Photo by Victoria Byrne / Daniel Schiffhauer, Economics Club chairperson BY MARNIQUE OLIVIERI-PANEPENTO, STAFF WRITER Daniel Schiffhauer is one of the first students on track to earn a Bachelor of Science in economics at St. Bonaventure University. The economics program, through the School of Business, offers a Bachelor of Business Administration, a Bachelor of Science…
By Kathy Williams, Staff Writer Clubs on campus allow students to have outlets for creativity, thinking and being involved with activities that make them passionate. St. Bonaventure University’s Psychology Club allows students who are pursuing a career in psychology or a related field to dig deeper into this area of work. Alexa Full, a senior…
By Faith Topolski Staff Writer There are many clubs on campus that are well known, however, there are others that offer unique and interesting opportunities that may not always get the recognition they deserve. One of those clubs is the Model United Nations organization, which is not only a club, but a class as…
The Muslim Students and Allies (MSA) is a club on campus that junior Amina Golden-Arabaty started her freshman year. Two years later, the club has grown to sustain major trips. On Oct. 21, MSA took their first club trip to the Met museum in New York City, but this was not MSA’s first off-campus trip.…
By Ethan MacKrell Contributing Writer There’s no better feeling than getting your first goal out of the way and taking the pressure off your shoulders. This past weekend, Joe Chinelly scored the first goal of his Bonaventure career off of a pass from line mate Andrew Farnham. Chinelly, a freshman on this year’s St.…
By Nick Konotopskyj Sports Assignment Editor St. Bonaventure’s hockey team played two games against Ithaca this weekend with Ithaca taking the first game in a shootout 6-5 and the Bonnies taking the second game 3-2. For the Bonnies, it was their second win on the season, and it puts their record at 2-3-1. Forward…
St. Bonaventure’s recent re-installment of the College Democrats club is giving students the opportunity to speak up and get involved, club leaders said. In the past, College Democrats has hosted a number of on-campus events to promote the Democratic Party, including viewings of the 2008 presidential election and political discussion panels. The club has also…
By Brandon Chin Contributing Writer Senior education major Katelin Brooks and sophomore marketing major Colleen Corey will lead the Bona pack to a new frontier. In collaboration with the Eden Heights Assisted Living Center, the two cofounders of the Silver Wolves will bring a new service to senior citizens in Olean. Originally planned for last…
Students said they are enjoying an opportunity to speak in a creative way through the new St. Bonaventure chapter of the online-opinion sharing platform, The Odyssey. Caitlin McClare, a senior journalism and mass communication major and the editor-in-chief of Bonaventure’s sector of The Odyssey, said that this club is the perfect way for students to…
By Philosophy Club members Perhaps one day, like Neo, we’ll end up discovering we’re actually in pods being fed sensations from machines. We might “see” that woman in the red dress or cringe as we “bite” a Popsicle stick between front teeth, but these sensations and the supposed world they construct could be false. I…
By Philosophy Club members Hello, readers of The Bona Venture! Philosophy Club has a brief announcement. We’ll be around to greet you in the BV with a regular column now, but need a little help. While we could talk on and on about philosophy, as we often like to do, we’d love some input from…
By Luis Rodriguez Contributing Writer Students with a passion for basketball have found a new team to play for: the St. Bonaventure club basketball team. After seeing many talented players walk in and out of the Richter Center, Amir Dastoori, a sophomore accounting major, came up with the idea to start a club basketball…
By Zach Waltz Sports Assignment Editor While St. Bonaventure does not have a Division I men’s lacrosse team, many male students get to play lacrosse regularly due to the men’s club lacrosse team. After going 1-4 last season, this year’s team showed a lot of improvement going 4-1 in games against teams from around the…
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…
By Kevin Rogers Managing Editor Café La Verna transformed from its normal campus coffee stop into a performance space last Thursday night as St. Bonaventure’s Slam Poetry Club hosted its second open-mic night of the semester. More than 40 students packed the café to hear student poets spin tales about childhood, love, friendship, life…
By Harrison Leone Assistant Sports Editor For the golf team’s leading freshman Josh Stauffer, the transition from supervised adolescence to independent college life has been a smooth one. “It’s really not that different than high school so far,” the Bradford, Pa. native said. “I mean, other than missing classes and the courses being more difficult,…
By Kiara Catanzaro Contributing Writer There are different ways for students to be active and stay in shape on campus. St. Bonaventure University’s Running Club gives students the opportunity to meet new friends in addition to living a healthy lifestyle. SBU’s Running Club began last semester as a club with only four members and had…
By Alexandra Napoli Contributing Writer “A man should never neglect his family for business,” Walt Disney once said. One campus organization, Family Business Club (FBC), establishes a compromise in Walt Disney’s eyes by combining both family and business. About one in four students at St. Bonaventure have a parent who owns a business, according to…