend and next weekend, the SBU Theater program will be putting…
By Betsy Pray Staff Writer St. Bonaventure University has a president, provost, professors and many faculty members. But what many people may not know is the university has an ombudsman. Gary Ostrower is St. Bonaventure University’s ombuds officer, having held the position since 1997. He explained what an ombudsman’s job is. “The ombuds officer is…
By Amelia Kibbe Features Assignment Editor There are many amazing people and groups at Bonaventure who work throughout the year to make the campus community a better place. On April 15, the Fr. Joe Doino awards ceremony will take place to honor hard-working, caring people who have made a difference in the Bonaventure community. This…
By Alexandra Salerno Advisory Editor The third Thursday of March, dubbed Match Day, is a day when graduating medical students learn which residency program they’ve been assigned to, which is chosen by a complicated computer algorithm. Students across the country learn where they will spend the next seven years of their lives, and among them…
By Harrison Leone Czech Correspondent I think I caught something in Berlin, something besides the lung-throttling cough that wakes my roommates up at 4 a.m. I think I’ve been infected with an incurable case of wanderlust, and the only treatment is travel. A self-prescribed trip to Vienna seemed to be an appropriate antidote. Luckily, there…
I’m not sure what my attraction is to the Olean Applebee’s. It could be the low lighting that creates a soothing ambience or the 15 televisions that never fail to keep me entertained. Possibly it’s just the fact that it is one of the few places in Olean to eat. And I don’t mean that…