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
Online summer courses available
By: Julia Mericle News Assignment Editor Bonaventure offers approximately 25 undergraduate courses online over the summer, as well as several courses taught on campus, according to Michael Fischer, provost and vice president for academic affairs. Graduate courses can be taken on Bonaventure’s main campus, the Buffalo center, which is on the Hilbert College campus, and… Keep Reading
Bona’s hosts spring admissions events
By: Rachel Konieczney Assistant News Editor Over 70 prospective students have visited campus during the five admissions events since the beginning of the spring semester, Monica Emery, director of recruitment, said. According to Emery, this number is a slight increase from last spring’s admissions events. “The event is meant to introduce St. Bonaventure University to… Keep Reading
Do we covet cable or need some speed?
By Luis Rodriguez Last week, St. Bonaventure officials blessed us with some good news and not-so-good news. The good news was that they would be tripling the internet bandwidth on campus. The not-so-good news is that to compensate for this change, they will be removing cable from all rooms There are both positives and negatives… Keep Reading
Sprechen sie Deustche, baby?
By Harrison Leone English is an amazing language. It is the closest thing the human race has ever had to a universal tongue. It does not have the most amount of speakers worldwide—that distinction belongs to Chinese, with over a billion native speakers to English’s 335 million—but it has a global breadth that no other… Keep Reading
Long’s story short
By Reid Okoniewski Contributing Writer At 10 years old, freshman golfer Corey Long received his first set of golf clubs from his father. “I remember getting them, trying out golf for a year and then quitting,” Long said. “It was also really hard to stay with the passion of the sport, because it’s so difficult… Keep Reading
Bonnies prep for conference tourney
By Jonathan Sawyer Staff Writer The men’s tennis team had the week off from competition last week. The Bonnies ended their regular season against La Salle and Saint Joseph’s, and they had a week to prepare for the Atlantic 10 Championships. The team looks to take on Duquesne in the first round of the A… Keep Reading
Linksmen move toward A-10s
Last weekend, the golf team traveled to Pennsylvania State University to play in its final tournament before the Atlantic 10 Invitational. Although the Bonnies finished 10th in the 12-team field at the Rutherford Intercollegiate Invitational, junior Patrick Milkovich said he was pleased with the team’s performance. “We never gave up on the game,” Milkovich said.… Keep Reading
Baseball splits doubleheader
By Pat Tintle Sports Editor The baseball team kept true to its up-and-down season as it split a doubleheader against Bucknell in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania Tuesday. The Bonnies took game one by a score of 6-3. Junior pitcher Steve Klimek earned the win by going five innings and giving up three runs. Klimek improved to a… Keep Reading
Sluggers Sweep Niagara
By Nick Konotopskyj Assistant Sports Editor After three close losses over the weekend at the University of Massachusetts, the St. Bonaventure softball team bounced back Tuesday, taking both games of the doubleheader against Niagara. In the first game, the Bonnies jumped out to a two-run lead after the first inning, and that ended up being… Keep Reading
Time to Slaughter the Goat
By Nick Konotopskyj Assistant Sports Editor One hundred seven years and counting. From the “curse of the billy goat” to Steve Bartman’s infamous play in the 2003 National League Championship Series, the Chicago Cubs have been the lovable losers of Major League Baseball for the last century. The last time Chicago made the postseason was… Keep Reading
Ask what you can do for the environment
By Philosophy Club members In the late 1970s, a number of reporters in a small suburb east of Niagara Falls noticed some alarming health issues: miscarriages, asthma, birth defects, cancers, and more. They investigated, discovering that the Hooker Chemical Company had dumped about 21,800 tons of toxic waste at the site before selling it. Chemicals… Keep Reading
Fashion goes from garbage to garment
Recycling has never looked so good. Tread Lightly hosted its third annual Trashion Fashion event on Tuesday at The Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts on Tuesday. Tread Lightly aims to encourage environmental friendliness across campus by participating in Recyclemania and bringing speakers to campus. The club is also responsible for the bi-weekly Toilet… Keep Reading
Green greatness
By Lauren Zazzara Features Assignment Editor With Recyclemania culminating in the Trashion Fashion show this week, students are reminded to look at wasteful practices and find ways to reduce carbon footprints. When it comes to fashion, there are lots of ways that students can reduce, reuse and recycle so that less material has to go… Keep Reading
Take action abroad
By Lauren Zazzara Features Assignment Editor Summer is usually time for serving ice cream, but some Bonaventure students are going to use the time to serve others. Several students have plans to go abroad this summer on service missions in the hopes of making a difference in the communities they will visit. Amanda Saeli, a… Keep Reading
When in Prague
By Hannah Gordon Czech Correspondent As the classic “young American goes to Europe” movies suggest, I had to do something crazy during my time abroad. This week definitely fits the bill. I made a tattoo appointment to get another tattoo. I’ve decided I want “Na Zdraví!” which translates literally to “to your health,” but is… Keep Reading
Worthy of gold
By Kellen Quigley Staff Writer “Woman in Gold” is a motion picture worth a thousand screengrabs. From director Simon Curtis, best known for his 2011 film “My Week with Marilyn,” comes the true story of an elderly Jewish woman, Maria Altman, her lawyer, Randol Schoenberg and their attempts to recover stolen artwork that once… Keep Reading
Galaxy far away
By Pat Tintle Sports Editor Geeks, nerds and enthusiasts rejoice: a new “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” trailer has finally hit the web. Following the release of the November, 90-second teaser trailer, Lucasfilm and Disney premiered the full-length teaser last week. The trailer already has 41 million views on YouTube and has been scrutinized by everyone… Keep Reading
Respect your mother
Those who love recycling, trees and the environment had a chance to spread their passion to others on Earth Day Wednesday. Earth Day began when founder Gaylord Nelson witnessed the horrors caused by the massive oil spill of 1969 in Santa Barbara, California. At the time, a student anti-war movement was booming, so Nelson decided… Keep Reading
Tuition increases 3 percent: Students should anticipate a $1,000 increase for the 2015-2016 school year
By: Lian Bunny News Editor St. Bonaventure students can anticipate a 3 percent increase in tuition for the 2015-2016 academic year, according to Emily Morris, vice president for university relations. The tuition for the 2015-2016 academic year will increase from $30,475 to $31,389, a $914 raise. Jeffrey Georgiades, a junior biology major, said his first… Keep Reading
Cable Cut
By Rachel Konieczny Assistant News Editor Beginning next fall, St. Bonaventure University will no longer provide free cable service to individual student residence spaces. Instead, Bonaventure will be more than tripling its Internet bandwidth strength. Bandwidth is the transmission capacity of a computer network. “The reality is, as students are self selecting to receive video… Keep Reading