BY CASSIDEY KAVATHAS, NEWS EDITOR The St. Bonaventure University food pantry opens for its third year. The pantry began in Oct. 2019, when Alice Miller Nation, director of Bona’s Franciscan Center for Social Concern, found out that some students living on campus struggled with having enough food to get through the week. The pantry is… Keep Reading
BY TOM SEIPP, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF It’s been 20 years since 2,996 people were killed in the September 11th attacks. Three of those victims were St. Bonaventure University alumni: Fr. Mychal F. Judge, O.F.M., ’57, Rob Peraza, ’94, ’96, and Amy O’Doherty, ’00 all died at the Twin Towers. The Bonaventure community honored the tragedy of 9/11… Keep Reading
By Tucker Reilly, News Assignment Editor Several construction projects in front of student dorms have begun at St. Bonaventure University this week. In front of Devereux Hall, a new gathering area for students is being constructed. In front of Doyle Hall, work is beginning on a new wall and attached patio. Plans for the Devereux… Keep Reading
By Cassidey Kavathas, News Editor Spring Weekend has been a tradition since the 1980s but the kickball tournament has been a part of the weekend since around 2012. Due to COVID-19, though, this Bonaventure transition had to undergo some changes. “We set the team roster limit to 16 students max per team, in order to… Keep Reading
By Kurt Martone, Staff Writer The annual St. Bonaventure University move-out sale will take place this year, after not occurring last year. It will be held in Butler Gym, from May 17-19. The move-out sale is the Franciscan Center for Social Concern’s way to give back to the community. Valentina Cossio, a sophomore accounting major,… Keep Reading
By Kurt Martone, Staff Writer The COVID-19 task force has decided that visitors will be allowed to come on St. Bonaventure University’s campus starting on May 17. Tom Missel, the co-chair of the COVID-19 task force and the university’s chief communications officer, said the university wanted the campus to remain active and open during the… Keep Reading
By Tucker Reilly, News Assignments Editor St. Bonaventure University’s faculty senate has passed a new motion, altering the way that “I” or “Incomplete” grades are factored into students’ GPAs and credit completion. Introduced on April 16 by Lecturer and Chair of the Academic Standards Committee Michael Spong and Assistant Professor of Communications Dr. Carole McNall,… Keep Reading
By Cassidey Kavathas, News Editor The curriculum committee, part of St. Bonaventure University’s faculty senate, has been around for a long time but under incoming faculty senate chair, Rene’ Hauser, changes are coming to the committee. “We’re adding another faculty senator to the committee that will serve as co-chair and each co-chair will then be… Keep Reading
By Will Poladian, Staff Writer With the end of the semester approaching quickly, it is time to look back on a change that had an effect on the St. Bonaventure University community. In a press release released by the late Dr. Dennis DePerro, former president of the university, explaining the new way of going about… Keep Reading
By Will Poladian, Staff Writer A new addition has been added to the St. Bonaventure University golf course. The new Fairway View Pavilion will be open to the Bonaventure community from April 15 to April 18 before officially opening to the public on Monday. The current New York State guidelines will be in place. There… Keep Reading
By Tucker Reilly, News Assignment Editor St. Bonaventure University has released a tentative plan for the fall 2021 semester, with the expectation that traditional instruction will be possible in the coming months. In a letter to the university community on April 9, Interm President Dr. Joseph E. Zimmer outlined several plans “based on the assumption… Keep Reading
By Cassidey Kavathas, News Editor Cattaraugus County was forced to cancel the vaccine clinic for St. Bonaventure University students planned for April 13. The cancellation was due to the corruption of 15 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine at a plant in Baltimore, which caused a nationwide backlog in J&J shipments. The New… Keep Reading
By AJ Powers, Staff Writer Dr. Gariel Swarts, adolescence education director and assistant professor of education at the university, gave a talk on his dissertation from 2017 last Tuesday. Swarts was a high school social studies teacher for 10 years before getting a reduction in force – in simpler terms, laid off. Swarts ended up… Keep Reading
By Cassidey Kavathas, News Editor Cattaraugus County was forced to cancel the vaccine clinic for St. Bonaventure University students scheduled on April 13. The cancellation was due to the corruption of 15 million doses of the J&J vaccine at a plant in Baltimore, which caused a nationwide backlog in J&J shipments. The New York State… Keep Reading
By Tucker Reilly, News Assignment Editor The Jandoli Institute, part of St. Bonaventure University’s Jandoli School of Communication, has begun a project on its website examining speeches. The project features analysis and suggestions from experts on the characteristics of a good speech. According to a press release from sbu.edu on March 31, the project will… Keep Reading
By Cassidey Kavathas, News Editor The Yards for Yeardley event, presented by Empower Student Peer Prevention Educator Group in partnership with the One Love Foundation, held their award ceremony yesterday. The event was in memorial of Yeardley Love, who lost her life to relationship violence in 2010 as well as raising awareness of interpersonal or… Keep Reading
By Kurt Martone, Staff Writer A new course hopes to kick off this winter in Perugia, Italy. Dr. Michael Chiariello, a professor emeritus at St. Bonaventure University is hopeful that his redesigned course can start soon. “I am warily optimistic about my course, which is almost a year from now, although Europe is moving more… Keep Reading
By AJ Power, Staff Writer Over the past week, St. Bonaventure University has advertised the new Dual Degree Nursing Program in daily Notice Boards. This unique program combines the facilities of the university and Jamestown Community College. Students who would like to be a part of the program should apply for admissions through the university… Keep Reading
By Tom Seipp, Managing Editor On the campus of St. Bonaventure University, grief continues to be felt across the school with the loss of university president Dr. Dennis DePerro. Since DePerro’s passing on March 1, the university has done an abundance of memorials in honor of its 21st president. Most notably, the basketball teams wore… Keep Reading
By Cassidey Kavathas, News Editor During sexual assault aweraness month, the Empower Student Peer Prevention Educator Group will offer a bystander intervention program. This event, “Lunch & Learning: Bringing in the Bystander,” will be held April 10 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Registration begins April 6 and is limited to 25 participants. The event… Keep Reading