Bonaventure removes trees due to safety concerns
Tree stump behind John J. Murphy Professional Building Elizabeth Kamrowski /The Bona Venture BY: ELIZABETH KAMROWSKI, NEWS ASSIGNMENT EDITOR When walking to … Keep Reading
On The Mark
By Taylor Nigrelli Sports Editor In his first six seasons as head coach of St. Bonaventure men’s basketball, Mark Schmidt has taken on plenty of seemingly impossible challenges. He inherited a program decimated by NCAA sanctions stemming from the Jamil Terrell scandal. He overcame the school’s location, financial and size issues to recruit players capable… Keep Reading
Young core provides hope
By Taylor Nigrelli Sports Editor You’ll have to excuse St. Bonaventure students for their light attendance of Saturday’s women’s basketball scrimmage. The program hasn’t exactly been a beacon of hope the past year. Last season, as the defending Atlantic 10 regular season champions, the team dropped 11 out of 14 conference games, scoring 60 or… Keep Reading
Men set for two-match week
The men’s rugby team beat the Rutgers Scarlet Knights 43-12 Sunday in New Haven, N.J. Head Coach Clarence Picard said he started five freshmen to get them playing experience. This tactic is new to the Bonnies lineup. “(The freshmen) all had their ups and downs, definitely,” Picard said. “They’re still getting used to the speed… Keep Reading
SBU ready for playoffs
By Heather Monahan Features Editor The St. Bonaventure women’s soccer team is looking to go where no Bonaventure soccer team has gone before. The team advances to the Atlantic 10 postseason tournament for the sixth year in a row, something only the Bonnies and the Dayton Flyers have done. The women were picked to finish… Keep Reading
Bonnies unseat Mounties
By Harrison Leone Sports Assignment Editor The trees are bare, frost is in the air and night is coming early. It’s basketball season at St. Bonaventure. Head Coach Mark Schmidt, in his seventh year at SBU, will look to bring the Bonnies back to Atlantic 10 prominence. The lights glared sharply off the hard wood… Keep Reading
Sophomores shine as women down Edinboro
By Taylor Nigrelli Sports Editor The women’s basketball team shook off the rust of an eight-month offseason Saturday as they defeated the Edinboro Fighting Scots, 65-43, in an exhibition matchup. Despite the final score, the game was close for quite a while. Edinboro out-rebounded the Bonnies 26-14 in the first half and trailed just 32-28… Keep Reading
Brown and White searching for first win
By Gavin Lindahl Staff Writer The hockey team finished last weekend with a pair of losses for the third straight week. After losing on the road Friday night against Niagara 3-2, the team saw a 7-6 loss against Canisius at home Saturday evening. According to sophomore defenseman Billy Weltzer, the club didn’t walk away from… Keep Reading
Runners make SBU history at A-10s
By Pat Tintle Staff Writer With one race left in the season, the Bonnies have seen their shares of ups and downs this season. However, according to Head Coach Bob Macfarlane, the team has made some impressive strides from where they were a year ago. “Progressively, we’ve gotten better,” Macfarlane said. “All the girls who… Keep Reading
Swimmers prepare for Cleveland meet
By Zach Waltz Assistant Sports Editor The men’s swimming and diving team swam away with a substantial 207-125 victory last Saturday in its meet against La Salle. The meet took place at the Spire Institute in Geneva, Ohio, the same pool that will host the Atlantic 10 Championships in February. The meet is usually a… Keep Reading
Swimmers prepare for Cleveland meet
By Joel Jackson Contributing Writer The St. Bonaventure women’s swimming and diving team still has some work to do before the Atlantic 10 Championships, coach Seth Johnson said. After falling to A-10 rivals La Salle and Duquesne last weekend, the Bonnies look to improve today at Cleveland State at 3 p.m. “We want to come… Keep Reading
Make a difference with words
By Betsy Pray Staff Writer Writing letters seems to be a thing of the past. But what if writing a letter involved learning about a new culture, changing people’s lives and teaching someone English? BonaResponds is giving people the chance to do just that. The service organization is launching a new pen pal program… Keep Reading
Mustache motivation
By Amelia Kibbe Staff Writer Keep calm and mustache on! This month, St. Bonaventure University will be participating in “Movember 2013.” This is the second year Bonaventure has taken part in the month-long event, and the goals for this year are twice as high. The idea of “Movember” is simple. In order to raise… Keep Reading
Breaking down “The Walls”
By Jackie Roberts Staff Writer Every day, we pass hundreds of students: in the hallways, in the Hickey, in our dorm buildings and walking from one place to another. Some of these people are our friends; some you may not even know their names. By that glance you make when you pass them, you… Keep Reading
A formal affair
By Majella Shields Staff Writer Hi everyone, and welcome to this week’s fashion focus. Word in the Hickey Dining Hall this week is that there are club/team formals going on over the next few weeks; everybody loves the opportunity to put on a fancy dress or suit up. I’ve never been to one of these… Keep Reading
Don’t interrupt Obamacare’s struggles
By Kevin Rogers Managing Editor House Majority Whip Francis Underwood, D-S.C., Kevin Spacey’s charmingly wicked anti-hero on Netflix’s “House of Cards,” has some advice for congressional Republicans on how they should deal with the Affordable Care Act. “When your enemy is f**king up, don’t interrupt.” And indeed, it appears that Republican foes are stumbling and… Keep Reading
Writing section on SATs needs to count
By Mary Best Opinion and Advisory Editor My younger sister and I are experiencing our senior years together — hers in high school, mine at Bona’s. While the nerves that come with joining “the real world” surround my everyday activities, fighting the injustice of standardized testing surrounds hers. The dreaded Scholastic Assessment Test, or SAT,… Keep Reading
Celebrities need to be remembered for good and bad
By Harrison Leone Sports Assignment Editor One of the most influential and unheralded pioneers of modern music was lost last Sunday when Lou Reed passed away at age 71. Artists, writers and fans of all ages immediately expressed their sorrow at the death of the former Velvet Underground frontman. By all accounts, Reed was an… Keep Reading
Orcas not to blame for actions in captivity
By Kiara Catanzaro News Assignment Editor Did you ever visit SeaWorld when you were younger? Orcas perform tricks with trainers and their performances illustrate the life of an orca in captivity as harmless and even beautiful. However, it is the exact opposite. “Blackfish,” a documentary directed and produced by Gabriela Cowperthwaite, tells the story of… Keep Reading
School should encourage sports during recess, not repress them
By Sara Ward Associate Editor When I think of recess, I recall warm days spent running down the hill behind my elementary school to the row of swing sets lined up in the back and pumping my legs so fast I thought I would be able to touch the sky. I remember playing tag with… Keep Reading
St. Bonaventure mobile app discontinued
By Kiara Catanzaro News Assignment Editor With the launch of the new St. Bonaventure website, Emily Sinsabaugh, vice president of university relations, made the choice to discontinue the St. Bonaventure University mobile app Tuesday. “Ultimately, it was my decision, but I consulted with our marketing and communications team as well as with Technology Services and… Keep Reading