Ryan Papaserge flung a printed page to the floor and hit a key on his computer with a precise down-ward thrust of his finger. Sports is final! he shouted for all to hear. Other editors of The Bona Venture

scowled out of jealousy. At 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, right on dead-line, Papaserge and the sports guys could return to their dorms.The remaining editors of the

news, features and opinion sec-tions toiled on outdated Macs, making final corrections before Ed-itor-in-Chief Kristy Kibler sent their pages to The Olean Times Herald for printing.Although The Bona Venture staff

rarely meets deadline, they return every week, ready to produce an-other publication.Even though deadline can

be stressful for everyone, we all manage to have a good time, said Tim Gross, managing editor. I can honestly say, long after I

graduate from this university, most of my lasting memories of my four years here will involve the late nights Ive dedicated to The BV and the people I worked with there.Some editors say they spend up

to 30 hours a week working on the paper, but a staff member can work as little or as much as they want.Its kind of annoying not having

SPECIAL EDITION WWW.THEBV.ORG 2010 FALL SEMESTER

The BV wins prestigious award

After quite a long dry spell, The Bona Venture has finally brought home an award of its own, its first in about 10 years. The Associated Collegiate Press

has named us a 2009 Online Pacemaker Finalist for the Spring

2009 semester - an honor of which the entire editorial staff is extremely proud. But this award belongs to the

St. Bonaventure community as much as it belongs to the edi-tors who worked - and continue to work - to bring the university community what it wants: news and stories about whats happen-ing in and around St. Bonaven-ture each week. We owe many thanks to the

Russell J. Jandoli School of Jour-nalism and Mass Communica-

tion faculty members, especially our advisers, Patrick Vecchio and John Hanchette. The journal-ism faculty members have spent

countless hours offering advice and critiques to help us improve both our print and online edi-tions. They certainly werent obli-gated to help. They did it because they care about the students and journalism, for which we at The Bona Venture are forever grateful.We also owe a huge thank you

to past Bona Venture editors, es-pecially those who graduated in 2007 and 2008. Not only did they create the current websites for-mat through College Publisher, but they also helped teach us

what it means to be a Bonnie and a BVer.Most importantly, though, we

thank our readers - students, faculty, staff, parents, alumni and anyone else who might tune in - for their support. We arent perfect, and we certainly appre-ciate you sticking it out with us through good and bad. After all, were here for you, our readers. Thank you for being there for us, and we hope you will continue to be there, both online and in print, as we move into the future.

THE BV ASKS...Are you interested in joining The Bona Venture? Look for the interest meeting flyers posted around campus.

By Ruthie haRpeRAdvisory Editor

Message from the Editor-in-Chief

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Join our family

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By emilee lindeRFEAturEs Editor

Despite working late at nights, The BV staff considers it hardly working.

Photo courtesy of emileelindner.tumblr.com

Top to bottom, left to right: Emilee Linder, Jess Kumor, Tim Gross, Becky McKeown, Sam House, Ruthie Harper.

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After three years in the Student Government As-sociation (SGA), Sabrina Maddeaux, former SGA president, is leaving to be-gin a new journey at a new

school.Maddeaux, a political sci-

ence major, will graduate in May and plans to study pre-law at Boston College. She said she became in-volved with SGA her soph-omore year as a senator for the Student-Athlete Advi-sory Committee.Motivated by her love for

Bonaventure, Maddeaux decided to run for SGA

president.I just care a lot about this

school, and I love it here, and I want to make chang-es that can make it as great of a place for students as possible, Maddeaux said. I want to be able to look back when I graduate and be even more proud of where I came from and my

Reports of Carl Paladino forwarding pornographic and racially insensitive e-mails drew mixed respons-es from the university com-munity. Some criticized Paladino, while others ex-pressed appreciation for his involvement with, and contributions to the uni-versity.On Monday, WNYMedia.

net reported Paladino, a Buffalo city activist and candidate for the GOP pri-mary for the New York state governor race, sent around e-mails containing por-nography, racist and other lewd content.Paladino, a 1968 gradu-

ate of St. Bonaventure Uni-versity, served on the Board of Trustees from 1989 to 1999. The founder of Elli-cott Development Com-pany has donated money to the universitys capital c amp a i g n and to schol-arship funds, according to Sister Mar-garet Car-ney, O.S.F, un i ve r s i t y president.Athletic Director Steve

Watson said Paladino and his son have regularly do-nated to the St. Bonaven-ture baseball program. His son, Billy Paladino, played baseball while at Bonas. Most of Paladinos in-

volvement in athletics comes through mens bas-ketball. He maintains close

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Bosnik displays pro potential

SPORTS - PAGE 12

Mystery pumpsexplained

ARTS AND LIFE - PAGE 7

Bonnies athletes charged with violations

Four St. Bonaventure basket-ball players were summoned last Thursday to appear in Allegany Town Court for violations in con-nection with a March 21 fight with

Jamestown Community College (JCC) students. Three JCC students were also summoned yesterday. Police charged Malcolm Eleby,

20, of Philadelphia, and Lewis Leonard, 22, of Olean, with two counts of harassment in the sec-ond degree and one count of dis-orderly conduct. Brett Roseboro, 18, of Allentown, Pa., and DaQuan Cook, 22, of Elizabeth, N.J., were charged with one count of harass-

ment in the second degree and one count of disorderly conduct, according to a April 6 state police press release.The players are scheduled to

appear in court May 10 at 4 p.m.JCC students Travis Wright, 19,

of Olean, Rameek Boyd, 20, of New Rochelle and James Chatmon, 20, of Olean, were charged with one count disorderly conduct, accord-ing to yesterdays state police

press release.The three are scheduled to ap-

pear in court April 19 at 4 p.m.

Violations are considered non-

THE BV ASKS...Will you vote for Carl Paladino amidst all the controversy? Vote at www.thebv.org

By Mike VitronNews editor

By Shannon holfothAssociAte editor

SGA inducts next pres.

SEE PALADINO, PAGE 2

Alumna wins AP award

NEWS - PAGE 3

DaQuanCook

MalcolmEleby

LewisLeonard

BrettRoseboro

SEE ATHLETES, PAGE 2

The Liberal elite are hysterical; they are

panicking because they know were coming. If they want me to back down, they will be

disapointed

Carl Paladino in a message to members of his Facebook fan page

Image courtesy of New York Daily News

Alumnus and New York governor-hopeful Carl Paladino, 68, continues campaign amid scandal over e-mails.

BONAS REACTS TO ALUMS SCANDAL

RELATED STORy ONPAgE 2,EDITORIAL

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SBU responds to e-mails Carl Paladino, 68, sent.

Four students are summoned to court for two alleged stabbings.

Sister Margaret Car-ney, O.S.F., university president, inducted sophomore Michelle McKernan as the 2010-2011 Student Govern-ment Association (SGA) president during a cer-emony Tuesday night in Walsh Auditorium.

McKernan, a journal-ism and mass commu-nication major, succeeds graduating senior Sabri-na Maddeauxs two-year reign as SGA president. Sophomore Emily De-ragon, a journalism and mass communication major, will replace senior David Sine as SGA vice

By Stacia SalVatorecoNtributiNg writer

SEE SgA, PAGE 2

SGA says goodbye to Maddeaux

By Megan oDonnellstAff writer

President for two years plans for pre-law in Boston College.

Stacia Salvatore / The Bona Venture

Sabrina MaddeauxSEE MADDEAUX, PAGE 6

Friends We like everyone. Come down to Robinson 111 and have a chat with us. Sure, our couches may spew dust when you sit on them, and we

may have enough paper in the office to torch Rob/Fal, but were harm-less.

Name in print and on the airwaves With our partnership with WSBU, the campus radio station, you can record your story, putting in recorded quotes, making a wrap to be

heard at news broadcasts.

Experience Youll learn AP style and how to construct a news story in class. But

with The Bona Venture, you really get a hands-on experience of how to apply these skills, how to edit and how to work on deadline. Plus, its

really sweet when you see your byline on Friday.

Reimbursement for restaurant visits When you review a restaurant, just bring us the

receipt and youll be paid in full.

Perks to

Arts and Life

NewsBy News Editor Mike VitronThomas Jefferson said, Were it

left to me to decide whether we should have a government with-out newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter. But I should mean that every man should receive those papers and be capable.These are some pretty pow-

erful words from this nations third president. I think what the author of the Declaration of Independence is trying to say is newspapers play an important roll in keeping the government in line. If it were not for newspa-per reporters sticking their noses around in government, nobody

would know what was going on, making political corruption easy. Sure, times have changed since

our founding fathers laid the groundwork for this nation, and the media have changed as well. However, the same principles and responsibilities of a newspa-per have survived. It is still the job of a newspaper to report and hold politicians, and all others, accountable for their actions. The same basic principles of balance, fairness and accuracy still live on.You may be thinking that

the job of a news writer for a college newspaper is not that important, but that is not the case. The Bona Venture covered

several major stories last year with the same principles as a white house correspon-dent. While the stories you will cover as a news writer for The BV may not seem important at the national level, they are certainly important to the St. Bo-naventure community.All of the sections of

The BV are important to the overall quality of a newspaper. However, it is called a news paper for a reason. While each section may at-

tract certain readers, it is the news section that most look forward to seeing each Friday.

Its news stories that appear first in The Bona

Venture, its news stories that keep

people informed and talking and its news

stories that will get you noticed as a writer. If you are looking for a chal-

lenge, easy and fun internship hours, a chance to meet im-portant university employees, early recognition from the J/MC professors and great practice, I encourage you to write for the news section.

Why you should join ...

Apparently Rod Blagojevich is black. Not only is he black, hes also blacker than President Barack Obama, and he understands the experience of every black person.Could have fooled me.

In a Jan. 11 Esquire article, the former Illinois governor spouted off about his failed administration and current involvement in a federal in-vestigation. The conversation turned to the business of politics, which Blagojevich believes is full of fakes.Its such a cynical business, and

most of the people in the business are

phonies, but I was real, man - and am real. This guy [Obama], he was cat-apulted in on hope and change, what we hope the guy is everything hes sayings on the teleprompter.Three. Two. One. Insert foot in mouth.

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By Bryan JacksonAssociAte editor

Blagojevichs comments show race still a factor

At $56,100, the average faculty salary at St. Bonaventure ranks among the lowest in New York state, according to an annual re-port by the American Association of University Professors (AAUP).To increase salaries, members

of the Faculty Senate have said theyll continue suggesting ways administrators can free up funds for salary increases. Meanwhile, administrators have said theyre working to strike a balance be-tween the need for higher sala-ries and other budget constraints.

The AAUP report includes 120 New York state higher education institutions - public and private, two-year, four-year and gradu-ate-focused. The average salary figure represents a combined av-erage of the salaries of full pro-fessors, associate professors, as-sistant professors and lecturers.Of the 120 colleges the AAUP

listed, St. Bonaventures average of $56,100 ranked 117, above Corning Community College, Hil-bert College and Sage Colleges.

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By shannon holfothAssociAte editor

Faculty salaries among lowest in N.Y.

SPORTSBy Sports Editor Ryan PapasergeAre you interested in covering

Division I athletics and develop-ing your journalism skills along the way? If so, joining the BVs sports

department is something you should definitely look into. Youll get to cover some of

the most interesting athletes and stories occurring in the

Bona Bubble while taking in the satisfaction of seeing your name in print and online. In addition, youll have the ability to take the material you have learned in the classroom into the real world something that will provide benefits on both sides. Did I mention youll get to

cover Division I sports? If youre nervous after read-

ing pretty much everything I included in the first paragraph, dont worry. As a freshman, I was sort of

wary about writing for the BV. However, I signed up in my first semester, worked hard, and will now take the position of sports

editor for the coming semester. I can promise you that if you

join BV Sports, you will open the door to some of the most fun times of your life. While I and my fellow editors will scrutinize your work, well be as nice as possible doing so.(By the way, were also low

on writers and on the search

for someone to join the edito-rial staff for the Spring 2011 semester. If you work hard enough, it could be your words filling this space for incoming freshmen someday.)Welcome to St. Bonaven-

ture, and I hope youll take the time to consider writing for BV Sports.

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Three students left their iPods and labeled clothes behind and journeyed to Haiti earlier this month, learning there is more to life than material objects.Rob Ryer, Phil Penepent

and TJ Rosetti spent their spring break volunteering and providing disaster relief for the children in Leogane, Haiti, 20 miles outside of Port-au-Prince. They spent a week, Saturday Feb. 27 to Saturday March 6, living and working with the Hai-tian community.They began planning to

travel to Haiti immediately

after news broke out that the Jan. 12th earthquake had struck, while they were on their winter break trip to Atlanta, where they helped rebuild the United Method-ist Childrens Home. Origi-nally they had planned on returning to Atlanta for Spring Break.Preparations for the trip

included receiving four vaccinations: Hepatitis A, typhoid, H1N1 and the sea-sonal flu. They also had to take medication for malaria one week prior to the trip, during the trip and three weeks following the trip.

By ElizaBEth GradyFeAtures Assignment editor

Haiti service trip changes perception

Welcome to the future.The Bona Ventures online section

will provide an opportunity for col-lege journalist to mold and change the future of journalism. This section even encourages its staff to dabble in every part of the newspaper.Plus, if youre new to journalism or

do not know which area you want to focus on, then this section is perfect because it has no prerequisites.How many sections can offer

that promise?News is now read on computers,

smartphones and iPads that provide up-to-the-minute content print newspaper could never pull off. The online section provides that

and makes sure the entire World Wide Web gets to read the latest St. Bonaventure University news.Because of that responsibil-

ity, this section is a combina-tion of news, arts and life, op/ed, sports, photography and non-print-newspaper sec-tions like video production and Web designing.

As a staff writer last semester, I wrote multiple articles and took photos for every section to get a well-rounded journalism experience. I hope to provide a similar experience to the online section staff.Im hoping to start multiple blogs, a biweekly news video and other interactive multimedia

The BV will be proud of.If youre ready to join the future

of journalism with me, then con-tact me at leetd09@bonaventure.edu or find me on campus.You cant miss me. Im the, well,

journalist of the future.

OnlineBy Online Editor Tony Lee

Click here to see a photo slideshow of a Sean

Kingston concert

I do not agree with what you have to say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it, Voltaire said. The BVs Op/Ed section operates on the

same principle, although we wont always disagree with what you have to say. Many times, Opinions writers are, in

fact, the voice of the students. They ex-press concern, dissatisfaction and even praise for an endless range of topics from politics to Facebook to Hickey Dining Hall

food. Just take a look through the Opin-ions section of thebv.org.And you, as future writers, journalists

or St. Bonaventure community members, have the right to speak, or rather write, your minds.Get in touch with me or my Assistant

Opinions Editor, Maria Hayes, to get started.Op/Ed is a great section to start with

at The BV. Youll get to know BV style, process and our very friendly editing

staff without the stress or nerves that go along with an interview your first week on campus.So theres a chance we wont agree with

the opinions you write, but thats okay! That is the essence of our Opinions section. Stand firmly behind your beliefs and put them in print for St. Bonaventure students, faculty, staff and alumni to read.(And get your picture next to your name

in the newspaper.)

Op/EdBy Opinions Editor Kait Laubscher

Pictures are worth 1,000 words.

- Photo Department

Arts and LifeBy Features Editor

Emilee Lindner A kid in your class just recorded a CD. A few

hundred of your peers made a group to get Sister Margaret to join Facebook. A kayaking club was founded on campus and will soon take on the Allegheny River. Not exactly front page worthy, but really, we all know these are the stories capture a wide interest.Sure News, Opinions and Sports are great.

But features stories incorporate aspects from all of those with spice. Unlike News,

a features writer has a lot more liberty in their writing. The facts and the informa-tion are still there, but the words are crafted differently, showing read-ers things they may not have known.Passionate about music, movies, books,

video games, restaurants? The Arts and Life section gives you the opportunity to let the world (literally, our website is worldwide)

No. 5 for the rafters

Bob Lanier and Tom and Sam Stith are just a few former mens basketball players who have their numbers hanging from the rafters of the Reilly Center, never to be worn again

by a member of the Brown and White.Wednesday night, Dana

Mitchell joined that exclusive club, becoming the first wom-ens basketball player in pro-gram history to have her num-ber retired, during halftime of Wednesdays mens basketball

game against Temple.The senior forward - regaled

by chants of Da-na Mitch-ell! Da-na Mitch-ell! in the closing seconds of the Bonnies 58-45 victory over Richmond earlier in the day -said it was still hard to her to grasp the fact her number will take up permanent resi-

dence above Bob Lanier Court.Its still in that era where

Im still playing, so it hasnt sunk in yet, Mitchell said. Im sure it wont sink in until after I graduate.

By ryan PaPasErGEsports editor

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know what you think.So when it comes to

picking a section of The Bona Venture to write for, think of what you end up reading in your newspaper. If you immediately turn to Sports, go there. If you stick to the front page, go to News. But if you want a combination of everything with some liberty, go to Features.

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Recent allegations that Pope Benedict XVI worked to protect pedophiles have shaken the faith of some members of the Bonaven-ture community.In 1998, Father Marcial

Maciel, founder of The Le-gionaries of Christ, was ac-cused of molesting over 30 of his seminarians, dating all the way back to the 1950s, according to an ABC news broadcast on March 13.Over 3,000 priests have

been accused of sexual abuse in front of the Vati-

cans doctrinal offices since 2001, according to a March 24 New York Times article. Cardinal Joseph Ratzing-

er, now Pope Benedict XVI, was responsible for the in-vestigations at the time.According to the ABC

broadcast, Pope Benedict is being accused of neglect-

ing to strip several known offenders of their priestly powers, instead simply moving them to other par-ishes to mask the issue.Critics of the church are

speaking out, requesting the pope step down from his responsibilities. With all the speculation surround-

ing the fate of Catholicism, some St. Bonaventure students find themselves questioning their faith. I cant understand how

individuals who do things like this in the church arent being held accountable,

After months of consider-ation, St. Bonaventure Uni-versity alumnus Carl Paladi-no, '68, officially announced his candidacy for governor of New York on the Repub-lican ticket to be voted on Nov. 2.An April 6 Buffalo News

article reported a boister-ous crowd of more than 600 showed up to Ellicott Square in downtown Buf-falo to hear Paladino make his announcement Monday. After some playful banter

with the crowd, Paladino started his speech with, "Well, I'm mad as hell, and I'm not going to take it any-more."Are you fed up? Are you

mad as hell? Well I agree with all of you, and that's why I've invited you here tonight. I wanted to tell ev-erybody here personally I will run for governor of the state of New York."In a February interview,

the Buffalo-based develop-er and lawyer said he want-ed to make sure he had a winning plan in place and would receive support from

New York City residents before officially announc-ing his candidacy. Paladino outlined that plan Monday night."The professional politi-

cians say I'm just mad and I have no program for the fu-ture," Paladino said. "They're dead wrong."Let me tell you what a

Paladino administration is going to look like: I'll run a government with good ideas and solid principles. I pledge to run one, four-year term, and I'll make the tough decisions. I'll take the pins and needles, I'll take the punches and I wont be worrying about popularity and re-election."Paladino said if elected,

he will issue an immediate fiscal state of emergency, cut taxes and spending by 10 percent in his first six months and slash Medic-aid by cutting out optional benefits that are forced on taxpayers by state legisla-ture.Paladino joins Steve Levy

and Rick Lazio as hopefuls for the GOP nomination.Senior political science

VOLUME 84, ISSUE 23 WWW.THEBV.ORG APRIL 9, 2010

Young Bonnies growing pains

SPORTS - PAGE 8

Is iPad bigger than

life?OPINION - PAGE 4

Fat Pig unveiled at the Garret Theater

ARTS AND LIFE - PAGE 5

Alumnus running for Gov.Imagine courtesy of The Buffalo News

Buffalo lawyer and developer Carl Paladino, 68, announces his GOP candidacy for governor on Monday.

After months of consid-eration, St. Bonaventure University alumnus Carl Paladino, '68, officially an-nounced his candidacy for governor of New York on the Republican ticket to be voted on Nov. 2.An April 6 Buffalo News

article reported a boister-ous crowd of more than 600 showed up to Ellicott Square in downtown Buffa-lo to hear Paladino make his announcement Monday. After some playful banter

with the crowd, Paladino started his speech with, "Well, I'm mad as hell, and I'm not going to take it any-more."Are you fed up? Are you

mad as hell? Well I agree with all of you, and that's why I've invited you here tonight. I wanted to tell ev-erybody here personally I will run for governor of the state of New York."In a February interview,

the Buffalo-based develop-er and lawyer said he want-ed to make sure he had a winning plan in place and would receive support from New York City residents before officially announc-ing his candidacy. Paladino outlined that plan Monday night."The professional politi-

cians say I'm just mad and I have no program for the fu-ture," Paladino said. "They're dead wrong."Let me tell you what a

Paladino administration is

going to look like: I'll run a government with good ideas and solid principles. I pledge to run one, four-year term, and I'll make the tough decisions. I'll take the pins and needles, I'll take the punches and I wont be worrying about popularity and re-election."Paladino said if elected,

he will issue an immediate fiscal state of emergency, cut taxes and spending by 10 percent in his first six months and slash Medic-aid by cutting out optional benefits that are forced on taxpayers by state legisla-ture.Paladino joins Steve Levy

and Rick Lazio as hopefuls for the GOP nomination.Senior political science

major Duffy Hartnett, presi-

dent of the voter registra-tion drive and member of St. Bonaventure's Col-lege Democrats, said he is skeptical about Paladino's chances of winning the nomination."I'm happy that someone

from St. Bonaventure is run-ning but I don't think his chances of winning the Republican nomination are all that great," Hartnett said. "After all, it's a statewide primary and from what I've heard, he's mostly well-known in Buffalo."Second of all, his view-

points are a little too far to the right, especially for New York, which is normal-ly home to less stringent right wing views. In New

Pope Benedict XVI

THE BV ASKS...Do you think the university should dismiss the daytime Bona Bus?

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By Mike VitronNews editor

By roBBie ChuliCkstaff writer

Bonaventure responds to pope scandal By eMily youngassistaNt News editor

SEE PALADINO, PAGE 2

SEE SGA, PAGE 2

SEE POPE, PAGE 2

The Bona Ventures Fall 2010 EditorsEditor-in-Chief: Tim GrossManaging Editor: Amanda KleinNews Editor: Mike VitronNews Assignment Editor: Steve Mayer

Assistant News Editor: Ryan LazoOpinions Editor: Kait LaubscherAssistant Opinions Editor: Maria HayesFeatures Editor: Emilee Lindner

Features Assignment Editor: Elizabeth GradyAssistant Features Editor: Kaitlin LindahlSports Editor: Ryan PapasergeSports Assignment Editor: Tyler DiedrichAssistant Sports Editor: Sam WilsonOnline Editor: Tony Lee

Copy Editor: Cameron DeOrdioPhoto Editor: Lauren SaleAssistant Photo Editor: Sara Regal

Advisory Editor: Kristy KiblerAssociate Editor: Bryan Jackson

04 SPECIAL EDITION Fall 2010 semester thebv.org

MEET THE HEAD EDITORSTo the majority of cam-

pus, The Bona Venture is just a newspaper that comes out on Fridays. People may or may not pick up a copy or check the website. Its just another part of campus life.

To the people who put to-gether this paper every weekwriters, photographers and editorsits more than a small part of campus life. Its part of their educational experience, the source of numerous friendships and the majority of their rsum.

The BV will give you great ex-perience in the field of journal-

Tim GrossEditor-in-ChiEf

AmAndA KlEinmAnAGinG Editor

Words. We use them every day at The Bona Venture. We look at them through a practical, critical eye, dissecting them, their im-plications, the way they fit with each other to create a mood, a feeling, a story.

At The BV, we understand the power and potential of words.

We also understand their limits.Our goal as journalists is to im-

merse ourselves in the world and translate its stories, to share with our audiences the developments that affect their lives, to capture all the intangible emotion that hold together basic facts.

Using only our words at times.The college students

become colleagues and friends, our newsroom in Robinson Hall becomes a home, the late nights and long weeks become time that passed way too quickly and the why becomes a why not?

Only one word can describe the transformation. Only one word can show the growth BV writers and editors experience and the memories they share. Only one word can quantify The BVs value and potential, the opportunities it creates and the bonds it solidifies.

And that word is join.

ism. Youll learn about your school, and theres something for everyone. Youll get a leg up in your writing classes.

Its scary to imagine my life without The BV. I came to Bonaventure a nervous, awk-ward freshman. I was terrified to write my first story, but I took a chance and wrote it. The editors critiqued it harsh-ly, but I learned how to write. Without that nerve-wracking experience, I wouldnt be where I am now.

Even if youre scared of writ-ing your first story, do it any-way. You wont regret it.

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a normal college experience. My friends can go out on St. Pat-ricks Day, but because it fell on a Wednesday this year, I couldnt. Just little things like that, said Amanda Klein, features editor. I feel like Im missing some-thing, but then again, Im getting something most people dont get in college.The editors lay the pages on

Wednesday night, and some of them stay until 6 a.m. Instead of working, they find eating bacon-covered pizza and throwing toilet paper much more intriguing.My favorite part of Wednesday

night is when everybody is goof-ing around, not doing any work, said Mike Vitron, news editor.When stuck in a small office in

Robinson Hall 111 editing stories, The BV crew got close.Im attracted to The BV be-

cause of two things: the work I get to do and the people I work with, said Papaserge, a sopho-more. It was pretty cool covering the womens basketball team this year, following them to Mary-

land for A-10s. However, I think Ive also formed friendships with people via The BV that I never would have expected.Not only are the writers and

editors linked as friends, but they share a common passion for journalism.I wanted to go in to print jour-

nalism and wanted somewhere I could practice what I was learn-ing about in classes, said Ruth Harper, a senior and past editor-in-chief. Once I got down there, I learned so much more than I ever imagined, often more than I learned in some classes. Combine that with some amazingly fun and hard-working people, and I was hooked.The enthusiasm for journal-

ism led Harper and Gross to the newspaper, and like others, they got real-life experience.(The BV) provides several

amazing opportunities for peo-ple like me who want to pursue a career in the field of journalism, said Gross, a junior. Ive been able to go on trips to Charlotte, N.C., Atlantic City, N.J., and Wash-ington, D.C., on assignment.

Ive interviewed very important people. At a lot of other school newspapers, these opportunities wouldnt exist, but with The BV and our small staff, you can really jump into rich journalistic experi-ences right away if you want to.Former Editor-in-Chief Charlie

Specht now has an internship with Meet the Press.The experience I gained at The

BV gave me a solid foundation to build on in my future intern-ships, Specht said. The empha-sis on structured style and rock-solid grammar helped me learn the basics of newspaper writing. From there, I was able to develop creatively to fit whatever style I was writing for.Current and past editors say to

get involved with The BV for fun

and an experience that will stick. Throw yourself into The BV,

Specht said. Its like anything in life: the more you put into it, the more you get out of it.Vitron agreed.I had my reservations at first,

he said. But I wish I had gotten involved sooner than I did.Most of the members are jour-

nalism and mass communication majors, but the staff welcomes others. For example, Edmund Lazzari, a theology major, wrote editorials almost every week in the fall 2009 semester. Steve Mayer, news assignment editor, switched his major to journalism and mass communication after writing for the paper for a year.Students of all disciplines can

use The BV for their benefit.

Im a better writer and editor because of The BV. Even though I dont plan on going into newspa-pers, I can use the writing, edit-ing and layout skills anywhere, said Klein. That and having a leadership role always translates into anything.To get involved, go to an inter-

est meeting, or come down any time on a Wednesday night.Members said The BV creates a

camaraderie that lasts past col-lege. Here is some advice from Ryan OReilly, a senior and former editor-in-chief.For current BVers, keep

working hard to put out the best product possible, OReilly said. And remember, we cant make news, all we can do is report it.

THE BV: Despite working at late nights, The Bona Venture editors and staff writers consider it hardly working.

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From left to right: Features Assignment Editor Elizabeth Grady, Opinions Editor Kait Laubscher, Carl Crayon, Assistant Opinions Editor Maria Hayes, Managing Editor Amanda Klein.

I had my reservations at first. But I wish I had gotten involved sooner than I did.- Mike Vitron, news editor