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Volume 146· Issue 3 • September 19, 2012

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this week in brunswickannews “Year of Water”continues

Speed limit changed on campus

Greg Centre launches new lecture series

Oxford University professor, David Grey, will be giving his lecture “Sink or Swim? Chasing Water Security in Changing Climates,” on Thursday Sept. 20 at 7:30 p.m. at the Wu Conference Centre.The lecture is a part of “TheYear of Water”, 2012 speaker series, sponsored by the Andrews Initiative.

UNB has reduced its speed limit on campus from 40 km/h to 30 km/h. The university said the change was made to “protect the thousands of students, staff, faculty, and guests who use the campus each day.” The new signs have been put up, and the speed limit is now being enforced.

The Gregg Centre for the Study of War and Society at UNB will be launching a new lecture series this fall. The series called “The Eaton Lectures” will focus on Canada’s military history and stewardship.

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CLASSE comes to UNB

Cherise Letson News Editor The University of New Brunswick Student Union (UNBSU) is bringing CLASSE to UNB. Coalition Large de l’Association pour une Solidarité Syndicale Étudiante, more popularly known as CLASSE, is a temporary student organization, that according to their website, includes 76,000 members from colleges and universities across Québec.

CLASSE was involved in the Québec student protests and strike this past spring and summer, and now they are coming to UNB to talk about their experiences, through a panel discussion and answering questions from students.

“We heard of CLASSE doing a tour of Ontario… and I had some contacts in Moncton and Halifax who I know were interested in bringing CLASSE to the Maritimes, and we thought it would be a good opportunity to show how Quebec students have approached lobbying government and fighting tuition increases,” said Adam Melanson, vice-president external for the UNBSU. “We wanted to provide UNB students with the opportunity to hear from Québec students themselves, what has transpired in Québec, and the opportunity to ask questions as well,” said Melanson.

The UNBSU partnered with the student group, Students for Direct Democracy, who raised all of the money to bring CLASSE to New Brunswick for this event. The visit is part of a speaker series being in put on by the UNBSU about student issues.

With the Québec student protests escalating to where police became actively involved, CLASSE is not without its controversy.

“I think what’s been filtered through the English language media has neces-

CLASSE was involved in the Quebec student protests and strike this past spring and summer. scottmontreal_2/ Flickrcc sarily been a fair portrayal of CLASSE,” said Melanson. “But the other aspect is that, this is not an endorsement of CLASSE. The UNBSU isn’t coming out and saying ‘this is the ideal model, this is what we support’.”

CLASSE has taken part in the longest student strike in the history of North America, and what some are calling the largest demonstration in Canadian history that consisted of over 400,000 people.

“So from a students perspective, this

is something that is very interesting.

History is being written in Québec,” he said.

Melanson said the visit is to help create discussion on what students can do to help improve current issues with post-secondary education.

“Right now in New Brunswick, we’re not even talking about education… CLASSE has sort of been a controversial group in the media, and I think this will garner a lot of interest within the STU and UNB campuses,

and bring a lot of people out to start that discussion on post-secondary education,” said Melanson.

Cloé Zawadzki-Turcotte, former member of the executive council of CLASSE, said the group’s tours, including those in Ontario and the Atlantic Provinces, weren’t initiated by them. She said CLASSE was invited to speak.

“We’re very pleased to do it. In most of the cases, we were invited by student unions or by labour unions to

explain everything we’ve done in the past months… and how we built up the movement,” said Zawadzki-Turcotte “Because a lot of people in the English provinces of Canada are facing the same issues we were facing in Québec, and they want to know how we did it – how we organized [the movement] – so maybe they can do the same thing in their universities and their labour unions.”

The talk and panel discussion takes place on Sept. 20, at the Tilley Hall auditorium starting at 7 p.m.

UNBSU bi-election nominations start this week

The UNBSU is trying new tactics to get more students to vote in the fall bi-election. Liz Chiang / The Brunswickan Meredith Gillis The Brunswickan The University of New Brunswick Student Union (UNBSU) is taking tips from their neighbours up the hill, to boost voter turnout in the upcoming bi-election.

The biggest changes in how the union will advertise for the election include, having access to the student email list and a button campaign to encourage student participation.

“I know it’s worked a lot for STU,

and the best way I can explain it is, you’re pretty much a walking billboard and students feel like they’re involved, which is great,” said Andrew Martel, president of the UNBSU. This year, the union also plans to set up polling stations in some of the residences, another idea they’ve borrowed from the St. Thomas University Students’ Union.

“STU has their big off-campus residence, where they do paper balloting, and it gets about 50 per cent of the

members of that house [out to vote].”

Polling stations will still be in the usual places around campus, and students can still vote online.

There are seven positions on the ballet in the election. Representatives are needed for the following constituencies: education faculty, kinesiology faculty, aboriginal students, off-campus students, and women. The student union is also looking for a student senator to sit on the Fredericton senate, and another student representative to

sit on the Student Union Building (SUB) board.

“It’s really important for people to run [for a position]. If there’s no rep for a group, their interests aren’t going to be heard as strongly. It affects policy making,” said Josh Bojahra, deputy chief returning officer.

Nominations for the bi-election are open from Sept. 21 to Sept. 30.

Forms can be picked up in the Welcome Center at the SUB. Voting is expected to take place from Oct. 10 to 14; student may vote

via the voting tab under e-services at MyUNB.ca.

The UNBSU plans to include a referendum question about a bus pass for undergraduate students.

The wording is still being worked out, but vice-president external Adam Melanson, and president Andrew Martel, worked with the city of Fredericton over the summer to plan service increases, if the question passes.

UNB graduate students and STU students both already pay for a bus pass, so Fredericton Transit has a wealth of information on when the heaviest traffic is.

“Instead of 30 minutes [of intervals between] service, it will be brought down to 15 minutes. There’re ones [intervals] that are an hour, which would become 30 minutes. What they’re saying is ‘if you say yes, we can add these routes’,” said Martel.

The cost of the bus pass to students is still being finalized. Martel expects it to be between $110 and $120 a year. A student bus pass costs $42 a month.

There have been at least three referendums about a bus pass in the last 15 years said Martel.

“What we want to say this year are the benefits of it. If you vote yes, there will be routes added. If the students decide at that point that it’s still not worth their money, then fine,” said Martel.

Part of the reason for having the referendum during the bi-election is to make sure the new routes are in place for next fall.

“If they say yes, we have a whole year to work on it to have it ready for next year, if they say no, we’re not wasting a whole year working on it,” said Martel.

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Student perspective gets disoriented Cherise Letson News Editor A group of student activists want their peers to get disoriented this week.

Disorientation Week is an event being put on by Students for Direct Democracy (SDD).

Student for Direct Democracy is a group of students from UNB, STU and NBCC who were inspired by the recent Québec student protests. The group first started out as solidarity for Québec, helping raise money for Québec students who were fined under Bill 78-law 12.

“Eventually, that turned into – though we still have solidarity with Québec – to focusing on issues at our own campus at UNBF,” said Micah O’Donnell, a member of the SDD central organizing committee.

O’Donnell said the purpose of Disorientation week is to let students, particularly new ones, know of issues affecting them.

“Orientation week is put off as a neutral event, where there is no political stance behind it… in orientation week, there’s no care that students are coming in paying more for tuition,” said O’Donnell.

“So we wanted to have a week that is focused on tuition raises, student voice in both the administration and government, and give a week for new students to realize that their voice is important, that they are the ones that make the university run and that they should be heard within the administration.”

The week kicked off with a potluck and zine-making workshop on Monday at STU. Tuesday was a screening of the film “Berkeley in the 60s” at UNB’s Tilley Hall.

The rest of the week includes a movie screening and discussion on gender and masculinity, at STU on Wednesday. Thursday night is a talk and panel discussion with members of Québec student group CLASSE, put on by the UNB student union in partnership with SDD. Friday night is the “Take Back the Night” march put on by the Fredericton Sexual Assault Crisis Centre.

“We want to start a conversation, predominantly amongst students…

We also want a dialogue between the student body and the administration and government, because currently, there is no such dialogue,” said O’Donnell.

This year, SDD plans to hold more events such as potlucks, film screenings and panel discussions.

“We want things where students are able to come together and talk and create a community… That’s the biggest affront to the administration and government – to collectively come together, talking, and realizing the absence of ourselves in what’s controlling us,” O’Donnell said.

O’ Donnell said SDD would be interested in holding a protest as a last resort, if student voices are not heard by other means. He said SDD would only hold a protest if the student body wants to, and wouldn’t promote actions as radical as violence and vandalism if a protest did occur.

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Disorientation Week is to get students talking about issues that affect them . Liz Chiang / The Brunswickan “But as far as protests, once there is a climate on campus and once the students realize their power as a body, we are interested in doing a protest both towards the university, the

administration and Eddy Campbell [the president], as well as the Alward government and Martine Coulombe [minister of post-secondary education, training and labour],” said O’Donnell

“We’re not a group that is looking for self-centred goals. Since we are for ‘direct democracy’, we’re looking to do things only with the student body’s consent.”

UNB student “turning it on” Heather Uhl News Reporter A University of New Brunswick student is “Turning It On” on the silver screen.

Ashley Thompson, a graduate student working towards a doctorate in psychology, will be producing a four episode TV series, discussing love, sex and relationships, called “Turning It On”, on Rogers Television.

Thompson’s research is in sexual and romantic relationships.

“My main focus is often on attraction – what makes us attracted to others. I’m also looking at infidelity; what people constitute as romantic cheating, what impact that has on people’s perception of cheating, things of that nature,” Thompson said.

Thompson said she will also be looking into topics such as people’s perceptions of pornography, and perceptions of those who engage in group sex. She said she has several studies on the go, related to sexual activity and attraction.

“This has actually been in the works for quite some time. Coordinating schedules with Rogers and myself has proven quite difficult. But it’s finally going to air,” Thompson said.

The connection with Rogers comes through Thompson’s supervisor, Dr. Lucia O’Sullivan, who has ties with the cable company.

For formatting, Thompson said the show will be a mash-up. Each episode will address a different topic and feature an expert in each field of discussion.

“We’re trying to approach these topics from a purely academic and research perspective. Trying to keep it as professional as possible. This topic can quickly become sketch, if you want to put it [that way].”

There is a blog associated with the show that allows the curious soul to post a question to be answered either on the air or online. There are tips and techniques available on the blog as well.

“The whole point of the show is – [since] you don’t really get sex education in school about pleasure – about how to do things and about what’s normal. It’s all about how to protect yourself and learning

Thompson’s show explores topics related to sex and relationships.

Submitted about the dangers,” Thompson said.

Depending on the success of the cur“So [for example], I have a little tips and rent episodes, Thompson said, there is a techniques portion to tell people what to possibility for more episodes and potenexpect when engaging in oral sex. What’s tially expanding to other areas of New regular, and what’s normal?”

Brunswick.

Though the show is slotted for only Though schools do teach about STIs, four episodes, each episode will air at 10 Thompson explained, they don’t teach p.m. on Rogers - channel 10 for Fred- about what is to be expected during sexual ericton, from Tuesday to Sunday in the intercourse or to elicit responses between same timeslot. On Tuesdays, the new partners. episode airs.

“Who do you turn to, to find this out?

The episodes will not be streamed We’ve heard that people go to Cosmo; online, though Thompson is working people even go to online porn. I’m hoping towards it, and the show is currently only to provide this new avenue for young shown in the Fredericton area. adults as a means to find out this informaThe first episode aired on Sept. 11. tion from more creditable source.”

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Campus security hands out over one thousand parking violations

Alyson MacIsaac The Brunswickan UNB campus security is cracking down on parking violations on campus.

Bruce Rogerson, the director of campus security and traffic, says the biggest issue with parking isn’t parking itself.

“The big issue on campus is not about parking spaces, it’s about convenient parking,” said Rogerson.

Last week, Rogerson said campus security handed out over one thousand parking violations. A violation can range from a warning, to a ticket. He said in a lot of those cases, if the student buys a parking pass, the violation would be forgiven.

“The student who has received the violation that doesn’t have a valid permit, comes here, and once they buy a permit – as long as it wasn’t a $30 ticket for being in a handicap parking space – we can negate that ticket and turn it into a warning,” Rogerson said.

“We do have people that are habitual offenders and we have about 300 vehicle plates that are on our system which are on our tow and boot list,” said Rogerson. “Last year, we booted 173 people.”

The 173 people that were booted for parking violations last year had a combined total of 26 thousand dollars owed.

Rogerson said there is a four-month parking pass available for only $66, if students cannot pay $97 for the full

year. He said in the long run, it makes sense to buy a pass.

“There was one guy last year, counting the $50 boot fee, that owed [a total of] $775 in parking violations in his account,” said Rogerson. “So does it really make sense?”

Students themselves have mixed reviews on campus parking prices and problems.

Mitchell O’Shea, a first year law student at UNB, is impressed with the price.

“The $97 was well spent. At UPEI, I paid over $120 for the year, and have heard that students at Dalhousie and SMU pay upwards of $500 for the year,” said O’Shea.

Rogerson said the most common excuse students have for parking violations, is there aren’t enough convenient parking spots. O’Shea said he’s never had an issue finding a spot.

“So far I have not run into any problems with finding a parking spot close to my building,” said O’Shea “Mainly, I believe it’s because I get to campus around 8:15 a.m. Other times when I have returned to campus later in the day, spots are harder to come by, but as of yet, I have not been without a spot.”

Mitch Dionne, a second year Civil Engineering student, however, has had some parking woes.

“If I’m there any time after 8:25 a.m., there’s no hope of parking anywhere close to my classes, either at the SUB or next to head hall,” said Dionne.

The number of parking violations have been high over the past week. Liz Chiang/ The Brunswickan “Often times I park next to Queens Square, which isn’t a part of campus parking anyway.”

Dionne however is impressed with the overall price of a parking pass and hopes it doesn’t go up.

“As far as the price goes, I don’t mind it,” said Dionne. “[The price] for eight

Students promoting healthier food for College Hill

Fredericton’s Campus Food Strategy Group wants to find solutions to food related problems on campuses . Liz Chiang / The Brunswickan Tamara Gravelle The Brunswickan Some College Hill students are trying to provide healthier food for all.

The University of New Brunswick, St. Thomas University and the Renaissance College of UNB, have banded together to become a part of Canada’s Campus Food Systems Project.

Fredericton’s Campus Food Strategy Group was selected to be a part of the second cohorts to the Food Project along with Dalhousie University, Saint Francis Xavier University, The University of Manitoba, and Capilano University.

Fredericton’s involvement began in the spring of 2012 when students from all three campuses joined together to host a group session to discuss the food on campus and how they could contribute to the National Student Food Charter.

Campus Food Strategy Group coordinator, Roxana Suchorolski, said the discussion was able to cover a variety

of topics concerning food on campus.

“We got to listen to one another and share our thoughts,” Suchorolski said. “We noticed that a lot of really similar thoughts were emerging from the session.”

They then submitted a report to Canada’s Campus Food Systems Project with these thoughts, and were able to contribute to the Charter. Afterwards, they sent in their application to become a part of the second cohort for which they got approval.

Over 400 students across Canada contributed to the Charter and it is now complete. The Charter addresses what the Campus Food Systems Project recognizes as valuable to the student food movement such as healthy communities, environmental sustainability, local economies, and more.

Fredericton’s Campus Food Strategy group is concerned with having a foodliterate campus community, finding solutions to food related problems, and being an example for other campuses on how to bring about change to the

campus and the community.

Suchorolski said there are a lot of people on campus who are concerned about food and it’s an issue that affects everyone.

“Students wanted to have a group where they can be engaged and participate in the decisions about food on campus,” said Suchorolski.

Some of the things Suchorolski said students were interested in doing was to set up a green space on campus, getting a campus garden, working in community kitchens, and concentrating on recycling and composting more.

This Friday, Sept. 21, the Campus Food Strategy group will be hosting a “thought-luck” at the Grad House, starting at 3:00 p.m. that is open to all students. There will be local food available plus some discussion on food.

“Come and eat, and share your thoughts on food,” said Suchorolski.

There will also be a stakeholder’s meeting in October (exact date to be announced), for anyone who is interested in getting involved.

months of parking, even if parking is competitive in the morning, isn’t that bad compared to many places.”

With the one thousand violations handed during the first week of school, Rogerson hopes students will be encouraged to buy parking passes this year.

“Over time, one has to realize that more and more students are coming with vehicles,” said Rogerson. “Back in the sixties no one could afford them. There was no such thing as a two-vehicle family, now there’re three or four vehicles in a driveway.”

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Taking back the night

Take Back the Night raises awareness for sexual assualt and violence against women. Bronte James/ The Brunswickan Nikki Lee Chapman The Brunswickan “Women unite – take back the night.”

“Yes means yes, no means no; however we dress, wherever we go.”

These are a couple of the rally-

ing cries Fredericton will hear this Friday during Take Back the Night, the annual event put on by the Fredericton Sexual Assault Crisis Centre (FSACC).

It’s an event where women and children march the streets of down-

town Fredericton, to raise awareness for sexual assault and violence against women.

Take Back the Night started in Europe in the 1970s, as an awareness campaign for sexual assault. It expanded to North America over the

next decade and has since become a global event. The first march in Fredericton took place in 1985.

“It’s a protest march,” said Lorraine Whalley, executive director of the FSACC. “It’s bringing together women who want to speak out about the issue and allowing them to have that voice in a very public, large group environment.”

The event typically draws anywhere from 100 to 200 participants. It begins with a rally at City Hall followed by a walk through the downtown.

Marking the progression are bullhorns, noisemakers, and chanting as well as placards with slogans that dispel the myths surrounding sexual assault.

“The yelling is really about getting that frustration out, that anger that these stereotypes and myths and misconceptions still exist,” said Whalley.

Men are welcome to participate in the opening rally and the closing reception, but they cannot join the women during the march. The point is to show that women should not need a man’s protection when walking the streets at night. The solidarity of the men who attend, however, is always appreciated.

“It’s a real energizing experience when you’re walking down Queen Street to come toward City Hall and

see the men lined up around, just clapping and welcoming us back,” said Whalley. “[They’re] able to show their support for us marching, but also that they’re being very visible in saying that they care about this issue too.”

Though the primary goal of the march is to raise awareness, the FSACC also wants to make their presence and services known. Sexual assault is one of the most underreported crimes, with less than ten per cent of occurrences being reported.

A reason behind this is the fear of blame shared by many victims.

They worry their claims will not be believed, whether because of their choice of clothing, how much they drank, or how they acted.

Appropriately, the theme for this year’s march is “Believe Her”, meaning that no woman who comes forward about having been sexually assaulted should be dismissed. Although the majority of sexual assault victims are female, the FSACC also provides support to men who have been abused.

“One of the messages is that women don’t ask to be raped or sexually assaulted,” said Whalley. “It’s not because of how we dress, or where we go, or how we act.”

Campus talk to promote democratic engagement Heather Uhl News Reporter Canada’s Democracy Week is out to engage citizens with democracy.

The week from Sept. 15 to 22 will see small events held across the country to discuss Canada’s democratic culture.

One of these events is taking place at University of New Brunswick’s Wu Conference Centre. On Sept. 21 from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m., speakers from different backgrounds will come together and discuss democratic engagement.

“The idea is to have a week when there’s more discussion and consideration of our democracy through various means, through various events, with what’s taking place as a way of starting to get Canadians turning that [disengagement] around a little bit,” said Paul Howe, UNB political science professor, and a speaker at the event.

Howe said the main purpose of the talk is civic education, since there is the idea that Canadians have been disengaged from democracy and voting, and there was a particular problem with the younger generation.

During the federal election held in May 2011, the voter turnout was 61.1%.

Canada’s Democracy Week was started by Elections Canada and this

is its second year.

“I think, on the surface, we can look at issues relating to the lack of civic knowledge as a problem, and that one can try to address that through civic education,” Howe said.

“I mean, at the same time, you have to ask why are people not bothering to keep up with what’s happening with politics or what’s going on and then you get into other issues.”

Among the other ideas Howe gave, was the idea that citizens nowadays are distracted and ‘pulled in many different ways’, and questioning that maybe the political system has problems within it.

“I think it is really important to remember that democracy doesn’t just happen during elections. It also happens outside of election time,” said Ilona Dougherty, executive director of Apathy is Boring, and a guest speaker for the event.

“It’s really our responsibility as citizens to keep engaged in the democratic process; make sure that our members of parliament and local representatives know that we care about what they’re doing and we’re paying attention to what they’re doing.”

Dougherty said Democracy Week is a reminder of who really works for whom, in Canadian democracy.

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Students are encouraged to get involved in the democratic process. Graphic image by Liz Chiang “I think of Canada’s Democracy Week as a really great reminder to citizens that politicians works for us – elected officials work for us, and that we really have an active role in the democratic process,” said Dougherty.

According to their website, Apathy is Boring, is a national non-partisan project with a “…mission to use art and

technology to education youth about democracy.”

Among the goals of Apathy is Boring is increasing youth voting rate and building a sustainable dialogue between youth and elected officials.

“I think it’s a really good opportunity for students to learn a little bit more about why people get involved and how

they can support their peers in getting involved,” Dougherty said.

“I would imagine the kind of students who would come to an event like this would already be involved in their community. And they really have a role to play in making sure their peers who aren’t already involved, get involved.”

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All long guns loaded for a Silver Fox Hunt

Jonathan W. Salmon.

An Opinion

Pauline Marois has become the only female Premier to be elected in history of the province of Québec, and her arrival in office began the other week with not just one, but multiple bangs. At her victory speech at the Montreal Metropolis, an armed gunman fired shots into the crowd, apparently attempting to reach the new elect and put an end to the idea of Québec sovereignty.

“The English are waking up!” is what the man repeatedly yelled – in French mind you – as Montreal police officers were detaining him, which I find strange, if he believes himself to be a so called Englishsupremacist.

This is massive. It could drive a stake through an already shaky English-French relationship that is teetering on the brink of collapse, and lead to a language civil war that could consume Canada in flames that have not seen this side of the depths of hell, or at least the Middle East. It could… it could… but that is only if everyone – both Anglophone and Francophone – didn’t already know that this man who perpetrated these acts of violence upon an unwilling crowd is a mentally unstable, volatile, violent and crazed individual – as if the bathrobe in public didn’t already give that away. Pegging this as a calculated, politically motivated move by a militant English faction, would be tantamount to calling Stephen Harper a nice guy, or a bad politician.

This is simply an isolated, tragic event perpetrated by someone who is unwell. To read any more into this would be an assault on reasonable thought, as we know it.

However, this does raise a large question looming over the Conservative Party’s decision to abolish the long-gun registry. From the beginning of their decision to abolish the registry and destroy all records that had been collected over the preceding years, Québec has been openly speaking out against it and refusing to destroy the records that consumed so much of the tax-payers money.

This incident is a blow to the Harper government’s reasoning behind their decision, and how they will handle this national headline grabber will be interesting to watch. Already, The Québec Superior Court has made a decision that, to destroy the Québec records would be unconsti-

Pauline Marois (right) is the leader of the Parti Québécois Marie Berne / FlickrCC tutional, and Marois may be close to one of her first victories in office. However, speaking out against Harper is a poisonous venom – especially against something that his party been touting since the advent of the past national elections – and he may be able to silence his opposition as he has done with astonishingly little backlash in the past.

All joking aside though, this election could have brought more weight to the argument of Québec sovereignty. With the Parti Québéquois (PQ) in power, the separation of la Belle Province from the rest of Canada could have been imminent. And yet, it is still a long way off due to the fact that the PQ won only a minority government. With a mere 32% of the vote, and the Liberals as their official opposition, Québec forming its own nation still seems little more than a pipe dream. It appears that the separatists are their own worst enemies.

Various splinter parties such as the Coalition Avenir Québec, Québec Solidaire and Option Nationale, appeared in this election, which split the vote and diminished the power of the PQ, basically playing spoilers for their goal of a majority government, and perhaps eliminating the possibility of a Québec free from the restraints of Canadian politics.

Harper, as any good political leader would, congratulated Marois on her victory, but quickly brushed aside the idea of a sovereign Québec, stating, as the Globe and Mail reported, “We don’t believe Quebeckers want to reopen the old constitutional quarrels of the past,” completely devaluing Marois’ main goal in coming to power.

Yet, as was mentioned earlier, Harper has the sparring separatist parties to thank for diminishing his need to act upon the problem of Québec – at least for now. The

long gun registry however, is a different problem altogether for the prime minister.

The Parti Québéquois will use the incident of election night, to fan the flames of the debate and now has leverage to lean on this silvery, wily wolf.

Although I am neither an advocate for the separation of Québec nor reintroducing the long gun registry – for most crimes are perpetrated with unregistered, restricted firearms – the act of destroying all records seems counterintuitive to me, especially since as soon as another party comes to power they will spend millions of tax-payers money attempting to reverse Harper’s work in this area. What it comes down to is, whether or not I agree with what the PQ is attempting to do; I revel in the fact that it will cause Stephen Harper a headache… or God-willing, maybe even a migraine – wouldn’t that be something.

Protect your online self David Shipley Submitted It can happen all too easily.

‘Can’t log into that lab computer? Sure, you can log in with my username and password.’

‘Would you mind checking my email for me?’

Despite repeated warnings, some students, faculty and staff continue to share their UNB login ID names, their student or faculty/staff numbers, and their passwords.

Protect your identification information at UNB. It’s the key to a host of important private and personal information – from your home address and contact information, to your grades if you’re a student, or your salary information if you’re an employee.

If you’re a student, giving someone your UNB login ID and password could let them read your email, register or de-register you from courses, or access any of your files stored on UNB’s network.

If you’re a faculty or staff member, providing someone with your UNB login ID and password could allow them to see all of the information you have access to, including information you may have access to about others.

How to protect your personal information 1. Never share your UNB login ID or password.

2. Set a strong password that you can remember.

3. Set strong challenge questions in case someone tries to reset your password using UNB’s password reset tool.

4. Always use the private browsing mode on your web browser when you’re accessing UNB online resources from any computer – whether it’s a laptop, tablet or phone. All of the most recent versions of major desktop browsers – Internet Explorer, Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Opera – support some form of private browsing. Using the private browsing mode will erase your login ID and password and log you out of any secure sites or tools when you close the browser.

5. Secure your social media presences.

Don’t show your birthdate on Facebook to anyone except for friends. Accessing the birthdate is one of the steps that is often used by a number of organizations to verify your identity. Your birthdate is an important piece of personal information. If you must display your birthday, try to hide some of the details, such as the specific day, month or year.

Don’t respond to phishing attempts Aside from accounts being compromised by people you may know – a jealous ex or a nosy friend – your other major risk is having your login ID and password captured by online criminal organizations.

One of the major ways criminal organizations target UNB is through the use of so-called phishing attempts. Phishing

is the process of sending e-mails that look like they’re from a trust source, say your local bank or UNB ITS. Typically they use tricks like telling you your email account is about to expire or that your bank account has been compromised.

Often, but not all the time, these e-mails have clues that they’re fakes. They usually have poor grammar and/or sentence structures.

Sometimes they use photos and logos in an attempt to appear authentic.

One recent email, claiming to be from UNB’s IT department, had a picture of UNB president Eddy Campbell, and a giant UNB logo.

If you clicked on the link in that email, it would have taken you to a page with rows of giant UNB logos and a login area. If you provided your login ID and password, it then took you to the old UNB webmail page.

And in the process, you would have just compromised your account.

But why do these criminal organizations want access to your email account?

One reason is to help further their email spam efforts.

Another is to capture personal information that they can either sell or use in identity theft crimes.

And sometimes they use compromised accounts to impersonate you and attempt to defraud your friends and families by sending emails saying you are in an emergency

situation in a foreign country.

Stealing music, movies and software is never a good idea Issues around illegal downloading of copyright content, are in a whole separate spectrum – even many peer-to-peer clients have now been compromised by criminal organizations.

These groups can piggyback on the installation of this software to install all kinds of nasty programs on your computer. These malicious software tools range from spam servers and tools to turn your computer into a kind of digital zombie at their control ready to attack other machines, or tools to log every keystroke you enter – which allows them to capture your vital login IDs and passwords for UNB, your bank, your Facebook account and more.

You are the best line of defense when it comes to your personal information and your best tactic is to protect your UNB login ID and password. Think of them of as keys to your digital world. Don’t give them out intentionally to friends or even family. And protect them from online criminal groups.

David Shipley is the Enterprise Strategy Analyst for Information Technology Services at UNB. He is a member of the UNB IT Security Action Team. David is an IT security point of contact for all UNB campuses. He can be reached at dshipley@unb.ca. You can learn more about UNB and IT security issues through the ITS blog at Blogs.unb.ca/tidbits.

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The Rent is too damn high!

Cody Jack An Opinion Bruce Fitch, minister of environment and local government, made an announcement last Thursday, that he would be changing the property tax regulations surrounding rented or leased properties and lowering the amount apartment owners pay in property tax. He said in Thursday’s CBC NB news story that he hoped the savings would be passed onto renters but that ultimately that was not up to him.

Willy Scholten, president of the New Brunswick apartment owners association, said it wouldn’t be likely that the decrease would be passed onto renters but only that it may reduce future increases in rent. Fitch also said that renters should push landlords to pass on the savings, just as owners pressured government. I feel like something is missing here. Oh right, the budget!

When the budget dropped in March, Finance Minister Blaine Higgs, and Willy Scholten spoke about a three-year rate freeze in which tenants could go to the Rentalsman if they felt the freeze was not being upheld; the idea being that, due to the savings seen by landlords, those savings should be felt (marginally) by the renters as well.

Where did the rent freeze go? Did something change between now and when the budget dropped? There are changes within the new reforms for commercial tenants but not residential ones. Why were residential tenants left out of the changes? It must be that we didn’t need to save money in these

bright economic times.

As for “things not being up to him”… are you kidding me? You’re the minister of local government, and your party has a majority government! Last time I checked, that’s a pretty sweet and efficient way to get things done. It would be nothing for him to impose a freeze on rents as well as the guidelines for these freezes.

Fitch must not have much experience renting a residential apartment when he said that renters should pressure landlords to pass on the savings. It is hard enough to get them to fix something in your apartment.

It isn’t as easy as us simply going up to our landlord and saying “Hey… you should do that right thing and not raise the rent.”

That’s like me going to my minimum wage job and saying: “You should pay me more than minimum wage and share some of that money you’re making because it’s the right thing to do.” They’d laugh at me and point out unemployment in this province is roughly ten per cent and that there is someone else waiting to take my job.

Same thing goes for renting. They charge that much because there is demand, and students or those in lower income situations can’t abstain from shelter, just like they can’t abstain from working. Due to the transient nature of student renters and the insecure position of low-income renters, it is difficult for those groups to make such demands upon the owners of apartments.

So thank you Minister Fitch for all your efforts in standing up for those who obviously needed it most… the owners.

For the want of a cheaper beer The old man rant A satire by Sandy Chase It’s tough being a student.

You’re always trying to balance from paycheck to paycheck, hoping that you can still afford your rent at the end of the month, saving up your pennies for your groceries, and hoping as you run to the library that that book on reserve is still there, because you were too cheap to shell out $250 for a book you thought you didn’t need.

I could vent about how bloody expensive textbooks are, and how they put out a goddamn new revision every two years with different question numbers so you have to buy the new one, but there’re other things occupying my mind this week.

Why is it so damn expensive to buy food and beer at concerts and other events?

Bar prices can be bad enough, charging about four bucks for a Keith’s. All I can say is thank god for Thursday nights at the S-Club with their $1.25 draft, but down at Harvest, you had to shell out almost six bucks for a Keith’s!

I’m not saying I would go to the point of not buying one, but damn,

do you really have to take half my bank account for my Maritime fallback?

I’m just glad they didn’t have Picaroons there, or I’d be paying at least ten bucks for a better tasting cold one.

Look, I realize that this festival is a pretty big cash influx for the city, and that a good portion of that comes from the beer sales, but as a student, could you please give us just a little break?

Really, I should just be grateful that we don’t live in a bigger city like Toronto, where a can of Molson can go for $11 at a concert or a Leafs game, and that’s your only option. I don’t drink Molson normally, so it’s difficult to stomach that cost – especially for a glass of flavoured water.

And not just concerts, but at the hockey games too. Asking an arm and a leg just so a guy can have a cold one while watching the game. I can appreciate that the hockey team brings in money for the university and they do some of that by selling beer, so why don’t they do it at other events and lower the cost all round?

More people would go to swim meets if they sold beer there.

Damn it, I’m just going to have to go make home brew in the basement now. Maybe I’ll take up moonshining?

Liz Chiang / The Brunswickan

So, what is discrimination?

The human connection

By Barbara Roberts Discrimination is a concept that is often tossed around whenever people are treated differently. It’s confusing, because sometimes we treat people differently on purpose, in order to include them fairly – like allowing students with disabilities extra time on exams to compensate for how their disability slows their writing, compared to other exam-writers, or giving a “handicap” to someone new to golf to make the game more fair for them, or giving some employees Saturdays off for religious observances.

Why isn’t that considered “discrimination”?

Because these actions are designed to enable people to participate without a disadvantage, that would otherwise occur due to characteristics which are not relevant to the activity at hand. So what is discrimination?

Discriminat ion is def ined in UNB’s policy and procedure on discrimination, sexual harassment, and harassment as: “Differential treatment of an indi-

vidual or group of individuals which is based, in whole or in part, on one or more ground as defined [in the New Brunswick Human Rights Act and this policy], and which thus has an adverse impact on the individual … that is not…suffered by other individuals… who do not share such ground(s)…” (Section 3.01.4) Let’s unpack that a little bit.

Discrimination is treating people differently, but based on a human rights designated ground (disability, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, age, and four more). Those are personal characteristics that are an inherent part of the person’s identity.

And, that treatment has a negative effect on the person, which would not be experienced by people without that characteristic. For example, excluding same-sex partners from health insurance benefits that other common-law or married partners enjoy, is a negative effect based on a human rights designated ground – sexual orientation. Married or common-law partners who are straight do not face that disadvantage. That’s why more employers now include same-sex partners in benefit plans.

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schedules may prevent observers from practicing their religion, so requirements to work on Saturday create a negative effect on them that other religious observers do not experience. Allowing observers not to work on Saturday, respects their religious practice, and eliminates the negative effect of Saturday work requirements that other workers would not face. (O’Malley v. Simpson-Sears Ltd. (1985), 7 C.H.R.R. D/3102 (S.C.C.)) Not all dist inct ions bet ween members of our community are considered to be discrimination. It is not age discrimination to restrict minors from voting or drinking, for instance, because that regulation is based not just on age, but on the developmental ability to be an informed citizen, with sufficiently developed judgment to make socially responsible decisions. By contrast, sending workers home simply because they’ve clocked 65 years on the planet is age discrimination; there must be evidence of lost competence, not just accumulated years.

I hope this helps clarify what is and is not meant by discrimination.

Next time, we’ll explore the concept of harassment.

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What is on your mind at Harvest...

Let everyone know what’s on your mind.

Beth Richards

Cody Martin

George Slipp

Whitney Slipp

“The painter in the Budwiser Tent included my suggestion to add different cultures to her piece, which was a great”

“I’m here for the music, particularly GTB and Force Field. I like supporting local music.”

“I won tickets to Harvest and have never been before!”

“I’m here to kill it with my cousin and to see fire be juggled.”

Jermaine Prejean

Kate Shipley

James Waters

“Festivals are always fun.

Wonderful music, good food, nice people too!”

“The best part of Harvest so far?

The people. They speak freely and openly.”

“I’m here at Harvest to get funky!”

Rachel Godwin “My favourite concert so far has been the Avett Brothers.”

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Lee Thomas Arts Editor

Harvest is a magical time of the year... downtown Fredericton gets completely overrun by performers, tourists, music enthusiasts, joy seekers, poor students, and the occasional hilarious drunk person.

I feel a little melancholy, seeing Harvest wrap up – a little bit like putting away a Christmas tree, knowing that you won’t see it for another year – but I’d like to congratulate Fredericton on a fabulous Harvest Jazz and Blues Festival.

You’ll notice that I’m not thanking the organizers specifically, nor the artists; although, obviously, the

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festival would be impossible without their hard work, talent, and vision.

No, I’m writing today to thank the people who really made this festival for me this year – the audience. I’ve been to a lot of concerts (perks of the job, and also, I just love live shows) and my experience on the East coast continues to be full of pleasant surprises.

In Fredericton, on three occasions, I have seen the crowd part to let someone in a wheel chair sit at the front. I have had people apologize for bumping into me. I’m about five feet tall, and more than once, I’ve had a tall person offer to trade spots so I can see well through the crowd. It’s a stereotype, but one that has proven to be true again and again – Maritimers are nice.

This point really came home to me during the Avett Brothers concert. Now, I’d never heard of the Avett Brothers before this concert (or so I thought; it turned out to be a happy coincidence that I actually did know them), and so I went into the show fairly indifferent. However, I knew a lot of people were huge fans, and so I was expecting a boisterous

crowd. Boisterous crowds, for little people like me, are a little scary. I have vivid memories of seeing Blink-182 in 12th grade (don’t judge) and clinging to the crowd barrier for dear life.

Seeing a band that you’re unfamiliar with, the crowd is your guide – and I couldn’t have found a better guide than the crowd at the concert that night. They might not have been the dancing kind, but they demonstrated their appreciation in other ways. They cheered thunderously as each song was announced. When the band encouraged people to sing or clap along, the crowd was more than happy to comply – and if anyone can clap in time with the tune of stringed instruments, they’re Maritimers.

As any performer can attest, the audience makes or breaks a performance. It’s a give-and-take, with the musicians gaining energy from the audience, and the audience reflecting that energy. I think that’s what makes Harvest so special. The crowd has no pretences about anything, instead, they’re just there to hear some music and have a good time.

“There’s a lot of love in the tent tonight,” said one of the lead singers of the band, Seth Avett, and I couldn’t have agreed more.

Well done, Fredericton.

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Voodoo woman in a Hoodoo House Elizabeth Creelman Arts Editor It’s Thursday evening, the sun has not yet set, and in a few short minutes, Theresa Malenfant and the Instigators will set the Hoodoo House on fire with the blues.

The audience – some sitting around long tables and others lingering around the walls of the tent – are by no means waiting quietly and expectantly for the band to begin. They drink and joke around, but when the musicians appear, the attention of the room is focused entirely on the stage.

The age of the crowd ranges from young to old. So too does the age of the band, which, besides Malenfant as lead vocalist, consists of guitar, bass, keys, drums, and harmonica.

The group begins to play.

Malenfant hails from Fredericton.

Winner of an ECMA for Best Female Artist and three-time nominee of Female Artist of the Year Award at the Canadian Maple Blues Awards, the singer has the kind of voice that would remind older generations of Etta James and younger generations of Adele – a happier Adele with more soul.

The band plays a song called VooDoo Woman. When the number ends, someone from the audience shouts out that Malenfant is a voodoo woman. She waves to them, laughing in appreciation, and the band begins again.

The sheer power of the music shakes the tent, ruffling the clothes and hair of those standing closest to the stage. Although the sounds blend

seamlessly and apparently without effort, each instrument takes its turn in the limelight with solos to equal Malenfant’s powerful vocals.

They are as fun to watch, as they are to listen to.

The keyboardist’s hands fly across the keys like they’re made of water. To anyone who’s played piano before, it looks painful, but his fingers continue to pound away, unperturbed.

The harmonica player resembles some sort of a spy in his dark coat and glasses. When he moves with a particularly energetic flourish, his jacket parts to reveal a belt, strung not with guns, but with multiple harmonicas. He switches between them frequently, sometimes in the middle of a song.

The bassist is inarguably the most fun to watch. He floats around the stage with an expression of pure bliss on his face, eyes closed and head bobbing to the beat. He intermittently glances at other members of the band and audience, eliciting grins from whomever meets his gaze.

There is not an excessive amount of talking between songs on the part of the performers. People chatter appreciatively while the musicians gulp down some water before striking back up. There is no pretention and no strain; they’ve done this a thousand times before.

About 20 minutes in, people abandon their long tables and their huddles along the walls to get up and dance. The performance feels fulfilled; this is what the music is made for. The tent continues to swing as the sun goes down.

You’re a good band, Andy Brown

Andy Brown impressed crowds in the Bell Aliant Mojo tent last Wednesday. Alex Walsh/ The Brunswickan Elizabeth Creelman Arts Reporter Andy Brown, Frederictonian and 2007 UNB alumnus, played in the sizable Mojo Tent last Wednesday night, opening for Joel Plaskett and The Emergency. The audience arrived, a mass of excited and impatient Plaskett fans, half crazed from the first part of the workweek. I can only imagine what it would be like to open for that.

No pressure, Andy.

But Brown was more than equal to the task, entertaining the audience for nearly an hour. His band had a relatively subdued yet commanding demeanour drawing the crowd’s attention without tiring them out.

And the music was spot on.

The band members were dressed in blue, grey, and black, matching

the cover of Brown’s latest album, False Alarm. However, their music was much warmer and more dynamic than those neutral colours. Their sound – especially Brown’s vocals – was powerful, filling the tent without smothering it.

They’re a folk rock band, and they didn’t do anything too weird or unexpected. No band members pulled out bagpipes or maracas, or even a harmonica. No audience members got up on stage and started dancing on top of the speakers or clinging to Brown’s legs. But the sheer quality of their music begs to be appreciated, and it clearly was.

The words of Brown’s songs were often very deep and serious. One song asked, “what if happiness is just a myth?” Despite some of these lyrics, the music, as well as the performance itself, was quite upbeat.

For one of the last songs, Brown invited the crowd to join him in singing. The sequence of lyrics, if they can be called that, was “Bada-bada-bada.”

“R ight to the back,” shouted Brown.

“I’ll buy you ice cream!”

The audience complied, filling the tent with music, but thankfully, not drowning out Brown’s compelling vocals. The performance ended on a high note, a perfect build-up to Joel Plaskett.

Let’s be honest, Fredrictonians are fiercely proud of the best of their musicians, Andy Brown included; but most people went to the Mojo Tent on Wednesday night to enjoy Joel Plaskett. Anyone who was in that tent would tell you, however, that they went home that night, not only sated with Plaskett, but thoroughly impressed by Andy Brown.

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Jerry does jazz

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Tamara Gravelle The Brunswickan

Freder ic ton, New Br un swick

Checking into your inner jazz musician is a piece of cake after listening to the Jerry Granelli Trio perform live.

The setting was perfect for the show. The walls of the Cedar Tree Café were lined with white Christmas lights, and over the walls were pieces of artwork that included a painting of a tree at sunset, and a place where you could find Waldo.

The scents of wine and baked goods were wafting through the air while the sound of dishes clinking in the background gave the feeling of a busy atmosphere.

All the tables were packed with families and friends talking about their days, the festival, or anything on their mind.

The Jerry Granelli Trio took the stage, with the band’s founder behind the drum kit. They were at the front of the Café so you could see the people walking along Queen Street waiting for the sun to go down, so the nightlife could start.

The group started playing, and I couldn’t help but be moved by their music. What they play fits my definition of jazz music.

They’re soulful and smooth, with a hint of risk in their solos.

One thing I noticed was that there were no lyrics, just the drum kit, saxophone,

and cello. If anything, though, that made the music better. The melodies that lifted though the music resonated with the audience in a way that it allowed everyone listening to create their own story with it.

The crowd broke out in a round of applause that seemed to go on until the trio forced us back into another song.

A smashing plate brought everyone’s attention to the kitchen for a brief second, but it was soon forgotten due to the haunting notes that were coming from the saxophone and the cello.

The music was so relaxing and calming.

I feel like I could do my homework listening to this and not have the urge to rip my hair out. No matter how intense the songs got, they always brought it back down to a comforting level.

One last song before they take a break; this one is featuring a baritone saxophone which brings out a bass line that wasn’t noticed before. The low sounding instruments band together to create a fantastic sound and a great melody out of the instruments not commonly known for doing so.

By the end of this song, any tension that was previously in the room was gone.

All eyes were on the band members and I was hoping that they wouldn’t stop playing. Ever.

The band performed for an appreciative crowd on Thursday in the Budweiser Blues Tent.

Liz Chiang / The Brunswickan

Partying with monsters

Tamara Gravelle The Brunswickan The Budweiser Blues Tent was buzzing with conversation in anticipation for Big Head Todd & The Monsters.

Picnic tables were lined up in the centre of tent with bleachers on the side and at the back. Of course, there was no seating near the front of the stage, in order to accommodate all the dancers in the crowd.

The stage showcased all the instruments, that lead singer Todd Park Mohr and his band members were going to tackle along, with screens on either side of it to catch all of the excitement.

Soon, the band came on stage and announced that this is the first time they’ve ever been “in Canada”.

“I mean, we’ve been to Toronto and Vancouver,” said Mohr.

“But that’s not really ‘Canada’.”

The tent responded by breaking out into a round of cheers, and the band started playing. Both the band and the crowd were in for a treat that evening.

A wave of guitar riffs burst out of the speakers and smacks the crowd in the face.

Instantly, the bass line forces the crowd to nod their heads and tap their feet, and just start rocking out.

The crowd starts bonding over the music; there’s this great sense of community throughout the tent that would not be there without these bluesy men.

People in the crowd start getting closer to the stage to try to take in all the passion that is radiating off these musicians. It’s bands like Big Head Todd & The Monsters that make me believe that artists who play the blues don’t get enough credit.

All of the instrumentals and guitar solos

suck you into a world that’s within you.

More than once, I noticed myself in a dazelike state, concentrating only on the music.

Near the end of the show, I realize why I’ve been so excited for this music during the show – it’s sexual.

The music gets more intense until a climax is reached that makes the crowd burst into cat-calls and forces you to rock your body back and forth in relief.

That being said, I would still want to take my mom to see them perform live. This is the type of band that would take an older generation back to their youths and allow them to re-live their experiences.

Each song tells a story, but that story depends on the person who’s listening.

The self-proclaimed ‘party tent’ of the Harvest Jazz and Blues Festival definitely holds up, especially when Big Head Todd & The Monsters are playing.

Lee Thomas Arts Editor

Todd Park Mohr, of Big Head Todd and the Monsters.

Liz Chiang / The Brunswickan

The Jerry Granelli Trio performed in the Cedar Tree Café.

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Harvest harbingers

The lighting on the stage is a soft, purple haze; it gleams off the liquid black of the piano. An acoustic guitar and bass, both rich chestnut, shined to a polished finish, sit tantalizingly on the stage.

The crowd is animated – their voices ebbing and swelling in time with the gentle jazz filler-music. It’s a full house.

The lights dim, and the theatre falls silent. A pattering of applause begins, as if people are already impressed by the mere anticipation of the show.

Joel LeBlanc, a performer from Fredericton perhaps best known for his band Hot Toddy, comes on stage in a quiet and unassuming manner. He’s humming Frosty the Snowman.

“I don’t remember the dance moves,” he deadpans, sending a ripple of laughter through the audience. He lifts his harmonica, and the laughter stops abruptly – everyone is too enthralled.

LeBlanc is a musical acrobat. Holding notes longer than I believed possible, he bounced along with his own tune, his toes tapping infectiously. People in the crowd exchange looks of disbelief, and cheer him on as he rides a rollercoaster of melodies.

As he departs, it’s an unspoken truth that only thing bigger than LeBlanc’s stage

presence must be his lung capacity.

Jill Barber, the first performer in the Playhouse’s “Women In Voices” series – which is made up solely of Canadian female performers – was introduced, to much applause, as being “timeless, elegant, classic.” From the moment she stepped on stage and flashed a coy smile, the entire theatre was smitten.

I was originally going to say that Jill Barber reminds you of your first girlfriend, but that’s not quite right. She’s far more reminiscent of that other girl. You know the one I’m talking about: the one that got away. As she sings, she sways like her entire being wants to waltz, and she’d float off into the air if not for the constraints of microphones and physics.

Although she was introduced as being a Maritime local, Barber isn’t – she hails originally from Port Credit, Ontario, and now lives in Vancouver. But, to her credit, she handles the confession with impeccable grace.

“Growing up in Ontario, Halifax and the east coast had a kind of mythical appeal. Like an artist’s mecca… Halifax, and that music community, gave me the confidence to try it on my own.”

She is immediately forgiven; there is little wonder why this soulful vintage starlet is called ‘Canada’s sweetheart’.

Barber won the heart of her audience with personal tales of her songs – this one, a personal prayer to the “music gods”; this one, a cautionary tale based on a fling with a jazz piano player; another, for her grandmother. She recollected performing for the first time in Fredericton – opening for Wintersleep at the Cellar.

Barber is every inch of vintage glamour, but the audience is always chuckling with her surprising bursts of sass – as she laughingly describes herself, “classy, elegant… y’know, whatever the intro said.”

High praise of Barber would be insufficient without also acknowledging the musical prowess and frequently hilarious stage presence of her accompaniment – Robbie Grunwald on the piano, a PhD in Chem Physics, but much cooler as a band member; Drew Jurecka as a violinist, clarinetist and (to much applause) whistler extraordinaire; Steve Zsirai on bass, with a killer smile and alleged hickey from a woman in Charlottetown.

Barber and her band launch into an enthusiastic rendition of “Oh My My”, pulling the audience in to participate, with the balcony and floor chanting along.

“Please, don’t let me go”.

And we didn’t want to.

The crowd gave Barber a standing ovation; how could we not?

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New stars rise in the Galaxie Tamara Gravelle The Brunswickan New Brunswick bands got to show off their talent at Harvest for a chance to open for the Saturday night concert’s headliner, Wintersleep.

The Galaxie Rising Star Competition brought in bands from St. Andrews, Saint John, Moncton, and some local Fredericton bands.

This year’s finalists included Shaun LeBlanc, Oh No Theodore, Redwood Fields, The Kendra Gale Band, Penny Blacks, and The Motorleague.

First on stage was Shaun LeBlanc.

This guy seemed the most out of place for Harvest. His pop melodies floated through the crowd and people started to flock towards the tent. As he kept playing, his sound became rockier and he was able to develop a good mix between the two genres.

Next was Oh No Theodore. I’ve always found them moving and the way they’re able to fit classical instruments like a cello and a violin into an alternative rock genre is impressive. They always genuinely look like there is no other place that they want to be. It’s always easier to like a band if they try to engage the audience by just looking happy.

Third on the bill was Redwood Fields.

These guys are able to tell a story in a really folk/indie rock fashion.

It was also obvious that these guys have a strong fan base in Fredericton. The amount of cheers that came out of the crowd for them was massive, considering

the size of the crowd. The lead singer’s voice was distinct, and created a great atmosphere for the listeners. Along with the prominent bass line, these guys put together a solid act.

The Kendra Gale Band took the stage soon after, with a sound like no other band there this year. I didn’t expect so much music to come out of the duet.

Kendra Gale’s voice is comparable to Janis Joplin and made me feel like I was at a real rock n’ roll concert. The audience reacted as such; there were people dancing and rocking out throughout her set.

Gale has a lot of passion in her lyrics.

Anyone who might have upset her over the years must be regretting it now.

Second to last on stage we got Penny Blacks. These guys were folky combined with a punk rock aspect, to push their music over the edge.

Penny Blacks were tight and knew their stuff. Their live performance was much different from their recorded songs – not as hard and as loud as expected, which helped them fit into the festival more.

However, at this point of the show, the audience had all but evaporated, but they missed out on some great talent. The remaining crowd was able to recognize this and gave a huge cheer for Penny Blacks after every song.

Finally, the show closed off with The Motorleague. These guys belong at Harvest about as much as a banana belongs in the South Pole; however, they were the most entertaining to watch. Not just because they called for the first stage

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Shaun LeBlanc won the Galaxie Rising Star competition and opened for Wintersleep on Saturday.

Liz Chiang / The Brunswickan dive at Harvest, with only about half a dozen people participating, or because they wouldn’t stop jumping around the stage; it was because their personality shined through the show. I knew by the end of it that these were good guys

who were passionate about helping the world, and that’s something I like to see in musicians.

In the end, the bands from Moncton cleaned up the competition. The Motorleague got the $500 prize for best

original song, while Shaun LeBlanc came out on top and won the grand prize of $2000, and the chance to open for Said The Whale and Wintersleep.

Congratulations to all the performers, I can’t wait to see you all play again.

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Said the Whale: lightning and hurricanes

Elizabeth Creelman Arts Reporter Vancouver-based band Said the Whale has clearly built up quite a fan base on the East Coast. The fans are quite varied, too: to my left is a knot of teenagers clutching cups of beer; to my right is a girl who can’t be more than two years old, dozing in her mother’s arms.

I wonder brief ly why someone would bring a toddler to a rock concert.

Everyone’s excited when the band comes on stage. Said the Whale, which won the 2011 Juno Award for New Group of the Year, consists of Ben Worcester and Tyler Bancroft, both on guitar and vocals; Nathan Shaw on bass; Spencer Schoening on drums; and Jaycelyn Brown on keys and vocals.

The band sounds like they do on their albums, but their live music is less acoustic and therefore much louder and more intense. They’ve still got those harmonies, though, some of which are eerie and intentionally dissonant but incredibly beautiful.

A red balloon f loats above the crowd. It reads in permanent marker, “I love Ben’s beard. Love, Rudi.”

Bancroft not ices the balloon after the first or second song, and

responds, glancing at his band mate, “If you get a chance, you should try and touch it.”

You can immediately tell when the band strikes up one of their more popular songs, because heads in the crowd start bobbing in unison, looking almost comical. The little girl beside me is now dancing in her mother’s arms.

The songs are as diverse as the fans. One piece is about a small underwater organism that’s being attacked by a bunch of scientists.

Another, explains Worcester, is called Hurricane Ada, and it was written about his niece from Halifax. Saying this, he gestures towards the toddler beside me.

“It’s your song,” Ada’s parents tell her, holding her up higher for the now interested crowd to see. The little girl grins obliviously towards her uncle up on the stage.

So that’s what she’s doing here.

The music trembles with intensity.

Each song is constructed with several phases, one shifting in to the next with a deliberate jolt before sinking back into the melody. Bancroft winces as he sings; if you couldn’t hear him, you’d think he was straining to hit the high notes but they come out flawlessly, and the wincing is just a quirk.

At one point, the band pulls out

Juno award winners Said the Whale, wowed audiences at Harvest on Saturday.

Liz Chiang / The Brunswickan some less conventional instruments: xylophone and ukulele. Bancroft plays the latter, holding it over the crowd as he really gets into the music. I didn’t even know that it was possible for someone to rock out that

much on the ukulele, but he’s doing it and making it work.

“Anyone get hit by lightening today?” asked Bancroft, of the cheering audience.

“Me too. Pretty sweet.”

And that’s how it feels, even as the band wraps up. The teenager’s go off for more beer, and Ada’s still dancing as her uncle leaves the stage.

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A saxophone player advertises women’s underwear during Harvest. Liz Chiang / The Brunswickan

Tunes to set the tone

of music while looking at pictures of young men.

They found that the women who looked at the pictures while listening Sarah to rock music rated the men as more Vannier attractive, than did the women who looked at the pictures while listening Harvest week was awesome. Just, to avant-garde music. The researchers awesome. concluded that because rock music put In between checking out the great women in a better mood, they were music, wandering around the crowded more positive when evaluating the men. streets (and plotting to leave grad But of course, different people have school, marry Joel Plaskett, and spend different tastes in music, so the trick the rest of my life having him serenade to making this work for you is picking me), I spent the week thinking about music that puts your date/partner/ the link between music and attraction. object of affection in a good mood.

What is it about the right song at But what if you don’t know what kind the right time that can set the mood of music the other person likes? What for romance? sort of music should you pick?

In the 80s, James May and Phyllis Research suggests that the sexier and Hamilton, American researchers, were more suggestive the better! also interested in this question. They Francesca Carpentier, a researcher at wanted to know how music changes the University of North Carolina, had they way we feel about the people university students participate in a study around us. that involved evaluating a new online First, they needed to know what dating program. When the students types of music made people feel good arrived in the lab they were told they and what types of music made people had a few minutes to relax before the feel bad. To do this, they had people study started, and were given a chance listen to different types of music and to listen to music. Some students were rate them as positive or negative. Turns given music with sexually suggestive out, rock music (aka: Jimi Hendrix, The lyrics, and others were given music with Doors, etc.) makes people feel good, neutral lyrics. and avant-garde music (aka: Sun Ra, What kind of sexually suggestive and other artists you have probably lyrics are we talking about? One of never heard of) makes people feel not the songs used in the study was “Betso good. Once they knew this, they had ter Days” by Janet Jackson, which young women listen to different types includes the line “I just wanna/kiss

The New Position

you, suck you, taste you, ride you/feel you, making you come too.” Another was “Sexbomb” by Tom Jones, which includes the line “Make me explode although you know/the route to go to sex me slow”. Clearly, neither Janet Jackson nor Tom Jones, are known for their subtle nuanced lyrics.

After listening to either sexy or neutral music, students were asked to read a bunch of different online dating profiles and rate the people described in the profile. Compared to the students who listened to the neutral music, the students who had listened to the sexually suggestive music, rated people as sexier, more desirable, and said they were more attracted to them. The researchers concluded that the sexy music primed the students to interpret pretty ambiguous information (they didn’t even have a picture of the people in the profiles!) as sexual.

And if sexual music can get people more interested in a boring online dating profile, just imagine what it could do for you in person! Looking for a sexy tune? Here are some suggestions!

Bilingual by Jose Nunez S&M by Rihanna Sweet kiwi by Maroon 5 Oops (Oh My) by Tweet Suggestions for more hot music, or have an idea for the next New Position?

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Malawi spawns new perspective

Melissa Foster playing with children in Malawi. Submitted Bronté James The Brunswickan From the moment the plane landed in Malawi, Africa, Melissa Foster knew her trip with the Active Youth Organization and R ight to Play would change her life.

“When we first got off the plane, there was this little girl in the window, and it was just so cute because we were high fiving her through the window and playing,” Foster said.

“It kind of set the tone for the whole trip because this little girl was so excited to see us.”

Foster and others involved in the Active Youth Group paid the toll to cross the man-made bridge, and only bridge into the village, to meet the Chiefs – a tradition when first visiting the village. Seen as intrusive to travel through the village without a proper meeting, it was the first stop they made, she said.

Once in the village, they were greeted with people singing, dancing, cooking, and an atmosphere much different than they had known all their lives.

“I don’t even know the right word to describe it; the energy in there was beautiful. They welcomed us, which was really cool and we thanked them, and after that, they were super welcoming. “ With a population of 33,000, it was hard not to stand out as one of eleven white people, said Foster.

“All these kids see this big group of white people, so they just see you from a mile away and go sprinting.

It was really cute,” she said.

“The first time we walked through the village I looked back and we had almost 100 kids following us.”

With four schools in the village, known as Community Based Child Care Centres, she worked with children aged five and under. Attending school in the mornings, the children were then fed through a program called Vitameal, part of a feeding program provided by Feed the Children, which consisted of a nutrient dense porridge.

Weighing the children and measuring their height to determine if they were healthy or underweight, allowed Foster and others to place

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them in a rehab program suited to their needs.

Each day with the children was different, said Foster. Some days they were shy and on others, they would latch onto her and want to play games all day.

“They would always touch your hair, because our hair is so different, or touch your skin, and just so excited to play,” she said.

“The cool thing too is that we can’t communicate, we can’t speak the same language yet, and you’re able to just play.”

Always wanting to play is one of the ways they involve the children in activities to promote awareness.

Active Youth Organization teamed up with the Lilongwe Organization to create Soccer Day, and organize the second annual Kicking AIDS Out soccer tournament – a full day event on July 6, their Independence Day holiday.

“We had netball games for the girls to play and three soccer games, and we had races. There were 2,000 people from the village who came to watch,” said Foster.

Bringing people together throughout the village, handing out flyers that had health information about AIDS, and explaining what the two organizations did in the village, were the main goals of the event.

“We handed out over 4,000 condoms at the event too, and the best part of the day was that there was free HIV/AIDS testing and counselling, so over 50 people got tested that day, which was amazing.”

Briefed on how heavy the workload would be, Foster said they took a mini-bus on weekend trips.

“Lake Malawi is absolutely beautiful, it spans most of the country and it’s a lake they are really proud of, and so we’d all pile in a mini-bus and go there on the weekend.”

The Active Youth Group also used the mini-buses for travelling to get groceries, between villages, or other necessities, where walking was not an option. Crammed into a small bus that is falling apart became normal for Foster.

“It was squished sometimes, and there would be chickens on the bus, and babies, and it was funny because sometimes it would be the first time the baby would see someone who was white so they would just look at us, or take it in and lose it,” she said.

“But it was always fun, and music would always be blaring.”

Working with everyone in the village, not just those who travelled with her, Foster said one man in particular touched her heart.

A father of two boys and a volunteer at the Active Youth Organization every morning, Levi Son biked an hour to school after work, another hour bike-ride home, and work six at night until six the next morning at one of the embassies, and still come to work with a smile.

Leading cooking demonstrations, introducing recipes, teaching the women of the village how to prepare food, and counselling the women on proper nutrition while the food cooked, were some of the ways Son inspired Foster.

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Foster raised awareness about HIV/AIDS, among other things, in her time in Malawi. Submitted

What are your feelings

on the NHL lockout?

Josh Fleck

Nick Murray

Bronté James

I think it is going to be a great thing for the AHL, CHL and possibly even CIS hockey. With no NHL, the CHL is going to see players like Jonathon Huberdeau, possibly playing another season of junior hockey, so that league would be better off without the NHL. The problem with the lockout is too much greed. Since the last lockout, Bettman’s salary has more than doubled and nearly touches $8 million annually. Unnecessary!

We’re in this for the long haul. I didn’t think it’d come to this, but both sides aren’t even in the same ballpark with their offers. After the last lockout, it took the owners two or three years to make up the revenue they lost, and just like last time, the fans will always come back, myself included.

As a hockey fan myself, I find it awful that the NHL is on its third lockout in only 18 years, all of which took place under commissioner Gary Bettman, who should have taken more measures to make sure it did not come to this. Not only do the hockey players suffer – even though this is at their own expense – but the fans also suffer. The players of such an iconic sport in Canada should be ashamed they are keeping it from those who have been loyal and dedicated throughout its history.

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“Every day at work, he would have tons of energy, he’d be smiling and it was incredible. It was amazing too because they were so passionate about the work they did,” said Foster.

“He loved teaching people, and it was really inspiring to see people love their work that much.”

Although Foster said it was an experience she will never forget, it was not always one to smile about. One of her biggest challenges was visiting the village’s hospital where there was one nurse for every 60 patients.

“That was really difficult because it was a lack of resources that were there, and you hear those statistics and it’s hard for anybody to heal or get better in that kind of environment.”

Even living in states of extreme poverty with majority of the population living off less than one dollar a day, they were some of the happiest people she had met, she said.

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Justin Marshall Sports Writer

It’s honestly all greed. Who else in the world makes $7.5 million dollars and complains they want more?

I guess some rich people do, but the average citizen would love to get paid a million bucks for a hobby they loved growing up. People should start watching the QMJHL; these kids actually love to play and give 110 per cent each and every night.

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think ya know

football?!

The games: Bengals@Redskins-Patriots@Ravens-Bombers@Holland

Liam Guitard Last week 2-1

Pats - They have pedigree, always have, always will.

Redskins - RGIII. I’m a stats kinda guy, and he has stats.

Hurricanes -The Bombers pop their shoulders a bit too easy.

Justin Marshall Last week 2-1

Pats - Tom Brady won’t lose two games in a row.

Bengals - You can’t lose to St Louis and expect to bounce back.

Hurricanes - Their running game looked good last week, and they will go at it again this week.

Josh O’Donnell (The SUB People) Last week 1-2

Ravens - Flacco will have a great game. He’s one of the best QB’s in the AFC. Bengals - If St Louis can beat the Skins, the Bengals can.

Bombers - UNB obviously, I didn’t even know Holland College had a team…

Nick Murray Last week 1-2

Ravens - Hernandez looks to be out for a while and is such a versatile player and Welker isn’t getting the ball as much.

Redskins - The Bengals have given up 78 points in two games, and the Skins have put up the second most points.

Bombers - Big win already and will take that momentum into Saturday’s game on the island.

Rugby squads trounce Mount Allison Josh Fleck Sports Editor The UNB Ironmen rugby squad took to the pitch this past weekend, looking to find their winning ways after suffering a 15-10 loss at the hands of UPEI in the season opener.

Both the A squad and B squad butted heads with the Mount Allison Mounties on Saturday afternoon.

Scoring came early and often for the Ironmen, as the Mounties were completely outmatched.

Chris Caskey got UNB on the board as he broke through the Mounties line and scored the first of his two tries.

Not long after Caskey touched down, James Mitchell put the Ironmen up another try, and then the floodgates opened up.

The Ironmen dominated play, as the Mounties weren’t able to touch the ball often, and when they did get control, had difficulty maintaining possession.

UNB found the goal a total of 18 times and were up 53-0 at halftime.

Ryan Vokey converted on ten of the tries, making the final 110-0 for the Ironmen.

Joining Caskey and Mitchell on the other side of the try line were Christian Futschik (with two tries), Andrew Sandford, Vokey, Jon Parkman (three tries), and PJ Carson.

The combination of Colin Alexander and Walker Blizzard, gave the Ironmen seven tries and absolutely dazzling ball movement, and oneon-one jukes in the open field.

In a game where one team is overmatched in such a way, it can be easy to get away from the fundamentals, but Blizzard said that the coaching staff kept the team grounded and

The Ironmen rugby teams came away with a pair of wins.The A-side won 110-0, while the B-side won 43-10. Samantha Skubic / The Brunswickan focused on what they needed to do disjointed. We were able to conright. centrate on where we are supposed “We have to use this game as a to be.” building process. We have a few With a statement game like that, guys playing different positions,” there isn’t a whole lot to be upset said Blizzard. “The coaches just about, and that was Hickey’s exact kept reiterating to keep playing our sentiments about the game. game, and use the game to build up “How could you not be happy our systems. There were times where with an outcome like that? Mount we would get away from what we A and St Thomas just joined the wanted to do, but the coaches would league last year, coming up from just reiterate.” the college ranks, so they have some Following a tough loss to UPEI building to do.” in a rematch of last year’s provincial The B-side maintained the winchampionship match that saw UNB ning trend as they walked away with come away with a 24-12 victory, a 43-10 victory as well. the Mount Allison game was a key The next league action for the fixture to getting back on track.

Ironmen is on Sept. 23, when they “We were able to work on some take on St Thomas in the Battle of system stuff,” said coach Roy Hickey. the Hill.

“Against UPEI, we were extremely

Can campus food taste good and be good for you?

Emily Glover Submitted For as long as she can remember, Dana B., a first-year student at the University of Toronto in Ontario, has enjoyed meals of lean meats, grilled vegetables, and fresh fruits. At home, healthy eating was just a part of life.

Now, as a university student, she is responsible for putting healthy foods on her own plate.

“I don’t know what the options are.

Hopefully more than just carbs and pasta,” she worries.

Dana is not alone in her concerns.

At university, even the most conscientious eaters can be swayed by the allure of coffee and donuts, and nachos and cheese. While these are fine to enjoy sometimes, integrating nutrition-packed foods into your diet is important.

Becky M., who studies dietetics, nutrition, and exercise science at Ryerson University in Toronto, Ontario, admits that she struggled to make healthy food choices during the first few months of living on campus. “At first, I definitely did what everyone else does, like eat chicken fingers and fries for most meals,” she explains. Eventually, though, the novelty of fast foods wore off and she started searching for healthier choices.

“I try to have a salad or fruit with each meal,” she notes, explaining that it is helpful to keep each meal balanced. For example, if she has a carbohydrate-heavy breakfast, she aims for a lunch and dinner, rich in fruit or vegetable.

Instead of waiting until the sluggishness caused by a fried-food diet sets in, start making healthy deci-

sions from your very first trip to the cafeteria. Campus food options can be overwhelming, but more options mean more, and varied opportunities for healthy eating.

Nutritional information is the healthy eater’s best friend. Many campus dining establishments offer facts about ingredients, calories, fats, sugar, and vitamins on a sign right next to the meal or on their web site.

Use the information you gather as a guide for healthy foods that will boost your energy. Be conscious of serving sizes too: sometimes our eyes are bigger than our stomachs and it’s tempting to finish everything on the plate.

If you are full, ask for a takeout box.

Figure out what’s regularly featured to find reliable, healthy options, and also ways to get creative. For example, ask for a dollop of hummus at the sandwich station, grab some veggies from the salad bar, and voila! You have an instant, healthy snack that wasn’t advertised anywhere on the menu.

Students with specific dietary concerns may need to be even more creative. Leah, who has been a vegetarian since her final year of high school, finds that meal plans provide plenty of meatfree options. There aren’t always main entrées, though, so she “gets bigger portions of sides for a meal.”

Leanne Halligey, a registered dietitian at the University of Victoria in British Columbia, says that University of Victoria Food Services is understanding of dietary restrictions and does their best to accommodate students. “We provide vegetarian options in all of our operations, in addition to an all-vegetarian/vegan restaurant.

We also ensure that all house-made items are nut free, provide wheat-free

options, and are increasing the availability of gluten-free items.”

“If we have a student with a severe allergy or disease, the dietitian, manager of food production, and chefs all work together to ensure that individual’s needs are being met,” she says.

If your campus eateries don’t offer satisfactory options, talk to one of the food service coordinators. He or she will likely be willing to help.

Just provide a list of restrictions, and if possible, a few suggestions for dietfriendly dishes. If your pitch is met with resistance, track down a campus administrator and state your case.

There are many ways to enhance dishes that are already available, making them a better match for your palate. Taste food before adding salt, as most prepared dishes and meals already have plenty. Look instead for spices like black pepper, basil and oregano, sesame seeds, and chili flakes to sprinkle on. Condiments like hot sauce, vinegar, parmesan cheese, and tamarind paste can really add a lot of flavour, too.

Also be mindful of consuming plenty of liquids. Soft drinks and sweetened juices pack a big calorie punch, and can also lead to blood sugar level spikes and crashes. Instead, try sparkling water, 100 per cent juice blends, unsweetened iced tea, and yes, plain old H2O. Approached with enthusiasm, knowledge, and a dash of creativity, cafeterias can provide healthful, easy, and surprisingly delicious food.

Students can access the UNB Student Health 101 magazine online at Read101.ca/unb.html.

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On the road to victory Men’s soccer The men faced off against the UdeM Aigles Bleus on Friday night, and came up short 3-1. UNB’s goal in the match came courtesy of Ben Law. On Saturday, they fell at the hands of UPEI 3-0.

FROM FOSTER PAGE 17 “They do what they have to in order to get by, and it’s beautiful, but it’s not that negative thing you think it is going to be. They are happy and the kids are always playing and smiling.”

Finishing off her trip in Africa by travelling to a Global Youth Summit in Rwanda, Africa, Foster was one of 30 Canadian student delegates to meet with ten African delegates from countries such as Rwanda, Mali, Benin, Ghana and Uganda.

“It was this amazing week where we got to exchange all these ideas, and they learned about our clubs in Canada and we got to learn about their Right to Play programs in their respective countries,” she said.

“The coolest part was being able to see the work Right to Play does.

We participated in one of their play days, so we got to see how Right to Play uses these basic games and how to teach these kids these incredible life lessons.”

Some of the ways Foster was able to see firsthand how Right to Play is able to teach youth important lessons was visiting a school and playing a game with boys aged eight to 15.

A simple game of running to grab a ball, and if you were the first one to grab it you were able to pick a card.

“All of these cards had questions relating to HIV and AIDS, and it was one of those moments where it just gave me goosebumps because we were having all of these open, honest conversations about such a difficult topic that this game allowed us to do.”

Foster was also able to meet with the National Children’s Council, who meet once a year, and bring issues to the government relating to youth.

Originally costing money to attend school in Rwanda, a group of 13-19 year olds met with the Rwandan government, explaining how children were unable to afford the cost of education.

“Because this group of kids’ education is free in Rwanda now, it’s a law that every child goes [to school].

So you think back, ‘what was I doing when I was 13?’, and these 13 year olds are making policy changes and bringing forth these really big issues.

It was really inspiring.”

Women’s soccer The women were on the road this weekend, making stops in Moncton and PEI. In Moncton, they handled the Aigles Bleues 2-0, with goals coming from Sam Lagacy and Kayla Painter.

On Saturday, they couldn’t keep up their winning ways as the Panthers dealt them a 2-1 loss, with the lone goal coming from Brianna Ford.

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Football In the opening game of their season, the UNB Red Bombers travelled to Halifax to take on the Dalhousie Tigers, and came home with a 13-2 victory. It took a while for the Bombers to get on the board, but the scoring started when the Bombers blocked a punt, and it was scooped up by Jeff Madsen and returned for a touchdown.

The other score for the Bombers came from defensive tackle Tyler Doak.

Baseball The UNB Cougars hit the road to play a pair of double headers against the CBU Capers and the StFX X-Men. Saturday saw the road trip get off to a rocky start as the Cougars fell to the Capers 9-2. Aaron Noel suffered the loss, while Isaac Thomas went 2-3 with a double.

The afternoon game gave the Cougars a much better outcome as Mats Rossley gave up two runs in the first inning, but settled in and held the Capers to only those two runs, as UNB walked away with a 6-2 victory. The Sunday games were a cakewalk, as the scores were mirrored 19-3 in favour of the Cougars. In the two games against StFX, most of the offensive damage came from Josh Fenety and Joey Martin. Fenety went 8-9 with five RBIs, eight runs and in the double header, while Martin went 6-9 with three triples and six RBIs.