By Gwen Furmanek Assistant Opinion Editor An 87-year-old woman died because of the lack of morality in today’s world. Lorraine Bayless was denied CPR at Glenwood Gardens in Bakersfield, Calif., according to a March 4 USA Today story. A nurse refused to perform CPR after Bayless collapsed last Tuesday in the dining room and was…
By Kristie Schiefer News Assignment Editor Oh my, why is this freshman in his underwear thrusting the air? My thoughts exactly as I watched my first Harlem Shake video. What is now a popular dance (if you could even call it dancing) craze has come close to dangerous territories and even crossed over those fine…
By Emily Sullivan Associate Editor When I think of a threat, I think of something along the lines of the classic sloppily pasted-together note saying something like “bring me $3 million before sunset or you die.” Or maybe a gun pointed at a group of people while the gunman tells no one to be a…
By Sara Ward Associate Editor By now, it seems like everyone has seen a version of Harlem Shake videos on YouTube. This recent craze involves one person dancing at the beginning of the video and ends with an entire room of people joining in while “Harlem Shake” by Baauer plays in the background. The videos…
Staff Editorial “The weather here is ridiculous.” “I am going to fail my midterms, I swear.” “I’m so tired. I cannot wait for the weekend.” These are complaints one hears a lot during this time of year. However, we do not hear complaints about serious issues like a lack of drinkable water sources or not…
By Kevin Rogers Opinion Assignment Editor During Lent, many Christians observe the Stations of the Cross, detailing the agony and crucifixion of Jesus Christ. These images and the final resurrection are powerful symbols for Christians worldwide and the basis for their faith. But what if Jesus emerged from the tomb on Easter Sunday, guns drawn…
By Gwen Furmanek Assistant Opinion Editor Social Security has been part of the United States’ federal budget since 1935, when President Franklin D. Roosevelt began the government’s biggest entitlement plan in history. The “Baby Boomer” generation has reached the age needed to collect Social Security benefits. With the mass amounts of people who are now…
By Sam Berkhead Managing Editor Rest in peace, rock ‘n’ roll. Debate its date of death all you want, but the spirit of rock music is long gone. But kids, the noise just isn’t what it used to be. Metallica cut off all their hair and started making corporate sellout old-dude music almost 20 years…
By Kyle Zamiara Promotions Editor He’s dated celebrities like Jennifer Aniston, Jessica Simpson and Taylor Swift. He’s exposed previous relationships and talked about his love of porn in Playboy and Rolling Stone. And for the past two years, he has disappeared. But the singer-songwriter who has stolen and broken the hearts of countless teenage girls…
By Nicole Albright Contributing Writer It was the news that shocked the world: On Feb. 11, Pope Benedict XVI announced he would step down from his position. Now the race is on for the papacy, and some Americans want one of their own to be considered for the position. An American pope? Such an idea…
Jeff Peterson’s obituary, published Tuesday, told us what Jeff did during his life. But the obituary didn’t say what kind of man he was. Jeff liked to laugh and make others laugh. One time, he walked past my office when a work day had stretched into evening. “I don’t know if you’ve heard,” he said…
Spring break approaches, and students should look forward to the chance for a few days away from campus. Unfortunately, that break is usually paid for with a dreadful set of midterm exams and projects. The stress of midterm exams and projects can be a daunting task requiring long nights of constant typing, reading and the…
By Sam Berhead Managing Editor Rihanna, always one to push the fashion envelope, swapped her handbag for a scumbag as her accessory of choice at Sunday night’s Grammy Awards. That’s no surprise. Like it or not, she’s been reunited for a few months now with the ex-boyfriend who almost killed her four years ago. We’re…
By Nate West News Editor The times they are a changin’. The lyrics to the famous Bob Dylan song ring true lately. For the first time in almost 600 years, a pope is resigning from his papal duties and in 2020, for the first time since 708 B.C., wrestling will not be included in the…
By Emily Carson Copy Editor One step forward and two steps back. Just when it seems this country is becoming more tolerant of those who are different, headlines emerge to prove that wrong. A group of students, parents and a teacher at Sullivan High School in Sullivan, Ind., have banded together to push for a…
By Sara Ward Associate Editor I would like to kindly and respectfully disagree with some of the opinions expressed in Opinion Editor Deirdre Spilman’s Feb. 8 editorial titled “Brown deserves a chance to move forward.” In the editorial, Spilman spoke about how Chris Brown “doesn’t deserve to have one isolated incident (his 2009 assault of…
By Heather Monahan Features Assignment Editor Last week, Opinion Editor Deirdre Spilman wrote about how the public needs to look beyond Chris Brown’s past mistake and let him continue on with his life. I, however, have to disagree with her and want to make a point of why Brown should absolutely not be let off…
By Sean O’Brien Contributing Writer As St. Bonaventure students, we are privileged to have numerous options when it comes to dining. At certain times of the day, it seems that for many hungry young minds there’s only one choice: the Hickey Dining Hall. The entire student body seems to be crammed into the Hickey at…
By Harrison Leone Assistant Sports Editor Look, up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a Draganflyer X6 surveillance and assault drone! It’s just one of many new models of unmanned aerial vehicles becoming increasingly common in American skies. While drones are typically associated with attacks on terrorists in the Middle East,…
As a licensed clinical social worker and practicing psychotherapist, I would like to take issue with the column Kevin Rogers wrote for the Jan. 25 issue of the Bona Venture under the title “NYS Gun Control Law Destroys Doctor-Patient Confidentiality.” Rogers’ central contention is that the recently passed gun law is bad because it “nullifies…