Faith

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What can a grilled cheese sandwich do for you?

Fill you up? Make you happy? Keep you satisfied for a few hours?

What can a grilled cheese sandwich do for a child in India who goes to bed hungry?

Before 2004, that grilled cheese sandwich would have done nothing for that child. Now, thanks to FeelGood, an organization that fights hunger, you can help people all over the world have a meal to eat. It’s as simple as buying a grilled cheese sandwich on certain college campuses.

Hope for the Hickey

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New residential dining manager takes student opinions into account

By Mark Belcher, News Editor @markbelcherjr and Maddie Gionet, Co-Editor in Chief/ Features Editor @MaddieGNA

ST. BONAVENTURE – (Feb. 1) In the first St. Bonaventure University Food Committee meeting in two semesters, Hickey Memorial Dining Hall management took away a list of both criticisms and refinement points -- and only two weeks later, students have already seen positive change.

Perseverance

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     It’s America’s oldest and most prestigious pre-college science competition. It could lead to a $100,000 four-year college scholarship. It’s the Intel Science Talent Search. And Samantha Garvey was one of 300 semifinalists in the running for that $100,000.
     Although Garvey might not have gone on to be one of the 40 finalists in the contest, she stands out from her peers. What makes Garvey different? Well, for one, her project. She spent more than two years studying the effects of Asian short crabs on mussels in salt marshes in her home city of Long Island.
     A second reason – Garvey, her parents and her two siblings have been homeless since New Year’s Day this year after being evicted from their home.

Q&A with Elyse Kosakowski

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It’s an honor no St. Bonaventure University student has been recognized for before this semester – being named a finalist for the Most Promising Minority Award given out by the American Advertising Federation. But now, senior Elyse Kosakowski can proclaim she is the first St. Bonaventure student to receive this recognition.
Named one of twenty finalists for the award, Kosakowski, a journalism and mass communication and integrated marketing communications dual-degree major, sat down with The Intrepid’s Features Editor Maddie Gionet, @MaddieGNA, for a Q&A.

Gionet: How does it feel to be the first Bonaventure student to be honored in this way? 

From Zero to Hero

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Women’s rugby team completes a dramatic two-year turnaround by capturing State title
By Maddie Gionet, Features Editor, @MaddieGNA
     ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. (Nov. 8) — It was a decision Kayla O’Keefe never expected to make.
     “My freshmen year, I tried out for cheerleading, and the next day I was so sore,” she said. “I asked myself, ‘What am I getting myself into?’”

Meet the Professor: Fr. John Coughlin, O.F.M

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The St. Bonaventure University and Mt. Irenaeus communities welcomed a new friar to their families this year.Fr. John Coughlin, O.F.M., sat down to give The Intrepid an interview on how he became a friar and where this journey has taken him.
By Maddie Gionet, features editor, @MaddieGNA
Gionet: You entered the Franciscan Order in 1995. But describe your journey of becoming a Franciscan priest before that.

'We've Got Your Back'

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Peer Coaching Program makes stride on improving students’ first-year experience

By Maddie Gionet, features editor, @MaddieGNA

     ST. BONAVENTURE (Oct. 16) -– It’s like having a superhero for a friend. That’s how Kate Timony would describe a peer coach.

     As an incoming freshman this year, Timony can attest that these so-called superheroes live up to their motto: “We’ve got your back!”

     “I panicked before my first exam,” the freshman biology major said. “I got a hold of my peer coach, who is also a bio major, and she helped me calm down and told me what to expect.”

     The St. Bonaventure University Peer Coaching Program matches incoming freshmen and transfer students with upperclassmen known as peer coaches and peer leaders, said Abby Cohen, assistant director for the First Year Experience. These upperclassmen give them a helping hand and a familiar face through their first year of college.