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Fredericton Sexual Assault Crisis Centre’s (FSACC) first ever zombie run saw over 200 runners registered for the event. Sandy Chase / The Brunswickan Nikki Chapman The Brunswickan Halloween may be over for the year, but the undead are still walking the city.

Saturday, Nov. 3 was the Fredericton Sexual Assault Crisis Centre’s (FSACC) first zombie run. The event, aptly called The Running Dead, was put on in order to raise money for the organization.

As a non-profit organization, the FSACC is always on the lookout for new fundraising ventures, and the idea of a zombie-themed run immediately caught their eye.

“It’s been a challenge for us to find

something we all like and one we feel good about,” said Jenn Gorham, program coordinator for the FSACC and self-proclaimed fan of zombie culture. “This is so different and so weird. Let’s have some fun.”

Registration for the event began on Sept. 1. Nearly 200 participants signed up for the run, which involved a five-kilometre loop around Killarney Lake, through zones that were described as either “safe” or “contaminated.”

However, the runners themselves were not the zombies. That role was taken by volunteers scattered around the lake in the contaminated zones, which were guarded by people in

HAZMAT suits. The runners were tagged with three ribbons that had to be kept out of the shambling zombies’ reach. The people who made it to the finish line with at least one ribbon were the survivors, and those who had lost their ribbons became “the running dead”.

Prizes were awarded in different categories, including the fastest survivor, the best adult and child zombie costumes, and the person and team that raised the most money. With the combined total of the registration fees, pledges, and other donations, the event raised $7,340.

“And considering how many fundraisers there are and how much people

are asked to give, it’s really a testament to Fredericton,” said Gorham.

But it wasn’t all about the money.

Both the runners and the zombies had a great time on the track, whether they were the ones dodging a family of the undead, or staggering after a person who still held on to one last ribbon.

Alison Richard ran dressed as the zombie-fighting heroine from the Resident Evil series and Christopher Richard, her running partner, was dressed as Rick Grimes from The Walking Dead.

“It was good; it was scary,” said Richard. “I hope more runners dress up next year.”

“I like zombies a lot, and my mom’s in the FSACC,” said Katie Namit, a skateboarding zombie who won the award for the best child costume. “It was really fun.”

The Running Dead proved to be an enormous success. With the positive response to how the run went, Gorham said it’s likely that it will not only become an annual event, but the centre’s biggest fundraiser as well.

“I am exhausted, but I couldn’t be happier,” said Gorham. “I think it went really well. We had lots of zombies, and people seemed to have a great time.”

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The secret lives of cells

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Shane Rockland Fowler The Brunswickan You’re made up of around ten trillion cells.

It’s a far cry from the single cell that your mom and dad threw together for you, nine months before your birthday.

But, as that one cell grew to become ten trillion, how did they decide to hangout in such a way that would look and act like a human? After all, the cells in your big toe are pretty much exactly the same as the cells in your thumb. Why is one kicking soccer balls while the other is hitchhiking?

Dr. Bryan Crawford studies cells based on how they act. Specifically, he studies how cells behave when they’re in large groups.

In essence, he’s a cell sociologist.

“I study how cells coordinate and work together,” said Crawford. “It’s easy to see how DNA influences a single cell, but at some level, these cells are cooperating with each other to build an organism like a person; we don’t really know why.”

When you’re developing inside your mother, your cells are constantly building you. As they build your body, they are constantly making structures and tearing them down again.

It’s like building a house with scaffolding. Temporary structures make it possible to build something much bigger.

“These cells know what to build and what to take down,” explains Crawford. “Most of you is not actually

alive. Teeth, claws and other things used for survival are not alive, they’re mineral. It’s made up of stuff that cells secrete to build you.”

Crawford compares cells coordinating and using their ‘tools’ to build non-living things, to wilderness survival.

“If you took a naked person and threw them in the woods, they’d die,” he explains.

“But when that individual builds clothes, shelter, and weapons, they increase their chances. Cells do the same thing, always building an environment for themselves.”

To study how these cells behave when building a person or animal, Crawford uses tiny zebrafish as tools.

“They’re perfect for two reasons,” says Crawford. “They’re transparent, which means we can look inside them and see how cells grow and behave. Secondly, they grow very fast.”

The fluorescing picture (top left corner) is of a growing baby zebra fish. It was taken 24 hours after it was just one cell.

The colours sum up Crawford’s work.

Each colour doesn’t represent a type of cell, but the job that those cells are doing. It’s a map of how a living thing is built.

There are 19 colours for 19 different jobs; some show building; some show tearing down. They all have a purpose, and will result in a tiny striped fish when they are done their job.

“This summer, I hope to be working with a colleague, Dr. Jason Berman from

Dr. Bryan Crawford is studying how cells behave in large groups. Shane Fowler / The Brunswickan Dalhousie University, to inject human tumour cells into these fish,” says Crawford.

“From there, we will see how young cells respond – what behaviours are activated, and what aren’t.”

It’s an experiment fashioned after cancer.

“We could learn anything. Cancer cell behaviour is likely, because those cells act very much like the cells that build an organism very early. They’re not supposed to build in an adult, but that’s what cancers and tumours do. But we just don’t know, because what we’re learning is so fundamental.”

“The fact is that, this is very basic research; no one has done this before,” says Crawford. “So we don’t know what we’ll actually learn.”

Crawford compares his research to the

first set of footprints in a snow covered field. Those first steps into fresh knowledge drives him.

“I’m always driven by curiosity, to know something that has never been known before, and sharing it,” he says.

That desire to know what no one has known before is what brought the 47 yearold professor to New Brunswick, six years ago from out West.

He got bored after using his self-taught computer skills to pay off student loans for his degrees from the University of Alberta and University of Victoria. So he jumped back into science. It lead him to the University of New Brunswick.

The East Coast was a tradeoff. He had to leave the great sushi restaurants of British Columbia and Alberta, for the job of

teaching and research.

It’s kept him so busy that he’s yet to learn the layout of relatively small Fredericton downtown.

“I’ve never actually gotten to walk around and get an idea of this city,” Crawford admits. “I’ve been so caught up in my work.”

It’s a drive that has kept this husband and father of one, from his love of scuba diving; his trumpet gets played less these days as well; his new cross-country skies have never touched snow.

“It’s been, eat, sleep and work for six years,” Crawford admits. “But when we’re learning such profound things about the very basics of how we come together, I think it’s worth it.”

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Funding pulled on Enterprise Fredericton Heather Uhl News Reporter

There will be a loss of opportunities for students with the closure of Enterprise Fredericton (EF).

“It’s going to be a big miss for us,” said Anne Soucy, director of student employment services. “If there was a student who had a question about certain areas that they weren’t familiar with, or different sectors, then Scott Miller, who’s the workforce development officer, has been really great in setting up meetings and meeting with students.”

On Oct. 29, after the province of New Brunswick and Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA) removed Enterprise Fredericton’s funding, the city of Fredericton also pulled the plug on funding.

According to their website, Enterprise Fredericton was one of fifteen regional Enterprise Agencies dedicated to creating prosperity in New Brunswick communities and focused on areas like business development, workforce development and youth entrepreneurship.

“They’ve been very supportive coming onto campus, even talking to us about our career fair and brainstorming different things we can do, and sending out emails when we send out our invitations to the career fair,” Soucy said.

Soucy said Enterprise Fredericton also helped with reverse-career fairs, sessions on ‘What you can do with an arts degree,’ and workshops. They also posted opportunities on the student employment service’s website.

“They were actually involved with the SEED entrepreneurial program,” Soucy said, “They had done some workshops on campus on how to get funding through the SEED program for the entrepreneurial students, and how to start your own business, and they’ve also done the business basics program on campus.”

Enterprise Fredericton lost its funding from the province, ACOA and the city . Bronté James / The Brunswickan Kaitlyn DeLong, Enterprise Fredericton’s youth entrepreneur coordinator, wrote in an email, that once EF closes, they do not know what will happen with these programs.

“There is a chance that some might be picked up in some form, by other organizations, but in most likelihood, they will cease to exist,” DeLong wrote.

“It’s an organization that is behind the scenes a lot. Sometimes, if an organization came to this office, it might have been because they heard something

from Enterprise Fredericton about it,” said Valerie Whyte, co-op coordinator for the Business Faculty.

Whyte said the loss of funding is a trend occurring nationally and provincially.

She said, with the hiring freeze in the provincial government, there are also departments closing, and employees being shuffled around; positions are being left empty.

Whyte said the provincial government and the federal government

used to be major supporters of the program, but this has changed in the last two years.

“Provincial government used to hire fifteen students a year from [co-op], and now they hire three or four. That is a significant decline,” Whyte said.

She said the federal government used to hire five to six students, whereas now the numbers are down to two to three.

“What does the demise of Enterprise Fredericton mean? Well, it’s a trend, but it also means there just won’t be

the same opportunities,” Whyte said.

“There’re a lot of opportunities outside of New Brunswick, but Fredericton students just don’t seem to want to avail themselves of those opportunities.”

“It was hard to hear that they’ve lost their funding, and it doesn’t look like there’s going to be anything that’s going to build the same thing,” Soucy said, “Even though the Conservatives say they’re going to build something else, we don’t know what that is.”

Emotional Rescue: Emotional Wellness Month

The university experience brings out many different emotions in students. Bronté James / The Brunswickan Nick Murray The Brunswickan The UNB wellness committee and UNB counselling services want to help cheer students up.

November is emotional wellness month around campus, and the wellness committee is holding events aimed at helping students overcome emotional distress.

UNB counsellor, Erin Crossland, said they chose November for emotional wellness because of the untimely increase in stress among students.

“A lot of people think of wellness as just physical wellness,” said Crossland. “But emotional wellness and well-being are so important.

How we define emotional wellness is

being comfortable with yourself and accepting your feelings. So, having a positive self-image and feeling good about yourself is a big part of that.”

Crossland said stress is a big part of becoming emotionally distressed, especially among university students, and can ripple into other areas of everyday life.

“When you’re stressed out, that’s when you forget to do things that are good for yourself,” she said.

“You don’t go to the gym, you don’t hang out with your friends, your eating habits change, so you forget to take care of yourself and your basic needs.”

Crossland is also an assistant coach on the women’s volleyball team, and recognized that students have other commitments aside from school,

but urges students to take an hour per day of “me” time. She said sleep doesn’t count.

She also said, taking that hour before bed to watch TV and pass out with Big Brother on in the background, doesn’t constitute as “me” time either. In fact, it may actually be harmful.

“It’s a myth that having the TV on helps you fall asleep,” Crossland said. “That actually keeps your brain stimulated and active. Thirty minutes before bed, you shouldn’t have any electronics on because that’s a cue for your body to shut down and relax.”

Crossland said for students, it’s not the workload that becomes the problem, it’s how they manage it, and the knowledge, or lack thereof,

on balancing work and play.

“I know being a university student is very demanding, but I don’t think students always get taught proper time-management skills,” Crossland said. “That’s why we have these student success workshop series, because nobody teaches you how to take notes efficiently, or how to study. A lot of people have to learn that on their own, especially if they leave home.”

The emotional wellness events kick off on Nov. 7, with Yoga Rock, back by popular demand. It’s a twist on usual yoga with upbeat pop and rock music. The events will continue throughout the month, and wrap up on Nov. 26, with Mindful Walking, a spin on traditional meditation with an added stress reliever – a

good walk.

Crossland said each event carries a different form of emotional relief, but will also teach students stress relief techniques to get them relaxed again.

“The one thing with all of these events is, it forces you to have a little bit of downtime,” Crossland said.

“Each event touches on different areas. Like the Yoga Rock; it’s still something physical, but it teaches breathing and relaxation components, allowing your body to relax without focusing on assignments that are going on, or relationship problems, or whatever else.”

“It also gives you other skills, with workshops on managing time and stress, and gives you skills to make positive changes in your life.”

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Council discusses bottled water ban Cherise Letson News Editor The UNBSU is discussing the idea of a bottled water free campus.

UNBSU president, Andrew Martel, brought the idea up for discussion at council Sunday night. He said the idea came from the Dalhousie student union, which recently adopted a Bottle Water Pledge.

“I kind of want to open up this discussion, to see if this is something that the student union should start asking other students about, or go ahead with it, or if it’s just a stupid idea and we should not talk about it,” said Martel.

“The idea would be that we would write up an agreement, or some kind of policy, and we would sign it and bring it forward… saying ‘this is our belief’,” he said.

The idea received a positive response from councillors. However, there were concerns raised. Such as; what would constitute as “bottled water”; whether it would push people to go for more sugary drinks; and if the demand would affect the deal the university would get from a drink provider. UNB’s current contract with Pepsi ends in 2015.

Law representative, Oliver Gorman-Asal, said though he likes the idea, there are certain situations where bottled water may be needed, such as in meetings and receptions.

“I can just see how this will play out in certain situations with unintended effects, that we’re not going

to want to see,” said Groman-Asal.

Councillors also brought up the need for details and statistics when making such a decision, along with marketing the idea and changing the culture of bottled water for students. Student senator and UNBSU marketing manager, Ben Whitney, brought up the idea of striking a committee to do more research.

“It’s been brought up a lot that we need the numbers, and to look at DAL and Ryerson to see what they have; what’s happened there, and looking at ramifications,” said Whitney. “But also, if we’re thinking that this is a cultural issue, why not start trying to change the culture now?

And maybe actually work on some pro-reusable water bottle campaign.”

Gorman-Asal said a campaign would be a better approach to the issue.

“I think it’s a good idea. We should get a new campaign. Because I think it’s always better for us to try and encourage people along…

Because we can sit here and think of exceptions and other things, but at the end of the day, what we’re talking about is taking away people’s ability to do something, like accessing water,” said Gorman-Asal.

Martel said if bottled water ban is something the UNBSU wants to pursue, they should start working on it soon.

“Right now, it’s just for discussion… We don’t have to spend any effort on it if we don’t want to. However, I don’t want it to be something

djwaldow / FlickrCC that down the road, two years from now, when the contract is actually ending, we start saying, ‘OK we’re going to research it’, during the same year the contract is up,” said Martel.

He said before he throws in a motion to form a committee to discuss the issue, he wants to check and make sure it wouldn’t overlap with the work of the SU environmental committee; he said he will know by next council meeting.

“I want to talk to the environmental committee to see what their priorities may be… and see what they want to take on,” said Martel.

UNB to get R.A.D. course

R.A.D courses are likely to be offered in the new year. Julia Manzerova / FlickrCC Heather Uhl News Reporter The Rape Aggression Defence course (R.A.D.) will be returning to the University of New Brunswick’s campus.

R.A.D. is a self-defence program for women, created in 1989. According to the R.A.D. website, more than 900,000 women have been trained through the program.

Desmond Dupuis from campus security and traffic, and a certified R.A.D. instructor, said that the program was designed by a former police officer after he noticed there wasn’t a defence program for university women.

“He didn’t find a self defence plan that actually worked for them,” Dupuis said, “That’s when he developed the R.A.D. program.”

There are also R.A.D. programs for children, seniors, and men.

“The whole premise of the self-defence aspect of it is the defence against abduction. And what the program tries to instill is: one, a sense of empowerment; and two, that women have defensive options,” Dupuis said.

“They just need to know what those options are and how to use them at any

given time.”

It has been three years since the R.A.D. instructor’s course was offered in Canada.

This month, it will be hosted by Ryerson University.

Nicola Cassidy from human resources and Gillian McLean from student experience, will head to Toronto on Nov. 26 for the course.

After an instructor is certified, Dupuis said, they have to teach the course at least once every year and also become annually recertified.

The R.A.D. course requires two instructors due to the dynamic simulation.

“That’s where you take all the techniques we’ve been teaching, and put them into practice in a real life scenario,” Dupuis said, “We put on our big red suit, and participants have their own protective gear, and we assault them. We attack them. And then they have to defend themselves.”

Due to the retirement of one of the certified instructors, and a lack of instructor courses, campus security has not been able to offer the full course for several years.

Bruce Rogerson, director of security and traffic, wrote in an email that when assaults are reported on campus, and only students are involved, the student disciplinary code is used. If the behaviour continues,

restrictions can be enhanced through a semi-judicial process. If these restrictions are then violated, the assailant can be dismissed from UNB. “If it’s a non-student, then they can kiss their visitation rights to UNB and STU – no matter where the campuses are in New Brunswick – goodbye,” Rogerson said.

Assaults are defined as physical altercations.

“We aim to use corrective action”, Rogerson said. “If someone isn’t in the justice system when they arrive, they aren’t in the system before they leave.”

“Fights happen, and we’re lucky we can handle them ourselves – 90 per cent of them – on campus. If someone is really belligerent, vocal, and aggressive, and if we have to hold them down, then the police come in,” Rogerson said.

Last year, Rogerson said, there were about 18 assaults on campus.

Rogerson said some ways to drop the amount of assaults on campus include crime prevention, the R.A.D course, avoiding bad circumstances, and walking away.

“You’ve got to learn how to de-escalate the situation.”

Dupuis said R.A.D courses will likely be offered in the new year.

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Text message – Rest In Peace

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Chaplain’s Corner Kevin Bourque About a year ago, a friend of mine received a text message from one of her siblings. The sibling was offering her condolences on the recent death of her friend. Later that day, I logged onto my Facebook account only to discover that a similar trend existed on the Facebook world: it is socially acceptable to express personal condolences via Facebook, Twitter, text messages, and so on.

If my ma le pattern ba ld ness doesn’t give it away, perhaps my over30 mindset is the only more obvious indicator that some of my perspectives may differ somewhat from the average undergraduate student. I am still of the opinion that the medium IS the message. When Canadian communication theorist, Marshall McLuhan, said this, he was referring to the belief that the medium through which we choose to communicate speaks volumes about the nature, severity, and sincerity of the message we intend to communicate.

To explain this a little better, let me give you a few examples. If a child has been killed in a car accident, the RCMP does not send a letter to the parents. Obviously, when circumstances are serious, a faceto-face exchange is deemed necessar y (I would also like to put “appropriate” here instead). Take sickness and hospitals for another example. A friend of yours is sick and spends a week in the hospital; no one is quite sure what is ailing him or her. Think of the level of care that is displayed when you send a text message that says, “Hey, hope u r feeling better.

Get well soon.” It’s pretty minimal, really. Anyone with a cell phone

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and eight spare seconds can do the same. I’ll bet 50 or more of this person’s so-called “friends” did the same. On the other hand, how does this differ from taking an hour out of your day to drive to the hospital and pay your friend a personal visit to see how they are doing? What does that communicate? How many other of their so-called “friends” will do the same? Is it becoming clearer that despite the social changes that result from newer communication technologies, the message, itself, has not changed; the quality and value of human presence cannot be replaced by the immediacy or the ease of interaction that is given to us by our communication technologies (Facebook, Twitter, texting, etc.).

In the background of all of these technologies, is the rather unpopular topic of human social awkwardness.

Is anyone really comfortable at a wake? Are hospital visits comfortable for most of us? Does anyone really know what to say to a mother who has just given birth to a stillborn child? I have stood in that moment, awkward and terrified, the child in my arms, my eyes swelling with tears and my knees shaking beneath me; I hadn’t one intelligent word to speak.

Looking back, it was best that I did not. There are moments in life for which none of us have the words.

It is times like these when presence is golden and the memory of your

Technology has changed the way we act and can often remove the human element. Bronté James / The Brunswickan the 18-22 year old bracket, as surely as I have seen it absent in any other age group. On the other hand, I have also met several millennials that have caused me to suggest the opposite. I can think of a 22-year old fellow B.Ed student as one example. Mature beyond her years, she overflows with a warmth, kindness and sincerity that cannot be taught. She lacks nothing in social skills, and her age is a weighty testimony to the belief that there are always plenty of good apples in every tree.

So what is the point, you may wonder. Well, here it is: being human is awkward. Showing up at a funeral is awkward. Going to visit a terminally

I am still of the opinion that the medium IS the message. embrace will linger long after the hug subsides.

I’ve often heard it said that the social skills of a millennial are not quite up-to-par. I have certainly seen plenty of the absence of such skills in

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All this being said, I do believe that our newer technologies have a role to play in developing relationships and fostering dialogue. As such, I have begun a blog, and our new website address is: Blogs.unb. ca/chaplains-corner/. I am doing this with the intention of providing people with another medium for fostering new relationships and creat ing meaningf ul exchanges between people. I hope to see you on the blog. As always, if you would like to get in touch with me, you can reach me via email (bourquek@unb. ca), in person (the basement level of the Student Services building), or by phone (453-5089). Peace.

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Do not pass go, do not collect $200

The Irving company is now the last New Brunswick owned printer for newspapers operating in the province. Submitted a New Brunswick company other affect your career prospects. than Irving, has shut down its operA search through the last two ations, making Irving the only New years of Irving newspapers for the Brunswick owned company in the word “Irving” resulted in the majorprovince. The monopoly continues. ity of the stories sounding more like A Critical Eye The Irving family owns roughly press releases than objective news Cody 300 companies that are involved in stories. The majority of articles foJack things from oil refining, to toilet cused on Irving’s philanthropy, Irvpaper manufacturing, to newspapers. ing winning an award or giving an In January of 1974, K. C. Irving Lim- And as such, its interests lie in many award. Some stories were just about ited et al. were charged and convicted areas. The majority of its companies what the Irving company thought under the Combines Investigation operate in New Brunswick, but also about a particular political event, Act for planning to create, and sustain extend into the New England states, such as one story which focused on a monopoly in the newspaper industry other parts of Atlantic Canada, as its critique of the NB government’s of New Brunswick. The proposed well as Québec and Ontario. It is decision to put a cap on the cutting merger was deemed to be detrimental involved in just about every aspect that occurs on Crown land. to public interest, according to the of provincial life.

Other stories involving something trial judge at the time.

Ir ving-owned newspapers are negative in relation to an Irving Irving and the newly acquired often dominated by their role to decision usually absolve Irving of companies appealed the decision and provide the population of New any wrongdoing. Case-in-point: the won. The Crown then appealed the Brunswick with a positive image of stories covering the closure of Irving decision, taking it to the Supreme Irving, or create an absence of news pulp and paper mills in northern Court of Canada. The Supreme when it is convenient for Irving. New Brunswick in the fall of 2011.

Court Justices upheld the original With corporate control of the papers The closures were blamed on Irving’s appeal stating that the Crown had in the hands of Irving, they serve inability to get enough wood from not given enough evidence to prove as the public relations department Crown lands. that the formation of such a mon- of the Irving companies under the With the public image of Irving opoly was in fact detrimental to the veil of objective journalism within constantly portrayed in such a posipublic interest. Irving was allowed to the free press; the papers are neither tive, uncritical light, it’s difficult for maintain its ownership of all English objective nor free from censorship. citizens of New Brunswick to fully daily newspapers.

Usually, when we think of censor- understand the scope of Irving’s And the rest, as they say, is history. ship we think of Big Brother and the involvement in the future of the That was the last legal challenge to government silencing newspaper or province’s economy and the role it the Irving family’s ownership of the media from releasing informa- has played in political and economic print media in New Brunswick. The tion that may cast doubt on the decisions. Irving’s control of the court decision destroyed the idea government or reveal horrendous newspaper industry has allowed it to that a monopoly in an industry, so government actions. The Irving operate in this province with little to long as it brings economic benefit newspapers have, and currently do no open public challenges. to the area, is not inherently bad. have their content affected by their Censored news does not serve the This, however, is a very narrow owners, both directly and indirectly. public interest. It is in this way that understanding of the public interAccording to Dr. Erin Steuter, the Irving monopoly is deleterious est. It gives very little attention to professor at Mount Allison Univer- to the public good. The censored the fact that the news industry is sity, during the editorial reign of Neil press controlled by Irving pretends not like other industries. It is also Reynolds, he was phoned every other to be a free press; a free press that meant to serve the public interest in day by J. K. Irving, to discuss what gives objective news stories to the another way, by informing the public the owner liked or disliked about population. It is the essence of the of events that matter to them. the paper’s content. One specific censored press that is harmful. For, The Irvings’ monopoly on the instance of interference involved as a famous bearded journalist from distribution, publication, and gen- reporters being told not to report on 19th century Europe once said, eration of print news in this prov- an Irving tugboat running aground “The essence of the free press is the ince has much wider consequences for fears it would up insurance costs. characterful, rational, moral essence beyond the economic. It affects the Obvious instances of direct censor- of freedom. The character of the public socially and politically as well. ship are perhaps more rare or hidden, censored press is the characterless It is in these areas that a monopoly, than the more likely self-censorship, monster of unfreedom; it is a civilby a corporate entity, can, and should which current and former reporters ized monster.” be argued to be detrimental to the undertake everyday. No journalist The laws in Canada must recogpublic interest. in his or her right mind – if they nize the social and political impact Ironically, as I write this article, wanted to continue to work in New of near monopoly ownership of the The Brunswickan is in negotiations Brunswick at a newspaper – would news media by corporate interests. with Brunswick Publishing Inc., report a story that showed Irving People must demand a new format to which is owned by the Irvings to in an overtly negative light. When get their news in this province; news get them to print our paper. The there’s only one game in town for that represents its interests and does last major printer of newsprint in you to make a go of it in journal- not push the corporate interests of the province, that was owned by ism, that choice would undoubtedly Irving as objective truths.

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W E I V INT PO

Andrea Mayo

“Is your last name Gilette? Because you’re the best a man can get.”

Natalie Lapointe

“Are you a parking ticket?

Because you’ve got fine written all over you.”

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What is the best pick-up line you’ve used, or had used on you?

Iain Fleming

John Lynch

Liam Guitard

“Nice shoes, wanna fuck?”

“Are you from Tennessee?

Because you’re the only ten I see.”

“Can I trigger your love?”

Nick Kennedy

Russell Miles

“Have you ever gone kidney spelunking?”

“Is that a mirror in your pants ‘cause I can see myself in them.”

Sarah Nye

“Hi, I have big feet.”

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WHERE DO WE RANK // Cherise Letson News Editor The Maclean’s university rankings do provide some useful information, according to University of New Brunswick president, Dr. Eddy Campbell.

He does say, however, students should not take them too seriously.

“If I were a student, I don’t know if I would take the rankings overall, all that seriously,” said Campbell. “But, I think there’re lots and lots of good information there about what universities are doing, and how they’re doing relative to each other.”

UNB made some progress in the Maclean’s magazine’s university ranking’s issue this year, moving up to number four from six, in the comprehensive university category.

The comprehensive university category is for those universities, which offer undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs, and have a lot of research activity.

Campbell said he is pleased with UNB’s new

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“I’m really very pleased. You have to pause and take a moment to feel good. The university moving up to fourth place in the comprehensive category – that’s reason to celebrate.”

Though UNB did well in many of the categories, they did rank low in student support.

UNB came in 15th – last – for scholarships and bursaries. This rank is determined by how much of a university’s operating budget goes towards financial aid. Campbell said this shows an area where UNB can improve.

“Last year, the percentage of our budget devoted to this was 3.4 per cent, and this year it was 4.8 per cent,” said Campbell. “That’s a very significant increase, but it was not sufficient enough to lift us off the bottom of the table here.”

Campbell said this is a concern for him. He said in a province that isn’t particularly wealthy and has a relatively high tuition environment, financial aid from the university is important.

“I feel a very strong obligation to our students to

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help as much as we can with respect to scholarships and bursaries for students,” said Campbell. “That’s a big part of the reason why in our strategic plan, we’re committed to double our financial aid to students over the life of the plan.”

“We’ve improved; we did quite a bit. But that statistic is what it is – room for improvement,” he said.

UNB also ranked low on student retention, which was based on the percentage of full-time, firstyear students who enrolled in 2010, and came back the next year. UNB ranked 40th out of 47 schools, with 76.2 per cent of first year students returning.

Campbell said one of the reasons why the rank is so low is because many students who come to UNB out of high school are sometimes not prepared for what university demands.

“It does mean that we have lots of students whose preparation for life at the university is less than it should be, and less than it could be” said Campbell.

“University is really quite a different environment from high school; it’s much more demanding. And I would argue, it demands quite a high level of in-

dependence of our students as learners. So, I do think a factor like that plays into that particular statistic.”

He said UNB will be working to aid those students who need help adjusting to university life.

“We can, should, and we are, making efforts to try and lift those students that come to us with preparation that could be better, to help them,” said Campbell.

“We have no interest in seeing them leave the university; we’d far rather keep them here. But I know on both campuses, we have very significant retention efforts on their way. What these statistics indicate is that we have more work to do,” he said.

Campbell said whether one agrees with the rankings or not, UNB moving up to fourth place is something to celebrate.

“I think, in spite of the places at this university where we do have room to improve, it’s really a fun day,” said Campbell. “Whether you’re a big believer in these university rankings systems or not, when you’re at a university which is improved, you feel good about it; and I feel good about it.”

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“I’m really very pleased. You have to pause and take a moment to feel good. The university moving up to fourth place in the comprehensive category – that’s reason to celebrate.”

- Dr. Eddy Campbell

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THE BRUNS

Poets Corner takes the stage

ARTS arts@thebruns.ca

Lee Thomas Arts Editor It’s a sombre, gray day on Friday, Nov. 2, but the mood in front of the HIL is celebratory. A crowd has gathered: men, with distinguished beards and windbreakers; ladies, wearing pea coats and scarves; an elderly man carrying an umbrella for his granddaughter; students eagerly eyeing the table of free food and hot cider.

They are here – patiently sipping coffee and making small talk – waiting for the official opening of Poet’s Corner.

Poet’s Corner, for those of you who don’t know (i.e., everyone on campus except the forty-odd people in attendance on Friday), is the commemorative monument and seating area located in Jacob’s Yard, which is the quad area in front of the three buildings: Harriet Irving Library, Tilley Hall and Kierstead Hall.

The plaque at the centre of the newly redesigned amphitheatre-style seating area commemorates the work of poets Bliss Carman, Francis Joseph Sherman, and G.D. Roberts. All three of the honoured artists

are New Brunswick natives with a close connection to the UNB and Fredericton communities.

After brief and pleasant speeches by Eddy Campbell, UNB president, and Ross Leckie, editor of the Fiddlehead, rain begins to spatter on the crowd. Suddenly, there is a commotion within the crowd, and a woman bursts forth. She is wearing an ensemble of brown velvet, like any classy woman circa 1900.

She is Mary Parry King, former lover of poet Bliss Carman, and as it turns out in this particular dramatized reincarnation, is a remarkable public speaker.

“This province has such a large literary history,” said actress Maria Bourgeois, in an interview after the christening ceremony/ performance.

Originally from Newfoundland, Bourgeois has lived in Fredericton for 12 years.

She said New Brunswick’s reputation for literary and poetic excellence is known throughout Canada.

“It’s something that people everywhere knew about, although maybe not so much now. But we should know about it, because

The renovations to Poet’s Corner were officially unveiled on Nov. 2. Bronté James / The Brunswickan it’s an important part of Canadian and New Brunswick history.”

She added, “Art is just amazing anyway; all forms of art.”

History was literally brought to life when Bourgeois, as King did, reminded the audience of this philosophy through her recitation of Carman’s Pipes of Pan, which reads: Unto every human heart The inheritance of art, Lighted only by a gleam Of the dear and deathless dream,— Power out of hurt and stain To bring beauty back again, And life’s loveliness restore To a toiling age once more.

Marie Maltais, director of the UNB Art

Centre, said, the essence of Poet’s Corner is for students to “understand who these people were, and what they were like... to bring it forward, to engage with the people themselves.”

Maltais explained she began to undertake the Jacob’s Yard project in 2000. The plan’s fruition is largely due to donations from the grad classes of 2001 and 2003, who decided to sponsor the creation of a revitalized Poet’s Corner.

“There’s so much [pedestrian] traffic in that area, and there was nowhere to hang out. The monument was right on the sidewalk and everybody walked by and nobody noticed it; I thought, that’s a shame,” she said.

Maltais added it’s important for students to understand the historical con-

text of their own time here at university.

“It’s important for us to understand who came before us, because we’re all a part of that, and even today, we’re still a part of that,” she said.

“It’s inspirational for students of today too, that these [figures] are still relevant and noteworthy, and they’re from here. It’s amazing. It really is.”

Poet’s Corner can be found in Jacob’s Yard, and – weather permitting – is a lovely space for homework, socialization, or quiet contemplation. Maltais hopes to continue further development of Jacob’s Yard, and plans to use Poet’s Corner to promote contemporary poets and writers-in-residence at UNB. “It’s been a long process for us,” said Maltais.

“And we’re not finished yet.”

Yarns on York knits the community together Benjamin Crouse The Brunswickan W hen Isaac’s Way burnt down, there was an atmosphere of disbelief among every business in downtown Fredericton. The entire capital region was shocked. Many gathered and held fundraisers for the victims of the accident, including the small knitting shop, Yarns on York.

“When you own a business downtown, you realize how easily it could have been you. You never know who it’s going to be. When you’re downtown, we’re all [as businesses], pretty much independent. I think that’s why we’re seeing such community spirit,” said Trish Campbell, the owner/operator of Yarns on York.

In support of their fellow business, the store is hosting knitting workshops, and donating all funds raised to the victims of the Isaac’s Way fire.

The classes will consist of demonstrations of various techniques done by instructors, and will take place on Saturday, Nov. 10, from 10-4 p.m.

Some of these lessons include a magic loop demo, beaded knitting, and finishing techniques.

“I’ve had phone calls for two weeks from people who have been registering for the workshops. I think it’s going to go very well.”

Campbell strongly recommends the finishing class for anyone who has some experience with knitting.

Yarns on York, is not charging for the classes, but would appreciate a monetary donation that will go to the victims of the fire.

In addition to supporting the community through their donations to the Isaac’s Way cause, Yarns on York is also undertaking a project in honouring the Royal Canadian

Knitted poppies are available for purchase at Yarns on York, with the proceeds going to support veterans. Bronté James /The Brunswickan Legion for the upcoming Remembrance Day. Instead of picking up a plastic poppy that will just get lost, stop by the shop and get a one-of-akind knitted poppy.

“I’ve got about eight [knitters] on board right now. I just sold my 80th poppy. Ten of them are going to Arizona. I can’t keep up with the demand for them. I think, in a

week, we’ve raised, four hundred and twenty dollars for the legion.”

While Campbell has no specific ties to the legion or Remembrance Day, she’s happy to be donating to a worthwhile cause.

“They’re always saying ‘lest we forget’, and it’s so nice to see that people have not forgotten; they really haven’t. I’m selling these to 15 year

olds as well as 75 year olds.”

Campbell may run Yarns on York, but she admits she can’t take the credit for this new creation.

“I’ll be honest: I wish I could take the credit for all of this – this was a client’s suggestion. There was a pattern available on the Internet for these poppies, and she thought it might be a nice idea. We never

anticipated this kind of demand.”

Yarns on York is located at 72 York Street. Their business hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. On Thursdays, they’re open until 8 p.m., and on Saturdays, until 4 p.m. For more information, call 458-9193 or visit their Facebook page.

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Beaverbrook, New Brunswick evolves Elizabeth Creelman Arts Reporter

The Contemporary New Brunswick Art exhibit is currently on display at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery.

Bronté James / The Brunswickan

The pieces of the Beaverbrook Art Gallery exhibit, Contemporary New Brunswick Art: An Evolving Collection, are reflected on the smooth wooden floors of the room under gallery lights.

The display’s curator, Terry Graff, takes me on a tour around the exhibition. The way in which he speaks about the artwork is reminiscent of how my roommate talks about her boyfriend. It, as much as the artwork, is enthralling.

Graff guides me around the exhibit, explaining the artwork piece by piece. I’ve always wished they’d put this kind of commentary up on the wall beside the paintings, I tell him; but I suppose that would be cheating.

“The art that we’re interested in is art that demonstrate a personal vision,” he says.

“That the artist has something to say; that it demonstrates a high level of creativity, of technical ability, and most importantly, of vision: telling us something we knew ourselves, about the human condition.”

The pieces in question are all created by contemporary New Brunswick artists who are in various stages of their careers; some are emerging artists, some are senior artists, and some have recently died. Their cultural backgrounds vary as well, and the display includes Acadian and aboriginal artwork.

At least two of the artists currently have work on display elsewhere in the gallery. Many of them have been featured in exhibitions here before, at which point, books were often published by the gallery about the artists, in order to accompany the collections on display. The artwork in this collection, however, is all owned by the gallery.

“It’s a natural progression for us.

If we do the research, invest in an artist, and present their work, then we would like to have their work in our collection,” says Graff.

“We want to purchase the work of New Brunswick artists when we can.”

Some of the works are immediately and strikingly beautiful, like

Deanna Musgrave’s painting that is named for Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth), the musical masterpiece, which supplied its inspiration. The attraction of other works, such as Romeo Savoie’s work, Mémoire de ville, takes a little more contemplation.

“Paint itself can become t he subject of a painting,” says Graff, running his fingers inches from the piece.

“His works speak through the process, through the handling of the paint. In this case, he’s even gouging it... It’s almost like a graffiti wall.”

Though all of the pieces are wallmounted pieces, some reach – either through texture or through extensions – into the room. An untitled piece by Philip Iverson, for example, uses hundreds, if not thousands, of staples and other objects to embellish a huge three dimensional representation of a human face.

“He’s using the element of the destruction, to create,” says Graff.

“By ripping something off, or pulling something, or breaking something and then fastening it, he’s recreating a whole image, so what you get is quite a remarkable layering of materials.”

Another work that actually extends out into the room is one by Luc A. Charette.

The d isplay compr ises seven photos taken by the artist of himself, each one representing one of the seven deadly sins, and all framed in clunky metal frames. Accompanying the wall work is a matching clunky metal desk and a computer on which you can click each of the photos and read somewhat cryptic explanations of the photos.

“We didn’t have a work by [Charette] even though he’s been working many, many years,” says Graff.

“That was a real coup, to get this work for the collection.”

Graff and I shake hands and I wander around the gallery a bit more, waiting for the reflections on the floor to change. They don’t, of course, because we’re inside and the light is artificial. They’ll be there, exactly the same, until the exhibit is taken down on Feb. 10, 2013.

Charette and his deadly sins stare at me as I leave.

The first show of the last day

On the Last Day will be premiering on Nov. 10 at 7 p.m. Screenshots Gordon Mihan Staff Reporter Ryan O’Toole makes his second film debut at the Silver Wave Film Festival this weekend, where his short film, On the Last Day premiers.

On the Last Day follows a young couple on Earth’s final day, and how they choose to spend their time together before the world ends.

“I had this idea of capturing two people as the world is coming to an end,” said O’Toole, the writer and director of the film.

“I had seen a lot of movies about the same kind of thing, or about something

on the eve of a disaster, where it might not necessarily be the apocalypse, but something big. I found they’re always too focused on the event itself, instead of the people; I wanted that to be the backdrop of the film.”

While filming this past summer, O’Toole had been planning the film for a much longer period of time.

“I had the idea for the movie for quite a while, but I never really knew where to go with it,” said O’Toole.

“I don’t remember how it happened, but all of the sudden it clicked and I started writing it over several weeks, even though it’s not that long of a script. So I kept writing away at it and when I finished it I

realized that it might be worth making.”

When it came to funding the film, O’Toole went to the Internet for assistance.

“I used a crowd funding website, Indiegogo.com to help fund the film,” said O’Toole.

“I reached out and shared it a lot on the Internet, and hoped that I could raise some money. A lot of people came through and were willing to help out; some people gave ten or 20 dollars, just whatever they could. In the end, we ended up making around 1,000 dollars for the film, which was awesome.”

O’Toole also stars in the film, alongside his friend and female co-star, Sam

Kamras.

“I did act in the film, but that wasn’t my original intention,” said O’Toole.

“The timing just didn’t really work out to have anyone else play the role, so I stepped in like three days before we went to camera. I had studied the role with other actors who were lined up to do it at other times though, so, by the time it came around, I had a good grasp of the role.”

The film essentially only has two principal roles, and O’Toole largely wanted to alienate the characters.

“I wanted them to interact with hardly anyone else; it’s almost only them together the whole time. So it was basic-

ally just Sam and myself; she’s a phenomenal actress. There’s a smaller role played

by Pat Flanagan, but it’s mostly just the two characters.”

Being from Fredericton himself, O’Toole thinks very highly of the Silver Wave Film Festival, and has been happy to see it grow over the years.

“The Silver Wave is a great little festival, and I guess it’s not even that little anymore. I remember when I went four years ago, and it’s grown so much since then,” said O’Toole.

On the Last Day is premiering at the Silver Wave Film Festival as part of NB Shorts II, on Saturday, Nov. 10 at 7 p.m.

BRUNSWICKANARTS Kevin Lemieux The Brunswickan Wool, silk and cotton. No, I’m not talking about sweaters, but a new art exhibit at Gallery 78.

The exhibition officially opened to the public on Oct 26. This exhibit entitled The Art of Fibre shows the work of many local artisans, including Kimberly Bent, Sandra Betts, Jacqueline Bourque, Patty Chassé, Jasmine Cull, Alexandrya Eaton, Bronwyn Gallagher, Trish Hirschkorn, Alexandra Keely MacLean, Paula Keppie, Karen LeBlanc and Kathy Tidswell.

Kimberly Bent, sales and communication director at Gallery 78 and artist, has three pieces of felted work in the exhibit.

She was taught her art at an early age by her grandmother, and took a class at the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design (College of Arts and Design) in 1996.

“I like organic things; I like the way things flow. I like to have the fibre talk back to me and help guide me,” she said.

Bent’s inspirations when creating are colour and texture, and she incorporated those aspects into her concept for this exhibit. She’s part of a group in town called “The Fibre Arts Network”. The director of the gallery was looking for something new, and he liked her idea. The call for submissions then went out to the arts community.

Karen LeBlanc, one of the artists in the exhibit, is very excited because this is her first time her art is in Gallery 78.

“It’s my first time showing here in town.

But this year has been good to me. I was in an exhibit in New York and Toronto.”

LeBlanc, who is a weaver, has been

Artistic fibre, fibrous arts

Kimberly Bent poses with her favourite piece.

Kevin Lemieux / The Brunswickan practicing her craft for over 30 years and Gallery and also at the UNB Arts Centre has trained at the Montreal Center for at Memorial Hall.

Contemporary Textiles. She is “inspired Bent thinks it’s important for students by the ordinary and the extraordinary”. to come out and see this exhibit.

Water, beaches and withering boats play a “You need a break from your studies. significant role in her work.

Come to the art gallery and relax. Art “I have an elderly mother, and it makes provides inspiration of any kind; a piece me realize how life goes by and we start to here might help you with your psychology wither away, just like these old boats.” or political science paper, because it helps Both of the artists explained that they you look at the world differently.” are delighted about this exhibit and that The exhibit will be running at Gallery 78 this is only the beginning of fibre art in until Nov 18. The gallery is open Tuesday this area. In early 2013, fibre arts exhibits to Friday 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m.-3 will be opening up at the Beaverbrook Art p.m., and Sunday 1-4 p.m.

Ain’t DoneFor yet

The DoneFors will be playing in Fredericton on Nov. 10. Submitted Tamara Gravelle The Brunswickan With album titles such as How to have sex with Canadians (2009) and Award Winning Album (2011), you’d expect The DoneFors to be the Canadian version of Weird Al Yankovic.

You wouldn’t be far off.

Lead singer/songwriter of the band, Janine Stoll, said the cheeky album covers help show off the band’s personality.

“When you think about it, ‘The DoneFors’ is kind of a dark name, and we’re not dark in our personalities,” said Stoll.

“Even though our music sometimes explore dark themes, it just seemed natural to do something fun and cheeky for our album names.”

The band consists of Stoll, Paul MacDougall, Liam Smith and Brian Lahaie.

Originally from Toronto and formed in 2006, The DoneFors will be making a stop in Fredericton, to play a genre of music self-described as “Canadiana Vanguard”.

Stoll said she was asked to play a show and wanted a band to play with her.

They clicked, and have been known as The DoneFors ever since. She said The DoneFors sound is so different because each member has different backgrounds and interests.

Because the band members come from different backgrounds, Stoll said it’s hard for the band as a whole to stick to one genre.

“We can’t just be a jazz band, or a coun-

try band, or a folk band, or a pop band,” said Stoll.

“Depending on what we’re feeling on a particular day, we’ll write a pop song; then on the next, we’ll write a country song; and the next, a folk song.”

This makes it hard for Stoll to describe what exactly The DoneFors sound like, because they have a little bit of everything in their music. “[Our songs are] never the sort of thing where it’s one song that sounds like the next song, that sounds like the next song,” said Stoll.

“Every song has its own sound.”

Stoll said, this approach allows her to explore new song writing techniques and pushes her out of her comfort zone, making the process more interesting.

She said she is excited for the show in Fredericton because the crowds that tend to show up are usually ones who just want to check out a band that is passing through.

“In a place like Toronto, it’s such a saturated market; it’s not very often that people just wander through to check out what’s going on.”

“But I find, as soon as you hit a smaller town or city… people just want to show up because they want to see who’s coming through.”

Last time The DoneFors were in Fredericton was a year ago, playing at The Cellar.

“It was funny because it was a university crowd, so they’re all kind of rowdy and eating their chicken wings, which was totally

cool,” said Stoll.

“It was definitely a lot of fun.”

This time around, they will be playing at The Capital. On the topic of how the change in venue will alter their audience, Stoll said, “I think people who go there will actually be there to listen to music, rather than eat chicken wings.”

The DoneFors will be playing on Nov. 10 at the Capital, after She Roars opens.

The show starts at 10:30 p.m. with free entry, and $5 cover after 11 p.m.

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Friday November 16, 2012; Time: 7:30pm; “Ramses II: the Ultimate Pharaoh”

by Peter J. Brand, Department of History, University of Memphis, Location: Beaverbrook Art Gallery.

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said Merzetti.

“It sort of puts you in a crucible where you have to be able to think quickly on your feet. Some things work and some things may not work as well, but in forcing yourself to do something in that situation, sometimes untapped creativity can be discovered.”

Other films were produced in a more traditional way. Some were made by UNB students, one part of a class project and another by the student’s own initiative, while more came from other Fredericton residents. A film student at Concordia made one short, while yet another director filmed hers in Europe.

The contents of the films vary as greatly as did their origins.

“Some are serious films; some are comedies,” said Merzetti.

One film, called The Weight of Daisies, was described by Merzetti as being music video-like; another, titled Peelings, is very experimental, exposing the goings on in people’s lives, by depicting them peeling fruit.

The most peculiar sounding film by far is called Chatterbox.

“It’s film about a woman’s vagina,” said Merzetti. “[The woman’s vagina] sort of mad at its owner because she’s always taking it out and doing weird things... The way it was shot, it had a man’s head with sort of a bonnet on between her legs, talking and telling her off for being bad. That was an interesting film that an all-women’s group did.”

The Student & 48 Hour Shorts will begin at 9:30 p.m. in Tilley 102 on Friday, Nov. 9. Tickets are $5 and will be sold at the door. The total running time of the short films is under two hours.

Have you ever found your mind wandering during a movie, even if it was a really good one? I’ll confess I fell asleep during The Dark Knight Rises (please don’t hate me). Turns out, there’s been a solution for that problem for ages: short films.

On Friday night, Tilley Hall will host a screening titled, Student & 48 Hour Shorts. The showing, which is part of the Silver Wave Film Festival, will play 13 films, each ten minutes or under in length, which a programming committee from a great pile of submitted films has chosen.

According to Tony Merzetti, the executive director of the New Brunswick Filmmakers’ Co-op, short films have become more popular and better respected in recent years.

“People who made short films, say 20 years ago, did them because they couldn’t afford to do a longer film, and because they wanted to do something,” he said.

“Nowadays I think, with YouTube, lots of people are uploading short films.

People are used to looking at short things... I think people have embraced it as format and that it’s OK to be a filmmaker that makes short films.”

Many of the films to be shown were made at a 48-hour film competition held by the Filmmaker’s Co-op, back in February. As the name would suggest, the participants in the competition had 48 hours after receiving an inspiration package, to write, complete, and edit a film.

“The 48-hours is almost like a marathon-type session, where people are really pushing themselves to try to be creative in a short period of time,”

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Webcomics: Love them or hate them…

Actually, no, scratch that. You should love webcomics; they’re hilarious. Here are five of my favourites: THE PHILOSPHER – A Softer World by Emily Horne and Joey Comeau If I have one word of advice for you, it’s to read A Softer World comics in small doses. They will give you the worst case of the feels you’ve ever had. Self-deprecating humour, satire, and anachronistic obscurity, are just some of the bizarre and wonderful things A Softer World has to offer, and, as its website warns: “Sometimes the “comic” is sad or harsh. It should be noted that this is in the tradition of Georges Simenon’s ‘romans durs’ (or ‘hard novels’), and not in the lesser traditions of comics like Peanuts or anything else not French”. Also, make sure you read the blog entries at the bottom too; both Joey and Emily are brilliant.

Asofterworld.com THE WEIRDO - Perry Bible Fellowship by Nicholas Gurewitch I absolutely adore PBF, but it updates sporadically enough that I don’t read them religiously. There are a couple hundred of them online as of right now. They’re all illustrated in different styles, and totally non-chronologically, so read them at your leisure. They’re surreal and hilarious in a very dark way, so I’m not exactly sure what it reveals about my character that I love them.

Pbfcomics.com THE DRAMA QUEEN - Questionable Content by Jeph Jacques Questionable content is my guilty pleasure, which is why I’ve snuck this entry in the middle where hopefully, it will be overlooked. It updates every day of the week, Monday through Friday, so it’s great for impatient people like me. You should start at the very beginning (there’s over 2300

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THE INTELLECTUAL - xkcd by Randall Munroe If you haven’t read an xkcd comic, you’ve probably never been on the Internet before.

These are the hilarious stick figure comics that you’ve probably stumbledupon, had posted on to your wall, or seen in Head Hall. The disclaimer at the bottom reads “Warning: this comic occasionally contains strong language (which may be unsuitable for children), unusual humor (which may be unsuitable for adults), and advanced mathematics (which may be unsuitable for liberal-arts majors)”; I think that says it all.

Xkcd.com THE PARTY ANIMAL - Dinosaur Comics by Ryan North Dinosaur Comics are made by Ryan North, who is my hero and also probably

insane. T-Rex, Utahraptor, and Dromiceiomimus speculate on issues of life, love, sex, and party times. It updates every weekday, except on Canadian holidays. For the most part, the comics aren’t chronological, so you should start reading them right now.

Today. Also, follow Ryan North on Twitter (@ryanqnorth) if you want to have mad fun times on your Twitter feed. I’m kind of hoping, if I link to this article he might finally acknowledge my Twitter existence, wish me luck! Qwantz.com.

THE REST OF THE GANG It’s funny how the webcomics (or any form of media) you end up loving the most, are not necessarily the ones, which are objectively the best. The comics listed above are the ones I read every day, out of habit, nostalgia or admiration, but there are countless others out there that are worth seeing. Honorable mentions go to Penny Arcade, Surviving the World, and Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, but there’s a nigh-infinite list of others to mention. Share your favourites with arts@thebruns.ca, or shout out to @Brunswickan on Twitter.

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After a win and a loss this weekend the men will be travelling to Laval for the Canadian Interuniversity Sports championships. UNB Sports Information Bronté James The Brunswickan After travelling to Prince Edward Island for AUS championships, the men’s soccer team returned home with a second place title.

The men started their weekend with a 4-3 win over the Dalhousie Tigers. The first goal was scored by Philippe Demers, five minutes into the first half. Oliver Jones followed eight minutes later with a goal of his own – his fifth this season – and Yousef Mohammad scored the third goal for UNB in minute 42.

“The league is so tight and it’s so competitive, so any of the teams that made it to the playoffs were obviously going to be quality teams, and I think we played quite well at times,” said head coach, Miles Pinsent.

“I also felt there were some times we had some lapses, and against quality opponents you’ll get punished when you have those lapses.”

Goalkeeper Aaron McMurray, was unable to keep his shut-out streak going after Dalhousie’s Nathan Rogers scored in minutes 45, 74 and 76 tying the game 3-3.

Individual mistakes and sloppy plays resulted in the three goals scored by Rogers, putting Dalhousie back in the game.

“We gave up a goal just before the half, and that kind of gave Dalhousie some life, and in the second half, Rod Ramsden gets a red card, so we were forced to play shorthanded,” Pinsent said.

“Again, that kind of gave Dalhousie a bit of hope, and we had a few moments where we had a mental lapse and in that time they scored two quick ones and tied the game up.”

George Lawton scored the fourth and final goal for UNB in final minute of play, solidifying the win for UNB and bringing them to the championship game against Cape Breton University on Sunday.

After receiving a yellow card in minute 25 and then again in minute 73, Ramsden

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was unable to play in the championship game, forcing Pinsent to rearrange his line-up.

“We moved Ben Law out of our midfield into our back line, and brought Alex Haiart into the mid-field, and that was the personnel change that we did,” said Pinsent.

“In the end, we worked as a team, stayed calm, and made sure we fought together for the win,” added Demers.

“It showed that we had class, and worked well together even when times got hard.”

After a 4-3 victory against Dalhousie, the men were unable to take another victory against the Cape Breton Capers, and lost 2-0.

After winning nine straight games and losing in the finals, the men were disappointed, but Demers said they played with heart.

“For me, it is my second loss in the finals of AUS and they do not feel good,” he said.

“We played our hearts out and really

“We are not worried about who we are going to play. We are confident in our talent, and know if we play our game on the day we play, we can beat any team in this country.”

Going to CIS will be four newly named AUS All-star players.

Jason Bessey, Rod Ramsden and McMurray were named second team All-stars this weekend, and leading goal-scorer, Law, was named first team All-star.

“All four of them deserve the recognition they received. Ben, Aaron, Bessey and Rod are all top class soccer players, and I am very proud they have been recognized by other teams and coaches.”

Head coach, Pinsent was also named AUS Head Coach of the Year.

“Miles deserves all the credit he is getting. He brought out a group of guys together believing in the same strategy, and with our results this season, he clearly deserves it,” said Demers.

Which of the basketball teams will fare better this season?

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Nick Murray

It is a tough call. In all honesty, both teams have that top caliber scoring threat –Claire Colborne and Dan Quirion – so I don’t think scoring will be the problem for either team. Both teams are fairly young, but I feel that if the men’s team can stay healthy and learn how to play team defence, then they will be a force in the AUS. With a healthy squad, I see the men finishing third. If the women’s team plays to their potential, I think they are capable of fifth in the AUS.

Both teams are coming off dismal seasons, but I think the men’s team will have the better season. Though they struggled in StFX’s home tournament, they looked great in their first games at the Eric Garland tournament. Dan Quirion is back as the team’s leader; look for his fire to drive the team to the postseason this year. I’m not knocking the women’s team, but they have a young team with five rookies; leadership in Quirion will lead to on-court success.

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wanted the title. I am proud of the fight we brought out in both games and the focus we had is going to be important to keep for the challenges ahead.”

Although having lost in the finals, the Atlantic University Sports Conference has the wild-card, which allows them to send two teams to the Canadian Interuniversity Sports Championships.

UNB and the Cape Breton Capers will be travelling to Laval this upcoming weekend to take on the top teams in Canada. After missing out on the AUS title, the V-Reds are hoping to take home first place in CIS. “We are very excited, after winning the semis, we knew we had made it to the nationals in Laval,” said Demers.

“The team is extremely excited and want to bring back a CIS banner to UNB.” Demers said he is not worried about the upcoming games; he is confident in his team.

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Justin Marshall Sports Writer

The men will have the better season.

Brent Baker is one of the top coaches in the AUS, and if he can get his players excelling for him this season, I feel they will have a shot at one of the last playoff spots. Dan Quirion should have a big year and with local Frederictonian MacKenzie Washburn, coming in fresh off a CCAA bronze medal last year, with the St. Thomas Tommies, look for him to have a big impact on the defensive side of the ball, because he can defend with the best of them.

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I’m torn on this. I think both teams have the potential towards the top of the AUS, but both have been streaky in the past. Neither team made it to AUS playoffs last year, so there can only really be improvement this season. If I had to pick one of the two, I would pick the girls. I think that they have picked up more talent during the off-season than the boys have, and if they can learn to play together, they can be a threat in the AUS.

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Lack of discipline has plagued the Varsity Reds in their losses this season.

Michael Bourgeois / The Brunswickan However, Matt Fillier scored on the Nick Murray empty net with 12 seconds left in the The Brunswickan game, sealing the 5-3 win.

It was a home stand full of firsts at the Dan Lacosta made 24 saves for his Aitken Centre last weekend. UNB fourth win this year – he remains unreturned home after two straight week- defeated in goal – while UNB outshot ends of Nova Scotia road trips; a first StFX 40-27. for the program.

Head coach, Gardiner MacDougall After falling to fourth in the CIS said it was good to be back on home national rankings, UNB took on the ice, and said that the first ten minutes St. Francis Xavier University X-Men on was crucial in the win.

Friday night, before 2,438 fans.

“You want to try and take advantage One drunken fan was also thrown of your home rink,” said MacDougall. out of the rink late in the game after “That first 10 minutes was a good a climbing the glass and parading his way start, as we’ve had.” onto the ice with 4.1 seconds left; a first Captain Culligan agreed with his for the Aitken Centre in over 30 years. coach, but said disciplined play needs Ten minutes into the game, Geordie to be addressed.

Wudrick, Chris Culligan, and Adrian “We had a great start,” said CulliRobertson all scored, lifting UNB to gan. “Even after their timeout, we had an early 3-0 lead, while outshooting another good shift. We gave them a bit the X-Men 10-0, and forcing StFX of a chance to get back in the game head coach, Brad Peddle, to burn his with penalties, which have been an timeout. issue for us, but games like that will “You can’t print what I said [in the build character, and it’s a learning timeout],” said Peddle. However, StFX lesson for us.” answered four minutes later, as Steven Culligan couldn’t have said it any Kuhn netted his second of the year. better, as on Saturday night, the VAfter Chad Denny regained the Reds took 12 minor penalties against two-goal lead with a howitzer from the the Saint Mary’s University Huskies, point, beating Drew Owsley top shelf and fell 4-3 splitting their weekend late in the second period, the X-Men home stand. The Huskies were 3-forcapitalized on UNB’s third period 13 with the man advantage. penalty troubles with Jarrad Struthers Saint Mary’s totalled 15:33 of power scoring on the power play. Then, Brad play time, including a lengthy 5-on-3 Cuzner scored an even strength goal in the third period, where both Ste32 seconds later, making it a one-goal phen Johnston and Chris MacKinnon game. scored, taking the lead and adding the

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insurance marker.

However, the 2,238 fans at the Aitken Centre didn’t agree with most of the calls, and after Marc-Antoine Desnoyers was sent off for slashing – while Saint Mary’s already had a 5-on-3 – fans began littering the ice with garbage in displeasure; another first for the Aitken Centre.

SMU opened the scoring three minutes into the game, as Cory Tanaka took advantage of a defensive turnover and beat Travis Fullerton through the five-hole, for his fifth goal of the year.

Later, UNB took a 2-1 lead off Cam Critchlow’s and Tom Nesbitt’s goals, within 41 seconds of each other.

In the dying minutes of the second period, Matt Tipoff capitalized on a SMU power play, tying the game 2-2 after 40 minutes; the goal came on Saint Mary’s fourth power play of the period. They managed six shots in the second frame, three of them on the power play.

Down 4-2 late in the third period, former Saint Mary’s captain Colby Pridham scored his third goal against his former team, pulling the V-Reds within one. However, UNB couldn’t find another way to beat last season’s AUS goalie of the year, Anthony Peters, as he made 34 saves in the win.

After the game, neither MacDougall nor Pridham would comment on the officiating in the game; however, SMU had three penalties called against them all night. One was called by the linesman, for too many men on the ice.

Referee Thayer Doyle, was subject to boos and profanities from disgruntled fans, with a collective “We want a ref” chant from the Aitken Centre’s faithful. At the end of the second period, MacDougall was gesturing to Doyle, requesting to speak with him regarding some penalty calls and non-calls; however, Doyle refused to go over and talk to him as he left the ice for the second intermission.

With the loss, UNB fell to 5-3-0, and into a tie for third place in the Atlantic University Sport standings.

This weekend, they’re back on the road against St. Thomas in the new Grant•Harvey Centre, then on the Island against UPEI.

Consistently inconsistent

After getting the first win of their season under their belts, the women’s volleyball team could not continue their winning ways against the Memorial University Seahawks over the weekend.

The Varsity Reds lost both matches against the Seahawks, 3-0 on Saturday night, and 3-1 on Sunday morning.

On Saturday night, the Seahawks made quick work of the Varsity Reds, winning in straight sets 25-20, 25-22, 25-21. Bringing in Player of the Game honours for the Reds, was first year player Paige Neimes, with 18 digs on the night.

Sunday morning was more of the same for the Reds. The only difference was, the Reds jumped out to early leads, but could only hold the lead in one of the sets, falling 3-1 (25-21, 21-25, 2522, 25-18). Rebecca Glancy reeled in Player of the Game this time around, contributing five kills, an ace, and a block. Emma Hunt also chipped in with 15 kills and 15 digs, to go along with her six aces.

In the set they won, the Reds showed flashes of what they are capable of when their first pass is consistent.

Head coach, Jilliane Goulet feels her team may have regressed a bit after Saturday night.

“I think we played increasingly better; well increasingly, and then decreasingly,” said Goulet after the

The women’s volleyball team couldn’t get their second win of the season.

Zachary McKillop / Submitted second match. “We really gained some really nailed down a starting rotation, confidence out there.” so we don’t have three passers who are Goulet also feels her squad has some consistently passing. It all takes time.” work to do in order to maintain conHopefully, five days will be enough sistency with their first passes. time for the team, as they travel to Nova “A lot of it comes down to communi- Scotia to take on the Acadia Axewomen cation. We need more reps; we haven’t and the Dalhousie Tigers this weekend.

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Red Bombers win championship #2

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Overall 11-13 (Last week 1-2) Eagles: Vick called a team meeting last week to get things sorted out and I think they’ll be ready.

Bears: They excel at home Vikings: Look for Adrian Peterson to have a good game on the ground.

Defence led the Bombers to their second championship, holding Holland College scoreless in the second half.

Sandy Chase / The Brunswickan Julie McLaughlin Sports Reporter With memories of a disheartening 28-0 loss just a short year ago, the UNB Red Bombers walked onto the field Saturday evening looking to erase the pain of last season’s second place finish.

In what became a battle of the defences, the Bombers came away with the Moosehead Cup in the Atlantic Football League finals. In front of a full crowd, the Bombers defeated reigning champs, the Holland College Hurricanes 14-7.

This championship game was anything but boring. Fans were left on the edge of their seats until the final seconds of this game, to see which team was to come away victorious. Holland College pushed down to their end zone in the final minutes, when Red Bomber Bobby McIntyre grabbed an interception in the end zone, turning possession over to the home team with 30 seconds remaining in the game.

The Bombers appeared nervous in the opening quarter of the championship game. It took some time for the offence to settle down against a powerful Hurricanes’ defence. The Bombers settled somewhat in the first quarter, looking to their running game for help. The Hurricanes defence did not let much through,

and the game was scoreless after the first quarter.

It became evident in the second quarter that Cornford had settled, and began to perfectly connect with his receivers. Looking to throw the ball more, Cornford found the ever-reliable AJ Durling. The wide receiver scored two touchdowns in the second quarter – the only two of the game – and had some amazing runs to set those plays up.

Durling made it clear, while the touchdowns may be credited to his name, he could not have made the plays he did, without the help of his entire team.

“In all the touch downs, everyone did something; everyone ran the routes. The offensive linemen blocked the guys, and both times, Cornford threw the perfect pass,” said Durling.

Holland College was not prepared to hand the Bombers a victory, and answered with a touchdown of their own, tying the game 7-7 with five minutes left in the first half.

Of course, the Bombers did not wish to see a repeat of last year, and pushed for another touchdown. This time, Cornford lobbed one up in the air and Durling made a spectacular leaping grab over the defender, to give the Bombers a 14-7 half-time lead.

Neither team seemed to be able to find their offensive strides in the second half, and UNB was forced to rely on their defence to keep the game in their control.

Unable to convert on their many second downs, head coach, Mike Dollimore gave much credit to his exhausted defensive line.

“Our defence had a phenomenal day.

It was tiring for them, but they stopped every one of their drives, including the last one, down to the last thirty seconds, and on the eight-yard line.”

When asked what the key to this victory was, Dollimore credited his offence, but could not discount the work of his defence.

“We put some points on the board in the first half, which was great. AJ Durling made a couple of phenomenal catches and great runs to keep us alive, but we just couldn’t do it in the second half. The defence had to keep us alive, and they were the key to this game.”

Durling did not hesitate to show his excitement and pride for his team. Playing, and consequently defeating the team that robbed them of a championship win last season, made this victory that much sweeter to this Red Bombers squad.

“It was great for the guys who are done now, and were here last year for the loss to them on their field. It’s good that we got to do the same thing to them this year.”

Swim team finishes second again

Josh Fleck Sports Editor

The swim team travelled to Acadia University to participate in the Jack Scholz Invitational. Joining the Varsity Reds were the Mount Allison Mounties, Acadia University Axemen and Axewomen, and the Dalhousie Tigers.

Much like the Amby Legere tournament, UNB took home second place in the overall standings for women, behind Dalhousie. The men’s team on the other hand, finished in last place.

Danielle Losier continued her strong season with a third place finish in the 50-meter freestyle and 100-meter butterfly, while taking home first in the 50-meter butterfly.

In the team events, the team of Losier, Amanda Greene, Jordana Stanford and Jessica Leblanc finished second to Dal in the 400-meter freestyle, and the team of Losier, Greene, Leblanc and Monica MacDonald were on pace to finish second in the 200-meter medley, before a disqualification during the last takeover ended that race for the Varsity Reds.

“A great women’s relay; probably .1 [second] difference between us and

Chris Garcelon dives into the pool during the Jack Scholz Invitational.

Gary Manning / The Brunswickan Dal, but we were questionably disqualified for an early takeover, which in my opinion, was a great takeover,” said head coach, Robin Ferdinand.

In men’s action, Chris Garcelon took home first in the 100-meter freestyle and 100-meter breaststroke, and also finished third in the 100-meter backstroke, behind two Dalhousie swimmers, one of which was Olym-

pian David Sharpe. Dylan McLeod also finished third in the 200-meter backstroke.

“All of our swimmers swam their ‘off events’ to get in some extra racing opportunities and get ready to have some great performances at the AUS Invitational,” said Ferdinand.

The AUS Invitational will be held at Dalhousie University Nov.17-18.

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Men’s volleyball takes over top spot in AUS Josh Fleck Sports Editor

Mathieu Losier (#7) and Craig Toonders (#15) team up for a block against Memorial University.

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After coming away with a 1-2 record in the opening QSSF-AUS Interlock tournament, the Varsity Reds men’s volleyball team took two matches from the Memorial University Seahawks.

Bot h matches were decisive straight set victories for the home squad.

On Saturday night, the team jumped out to an early lead in set one, thanks to big swings and blocks from the likes of first year player Sam Alves out of the middle, and perennial AUS All-Star Julio Fernandez.

It wasn’t long before UNB ran away with the victory 3-0 (25-18, 25-18, 25-12).

Rookie setter, Mathieu Losier took in Player of the Game honours, registering 37 assists.

Sunday afternoon was a test of the team’s depth, as head coach, Dan McMorran was still trying to figure out a starting lineup.

“We’ve got a deep team right now.

We have three guys challenging left side positions; Julio Fernandez who didn’t play at all today; Marc White who came in yesterday and did a fantastic job; and Matt Sweet. We have four middle blockers who all

add a different dimension. Sam Alves has been our most consistent middle, and Brett LeDrew is probably our other starting middle. As for our setters, we went with Mathieu Losier again today, but Stephane [Fontaine] is still right there. Some days, it will just be a game time decision.”

Sunday afternoon saw the Reds run away with another match, taking it 29-27, 25-14, 25-20.

Losier stepped up again and contributed another 34 assists, along with seven blocks. Losier acknowledged the depth the team has, and was grateful to have started both home games this weekend.

“I knew coming in, that I wasn’t sure who would start between me and Steph, because have both been playing really well in practice. I knew that if I didn’t play well, Steph could step in and get the job done. It put a bit of pressure on me, but I felt it went well.”

Rookie right side, Eivind Andersen, took home Player of the Game in the second match, as he put up seven kills, 13 digs, a block, and two aces.

The team travels to Halifax this weekend to take on the Dalhousie Tigers. The Varsity Reds look to hold on to top spot in the AUS standings.

You’re ruining my experience

Autumn McDowell The Carillon (University of Regina)

REGINA (CUP) — If there is one thing that can surely ruin my experience during a live sporting event – whether my team is winning or losing – it’s the fans.

No matter what sporting event I attend, it is almost always a guarantee that I will be annoyed by at least three fans throughout the game. I’m not sure if everyone feels this way, or if I just have terrible luck and always get stuck sitting next to the loudmouthed, horn-blowing idiot, who makes me wish that I was watching the game from the comfort of my own living room instead of with this jackass.

Every time I go to a game, it’s like I forget how annoying the other fans can be from one time to the next.

Now, every fan is relatively aggravating in one way or another – especially if they are cheering for the opposing team – but in general, there are usually three categories of fans that most people will fall into.

First off, there is the dreaded armchair quarterback. This is the fan that thinks they know what’s best for the team far better than the head coach, even though they barely know the rules of the game.

This is also the fan who thinks that they could play the game much better than the current players, even though they are roughly two and a half times their age, have beer guts easily three times larger, and the only exercise they had was when it was announced that hotdogs were only $2 for the next three minutes – I have never seen someone run so fast in my entire life.

These fans – though loud – are slightly tolerable, because every once in a while, they will yell something so outlandish that you have to laugh.

The next category of annoying fans is the overactive small children.

These kids are often seen running up and down the concrete stairs – it

always amazes me that they don’t wipe out – or flailing around and generally making their parents’ lives hell, not to mention everyone’s lives around them.

Perhaps I should blame the idiotic parents who decided to bring their rambunctious five-year-old to the game, knowing full well that their kid would only be quiet or pay attention for a maximum of one period, and that’s only if they are extremely lucky or the kid is asleep.

Parents say that they want to get their kids involved in the game early and that is why they bring their kids.

That’s great and all, but these little tykes are paying far more attention to the blimp flying around than what’s going on in the game – I fucking hate that blimp.

Finally, everyone’s favourite fan category: the drunks. If you are one of the drunken fans during the game, then you think that everyone around you is having a riot and that everyone is finding your stupid behaviour hilarious, and you are, in general, the reason that everyone is having a great time.

However, if the other fans that are around you and your drunken buddies haven’t also tipped a few tall ones back, they utterly hate life right now.

I’m sure that some people are reading this and thinking, if you are lucky enough to get to go to the games live then you shouldn’t be complaining. Well, I’m sorry, but these fans have ruined so many of my game experiences that I had to say something.

Also, I feel obligated to call out the old man that felt it was necessary to kiss my hand during the Pats game on Wednesday; that was out of line.

As ironic and unfortunate as it sounds, in order to deal with the armchair quarterbacks, the overactive children or, god forbid, the strange old men, you have no choice but to be the drunken fan.

The UNB Ironmen fell at the hands of Acadia in the A-side championship match 38-20, while the B-side fell to King’s College 44-28. Gary Manning / The Brunswickan

Women’s basketball wraps up preseason Julie McLaughlin Sports Reporter In the last preseason weekend, the Varsity Reds women’s basketball team headed across the border to play a pair of games in Maine and New Hampshire.

The weekend was not perfect, as the Reds were handed their first loss of the trip by the University of Maine.

Rebounding off that game, the girls won the second game on the weekend against Saint Anselm College.

Thursday night, the Reds took on the University of Maine Black Bears, and seemed to be matched evenly with the Division one school. Playing with NCAA rules, the game consisted of two halves, instead of the FIBA rules the Reds play at home.

UNB suffered a huge blow when captain Claire Colborne took a hit to the head and was forced to sit out the entire second half. Colborne is a key asset to this Reds offence, and without her playing they appeared to struggle.

The first half consisted of even scoring, and a battle by both teams.

UNB showed Maine they were there to play. Both teams answered baskets to keep the score close through the first 20 minutes of the game. The V-Reds went into half-time leading the game 33-29.

In the second half, the Black Bears quickly took ahold of the game, catching up to the Reds in less than a minute. The momentum never seemed to return for the Reds, as the Bears went on a 26-0 run. Rachel Cleary’s jumper at the nine-minute mark ended the run, but the damage was done. The Reds brought the lead down to 18, but Maine rallied back going on a 7-0 run.

The University of Maine defeated the V-Reds 71-46. While UNB outrebounded Maine, the Reds had double the turnovers as that when Maine finished the game. Maine’s bench also scored 38 points against UNB’s 20 bench points. While the bench only scored 20 points, the Red’s starters finished the game with 26 points. In order for this team to succeed, they will need to lower their turnovers and find ways to get more points out of both the starters and

the bench.

On Sunday, the team traveled to New Hampshire, where they overcame a close game to finish ahead of the host Saint Anselm 68-66.

Defence and rebounds were key components in this victory.

“I think our effort on defence built energy for the offensive end.

Crashing the offensive and defensive boards enabled us to keep possessions alive, and end them for the other team,” said Colborne.

Looking to next weekend, Colborne knows what this team is capable of, and the key to success will be this season.

“It does not matter who the competition is. We, as a team, have to stay together and compete and battle for the entire game. Coming off this big win has given us momentum going into the first league games.”

As this is the last pre-season weekend, the Varsity Reds kick off the AUS season at home Nov. 9 and Nov. 10 against Acadia University. The women look to redeem their 86-64 loss to Acadia in the Helen Campbell tournament from September.