By Emmariah Holcomb Staff Writer Andrew Brennan, ’10, created a Facebook page for Jeff Peterson, associate professor and Department Chair for the Department of Finance, who is battling cancer. Brennan created the page with the hopes of getting people to pray for Peterson. “I believe in the power of prayer,” Brennan said. “Many people would…
By Alexandra Salerno Editor-in-Chief Unfurl the brown and white … and yellow. Following almost a decade of the student section representing a sea of brown during game nights in the Reilly Center, the WolfPack has transformed to a blob of yellow. Now in my junior year, my previous two WolfPack shirts look almost identical except…
By Nate West News Assignment Editor The Rathskeller showcased the Class of 2012’s senior gift during its grand re-opening last Friday, before the start of the men’s basketball home opener. The class raised $11,500 through donations and fundraising. With the money, The Rathskeller was able to put in seven new flat screen televisions, SBU decals,…
By Annie Riley Staff Writer Chi Sigma Iota, The International Honor Society for Professional Counseling, has inducted nine new members from St. Bonaventure. Founded at Ohio University in 1985, Chi Sigma Iota has more than 83,000 members. The new members of the St. Bonaventure chapter include graduate students Alexandra Caldwell, Casey Carlson, Colleen Chahal, Christine…
By Angelia Roggie Associate Editor As students make the journey from their dorm rooms or townhouses to the academic buildings for their classes, there is one building students and visitors can’t help but notice. Approaching Plassmann Hall is like witnessing the degradation of old age before your eyes. The windows look dirty, the screens are…
By Kristie Schiefer Assistant News Editor Since 1970, $2 billion has been raised by March of Dimes through the March for Babies walk, giving hope to more than half a million babies born prematurely each year. On Oct. 13, 23 teams from St. Bonaventure University in the Western New York March for Babies raised a…
Theresa Shaffer By Mike Specht Staff Writer As the Friedsam Memorial Library has grown and changed over the years, Theresa Shaffer has been a constant presence in the institution. Born and raised in Olean, Shaffer graduated from Archbishop Walsh High School. She then enrolled at St. Bonaventure and immediately began working at the university library…
By Gavin Lindahl Contributing Writer “We throw around these terms, ‘Franciscan this, Franciscan that,’ but how many students can articulate that? How many students know what that really means?” Brother Kevin Kriso, O.F.M. and a Mt. Irenaeus friar, said Francis Week at St. Bonaventure promotes a greater understanding of Franciscan values. Every year, the school…
By Alexandra Salerno Editor-in-chief It’s late, and I’m sitting in a big, comfy chair in my favorite LaVerna alcove. I’m trying to catch up on the homework I’ve been neglecting all week when I suddenly crave one of those chocolate chip muffins perched behind the glass at the coffee counter. I order, pay and sit…