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WE GOT SOME HOCKEY IN HERE P. 12

WHAT ABOUT THE CATS? P. 8

Moustaches P. 4

NEWS

EDDY’S BIG WHITE HOUSE P. 2

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NEWS

Fredericton’s white house

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Heather Uhl News Reporter Taking care of the Somerville house, home to UNB president, Eddy Campbell, is no small task for the university. It’s also not cheap.

At 10,000 square feet, and over 126 years old, 238 Waterloo Row stands out even when compared to its lofty neighbours. Over the summer, work was completed to the porch and municipal piping, to the tune of $160,000.

A temporary ramp was also planned for the house; however, the price tag of $17,000 was too steep. Plans are underway for a permanent ramp.

Greg Carriere, senior communications manager at UNB, said the money to pay for these renovations comes from a dedicated trust fund. This trust fund is separate from the university’s operating budget.

“There are two reasons for a price that might seem a little bit higher than what one would expect for work like this,” said Carriere. “One is that it is a heritage property.”

Carriere said when doing work to a

heritage property, there are a lot of hoops to jump through to meet code, standards and the historical nature of the property, which raise the cost a little bit.

“And the second, was when the work began on the veranda, and the other structural stuff, they did some digging and realized there were problems with the municipal piping, sewer and water,” he said, “They decided that it was more economical to deal with that now than to dig up in a few years.”

Last year’s maintenance of the house ran around $45,000, which covered utilities, electricity, natural gas, water, and landscaping. UNB facilities management pays for this type of maintenance. Facilities management uses a standard of $5 per square foot for how much it should cost per building, including Somerville.

They get their funds from the universities operating budget.

The Somerville house has seen some noted public figures in UNB’s history pass through its doors, and it eventually became home to the UNB president.

Built in 1816 by Right Hon. John Mur-

Over the summer, $160, 000 of work went into Somerville house. Bronté James / The Brunswickan ray Bliss, the current Somerville house is a rebuilt version after a fire destroyed the original in 1886.

Charles Fisher, King’s College registrar, owned the house in 1845 and named it in honour of James Somerville, the first president of College of New Brunswick.

Lord Beaverbrook purchased Somerville 1948, for use as his Fredericton residence, and later gifted the house to UNB for use as the president’s house.

In the following years, Somerville housed UNB presidents, Albert Trueman

and Colin Mackay. Then it served as UNB’s law school, until Ludlow Hall was built.

The house was then sold to the provincial government, where it was used as the Lieutenant Governor’s home.

Somerville was sold in a private sale in 1999, only to be gifted back to UNB in 2009 by UNB alumni, Julia MacLauchlan and Warren McKenzie.

Carriere said, it was indicated by the donors that they would like to see Somerville house to be used as the president’s residence again.

Somerville house is also used for public events for UNB and the Greater Fredericton area.

Carriere said because the Somerville is a historic building, and serves as a public space, it’s something to continue to be invested in by the university.

“Given the historic nature of the house, and it really is a public space, and given its age, it does take some resources to maintain that asset. It’s in the university’s best interest to keep investing in that asset.”

UNBSU to present student-aid suggestions to PETL Cherise Letson News Editor Money used on some current government student-aid programs can be better spent, says UNBSU president, Andrew Martel.

Martel and UNBSU vice-president external, Adam Melanson, have been looking at funds being spent on aid programs by the department of Post-secondary Education, Training and Labour (PETL).

“In the original discussion we had with the minister [in Oct.], one of the biggest things they laid out was that, they as a department get so much money from the overall budget, so they’re only allowed to play within that level,” said Martel.

“So, our biggest thing right now is looking mostly at the financial aid programs that they currently have, what can be altered, what can be changed and where we can see it benefitting the most students” said Martel.

One of the biggest programs Martel said could be changed is the Timely Completion Benefit program, where, if a student

completes their degree within four years, their excess debt over the $26,000 mark will be forgiven. According to PETL’s latest annual report, in 2010-11, the program only helped 650 students, and cost $7.3 million.

“We’ve notice that there’s only a few amount of students who are actually benefiting from it, and there’s a lot of hoops to jump through to actually able to be a part of the whole Timely Completion Benefit [program], and get your debt reduced,” said Martel.

Martel said the UNBSU’s main focus is pushing for programs that help accessibility to PSE in the province.

“The biggest thing is that we’re looking for accessibility. And that works on a tuition level, but also works on grants instead of loans… We want to focus more on funding going towards grants, so that students aren’t left with huge amounts of debt.”

He said, money could be used towards other programs that would help students while they’re attending school. One of the ideas they would like to suggest is a yearly

debt cap.

“Where it wouldn’t be something you’d have to opt into, just anyone getting funding or getting loans from the government would get a debt cap on a yearly basis,” said Martel.

“It’s helping students who might have to get a large amount of student loans, to be able to say ‘OK. If you need to get so much, they will forgive x amount,’ so you will be able to continue your education and not worry about having to pay everything back.”

Martel said they would like to work with the New Brunswick Student Alliance (NBSA) on these proposals.

“We want to work with the NBSA, because we are still a full member this year, and I don’t know what the future holds; but either way, we want to work with the NBSA and we’re hoping they’re on board,” said Martel. “However, we do realize that it is a time sensitive [issue].”

“We’ve been working pretty hard on calling assistant ministers or assistants to the minister, doing our own research, figur-

The UNBSU will be presenting their suggestions to PETL minister, Danny Soucy on Jan. 17. Andrew Meade / The Brunswickan ing out policy. So, if we don’t see enough movement, we’re going to go ahead with it on our own.”

Stephen Spence, president of the NBSA, said he also believes PETL could be better placed. He said in their new budget submission, they will be asking for the elimination of the tuition tax credit.

“This is something we’ve asked for previously, and the reason for that is this is a prime example of how the government

can spend its money more effectively,” said Spence.

“We’d like to see that money better spent, perhaps in a debt cap, or in bursaries, or those kinds of things, to help a student when they actually need it.”

The UNBSU and the NBSA will be meeting with PETL minister, Danny Soucy, on Jan. 17 to bring forward their suggestions.

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Angels helping kids in need

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Greece is the word

Emma McPhee The Brunswickan

Heather Uhl News Reporter

The spirit of giving has taken wing at UNB this holiday season.

The Nels Anderson Society has put up an angel tree in the sociology department to help with this year’s Fredericton Food Bank’s Christmas Gift Program, a program that gives gifts to children in need.

“Basically, any student, staff or faculty member can drop by [Tilley 20], pick up an angel [ornament] and, by Dec. 3, they just have to bring back the angel and the unwrapped Christmas gift and we’ll deliver it to the food bank,” said Chantel Whitman, president of the Nels Anderson Society.

Each angel gives information about the child’s age, their name and what they wish to have for Christmas. Students are encouraged to pair up with others to buy gifts to share the costs.

“If students are willing to help out another child in need in the Fredericton community, they can come by and grab an angel. I mean, helping children in your community is really what Christmas is all about,” said Whitman.

This spirit is what the food bank was aiming for when they started the program in 1996. It’s a way to serve their clients in a more meaningful way during the holiday season.

“It’s the time of year for giving, and I think it is a special way to give back to your community and to give a gift for someone else,” said Elizabeth Crawford Thurber, executive director of the food bank. “I think it’s kind of the ultimate gift of sharing.”

Whitman said she recognizes the importance of giving to children. She said she wants to help society, and families who didn’t have the means to do it themselves.

“It was just my idea to go and help kids in the community so I called the food bank,” she said. “The last president of the society did it, so I’m just following in the footsteps.”

Over the past couple of years, Greece has been seen in the media as a country in trouble.

But a travel-study program aimed to bring historic Greek sites to life, hopes to have students leave with a different picture.

The travel-study program is being offered for Greece, between May 7 and 27 of 2013.

“The goal, as with other travel studies, is on-site education,” said Thom Workman, chair of the political science department. “So that you’re able to actually take in – in the case of the Greek travel study – these historic sites in their full splendour, as opposed to just seeing these sites in books or films.”

“It’s to link our courses with the actual direct visitation of the sites.”

Workman, along with professor of political science, David Bedford, will be teaching POLS 3645: Society, Politics and War in 5th-Century Greece, while abroad.

“And the challenge, in the sense of our travel study, is to bring these sites to life,” Workman said.

Bedford said the course lectures will be more like conversations held at the different sites, and will address the importance of the sites and what they were used for in ancient times.

The participants will travel across the country, visiting places like Sparti, Olympia and Delphi.

“I think that the Ancient Greeks have much that they can teach us that’s of great relevance today,” said Bedford.

“In fact, I think we can learn more from them than we can learn from what’s being written currently. I see this as an opportunity for students to learn some of these key ideas and key lessons.”

James Murray, dean of arts, was the first one to lead the program since it began in 1990, and will be teaching

Bronté James / The Brunswickan It’s a good thing UNB has continued to be involved this Christmas. Thurber said they are supporting up to 840 children this year and they’ve had trouble in the past to get enough sponsors.

“Last year, we had a really difficult time trying to get all our angels sponsored, so it’s good that the university is participating this year and having new people becoming involved; so hopefully, we’ll meet our target this year,” said Thurber.

The food bank provides the angel service along with their project of giving client families a Christmas dinner. While the food bank is able to hand out some 750 dinners, Thurber said they can reach more people through their angel trees by opening the program up to organizations in the community.

“It’s more equality, you know, by [breaking] the program up to two separate things,” Thurber said. “We can serve more people.”

The Nels Anderson Society was given 50 angels and by the time of print, there was only about 20 left. Anyone who would like to help with this cause is asked to have gifts returned by 4 p.m. on Dec. 3.

UNB’s travel-study program to Greece aims to bring historic sites to life.

Submitted CLAS 3603: Art and Architecture of are seen as one of the best ways to do so.

“While we see any number of demGreece.

Murray said, each year he tries to build onstrations in Athens and think, ‘Oh in two things into the course, which he dear, everything is falling apart,’ people hasn’t looked at for an extended period are always demonstrating in Athens.

That’s part of the culture. That’s how of time.

This time, he said they will visit two they make known public feelings to the frontier forts, where draftees served their government.”

Murray said, in his experience, he draft service before returning to Athens couldn’t tell that anything was going to be able to vote in the assembly.

Over the past few years, Greece has on from his apartment, located in the faced difficult economic problems, like a same area as one of the hotels to be high debt load, leading to major austerity used by the travel-study students. He measures such as budget cutting, raising says the current economic crisis will not affect the safety of the province. taxes and pension reform.

“There is no increased level of These measures triggered protesting; however, the demonstrations are con- danger or difficulty for the students fined to an area around the parliament as we travel to Athens because of the buildings in Athens, the capital of Greece. current economic crisis,” he said.

The travel-study is open to both Murray said demonstrations are a part students and non-students. of Greek culture.

“The experience of going overseas “I had the opportunity to live in Athens during the winter of 2010-11, and my is an excellent one. It’s a growing wife and I would walk down to Syntagma experience, you see new things; you square every evening just to see who was begin to think about your world in new ways because you see another demonstrating,” Murray said.

He said Greeks view demonstrations world you can now compare it with,” as a form of public expression and they Murray said.

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Hitchhiking mud shrimp Periodical Elements Shane Rockland Fowler No matter how far you trace your heritage you will not have an ancestor that is responsible for millions of East Coasters.

But someone else does.

Researcher Tony Einfeldt is using genetics to trace back exactly when and where a species somehow made it from Europe and is now supporting an entire ecosystem in the Bay of Fundy.

“Mostly everything on the mudflats relies on them; fish eat them; birds eat them,” Tony explains. “The protected Sandpipers actually double their bodyweight on them before they migrate north to breed and lay their eggs.”

Although they may seem tiny, gross and insignificant, mud shrimp literally feed the Bay of Fundy – not bad for a species that emigrated from Europe only a few hundred years ago.

Mud shrimp, also known to Tony as Corophium volutator, are tiny brown or white crustaceans, only a few millimeters long. To the naked eye, they look like small, spidery versions of earwigs. Despite their importance to Atlantic Canada’s

birds and fish, there is not a lot research done on them. Wikipedia only has a write-up of a 102 words for them. That’s not a lot of information for an animal that thrives in the millions on our shores, and feeds millions more – including Tony’s co-supervisor, who has eaten them on ice cream.

“They’re one of the most neglected species as far as I’m concerned,” says Tony.

“And they’re definitely not from here.”

The ‘how’ and ‘when’ the mud shrimp came to our shores is the bulk of Tony’s workload right now. About a year away from his PhD, coming right out of his undergrad, the 26 year-old, slightly embarrassed by his Movember moustache, has come across some pleasant surprises that transcends the miles of graphs and genetic readouts he normally shifts through. His findings have recently got him thumbing through Canadian history books to find exactly who may have brought them over to our shores. It turns out some very famous people may have been involved.

Eighteen thousand years ago, everything here in Atlantic Canada was covered in miles of ice; glaciers from the last ice age covered everything. When that ice disappeared, it left a blank slate of land and oceans for different species of animals to populate. It was a new world.

Most of the species of plants and

animals that took over freshly uncovered Canada simply migrated up from the southern regions of North America. It’s easy to tell because their fossils and remains are similar all over the continent. The mud shrimp, however, do not fit in with everyone else.

“They have no history here,” explains Tony. “It’s clear that they just came here all of a sudden and fairly recently. Most of Northern Europe’s shoreline is mudflats.

They’ve been there for quite a while, so I’m looking at how some could possibly get over to North America from there.”

Tony has been comparing the two populations through genetics. He compares pieces of genetic code from the mud shrimp from Canada and Europe.

While there are over 50 different lineages of the crustacean in Europe, there are only three in The Bay of Fundy. While those Canadian varieties are different than their counterparts across the pond, Tony has been able to wind back the molecular clock when looking at their genetic makeup.

“These evolve at consistent rates,” he says. “So I’ve been able to trace our species back to where they originally came from in Europe.”

“It turns out that one lineage of mud shrimp came from the population where Samuel de Chaplain left port. Another from where Henry Hudson left Europe.”

The predictions line up so far. The

Mud shrimp could have possibly hitched a ride to the Bay of Fundy on Samuel de Champlain’s ship. Submitted three species now dominate the shoreline, guys made it across the Atlantic without where each country’s ships landed in the anyone realizing it until now.

“There was lot of trade, and bringing new world. resources back from North America. It “It’s crazy, but I’ve mapped these species origins due to the geopolitical turns out that before they left, they would regions of the time period, and everything load the ships up with sticks and rocks to weigh the boats down and then just lines up.”

Tony has overlaid pie graphs of popula- offload them when they filled up with tion densities of the three species of mud resources and trade goods.”

“It’s likely these guys were just in the shrimp over top of a map from 1609. Each dirt and on the rocks. They weren’t picky species’ location lines up impressively with the landing areas of ships of the different about where they got them, probably just off the shore.” countries.

It’s just a theory at this point, but one “We can’t say exactly that it was Samuel de Champlain’s ship or Henry Hudson’s that is already very promising. A theory ship that brought over these hitchhikers, that suggest that a few random rocks but there weren’t exactly a lot of ships thrown on a boat years ago changed how millions of animals and an entire coming and going back then.”

Tony has a theory as to how the little ecosystem runs today.

With Movember coming to a close, the Brunswickan wanted to check in with some of the fellas who are sporting their moustaches of glory, to see how the experience has been and why they decided to participate.

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THE BRUNS OPINION editor@thebruns.ca

A Critical Eye Cody Jack

The University of New Brunswick’s highest paid employees’ salaries were released last week. The relatively high income of UNB’s top administrators sparked some harsh reactions from students and others alike. More specifically, what caught the eye of students is the over $300,000 the president of

UNB, Eddy Campbell, receives in salary and compensation.

Last week, however, two articles, which found their way onto UNB’s Twitter feed, defended the high wages UNB administrators receive and that of most university administrators across this country. These thoughtful pieces were written by the Brunswickan’s own Hansika Gunaratne and a UNB alumnus Ryan Brideau.

I, however, disagree with the arguments put forward by the two authors.

It is true that this is, in majority of the

Are the excessive salaries necessary? way, a systematic, in that, university board of governors are inflating the wages of administrators in an attempt to “get the talent” as it were. But as research done by Dan Ariely in his book, “The Upside of Irrationality” alludes to, at a certain point, high compensations doesn’t mean increased or higher levels of performance.

Should university administrators be making such extravagant salaries? Does it give us better results? From Ariely’s research, one could argue that it does not. Should university administrators be making such large sums of money when it has been actively pursuing to stagnate the wages of the people who work for them?

The argument that, “Everyone is doing it” does not fly for me. Everyone should not be doing this. At a certain point, compensation for work becomes excessive and this excess should be addressed. The president of Waterloo should not be making roughly a million dollars. It was irresponsible of their board of governors to pay someone that

much money, when for $700,000 less, they could have easily found someone competent and talented enough to fill the post.

I am all for paying people a fair wage and using money as an incentive, but at a certain point, the self-interest maximizer needs to take a back seat to the public interest. Why should we, as students, pay the salary of someone at the levels they have gotten to? From what I have read in Ariely’s research, at a certain point, we aren’t going to see any better results. It makes no sense, considering the rising costs of postsecondary education.

Everywhere else, we are told to lower our expectations, but for some reason, that does not apply to those who are at the highest ranks of society. They can keep asking for more and we are supposed to give them more in order to compete. We have a society that worships individuals in positions of power.

What makes UNB great and what makes it run from day to day, are the people whose wages we didn’t get to see

because they are below the $100,000 or because they are contract workers with companies who work on campus.

That is where UNB’s reputation lays, with those unnamed employees and of course professors.

No one person is going to change the greatness of this fine organization.

It is a collective effort. Yes, leadership is important, but at the same time, if you place too much in a leader, you don’t develop existing talent below, and it is from below that great ideas can flow and innovations are discovered.

We should not shrug our shoulders and say, “That is just how things are.”

We should demand more for less from our administrators. Things have gotten out of hand. We should stop looking to the top for the answers. Leadership should not have such an exorbitant price tag. I am not saying Dr. Campbell does not work hard, I am just saying that his position and that of university administrators across this country have been grossly over-valued and the work of everyone else has been undervalued.

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letters to the editor Man nod not just for men Dear Editor, We were surprised to see an opinion piece in the Brunswickan last week about something as unremarkable as a nod. Aside from the absurd notion that a non-verbal gesture must have gender attached to it in the first place, why is this even a written piece deserving to be published? The Opinion section is a place where politics, religion, or controversial topics can be brought into the open; instead, this piece tries to take a simple, universal gesture, and purports that only those of male gender can possibly replicate it. This idea is not only absurd, but misogynist, because it assumes there is a secretive method of non-verbal communication which is shared only between men. Surely someone could contribute an opinion article with more substance and inspiring quality for the next time.

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on What’s YOUR eek? w s i h t mind

What’s your moustache’s name!?

Alex McTiernan

Andrew Connors

Bobby Weaver

Frank Barrett

Josh Bubar

“Legally Blond.”

“The Crosby.”

“The Tom Selleck.”

“The dirt squirrel.”

“Fredericton Transit, because moustache rides are cheap.”

Mark Johnson

Shakey

Mike Lewis

Robbie Roos

Tom White

“Ben Dover.”

“Beard ...”

“The playground prrrowler.”

“Flow Junior.”

“I coach children so I can’t look like a sex offender, moustache.’”

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Elizabeth Creelman Arts Reporter Listening to interview recordings from earlier this week, I realize that theatre people have very pleasant voices. It’s especially fun because I’ve heard them twist their voices every which way in rehearsal, from putting on German and cockney accents, to making themselves sound nasal and child-like.

Now, the voices of Drama 2170 students are at ease, chattering excitedly about their upcoming productions and calling each other by their character names.

“Do you feel surrounded?” asks a voice jokingly.

The 17 members of the drama class are in the final stages of preparation for two

upcoming productions: Peter Shaffer’s Black Comedy and Jean Anouilh’s Episode in the Life of an Author. The class, taught and directed by Dr. John Ball, forms the cast and crew for both plays.

Both plays are farcical comedies involving elements of the absurd and of intense physicality. The basic concept of Episode is that the main character is “having a day from hell,” in the words of Dr. Ball.

“It’s just a really fun, creative play with a lot of opportunities to do wacky, silly things on stage. There are very broad characters, very lively humour, and I thought it would be a fun one to try again... It’s a very entertaining play; it’s a very great play for an audience,” said Ball, in an earlier, quieter interview Mike Johnston, the productions’ technical director, is designing the set

Campus comedies fuss about farce for Episode to be as surreal as possible, including a Fisher Price telephone, a Nerf gun, and giant wooden wrenches nearly as tall as the actors themselves as props.

“We’re going for anachronism, and mismatch of things and impossible looking things, along with other more ordinary things,” Ball said.

Black Comedy is likewise a largely lighthearted piece, despite what its name might suggest. The first few minutes play out in the dark for the audience, but when the power goes out in the protagonist’s home, the stage lights come on and the audience watches the characters fumble around in the “dark” for the remainder of the play in a bizarre reversal. It’s a play on the idea that characters in farce comedy keep each other in the dark. “[Shaffer] just takes that metaphor and literalizes it,” Ball said.

“It’s a very tricky play with a lot of very specific strange things that have to happen on stage with a lot of physical humour, people getting caught up in phone cords or falling down the stairs or that kind of thing. The actors have to spend the entire play acting as if they can’t see a single thing, so they have to essentially play blind the whole play.”

As well as acting and stage managing, all Drama 2170 students work on sets with Johnston, and are divided into three separate committees in charge of costumes, props, or publicity. When asked why they joined a class which clearly takes so much work and time commitment, the students’ answers varied.

“I’m doing a minor in drama,” said Andrew Martel, student union president

John Wolno (left) and Matt McCarthy (right) perform in Episode in the Life of an Author. Sandy Chase / The Brunswickan and actor in both plays.

“I’m a naturally dramatic person,” said John Wolno, who plays the title character in Episode in the Life of an Author.

“If I’m doing work and I come to a rehearsal, the rehearsal is like my break,” he added.

“It’s not that it’s not challenging, but it’s much more liberating and enjoyable work than doing math homework at home or something.”

The students also like the subject matter of the play.

“The themes [are accessible],” said Kayla-Renee Ossachuk, who plays the author’s wife in Episode.

“The A is going crazy with all this stuff he has to deal with, and students have to do that a lot too. It’s coming up to exam time and students are going to start running around like the author is.”

Black Comedy and Episode in the Life of an Author will play in Memorial Hall, Wednesday, Nov. 28 to Saturday, Dec. 1 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $10 general admission, $6 for students, and are available at the door.

The Balconies at Boyce Tamara Gravelle The Brunswickan

The Balconies are a Canadian trio who will be playing in Fredericton on Nov. 29. Submitted.

Look up The Balconies on YouTube, and you’ll find wrestlers bursting into glitter, a claim to the zombie phenomenon, and a cover of Justin Bieber’s ‘Baby’.

A trio from Ottawa made up of a brother and sister with a university friend, ties all of these together.

The Balconies has Jacquie Neville as a lead singer and on guitar, Steven Neville on lead guitar, and Liam Jaeger on drums.

They are currently on tour with Big Sugar, and will be hitting Fredericton for a show this week. Jacquie Neville said in a phone interview that they’ve been touring together in Canada for almost two months, and it’s been a great learning experience for her.

“It’s been amazing playing shows to large audiences,” said Neville. “And learning from such an experienced

band; they’ve been playing pretty much as long as I’ve been alive.”

Neville said she’s probably learned the most about musical etiquette.

“Things like, being on time, sound checking properly, and knowing exactly what you want your guitar tones to be or how much refurb you want,” said Neville. “Just small details that I never used to think about.”

This past February, the band realized an EP called Kill Count, which the band has been pushing all year. It was produced by Jon Drew who has worked with bands such as Tokyo Police Club and The Arkells.

After this tour, The Balconies will be going back into the studio to finish writing and recording their second full-length album, which will feature their latest single, Do It In The Dark.

“We released that single just to give people a taste of what’s to come,” said Neville.

Neville said the band will be heading

down to L.A. this winter to work with producer Arnold Lanni on the record.

“We’re pretty stoked about that,” said Neville. “Just to avoid that Canadian cold winter. It’ll be nice to be in California for January.”

Last time The Balconies were on the East Coast was for Pop Explosion in Halifax last year, and they can’t wait to come back and get some more seafood.

“We love seafood, so we’ll get ourselves some fresh seafood,” said Neville.

Neville said there is something about the Maritimes that makes her feel Canadian.

“I don’t know what it is,” said Neville. “But everyone is so friendly and down to earth. You’re all very welcoming and gracious, and it’s really awesome.”

The Balconies will be playing on Nov. 29 at the Boyce Farmers Market with Big Sugar. Doors open at 8 p.m. and tickets are $35 each.

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Elizabeth Creelman Arts Reporter

Can an art gallery contain more movement than the street outside?

The second year media arts and cultures class wants to find out.

The class has been hurrying to complete projects for Mediations, the exhibition of student artwork, soon to open in the galleries of Memorial Hall. Divided into about ten or 11 groups, the students have spent most of the term working on final projects to be displayed in the space.

“For the most part, it’s a course that a lot of students might have taken without the idea that they intend to be artists,” said professor, Scott Preston.

“It’s an opportunity to learn about art, by trying to make art. I don’t think that most of the students imagine themselves to be artists, but are just learning about art and there’s a creative project involved.”

“The guidelines [for the project] are pretty open, as long as it makes some kind of use of electronic or digital media or it directly engages with public space,” said Preston.

“We’re both looking at stuff that is very gallery based, but also stuff that is public and engages with the public by being displayed in public space.”

Consequently, many of the exhibits will include videos played on loop throughout the day, photography, interactive components like albums or magazines, computer programmes, or apps.

Ryan O’Toole took the course last year and is a mentor for the class this semester as well as an assistant curator for the exhibition. “[I’m] mentoring the students based on my mistakes from last year and based on

Gordon Mihan Staff Reporter Think you have what it takes to bring the smackdown?

The poetry smackdown, that is.

A poetry slam competition is being held by the STU English society at the Cellar Pub this week.

“We’re gonna do a kind of café themed slam poetry event, its going to be really relaxed,” said Holly Cairns, the president of the society.

“Everyone is going to come in with two poems and we’re gonna battle it down to see who has the best poetry performance.

We’re going to take some of the profits and give to our literacy campaign that we’re doing for a library in need, and then the rest will be given in cash prize to the winner.”

The final round will be a face-off between the final two contestants, where they will have to each write a poem in 15 minutes.

Cairns said that the competition is for anyone who wants to give it a try.

“It’s open to everyone, and if people

the successes I had with my project,” said O’Toole, explaining that the projects from last year were not displayed anywhere outside of class. He likes the idea of displaying the work this year.

“I guess our department’s trying to branch out a bit on campus,” he said.

“We’re kind of tucked away up here on the hill... we’re doing all kinds of cool stuff, so this is a good way to get the department’s name out there. Come look at us; we’re doing cool stuff!”

Erin MacQuarrie and Cameron Fitch are two media arts and culture students, who have work in the show. Having their work exhibited isn’t a complete novelty to either of them as they are both graduates of NBCCD, but they seemed happy to discuss their work.

“My project is on how beauty is marketed to young women,” said MacQuarrie.

“I guess it’s a concept that appeals to a lot of women, who are the target demographic of a lot of this advertising. We are taking pictures of models with half their face done up with makeup and half of it bare. The half with makeup is going to be also digitally enhanced to show this idea of perfection that’s being sold to women that isn’t necessarily achievable without this digital enhancement.”

“We’re going to have some prints up on the wall, and we’re also going to display it in a magazine-type format that people can interact with,” she said.

“Ultimately, we’d like the audience to redefine their idea of what is beauty.”

Fitch’s project is very different.

“The idea for our group is to bring to the attention of voters, in particular, people in the public, how they react to politicians. The idea is to make people aware that you have to be certain of the position that a politician

Poetry slams decide that they just want to do try some poetry without being in the competition, we’re going to have some time afterwards for people to come up to share their work.”

Andrew Titus, an English professor at STU will be co-MCing the event with fellow professor Matte Robinson.

“Matte and I used to host poetry slams at the Cellar a while back; they were a little more free-form then, where people wrote the poetry right there,” said Titus.

Titus sees competition as being an important part of the poetry process, and says that as long people have been gathering together to entertain one another, people have been sitting around saying, ‘I have a bigger tale to tell then the one you just told.’

“For me, competition doesn’t take away from it at all, if anything, it upends it,” said Titus.

“It’s like saying, you’re taking away the purity of running by holding a race. Is there something to be said about just running?

Yes. But is there also something to be said for racing? Yes. So in this sort of gladiator style poetry smackdown, it’s going to bring out a certain kind of poet, and for them,

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Erin MacQuarrie (left) and Cameron Fitch (right) will have their work displayed at Memorial Hall as part of the Mediations exhibit. Karšten Saunders / The Brunswickan is taking,” said Fitch. incentive to do a good job. majority of their classmates, plan to be at “We took the comment that Mitt “It makes you step up your game a little the opening of Mediations on Monday, Romney made about PBS and how he bit and consider it in a different way because Dec. 3 at 4 p.m. Finger foods will be served wanted to cut funding to them. We did it’s going to be in a gallery space as opposed and there will be a cash bar. The display will up posters and we drew a lot of inspiration to just in the classroom,” said MacQuarrie. remain in Mem. Hall until Friday, Dec. 14. from politically charged artists like Shepard Both MacQuarrie and Fitch, like the Fairey, Ron English and Banksy. The idea is to stick up the posters and the stickers, and do it all over campus so that everyone sees [them], and then the point is to go I am art is a serious of short videos around and photograph how people are Benjamin Crouse informing the public of eight major arts interacting with these pieces. We’ll have a The Brunswickan disciplines: Visual arts, theatre, dance, archislideshow there just to see how people react Everyone knows that New Brunswick is tecture, literature, crafts, music, and film. to the posters.”

“This way, people have some idea Both students feel having their work packed with great bands, but what about all displayed in a gallery has given them extra of the other types of artists? ArtsNB works about what ArtsNB is funding, and why to make sure that every major art discipline such funding is important. Most of all, we is recognized and applauded. From Archi- really wanted to highlight the artists and tecture to theatre, the I am art/L’art c’est their work.” moi social media campaign covers it all.

Many talented New Brunswickers have this is the venue.”

The I am art project began a little contributed to the campaign in support of The poetry slam and spoken word in more than a year ago when ArtsNB, an arts awareness. the modern sense has its roots in hip-hop organization that raises awareness about “We have about, eight to twelve [artculture. arts throughout the province, realized that ists] for each clip, with the exception of the “MC battles and spoken word have not enough people know about all of the architecture clip. Generally, the reaction always been part of that culture,” said Titus. excellent art that is invented right here in was super positive. We were working with “And so, while we don’t take it to the New Brunswick. a shoestring budget,” Connell said. level of the poets trash talking each other, “We started off with a multi-disciplinary “We tried to hook up with various the idea of competition is very much the video clip just to kick it off, but realized that festivals around the province to launch same.” really was not going to scratch the surface of discipline specific clips. We launched two Cairns sees the connection to hip-hop what was happening in each discipline. So, clips to kick off the campaign last April at culture as a way to possibly reach an audi- we thought let’s expand this and dedicate a the Frye Festival [a literary festival]. That was ence who wouldn’t normally be interested clip per discipline,” said Akoulina Connell, in poetry. the executive director of ArtsNB. “The first time I heard slam poetry, it did remind me of rap,” said Cairns.

“I think it is something that can really appeal to people who maybe don’t particularly like poetry. And even if people aren’t used to writing poetry, maybe they can find their niche in writing poetry that’s meant to be performed.”

The STU English Society’s Slam Poetry Competition costs $5 to enter, and is open for registration at 8 p.m. at the Cellar Pub on Thursday, Nov. 29. The competition The I am art / L’art c’est moi campaign includes work by artists begins at 8:30 p.m. throughout the province. Screenshot

Recognizing NB artists

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ISAO connects students for the holidays Lee Thomas Arts Editor

The holiday season means so much –food, presents, and quality time with family.

But what if you didn’t get to spend that quality time with your family after all?

For many international students, a flight home for a two-week visit is simply not a feasible alternative.

Fortunately, there’s the International Student Advisor’s Office (ISAO) Holiday Connections program.

“We set international students up with a local family who applies to be a host,” explained Erin MacLean, the cross cultural program coordinator at the ISAO. “The ISAO asks host families to invite the international student to participate in a holiday activity, even if it is just for a few hours. Whether it’s to come over and decorate a Christmas tree, or go ice skating, or share a meal. They can do as many activities as they want, but we ask the families to include the international student in at least one holiday event.”

Mayur Kale, a PhD student in civil engineering originally from India, came to UNB in 2010 and participated in the program for the first time last winter. “[Our host family] asked us to prepare a snack from our country. There were two other students, one from China and the other from Thailand. Everyone prepared a snack from their own country. We enjoyed it while sitting together in their living room,” he recalled.

Kale said that participation in the Holiday Connections program helped with the difficulty of being so far from his own family at this time of year.

“Christmas is similar to a festival called Diwali in India, during which all the family gathers, we chat, we eat a lot, and we enjoy the family time. International students miss their families, and social time is the most important thing when we miss our families.”

Kale enjoyed his participation in the Holiday Connections program so much that he is planning to apply again this year, and has advice for students or hosts who are uncertain whether to participate: “It’s like you’re making a new friend.

You have to enjoy the new thing about it.

It’s a very new experience when you have different cultured people talking with each other and sharing similar things. It’s an experience close to us all and it’s a new thing for international students. It’s a good thing that I know a new family in Fredericton, because I was new here.”

Kale will be returning to India next year, when he finishes his PhD program.

Gisele Gallibois, the coordinator of international nursing studies in the faculty of nursing at UNB, was Kale’s host for last year’s Holiday Connection experience.

“Hosting international students makes your Christmas more complete because we have a much more global focus,” she said.

“As an ice breaker, I get the students to send me a list of ingredients for an appetizer in their culture, and we get to know each other and do some of our traditions; we went to Christmas Eve mass; we had a turkey dinner; and we went and looked at the Christmas lights.”

Gallibois added that since she began participating in the Holiday Connections program, she can’t imagine not hosting students for the holidays.

“I just find, now, I don’t want my Christmas to not have an international focus. It makes it fuller and richer, and we just gain so much from engaging students from another culture.”

“For anyone that hasn’t hosted, you don’t know what you’re missing. The students are a lot of fun and they’re very open. I can’t imagine not involving people from other cultures in our holiday season. “ The program has been around for several years and experienced significant positive feedback. This year is the first year that the ISAO is reaching beyond the UNB faculty and staff, into the general Fredericton community, to find host families.

“We’re trying to broaden the program into the community. We want our international students to have connections not just at UNB but also throughout Fredericton,” said MacLean.

“I think it will be interesting on both sides, to have people in the community who aren’t a part of UNB, and they can learn how international students fit into our community; I think it will work great for both sides.

The students will be introduced to a whole other lifestyle off of campus, and it will just broaden everyone’s knowledge of cross-cultural understanding.”

“Fredericton is such a small city and everything is intertwined, it’s just so neat to have these connections. I really value it,” said Gallibois.

Individuals or families interested in hosting an international student as a part of the Holiday Connections program should email Erin Maclean at erin.maclean@unb.ca.

Holiday hookups The New Position Sarah Vannier The holidays are right around the corner. Between all the parties and reunions with long-lost friends, there are bound to be a few spiked eggnog fueled hookups.

Unfortunately, I have some bad news for the ladies out there. Recent research suggests that you might not be getting as much out of those hookups as your male counterparts.

Elizabeth Armstrong, Paula England, and Alison Fogarty - American researchers - surveyed over 6,000 heterosexual women from colleges all across the United States. They asked the women questions about their most recent hookup and the most recent sexual interaction in a romantic relationship.

The women reported on all of the sexual activities that took place during each of the interactions (e.g. kissing, oral sex, vaginal intercourse, etc.). They

also reported whether or not they had an orgasm, and how much they enjoyed everything.

Women were most likely to say that they had an orgasm when they are with a romantic partner. In fact, only 11 per cent of first-time hookups resulted in a female orgasm, compared to 67 per cent of in-relationship sexy times.

Not surprisingly, the same pattern was seen in women’s reports of sexual enjoyment. Women said they enjoyed the sexual activity either very much, or somewhat, in 86 per cent of hookups and 97 per cent of relationship interactions.

So, what’s a poor girl to do? The researchers identified a few different factors that make it more likely that a woman will get off during a hookup.

First, specific sexual behaviours, like

manual genital stimulation or receiving oral sex, increase the chance of female orgasm – shock; surprise; gasp. But, this might explain why women are more likely to have orgasms with a romantic partner. Hookups usually include fewer sexual behaviours (e.g. oral sex) than sexual interactions in relationships.

Second, the more you hook-up with the same person, the better the stats.

Although only 11 per cent of first-time hookups include an orgasm, by the second or third hookup, this increases to 16 per cent. And even better news: By the time you are stripping down for the fourth time, you ladies have a 34 per cent chance of getting off.

One night stands - 0. Friends with benefits - 1.

Sidenote: This might be a reflection of learning more about each other’s body. But - and I suspect this is more likely - you are probably more willing

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FROM HOOKUPS PAGE 10 to hookup with someone again if you enjoyed yourself the last time. Anyone who wants to take a woman home, take note. Making sure she has a good time increases the chances of repeat business.

The researchers also interviewed 60 women and 25 men about their experiences with hooking up and relationships. One of the interesting themes that emerged from the interviews was a gendered double standard.

Although many of the men said that it was very (VERY) important to them that they could get their girlfriends off, they also said it wasn’t really a priority during a hookup. In contrast, many of the women said they really cared that the guys they were hooking up with enjoyed themselves.

What’s the deal with this?!

If you are a lady looking to hook up over the holidays, make sure to speak up for your sexual pleasure. And if you are looking to hook up with a lady, remember that the holidays are a time for giving.

Santa may only come once this holiday... But that doesn’t mean the rest of us have to.

FROM NB ARTS PAGE 9 a great place to launch because the festival is bilingual.”

ArtsNB has been around for a while, yet their presence is still somewhat unknown across the province. They offer many different programs, including various scholarships for arts students.

“ArtsNB is an arts funder. The funding that we treat is professional art grants. There are three levels of grants for creation projects: A level for established artists, B level for midcareer artists, and C level for emerging artists. We have arts scholarships. Whether you’re in a creative writing program, music program, studying theatre, in craft college, visual arts, or architecture, all nine disciplines can apply for an arts scholarship.”

One of the main focuses of ArtsNB is to recognize talented New Brunswick artists.

“There isn’t enough work that documents and contextualizes the work being done my New Brunswick artists within the province, within the nation, and internationally. Often, these sorts of critical works are foundational to establishing the credibility of an artist,” said Connell.

“The arts develop multiple intelligences; in a broader context, the arts are important in terms of quality of life. For example, once you have music, you’re no longer poor. It doesn’t matter what your economical status is, if you have art in your life, whatever the form, you have a richer life.”

All of the I am art/L’art c’est moi campaign videos can be found at the ArtsNB YouTube channel Youtube.com/ artsnb1. For more information on the campaign, or other programs offered, including arts scholarships, visit Artsnb.ca.

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Varsity Reds push win streak to six

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The Varsity Reds are now in sole possession of first place in the AUS after a pair of wins over the weekend. Bronté James / The Brunswickan Nick Murray The Brunswickan Make it six in a row for the Varsity Reds men’s hockey team.

This weekend, the V-Reds picked up two wins against the University of Prince Edward Island Panthers, and the Université de Moncton Aigles Bleus, improving to 113-0, and taking sole possession of first place in the AUS after Acadia lost in a shootout to Saint Mary’s Saturday night.

With time winding down Friday night against UPEI and the game tied, Bryce Swan took a Tyler Carroll cross-crease pass

and buried his second goal of the game, sealing the 4-3 win.

Swan also opened the scoring in the first period on the power play, with Ben Shutron springing him on a breakaway, and beating Panthers netminder, Mavric Parks, with a quick snap shot from the slot.

Colby Pridham also had a two-point night, scoring his fifth of the year in the second period, while Shutron and Thomas Nesbitt each had two assists apiece.

After Pridham scored early in the second to give the V-Reds a 2-0 lead, penalty troubles got the better of them and UPEI capitalized on a lengthy 5-on-3 as Jordan

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Mayer and Jordan Knox each scored within 30 seconds of each other, tying the game after two periods.

Two minutes into the third, Cam Critchlow finished off a Nesbitt rebound, burying his second of the year.

But the Panthers answered a minute later, with Mason Wilgosh capitalizing on a bad bounce off Marc-Antoine Desnoyers’ skate.

Swan was named the game’s first star, and as of two weeks ago, was switched onto a line with Carroll and Chris Culligan, and said his game has sparked since the switch.

“I was just the beneficiary of some great

passing,” he said. “I play with some great players and I just try to get into the open areas.”

UNB, who have been averaging 24 penalty minutes per game, only racked up 12 in the win; however, Swan said their special teams is a work in progress.

“The momentum changed there and they were working hard,” Swan said. “The two penalties didn’t help us and the penalty kill can’t be 100 per cent all the time, but if we stay out of the box, we’ll be successful and our power play was going tonight.”

Dan LaCosta stopped 26 shots for his seventh win of the season. However, with

Travis Fullerton out with the flu, head coach Gardiner MacDougall was forced to call upon former St. Thomas goalie Charles Lavigne to dress as backup, burning one of his two remaining years of eligibility.

“Travis has been in bed for three days,” said MacDougall. “We’re fortunate to have Charlie, and it’s refreshing to have someone be there if anything happens.”

Lavigne transferred to UNB this year to pursue his MBA. Because STU doesn’t have an MBA program, Lavigne was able to transfer without having to sit out a year.

He plays for the Eastlink CeeBee Stars of Newfoundland’s Senior Hockey League where they fly him out every weekend to play. However, this weekend, the Stars’ had a bye, allowing Lavigne to suit up for UNB. Saturday night, UNB went down the highway to take on a Moncton team who had just come off a 4-1 loss to STU the night before.

However, UNB opened the game scoring four unanswered in the first period, including three goals within a minute and a half of each other.

Daine Todd scored twice in the 6-2 win, while Desnoyers lit up the score sheet with four assists. Tyler Carroll also had a threepoint night with a goal and two assists.

LaCosta got the nod and stopped 22 shots remaining undefeated this season.

The V-Reds are on the road against Dalhousie and Acadia for their final games before the Christmas break.

Who is the best fictional sports movie character ever? cellarpub.ca

Josh Fleck

Nick Murray

This one is easy. Kenny “Fucking” Powers. “When my ass was 19 years old, I changed the face of professional baseball.” He may be an egotistical asshole, but his first season in the majors was phenomenal! 14-3 as a closer!? Toss in 49 saves and 106 strikeouts in just 66 innings.

Stud stuff right there.

Crash Davis is THE best fictional sports movie character of all time.

After all, he holds the minor league record for most home runs in a career. He can catch, hit, steal second base, wheel cougars, plan a wedding in a mound meeting, and teach a young pitcher a lesson while taking an uppercut.

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Justin Marshall Sports Writer

Charlie Conway, I grew up watching all the Mighty Ducks movies, and still watch them to this day. The kid was so motivational and was a true leader. He made the movies fun, exciting, and you never knew what was going to happen in the next scene. It was great to see him grow as a character in the final movie, both on the ice and off it.

Bronté James Sports Writer

Forrest Gump, without a doubt. He broke free from his back brace to be able to outrun cars, play American university football, and become a member of the All-American Ping Pong team.

Plus, he has magic shoes.

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International flavour

Josh Fleck Sports Editor One comes from across the Pacific Ocean, while the other comes from across the Atlantic. They’re brought together at UNB because of one thing – volleyball.

Despite being from opposite sides of the world, Sam Alves and Eivind Anderson find themselves at UNB united by their passion for volleyball.

Alves is a first year arts student, who grew up in Melbourne, Australia.

Alves knew he wanted to play in the CIS during the years leading up to his graduation; it was just a matter of where in Canada he would play.

“I applied to a whole bunch of schools, and got a couple of offers back, but I liked the program at UNB and I really liked how communicative Dan [McMorran] is. He would always go out of his way to make sure I knew what was going on,” said Alves.

The Sandnes, Norway native, Anderson’s journey to UNB was keyed because of similar reasons to those of Alves.

“I wanted to play a high level of uni-

versity volleyball, and UNB was a good place for that, mostly because of Dan. He contacted me over Skype, and I got a good connection with him because of that,” said Anderson, about his reasoning for coming to Fredericton.

McMorran, the head coach of the team, is the link between the two. He has his own reasons for bringing the two internationals to his squad.

“Sam contacted me last February and expressed an interest in attending UNB. He had an impressive resume and a lot of playing experience. I also watched several videos of him in competition, and called a couple of his former coaches to get more information about him. With Sam, I knew he could make an immediate impact, but what I liked most about him, which ultimately resulted in me bringing him to UNB, was that he had a real spark and intensity on the floor, something that I was really looking for.”

Alves agrees with McMorran’s assessment of his game.

“I bring constant noise and intensity to the floor. Skill wise, we are all very good in the middle, so that isn’t what sets me apart from the others.”

Anderson brings something a little

different to the team than Alves, according to McMorran.

“I heard about Eivind from a coaching colleague. I was aware of the volleyball academy he was attending [ToppVolley] back in Norway, and when I heard he was interested in attending school in Canada, I immediately contacted him and asked to see some video of him. After looking at the videos, I knew instantly that he was someone that could definitely help our program, as he was a very skilled player despite being only 18 years old.”

Anderson grew up playing beach volleyball, and the transition from the beach to the court was a natural one.

Alves’ path to volleyball wasn’t that clear.

“I was a 6’4” and 14 years old, who was super skinny, and I went to a volleyball school. They asked me to play for a year but I didn’t want to play, and I kept saying no. So my mom said, ‘You’re not good at anything, so you might as well try it,’ and I’ve been stuck with it ever since.

Looks like we have a mother and a coach to thank for the new volleyball recruits.

Staying active no matter the weather

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Winter brings a lot of things to mind: Exams, hockey, holidays, sweaters – and for the outdoor enthusiast – a new set of challenges. Whether you’re a seasoned athlete or just enjoy being physically active outdoors, you may be wondering what it’s going to take to stick to your guns once the temperature really starts to fall. It’s important that you think about all the seasonal implications, so that you can keep your exercise safe and productive.

The most obvious consideration is temperature. No matter where you live in Canada, there’s a good chance you’ll be layering up a bit in winter. If you live anywhere that the wind blows on regular basis, the drop in temperature can really make outdoor activities uncomfortable, to say the least.

A stinging feeling in your ears, numbness in your fingers, watery eyes, and burning lungs are all signs that you’re working outside of your body’s optimal ambient temperature window.

These are indicators that your body has concentrated blood flow around vital organs to help keep you alive. As a result, blood flow to skeletal muscle and extremities is very limited. Blood carries oxygen, and when your muscles are firing rapidly, that’s especially important.

According to the Canada Games Aquatic Centre in New Brunswick, understanding how to dress properly while exercising outside is crucial, though often misunderstood. Layers of lightweight clothing that wick moisture, offer wind resistance, and cover as much bare skin as possible are ideal. A light hat or cap, gloves, and ear warmers are also a great idea. All of these can help you retain vital body heat.

Overheating can quickly become a problem when outer layers aren’t removed during exercise. Keep those layers close by and easily accessible, though, so that you can quickly cover back up once you slow down.

Moisture (or lack thereof) goes right along with the concern surrounding temperature. Winter precipitation can be a hazard on several different levels.

It should go without saying that icy or snowy roads and pathways can be dangerous. Sprained ankles, knee injuries, and pulled muscles occur all the time, as a result of exercising on unstable ground. While layering up is essential, it’s also important to wear proper footwear while exercising outside. Durable shoes with a heavyduty tread pattern are necessary for icy or snow-packed roads and trails.

Hydration is one of the most overlooked aspects of exercising in cold weather. Even though you aren’t

sweating as much as you do in the summer, your body is still losing water because it’s working hard to generate heat when the outside air is dragging down your core temperature. As a result, there is a consistent loss of water occurring in your body, whether you’re exercising or not.

Exercising outdoors isn’t totally out of the question, even if the weather is harsh. Some things – like cross-country or downhill skiing, snowboarding, hockey, and ice-skating – aren’t even an option during the summer.

There are also many special winter activities that count as exercise; shovelling snow is a vigorous workout. Don’t forget to warm up and stretch before and afterward.

If there’s a hill on, or near campus, try sledding. You may whiz downhill, but you have to hike back up! You’ll tone your muscles, burn calories, and have a great time doing it.

Also, think about alternatives to your usual outdoor activities. This may not be an issue if winter is fairly mild where you live. But if it’s cold enough outside that you’re uncomfortable, you’re probably not getting the most out of your exercise, or you may avoid it entirely.

Winter weather doesn’t have to be an obstacle to keeping up with physical fitness, and you can find yourself in great shape when spring rolls around.

Alves (left) comes from Australia, while Anderson (right) hails from Norway. Rob Blanchard / UNB Sports Information

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Men’s basketball find winning ways think ya know

Matt Daley gave the Varsity Reds a spark off the bench in their two wins. John Harvey / Memorial Sports Information manding 19-8 lead at the end of the Julie McLaughlin first quarter.

Sports Reporter Memorial found their momenNewfoundland proved to be a vic- tum in the second quarter though, torious weekend for the Varsity Reds and UNB’s defence was not strong men’s basketball team last weekend. enough to keep them at bay. MUN Playing the struggling Memorial battled back, and closed UNB’s lead University Seahawks (0-8), UNB to three points at the end of the first took the opportunity to pick up two half, 35-32.

Both teams came out of half time important victories this weekend, defeating the host team 77-68 on looking to finish the game strong, Saturday and 89-79 on Sunday. and traded baskets for the majority of Coming off of a tough loss to the third quarter. UNB’s largest lead STFX the weekend before, UNB of the quarter was only five points travelled to Newfoundland in hopes and they were only up 53-51 at the of adding two wins to their rec- end of the quarter.

Taking the game into their conord. The V-Reds opened the game strong, scoring eight unanswered trol, the Varsity Reds came back in points in the first two minutes. They the fourth and final quarter. UNB continued with this momentum scored 24 points in the final ten through the quarter, taking a com- minutes of the game, ending MUN’s

chance for their first victory of the season. Will McFee, Dan Quiron, and Matthew Daley all finished the game with 15 point.

Memorial started Sunday’s game a little differently than Saturday, and took the early lead from UNB. The V-Reds did not have a lead at all during the first quarter. They were down 22-18 at the end of the quarter.

The Varsity Reds did not let this get them down, and came back fighting for the rest of the game. McFee took control, scoring nine points in the first four minutes to push UNB in the right direction; he finished the game with 18 points. Despite this, the Reds went into half time down by one point.

The third quarter proved to be the shining moment for the Reds, who quickly took the lead and never looked back. In the first six minutes of the quarter, UNB went on an 18-4 run, destroying the lead that MUN held. Memorial chipped away slowly, making it so that UNB only had an 11-point lead heading into the final quarter.

Memorial brought the game back to within four points with eight minutes left to play, but that is the closest they would get. Daley had nine of his game high 27 points in the final quarter. UNB finished the game strong, defeating the home team for the second straight game.

Cape Breton Un iversit y, undefeated and ranked number five in the nation, travels to UNB Nov. 30 and Dec. 1, for a double header in the final weekend of play before the Christmas break.

Women’s basketball continue their struggles Julie McLaughlin Sports Reporter The UNB Varsity Reds women’s basketball team continued their search for a victory last weekend in Newfoundland.

Traveling to Memorial University for a double header, the Reds couldn’t upset the home team, coming up short on Saturday evening, losing 75-60 and again on Sunday 77-56.

Saturday night’s game was a tough loss as the team battled hard to try to get that elusive first victory. The Reds came out strong in the first quarter, scoring the first points. The teams traded baskets for the majority of the quarter, with UNB regaining the lead twice in the quarter before MUN began to take control of the game. The Reds were only down six points at the end of the first quarter.

Memorial came out strong in the second quarter, opening with a 13-2 run. UNB answered that run with their

own 12-3 run, but this was not enough to close the gap that MUN had built; UNB was down ten at half.

The third quarter looked similar to the other two, but MUN continued to build on their half time lead, and UNB could simply not answer offensively.

UNB was down 61-44 heading into the final ten minutes of the game.

UNB won the fourth quarter, but it was only by two points, which was not enough to win the game. Claire Colborne was high scorer for the Varsity Reds, scoring 20 points.

Sunday morning’s game proved to be a more difficult task for the Varsity Reds.

MUN came out and scored the first six points, putting UNB down early. Unlike Saturday, the Reds would not lead at any point in the game. The girls kept it close in the first quarter, being down only 21-17.

Memorial opened the second quarter with a 14-2 run that went largely unanswered by the V-Reds. Practically every basket UNB scored in the quarter was

answered by another basket by MUN. The Reds struggled to regain the composure that they had in the first quarter and were down 40-29 at half time.

The Reds had numerous opportunities in the third quarter going 6 for 17 from the field, and grabbing several offensive and defensive rebounds. On one possession, Laura Fox pulled down an offensive rebound, took a shot and missed, rebounding her own shot, and then making the second attempt.

Despite the lack of scoring, the Reds never gave up.

Similar to Saturday, UNB won the fourth quarter by two points. While it is nice to win a quarter, the team needs to figure out how to win more quarters by more than just two points, in order to find their first victory of the season.

The Cape Breton Capers travel to the Richard J. Currie Center on Nov. 30 and Dec. 1. CBU is currently sixth in the AUS standings, having only won one game.

football?!

The games: Saints@Falcons, Steelers@Ravens, Browns@Raiders

Liam Guitard

Overall 22-11 (Last week 2-1) Falcons: The Falcons have yet to fail me and the power rankings are hot.

Steelers: They can only go up; looking at the last two seasons I’m predicting a win.

Raiders: I like the look of Oakland’s QB, He’s got an arm and a solid toss.

The SUB People

Greg Madsen Overall 21-12 (Last week 1-2) Falcons: Matt Ryan is tough to beat at home.

Ravens: I hate the Steelers too much Raiders: Can’t trust a rookie QB on the road.

Nick Murray

Overall 16-17 (Last week 0-3) Falcons: At home, unreal record, and I’ve all but lost hope in the Saints this year.

Ravens:Steelers are better in every category, but Ravens are finding ways to pull out wins Raiders: These are two AWFUL teams and I wouldn’t touch this game. But Raiders at home, why not.

Justin Marshall

Overall 15-18 (Last week 1-2)

Falcons: They are 5-0 at home Ravens: Also 5-0 at home Browns:Brandon Weeden will come out of his shell and show the Raiders who’s the better team.

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V-Reds winless in interlock

Jeremy Trevors The Brunswickan The University of New Brunswick Varsity Reds women’s volleyball team travelled to Montréal over the weekend, hoping to keep their momentum going after a big win over the Acadia Axewomen last week.

But it wasn’t to be.

The V-Reds were 0-4 on the weekend, losing to four teams from Québec and seeing their record drop to 2-8 on the season.

Three of the teams UNB faced were ranked in the top ten in Canada at the moment: Montréal at ninth, Sherbrooke at eighth, and Laval at fifth.

“There were sets or strings of points where we played well and challenged our opposition, but we didn’t sustain it for long enough to have any real success,” said head coach, Jilliane Goulet said.

Goulet said it was a good experience and feels her team will bounce back sooner, rather than later.

“We’ll learn from this weekend and grow for the second half of the season.”

The Varsity Reds dropped their opener 3-1 to the Sherbrooke Vert et Or on Friday night.

The Reds won their opening set against the Vert et Or 25-18, but dropped their following three sets 25-18,25-20 and 25-17.

“It was a tough loss,” Goulet said. “We came out firing in the first set through serving and smart attacking.”

But Sherbrooke bounced back in the second set, breaking the confidence and the focus the V-Reds had in the opening set.

“We had glimpses of focus and confidence as the match went along, but not enough to stop Sherbrooke from winning the next three straight sets and taking the match,” Goulet said.

Despite the loss, V-Reds player Amber Gamblin was happy with her team’s start.

“We had a great match, we just need to continue working hard and push ourselves the whole match to be successful,” she said.

On Saturday, the Varsity Reds were defeated 3-0 by the McGill Martlets.

The V-Reds dropped the opening set 25-19, their second set 25-17, and the third set 25-16.

Goulet wasn’t pleased with her team’s performance, and said they did not come prepared for their game against the Martlets.

“We lost due to a lack of focus on blocking and defending their offence. We also had a lack of execution and gave up way too many unforced errors,” she said.

The struggles continued for UNB. In their second match of the day on Saturday, and their third game of the weekend, the V-Reds were swept yet again 3-0, this time by the Laval Rouge et Or. The V-Reds lost the opening set 2522, were defeated in a heart breaker 29-27 and dropped the third set 25-13.

But Goulet was pleased with the heart

The Varsity Reds were winless during the Interlock tournament, going 0-4.

Michael Bourgeois / The Brunswickan the V-Reds showed against the Rouge et Or. “We showed more fight and determination than in the morning,” Goulet said.

On Sunday Morning, the V-Reds were once again swept 3-0 (25-19, 25-21, 2517), this time by the Montréal Carabins.

“The first two (sets) were tight, until we let them pull away at the end. Once their servers got into a rhythm, we had a hard time passing the ball,” Goulet said.

The V-Reds will finish off the first half of the season at home on Saturday, Dec. 1, against the Université de Moncton Aigles Bleues at the Richard. J. Currie Center, at 7 p.m.

Men’s volleyball drops to second in AUS

The men’s volleyball team could only muster one win during their three match swing in Québec. Alex Walsh / The Brunswickan Things didn’t start off the best for the Josh Fleck Reds, as they dropped the opening set Sports Editor 25-21.

Dan McMorran and his volleyball team UNB battled back to take the second hit the road for Laval this past weekend, set in dominant fashion, 25-15, but they looking to avenge previous Interlock losses couldn’t keep that momentum going, as to Laval and Montréal, and grab another they split the next two sets, and eventually win from Sherbrooke. lost in the fifth and final set, 15-12.

On Friday night, the Varsity Reds took Matt Sweet lead the way for the Varsity on the Sherbrooke Vert et Or. Back in Oc- Reds in the loss, with 15 kills, while the tober, UNB handed Sherbrooke a 3-1 vic- revolving door at setter continued, as rookie tory during the first Interlock tournament. Mathieu Losier and Stephane Fontaine split

duties for the team.

Saturday morning’s match saw Fontaine get the start and go all four sets, as UNB came away with a 3-1 (25-22, 21-25, 2521, 25-12) win against the Université de Montréal. Julio Fernandez found himself in familiar territory, leading the way with 21 kills for the team.

After playing in the morning, the VReds had to take the floor again that night against the Laval Rouge et Or. Laval has been ranked in the top five in the country all season, and has only dropped one set all year, going a very impressive 30-1 during their first ten matches, all victories. They also defeated UNB 3-0 earlier in the year.

After getting the start that morning, Fontaine found himself once again splitting time with the impressive Losier.

The setter didn’t matter in this match, as UNB couldn’t get anything rolling against the country’s number five team, and lost in straight sets 3-0 (25-16, 25-19, 25-21).

The Interlock tournament wrapped up the first half of the season for the Varsity Reds. They take off for St. Pete Beach, Florida, over the holidays, to participate in the Alden Cup, which runs Dec. 30 – Jan. 6, before resuming league action on Jan. 18, when Dalhousie hosts the third Interlock tournament.

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