College newspaper editors earn pay – except at Bonaventure

             College newspapers at Syracuse University, Canisius College and State University of New York at Geneseo all have paid positions but St. Bonaventure University does not.

            The Bona Venture, Bonaventure’s student-run newspaper, would never have paid positions, said Ryan Lazo, a news editor.

            “We barely have enough funds to print the newspaper,” said Lazo, a Bonaventure sophomore.

Mt. Irenaeus supplements a Bonaventure education, fostering students' growth

            ST. BONAVENTURE (April 18) – Barry Gan, a St. Bonaventure University philosophy professor, refused to participate in an on-campus active-shooter emergency drill two years ago, conducting class off campus that day.

            Gan and his students met at Sprague’s Maple Farms in Portville that morning. After breakfast, he conducted class at his house in Olean, said Gan, director of the Center for Nonviolence.

            “I would’ve happily done that at Mt. Irenaeus,” said Gan.

Bonaventure avoids coed housing, yet Canisius cultivates it

ST. BONAVENTURE (March 21) – On the last selection day of their freshman year, St. Bonaventure University juniors Marissa Morill and Cassie Stubbs entered the Reilly Center, thinking they would be choosing their housing.

            With no more rooms available, Morill, Stubbs and about 30 other students wrote their desired roommates on a list, said Stubbs.

            “We didn’t know where we were living until August – when bills came out,” said Stubbs, a journalism and mass communication major.

            That year Morill and Stubbs lived on Falconio Hall’s first floor – on which both men and women lived.

Couples say the unconventional trumps conventional on Valentine's Day

            ST. BONAVENTURE (Feb. 14) – A former business administration graduate student, whose name Professor Jeffrey Peterson could not recall, and the student’s wife once celebrated Valentine’s Day by visiting a store and strolling through the aisles.  Spotting greeting cards, they parted ways.

            After minutes of rummaging, they reunited and exchanged the selected cards. They silently read them and thanked each other with a hug and kiss.

            The former St. Bonaventure University student and his wife returned the cards to their slots and departed together, not spending a penny, said Peterson, the SBU finance department chairman.