St. Bonaventure University’s Technology Services has begun implementing a two-factor authentication process for all Bonaventure email accounts to reduce the number of phishing attacks. Email accounts were added to the new system in groups over a two-week period, and users were then asked to participate in a 10-minute process to successfully implement the authentication to their account. … Keep Reading
St. Bonaventure University’s Faculty Senate held a nomination process for an interim senator position, representing the School of Education, that concluded at the beginning of the month. The only nominee, associate professor Rene Hauser, will represent the School of Education while assistant professor Rebecca Scherer is on leave until the start of the spring 2020… Keep Reading
Efforts to revise parking on campus may have hit a roadblock. Following a string of student complaints and concerns, St. Bonaventure University’s Student Government Association has been working on new parking policy recommendations. However, its latest recommendation was not approved by the university’s parking committee. SGA President Lara McCormick, a senior political science and international… Keep Reading
Amendment will be voted on by the student body on Monday “Grants shall be used for on-campus and off-campus events.” This is the new Student Government Association amendment that will be voted on by the student body on Nov. 25. The added component to this part of the SGA constitution is, “on-campus and off-campus.” These… Keep Reading
St. Bonaventure University’s new bell, that was brought to campus last month, serves as a reminder of the 800th anniversary of the encounter between St. Francis of Assisi and Sultan al-Malik al-Kamal of Egypt. It has been named “The Encounter Bell” and was blessed by Fr. Francis Di Spigno at the end of Francis Month.… Keep Reading
With Wednesday being the first day of public impeachment hearings, the looming possibility of President Donald Trump becoming impeached is of upmost importance in the minds of many politicians and the general public. If impeached, Trump would join the likes of former presidents Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton, becoming the third in United States’ history.… Keep Reading
Last year, Kelly Haberstroh, former editor-in-chief, wrote an article about how Plassmann Hall was prospectively going to be a 24/7 workspace. The Student Government Organization (SGA), was planning on making a formal request to make Plassmann a 24/7 workspace. As the semester has come and almost gone, Plassmann continues to lock its doors at 11… Keep Reading
Calling all slobs, Garden Apartment West is the place for you Two weeks ago, Drew Torres, a junior at St. Bonaventure University, walked through the front lobby of Garden apartment West to an unpleasant, putrid smell. The smell, you may ask? A mountain of fishy-smelling trash bags, beer cans and other loose garbage. According… Keep Reading
St. Bonaventure University student Audrey Bui received the Excellent Undergraduate Poster Presentation award for her presentation on plant-pathogen interactions at this year’s Rustbelt RNA Meeting (RRM). The RRM is a meeting among midwestern and mid-Atlantic United States scientists, at which they discuss RNA-related biomedical research. This year’s meeting, held in Cleveland, Ohio, on Oct. 25… Keep Reading
Shortly after the start of the 2019-2020 academic year, large scale renovations began at Doyle Residence Hall. The university is currently in the process of addressing issues ranging from retractable walls to new elevators and handicap accessible bathrooms. The project is expected to end after the conclusion of the academic year. “The renovations began the… Keep Reading
Courtney Emory stepped out of her room on fourth Devereux after hearing several students violently coughing in her hallway. Emory said she, too, began coughing and experiencing upper respiratory issues once she inhaled the air in the hallway. “Your throat hurt right away, you couldn’t breathe, it was horrible,” said Emory, a sophomore sociology major.… Keep Reading
University President’s son set to graduate the same morning On Oct. 31, St. Bonaventure University sent out a news release stating that the time of this school year’s commencement ceremony had been changed from the original morning start to 3:30 p.m. The release claimed this time alteration was due to a conflict with the graduation… Keep Reading
The Maureen Shanahan Memorial Scholarship is an endowed scholarship for St. Bonaventure University students. The Shanahan family established the scholarship that is now grandfathered in annually in honor of Maureen “Mo” Shanahan, a Bonaventure student who died suddenly while studying at the university’s summer program at Oxford University. Shanahan, 19, died from undiagnosed acute leukemia… Keep Reading
“Setting up a cybersecurity program in today’s environment is not an easy task. It’s not easy to find faculty to teach the programs… other universities will have difficulty setting up programs like that, but I think St. Bonaventure has been very successful – and we have attracted some top faculty – globally recognized faculty in… Keep Reading
Two weeks ago, St. Bonaventure University’s Campus Activity Board presented singer and former “The Voice” contestant Daz Duron for some entertainment in the Rathskeller. For St. Bonaventure University, a concert featuring a talented vocalist from a popular television show should have been a success. The turnout, though, was miniscule. It didn’t always used to be… Keep Reading
For those who’ve spent more than a semester at St. Bonaventure University as faculty or as a student, there always comes a point in time where it seems as though everybody on campus is getting sick. This concept has garnished an unfortunate and exaggerated nickname amongst the students: “The Bona Plague.” To be clear, while… Keep Reading
This past Tuesday, St. Bonaventure University hosted a political debate featuring the candidates running for State Senate in New York’s 57th District, Republican George Borrello and Democrat Austin Morgan. The event was hosted by Jandoli Institute Director and Associate Professor Dr. Rich Lee and senior journalism major Cameron Hurst at 7 p.m. in the Bob… Keep Reading
The Jandoli School of Communication at St. Bonaventure University hosted its annual CommDay this past Friday. The event boasted a turnout of over 250 students from local high schools and offered them a variety of different ways to be introduced to the journalism field. “CommDay is an event that brings high school students from around… Keep Reading
“I got involved in the event by being a part of the Peer Prevention Educator student group, supported by the Department of Justice Campus Program called EMPOWER,” said Amber Peralta, a junior marketing major and member of EMPOWER. “I signed up thinking I would put my previous skills to use again by facilitating workshops like… Keep Reading
At the end of the east wing on the fourth floor of Devereux Hall, Adrian “Woj” Wojnarowski, then a freshman, knocked on Mike Vaccaro’s door. Vaccaro, once editor for The Bona Venture and now New York Post Sports columnist, opened the door, and in doing so, opened the door to Wojnarowski’s journalism journey and a… Keep Reading