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Emma McPhee News Reporter When Jenny Thistle came to UNB and discovered that the university didn’t have its own Relay for Life fundraiser, she decided to start one up to honour her mom who died of cancer.

“When I was 15 my mom got diagnosed with cancer, and she passed away in June of my Grade 12 year,” Thistle said. “So when I came to UNB and I realized that there wasn’t a Relay for Life here at school, I went down to the Canadian Cancer Society office and took it upon myself to get one started.

It grew from there.”

Relay for Life is a 12-hour fundraising event for the Canadian Cancer Society. Participants form teams and take turns walking around a track for a 12-hour period. It raises money in support of cancer research, cancer patients and their families.

This year will mark the second year for the fundraiser to be held at UNB and Thistle is returning as chair of the event’s committee.

It will be held Jan. 18 from noon until midnight at the Currie Center.

Normally Relay for Life is an allnight event that is meant to simulate a cancer patient’s journey through the different stages of their diagnosis from dark to dawn. This year it was decided

that a time change would be easier on students.

“We thought if we had it just during the day that we’d get more participation from the student body,” Thistle said.

“We found that through the night it was hard because where we’re students and everyone has lots of work to do.

We found that Saturday was taken up planning, getting ready and going to the event and then Sunday morning when you got home everybody went to bed for the full day, and it’s hard to lose two days.”

The event was held for the first time at UNB last January and Thistle says they raised approximately $32,000.

This year they want to finish with similar results and have more than 25 teams sign up.

“We would like to surpass our goal of number of teams from last year, which is really important for us because we’re such a young relay. So if we can get teams coming back it makes it also a tradition where people are really looking forward to it,” said Taylor Coady, the event’s promotions co-chair.

These goals are kept in check by the most important outcome of the event: to celebrate the survivors, to honour and remember those who have been taken by cancer and to support all who are currently battling it.

Celebrating, remembering and supporting UNB hosting second annual Relay for Life this month

Relay for Life aims to celebrate cancer survivors, honour those who have died, and to support those fighting. Karsten Saunders / The Brunswickan “Everyone has been in this position, everyone has known someone with cancer and so I think that they’re not just helping those with cancer but they’re helping everyone as well,” Thistle said.

“Like me, [although] maybe not as directly, every single person has been affected by cancer in some way. So it’s definitely a cause that most people can relate to.”

Anyone who would like to partici-

pate can sign up through UNB’s Relay for Life Facebook page at Facebook.com/UNBrelayforlife.

Registration will be open until the event starts on Jan. 18.

Your printing made easier | ITS rolls out MyPrint Marc Gagnon Staff Reporter

MyPrint allows students to print their documents to any printer on campus from their personal device.

Karsten Saunders / The Brunswickan

Tired of racing to the library for a lastminute print job before class, only to find every computer in use?

UNB’s new print service may save you some hassle.

Accessible through any web-capable device, be it PC, Mac, or phone, MyPrint is the latest addition to the MyUNB Portal. It allows documents to be sent to any lab printer on campus.

Even the most technophobic of students can use MyPrint easily, provided they have a web browser and active internet connection – and money in their UCard Cash account, of course. “[It works by] selecting the file you wish to print, selecting the printer you would like to use and then clicking on the ‘print’ button,” said David Totton, director of UNB’s ITS client services For laptop users who prefer a specific printer on campus, they can designate it as their default device, allowing direct printing from their current program.

If this sounds a bit familiar, that’s because MyPrint is an improved revamp of Novell iPrint, a similar system which was phased out last November. Totton believes the new app will bring the kind of flexibility students demand.

“Novell was no longer able to meet the needs of UNB’s students, faculty and staff. Since then, we have been

working to remove and replace all existing Novell services,” he said. “With the recent upgrade of the student computer labs and print environments last summer, we were able to remove Novell completely from UNB’s IT systems.”

Making MyPrint accessible from phones and tablets is part of a campaign from ITS to broaden “Bring Your Own Device” (BYOD) services on campus, whose absence ITS became aware of through surveys, Student Tech Fee submissions, lab use statistics and general observation.

“ITS has developed a mobility strategy that is incorporated in to all of our new services to ensure we enable the use of BYOD and mobile technology,” said Totton. “We are removing students’ dependency on lab computers to access printing and specific software by giving them the ability to use their own devices when they want to.”

While some might think that this might lead to congestion at the communal printers, Totton believes just the opposite – that print requests will move from lab computers to personally owned devices. As many smartphone owners will attest, anything that frees you from the shackles of a desktop computer is a step in the right direction.

For any questions about MyPrint, contact the ITS Help Desk at helpdesk@unb.ca.

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N.B. students to take over legislature in February Cherise Letson News Editor New Brunswick students are taking over the provincial legislature in February.

The New Brunswick Student Alliance (NBSA) is holding its first advocacy week in the first week of February when the legislature sits.

“We’re going to try to get as many students as we can from across the province into Fredericton and meet with as many of the MLAs, party leaders and government staff as we can to talk about post-secondary and put forward some of our recommendations,” said Pat Joyce, executive director of the New Brunswick Student Alliance.

The NBSA got the idea from other organizations they work with. The Canadian Alliance of Student Associations hosts an advocacy week on Parliament Hill every November. The Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance also holds an advocacy week at their provincial legislature.

“One of the benefits we have here in New Brunswick is we have a relatively small legislature. There’re only 55 seats, which makes it logistically convenient to try to arrange meetings with as many MLAs as we can,” Joyce said.

Most of the recommendations the NBSA will be making during advocacy week will regard student financial aid.

It’s expected the province will have an announcement about the program in January, but Joyce said most of the changes would occur in the spring budget.

“There will still be an opportunity for us to get our message out there and what our reaction is to that financial aid announcement,” he said.

The NBSA has worked with the province’s Department of Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour in the past, but hasn’t worked with the provincial legislature. Luke Robertson, vice-president education of the St. Thomas University Students’ Union said the week is an opportunity to give PSE more attention in the legislature.

“It’s important to let our elected representatives know more intimately and more directly about student issues in New Brunswick, and an advocacy week is a great opportunity to get some eyes on student issues,” Robertson said.

UNB Student Union vice-president external Greg Bailey said students need to be engaged if they want their needs met.

“It’s impossible to think of any scenario for a prosperous New Brunswick that doesn’t involve an educated population, but it seems like ‘knowledge economy’ has become a buzzword that government trots out occasionally to satisfy the universities,” Bailey said.

“It’s crucial that students get involved and meet with their representatives because . . . MLAs want to do what’s good for their community, and when their constituents talk, they listen.”

With a provincial election coming up this year, he said the timing couldn’t be more perfect.

“With an election coming up and the parties working on their message for voters, this is the perfect time to have this,” Bailey said.

“Parties are developing their platforms and making the promises that will shape the next four years, and by talking to them now, we really have a chance to shape the conversation for years to come.”

Atlantic universities look to new model of dealing with student mental health

Two-thirds of students who have thoughts of sucide and decide to talk to someone speak with a peer first. Karsten Saunders / The Brunswickan Cherise Letson News Editor Atlantic universities are looking to change the model of dealing with student mental health.

In a conference on Oct. 30, university officials, counsellors, health-care professionals and students met at Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax to discuss mental health on campuses.

“Mental health has become a real critical issue on university campuses right across the country, and certainly that holds true for our universities in the Atlantic,” said Peter Halpin, executive director of the Association of Atlantic Universities.

The conference discussed ways to reduce the stigma surrounding mental illness and new models to help treat students. One of these new models is the Stay Connected Mental Health Project in Halifax, a project that recently expanded to include students from the city’s universities.

“It’s in its very early days,” said Halpin. “But that’s a program that our universities are viewing as a potential model for other universities for development in their home community.”

The project links the community’s mental health services, like those at local hospitals, to those of the universities. It also strategizes a way to equip university staff and students to identify signs of students in distress. This includes possible training certification for peer support workers.

“Between six to 10 per cent of students report that during the previous year that they had serious thoughts of suicide. About 45 per cent of those don’t tell anybody,” said Rice Fuller, of University of New Brunswick counselling services.

“Of those that do talk to somebody about it, about two-thirds of them will talk to a peer first. So that right there says ‘OK, if they’re talking to a peer first, we need to be educating peers about how to respond to somebody

who is having thoughts of suicide.’ ” Fuller said Halifax’s Stay Connected project would be a big help to students who have received help from another place before coming to university, or vice versa. “[So if] you have somebody who is getting service at one age and that information would be quite useful to the people treating them at another age, they don’t have to reinvent the wheel,” Fuller said.

“I think this is an excellent project in terms of trying to make that connection and trying to make that transition better.”

Halpin said partnership and collaboration is important when making conferences such as the one in October successful.

“This past conference we had was about sharing best practices among our universities. Everyone places a high value on that, because we can learn from each other,” he said.

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UPDATE ON THE

POTENTIAL STRIKE UNBSU ASKING STUDENTS NOT TO PAY TUITION

March 2013

Collective agreement negotiations between UNB administration and its full-time professors begin.

November 20

Minister of Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour Jody Carr decides not to appoint a conciliation board for the negotiations after receiving reports from both parties earlier that month.

November 22

University and professors agree to “truce” during exam period, agreeing no strike or lockout will take place during that time.

November 25

Professors’ union AUNBT authorizes a strike vote, which will take place Dec. 3 and 4

November 28

UNB and AUNBT announce truce will extend until Jan. 2. This means no strike or lockout will occur before then.

December 3

Strike vote day 1.

December 4

Strike vote day 2.

December 9

Negotiations between the two parties resume.

DECEMBER 20

Negotiations end for the holidays with no resolution.

JANUARY 2

Cherise Letson News Editor The UNB Student Union is asking students not to pay their tuition until the Jan. 17 deadline.

“If there’s no guarantee that classes will continue past [the first] week, students should hold on to their money until we know when they will,” said UNBSU president Ben Whitney.

The truce to prevent job action from both the university and the professors’ union AUNBT ended on Jan. 2, which means a strike or lockout can happen with 24 hours’ notice. UNB has asked to have additional meetings and extend the truce until the third week of January, but the union has yet to decide whether they will continue with the meetings.

Whitney said if things are not settled by the Jan. 17 deadline, the UNBSU will push for the deadline to be moved without penalty for students.

“Hopefully it doesn’t come to this, but if it does, that’s the first step,” he said.

But this could be easier said than done for many students who pay tuition with student loans or scholarships.

With student loans now being directly sent to the university, it’s impossible for some students to not pay.

“As of right now, unfortunately, it doesn’t look like there is that much that can be done in that case,” Whitney said.

“Students can wait and pay any portion that isn’t covered by their loan on the 17th deadline.”

Whitney also suggested that student try contacting student loans to see if anything can be done. He hopes students’ actions will send a strong message.

“At the end of the day, we want a new collective agreement,” he said.

“Students want to continue their studies uninterrupted.”

Last Friday night, the AUNBT bargaining committee met to discuss options. President Miriam Jones said a definitive decision would come after Monday’s negotiation meeting.

“At this point there is a strike mandate, so we don’t need to ask the members for that,” Jones said in an interview last Friday. “It’s essentially the questions deciding whether we’re in that position or not.”

The union has been renting a strike headquarters in both Fredericton and Saint John since December. Last Friday, at the Fredericton HQ on McLeod Ave., professors were helping move in furniture and painting picket signs.

“You have to be ready to strike in order for it to be a reasonable piece of leverage. No one is going to take you seriously if you’re not ready,” Jones said. “Nine times out of 10 this kind of preparation ends up not resulting in a strike, but you need to do it.”

Despite the full preparation, as of Friday, Jones was holding hope Monday’s meeting would be a productive one.

“If there is any possibility of a negotiated settlement, we want to pursue that,” Jones said. “But we’re not going to be stalled. We are at the point now where we need to see some movement or there is not point in continuing to talk.”

The university said in a statement that the focus is to get a deal done.

“Discussions are continuing next week. We are focused on continuing to resolve outstanding issues and remain hopeful that an agreement can be reached,” the statement read.

Whitney is also still holding hope that an agreement can be reached.

“There’s an obvious tension building. I’m hoping things can be resolved without resorting to a job action, but the negotiations this week will tell,” he said.

IMPORTANT: Monday’s negotiation meeting took place after this paper went to print. For the latest updates go to Thebruns.ca, where updates will be reported as they happen.

Truce ends. UNB asks for more meetings and extension of the truce until the third week of January. AUNBT says they are hesitant to continue because they wonder if more meetings would be productive.

JANUARY 3

AUNBT bargaining committee meets to discuss options.

JANUARY 6

Negotiations resume. AUNBT says this meeting will decide their next course of action.

Professors gathered at the Fredericton strike HQ on Jan. 3 to make signs and move in furniture.

Karsten Saunders / The Brunswickan

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No, this is not a sex shop Brief Cases

Graham Leupp

Amanda Ronan was never happy with the fashion options around her, and if you want something done, you’ve got to do it yourself.

So she took the entrepreneurial leap, and opened Pretty Little Freak Boutique in downtown Fredericton.

“One day, my husband talked me into trying on a cherry pinup dress,” Ronan said. “This was at a time where I felt I had lost my identity, and when I wore the dress, it was the first time I had felt beautiful in years.”

Then came the heels. Soon, red hair and a tattoo followed, and just like that Ronan was hooked on rockabilly fashion.

“I wanted to feel like this all the time,” she said. “It was hard to find in Fredericton, so I decided to bring it closer. And the idea for my boutique was born.”

But starting it up wasn’t easy, and not just because it’s a risky venture.

“I was dealing with many things I didn’t know, like permits, GST numbers, the things no one talks about . . . not to mention finding the downtown location,” Ronan said. “But I knew the downtown location was very important.”

Right from the start, it hasn’t been an easy ride, but Ronan’s biggest challenge has been a rather unusual one. Many people think her store is a sex shop.

“People judged the store by its name,” she said. “Almost daily, I had people coming in saying, ‘Oh, I thought you were a sex shop,’ or ‘Do you have a back room with other things?’ I still get it, even though the store has transparent windows.”

Despite the assumptions, Ronan forged on, building her business into

When it first opened, many people thought Pretty Little Freak Boutique was a sex shop. Karsten Saunders / The Brunswickan what it is today. Part of it was getting the word out.

“I did some advertising with newspaper and radio,” Ronan said. “The Gleaner has done a story on me, as have Here Magazine and the university papers. I also peppered the city with flyers for the grand opening. Word of mouth has been great.”

However, every business owner knows that the hardships never really end. Ronan said she is still struggling financially. She said it’s not just adver-

tising that’s expensive, but also the daily costs.

“Power bills, Internet, phone bills, customs charges, it’s all more expensive when it’s commercial,” she said.

“I’m in year two, and I still don’t pay myself.”

It’s in these darkest moments that an entrepreneur’s resolve is tested. Some will crumble under the pressure, but others will go on.

“There are moments where I wonder,” Ronan said. “Working 40 hours

a week, no paycheque and bad sales.

But then I see my shop, and the friends I’ve made, and I feel proud again. It was totally right for me.”

Ronan has done quite a bit to make the boutique’s mark in Fredericton.

That includes donning roller skates and both dealing and taking bruises.

“I happen to be Cherry Von Freak, a jammer for the Capital City Rollers roller derby team,” Ronan said. “I sell their merchandise and bout tickets. I also bring in monster makeup for the

zombie walks. I try to support community events wherever I can, especially when they pertain to my store’s theme.”

The best way to learn is through experience, and Ronan has certainly learned a lot since she started.

“Don’t expect to pay yourself,” she said. “Be prepared to be the only employee sometimes. Learn to say no, because you cannot do everything,” she said.

“Even if people think you’re a sex shop that gives massages in the back.”

UNB engineering student heading to Africa Emma McPhee News Reporter

Second-year engineering student Cody Munford is going to Africa with Engineers Without Borders this summer. Submitted.

As in the case of a UNB engineering student, ending poverty in Africa can start at UNB. This summer, Cody Munford, a second-year engineering student, will be spending four months in Africa as part of the Engineers Without Borders (EWB) Junior Fellowship Program.

Munford was chosen to represent UNB’s EWB chapter in an 18-month leadership program that will eventually take him partway around the globe to help eliminate poverty.

“I’m most excited for everything.

Just to have this opportunity to go over to Africa and help create change, whether it be in a small way or big way.

I mean, that’s really exciting for me,” Munford said.

EWB is an organization dedicated to creating systemic change in Africa through working with other organizations, called ventures, in Africa.

The Junior Fellowship Program pairs students with ventures where they are most needed.

Munford is still waiting to hear about his placement.

“I don’t know specifically what I’ll be doing in Africa because there’re about 10 African ventures that EWB has, so I could be placed with any one of them.

They’re going to be putting me there based on need,” he said.

Achieving the position wasn’t easy.

Munford had to submit essays and go through an interview process at both the regional and national level before he was finally chosen.

It’s especially an accomplishment as this is Munford’s first year with EWB. “I initially wanted to get involved with Engineers Without Borders last year but I was playing football with the Bombers so I wasn’t exactly sure if I’d be able to handle school, sports and EWB. So I waited a year and I realized this year I would have enough time,” he said.

“I really wanted to get involved and get that whole university experience.

And being in engineering myself, I looked at Engineers Without Borders and I immediately fell in love, basically.

I really like what they’re doing over in Africa and it’s a really unique approach, the way they work with the communities there to help create sustainable and systemic change.”

Between now and April, Munford will be completing the training portion of the program in preparation for his time in Africa.

“They call it foundation learning so it just gives me a lot of background of what I’ll be doing. I’ll be pretty much working by myself with the venture staff and living with a host family too, so I get to pretty much immerse myself fully,” Munford said.

Besides training, Munford will be helping the UNB EWB chapter organize fundraising events. Donations can also be made at Weare.ewb.ca/ codymunford.

Munford said he hopes to make an impact in Africa whether it’s big or small. He also knows the experience will impact him as well.

“I’ve never done anything like this before so it’s really a unique program in that it gives me a lot of training – leadership training, problem solving training, things like that,” he said.

“I’m excited to develop as a person, but [mostly] just to go over there and immerse myself in the culture and really help out a big problem: poverty in Africa. That’s really exciting.”

W T VIEO N I P

on What’s YOUR s week? i h t d n i m

What was the best part of your winter break?

Alisha MacDonald

Clarence MacDonald

Marc Couturier

Caleb Parker

Lauren Joyce

“Christmas day and my nieces heckling Santa”

“The five panicky moments where I thought I had an exam the next day.”

“Going out with my high school friends.”

“High school girls.”

“Going to Florida with the volleyball team.”

Will Seely

Daniel Kellick

Alex LeSage

Grayson Beairsto

Xui Yang

“Snowboarding!”

“Christmas Pop-Tarts.”

“Spicy chicken wings.”

“Sea Dogs game!”

“Going out for a picnic with my high school classmates.”

THE BRUNS OPINION editor@thebruns.ca

Richard Kemick Opinions Columnist Needless to say, the holiday spirit did not assuage the tension between the union of full-time teachers and the university’s administration.

The amount of attention that these labour discussions have received is largely due to the fact that school is in session. Over the previous summer, however, there was a different round of contract negotiations, between the part-time instructors and the university, which concluded with considerably less drama.

UNB currently employs part-time employees who teach roughly 1,500 courses per year, 20 per cent of UNB’s undergraduate classes. These instructors are often referred to as “sessional,” as they are brought in on short-term contracts and teach almost exclusively entry-level courses. There are 600 sessional employees represented by the part-time workers’ union at UNB, the same amount of staff represented by the university’s full-time teachers’ union.

I personally have never taught a firstyear psychology course with upwards of 100 students, but I assume it resembles Dante’s ninth circle of hell. But despite how heavily this university relies on sessional professors, as of May 2013 a sessional professor receives a mere $5,371 per three-credit course.

To be fair, the university does offer some bonuses. If you stay as a UNB sessional professor for three years, you get a 3 per cent bonus, a whopping $161.13. Stay for five and you get an additional 3 per cent. That’s right unemployed academics, this is what you have to look forward to: give an institution a half decade of your life earning next to nothing, and be rewarded with a bonus totalling over $300! Also, available to senior sessional professors only, the university will allow you to take one free six-credit course, just in case you want another PhD. You know, because the first one is working out so

well for you.

It is not, however, that the university has run out of money. In 2012 the university’s Board of Governors anointed UNB President Eddy Campbell with a raise of 8.51 per cent. Unlike the 3 per cent sessional professor bonus, a raise of 8.51 per cent on hundreds of thousands of dollars is quite substantial.

Dr Campbell, you and I have done this song and dance for the entire first semester: I point to what I consider inappropriate spending, using your aristocratic salary and fortress-like mansion to highlight the extent of the discrepancy. You complain to the paper’s masthead. My next column has a few jokes redacted and the following week it all starts again. My mother thinks I’m bullying you.

I have mentioned you by name, Dr Campbell, because under Article 12 of the sessional professors’ contract it states that all correspondence, including that of a grievance, should be addressed to “The President, Sir Howard Douglas Hall, University of New Brunswick.” Well, President Campbell, please consider this a grievance.

In the spirit of a new year, let’s make a truce. I promise that this will be the last time I mention you in this column for at least a month, starting today. I’m not enacting this truce because I’m running out of material or, despite what my mother says, because I think I’m being unfair to you.

I’m doing this because I consider the current state of sessional professors at UNB to be a tremendously important issue and I want you to have uninterrupted time to think about it.

Dr Campbell, you make between $325,000 and $350,000 per year. If we say that you make a modest $325,000, which means that – if you work fifty weeks a year, forty hours a week – you earn $162.50 an hour. As of May 2013, a sessional instructor who teaches four courses a year makes $21,484. Therefore, Mr President, what a sessional professor earns in one year, you earn

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Pay the part-time profs

Sessional professors’ salaries are below Statistics Canada’s Low Income Cutoff.

Alex Walsh / The Brunswickan in just over three work weeks.

These are the numbers that communicate UNB’s values to the world, Dr Campbell. Do they not embarrass you? They embarrass me, and the only source of institutional influence I have is a wildly unpopular newspaper column.

The UNB president’s mansion recently received a $160,000 upgrade to its front porch. Dr Campbell, if this university really wanted to save money, you could employ 28 sessional professors to stand barefoot in the dirt and hold you on their shoulders whenever you wish to venture outside to sip lemonade, look

at your front lawn, and say things like “It’s nice to own land.”

For 2013, Statistics Canada marked the Low Income Cutoff at $23,298 annual salary for one person. A UNB sessional professor teaching four courses per year makes $1,814 UNDER what Stats Canada says an individual requires to achieve their most basic needs.

Within the recent contract negotiations with full-time university instructors, there was much discussion on whether or not a professor’s salary should be tied to the salaries of other professors at similar sized universities.

When it comes to part-time instructors,

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this university isn’t even committed to tying a sessional professor’s salary to the poverty line.

Dr Campbell, I’m certainly not the mover/shaker/deal-maker that you are, but from where I’m standing it seems that you have two options: either to declare that you believe sessional professors are making a fair wage, or to publicly promise that in the 2016 contract negotiations with sessional professors all UNB staff will paid a liveable wage.

Have a nice January. Stay warm. And bask in the privilege of being able to pay your heating bill.

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Chaplain’s Corner: Hope for the winter

Kevin Bourque The Brunswickan Through my window I see a white river; it is covered by snow. For the time being, the Saint John R iver appears to be frozen and the brisk dearth of snow that crusts its icy expanse is all the eye can see. In spite of all the grandeur and seemingly impenetrable potency of this winter icescape, there are daring beams of sunlight creeping through the trees and sprawling their way across the once liquid tundra. Almost like winter’s own nemesis, the sunlight dashes rays of hope into the bleakness of this otherwise unforgiving winter. With the wind chill, it is 31 degrees below zero.

Winter does different things for each of us. For some, winter is a joyous occasion, with snowmobiles, hockey, snow angels and other wintery treats. For others, you dread winter; you know full well that the lack of sunshine will leave you cranky by mid-February, your bones,

fingers and dreary mind pining for the warmth of the sun. In ages past, many worshipped the sun, knowing it was a source of life. Our currentday scientific lens has given more complicated terms to the experience of sunlight and warmth, such as Vitamin D, but quite simply, we are solar powered.

For many of us who find ourselves situated so dreadfully far from the equator, we can find ourselves a bit “draggy” this rather challenging time of year. As it were, it is said that in order to get through a challenging time, it is helpful to have something to look forward to, something to hope for. For me, this winter may be radically different. For this first time in my life, I have planned a trip down south to sunny Florida over the March break. At the request of my perpetually and incomprehensibly generous parents, I will join them in their wintering locale. In many regards, having this little trip on the horizon speaks to a larger part of the human experience: hope. Even

through our darkest winters, longest days and most sleepless nights, we are able to endure the occasional bleakness of human life, so long as we have something to look forward to, some hope on the horizon.

As it fits for this story, the sun and its sunshine are our hope. To put it more succinctly: it is the hope in the bleakness of the dry, desperate winter. It is the sun, the sunshine and the hope of spring’s eternal renewal.

In our lives, hope is perhaps one of the greatest gifts we can carry with us along life’s path. It can see us through a dreary winter, sooth the sadness of lost love or ease the burden of grief; hope nudges us forward when we otherwise might just stay stuck.

What is it that brings you hope?

Maybe it’s the completion of your degree program and finally getting to set out on your own, to chart your own path in the world. Maybe it’s the thought of being reunited with that boyfriend or girlfriend with whom you have endured the past few

Brunswickan Talking Circle David Perley The Brunswickan Welcome to the first of a series of articles covering First Nation issues.

The Brunswickan readership should have the benefit of a Maliseet and/or Mi’kmaq perspective on history, cultures, worldviews, traditions, ancestral teachings and issues such as land claims, self-determination, Aboriginal rights, treaty rights, language revival and resource exploitation (e.g. shale gas/mining activities on traditional M i’k maq and Maliseet territories).

Fol lowing the t rad it ions of my ancestors, I have decided to share my perspect ives on topic s related to First Nation issues and concerns as if I was participating in a Talking Circle. Within this Brunswickan Talking Circle, the participants are the readership, and I am the facilitator of this traditional ceremony. The Talking Circle reflects the Sacred Circle philosophy that guided the actions of my ancestors. The Sacred Circle promotes the principles of sharing, respect, harmony, balance and interdependence. In a Circle, participants share thoughts, ideas, opinions, comments, emotions and perspectives in a respectful and polite manner. Our Elders inform us that when we share in a respectful manner, harmonious relations will emerge within the Circle. Hearts and minds will be opened so that participants will eventually develop mutual understanding and appreciation for one another.

In a Talking Circle, the Eagle

Feather is used by the facilitator to remind us that we have to speak from the heart. We are also reminded that the Eagle Feather represents truth and honesty. We believe that when you hold the Eagle Feather, heart, mind and spirit will be connected.

The facilitator will be the first to hold the Eagle Feather and share their thoughts, ideas, opinions, comments, emotions and perspectives.

After sharing their comments, the facilitator will say “all my relations” and pass on the Eagle Feather to t he pers o n s i tting next to them.

T h e E a g l e Feather travels in a c lo c kwise fashion a nd when the Feather completes the Circle a nd returns to the facilitator, the Circle will be closed.

In my first Talking Circle article, I would like to introduce the Wabanaki people. They are the original inhabitants of Wabanaki territory (what is now New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland, eastern Quebec, Maine, Massachusetts and Vermont). The word “Wabanaki” means “people of the dawn” in my ancestral language. We are people of the dawn because we are the first in this continent to greet the sun each day. The Wabanakis include the Maliseet, Mi’kmaq, Passamaquoddy, Penobscot and Abenaki. In New Brunswick, you will find Maliseet, Mi’kmaq and Passamaquoddy communities. You will also find Passamaquoddy communities in the state of Maine. The Penobscots are located in Maine while the Abenakis

Hearts and minds “ will be opened so

that participants will eventually develop mutual understanding and appreciation for one another.

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are situated in the state of Vermont.

A tot a l of 15 M a l i seet a nd Mi’kmaq communities have been established within the boundaries of New Brunswick. As of Sept.

2013, there are 14,794 First Nations peoples living in New Brunswick communities. (For full population size and breakdown visit extended version at Thebruns.ca).

It should be noted that the Passamaquoddy community near Saint Andrews is not listed because the Department of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development does not recognize the community as an official First Nation community as defined under the Indian Act. However, Maliseet and Mi’kmaq First Nations recognize the Passamaquoddies and therefore support their request to be given official recognition by the federal government.

Oral tradition tells us that the Waba na k is or ig i nated here i n Wabanaki territory. Specif ically, creation stories of Maliseet and Mi’kmaq people teach us that we originated in our traditional territories. We are intimately connected to our traditional territory and the land is part of our identity. Our Maliseet and Mi’kmaq languages teach us about our relationship to Mother Earth. When we say “Psiw Ntulnapemok” (all my relations), we include the four-leggeds, winged ones, water relatives, ones who live in the Earth, tree people (standing ones) and the two-leggeds. “All my relations” acknowledges that we are all connected in the web of life.

Thank you for allowing me to introduce our Maliseet and Mi’kmaq communities. At this time I pass on the Eagle Feather to you.

David Perley is a lecturer at the Mi’kmaq/Maliseet Institute at UNB. He is a member of Tobique First Nation.

years of a long-distance relationship.

Maybe hope, for you, is packaged in a much smaller container. Maybe it’s the quiet solace of a Friday night snuggled up near a fire with a good book and a warm mug of hot chocolate. Whatever is your source of hope for the winter, or perhaps more generally, for your life, I offer you encouragement to embrace that which brings wind to your sails and fuel for the fire that burns brightly within your soul. Soon the warmth of the summer will return and our keen eyes and wide smiles will grin as we embrace it.

As always, you can reach me via email (bourquek@unb.ca), in person (C.C. Jones Student Services building), by phone (453-5089) or our blog: Blogs.unb.ca/chaplainscorner/. Peace.

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A rice dish with a kick. Andrew Meade / The Brunswickan Tess Allen Arts Reporter Before there was Superman, before there was Wonder Woman, there was the Thunder Maker, and the long-lost Mi’kmaq legend of The Stone Canoe.

This recently-discovered fable – uncovered in 2003 at Acadia University by poet and essayist Peter Sanger – has been brought to life

by First Nation artist, activist, and musician Alan Syliboy in a multimedia exhibit at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery. It will be accompanied by a corresponding graphic novel created by Syliboy and published by Gaspereau Press, which is set to be

released in the spring.

“The idea of [the Thunder Maker] is of this sort of a mythical creature that had great powers and came from a place of power. If you see contemporary graphic novels and Superman and so on, the Thunder Maker kind of fits into that,” said Syliboy.

Directly related to the upcoming graphic novel, Syliboy’s contemporary exhibit – aptly titled The Thundermaker – features a circle of illustrated panels based on the childhood of Little Thunder (Kaqtukwaqsis), whose mother teaches him stories that have been passed down from generation to generation.

There is a tent f lap at the end of this sequence of images, where

awaits another circle of images that depict Little Thunder’s father, Big Thunder, teaching him lessons. The young protagonist is learning to become a provider and to become the new Thunder Maker.

The viewer then enters a teepee and is witness to Little Thunder making thunder for the first time.

This last component is presented through projected animation, a medium that Syliboy began working with a few years ago with his two-minute animated NBF film, Little Thunder, co-created with Nance Ackerman and presented at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, B.C., as well as at over 40 film festivals around the world.

It has certainly been a wild ride for Syliboy, who has been thrilled over the last few months to share the story of the Thunder Maker with Frederictonians at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery.

“It’s an ancient story but it has themes that are universal,” said Syliboy, adding that the coming-ofage tale was recorded from speech around 150 years ago but is likely to be much older. “[The exhibit] is the story of the Thunder Maker from start to finish . . . him becoming a man within his culture and [how] he achieves his goal of becoming the Thunder Maker.”

Syliboy has high hopes for the

story’s worldwide impact. “[We’ve] taken a legend and have made it into a story that will have a bigger audience,” said Syliboy, adding that several Nova Scotia libraries are considering offering the book to the public.

“That’s why I wanted to use the graphic novel as the vehicle, because graphic novels are very successful with young people. [The legend of the Thunder Maker] will live on.”

Frederictonians can view The Thundermaker at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery until Jan. 12.

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Songs of the week.

by Sebastian Maynard

Drake – Trophies At the beginning of September, about a month before Drake released his newest album, Nothing Was The Same, he posted a teaser video online. The video featured a procession of Lamborghinis, Maybachs, Bugattis and Rolls Royces driving through Toronto. In the background there was a triumphant horn playing, and most people thought the instrumental was part of a song that would be featured on the album. It wasn’t until December that Drake released the full song, “Trophies,” and for fans it was worth the wait. “This is not a love song,” he states a couple of times, as the Canadian rapper continues to try and shed what he feels are some misconceptions about him and his style of rap. The song is strictly about boasting, and features the flow that has been prominent in most of his newer songs. “Trophies” is Drake at his best: some great one-liners, good beat selection, a sing-along chorus and the right mix of fun and seriousness.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 8 You picked the first Brunswickan of 2014! Nice!

THURSDAY, JAN. 9 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer at the Tom Morrison Theatre (FHS). 7 p.m., $15 at the door. Check out the article by Marc Gagnon in this week’s issue!

Caspian – Halls of the Summer (Lazerbeak Remix) Hymn For The Greatest Generation, Caspian’s recently-released EP, is comprised of three new tracks as well as a demo and two remixes from the bands previous album, Waking Season. On the remix of “Halls of Summer,” American producer Lazerbeak makes the song even more cinematic and complex than the original. The song progressively is built up and then brought back to earth, and each time the payoff is even bigger than the last. A steady kick drum paves the way for a full drum set being utilized a minute later, and after a little intermission of guitar, keyboard and synths, the conclusion brings in a glorious harmony that seems perfect for the end of a movie. Vocals aren’t needed on a song like this, as the instruments themselves are interesting and entertaining enough, and while the original Caspian song is great, the Lazerbeak remix takes it to new heights.

FRIDAY, JAN. 10 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer at the Tom Morrison Theatre (FHS). 7 p.m., $15 at the door.

SATURDAY, JAN. 11 Boyce Farmer’s Market, 6 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer at the Tom Morrison Theatre (FHS). 2 p.m. matinee, $15 at the door.

Pro Era – 47 Piiirates On the one year anniversary of rapper Capital Steez’s death, his friends in Pro Era released a never-before-heard track featuring him and Dirty Sanchez, with production credits going to Joey Bada$$. The song itself continues the old school inspired songs that have made Pro Era popular. The two rappers playfully trade verses, accompanied by a bumblebee synth and rattling drums. It is Capital Steez that everyone is focused on though, as he demonstrates his carefree flow, going from chest-bumping boasts – “I’m Barry Bonds with my count of hits” – to thoughtful insights – “In a world of dead presidents and counterfeits/our generation is bound to take account of it.” It was the way that Steez could easily go from one subject matter to another without making it sound forced that gave him so much promise.

There is still more unreleased music that is likely on the way from this artist, but, as is the case with anyone who has passed away, there is always a sadness when thinking about what could have been if they were still with us.

Dear

just trying to give you some options.

Clearly, other factors come into play: Are the parents footing part of the uni bill? Is there a scholarship you’re trying to keep? Before you tell your parents, if that’s what you choose to do, make sure you’re aware of what this grade means to you.

First of all, a D is still better than an F! With a D, you still have to repeat the course if it’s a prerequisite, but you do get credit hours for it. Look at your GPA, and figure out what that means If you have a question for Dear Ari, in terms of your goals. What kind of grades do you need in the semesters to email Arts@thebruns.ca with the come? Can you keep your scholarship? subject line “Dear Ari,” or tweet Can you get a co-op job? her @AskDearAri If you don’t have the answers to all Dear Ari, the pertinent questions, contact your So that 60% final kind of killed academic advisor and the professor of me. I’ve been refreshing that damn e- that class. If your parents are anything Services page every day on the break, like mine, you won’t be approaching hoping for a miracle, but alas, I got them until you have a good chunk of the D. My parents have always been the answers figured out for yourself. supportive of me, but then again, I’ve University can be tough. Don’t beat always been a straight-A student. How yourself up, but do build yourself up for can I tell them that I failed when they bigger and better things. have such high expectations?

Affectionately, Sincerely, Ari Conquered by the Course Dear Ari, Dear Conquered, First semester, I went home every First, take a deep breath. You failed a second weekend. I was nervous to be course; you didn’t fail your whole life. at university, and plus my girlfriend You’re a big kid now. Heck, some was back home. Now, I’m 19, ready to would even say you’re an adult! Your go out, and that girlfriend is history. I grades are your business, and you tech- was stoked to get back to Fredericton nically don’t need to tell your parents until my mom started making plans anything. That being said, I’m very for me to come home as often as I did open and honest with my parents – I’m last semester. Thing is, I don’t plan to

Ari.

Turbulence: A Wild Night of Electro at The Cellar, 9:30 p.m., $5 at the door.

SUNDAY, JAN. 12 Flea market at King’s Place Shopping Centre, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., $2 admission.

Last day to check out the current exhibitions at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery. Check out Tess Allen’s articles on the Embracing Creation and The Thundermaker exhibits! go home until March break. How can I get my mom on the same page as me without breaking her heart?

Breakout Brandon Dear Breakout, The transition to university isn’t just a one-time event when your parents drop you off on the first day. It can be hard for parents to put themselves in your shoes and recognize how independent you’re capable of being.

In fact, your independence can really produce mixed feelings in the mamas and papas who aren’t quite ready to let us and our childhoods go.

If you plan on going home for March break, use that as a tool for compromise and negotiation. Try something along the lines of, “Since I won’t be coming home very much this semester, I was wondering if there’s anything special you’d like to do over my March break.”

Play the reminiscing game. Ask your mom what it was like when she was first of age. Allowing her to go back to her early adulthood can help her to see things from your perspective.

You’re young, you’re single, and you’re ready to make a fresh start. When it comes down to it, your mom can love it or lump it. You can decide where to spend your time and how to spend it, and you certainly don’t need to feel guilty for doing so.

Just don’t forget where you came from, and try to keep your poor old momma updated.

Affectionately, Ari

MONDAY, JAN. 13 Enough Said screening at 7:30 p.m. in Tilley Hall, $7 admission

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Will the show go on?

Lee Thomas Arts Editor With the possibility of a strike or lockout looming ahead, Theatre UNB is wondering if it will steal their stage.

Although the strike or lockout will have repercussions for all students and classes, for the drama classes at UNB the situation is a bit more complicated.

“It would make things extremely difficult,” said Len Falkenstein, who has been the director of drama and a professor with the English department since 1999.

“We have three productions scheduled, and depending on the timing of the strike or lockout we might lose one, two, or even three of those productions. Most people might think… ‘you can just reschedule the show, right?’

But it’s not that easy.”

Mike Johnston has been the technical director with TUNB since 1997, and co-teaches the drama classes with Falkenstein. As a contract instructor, he is part of a different union agreement from Falkenstein, but may still be impacted by an AUNBT strike lockout.

Johnston explained that drama classes would be particularly affected by the strike or lockout because of the time-sensitive nature of their course.

“There are upfront expenses that we put out on a show, [such as] the cost of materials to build a fence or a costume piece. Obviously there’s rehearsal time, which you simply can’t compress.

There’s also the costs of the rights to the play, and those rights are for specific dates. If we purchase them, for, say, the last week of January, we couldn’t easily shuffle the dates that we’ve chosen – so we could lose the money we put out on the royalties,” he said.

Additionally, TUNB’s rehearsal and performance space, Memorial Hall, is heavily booked, and it would be difficult to reschedule any affected performances without interfering with other performances.

“Basically, the student’s course work will become imperilled, and there won’t necessarily be a way of making it up,” said Falkenstein.

TUNB currently has three shows scheduled for this semester. The first opens of Jan. 29, the second is in midFebruary, and the third near the end of March.

“One of the things that’s really concerning about this is that the first production we’re doing [that opens on Jan. 29]… is actually part of the city of Fredericton’s FROSTival this year, which is a major winter festival being spearheaded by Fredericton Tourism,” said Falkenstein.

“It’s already being promoted as part of this city-wide festival, and it would obviously not look very good for us to have to pull that show… there would be repercussion for the reputation of the program and for the university, I think.”

Students in the drama program are

Tom Sawyer brings family fun to Fredericton Marc Gagnon Staff Reporter One of American literature’s best-loved characters is getting the Canadian treatment.

Mark Twain’s classic The Adventures of Tom Sawyer will be gracing the stage of Fredericton High School this month in a new all-ages adaptation. Ben Harrison, artistic director of Branch Out Productions, believes it is a show that rises above age and nationality.

“I think Tom Sawyer transcends beyond Americana – it’s an adventure that will be nostalgic for adults who loved it as a child, and also captivate our younger audience members.”

A Fredericton native, the 29-year-old Harrison began his theatrical production company while studying at the religious Briercrest College in Caronport, Saskatchewan, bringing it home with him after graduating. As a small troupe, Harrison often finds himself juggling multiple projects at once.

“I’m currently working on my biggest show, Tom Sawyer, and also my smallest – the two-woman show Always . . . Patsy Cline,” he said.

Twain’s folksy 1876 novel about a roguish boy’s adventures along the Mississippi River was chosen by Harrison for its unique family-friendliness, a niche which he feels is underrepresented in Fredericton. With past shows such as Godspell and You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Branch Out hopes to provide an alternative from the more mature theatrical offerings found today.

This approach is reflected in casting,

as Tom Sawyer features more than 30 actors aged from six to 70.

“There aren’t many groups in Fredericton with this kind of cross-generational casting, which has brought a real sense of community to our group.

We have entire families in our shows!” said Harrison.

Twain’s story was set in an epoch where casual racism was prevalent, however, and tackling this element respectfully while maintaining the show’s integrity was a challenge. In his script, Harrison changed the ethnicities of certain characters whose race, he feels, is not relevant to the plot. But in some cases, such as the half-Native Injun Joe, it cannot be avoided.

“He needed to be racially identified,” said Harrison. “His mistreatment because of his race has led to his harsh attitude, and I felt it was necessary for the audience to see why Joe is hardhearted.”

Despite its occasionally-harsh subject matter, Harrison believes that The Adventures of Tom Sawyer has a blend of humour and excitement that, brought to life by local talent, will please families of any age.

“Family comes in many shapes and sizes,” he said. “And sometimes even in unexpected forms.”

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer runs on Jan. 9 and 10 at 7 p.m., and Jan. 11 at 2 p.m., at the Tom Morrison Theatre at FHS. Tickets are $15 at the door, or $12 at the Regent Mall guest services, Westminster Books, and online at BranchOutProductions.org

involved in all aspects of their performances: they act, they collect and make the props and costumes, they create the set, and they advertise.

“That’s a lot of work to go into a show that could eventually get canceled,” said Falkenstein.

In addition to being a loss for students in the courses, the cancelation of one or more TUNB performances is a loss for theatregoers throughout the Fredericton community.

“We are a bit of an alternative to the bigger shows that come into the Playhouse or TNB [Theatre New Brunswick] because in some cases it may not be profitable for them to produce [the shows that we produce].

We can do a show that has a cast of 25 because students are doing it for credit and experience, so we don’t have the cost of hiring the actors for those roles,” said Johnston.

“We’re starting to see our audiences growing, especially this past fall. There seems to have been a bit of a lull in the past 4 or 5 years, not only at UNB, but also at the Playhouse and with TNB to some extent. . . So seeing a growth in our audiences this past fall would indicate to me that maybe we’re offering something that people aren’t seeing somewhere else.”

Falkenstein agrees.

“It does have an effect for the cultural life of the city as whole,” he said.

TUNB may lose a production or two if AUNBT strikes.

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Embracing Creation about home & celebration Tess Allen Arts Reporter It can be tough making friends when you’re the only kid your age in the neighbourhood. Luckily for a young Freeman Patterson, there was an endless number of lifelong companions right outside his front door.

“I grew up here in southern New Brunswick and I was the only child my age in the community, so my best friends were simply everything around me in the natural world – the Saint John River, the pebbles on the shore, the forest glens, all of these things,” said the now world-renowned photographer, who shies away from the label of “nature photographer.”

“I never think of myself as a nature photographer because in the public mind, it raises [images] of grizzly bears and giraffes . . . but I’m far more interested simply in natural creation, my basic inspiration.”

This is precisely the theme of Patterson’s current exhibition at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery. The collection, entitled Embracing Creation, is a major retrospective showcase that explores the Canadian artist’s extraordinary creative vision over a lifetime.

It has certainly been an astonishing journey for Patterson since he began his work in photography in 1965 – from working for the Still Photography Division of the National Film Board of Canada and establishing photography workshops all around the world, to publishing over a dozen books and being appointed to the Order of Canada in 1985.

He devotes three months every spring entirely to the wilderness and

Embracing Creation will be on display until Jan. 12. Submitted his own gardens in Shamper’s Bluff, New Brunswick. Each year he also returns to Namaqualand, South Africa, which he feels is his second spiritual home.

But Patterson asserts that he – and his immense body of work – are “not about God.” “I don’t give a hoot what anyone believes or doesn’t believe about God; it’s an irrelevant question for me. We can all agree, however, that we live in an absolutely remarkable creation and what it does, absolutely nonstop, is it creates. For me, the exhibition is a celebration of that whole process,” said Patterson.

The exhibition is being presented in conjunction with a major book published by Goose Lane Editions and the Beaverbrook Art Gallery this past September.

Entitled Freeman Patterson: Embracing Creation, the book contains most of the images in the exhibition plus several others – approximately

120-125 photographs that span the years from 1966 to 2013. A major essay on Freeman’s artistic journey by the exhibition curator, Tom Smart, and 12 shorter essays by Freeman are also included.

Freeman calls the essays a collection of “things that matter to me as a human being,” the chief of which is the concept of “home,” which has influenced a great deal of his work.

“If you have a chance to look at the book and the chapter on ‘home,’ I write about two incredibly significant homes, one of which is Shamper’s Bluff and the other being . . . Namaqualand in South Africa,” said Patterson.

“Home is a place where you can feel fully present to yourself, where you feel an incredible emotional sense of total connection, and I feel that here.”

Embracing Creation will be on display at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery until Jan. 12.

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This year I’m going to . . . keep my resolutions

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Walking to school or taking the stairs instead of the elevator are a couple of tricks to help lose weight. Submitted / The Brunswickan Bronté James Sports Editor Every year we say we make the resolution to go to the gym, eat healthy and not eat that entire pizza we’ve been craving . . . with the ice cream for dessert.

But let’s be honest, how many of us stick to this resolution after the first couple of weeks?

Just because you weren’t able to stick to it in the past doesn’t mean this isn’t the year you finally fit into those jeans you stored in the corner of your closet, hoping to one day fit into them again.

But what are some of the ways to

ensure it sticks this year?

Here are a few things to remember: 1. You need to have the right mentality going into it: if you don’t want to change, you’re going to come up with excuses to not go to the gym.

Simple as that.

2. It’s a wake-up call: Sitting in bed, listening to the alarm go off but don’t want to get up? Just think of how great you’ll feel post-exercise. Plus, it’s been proven exercising in the morning jump-starts your metabolism, which keeps you burning calories all day long – and will help keep you away from junk food that will negate your workout. Not

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to mention it helps wake you up; who needs a coffee when you can jump on the elliptical for 20 minutes?

3. A healthier you: It’s not about becoming a size 0, but being healthy. That means a healthy diet – no, not the evil four letter word where you eat nothing but vegetables, but you also have protein, fruit, vegetables, carbs etc. There’s no point in exercising if you’re going to eat nothing but junk food.

4. Know you don’t have to go to the gym: Exercise doesn’t mean spending hours at a time at the gym.

Going for a walk or run for 20 minutes three times a week is a great start. Mix

that with your healthy diet and you’re on the right path. Not into walking or running? Sex is a great cardio workout too. Just sayin’.

5. Will help you study: When you exercise your brain gets more energy and oxygen, and exercise has been proven to actually boost your memory.

You can use it as a way to procrastinate your studying, but it will also help you in the end.

6. Take away your stress: Remember that big test you’re worried about?

Endorphins released when exercising and getting your mind off what is stressing you out are two great motivators.

Do you think Olympic hockey should go back to not allowing professional players?

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Nick Murray

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Absolutely. It says in the Olympic constitution that it is an amateur sporting event and in amateur sports you do not get paid, and yet some of those competing are making millions of dollars. Something needs to change.

No. Absolutely not. The Olympics are supposed to showcase the best athletes in the world. That’s why they removed baseball from the Summer Games and started the world baseball classic. To add: “That would just leave the World Cup hockey, which is a joke compared to the Stanley Cup playoffs at the same time of year.”

Yes. They can’t do it during the World Cup of Hockey because they’re all guys who didn’t make the playoffs. If they didn‘t then it would either be a bunch of Spengler bums or junior kids who already have the WJHC *shudder*. The Olympics is about the best players in the world competing for their country, why is hockey any different?

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7. You’ll be more confident: What better reason?

How to help make it happen: 1. Two words: workout playlist: “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing” by Aerosmith just won’t cut it when you’re lifting half your body weight over your head or on the 20th lap around the track, so you need to find the perfect playlist to help keep you going. Need some help? Look to 8tracks.com, Jango. com, Soundcloud.com or a friend with great taste in music.

2. Daily reminders: The beauty of the reminder app on your smartphone is that you can set a daily reminder to go to the gym, eat healthy, or just a motivational quote to keep you going. Take a few minutes, set up your reminders for the next few weeks, and let the motivation begin. Or maybe you’re a little more old school: put Post-its up around your room and in your notebooks. You can do it with fun colours!

3. Have a partner in crime: What better way to be motivated than have someone right next to you pushing you to do better? Bring your boyfriend, girlfriend or best friend and set a plan you both have to carry out.

4. Set a plan: There are a ton of people who have no idea what they’re doing when they go to the gym for the first time – and to be honest, it can be quite intimidating. But if you go in with a plan it will help take away some of that stress and will help get the ultimate results you are working toward. Plan what you are going to do on which days, and plan what you are going to do on said days. Nothing is sexier than someone with a plan . . . okay, that’s not entirely true, but it doesn’t hurt.

5. Have fun: What’s the point of doing it if you’re not enjoying it? There isn’t one. So don’t see a workout, but find a way to do it to make it enjoyable.

Don’t forget, campus has a great nutritionist on hand for all us students who can help with your meal and exercise plan. Utilize them! They’re a valuable resource.

Happy workouts, everyone. May the gym be ever in your favour.

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No. For the sole reason that I would be worried Canada would not perform as well. We are doing pretty well as is and my motto has always been “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” Well, I mean that is my motto sometimes . . .

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Captain Canada | Chris Culligan leads team to gold Bronté James Sports Editor The UNB Varsity Reds centre was the centre of attention at the 2013 Winter Universiade games in Trentino, Italy, where he captained his team to win gold.

“I was excited with the challenge and the opportunity of wearing the Canadian jersey,” said Chris Culligan.

The tournament would end in a final game of a 6-2 win over Kazakhstan, with captain Culligan scoring two of the goals for his team.

But like every great story there is a humble beginning. For Culligan, his started at the age of three.

With hockey being a family game – his father having played hockey for St. Francis Xavier University (StFX), and his mother having played field hockey for StFX – it was a natural progression for him to get into the game himself.

“I think, more than anything, my parents tried to encourage my siblings and I to be active when we were younger and try different sports,” said Culligan. “Hockey is a big part of our culture as Canadians, so it was probably pretty natural for me to get involved.”

What kept him in the game was the support from his parents and all of the opportunities hockey has given him.

“They’ve put a lot of money into

me playing hockey that has got me to this point in my life,” he said.

“I’ll admit, coming to school wasn’t exactly what I wanted at first, but it was a chance to help my parents out financially by taking advantage of the athletic scholarships available.”

Another thing keeping him going is his friendships. He says their support and understanding some sacrifices would need to be made were what helped keep his head, and heart, in the sport.

“I can’t possibly thank them enough for that.”

After graduating from Riverview High School in 2006 he spent five years with the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, from 2004 until 2009. His last three years he took classes at Cape Breton University.

But this wouldn’t be the only maritime university of which he would be a part.

He traded in his black, yellow and white jersey for the black and red – he became a UNB Varsity Red. But they wouldn’t be the only colours he would wear during his time with UNB. Trying out for the Winter Universiade team, he found out he would be wearing the red and white with the iconic ref leaf in the centre only a few weeks after the all-star game earlier in the season.

There were different requirements needing to be met, but his four and a half years experience in the Atlan-

tic University Sport League – not to mention the experience of three Canadian Interuniversity Sports Championships – made him a strong candidate.

“Realistically, a number of our players from UNB’s team could have been picked for the four roster spots available,” he said. “I felt privileged to have been one of the four chosen.”

Culligan was able to meet most of his teammates at the all-star game, as well as play with fellow V-Reds Marc-Antoine Desnoyers, Tyler Carroll and Nick MacNeil, giving them some time together before being thrown together as a team.

But of the four V-Reds on the team, Culligan would be the one to wear the stitched C on his jersey and lead the 22-person roster.

“I was honoured to be named Captain,” he said Despite the quick turnaround of a roster and little time to bond, he said his respect for the team grew as the tournament went on.

“I realized by the end of it just how much each and ever y guy brought to the team,” said Culligan.

“Every single guy played their part in one way or another that helped the team achieve success.”

The play-by-play of each game isn’t what Culligan remembers most about his time with the team, but rather what happened behind the scenes.

Relaxing and touring Italy –

Culligan is a centre for the UNB Varsity Reds. Canadian Interuniversity Sport / The Brunswickan helping everyone get to know one season. another a little faster – teammates Culligan says he realizes it’s more accepting smaller roles, and players than likely it’s the last time he’ll get like St. Thomas University goalie to wear the red and white and repreJonathan Groenheyde coming to sent his country, but will remember practice with a positive attitude and every moment of his time in Italy. going the extra mile are what the “It wasn’t the Olympics or the captain remembers most.

World Juniors, but it was a chance “They made for some memorable to wear the red and white and get moments,” he said. “And it had a caught up in all of that like we did as direct influence on the outcome of kids in the driveway or on the pond,” the tournament.” he said. “I couldn’t be more proud With an international win under of how the group bought into repretheir belt, the four Reds have come senting Canada, and each other.” back to UNB to f inish off their

UNB women sweep themselves to CIS nationals Bronté James Sports Editor

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For the first time in 25 years UNB will be sending a team to the Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) nationals in curling.

“Being the first team back for the University of New Brunswick, we had a little pressure,” said women’s skip Jenn Armstrong. “But I think now they’re going to keep curling, at least in the university, which is what we wanted.”

The women were able to win the A Qualif ier at the Atlantic University Championships over the weekend, pushing them to CIS where they will compete for the national title.

Their first game was against the Acadia Axewomen where they won 6-5, their second win a default because of the Dalhousie University Tigers being stormed in at home.

“We started off kind of shaky, [it] being our first real game together as a team,” she said. “But once the game started rolling we started playing better, and we actually got three in the last end to win, and we needed three.”

“They played so-so, got a little bit lucky,” added head coach Gary Wilson. “But sometimes you have to be lucky to play well, so we made the right shots at the right times and came out on the winning side.”

Their final game, however, was a strong 11-4 victory over the Saint Mary’s University (SMU) Huskies.

The draw in the seventh end

It’s her fourth and final year of her undergrad at UNB, but that didn’t stop Jenn Armstrong from rocking Atlantic University Championships (AUC) in curling.

Taking the AUC title gave her another win to add her to already filled resume. She started competing when she was 12 and has competed in provincials, a few nationals and Atlantics. “[I’ve] been all over the map,” she said.

Armstrong first started curling because of her dad, who has curled since he was 14 and has attended Briers representing New Brunswick.

The curling rink in their backyard doesn’t hurt, either.

“So I didn’t really have a chance to choose any other sport,” she joked.

Although she wasn’t too keen on the idea of curling at a young age, the more competitions she attended and more travelling she was able to do, the more she loved the sport.

Armstrong says you “get into a routine and start liking it.”

Stepping off the competitive ice for a break in anticipation of doing her Canadian Accounting or Canadian Provincial Accounting, “I didn’t want to commit myself to a team and then bail on them next year,” she said. “So being able to curl and compete, I’m really excited. It will be fun to wear the red, white and black.”

Team Jennifer Armtrong will represent UNB at the Canadian Interuniversity Sport Nationals.

Submitted / The Brunswickan against four would be the most molded well considering they’re a but also because his daughter Shelby memorable play for Armstrong as new group.

Wilson is on the team. He says their it was the game winner.

“They’re not experienced as a hard word and the time invested are “If I would have missed that then group but they’re all very experi- paying off. it would have been game over; we enced curlers, so we just need to “We put the time into it but would have been shaking hands.” work on that unity and we’ll be they’ve certainly played well and Despite the win, Wilson says the fine.” come together, and we were certeam needs to work on their comCoach Wilson is excited to be tainly rewarded for their efforts.” munication and a few other things with the team as they are the first on the ice, but says the team has one in 25 years to represent UNB,

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One step at a time | Seizing the day Scott Hems The Brunswickan This is a story about a day that we all desire in some way, the day where our goal is reached. This is the day my weight loss totalled 100 pounds.

Astonishing moments are made by the difficulty we once faced, and one day something amazing is going to happen making your entire journey worth it, as long as you keep faith.

Remember, it takes a few bad days to appreciate a good one.

After weighing 320 pounds five years ago, I was down to 221 on the other side of bullying, harassment, depression and rejection. I showed up to cross-country that day for one of the hardest workouts we would ever do.

Sometimes before a run, or a big game, you tell yourself you’re about to do something amazing. We were told to jog or walk between miles. I refused and kept running, knowing what I was after. I ran deathly miles for hours without stopping; music from the Rocky IV fight drove through my

Skipping down the house Barry leads UNB team Bronté James Sports Editor Josh Barry leaves no stone unturned as he helps lead his team to Atlantic University Sport Championships, but was unable to take a victory and won’t be going to nationals.

But like every other curler, the story starts earlier than the championships.

Playing for 15 years, he has gone to four Canadian Juniors, representing Canada as an alternate last year, and two international events this past year.

“It was really cool to wear the Maple Leaf,” he said. “Every country comes up to you and knows your Canada, so you kind of wear that, and it’s almost a target on your back but at the same time everyone respects you.”

Just like Armstrong, he said “I’m all over the map.”

Just like one of his fellow UNB curlers, Barry got into curling because of his dad who played now and again while living in Yellowknife, N.W.T. When Barry was seven years old he tried out curling.

“I went back the next week and every week since.”

The UNB curling season also owes some of its existence to Barry working hard to make sure they can compete in the red and black.

Not having a UNB team compete for the last 25 years, Barry and Steve Kelly, event co-chair of the 2013 World Mixed Doubles and Senior Curling Championships held in Fredericton, made sure the Reds would get their chance.

“It’s finally come, I guess,” said Barry. “It’s my fourth year, but at least I will get one crack at it. It will be really cool to play for the school.”

head. Teammates shook their heads wondering why the hell I was still going. I didn’t even know, I just knew I wasn’t about to stop now.

My legs went numb, I couldn’t breathe and tears blended with excessive sweat. I thought about all those who made fun of me, or all who convinced me suicide was my best option.

I thought about all the times I wasn’t good enough. More than anything, I thought about that 320-pound kid who wanted to make a change. This is where he ended up. These days are what you live for and don’t ever stop, because someday everything in your life will make sense.

Until then, just move forward.

My body was destroyed that day, but not my heart. I jogged home in tears knowing what the past five years were. Today was the day. It had to be.

I stumbled into my place and hopped on the scale still catching my breath.

The “fat-ass, pathetic, no-good joke, embarrassment” kid every girl laughed at when he smiled toward them, who was told he was too fat to play quality

hockey, had lost 100 pounds.

The scale showed 219.6, as well as a few tears that dripped off my face.

It was worth it. The laughter I faced meant nothing to me anymore. No one could ever take this away from me.

The smallest of belief can go the longest of ways. If there was one day I really chased after something one step at a time, it was this one.

I promise from first-hand experience, if you want weight loss, it’s always possible. Even if it’s down the road, but your day will come, and it will be worth it.

Maybe searching for a dream is more important than finding it. There’s more to life than the hard times we face, there’s more to us than determination, and there’s more to you than hope.

“Fight for what you love, and do whatever it takes to be happy.” - Anonymous Each person sets a goal, whether it’s 5lbs, 10lbs or 100lbs.

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