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
The NFL is a cold place; blame the fans
Kareem Hunt is back on an NFL team, three short months after video surfaced of Hunt shoving and kicking a woman in a Cleveland hotel. While Hunt is playing, Colin Kaepernick sits at home, two years after kneeling for the national anthem in protest of the wrongdoings against African Americans. The NFL and its franchises… Keep Reading
Mac Miller’s Grammy snub: Bigger than music
As if his tragic and unexpected death back in September wasn’t bad enough, Sunday’s 61st Annual Grammy Awards made matters even worse for Mac Miller’s family. Nominated for best rap album of the year, Miller’s “Swimming,” which gave an inside look to the late rapper’s psyche and included lines like “isn’t it funny? We can… Keep Reading
President Trump did not impress
SOTU left Americans with plenty of questions President Donald Trump addressed the nation from inside the Capitol Building last week. The title of the speech, “Choosing Greatness,” was supposed to promote bipartisanship. Trump couldn’t have hit further from the mark. Admittedly, it is extremely difficult to successfully call for unity in such a divided political… Keep Reading
Best looks from the 2019 Grammy’s
Celebrities strut their stuff on the red carpet The 61st Annual Grammy Awards ceremony was held Sunday at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, hosted by Alicia Keys. The red carpet is known for the most extravagant, beautiful and elegant gowns worn by the top names in music. Artists walked the red carpet like Lady… Keep Reading
Ways to celebrate this Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Day is assumed to only celebrate romantic love. Why can’t it be about self-love, too? Make your Valentine’s Day about spoiling your wonderful self. An awesome way to love yourself is to take a day for relaxation. For some, there is nothing more relaxing than putting on a rejuvenating face mask and getting your… Keep Reading
Internationally-known pianist coming to SBU
Philip Edward Fisher comes to the Regina A. Quick Center Coming up this Sunday is a well-known event on campus and in Olean – the WNY Chamber Orchestra. The show is titled “Ebony and Ivory.” Tickets have sold out in previous years, so it’s not unexpected that the excitement has been growing the past few… Keep Reading
“Thank U, Next” holds nothing back
An emotionally raw album putting Grande’s past on blast Emotionally fueled to straight-up sexual, Ariana Grande’s latest album filled listeners’ ears with whatever antidote they needed to escape and improve their daily lives. Grande dropped her newest album “thank u, next,” titled after her first single released off the record, at midnight on Friday. The… Keep Reading
Club Corner: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
St. Bonaventure has many clubs and extracurriculars offered, and one of the newer editions to campus is the American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) Student Chapter. The club has recently celebrated its one-year anniversary as it came into fruition in the 2018 spring semester. “The goal of the ASBMB Student Chapter is to… Keep Reading
Why Sports Journalism?
I was 8 years old, sitting nestled in the corner of my bedroom with my eyes glued to a huge Sony box TV. I was playing NHL 2K8 on my brand new Playstation during a snow day, and I started to broadcast the game I was playing, trying my best to impersonate the great Mike… Keep Reading
Women’s cheerleading team flying high under the radar
Team believes they have changed narrative after shining last March “When I first started, we didn’t necessarily have a good reputation on campus,” said St. Bonaventure University’s cheerleading coach Abbie Bricker. “I hate to say this, but the squad was almost kind of a joke. People didn’t take it seriously, nor did they consider the… Keep Reading
Softball set to begin 2019 season
Perechinsky steps into leadership role as a sophomore In one week, the Bonnies softball team starts its 2019 season. The team is ready to get out of Butler Gymnasium and onto the field. The Bonnies team will include many old and new faces this season. Head Coach Mike Threehouse believes having returning players and incoming… Keep Reading
Men’s and women’s swim and dive ready for A10s
Nitardy and Fleming getting their team into tournament mindset The St. Bonaventure University men’s and women’s swimming and diving team, coming fresh off a victory against Niagara on Saturday, Feb. 2, is looking to continue its success heading into the Atlantic 10 tournament starting on Wednesday. “We swam really well against Niagara,” said head coach… Keep Reading
Investors face vital time of year for trading
Valentine’s Day week serves as revelation period for stocks One of the most important weeks of the year is here. For lovers and investors alike, this week has a significant importance on how the rest of 2019 will go. While stocks don’t have a Valentine’s Day, they do have earnings season, which you can think… Keep Reading
Kinder Kinetics program continues at Bonaventure
Students volunteer to help children with special needs Kinder Kinetics is a new physical education program offered to students. This program entails working with special needs children in a variety of physical activities once a week on Wednesdays. This week’s program focused on sharpening the children’s motor abilities through games such as hopscotch, hula-hooping, trampolines… Keep Reading
Students compete in Ironman challenge
Challenge sponsored by Richter motivates workouts Rebekah Liszewski hates cardio. The junior finance and accounting double major would rather do almost anything than spend her afternoon on a treadmill, but when she heard about the Richter Center’s Ironman Fitness Challenge, she was intrigued. “I saw this as the perfect opportunity to maybe not hate cardio… Keep Reading
SBU-TV expands its reach into WNY
Live segments to be aired on Spectrum News St. Bonaventure University’s Jandoli School of Communication will be offering students interested in broadcast journalism the opportunity showcase their SBU-TV newscasts throughout the local area. SBU-TV currently streams live on Facebook every Friday at 10 a.m., in addition to being available on the group’s YouTube page. Anna… Keep Reading
New sports media major added to Jandoli School
St. Bonaventure University announced the addition of a sports media major, with students able to enroll beginning fall 2019. Aaron Chimbel, dean of the Jandoli School of Communication, said the school has been considering adding a sports-related major for more than a decade. “It makes a lot of sense because when you look at the… Keep Reading
Bona’s powers up brand new game room
With the growing interest in esports, St. Bonaventure has created its own gaming room for students to play in and compete. Game consoles and TVs are now set up in Reilly Center 215 for anyone to use. The game room is open from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Friday and noon to 10… Keep Reading
Over half the student body makes dean’s list
Bonaventure declines request for grade distribution and GPA data After the fall 2018 semester, 946 undergraduate students made St. Bonaventure University’s dean’s list. With the undergraduate enrollment at 1,825 students last semester, this means that 52 percent of students received this academic honor. In order to qualify for the dean’s list, students must earn a… Keep Reading
How to stay trendy during the winter
By Jenna Cosentino Staff Writer It’s so hard getting dressed for the day when your weather app says it is 3 degrees outside. We all fall into the trap of throwing on a giant sweatshirt, cozy sweatpants and winter boots. Now, there is nothing wrong with wearing cozy sweats, but you can spice… Keep Reading