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
SBU sweeps home slate
By Harrison Leone Sports Assignment Editor The Big Four is officially Jim Crowley territory. The women’s basketball coach has now won 19 in a row against Canisius, the University at Buffalo and Niagara with the Bonnies’ 73-57 victory over the Purple Eagles on Tuesday night. Crowley said playing these regional rivals is extra motivation for… Keep Reading
Defenseman key to team’s young core
By Gavin Lindahl Staff Writer At five foot eleven inches and 140 pounds, sophomore Billy Weltzer doesn’t fit the typical bill for a college hockey defenseman. But according to Weltzer, his size has never deterred him in his more than 15 years of playing. “Being a smaller player, you have to be smarter about what… Keep Reading
Ruggers’ season ends in bowl game
By Zach Waltz Assistant Sports Editor The men’s rugby season has come to an end as the Bonnies lost their bowl game against American International College (AIC) in Shippensburg, Pa. Saturday. The Bonnies were originally supposed to play Shippensburg University, and SUNY Brockport was supposed to play AIC. However, Brockport was not able to travel,… Keep Reading
Pittsburgh invite next for aquamen
By Zach Waltz Assistant Sports Editor The men’s swimming and diving team heads to Pittsburgh today through Sunday for the Pitt Invite after beating Canisius on senior day last Saturday, 129-112. Head Coach Sean McNamee said the invite will be full of solid competition, including Pittsburgh and Cincinnati, with six teams total. “It’s the second… Keep Reading
Threes for Watson
By Whitney Downard Contributing Writer and Hannah Gordon Assistant News Editor Tomorrow, a group of marketing students in the Event and Sponsorship Marketing class taught by Mike Russell, a professor of marketing at St. Bonaventure, will host the John J. Watson Memorial 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament in the Reilly Center Arena. Admission for fans is… Keep Reading
ASIA ‘Lights’ up Quick Center
By Emma Zaremba Features Assignment Editor Students shed light on Indian culture during this year’s Diwali show, “You’ve Been Conned,” hosted by students of Asian Students in Action (ASIA). The group provided the Bonaventure community with the opportunity to dip into a different culture Tuesday night in the Regina A. Quick Center for the… Keep Reading
Bonnies grateful for Thanksgiving break
By Amelia Kibbe Staff Writer The end of the semester may only be a few weeks off, but many St. Bonaventure students have not yet shifted their focus to studying. Instead, they are looking forward to their upcoming Thanksgiving breaks. Thanksgiving is fast approaching, and many students are anxiously counting down the days until… Keep Reading
Mockin’ around the courtroom
By Kevin Rogers Managing Editor Students from 10 colleges rolled into St. Bonaventure for a battle of legal know-how as SBU Mock Trial hosted its second annual “Friar Faceoff” tournament last weekend. In mock trial, students play the role of lawyers and witnesses as they develop the best defense or prosecution in a case… Keep Reading
’Tis (almost) the season
By Majella Shields Staff Writer Hi all, and welcome to this week’s Fashion Focus. I can’t believe we are coming to the end of the first semester. It has gone by so quickly. Time really does fly when you’re having fun. As the semester comes to a close, this means one thing — Christmas… Keep Reading
Wright, Ndoye spoil Barons’ homecoming
By Taylor Nigrelli Sports Editor The last time the St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team started a season 3-0, Bill Clinton sat in the Oval Office, the Backstreet Boys ruled the Billboard charts and the phrase “welding certificate” didn’t make residents of Olean recoil in horror. During that 2000-2001 season – which ended with an NIT… Keep Reading
Dolphins’ bullying scandal a product of convictionless society
By Taylor Nigrelli Sports Editor Plenty has been said of the bullying scandal that has unfolded in Miami the past two weeks. Those interested have labeled victim Jonathan Martin either a “coward” or a “hero,” perpetrator Richie Incognito a “psychotic, racist thug” or a “manly” leader and the team a “dumpster fire” or…well, that’s about… Keep Reading
False imprisonment problem in justice system
By Emily Sullivan Opinion and Associate editor A lot can happen in 10 years. In 10 years, I went from being an awkward, gangly seventh-grader to an awkward slightly less-gangly senior in college, about to embark on an even scarier journey into “the real world.” Looking back on it now, 10 years really did fly… Keep Reading
Media needs to stop 2016-crazed coverage
By Kevin Rogers Managing Editor It’s election season. I’m not referring to the Election Day that came and went on Tuesday. I’m not talking about the 2014 midterm elections next year. I speak of the next presidential election, now just less than three years away. I wish I wasn’t. But media outlets have been framing… Keep Reading
Va. Tech ruling undermines student safety
By Mary Best Opinion and Advisory editor While I’ve had my qualms with e2Campus texts in the past, I couldn’t be more thankful we have them. Besides the convenience of being informed about important school and weather information, it makes me proud to go to a school that prioritizes student safety. Until a few days… Keep Reading
Don’t skip Thanksgiving to get to Christmas
By Emily Sullivan Opinion and Associate editor I love Christmas time. There’s nothing quite like watching the snow fall onto the lights outside my house while listening to Bing Crosby croon some Christmas carols. But when stores go from spooky decorations and costumes to Christmas trees and Santa decorations before Halloween is even over? I… Keep Reading
Critics who pick on classic Disney can’t feel the love tonight
By Emma Zaremba Features Assignment Editor Disney’s great, stop the hate. A pro-life lobbying group (American Life League) criticized the Disney Company in 1995 of their supposed subliminal messages hidden in a variety of their films, according to Subliminal TV. Numerous critics have made jokes about the inappropriate messages and imagery, so people believe it… 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