Issue 10, Vol 143, The Brunswickan

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Vaccine delayed again Hilary Paige Smith The Brunswickan Students, faculty and staff on campus may have to wait until the first weekend of December for the H1N1 vaccine, said Shirley Cleave, Associate Vice President Academic and leader of the H1N1 Response Team on campus.

Clinics have been happening throughout New Brunswick in October and earlier this month, but only for those in high-priority groups. These groups include health care workers, children, the elderly and people with chronic illness.

Cleave said the Department of Public Health has not designated students as a high-risk group for immunization because there are other groups at higher risk for complications from the virus.

“I think Public Health has to identify those that are most at risk and although we’d like to have our students and faculty protected as soon as possible, I think we have to be responsible for the larger community. There are other folks that are more at risk than our student population,” she said.

Last Friday, UNB announced their first laboratory confirmed case of the virus. The virus has been present on campus, but students have not been tested unless they have an underlying medical condition and are therefore at higher risk. A student tested positive with the virus on Thursday.

The university has not been keeping track of H1N1 cases on campus, rather tracking the population of classrooms on a daily basis to see how classes have been affected by the spread of the virus.

Cleave said that because no exact attendance is taken it is difficult to see how the virus has impacted class size.

“Attendance seems to be fairly consistent throughout the term, but we don’t have records comparing it to last year. So far there haven’t been substantial absences or differences in absenteeism in our sentinel classes,” Cleave said.

Cleave is adamant that students should get the vaccine when it is offered to them to avoid contracting and spreading H1N1.

“I certainly hope that students take advantage of the opportunity to get vaccinated,” she said.

“I’m sure there are some students that aren’t taking it as seriously as they perhaps should, but we don’t want students to panic either. Most people won’t be very sick, but the more people who are vaccinated the less spread there will be.”

Cleave’s words of advice to students who feel they are ‘invincible’ to the virus is that the vaccine will help to protect them and prevent the spread of the virus.

The Associate Vice President Academic said that it is unlikely that classes will be cancelled due to the virus.

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Veterans take part in a Veterans’ Week ceremony Sunday Nov. 8.The Remembrance Day ceremony begins at 10:15 a.m. at the Provincial Cenotaph, located at the intersection of King and Queen near Christ Church Cathedral. Andrew Meade / The Brunswickan Lee Larrett The Brunswickan On the eleventh hour, of the eleventh day, of the eleventh month, Canadians pause for a moment of silence to remember our fallen soldiers and the sacrifices our troops have made to make our Canada strong and free.

This November 11, a service will be held at the Provincial Cenotaph at the apex of Queen and King Streets beginning at 10:15 a.m. A parade will begin in the Campbell Close parking lot at 10 a.m. and will move along Queen St. to the Cenotaph for the ceremony. Following the service the processions will continue up Queen St. to Officer’s Square and will finish in front of the Carleton Street Armouries.

This service is held with members of the Royal Canadian Legion, Fredericton Branch #4. JeanGuy Perreault, President of Branch #4, said the Legion “keeps up the work to remember the new

generation and the past generation, we try to keep the torch going.” Perreault said the Governor General, Premier of New Brunswick Shawn Graham, MP for Fredericton Keith Ashfeild, Mayor Brad Woodside, would all be in attendance at the Remembrance Day ceremony, as well as others from Parliament.

Some Canadian Forces members from CFB Gagetown will attend the Fredericton ceremony and The Chaplin for RCR, Capt Claude Lussier will lead a prayer. Perreault said that it’s important to work with CFB Gagetown because “we’re all here for one thing, we’re all here for the veteran, they’re here for the vet and also for serving Canada.

In doing that we’re serving Canada.”

Perreault expected that a lot of community members will be present on Wednesday’s ceremony. Perreault said that even in bad weather there are always large crowds in front of the cenotaph and out in the street, “we have a lot of

support,” he said.

The Legion distributes poppies leading up to Remembrance Day and Perreault said that, “we try to get everybody to wear the poppy.”

He said that close to 10,000 poppies have been distributed in Fredericton. “There’s not too many people that don’t wear a poppy,” Perreault said.

“They are really supportive.”

Legion Branch #4 erected a monument this October to remember the soldiers who have died in Afghanistan. Perreault said, “it’s a good idea to don’t forget them because they are in war, there’s life lost.” Perreault cautioned that, “we’re on our third war now, but we cannot forget our past, that was two tough wars and we lost so many.”

With Remembrance Day Perreault said that, “we try to give to the vets what they gave to us. That’s the most important thing. For the young people to remember, don’t forget what the veterans did.”

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Moustache “Mo”vember is here Lee Larrett The Brunswickan This November students from Ludlow Law School are going to be growing some facial hair for a good cause.

Movember is a global event that aims to raise funds and awareness for the fight against prostate cancer. Started in Australia in 1993, it is one of the fastest growing charity events, and one that attracts a lot of attention.

Canadian Movember partners with Prostate Cancer Canada. Funds raised go towards programs related to education, awareness, and support for those affected with prostate cancer, as well as research into prevention, detection, treatment and cures.

Justin Wies, a member of the Ludlow team, said that the moustache is an awareness device. “You’re looking at a group of individuals who don’t normally wear moustaches, so people in their daily lives say ‘Why are you growing a moustache now?’ and I say ‘I’m growing a moustache for Movember,’” Wies said.

There are 28 individuals on the Ludlow Law School team, and before the end of the first week of Movember they had raised close to $1,000.

To Wies and Chris Samuel, another team

member, this achievement is phenomenal.

Participating in Movember was an idea the two had over a lunch at the Cellar.

“I said we should do Movember, and we looked at each other and said ‘Yes!,’” Samuel explained. Without much time to prepare and no real fundraising goal, the Ludlow team is off to a promising start.

“I think we all have personal fundraising goals,” said Samuel. A lot of participants are hoping to raise $1000 as this earns them a spot in the Movember platinum club, a certificate and a shiny mug. Also motivating the men is a friendly competition with the Dalhousie Law School which also has a Movember team.

Part of the money raised is from students taking bets on which Ludlow team member will win the “Grow the Best Moustache” competition. The dean of the law school will be judging who has the best moustache on Dec. 1 at 11:30 a.m. in the law school lounge.

Dean Townsend has had a moustache for 40 years and has been deemed a moustache connoisseur. Instead of growing a moustache for Movember, he has shaved his for the month, allowing his wife of 37 years to see him without a moustache for the first time.

The best moustache will not just be the biggest and bushiest. Wies said that judging

is based on everything from shape, colour consistency, grooming, and moustache accessories such as a Magnum P.I. haircut to match a Tom Selleck moustache. Samuel said that he prefers to rank a moustache based on “it’s heart, it’s tenacity, and whether it’s given 110 per cent.”

Whatever criteria Dean Townsend uses to make his decision on Dec. 1, each Movember participant has been emailed a moustache style guide with tips on growing and grooming a moustache.

Students are encouraged to visit the Movember men in Ludlow hall and place their bets on who will be a winner. Bets become more expensive as the month goes on to encourage early betting. Right now the moustaches are just in their formative stages.

“It’s fun to see what people’s perceptions of who can grow a moustache are,” Wies says.

The men seem to be having fun with the event, but recognize its significance.

“I think it’s important for men’s health issues to be brought to everyone’s attention because I think that, for whatever reason, men are more reluctant to talk about their health. Prostate cancer is very real and it’s very treatable, so there’s no reason not to get exams regularly,” Samuel said.

The Movember team is having a movie

Men from UNB’s Law School have begun growing moustaches to raise awareness for prostate cancer. Students can donate and place bets on who will grow the best mo. Andrew Meade / The Brunswickan night on Nov. 13 at 7:30 p.m. in Ludlow Hall. Five dollars will get you into a showing of Dodgeball, and will leave you with some knowledge about prostate cancer and how

to grow a “mo.”

You can get “mo” information and donate to members or the team by going to www.ludlowmovember.com

Student Council looks out for apartment safety Lee Larrett The Brunswickan This past weekend members of the UNBSU executive participated in the conference for Canada Organization for Campus Activities (COCA). Their reports to council detailing what they learned will be discussed at the next council meeting.

VP External Ryan Brideau discussed off- campus housing, tabling a motion to begin an apartment safety campaign in partnership with the STU student union.

The student unions would create posters about apartment safety that would be framed and hung in common areas of local Colpitts development apartments.

Brideau assured council that this is a low cost venture, and would remain such even if it expanded to other apartments.

The posters would be directed to apartments with a high number of students as tenants, but there would be no guarantee that some posters wouldn’t miss the target audience.

The posters would contain information about the safe ride and safe walk programs and their STU equivalents, security numbers such as the fire and police department, as well as direction to the Student Legal Information Center for tenants’ rights issues. The motion to begin this program

was passed unanimously.

VP Student Services Stephanie Lord presented the results of a meeting with Shelley Clayton about student financial aid. Clayton had suggested areas which need more funding, including transportation aid such as gas cards to help students who live outside city limits and deal with the financial pressure of using a vehicle.

Clayton also said money could be used in the grocery coupon plan. Council recognized that the finance committee exists and determines how the budget is allocated.

Council discussed striking a committee to look into programs to meet student financial need.

Student Union President Jon O’Kane gave an update on the UNB Strategic Planning Update. The consultation sessions have been pushed back to give the Steering Committee more planning time, and now the sessions will take place Dec.4 and Dec.5 in the Wu Conference Center. The Steering Committee has recognized that this is a time of year with heavy academic strain for students and has created mini break -out sessions tailored to students.

O’Kane announced that the Canadian Student Survey, which the SU voted to pay $0 to participate in at the fifth council meeting, has been emailed to students and will be available for the next few weeks.

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Kristallnacht in the town of Lunna

Scouts Chief Commissioner visits UNB

Dr. Ruth Marcus, who has spent years researching the story of a small town which once had a predominantley Jewish population, spoke at STU last week. Andrew Meade / The Brunswickan Hilary Paige Smith The Brunswickan St. Thomas University commemorated the 71st anniversary of the Kristallnacht with a lecture by Dr. Ruth Marcus entitled “Once There was a Small Town Named Lunna.”

The Kristallnacht, otherwise known as “the Night of Broken Glass,” occurred in 1938 Nazi-Germany and Austria on the evening of Nov. 9. More than 250 synagogues were destroyed on this evening and close to 30,000 Jewish people were transported to concentration camps.

The town of Lunna-Wola, located in modern-day Belarus, was Marcus’ father, Yitzchak Eliasberg’s hometown.

As a result of the Holocaust, 1,549 Jews from this town were murdered.

The small town still exists today with a population of 1,000, none of them Jewish.

Marcus’s presentation reflected upon the past of her father’s hometown, with pictures of former Jewish Lunna residents and documents from weddings and births. Marcus, a current resident of Tel-Aviv, has studied the Jewish history of the town of Lunna and returned there

H1N1 vaccine delay FROM H1N1 PAGE 1 “Students tend not to be sick for very long. So, we’ll just continue to monitor and, rather than a cut off point, it’s more looking at trends…If there is a huge change over three or four days we’d have to consider whether cancelling is a good idea. In reality, cancelling classes and having students gather in other places isn’t going to reduce the spread and the reason to cancel would be to reduce the spread or because there were lots of students who weren’t in class.”

Cleave said there are no new developments within the university administration as far as H1N1 management, only that they are continuing to track the virus and encourage preventative methods such as hand washing, hand sanitizing, following proper coughing etiquette and staying home if you suspect you are infected.

Symptoms of the H1N1 virus include high fever, sore throat, body aches and coughing, among others.

For more information about symptoms, prevention or about the work the university is doing regarding the virus you can visit http://www.unb.ca/flu

in 2008 to present to schoolchildren, a presentation that moved several to tears, she said.

Marcus was inspired by the short stories her father wrote about the small town which, prior to the war, had a Jewish population of 66 per cent.

“About seven years ago I found an old notebook containing his recollections. At that point I felt that I should continue what he had started, since that moment I have become deeply involved in researching the life of the Jewish community of Lunna prior to the second World War and during the Holocaust,” she said.

Lunna was home to 300 Jewish families prior to the Holocaust and the town was famed not for its geniuses, rabbis or glorious history, but for it’s shoemakers, tailors, home owners, grain merchants and market days, Marcus read from her father’s memoirs.

“Once there was a teeny little shtetl.

Today, it no longer exists. It was set on fire during the Holocaust,” she read from her father’s translated manuscript.

The small town was invaded by German troops on June 28, 1941. The neighbouring town of Wola was declared the ghetto and all Lunna residents were forced into the small space prior to depor-

tation to the Kelbasin transit camp and eventually to Auschwitz, the notorious extermination camp. Nazi troops occupied the Lunna region for three years.

During her period of research, Marcus met extensively with Lunna Holocaust survivors and descendants of Lunna residents. They gladly gave her information, documents and pictures, many of which were featured in her presentation.

The pictures depicted a happier time, children laughing, couples holding hands and families smiling.

“I felt that I had become acquainted with the Jewish families who used to live in Lunna,” she said, adding that the results of her research are available online, as well as contact information for anyone who would like to share information or learn about Lunna.

Marcus returned to her father’s hometown in 2006 and 2008. In 2008 she posed for a photograph along a brook, a photo mirroring one her father had been captured in 80 years prior.

Marcus is a public speaker, author and researcher who shares her story, her father’s story and the stories of the Lunna Jews with the world.

The event was a presentation of the St. Thomas University Holocaust Centre.

UNB sixth in Maclean’s University rankings Lee Larrett The Brunswickan UNB placed sixth out of 11 nationalcaliber comprehensive universities in Maclean’s magazine’s annual university rankings. Comprehensive universities are defined by Maclean’s as those universities with a significant amount research activity and a diverse range of programs offered at the undergraduate and graduate levels. UNB placed first in its category for student-to-faculty ratio and library holdings per student. UNB also placed third for the number of students

to win national awards.

“We are happy to see UNB top the list in our category for student access to full-time faculty,” said Eddy Campbell, UNB’s President, in a press release.

“We are also pleased to achieve top status in library holdings per student, and to see our students compete so effectively with students across Canada in winning national awards. This indicates a strong learning environment at UNB.” This year’s report was released Nov. 5 2009, and the full report can be found online.

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Steve Kent, the Chief Commissioner of Scouts Canada, gave a talk in the Wu Center about the scouting movement today and his hope for the future. Sandy Chase / The Brunswickan can use to create and share program ideas, Lee Larrett Scouts Canada has been working with The Brunswickan Adobe and they recently made their leader The Chief Commissioner of Scouts Canada training program available online. has set a goal to double scouting movement “[Adobe] has this thing called learning membership in the next five years. management software... which they gave Friday night in the Wu Conference center to us July 1 when we hired a design team. at the University of New Brunswick, 40 Across the country there is a network of people in tan scouting uniforms gathered trainers and they took all this content within to listen to Steve Kent, the youngest ever 8 weeks, took the content, built it up, gave chief commissioner of Scouts Canada. it to the designers, the designers did their Kent and Rob Gallaher, Scouts Can- design thing... we’ve had 1300 participants ada’s chief operating officers, gave a pres- go through this,” said Gallaher, entation to the captive audience about the Gallaher added that although only the Scouting movement today and where they basic training module is currently available, hope to take it in the future. the rest of the modules will be completed “We’re not your father’s or your by Sept. 2010. grandfather’s boy scouts,” Kent said.

Kent and Gallaher also spoke of recruit“And that’s not to be disrespectful of ment and retention of current members. In the past, but the fact is this organization 2009 Scouts Canada saw its first increase in is a movement and we’ve evolved with membership in the last 26 years. A quote the times, and we’re multicultural and from Wayne Perry worked into their presenmultilingual and we’re really working to tation summed up their points, saying, “The become a 21st century youth organiza- number one reason that people do not join tion.” our organization is no one asks.”

Kent added that although the move“It’s been proven that kids in our proment is evolving, it’s important not to grams who get to have a good summer forget about the past. camp experience are much, much more “We’re still doing all the things that likely to come back to scouting in the fall.”

[Baden Powell] envisioned, we’re still Kent added, when talking about retaining building stronger and healthier commun- youth membership. ities, we’re still developing great leaders.”

“In terms of the work we do, there is no Part of Kent’s plan for the future other organization as powerful as ours in includes a big push to make more resour- helping young people reach their full potences available online. Along with a new tial and be the best they can be at whatever program builder database, which leaders they want to do.”

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NB Power sold off to Quebec: what’s your take?

An Editorial The Brunswickan For those of you who may not know, the Graham government plans to sell NB Power to Quebec.

Shawn Graham and Quebec’s Premier, Jean Charest, have recently struck a deal which will sell most of NB Power’s assets to Hydro-Quebec for $4.75 billion.

That $4.75 billion makes up the entirety of NB Power’s debt and 40 per cent of the entire province of New Brunswick’s debt.

Rather than coming down for or against the proposed deal, the editors here at The Brunswickan would like to reveal the real problem.

The people of New Brunswick were not consulted about this provincealtering decision. Shawn Graham went ahead and made a deal with Quebec.

He did not check with New Brunswickers to see what they thought of the deal, and as a result there has been widespread mistrust and anger surrounding the issue.

The unrest has reached such a point that the Opposition has demanded an election.

Power is something that affects each of our lives and our world, each day, and in countless ways. Worrying about bills may seem like something for your parents to be doing, but all students pay a power bill. If you have your own place with friends, you all chip in and pay your power bill, or if your bills are included in your rent, the cost of rent usually reflects that. If you live in res, you pay your bill indirectly through residence fees.

As a customer, you should care about where your services are coming from.

The government has given you no opportunity to voice your concerns. As of right now, there is a number you can call to give feedback. There is also an email address you can send comments to: feedback@lowerratesnb.ca.

“We may not respond to all emails,” it says beneath.

Contributors Zaheer Abbas, Stephanie Allen, Danielle Bodie, Chris Cameron, Kathryn Chase, Sandy Chase, Alison Clack, Maggie DeWolfe, Dave Evans, Sarah Farquhar, Josh Fleck, Kennie Gathuru, Dan Hagerman, Ayat Abed Isiad, Cody Jack, Jacques Landry, Brandon MacNeil, Cameron Mitchell, Matthew Murray, Sam Perlmutter, Jon Salmon, Brian Savoie, Hilary Paige Smith, Ysabelle Vautour, Alex Wickwire & Valerie Woodman.

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While NB Power will still be a company in the technical sense, most of its assets are going to belong to Quebec if this deal goes through. Andrew Meade / The Brunswickan This is the only opportunity the public has been given to comment. Our government seems to pick and choose when it will involve the public in its decision making process, and this needs to stop.

The government has created a precedent of transparency and citizen input with their recent Poverty Reduction Initiative, for example.

The first phase of the project included months of citizen consultations which included thousands of New Brunswickers in community meetings scheduled around the province.

The reaction to this high level of citizen engagement has been overwhelmingly positive, if a little skeptical.

However, the government decided to ignore public kudos for this transparency, and it has moved backwards into backroom dealing with their treat-

A call to action from Fredericton Freethinkers

Many organizations around the world have been holding various activities throughout this year to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s book The Origin of Species.

The activities of a certain organization give me reasons for concern. Living Waters, an evangelical Creationist ministry, plans to celebrate the occasion in late November by handing out 100,000 free copies of Darwin’s book to college students across America and Canada, complete with an introduction by Ray Comfort, the staunch defender of Creationism.

I see problems with these books.

The deceptive introduction supposedly “exposes atheistic evolution’s

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many hoaxes and the unscientific belief that nothing created everything,” and links Darwin's ideas to Hitler. The books themselves make no indication on their covers that they contain such an introduction. I cannot help but think that Comfort is deceiving students about what he is offering.

The University of New Brunswick is one of the universities in Canada that Living Waters intends to target. My group, the Fredericton Freethinkers is planning to counter the Living Waters outreach by offering material that disputes the claims that Comfort makes in his introduction. We encourage any help and support.

Sincerely, Ian Andreas Miller

ment of the deal with Hydro Quebec.

The first whiff of the deal was picked up by New Brunswick papers on Oct. 23, 2009 in the form of rumours which were neither confirmed nor denied by the Premier’s office.

The deal had been in the works for three months or more.

If this were an acquisition deal in the private sector, confidentiality from the general public would make sense; or, at least, it would be business-as-usual.

However, both NB Power and Hydro Quebec are Crown Corporations (state enterprises). The only shareholders are tax-payers, and shareholders are the people to whom a corporation must answer. Any acquisition deal, or any deal that presents a significant change from what shareholders signed on for, should be voted on.

An election probably isn’t the answer, as the opposition inevitably thinks it is. However, we have yet to hear of a referendum in either New Brunswick or Quebec. The problem, then, is not necessarily the deal itself, but rather the dictatorial actions of our provincial government.

Not only this, but the Liberals are investing $1 million in advertising to convince the public that its “lower rates” plan is the best route. This might be useful if followed by a referendum, but without one it’s just propaganda.

Whether you care about politics or not, you need to make your voice heard on this issue. Write a letter to the editor, write to Shawn Graham, protest. Do whatever it is you need to do to feel heard, because we are supposed to be living in a democracy, not a dictatorship.

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Remembrance Day a day to respect the fallen Jacques Landry The Brunswickan On the eleventh minute of the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month peace was signed for. The Great War came to an end. Twenty-one years later The Great War would be known as the First World War. However, on Nov. 11 none of that matters. Remembrance Day is when we remember the sacrifice of all men and women who served in armed conflict around the world. Unfortunately, too many of us do not fully understand what the day is dedicated to.

Canada has a long- lasting military history. From defending our homeland against American invasion, which resulted in the White House being burned, to more recent operations in the Middle East (Afghanistan), Canadians have made sacrifices for a better world.

When I graduated with my military history degree last May, my area of expertise was the Second World War. It is therefore natural that I focus more on that event. In 1939 the world decided that enough was enough. Canada declared war on Nazi Germany. The years that followed were gruesome, dirty, and showed how low mankind really can go.

However, at the same time the Second World War brought out the best in us: our capacity for bravery, courage, and sacrifice.

In the summer of 2008, I went to Italy as part of UNB’s Battlefield Tour with Dr. Lee Windsor. The first few days were spent in Rome learning about the Italian Partisan. The Partisan are not what you think, in Italy the Partisan were the resistance. We spent those first few days bring introduced to people who said: “We will not stand by to this.”

The majority of us know the story of Ann Frank. She her family and several other Jews were hidden in the attic of an office building in Amsterdam. The risk of hiding Jews during the Second World War in occupied Nazi territory was tremendous. The Italians took it a step further. Not only were they hiding Jews all across Rome, they changed their names in order to prevent the Gestapo from finding any of them. This boils down to ordinary men and women put-

Remembrance Day is a day to remember not only those who gave their lives in the First World War and Second World War, but those who are doing so today as well. Andrew Meade / The Brunswickan ting their lives on the line for strangers.

Why? Because race, gender, creed notwithstanding, we are all part of humanity.

An important man needs to be mentioned. Col. Montezemolo was the leader of the Partisans and was captured by the Gestapo. For several days he was tortured; every bone in his body was broken at least once. He never once cried, wept, or gave up any of his friends. He had to be carried on a stretcher to the Fosse Ardeatine were he would be executed. He was awarded the Military Gold Medal for Valor posthumously. His sacrifice has to be remembered.

Still in Italy, I learned about Pvt. Alphonse Hickey of New Brunswick. At some point his squad was cut off from the main force and with Nazi soldiers on their heels, someone had to cover their escape. Pvt Hickey looked at his brothers-- by then they were all brothers-- and said “ Go on boys I’ll cover you. Leave your Bren mags with me.” One after the

other they walked past him, dropping their ammo and saying goodbye. They all knew that Al would not come out of it. During the night Bren gun fire could be heard from the distance. The next day when they went to recover Pvt Hickey they found him laying on the ground next to five spent magazines and a half circle of dead enemy soldiers. All of his friends made it out alive.

I could go on and on with similar stories. However, when I decided to write this article I also wanted to shed a light on the unknown sacrifices. I am talking about the soldiers who came back and their wives and girlfriends who held the home front with pride. Of the factory workers, most of them women at that time, I am talking of the mothers who waved at their sons on their way to defend the good in mankind. Many soldiers made the ultimate sacrifice and for it we will remember them, but we must not forget the next to ultimate sacrifice made by the people of

Five reasons it rocks to be a girl Ceara Boyer The Peak BURNABY, B.C. (CUP) – Women have certain advantages over their male counterparts. Here are the five reasons it rocks to be a girl.

1. Although painful to wear, high heels can double as weapons of mass destruction (especially when your target is male genitalia). However, beware of mixing stairs and alcohol while wearing those sexy new stilettos, as it can prove deadly.

2. If you are found listening to embarrassingly shitty music such as ‘N Sync, Backstreet Boys or Soul Decision, you will be forgiven. Just hope to God that your laptop headphones don’t come unplugged in the library.

3. You will always have a strong support group: Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte, and Samantha are always waiting, just a walk to the movie store away. Of course, you may learn to blow all your money on cosmos, shoes and sex toys, but that’s okay.

4. Nail polish remover can get you a little bit high, if you’re into that. Nothing inspires abstract nail art like getting baked out of your tree. However, this might also cause you to suffer from severe cranial discomfort.

5. Cleavage – a tool of persuasion

Everyone knows that to be a girl, one must wear high heels and show mad cleavage. (Just kidding.) Flickt CC bequeathed to women and women alone – when properly used, can assist one in countless endeavors. There’s no better way to add a vertical line to your B- (and turn it into a B+) like using the vertical line between your breasts. This is con-

siderably less effective in your women’s studies course.

Editor’s note: this does not reflect the opinions of the Bruns editorial board and is not meant to be taken seriously. It is intended to be taken as a satire.

the home front.

There is something often forgotten on Remembrance Day. Everything after the Second World War is often overlooked.

Why? These men and women are doing the same as their predecessors, and working just as hard. Today a lot of ink goes to the Afghan mission and Canadians are divided. We have the right to be, Alphonse Hickey died for that right. Take your grief up with your elected representative. I have seen and heard enough disrespect toward the men and women of the Armed Forces. They sign up to follow orders whether they agree with it or not, simply because they have a strong sense

of duty and love their country.

On Remembrance Day we observe not one, but two minutes of silence. During that time it is important to think about those who sacrificed so much in the past.

I beg you not to forget the ones who are making sacrifices today. Just like the brave men and women of the First and Second World War, men and women from the Korean War through to UN Peacekeeping missions to today’s operations across the world leave friends and family behind to do the job that is asked of them. Some will miss the birth of their first- born child. Some will not be back. Fear not, I will remember you.

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Swine-sationalizing the flu Take My Word for It Sam Perlmutter

Breaking news: pigs give you swine flu. Watch out for them. Wear a mask at all times and do not put yourself at risk by contact with others. Flickr CC

I think I’m finally ready to deal with the arrival of the dreaded swine flu. I just spent about $100 on alphaghetti, Mr. Noodle, and animal crackers (in case campus is too contaminated and I have to invoke a self-imposed quarantine), $75 on Lysol and mini Purell bottles (one bottle for each pair of pants I own and every room in the house), and $10 on Latex gloves (for whenever I am brave enough to trek up to campus). Once I start panicking a bit more, I think I’ll be ready to handle H1N1.

Swine flu is really serious stuff, I’m glad I’m almost prepared. It’s hard work getting ready for a pandemic virus though.

Thankfully the media has done a great job providing balanced and reasonable coverage. The Globe and Mail, CBC, and others haven’t been alarmist at all in their reporting, and I think they’ve kept me relatively calm.

My roommates and I have instituted

a no coughing in communal spaces rule, and the only acceptable physical contact is props. Lil Wayne would be proud.

The Globe had a big headline last week telling me not to panic, and then talked about how two healthy children died from swine flu in Toronto, and how many schools were being closed in Canada. It really settled my nerves, I’ve been worried sick about swine flu (literally I worried so much I couldn’t sleep, and then woke up with a cough and runny nose).

In September and October the media spent lots of time and energy talking about the problems with the vaccine, but now are insisting we should all get it. They told me I’m selfish and a bad person if I don’t, but now I have to wait until everyone who’s higher risk than me gets it first.

I’m glad the media has provided such clear and consistent information about such a serious issue. They’re really keeping me well informed with their balanced reporting.

In fact I don’t think I’ll be going downtown anytime soon either. Nicky Zee’s has probably turned into Nicky Sneeze, and who knows what kind of germs are lurking in Swinewaters next door. No, it’s definitely best to avoid any physical contact until flu season ends in March.

It’s also good that the government has handled the roll-out of the vaccine so

well. I get cranky and impatient waiting five minutes to pay for my groceries. You can imagine how exciting the prospect of a five-hour wait for a flu shot is. Maybe I’ll bring a couple essays to finish.

Actually, now that I think about it, I may not need the vaccine after all. I think I may have had swine flu already. I had almost all the symptoms. I thought my aches and pains were the consequence of my drunken wrestling and fenceclimbing competition, and was ready to blame John Player for the cough I woke up with. I blamed Alexander Keith’s fine brewing for my nausea and diarrhea, but alas, it appears Mexican pigs were the real source of my malaise.

But really, swine flu is serious stuff. If you’re healthy, you’re 20 times less likely to die from swine flu than a car crash this year. Those are scary odds. Apparently swine flu has a similar death rate to seasonal flu, killing anywhere from 0.007-0.045% of people it infects. Early reports actually say swine flu’s mortality rate is lower than the normal flu’s ~0.1%.

Too bad we can’t get seasonal flu shots until January in every province that’s not New Brunswick. Some reports have swine flu killing 1 out of every 100,000 people it infects. Yikes.

I cannot for the life of me imagine what I would do if we had a highly contagious, not very lethal flu virus to worry about every year in Canada. Oh, wait...

The benefits of buying local and organic The Opinionator Nick Howard Environmental degradation immediately brings to mind images of polluting smoke stacks, the Alberta oil sands and traffic in Toronto at 5:30 p.m. on a Monday. Expanses of farmland around the world rarely bring to mind greenhouse gases (GHGs). Yet, industrial agriculture contributes to the world’s GHG problem, making up 12 per cent of total emissions. Nitrogen obtained from industrial sources (through fossil fuel combustion), pesticides and tractor emissions are just a few examples of the environmental cost of your daily bread.

We are often told that being green means more consumption; we need to

buy hybrid cars and low-flow toilets.

The key, however, is less and different consumption. We need to buy food, but rarely do we think about its environmental cost when determing what to buy.

There are many opportunities to eat green, however. Organic farms, by using compost and manure instead of industrial fertilizers, increase the organic content of the soil. This allows the soil to sequester large amounts of GHGs while avoiding the emissions created by the production of industrial fertilizer and pesticides.

Organic farms are also smaller by necessity, which means that fewer tractor miles are needed to produce your carrots. By working together, organic livestock and produce farmers can reuse their respective wastes: produce waste can feed animals and animal waste can fertilize crops. This system reduces the amount of methane, nitrogen and carbon dioxide released into the air by sequestering it in the soil to grow your food. This kind of cyclical

efficiency is missing in conventional (industrial) agriculture.

Local food can also make a contribution to shrinking your GHG footprint. By buying food produced close to home, you can avoid consuming produce shipped from every corner of the earth. The environmental inefficiency of our current food trade system is simply astounding.

Garlic, for example, is easily grown in New Brunswick, and many people grow their own. Try finding New Brunswick garlic in a store; it is almost impossible. The vast majority comes from China, 19,938 km away. Does this seem environmentally sound to you?

If you wanted to go all-out, you could grow some of your own food, either in a small backyard plot or in pots around the house.

Unlike changing your light bulbs and recycling, eating green can be fun, tasty, healthy and beneficial to your community. Organic and local produce is generally tastier than industrially produced food. Since local produce doesn’t have to be shipped, varieties can be chosen for taste, rather than their ability to survive long hauls.

Organic produce also benefits from good soil quality, which improves the nutrient content of the food. Don’t believe me? Test it yourself. Buy a carrot grown in California (at Sobeys or the Superstore) and a carrot from the Boyce market; put a blindfold on and take a bite out of each. I guarantee the locally grown organic carrot will taste better. Buying local also provides the opportunity to meet the people who fill your stomach. Have a conversation with a farmer about your food; you’ll probably learn a lot of really cool stuff.

We need to start seeing our food as the necessity it is. Cigarettes are all-but-illegal because we understand that breathing clean air is a necessity for life. Why do we continue to fill ourselves with cigarette-quality food? The most sustainable green initiatives are the ones we want to do.

Start with making your meals a little greener and a lot more delicious. Your body will thank you and so will your environment.

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Student

Viewpoint.

Let everyone know whats on your mind.

“David Hay makes more yearly than Obama.”

Adam Savoie

Andrew Atkinson

Cameron DuPlessis

“If they use renewable resources.”

“I agree if it lowers prices.”

Tobi Mitternaier

“Hopefully it doesn’t get more expensive.”

“I haven’t heard enough to choose.”

“It’s for the best.”

Oliver Gorman-asal

Lyle Vicaire “Damned if you do, damned if you don’t.”

Pamela Stevenson

What are your thoughts on the sale of NB Power to Hydro Quebec?

“We’ll see what happens.”

“If it lowers prices.”

Rob Mcfarlane

Shawn Moffat

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Tearing down vicious walls: an act of peace

UNB Students gathered outside Tilley Hall to reenact the fall of the Berlin Wall. Andrew Meade/The Brunswickan Danielle Bodie The Brunswickan The UNB German Club and the Fredericton community gathered at the University of New Brunswick’s Tilley Hall to join in with people all over the world who celebrated the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. The walk was meant to reenact the peaceful demonstration that effectively ended the Cold War and brought democracy

to Eastern Europe.

Dr. Chris Lorey, Undergraduate Advisor of the German Studies program, thought of the idea of reenacting the walk.

“I had the idea of doing a candle light walk and proposed idea to the German Club at UNB. The students really liked the idea. Everyone thought it would be fun and educational,” he says.

The purpose of the walk is to remind people of what non-violent action can

accomplish.

“The walk is to remind us that freedom and democracy can be achieved with peace, which is exactly what happened in 1989. Tens of thousands of people gathered peacefully with candles in their hands.”

World History professor Karen Robert felt that the event was a good idea and would create an impact because of its historic importance.

“The fall of the wall was one in a

global set of struggles for democratic reform that included movements in China, South Africa, and Chile. The fall of the Berlin wall was this bloodless people’s revolution after the years when so many people were killed trying to get over the wall. This important social movement helped to bring down the communist state like a house of cards.”

Lorey also hopes that this event reminds the world that in the midst of all of the wars around us, peace can be

found in other ways.

“The interesting thing is the fact that it was a non-violent revolution. It was brought about without a single shot or someone killed or a single head rolling. That is certainly something to remember, celebrate and learn from.

The walk is a great way to remember and commemorate the event.”

The walk ended with a nightcap at the Sweet Belgian Desire after the celebration walk.

UNB prof wins national award for his work in internationalization Danielle Bodie The Brunswickan Professor Ted Robak has been involved with a lot of international recruitment projects at UNB throughout the years, and he has won a national award for his efforts. Robak is the recipient of the 2009 Internationalization Service Award, which is presented annually by the Canadian Bureau for International Education. He has worked abroad in China, Thailand, India and Spain.

“There are so many similarities and differences around the world. There are cultural differences, economic differences and political differences.

By bringing those differences to the forefront for the students, they have a more global and wider understanding. I always enjoyed bringing that kind of knowledge to the university.

It was good for me as well as for the university,” Robak says.

While Robak was a professor in the Forestry and Environmental Department, he started his internationalization efforts by traveling all around the

world and developing partnerships with different countries. He then became the director of the International Relations Office in 2004 and was in charge of the international initiatives for students and staff of the university.

“Students weren’t aware of the opportunities presented to them for going overseas on exchanges and why it was important. The exchange opportunities and the research opportunities brought to campus a greater understanding of global issues. We felt that it was important to put more emphasis on these things on this campus.”

Professor Robak says it was a great honor to win the award but he could not have done it alone. “It was a group effort. It’s an award for UNB and this campus. For people who put time into this vision and people who wanted UNB to be a more international campus and an environment that encourages people to think more globally.”

By the end of Professor Robak’s term as Director of International Relations, the Student Abroad program grew from just over 20 students to 100 students and counting.

Professor Ted Robak has been awarded the 2009 Internationalization Service Award. Submitted

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Herbal remedies the best medicine International recipe Culture Shock Danielle Bodie

In every country there is an older generation that constantly reminds us that times are changing.

“We didn’t have a need for all of these computers and things in my day! We entertained ourselves,” they like to admonish. Or, the more popular quote in my country, “What do you need all that medicine for? There are plenty of natural bush remedies outside.”

Most countries have all natural remedies for ailments that have been passed down throughout time. Personally, I think that they may work better, but

they smell a lot worse. When I was four years old I contracted the chicken pox at pre-school. Once my grandmother got word of it, she came right over with bags of “bush medicine”.

“Bush medicine” is literally what it sounds like-- it was plants from my grandmother’s backyard. The main ingredient was cerasee, which to most older people in my country is the best medicine of all time. What you do is boil the bush down in a huge pot, until you smell an odor. Yes, the odor is necessary. According to my grandmother you have to smell it know it is boiled enough. After it was boiled I was dumped into a tub filled with the stuff. It was one of the worst days of my life-- I cried for hours. I was in a tub filled with green leaves and bush, plus I had the chicken pox. All the while my grandmother is smiling and proud of her concoction, saying that I will feel better in no time.

But you know what? That green smelly

stuff worked. Within a day or two my chicken pox were gone. After that experience I grew to rely on cerasee as well, and after doing some research I found out that other countries use it as well. It is known as many different things in different countries. In Hindi it is known as karela, in the Philippines it is known as ampalaya, and in the West African country of Togo as guingbe. Its bitter fruit and leaves are used as medicine throughout India, Asia, Africa and South America.

Cerasse is used to treat many ailments such as diabetes, worms, malaria, constipation, eczema, pneumonia, psoriasis, chickenpox and measles. Now I understand why, no matter what was wrong with me, my grandmother would always prescribe cerasse as the solution.

Sometimes I wish things were like the old days when we relied on nature and God as our healer, instead of doctors and scientists. I think that is the way things were supposed to be.

Sri Lankan Tamils file for refugee status Niko Block The McGill Daily MONTREAL (CUP) – Seventy-six Sri Lankan Tamils who arrived in the port of Vancouver last month have begun the process of filing for refugee status, though all but one continue to be detained by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA).

The passengers, all of whom are male, were apprehended on Oct. 17 when their ship was seized by the coast guard and the navy. Canada’s minister of immigration and citizenship, Jason Kenney, has stressed the importance of carefully screening the migrants for any connections to the blacklisted minority separatist organization the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), and told the Globe and Mail that Canada needs to do “a much better job of shutting the back door of immigration for those who seek to abuse [the] asylum system.”

All of the passengers have obtained legal assistance with their refugee claims, many from the lawyers who had represented their relatives now living in Canada, or through Canadian Tamil community groups.

Sue Nathan of the Canadian Tamil Congress said that the men have fled Sri Lanka because of the government’s chronic mistreatment of the country’s Tamil population.

“The target group mainly was based around young men and women, especially young men,” Nathan said. “Living in Sri Lanka is almost like having a death warrant. They will, one way or the other, be persecuted by the Sri Lankan military and Sri Lankan government.”

Nathan cited reports that have emerged from the country that over a quarter of a million Tamils remain trapped in government-run internment camps following last spring’s spate of violence between the LTTE and the Sinhalese-dominated government.

The government’s recent seizure of power in the Tamil-dominated north of the country is widely seen as the peremptory end to a civil conflict that has killed as many as 100,000 people since it began in the 1970s.

In recent months, greater numbers of displaced Tamils have attempted to seek asylum outside their native country; another boat of Tamil refugees arrived in Indonesia last month on the way to its intended destination of Australia, but both countries have refused to let the passengers ashore.

Since the arrival of the 76 Tamils in Vancouver, claims have been made that one of the passengers is affiliated with the LTTE.

The man’s name was subsequently leaked to the press – a development Nathan was extremely displeased with.

“As a refugee you’re seeking asylum in a country because your life is in danger. His life, and also the lives of his family members, have been put in jeopardy, and if he is ever sent back to Sri Lanka I can definitely say that his death warrant has been issued,” Nathan said.

Lee Rankin, a Vancouver-based lawyer who has offered preliminary legal counsel to about 30 of the passengers, said that since the Tamil men have now been identified and their refugee claims are currently being processed, the government should not continue holding them.

“The government’s comments suggest that they are intending to take a hard line on this particular boatload of people,” Rankin said. “The ones that I’ve dealt with do not seem to be any different from any of the thousands of Tamils that come to Canada. They’re ethnic Tamils; they obviously feel vulnerable. I haven’t met any that said that they were in any way associated with the LTTE.” Processing the refugee claimants before the immigration review board has been a slow process, and only a handful

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of them were brought before the board within 48 hours of their detention.

“They should be released in the ordinary course once their identities have been established, but we’re learning that the CBSA, on behalf of the Canadian government . . . are now bringing forward allegations that there’s security concerns with respect to them,” said Rankin.

“There’s no obvious reason to do this, other than the minister’s promise to get tough with this group of people.

They’ve established their identity, and

now they’re going to go after them on security grounds.”

Another passenger, a minor, was released from detention last week.

Canada has accepted 93 per cent of the Tamils who claimed refugee status in the past nine months.

Officials at the Ministry of Immigration and Citizenship, as well as the CBSA, declined to comment before this story’s original publication in Canadian University Press member newspaper, the McGill Daily.

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And the ever expanding tour to Fredericton

The Most Serene Republic are living down their dreams from coast to coast.Their tour places them in Fredericton on Nov. 26 at The Capital Bar. Norman Wong / Submitted

Doug Estey The Brunswickan Guitarist, EBow and banjo player Nick Greaves is eating a Philly cheesesteak sandwich.

He doesn’t recommend this specific variety to anyone in particular, nor does he bother to mention where he got it.

“Trust me, we’ve been to Philly, we’ve had the real thing, and this one really wasn’t even worthy of the name. You aren’t missing out.”

He and his friends in The Most Serene

Republic certainly haven’t been missing out on much either. Beginning on Arts & Crafts in 2003 alongside the likes of Metric, Broken Social Scene, and Stars, touring with The Strokes across Canada in 2006, and with three studio albums under their belt, they’ve accomplished a lot to date.

Greaves is especially fond of the time spent on tour with The Strokes.

“It’s that reoccurring dream you have when you’re 10 years old, picking up a guitar for the first time.

“We got called three days before the tour started, and we were straight up asked if we wanted to be on the tour. It was really exciting. Then all of a sudden

you’re on stage facing over 2,000 people, and it’s just unreal.”

After a widely successful tour, he and his band set out to create ...And The Ever Expanding Universe, their third studio album released earlier this year, finally landing a project with David Newfield, a producer well known for his work with Broken Social Scene, also with Arts & Crafts.

“It was definitely a different [experience] working with someone like that.

We’d been producing all of our own music at that point, and once we had Dave behind the board it was more relaxing for all of us. Working with someone you’ve looked up to for so

many years is a huge plus.

“As for Arts & Crafts, it’s a dream come true for any of us: being able to play music and doing what we love. [The label] never really puts any pressure on us as far as what we’re writing and it gives us free reign to really experiment.”

Experimentation with a lot of variables, that is; the band is no three-piece.

Despite their relatively large size, with seven members in total, the group feels that their relatively large size adds valuable diversity to their tracks.

“Yep, there’s a lot of us. But taking into consideration the backgrounds we come from, especially Ryan’s classical background, we can adapt a lot of those

aspects into a fuller sound. It also lets us translate some of those ideas into things that we’ve learned and put them into our own music,” says Nick.

Six years in the making, The Most Serene Republic still have plenty in store.

“We’re going to continue this album right now and we’re also working on a new EP. We have a couple of other projects we’re working on as well. At this point there’s no time off. Now we’re all in a place where we’re all touring and recording music, and this is exactly where we want to be.”

The Most Serene Republic will appear at The Capital Bar on Thursday, Nov. 26.

It’s time for the sun to set on this one Alison Clack The Brunswickan I’m going to start off by saying I love New Brunswick.

This was the place I was born and raised and I want to applaud anyone who is trying to promote opportunities for New Brunswickers.

That being said, I’m not afraid to say when I do not like something even if it aims to do just that.

Case in point, the opening film to this year’s Silver Wave Festival, American Sunset.

I had high hopes when I went to see this movie this past week.

Everything I had heard preceding the festival said that the movie was really good. However, after having seen the film’s premier in Tilley Hall I’ll have to respectfully disagree.

Before anyone writes off my review by saying I don’t understand the limitations of a low-budget film, I have to stipulate: I was not expecting Hollywood blockbuster quality. I did,

however, expect a half-decent script.

And so I begin by stating my first issue with American Sunset: its script.

The story revolves around a man and his wife going on vacation to visit in-laws in our very own province of New Brunswick. Early in their trip the wife is abducted in the middle of the night; thus leaving the distraught husband to spend the next 90 minutes or so to search frantically for his kidnapped wife.

Sounds like an average movie script. Unfortunately, it didn’t even achieve that.

One of the major failing points was the convoluted nature of the script.

It takes the majority of the movie to understand that the main character, Tom (played by 80s teen idol, Corey Haim) is actually from New Brunswick. Other parts of the movie describing Tom’s history in New Brunswick can also leave the viewer confused.

In the beginning of the movie the character comments on the remoteness of the area, wondering why anyone would move there. The character later states that he grew up in the area but

left to start an art career in the United States, where he and his wife got together and were married (another contradiction comes later in the movie when the characters discuss his wedding in Canada).

Finally, the best bit of writing in the movie comes in a wonderful little tidbit about Canadian law.

At one point in the film Tom asks local authorities to dredge a lake to look for his wife. He is then informed that the lake is considered “sacred” because of a group of children who drowned there several years before and therefore cannot be searched.

The acting in the movie had its ups and downs. For the most part the main characters in the film overacted and seemed somewhat unrealistic (although I should stress that some of this blame could be placed on the subpar script). However, it wasn’t all bad as most of the secondary characters seemed to do a comparatively decent job at playing their roles.

Small glimmers of hope for the film shone through in the actual setup of the footage. While the footage

Above: Frank Molena.The bane of American Sunset’s existence lies solely in its script. Press photo wasn’t always executed with perfection, whoever took on the role as director of photography for the movie showed inspiration and a decent amount of talent.

I really wanted to like this movie – I really did – but I found myself leaving

its opening disappointed.

I wanted to be excited by seeing something prominently featuring New Brunswick, and in the end the only thing that excited me in the film was seeing the local scenery on the big screen.

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Tales from bagtown: Shotgun Jimmie

Alex Kress The Brunswickan

Shotgun Jimmie has experienced a hectic couple of months.

Sackville, N.B.’s singer-songwriter, formally known as Jim Killpatrick, kicked off his latest cross-Canada tour in Windsor, Ontario on Sept. 24. He’ll be wrapping up the tour on Nov. 21 and assures us he has saved the best for last: a show at the Capital right here in Fredericton. He feels it’s quite special because there have been about 40 shows on the tour.

He and his girlfriend rode from Sackville to Ontario with Hamilton’s B.A. Johnston on Sept. 15, where they spent some time canoeing before the “gruelling two-month long crossCanada adventure,” Jimmie says with a light heart. He says truly loves the traveling part of touring.

“I love meeting new people and just checking out new places. For me, I guess the highlight of this trip has just been spending more time in each province than I usually would and just being a little bit more thorough.”

In Alberta, for example, he was able to play six shows this time, as opposed to the usual two. He described a memorable experience he had playing in Edmonton at New City Likwid Lounge on Oct. 10 with Edmonton’s The Mitts. The Mitts broke up shortly after that show because the lead singer, Travis Bretzer, was offered a job in Vancouver, but Jimmie gives them a rave review. He recalls watching them, especially Bretzer’s whimsical nature, and thinking that they were particularily special.

“He was so animated. His eyes were wide open the whole time. And the band had a laxidazical approach.

They were very human.

“When I first saw [Bretzer] he looked like a really young guy with this rubber gardening glove on his left hand. So I said, ‘Hey, man. What’s with the glove?’ And he replied, ‘I’m allergic to nickel.’ He’s one of the best guitar players I’ve ever heard... and he’s allergic to it! Guitar strings are made of nickel!”

Jimmie was only able to complete half of his U.S. tour scheduled for

Shotgun Jimmie’s croon can be heard at The Capital Bar on November 21. Submitted earlier this year. He made it as far as Florida when the tour disintegrated.

“It was a super bummer – the worst. It had been going really bad for a couple of weeks, and it got to the point where the band I was traveling with couldn’t afford to do it anymore and they had to make the hard decision to head home. I didn’t have a vehicle to continue on and I wanted to keep going, but without a vehicle it was impossible for me. I think we had done about 15 shows of the 30 scheduled and then had to cancel the last 15. I had a great time though, and I want to go back to the U.S. as soon as I can.”

Another U.S. tour is not in the cards for Jimmie anytime in the near future, though. He is booked solid with shows until about this time next year. He has another cross-Canada adventure to look forward to after his time off begins following the Nov. 21

show in Fredericton. It kicks off at the end of January, and he will be crossing the country on the railway this time, inspired by Halifax’s indie-folk group Share who recently toured with Via Rail.

“I’m really looking forward to it and it’ll be in the dead of winter, so it’ll be nice.”

While on the road during his current Canadian tour, Jimmie’s iPod has been playing a lot of podcasts from “This American Life”, which is a weekly themed radio show produced by Chicago Public Radio. He has also been listening to a lot of Welland, Ontartio’s Attack in Black who he has played and recorded with. “[I’ve] been listening to bands I play with that give me Cds, and then I’ve sort of been going through those and checking them out too. I stayed with a band from Sudbury called The

The story of Matthew Shepard Brian Reads Books Brian Savoie Matthew Shepard. Half a generation ago, his death shook societies all around the world, but not because he was some celebrity or well known politician. It was the senseless violence with which he was killed that caught the world’s attention.

On some little back road in Laramie, Wyoming he was beaten by two other men and tied to a fence to die because he was gay.

His mother, a decade later, has published a book about her son’s life and the events that brought him to that moment eleven years ago. “The Meaning of Matthew” by Judy Shepard is a book that gives a depth to Matthew that was never seen in the media or in the subsequent movies, plays or songs that were created in tribute to him.

Starting with his childhood and moving through his young adult years, we start to see Matthew as a human being as opposed to some gay kid that died before many of us even understood the meaning of the word gay. Mrs. Shepard brought her son to life through the telling of his story, and by the time she recounts the story of receiving a phone call from the hospital in the middle of the night, you are there in that room with her, numb from the shock and grief.

Mathew died five days after that phone call, never regaining consciousness after that night, and staying in a coma for the rest of his life.

The aftermath of his death, as recounted in the novel, caused governments all over the world to look at their hate crime laws. Despite this, it took the politically divided United States 11 years to actually pass laws that encompasses LGBTQ people.

Barack Obama signed the Matthew Shepard Act less than a month ago.

This book is incredible and I urge anyone and everyone, from all backgrounds, to go out and read it. It is one of those

Judy Shepard The Meaning of Matthew books that is impossible to put down and I read most of it in one night, passing out in my bed with glasses on and the open book beside me.

I believe it is important to keep Matthew’s story alive and for people from our generation to remember him and what can happen when intolerance, anger and hate are left unchecked. This book, without a doubt, is six rainbow flags out of five.

Statues, and they’re unbelievable. I’ve listened to their CD a million times.

My girlfriend is travelling with me too and she’s a fan. I listen to Baby Eagle too, he’s a friend of mine. His name is Steve Lamke and he also plays guitar for The Constantines.”

Jimmie is very enthusiastic about the Nov. 21 show at The Capital.

“I’ll be playing on my own. I’ve been

practising,” Jimmie says. “It’ll be the best show that I’ve played on the tour for sure because it’ll be the last one, so therefore I’ll be the most practiced up, the most ready, and the most fired up!

I’ll be playing drums with my feet, electric guitar with my hands, and singing with my head,” he laughs.

Shotgun Jimmie is a genuine guy, so believe him when he says he’ll wrap up

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The Nasty Shadows Theatre Company presents...

Alison Clack The Brunswickan The seasons are going to change this week.

No, it’s not the winter season moving in, though it may soon begin to feel that way-- it’s a season of MacIvor.

Nov. 12 will be the opening night of the play “Marion Bridge” and will mark Nasty Shadows Theatre Company’s ‘season’ of Daniel MacIvor plays over the next few months.

“Marion Bridge” director and Nasty Shadows Theatre Company cocreator Scott Shannon sees the season of MacIvor as a way to introduce people to a playwright who is, in his opinion, one of the best modern Canadian playwrights.

“He’s the greatest living Canadian playwright, ” Shannon says.

“I’ve read him quite a bit and nobody’s plays grab me like his.

Even in comparison to other, more famous world playwrights, I would put MacIvor up there. He really is extraordinary.”

The play itself tells the story that is sadly becoming a reality in the Maritimes.

“This is the story of three sisters coming back home. One of these sisters has never left home; she’s always stayed

in Cape Breton. The other two have moved away over the years: one sister is an actor in Toronto and the other is a nun in New Brunswick,” explains Shannon.

“They’ve all gathered back at the house because their mom is in rough shape and they’ve all come to take care of her in her final days. It’s really the three of them coming together after so many years apart.”

Having only had the opportunity to sit in on a rehearsal for the play, I cannot give my full opinion on what it will be like. However, I can say that what I did see impressed me.

Even with an incomplete set and costumes partially put together I felt myself becoming engrossed in the play’s story.

Julie Macdonald, Rebakah Chassé, and Elizabeth Goodyear were impeccable in their interpretation of these characters’ lives and feelings.

While the women have little resemblance to each other, they have an uncanny ability to convince an audience that they are sisters through their performances.

Nasty Shadows Theatre Company was created ten years ago by Scott Shannon and Robert Moore, a drama professor at UNBSJ. Daniel MacIvor is a Cape Breton

Nov. 12 is the night for the Nasty Shadows Theatre Company’s debut of Marion Bridge. Submitted

native who is renowned for his plays.

In 2006, he won the Governor General’s Literary Award in Drama for his

compilation of plays, entitled “I Still Love You.” “Marion Bridge” will be performed

at Memorial Hall from November 12 – 14. Tickets are $12 for adults and $8 for students. Curtain time is 8 p.m.

Masturbation: Just throwing it out there Veronica VanHalen Spanking the monkey, jerking off, choking the chicken, rubbing one out, flicking your bean, beating off...

stigma attached to masturbation, use things like electric toothbrushes, food items or various household objects to stimulate themselves.

These items can be dangerous to your health in a variety of ways including tearing from improper lubrication, contamination from unsanitary devices and, for women, there is a particular danger of upsetting your vagina’s delicate balance. There’s nothing wrong with wanting a little more than your own hand, but it’s best to use devices designed with both your safety and pleasure in mind.

If the idea of walking into a sex shop makes you feel naked, think of the clerks as doctors; they’ve seen it all before. You are not the first person to walk in, and you won’t be the last. If you still don’t think you’re up to the task, you can discretely order online, or even organize a Fantasia or Passion party.

cd reviews by andrew olsvik.

SexWith Veronica

It seems there are a million euphemisms for masturbation—many of them pertaining to males, but that’s another article for another time. For lots of people, sex is an embarrassing subject, but even many who are comfortable talking about sex won’t venture into the topic of masturbation.

While many people go the oldfashioned route and use their hands, there are others who, because of the

The Swell Season - Strict Joy After their rise to fame as the stars and soundtrack composers of the award winning film Once (2007), Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová set their minds to recording their second album, Strict Joy. Teetering on the brink of adult contemporary, the album effectively blends the voices and talents of the Irish Hansard and Czech

Toys are available for both males and females, although parties are predominantly female-oriented and a great chance for becoming more comfortable with your sexuality. After all, what could be more comforting than having a concrete realization that everyone (including your friends) masturbates?

Even going to a drug store and picking out one of the many types of lube available can make your experience more enjoyable. Your sex life will improve tenfold if you spend some extracurricular time figuring out what you like best.

Masturbation can be a sign of independence, or it can be a way to get by until you find the special someone you’re looking for. If you’re single and loving it, there’s no reason to deprive yourself of pleasure.

As for toy owners with partners, there are things that toys can do that

singer/pianist Markéta Irglová to create a much more pop oriented album than their emotionally devastating self titled 2006 debut.

Strict Joy is not without it’s stripped down folk moments though; “I Have Loved You Wrong”, Irglová’s haunting, desperate plea to a lost lover is particularly striking.

Following the awarding of an Academy Award to the duo for “Falling Slowly” from the Once soundtrack, the pop approach and increased accessibility of this album is unsurprising but fortunately did little to taint their talents for songwriting.

no human could possibly compare to, but that’s no reason to be jealous. A toy can’t provide the intimacy that comes from a physical human connection. It won’t talk dirty, it won’t kiss you and it won’t cuddle with you afterwards, so you shouldn’t see your partner’s toys as a replacement. In fact, what could be more fun than playing with your toys together?

You might still be feeling sceptical.

Perhaps you’re wondering what the downsides, drawbacks or dangers of masturbation are. Other than going blind and causing hair to grow on your palms, the only real danger comes from over-indulgence.

As we all know, too much of anything can be a bad thing. If you’re withdrawing from your regular activities to get yourself off, you’ve probably reached the danger zone. So go ahead, be a kid again, have fun playing with yourself and your toys!

Telekinesis! – Telekinesis!

Although musically famous for grunge and the Sub Pop record label in the nineties, the new millennium has brought the rise of another breed of Seattle musician - the mopey indie rocker.

Following in the footsteps of modern Seattle legends Death Cab For Cutie and Michael Benjamin, Lerner

of Telekinesis! writes melancholic love songs that blur the lines between delicate ballads, rambunctious indie rock and summer pop.

Produced by Death Cab guitarist Chris Walla (The Decemberists, Tegan and Sara), Telekinesis!’s self titled debut album makes up for its unoriginality by simply being one of the most fun and enjoyable albums to listen to of this year.

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Red Blazers kick off Challenge Cup

UNB Red Blazer Haley Everett (left) tries to escape an Acadia attacker during Friday’s 3-2 loss.The Red Blazers finished with a 2-2 record. Andrew Meade / The Brunswickan Colin McPhail The Brunswickan The UNB women’s hockey club kicked off their 2009-10 campaign on home ice as they hosted the first installment of the first ever Maritime Intercollegiate Women’s Hockey Challenge Cup. The Aitken Centre played host to five university and college club teams including Acadia, Cape Breton University, Holland College, l’Universite de SainteAnne, and the hometown Red Blazers.

The new look Blazers played a hard fought tournament, but fell short at the end with a 2-2 record and missing out on the championship game. Head Coach Andrew Lavoie was pleased with his squad’s performance. “ [I’m] very excited overall,” commented Lavoie. “Since tryouts, their game has been progressing very well and they’ve been exceeding our expectations. Each game throughout the tournament we’ve been

getting better and the girls are starting to adapt to our systems and gel as a team.”

The Challenge Cup’s opening match saw Acadia edge UNB 3-2 in a tight one that could have went either way. Brandy Richard and Janelle Cantafio scored for the Red Blazers. Holland College crushed Sainte-Anne 7-1 in the second game and then, once again, UNB suffered a tough loss, this time at the hands of CBU. After falling behind early, the ladies managed to cut the deficit to one but failed to find the equalizer. Cape Breton added another making the final 4-2. Haley Everett tallied once, while Richard picked up her second goal of the tournament.

Acadia trounced Sainte-Anne 9-1 and the CBU squad picked up another win defeating Holland College 4-1 to close out Friday’s schedule. Going into Saturday, The Red Blazers needed a pair of wins and some help to slip into the championship game.

The ladies played strong hockey and

started to click offensively on Saturday as they beat up on Sainte-Anne 5-1. The trio of Richard, Cantafio and Katelyn Fitzherbert capitalized on several opportunities and combined for four goals and five assists. The Red Blazers kept up the intensity in their final matchup against Holland College.

The ladies were well organized defensively and took advantage of their scoring chances to pick up a 4-1 victory. Brooke Lockhart, Kristen Doucet, Richard and Fitzherbert all scored in the well-earned win.

UNB completed Saturday’s task and won both matches, but didn’t receive the help they needed as Acadia defeated Holland College 5-2 and CBU rolled over Sainte-Anne with an 8-3 victory putting the two in the final. The last round robin game also doubled as the championship game. Acadia and CBU, both undefeated, squared off Saturday afternoon in an offensive thriller. Acadia came out on top 9-5 and won the first tournament of the

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Challenge Cup. In their first real action as a team and under the new coaching staff, the Red Blazers were able to work on different strategies and pinpoint what needs tweaking. Lavoie focused on incorporating strategies and using them effectively.

“We’ve been working very hard on systems and making sure that each line has a different system so that were not so predictable. I’d like the girls not to be thinking about them, but to, basically, be instant.

Having to read and react automatically without thinking about it,” he said.

There were several bright spots for UNB over the weekend. The played strong defensive hockey led by the performance of the goalie tandem of Danielle Briggs and Alysha Manderson. The pair of netminders allowed only nine goals, the fewest amongst the five teams. Also, team captain Whitney Eastwood was solid on the blueline. The smooth skating Cambridge, Ontario native

Which professional sports team has the worst fans?

Colin McPhail

Tony von Richter

Bear Paw

Leafs or Habs fans. I’ve never seen anyone so blindly defend bad athletes. Mike Komisarek is not an allstar. On the other hand, I’ve never seen fans turn so quickly on their team when things aren’t going smoothly. We love Carey Price.

We hate him. Make up your damn mind (he’s not good by the way).

Either Yankees or Red Sox fans.

It’s been said that cheering for the Yanks is like cheering for Microsoft but now, and I know I’m going to get killed for writing this, I don’t really see much of a difference between the two mega-spending teams. So, I’d lump them together.

Definitely the Leafs. Every year their fans are like “This is going to be the year.” It’s annoying.

Sports Editor

is an important part of the team on the ice and in the dressing room. “[Eastwood] is a very, very good hockey player,” said Lavoie praising his captain.

“She’s a fantastic person in the dressing room and a very good leader for our team.

She’s a very good role model on and off the ice.”

Richard led the Blazers offensively scoring four goals and three assists, while Cantafio chipped in a pair of markers and three helpers, and Fitzherbert tallied three goals and an assist.

Even though Kristen Doucet scored once and added two assists, Lavoie feels her real value comes from her leadership and work ethic.

“Her leadership on the ice is absolutely amazing. Her work ethic certainly exceeds all of our expectations.”

The second tournament will be held at the Universite de Sainte-Anne on Nov. 27-29.

CUP Sports Bureau Chief

Sports Fan

Andrew Meade Avid Cyclist

Bbox Bouygues Telecom (UCI Pro-Tour cycling team). Why? Because French cycling fans are crazy.

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Reds sweep Seahawks Colin McPhail The Brunswickan The Varsity men’s volleyball squad was looking to get off on the right foot as they opened the 2009-10 AUS campaign and that’s exactly what they did as they swept Memorial 3-0 in both of Sunday’s matches. “[It feels] fairly good. We’ve had a tough three weeks of practice in preparation for this. Three weeks ago we weren’t where we are today,” commented Head Coach Dan McMorran.

Saturday’s game was postponed as the Seahawks were held up in Halifax due to a snowstorm. They managed to make it up to Fredericton, but with only seven of their twelve players. The short staffed Seahawks were in tough against a wellrested and well-prepared UNB squad.

McMorran’s tough practice regiment really paid off as it was evident out on the court with UNB’s strong play.

In the first match, UNB took control of all three sets and did not look back.

The Reds played efficient volleyball and handily swept MUN 25-19, 25-14, and 25-14. Jacob Kilpatrick led the way with nine kills, two aces and four blocks, while Tyler Veenhuis posted nine kills, one ace and two blocks as well.

The second match played out similar to the first in that UNB played a high intensity and efficient match that saw the Reds promptly take all three sets 25-22, 25-12, and 25-15.

McMorran was pleased to see his veteran core take control of the match and produce a positive outcome. Fifth years Ryley Bolden and Brett Watson along with fourth years Kilpatrick and

Women’s volleyball fall short to Acadia

The Reds are still searching for their first regular season win as they travel to Nova Scotia this weekend. Nancy Ward / The Brunswickan Colin McPhail The Brunswickan

Veteran Jacob Kilpatrick (#15) is seen tallying one of his many kills against Memorial on Sunday. Andrew Meade / The Brunswickan

Veenhuis combined for 36 kills, six aces and five blocks.

The Reds will look toward this veteran leadership all year and the head coach had nothing but praises for his captain.

“Brett Watson’s a terrific leader for us and it’s hard to take him off the floor because he does so much more than just his play. He’s our team captain and when things aren’t going so well, he’s definitely our voice of reason out there for our younger squad.”

The Reds now face a very tough month as they travel Halifax to play the CIS’ sixth ranked team Dalhousie this weekend and then will host the AUSQSSF interlock event on Nov. 20, 21 and 22. During that weekend, they will face

Montreal, Sherbrooke, McGill and the fourth ranked Laval squad.

After seeing the lashing the women’s squad took from the tough Quebec teams in October, McMorran still isn’t concerned.

“We’ve been fairly successful against our Quebec rivals over the last little bit.

We usually come out of the interlock with a winning record and that’s definitely what we’re trying to do. We know we’re going to have to play good ball.”

“We got to continue the training that we’ve been doing. We’re not letting up in the practice situation and in the training situation. They know we’ve got a tough November and we’re sticking to the game plan.”

After dropping four tough games against difficult teams from the Quebec Student Sport Federation (QSSF), the Varsity Reds women’s volleyball squad was looking to get their season back on track as they hosted Acadia in their home opener on Saturday.

Unfortunately for the Reds, Acadia snagged three tight sets away from UNB to win 3-0 and notch their first regular season win. The now 1-1 Axemen managed to avenge their defeat in the final of UNB Invitational at the hands of the Reds last month.

The Reds were, yet again, without one of their key players as Tanya Paulin remained on the sideline due to injury.

Head Coach John Richard was forced to rely heavily on his veteran core of third year Asia Leavins, fourth year Jill Blanchard and fifth year Barb Vriends to pick up the win. However, the Reds got off to a slow start and struggled for most of the match. They managed a to obtain a lead in the first set, but then fell apart letting Acadia steal it away from them 25-23.

The second and third sets followed the same theme as the first. The Reds managed various leads, but could not

close the set. They gave Acadia too many opportunities and the Axemen capitalized grabbing the final two sets 27-25 each.

Vriends was undoubtedly the Reds’ best player as she posted 10 kills and four blocks, while hitting an impressive .500 per cent, but it was not enough to turn the match around.

It was a hard match to swallow as the Reds now sit at the bottom of the table with 0-5 record. However, keep in mind that half the AUS conference has yet to meet the four QSSF teams.

Head Coach John R ichard felt the scoreboard reflected the match perfectly.

“I thought we got what we deserved.

They were better defensively, their side out game was better and their first and second contact was much better all evening than ours. You can’t pass 1.74 in our league and expect to win many matches, especially if your second contact is struggling as well.”

The effort dropped the team from 10th to 14th in CIS Rankings.

The Reds will be back in action this weekend as they travel to Dalhousie on Friday and Saint Mary’s on Saturday.

Their next home matches will be on Nov. 28 and 29 when UPEI comes to town.

Fan interest kills sports movies Alex Wickwire An Opinion Flicking channels last week, I came across a TV edited version of White Men Can’t Jump. As a huge basketball fan, naturally I stopped and had to watch it for a while.

This being only the second time White Men Can’t Jump ever made its way to my TV screen, I was pretty excited to see it again. The problem was that I got horrendously disappointed with round two, only because I’m a sports fan. Let me explain.

Watching excessive amounts of professional sports on TV and university sports in person has ruined the illusion of a Hollywood actor playing the role of someone skilled and athletic. Athletes are big, strong and have been playing their sport for their entire lives. When Woody Harrelson hits the concrete court in White Men Can’t Jump, he looks more out of place than Charles Barkley eating at a vegetarian restaurant. Wesley Snipes, his co-star, looks like he’d have a hard time crossing a 10 year old. When he handled the ball, the movie annoyed me more than it entertained me.

The same thing goes for Tom Cruise,

but he figured it out early in his career. I watch the old football flick All the Right Moves sometimes just to laugh at tiny Tom awkwardly shuffling around in a gridiron helmet. Cruise had the right idea when he took the role of Jerry Maguire, where he was pushing pencils and yelling into a phone instead of being down on the field in pads and cleats.

Jerry Maguire falls into a grey area of sports movies because Cuba Gooding Jr. physically looks like he’d be able to run and catch. In ESPN’s old TV show Playmakers, Gooding Jr.’s younger brother Omar plays a cocaine using running back and also does an above average job of convincing the viewer he might be able to actually run a 4.5 second forty yard dash.

Not every sports movie has soft actors portraying gifted athletes. Mark Wahlberg did a great job as Vince Papalli in Disney’s Invicible. Papalli was a special team player who rarely caught passes or made miraculous plays, and Wahlberg is conditioned enough and fast enough to keep up the illusion that he’s a professional kickoff coverage guy.

Had he been jumping over people, making one handed catches and dunking

the football over the field goal upright, there’s no way I would have believed it. The recent remake of The Longest Yard features a cast of wrestlers and ex-NFL players. It’s an absolute can’t miss when it comes to football, until you find out that five foot ten inch, 160lbs Adam Sandler is a former MVP quarterback. At least he learned how to throw a football properly and acts well enough not to kill the movie.

I may sound like a stereotypical angry critic you’d love to slug in the jaw, but after reading this article go and watch the very first Rocky movie. Brawny and slow Sylvester Stallone looks incredibly awkward in the ring; without the back story of the Italian Stallion it would be expected that the much more fit and fast Apollo Creed would shred him to bloody bits, then end his career in the rematch.

It almost seems that love of pro sports and love of sports films offset each other in an inverse relationship. If you watch nothing but sports, you get bothered by dumb things like “that actor isn’t a fast runner” and for those who love sports movies, when the evil team wins or the “feel good team” loses, it just doesn’t seem right. The thing is, it’s all entertainment.

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Varsity Reds fall in AUS quater-finals Dylan Matthias The Dal Gazette (Special to the Bruns)

Amir Razak (red) fends off a couple of UdeM defenders during Saturday’s disapointing overtime loss.

UNB’s high hopes vanished as Olivier Babineau scored in the 110th minute. Pau Balite / The Dal Gazette

The UNB Varsity Reds went home early from last weekend’s AUS men’s playoffs after being defeated in extra time by New Brunswick rivals Unversite de Moncton.

Olivier Babineau scored in the 110th minute for Les Aigles-Bleu, nodding a cross from Patrick Gautreau past UNB keeper Matt Lally to break a game-long deadlock.

UNB brought their fate on themselves, bunkering in their own half for the entire duration of the game and rarely creating an opportunity against the speedy but small AiglesBleu. The UNB defence was under constant pressure from the attacking trip of Babineau, Maxime Ferlatte, and Gautreau.

Varsity Reds target man Galen Smith got very little service into the box. UNB tried to score off of numerous set piece opportunities but chronic poor delivery frustrated the higherseeded V-Reds.

Moncton failed to penetrate for much of the game, and Lally was rarely troubled beyond watching the occassional long-range shot fly several yards wide of goal.

Babineau played like a man possessed. Although frustrated at times, the U de M captain moved all over the field, picking up loose balls and creating chances and excitement for the Moncton side, and making it very difficult for UNB to mark him.

UNB were at their most defensive when Babineau broke through, with all ten players back, playing for penalties.

The Moncton team went out in Sunday’s semi-final, losing a thriller to eventual champions Cape Breton 4-3 after going down 4-0 in the first half and battling back. Cape Breton had one goal after a blatant handball which referee Shauna Poirier missed.

Cape Breton defeated UPEI in Monday’s 2-1 overtime thriller and was crowned 2009 AUS Champion. The Capers will travel to Trinity Western University this weekend for the CIS Championships.

Lady Reds split opening weekend Alex Wickwire The Brunswickan On an unfamiliar floor, the UNB Lady Varsity Reds opened their season with a convincing victory over the Dalhousie Tigers that Head Coach Jeff Speedy called “a lot of fun.”

An issue with one of the baskets at the Lady Beaverbrook Gym forced Friday night’s women’s Varsity basketball match to be delayed 90 minutes and played at Fredericton High School.

This did nothing to deter a crowd of 150 that showed plenty of support for their team on opening night. The team did not disappoint their fans as the V-Reds put out a great effort and carried a 39-30 lead into halftime.

The trio of Jessica Steed, Emma Russell and Amanda Sharpe combined for 48 of the team’s 80 points. While Sharpe was on the court, she tallied a team-high 31 minutes and grabbed 13

rebounds. Megan Corby and Tashina Van Vlack ran the offence from the guard position, each playing 20 minutes and recording five assists apiece.

Outscoring their opponent in all four quarters, UNB cruised through the forth frame until the final buzzer.

Wining by an even 20, the women’s Varsity Reds basketball squad opened their season 80-60 over the Dalhousie Tigers and looked to carry the momentum into the next game against STFX. Saturday’s game was played at Leo Hayes High School against St. FX. While Friday night the Reds blew out the Tigers, Saturday night was a different story. The X-Women proved to be too much for UNB to handle, and after a strong first half where they kept the lead and shot 35 per cent, the Varsity Reds cooled off and shot a dismal 21 per cent from the field in the second half.

Leading by two and looking good at halftime, it seemed as though the

Reds would start the season 2-0 until the break ended and they fell behind by 15 in the third quarter. It was a deficit they were unable to recover from, and the final score was St.FX 73 UNB 54.

Starters Jessica Steed and Emma Russell were unable to score from the field, shooting a combined 0-8 and recording only one point from a free throw.

Amanda Sharpe played a team-high 32 minutes and recorded her second straight double-double, scoring 14 points and grabbing 10 rebounds.

“We played well in stretches,” commented Coach Speedy. “They were the aggressor, they were tougher, last night we were the aggressor.”

Looking forward, Speedy explained some optimism to come from the loss.

“We’re a better club than last season, but we have a lot of work to do.”

The next games will be in Halifax when the ladies take on the Saint Mary’s Huskies on Nov. 13 and 14.

Reds drop the ball to start season Alex Wickwire The Brunswickan Technical problems at the Lady Beaverbrook Gymnasium meant that the Varsity Reds Men’s Basketball Team opened their 2009/2010 Atlantic University Sport season on the hardwood at Fredericton High School.

The Dalhousie Tigers visited Friday night, bringing the two-headed monster of Simon Farine and Andrew Sullivan to Fredericton.

The veteran starting lineup of Alex DesRoches, Mike Anderson, Jason Rouse, Antwaan Parks and Colton Wilson played major minutes in the first half, putting up a 16-12 lead and forcing Dalhousie to burn an early time out. Looking very sharp in their offensive execution until the first stoppage in play, UNB looked flat in the second quarter.

The Dalhousie timeout allowed the Tigers to regroup and adjust their game to contain the Reds. Dal went into halftime leading 44 to 37.

The final score was a lopsided 82-66 in

favor of Dalhousie. Joseph Schow led the Tigers with 18 points and 12 rebounds, while Colton Wilson scored 13 to lead the Reds. Mike Anderson was the standout player for UNB, playing a team-high 30 minutes, posting five rebounds, three assists and scoring 11 points.

The most talked about game of this year’s Eric Garland basketball tournament was the St.FX-UNB match that ended 7775 in favor of the X-Men. Saturday night St.FX was back in town as the teams played at Leo Hayes High School.

The X-Men opened up to a 7-0 lead with their frontcourt players towering over Wilson and DesRoches under the rim.

UNB had trouble in every area of their game, from scoring, rebounding and even beating the St.FX full court press. The first half ended with St. FX leading 38-22.

The highlight of a dismal first half was a buzzer beating three-pointer from rookie Daniel Quirion.

The second half was no better for the Reds and as the final buzzer went the score read 99-57 in favor of the visitors.

“There’s a certain amount of effort and

intensity you need to bring every night, and we didn’t bring it,” commented Head Coach Brent Baker after the loss.

“It’s a process,” said the coach regarding the time being put towards building a respectable basketball program at UNB, “I’m not humbled or humiliated.”

Throughout the fourth quarter the X-men coasted on their massive lead, allowing their bench players to run wild and show off however they liked.

Colton Wilson had seen enough of the showboating and committed a hard foul sending X player Rhett Thompson to the ground. “That’s basketball. Guys have pride and are gonna retaliate,” commented Baker.

The blowout allowed rookies like Gamachu Ibrahim to see more minutes than usual; he made the best of it with a huge rejection in the third quarter.

UNB continues their campaign with two straight weekends on the road in Nova Scotia. Their next home game is Saturday Nov. 28 at the Lady Beaverbrook Gym.

The Reds will opened the season on the right foot against Dal, but then took their foot off the gas against StFX. Andrew Meade / The Brunswickan

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Caffeine: buyer beware Nancy Ward The Brunswickan With finals in the near future, another predictable event is the rise in caffeine sales. The question is what are the best ways of pulling those all-nighters, and should you do it with or without the help of caffeine.

When caffeine is brought up in a conversation, the first idea that comes to most people’s minds is coffee, but there are other options beside coffee. About 60 per cent of all caffeine intake by Canadian adults comes from drinking coffee, while 30 per cent is through drinking tea and the final 10 per cent is from various cola beverages and chocolate products. Caffeine is the world’s most used drug, so there are numerous places to find it.

Caffeine is a mild stimulant known and used for its “wake up” effect. It affects the brain by increasing the consumer’s attention span, reducing fatigue and helping to lift people’s mood. However, caffeine has different results on every person depending on their sex, size and lifestyle. Each person has their own tolerance to caffeine. With increased use, the tolerance level raises. A person who rarely has caffeine will see different effects than a person who consumes caffeine daily.

In a recent study, Health Canada concluded that for the average healthy adult, no more than 400 milligrams of caffeine should be consumed daily. Four hundred milligrams of caffeine is approximately eight ounces or three cups of coffee.

If you are in need of an energy burst, there are many ways of finding caffeine.

Users beware, it can be addictive. So, if you think that drinking large amounts of

coffee in the next few weeks will be easy to stop, it might not be the case. When it comes to hangovers, coffee or energy drinks will wake you up, but it will not make you sober. Most of the time coffee and other sources of caffeine will only make a hangover worse.

Health Canada advises the consumer to be cautious, because caffeine can have positive effects such as alertness and the ability to concentrate, but can also produce negative effects like insomnia, headaches, irritability and nervousness-things anyone would choose to avoid, hungover or not.

For those of you who don’t like the taste or even the smell of coffee, there are other options for those long nights ahead. Energy drinks are the newest source of caffeine and they are available virtually everywhere.

Choosing the amount of caffeine in the drink and the flavor you want is the problem. Like coffee, any source of caffeine can be addictive, so there can be side effects if intake levels are dropped drastically. If you are not a fan of energy drinks, there is the option of tea, sugarless caffeinated candy, chocolate, food, and if you want to try them, caffeine infused soaps.

Zenhabits.net suggests drinking more tea, apple juice and water and eating more apples, berries, mixed nuts, yogurt and granola bars. These alternatives will have the same effect as coffee, but are far healthier for you.

In the end, the proper amount of sleep is what will make your brain function best. Since sleep is the least likely choice in the next few weeks, make sure you weigh your options before plunging into that fifth cup of coffee or third energy drink of the day

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Reds keep the good times rolling The Varsity Reds hockey team remains undefeated after defeating StFX and Dalhousie over the weekend. Friday night the Reds had a poor start, letting the X-Men jump to a 2-0 lead before equalizing with two quick goals from Hunter Tremblay and Kyle Bailey towards the end of the second period. UNB would fall behind again early in the third frame, but Luke Gallant would tie things up with under five minutes left, and then early in the extra frame Alex Aldred scored the winner to seal the 4-3 win. On Saturday, the Reds got off to another slow start giving Dalhousie a 1-0, but then scored five unanswered goals to win 5-1. Gallant, Tremblay, Lachlan MacIntosh, Chris Culligan and John Scott Dickson tallied for UNB. The Reds now sit atop the AUS at 8-0.

Reds swimming picks up plenty of hardware At an AUS Invitational Meet at Dalhousie this past weekend the Varsity Reds swimmers put on an impressive performance finishing second only to Dal in women’s, men’s and total combined points. Danielle Merasty led the way for the women picking up three gold and three bronze medals. Danielle Losier grabbed three gold and two bronze, while Monica MacDonald won one gold and two bronze. Stefan Mader put forth the best male performance by winning one silver and three bronze, and Adam Patrick and Ryan Steeves each notched two bronze. Seven other Reds picked up bronze medals as well. The Reds will travel back to Dalhousie for the next AUS meet on Nov. 21-22.

AFL semi-final: Red Bombers vs. Raiders After losing 36-12 to the Saint-John Seawolves, the Moncton Raiders finished with a 1-3 record and now will travel to Chapman Field to face the 1-3 UNB Red Bombers at 2:00 p.m. on Nov. 14. The 4-0 Seawolves received a bye to the finals and await the winner of the semi-final. The Red Bombers and Raiders split their two meetings this year. The Bombers grabbed the first one 38-27, while the Raiders took the second 36-26.