St. Bonaventure Women’s Lacrosse Preps for Upcoming A-10 Tournament
Photo courtesy of gobonnies.com BY: SAMUEL WEILERT; STAFF WRITER The St. Bonaventure women’s lacrosse team is looking to end its season strong. Its final regular … Keep Reading
University funds renovations to dining hall roof
By Jason Klaiber Staff Writer In mid-August, Peterson Roofing Company, Inc. of Olean started repairing the roof of the Hickey Dining Hall at St. Bonaventure. Much of the same roof has been in place since the dining hall’s opening in 1931. According to Phil Winger, associate vice president for facilities, the structure of the tile… Keep Reading
Club budgets increase: SGA receives $42,000 gift to give to clubs
By Lian Bunny Photo Editor After St. Bonaventure clubs prepared for another budget decrease for the 2015-2016 academic year, a university gift of $42,000 allowed the Student Government Association (SGA) to raise students’ expectations and club allocations. SGA President Rose Brown said the group was told the funds were a “university gift.” The university did… Keep Reading
RAs switch to hourly pay: Bonas ends students’ previous flat stipend pay
By Julia Mericle News Editor Beginning this year, all resident assistants (RA) will be paid hourly wages rather than a stipend, said Nichole Gonzalez, executive director of residential living. According to Gonzalez, RAs were previously paid a flat stipend through six installments during the course of the academic year. Gonzalez said the stipend totaled around… Keep Reading
Bonnies earn weekend split at home
By Gavin Lindahl Staff Writer After a loss to Akron and a win over Cleveland State, the women’s soccer team is finishing a four-game home stand and taking to the road this weekend for the first time in about two weeks. Coach Steve Brdarski said he is happy with his team’s performance over the stretch… Keep Reading
NFL season kicks off
By Nick Konotopskyj Sports assignment editor It has been eight long months since Seahawks Head Coach, Pete Carroll, decided not to give the ball to running back Marshawn Lynch in Super Bowl XLIX. We all know what happened next—Wilson gets picked off and New England brings the Vince Lombardi trophy home for the first time… Keep Reading
Soccer goes scoreless in Brooklyn
The best offense is a good defense. It’s one of the most clichéd sayings in sports, but it often holds true. But for the men’s soccer team, defense has not been enough. Last weekend, the team competed at the Brooklyn Bridge Cup, losing to LIU Brooklyn and St. Francis Brooklyn. The Bonnies’ offensive drought stretched… Keep Reading
Golfers par for the course at Colgate Invitational
By Nick Konotopskyj Sports Assignment Editor The men’s golf team kicked off the 2015 season with a seventh- place finish in the Colgate Invitational last weekend. Fourteen schools competed in the tournament, and oach Eric Hoops said this was a great way to start the season, especially for his freshmen and sophomores. “It was a… Keep Reading
New club budgets exceed expectations
By Lian Bunny Photo Editor After St. Bonaventure clubs prepared for another budget decrease for the 2015-2016 academic year, a university gift of $42,000 allowed the Student Government Association (SGA) to raise people’s expectations and club allocations. SGA President Rose Brown said the group was told the funds were a “university gift.” The university did… Keep Reading
Bona’s welcomes new family: New members adjust to the Bona bubble
By Julia Mericle News Editor Professor Adam Cook, who graduated with a Ph. D. from the State University of New York at Buffalo last year, joined the finance department as a visiting assistant professor. Cook previously worked as a visiting professor at SUNY Fredonia. He will be teaching macroeconomic principles and statistical apps for business… Keep Reading
Soccer splits first two home games
Scoring two goals in one game is enough to get any St. Bonaventure soccer player excited. Especially for sophomore midfielder Kieran Toland, who netted both goals for the Bonnies in a thrilling overtime win Friday night. But the men’s soccer team failed to end its initial home stand undefeated, losing to Hartwick 1-0 Monday night.… Keep Reading
New beginnings
By Caitlyn Morral Staff Writer For freshmen, the start of the academic year is both an exciting and terrifying experience, they said. Transitioning into a new school, especially from high school to college, can be stressful. Part of the problem, students say, is that it’s hard to know what to expect. “I was a little… Keep Reading
Bona’s makes the cut: University lands on Princeton Review
The Princeton Review listed Bonaventure on its 2016 list for the Best 380 Colleges. The university is one of only about 15 percent of American colleges to be named to the list for this year. Emily Morris, vice president for student affairs, said the university looks at the Princeton Review rankings every year. “It has… Keep Reading
Running out of time
Kerry Caher is to the women’s cross country team what Andrew Nicholson was to the men’s basketball program: an immensely talented athlete who somehow ended up competing for the brown and white. Caher, who is entering her senior season, already stands as the greatest female runner in St. Bonaventure history because she holds the school… Keep Reading
Serving up smiles
By Lauren Zazzara Features Editor Instead of spending the dog days of summer at the beach to do some relaxing, some students at St. Bonaventure opted to go to Africa to do some service. Two students who chose to volunteer this summer were Amanda Saeli, a junior marketing major, and David Bryant, a junior journalism… Keep Reading
Bona’s honors Panzarella for 50 years of service
By Amelia Kibbe Editor-in-Chief As part of the academic section of the university’s opening ceremonies, university officials honored one of Bonaventure’s longest-standing professors, Patrick Panzarella, Ph. D. Over the summer, anonymous donors gave a $600,000 gift to establish a professorship in Panzarella’s honor. On Sunday, Sister Margaret Carney, O.S.F, university president, presented Panzarella with a… Keep Reading
Bonnies Beat Bulls
By Nick Konotopskyj Sports Assignment Editor Four games into the season, the women’s soccer team picked up its first win of the season. It came on Tuesday night in front of a raucous Bonnies’ home crowd. The final score was 2-0 over the State University of New York at Buffalo. The win comes after a… Keep Reading
QCA exhibit honors local Civil War heroes
By Amelia Kibbe Editor-in-Chief Mark Dunkelman said he didn’t realize that a letter he wrote to Father Irenaeus more than 50 years ago would one day help bring a collection more than 40 years in the making to a final resting spot at St. Bonaventure. Dunkelman’s collection on a Civil War regiment, the 154th New… Keep Reading
Security reports on weekend activities
By Julia Mericle News Editor During the first weekend on campus, from Thursday to Sunday, six students were arrested by the Village of Allegany Police Department for either possession of alcohol, open container or littering, officials said. In addition, 26 underage students were involved in three instances of alcohol confiscations and three medical calls were… Keep Reading
Ho-hum horror
Grab a nightlight and a blanket, because “Sinister 2” hit theaters with full intent to make its viewers jump out of their seats. “Sinister 2,” a sequel to the 2012 supernatural horror film “Sinister,” hit theaters August 21. The film is centered on a mother, Courtney Collins (Shannyn Sossamon) and her two sons, Dylan and… Keep Reading
Students react to loss of cable TV in living spaces
By Rachel Konieczny News Assignment Editor Bonaventure students said they are encountering decreased WiFi bandwidth and noticeable cable changes through Time Warner as students moved back to campus for the beginning of the academic year. Talk of these changes began last semester with the university’s overall goal of more than tripling the Internet bandwidth strength,… Keep Reading