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
Freshman class making care packages for troops
By Amelia Kibbe Staff Writer The freshman class may not have been at Bonaventure for a full semester yet, but many students are already beginning to understand just how important service is to the school. During Welcome Days, incoming freshmen performed some sort of community service. This activity introduced students to the idea of Bonaventure… Keep Reading
Bona’s community takes pledge to volunteer
By Kiara Catanzaro News Assignment Editor St. Bonaventure students, faculty, staff and alumni are pledging to volunteer in their communities. The University has a goal of 2,000 pledges and the community is coming together with a goal to bring Buffalo Bills linebacker Arthur Moats to campus. Moats will visit campus and talk about the importance… Keep Reading
College Democrats to host 2014 hopeful Robertson
By Kiara Catanzaro News Assignment Editor On Wednesday, Nov. 20, St. Bonaventure’s College Democrats will host Democratic House candidate Martha Robertson for two lectures with students and the Olean and Allegany community. If she wins the Democratic nomination, she will challenge Republican Rep. Tom Reed in 2014. The first lecture will be located in the… Keep Reading
SGA Highlights: Nov. 12, 2013
By Emmariah Holcomb SGA Representative The Student Government Association (SGA) held a meeting Tuesday night in the Doyle Trustees room. Topics discussed included the Bona Responds Haiti Initiative, club presentations, Clare 401 classes and semester evaluations. Bona Responds is continuing its Haiti initiative with a food-packing day; the items collected and packed will be sent… Keep Reading
Sister Margaret serves as panelist at Catholic education symposium
By Nate West News Editor Sister Margaret Carney, O.S.F., university president, recently served as a panelist at the 2013 Catholic Higher Education Symposium. According to Sister Margaret, she and the rest of the panelists came together outside of Boston to read and discuss expert papers scholars of Catholic theology and higher education wrote. “We spent… Keep Reading
Butler’s feats worthy of recognition
By Harrison Leone Sports Assignment Editor Walk along the hallway at the southern end of the Reilly Center, just outside Bob Lanier Court, and you will see trophies and displays celebrating our most famous and successful alumni and teams. Brown and White legends such as John McGraw, Leo Keenan and, of course, Bob Lanier himself,… Keep Reading
Guards seize opportunity
By Taylor Nigrelli Sports Editor As the men’s basketball team (2-0) turns its collective attention to Saturday’s matchup against rival Canisius, two of its veteran guards have a more specific focus: taking care of the basketball while still maintaining an aggressive style of play. Junior Jordan Gathers and senior Charlon Kloof have followed the third… Keep Reading
Bonnies split weekend slate
By Harrison Leone Sports Assignment Editor Life on the road was not kind to the women’s basketball team last season. Away from the friendly confines of the Reilly Center, the Bonnies lost 12 of 14 games, only recording victories against Little Three rivals Buffalo and Niagara; in conference play, the team was winless away. The… Keep Reading
Bona b-ball star returns in new role
By Alexandra Salerno Advisory Editor In her final year at St. Bonaventure, Megan Van Tatenhove helped lead her undefeated regular season women’s basketball team to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen. Since graduating with a degree in elementary education in 2012, Van Tatenhove worked as a substitute teacher, coached high school basketball and worked at a cheese… Keep Reading
Bona’s doubleheader victory sends team to playoffs
By Zach Waltz Assistant Sports Editor The men’s rugby team came away from the weekend with two wins over Iona (90-5) and the United States Merchant Marine Academy at King’s Point (55-14). The victories allow the Bonnies to travel to Shippensburg, Pa. to face Shippensburg University in the American Collegiate Rugby Championship’s (ACRC) quarterfinals tomorrow… Keep Reading
Bonnies ball with kids for a cause
By Heather Monahan Features Editor Sports is one of the most internationally-recognized pastimes. It can bring people together and form bonds between different groups. That was the idea Unified Sports built upon. The program, funded by the Special Olympics, brings together athletes of the same age, regardless of whether or not they have disabilities.… Keep Reading
Brown and White season ends at home
By Chris Gilbert Staff Writer The men’s soccer team saw its season come to an end Sunday with a loss to George Mason at home. The Bonnies needed to win one of their last three games to earn an Atlantic 10 tournament bid. They lost three games down the stretch to three major conference foes.… Keep Reading
Capping off college
By Kerri Linsenbigler Associate Editor Senior capstones are an integral part of many students’ educations at Bonaventure. A capstone is a final thesis, event or other project which embodies all the student has learned here. It is kind of a last “hoorah” before a senior walks across the stage. This semester, a few students… Keep Reading
Alumni shopping spree
By Ryan Horan Contributing Writer St. Bonaventure alumni are looking to help ease the stress of Christmas shopping this year for their follow Bonnies with the Alumni Gift Guide. The Alumni Gift Guide is an online listing of St. Bonaventure alumni that make great gifts for the Bonnie in your life. There is a… Keep Reading
Lady booters fall in A-10 playoffs
By Heather Monahan Features Editor The women’s soccer team’s season came to a close Friday in Richmond, where they lost the semifinal game of the Atlantic 10 tournament. The top-seeded Dayton Flyers (14-5-2) handed the fourth-seeded Bonnies a 4-1 loss despite SBU holding a 1-0 lead for the majority of the game. The women finished… Keep Reading
Back to Buff
By Daniel Leopold Staff Writer College quickly becomes a time in every young adult’s life when school, free time and work become a stressful balancing act. The excitement and adventurous feeling experienced during the first couple of weeks of the semester soon wears down as the prospects of essays and finals draw near. Sometimes… Keep Reading
Russian connection fuels swimmers
By Zach Waltz Assistant Sports Editor Junior Vatslav Lets and sophomore Viacheslav Shchukin are two crucial swimmers on this year’s men’s swimming and diving team. Last year at the Atlantic 10 Championships, Lets was named the Most Outstanding Performer, and Shchukin was named Most Outstanding Rookie. Lets finished the meet with eight gold medals —… Keep Reading
Swimmers welcome Golden Griffins
By Joel Jackson Contributing Writer There is always a little bit more intensity when St. Bonaventure competes with Canisius, even when it comes to swimming. “Everyone knows the long history that St. Bonaventure has with Canisius in all sports, and they know when we play them in basketball, they get more ready for us than… Keep Reading
Stuck inside the ‘Walls’ of the mind
By Emily Sullivan Opinion Editor On Wednesday, Nov. 13, the Garret Theater opened its doors to a crowd of people, all waiting to be seated and watch SBU Theater’s performance of “The Walls” by Lisa Dillman. The set, skillfully designed by Becky Misenheimer, associate professor of theater, looked normal enough; a few doorways, a… Keep Reading
Movember fashion
By Majella Shields Staff Writer Hi all, and welcome to this week’s Fashion Focus. I’m about to jump on the Movember bandwagon here. It is that time of year when some among the male population take pride in not shaving for a whole month to raise money for cancer research. It’s a very charitable month… Keep Reading