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
Courtside troubles
By Joel Jackson Staff Writer The St. Bonaventure women’s tennis team has faced plenty of adversity so far this season. The biggest challenge for the Brown and White has been not having enough players to compete in matches. Injuries have depleted the team’s already limited roster, junior Marissa Brossard said. “(Our problem is) not having… Keep Reading
Campus community remembers Brian Moretti
By Kiara Catanzaro News Editor The St. Bonaventure community mourns the loss of Brian Moretti, assistant sports information director, who passed away last Wednesday. Moretti, 26, died of apparent cardiac arrest while in Richmond, Va. for the women’s Atlantic 10 basketball tournament. Steve Mest, associate athletics director, said he will remember Moretti’s… Keep Reading
Stock Box: Manage your student loans
By Sean Corey Staff Writer According to CNN, the average student loan debt reached $29,400 per student in 2012, up from $18,750 in 2004. Student loan debt is quickly becoming a problem for our generation. Many recent graduates have trouble managing and paying their loans. If you have student loans, it can be a… Keep Reading
Freshman looks to bring laughs to campus with comedy club
By Emma Zaremba Features Editor Too often, performance spaces around campus such as the Skeller, the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts and the Garrett Theater are filled with nothing but silence. One Bonaventure student discovered what was missing and found a way to cure the quiet with laughter. Freshman journalism and… Keep Reading
St. Bonaventure students present at NYC journalism history conference
By Kiara Catanzaro News Editor Eleven St. Bonaventure students traveled to New York City to participate in a journalism history conference to discuss the role of advocacy in journalism. The conference, on Saturday, March 8, was located at New York University’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute. The students who presented at the conference included three… Keep Reading
BonaResponds prepares for food packing day
By Lian Bunny Assistant News Editor BonaResponds, St. Bonaventure’s volunteer service organization, will be packing boxes of food on Saturday, March 22, with a goal of sending 100,000 meals to people in Haiti and the Philippines. To reach their meal goal, the group needs to raise $22,000. Senior math major and BonaResponds member, Lilly Whelan,… Keep Reading
SGA weighs constitution changes at meeting
By Julia Mericle Staff Writer Members of SGA began revising their constitution at the Student Government Association (SGA) meeting on Tuesday evening. The most recent update to the SGA constitution was last spring. Senator-at-large and executive board president candidate Alexander Noguerola announced what the proposed changes to the constitution are and then asked… Keep Reading
Lynn: ‘work as 16’
By Erin Izydorczak Contributing Writer Last Saturday, the St. Bonaventure Lacrosse team lost its third consecutive game to Binghamton by a score of 19-3. Binghamton came out hard and scored seven goals in the first 13 minutes of the game. Meanwhile the Bonnies started slowly and couldn’t get the ball into the offensive zone for… Keep Reading
Struggles continue for SBU
By Eustace Q. Browne Staff Writer The St. Bonaventure softball team (3-16) returns home after a 1-3 showing in the Lady Pirates Classic which took place on March 8-9. The Bonnies lost their first three games of the tournament before salvaging the fourth game against Drexel (3-7) in the second game of a double header.… Keep Reading
Sudbrook big on ‘small ball’
By Gavin Lindahl Assistant Sports Editor The St. Bonaventure baseball team left for Ohio University yesterday to kick off a four-game series against the Bobcats beginning today and ending Sunday. According to Coach Larry Sudbrook, the Bonnies have been working on “small ball” during the past week in preparation for this weekend. Progress has been… Keep Reading
Storming the courtroom
By Amelia Kibbe Features Assignment Editor Mock trial knows how to bring down the gavel. St. Bonaventure’s mock trial team will compete this weekend at the Opening Round Championship Series (ORCS) Tournament in Hamilton, Ohio. This is the next level after the team’s first-place win at the regional competition in Buffalo last month. The team,… Keep Reading
Brooklyn’s finest face off
By Taylor Nigrelli Sports Editor St. Bonaventure (18-14, 7-10) punched its ticket to the Atlantic 10 quarterfinals Thursday when they defeated the La Salle Explorers (15-17, 7-10), 82-72 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn in this season’s rubber match. Strong interior play highlighted Thursday’s win over La Salle. Junior center Youssou Ndoye, sophomore forward Dion… Keep Reading
Something wicked
By Emily Sullivan Associate Editor It all started with a book. When “Once Upon a Time” first aired on ABC in 2011, it put almost 12.9 million viewers under its spell, according to an Oct. 24, 2011 TV Line story. Since then, it has managed to captivate viewers for two and a half seasons due… Keep Reading
Moretti was one of a kind
By Taylor Nigrelli For those who have not yet heard or have already forgotten, St. Bonaventure Assistant Sports Information Director Brian Moretti died last Wednesday in Richmond, Va. of apparent cardiac arrest. It’s likely most students and faculty didn’t know who Brian was before they received the Notice Board email informing them of his death. The… Keep Reading
Editor finds Twitter flaws
The Bona’s-centric Twitter account, Bonnies Confessions, @BonniesConfess, is still popular and going strong after three weeks, but our campus community hasn’t been made any better for it. For those unaware, Bonnies Confessions allows anyone to post anonymous comments about experiences or people at St. Bonaventure. The account has ballooned in followers, gathering some 850 in… Keep Reading
La Verna shows potential
Ever crave some late-night munchies? Looking for a comfortable setting to chat with friends and enjoy a hot brew? If you didn’t know, Café La Verna is a hot spot to lounge in a social atmosphere, but also a place where you can focus on your schoolwork. La Verna’s biggest problem is a lack of… Keep Reading
Sisters get their own week
By Andrea Fernandes Contributing Writer Sister Suzanne Kush, O.S.F., and other Catholic sisters of the St. Bonaventure community gathered Tuesday night to celebrate the first-ever National Catholic Sisters Week. With March being Women’s History Month, this past week was dedicated to recognize the impact that Catholic sisters have made in America. The sisters hosted a… Keep Reading
Conferences are vital for student’s success
Editor attends journalism conference in New York City I went to New York City, and all I spent was six dollars. Seriously. This isn’t some bad T-shirt slogan, but the truth. Last Friday, I headed out to the Big Apple with ten other students for the Joint Journalism and Communication History Conference (JJCHC). It’s the… Keep Reading
All action, no substance
By Ryan Horan Contributing Writer In yet another example of a studio trying to milk more money from a successful past film, I give you “300: Rise of an Empire.” The movie, a sequel to the 2006 hit “300,” hit theaters Friday, March 7. The sad thing about the situation is the tactic is working… Keep Reading
Bonnies love this: St. Patrick’s Day
St. Patrick’s Day is the one day (or, in our case, the one weekend) of the year when everyone thinks they are Irish and find it necessary to wear green. Many choose to wear green even though not everyone can rock this shamrock shade. It’s not a rule you have to wear green, and… Keep Reading