By Richard Williams, Staff Writer St. Bonaventure University announced changes to the 2021 spring semester schedule last week to adapt to the current COVID-19 pandemic. The schedule was developed by the university’s COVID-19 task force, which features students, as well as deans and other university officials. “The schedule we came up with was a compromise… Keep Reading
By Tucker Reilly, News Editor, and Julia Schneider, Staff Writer St. Bonaventure University has recently completed renovations to study lounges in Devereux Hall, with upgrades to furniture, paint and wall decorations. While work officially ended on Oct. 9, students are still becoming acclimated to the changes. When asked about possible construction in Devereux prior to… Keep Reading
By Cassidey Kavathas, staff writer The email that arrives in every St. Bonaventure University student’s inbox at 8 a.m. leads to a survey of five questions on SBU.edu, as included in the community compact for reopening plans. Every student must complete this health survey daily. The university hopes to increase student participation in the survey… Keep Reading
Tucker Reilly, News Editor St. Bonaventure University suspended 21 students for attending parties held in the village of Allegany over the weekend, in violation of COVID-19 health and safety policies and the university’s Community Compact. Students had to sign the compact upon arriving at the university last month. In the second major wave of disciplinary… Keep Reading
By Kaitlin Sinclair, Contributing Writer The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals of Cattaraugus County, located at 2944 Route 16 in North Olean, is a peaceful getaway for students of St. Bonaventure University to visit. While students can go to the SPCA to volunteer, there is also a beautiful view. There is a… Keep Reading
By Richard Williams, Staff Writer St. Bonaventure University’s Jandoli School of Communication will be adding Jackie Trescott, ’68, and Joan Roeben Licursi, ’65, to its Wall of Distinguished Graduates. Announced on Sept. 30, they are 20th and 21st members added to this exclusive list. Trescott and Licursi will join the likes of Adrian Wojnarowksi, sports… Keep Reading
By Matthew Villanueva, Features Editor St. Bonaventure University will be holding Fall Fest next Saturday, Oct. 17. Hosted by Professor Kristen Ryan’s event and sponsorship marketing class, Fall Fest will be a campus-wide, student-only event including six distinct activities: trivia, pumpkin painting, cornhole, kickball, frisbee golf and “The Price is Right” grocery game show. Each… Keep Reading
By Cassidey Kavathas, Staff Writer Random student testing has begun alongside random employee testing to track the community spread of COVID-19 at St. Bonaventure University. Random student testing began the week of Sept. 16. while random employee testing began the week of Sept 21. Employee testing follows the same protocol as student testing, but employees… Keep Reading
By John Pullano, Editor-in-Chief St. Bonaventure University graduate school counseling and clinical mental health counseling interns began working at their respective sites in September with guidelines to stop the spread of COVID-19. In 2020, student counselors will be placed in different sites as they would if there was not a pandemic, according to Mia O’Brien,… Keep Reading
By Richard Williams, Contributing Write Professors at St. Bonaventure University, faculty and staff will be subject to weekly random COVID-19 tests starting the week of Sept. 21 and lasting until the end of the fall semester. According to Bonaventure’s office of human resources, 5% of the employee population at Bonaventure will be selected each week… Keep Reading
By Tucker Reilly, News Editor On Monday, Sept. 14, St. Bonaventure University was awarded a grant of $200,000 from the state of New York as a part of the Workforce Development Initiative. The university released a statement on Tuesday, Sept. 22, detailing the purpose of the grant. The grant will provide “tuition aid for the… Keep Reading
By Elias Kott, Staff Writer As of Sept. 23, 2020, all three major indices finished down for the day with the Dow Jones down 525.05 points (-1.92%), S&P 500 down 78.65 points (-2.37%) and Nasdaq taking the biggest hit down 330.65 points (-3.02%). Currently, the Dow sits at 26,763.13, S&P 500 at 3,236.92 and Nasdaq… Keep Reading
By Richard Williams, Contributing Writer At St. Bonaventure University, the campus housekeeping department has made numerous changes to their program for the fall semester due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. “The pandemic has changed everything,” said Jared Smith, facilities director at St. Bonaventure. “Cleaning now is 24/7 and weekends are just as important as weekdays… Keep Reading
By Tucker Reilly, News Editor With St. Bonaventure University now four weeks into the fall semester, the Campus Activities Board (CAB) has done its best to adapt to the university’s COVID-19 policy. The Board is a student club focused on providing opportunities for students outside of the classroom through a number of activities, events and… Keep Reading
By John Pullano, Editor-In-Chief At the beginning of September, St. Bonaventure University undergraduate students in the teacher preparation programs began working at schools in Cattaraugus County. Depending on their program, education majors at Bonaventure are required to complete “authentic off-campus experience” in order to graduate, according to Bonaventure’s university website. In a normal year Bonaventure’s… Keep Reading
By Cassidey Kavathas, Contributing Writer Tutoring, like many other St. Bonaventure University functions, has been forced online due to the COVID-19 crisis. However, the Student Success Center is up to the challenge of helping students remotely this semester. All tutoring for the fall semester will be done online or through Zoom. “We do have some… Keep Reading
By Ryan Signorino, Associate Editor Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, face masks have become common. However, masks being mandatory is a new policy to St. Bonaventure University for Fall 2020. Upon return to campus, and in addition to providing a negative PCR COVID-19 test, all students on and off campus signed a Community Compact stating… Keep Reading
How Bonaventure has been affected by the recent social justice movement By Matthew Villanueva and John Pullano, Features Editor and Editor-in-Chief On St. Bonaventure University’s official homepage visitors can see a “snapshot” of the University according to statistics. The page shows 86% of freshmen return for their sophomore year, the student to faculty ratio is… Keep Reading
By Richard Williams, Contributing Writer Wearing a facemask in the classroom is now a requirement for students and professors at St. Bonaventure University for the 2020 fall semester due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Students have shown they are not concerned about the masks hindering their learning experience. “I don’t think my learning ability is… Keep Reading
By John Pullano, Editor-in-Chief St. Bonaventure University officials suspended 28 students Sunday following a large scale party at the Garden East Apartment Saturday night. The suspensions come as the first major violation of Bonaventure’s COVID-19 code of conduct, which students were asked to sign when moving onto campus in August. The code read, “Behaviors that… Keep Reading