The history of the softball program
Photo: St. Bonaventure Athletics BY NATHAN DONNELLY, CONTRIBUTING WRITER When the St. Bonaventure University softball team formed in 1988, Molly Quattrone took … Keep Reading
Meet the team: Gabby Richmond
Player: Gabby Richmond Height: 6-1 Year: Junior Hometown: Chicago, Ill. Position: Forward What does the team need to work on? “Not getting in our own way, not letting one game affect the next and just playing together as a team.” Keep Reading
Meet the team: Miranda Drummond
Player: Miranda Drummond Height: 6-1 Year: Sophomore Hometown: Binghamton, NY Position: Forward “Anything can happen. We have a lot of good players on the team. We stress helping each other, working together. That’s just how we’ve always been. We look out for each other.” Keep Reading
Meet the team: Katie Healy
Player: Katie Healy Height: 6-1 Year: Senior Hometown: Lancaster, N.Y. Position: Forward “I think together, as a team, we want to be better than last year for sure, but we also want to make it far. We want to impress people—we want to prove people wrong. A lot of people have doubts about us and… Keep Reading
Professors from Bonaventure: Ed Bysiek
By Amelia Kibbe Editor-in-Chief The June 5, 1989 edition of USA Today featured stories about the death of Ayatollah Khomeini, the infamous Supreme Leader of Iran, the retirement of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the NBA’s all-time leading scorer—and a feature on 9-year-old Edward Bysiek, then a student at Southern Tier Catholic School in Olean. Bysiek… Keep Reading
Buffalo Brief
By BV Sports Staff Western New Yorkers love Buffalo sports. While other areas of the country may ignore this great city, many locals are infatuated with its regional teams. So here it is: The BV’s take on all things Buffalo sports. Bills Are there any people out there that still believe in EJ Manuel? Anyone,… Keep Reading
Chinelly starts career with club hockey
By Ethan MacKrell Contributing Writer There’s no better feeling than getting your first goal out of the way and taking the pressure off your shoulders. This past weekend, Joe Chinelly scored the first goal of his Bonaventure career off of a pass from line mate Andrew Farnham. Chinelly, a freshman on this year’s St.… Keep Reading
Band and choir perform in Rigas Theater
By Brandon Chin The halls of the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts echoed this past Sunday with the sounds of another concert in the Visual Performing Art’s Fall Series. The afternoon performance consisted of a score of singers from the concert choir and select scores played by the concert band. Though only… Keep Reading
School of spooks
By Marissa McCall Halloween is right around the corner and students said they are excited to dress up and have fun with friends, while others are busy putting together on-campus events. To kick off the Halloween festivities, the Buzz is hosting WSBU-FM, 88.3 The Buzz Fall Field Day, where they will have music, cider… Keep Reading
All that jazz
By Lauren Zazzara The St. Bonaventure campus will be swaying to the sounds of jazz over the course of this school year with the CLAR 209 Jazz Concert Series funded by the Keenan-Martine endowment. The series began on Oct. 22 with a Jazz ‘n Wings performance by Les Sabina and the Sextet. Sabina, Ph.D,… Keep Reading
Club hockey drops weekend series
By Nick Konotopskyj Sports Assignment Editor St. Bonaventure’s hockey team played two games against Ithaca this weekend with Ithaca taking the first game in a shootout 6-5 and the Bonnies taking the second game 3-2. For the Bonnies, it was their second win on the season, and it puts their record at 2-3-1. Forward… Keep Reading
Listen up, freshmen
By Caitlyn Morral When Sierra Dechane was a freshman, she waited until the last second to study for her exams. A classic freshman mistake, according to Dechane. Now, as a sophomore, she, and other upperclassmen, want to offer advice to this year’s freshman class as their first semester at Bonaventure winds down. On Oct.… Keep Reading
Men’s rugby falls short of state tournamant
By Jonathan Sawyer Assistant Sports Editor The men’s rugby team has been going through a rebuilding season. Senior Captain Phil Jackling, says even though the team is struggling, he sees improvement every week in practice and games. “Our record of 1-5 does not accurately reflect how well the team is doing,” Jackling said.… Keep Reading
Women’s soccer loses to Dayton
By Gavin Lindahl Staff Writer As they sit in the basement of the Atlantic 10, the women’s soccer team is nowhere near where it wanted to be at this point of the season. The conference campaign has yielded a meek 2-6 record at press time. Coming off back-to-back road losses against Davidson and Dayton, the… Keep Reading
Mastering vocals
Students said they’re warming up their vocal cords for the vocal master class next week. On the evenings of Monday, Nov. 2 and Tuesday, Nov. 3, students will have the opportunity to attend six voice-training sessions. The seminar includes a group warm-up each day, as well as separate sessions on conveying emotions, reading a monologue/dialogue… Keep Reading
Nwafornso recieves award
By Dominic LoVallo Staff Writer A 3-0 loss to Duquesne University last Saturday officially eliminated the St. Bonaventure’s men’s soccer team from reaching the Atlantic 10 (A-10) playoffs this season. The Bonnies also lost the final of their three goaltenders due to a concussion only 21 minutes and 58 seconds into the first half.… Keep Reading
Essay winners talk about ABR book
Eight freshmen got the opportunity to eat dinner with justice advocates on Monday for their reflection essays on the All Bonaventure Reads book “Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption” by Bryan Stevenson. Each incoming freshman had to read the book and write a reflective essay. Some freshmen said they think everyone would benefit… Keep Reading
Dialogue neglects Wiccan viewpoint
By Hannah Gordon Managing Editor The #RaceMatters program hosted talks on the American judicial system, racial bias in society and cultural appropriation in Halloween costumes. The latter was lacking a crucial detail, according the Pauline Hoffmann, dean of the journalism and mass communication school. “I guess I thought (Wicca) would be touched on a bit,… Keep Reading
Professor authors Spotsylvania article
“We tried to focus on a battle that civil war buffs knew about, but a facet that is often overlooked.” Chris Mackowski, Ph.D., professor of journalism and mass communication has co-authored an article that appears in the most recent edition of Civil War Times magazine. “Another Butchery: The Third and Final Union Attack on Spotsylvania’s… Keep Reading
Bona Bastketball to return
By Nick Konotopskyj Sports Assignment Editor Marcus Posley with the ball, Bonnies down two points. Ten seconds left in the Atlantic 10 quarterfinal matchup with the Dayton Flyers. The man who sent the Bonnies off with two walk-off wins earlier in the year was looking for the trifecta when he got stripped of the… Keep Reading
Recent events necessitate campus discussion about sexual violence
By Julia Mericle News Editor On Oct. 4, a student reported the second alleged sexual assault on campus this academic year. In response to this incident, Sister Margaret Carney, O.S.F., university president, said there might need to be a larger campus discussion about sexuality. “By a larger campus conversation I mean that we do not… Keep Reading