Photo courtesy of gobonnies.com BY: SEAN WALLACE; SPORTS ASSIGNMENT EDITOR Former St. Bonaventure University president Sister Margaret Carney shared her thoughts on … Keep Reading
Photo: Frank DeBari / The Bona Venture By: WILL NUNN; CO-EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, SPORTS EDITOR Thursday will mark the third meeting this season between … Keep Reading
Photo: Sean Wallace / The Bona Venture BY: WILL NUNN; CO-EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, SPORTS EDITOR Using its highest scoring output of the season, the … Keep Reading
Photo courtesy of gobonnies.com BY: SEAN WALLACE; SPORTS ASSIGNMENT EDITOR No. 13 St. Bonaventure University (15-16, 4-14 A-10) faces No. 12 La Salle … Keep Reading
By Matthew Laurrie Assistant Features Editor It may be a wrap for the 2011-12 SBU Theater season, but in just four months, it will return from intermission and draw open its curtains to reveal its newest play. Next year isn’t just any ordinary year for the theater department, as it will be performing three productions… Keep Reading
By Kerri Linsenbigler Features Assignment Editor “There’s just a different connection between Bona alums and Bonaventure. Other schools don’t have that connection.” Lucia Scotty, coordinator of electronic communications for alumni, has been organizing reunion weekends throughout her 15 years at Bonaventure. Reunion Weekend honors different class years, just like a high school reunion, Scotty said.… Keep Reading
By Samantha Berkhead News Editor Throughout the last few months, the Trayvon Martin case has ballooned from a quiet story of a shooting in suburban Florida to a national media controversy. By the time editors at The New York Times asked Dan Barry, ‘80, and Serge F. Kovaleski, Campbell Robertson and Lizette Alvarez to cover… Keep Reading
By Heather Monahan Staff Writer It’s no question technology is moving forward at a rapid pace. It is providing the public many advantages, but it could also be the cause of drawing the age of newspapers to an end. Strategically located across campus, students can find USA Today, The Buffalo News and The New York… Keep Reading
By Marie Dirle Name: Lauren Caputi Year/Major: Junior/English and Journalism and Mass Communication What are you wearing? Jacket— The Gap Dress — Pac Sun Ballet Flats — Famous Footwear What’s your style? “I’d describe my style as 1950s pin-up girl. I try to incorporate classic hairdos, makeup and clothing patterns. How is your clothing unique?… Keep Reading
By Kaitlin Lindahl Associate Editor My first time in The Bona Venture’s newsroom was unpleasant. It was late, and I had scampered sleepily down from my room in 3rd Robinson. It was loud – really loud. I forced my brain to concentrate as I stared back at the swirl of colors and… Keep Reading
By Kyle Zamiara Sports Editor I think it was on the long 12-hour drive back from Nashville playing “The Price is Right” on a cell phone when I realized how lucky I was to have been the sports editor this semester. How many have gone through The Bona Venture and had the chance to see both men’s and… Keep Reading
By Skye Tulio Assistant Sports Editor For brothers Seth, Cael and Asa Johnson, representing Bonaventure athletics runs in the family. The oldest sons of Bruce and Nancy Johnson of Frewsburg, along with their sister Anneli, are all current or former Bona athletes in a family of swimmers and baseball players. “Both our mom and dad were swimmers, and… Keep Reading
By Bob Gallager Contributing Writer Tomorrow, the softball team returns to conference action with a noon doubleheader against George Washington. The Bonnies were scheduled to play against Buffalo Tuesday before heading to Niagara for a doubleheader Wednesday. All three games were cancelled due to the wintry weather. St. Bonaventure swept La Salle last weekend in a Saturday doubleheader. The Bonnies… Keep Reading
By Taylor Nigrelli Staff Writer The lacrosse team (3-10, 0-7) ended its season Sunday with a 17-11 loss to George Washington (10-6, 4-3) at home. This came after a 20-9 loss against Richmond (9-7, 5-2) Friday. Coach Ryan Lynn blamed the losses on slow starts. “We went down 6-0 early, we really dug ourselves a hole,” Lynn said. “We… Keep Reading
By Nate West Assistant News Editor The 12th seeded women’s tennis team (11-9) fell to fifth-seeded Xavier last Thursday, 4-0, at the Atlantic 10 Championships in Charlottesville, Va. The doubles pairing of senior Manuela Marin-Salcedo and Fatya Amiri lost 8-0. The team of sophomore Andrea Pavlovic and junior Riley Archer los, 8-2, while freshman Marissa Brossard and junior… Keep Reading
By Mike Vitron Associate Editor Well, I’ve been dreading this for a while. Here goes nothing. I came to college knowing exactly what I wanted to do for a living. I was going to make the jump from Bonaventure straight to Bristol, Conn. and be a SportsCenter anchor. End of story. … Keep Reading
By Chris Graham Associate Editor My trip down to Robinson 111 didn’t follow the same path as some of my fellow editors, so allow me to tell a story. I was a bad student my freshman year. Grades weren’t a big deal to me. It was a problem I had dealt with… Keep Reading
By Kait Laubscher Associate Editor This semester, for my senior capstone, I’ve had the pleasure of speaking and exchanging emails with a number of women who have been editors-in-chief of The BV. These women range from one of my new friends Sylvia Burke, ‘59, to one of my best friends, Amanda Klein,… Keep Reading
By Ryan Papaserge Associate Editor There are no words that can possibly do justice to the four years I spent at St. Bonaventure University. It seems pretentious to sum up so many life experiences into a piece that’s fit to run in a student publication, but here goes nothing. As a wide-eyed… Keep Reading
By Kevin Rogers Staff Writer With the nomination all but wrapped up, presumptive Republican candidate Mitt Romney (Mass.) has to carefully consider the next step in his campaign to the White House: the selection of a running mate. In 2008, then-Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) tried to balance his lack of experience in… Keep Reading
By Emily Sullivan Opinion Assignment Editor When I want to buy a present for a friend that I can’t find at Walmart, I shop online. For some, shopping online is a completely different experience. Some people go online to buy people. Seventeen-year-old Megan was coerced by an older man she had… Keep Reading
By Mary Best Opinion Editor The tug-of-war regarding positive body images for women is in the tightest stalemate ever. People shamelessly declare their love for their own bodies but also endlessly complain about the lack of decent representation of real beauty and the average-sized woman. Luckily, Dove Australia is tackling the decidedly… Keep Reading
By Bryan Jackson Associate Editor I didn’t know how to start this farewell editorial. I was going to say something witty about how I dislike farewell speeches and addresses for their inherent cheesiness, then point out the irony of that sentiment, considering I’m now writing a farewell. However, that little witticism didn’t… Keep Reading
By Amanda Klein Advisory Editor The first time I set foot in St. Bonaventure, N.Y., I was an awkward 17-year-old who had already decided where she wanted to go to school, and it sure wasn’t Bonaventure. But, for the majority of the evening tour that August, I couldn’t take my eyes off the beautiful mountains,… Keep Reading