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Breaking the

silence

Lee Thomas Arts Editor

Think of five university-aged women you know. Maybe it’s your girlfriend, your friend, your classmate, or your sister. Maybe it’s you.

Statistically speaking, one of the women you just thought of has an eating related issue.

The rate might seem staggering, but according to Dr. Kathryn Weaver of UNB’s faculty of nursing, the estimate is likely conservative.

“According to NEDIC, the National Eating Disorder Information Centre, it’s about 1 in 5... But because of the stigma and secrecy, the numbers could be even higher,” she said. Weaver, who has a PhD in Nursing from the University of Alberta, is a leading researcher in the field of eating disorder treatment.

One of her ongoing projects is the ‘It’s Not About Food’ (INAF) group for university-aged females struggling with eating related issues.

“University aged women are going through some of the biggest transitions of their lives,” said Weaver.

“Many of them are leaving home and having to become financially responsible, having to live in different environments, having to really grow up and having to get jobs to support themselves, living with all kinds of people cooped up in tiny rooms. It’s a period with a lot of maturation and change.” Eating issues tend to manifest during such times of transition, she explained. “[In] one of the projects I’m working on right now, some of the women say, ‘It’s there, but nobody talks about it’. There are studies in the States where they have to replace the pipes in residences because the vomit has actually eaten through the metal pipes.”

The INAF group began as a collaborative interdisciplinary initiative in 2008, by campus clinicians Dr. Nancy Buzzell from counselling services and Dr. Jo Ann Majerovich from student health centre, in addition to Weaver. The dietician Ellen MacIntosh, has also provided INAF sessions on healthy eating. INAF is serving to break down the walls of silence and stigma that tend to surround issues of food and body image.

“I think it really helps the girls that come in, to realize that there are other people like them,” said Leslie-Marie Britt, who has attended the INAF group for three years.

“You’re struggling with this issue for so long, and you just feel like there’s no hope. You’re just like, ‘I am so fucked up. What is wrong with my head? I’m 20 years old and I can’t even feed myself.’ But then you go to group, and there are other girls there with the same issue as you. You realize, ‘OK it’s not just me.’ A lot of people who come to group, it’s their first time they’ve ever admitted it to anyone; it’s the first time they’ve ever sought any help whatsoever.”

Weaver added that students in university also face

many academic, physical, financial, and social pressures, which can contribute to the stresses that may trigger disordered eating.

“In some elite sports, even on campus, like wrestling and judo, [athletes] are expected to gain or lose ten pounds very quickly. Track is another big one; in one of my projects, a woman told me that her coach said if she lost five pounds she would run faster.

There’s a lot of pressure to be successful,” she explained.

“It’s the age, too, where you can drink if you want to drink. There’s a whole set of behaviours that are open to people that maybe weren’t before, and a lot of pressure that goes along with that.”

Britt also added that meal hall food presented an entirely new challenge to females struggling with eating disorders.

“My eating disorder got infinitely worse from living in residence,” she said.

“I’m a vegetarian, so there was only one option to choose from, and if I didn’t like it then I couldn’t eat for the day. The food was really gross to begin with, and I have big issues with other people making my food. And then you have to sit in a meal hall in front of hundreds of other students... You feel so threatened in that kind of an environment.”

Fortunately for students struggling with these issues, there are resources, which can be accessed here on campus. Weaver encourages students with concerns about their eating issues to contact the student health centre to access their physician, dietician, or counsellors.

“Sometimes people are afraid that they’ll be stigmatized on campus, but they’re not. What really helps is, the support of telling people, even if it’s just a professor or a friend,” said Weaver. For off-campus resources, Nedic.ca has a toll-free number and information on registered therapists and counselling programs for people suffering from eating disorders.

In addition to the therapeutic benefits derived from participants, INAF facilitation is also part of a nursing practicum for facilitators. Several MEd students also participate in the facilitation, several of whom are doing their theses in eating disorder research.

Alex Walsh The Brunswickan Weaver said that her ongoing projects, including INAF, are leading the way in terms of research in eating related issues.

“We’re cutting edge. Here, we are in New Brunswick, without a publicly funded eating disorder treatment centre, but with likely some of the best research going on,” she said, wryly, noting the irony.

Stephanie Weirathmueller, a third year nursing student involved in the facilitation of INAF, said that the group is a great resource for students with any sort of eating issue.

“I think that everyone there has an idea about bodies that have developed really early. I just wish that people could really understand how approachable it is. [The group] is really small; totally confidential. It’s just a safe place to say anything,” she explained.

“Someone said they thought it was going to be like an AA meeting where it’s really highly structured, but you kind of create your own rules. You can digress because people want to talk about their own experiences. You don’t have to do anything, just what you feel like, and what you want to talk about.”

“It’s something I really look forward to going to; talking with the girls. It’s reflective but it’s also social.

The people involved are all really interesting and really nice,” said Weirathmueller.

For more information about eating disorders, Weaver recommends the National Eating Disorder Information Centre website Nedic.ca. For more information about the It’s Not About Food group, email itsnotaboutfood@gmail.com.

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Maritime Bus to pick up service from Acadian Lines

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Heather Uhl News Reporter The end of Acadian Coach Lines is not the end of inter-city bus routes in New Brunswick.

Picking up the service is Maritime Bus, previously known as Trius Tours.

The company is accepted in principle by the New Brunswick Energy and Utilities Board with a license to operate, but is subject to the schedules and rates.

On Oct. 31, Maritime Bus will meet with the New Brunswick Energy and Utilities Board for the final step of approval to operate in the province.

Mike Cassidy, owner of Trius Tours, said he would like to bring some changes to the bus system that will benefit Fredericton students.

“I think that Fredericton deserves more frequency.” Cassidy said, “I have tried to tie in the routes [so] that they make more sense for the students, like the traffic patterns of students.”

Also included in the request to the provincial government were things like flex-packs, loyalty programs and special events.

“For UdeM or UNB, there’s football, or there’s soccer or whatever the varsity sport may be, and some

students want to come in for the weekend and come back out. Can we offer what we call special pricing to allow that?” Cassidy said.

Cassidy said he is aiming for seamless travel, better connections and less downtime. Currently, Cassidy hopes to have Maritime Bus up and running by Dec. 1. The routes submitted for approval are the exact same as Acadian Coach Lines’ routes.

Cassidy said picking up the old routes is only a starting point, and there will be further work and discussion on changes.

With Acadian Coach Lines claiming to have lost money in New Brunswick, Cassidy said he wants to do ‘route rationalization,’ which looks at what can be done better with the routes and frequency.

Some students have suggestions on what they would like to see in the new bus service.

“I would like it if the prices were lower,” said Michelle Russell, a fourth year Biology student at UNB. “A lot of students rely on it. It’s very useful,” she said. “Because it would be ridiculous to catch a flight to Halifax. Especially if you lived in Halifax, I live further away than that. Fredericton is not a cheap place

Maritime Bus hopes to be on New Brunswick roads by Dec.1, when Acadian Lines shuts down on Nov.30.

Submitted to fly out of. Student prices, at least, should be lower.”

Russell said a round trip from Fredericton to Halifax was over a hundred dollars.

Regardless, Russell said she is glad someone is taking up the service.

“I think it’s great that someone’s going to take over, just because it’s

such a convenient thing to have.

If the prices stay the same, I guess that’s okay. People are used to the prices anyway. I just don’t think they should raise them,” Russell said, Cassidy said he wants students not to worry about how they are going to be getting home at the end of the semester.

“My message to the students is this, very clearly. You got a semester – you’ve got mid-terms, you’ve got papers, you may have final exams.”

Cassidy said, “Write your final exam and don’t worry, because there’s going to be a bus there to get you home in December.”

brunswickannews Hansika Gunaratne Copy Editor A group of Fredrictonians became homeless last Saturday.

They camped out in cardboard boxes at Officer’s Square – for ‘Twelve Hours for the Homeless’, an event put up

by Fredericton Youth In Transition’s Chrysalis House.

Chrysalis House provides young women with long-term transitional housing, and a safe and stable living environment. The house operates on an individualized case basis, by supporting the youth through training programs and guidance.

The house is the only volunteer based all female residence in the province, providing care for youth between the ages of 16-19.

Funding for the house comes from the provincial government and United Way agency. Fredericton Youth in Transition’s interim executive director, Sarah Caissie, said fundraisers like Twelve Hours for the Homeless provide much needed additional funding for the house.

“Currently, we have four [women].

We can house up to eight, and usually six to eight beds are full at any given time, “ Caissie said.

Caissie said the main issue that brings young women to the transition house is family violence.

“At the heart of it, it’s some sort of a family violence issue. The presenting problems may be addictions, mental health [problems], behavioural problems… but it’s those family dynamic and family violence issues that really come into play,” said Caissie.

Saturday’s event brought out teams representing a variety of Fredericton’s communities, including high school, university, business and government.

Each team fundraised beforehand to spend the night in a self-built cardboard shelter. Teams began to construct their shelters at 6 p.m. on Saturday, looking forward to the cold fall night ahead.

It was UNB student, Ricarda Kondra’s third time taking part in the event.

She said it’s cause more cities should take up.

“It’s the atmosphere; it’s a night long party for a cause, and you meet really great people. I think every city should have one [fundraiser] like this,” she said.

A group of students in the social work program at St. Thomas University were able to raise close to $1800.

“We had just over a week’s notice,

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Homeless for the night

but people were really supportive,” said Olivia Giuliani, one of the group members.

“We’re pretty eager to be participating… regardless of the amount of school work we have. I’m happy that our group was able to come out tonight,” said Giuliani.

According to the latest Report Card

by Community Action Group on Homelessness, in 2011, there were 13 transition houses in operation in New Brunswick and a total of 1,296 individuals stayed at an emergency homeless shelter, which was an 8.1 per cent decrease from 2010.

It also said shelter usage in Fredericton decreased by 31 per cent since 2008.

Although the reduced number of shelter usage is a good thing, the population at risk of being homeless is still prevalent.

According to Statistics Canada, in 2010, 593 shelters were in operation for abused women across Canada. This was a four per cent increase since 2008, and with the increase of number of transition homes, they continued to be the most common type of shelter for abused women.

The first ever Twelve Hours for the Homeless fundraiser took place in 1991.

Funds raised at that event contributed to the construction of the Chrysalis House in 1996.

Last year, Twelve Hours for the Homeless raised $27,000. This year, by the time of print, they had raised $23,500 with more money yet to come in.

“It’s been a great run this year; great participation; great support, from our volunteers and our sponsors,” Caissie said.

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Large number of Frederictonians supported Chrysalis House by building cardboard shelters and sleeping in them. Hansika Gunaratne / The Brunswickan

Council wants student input on food contract

Council is forming an ad-hoc committee to get student feed back on what they would like to see in the new food contract. Liz Stanin / The Brunswickan Cherise Letson News Editor The UNBSU is thinking about your food.

The University of New Brunswick Student Union is forming a committee to get student input for the upcoming food provider contract negotiation.

The ad-hoc committee will be chaired by vice-president finance and operations, Marc Gauvin, and will include UNBSU marketing manager Ben Whitney, three

general councillors and three members of the general student body.

The idea to create a committee was brought up by Mark Vangel, the forestry and environmental management representative. The motion to strike the committee was brought forward by accessibility representative Derek Ness, during a general discussion about the upcoming negotiations.

Council was discussing what the student union’s Request for Proposal

(RFP) would contain when going into the negotiations. The RFP basically consists of the UNBSU’s list of demands they would want the food provider to meet. The food provider that best meets the demands outlined in the RFP, gets the contract.

The RFP can be as detailed as they wish. Council members had different ideas on how to approach creating the RFP, which is due in January. Though ideally, the UNBSU would like the food provider to have no exclusivity over the

Student Union Building, the chances of that happening are up in the air.

“This is either a ten year contract or a five year contract, if we can get that. So whatever results we get will be in place for potentially the next ten years, and we should be looking for a big change.” said vice president external, Adam Melanson.

“I think exclusivity [for the UNBSU] is the key. We need to be able to put in whatever we want, whenever we want.”

Melanson said the UNBSU needs to push to make total exclusivity of the SUB an option.

“I don’t think we should necessarily be taking what the university wants 100 per cent, and say ‘OK, I guess that’s what we have to go with’, and if we have to push, we have to push. But I think that’s something that’s really important to students,” said Melanson.

Vice president internal, Mostafa Shaker, said though the possibility of exclusivity is there, the UNBSU needs to understand there are other possible ways to get their wants met.

“It’s not only Sodexo that’s going to be bidding on the contract, there’re four other companies… all of them are going to strive as best as possible to meet our needs, and there are quality controls in

place where you can say ‘this salad has to be this quality’, and there are ways to monitor the quality of the [food],” said Shaker.

“I’m not saying we shouldn’t strive for [SUB exclusivity], I think it’s good we are bringing up these points, we should run it by them. But if that doesn’t happen, we do have options, and that’s what I’m trying to communicate… there are ways to go around it if it doesn’t happen,” he said UNBSU president Andrew Martel, told The Brunswickan, the ad-hoc committee will look what priorities the student union will bring to the negotiations.

“The executive was mandated last year, over the summer, to do research on what the possibilities are with this, which is what we came back with. But now we need to focus on the more specific goals and our priorities for students,” said Martel.

“A mixture of tasks of this committee is going to be one, figure out what the priorities are, and two, involve students.

Because I know students, as discussed today, are heavily concerned about this and know a lot about it, so we want to get them involved, figure out the feedback, take that into account and form our priorities.”

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H.O.P.E.ing to end bullying

Gordon Mihan Staff Reporter

A new campus group hopes to bring the issue of bullying to the forefront.

The newly founded student society H.O.P.E., is planning to host multiple meetings open to the student body, to discuss bullying in both post-secondary education and the workplace, and what can be done to prevent it.

H.O.P.E., which stands for Helping Our Peers Everywhere, is a non-profit organization designed to help students recognize negative social and world issues and find ways to aid in their abolishment.

Tara Pagani, a student at UNB, founded the group in an effort to unite people who share her desire to help others.

“It’s a pretty general group,” said Pagani.

“The goal of H.O.P.E. is literally just to help anyone you think needs it; doing what you can, where you can.”

With such a broad set of goals, the group hopes to tackle a variety of different topics, starting first with bullying.

“Bullying in high school is definitely a big problem because it shapes people and how they’re going to behave when they move on to university or start a career,” said Pagani.

While bullying tends to prompt the idea of a high school or grade school issue when brought up in discussion, Pagani said it is just as relevant and important in the years that follow.

“It’s not just a problem from high school.

I think it’s a problem even with people at the workplace between co-workers and peers, even if it’s not straight up bullying.”

The forms of bullying you may encounter in a workplace setting or university wouldn’t necessarily be bullying in the traditional sense.

“Many individuals may not even realize they’re bullying people,” said Pagani.

This could be anything from unequal treatment between peers to offhand com-

Campus group, H.O.P.E, wants to find ways to combat bullying in Fredericton. Liz Stanin / The Brunswickan ments that may not have even been meant to offend or hurt someone.

Pagani said many people aren’t really good with conflict that stems from bullying, and then in turn, those become internal issues as well, which can lead to a hostile work environment or even depression.

H.O.P.E. plans on having three antibullying meetings to discuss the different forms of bullying that students may encounter, and how they could possibly prevent and combat it. The meetings are planned to take place on Friday Oct. 19, 1-2 p.m., Monday Oct. 22, 2:30-3:30 p.m., Tuesday Oct. 23, 3:30-4:30 p.m. and Wednesday Oct. 24, 4-5 p.m. in the Think Tank room located in the Student Union Building, room 126.

“Basically, we want to have four meetings to start with,” said Pagani.

“We know everyone has different schedules, so they might have class one day, but having four different meetings on four days, means that if they can’t make one of the dates, they have other options.”

Pagani plans to discuss organizing an anti-bullying fundraiser in November, and encourages others to bring ideas of their own. The meetings are open to discussion for ideas of projects, which students think H.O.P.E. might be able to carry out.

“Part of the meetings would be to brainstorm with the group to help decide what other causes we could, as a group, look into,” said Pagani.

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Submitted Shane Rockland Fowler The Brunswickan With a rubber dingy stuffed into his backpack, Andrew Rees hikes through the woods of Tasmania. When he reaches the remote lake, he inflates his boat, floats out and fires a brass tube into the water so he can hunt dead bugs off of the bottom.

It’s not random; it’s research.

At just 30 years old, the University of New Brunswick graduate is a timedetective. He’s piecing together the past, through the study of its remains – otherwise known as paleoecology. Rees is focusing on climate change.

“What I do is, try and get a picture

of what the past looked like,” said Rees, “by collecting all these different pieces, only one of which is these dead bugs.

I’m helping put together a picture of what the world was like hundreds, or thousands of years ago.”

Those dead bugs, known as chironomids, are helping to paint a picture of earth’s climate change. Lake bottoms are great spots for building up layers of the past. When things die, including animals, trees, or bugs, they simply rest on the bottom and get covered in silt and sand for what can be thousands of years.

“The deeper in the lake you go, the further you go back in time,” said Rees.

Because those little chironomids’ lives are highly related to temperature, it’s a good way to see what the climate was 20,000 years ago.

“If you find a species that was very popular at a certain temperature, you can tell what the temperature was at that depth or time,” explains Rees. “If that species disappears at a certain depth, you know something happened.”

According to Rees, the process is startlingly accurate, despite that they’re looking at parts of the land that goes back to the last ice age, some 20,000 years ago.

“When paired with other processes like carbon dating, we can relate our data within 20 years” What he’s learned is unexpected.

“A lot of research shows it was a really slow change, but we have data that say, at our site, it was really, really warm right after the ice left. It’s a result that we weren’t expecting.”

But with any research, Rees’ research is only one vector among many that helps to paint a picture of a larger topic.

“We’re only focusing on this one taxa, but it can be compared with other research, such as those done on plants or rocks, that will give us a much better

idea of the world then compared to what it is now.”

But, why Tasmania?

Rees, who grew up in Fredericton, compares Tasmania as being “the Newfoundland of Australia.”

“To me, the place has people who are very East Coast like. Tasmania is kind of like New Brunswick, about the same size and very centered on eco-tourism,” exclaims Rees. “Plus it has awesome hiking!”

Tasmania is also in a very temperature sensitive area. Just south, is Antarctica, and to the north is the Western Pacific Warm Pool. It is sandwiched between two areas with different temperature extremes. It is also special for another reason.

“Tasmania has lakes,” said Rees.

“There are few areas logistically that has lakes. Most of mainland Australia is desert, but the only other area with lakes is South America.”

“We’re in what is dubbed the ‘Water Hemisphere’, because it’s mostly ocean.

It makes Tasmania special.”

Because of its rare and remote nature, Rees is a pioneer in paleoecology.

“I’m establishing a baseline that will be considered as more research is being done,” said Rees.

He doesn’t care if other scientists’ floating dinghies in Tasmania are a rarity.

“I really, really like field work,” he said. While 80 per cent of science is grunt work, 20 per cent is fun stuff like exploration.”

Pairing his philosophy major to his science, Rees champions his work, not just outside of the field, but in the lab as well.

“You have to talk, you have to go to conferences to let people know what you’re doing,” said Rees. “It’s important work being a ‘time-detective’.”

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Isaac’s Way: the loss and hopeful comeback

Tamara Gravelle The Brunswickan When Tina LeJeune, owner of Isaac’s Way, got a phone call from her security company on Oct. 7 around 12:40 a.m. she thought one of the employees must have punched in the wrong security code.

“Worst case scenario I thought someone broke in,” said LeJeune. “I didn’t feel overly worried.”

She left her home in her pyjamas and headed toward Carleton Street, then realized the magnitude of the situation in front of her.

“The street was blocked off, fire trucks were flashing, emergency vehicles were lined up, a crowd had started to gather,” said LeJeune. “Then there was smoke.”

LeJeune said Isaac’s Way had fires before, and thought if the firemen got it under control the damages could be repaired. But wind caught the fire and spread it quickly, engulfing the over 100 year old building.

“When I got there, there was so much smoke that they wouldn’t even let me in,” said LeJeune.

Everyone got out of the building, but nothing was saved from the restaurant, including the artwork that lined the walls.

Some of the art were just simply for sale, while others were put up in an art auction,

which Isaac’s Way hosted.

The artists donated the art for sale, with 50 per cent of profits going to Charlotte Street Art Centre’s outreach program, and the other half going to the artists. LeJeune said there were about 20 pieces for the Art Centre in Isaac’s Way. LeJeune said about 40 pieces were put up for the art auction which started during the last week of September.

“We didn’t even have our bidding book ready for people to look at,” said LeJeune, “we didn’t even get it on the internet yet.”

Each auction lasts for four months, and most artists allow 50 per cent of the proceeds to go towards supporting an organization that caters to the arts and children’s activities.

“Every round we focus on a different type of art,” said LeJeune. “This one coming up was dance lessons. The one that just ended, for example, was for music lessons.”

“So all of that was lost, and all of the art for sale was lost,” said LeJeune.

Mike Sinclaire, a third year student the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design, had a painting lost in the fire.

“It’s funny because that night, I was working on two pieces to submit to Isaac’s Way that I was going to submit the week before,” said Sinclaire. “When I was finishing up and cleaning up all my paints, I

started getting phone calls and texts from people downtown saying that Isaac’s Way is burning.”

The piece Sinclaire lost was called “Ashes” and was of his ex-girlfriend.

“It’s a bit ironic because [the piece] is nothing more than ashes now,” said Sinclaire.

Sinclaire said he is not overly upset over the loss, because it gives him the opportunity to make more.

“I was taught by one of my instructors to let go of everything I make,” said Sinclaire.

“So, it’s fine.”

Nineteen-year old Fredericton artist, Rebekah Mersereau, first started donating her work to the art auction a year ago, and lost three pieces in the fire.

“When I found out my heart and my stomach just fell,” said Mersereau. “I couldn’t believe it.”

One of Mersereau’s paintings, “Annie,” just got out of the restaurant a few weeks before the fire.

“The ones that I lost weren’t ones that I really loved,” said Mersereau. “But everyone adored ‘Annie’ and I did too, so I’m glad that one got out in time.”

Mersereau said even though her paintings were lost, it doesn’t matter as much in the long haul.

“Of course I’m disappointed, anyone

would be,” said Mersereau. “But I think I’m so overwhelmed with the whole thing being gone that my paintings seem so minor.”

LeJeune is in the process of filing for insurance and is hoping her and her husband / co-owner get enough money to open a new restaurant.

“We hope to be re-opened within the year,” said LeJeune. “Hopefully, within six months, but we’ll see how things go.”

(Above) Rebekah Mersereau lost three pieces in the fire. Submitted (Below) The rubble where Isaac’s Way and rooms once stood.

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Learning from working in Malawi: the brunswickan

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Editor-in-Chief • Sandy Chase Managing • Liam Guitard News • Cherise Letson Arts • Lee Thomas Sports • Josh Fleck Photo • Liz Chiang Copy • Hansika Gunaratne Production • Alex Walsh Online • Sarah Campbell Staff Advertising Sales Rep • Bill Traer Delivery • Dan Gallagher Arts Reporter • Elizabeth Creelman News Reporter • Heather Uhl Staff Reporter • Gordon Mihan Sports Reporter • Julie McLaughlin Opinions Columnist • Cody Jack Contributors Chad Betteridge, Mike Bourgeois, Nikki Chapman, Benjamin Crouse, Shawna Cyr-Calder, Shane Rockland Fowler, Tamara Gravelle, Brandon Hicks, Bronté James, Monique Lamontagne, Kevin Lemieux, Alyson MacIssac, Justin Marshall, Nick Murray, Jeremy Trevors, Sarah Vannier The Brunswickan relies primarily on a volunteer base to produce its issues every week. Volunteers can drop by room 35 of the SUB at any time to find out how they can get involved.

About Us The Brunswickan, in its 146th year of publication, is Canada’s Oldest Official Student Publication.

John-Eric Teehan was able to spend a term in Malawi with the Students for Development Program. Submitted

The human connection

By Barbara Roberts One objective of this column is to explore the cultural diversity among us, and learn about one another. This week, we are fortunate to hear from John-Eric Teehan, a student who worked abroad in Malawi under the Students for Development Program with the Centre for Property Studies. Here is an excerpt from what John-Eric said about his experiences.

BR: What has working in Malawi done for you in terms of personal knowledge and growth?

JT: Working in Malawi challenged many of my preconceived notions of what life in Africa is like, and what working in the field of development actually entails. In Malawi, I was challenged, in having to navigate complex cultural and political landscapes, and living in

an environment where malnutrition, HIV/AIDS and malaria affect families on a daily basis. However, despite the complexity of these challenges – or perhaps because of them – my resolve to pursue a career within international development has only become stronger.

BR: What did you learn that surprised you, in a positive way?

JT: I figured that my level of affluence relative to the locals, might generate some hostility or resentment. This simply was not the case.

I never felt threatened and only received the warmest of welcomes – sometimes into the homes of complete strangers. Day after day on the dusty morning hike to our NGO in Kauma village, I would be mobbed by hordes of smiling children darting from their huts and wrapping their arms around me. On one occasion, the crowd reached roughly 40 kids and followed me through the village maze all the way to work, apparently singing songs about harvesting vege-

letters to the editor.

Bus pass benefits all of campus I read the Brunswickan’s letter to the editor entitled, “Save your money, vote no on the bus pass”, on the Oct. 10 issue, surrounding a student imposed $120 flat fee for local bus passes, and felt some clarification is needed.

The student in this article used the fact that, unless one uses the bus at least 53 times to offset the $120 flat fee being charged to students while they study at UNB, the onetime per use cost of $2.25 is a better option. As a result, I have looked at this suggestion, and noted, if a student used the bus four times a week for eight months using my formula, ((4*$2.25)*4)*8 months, would equate

tables in the garden! It was a surreal experience. Malawian hospitality and friendliness only exceeded its already glowing reputation.

BR: What is one cultural element or social value of your host community that you learned to understand and appreciate?

JT: What really impressed me about Malawi in general was the diversity of ethnicities and religions that coexisted quite harmoniously.

When you think of Africa, the most common images that come to mind are often those of ethnic strife and conflict. However, from my experience in Malawi, Christians, Muslims and traditional religions lived side by side in mutual respect and tolerance. It was surprising to find such a level of religious tolerance in Malawi when it doesn’t necessarily exist in the western world.

BR: Is international experience a valuable learning experience, and why?

JT: Internat ional experience

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to $288 for an academic year. If it is for four months, the cost is $144. I would, however, assume that the average student would come to and from campus at least three times a week, twice daily, so my costing analysis would increase.

its service if a flat fee is adopted, as it is with Saint Thomas University students, by looking at expanding its jurisdiction and adjusting the frequency of their scheduled hours of operations in order to make it a more convenient option.

As to our UNB Motor Vehicle Traffic & Parking Regulations, an 8-month student parking permit for 2011-2012 is $119 while a four month permit is $97. These permit costs obviously do not include the additional items for consideration such as: a vehicle purchase; insurance; gas; and maintenance fees.

Also, the distance of various parking areas from the student’s area of study requires time management to avoid being late for class.

In addition, as we are aware, UNB continues to strive towards a more environmentally and pedestrian friendly campus. In this regard, the speed limit has recently been reduced to 30 km/h, and high-grade crosswalks are being installed while other initiatives such as solar radar speed signs are being considered. While on campus, UNB has also approved policy relating to the use of bicycles, rollerblades, skateboards, and the use of non-motorized scooters while on campus. To further accomplish this goal, students, faculty and staff have always been encouraged to utilize other

I am also of the belief that the Fredericton Transit Division would adjust

pushes you from the comforts of your own culture and thrusts you into an alien environment. This is very much a character building experience that can leave an indelible mark on your personality. St. Augustine once said, “The world is a book and those who do not travel only read a page.” The result might be getting introduced to new food, a language or maybe even an alternative way of life. It forces us to broaden our horizons and comprehend the possibilities beyond our doorstep. Experience abroad has the effect of breaking down cultural and racial stereotypes that we tend to subconsciously consume and internalize at home. It deepened my conviction to pursue social change and improve the disparities that exist between the developed and the developing world.

BR: Thanks for sharing your perspective, John-Eric. And thanks to Veronica McGinn for connecting me with John-Eric.

modes of travel to campus, which included bussing, carpooling, cycling and walking to campus. Therefore, a person weighing the difference between driving a personal vehicle in lieu of using the bus to commute to and from campus should consider all the facts in order to make an informed decision on this matter.

With respect to the preceding, in my opinion, the debate over using a local transit bus through charging students a mandatory flat fee should consider all aspects surrounding commuting to and from campus beyond simple cost.

Bruce Rogerson Director Security and Traffic University of New Brunswick

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What is the craziest excuse you’ve ever heard for NOT handing in homework?

Holly Wright

Jenna Dunfield

Shakey

Robert Young & Josh Ulrich

“Too upset over the lockout!“

“I was at the skatepark.”

“My frog ate my homework.”

“He ate it.”

Zachary Bannister

Zack Winters

Stima Stima

“My laptop crashed and my assignment was in it.”

“Couldn’t finish homework because the house cat had AIDS.”

“Never heard of an excuse being said.”

Hannah Caldwell “That was homework?!?”

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UNB: Top 100 Employer?

A Critical Eye Cody Jack

Upon hearing the news that UNB received the “Top 100 Employer” designation, I became curious as to how it earned this prestigious distinction. Every year, Mediacorp Canada Inc., accepts applications from Canadian employers to enter into the competition for the distinction.

UNB was assessed in eight categories: Physical Workplace, Work Atmosphere and Communication, Financial Benefits and Compensation, Health and FamilyFriendly Benefits, Vacation and Personal Time, Employee Engagement, Training and Skills Development, and Community Involvement. The website Aluta.ca provides an in-depth explanation and grade for each category.

I will admit that UNB got grades that make me jealous: two A+’s, four A’s and two B’s. But the question needs to be asked: why did UNB fair so well? Upon further inspection, the majority of UNB’s grades are the result of collective bargaining on campus, from the efforts of employees.

The benefits that are listed are the result of negotiations between campus unions and the administration. It is not out of benevolence that these benefits exist, but out of pressure from unions. Other university employees reap the benefits of the other collective agreements. However, those benefits are not passed onto the employees of the contracted out services like custodial staff or those working at the bookstore.

The award should have been given to the unions on campus as opposed to the university as an employer. The report pants a very rosy image of UNB as an employer.

It makes no mention of the fact that from 2009 to 2011 the economic adjustment was removed from the pay of all nonunionized employees. As well, in the new collective agreement with the University of New Brunswick Employees Association the economic adjustment was removed. The university has been pushing heavily to have wages stagnate on campus.

The report card made no mention of UNB’s outrageous actions last fall while the Administrative, Profession and Technical employees (APT) were attempting to unionize. APT employees had booked a room on campus to hold a union information session only to have their booking cancelled and security to tell them they weren’t allowed to meet in the room. This is something you’d expect out of a for-profit company… not an academic institution. Is

Mediacorp Canada congratulating UNB on its union busting tactics? I would think that the university’s actions last year would have disqualified them. I guess not.

Other areas that the university did well in were “Physical Workplace”. In this section the Currie Center is indirectly attributed (access to fitness centre) and a cafeteria with healthy food options. The Currie Center will always be a bane in my existence. The fee to pay for it is arguably questionable – the facilities improvement fee – dressed up as an ancillary fee. The building was built with consultations from only two students and the fee was voted against last year.

High-fives all around. As for the healthy food options at the cafeteria… If you like eating the same two-three things everyday for your healthy option… I guess that can count. The food at UNB is notoriously disliked, just ask students in residence.

I do enjoy UNB as an academic institution. It has been my home for the last five years. I am not saying UNB is the worst employer on the planet either. I feel though, that this distinction of “Top 100 employer” diverts credit away from the work done by unions on behalf of their membership; waters down the past dubious actions and decisions taken by the administration, and that such awards should be looked at critically. So I want to congratulate the unions on campus for earning this award for the university.

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Two dollars isn’t much The wide aperture Sandy Chase For anyone who’s been around UNB these last couple years, you may be noticing this is the third time the Brunswickan is running a referendum in the election to increase the media fee.

But really, why should you care?

I’m hoping that if you’re reading this, you may be one of the many regulars that check out our paper either online or in class when you should be paying attention. For my first two years, I always ended up missing the first half of my first morning class on Wednesdays cause I would be reading to find out what was up on campus and around town.

If you’re one of those regulars, I know you care about this great little paper and I hope you have already gone and voted yes. (if not, go right now!) I hope I don’t need to convince you that the Brunswickan is worth $1 more per semester, but for those who aren’t so sure, keep reading.

Over my past five years at UNB, I’ve had the chance to talk to students about some of their concerns with why they should care, or do we even need the

money. Well when it comes down to it, we wouldn’t be asking for it otherwise.

We’ve all seen the rises in inflation and tuition, and the truth is everything is more expensive now. Our printing costs haven’t gone down, and unfortunately add revenues haven’t gone up to help cover those extra costs.

The suggestion I usually hear from students when I explain my previous point is why don’t we just cut circulation?

Save money by printing less papers, and then you also cut down on the extras around campus.

Unfortunately it’s not that easy. If we cut the number of papers then our revenue from ad sales also goes down, and we’re worse off than where we started.

UNB is even relatively cheap in terms of media fees. At Mount Allison, the Argosy gets $28 for the year, and we’re only proposing an increase to $6 per semester.

Really, at a $1 increase, it’s the price of one less coffee per year, so if you have any questions or concerns, drop me an email editor@thebruns.ca and I’ll buy you that coffee.

When it finally comes down to it, this paper is something I care about greatly and I want the Bruns to be able to continue to be one of the best student newspapers in the country, but we can’t do it without your help.

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Hunting season opens in Fredericton

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Lee Thomas Arts Editor School is tiring; the midterms; the studying; the endless hours at the library. Sometimes, it’s enough to make you want to give it all up and join a band.

For the members of Folly and the Hunter, that’s exactly what they did.

The Montreal-based band members Nick Vallee, Laurie Torres, and Christopher Fox – self-proclaimed “tired academics” – have several degrees between them, but each realized that their true interests lay in their music.

“I studied political science and history... and finished my degree with very high grades,” said Vallee in a phone interview. “ B u t then I realized I was completely turned off academia. I also realized I was using university to ignore the fact that my actual passion is music.”

I n Ma rch 2011, less than a year after the trio began playing together, they produced Residents, their debut album.

“We had no idea how to launch an album at all. We were learning as we went along,” said Vallee.

“We did what we could, and we did all the research we could beforehand, but the hardest thing was

releasing the album without very much experience. It was a learning experience for us, and for this album we’re taking a lot of care in how we do it.”

The band members come from a variety of musical, academic, and geographic backgrounds. Torres, a Montreal native, has technical training in classical piano and has been playing the drums since she was ten.

Fox is an engineer from England and moved to Montreal for sound recording opportunities.

Vallee, who hails originally from Vancouver, said, “I’ve always written songs on the side, but I was never in a band until about three years ago.

I’d never been in the music scene, I’d just written songs in my bedroom.”

The diverse array of talent makes for a unique sound, which Vallee haltingly described as “indie fol k , w it h post rock leanings”.

He added, “I think describing music in genres is really difficult, especially now, because everything is so niched. But I think we can compare our music to, like, Bon Iver or The National.”

The band is en route to play at the Halifax Pop Explosion for the first time. However, they have performed in the Atlantic provinces numerous times already. Vallee says that there is something especially enjoyable about playing in the Maritimes.

you don’t have “Ifa plan or a passion or a reason to do it, there’s no point.

”

Folly and the Hunter are performing on Wednesday at 8 p. m. Submitted “I think it’s nice because it’s smaller, so the places are so accepting and open. In Ontario, it’s much more business-y, but in the Maritimes it feels much more friendly. The people you’re dealing with are warmer and more flexible.”

An added benefit for being Canadian artists, Folly and the Hunter has received several travel and development grants from the Québec government’s Conseil des arts et des lettres, which focuses on fostering Québec artistic talent.

The band’s future plans include a 2013 release of a new album, said Vallee. Since Residents was released in March 2011, “people who are familiar with us are getting antsy,” said Valle, laughing.

As a musician who has been there, Vallee had some words of advice for other student artists.

“If you don’t have a plan when you leave university, there’s no point in just finishing university. I think that’s an important thing for students to examine, that they’re

not just going to university because they’re ‘supposed to’. It’s better to stop and figure out what you actually want to do,” he said.

“If you don’t have a plan or a passion or a reason to do it, there’s no point.”

Folly and the Hunter will be performing at the Cedar Tree Café on Wednesday, Oct. 17 at 8 p.m.

Tickets are $5 at the door. For more information about the band and their upcoming album, go to Follyandthehunter.com.

International student party rocks the SUB Elizabeth Creelman Arts Reporter

Students dance to Gangnam Style at the ISAO student party.

Liam Guitard / The Brunswickan

Where on campus can you go to meet people from Canada, Nigeria, Iran, China, Japan, Korea, Egypt, India, Germany, Wales, and England, to name a few, at the same place?

At an international student party, of course!

The party was held on Oct. 13 in the SUB ballroom. It is one of several large events put on by the ISAO (International Student Advisor’s Office) each semester, in addition to multiple smaller outings every week.

Showing up at this place and not expecting to know anyone, I was admittedly a bit nervous. It was, however, one of the most inclusive environments I’ve encountered since moving to UNB last year.

The party commenced with some of the typical fanfare that you would expect at such an event. Certificates were passed out to those who had assisted with organization and there was an icebreaker game which involved everyone getting a piece of a flag and then having to find the mis-

sing pieces to complete the image.

Mentors for the program were spread throughout the crowd, helping to facilitate conversation, but after twenty minutes or so, this role no longer seemed necessary. Conversation topics of the evening ranged from talking with someone from Iran about the French immersion program, to discussing Birmingham accents and the ease of getting a Canadian driver’s licence with someone from England. I would normally object to educating myself so well on a Saturday night, but everyone at the event were incredibly interesting!

To top off the night, the event had great international food – the most recognizable of which to me, included samosas and sushi – and performances. Willing (and a few less willing) participants were led in a salsa dancing lesson, and many of the same students congregated later for an impromptu Gangnam Style dance party.

I spoke with two of the performers later on in the evening. Swapnile Sule and Kedar Dave, both international graduate students, exhibited their

skills on guitar, playing songs from their native country India, as well as highly recognizable North American tunes like “Hotel California” by the Eagles.

While Sule has been here since 2012, Dave just arrived last month.

Both are enjoying New Brunswick, but would love to find more opportunities to play their music.

“There should be more of these,” said Sule, gesturing to the party now thriving around us and having to shout just to be audible over the music and chatter.

“I’m in a band back in India, and we have done almost 30 or 35 shows… It gives us a platform to show our talent,” said Dave in agreement.

The next off icial International Student party is in November, but there will also be a large pumpkin carving event for Halloween. All UNB students, international or not, are welcome.

For more information, contact Erin Maclean, UNB’s cross cultural program coordinator, at erin.maclean@unb.ca or isao@unb.ca.

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Whose Song’s three at Cedar Tree

Whose Song Is It Anyway? presents a new format that is interactive for both the audience and the performers. Submitted Elizabeth Creelman Arts Reporter The concept for the show came to Chris Kirby a few years ago when we was playing Fredericton’s Harvest Jazz and Blues Festival.

“We were all playing our own songs but we were encouraged to share our set list with other performers,” he said.

“We were all encouraged to sort of jam

with each other, and I took it one step further... and thought, wouldn’t it be cool if we played each other’s songs?”

What emerged was a new spin on the songwriter’s circle style of show, which has been both challenging and rewarding.

The traveling performance, entitled “Whose Song Is It Anyway?” will take place at the Cedar Tree Café on Oct. 19. The group features Newfoundland’s Chris Kirby, Nova Scotia’s Kim Wempe,

and Cape Breton’s Keith Mullins. The performers have won numerous ECMAs between them, and Kirby is even missing the MusicNL awards – at which he is currently nominated five times – to go on this tour.

The show’s revolutionary format will see each of the three participating musicians performing songs written by the other two artists and making them their own.

“It’s as new and fresh and fun for the performers just as much as it is for the audience, so it’s very much a show for everybody in the room,” said Kirby.

Remembering the first time he tested out this style of show in his native Saint John’s, Kirby said, “I think there were five of us and we were all so nervous, like we were performing for the very first time.

We kind of had that feeling of excitement and terror all in one.”

While Kirby and Wempe have been on tour with Whose Song before, Mullins is a new addition to the show. One of the benefits of Whose Song, according to Wempe, is that it has made her more open to other projects that come along, such as co-writing.

“I want Kim to look at a funk song and try to make it a folk song, or I want to look at a song of Keith’s that almost goes down the country road and try to take it into my territory.”

Mullins mentioned that the three musicians hope to write some brand new material while on the road, some of which they’ll be able to perform by the time they get to Fredericton.

The performance, explained Kirby, is very interactive. A recent component that has been added to the show has the artists put out a call to potential audience members to suggest song titles. Each performer then creates a song with that title.

“What comes out of it is, we’ve got one song per performer with the same title but literally nothing else in common,” Kirby said.

“It’s a really cool thing to watch, not only how our personalities are affecting the renditions of our peers’ music, but also how our personalities kind of run with a kernel of information, like a song title. It really highlights the creative ‘anything goes’ mentality, and the fact that there are no rules when it comes to song writing.”

With all of these projects being undertaken en route, Whose Song has emerged as much more than simply a show: it’s an opportunity for creative endeavours. The performance will start at 8 p.m. on Oct. 19. Tickets are $12 at the door.

D.O.A. punks rock Fredericton

Tamara Gravelle The Brunswickan

The original essence of pure punk rock might be packing up its set gear for the last time. But first, it has to make a stop in Fredericton.

Lead singer and guitarist of D.O.A., Joe “Shithead” Keithley, said showgoers can expect this Friday’s show to be “a completely wild, ruckus, unbridled, cool time”.

D.O.A. was first formed in 1978 and is often known as one of the founders of punk rock. Keithley is the only member that has been a part of the band since the beginning; currently playing alongside him, is Dirty Dan Sedan on bass and Jesse Pinner on drums.

The band has always been politically motivated. They’re known for playing at peace rallies and environmental events.

Their motto, “TALK – ACTION = 0” is all anyone needs to know about these guys to realize how passionate they are in their beliefs.

It might seem appropriate, then, that

the lead singer is also campaigning for an NDP nomination in the CoquitlamBurke Mountain riding in British Columbia. Keithley is running against four other people for the NDP nomination, which will be announced in January.

The election will be held on May 14.

If he wins the riding, Keithley said that D.O.A. will no longer be touring.

“Well, if I’m elected for one term, then there will be no tour for four years,” said Keithley.

“If it’ll be for two terms, then there won’t be a tour for eight years. So this is most likely our last trip out East.”

This is not the first time Keithley has been involved in politics. In 1996 and 2001 he ran in the provincial elections with the Green Party and got the second highest percentage of votes, underneath the party leader at the time.

As a personal decision, Keithley let his membership with the party lapse, after running the second time.

“I found that a lot of social conservatives had moved into the party and they had good environmental policies but not

Joe “Shithead” Keithley (center) is the lead singer of D.O.A. and running for NDP nomination. Submitted. a very cohesive overall policy for social concerns, which is an area that concerns me,” he said.

Keithley and the NDP both believe that common people are not getting their fair share and he hopes to work on that if elected. He also believes the provincial and federal governments are uprooting seniors’ lives in a negative way and hopes to address those issues as well.

“But the biggest issue I would like to work on concerns post-secondary education,” said Keithley.

“Young people are leaving school with way too much debt; there are not enough spaces [job opportunities] avail-

able. Even with the trades, there are not enough spaces so it’s hard for [graduates] to get started.”

Between touring and campaigning, Keithley has been keeping himself occupied.

“I’ve been pretty busy with the campaigning and the riding,” said Keithley.

“We’ve also had to practice for the tour too. I just try to find as much time as I can for both things, which is tough.”

Keithley has been a part of D.O.A for 34 years, and said he has been waiting for this moment for a while.

“I’ve looked at it this way for a number of years now: When you get up to

play, you have to treat every show like it could be your last show and just go as hard at it as you can,” said Keithley.

“I’m taking [this tour] with that same attitude.”

Although this is potentially D.O.A’s last tour, Keithley said he’s going to keep playing music for the rest of his life.

“Idols of mine like Bob Seger and Woody Guthrie have done it, so why can’t I?” D.O.A. will be playing at Nicky Zee’s on Oct. 19. Doors open at 9 p.m., and tickets are $15 at the door.

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Long Distance Runners show no sign of slowing down

Gordon Mihan Staff Reporter The Long Distance Runners are gearing up for a busy fall season, getting ready for their third Eastern Canada tour after releasing their first full length album earlier this year.

Formed in 2010, the Newfoundland-based rock band has been hard at work making a name for themselves in Atlantic Canada. Singer, songwriter and guitarist, Chris Picco said the creation of the band came up naturally between two friends.

“Matt Hender [the bass player in the band] and I met up and had the idea to put something together,” said Picco in a phone interview.

“We got together for a gig and I had some new songs that I played for him and he had some great ideas. We started arranging a lot of that new material together.”

The other members of the band, Dicky Strickland and Adam Cardwell soon joined in early 2010, and the band released their first self-titled EP, which earned them multiple ECMA and MusicNL nominations.

Picco described their live shows

and the importance of having a unique sound.

“It’s a more classic rock and roll experience, we have our softer mellow moments, but we have a pretty eclectic mix of folkier stuff and we bring it up with some straight up rock and roll. Even though we do kind of play throwbacks, we’re not a throwback band to one certain genre,” he said.

“We do have our own unique sound. We don’t like to be pigeonholed; we go from one genre to another.

Their first full length album, titled Tracks, was released in April, and has been well received by critics and fans alike.

“I wanted to have cohesiveness to the record and I think we accomplished that,” said Picco.

“I feel like we didn’t put any fillers or anything like that in. We do have elements of jams but there’re still stories and meanings behind the songs.”

Picco went on to discuss the title Tracks and the difficulties that came with it.

“We were so stuck on a title for

that album. We had a couple of ideas for the title, but we kept going back and forth. Our graphic designer, Duncan, came up with the idea of Tracks. We have all these different tracks; all the songs have a different element to them. They’re not just one genre, we have different styles going on throughout the record.”

The name Tracks also represented the idea of long distance runners running on a track and that the album artwork even evokes the idea of a race track.

As for where the Long Distance Runners are sprinting off to next, Picco said they have plans to go back to the studio in January.

“We have an album’s worth of material ready to go, we just need to get some funding and keep promoting the current album. Our plan is to have the next record out in fall 2013.”

The Long Distance Runners will be playing on Oct. 19, at The Cellar at 9 p.m., with Burning Coast and David Woodside. Their debut album, Tracks, can be purchased at Back Street Records in downtown Fredericton.

Canailles: magic and sunshine

Les Canailles, an octet of musical talent, will be playing in Fredericton on Oct. 18. Submitted.

Lee Thomas Arts Reporter It’s a beautiful sunny day in a Montreal park, circa 2010. You, alongside some of your closest friends, are playing your instruments and enjoying the day. At the end of every song, people start applauding.

Thus formed the Canailles.

“A guy came up to us and was like, ‘I want you guys to play in my bar.’

And we were like, ‘We don’t have a name yet!’” said band member Erik Evans.

“We went to sing old bluegrass and country songs, then we decided to make our own compositions in French. And that’s basically how it started; just friends having fun.”

The eight-member band, consisting of Daphné Brissette, Daniel Tremblay, Alice Tougas St-Jacques, Annie Carpentier, Benjamin ProulxMathers, J-Phillipe Tremblay, and Antoine Tardif in addition to the aforement ioned Eva ns, formed “magically”, from a group of friends already involved in many musical endeavours.

The band’s unique charisma can be credited to its diverse array of personalities and musical backgrounds, said Evans.

“When I started, I was playing the ukulele. Then, for my birthday, they gave me a mandolin and were like, ‘You’re playing this now.’ To bass player, a week before we recorded the album, they were like, ‘now you play the upright bass’. And the main singer didn’t sing, before the band,” said Evans, laughing.

“I think we all learned from the band. We all have different backgrounds, but for all of us, it was a new experience.”

Canailles’ easygoing and experimental nature is evident not only in their approach to their compilations, but also to their performances.

“We have an accordion, a banjo, even washboards. Sometimes we unplug everything and go out into the crowd. All eight people in the band are singing, so it gives a special touch,” said Evans.

This is the band’s first time performing at the Halifax Pop Explosion, but their tour this summer, took them throughout the Atlantic region, including a stop here in Fredericton.

“I really enjoy playing in the Maritimes. Every time we play, even people who don’t know us enjoy the ambiance. It’s a big party,” said Evans.

“Our crowd is mostly people from our age, but it can be hippies or young punks or older people, even kids. What is special about our kind of music is that we can reach at almost every kind of human being.”

Evans is following in his father’s footsteps by pursuing a musical career, which explores bluegrass/ country/folk genres, but says that he did not originally expect to play that sort of music. It appealed to him, though, because it is a “very grounded music.”

That being said, Evans is the first to admit that the performances are sometimes less than grounded.

“We have a lot of fun... sometimes too much,” he admitted, laughing.

Having released an album, Manger du bois, in April, Canailles is already working on a second album, which will be released sometime in fall 2013. They will begin a twoweek tour of France in November, and this Christmas they plan to release the vinyl edition of Manger du bois.

Canailles will be performing as part of the Pre-Pop musical festival at 10 p.m. on Oct. 18, at the Capital Complex. Tickets are $10 at the door.

Long Distance Runners are playing on Oct. 19 at The Cellar. Submitted

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Operation: Lubrication We Are The Worlds First & Only

Bar & Barbershop

The New Position Sarah Vannier If you have walked down the condom aisle in any pharmacy lately, you may have noticed a few new additions to the shelves: lube! And lots of it!

I don’t know if this is the result of stores responding to increased consumer demand, or condom / lube companies noticing a gap in the market, but adding a little lube to your love life has never been simpler.

And this is a good thing.

Everyone should keep lube on hand.

Lube is like the bacon of sex. Sure, things can be good without it. But add a little bacon to anything and BAM! Instant joy. Plus, it is very rare that you hear the words sexy and chafing in the same sentence...

If you are thinking of restocking your nightstand drawer, here is everything you need to know about picking out the perfect lube.

Water based Water based lubes are one of the most popular kinds of lube. They are latex-friendly, which means they can be used with condoms or dental dams.

Water based lubes are also great for using with sex toys and, because they are water-based, they are pretty easy to wash off.

You can find water-based lubes with or without glycerin, which is an ingredient that helps the lube last a little bit longer. However, if you are a lady who happens to be prone to yeast infections you are probably better off using a glycerin-free water based lube.

Astroglide - Water Based GlycerinFree ($12.99 for 74ml, Shoppers Drug Mart) KY - Sensual Silk ($8.92 for 40ml,

Walmart) Silicone based Silicone based lubricants are also very popular because they are super

slippery and last forever. You actually need to wash this stuff off with soap and water. This makes them ideal for using for any sex play happening in or near water. Silicon lubes are latex friendly, although you should avoid using them with silicone sex toys because they can break down the surface of the toy. Silicone lubes also tend to be a little more expensive than water based lubes.

Swiss Navy - Silicone Lubricant ($11.99 for 59ml, Pleasures N’ Treasures) Wet Platinum - Silicone ($10.97 for 88ml, Walmart) Eros - Silicone ($9.99 for 30ml, Pleasures N’ Treasures) Warming/Tingly These lubes promise to give you a warm or tingly sensation below the belt. Some of these lubes are sold as combination of massage oil and lubricant (KY Touch 2-in-1 Massage and Lubricant, $21.99 for 198ml, Shoppers Drug Mart). Intensity can vary across different brands of lube, so test it out on your wrist or the tip of your tongue to see how much tingle you can expect.

A few companies have also developed lubricants that combine different sensations. For example, Wet Together ($18.63 for 2x60ml, Walmart), comes with two different types of lube; one lube feels warm, and one lube feels tingly. The idea is that each partner applies one type of lube, and when they eventually mix (aka: when the people mash their sexy parts together), they get a whole new type of feeling.

Durex Play - Warmer ($11.49 for 100ml, Shoppers Drug Mart) KY - Yours+Mine ($23.00 for 2x44ml, Superstore) Climaxbursts - Tingling or Warming

or Cooling ($24.99 for 50ml at Pleasures N’ Treasures) Flavoured Most flavoured lubes are water based lube with a little extra flavour added.

Flavoured lubes can be especially fun for oral sex, although be careful with sugar content if you are going to be using the lube in or around the vagina because for some women, it can cause a yeast infection.

You can find flavours like strawberry, watermelon, or chocolate rather easily. But, if you are feeling more adventurous, two friends from the Midwest sell bacon flavoured lube on their “Everything Should Taste Like Bacon” website (baconlube.com).

According to the website, “J&Ds baconlube is water-based, proudly made in America and is the gold standard of meat-flavoured massage oils.”

Unfortunately, the bacon lube is only available for a limited time, so get your orders in now!

Durex Play - Cherry Passion ($10.49 for 100ml, Shoppers Drug Mart) Swiss Navy - 2-in-1 Flavoured Strawberry/Pina Colada ($24.99 for 50ml, Pleasures N’ Treasures) Adam and Eve - Oral Sensations You’re Delicious Gel ($16.99 for 118ml, Pleasures N’ Treasures) A few last words of advice about lubricant. First, always remember that oil-based lubes are not latex friendly and will break down condoms and dental dams. There aren’t very many oil based lubes on the market, but there are other products around (e.g., moisturizer, baby oil, Vaseline, etc.) that you want to avoid around latex.

Second, lube comes in all sorts of different consistencies ranging from thin and runny to thick and creamy, so you might want to experiment with different kinds to find out what you like best.

Stay slippery Fredericton!

Deer Tick takes a bite out of Pre-Pop

Rhode Island band Deer Tick will be playing at The Capital on Oct. 20. Submitted.

Benjamin Crouse The Brunswickan One of Fredericton’s most awaited events is the Harvest Jazz and Blues Festival that takes place every fall.

Now that it’s over, what is there left to do in terms of live entertainment?

Ladies and gentlemen, get ready for Pre-Pop. Pre-Pop: A Festival of Travelling Acts is a line up of musical acts from across the Maritimes that concludes in Nova Scotia with the Halifax Pop Explosion festival. Various bands will be playing in Fredericton at the Capital Complex, throughout the week of Oct. 15-21, including Pre-Pop newcomers Deer Tick.

“It’s kind of in the middle of a short run that we’re doing,” said Robbie

Crowell, keyboard player for the band and Fredericton local.

“We’re ending up in New York City, on Oct. 27.”

Deer Tick was founded in 2004 and presently live in Rhode Island.

The band’s genre “can’t really be defined”, but has been listed as rock with a smear of country. The current roster includes five members: Crowell (keyboard), John McCauley (vocals), Dennis Ryan (drums), Chris Ryan (bass), and Ian O’Neil (guitar).

“I haven’t played in Fredericton for years. Usually, I’m just home for a few days over Christmas,” Crowell said.

“I think the last time I played there was a couple of years ago. I had to sub in on bass for Glory Hound one night at the Capital.”

A few highlights of Deer Tick’s

musical career were playing on The Late Show with David Letterman, and being featured in the New York Times. The band has gained popularity and fans with each show played.

Some of their fans even took their admiration for the band a bit too far.

“There was a bit of a crazy one before I was in the band. Unfortunately, I have not had the pleasure of meeting them,” Crowell said sarcastically.

Deer Tick will be playing at the Capital on Saturday, Oct. 20, at 10 p.m. Passes for the entire festival cost $25, and tickets for individual shows will be sold at the door. If you love live music and the feel of the atmosphere created by a concert, be sure to check out show times and who’s playing at thecapitalcomplex.com.

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The hockey team won 5-2 on Friday night against STU, and then lost to UdeM by the same score on Saturday night.

Sandy Chase/The Brunswickan Jeremy Trevors The Brunswickan The University of New Brunswick Varsity Reds showed why they are the reigning Atlantic University Sport playoff champions.

The Varsity Reds scored early and kept the momentum going in their home opener on Friday night in a 5-2 win over the rival St. Thomas University Tommies in front of 3,310 fans at the Aitken University Centre.

“Our guys had a pretty good first period,” associate coach, Todd Sparks said.

“We made some nice plays to score some nice goals. I think you’ll see some better things from both teams as we go.”

The game began with a 30-minute opening ceremony, which commemorated head coach Gardiner MacDougall, for being awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.

UNB opened the scoring when Tommies forward Randy Cameron, turned the puck over to Colby Pridham, who passed the puck in the slot to Thomas Nesbitt, who deked goaltender Jon Groenheyde for a 1-0 UNB lead at 1:22 of the first period.

With STU’s Mike Reich in the box, Chris Culligan won the draw in the Tommies zone, chipped the puck on net and Tyler Carroll tipped it over Groenheyde for a 2-0 UNB lead.

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the Tommies within one at 16:28 of the first, beating UNB goaltender Travis Fullerton.

Carroll added his second goal of the game at 18:48 after Culligan broke into the STU zone, blew past a defender and dished the puck to Carroll for a 3-1 UNB lead.

In the second period, Cam Braes made it 4-1 on a spectacular goal going backhand to forehand and tucking it past Groenheyde.

The Tommies cut the lead in half on a goal from Stephen Sanza, but that was as close as they would get.

Carroll added his third goal of the game at 15:36 of the third period on the power play making it a 5-2 final for UNB.

Carroll gave full credit to his line mates Braes and Culligan, for his point production against STU. “We played together all pre-season and we just clicked. Luckily, I was in the right spot tonight and got a nice look at a few shots and just capitalized on them,” Carroll said.

Against UdeM, the Varsity Reds fell behind early and couldn’t find a way to stay out of the penalty box.

On Saturday night the Varsity Reds took to the ice against AUS runners up, L’Université de Moncton Aigles Bleus.

Les Aigles Bleus exacted their revenge, taking down the reigning AUS champions 5-2.

UNB had 44 minutes in penalties,

including 16 in the first period and 24 in the third. The team also accumulated three 10-minute misconducts, two of which were for minors for contact to the head.

The Varsity Reds also had to kill off two five-on-three power plays in the first two periods.

“We have to be better on our special teams, we can’t give them three-on-five’s.

They had that many this early,” said MacDougall.

Kevin Charland got Les Aigles Bleus on the board at 2:28 of the first period, capitalizing on a turnover in the defensive zone. Charland raced in and put the puck between UNB goalie Travis Fullerton’s legs for the 1-0 UdeM lead.

Bryce Swan knotted things up on a nifty backhand pass from the slot by Pridham to beat UdeM goalie Adrien Lemay.

Les Aigles Bleus would strike back, regaining a one goal lead after Eric Faille won a battle in behind the UNB net and passed the puck to Francis Rochon in the slot and fired it past Fullerton for a 2-1 UdeM lead.

With Nesbitt and Marc-Antoine Desnoyers in the penalty box for UNB, Simon Jodoin extended the UdeM lead to 3-1 with a blast from the point.

“We just have to be better. When you’re killing a penalty, you can’t take another one. It’s a huge momentum if you kill it off, but usually they end up scoring on them. We have to be a hungrier hockey club, tonight we didn’t have the hunger or desire to win the second pucks,” MacDougall said.

The Varsity Reds came out flying in the second period, generating several good scoring opportunities and were finally rewarded when Antoine HoudeCaron scored on a wrap around, cutting the lead to 3-2 at 4:48 of the second.

Les Aigles Bleus struck once again on Jodoin’s second goal of the game giving them a 4-2 lead.

Faille rounded out the scoring for UdeM with a goal at 10:14 of third, making it a 5-2 final and sending 2,209 fans home unhappy.

The Varsity Reds are now 1-1 on the season and are on the road this weekend when they take on the St. Mary’s Huskies on Friday night at 7 p.m. and the St. Francis Xavier X-men on Saturday at 7 p.m.

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The Detroit Tigers are well on their way to their first World Series title since 1984. The Yankees won’t be a test with Mr. Yankee Derek Jeter, out for the remainder of the playoffs.

They are the most complete team right now, with two MVPs on the team, barring Miguel Cabrera gets robbed of the MVP this year, and last year’s Justin Verlander. I don’t think either of the National League teams will compare, but the Cardinals are my pick to lose in the finals.

World Series will come down to Giants versus Tigers, with the Tigers winning it all in six games.

Cabrera and Fielder are the best one-two punch in baseball and you can’t count out Justin Verlander, not to mention Jhonny Peralta is on fire hitting .556 in the post season so far. Got to win another one for ol’ Jimmy Leyland.

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Detroit and St. Louis will be challenging each other for the World Series Pennant. St. Louis will repeat as champions. I really like the way Chris Carpenter has been chucking this year and the Cardinals have a great bullpen, and great bullpens win championships. Carlos Beltran and David Freese have been hitting great for the Cards and that will continue throughout. Detroit will give them a fight as I definitely think it will go to game seven and be really tight.

Mike Bourgeois Sports Writer

The Detroit Tigers will be the winners of the World Series. With the Triple Crown holder Miguel Cabrera on their side, they have a huge advantage in their lineup. Also the Tigers pitching staff is full of talent.

They have talented starters and a very deep bullpen to use against teams like the Yankees and Cardinals. They are the most talented team in the American League and have proven that all season and will come out on top.

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The UNB women walked away with a tie and a loss this weekend, in their doubleheader against the Memorial Seahawks.

Tying Memorial 1-1 in the game on Saturday, the women were unable to take home a victory in Sunday’s game and lost 2-1. Eden Vanderlaarden and Samantha Lagacy scored the only two goals for UNB. “There were points in the game where we were under control and had the run of play and we dictated things, and then there were portions of the game where it was the exact opposite,” said head coach, Jon Crossland.

“It’s a combination of working hard, but also working smart. It is a process; but at the same time, we need to see results to get into the playoffs.”

Starting strong in the first half, the women started to slow down in the second, allowing Memorial to score two goals and taking the victory.

“I don’t think it was a complete 90 minute effort; it was pieces again,” said Crossland.

“That’s a big thing too, to put a full 90 minute effort in, and so we have four games left and are going to have to get points out of a lot of those games if we hope to make playoffs.”

It’s a matter of being proud to wear the UNB jersey, said senior player Samantha Lagacy, who is in her final year on the UNB Varsity Reds soccer team.

“Purpose, Passion, Pride and Persistence” are the mindset coach Crossland instils on his players, and it’s something they live by.

“In order to be able to be persistent and

Despite Sam Lagacy’s fourth goal of the season, UNB only got one point in two games. Whitney Carolan / The Brunswickan play, you have to be proud to wear [the jersey],” she said.

“We have so many players who are young and they have so many years left, and I am playing here for my last one, so we just need to step up and have confidence and realize we need to beat teams we are able to beat.”

With freezing temperatures over the weekend, it revealed the players were there to win and play through anything, said Lagacy.

“It shows you who is willing to step up

and play. I have been doing this my whole life, I have never not played in cold weather, I’ve wiped snow off the field and played before,” said Lagacy.

“I think it’s a huge factor, and people step up and play in it.”

With a tie and loss, the women now stand in eighth place for AUS standings.

The UNB women’s soccer team travel to Mount Allison this Saturday to take on the Mounties – who are undefeated at home – and take on Dalhousie at home the following Sunday.

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UNB battled their way to two victories in physical affairs with MUN. Whitney Carolan / The Brunswickan Bronté James The Brunswickan Two games and two victories were the results for the UNB men’s soccer team this weekend, against the Memorial Seahawks.

The men were able to take home six points to add to their AUS standing, pushing them to fourth place.

“We’ve gained some control back and it’s given us the opportunity to ultimately determine what our final placement is going to be in the standings,” said head coach, Miles Pinsent.

“Those top two spots are much coveted, because they get you to the semi-finals.”

Benjamin Law scored two goals in their first game, with Yousuf Mohammad following with one of his own.

Two of the three goals were scored in extra time within a minute of each other.

Oliver Jones, Mohammad – his second of the weekend – and Yassin Shehab El Din, scored a goal each, in the second game against MUN. The men were able to take home

three points each game, and goalkeeper Aaron McMurray, managed to have two clean sheets this weekend, keeping the scores at zero.

“A critical component of being a keeper is not just being there to react and make the save, but it is also to keep the boys organized in front of him, and Aaron has been doing a good job of that,” said Pinsent.

“He has been working on his communication skills with our keeper coach, and I think it has been translated into his performances.”

McMurray said he didn’t have much work to do this weekend, and the shutouts belonged to the team.

“I think in the last couple weeks our team has come together, and as a whole our team has got a lot of chemistry now, and our defence is staying together as a good solid back four,” said McMurray.

“Assuming all the points go the right way for us, to get the top two in the league would be ideal.”

As temperatures began to drop, tempers began to rise as the game became more physical, and numerous

yellow cards were given to both teams.

“I think neither team really wanted to play composed and keep the ball, so it did kind of turn into a physical affair,” said Pinsent.

“It’s typical of UNB and Memorial games, and I think that’s how it is in all AUS games.”

This physicality resulted in Amir Razak being taken off the field after a collision with a Memorial player aggravated his left knee. Razak has had reconstructive surgery twice on his knee and the rest of the season looks hazy for this Varsity Red. “Obviously it’s a knee that he has had two surgeries on before, and I think he knows what it feels like to injure that knee,” he said.

“I think what our official thought right now is that it’s probably not a good sign for what has happened to his knee.”

Placed fourth in the Atlantic University Sport standings, the UNB men are travelling to Mount Allison this weekend, and returning home to play third place Dalhousie Tigers on home turf the following Sunday.

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Bombers win in a thriller

First year Red Bomber AJ Durling made his presence felt with seven catches, but none were bigger than his game winning touchdown catch. Sandy Chase / The Brunswickan

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Overall 8-7 (Last week 1-2) Ravens: Last week I gave the Texans the edge at home and got burnt. Won’t be fooled again.

Bills: Buffalo are ruining Pro Line tickets coast-to-coast. They’ll pick up the W at home in Orchard Park.

Bombers: Still sticking with my panel answer two issues ago, they will finish undefeated.

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Bills: AFC East is so tight and the Bills will look to pull away.

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Josh Fleck Sports Editor If it were to be written into a Hollywood film, the only way it could have been better is if it had been the championship game and Matthew McConaughey would have been the quarterback.

Instead, it was backup quarterback Derek Broad, leading the UNB Red Bombers to a 25-22 comeback win over the Holland College Hurricanes, Saturday at the BMO Centre.

With less than two minutes left and the Red Bombers facing a third and long, Broad looked to first year receiver Zac Chambers across the middle. Before Chambers had a chance to make a play on the ball, a Holland College defender bulled over chambers, and a flag was immediately thrown for pass interference.

“I was disappointed to see the flag thrown, because I thought we had made the play to win the game,” said Hurricanes head coach, Mark MacDougall.

After getting the 15 yards and first down, Broad was once again faced with a third and long from 25 yards out, with just 16 seconds left in the game, and down 22-18.

With Cody Stewart lined up in the slot, and AJ Durling as the wide out on the short side of the field, Broad took the snap, dropped back and threw to his 6’3” receiver, Durling.

“When it comes down to the end of the game, you have to throw to your big guns, and your best receivers,” said Broad about his last throw. “AJ was a stud in the CIS, so why not put it up to him.”

Durling came down with the ball, for one of his seven catches on the day, to give the Red Bombers the 25-22 lead.

The Hurricanes couldn’t get anything going on the ensuing kick off, or their final play as the game slipped through their fingers, and the Red Bombers stayed perfect.

“I was hoping Derek would look my way,” said Durling about the final play.

“Derek threw a good ball into the end zone and we made a good play.”

Broad was thrust into quarterbacking duties after first-string quarterback Brendan Cornford went down with an ankle injury last week against the UNBSJ Seawolves.

Broad last took snaps in week one versus Dalhousie, but Cornford eventually earned the starting job.

Joining Cornford on the sidelines versus Holland College were running back Nick McEachern and offensive lineman Zach Maklin.

Also scoring for the Red Bombers were defensive tackle Tyler Doak, and defensive halfback Jeff Madsen.

Before you go thinking the defence did some damage on the scoreboard, offensive coordinator Jeff Taylor deploys Madsen at quarterback and Doak at running back for short yardage situations, along with Cody Brown, another defensive lineman.

Doak pounded the ball up the gut for his touch down, while Madsen used a clever play action fake to run into end zone untouched.

Untimely mistakes were ultimately what prevented Holland College from handing UNB their first loss of the season.

Five turnovers, as well as the pass interference call, spoiled a tremendous effort from running back Chucky Ortiz, as he carried the ball 21 times for 229 yards and a touchdown.

“We just made too many mistakes to beat a good team like that,” said MacDougall. “We just kept shooting ourselves in the foot.”

Next Saturday, the Red Bombers face the Dalhousie Tigers in the final game of the regular season. Kickoff is 5:30 p.m. at the BMO Centre.

16 • Oct. 17, 2012 • Issue 07 • Volume 146 Julie McLaughlin Sports Reporter For a team that did not make the Atlantic Conference playoffs last year, the Varsity Reds women’s basketball team took down the reigning National silver medalists, and proved they are a serious threat this year.

Participating in the Darcel Wright Memorial Classic at Ryerson University, the Varsity Reds came away with a strong second place finish. After winning their first game of the pre-season on Friday afternoon, the Reds rode the victory and played hard until the final buzzer of their overtime loss, on Sunday morning.

Coach Jeff Speedy spoke highly of his players and the program, despite the final score.

“We had a lot of very good things happen this weekend. This shows what we are capable and excited for our program.”

After two amazing performances against Brock University, and University of British Columbia – the 2011 National silver medalists – the Reds earned themselves a spot in the gold medal game against the University of Saskatchewan.

UNB fell just short in over time against an amazing offensive performance by the tournament MVP Dalyce Emmerson.

Saskatchewan never gave up, and fought hard for a victory.

Coming out strong in the first quarter, UNB held tough against an aggressive Saskatchewan offence. Saskatchewan continued to attack hard, but the Reds were

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able to hold their lead for the majority of the game. UNB went into the third quarter with a one-point lead, and through the final quarter the two teams traded baskets.

Arguably, the game was decided on free throws. Saskatchewan was strong from the line, where the Reds struggled.

The Reds were in a bonus situation halfway through the fourth quarter, and despite several chances to get ahead, they could not capitalize on the foul situation.

Saskatchewan rebounded off of a missed free throw by the Reds and threw up a wellguarded, one-footed three pointer to tie the game at the buzzer, and force over time.

“We struggled from the foul line in two of our three games; definitely affected the outcome today and it’s something we need to address,” said coach Speedy.

Overtime began close, but Saskatchewan seemed to pull away. Colleen Daly hit two spectacular three-pointers to give the Reds a fighting chance. Unfortunately, it came just a touch too late.

UNB went into the tournament knowing they would be battling tough competitors. Facing teams from all over the country, UNB went to Toronto as the sole Atlantic Conference representative. Coming off a disappointing tournament, they did not have much to lose this weekend.

Third year guard Laura Fowler, a key to the Reds success this weekend, reflects on the previous tournament, and using it to become a stronger team.

“We’re looking to improve every game, and with a really young team, I think we showed immense progress this weekend.”

On Friday afternoon, the underdogs faced a tough opponent in Brock University.

In a final score of 65-62, the Varsity Reds won the first three quarters, and were able to hold tough against a surging offence during the final quarter. Claire Colborne, also named as a tournament All Star, finished the game with an impressive double double, scoring a game high 22 points and collecting ten rebounds. Scoring was fairly consistent across the Reds bench, with Tilly Ettinger finishing second with eight points and five rebounds.

On Saturday night, the Reds were teamed up against a tough UBC team.

The Reds led by as much as 18 points during the game.

Going up against the reigning silver medalists, the Reds were clearly the underdogs heading into the game. Having nothing to lose, the Reds came out strong, and never let go, cruising to a 76-60 victory.

The Reds had four players scoring in double digits, with Fowler finishing as game high scorer with 19 points to her name.

Next action for the Varsity Reds is in the Don Grant Classic in Moncton, the weekend of Oct. 26.

brunswickansports Julie McLaughlin Sports Reporter While they may not have been in the Currie Center, the Varsity Reds men’s basketball team seemed to have home court advantage this weekend.

Playing in the University Hoops Showcase in Miramichi, the Reds used their strengths to come away with some very decisive victories. While they lost their opening game to Acadia University, the Reds did not allow this defeat to weigh them down, and came back fighting on Saturday and Sunday against Lee Academy (91- 79) and defeating Vanier College (97-53).

Coach Brent Baker feels as though playing this tournament is a good thing for his team. Some argue playing these smaller tournaments do not allow your team to grow, but coach Baker views this Hoops Showcase as something special.

“We get to play a ‘home’ tournament in front of the province so to speak. It gives us a chance play tough opponents like Acadia, as well, Lee Academy has many Division 1 prospects from all over the world. It also gives us a chance to play all our players early in the season.”

Acadia is the men’s reigning AUS champion, who went to Nationals and finished in fifth place. Acadia will be a tough competitor again, as the Reds learned this weekend.

Baker feels that this Acadia squad will be a top contender, but also feels the AUS will be undecided until the last game is played.

“Acadia will be a tough opponent this

season, but I feel this will be a tough league in terms of a bottleneck at the top. Not much separates the top five or six teams, in my opinion.”

Playing the toughest team on the first night of the tournament is always a difficult start to a weekend. When it is a team from your own conference, it means that much more. More is on the line when interconference teams play.

The Reds squad fought hard, but had a handful to deal with. Acadia has a strong starting line, and an endless bench. Regardless, the Reds were in the game, down to the very last minutes. The boys went into half time down six, and never seemed to be able to over come that, with a final score of 73-68.

“We had a chance to go up by one with 40 seconds to go on, when Dan Quirion’s three pointer went in and out. [Acadia] hit a three on the next possession to go up by five, and that was the ball game,” said Baker.

UNB’s player of the game, Ryan Smith, a New Brunswick native, finished the game with 11 points. The transfer from Mount Saint Vincent University could be the breath of fresh air this program needs.

“Ryan has been a great pick up for us because he brings a tough, never quit attitude. He battles every possession.”

The UNB men’s team travels to Laval University Oct. 19-21, where they will face the University of Toronto, University of Prince Edward Island, and Laval University.