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How much say are we getting?

UNBSU VP feels their input is undervalued

UNB might get a new food provider this year. Alex Walsh / The Brunswickan Cherise Letson News Editor Consultation for the upcoming UNB food contract negotiations is not being done properly, says Marc Gauvin, UNBSU’s vice president finance.

The contract with Sodexo, who is UNB’s current food provider, is up in April. With the contract ending, this means other food providers can bid to take over. Food providers will bid on a Request for Proposal (RFP), which basically outlines the requirements the food provider must meet if they get the contract.

The RFP was put together with consultation from a selection committee consisting of different campus representatives. Gauvin represents

undergraduate students on the committee. He said the consultation with the selection committee was not sufficient.

“It didn’t go over well, in my mind,” said Gauvin.

He said the selection committee met a few days before the RFP came out, and the meeting only lasted two hours. He said the meeting felt rushed, and some documents weren’t sent out until the day of the meeting.

“It almost seemed like the point of the meeting was to have it just for the sake of saying, ‘We had a meeting.

We met with these people, so we went through the proper avenues’,” said Gauvin.

“I don’t even know why it’s [the selection committee] called that. We

didn’t do any selections. There was no voting.”

Gauvin said many of the committee members’ ideas didn’t make it into the RFP, and many were dismissed.

“There wasn’t a lot of input that was taken favourably from me and the other representatives,” he said.

Some of the suggestions that didn’t make it include, making the contract for five years instead of ten years. Another was to bring in a local pizzeria and have one of the cafés be switched to a local business.

However, some things which did get in was a full-service Tim Hortons, a requirement of 30 per cent of food materials purchased to be produced in the Atlantic region, and to have Booster Juice excluded in the contract so it will

be able to be run separately from the provider.

James Brown, executive director of residential life, campus and conference services, is in charge of the contract negotiations. He said the length of the selection committee’s meeting should be put in the context of the entire process.

“We began consultation on this, back in September,” said Brown. “At the point of the meeting, I already had a survey response from residence students, survey responses from retail customers, largely prepared by the student union.”

Brown said he also had a report and recommendations from the UNBSU about what should be put into the RFP. He said these things were already taken

into account when the selection committee met. He said the committee had been sent the RFP itself two days before the meeting, and the documents sent the day of, were just attachments, such as floor plans.

According to Brown, who has a lot of experience with food contract negotiations, only he can be present at the final contract negotiation with the food provider.

“You don’t negotiate with a committee,” said Brown. “I will continue to consult the committee, but I’m the negotiator for the university, and I’m the one who will ultimately sign my name to the contract.”

Unhappy with the whole process, the UNBSU food committee is taking action. They will be launching an awareness and marketing campaign in the coming weeks to educate students on what’s going on. Gauvin said they will continue to push for quality and a provision in the contract that will hold the food provider accountable.

“I think that food on campus should be seen as an investment, rather than an expense to the university,” said Gauvin. “If you’re investing into the education of students, you should also be investing into the health and happiness of students.”

“When you have a happy and healthy campus, you create a higher morale amongst students. That’s just something we want the university to be aware of, instead of just thinking of it as dollars and cents.”

As for committee members being barred from the negotiation table, Gauvin said until he sees documented proof, the UNBSU will push for that too.

“If there’s some university document [James Brown] can show me that [we shouldn’t be in negotiations], that’s fine. But if it’s just him saying that, then obviously, we’re going to push to get in there,” He said.

Contract negotiations begin in midMarch, with possible food providers submitting their proposals by March 4.

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Polar Dip; it’s happening Heather Uhl News Reporter People will be freezing for a reason this week.

The Bridges’ Polar Dip, a longstanding house tradition, will be taking place on Jan. 26. Proceeds will be donated to the IWK Children’s Hospital.

“The Polar Dip is a charity event that Bridges hosts annually,” said Giselle Kan, Bridges’ charity and public relations representative.

Polar Dip used to take place in the Saint John River, but due to safety reasons, that was stopped. Now, a pool is set up outside the house.

By paying the fee of $30, participants are allowed to jump into a pool in the middle of January, for a good cause.

The event kicks off at 2 p.m.

Kan said she is hoping for around hundred participants.

“It’s a great fundraiser for the IWK. You usually jump with three or four people, depending on the year, and how much snow we can pack around the pool. Usually people dress up,” she said.

The future of the Polar Dip was uncertain when, in October, it was discovered that some funding had changed.

In previous years ResLife covered the cost of the Polar Dip, but this year, ResLife introduced a new administrative practice that allowed each residence to receive only $500 towards charity events.

At a $4000 price tag, The Bridges Polar Dip was no longer covered.

“We had to raise money to have to the Polar Dip, as well as raise money for the IWK. Our whole house really pulled it together. We did a lot of fundraising. We fundraised for the IWK and for the Polar Dip,” Kan said.

“It’s all set in stone. Everything is good to go for the Polar Dip.” The goal is to raise $4000. Kan said it’s only fair that if they’ve raised the money to host the Polar Dip, they should raise at least that much for the IWK. Jeff Paradis, Aitken House education proctor and Polar Dip veteran, will be dipping for the third time this year. He said he does it because it’s fun and for a good cause.

“I’ll normally be at or participating in any residence charity event.

And I did it last year again, because it

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In Paradis’ first year, he teamed up with two friends, dressed up in kilts and preformed a three-way piggy back into the pool. At the time, Paradis was living in MacKenzie House.

“I’m always a fan of mixing it up and trying something nobody else has done,” Paradis said. “This year, I’m going to go for something different.”

Bridges House President, Nick McEachern, said if it wasn’t for the Bridge’s house team, Polar Dip wouldn’t be happening.

“Hard work and dedication from my house committee is the reason that the Polar Dip will be happening,” he said.

“All year, they have been going above and beyond their assigned duties to make this happen.”

Alex Walsh / The Brunswickan

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Its Not

About

Food Not just For girls

Alex Walsh / The Brunswickan Lee Thomas Arts Editor For the past several years, the It’s Not About Food (INAF) group has helped university women tackle their issues with food. Now, as of Jan. 14, INAF’s mission has spread to include men who are dealing with eating issues.

“INAF was created by allied health professionals. They noticed that there was a problem with eating issues on campus and felt the need to do something,” said Kathleen Pye, project director. Pye has worked with the formerly all-female support group since 2009.

“In terms of statistics, eating issues and eating disorder rates are generally higher among the female population than the males. But that’s not to say that males aren’t affected,” she said.

Pye had received “at least one email every semester” from various men who expressed interest in joining the group, however no such program was available.

However, a letter to the editor in the Brunswickan was a catalyst for change.

“I wrote a snarky article [in the Bruns] last term,” said Karsten Saunders, a second year arts student, who aided in the co-ed INAF’s group founding, and now acts as a cofacilitator.

“I started emailing with Kate [Weaver, who collaborated on the creation of the original INAF group in 2008]. She said she wanted to do it before, but she hadn’t had enough interest to actually run one.”

Pye said the new group is co-ed, instead of all male, because of the

practical issues involved with finding male nursing students and counselling interns to facilitate the programs. However, she believes that there are added benefits to a co-ed support group.

“It’s good for us to get both perspectives,” she said.

Saunders said men exhibit food related problems differently than women.

“They might be like, ‘I have to go to the gym and get super ripped’, while a girl might be like, ‘ I have to be super thin’,” said Saunders. “So it will allow people to see each other’s problems and understand the diversity of eating issues.”

He said it is particularly important for men to have access to support for eating issues.

“It’s really stigmatized for guys to be like that, because everyone says eating

disorders are a ‘girl thing’. So for a guy to admit he has problems – I mean, admitting it for girls is hard, but for guys – it’s even more difficult.”

The co-ed INAF group runs similarly to the all-female INAF group; it’s a six week program, with a different topic focus every week, including subjects like self care, self esteem, and body image.

Counselling interns and UNB nursing students, like fourth year nursing student, Josh Mackin, facilitate the sessions. He said the facilitators often have as much to take from the sessions as the participants.

“I really wanted to increase my depth of knowledge of mental health issues because they’re so prevalent in today’s society,” said Mackin.

“I go in to every clinical setting with

an open mind to learn as much as I can from the people I interact with.

So far, this has been a phenomenal experience.”

Pye said INAF is not just for people with diagnosed eating disorders.

“We get people from all over the spectrum; the restricting side, the bingeing side, and everywhere in the middle. And if people may think that they have an issue with food but aren’t really sure, we get a lot of people like that too,” she said.

“Anyone can really come if they feel like they have an issue with eating. That’s what we’re there for,” said Mackin. “We’re there to help whoever wants us, and whoever needs us.”

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Gordon’s guide to beat the sneezles

Getting a flu shot is recommened to avoid catching the flu. Submitted Gordon Mihan Staff Reporter While sitting in some of your larger classes, you might begin to notice a chorus of coughing taking place; this is the time of year when the flu is running rampant.

According to the Public Health Agency of Canada website, Influenza virus or “the flu”, is a common upper respiratory infection that normally starts with a cough or sore throat, headache, and chills. These symptoms are swiftly followed by fever, loss of appetite, fatigue, runny nose and sneezing. Even worse still, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea may also occur.

All of the above will make your life pretty miserable.

Obviously, no one wants the flu, and at university, it can be especially annoying when the class will continue with or without you. Not to mention, you’re also surrounded with thousands of other people, and chances are, there are going to be quite a few of them who are sick, and even worse, contagious.

The influenza virus spreads through contact by either coughing or sneezing by someone who has the flu. So if someone comes up to you and sneezes on you, feel free to let them know that wasn’t cool.

You can also get the flu by shaking hands with an infected person or by touching contaminated surfaces, and then touching your own eyes, nose or mouth.

But don’t panic, the flu may seem like an entity you can’t fight, but there are a variety of different things you can do to avoid getting the flu. Most of them are pretty simple.

First off, wash your hands often

with soap and warm water for at least 20 seconds, or use alcohol-based hand sanitizer if soap and water aren’t available. Just how often should you wash your hands? Well, before and after eating, after you have been in a public place, after using the washroom, after coughing and sneezing and after touching common surfaces.

Basically, washing your hands as much as possible is a good idea.

You should also try to keep your hands away from your face, and cough and sneeze into your arm, not your hands. Keep common surface areas like doorknobs, light switches and keyboards clean and disinfected. This really applies to those living in residence, who are in close vicinity with a variety of people.

Another thing to consider would be to get your yearly flu shot, which is one of the more effective ways to prevent catching the flu and spreading it to others. Flu shots are available at the Student Health Centre for $15.

Don’t let the prospect of the flu keep you from doing what you normally do. But if you get sick, stay home from school and work until you are feeling better. Most people recover from the flu within a week, but if you have a chronic illness such as asthma, there is an increased risk of developing more severe complications from the flu, like pneumonia.

Hopefully you’ll able to avoid the flu this winter season so there will be minimal interruptions to your academic program. Not getting nausea, vomiting and diarrhea is also a plus.

For more information, check out the Public Health Agency of Canada website at Http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/ influenza/influenza-faq-eng.php

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Idle No More 101 Heather Uhl News Reporter What the hell is Idle No More?

People packed into the Conserver House on St. John Street last Thursday, to find out at the Idle No More 101 Teach-in.

The event was to educate the community about the Idle No More movement. Topics ranged from treatyviolations, activism and the environmental impact of omnibus bills C-45 and C-38. “[It’s] not just a First Nations thing.

It’s much bigger than that,” said opening speaker, Ron Tremblay. “It’s a world thing.”

The panel of guest speakers featured members of the First Nation communities around Fredericton and concerned environmentalists.

Tremblay said the Idle No More began when four women were gathered around a table, contemplating what was happening, and one woman said the three magic words, “Idle No More”.

Over the two months since the first demonstration in November 2012, Idle No More has only grown. The movement is peaceful and non-violent.

The Conserver House was packed last Thursday for the Idle No More 101 Teach-in. Bronté James / The Brunswickan

According to its Facebook page, the Idle No More movement seeks to create awareness around the legislation which the Harper government is introducing and attempting to impose on First Nations across the country.

“We’re struggling to make sure that our culture, our rights and our identity continues to exist. We have a right to exist as people; as distinct people, ” said Elder Alma Brooks, a member of the Maliseet Grand Council.

“And that right, is not only protected in international law, it’s also protected in the Canadian constitution. Sections 35 and 25.”

Section 35 in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms states, “The existing aboriginal and treaty rights of the aboriginal peoples of Canada are hereby recognized and affirmed.”

Section 25 in the Charter states, “The guarantee in this Charter of certain rights and freedoms shall not be construed so as to abrogate or derogate from any aboriginal, treaty or other rights or freedoms that pertain to the aboriginal peoples of Canada…”

“The minute that land is sold, we’ve lost our rights,” Elder Brooks said.

Elder Brooks referred to some of the spiritual beliefs of her people; the land is

a gift to the red people [First Nations], and they have to care for it.

The two omnibus bills, C-45 and C-38, that were passed undermine environmental legislation such as Fisheries Act, which maintained and protected Canadian fishing resources, and the Navigable Waters Protection Act, which regulated navigation on waterways.

Stephanie Merrill, Conservation Council of New Brunswick’s (CCNB) Freshwater Protection Campaign director, said with the new bills, the only federally protected waterway in New Brunswick will be the St. John river, but only from the Mactaquac Dam to the Bay of Fundy.

The Navigable Waters Protection Act is now known as Navigation Protection Act. It was because of the environmental impact of the bill the CCNB is involved, and hosted the teach-in.

“I can’t remember a time when I have been idle,” Elder Brooks said after the event, ”but it made me feel so good to see this big surge of people getting up and not being idle any more and just moving. It just really gave me hope.”

Stressing Nemo Periodical Elements Shane Rockland Fowler Are you stressed out while you learn?

Relationships got you down? Maybe the temperature outside that is -10 bothers you because your walk home, or god-forbid, to your car, is going to be cold.

How sad for you.

Try being a naked teenager living in a river where the ice is so thick, there is only a foot between the ice and the river bottom. Would you be claustrophobic? What about if there was no light? Now take away the fact that you’re warm blooded.

Right now, reading this, you’re a lot cozier than a cold-blooded salmon trying to survive the winter. He’s rather stressed out.

That stress is the focus of Dr. Rick Cunjak.

“Those fish don’t go south,” says Cunjak. “It can be very rigorous for them just to survive.”

Cunjak, who moved to the Maritimes from Southern Ontario when

he fell in love with the area, focuses on three aspects of what stresses out a fish.

Natural stressors, like winters and water temperature make up the first category.

“The Miramchi River is experiencing higher than normal temperatures,” says Cunjak. “So how do they cope? They gather in cooler water and we can track them using our PIT tags.”

PIT tags, or passive integrated transponders, are small tags that are attached to fish to track their movements in a stream or river. They are the same technology that is used in vehicle pass cards at highway tolls. Different stations located at pinch points in a river, identify the fish and collect data on where it’s been.

“They are telling us that these cool water refuges are becoming increasingly important,” says Cunjak.

Manmade stressors are the second area that Cunjak researches. Things like, hydroelectric dams and the forestry industry, all have direct impacts on a fish’s health.

A hydroelectric dam, such as the one in Mactaquac, lets more water through its gates, depending on how much power people are using. The more lights you turn on, the more electricity is needed, and the flow of

the river changes to reflect this. It slows down when people use less. All this directly impacts how much energy a fish needs to swim that river, and how much food it will have to eat to replace that energy spent.

“We’ve done a lot of research on this at the Tobique dam, as well as across a national network,” says Cunjak.

The final focus on Cunjak’s research uses isotopic measurements to tell what a fish has been eating and where.

“Everything gives of a different isotopic signature,” he says. “By taking readings of those different signatures, we can tell if a fish is eating more or less of a type of food and where.”

“We only need to analyze a tiny bit of a fish’s fin to get this data.”

Using the specific isotopic signatures of different elements isn’t just used to lay out a fish’s diet. The same process can be used to follow the changes in a fish diet throughout the food web. You consume the same nitrogen that the fish did when you eat the fish.

“People don’t always realize that everything is directly connected like this,” says Cunjak. “Whatever a fish eats is going to affect whatever ends up eating that fish.”

“Everything is interconnected.”

Dr. Rick Cunjak is studying the stress of salmon during the winter.

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The ugly face of justice

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A Critical Eye Cody Jack

Sometimes it takes a tragedy to illustrate the essence of something that looms over us everyday. Last week, Aaron Swartz, a young Internet activist, took his own life in the face of felony charges he faced for downloading and sharing academic articles from MIT’s library database. Now it was not that he took academic articles from a university, but it was that they were the “property” of a company called JSTOR. JSTOR is a database company that collects and electronically distributes academic articles.

Swartz was charged with various felony charges and could have faced up to 30 years in jail, although, a plea bargain of six months was offered, if Swartz pleaded guilty to all counts.

This story has brought up many issues, from mental health within the computer science profession, to questions of “Did the punishment fit the crime?” Swartz’s girlfriend said that he

had committed a victimless crime and that there needs to be a conversation about Internet activism. As well, many have questioned the severity of punishment for such crimes, when compared to violent crimes, sexual crimes or even murder.

Another commentator said that people who support complete freedom of information are “naïve”, and do not understand the economic repercussions when someone is not paying for the information they want to access.

The death of Aaron Swartz is tragic, but can be used to illustrate the essence of the legal system of our society. It isn’t a question of victimless crime versus other crimes. Aaron Swartz broke the cardinal rule of our legal system; do not mess with or challenge private ownership, be it physical property, liquid capital or information.

Our society usually looks to the judicial system as a place that reflects the moral compass of society, enforcing the social norms that we as citizens wish to preserve. Usually, these codes are founded upon basic liberal/JudaeoChristian values (ten commandments and individual rights). But this liberal conception of justice muddies the waters of what the legal system is set up to do and what liberal theorists of the Enlightenment had in mind. They wanted contracts to be respected and enforced

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Aaron Swartz, an internet activist and co-founder of Reddit, was potentially facing up to 30 years in prison for downloading and sharing academic articles when he took his own life. creativecommoners / FlickrCC by the state, as well as individual freedom for persons to participate in a free market economy. This is an economic conception of justice, not a moral one.

Unless we deem our morality is driven by profit, which in our society, it is.

The bedrock of our judicial system is to legitimize and protect private property. I am not talking petty thefts, which is more of a social problem than a criminal one anyway; I am talking about the protection of the existing economic arrangement of the private holding, for the purposes of making profits, of liquid and physical capital as well as information.

I am not denying the fact that the judicial system does enforce laws surrounding murder and sexual offenders.

I am simply saying that the case of Aaron Swartz illustrates all too well the essence of “justice” in society.

The gentleman who commented on the naivety of information activities had hit the nail on the head. Not the naivety aspect, but what the legal system punished; in the case of Aaron Swartz, it was that he challenged the economic viability of the information economy. If information, patents, etc. were all publically held and shared, who would make money off of this? In a capitalist system, this would lead to loss of profitability for many companies, which would mean a crisis in the system.

So, the legal system seeks to prevent this from happening. It protects the private nature of property. Once again,

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I am not talking about personal property, like you owning a car or a house or that cool hat you bought over the weekend. I am talking about largescale property. If it did not do this, the very foundation of society might come crashing down. So we make an example of those who seek to challenge and undermine such things. We punish those who look critically at the world and say, “there has to be a better way of doing things”, or “that is not fair”. We punish people who see the contradictions within the system. This is what Aaron saw. He saw that articles, which were written for the public good and benefit of all humanity, were being held privately, and weren’t accessible to the public it was meant to benefit.

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Workplace bullying The Human Connection Dr. Judy MacIntosh Welcome to the winter term series of columns from the Office of Human Rights and Positive Environment.

This term, we will focus on bullying, and interviews with members of the LGBTQ community. Here is our first column on workplace bullying by local expert, Dr. Judy MacIntosh.

What is workplace bullying?

Workplace bullying is repeated physical, psychological, or sexual abuse, harassment, or hostility and consists of persistent negative behaviour that is offensive, unwanted, or harmful. Workplace bullying occurs in workplaces or places of study or on

the way to or from there. Workplaces are any locations where specif ic activities are performed so students may be bullied in formal employment, volunteer roles, or academic environments.

What are some examples of workplace bullying?

Examples include, repeatedly reprimanding someone publicly; withholding needed information and resources; making inappropriate comments; having frequent unpredictable outbursts; taking credit for another’s ideas; using rude, disrespectful, and abusive language; constant fault-finding; hounding someone outside office hours; spreading rumours and gossip; intimidating; and threatening another person or person’s work.

How do I know it is workplace bullying?

To deal with workplace bullying, we need to identify it clearly. Anyone can have a bad day, can snap at others, scold others publicly, or blow up angrily, but these are not considered bullying unless they occur repeatedly and target the same person persistently. Two people may often have different opinions about managing work but this is considered normal work conflict, which can be productive. Respectful disagreement is not workplace bullying.

Who bullies and who is targeted?

Workplace bullying is like other forms of abuse: It is rooted in abuse of control. Over 70 per cent of those who bully are in positions of formal power over targets; however, 17 per cent of those who bully are coworkers, peers, or colleagues, and 12 per cent of those who bully are lower in rank than targets.

Both men and women are bullied.

Targets are often very good employees, who excel at work, are ethical, and are committed to their jobs. This contrasts with school bullying where targets may be smaller or weaker than other children.

What happens to targets when they are bullied?

Because bullying begins subtly and occurs over time, targets may develop health problems before they realize why. They experience headaches, tension, stress, changes in weight or sleep patterns, anxiety, depressive symptoms, and depression. Most require medical care and counselling. Many leave jobs when workplaces do not act to stop the bullying.

What can I do?

If you are bullied, remember it is not your fault; it is the responsibility

of the bullying person. Find someone supportive to talk to (friends or campus resources). Seek help for health symptoms. Look for information like Unbf.ca/towardarespectfulworkplace/. If the bullying has been ongoing, it is probably better not to approach the bullying person directly, especially if that person is in a position of authority. Above all, take care of yourself.

Resources available on campus include, Student Advocate, Wilfred Langmaid, at Counselling Services, UNBF; Director of Student Services, Kevin Bonner at UNBSJ; and Residence proctors and Human Rights Officer, Barbara Roberts, on both campuses. For questions or to see some of the research behind this article, contact Barbara Roberts by email barbara.roberts@unb.ca.

“Are you kidding me?” Tweet starts conversation about alcohol and sexual assult

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Not being assaulted is not a privilege to be earned through the judicious application of personal safety strategies Lee Thomas An Opinion Alcohol overconsumption = sexual assaults.

Or so said UNB Security, last week on Twitter.

This makes sense, right? After all, according to virtually every study conducted on the topic, well over half of reported sexual assault incidents involve alcohol in some context.

And, according to the Fredericton Sexual Assault Crisis Centre, 98 per cent of reported sexual assaults involve a male perpetrator. So I would expect UNB Security’s “Males =

sexual assaults” tweet any day now.

Oh no, oh wait. That’s fucking ridiculous.

For alcohol to “= sexual assaults”, one of two things would have to be true: Either having a few drinks makes victims more vulnerable to attack, or having a few drinks makes perpetrators more likely to commit rape.

If you chose the latter, then you’re wrong. Anyone who would commit sexual assault while intoxicated is a shitty enough person to commit sexual assault while sober.

If you chose the former, then you’re also wrong! Congratulations, you have fallen into the trap of

VICTIM-BLAMING. What you’re essentially saying is, “It’s your job to protect yourself from rape, ergo it’s your fault if it happens to you.”

Nope, uh-uh, full stop. That’s rape culture.

Victim-blaming is a natural human psychological phenomenon, which stems from the fear that bad things will happen to us. If bad things happen to good people, we are at the mercy of whatever villain walks into our life. So we tell ourselves, and we believe, that there are things we can do to prevent them; and if someone doesn’t do those things, well, then they have to face the consequences.

But that’s not how it is.

It is not the victim’s responsibility to ensure that they don’t get attacked; it’s the rapist’s responsibility to ensure that he or she does not rape. And if the decision to do that relies entirely on whether or not he or she drinks… well, that’s not the victim’s responsibility, and UNB Security shouldn’t be perpetuating the archaic notion that it is.

Emily Nagoski, who runs the thought-provoking website Thedirtynormal.com, says it far better than I ever could: “Not being assaulted is not a privilege to be earned through the judicious application of personal

safety strategies. A woman should be able to walk down the street at four in the morning in nothing but her socks, blind drunk, without being assaulted, and I, for one, am not going to do anything to imply that she is in any way responsible for her own assault if she fails to Adequately Protect Herself. Men aren’t helpless dick-driven maniacs who can’t help raping a vulnerable woman. It disrespects EVERYONE.” Moral of the story? Sure, don’t over-consume alcohol, because it’s not healthy for your liver.

And don’t rape.

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on What’s YOUR week? s i h t d n mi

What would you do for a Klondike bar?

“I’d let people come see me moan ... at the Vagina Monologues.”

Kate Keenan

Sarah Blue-Jeans Campbell

Cody Timmons

Myran Mclaughlin

“Honestly I’d probably just go and buy it.

“Eat my veggies.”

“Kiss Fleck on the lips.”

“Do 10 one-handed push-ups.”

Nick Murray

Laurin Branscombe

John Robb

Leela Jones

Andrew Martel

“I’d Polar Dip for a Klondike Bar.”

“What wouldn’t I do for a Klondike bar?”

“I would do my Cher impression.”

“Dress up as a ninja and steal it.”

“Be the president.’”

Amy Jones

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ARTS arts@thebruns.ca

Elizabeth Creelman Arts Reporter What if there was a pub-crawl with artwork instead of pitchers of beer and over-priced doubles?

The city of Fredericton is promoting such a thing; a gallery “hop”, as they call it, because artwork usually doesn’t leave you crawling on the floor by the end of the night.

Gallery 78 is prepping for the event, in which they will be celebrating their two most recent exhibitions: Dawn McCracken’s Celebrating a Life and Paul Miller’s Suburbia, both open as of Jan. 18.

According to Kim Bent, curator at the gallery, Dawn McCracken’s exhibition was not supposed to be displayed until October. Her death earlier this month, however, has prompted the gallery to display her work early.

“She had been working on three [new paintings] at home. They take a long time so they weren’t finished, but they would have gone in,” said Bent.

“When that wasn’t going to happen, we decided to celebrate her now. We

thought it was a good time and it’s right after her passing... She knew we were planning [an exhibition], so I think she would be happy that we’re doing one now rather than none at all.”

Bent described McCracken’s personality with affection.

“She had a good sense of humour,” she said.

“I would definitely characterize her as a character. She would come in and she had a very distinctive voice and a great little smile... She would always bring us something beautiful and say ‘I think you might like this one but I’m not sure,’ and of course, we always loved them.”

McCracken’s paintings are aweinspiring in their intricacy and detail.

The artist used a magnifying glass to do her work, painting each blade of grass and each leaf individually in her landscape pieces, most of which noticeably portray the beauty of New Brunswick.

“She was paying homage to New Brunswick,” says Bent, contemplating one of two paintings which were just completed in 2012. “[She said] it was kind of giving back;

Gallery 78 hops to it Fredericton galleries present an ‘Art Crawl’

it was time for her to show her appreciation for where she came from.”

In another room of the gallery, the pieces from Paul Miller’s “Suburbia” hang from the walls. They’ve come all the way from Australia.

“This guy is originally from Bathurst, New Brunswick, and he lives right now in the suburbs of Sydney, Australia,” said Bent.

“The reason he’s done this paintings, as I understand it, is he’s recently moved to the suburbs [from urban Sydney] so as an artist, he’s noticing things that other people take for granted if they’ve lived in the suburbs forever.”

“That’s kind of a typical suburban scene, and it could even be here, except that our roofs are a little bit different,” she said, gesturing to a painting depicting houses and trees.

“We liked the idea of that; that it could be suburbia anywhere.”

The gallery hop will take place from 5-7 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 25 and will also include the Beaverbrook Art Gallery and Ingrid Mueller Gallery. The event is free of cost and snack foods will be provided.

Gallery 78 is displaying art by Paul Miller and Dawn McCracken as part of a Fredericton Gallery Hop. Elizabeth Creelman / The Brunswickan

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Shivering Songs hits Fredericton From left, Acres and Acres, Backyard Devils, Royal Wood, Sarah Harmer and Mo Kenny will all be performing throughout week. Submitted

Jian Ghomeshi will perform a reading of his book, 1982, on Jan. 26.

Submitted ies of being a teenager with the added Tamara Gravelle notion of being an immigrant.”

The Brunswickan Every chapter title is a name of a Shivering Songs is bringing in an ode song, and each song is related to the to the early 80s with this year’s featured story Ghomeshi wanted to tell. It author of the festival. showed the type of music he liked 1982 by Jian Ghomeshi was released during the year and set the scene for in September 2012, and tells the story the reader.

Of all the musicians, Ghomeshi of a 14-year-old Ghomeshi with an obsession with becoming “cool”. Part loved Bowie the most and thinks the of doing that included hair gel, an older way Bowie was able to release his latest woman, and David Bowie. single, Where Are We Now, without Ghomeshi said in a phone interview anyone knowing, was masterful.

“I also love how he didn’t try to that he wanted to write something that was creative and had a bit of a social come out with an attempt at a Rihanna commentary, two things he is passion- single sung by Bowie or something like ate about; 1982 was the result. that,” said Ghomeshi.

“The music and the lyrics fit to Ghomeshi said the book goes beyond what it’s like to be a teenager and where he is right now, and are surprising. I thought it was quite brilliant.” those hardships.

Ghomeshi and guest Royal Wood “All of this is set in the subtext of being a first-generation immigrant, will be on the Wilmot Church stage and feeling like I’m OK and I’m like on Saturday, Jan. 26 at 8 p.m. Tickets everybody else,” said Ghomeshi. “So are now sold out. it’s a little bit about the normal vagar-

Nova Scotia natives Poplar Pines will perform on Jan. 26 as part of the Shivering Songs festival. Submitted and found out that they would be a part Gordon Mihan of it not too long ago.

Staff Reporter “We kinda hopped in last minute Poplar Pines is a two man folk band because I was just having coffee with from Halifax, Nova Scotia, and consists Kyle Cunjak, who runs Forward Music of Scott Biggar and Petar Markovich. and is one of the many people who run Biggar and Markovich have just recent- the festival, and he asked if we wanted ly finished recording their latest album. to be part of it,” said Biggar.

“We just finished the record we’ve “What’s really cool about the festival been working on for the past nine is that they curate it. So it’s not like a Halifax Pop Explosion, where there months,” said Biggar.

“It’s been a really exciting process, are hundreds of applicants through an and it’s been the first time where it’s application website process. The lineup mostly just Pete and I. Usually we go this year is really great.” out and pull in a bunch of musicians, Poplar Pines will be performing but I wanted it just to be him and on Saturday, Jan. 26, at the Capital Complex. myself.”

The record is called Young Sons and it will be released sometime in early Shivering Songs music March. Biggar noted that all the songs festival runs from they will be playing at the Shivering Jan. 25 - 27. Check out Songs Festival will be off their new shiveringsongs.com for album.

Both Biggar and Markovich are full line up and set times. excited for the Shivering Songs Festival

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One on one with the Brunswickan:

Lesandra Dodson

Elizabeth Creelman Arts Reporter For months now, Lesandra Dodson has been bringing dance to the city of Fredericton.

While working as interim executive director and artist in residence at the Charlotte Street Arts Centre, Dodson has also been completing her first original show, The Trilogy Project.

The performance, which premiered in Halifax from Jan. 17-19, will be at the Fredericton Playhouse on Jan. 23, before heading to Winnipeg from Jan. 26-27. The morning before opening night, Dodson spoke with me over the phone from Halifax, about the ins and outs of her project.

EC: Are you still working, or are you going back to work, at the Charlotte Street Art Centre?

LD: I’m still working there; I’m just taking some time to do this tour.

When I was hired on, this tour was already planned... Upon getting the job, that was one of the things; I’m an artist as well as an arts administrator.

The Charlotte Street Arts Centre and board have been really generous about hiring artists, and also understanding

that they are artists, and they need to do their work as well as do the executive director position.

EC: It’s said that the project is a collaboration. With whom, and in what ways?

LD: All of my pieces are collaborations because obviously, we collaborate with the dancers or the artists that we’re working with in the studios. These are a series of duets, so obviously, the dancers’ input has a big input on how the direction of the piece goes. I’m collaborating with the composer for the music and, in the case of one of the pieces, with a filmmaker. So it’s a real collaborative effort.

EC: Without giving too much away, how have you incorporated film and animation into the show?

LD: One of [the pieces] is actually a duet with the film, because the film is interactive with the performer. It kind of sets a landscape, and a lot of it is text and some is image-based. It feels like a collage, actually; it goes through the performer to text and back and forth.

Sometimes it sets a mood or a situation or a room. Sometimes it’s almost like thought bubbles you see when you see comic strips. I think it plays nicely back

and forth in a really harmonious way.

EC: Is this show different in some way from other shows that you’ve done?

LD: I think it’s different in the way that it’s just my work that we’re performing and touring. I haven’t done that before. A lot of my pieces that have been toured, have been commissioned by other companies, and they take them and tour them. This is the first time that I’ve actually organized the tour and it’s not a shared program in that way. I had to, basically, produce the show in the sense of writing all the grants, organizing all the travel arrangement, contacting all the presenters... It’s taken a long time, so it feels really special to see it come to fruition and see it realized.

The Trilogy Project features performers Susanne Chui, Ric Brown, and Darryl Tracy, as well as music by Luis Cardoso and Christine Fellows, and video by Chris Giles. The show will begin at the Fredericton Playhouse on Jan. 23 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $26 Regular, $20 for Members, and $13 for Under 19. Student Rush tickets are also available two hours before the show for $12.

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The hottest apps for back-to-school

App Man The Other Press (Douglas College)

NEW WESTMINSTER (CUP) — Christmas is over, which means: no more breaks, drunken parties or unwanted gifts. Most important though is the return to school. While most agree that time outside of the classroom is infinitely better than the time spent in one, there is an upside; at least you won’t be stuck at home with nothing to do anymore.

For those who are already suffocating under their course work, App Man here has the cure to your boredom. Check out these apps as you slave your way towards summer.

1. Contre Jour – $1.96 for iOS/Android Artistic as it is fun, Contre Jour is a beautiful interactive piece. Your objective is to move mysterious black creatures to safety by using your fingers to morph landscapes and solve puzzles. Aside from its memorable art style, you will find a soothing soundtrack from composer David Ari Leon.

Contre Jour is a unique experience that will leave you wanting more. 5/5

2. Pocket – Free for iOS/Android Like its name, Pocket is exactly what its purpose is for; you can save your favourite websites and read them anywhere – phone, tablet, and computer. Using one account (which you create upon start), you can save your websites in chronological orders.

Not only is it useful when you’re on a long road trip, but you can save your favourite stories on the go. Pocket is extremely simple and convenient to use. The best thing about Pocket?

No ads! Now you can continue reading your erotic fantasies without any Internet interruption. 4/5

3. Appy Gamer – Free for iOS With customizable settings and a sleek design, Appy Gamer delivers all

the gaming news you will ever need.

You can choose what news sources you like to read, giving you the ability to create your own news channel. Stay alert at all times on the latest news with its notification status bar. App Man found Appy Gamer to be easy to use, highly convenient, and an eye candy. 4/5

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Facebook friends with detriments

4. Fancy – Free for iOS/Android Discover, collect and buy from a crowd-curated catalogue of unique and fantastic goods. You can discover many unique products such as wireless headphones for cheap, vintage cameras, and handmade fashion products. Fancy keeps it simple too.

Log in with your Facebook or Twitter account and add your credit card info; in a couple of seconds, you are ready to shop in a market full of unique goods. 4/5

Josh Fleck broken-heartedly creeps his ex-girlfriend’s Facebook profile. Bronté James / The Brunswickan 5. textPlus Free Text + Calls – Free for iOS/Android Running high on your cell phone bills? Need to save some money?

TextPlus is here to help you. Requiring only a Wi-Fi or data connection, textPlus gives you unlimited texts, group texts, calls to app-to-app and has no hidden fees. You can also use this app to make calls worldwide.

As long as you have a phone that is capable of running apps, textPlus can run on your phone. App Man highly recommends this app for those searching to save some money on their next cell phone bill. 5/5

Disclaimer: App Man is not responsible for failed classes, your exes, gaming addiction, or thumb muscle problems. With great apps, comes great responsibility.

The New Position Sarah Vannier Have you gone through a breakup recently? And if you have, are you still keeping tabs on your ex via Facebook?

If so, you are definitely not alone, but your Facebook creeping might be doing you more harm than good.

Research done by Dr. Tara Marshall at Brunel University in the UK, looks at the effects of Facebook on recovering from a breakup. Although most people (57 per cent) stay Facebook friends with an ex, 25 per cent have unfriended their ex, 12 per cent were unfriended, and 6 per cent say they were never Facebook friends in the first place.

Dr. Marshall found that most of us are looking at an ex’s profile, or an ex’s list of Facebook friends, once in a while. And unfortunately, unfriending an ex doesn’t necessarily remove the temptation to creep. Of the people who weren’t Facebook friends with their ex,

86 per cent could see their ex’s profile picture and 72 per cent could see their ex’s list of friends. A little less than half could still see their ex’s entire profile.

So what happens to us when we can’t stop snooping?

People who spend more time looking at their ex’s profile, or looking at their ex’s list of friends, tend to feel worse about their breakup, have more negative feelings, like anger, betrayal, and sadness toward their ex, and have higher sexual desire and longing for their ex.

Something even worse – at least in my opinion - is that people who looked at their ex’s profile report less post-traumatic growth. Post-traumatic growth refers to all of those good things that happen to us as a result of a going through a negative experience.

For example, after a breakup you might spend more time with friends or family, meet new people, or start a new hobby.

Basically, staying updated on your ex partner’s life might be holding you back from becoming a better, more awesome you.

What is the solution?

Seriously consider removing your ex

from your Facebook. Of course it sucks to cut off a connection to someone you were close to, and there is something so final about clicking that unfriend button, but in the long run, it might make your life easier.

If your ex has an open profile, and you are on good terms with them, consider asking them to restrict their privacy settings, or to block you. If that’s not an option, consider taking a hiatus from Facebook for a few weeks to get your self out of the habit of looking at their profile. Have a trusted friend change your password and not give it back until a pre-set date.

Let’s be honest; breakups suck. But limiting the amount of time you spend looking at your ex’s Facebook profile can help them suck less.

Have you gone through a breakup in the past four months? Researchers at UNB need participants for a study looking at how young adults think about their past relationships, and how they adjust following a breakup. If you are interested, you can contact Adriana at breakup.unbresearch@gmail.com.

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The following pictures were taken on Saturday Jan. 19 at the Cellar.

If you were not there, you missed out.

Big Love (Top) and Slowcoaster (Bottom) rocked the Cellar Saturday night in a concert put on by the UNBSU. Liam Guitard / The Brunswickan

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The Life of Pi:

Life of Pi, by Yann Martel, explores themes of religion and spirituality.

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A better argument for atheism?

O. D. Hamza The Brunswickan Life of Pi, the epic fiction novel of of 2001 written by Canadian author Yann Martel, came to life on the silver screen in November 2012.

The story begins when the struggling author meets Pi’s charismatic ‘uncle’ Mamaji in Montreal, who tells him: “I have a story that will make you believe in God”. Mamaji then refers the author to Pi, who narrates his story.

Raised a cultural Hindu in a secular family, Pi had strong spiritual inclinations at age eight, and converted to Islam and Christianity at age 12.

Though Pi’s parents told him he could not be a Muslim, Christian, and Hindu at once, Pi saw no contradiction in this.

Pi’s elementary school teacher, Mr. Kumar, also warned him that religion is darkness and that science is the only guide, for Mr. Kumar had contracted polio at Pi’s age, and cried to God incessantly to no avail. Western medicine, not God, saved him. Although Mr. Kumar’s words shook Pi, Pi’s faith was undeterred.

Pi’s faith, however, was finally put to test when he immigrated to Canada with his family after a land dispute with the government over the family zoo. Shipwrecked at sea, Pi was thrust onto a lifeboat with a zebra, a rat, an orangutan, a hyena, and a tiger.

While unrealistic, the genius of Life

of Pi lies in its allegory, the depth of its themes, and the richness of its narration. However, seen as an argument for God’s existence or the morality of religion, one finds many flaws and inconsistencies.

The most prominent contradiction is Pi’s adherence to three mutually incompatible religions. Pi’s ‘personal religion’ is like what BJ Gallagher called “Burger King spirituality – have it your way”, and may be seen to reflect ‘personal religion’ today; an arbitrary mixture of personal taste and selection.

Seen as an argument, an extraordinary story like Life of Pi, moreover, inevitably succumbs to the fallacy of misleading vividness, which is to take an extraordinary instance (like Pi’s story) to exemplify a general principle.

The very fact Pi’s story is extraordinary means it can only be taken as an exception, not a rule.

Since Life of Pi tells an extraordinary story and abounds with moral and theological contradictions, it inevitably makes a poor argument.

In fact, Life of Pi makes a better argument for atheism than for theism. Throughout the film, one cannot help but think: “Let go of the tiger, you fool!” If the tiger is supposed to represent God, this does not help the case for theism.

The clinch of the story occurs when Pi offers Japanese reporters two versions of his story, which both explain the

same events. The reporters prefer one story over the other, and Pi affirms that God’s existence is proven likewise. This is certainly a penetrating thought, albeit a better defence for any mythology of choice than for God’s existence.

Overall, Life of Pi is a colourful allegory for a globalizing, identityconfused, post-modern, post-colonial, and post-religious world. Pi’s personal concoction of philosophy, religion, and ethics reflects a general lack of spiritual authority and specific orientation, which results in idiosyncratic forms of religion made up of various generic ingredients.

The God of Pi is not the authoritarian God of medieval theocracies, but of modern anti-authoritarian individualist cherry pickers. Life of Pi thus makes a better argument for atheism or general mythology than for theism, as it shows how much personal religions – especially in a modern, secular context – are subject to personal preference and choice.

Fans of books that are made into films often say that there is “nothing like the book.” This is certainly true of Life of Pi; the story is all about the details, and the book is full of nuggets that the film, as magnificent as it is, lacks. All in all, the book and film are both highly recommended – a must read and a must watch!

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SPORTS

Culligan named Mark Jeffrey award winner

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Chris Culligan won this year’s Mark Jeffrey Memorial award and then proceeded to lead the Varsity Reds to three straight wins. Bronté James / The Brunswickan Nick Murray The Brunswickan Seven – or some variation thereof – was the magic number last Wednesday, as the Varsity Reds men’s hockey team blanked the St. Thomas Tommies 7-0 in the 21st Annual Mark Jeffrey Memorial game.

Jeffrey, who’s number 17 hangs as the only retired number in the Aitken Centre rafters, was a former AUS all-star in the mid-80s, who played four seasons for UNB before taking over head coaching responsibilities for another four years, until his death in 1991.

Each year, the Mark Jeffrey Memorial Scholarship is awarded to a V-Reds hockey player, and this year’s recipient was captain Chris Culligan, who wears No. 57. It’s the first time in three years the award has gone to a lone recipient.

“It’s pretty special to win this award,” said Culligan. “We make a point to remember the guys who

paved the way for us and we hear a lot about guys in the past, but [Mark] was obviously pretty special. From what I understand, he had all the aspects you want to have yourself; well liked, a great teammate and leader, a great player, and great in the community.”

Head coach, Gardiner MacDougall, said his team seemed amped up from the magnitude of the Mark Jeffrey game, and was pleased at how they came out firing quickly.

“Our guys had that extra energy that you need,” said MacDougall. “I found it fitting that the award recipient made the play on the first goal of the game.”

The goal MacDougall referred to happened 17 seconds into the game – ironically, the same number as Jeffrey’s retired jersey – as Matt Fillier took a 2-on-1 cross pass from Culligan to bury his seventh regular season goal.

If you’re still counting, Fillier wears No. 27, while UNB registered 17 shots in the first period.

UNB came out firing in the second,

scoring three goals in four minutes from Tyler Carroll, Ben Shutron, and Bryce Swan. Culligan also picked up an assist on Shurton’s goal, which was his 17th assist this season. Cam Braes opened up a five-goal lead late in the period, burying a Ben Wright rebound.

Swan added another goal 58 seconds into the third period, while Antoine Houde-Caron sealed it for UNB, midway through the period. Fillier also picked up his seventh point this season on Houde-Caron’s goal.

Houde-Caron, Braes, Fillier, Culligan, Marc-Antoine Desnoyers, and Nick MacNeil each had two-point nights, while Bryce Swan added an assist for a three-point game. Goaltender, Travis Fullerton recorded his second straight shutout, and his 20th in his five years as a Varsity Red. While Culligan said there’s nothing hard about getting excited for the Mark Jeffrey game, he said MacDougall does what he can to remind his players of Jeffrey.

“They’ll put up some articles and stuff about him, send emails from past guys that have won the award and played in the game who know how much it means, and even guys who played and coached with Mark,” said Culligan. “So just from all that stuff, you’re able to get a sense of what kind of person he was; so that always helps when you’re going into a game like this.”

UNB was also on the road last weekend for games against the University of Prince Edward Island and l’Université de Moncton.

Friday night, UNB fell two goals down early to the Panthers, but after Dion Campbell scored midway through the second – with help from Colby Pridham and Cam Critchlow – MacNeil tied it up in the third to send it to overtime.

In the extra frame, UPEI’s Matthew Brenton shot the puck over the glass, which sent UNB to the power play.

Again, MacNeil stepped up and scored

his 11th goal of the year to win it for the V-Reds.

Finally on Saturday, it was Moncton who trailed early on after Fillier scored in the first period. Les Aigles Bleus would tie it early in the second, but late in the frame, UNB capitalized on a 5-on-3 after back-to-back UdeM tripping penalties, with Ben Wright firing home his second goal of the season.

Moncton tied it up two minutes into the third, sending the V-Reds to overtime for the second night in a row, but in OT, Desnoyers capped the six-point week for UNB, scoring with just 14 seconds left.

With the win over St. Thomas, UNB clinched a playoff berth, and with the other two wins over the weekend, the V-Reds remain atop the AUS standings, two points ahead of Saint Mary’s.

This weekend, UNB will take on the Huskies in a battle for first place on Friday night. Puck drop is at 7 p.m. at the Aitken Centre. Admission is free with a valid student ID.

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Two teams, two victories

by Josh Fleck

We are all “about team

defence, we don’t really want to focus on just stopping one player

WOMEN’S It wasn’t an easy weekend for the Varsity Reds women’s basketball team. On Friday, they faced off against Justine Colley and the Saint Mary’s University Huskies, while Saturday night was a tough test against a hungry UPEI Panthers squad.

Friday night saw the Reds come out guns blazing, as they ripped off a quick run that caught the Huskies off guard and took a 22-15 through one quarter of play.

That’s where SMU’s Colley decided to impose her will on the Varsity Reds.

SMU took the lead going into half 4934, and despite UNB outscoring them in both the third and the fourth quarters, held on for a 75-67 win. Colley finished the game with 39 points to go along with seven steals. UNB’s player of the game was Rachel Cleary, who scored 14 points on an exceptionally efficient 6-7 shooting from the field.

“Saint Mary’s is ranked fourth in the country for a reason. That was probably one of our top five games of the year, we just happened to be playing a phenomenal basketball team with probably one of the best two or three players in the country,” said head coach, Jeff Speedy, about his team’s performance against SMU. Saturday night wasn’t as fast paced for the Varsity Reds, as they played down to the level of their opponent.

SMU currently holds a record of 10-0; while entering the game, UPEI and UNB sat in the basement with records

MEN’S of 1-8 and 1-9, respectively.

Coming into the game, Speedy knew that the Panthers have the ability to shoot the lights out, so his game plan focused on team defence, and not stopping one player.

“We are all about team defence, we don’t really want to focus on just stopping one player, because of Jenna Jones and Nakita Newman on their team; one shoots 45 per cent from three, and the other shoots 50 per cent for the season.

So if we focus on stopping one player, then those two start bombing threes.”

In a physical game, UNB jumped out to an 18-16 lead, and never lost a quarter of this game as they fought for their second win of the year, 76-67.

UNB held the Panthers to 9.5 per cent shooting on their three point attempts, a far cry from their season average of 30.7 per cent, which is good enough for fourth in the AUS. First year forward, Katelyn Mangold, took home player of the game honours, thanks to her 12 points, five rebounds and five blocks in just 13 minutes of play.

UNB’s leading scorer Claire Colborne combined for 31 points on 12-36 shooting in the two games.

Next action for the Varsity Reds is next weekend as they travel to Wolfville, Nova Scotia, to play the Acadia Axewomen.

Friday night, the Varsity Reds stepped onto the court against the St. Mary’s Huskies, losers of three straight games and nine of their last 12.

The injury-riddled squad was once again without Rob Linton and Dan Quirion, and also Aaron O’Brien, who was out due to personal reasons, for the game against SMU, and Saturday’s game against the UPEI Panthers.

With a short bench, head coach Brent Baker, leaned heavily on three of his veterans: Matt Daley, Jordan Irvine and Will McFee who all played more than 32 minutes each.

The team rallied around the short bench and came out firing as they took a 29-14 lead after one quarter, and pushed it to 53-27 cushion at half time. The team shot 70 per cent on their three point attempts in the first half, and a stellar 59 per cent overall on their shots.

The first half wasn’t all roses for the Varsity Reds; at the three minute mark of the second quarter, Will McFee drove to the basket and the Currie Center faithful collectively gasped as he rolled an ankle, ending up in a heap on the floor. Thankfully, McFee got up and was able to finish out the game.

The second half was a tighter match up, as the Huskies came out with some physicality in the third quarter. At one point, SMU’s Harry Ezenibe and the Varsity Reds’ Alex Caskey got tangled up, and it resulted in Caskey ending up leaking some blood.

Physicality aside, McFee led the Reds to a 25 point win, as he dropped 30 points.

Saturday night, the Reds were up against a much different team. The UPEI Panthers, owners of a 7-2 record coming into the game, are the AUS leaders in three-point shooting, connecting on 34.6 per cent of their attempts.

They certainly weren’t shy about launching beyond the arc, as they went 13-31, bettering their season average.

“That’s what we did against SMU last night,” said McFee, about UPEI’s hot start. “They came out first quarter and couldn’t miss, and we didn’t adjust.”

UPEI jumped out of the gate and owned a nine-point edge after one quarter, 29-20. UNB didn’t falter, as they kept with the third place team and kept the deficit at nine going into the half.

The Panthers came out and upped the lead to 16 by the end of the third, and cruised to a 93-81 victory. McFee was stellar once again, dropping 28 points on the night.

“I think we were living off last night’s feel good story of shooting 60 per cent in the first half,” said head coach, Brent Baker. “You can’t win games when they are banging threes like that.”

Next up for the Varsity Reds is the Acadia Axemen, as they head to Wolfville for a double header next weekend.

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Laval the only loss for men’s volleyball Julie McLaughlin Sports Reporter In Halifax last weekend, the men’s volleyball team took on Laval, Sherbrooke and Montreal in the Interlock matchup.

This is the third of the interlock series the AUS-RSEQ has played. UNB had a fairly strong weekend. They lost the first match of the three-game weekend to Laval in straight sets, but rebounded and beat both Sherbrooke and Montreal on Saturday.

Laval is the fourth ranked team in the country and was a very tough matchup for the New Brunswick team.

Laval was the only ranked team in the tournament and defeated all three of their AUS opponents. UNB held strong though and forced extra points in the first set, but Laval took the set 27-25. Every set after, the Reds lost by a little bit more. They were defeated 2519, and finally 25-15, to take the game in three sets. Julio Fernandez led all UNB players with 11 kills, and Eivind Andersen followed with nine kills.

“We competed well for most of this first match, but were slow out of the gate in each set, allowing Laval five-point leads in each of the sets, something you simply can’t do against a team of this caliber. Still, we battled hard in the first two sets with a couple of opportunities to win the first one,” said head coach, Dan McMorran, on the loss to Laval.

On Saturday afternoon the Reds took on Sherbrooke, in what would be the toughest game of the weekend.

Taking all five sets to secure the win, the two teams battled back and forth taking sets from one another. The first set went to extra points where Sherbrooke won 26-24. UNB would take the second set 25-21, while Sherbrooke took the third set 25-19. Down 2-1, the Varsity Reds came back strong and won the final two sets 25-23 and 15-13 respectively. The game was a battle, but ultimately, UNB came out and won the sets they needed to win. Andersen had a strong 15 kills while Fernandez had 11 again, and Logan Keoughan finished with ten. The even scoring across the board helped the Reds gain a much-needed victory against the Québec school.

In the first interlock, UNB defeated Sherbrooke 3-1 in Montreal. In the second Interlock at Laval, Sherbrooke took the win in a tight 3-2 game. This third match-up was the most exciting of all the games because of the equality of the two teams. While the win this weekend may not have been as dominating as the first interlock, UNB still got the victory, and ended the interlock play ahead.

“This was a hard fought battle against a gritty Sherbrooke team, and we needed several players to make contributions in order to get the win.

We had a 12-7 lead in the fifth set, only to see Sherbrooke come back to tie 12-12 due in large part to a few too many unforced errors on our side,” said McMorran, about his team’s first victory of the weekend.

In the final game of the weekend,

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UNB came out strong against Montreal and did not let the game get out of their control. In three straight sets, the Reds defeated the Québec visitors to end the weekend on a high note.

The first set was the closest of the three, with UNB squeaking out a 2523 win. They recovered from this and took a demanding 25-13 win in the second set. In the third and final set, the Varsity Reds sealed the game with an impressive 25-18 win. Montreal defeated Memorial, and forced five sets out of Dalhousie, before the tough loss to the New Brunswick squad. The fact that UNB was able to defeat them in three sets shows the strength of this team. Fernandez once again finished the game with 11 kills, while Keoughan chipped in seven.

“In our last match of the weekend, we had our most consistent and inspired effort of the tournament against a Montreal team that has been playing extremely well. We outplayed the Carabins in every statistical category, with each player making significant contributions. This was an important step in our season, as we hope to carry this momentum into our matches at home this upcoming Friday and Saturday against Dalhousie,” said McMorran.

After what can be deemed a successful weekend in Halifax, UNB turns to next weekend where they host Dalhousie University for two games.

These two teams have played twice in the regular season already, splitting victories. Games are at 8 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 25 and 1 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 26.

The Varsity Reds went 2-1 during the Interlock tournament.

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With only four kills in the set, UNB simply could not match the power of their opponent. Saint Mary’s had 14 kills in the set and that was the key to their victory.

The second and third sets were much different games. UNB was close, but could not overcome the strength of the Huskies; they were defeated 25-22 and 25-23 respectively. The Reds had nine and ten kills in the remaining two sets, but they could not compete with the 15 and 14 finished with by SMU.

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The women’s volleyball team fell in straight sets to the number four ranked SMU. Mike Bourgeois / The Brunswickan it did not end as well as UNB may Julie McLaughlin have hoped. The Reds were defeated Sports Reporter in three straight sets to this powerful In women’s volleyball action this Halifax team. weekend, the Reds traveled to Halifax UNB struggled against this muchwhere they took on the third ranked improved team from the opening serve.

Saint Mary’s Huskies. This was the first SMU came out fighting, and the Reds matchup for these two teams during simply were not prepared to handle this this regular season, and unfortunately, team. The first set did not go well for

Vanja Mitrovic finished the game for UNB with six kills and seven digs.

Monica Jones collected 14 digs in the match, and Celina Abba had an impressive five aces from the service line.

“It was a tough match with SMU coming out of the gates firing and getting us on our heels. We spent the game trying to regain our level of play and never got there for long enough to stay ahead. SMU is a much-improved team from preseason, but hopefully, with another week of practice, we’ll be more capable when we meet them again next weekend,” said head coach, Jilliane Goulet, on her team’s performance on Saturday.

The Reds host Dalhousie on Friday, Jan. 25 at 6 p.m. and Saint Mary’s on Saturday, Jan. 26 at 3 p.m.

Swimmers improve times

The UNB swim team is improving with each meet as AUS Championships near.

Tim Lingley / The Brunswickan sive times this weekend. In addition to by Danielle Losier, who matched her Julie McLaughlin his qualifying time, Garcelon also fin- season best CIS qualifying standard in Sports Reporter ished third in the 50m fly, and fourth the 50m breast, and also led the team In the last swim meet before the AUS in the 50m back. Brandon Warren in other events as well. Kaitlyn Young Championships, the Varsity Reds swim finished second in 1500m free, and also had strong performances, with a team showed the rest of the confer- fourth in the 400m free. Dylan Mc- first place finish in the women’s 100 fly. ence what UNB has to offer. Several Leod finished fifth in the 200m back. Losier and Monica MacDonald had a “UNB had lots of season bests 1-2 finish in the women’s 50 fly,“ said different swimmers finished in the top five in their respected races, and the and some lifetime best times, setting coach Ferdinand on her women’s team.

The next meet for the swimmers will school was certainly represented well. them up in a great position for AUS Possibly the biggest feat for this squad Champs,” said head coach Robin be one of the most important of the was having Chris Garcelon qualify for Ferdinand, on the performance of her season. Feb. 8-10 is the AUS championships hosted by the University of Prince CIS Nationals in the 50m breaststroke male swimmers this weekend.

“On the women’s side, there was Edward Island. with a time of 29.74.

The men’s team put up some impres- also lots of amazing performances, led

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Upcoming Games Friday January 25th Women’s volleyball 6:00 pm Currie Center vs Dalhousie Men’s hockey 7:00 pm Aitken Center vs Saint Mary’s Men’s volleyball 8:00 pm Currie Center vs Dalhousie

Saturday January 26th Men’s volleyball 1:00 pm Currie Center vs Dalhousie Women’s basketball 2:00 pm @ Acadia Women’s volleyball 3:00 pm Currie Center vs Saint Mary’s Men’s basketball 4:00 pm @ Acadia

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Bronté James Photo Editor You turn the channel to Sports Centre, TSN, or Hockey Night in Canada, and you see those colours you cheer for every game, and the players’ names typed out perfectly on the back of the jersey; but, are you cheering for that name, or for the shirt it’s printed on?

I am an avid follower of the Toronto Maple Leafs – I know a few readers will laugh at my choice, but hey, I’m an optimist – and I have my favourite players on the team, such as James Reimer or Mikhail Grabovski, but I cheer for the team collectively. When a player gets traded to another team, it’s not as though I instantaneously hate them for betraying the team, or at the same time stop following a team because of a single player trade. Instead, I continue

cheering on my team because it is not made up of one single person, but rather what each athlete has to bring to the table.

The maple leaf stitched on the front of the blue and white jersey, worn since 1917, is symbolic of all the players over the course of 96 years. As a fan of the Leafs, I have had my fair share of being let down. I mean, I wasn’t even alive the last time they won the Stanley Cup, but with my optimistic attitude I continue to turn on Hockey Night in Canada every time they play, and hope they will take a victory. Each player has their strengths, yes, but without all the players together, it would just be really tall and bearded guys skating around without an end goal.

Sure, you can have favourite players on a team, but what about the others players to whom you don’t necessar-

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ily give as much attention? They are working just as hard and are an integral part of the team. Without them, your favourite player would have no one to pass to, or assist in goals, or keep the puck away from his net.

So, the next time you stop watching or following a team, for example, the Canucks, because Luongo has been traded, just remember, you loved him as a Canuck and can’t turn your back on the team that allowed him to become a great player. That’s like not cheering on team Canada at the World Juniors or Olympics because your favourite player is on the US team. Would you do that? I didn’t think so. Keep that in mind next time you shy away from a team you were dedicated to for so many years. The old adage, ‘You win as a team and lose as a team,’ is a cliché for a reason; it’s true.

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From the sidelines: A “sweet feat” Maclaine Chadwick The Fulcrum (University of Ottawa) OTTAWA (CUP) — Sam Gordon is a nine-year old girl from Utah who is dominating the scoreboard in her boys’ football league. Her nickname is “Sweet Feet,” and she has been compared to a very young Walter Payton.

Gordon became an Internet sensation after scoring 35 touchdowns and almost 2,000 rushing yards in her gremlin league. If you haven’t seen the semi-viral video yet, I highly

recommend taking a gander over to YouTube to check out Gordon’s highlight reel.

Not only is she killing it on the field, but she has charmed her way on to Good Morning America, huddled up with the San Francisco 49ers, and joined the ranks of players like Dan Marino and Brett Favre by being featured on a box of Wheaties.

In the States, girls’ football isn’t exactly comparable to girls’ hockey here in Canada. An obvious statement, since the few exceptional girls who are successful in youth football

can make international headlines— just look at Erin DiMeglio, Florida’s first female quarterback who stepped onto the gridiron this fall. If “Sam” wasn’t short for “Samantha” and she was a boy like the rest of her teammates, would the story be as huge?

The stats are still impressive, but it is her gender that is really the kicker to the headline.

It’s too soon to tell whether or not Gordon will carry on with football— she is only nine, after all, and is also a talented soccer player—but even if she wanted to continue, Gordon will

likely face hurdles even she won’t be able to jump over. Soon the boys in her league will start to outgrow her, and that is when the physical side of football will really become an issue for Gordon. Even though she isn’t scared of physical contact right now, her gender will sadly be a roadblock once she outgrows Little League.

Even DiMeglio, who stands at only 5 foot 5 and weighs 140 pounds, is a third-string quarterback.

Options for girls in football are slim to none; and don’t try to tell me that the Lingerie Football League

is a legitimate route. If football is truly one of America’s most popular sports, then why aren’t there more leagues for the other half of America’s population, the girls?

Are gender stereotypes so set in stone that girls don’t even bother to consider football instead of soccer or baseball? Whether they have “sweet feet” or not, there are clearly girls out there who have interest in football, so let’s give them a suitable place to play.