By Julia Mericle Staff Writer Recyclemania is underway and will continue for the next eight weeks at St. Bonaventure. The project, hosted by Tread Lightly, will promote recycling and sustainability at St. Bonaventure in an effort to benefit the local environment. Each spring, colleges across the United States and Canada take on… Keep Reading
By Lian Bunny Assistant News Editor Chris Mackowski, an associate professor of journalism and mass communication, recently edited “Bloody Autumn: The Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1864,” published in January. This book is the 10th book of the “Emerging Civil War” series. Mackowski has authored or co-authored five of the 10 books. They… Keep Reading
By Kiara Catanzaro News Editor Three St. Bonaventure alumni will be inducted into the WSBU-FM 88.3 The Buzz Hall of Fame tomorrow at noon to honor their professional achievements. The inductees include Justin Craig, ‘97, a program director at ESPN’s New York City station, Tom Schuh, ‘84, a programming and marketing specialist with… Keep Reading
By Hannah Gordon News Assignment Editor Students noticed a change when logging on to the St. Bonaventure student portal website this week. On Monday St. Bonaventure updated the My.SBU.edu website to complement the updates made to the university’s website last semester. Despite the evident change in design, some students barely noticed a difference. “I saw… Keep Reading
By Sean Corey Contributing Writer Students in Money Management (SIMM) is St. Bonaventure’s stock market club located in the Dee Family Financial Services Lab of the William E. and Ann L. Swan Business Center. Students from several majors meet every Monday and Wednesday to discuss the markets, economic news and, most importantly, decide which stocks… Keep Reading
By Julia Mericle Staff Writer The Alumni Internship Program, a collaborative project created by the Career and Professional Readiness Center (CPRC) and Alumni Services, is heading into its second year and looking to expand. The program, which had one internship opportunity available last year, now has five and CPRC hopes that number will continue to… Keep Reading
By Zach Waltz Sports Assignment Editor Alumni Services will be hosting an event with a panel of Bonaventure alumni next Thursday, Feb. 6, for students of all years entitled, “Once a Bonnie, Always a Bonnie.” The event will begin at 6:30 p.m. and will be held in the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts.… Keep Reading
By Emma Zaremba Features Editor A helping hand is always offered for those who need it in Cattaraugus County. The St. Bonaventure chapter of the New York State Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program (VITA) is hard at work, helping to prepare tax returns for low-to-moderate-income workers who are eligible for aid. Accounting students at Bonaventure… Keep Reading
By Julia Mericle Staff Writer The Student Government Association (SGA) meeting on Tuesday focused on what each class is bringing to St. Bonaventure during the Spring 2014 semester and what the Campus Activities Board (CAB) plans to accomplish with a reduced budget. CAB is in full swing this semester, with plans to bring musician Teddy… Keep Reading
By Lian Bunny Assistant News Editor At the beginning of the 2014-15 academic year, St. Bonaventure University will offer a new phased retirement program for long-serving faculty. Application for the voluntary phased retirement program became available to faculty with 20 or more years of cumulative full-time service as of Dec. 31, 2013. Faculty members who… Keep Reading
By Kiara Catanzaro News Editor Arthur Moats, Buffalo Bills linebacker, will visit St. Bonaventure University on Saturday, Feb. 8 to speak on the importance of community service and how the NFL gives back. The speech is open to students, faculty and members of the local community. Last semester, 2,000 people in the St. Bonaventure community… Keep Reading
Julia Mericle Staff Writer The National Sportswriters and Sportscaster Association awarded Mike Vaccaro,’89, the title of New York Sportswriter of the Year for the second consecutive year at a banquet in June 2013. Vaccaro’s sports-writing peers chose him for the recognition. “For them to endorse my work for a second time is all the more… Keep Reading
Kiara Catanzaro News Editor Following the death of Tyler Davis, a sophomore history major, in November, students from the class of 2016 have gathered to preserve his memory on campus. Trish Gould, a sophomore accounting major, designed t-shirts in honor of Davis. She hopes the money raised will be used to build a memorial to… Keep Reading
Kevin Rogers Editor-in-Chief A house fire in Allegany over the weekend resulted in the death of one man. Gordon LaFaye, 58, of 1821 W. Franklin St. died from injuries on Sunday morning, the Olean Times Herald reported on Jan. 21. The house is down the street from off-campus student housing. Julia Anderson, a senior sports… Keep Reading
Kiara Catanzaro News Editor St. Bonaventure students are seizing internship opportunities across the nation, and some are now receiving recognition for it. The Career and Professional Readiness Center (CPRC) will acknowledge Simone Bernstein, a senior social entrepreneurship and altruism major, Amy Hohman, junior community mental health major, Angelia Roggie and Alexandra Salerno, senior journalism and… Keep Reading
Riley Eike Contributing Writer January is National Blood Donor Month, which means the American Red Cross Blood Drive is returning to St. Bonaventure next week. The Red Cross will set up in the Merton Center on Wednesday, Jan. 29 and Thursday, Jan. 30 from noon to 7 p.m. and open to anyone willing to donate… Keep Reading
By Hannah Gordon News Assignment Editor Residents of western and upstate New York are no strangers to snow. However, as Bonaventure students prepared to travel back to campus during the last week of break, the blizzard of 2014 took over the Western New York region. The storm was the first Blizzard Warning issued by the… Keep Reading
By Julia Mericle Staff Writer The Student Government Association (SGA) discussed new study conveniences and clubs gave presentations at the first SGA meeting of the semester on Tuesday evening. The changes implemented include 24-hour printer availability in the Robinson Hall Computer Lab and extended hours at Friedsam Library. The library will remain open an extra… Keep Reading
By Kiara Catanzaro News Editor St. Bonaventure welcomed 20 new students during New Student Orientation, including both transfer students and freshman students for the spring semester on Sunday, Jan. 12. Chris Brown, director of first year experience and orientation, said the new students were a diverse group geographically and academically. “There were students from the… Keep Reading
By Lian Bunny Assistant News Editor David DiMattio, dean of Clare College, will leave St. Bonaventure effective March 3. He has accepted the position as the dean of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) at Montgomery County Community College in eastern Pennsylvania. DiMattio, ’91, has been a part of St. Bonaventure since he was an… Keep Reading