By Heather Monahan Assistant Features Editor It’s time for the season where people are overcome with the spirit of giving which accompanies the most wonderful time of the year. This week, students around St. Bonaventure have been doing just that for National AIDS Awareness Week. The Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts teamed up…
By Kerri Linsenbigler Features Editor On Oct. 21, the Pope canonized seven new saints, including St. Marianne Cope, the first American Franciscan saint. To honor the legacy of St. Marianne, Bonaventure will host the Southern Tier premiere of a documentary profiling her holy life Dec. 3 at 7 p.m. in the Regina A. Quick Center…
By Alexandra Napoli Staff Writer The SBU Hip-Hop Team and Bonacoustics became the Whos of Whoville during their 2012 Christmas show, “Mr. Grinch,” Tuesday and Wednesday in the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts. Chatter and anticipation filled the lobby of the Quick Center before the show. Once the doors opened, and the stage…
By Jillian Hammell Staff Writer Court will be in session beginning Dec. 1 at St. Bonaventure. The two-day mock trial event, Friar Faceoff, gives students the opportunity to participate in a fictional case provided by the American Mock Trial Association. Bonaventure’s Mock Trial is offered as both a club and class for students interested in…
By Kiara Catanzaro Staff Writer Students from all different musical backgrounds will be playing to the beat of their own drums in a new course next semester. Moses Howden, an adjunct faculty member, said he is excited to introduce a new music course that will begin spring semester at St. Bonaventure. The course, called “Drum…
By Matthew Laurrie Features Assignment Editor The Graffiti that colorfully decorates the outside of buildings and monuments throughout any given city may seem like random acts of vandalism to some people, but a new group on campus sees art as any form of creative expression. Sophomore Marc Peralta, president and founder of the Urban Art…
By Heather Monahan Assistant Features Editor Next Friday, the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts is giving students and community members the opportunity to see one of the most recognizable holiday scenes through the eyes of hundreds of different artists. The Quick Center will be hosting a crèche, or nativity scene, walk displaying the…
Jason MacBain By Taylor Nigrelli Assistant Sports Editor At Bonaventure, sports are an integral part of campus life. Each home basketball game fills the Reilly Center with students, fans and media outlets. The responsibility of making sure everything runs smoothly for each one of these groups falls on the youngest sports information director in Division…
By Alexandra Salerno Editor-in-Chief Five business students will host a 3-on-3 basketball tournament in honor of John J. Watson tomorrow in the Reilly Center. As members of marketing professor Michael Russell’s event and sponsorship marketing class, juniors James Reed, Mike Iulianello, Justin Walker and Taylor Lang and senior Zach Clark had to brainstorm and implement…
By Jillian Hammell Staff Writer The words on the pages of this year’s All Bonaventure Reads selection, “In The Sanctuary Of Outcasts,” took on new meaning in the Doyle Dining Hall on Wednesday. Freshmen students filled two conference rooms with their “In The Sanctuary Of Outcasts” projects. The poster conference contained more than 25…
By Alexandra Napoli Staff Writer The importance of holiday traditions is more than the family simply getting together to have dinner and give thanks. Traditions, Thanksgiving ones specifically, are about uniting with the ones you love and having something to bond everyone together. As years go on, unique traditions are created or tailored to…
By Kerri Linsenbigler Features Editor The Garret Theater and Butler Basement workshop are once again a flurry of rehearsals, designing sets and costumes, and creating props. This can only mean one thing— SBU Theater is ready to perform again. As a part of its 10th Anniversary celebration, SBU Theater will perform three plays this…
By Heather Monahan Assistant Features Editor St. Bonaventure students traded notebooks and pens for dancing shoes and microphones Tuesday as the Step Team hosted its 7th Annual Talent Show in the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts. Audience members were treated to seven acts, showcasing a variety of different talents. Juniors Andy Pacheco…
By Samantha Berkhead Associate Editor Before this weekend, I was convinced that only one song had ever been written for the bagpipes. You know the one. Its brash cacophony of opening notes ringing out ubiquitously at Memorial Day parades across America every summer. Blame it on cultural isolation, my own ignorance or merely the fact…
By Kiara Catanzo Staff Writer Slam poets convey their emotions through their work and the way it is performed. Last Thursday, students had the opportunity to hear the stories of their peers as the St. Bonaventure Slam Poetry Club held this semester’s Poetry Slam. Slam Poetry Club aims to make poetry more common on…
By MacKenzie Linehan Contributing Writer James Bond will seemingly never die, and I am quite all right with that. As an avid fan for as long as I can remember, I have seen each Bond movie at least once. The franchise has made 24 fantastic movies. ‘Skyfall’ already is set to break the Bond…
Joe Flanagan By Matthew Laurrie Features Assignment Editor The Bonaventure experience doesn’t end after a student walks across the stage to receive their diploma. In fact, the Bonaventure connection is an unwritten bond carried throughout a lifetime. At least Joe Flanagan, director of Alumni Services, thinks so. Flanagan, ’74, received his bachelor’s degree in marketing…
By Gavin Lindahl Staff Writer Laurie Branch,CEO and president of Iroquois Group, visited the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts Thursday night to deliver a keynote speech at the Career and Professional Readiness Center’s (CPRPC) 2nd annual Internship Summit. Her speech focused on giving students advice on handling themselves in an internship. Branch grew…
By Alexandra Salerno Editor-In-Chief Bonaventure students rallied together to organize fundraisers in to support of fellow Bonnies affected by the hurricane. Maria Tomassi, a senior history major, and Makeda Loney, a junior journalism and mass communication major, used Facebook to spread the word about their friend, Lizzy Vivino, who’s house in Rockaway Park, Queens…
By Heather Monahan Assistant Features Editor Recognizing the men and women who serve our country is important every day. However, with Veteran’s Day on Sunday, Bonaventure alumni who are veterans, as well as students with veteran relatives, encourage the community to take extra time out of their day to be thankful. Donald Seitz, ’54, was…
