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
Magically stylish
By Majella Shields Staff Writer This week’s Fashion Focus was inevitable. Of course, it;s St. Patrick’s Day themed. The holiday originated in Ireland to celebrate the feast of St. Patrick, Ireland’s patron saint. He was born in Scotland but was captured and brought to Ireland to tend sheep. He was held captive until he was… Keep Reading
Bonnies fall to Fordham amid a week of mourning
By Taylor Nigrelli Sports Editor St. Bonaventure’s (23-12, 11-6) emotional roller coaster came to an end Saturday as the team struggled mightily in a 73-32 loss to Fordham (24-7, 13-5). The semifinal loss eliminated the Bonnies from the Atlantic 10 Women’s Basketball Championship Tournament and sent Fordham to its second consecutive finals appearance. The Bonnies… Keep Reading
Bonnies defeat La Salle, move onto semi-finals
By Taylor Nigrelli Sports Editor St. Bonaventure (23-9, 12-5) rode sophomore forward Hannah Little’s career-high 22 points and game-high 17 rebounds to a 54-42 victory over La Salle (15-14, 9-9) Friday in the quarterfinal round of the Atlantic 10 Women’s Basketball Championship Tournament. Little excelled in the second half, scoring 16 points – more than… Keep Reading
Hilbert, SBU agree to move ahead on feasibility study
By Kiara Catanzaro News Editor On Monday, Feb. 24, both Board of Trustees members from St. Bonaventure University and Hilbert College affirmed moving forward on a feasibility. Twenty years ago, St. Bonaventure University and Hilbert College joined forces to create graduate opportunities for their students. Now, both schools hope to extend their available opportunities for… Keep Reading
University to sell 10 acres of Bona Square site
By Hannah Gordon News Editor St. Bonaventure announced that it will sell 10 of the 17 acres, previously designated as space for Bonaventure Square, though they would not disclose the value of the transaction. Community Bank System, Inc. signed an agreement with the university last week to buy and builda new facility on the… Keep Reading
St. Bonaventure students enter data competition
By Emma Zaremba Features Editor Crunching numbers and analyzing data is becoming commonplace for a small group of Bonaventure students. Four students recently entered a data competition, held by the Upstate Chapters of the American Statistical Association, in which they will analyze complex data sets from standardized high school tests and search for trends to… Keep Reading
Stock Box: Explaining short selling
By Sean Corey Staff Writer Let’s say you believe a company will have poor earnings and their stock price will decrease. Rather than simply not buying the stock, you can make money off the stock’s decline by shorting the stock. When you short a stock, your bank will lend you a number of shares of… Keep Reading
Hoag appointed major gifts officer at St. Bonaventure
By Lian Bunny News Editor Joseph Hoag, who has 25 years of fundraising experience, has taken over as St. Bonaventure’s major gifts officer, overseeing university relations and fundraising in Western Pennsylvania and the Washington, D.C. area. “Good fundraising is relational rather than just transactional. You want to be able to develop relationships that are hopefully… Keep Reading
Privitera’s wins honor for research textbook
By Julia Mericle Contributing Writer Gregory Privitera, associate professor of psychology at St. Bonaventure University, was recently named 2014’s Most Promising New Textbook Award for his textbook titled, “Research Methods for the Behavioral Sciences.” The Text and Academic Authors Association, a not-for-profit national organization that collects the best textbooks from publishers across the country, presents… Keep Reading
Bonnies head to Richmond to face Rams
By Taylor Nigrelli Sports Editor The men’s basketball team (16-13, 6-9) will head down to Virginia tomorrow to take on the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Rams, looking to snap a three-game losing streak in the final game of the regular season. The Rams (22-7, 10-4) are third in the Atlantic 10 and are all-but guaranteed… Keep Reading
SBU mourns death of sports staff member
By Zach Waltz Sports Assignment Editor While in Richmond, Va. for the Women’s Atlantic 10 basketball tournament, Assistant Sports Information Director Brian Moretti, 25, went into apparent cardiac arrest Wednesday night and passed away shortly after, the university announced Thursday morning. He was at dinner in a Richmond restaurant with his A-10 colleagues. Moretti’s main… Keep Reading
Moving and shaking during the NHL deadline
By Gavin Lindahl Assisstant Sports Editor The NHL trade deadline is always a crazy day for any hockey fan. There’s always sure to be a few big name players getting dealt, but there’s always the smaller, close-to-home deals. Hockey fans got to see a little bit of both today. Even before the deadline, big deals… Keep Reading
Second-seeded Bonnies head to A-10 tournament
By Zach Waltz Sports Assignment Editor After going 22-9 on the season, the women’s basketball team will go into the Atlantic 10 tournament in Richmond with a two seed. The Bonnies were predicted to finish ninth in the A-10 this year. However, they defeated six out of the eight teams picked ahead of them on… Keep Reading
Lacrosse team prepares for Bearcats
By Erin Izydorczak Contributing Writer Mark Twain once said that “it’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog,” and this exemplifies the St. Bonaventure lacrosse team early on this year, according to Head Coach Ryan Lynn. The team, led by senior captains Sara Schlagenhauf,… Keep Reading
Bonnies thaw off from Florida
By Gavin Lindahl Assistant Sports Editor Welcomed by a 90-degree falloff, the Bona’s baseball team returned home after an upsetting 1-8 campaign in Port Charlotte, Fl. for the Snowbird Classic, according to head coach Larry Sudbrook. “We went 3-6 down there last year playing a predominantly senior team, so we knew it was going to… Keep Reading
Soft start for softball
By Eustace Q. Browne Staff Writer The St. Bonaventure softball team has struggled out of the gate this season, posting a 2-13 record. Despite his team struggles, Head Coach Michael Threehouse shared a sense of optimism about the team’s slow start. “I was telling the ladies, the year we made the conference championship in 2005,… Keep Reading
Swimming and diving team wins championship
By Pat Tintle Staff Writer After capturing a second consecutive Atlantic 10 championship (winning by a substantial 94 points), the Bonnies are not letting their latest success affect how the program is run in the future, according to Head Coach Sean McNamee. “It panned out pretty well,” McNamee said, referring to the recent championship. “We… Keep Reading
Leave your mark
By Betsy Pray Staff Writer Let the Lenten season begin. This past Wednesday was Ash Wednesday, signaling the start of Lent, a 40-day season in the Christian liturgical calendar preceding the Easter season. The tradition of Ash Wednesday consists of ashes being put on the forehead in the shape of a cross. The ashes come… Keep Reading
Traveling into unmarked territory
By Kerri Linsenbigler Associate Editor On a November morning in 1989, Denny Wilkins awoke to a hangover and a 30-page Word document. These 30 pages, inspired by a breakup, became the foundation of “Mapping Utah: Love and War in the Wilderness,” Wilkins’ recently published novel. “All I can say is I don’t remember writing what… Keep Reading
Czech it out
By Harrison Leone Czech Correspondent When I prepared to come to Prague, I made a list of places in Europe that I wanted to visit over the next four months. In no particular order, I decided Krakow/Auschwitz, Naples, Dresden and Bruges were the absolute non-negotiables. Obviously, I wanted to go anywhere and everywhere possible, but… Keep Reading