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Orientation week is kicked off with a bang. Alex Walsh / The Brunswickan

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Incoming students were greeted with music and friendly smiles last Saturday, as they were welcomed to the University of New Brunswick’s Fredericton campus.

“Orientation is to ensure that everybody has fun, but also to welcome new students to UNB,” said Joey O’Kane, chair of the student union orientation.

“It’s where they get to learn a lot about what UNB is about, what Fredericton is about. But also be able to start developing social networks, be able to make new friends and also just explore all kinds of things that they would not have the opportunity to do elsewhere.”

The campus was decked to the nines, in UNB’s red and black, with red-shirts

dancing around and asking for cars to honk. Residences welcomed students with excited shouts and coloured tables, with each house showing their pride.

“It’s an opportunity just to have all those people come together in one place, and just kind of celebrate the next stage of their lives,” O’Kane said.

Orientation was off to a start with a bang. On Saturday night, blast off began with a cheer-off between residence teams in the middle of the SUB quad, and featured a grand finale with fireworks. The residence groups chanted ‘blast off; blast off; blast off’, during the fireworks.

Breaking away from the tradition of previous years’ blast off activities, this year, the main goal was to simply get the residences pumped up on the first day of orientation, according to O’Kane.

“This was my fourth blast off, and it blew the past three out of the water! The cheer-off was spot on, got right to the competition side of residence that we all secretly love. Social media blew up with positive feedback and I’m still hearing great things about it,” said Jeff Paradis, education proctor at Aitken House.

Orientation week featured numerous other activities to help welcome incoming students. Some returning traditions were the cornboil, movie on the hill, the Freddy Beach Welcome Barbecue hosted by the city, and of course, Shinerama.

“There’re also events like the crosscampus couch challenge, in which individuals will be able to have an interactive way to learn about the campus and Fredericton in general, while also having a bit of fun with our activities,” O’Kane said.

Even the prizes were chosen with welcoming students in mind.

“There’s a huge prize [for the winner of cross-campus couch challenge] which

includes 400 glow sticks, strobe lights, police beacons, feather boas, hats, noisemakers, everything you could basically want for a party.”

Neville/Jones House won this prize at the cross-campus couch challenge.

O’Kane was expecting between 1000 to 1100 incoming students in total, but was prepared for a little more than 1100.

“I’ve looked at all kinds of different universities, and UNB especially, has one of the best integrated orientations that can happen,” O’Kane said.

For some students, orientation got them out of their comfort zones.

“I’m a pretty quiet person, so this is pretty loud and overwhelming,” said Jesse Scott-Henderson, an incoming business student.

But Scott-Henderson said, once she got past the enthusiastic red-shirts, she was fine.

“Just more peppy than I thought anyone would be,” she said.

While some incoming students are

Fredericton residents, other students come from other provinces. Dallas Oliver, an incoming science student from PEI, said her reason for coming, was to get away, but not too far.

“None of my friends are here so it’s a totally new experience, but I’m excited too,” Oliver said.

“I’m looking forward to classes and the teachers. I hope it’s better than high school – I’m hoping it’s better, but I don’t know. And I have to meet new people,” said Oliver.

O’Kane hopes the orientation activities help new students make UNB their new home.

“UNB is a very accepting community, and we want them to know that right from the get go. From having our red-shirts cheering at the gates, to having our volunteers being able to help them virtually with any question that they have, we just want to let them feel welcomed and have a fun time,” said O’Kane.

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Last stop for Acadian Lines Cherise Letson News Editor News of Acadian Lines cutting off all bus service in the Maritimes by Nov. 30 has left many students worried about how they’re getting around this year.

Stephen Spence, president of the New Brunswick Student Alliance, said having no maritime bus service will not only make it difficult for students to travel to attend postsecondary education, but it will also make the province a less appealing place to study.

“So what this means is that it’s actually going to reduce the attractiveness of the post-secondary education sector in New Brunswick, and it’s going to make it harder for students to attend post-secondary institutions,” Spence said.

Spence said with New Brunswick having one of the lowest rates of educational attainment, this is not the route that the province should be taking.

“For somebody who wants to better our economy and invest in the future, this isn’t the kind of direction we need to be going in,” said Spence.

With private shuttle companies, such as P.E.I based Trius Tours, pitching maritime governments to start another bus service and to modify current intercity bus regulations, Spence said he’s not giving up hope on a resolution just yet.

“It looks like the private sector hasn’t given up on this particular industry…we’re not giving up on the private sector either.

Just because Acadian Lines couldn’t make money on these routes, doesn’t mean other companies can’t,” Spence said.

In the meantime, if students are stuck without a ride, Spence recommends students look at alternatives, such as ridesharing.

Nathalie Arsenault, outreach and communications coordinator for Maritime Rideshare said having no intercity bus service in the Maritimes is a harsh move.

Students are hoping someone will step in to fill the gap left by Acadian Lines when service ends this November.

Andrew Meade / The Brunswickan “We feel it’s really unfortunate that there isn’t going to be a public transportation system in the Maritimes. It’s actually a pretty drastic thing,” said Arsenault.

Arsenault said they hope there will be some sort of response from government, or that another bus service or mode of transportation can be established for the Maritimes.

“I think that any service, or any mode of transportation that can deliver a good service, good quality, and that’s affordable, is welcome, I would say,” said Arsenault.

She said ridesharing can be a good alternative because it’s an affordable and convenient way for people to travel.

“Instead of operating a bus or shuttle which can be pretty costly, Ridesharing is sort of a community based transportation system. It really reduces the price for people, and that’s why we’re hoping it can become a more common practice,” Arsenault said.

How it works is you go on the Maritime Rideshare website where you have the op-

tion to “post a ride” or “request a ride”.

You are able to browse available rides and see the details including how much money the driver is asking, pick-up and drop-off locations. Logging in through your Facebook account, you are able to make a post, or “request a seat” for any ride you want.

Though all users must log in with Facebook for transparency, using Maritime Rideshare is done at the person’s own risk.

Arsenault said they are currently raising money on their website to help pay for new safety features such as a driver rating system and driver identity verification for the fall.

“Students, I would say, are the main users of this service, so we really want to get as many of them to use it as possible, because the more people there are using it, the more beneficial it is for everybody,” Arsenault said.

“It’s really a question of changing the mentality, changing the culture around how people view ridesharing and take it to another level.”

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Eddy Campbell is going into his fourth year as university president. Liz Chiang / The Brunswickan Cherise Letson News Editor UNB president Eddy Campbell is ready for a new year.

Campbell anticipates the university is in for a successful year, but not without its challenges.

For Campbell, dealing with the provincial government’s plan to eliminate the deficit is one of the challenges

ahead for this year. He said, although they are working to show the importance of post-secondary education to government, the university is also looking at ways to become more financially efficient.

“I expect we will be successful in making our arguments to government, that higher education, post-secondary education, is really an essential investment in the future of the province,”

Campbell said.

“But nevertheless, we are working incredibly hard at the university to be more efficient, to find continual improvements to the way we go about our business, and to lessen our dependence on the public purse.”

One of the ways the university does this is through fundraising. Campbell said despite the world recession, the past year has been the second best

fundraising year ever for the university.

Twenty-five million dollars were raised from over 5000 donors.

“I find that very heartening. It means that the people associated to our university who know about us really believe in what we’re doing, and they’re very willing to try and help us realize our goals. And I’m also very proud of the fact that much of that money goes in support of our students,” said

Campbell.

This year, Campbell said students could expect new developments with the UNB strategic plan, including a “one-stop-shop” where the community is able to access experts at the university through a database. Campbell also said he is in the late stages of putting together a group which will look at co-operative education and experiential opportunities for students. He said the group will look to improve existing programs and create new ones.

Even though he is entering his fourth year in office, Campbell said he is always learning new things about the university and its students.

“I continue to learn new and exciting things about the university. There is such a range of activities going on that I find really interesting,” said Campbell.

“I find that I learn new things every day, and I think our university has great strengths in working with the community and making New Brunswick a better province, and I continue to learn new ways in which we do that.”

Campbell’s advice to students this year is to take advantage of the opportunities the university and community has to offer. He said involvement is the key for success.

“It’s important for students to recognize that all of the research that we have which describes when students succeed at universities, shows that students who engage in the activities that the university offers beyond the classroom, are the most successful,” said Campbell.

“I believe universities are inherently positive environments…it’s really fun to watch our students grow from the time they get here in first year in September to the time they are ready to graduate at the end of their programs.”

UNBSU ready for some changes Heather Uhl News Reporter The University of New Brunswick Student Union (UNBSU) is returning this year with some big plans.

UNBSU president, Andrew Martel, says one of the issues this year is the four-year agreement between the provincial and federal government, and universities.

“So what’s pretty much going to happen with that is, the government is going to say, ‘this is how much money we’re going to give universities over four years’, and the universities are going to come out and say, ‘this how much we’re going to raise tuition, if so, over four years.’,” Martel said.

“What worries us is, for one, they’re already talking as if they are going to raise tuition, and two, if they do raise tuition, which we don’t want, we want to make sure it’s somewhat understandable, and [we are returned with] better quality education if we’re expected to pay more.”

Over the past two years tuition fees were raised by a total of $375.

Also on the table, are student bus passes.

“We’re actually hoping to be able to bring that to referendum in SeptemberOctober… and students get to vote on if they want it, yes or no,” Martel said.

If students vote “yes” to the bus passes, Martel said it would take a year to plan and implement. He said if the students vote “no”, the UNBSU won’t pursue the bus pass.

The referendum will be added to the upcoming by-elections.

Student engagement is another problem faced by the student union. In the previous UNBSU elections, voter turnout was 22 per cent, an increase from 15 per cent.

The UNBSU plans to adress some major issues this year. file photo / The Brunswickan While the jump was impressive, Martel said it’s not enough and has to be improved upon. The goal this year is 30 per cent voter turnout. One of the ways Martel plans to do this is through student interaction.

“We’re going to do that at different venues. More face time for the student union with the students. When they’re going to the elections and they’re seeing the posters up, near the end of the

year, they’re going to see the value of voting or even running for these positions,” Martel said.

“But that will also come from our campaign promotions. Promoting our events, promoting our services better and getting students more involved, but also supporting them in any way.

If they come to us and say ‘this is a big issue, look into it’, and if we’re realizing this affects a lot of students, [we will]

work on it.”

The Student Union Building (SUB) is also being discussed. With UNB’s contract with Sodexo ending this year, Martel said the UNBSU is looking at other options.

“We’re trying to figure out what is the best possible thing we can do for the SUB,” Martel said, “To make it so that students get more value out of food services. But we also have to real-

ize what is possible.”

“There’s still a need for a food provider for residence… but are there better options out there? Are there options to not have exclusivity over the SUB?” The UNBSU also has some big events planned for this year. Events like the speaker series, where speakers come in to talk about issues related to students and the upcoming Tedx Talk, are planned along with a few surprises.

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Voice Over Internet Protocol is being introduced as a new means of communication across campus.

“R ight now, our phone system is the traditional old kind of phone system, and it is actually owned and operated by Bell Aliant, so it has the old phone lines which are different from network lines,” said associate vice-president of Information Technology Services (ITS), Terry Nikkel.

“Everywhere there is a phone at the university, there is a phone line, but the fact of the matter is, with networking everywhere, we also have network connections everywhere.”

A monthly service cost for every phone on campus is roughly $2000; the university is paying $800,000 per year for phone services.

With the introduction of VOIP, the cost will be cut by 50 percent.

“The bulk of that charge is for the line, just for the service,” said Nikkel.

“What VOIP does is it replaces the commercial phone service, the Bell

Aliant service, with our own service based on and run through our own network.”

Managing the network connections themselves, UNB will begin to insource rather than outsource services such as with Bell Aliant.

In addition to phone services, other services that will be managed

by UNB include, voicemail, calendars, and conference calling.

Long distance is not covered through VOIP and is not calculated in the total cost savings.

“We still will have long distance calls, and they will still have long distance charges, but we haven’t included them in our model anyway, and so it doesn’t affect our basic savings,” Nikkel said.

“And we don’t have to pay for voice mail because we are supplying that ourselves as well, and not everybody uses it.”

Expected to take a year to implement, ITS will be working on VOIP in four phases.

Buildings with the strongest networks will be migrated, and work their way to older buildings.

“It’s not geographically directed, it’s the readiness of networks. Interestingly, some building networks are in better shape than others, it’s a consequence of when networks were installed and how old their equipment is,” Nikkel said.

“Some things have had to be upgraded and some tweaking done, so building readiness is really what is determining the phases.”

A lthough faculty and staff of UNB will use VOIP, students will receive many of the same benefits through a similar program called ConnectED. ConnectED which started in 2011, and expected to take two years to implement, will be available to students in 2013.

“Students will be able to look up calendars that they have permission to look up, and so forth, and make appointments and send emails all within the one university system,” said Nikkel.

“Everybody does benefit from the feature perspective, and of course, the university lowers its costs, and so it is a great deal all around.”

Social Club gets a facelift Tamara Gravelle The Brunswickan On the second floor of the Student Union Building sits a small club that students have learned to love due to its convenience and low prices.

The Social Club was not without complaints though. Managers have heard these complaints and decided to make a change.

Dancers across campus will be pleased to find out the club commonly known as The “S” Club has made some improvements over the summer.

The manager of The Social Club, Matt Harris, said they started renovating in sections a few months ago, because management wanted to improve the services customers were being offered.

“What we’ve tried to do is answer the concerns we’ve received from the patrons over the years,” said Harris in a phone interview.

Some of the changes made to the club from these concerns are a bigger dance floor, updated light and sound equipment, freshened bathrooms, and a new system for their draft products.

But the biggest renovation to the club is the new full service bar.

Harris said the second bar was added because it was what the customers asked for.

“One of the complaints that we’ve received over the past few years was that it took a long time to get a drink,” said Harris. “We wanted to work on that to help our staff get drinks out faster.”

As a result, the club put in a second full service bar that could have two more bartenders working along with the original bar. The club also refurbished the

The newly renovated S-Club features a new bar.

Liz Chiang / The Brunswickan original full bar during the renovations.

Harris also wanted to make sure customers got a better tasting product, so they installed a different beer system which includes four new draft products.

“Our draft is now stored in the back room,” said Harris. “So it’s a better quality beer and there’s more of a selection.”

Finally, the bigger dance floor will allow more room for customers and also showcases the updated equipment for the sound system and the lighting.

“We re-configured and added things to our sound system to make it sound better. We also revamped the lighting,” said Harris.

“I think we made quite a few changes to the dance floor that the customers are going to like.”

Harris said they wanted to improve the lighting and sound throughout the club to give it a better overall feeling.

Harris was unsure about whether the club will need to hire a larger staff to keep up with the demands these renovations cause, but he did say they will be looking for new workers this upcoming school year.

“We always have X number of students graduating and leaving,” said Harris. “We’re going to need to replace those students.”

The renovations will be complete by the time classes start, and the new and improved “S Club” will be open to the public on Sept. 6. $60,000 was spent on these renovations and all expenses were paid for by the club.

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Red, black, and green

Tim Cross says he would like to see the university continue to surpass its “green” goals. Sandy Chase / The Brunswickan Cherise Letson News Editor UNB is getting green faster than expected.

The university is currently on track to surpass its goal of cutting CO2 emissions by 30%, by year 2016.

Since 1997, the university has eliminated 50,000 tons of CO2 from its operations.

Tim Cross, energy coordinator at the university, explained the university accomplished this through projects such as lighting upgrades, control retrofits, digital control system upgrades and

better scheduling with the operations department.

Cross said when the university takes on new energy saving projects, they are decided by the energy management committee, which consists of senior administration and people from facilities management.

He said when the committee meets annually to discuss possible projects, they look at the net present value, as well as the pay-back value. This means that the committee looks for projects, which bring money back to the university over time.

“We vote as a committee whether to

proceed with the project… and we track the project for a minimum of ten years to ensure it’s performing and giving the annual cost-avoidance,” Cross said.

Tom Gilmore, energy manager at UNB, said one of the challenges of getting the university to be “more green” is getting people engaged.

“Really, it’s the engagement of the community that’s a bigger, more powerful tool than any other technological tool we could put in,” Gilmore said.

This year, students can expect building upgrades, including new windows, lighting censors and new water foun-

tains in buildings on campus. The university will also be looking into automated metering in buildings.

Students in residence can also expect their house to participate in the annual energy challenge put on by Atlantic Universities and Colleges Sustainability Network, where they compete with residences across Atlantic Canada.

With UNB already exceeding its goal for 2016, Tim Cross said he would like to see the university continue to go beyond its goals.

“We’re [UNB] are exceeding Kyoto Protocol three times over now, and we’re looking to go above and beyond

as far as we can. Every year, that’s our main goal,” Cross said.

According to Cross, since 1997, when the energy program started, UNB has saved the equivalent of almost four million trees, and about 649 water towers worth of water.

Gilmore said he would like students to keep in mind that a little goes a long way when it comes to reducing their carbon footprint.

“Every little bit helps. We’re only as green as our community, and our people living here. So I think everyone’s got a part to play, and every part helps.”

Getting ready to shine Chad Betteridge The Brunswickan Students, get ready to shine!

UNB is preparing to host its 40th annual Shinerama event during this year’s welcome week.

The fundraiser originated in 1961 at Wilfred Laurier University as a small, municipal shoe-shining event that allowed students to get involved and give back to their community, now raises money for cystic fibrosis research. Today, almost 60 university and college campuses across Canada take part, making it the largest postsecondary fundraiser in the country.

“Shinerama’s been a big tradition at UNB,” said orientation chair Joey O’Kane. “It is a huge part of our culture, but first and foremost, it is a fantastic cause. A huge portion of the funds go directly to the funding of the research and there’s a very minimal administration cost that goes along with it, so it’s just phenomenal.”

O’Kane said that this year they hope to surpass last year’s national total.

“Last year they were able to raise over one million dollars nationally, and this year they’re hoping to go even higher than that,” said O’Kane.

O’Kane, the UNB student union, and the others behind this year’s Shinerama are organizing a variety of activities that include a softball tournament, going door to door asking for donations, and hosting numerous barbecues on the fundraiser’s conclusive “Shine Day” on Sept. 8.

The goal this year is to contribute

$15,000 to the national total.

“We are trying to keep it fairly traditional,” said O’Kane. “We have found quite a bit of success in years past with our techniques.”

Cystic fibrosis is a genetic disease that primarily affects the lungs, pancreas, liver, and intestine. The disease is characterized by a build-up of thick, sticky mucus in the lungs.

The bacteria that inhabits this mucus is difficult to clear from the lungs, leading to frequent lung infections and inflammation, which damages the delicate lung tissues and causes difficulty in breathing.

Secretions of this mucus also prevent enzymes found in the pancreas from reaching the intestines to break down digested food. To combat this, those who suffer from cystic fibrosis must consume a large amount of artificial enzymes with every meal to help digest and absorb their food.

Cystic f ibrosis affects approximately 3,500 Canadian children and young adults. There are several treatment methods, but no definitive cure.

“There’s a large amount of people who are currently affected by cystic fibrosis,” said O’Kane. “And the fact that so many universities and university students get together to raise so much money is phenomenal.”

Students from all years are encouraged to volunteer. Those who wish to get involved can go to the Student Union Building on Sept 8 at 8 a.m. to be assigned to a fundraising team.

You can also make donations to the UNB Shinerama team at Shinerama. ca.

Joey O’Kane (right) says Shinerama is a big part of UNB culture and tradition Liz Chiang / The Brunswickan

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Living with liquor or an ambulance after drinking.

Fuller said the message is moderation while drinking.

“I would like people to think about the consequences of consuming too much.” Fuller said, “And by too much, we usually define that as five or more drinks in a sitting for men and four or more drinks per sitting for women.”

Fuller recommends students know what their limits are for their weight and gender, and research how many drinks it takes to reach legal intoxication. Fuller said this should not be encouragement to reach that level, but rather gives give a general idea of what their limit should be.

Though it can be tempting to reach for a drink when you’re sad or angry, Rogerson warns it’s something students should avoid.

“Never drink if you’re in a bad mood.” Rogerson said, “As I told my children, if you’re going to have a drink, make sure it’s an environment where you’re happy, so that you don’t get into a depression or you don’t get into an argumentative situation.”

“If you’re upset about something or something is bothering you, alcohol isn’t the answer,” Rogerson said.

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Drinking and students mix well.

Keeping that mix from causing trouble can be tricky.

“Know that it’s a drug,” said Bruce Rogerson, director of Campus Security and Traffic at UNB. “It’s the number one killer in the world as far as drugs are known with respect to causes of death either now, or later in life.”

According to the Health Canada website, “… alcohol is a depressant that slows down your body’s central nervous system.” The central nervous system controls the body’s movements.

Among the short-term effects for too much alcohol, are things like loss of coordination and inability to think and judge clearly.

“As you drink, and as your blood alcohol builds up to about 0.06, alcohol has an euphoric effect on your mood,” said Rice Fuller, director of Counselling Services at UNB. “And that’s the thing that everybody pretty much likes – the euphoric effects,” Fuller said.

However, these euphoric effects wear off.

Once you drink enough to get past

the blood alcohol content 0.06, the euphoric effects of alcohol start to wear off and the depressant or dysphoric effects of alcohol begin to kick in, and the problem is, people really like that euphoric effect and think that, ‘If I have another drink I’ll get that back,’” said Fuller.

Rogerson said it’s also important for students to know the dangers of drinking and driving.

“As far as drinking goes, I know there’s an issue around impaired driving and drinking. But the fact is, once you have one drink you shouldn’t be driving,” Rogerson explained.

By law, drivers under the age of twenty-one in New Brunswick must have a blood alcohol level of zero when driving. Drivers over the age of twentyone must have less than 0.08 per cent blood alcohol content when driving.

“UNB wants to provide the full experience for students both academic and non-academic. And this is a community within a community, and we want to teach them to be responsible adults over time,” Rogerson said.

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Get mean with the ‘freshman 15’

Alyson MacIssac The Brunswickan While making the big transition to university, new students gain freedom, new friends, and independence.

They might also gain weight.

With a school cafeteria catering to all of the chip and pizza cravings students get during the stressful times, it can be hard to say “no”.

“The first year of university is a huge transition and can definitely impact food and nutrition intake,” said Ellen MacIntosh, registered dietician at UNB. For students, their activity level is less because of the amount of schoolwork and studying that can take priority over exercise. Weight gain can also start when students lose their meal structure.

“Three meals a day is so important,” says MacIntosh. “Snacking gets students away from foods in meals, and the balance meals give.”

MacIntosh said, when students have the urge to snack, they should avoid sugary food.

“Skittles are a quick energy buzz and then the energy dies,” said MacIntosh.

MacIntosh said if students have the urge to snack, they should reach for yogurt and fruit instead of chips and fries.

“Keeping snacks in your room like crackers and popcorn can help avoid midnight take out,” said MacIntosh.

Midnight binges are popular after residence parties and bar nights, but alcohol also causes weight gain.

MacIntosh said one drink is often 100 calories and on an average night, students can drink between 500-1500 calories.

This is before students go out for

Proper meals are one of the many ways students can keep off extra weight. Liz Chiang / The Brunswickan donairs and pizza,” said MacIntosh.

“Some students drink 1000 calories four times a week and that’s not out of the ordinary.”

Getting the right amount of sleep is one of the ways which students can avoid weight gain.

“It’s okay to stay up late every now and then to finish your papers, but getting between seven to nine hours of sleep in a night is important,”MacIntosh said.

MacIntosh also said if students have the option of taking a nap for an hour or going to the gym, many studies say

the extra sleep is better for weight loss.

For students who want to start an active lifestyle, there are services available through UNB. The Richard J. Curry Center has options for first time gym-goers.

“Here at UNB, there are a ton of exceptional free resources; fitness professionals at the Currie Center, stress management sessions and psychologists at Counselling Services, doctors and a dietician at the Student Health Centre,” said MacIntosh.

Kelsey Nissen, a recreation assistant at the Currie Center, is excited for

upcoming classes next year.

“There are orientations for new learners,” said Nissen. “They can come to the gym, and trainers will show students a full body work out on all of the machines.”

Nissen also suggests walking the track for people who want to avoid being stationary.

“The track is great for people who want to move,” Nissen said.

Classes at the Currie Center range from yoga and cycling, to dance and boot camp.

“Take the opportunity to be active.

Going to the gym isn’t for everyone, but students can go for brisk walks around their block. Try intermurals, do whatever it takes to get the 115 minutes [of exercise] in a week,” said MacIntosh.

“You’re going to have pizza,” said MacIntosh. “Just find the balance between having fun and being healthy [in a way] that works for you.”

MacIntosh said that when students focus on getting enough sleep and meals in a day, they are able to perform at their best academically.

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Diversity and culture at UNB

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The human connection

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Editor-in-Chief • Sandy Chase Managing • Liam Guitard News • Cherise Letson Arts • Lee Thomas Sports • Josh Fleck Photo • Liz Chiang Copy • Hansika Gunaratne Production • Alex Walsh Online • Sarah Campbell Staff Advertising Sales Rep • Bill Traer Delivery • Dan Gallagher

By Barbara Roberts Welcome back! It’s great to see everyone around town and on campus for the fall term. Along with all the other new information you’re getting at the start of term, or the start of your university career, the Office of Human Rights and Positive Environment has two exciting initiatives that you should know about this year.

Following up on the Volunteer Mediator program, started last year by Katharina Kolaritsch, the office will be offering the services of two volunteer mediators this year. Doctoral students, Kim Korotkov and Courtenay Parlee, completed their training as certified third-party neutrals through the Canadian Institute for Conflict Resolution and UNB last year, enabling them to facilitate meetings of groups of individuals in conflict, or mediate disputes to a mutually agreeable resolution.

Benefits of working with a volunteer mediator include, access to a confidential, neutral party to explore an approach to conflict; experience dignified, respectful communication through the conflict, and a resolution designed and implemented by the parties involved, not some outsider.

Typical concerns that Kim and Courtenay might address could include roommate, floormate or housemate disputes, clubs or other groups in conflict, or groups needing facilitation, to arrive at a direction or plan.

Visit the Human Rights Office website at http://Unb.ca/humanrights/volunteermediator.html.

In addition, the Office of Human Rights and Positive Environment will be hosting a bi-weekly column in both the Brunswickan and the Baron, to explore the diversity among us as a community.

It is my hope that by hearing from those of us with a wide range of experiences, we can learn more about ourselves and one another, and embrace the range of human experience and perspectives that are right here on our campuses.

The column will focus on two themes each term. In the fall term, the themes will be discrimination and harassment, and cultural diversity. The first article will explain discrimination and harassment, and the role of good intentions. We will share students’ experiences of different cultures, from both international students studying here, and domestic students who have studied abroad. Cultural traditions and perspectives that collide in the workplace or classroom will also be explored.

In the winter term, the two themes will be bullying and sexual orientation. Researchers who study bullying will share their knowledge about what bullying is and what it is not. Since students are also workers, the dynamics of workplace bullying will be explained, along with strategies for dealing with intimidating or humiliating behaviour at work or in the classroom. The LGBTQ community will be asked to participate in the winter term column, busting myths and misunderstandings and sharing perspectives about sexual orientation, to broaden and enhance understanding.

I look forward to sharing these exciting initiatives and insights from our community with you.

If you or someone you know would be interested in sharing their experience with these topics, contact me at barbara. roberts@unb.ca Interviews or stories of your experience can be shared confidentially, and published anonymously, if preferred.

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Contributors Chad Betteridge, Elizabeth Creelman, Tamara Gravelle, Bronté James, Alyson MacIssac, Justin Marshall, Heather Uhl, Sarah Vannier The Brunswickan relies primarily on a volunteer base to produce its issues every week. Volunteers can drop by room 35 of the SUB at any time to find out how they can get involved.

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

We are an autonomous student newspaper owned and operated

by Brunswickan Publishing Inc., a non-profit, independent body.

We are a founding member of the Canadian University Press, and love it so. We are also members of U-Wire, a media exchange of university media throughout North America.

We publish weekly during the academic year with a circulation of 6,000.

The publishing staff of the Brunswickan’s 146 year proudly present your first issue and wish you best of luck in the new school year. Clockwise from top centre: Josh Fleck, Alex Walsh, Hansika Gunaratne, Bill Traer, Liam Guitard, Sarah Campbell, Sandy Chase, Liz Chiang, Elizabeth Creelman, Lee Thomas, Cherise Letson, and Heather Uhl Liz Chiang / The Brunswickan

The unfamiliar is your comfort food Have a question? What some advice? Write it down, send it in and see it answered here in the paper.

Brittany Hunter The Brunswickan Today at breakfast I dropped my tray and everyone clapped. Then I fell up the stairs leaving meal hall and stumbled back to my room, trying hard not to wake up my roommate.

I brushed my teeth, did one last outfit check and noticed the huge jam stain just above my belly button, but it’s too late to change. Course schedule in hand, I began the climb of Mount Everest to class. There are people everywhere, I think I’m in the right building, oh god I’m starting to sweat and I forgot deodorant…

First year student or returner, we’ve all had the first day jitters.

Congratulations on experiencing what university is really about. It’s about stepping out of your comfort zone and becoming involved in things you never imagined you would have an interest in.

I’m talking about that feeling in the pit of your stomach, like you’re out of your element and have no idea what’s going to happen next.

Get used to it because the next few years of your university career will be filled with those moments. Never

again in your life will you have such an opportunity to try new things.

Ask questions, get involved and don’t be afraid to meet new people.

If those jitters are always somewhere in the pit of your stomach, then you know you’re living your days at UNB to the fullest.

Here are some tips on dealing with the jitters: 1. Make an effort to talk to at least one person in every class. Having friends in your classes can be a great advantage when it comes to studying, getting notes and also meeting new people.

2. Pick one place on campus like the Student Union Building, one of the libraries, or a classroom that you can call your study place.

3. Don’t go home every weekend!

Living away from home for the first time is tough, but we all need to spread our wings. You might be surprised by how many weird and interesting adventures you can get yourself into.

4. Journey off campus. Experience what Fredericton has to offer.

After all, it will be your home for the next eight months. A trip down to the farmers’ market on Saturday

morning is a great start.

5. Remember why you’re here.

The socializing is fun but at the end of the day, it is all about balance – you are paying for a future. Make sure you make it as bright as possible.

Want advice on questions you are too embarrassed to ask? Not sure if it’s appropriate to wear yoga pants to class? Want to know how to ask out that hottie in your history class?

Got a smelly roommate? Well, I’m your girl!

Write to me anonymously, and I’ll answer the best questions in next week’s issue of the Brunswickan.

Chances are, if you have a question, then others are thinking the same thing. My goal is to make the Brunswickan reflect UNB’s excellent student body, so send me your questions and I’ll do my best to answer them. For now, go forth in search of the unfamiliar, my friends!

Brittany Hunter is a third year arts student working on a double major in history and anthropology. She may not have any formal qualifications, but email brittany.hunter@thebruns.ca to ask your questions.

Letters Must be submitted by e-mail including your name, letters with pseudonymns will not be printed.

Letters must be 400 words at maximum. Deadline for letters is Friday at 5 p.m. before each issue.

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The opinions and views expressed in this newspaper are those of the individual writers, and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Brunswickan, its Editorial Board, or its Board of Directors.

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What are you most looking forward to this year?

Let everyone know what’s on your mind.

Tristan Caron-Lévesque

Scott Facey

Nadia Arsenault

Nicholas Richard

“Planting flowers.”

“I’m most excited for a lot of my friends to be back in town.”

“To finally become a school teacher.”

“I’m most excited for the completion of my honours project.”

Maggie O’Connor

Amanda LeClair

Sarah Black

“Enjoy a new environment with amazing people.”

“Meeting lots of new amazing people.”

“I’m most excited for more UNB adventures.”

Quang Vu Mai “To being sweet at being awesome.”

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How to win grades and influence people Have an issue?

Here’s a tissue Liam Guitard I started out just as you are starting out – unprepared by shitty public school, but fresh like a virgin spring.

If you’ve already figured out how to tread the waters of academia, stop reading. If not, read on. I hope I can share some insight that will help you avoid some of the same mistakes I made.

You probably heard this a thousand times in high school, but it’s the best way to an A – do your homework and go to class. Call me Captain Obvious, but that isn’t always as easy as it sounds. Professors are sometimes vague about homework directions, and hey, at an 8:30 A.M. start time, you’re probably hungover. Professors, for the most part, won’t tell you exactly what you need to get out of a particular reading or which calculus questions you will need know for the midterm. The trick is understanding. Do all of the questions. Read the whole chapter.

Take notes. Ask questions. Finally, go talk to your professor. Introduce yourself and get to know them because they will certainly make no effort to befriend you.

In high school, I was one of those kids who got everything done without really doing much at all. I would look at the material the night before the test and manage to get a decent mark. Yeah, I did OK. But, if I had studied, I could have done better. When I got to UNB I found out studying the night before a test didn’t translate to a good mark. You need to understand, rather than memorize.

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Becoming a redshirt is one great way to get involved and meet new people on campus. Liz Chiang / The Brunswickan trick. I spend most of my Sunday in the library reviewing all of my notes and readings, as well as reading ahead in the classes that I find difficult. I make notes as I go. It’s Sunday, you should be all partied out by now anyway.

Another trick that works for me is the rewrite. I have a word document for each class that I type all my notes into. This way I have everything

in one place and it’s a great way to review the material covered in class and the textbook. You can also sell this to your friends the week before the exam if you want to make a quick buck. I kid, I kid. Those wankers should have gone to class.

Finally, get involved and make alliances with people who are of the same mindset as you. It took me awhile to figure this one out, but it

works. Meet people who also like to get shit done. As managing editor of the Brunswickan, I’m surrounded by workaholics. There’s a saying that goes something like, “If you want to get a task done, give it to a busy person.” Yeah, I’m pretty busy, but I also meet new people, boost my resume and help run a company that makes a big difference on campus.

Do yourself a favour, and get busy

(not just in your dorm room after a night at the Social Club).

Oh, and this isn’t class related, but don’t mix and match alcohol. It’s not like ice cream, where you can stick it all in the same place and it tastes like heaven. Pick your poison and stick with it.

If you want to tear up this article or share your suggestions, tweet @liamguitard.

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Unions are an integral part of the Canadian labour landscape

Proctor Who? The wide apature Sandy Chase Welcome home.

For some of you, it may be your first time living in residence. For some, your first apartment, and for others, you could be returning to a place you’ve lived before.

I’ve been fortunate enough to live in residence for all of my five years at UNB, and I wouldn’t change a thing. You get to meet hundreds of people living in residence, undergrad students, masters and PhD students, and exchange students from all over the world, and most of them go through an orientation week at least once in their career.

This is my fifth orientation week, and I’ve worked and still work with many people who make this first week and the rest of the school year memorable for all those people.

Those peo[;e I remember in my first year, seeing the proctors acting crazy and jumping around during my frosh week, and thinking, ‘Man, they have an awesome job’.

That spring, I applied to be a proctor, and it wasn’t until I attended training during that fall, four years ago, that I began to realized just how much a proctor can contribute to the residence community.

Everyone sees proctors as the rule enforcers, but a much smaller percentage see the other side of the job.

Proctors play a key role alongside the house committee, in building the house community and providing support to individual residents of each house.

So, what the heck does that mean?

Proctors work under this wonder-

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ful thing called, house team confidentially. This means that anything you tell them, barring certain exceptions, will be kept between you and them. In important cases, they will discuss those with the house don.

This means you can go and talk to a proctor about just about anything, and they will listen. Sometimes it’s just venting about a test that went badly, or maybe relationship troubles, though occasionally, the talk can turn to other subjects such as sexual abuse or suicide.

Proctors aren’t fully trained counsellors, but they can listen, and if need be, point you in the right direction to find help.

The other great thing is, if you ever ask a proctor a question, and if they are unsure of the answer, they can tell you whom to ask to find the answer. They have a fantastic network of resources across campus, including access to group tutors, academic advisors, the Student Advocate, and the Student Health Centre, just to name a few. If you need it, they can find it.

Yes, they’re also the one telling you to turn down the music at 3:00 a.m. on a Friday night, but they’re also there to help you when you’ve had one beverage too many, and are about to go worship at the porcelain altar.

They’re a friend; a mom; and a dad all rolled into one, and people can sometimes overlook, or just not realize all that they can provide to students in residence.

Sandy Chase is a proctor in Maggie Jean Chestnut Residence and the Editor-in-Chief of the Brunswickan.

He can be reached anytime at editor@ thebruns.ca or @alexanderchase

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SASKATOON (CUP) — When I was 16 I worked at a Walmart for about three months before the fluorescent lighting and constant McDonald’s meal breaks started to wear down my basic humanity and threatened to drive me insane, leading to me “quitting” (walking out after a shift and never going back to work).

When I showed up for my initial training shifts, I was treated to a video about how to be a good Walmart employee. It was either in that video or in the spiel the manager gave afterward that the training group was told we were lucky enough not to be unionized, because we wouldn’t have to pay any pesky union dues.

That statement made me incredibly uncomfortable when I heard it then and the seemingly pervasive apathy toward unionized labour in North America continues to disappoint me.

Unions had their heyday here between the 1930s and the 1970s. They are responsible for many rights workers now consider basic to their survival: minimum wage, a limit to how much work can be required of you (which goes hand-in-hand with overtime pay), the five-day workweek and the right to bargain for further workplace improvements as a group.

One thing unions have to spend a lot of time fighting for, and which probably

contributes to people seeing them as self-serving, is their own right to exist.

But without unions, employees have to fight for benefits and higher — or just reasonable — pay alone.

A single person demanding higher pay or an extra year off to care for a newborn child can easily be replaced by someone else who isn’t making those demands. One employee is held back by his or her need to eat and pay rent, whereas a group can fundraise to keep one another afloat during a strike.

Unions provide the essential service of presenting a large, unified workforce to combat the large, unified corporation or government for which you work. This is invaluable.

Companies simply do not have any good reason to care about their employees. There are more than seven billion people in the world, and the number of people desperate for any kind of work at any level of pay almost certainly numbers in the hundreds of millions.

Beyond keeping enough people alive to staff their stores and have customers to buy their wares, most companies have no incentive to contribute to or ensure quality of life. And with so many people desperate for work, it is not at all difficult to replace a few workers agitating for affordable health care or toxin-free workplaces.

The goal of a corporation is to make money. In order to do this they need to keep costs down and maximize profits.

Labour costs money. Minimum wages

increase the cost of labour. Weekends and evenings off incurs costs by cutting down on efficiency. Overtime costs more than regular labour because it eats into mandatory time off. None of these things are good for CEOs, most of whom can easily imagine themselves taking that money home in the form of a nice Christmas bonus.

As Hamilton Nolan of Gawker so eloquently put it, the philosophy behind not allowing workers to unionize “is the belief that saving 15 cents on a package of Pringles is more important than your neighbors being able to pay for health care.”

He was referring specifically to Walmart, but it applies equally to both businesses that try to circumvent employees bargaining collectively and to the cultural idea that unions are passé, a dinosaur from a previous era that is no longer required.

This is completely untrue.

You and the people you know may be treated well at your jobs despite not being unionized. But unions exist to fight for the rights of workers. They are the only type of organization that does this. To argue that unions are unnecessary is to argue that the rights of workers — which is to say, the rights of people, the rights of the majority of your fellow citizens — are unnecessary, irrelevant, passé. And that will never be the case.

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Stewart, Durling and McCoy (L-R) look to make the Bombers offence more dynamic this season. Liz Chiang / The Brunswickan

Bombers look to air it out this season Justin Marshall The Brunswickan Quarterback Brendan Cornford, will have lots of options this season when he takes to the field for the Bombers first game, when they take on the Dalhousie Tigers in Halifax, on Sept. 15.

The Bombers have sealed veteran CIS wide out AJ Durling from the Acadia Axemen, who caught a touchdown pass in last year’s Uteck Bowl between Acadia University and McMaster. Durling was tied for third in the AUS last season for touchdowns.

He chose to leave Acadia to focus on his education and is taking Engineering at UNB.

“I’m really excited to join the Bombers program and hope to be a big contributor this season,” said Durling.

Oromocto native Mitch McCoy has also joined the Bombers this season as another weapon for Cornford, coming from the University of Ottawa, where he red shirted last season.

“I’m looking for ward to this season,” said McCoy. “We have some good talent, especially on the receiver front. We have three CIS quality players playing, so hopefully, we can look at a championship run this season, so I’m pretty excited.”

McCoy said that he and AJ bring some skill and knowledge at the

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receiver position.

“We’ll be able to share this with some of the other guys on the team, but with knowledge there is responsibility as well, and I think if we show we’re responsible, and we show that we have the ability, then I think the rest of the team will follow with that.”

Defensive back coach Terry McIntyre said Durling and McCoy are certainly game breakers.

“Durling and McCoy will be game breakers and be able to make the big plays,” said McIntyre. “In three down football you live and die on the big play to some extent.”

Cody Stewart will also be a threat catching the ball. Stewart, a native

of Fredericton, spent time with the Saint Mary’s Huskies prior to donning the Red Bombers jersey.

“We’re definitely going to be able to go downtown with these guys,” said McIntyre.

McIntyre added Durling will be the guy that Cornford will look to for the big plays.

“He’s a great receiver with great hands,” he said.

McIntyre went on to say that McCoy will be the speedster on the team and be able to provide a lot of deep post options and streaks.

McCoy echoes the statement from his coach.

“My big trade is I’m a fast guy so I’m looking to bring some big

Which of the soccer teams will have the better season?

Josh Fleck

Nick Murray

Bronte James

My vote has to go to the guys. Coming off a season where they didn’t win a single home game had to have rattled a few cages with the guys, and certainly with Miles. A couple fresh faces thrown in the mix who can put the ball in the back of the net and this team is top three in the AUS. If the new faces for the women can produce at the level Coach Crossland feels, then they will make a push for the top spot too.

Men’s soccer team will have the better season. A lot of the Reds played with the Picaroons Reds and much of that talent will come to the VReds this season, plus some of them are fresh off a trip to the nationals; should be an exciting year! Plus, I imagine their anxious to rebound from that sub-.500 season from last year. Watch out for the lady V-Reds though. Fresh off a playoff season they know what they have to do to get back to the postseason.

Although a younger team than the men’s soccer team, the women are coming up strong. With five new players and a new coach, they are motivated to beat the odds. With Jackie Black between the posts and other returning players such as Sam Lagacy, the team will have a strong line up at both ends of the field. With a strong defence, offence, and coaching staff, the women’s soccer team will show their pride of the red and black of their jerseys.

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speed on this team, especially on the kick returning portion as well,” said McCoy. “I really think I possess good speed and I run quickly in and out of cuts.”

McIntyre said the team has picked up a few rookies from around the city, getting Dylan Cole and Jason Hearn from Leo Hayes High School, and Mike Mignault from Fredericton High School also joined the team.

“We are quite happy with the amount of good quality rookies who have come in this season,” he said.

The Bombers first home game is scheduled for homecoming weekend, on Sept. 29.

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Michael Bourgeois Sports Writer

The men are coming off a year of inconsistent play, and failed to reach the AUS playoffs for the first time in 16 years.The women’s varsity squad has five new faces in the line up this year. For a team that has a lot to prove, their minds all have to be focused on the same goal. A team with the right mindset can overcome obstacles such as these. My vote goes to the men to show up this season with a fresh but determined game plan.

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Mens soccer looks to make playoff push with fresh faces

Josh Fleck Sports Editor Last season was a weird one for the Varsity Reds men’s soccer team.

They failed to qualify for the playoffs in over a decade.

After such a season, head coach Miles Pinsent came to the realization that certain aspects of his team needed to change.

“There are a number of players who were on the team last year who aren’t, this year,” said Pinsent.

“Some of that is by my design, some of it by their design. The reality of the situation is that our team wasn’t good enough last year, and changes needed to be made.”

If there was ever a certainty for the 2012 campaign, that certainty comes in the form of defender Ben Law. In his fourth season with the Varsity Reds, Law was the sole Atlantic University Sport All-Star from last season’s Reds.

“We lost most of our first year players from last year,” Law said.

“Some of them weren’t totally committed to the team, so now that they are gone, we have our focus and know what we want to do, and we are going to go do it.”

Last season, the team’s strength was in the form of their defence and goalkeeping, as they finished fifth in the league in goals allowed. The offence, on the other hand, was a different story, as they ended the

season dead last in goal scoring, with an average of 0.69 goals per game.

A dynamic striker from Toronto has been recruited to try and help to turn the offence around.

“Yousuf Mohammad is an established and competent goal scorer,” Pinsent said about his recruit. “He brings composure and creativity up front. For the first time in several years, we are going to have that legitimate and constant goal scoring threat.”

“Yousuf is one of the best forwards I have seen,” Law added. He will probably be one of the top players in the league, I would imagine. Along with Yousuf, we also brought in Oliver Jones to play on the left side, so he will also be a player to watch.”

With all the hype surrounding a highly touted recruit, it can be hard to remain grounded, but Mohammad has his feet firmly planted to the ground.

“I don’t let the hype get to me,” Mohammad says about his status.

“I consider myself part of the team, just like any other player here. The weight isn’t just on me, it is on the whole team.”

This past weekend, the team travelled to Sherbrooke to participate in a pre-season tournament. UNB fell at the hands of McGill on Friday night 4-0.

“It was our first game, and we had just got off the bus after a long trip, so we had a hard time getting

Young but capable squad looks to continue success

Bronté James The Brunswickan

With Jon Crossland taking over as head coach, the Varsity Reds women’s soccer team is looking forward to kick-starting a new season.

“For me, it is just establishing a culture, and expectations of what this program is going to be about,” Crossland said.

“They made playoffs last year with a big group of first year players which was a stepping stone, but again [it is important to recognize] the culture, and expectations the players have, and treat them as professionally as possible.”

Crossland is excited about the depth he’s adding this year to the roster. Now wearing Varsity Reds jerseys include, Lucy Parkin and Laura McNicolas from the United Kingdom, Haley Gates from Nova Scotia, Olivia Noonan from Ottawa and Jill Fox, a Fredericton native.

There’s no shortage of experience coming into this 2012-2013 team.

With new and former players coming together to help achieve the same playoff status from last year, Crossland has players who have a plethora of knowledge and skill, which will help the team. He has players who have been on North American championship teams and players who have played at provincial team levels.

When it comes to knowing the game, Crossland had a deep pool to dip into with this new team.

With their two centre fullbacks and centre mid-field now graduated, Crossland is hoping to f ill those holes.

“Those are some big spots that we need to find players to play in,” he said.

“Whether it’s these new players, or a combination of new players and returning players to fill those gaps, then we will do that.”

With a state of the art field at their feet in the BMO centre, support from the athletic department, and support from outside sources, this team will be fully equipped with everything a team needs to persevere.

“We have got a lot of great resources that we need to utilize to be successful, so we are going to take full advantage of that,” said Crossland.

“We are going to provide them with the best of the best for anything they need, and then hopefully that helps transition over to the field.”

Although a younger team than the Varsity Red men’s soccer team, Crossland is hoping to show the skill levels and talent these young women have to offer.

It’s not only the balls on the field that are well rounded, but the players themselves, as Crossland is looking for not only athleticism, but personality, to know what kind of players and people they are.

“I like to hear about them off the field as well, to get an idea of what they bring to the table and how they are in class, and as a person. It’s one thing to have a good soccer player, but if they are not necessarily a good person they aren’t the right fit.”

Although one player wears the armband with the letter C as the official leader of the team, Crossland is hoping to recruit a team who all show qualities of leadership.

“They compete; they compete hard, and are willing to work hard no matter what. No matter the stage or juncture the game is at, they are willing to compete as hard as they can.”

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The Men’s soccer team looks to make a splash after a tough season last year that saw them miss the playoffs for the first time in 16 years. Andrew Meade / The Brunswickan our feet under us,” Mohammad said.

Their next test was in the form of the Ottawa Gee-Gees, and the Reds came out on top with a 2-0 victory.

Goals came from Phil Demers and Jason Bessey. They then finished up their weekend with an identical result against Sherbrooke with goals

coming from Law and an own goal.

The men open their season against the Mount Allison Mounties on Sept. 7, at the BMO Centre.

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Crossland takes over for Cameron Bronté James The Brunswickan

After playing for the Reds Crossland tries his hand at running a team. Rob Blanchard / Submitted

Didn’t get recruited for the CIS? Intramurals are for you

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With the recent addition of $150 to UNB’s tuition, intramurals at UNB have never been easier.

“It includes everything. It includes access to the gym, intramurals, classes; it is an all-encompassing thing,” said intramural sports assistant, Tom White.

“It is a good way to get everyone involved because if you are already paying for it, you are more likely to use it.”

Without the need to pay $100 per team, residences can now put in several small teams instead of one large team.

“Residence teams that would normally have 20-25 people, can now just put in three teams,” said White.

“You can pick up six or seven guys and not have to worry about putting in a $100.”

Intramural sports are available to students all year.

Outdoor soccer, softball, Frisbee, flag football, badminton, volleyball, and ball hockey are available. If students are looking to play hockey, they pay an additional fee of $100.

Dodgeball, table tennis and several other tournaments take place throughout the year as well.

With the addition of the facility access fee, or more commonly known as the Currie fee, St. Thomas University students are now required

to purchase a Currie Center pass to participate in intramurals, as STU students do not pay any type of user fee in their tuition.

St. Thomas students looking to play can pay $50 per semester to participate.

“The numbers are up, the teams are up. While we did lose some STU members, it was more than made up for in UNB numbers,” he said.

Opening on Sept 7, and running for two weeks, registration will be open for outdoor intramural sports, with the rest of the leagues beginning shortly after that.

“The sooner we get going the sooner we can start everything,” said White.

“If you are in residence, talk to your sports rep. If you’re faculty, talk to your executive, and if you are an individual, go to the website or come talk to me.”

Not only are intramurals a great way to play a sport, but they can also earn you some quick cash as they are always looking for officials for their sports.

Second year engineering student and resident of Neill House, Mike Stevens is an avid participant in intramural sports.

“It gives you a chance to play the sports you love and still be a little competitive. Any time you play another residence you step it up and beat them to prove that your res is better.”

Once sitting on the bench, as opposed to standing behind it, Jon Crossland has become the new head coach of the Varsity Reds women’s soccer team.

After f inishing his career as a player at UNB in 2004, Men’s soccer coach Miles Pinsent, offered Crossland the position of assistant coach, which he retained for the last seven years.

A three-time Atlantic University Sport all-star and second leading goal scorer in UNB’s history, the transition from player to coach was an easy one.

“Miles has been here for years, and I worked with Miles as a player, and as a coach, the whole time he has been here, so he has been a great resource for me,” he said.

“I had some idea of the responsibilities and everything that came along with it, but making sure the players are in their courses, or in their residences, and accommodations, and all those things. All the little details around the job were new, and

they take a lot of time.”

Always joking that assistant coaches retain 49 percent of the vote, Crossland said he takes on a more active role with his players as he gains the extra two percent this season.

“You are going to be their dad, their big brother, their academic advisor, and you will have to play a lot of different roles and wear a lot of different hats.”

Although there is a strong history of high academics and all-Canadians on the roster, Crossland said he recognizes that student comes first in student-athlete and they will be tracking the players’ academics.

“That’s exactly what they are, student-athletes. If they are not taking care of the academic side, the ultimate result is not being able to play,” he said.

“We are going to do academic tracking on our student athletes just to make sure they are keeping up to snuff with their academics, and hopefully, we can take care of any issues before it gets to that point and be as pro-active as possible.”

Being a younger team than the Varsity Reds men’s soccer, Crossland

is hoping to instil the same pride and tradition. Creating championships and changing the culture around women’s soccer is one of the biggest changes he hopes to see.

“Those four words up on the board – pride, passion, purpose and persistence – are kind of what I want the program to be about. Just a change in culture, and be proud of being a part of the women’s soccer team, and those are the big things that I want to see in the players” he said.

After wearing his UNB jersey proudly through four seasons, standing behind Pinsent as assistance coach for seven years, and now head coach for the women’s soccer team, Crossland said he can’t imagine wearing any other colours but red and black.

“I say this honestly, that I wouldn’t go anywhere else and do this job. I couldn’t go and coach another university and put my whole heart into it because UNB is my school,” said Crossland.

“I have so much pride being a VRed and a UNB person, that I wouldn’t do it anywhere else.”

Canada’s other national sport John Doherty The Lance (University of Windsor) It’s Canada’s other national sport.

Cricket was given that distinction by none other than Canada’s first prime minister, Sir John A. Macdonald, in 1867.

At that time, it was quite a popular sport in the Dominion, with the first recorded game played nearly 100 years earlier, in 1785, at Ile-Ste-Helene in Montreal.

The Toronto Cricket Club was founded in 1827 and, arguably, the first modern-era international sports competition was a cricket match between Canada and the U.S. played from September 24-26, 1844.

The sport lost favour with the advent of baseball, but it’s never been decommissioned as a national sport.

And while it’s popularity is currently on a low ebb locally, it is still enjoys success in the Toronto area.

The Windsor cricket scene isn’t what it used to be according to Curtis Springer, former captain and current president of the Windsor Cavaliers Cricket Club of the Southern Ontario Cricket Association.

There are currently seven teams in the league, but when Springer arrived from the Barbados in 1996 there were roughly 16-17 teams vying for the championship.

“Most of the cricket in this area is played in Toronto and the price of gas now — expensive travel,” Springer said. “Also, they started a league four years ago in Detroit that is drawing players from here. Most of the players

[in Detroit] can’t come [to Canada] due to the effects of 9/11. It’s tougher to cross the border.”

In a waning period, perhaps, but the sport in Windsor was enough of a draw for first-year University of Windsor student Kudzaishe Matare. Matare, a fast bowler in his second year with the Cavaliers, hails from Zimbabwe where he played at a professional level.

He would love to see the game grow in Windsor. So much so, that he and other Cavaliers/University of Windsor students are trying to drum up interest in establishing a Lancers cricket team.

It’s just in the talking stage, but the group of hopefuls envision getting a team together for the 2013 season of the Canadian Inter-Universities and College Cricket League.

“We’re just talking about it and hoping people respond possibility to it and have something for next year … something competitive. We hear there is a lot of competition in the league.”

Okay, so what is cricket, you say? It’s known as little more than a strange form of baseball to most Canadians.

“Cricket is similar to baseball,” explained Springer. “Baseball originated from cricket. There are a lot rules and rules are added every year to keep it competitive.”

One of the senior members of the team, Oswald Ward, has been with the Cavaliers for the past 35 years. He feels the simplest way to learn the game is to simply watch it in action.

“The first step is to come on out,” Ward said. “We have a lot of guys here that are willing to help. We have

Growing in popularity, cricket is becoming one of Canada’s best kept secrets. Greencolander / FlickrCC practice nets here — we have pretty good facilities here at Jackson Park.

And anyone that is interested, we always have guys here like myself, a lot of senior guys that are willing to help out.”

The next time you come in to get your six-inch chicken teriyaki, try to pry your eyes away from your phone.

I know it’s trendy, shiny and fabulous, but just try to make eye contact with the person behind the counter (that’s right - person) and note the tired look in their eyes.

Try to be nice, or even just polite.

Don’t yell. Don’t scream. Don’t bark at us. Just treat us like human beings.

In exchange, you can expect a genuine smile, a little light conversation and maybe even extra olives. Deal?

Red Brigade looking to build on last year’s success Bronté James The Brunswickan For being in their first year in operation, the Red Brigade had an upand-down year.

One of the founding fathers, Pat Troy, feels that this year there will be a lot less wrinkles and problems.

“There isn’t much difference between this year and last year, other than the new shirts and having a better grip on how to handle everything.”

For those of you who aren’t aware of what the Red Brigade is, it is a student group based on the idea of getting a solid fan base out for the

home games.

The idea of the Red Brigade is a great one that the coaches, athletes, and athletic director got behind.

However, the practice is a lot different than the theory of the group.

Last year there were f lashes of brilliance when it came to the group and its numbers. Those flashes were overlooked because of the overall lack of consistency for the group.

This year, steps have been put in place to make sure that there is more consistency at the games.

“We are looking into getting sponsorship from either the Cellar, the Social Club, or Nicky Zees,” said Troy. “Hopefully, the sponsorship

will entice more people to come out. We are also looking into getting more residence oriented challenges for the games.”

There were events last year where

the Red Brigade had pizza party giveaways to the loudest and proudest residences, so they are hoping that more giveaways will ultimately lead to more people wanting to get involved.

“We want to focus in on the residence demographic,” Troy had to say about his group. “We feel they are going to be the biggest supporters for the the Red Brigade and Varsity Reds.”

Tibbits Hall vice president, Brady Gaudette, says he will try and throw his weight around the residence community to get more people out and about.

“I have a little bit of authority in

Tibbits, so we will see what we can do. Last year was pretty fun, we just need to find people who are interested, and they will come naturally.”

New member of the council this year is Jill Pilgrim, who is full of energy and excitement for the upcoming Red Brigade year.

“It is a ton of fun and having the comradery at games is a way better atmosphere than sitting at the game by yourself.”

More information about the Red Brigade can be found on Facebook and Twitter.

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Sam Lagacy: The soccer life

Bronté James The Brunswickan Growing up in Alberton, Prince Edward Island, soccer was a way of life, and Sam Lagacy loved its every minute.

After moving to New Brunswick in grade seven, she played for team New Brunswick in the 2009 Canada Summer Games.

Playing soccer through junior high into high school, and at the provincial level, it was a natural transition to university level soccer.

“When I was going into grade 12, I was playing for a Canada Games team and Andy Cameron was the coach. He was a great coach, a great guy, and I just fell into it,” she said.

“I came here and fell in love with it, so I didn’t go anywhere else.”

Inspired by previous teammates such as Heather Ambery and Elise Arseneau, an open team and a strong team atmosphere are important to her.

Going into her fourth and possibly final season at UNB, Lagacy is hoping to create the same team bond.

“I liked how when I was a rookie here, they really made the team open and I want the girls to have that for

themselves, too.”

With the return of their assistant coach, Joe Crossland, and the introduction of head coach Jon Crossland, Lagacy is looking forward to the new approach he will bring to the team.

“We are a young team, so there will be a lot of coaching and a lot of working through things, and sharing new ideas and new ways of doing things, that we are all going to have to get used to together,” said coach Jon Crossland.

With a new coach, and the return of a few senior players, Lagacy said change is inevitable but not always bad.

“I think this season will be fine, I think change can be scary, but it’s always something that will make people play better,” she said.

“Even people who have been here for so long, even though they kind of have a stigma attached to them, you can play ten times harder and the people who are just coming in could have no idea who you were last year.”

Found practicing on the field six days a week, and travelling for two games every weekend, balancing academics and soccer can be difficult.

Only lasting three months of the

Upcoming

Going into her fourth year Lagacy looks to continue her AUS success. Andrew Meade / The Brunswickan year, Lagacy and her teammates begin their training in early January to prepare for the upcoming season.

“It’s kind of intense, because soccer is the first two or three months of school and it is jam-packed. Compared to volleyball and basketball,

which is all spread out. It’s hard at first,” she said.

“My first year was hard going back and forth, but you definitely use your time, you use it on the bus. You don’t see one person on the bus not doing something – any free time is work.”

Preparing for the 2012-2013 season, Lagacy said she is looking forward to their first game.

“I want to [see] change, and that I will never say, ‘we weren’t the best team.’ I will never say that again, because I know we have it this year.”

Home Games

September 7

5:00 p.m. Women’s soccer vs MTA @ BMO Centre 7:15 p.m. Men’s soccer vs MTA @ BMO Centre

September 20

7:00 p.m. Men’s hockey vs Carleton @ Aitken Centre

September 23

1:00 p.m. Women’s soccer vs UdeM @ BMO Centre 2:00 p.m. Men’s hockey vs UQTR @ Aitken Centre 3:15 p.m. Men’s soccer vs UdeM @ BMO Centre

September 28-30

Eric Garland Basketball tournament @ Currie Center

Helen Campbell Basketball tournament @ Currie Center

September 29

1:00 p.m. Red Bombers football vs UNBSJ @ BMO Centre

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