and reconnect with the Fran-
ciscan tradition, alum-
nae from the class of
1978 are gladly giving
themselves reading as-
signments.
Reads 2013 selection,
"Full Body Burden:
Growing up in the Nu-
clear Shadow of Rocky
Flats."
Bonaventure Book Club --
during her 35th class reunion
in June, garnering interest
from 19 classmates.
alumnae, taking them back
to growing up in the back-
their St. Bonaventure experi-
ences. During a conference
mates discussed
the book through
a thoughtful lens,
reminiscent of
their English
classroom discus-
sions with faculty
Rick Simpson, Pat
Panzarella and
Jim Martine.
town close to Rocky Flats, a
nuclear weapons plant once
designated "the most con-
taminated site in America."
For more than 30 years, the
plant secretly produced plu-
tonium triggers for nuclear
bombs.
memoir, "Full Body Burden"
explores secrets -- not only
of the government's cover-up
of nuclear contamination,
but of Iversen's own family's
silences: Her father's drinking
and her mother's denial were
routinely disregarded.
tation to all first-year stu-
dents.
throughout Welcome Days,
University 101 courses and
various campuswide events
this fall, including a Sept. 30
visit by Iversen.
chal: The Surprising Life and
Heroic Death of Father My-
chal Judge."
avenging '72 national
spelling bee loss
be foiled by a pancreatic secre-
tion. The St. Bonaventure Eng-
lish professor won $1,000 for
finishing second in the July 13
AARP National Senior Spelling
Bee in Cheyenne, Wyo.,
tripped up by chymotrypsino-
gen, a zymogen secreted by
the pancreas.
Catholic School in Buffalo, 13-
year-old Lauren Pringle (now
Matz) finished second in the
1972 Scripps Howard National
Spelling Bee in Washington,
D.C. (pictured above).
1972)," said Matz, '80, who's
taught at the university since
1988. A garnett is a type of
carding machine.
lenge included enfleurage,
kalanchoe, loculicidal, erythro-
poiesis, microlepidopterous, ni-
trosodimethylamine,
oophorectomy, pneumoconio-
sis, unnilquadium and as-
comycetous.
out of 100 on a written test.
The field was whittled to just
two after 11 rounds. She then
went blow for etymological
blow for 14 more rounds with
eventual winner Tony Johnson
before he spelled ytterbium
correctly to claim the title.
the featured speakers at the biennial Dick Joyce
Sports Symposium April 23 at the university.
ture athletic director Steve Watson on a panel
to discuss "The NCAA: Today and Tomorrow."
Jim Marchiony, '76, associate athletic
director/external relations for the University of
Kansas, was the event moderator.
"Women in the World of Sports," "Gonzo
Sports Journalism," and "College Sports Ad-
ministration and Media."
ored at a dinner the night before
the symposium with the John
Domino Award, named after the
1984 alumnus who helped usher
in the video era while an undergraduate.
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and Bernadette McGlade.