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Lessons learned from CLASSE Cherise Letson News Editor Last Thursday, Quebec student group CLASSE spoke at UNB’s Tilly Hall.

CLASSE has been at the forefront of the student protests and strike that took place in Québec this past spring and summer.

C L A S S E memb er s R u shd ia Mehreen and Alexandra ZawadzkiTurcotte talked to students about how the movement started, how it was organized, and the media attention the movement received. “ Last year, we were not like, ‘okay fine, we’re going on strike, we are ready’. No, it was built,” said

Mehreen, during the talk.

Mehreen and Zawadzki-Turcotte talked about how the movement started by smaller demonstrations, and how the use of general assemblies, a congress, and direct democracy made the movement so strong. They also talked about how they had to educate students about the tuition hikes and the history of student protest Québec had.

“Québec actually has the lowest tuition fees in Canada, and the reason why we have the lowest is because, each time the government announced a tuition fee [increase] through history, there has been resistance,” Zawadzki-Turcotte said in an interview with the Brunswickan.

The CLASSE members addressed the issues they had with the media.

They talked about how it was important to set limits to how much they let the media in, as to not let them affect the inner workings of the movement.

“There is a limit to the power the big media have, if you put that limit for yourselves. If you don’t let the media enter into the spheres where you discuss and where you make your decisions, well, they only have so much power,” Zawadzki-Turcotte said during the talk.

They also claim the violence seen in the media during the movement was actually caused by police.

“The students in the G.A. [Gen-

eral Assembly], they knew what was happening every day, and they knew that what they’d see on TV from the strike – that was violence from the protesters, was actually police brutality,” said Zawadzki-Turcotte. “[The students] were there when one of us actually lost an eye. They were there when people around them couldn’t breathe from all the gas and couldn’t see anything… They would see that, they would be there.

It’s not completely possible to fool everyone when action takes action,” Zawadzki-Turcotte said.

Mehreen and Zawadzki-Turcotte emphasized t he impor ta nce of communication and making it so everyone can have a say, to the move-

ment’s success.

“When you work like that, not only people know they have the power of what will happen to them, but they also know they have the responsibility to make stuff happen in their lives,” said Zawadzki-Turcotte.

Though the newly elected Québec government officially cancelled the tuition hikes the day of their visit to UNB, Mehreen said the movement is not over.

“Our fight is not finished yet,” Mehreen said in the Brunswickan interview. “They cancelled the hike, but Premier Marois, she’s planning

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Bomber losing ‘flow’ for ALS Josh Fleck Sports Editor

Nick McEachern will be cutting his locks for the ALS Society.

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There have been many looks to Nick McEachern; there was the four inch curly locks he had in grade nine, or the buzzed head he had worn for his first two years of university.

These days when you see McEachern, you can’t help but notice the full nine inches of hair he is currently letting fly.

Why the flow you ask?

Well, it all started out as a friendly wager between him and a teammate on the football team. First one to cut their hair was the loser. After a month, teammate Zach Maklin folded, but that was just the beginning for McEachern.

“After I had won the bet, I chose not to cut my hair. I liked having longer hair. It was a nice change, so I kept growing it out.”

After this summer, and nearly a year of growth, McEachern tried to donate his hair to Locks for Love, but his hair wasn’t long enough. His heart was in the right place, so he decided to stick with it and kept up his effort to grow the flow.

McEachern, a third year kinesiology student and president of Bridges

House, learned that a house member had recently lost his father to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.

ALS is a disease that slowly reduces your muscles’ ability to function properly, causes difficulty speaking and swallowing, and ultimately, difficulty in breathing.

Josh Mackin, a fourth year nursing student and resident of Bridges House, lost his father three months ago to ALS after a seven year battle with the disease. Upon finding out that McEachern was raising money for the ALS Society, Mackin was moved.

“My first reaction was, ‘what can I do to help,’” said Mackin.

That hadn’t been the first time ALS had touched McEachern.

Tony Proudfoot, a member of the UNB Red Bombers football team in the 1970s, passed away in 2010 from ALS. In memory of his life and achievements, the Red Bombers awarded one of their players in the faculty of kinesiology a scholarship based on GPA and demonstrated leadership on the field.

After being associated with the disease more than once, McEachern changed the focus of his fundraising from Locks for Love to ALS research.

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Not knowing where to set the bar in terms of a goal, McEachern just wanted to raise money.

“My expectations going into this were to basically raise as much money as possible,” he said. “Whatever I raised was that much more than they had before. I didn’t really want to put a number on it because I had no idea [what to expect], but once I got the ball rolling, I chose $1000.”

It wasn’t long before he started that he realized he set the bar too low. McEachern surpassed his $1000 goal in a matter of weeks. Not wanting to stop there, he raised the bar once more to $1500, and once more his expectations were surpassed. McEachern’s goal is to get $2000 before the head shave.

A goal that is attainable considering that at the time of print, he sits at $1738.53 raised.

Upon f inding out about McEachern’s immense success with his fundraising campaign, Mackin was taken aback.

“It was jaw dropping,” he said.

McEachern will continue his fundraising efforts until the end of the week, and will be cutting his hair on Sept. 28.

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this week in brunswickannews New NB Green Party leader elected

NB Liberal leadership race underway

Welcome home!

The Green Party of New Brunswick has a new leader. David Coon was elected as the party’s new leader at the leadership convention last Saturday. Coon told the CBC that his vision for the future of New Brunswick involves support of local industries.

People wanting to vote in the upcoming Liberal leadership convention in New Brunswick at the end of October have until Sept. 26 to fill out an intent-to-vote form. The candidates running for leadership are Brian Gallant, Nick Duivenvoorden, and Mike Murphy..

UNB Homecoming 2012 goes from Thursday, Sept. 27 to Sunday, Sept. 30. There are events for both UNB alumni and current student. For more information and to register for the events, go to the university’s website.

RCMP and CSIS surveillance focus of Ideas that Matter lecture Tamara Gravelle The Brunswickan Students beware, Big Brother is watching.

Dr. Greg Kealey, University of New Brunswick history professor and past vice president of research and provost, will be presenting an Ideas That Matter lecture titled ‘The RCMP, CSIS, and Spying: Canadians Under Surveillance’.

Dr. Kealey will be speaking about a book he just co-authored along with Reg Whitaker who is a retired professor from York University, and Andrew Parnaby, a former PhD student of Kealey’s.

The book is called ‘Secret Service: Political Policing in Canada from the Fenians to Fortress America’. It’s about the political policing in Canada from the 1850s to the present day.

“It focuses on the initial stages and early years of the Canadian nation’s state of policing immigrant groups,” said Kealey.

Kealey went on to add that the book goes though the creation of the RCMP after the Winnipeg General Strike and the Cold War period, then finally the post-demise of the Soviet Union to the present day.

“It’s an attempt to test the behaviour of the political police, the RCMP, CSIS, and how they’ve performed and looked based on democratic values,” said Kealey.

Kealey said the case of Maher Arar is an example of some of the things he will be talking about.

Arar is a Canadian who was originally from Syria, and once knew some people suspected to be involved in the 9/11 crashing. The RCMP, who knew that the CIA would seize him, then sent him to New York City.

He was then illegally returned back to Syria where he was tortured for almost two years. After returning to Canada, thanks to his wife, an inquiry was set up by the Liberal government at the time, and found that there was no reason for Arar to be suspected

in the first place.

Kealey said that government spying is an issue that affects us all.

During an investigation into the RCMP Paramilitary Service called the McDonald Commission, which caused CSIS to be established, one of the revelations that arose showed that the Paramilitary Service had 800,000 personal security files.

“They had engaged in active surveillance of 800,000 Canadians,” said Kealey. “By no stretch of the imagination were there 800,000 Canadians who merited that kind of attention.”

Students have always been a target for the RCMP, and now CSIS, Kealey said.

“You can be absolutely certain that the students involved in the student strikes in Québec are being watched,” said Kealey.

Kealey also said the few conspiracy charges laid after the G20 Summit protests in 2010 were directed towards students, particularly students from the Guelph area.

Kealey said that it isn’t just student protesters that get watched by the government.

“Those of you engaged in environmental politics or peace politics or student politics of other kinds may also be subject to this,” said Kealey.

The Ideas That Matter lectures started in 2011, and are focused on the research done and ideas being shared in the social sciences and the humanities.

Kealey said the Ideas That Matter lectures are not just for UNB students, but for the community as well.

“I think the community understands scientific and health based research much more than it does research in the humanities and social sciences,” said Kealey. He said most of what concerns society in the humanities and social sciences are based on what we see in the news.

The lecture by Dr. Kealey will be held on Sept. 26 starting at 7 p.m. in the J. Harper Kent Auditorium in the Wu Conference Centre.

Dr. Kealey will be discussing political policing in Canada from the 1850s to the present day. Submitted

Tibbits Hall to push carts to warm hearts

“Pushing Carts to Warm Hearts” is the house’s annual fundraiser for the Fredericton Food Bank.

Newfrontiers / FlickrCC`v Derek AJ Ness The Brunswickan Tibbits Hall is pushing some carts to warm hearts this weekend.

Pushing Carts to Warm Hearts is the house’s annual fundraiser in sup-

port of the Fredericton Food Bank, their house charity.

“Pushing Carts to Warm Hearts is our biggest fundraiser for the Food Bank,” said Robert Hanson, charity representative of Tibbits Hall. “[Saturday] Sept. 29, between 9 a.m.

and noon, we’ll take carts, in groups, around downtown from house to house and get either non-perishable food items or cash donations for our charity.”

Last year, Tibbits Hall only housed a small number of students as it

underwent renovations. Elizabeth Campbell, president of Tibbits, is a third year resident of the house. She said, despite this, last year’s ‘pushing carts’ fundraiser was successful.

“Last year was an especially good year for our main fundraiser, considering the small number of participants we had,” said Campbell.

She said the group was able to collect between 25 and 30 boxes of food and approximately $200 for the Fredericton Food Bank.

Campbell said residence charity events are important for multiple reasons.

“I think [Pushing Carts to Warm Hearts] is an important event because it not only inspires students to get to know others from the house who they might not know yet, but it also encourages them to get out into the community and do something good for a really awesome cause,” said Campbell.

Campbell said the fundraiser has expanded since her first year, and students from other residences come out and help collect donations.

“Last year, we had people from Joy Kidd, Aitken, and Lady Dunn helping out and this year we have [stu-

dents from] Maggie Jean Chestnut helping us. It has become a bit of an inter-house event,” Campbell said.

Hanson participated in and helped organize other charitable events on campus, such as Neill House’s Raise a Little Hell. He also participated in the Neville/Jones Bed Push last year.

He said he enjoys helping out, and it’s important to help the Food Bank this time of year.

“I enjoy helping people out.

I’ve always been like that; it looks good on a resume and it’s also the thought of helping everyone. It’s also always for a great cause,” said Hanson. “This is a tough time of year, especially with Thanksgiving coming up around the corner and the colder weather, so it’s important to help stock the food banks.”

“It’s just a good time, going around collecting some donations from some super people, for a great cause,” said Campbell.

A second fundraiser will be held in February. Mini Pushing Carts is a campus-only event where the residents of Tibbits will again collect donations for the Food Bank to help stock the shelves for during the winter months.

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FROM CLASSE PAGE 1 to index tuition fees. So we’re still in the mode of fighting,” said Mehreen When it comes to other provinces starting a similar student movement, Zawadzki-Turcotte told the Brunswickan it’s something that’s up to the province’s students.

“Obviously, all of our movement was based on direct democracy. So for us that must depend on the will of the students or the community in the ot her provi nces,” sa id ZawadzkiTu r c o t t e . “ We’ve b een on tours in different provinces – people have invited us… so that shows to us, students in other provinces want to organize…”

Rebecca Rose, Maritime organizer for the Canadian Federation of Students, has traveled with the CLASSE members to their visits to Halifax, Moncton and Fredericton.

She said CLASSE being invited to speak in different provinces shows students are looking at different

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ways to organize. She also said it’s up to each campus to decide which campaign tactics are right for them.

“A strike is a tactic. It’s only one tactic. It’s a tool in a whole arsenal of tools you can use in a campaign. It’s up to the students in each province and the students on each campus to decide what works best for them,” said Rose.

Adam Melanson, vice president external for the UNBSU, said the model Québec has been using has proved to be effective because it’s so democratic. He said, h o w e v e r, t he U NBSU does not have a position on the CLASSE model, nor would they ever initiate a strike themselves.

“I don’t think it’d be right, and I don’t think it’d be possible, because… it would be a ‘top-down’ approach. It wouldn’t be democratic, a lot of students would be angry about it, and rightly so, because they wouldn’t be involved in the process,” said Melanson.

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Council passed a motion where students will be able to see the potential changes to Fredericton Transit when they vote on the U-pass. Liz Chiang / The Brunswickan Cherise Letson News Editor Students will be able to see what potential changes will be made to the Fredericton Transit system if they vote “yes” to a universal buspass (U-pass).

This past Sunday, the UNBSU council passed a motion, so that when students vote for or against the bus pass during the upcoming bi-election online, they will be able to see the potential changes, by clicking a link to a PDF file on the electronic ballot.

“I think it’s important to distinguish why this referendum is different than the referendums that have happened in the past; that we are going to have a guarantee of increased service along key bus routes,” said

UNBSU president Andrew Martel.

Martel said, giving students the information on what Fredericton Transit may change will give them a better picture on what they will get from the U-Pass.

“I think it’s important for people that when they see it, they’re not like ‘why are we voting on this again? We voted on this before in the past’. It’s clarification of what people are getting out of the universal bus-pass,” said Martel.

Arts representative Caleb Nunn asked if Fredericton Transit will be providing services other than increase of frequency. Martel said Fredericton Transit might look to implementing more services, such as Wi-Fi and Sunday service, in the future, if the U-pass comes to be.

“The city realizes that, in order to get something that’s more welcom-

ing to students, but also just people in general, they might have to add these services down the road,” said Martel.

“But for now, the promise that we have is that it’d be added frequency, and then down the road, if we continue to work with them [Fredericton Transit], and if this all passes… they will be able to fund other projects to make the bus service better.”

Martel also clarified during the meeting there will be no opt-out option if the U-pass is implemented, which would be for a one year contract. After the one year contract is up, the UNBSU would get feedback from students, and if they wanted an opt-out option, they would look into it. However, with an opt-out option, the U-pass would end up costing more.

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“I remember when I was master’s stuIt’s an affliction suffered by many univer- workshops unique, however, is the incorsity students; palms sweat, hands shake, poration of sports psychology. Both Cross- dent writing my thesis,” said Crossland. knees lock. Whether they are an orator, land and Buzzell come from strong sports “I had a bit of an anxiety attack before an athlete, or a mathematician, anxiety backgrounds, and found that many of my thesis defence, so I was in the hallway the techniques used in sports psychology using these techniques. I was using deep can affect anyone.

Two UNB staff members are trying would prove beneficial when applied to breathing and mentally rehearsing how to help these students. Erin Crossland, students in other high anxiety situations. the presentation was going to go. I’ve “A lot of the principles in sports psych- been both in academic and athletic setassistant women’s volleyball coach & clinical counsellor, and Nancy Lee Buzzell, a ology can be used in an academic setting tings where I’ve gotten too nervous or too counsellor at the university, are hosting because it’s all about performance,” said worked up and things didn’t go well, so ‘Standing Ovation’ workshops for UNB Crossland. “We use techniques like men- I’ve learned how to control that.”

Interested students can show up to & STU students who have trouble in tal rehearsal, visualization, finding and exams, presentations, recitals, sports and recreating your best performance, and self any of the four free workshops being held regulation. Some athletes need to get really this semester. The first workshop is being thesis defences due to anxiety.

“Academic anxiety is one of the most amped up before a game. Some of them held from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. on Sept. 26, prominent issues that we see here,” said need to calm down. So we’re using the on the second floor of C.C. Jones Student Crossland. “We see lots of students com- same skills but just making them applic- Services Centre, and the following three are to be held throughout October and ing in with anxiety issues as well as per- able to a classroom or academic setting.”

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UNB student dubbed ultimate Habs fan

Justin Marshall The Brunswickan Think you’re the ultimate Habs fan?

After meeting this guy, you might want to think again.

Nick Peardon, a University of New Brunswick student, and his brother Nathan, are headed to the opening game of the Montreal Canadiens after being crowned the winner of the Montreal Canadiens’ ‘Your Passion is Showing’ contest.

However, the brothers will have to wait to sit in their balcony seats when the lockout is over between the NHLPA and NHL owners, of course.

‘Your Passion is Showing’ contest had fans across the country submit videos of their decked out Habs rooms, homes, and basements to the Montreal Canadiens.

“It’s quite an honour to be crowned one of the top Hab’s fans in Canada,” said Nick Peardon. “I’ve always preached to family and friends that I was a big fan.”

The Peardon brothers, who are from Montague, Prince Edward Island, have been fans of the Habs since they were born in 1993, the year the Canadiens last won the Stanley Cup. “Our dad really got us into hockey at a young age,” said Peardon. “We use to watch the greats growing up, like, Patrick Roy, Guy Carbonneau, and Bob Gainey.”

The Peardon brothers’ room is like a gift shop. It supports the Montreal Canadiens’ red, white, and blue painted on the wall, they have Habs comforters on their beds, and their cat (Theodore)

is even named after one of the Habs, Jose Theodore, who was one of the Canadiens’ former goaltenders who played eight seasons for the team.

“Our family was actually a partner family with the Habitat for Humanity back in 2009,” said Peardon. “This was the first time since we lived in Montague, PEI, that we had our own place, so we were able to make a Habs shrine.”

Peardon said he just found out that he won the contest about a week ago.

“It was incredible,” he said. “I was in complete shock and I’m still kind of taken back from it. It was amazing and a really great feeling.”

Peardon said he used the local radio station Hot 105.5 in Charlottetown, to get some Island support in the form of votes.

“They promoted us right until the top two,” said Peardon. “We now are going to wear their shirts to the game just to thank them for their support.”

Nick’s brother Nathan said they’ve been to two Habs games in their life so far.

“We went to see the Canadiens play in 2008 against the Toronto Maple Leafs but they lost 5-2,” said St. Thomas University student, Nathan Peardon. “We also went in 2011 to watch them against Buffalo and they lost in a tenth round shootout, so when we see the game this time, I’d really like to see a win.”

Peardon said the contest only gives them two tickets worth $250.

“We have to pay our own way up and get accommodations, but this is money well spent to see a free game,” he said.

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The Harvest: Looking for Life Chaplain’s Korner Kevin Bourque So, it was that time of the year again when the rainbow of musical strands cascade down the streets of our quaint little town and spill into the hearts of the participants of this sacred little festival: the Harvest Jazz and Blues Festival. Look to your left and then to your right; it is difficult to find a frown. I’ve heard it referred to as the time of the year when the city “gets it right,” and I wouldn’t disagree. As thousands saunter about the downtown streets, there is something in the air and something alight within our hearts; something that calls out from deep within us, “THIS IS WHAT I LIVE FOR!!!”

Well, at least that’s my experience of Harvest. I’m sure you could find a different opinion from those who own homes in the downtown area and chose to take vacations during this week to avoid the constant stream of “noise”, as I’ve heard it described. Well, no matter what side of the fence you stand upon, it is my opinion that festivals such as ours offer us a gift that goes far beyond the sounds in the air; something beyond the drum beats. True, it is the songs that move us and cause our hearts to stir, our butts to wiggle, and our feet to tap, but perhaps it’s something bigger that is swelling inside of us when we wade through the streets of smiling faces, warmly embracing those around us and extending our hearts and hands to friends both old and new alike. Perhaps it is a celebration of something much bigger than music. Perhaps it is a celebration of life itself.

As the week wound down, I found myself asking, “Why is it I felt so alive when I was at Harvest?”. It was as though something within me was aching for, clamouring for, more of what I experienced. Yes, I love music; I love music as much as anyone you will meet. I sing constantly and always have a tune in my head. But what I was longing for (and found on Queen Street), was an experience that went beyond music scales, arpeggios, and octaves. I was looking for life. As was evidenced at our quaint little festival, so long as you have air in your lungs, you may freely celebrate this thing that some refer to as the “gift” of life. Gift it is. Gift it is.

At the conclusion of the festival, I thought to myself, “I wonder if I should go to church on Sunday”.

“Festivals such as [Harvest] offer us a gift that goes far beyond the sounds in the air; something beyond the drum beats” Sandy Chase (Left) and Liz Chiang (Right) / The Brunswickan This might seem like an unusual hairs between the words and how church. In truth, I think they are question for a chaplain to ask, but it we describe the experience is not the both looking for the same thing: life. is one that I have asked many times. point. What is important is that we For many readers, I bet this is a You see, at the heart of this ques- know these moments when we feel really different way of looking at tion, is the bigger question, “Why them – they are those moments when going to church. I bet you thought do people go to church?”. I can’t we know it is good to be alive. Could church was about rules... or perhaps, answer for other people; I can only we call it “spirit”? Perhaps. Some not drinking, swearing, or playing answer for myself. I promised to be would use this word. If we can con- cards. Sorry, I do all three and I’m a candid and frank about things, so sider for a moment that the source university chaplain, so either I have here goes. I’m looking for life too; (or sources) of life, or an awareness gone horribly awry in my spiritual it’s that simple. You know what I de- of it is something that exists within journey (which could be the case), or scribed earlier in my depiction of my ALL OF US (regardless of how we perhaps the spiritual journey is not experience of attending much defined by the rules What I was longing for (and found on so Harvest; it’s the same we follow, but rather, by the Queen Street), was an experience that thing that I am hoping energy with which we intenfor when I attend church. tion our lives. Is your heart went beyond music scales, arpeggios, Let me explain. At times hoping for kindness? When and octaves. I was looking for life. in my spiritual journey, I you have a conflict with a have walked into a Christian friend or family member, do faith community’s place of wor- conceive of it), it would make sense you push yourself in the direction ship and felt the exact same things that people would experience this of love and hope for forgiveness and that I experienced at Harvest. It’s in moments when they have inten- compassion to win the day? Or do incredibly difficult to describe, but tionally gone to sacred spaces (like you simply succumb to the simpler if you felt what I felt at the Harvest, churches, mosques, synagogues, (and easier) human ways of conduct I suspect you know what I mean. etc.). After all, the people in these and hold tightly to the anger that is My heart feels warm: I want to places are seeking the same thing. within you and hope for vengeance hug everyone around me. I can feel Though people of these respective to be your companion? It is easy inside me this unrestrained feeling religious communities, may describe to hate; love demands great, great of “thank you, thank you, thank what they are looking for in radically effort. you”. Within me there is a deep joy different ways, I suspect that preIn its simplest rendition, the spirit and appreciation bounding up from cisely what they are looking for is, in journey begins with respects... and within...mixed with a deep sense of fact, the same thing. The same goes love and kindness follow thereafter. contentment and peace. for Harvest. I suspect that a person In the matters of conflict, if you Though I’m not sure if my de- who attends Harvest would say that prefer to choose the former (kindscription of the experience of a faith they are looking for something quite ness) to the latter (cruelty), perhaps community does it justice, splitting different than the person going to you are further along the spiritual

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path that you may have first thought.

Furthermore, perhaps you have more in common with so-called “religious people”, than you originally thought. For me, the reasons I attend church are multi-faceted and have little to do with rules and regulations. One, it is to experience the joy of life and the kinship of those around me (although I will readily admit that plenty of times neither of these have occurred on Sunday morning). Secondly, it is my intention to align myself with an energy that lies enmeshed in a spiritual ethos that implicates you in attempting (key word) to live a life that is consistent with love, kindness, and compassion.

To be sure, this ethos is neither distinct nor exclusive to the Christian tradition. Instead, all of our sages, prophets, elders, and I would suggest, many of our musicians as well, have spoken of this wisdom.

So there you have it. For some, this article may be a rather unusual juxtaposing of church and the Harvest Jazz and Blues festival, but for me, when seen through the eyes of human kinship, love, and spirit, they are one and the same. Both are “soul food” for me. As always, I welcome your feedback either via email (bourquek@unb.ca), in person (C. C. Jones Building, room 015), or by phone (453-5089). Peace.

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Challenging the assumptions What seems like an innocent gesture to one might not mean the same to another Cody Jack An Opinion This article is to challenge and disrupt the visions men have of their interactions with women, and to commence a conversation on the topic. I am aware that in some ways this article does not delve into other areas of discrimination or other obstacles women face in society. I also want to acknowledge that it is limited to heterosexual interactions between men and women. My hope is that the below described issues and those I have left out (homosexual relations, race, class etc.) will become a part of the daily discourse on campus.

About a week ago, I was having a conversation with another young man, and the topic of having a women’s representative on the student union council came up. I had mentioned to him, in the past, some male students have asked why there isn’t a men’s representative as well.

I explained that the position was added to council, along with others, so that under-represented or marginalized groups could be guaranteed a position and a voice on council.

Men’s voices were well represented in the existing structure of society and by the usually high level of participation by men in the Student Union.

For instance, right now only 12 out of 29 of all the voting members of council are women, and only one of the five executives is a woman.

The conversation moved rapidly past this point to a statistic being

thrown out about sexual assault.

The young gentleman told me that women commit half of all sexual assaults. I believe the purpose of his statement was to show that women are now equally discriminator y towards men. Where this person found that statistic is still a mystery to me. I found a statistic from Statistics Canada (pretty reliable source for statistics) demonstrating that in 2007, of those who were accused of committing acts of sexual assault, 97 percent were males. The majority of these sexual assaults were classified as “level 1 sexual assaults”, meaning minor to no physical injury to the victim. We can understand this to mean unwanted sexual touching by another person.

Hopefully, this young man who told me his 50/50 statistic was simply misinformed as opposed to attempting to feed me false information to make a very problematic assertion that women have equal privilege in society as men do. To me, it illustrates the ignorance on the side of this particular young man to what it is like to be a woman in today’s society. This ignorance is widely held.

Due to this ignorance, some men possess a problematic understanding of how their sexual advances and attention are received by women.

They have a problematic understanding of what is appropriate when interacting with a woman. For instance, walking up to a woman in a bar and grinding against her on the dance

When tutoring becomes plagiarism

Susan Currie The Peak (Simon Fraser University)

BURNABY (CUP) — I’ve done a lot to sustain my addiction to higher education: I’ve been a student caller, a maid, a cat sitter, a waitress, and a security person in a big yellow coat. Hell, I’ve had someone offer me one hundred dollars to publicly kiss my feet and take me out for sushi, which I accepted (who wouldn’t?). I’ve done tawdry things to get myself through my post secondary education — and still those yellow security jackets still haunt my dreams.

Yes, when it comes to tuition payments my morals drop, but as I scrolled through the “Part Time” section of Craigslist and decided to try my hand at Tutoring, I didn’t think I’d be risking all that much. Not like I did when I replied to those “Sexy foot photos, no nudity, HONEST” ads.

The ad was for a part-time tutoring service, so I put in my resume and had a reply within days. I sat down in the illustrious Bread Garden where the interviews were being held and was asked the standard questions.

When I got to the end of the interview I figured “Here’s another for the mediocre jobs list,” with no idea that the real interview was just beginning.

“You said you were able to tutor up to second-year university?”

“Absolutely.”

“That’s great.” My interviewer looked around and then back at me, “Sometimes our students, they’re really busy and they don’t always have time to do their homework — they don’t always prioritize English classes, and well sometimes they might ask if you’d be willing to. . . .”

“Oh, yeah, don’t worry, I’ve had friends who are TAs and I’m more than aware of how easy it is to catch someone

who’s cheating. I’d inform the student of the risks, and tell them that those are not the services I offer.” I beamed, knowing I’d said the right thing.

I realized my folly when I saw how my interviewer’s eyes got wide and she looked side-to-side and then down — her mouth became smaller and thinner.

“Well. . . .” she said.

“Oh…” I said, getting it, “Oh. . . . well . . . I’d still tell them how easy it is to get caught, but . . . if you wanted me to do that you’d have to pay me a lot more.”

She smiled happily.

The moment I said it I felt dirty.

“We tell them it’s a reference, that they’re only to use it to reference off of.”

“Of course,” I agreed. “So when I write their papers for them I’m not really writing them to be handed in.”

She didn’t like that I said it out loud.

I negotiated the cost of pimping my brains. I left the interview with a contract.

What was I getting myself into? As I watched candidate after candidate file in I realized that almost every one of these individuals was going to have the same request made of them. The implications were tremendous. I’d be out of school soon and not working in the education system, so what would be the actual harm to me?

I realized that this isn’t an obese man struggling in the streets to kiss my pedicured toes — this is plagiarism.

And unlike toe guy, it wouldn’t be a one-off deal.

When you get that dirty feeling outside of the bedroom you know what to do. Yes, it’s costing me potential dollars, but let’s just say this: I’ll do a lot for cash, but I won’t do that.

In my opinion, it’s just not worth it.

floor is not the same as asking her to dance. Not every woman wants you to do that and since you did not ask her, what would make you assume she did? None of us can read minds… so we have to stop pretending we can. That action could constitute unwanted sexual touching which would be sexual assault under the criminal code.

Now, someone may respond to that example and say that a man, if placed in that situation, would appreciate it if a woman came up to him and simply started dancing with him with no words exchanged. However, I would argue, men do not view women as a sexual threat. I’m not saying it is the case for everyone but it would be safe to say for the majority.

Men receive sexual attention from a position of power and do not fear, when interacting with women, that they will be forced or coerced into doing something against their will.

The above situation is not threatening to men.

If the question was asked of young straight men about having a homosexual male – known or unknown to them – come up and just start dancing with them or touching them while they were dancing; the response may not be as welcoming as before. This situation would illustrate, hopefully in the mind of some men, that they themselves would not appreciate that form of contact and that the same is true for women and other members of society.

File photo / The Brunswickan

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Student

Viewpoint.

Let everyone know what’s on your mind.

What do you think of Classe (the Quebec student group) coming to UNB?

Ebony Bigras

Jason Hearn & Kyle Ancheta

“I haven’t heard of the event at all.”

“We’ve never heard of such a thing!”

Lenny Godin

Nicholas Jessome

“I never heard anything about this event; I was completely in the dark about it.”

“I’ve only seen one poster for it, so it’s hard to form an opinion about them.”

Jonathan Bartlett

Katie Doucet

“I don’t have an opinion on it because I was unaware (of their visit) until you mentioned.”

“This is honestly the first time I’ve heard about the Quebec students coming here. I wish I’d known sooner.”

Ryan Brymer

Ryan Grice

“I was not aware that they were coming to our campus, although I think it would be interesting to hear their passionate point of view.”

“I did not hear about the event until it had already happened.”

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Sept. 12, 2012 • Issue 02 • Volume 146 • 9

Lauren Cruikshank

the brunswickan talks

Heather Uhl The University of New Brunswick will play host to a TEDx Talk on Tuesday, Oct. 2.

“Part of my portfolio for the student union is to find things that would better the academic community of the university, or the students,” said Mostafa Shaker, coordinator for TEDx UNB and vice-president internal for the UNB student union.

“TED has been there for a while and some professors even use it in class. And I was just thinking, ‘why not bring something like that to UNB and showcase what UNB has been up to, and things that students haven’t really heard of at all?’”

The event’s theme is Innovation for Body and Mind. According to Shaker, TEDx has the spirit of TED talks but with independent organizers.

According to their website, TED is a non-profit organization that began in 1984 and is devoted to ‘Ideas Worth Spreading’.

TEDx website.

The TEDx Talk will begin at 5:30 p.m. in MacLaggen Hall room 53, on Oct. 2. Tickets are available through email at tedx@unb.ca, and for more information visit Tedxunb.ca.

“It’s really going to be an experience that no one has had at UNB before”

Cruikshank is an assistant professor and researcher with the media arts and culture program at UNB, who has been working on a few projects relating to video games and our view of the body.

“One of them is looking at avatars in video games and virtual worlds. And something I’m loosely calling, ‘Avatar Origins.’ So, how avatars are born, created and launched into a game,” Cruikshank explained.

This research also looks into the avatar lifecycle.

Another area of research for Cruikshank is, how humans connect with technology and good metaphors to explain the dynamic.

For her presentation, Cruikshank will combine her two research topics. “I want to talk about how technologies – especially media – connect with our bodies. And maybe illuminate how we think of our bodies in the first place.”

“I do a lot of research just on the concept of the body and on writing about the body. And when the body bumps into technology we have some interesting things happen.”

“This is not just a lecture. This is not just a presentation. This is innovation,” Shaker said. “And there’s a huge difference between someone who sits there and lectures you about a book and someone who just talks about something you never knew was happening around.”

The event will be the first TEDx Talk in New Brunswick and features six speakers from the UNB community.

The speeches will be live streamed and later posted to the

Dr. Steven Turner

Daphne Noonan

A professor emeritus – an honorThe current don of Lady Dunn ary rank for professors who served Hall, Noonan works as a with great distinction and given out program consultant at the during retirement – from the Atlantic Institute on Aging, and department of history at UNB, will is the manager of Therapeutic be speaking to the relationship Recreation at York Care between humans and technology.

Centre in Fredericton.

Though retired, Turner is For her TEDx speech, currently the chair of the research Noonan will talk about the ethics board. iPod project. The project uses Turner’s field of study and music therapeutically, for teaching was the history of science and technology, and what he long-term care Alzheimer's observed was a relationship between technology and humans. patients.

“For at least the last three centuries, maybe even four centuries, there’s been a sort of odd dynamic in Western [philosophy]. That is why we come up with the next new technologies and new technological complexes,” Turner said.

“And then we turn around, and through the medium of science and scientific research, we begin to interpret ourselves, interpret human nature…

Thillainadarajah is the CEO of Smart Skin through the very technologies Technology, an up-and-coming company with a we just created.” special nanomaterial.

An example Turner gave was “That was actually one of the problems with the the advancement of the technology, that there were so many different applications for it, computer, and how, currently, and was very hard to choose one and justify it as the absolute one of the hottest fields in best application,” Thillainadarajah said. psychology is artificial intelli“Eventually, we just learnt to gence. pick one and go with it and be prepared to change.”

This brought the developed Though Englehart technology through a variety of started off as an fields. Currently the technology is electrical engineer, sports-related. he currently works According to their website, in the bio-medical Smart Skin Technology deals field with prosthesis, with pressure mapping, motion with basic research Founder and CEO of CyberPsyc Software sensing and sport analytics, “The into nerve and Solutions Inc, Piercey has been researching the Smart Skin material was initially muscle functions effectiveness of virtual reality for the treatment of developed to create a prosthetic and applied research in powered artificial anxieties and phobias. glove that could give back the limbs.

“You didn’t need to have that fully immersive sense of touch to an amputee.”

Science, Englehart explained, is reaching the situation for that person who was afraid to have The speaker from Smart Skin borders of science fiction, where things like brain that response to the object,” Piercey explained.

Technology is yet to be deterimplants are not too far into the future.

The research found that a virtual 3D spider mined “We’ve been leaders in the world for a long time seen through goggles would still scare someone now on creating kind of a decoding method for as much as if the spider was seen on a computer interpreting what your brain and your muscles are screen. trying to say,” Englehart said.

The main idea behind Piercey’s work is to make 3D environments as The rule-changing research works towards accessible as possible. extracting information from muscles in amputees “Twenty-five per cent of the population will have some mental issue at and using the information for artificial limbs. some point in time in their life but 70 per cent of the people who would “So, if you’ve lost your limb at a high level, like your shoulder, we’re having success in benefit from therapy never go,” Piercey said. restoring most of that function back,” Englehart said.

For his presentation, Piercey will elaborate on his research and the His speech will focus more on an overview of the state of the art, as it applies to humansoftware he is currently developing. machine interfaces.

Smart Skin Technology

Dr. Kevin Englehart

Dr. Darren Piercey

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Sept. 26, 2012 • Issue 04 • Volume 146 • 10

arts@thebruns.ca

Memorial Hall flooded with photography

Kevin Lemieux The Brunswickan Water is many things; it’s a vital element of survival for all humans. We use it to drink, wash, and even to power buildings. We are constantly aware of it, but rarely appreciate it. Now, though, this magnificent element has a whole exhibit dedicated to itself at Memorial Hall.

The exhibition opened on Sept. 14, but its official opening happened on Friday, Sept. 21. Refreshments were served to the crowd of over 50 people that came out for Thaddeus Holownia’s exhibit that took over the two galleries at Memorial Hall.

Thaddeus Holownia is a self-taught photographer, and studied filmmaking and fine arts at the University of Windsor.

He is the head of the fine arts department at Mount Allison University, and has been teaching there for 35 years. As a young child, he was surrounded by art, which he credits as having led him to this love.

“I grew up in a Polish immigrant household that was filled with art stuff. My parent would drag me to art museums, which now I’m thankful for.”

The exhibition features over 35 years of Thaddeus’ works. One gallery is filled with

photographs of various bodies of water.

The other gallery’s is entitled ‘Silver Ghost’, showcasing eastern Canada’s salmon rivers.

Marie Maltais, director of the UNB arts centre, said that they have been working with the theme of water for some time now.

“It’s so huge; you can take it in a thousand different directions. Without water, we’re nothing.”

She went on to explain a personal story where she was living on McLeod Hill and didn’t have water for five years. She was forced to collect water from her roof and boil snow. This led her to realize how valuable and precious water is as a resource.

Holownia said that he doesn’t have a favourite piece but he’s very excited about a certain picture.

“I have a piece that I’ve never exhibited before, that I did on Nantucket Island in 1979, so I feel good about having that work on display.”

On Oct. 5 at 7 p.m., Holownia and writer Harry Thurston will be having an Artists’ Talk in Memorial Hall to discuss their award winning collaborations on their books.

Marie said that she was very pleased with the turnout to the event, and is happy that people are out to enjoy Thaddeus’ work.

Thaddeus Holownia’s photographs are currently on display at the UNB Art Centre in Memorial Hall.

Monique Arnold / The Brunswickan “It’s always gratifying. There’s so much programs such as ArtZone for student to For more information about other UNB work that goes into a show and like any come enjoy. “It’s your resource, so come in Year of Water events, check out Unb.ca/ kind of performance, it’s nice to step back and take advantage of it.” initiatives/andrews/current/yearofwater. and enjoy it.”

The exhibition will be on display in both html.

She reminds students that they have of Memorial Hall’s galleries until Oct. 22.

The Oleanna argument

Shawn Wright and Natalie Roy costarred in TNB’s production of Oleanna. Andre Reinders / Submitted Lee Thomas Arts Editor First, the unbiased facts: Oleanna is a play by David Mamet, starring two characters: a female college student, Carol (played by Natalie Roy) and her professor, John (played by Shawn Wright). Carol accuses John of sexual harassment and attempted rape, based on his comments (“I like you”) and unwanted physical contact (like a hand on the shoulder). The resulting scandal causes the professor to be denied the tenure he was expecting.

Directed by Alisa Palmer and produced

by Caleb Marshall, its summary on the TNB website calls it an “unflinching look at sexual politics.”

After the play, my friend turned to me and asked, “OK, one word answer.

Whose side, his or hers?”

I had been thinking about it the hole performance, and the answer seemed obvious to me.

“Hers.”

His response shocked me.

“Really, why?!”

What?

My friend’s argument essentially ran along these lines: The professor didn’t mean for it to be sexual. He was a victim of contemporary social conventions and the nature of his sexist upbringing. He wanted to help her, but also to feed his own ego. It got blown out of proportion.

I feel very strongly about this issue,

probably for the same reason that all the most fanatic saints are reformed sinners – I used to be (and I called myself this on more than one occasion) an antifeminist. I thought that women were just making trouble, and that reverse sexism was a legitimate concern. I’ve done a lot of reading and research on this topic now, though, and I truly do believe that women are actively oppressed by society as a whole.

I think the biggest focus of disagreement in the piece is whether or not the contact and complaints Carol cited against the professor were substantial enough to mitigate harassment charges.

For me, they wouldn’t have been – a hand on the shoulder, or a grab of the

wrist, wouldn’t make me all that uncomfortable.

But here’s the thing.

Just because it wouldn’t have made me personally uncomfortable, doesn’t mean that it won’t make someone else uncomfortable. It is not my place, nor is it the place of the professor, to make that judgment call. Like how a joke is only funny if everyone thinks it’s funny; an encounter is only equitable when both parties agree to it. Carol made it clear that she was uncomfortable in the situation, and – despite her professor’s obvious feelings to the contrary – her feelings of discomfort are valid.

The Human Rights Office, during a presentation on discrimination, explained it as such: It doesn’t matter why the milk is spilled; it’s on the floor either way.

The way I think of it, if someone hit me with a car, I’m going to be bloody and broken. Regardless of whether or not it’s intentional, I’m going to need medical attention.

This is why it’s so important to obtain consent in every situation. Even asking, “Is this okay?”, for a touch on the shoulder can mean the difference between a consensual interaction and one that is not.

If you think that that’s an overreaction, consider that you don’t know Carol’s full backstory. Maybe she was sexually assaulted in the past, which would make her sensitivity to unwanted physical contact understandable. And if you think that would be the only situation in which her emotional reaction would be acceptable, I’d like to ask why you think it’s only alright to respect women after they’ve already been victimized.

Besides, the essence of rape – or sexual harassment – isn’t actually sexual; it’s about power, which was traded in spades in this play. However, even when it appeared that Carol held the power – such as when John had discovered he had been denied tenure – the professor was still wordlessly backed by society’s systematic desensitization to the dismissal and oversexualization of women, of which he was an active participant and perpetrator… criminal enough for me.

Sometimes when something seems ambiguous, I clarify whether I think it’s sexist by switching the genders of those involved. If a female teacher behaved towards a male student in the same way, I think people would have been much more likely to vilify her – after all, there’s nothing that makes people more uncomfortable than seeing men being treated like they’re women.

The power shift is finalized in the last scene, where John beats Carol in a fit of violent rage. But I guess since they had a disagreement, she must have been asking for it, right? Even given the concluding revelation of his character, the general consensus among my friends was that he was not entirely in the wrong.

Oleanna truly opened my eyes to the inequality of judgment and ambivalence of sympathy when it comes to accusations of sexual assault – definitely in the play itself, but even more so in the conversations that followed.

With plays like Oleanna, and events like Take Back The Night that occurred last week, one thing is certain: These conversations need to happen.

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Kidd rocks the house (for humanity) Lee Thomas Arts Editor

from Edmonston. DJ Mizz Maxine, a widely acclaimed disc jockey who has performed at Evolve, Follyfest, and Sunseekers music festivals, will keep the party going between artists and finish the night off with one of her own sets.

“There’s a good variety of music.

It has something to offer everyone,” said Noël.

The concert will be welcoming relatively new musicians to UNB like Runaway Dawson, as well as bringing back perennial favourites like Oh No, Theodore!, who will be performing at Kiddstock for their third year.

“They’re great with students, they have really high energy… beautiful sound, and great music,” said Macdonald.

The event, like many residence traditions, plays a big role in campus culture.

“A lot of people in the house help out, and it really builds a sense of community. And listening to music in the courtyard, the sound projects across campus and everyone can hear it. A little too loud for some, but unfortunately never loud enough for us,” said Noël, laughing.

“We have Signature Sound and lighting,” added Macdonald.

“Having the artists, along with the

What do Aspendale, Runaway Dawson, The Lonesome Line, Oh No, Theodore!, DJ Mizz Maxine have in common? They’re all Maritime artists, all obscenely talented, and, oh – they’re all playing at Kiddstock this Friday.

Kiddstock is a charity concert held annually in the Joy W. Kidd courtyard. This year is the residence’s fifth annual Kiddstock, and the event has grown steadily ever since its conception.

“The first year, it was more of an internal house event. The students saw the value, and took it over, and really grew it and made it something huge,” said Matthew Macdonald, don of Joy W. Kidd residence. Last year, over 700 people attended the concert, and this year they are hoping for an even greater turnout.

“Every year, every event in our residence community gets better,” said Shawn Noël, house president.

“It’s really something that we’re very proud of.”

K iddstock has expanded their musical selection this year; including local musicians Aspendale, and Lonesome Line; a bluegrass group

Sexicon

The New Position Sarah Vannier So five sex researchers get into a Ford Focus...

No, that’s not a joke – it’s how I spent my weekend.

Every year, the Canadian Sex Researcher Forum (the professional group for Canadian sex researchers) has a meeting. This year the meeting was in Ottawa, so to save a little cash, myself and four other UNB sex researchers decided to drive together.

Of course, because we are all a bunch of nerds, and one of us is a sexuality education student, we played a game with sex vocabulary flash cards. It was a lot of laughs and we all learned some new lingo. Here are a few of my favourites that you can add to your own sexual vocabulary.

Phallusy (noun) – A lie about the size of one’s penis. This term captures

two of my greatest loves: sex words and bad puns.

Nooner (noun) – Sex during your lunch hour. Have a break in between classes? Grab your partner and sneak in a little mid-day nookie. Avoiding class readings has never been more fun!

Zagnutt (verb) – To have your testicles (if you happen to own a set) sucked by two people at the same time.

Lucky duck.

Snowballing (verb) – Passing cum back and forth between two people’s mouths. This didn’t sound too appealing to any of us, but of course, people have various opinions on the whole semen/mouth issue.

Side note: As a group, we decided that this column should include a brief public service message about ejaculating into a partner’s mouth. Listen up gentlemen! I know most of you probably already know this, but it can’t be said enough. If you are the recipient of some oral action, and you are about to cum, the proper thing to do is give your partner the heads (Yes… pun intended) up. This gives them the option of staying on the course or giving your penis

Kiddstock is celebrating its fifth anniversary this Friday Micheal Roy / Submitted venue and professional quality lighting and sound – we really put on a great show. It’s a prime event in my opinion, for the residence community, because it’s really interactive.”

The proceeds raised go to Joy Kidd House’s charity, Habitat for Humanity.

“It’s really a change you can see in your community,” said Noël.

“And it’s great for us, when you’re driving through town you can see a home that we’ve built for someone who’s less fortunate.”

Last year Joy Kidd residents raised $10 000 and donated over 100 hours of labour into building a house on Hanwell road, and this year they are hoping to surpass that amount.

“At Joy Kidd, we believe that any

time we can throw a party, it’s great,” said Macdonald.

“And if we can throw a party for a good cause – well, so much so the better.”

Kiddstock will happen on Sept.

28, starting at 7 p.m. in the Joy Kidd courtyard. Tickets are $5 at the door, with 100 per cent of the ticket fee going towards the charity.

Welcome University Students This Coupon Presented with the Compliments of a little more breathing room. A simple “I’m going to cum” will suffice, and everyone ends up happy. Easy peasy!

After we had this conversation about proper sexual etiquette, one of the women in the car made a pledge. The next time she is faced with (more sex puns!) a surprise cum shot, her partner will be receiving a surprise snowball...

Wanking (verb) – You are probably already familiar with this slang term for masturbation, but I love it so much I had to share. There is something kind of retro about it and I always want to say it in a British accent. I think we should all try to use it more often!

Procrastibation (verb) – Don’t have anyone around for a nooner? Still want to avoid schoolwork? Bring on the procrastibation! This is masturbating as a form of procrastination. It could actually help make you more productive, depending on whether or not you are sleepy or energized post-orgasm.

I hope you enjoyed the sexy vocabulary lesson as much as I did. Let me know if/how you worked these into everyday conversation by commenting on the article online at thebruns.ca!

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Fredericton brings on the culture Elizabeth Creelman Arts Reporter

Poetry Weekend will be taking place at Memorial Hall on Sept. 29 and 30. Sandy Chase / The Brunswickan

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Depending on which sad place you inhabited before moving here, every day in Fredericton might seem like a Culture Day. It’s only going to get better Sept. 2830, when the third annual Culture Days comes to town. The event is a series of free public shows and activities, some of which are closely centred on UNB. So, whether Jazz and Blues Fest. slipped under your radar or simply whetted your appetite, you might want to check out some of these – I repeat, free – events: 1.

Lotus Garden Jazz Trip-Hop Guitar Shaun Bartone, UNB grad student in the department of sociology, will be exhibiting his skills as jazz guitarist at Cafe Loka. Tune in to hear his 60s and 70s jazz-inspired sound, sample his spoken, rhythmic lyrics, and find out exactly what “trip-hop” is. (Spoiler: it’s an experimental form of hip-hop- electronic- soul-funk-jazz.

Hope that clears everything up.)

Cafe Loka is located on 343 York St. Bartone will be playing between 2-4 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 28.

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Poetry Weekend Taking place in Memorial Hall and organized by UNB’s very own professor Ross Leckie, Poetry Weekend will include readings by a variety of poets who hail from far and wide, as well as locally – several of whom are due to release new works this fall.

Poets will include Nyla Matuk, Sue Sinclair, Nick Thran, Steve Noyes, Patrick Warner, Brian Bartlett, Matthew Tierney, Darren Bifford, Amanda Jernigan, Darryl Whetter, Jan Zwicky, Stewart Cole, Jim Johnstone, Shane Neilson, Jan Conn, Monica Kidd, Matthew Henderson, and many more.

Readings will take place at 11 a.m., 2 p.m., and 8 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 29-30. Each one lasts an hour and a half.

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NB-Musicians Emerge NB-ME is exactly what it sounds like:

a festival intended to showcase up-andcoming musicians from all over New Brunswick. Put on by the Charlotte Street Arts Centre, the vision of the festival, as stated online, is: “To provide emerging musicians with a rare and prominent venue, the Charlotte Street Arts Centre Auditorium, to showcase their talents, while creating a unique experience for community members to celebrate artistic expression in a peaceful and hopeful environment.”

NB-ME’s call for participating musicians ended last June. We can only surmise that, between now and then, they’ve been picking the best of the best.

Musicians will be onstage Friday, Sept.

28, 7:00 - 11:00 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 29, 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m., and Sunday, Sept.

30, 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. The Charlotte Street Arts Centre is located on 732 Charlotte Street, just around the corner from the Boyce Farmers Market.

Sounds like a good Saturday morning to me.

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Moncton musician Julie Doiron will be playing in Fredericton on Sept. 28. Submitted Tamara Gravelle The Brunswickan Wilmot United Church, located in the heart of downtown Fredericton, has welcomed countless Maritime musical icons to play in its acoustically perfect venue. This Friday, Acadian rock singer/ songwriter Julie Doiron will be one of them.

Doiron said, there is an obvious difference between playing at bars and playing at churches, like she will be doing in Fredericton.

“When you’re about to play in a church you know that no one is going to be talking,” said Doiron, in a phone interview.

“It pretty much commands everyone’s best behaviour.”

Doiron goes on to say that in a bar, there’s always going to be a few people around who want to hang out with their friends and drink, and therefore, it’s a

different atmosphere.

Despite this, she says that she enjoys both.

“It really depends on the set,” said Doiron.

“If it’s a solo set, I like the setting of the church, where if I’m playing with a rock band it’s more enjoyable in bars.”

Her newest album So Many Days is coming out on Oct. 23. Doiron said this one will be like a continuation of her past two albums.

“Later on, I’ll try to do something completely different,” said Doiron.

Doiron’s first album Woke Myself Up, produced by Rick White – Doiron’s former bandmate – was released in 2007, and the second album, I Can Wonder What You Did With Your Day, was released in 2009.

Doiron is hoping to release a French album next year. Doiron is also a part of Julie Doiron and The Wrong Guys, who will be releasing an album next

year as well.

Originally from Moncton, Doiron has just moved back to the Maritimes and can’t wait to be living here full time.

“Unfortunately, we only get to spend two days there and then we have to head back to Toronto, and then Vancouver for another week,” said Doiron.

“But it feels good, and I’m excited for it.”

When asked about what her future plans are, Doiron didn’t have a concrete response. She said that sometimes she’s going to play heavy sets and other times soft. Sometimes she’ll feel like playing a different instrument, like the drums.

“Basically, I just want to be free to do whatever I feel like doing.”

Julie Doiron will be opening for Great Lake Swimmers on Sept. 28, at Wilmot Church. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. and the show starts at 8 p.m. Tickets are available online at Shiveringsongs.com, or are $22.50 at the door.

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McMurray overcame a broken back and was named Subway AUS Athlete of the Week for the week ending Sept. 9.

Sandy Chase / The Brunswickan Bronté James The Brunswickan Breaking your back and returning to soccer is hard, but breaking it in three places and returning is even harder. Varsity Reds goaltender Aaron McMurray, however, proved nothing could keep him away from his team, and his passion for soccer.

“I was tobogganing and I jumped on this tube, and hit a bump and flipped off backwards and my back was facing down the hill, so when I landed I face-planted and my heel snapped over my head,” said McMurray.

“I wasn’t drunk by the way,” he joked.

His T-9 disc breaking off and the vertebra around it, as well as his T-10 and T-12, only kept McMurray out of the game for a few months.

Originally playing alongside hockey players, only looking to stay in shape over the summer, he grew tired of losing and knew he wanted to do more.

“It was kind of bad soccer, and I was just getting peppered all the time,” he said.

“So I ended up getting pretty decent, then I just kept upgrading teams and getting better.”

At the age of seventeen, McMurray made the FC London team, a reserve team, where he was the youngest

the panel voice your opinion

Josh Fleck Sports Editor

The women’s team lost two starters, while the men only lost one, so they have the advantage there. When it comes to schedule, the men will face last year’s sixth ranked team St. FX, while the women will face the seventh ranked Acadia Axewomen and the ninth ranked Alberta Golden Bears, so their schedule is tougher too. It all adds up to the men having more success in the tournament, but coach Jeff Speedy always gets the most out of his girls.

player to not only make the roster, but to also make the final cut of the professional development team.

From there he found his way to UNB to play for Miles Pinsent and the Varsity Reds.

“They were offering me a good deal, with a great program, and there were lots of resources here.

Year round soccer is not something that everybody can offer. I can get into the dome whenever I want to, during the winter, so it is good to have that,” said McMurray.

“I did have options in the States, but just because of the way the guys here accept you into their team when you come for your visit, it just makes you feel like you are at home and it

makes you want to come.”

‘Chirping’ one another is a way the U N B soccer team lets you know you’re one of the guys, said McMurray.

“They all kind of like to chirp each other. If they don’t like you then they don’t chirp you. But if they like you, then you just get chirped – it’s really fun, but you’ve got to have some tough skin.”

After a year with the Varsity Reds, McMurray proved himself with several Athlete of the Week and Athlete of the Month awards. It was at the end of his first year, however, when McMurray had his tobogganing accident that broke his back in three places.

“When they were saying I might have a back injury, I couldn’t really breathe so I was like ‘Nah, it’s just my ribs, I will be fine. Fix these up and I will be back to normal in no time,’ but then the doctor came in and said I had a break in my T-9,” he said.

Two days later, McMurray went in for surgery in his back that left him with two rods and eight bolts in his back.

“At that point, if at any time I moved wrong in my sleep, I could be paralyzed. So the first night, I was really scared and didn’t know what was going on.”

Once out of bed and able to walk around, the doctor informed McMurray he would not need physiotherapy. Everyday movements would work things out, he said.

Having to use a walker for the first part of his recovery, he moved on to using a cane, and eventually back to walking around on his own.

“The day after surgery, when they put the bolts in, it was basically trying to stand up; I had to use a walker, so I was really weak and trying to make sure I could walk, make sure that I could get upstairs and just kind of get around.”

Affecting his play in the return of his second year, McMurray said the injury was in his head whether or not he noticed it, and it caused him to stay on his line and not be as aggressive.

“I couldn’t get to really play at my full potential because of it, whereas, I just kind played through the summer this year and got more and more aggressive and worked as hard as possible. It’s one of those things, that if you let it stay on your mind it’s going to mess up your game,” he said.

Wanting to continue with his soccer career as a Varsity Red, McMurray knew he would have to push himself to become stronger, physically and mentally.

“You just can’t let it stand in your way, you’ve got to go out and not worry about what’s going to happen,” he said.

“The second you think of consequences, you’re not going to do what you need to do. For me, it’s just go for that ball, and if you don’t win it just take out the man.”

Which of the basketball teams will fare better in their home tournaments this weekend?

Michael Bourgeois Sports Writer

I think the men will do better in this weekend’s tournaments. Last year they were almost even at home with a 5-6 record. The women were 3-8. Having the tournament at home will be an advantage for them because that is where they are used to winning the most. After missing the playoffs last year, the men are going out to prove themselves, the task will seem a lot easier with a home crowd cheering in their favour.

Bronté James Sports Writer

Having lost their starting point guard and another starter going into the 2012 season, the women’s basketball team is taking a hit. Finishing their last season with eight losses and only three wins, and the men finishing with six losses and five wins, overall they fared better than the women’s team. With a year under their belts, two CCAA National Champions, Michael Fosu and Seth Amoah, they will be more seasoned. The Varsity Red men’s team have an advantage and are going into the season strong.

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Justin Marshall Sports Writer

Definitely the men. No disrespect to Jeff Speedy, he’ll have his team ready, but I’ve known Brent Baker a long time and this is the year he’ll have his team ready to compete in a tight AUS conference and it all starts with this pre-season tournament. I’m looking for veteran Dan Quirion and Jordan Irvine to play a huge roll in the VReds success, and with Baker at the helm to guide the team, I think you’ll see a great year for the men.

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Men’s hockey gets wins

Antoine Houde-Caron (#8) checks a UQTR player. Liz Chiang / The Brunswickan Mike Bourgeois The Brunswickan The Varsity Reds were back at home for the first time this year after a hard loss to UdeM Monday night. Taking on two teams from outside the AUS, the Reds were able to add two W’s to the win column.

T hu r s d ay n ig ht ’s matc h up brought UNB versus another red and black coloured team, the Carleton Ravens, a team that has only played UNB once in the last 42 years.

Play from both ends started off very sloppy, though both teams came out strong, the pre-season rust was showing on both sides – though it was Carleton drawing first blood as Justin Caruana batted a loose puck

out of the air into the goal.

Rust was clearly showing for the Reds as they struggled to make clean passes and finish plays. Down a goal, the pressure was on; the chances were there but still no finish for the skilled Reds facing an underdog team.

Though only a pre-season game, there is still pride and emotion on the line, and both these teams started to fight for it. Finally, with only 0.18 seconds left on the board, Nick MacNeil puts UNB on the board with a beautiful tip off the point shot, showing extreme hand-eye coordination to put the puck past the Ravens keeper.

Emotions ran high during this game, with after whistle scrums and words shared by both teams; this one was one to win.

At 6:14 in the third, a reaming MacNeil scored his second of the night on a juicy rebound to give the Reds the lead. Pulling out all the stops and even pulling their goalie, the Ravens could not stop the Varsity Reds who put the icing on the cake when rookie Cam Braes slid the puck into an empty net.

“Within ten minutes we might have played sloppy, but other than that we played 50 strong minutes,” said MacNeil after the game.

“It’s great to get that kind of competition this early on in the year, “ said coach Gardiner MacDougall, when asked about facing a much

improved Carleton team.

The game on Sunday brought more rust removing experience for the Reds as they repeated a match up from last year’s University Cup, with the UQTR Patriotes.

The Reds came out fresh from their Thursday game with a much improved game. Passes, plays, and shots were firing on all cylinders as they put on constant pressure from the opening puck drop.

UQTR fell into some early penalty trouble. The officials were earning their money, giving the teams 24 minutes combined in penalties.

Braes kept up his great play by putting UNB up 1-0. In the second period, the teams traded goals within a minute and half of each other. Félix Petit for UQTR, then Daine Todd replied with a goal on the power play for UNB, bringing the score to 2-1 going into the third period.

The teams exchanged goals again in the third, with UQTR getting even with one from Maxime PaquetGravel and UNB’s Chris Culligan netting the game winner four minutes after the Patriotes tied it up.

Two games, two wins; two great chances for the Reds to shake off the last bit of rust before the start of the regular season.

“It’s growth as a team, that’s what pre-season is for. Get a look at everyone and see how it goes – that’s what builds a team up,” said Culligan, following his win.

Disappointing draw for Women’s soccer Bronté James The Brunswickan The UNB Women’s soccer team finished their game against the Université de Moncton with a 2-2 tie.

Kara Johnston and Brianna Ford scored the goals for UNB, allowing them to take home one point to add to their AUS standings.

“Kara scored her first goal, and they’re doing some things we’ve been working on in practice – holding the line and spinning around the defender was really nice,” said head coach Jon Crossland.

“We even talked a lot about staying wide and making a run behind the backline, and on set pieces, and she did that, so both the goals were creative.”

Having not scored since her first year on the team, Johnston said she wanted to cry [she was so happy].

“I haven’t scored since first year, and I’ve played defence the last two years, so it feels really good to be up front again,” said Johnston.

After a 2-0 defeat against UdeM last weekend, Crossland said the team didn’t create enough scoring opportunities to take another victory against Moncton. Being first to the ball is key, and they failed to get there first, he said.

“I am disappointed really; the second half effort was unacceptable.

We talked at half time about having to do all the little things to win a game, especially when you are 1-0 at home, and I guess it fell on deaf ears. They beat us to everything,” Crossland said.

“There were some moments of really good stuff in the first half; at least we competed and created our own opportunities in the first half, and in the second half we didn’t really create too many opportunities and so it’s disappointing.”

With the inability to put the ball in the back of the net, and have to play a defensive game to stay in it, the team took a hit when goalkeeper Jackie Blank was taken out in the 71st minute after a collision with a

Brianna Ford fights for the ball against a UdeM defender.

Whitney Carolan / The Brunswickan Moncton forward.

Backup goalkeeper Kelsie Hope subbed in for Blank, keeping the score at two for the remainder of the game.

“Jackie is day to day. There are concerns about a concussion and she got shaken up at that second goal,” Crossland said.

“But Kelsie went in there in the line of fire to some degree, and was a solid force off her line – she was brave in there.”

“It was great – it was an adrenaline rush and amazing going in [the net],” said Hope.

Lack of composure and not stringing plays together, are the main reasons behind the team not taking home a victory, according to Crossland.

“If we stayed composed in that

game, and combine it with their work ethic, we’d be fine. We didn’t make enough passes or string enough plays together to even get our foot in the game the second half,” said Crossland.

“That’s going to be the message this week too – to get back to what we do well, and make sure we do it for 90 minutes next weekend.”

The UNB Women’s team is going into their away games against StFX and Cape Breton University this weekend with a fifth place seeding.

“We’ve got two big games next weekend so we will have the day off tomorrow and three good days of practice. The girls are going to be frustrated and disappointed so we are just going to keep them in the right mindset and go for our four points again,” he said.

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Men’s soccer continues to struggle

The games: Giants@Eagles-Panthers@Falcons-UNBSJ@Bombers

Greg Healy The SUB People Overall 4-2

Eagles - LeSean McCoy looked good in pre-season. I hear he has been taking his vitamins.

Falcons - Home field advantage helps, and Falcons sound more intimidating than Panthers.

Bombers - Without a doubt the Bombers. Following a big win in PEI, what could stop them?

Justin Marshall Overall 3-3

Giants - Eli will have a breakout game Falcons - Falcons are 3-0 and I don’t see them being stopped this week.

Bombers - Shouldn’t have gone against them last week, and they’re looking good.

Nick Murray

Overall 3-3 Giants - The Eagles have put up a league-worst 16 points per game while DeSean Jackson hasn’t caught a TD pass yet.

Falcons - Defence will win this one and the Falcons are looking like last year’s Broncos.

Bombers - UNB’s homecoming this weekend, and Saint John aren’t coming into the Bombers house and stealing their first win of the year.

Liam Guitard Overall 2-4

Giants - Eli is too clutch in the fourth quarter.

Falcons - Cam Newton has got nothing.

Bombers - Bombers won’t lose on homecoming weekend.

Roderick Ramsden winning the ball against Pierre-Luc Couturier of UdeM. Liz Chiang /The Brunswickan Nick Murray The Brunswickan It was a rough weekend for the men’s soccer team as they dropped their third straight conference game, losing 2-0 to the Université de Moncton Aigles Bleus.

Moncton opened the scoring in the 23rd minute when Harouna Ouedraogo fired home a 10-yard rebound off a missed header by Ahmed AbdulRahman.

They doubled up the V-Reds in the 69th minute when Florian NtimaNsiemi scored his second goal of the year off a one-touch pass from Maxime Daigle.

The V-Reds played Moncton last weekend on the road where they fell 3-1 to their New Brunswick rivals. However, UNB played the entire second half of that game a man short after Jason Rouse picked up a red card, and didn’t give up

a goal in the second half.

Head coach Miles Pinsent said he’d hoped his team would bring that enthusiasm from the second half of last week’s game, into yesterday’s match up, however, after only putting up one goal in their last three games, that clearly wasn’t the case.

“There’s not a whole lot to feel good about,” said Pinsent. “There wasn’t a significant difference in the flow of this game, but the issue continues to be that the ball goes into our net and not the other team’s net. I’m not trying to trivialize things, it’s just a matter of we’re not effectively defending in situations that we need to.”

UNB (1-3-1) now sit in eighth place in the AUS standings, three points behind seventh place Cape Breton University, who the Varsity Reds will play next weekend after a Friday night match against St. FX.

Despite the losing streak, Pinsent said fourth year veteran Ben Law continues to play well and has been a versatile player on the team to this point.

“Game in and game out, Ben has consistently been our best player,” Pinsent said. “We’ve used him in a couple different roles and he’s doing his part for sure.”

Law, who has scored one of the Reds’ three goals this season and who leads the team in shots on goal, said he felt as though the team started strong but faded in the second half. However, he said despite being on a three-game skid, he’s confident the team’s morale will be intact for this weekend’s trip to Nova Scotia.

“Right now, the boys have their heads down, but I’m sure this week in training we’ll pick some heads up and sort some stuff out and it’ll be okay,” said Law. “I’m still optimistic we’ll make the playoffs, and I definitely think we’re still in there.”

After a 2-0 win, and a 2-2 draw with his women’s team, Moncton head coach Angelo Jean-Baptiste made a public guarantee following the men’s game, saying both his teams would make the playoffs, while also saying his men’s team will win the rest of their home games.

Moncton’s mens team now sit in fifth place after the win, five points behind first-place Saint Mary’s.

Despite the loss, yesterday’s men’s and women’s games were highlighted

by Right to Play who received an $800 donation from the Fredericton District Soccer Association.

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Fans, where you at?

Nick Murray The Brunswickan As I’m sure you’re well aware, there’s a good chance there won’t be any NHL this year.

So you students who used the excuse that you were watching the Leafs game on Hockey Night in Canada have no reason not to be at the Aitken Centre this year supporting your Varsity Reds hockey.

For those of you who tuned in to CHSR’s broadcasts of UNB’s men’s home games, I sound like a broken record. For everybody else let’s be real here.

UNB hockey is the best hockey you’ll find in Fredericton and arguably, in New Brunswick.

I’m not knocking the Sea Dogs in any way, but how many of you students can honestly say you made the drive to Saint John to see a game last year?

The team has had great success over the past few seasons, including a few championship banners that hang in the rafters

of the Aitken Centre, as well as numerous other University Cup appearances, and not to mention the team graduated Daryl Boyce to the NHL level.

UNB gets great support from the community as they had the best attendance in the AUS last year, averaging 2,759 fans each game, but to anybody who was there, the student presence at those games was lacking.

I’ll give props to the Red Brigade, and a group of students that I think were called “Culligan’s Corner” (excuse my memory lapse but it was the cheering section under the scoreboard behind the visiting team’s net), but to 1,000 plus students that live in residence, give me a break, the Aitken Centre is no more than an eight minute walk away.

This year I’d love to see the Aitken Centre packed, like it was during the UNBWestern semi-final game from

last year. When UNB scored in the third period to cut the Mustangs’ lead to one goal, the atmosphere was nothing short of electric! That’s what the players need on a nightly basis and they’re not getting it from the students.

Let’s plan out a Saturday night. Suppose you’re planning a night of partying at any one of our great downtown or on campus establishments.

The latest the game will end is 10:30 p.m. That gives you plenty of time to get to wherever you need to go, and even more time to go out. Because let’s be honest, not very many people get to the bars before 11 p.m.

Best of all, you get to watch what could very well be a great hockey game for… are you ready?... for free!

That’s right folks! The Varsity Reds are offering free admission to any student with a valid student ID.

Not to mention, the V-Reds were 12-2 at home last year.

Now we’ve tackled four excuses not to go. No more saying “the Leafs are playing,” or, “I have no money to go,” or, “they never win,” or, “I’m going out tonight, the game won’t be done in time.”

If you simply don’t like hockey, I respect that. But have you given it a chance? Try going to one game. It’s free to go (for students, of course) and you can leave whenever you want.

I’m not trying to pressure anybody to go, but let’s face it, we’ll all miss hockey, and the Varsity Reds always put on a good show for the fans. Give it a try and at the very least, try to make it out to at least one game this year.

Hint: the home opener is on Oct. 12, against St. Thomas.

Nothing like a good collegehill battle on a Friday night.

SPORTS on the go .

Results:

Monday, 17th Men’s Hockey vs UdeM L 2-6 Thursday, 20th Men’s Hockey vs Carleton W 3-1 Men’s Rugby A-squad vs STU W 45-6 Sunday, 23rd Men’s Hockey vs UQTR W 3-2 Women’s Soccer vs UdeM T 2-2 Men’s Soccer vs UdeM L 0-2 Men’s Rugby A-squad vs STU W 45-6

Upcoming games: Friday, 28th Women’s Soccer @ STFX 5:00 Women’s Basketball vs UQAM 6:00 @ Currie Center Men’s Hockey @ McGill 7:00 Men’s Soccer @STFX 7:00 Men’s Basketball vs UQAM 8:00 @ Currie Center Saturday, 29th Men’s Hockey @ Concordia 2:00 Women’s Soccer @ CBU 5:00 Women’s Basketball vs Alberta 6:00 @ Currie Center Men’s Soccer @ CBU 7:15 Men’s Basketball vs STFX 8:00 @ Currie Center Sunday, 30th Women’s Basketball vs Acadia 1:00 @ Currie Center Men’s Basketball vs SMU 3:00 @ Currie Center