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
By Cassidey Kavathas, Contributing Writer As students return to campus this semester, a majority still face the challenge of online classes. With the threat of COVID-19, at-risk professors have chosen to conduct classes via Zoom. The use of Zoom in online classes sparks multiple opinions from students around campus. “For Zoom you just roll out… Keep Reading
By Tucker Reilly, News Editor At the start of the 2020-2021 school year, St. Bonaventure University officially opened a new parking lot between the Administration Building and Doyle Hall. The lot — listed as “Lot L” or “Events Lot” on campus maps — adds 94 new overnight parking spaces and is the most recent motion… Keep Reading
By Elias Kott Contributing Writer As Students in Money Management’s fall semester kicks off, members of our student-run investment portfolio club have been assembled into different sectors. The main sectors that members of SIMM are split up into include: technology and consumer discretionary, financials and fixed income, healthcare and consumer staples, family business and industrials,… Keep Reading
By John Pullano, Managing Editor As the ball clattered off the backboard and through the rim, the St. Bonaventure University men’s basketball team tied the game’s score. Almost in sync with the made basket Bonaventure’s basketball fans rose to their feet in the university’s Reilly Center. Yet amidst the action, student journalist Jeff Uveino… Keep Reading
By Sean Mickey St. Bonaventure University is considering renaming its administrativebuilding, Hopkins Hall, after learning of a credible claim of sexual abuse. The university was unaware of the claim until its connection was uncovered by The Bona Venture. Msgr. James F. Hopkins is listed in the Diocese of Erie public disclosurelist, which was last… Keep Reading
By Vanessa Donadio, News Editor St. Bonaventure University’s Health and Wellness Center is a place for students to find the mental and physical help they need on campus. To make it easier for students to provide information and use its services, the Wellness Center recently introduced a patient portal on its website. From now on,… Keep Reading