1. Whether you’re Catholic or not, there is a Bible sitting somewhere in your room.
You may even have more than one in different editions for Foundations of Religious Texts of the West or Catholic & Franciscan Heritage.
2. Having to wake up at least an hour before class so you can get in line for a Hickey omelet.
Because let’s be honest, aside from the tater tots it’s the only decent breakfast food.
3. You can “Hickey bum” for at least an hour, and you’ve definitely done it for two hours at least once.
And if you haven’t you need to experience it.
4. When you see fog in the morning, you know it’s safe to wear short sleeves to class.
But you probably just thought it meant rain as a freshman and made the mistake of wearing boots to class
5. You also know that you should only bring half (or even less) of your summer/spring wardrobe because there are only 2 months of the school year that you can wear those clothes.
6. Having to walk from the tennis court parking lot is cruel and unusual punishment.
Almost as cruel and unusual as having to take Natty World.
7. Hearing a noise in Dev and immediately assuming it’s one of the ghosts you hear rumors about.
8. Going out on St. Patrick’s Day, no matter what day of the week it falls on.
9. Walking past the oratory every day but never once going inside.
And you probably didn’t even know it was called the oratory until at least sophomore year.
10. Gray is not the only color that a squirrel can be. At this point you’re surprised you haven’t seen a pink squirrel.
11. Having the weirdest off-campus house names of any other college
Slaughterhouse? Morgue?
12. Dressing up as a banana, wearing a wig or wearing any other costume is 100% socially acceptable on game days.
It’s not just acceptable, but recommended.
13. If you go to the library to study during finals week, you might as well be studying in the middle of the dining hall.
Not even the quiet floor is quiet.
14. You know almost every Aramark employee by name and hold conversations with them when you’re in line for food.
And you were very disappointed when Jared the omelet man had his last day.
15. Your professors know you almost as well as your friends do.
You may even call most of them by their first names or a nickname.
16. Being awake all night when you live/lived on campus because the Dev bells won’t stop ringing.
17. Our mascot isn’t actually an animal, a Bonnie isn’t a wolf.
We do know what it means to be a Bonnie though and we take a lot of pride in becoming one.
18.We have as many ghosts on campus as we do students.
Even though we know the stories aren’t really real…right?
19. We love to complain about everything, especially the Wi-Fi.
From the food to the poor parking to the fact that we don’t have a spring weekend concert.
20. But in the end, we would never choose another school because St. Bonaventure is our home.
Photo credits: 1, 2, 3 are stock photos
photo 5 courtesy of Lauren Zazzara
photo 6 courtesy of Rachel Konieczny