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
Field of Dreams: New turf key to athletics future
On June 7, the athletic department broke ground on the new athletic fields complex, a project that cost about $2 million. Attending sporting events at McGraw-Jennings Athletics Fields complex is a staple of for hardcore Bonnies fans. This year, and for many years to come, Bonventure faithful will enjoy the luxury of watching soccer, lacrosse… Keep Reading
Class of 2014 fundraising to pave Quick footpath
By Kevin Rogers Editor-in-Chief As the class of 2014 prepares to graduate, it is mounting a fundraising effort to pave the dirt and stone footpath between Devereux Hall and the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts. To reach their goal of $7,500, class leaders are asking their fellow seniors to make a donation… Keep Reading
Class of 2014 prepares for graduation with slate of events: Candlelight Induction Ceremony will kick off Senior Week before154th Commencement celebration
By Hannah Gordon News Assignment Editor Graduation is fast approaching for the Class of 2014. Graduates will receive their diplomas at St. Bonaventure University’s 154th Commencement on Sunday, May 11. This year’s keynote speaker, Joan Brown Campbell, former director of the Department of Religion at the Chautauqua Institution for 13 years, is one of three… Keep Reading
Stock Box
By Sean Corey Staff Writer Investors will remember the first quarter of 2014 by the Russian-Ukraine conflict and the harsh winter in the United States. Energy companies benefited the most from these events. Both the harsh winter and the conflict in Eastern Europe caused the prices of natural gas and oil to rise. Our… Keep Reading
Documentary highlights issues facing fracking oversight
By Lian Bunny Assistant News Editor Investigative journalists Joshua Pribanic and Melissa Troutman showed their documentary “Triple Divide,” revealing some of the issues with the oversight of hydraulic fracturing, a controversial method of extracting natural gas at St. Bonaventure this week. The documentary was shown in the Dresser Auditorium of the John J. Murphy Professional… Keep Reading
Bona’s female athletes to celebrate national ‘Women in Sports Day’
By Kiara Catanzaro News Editor St. Bonaventure’s female student-athletes and staff are set to host local high school female athletes and their coaches to participate in 28th annual National Girls and Women in Sports Day on Tuesday, April 29 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event, sponsored by the school of education,… Keep Reading
Club sells bracelets for Uganda
By Emma Zaremba Features Editor Simple, woven hemp bracelets continue to weave wishes for the people of Bethlehem, Uganda. This week, St. Bonaventure’s Embrace it Africa organization has been selling woven hemp bracelets in the Reilly Center. The sale will continue today from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Each bracelet, priced at… Keep Reading
Construction in freshman residence halls causes club relocation, computer lab closure
By Hannah Gordon Assistant News Editor Robinson and Falconio Halls aren’t the only spots on campus changing for next semester. Along with the dorm facelifts, some clubs will be shuffling their office spaces and a computer lab will shut down. Medical Emergency Response Team (MERT) will be moved from Falconio 128 to Robinson Hall next… Keep Reading
Bona’s and Hilbert to continue feasibility study
By Kiara Catanzaro News Editor President Sister Margaret Carney, O.S.F., hosted several campus briefings regarding the strategic alliance between St. Bonaventure and Hilbert College. Sister Margaret held the talks on Wednesday, April 9, at the University Club, Tuesday, April 15, and Tuesday, April 22. She will host one final briefing on Wednesday, April 30, at… Keep Reading
Students push for women’s studies
By Lian Bunny Assistant News Editor Students from St. Bonaventure women’s studies group are advocating for WS-101, Introduction to Women’s Studies, to count as credit for either CLAR-105, Inquiry into the Social World, or CLAR-208, World Views. The idea originated from a discussion in WS-499, Colloquium in Women’s Studies. Angela Kim, a senior… Keep Reading
In their own little corner, in their bright yellow room
By Pat Loftus Contributing Writer Located in Murphy, there is a small room painted yellow. Inside that room there are ten students. Inside of those students there are brains. Inside of those brains there are synapses. And inside those synapses are thoughts, ideas and solutions that matter. So why do these synapses matter? The answer… Keep Reading
Breaking borders
By Andrea Fernandes Staff Writer Instead of diving into pools this summer, Bonaventure students will have the opportunity to dive into new cultures through the mentorship program. Mentors will be needed to assist international students from Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador for five weeks. Students will have the opportunity to participate in a paid mentor position… Keep Reading
Experience ‘gets the worm’
By Amelia Kibbe Features Assignment Editor These days, a fancy degree and a high GPA are not enough to land the perfect job. For many Bonaventure students, internships are a must to boost their résumés in hopes for a job after graduation. These internships can teach students essentials of a job as well as offer… Keep Reading
Czech it out
By Harrison Leone Czech Correspondent The 11:30, or 23:30, if you prefer, bus from Prague to Munich pulled in to the outskirts of the capital of Bavaria before the sun was up and, unfortunately for me, before the trains into the heart of town were running. So I set up camp on a chilly train… Keep Reading
Bonnies love this: Spring weekend
Spring Weekend Necessities 1. Kickball Team- The more creative, slightly inappropriate and risqué the name is, the better. Everyone knows that it doesn’t matter if you win or lose: it’s all about the shirt you get. 2. Meal Bracelet- Don’t forget to grab one of those wonderful green plastic bracelets. You can’t miss out on… Keep Reading
Editor looks back on eventful three years
By Taylor Nigrelli Sports Editor I’ve never wanted to be anything but a sports writer. When I was in middle school, I used to write fake newspaper sports sections, reporting real and imaginary sports news. In high school, I obsessed about the intricacies of nearly every sport at every level. So as I pen my… Keep Reading
SBU expands role in Special Olympics
By Taylor Nigrelli Sports Editor Thursday, St. Bonaventure students joined local law enforcement agents, high school students, Special Olympic athletes and others for the 2014 Law Enforcement torch run to honor late state trooper Ross M. Riley. Riley, an Allegany native, was killed in a rappelling training exercise in November. Olean is just one of… Keep Reading
SBU drops five straight
By Gavin Lindahl Assistant Sports Editor After dropping Wednesday’s game to Binghamton University, the baseball team is now winless in its last five games. That streak includes a three-game series against Atlantic 10 opponent Fordham University in which the Bonnies were outscored by 20 runs. The Bonnies current streak of losses came after what appeared… Keep Reading
Male laxers post 4-1 record in 2014 slate
By Zach Waltz Sports Assignment Editor While St. Bonaventure does not have a Division I men’s lacrosse team, many male students get to play lacrosse regularly due to the men’s club lacrosse team. After going 1-4 last season, this year’s team showed a lot of improvement going 4-1 in games against teams from around the… Keep Reading
Editor’s time at The BV changed him for the better
By Matthew Laurrie Opinion Editor Saying goodbye to my BV byline is not going to be easy. If the walls of The Bona Venture could talk, I’m sure they’d tell you I sing a disturbing amount of Beyoncé, say words that would make Sister Margaret cringe, cry a lot and snore even more. Within the… Keep Reading