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Heather Uhl News Reporter The summer job hunt is on, and students are on the prowl.

For students, it is time to haul out old resumes and cover letters, and polish them for the task of getting employment; something easier said than done.

“It’s frustrating right now,” said Megan Langley, a third year arts student at UNB looking for summer employment, “[and] tedious too.”

“There’re just no real jobs in my area [of study]. I’m a sociology student and there’s nothing in the field that I want to get into.”

Ideally, Langley said she would like to get a job with the university.

“There’re a lot of people searching for jobs and I don’t really feel like I stand out. There’s nothing really about my qualifications that are top-notch, or maybe I [will] get overlooked,” said Langley.

“It’s competitive and really narrow.”

Langley admits she has not visited student employment services.

Last summer in Canada, between May to August, total youth unemployment rates averaged 11 per cent, with full-time student unemployment at 12.8 per cent. In New Brunswick, during the same time frame, the youth unemployment rate was 12.3 per cent, while full-time student unemployment was at 16 per cent.

One of the challenges students face is not thinking about applying for a summer job early enough.

“Lots of the time, students don’t start thinking about it early enough, and people start posting jobs in early January,” said Anne Soucy, director of student employment services.

“They need to start thinking about it and identifying where they’d like to work and not just wait until it’s posted somewhere.”

Soucy gave the example of a history student, seeking to work in their field, talking with people in the field to make contacts and making visits to places like museums.

“What you need to do, and students don’t realize this, is that you need to customize it [your resume] for the position you are applying for,” said Soucy.

Not only should your resume be customized, but also your cover letter, said Soucy.

For the past two years, Langley has applied to the Student Employment Experience Development (SEED) program, a program run by the provincial government to subsidize employers, but no jobs have come from it.

Langley is not the only one frustrated with the lack of SEED funding.

“I always feel a little bit frustrated,” said Soucy, “because we probably put in about 30 applications for SEED from UNB and they are all very careerrelated, and what happens is they don’t get approved.”

Soucy said over the years, the SEED funding has been cut back. In previous years, Soucy has written to the MLAs, making the case of career-oriented employment verses jobs that aren’t career-related, such as ditch digging for an NGO. This year, she didn’t bother.

It’s not all doom and gloom though, if a student doesn’t get a career-related job.

Soucy said that you can learn from any job, even one at McDonald’s. Lots of the time, employers are seeking soft skills that are developed by working with people. On a resume, the job can show you are a hard-working, dedicated individual.

“There’s no real bad job, but there can be more career-related jobs,” said Soucy. “And certainly, as students get more towards their third and fourth year, and graduate students, they would prefer to have something that’s more directly related to their career.”

“I guess the biggest thing would be to apply everywhere. Even if means something you are not really into, or that you don’t see yourself doing, you should still apply for it anyway,” said Langley.

“A summer job is better than no job.”

“Get a job!”

Summer job hunt is in full swing

Sometimes, you can’t be picky when it comes to finding summer work. Alex Walsh / The Brunswickan

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UNB students breaking through

Greg Armstrong and Nathan Armstrong (left) and Greg Bailey (right) are part of four student finalist teams in the NBIF Breakthru competition. Alex Walsh / The Brunswickan & Palmer, Breakthru is a bi-annual remained. The competition was then Heather Uhl business plan competition that aims narrowed down to five.

News Reporter to help start-up three new growth Of the five finalist teams, four are UNB students are on a mission to companies. student teams from UNB. One is James break into the world of entrepreneurThe competition began in January, Stewart from UNB Saint John, who is ship. with a call-out for business plans, with the founder and chief executive officer Hosted by the New Brunswick In- 47 teams entering the Breakthru boot of RTV. There’s also Civil engineering novation Foundation (NBIF) and Cox camp. Following the camp, 43 teams student Coady Cameron and MBA

student Drew Cameron who created Total Pave.

Another student team is CeteX. Nathan Armstrong, co-founder and CEO of CeteX and a fourth year business student, heard about the competition through his connections in the business field, such as emails highlighting the “when, where and what’s” and meeting members of the entrepreneurial community.

“I have the privilege of having a couple of close friends who have worked in start-up business atmosphere, and I’ve seen them go through a similar process and what it takes and how much they’ve done,” said Armstrong.

CeteX’s wastewater treatment system turns industrial wastewater into two renewable by-products: ultra-filtered water and biogas. The idea comes from Armstrong’s brother, Greg, a chemical engineering student at UNB, who had been working in Germany on a co-op placement.

Starting-up a business in the field has its challenges; particularly in the highly competitive industry the Armstrong brothers are attempting to break into.

“When someone comes to meet you, they’re expecting a forty-year old guy who has tons of experience in the industry, and they are met with a young team and we have to rely on our numbers, and our business plan, what we’re doing, and our prototype,” said Armstrong.

“It is going to work, but we have to prove it. It’s very ‘proof of concept’.”

Another finalist is the Black Magic team, consisting of Greg Bailey, Steven Likely and Garrett Nelson.

Black Magic is a two-step industrial hand-cleaner, non-toxic solution that removes oil-based substances like paint or oil. It also moisturizes.

“We use these substances [paint, oil, tar…] because they are resilient, they’re persistent; they stay around,” said Bailey, CEO of Black Magic and a chemical engineering student at UNB. “That’s really great when you’re trying to paint something but really bad when you’re trying to get it off of your hands.”

“Soap and water usually doesn’t work.”

Baily said the product was created by one of the team’s professors. Three months ago, the team wanted to compete in a 60-second pitch competition, but didn’t have an idea. The team approached the professor, who offered the product up as the idea. The patent is owned by UNB. Though the team didn’t win the pitch competition then, Bailey said, they had a lot of fun and ended up being sucked into other business competitions.

“We are excited. We have faith in our product, faith in our team, and we’re prepared enough that we think we have what it takes to win,” said Bailey.

The grand prize is $192,000, consisting of cash investment, incentives and services. The runner-up will be awarded with $137,000 and third place $77,000.

The teams pitched last Friday, with the winners to be announced at the Breakthru Gala on March 20.

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Board of Governors Q&A

by Cherise Letson Ben Whitney Due to the mistake on the original ballot, the election for the two UNBF student spots on the Board of Governors is taking place this week.

The Brunswickan asked the four candidates their thoughts on some hot-button issues, and here is what they said:

1) Why are you the best candidate for the Board of Governors?

Kurt Goddard: The board of governors meet infrequently; therefore any previous board of governors experience is extremely valuable. I have already gained some experience as a student representative serving on the board of governors at St. Thomas University. I can fully represent the student body on the board, as I have been an undergrad student, graduate student, and am currently a law student. I have also spent a number of years as a student assistant in the engineering library. I have also held jobs as an advocate in the criminal justice, youth, and human rights fields. I’m approachable, love being involved on campus, and am ready to serve the UNB student population as a whole.

Chantel Whitman: I feel I am the best candidate for the board of governors because of my experience with the Student Union and Senate. I am heavily involved and have gained valuable experience from my past four years at UNB to know that the BoG has a lot of power on the lives of students, and I want to be able to represent students’ voices so that they are never left out of any discussion.

Ben W hitney: I’m the best candidate for the job, I believe, for a couple reasons. First of all, I’m experienced in a huge number of things to do with student life at UNB, I’ve been on the Student Union, HOC and house committee (multiple times) in my residence, a business peer mentor, an orientation black shirt, and more. This has given me a unique perspective on various aspects of student life, and I think this gives me an edge in representing students at the board of governors level. Furthermore, I am the incom-

Chantel Whitman

ing president for the Student Union next year, and while it isn’t required for the president to sit on the BoG, I think it is absolutely crucial to aid in building relationships with administration and ensuring student interests are well represented.

M ikhail Zhukov: I have a couple of useful initiatives. For example, UNB has some world-meaning achievements that are currently taking place. I want all students to be more aware about the most interesting projects at different departments and faculties. Nowadays, we need to have broad outlook to be successful.

Many innovations are the mix of different areas of knowledge.

2) The BoG has to make some tough decisions. So, role playing time: Say you can only choose one option; would you argue to increase the cost of education, while increasing or maintaining the quality of education, OR would you argue for a tuition freeze (since we’re already in a high tuition environment), knowing it will affect the quality of education? Which do you choose and why?

Kurt Goddard: Faced with choice-less choices such as these, it is very important to consult the student body before moving forward at the board level. The board meets infrequently, which allows for ample time to consult with the student population. Whichever position the student population supports, I will be a confident and effective advocate to be their voice. I don’t mind dissenting against a majority when student interests are at stake. Ultimately, we should always be striving for high quality and lower tuition.

Chantel Whitman: I believe education has a lot of value, and UNB is recognized for that. We already pay high tuition, so I think that with freezing tuition, students would be in favour of that and we may see more student interest in not only the BoG, but also the issues

Mikhail Zhukov

PSE faces. Freezing tuition would also allow more students to come to UNB (perhaps due to financial issues, which many students face).

With more enrollment, the university would have more revenue which would be able to maintain our education value and perhaps increase the quality.

Ben Whitney: This is a tough question, plain and simple. Ideally, we wouldn’t have to make this choice, but past experiences tell me the likelihood of being without a decision like this is not likely. That being said, I’d opt to freeze tuition and make some sacrifices on quality.

Students are already paying incredibly high tuition and adding more each year is making it tougher and tougher for students to access postsecondary education. I would, however, try my absolute hardest to work with the BoG to make sure that any cuts that would result from a tuition freeze are dealt with responsibly, and to do it in such a way that we can minimize the effects on quality of education.

Mikhail Zhukov: I can make decisions under pressure. Talking about high or low costs requires clear understanding of real possible effects and reasons for changes. I do not agree to increase tuition because of only theoretical reasons of increasing study quality and vice versa.

3) The Brunswickan recently published an article about UNB’s investments. One of the big questions raised was related to ethics.

Some may say that some of the invested companies are unethical, so UNB shouldn’t have a financial interest in their success; therefore funds going toward student scholarships shouldn’t be invested there. However, recognizing that these companies are often the most stable in financial growth, and therefore produce the most reliably high return on investment, should UNB take a risk, change companies in their portfolio, and risk losing scholar-

Kurt Goddard

ship dollars?

Kurt Goddard: My background is in human rights and this is a concern to me and has been on my mind for a long time. If appointed to the board of governors investments committee, I would push the board to invest in stable ethical companies promoted by such think tanks as the Ethisphere Institute. I realize that UNB does not hand pick its investments, but we can encourage our broker to do so. And if not, I would encourage them to develop a policy on ethical investing and be cautious about where donations to the university come from.

Chantel W hitman: I think UNB really needs to look at its ethical investments. I think with proper research, we can find where the proper investments are that will allow us to have a high and reasonable return for student aid.

Ben Whitney: Ideally, we should be more heavily investing in green energy and other companies which align better with UNB’s mission and vision. Our money is in the place it currently resides for a reason; these companies provide a solid level of profitability & financial stability that we simply can’t do without, especially in the current economic climate.

Switching these investments quickly based on a contentious ethical issue alone, will hurt students, and is not fiscally responsible. What we should instead be doing is aiming to divest from certain companies over time, and diligently reinvest our money in companies which align better with UNB’s mission and vision, but who still provide a level of financial stability that we simply can’t do without.

This allows us to mitigate any kind of loss we could incur by pulling our money all at once, and responsibly reinvest in more ethically compatible organizations.

Mikhail Zhukov: To some extent, UNB can make investments taking in account stable Canada economic environment, and understanding all pros-and-cons.

See more questions and each candidate’s answer at thebruns.ca

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Gordon Mihan Staff Reporter Have a business idea and want to put it to the test?

Well, you’re in luck, as an entrepreneurial Startup Weekend is being hosted on the UNB campus this weekend.

Startup Weekend is a global movement that empowers entrepreneurs who are learning the basics of founding startups and launching successful ventures.

One of the Fredericton organizers, Suhaim Abdussamad, said this is the first time the Startup Weekend is taking place in Fredericton.

“It’s happened in Saint John and Moncton before, but this is the first time it’s taking place here,” said Abdussamad.

“We’re calling it Startup Weekend New Brunswick, though; we’re trying to bring people from all over the Maritimes for the weekend.”

All Startup Weekend events follow the same basic model; any participant is welcome to pitch their idea and receive feedback from their peers.

“So, the way it works is you come in on Friday and if you have an idea you can pitch it to a room full of people, they can be designers, coders, business people, idea people, pretty much everyone a team would need to come up with a real product,” said Abdussamad.

After the pitching period, everyone ends up in teams, typically ranging from around five to eight people per team. Over the course of the weekend, the teams develop their ideas, and they get help from various people who are

industry experts and successful entrepreneurs.

“Most ideas change depending on the feedback the teams get; it’ll evolve and become something better,” said Abdussamad.

At the end of the weekend, the teams get to pitch their ideas to a panel of judges who are well-established entrepreneurs in the community. These judges will choose the winning team that will then get to go to the next competition level.

“When I was an undergrad student, there were various times that I had ideas, I just didn’t know where to go,” said Abdussamad.

“Startup Weekend is a great place to take your idea and make it into something more tangible, but it’s also just not about that, it’s a great place to set up a network with companies and other entrepreneurs.”

Jordan Smith, CEO of OneLobby, met his co-founder at Startup Weekend in Halifax.

“It’s where our whole operation really started, if I hadn’t attended that event, I have no idea where I would be today. These kind of important connections really do happen at these Startup Weekends,” said Smith.

Participants can sign up at Newbrunswickca.startupweekend.org. It costs $70 to sign up for the weekend, but students get a 25 per cent discount.

The Startup Weekend is taking place from March 22 to March 24, at the Alumni Memorial Building on the UNB campus.

Startup weekend allows people to pitch their ideas to professionals.

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“The way it works is you come in on Friday and if you have an idea you can pitch it to a room full of people, they can be designers, coders, business people, idea people, pretty much everyone a team would need to come up with a real product”

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$78,817 $27,747 verage This on a years takes 14 to pay off

One of three 25-29 year-olds with a college or university degree moved into low-skilled occupations after graduation.

Cherise Letson News Editor If you’re reading this, you’re likely between the ages of 18 and 25.

If you are, then you are also living and growing up in an era of uncertainty, with bleak job prospects and a crippling debt load.

Congratulations; you are a fullfledge member of Generation Y. Michael Haan, Canada Research Chair in population and social policy at UNB, defines Generation Y as those born between 1981 and 1995.

“From a demographic perspective, what makes Gen Y interesting is that they’re one of the generations following the wealthiest, largest birth cohort to ever walk Canadian soil [the baby boomers],” said Haan.

Haan said, typically, a lot of the baby boomers would be retired by now; however, because mandatory retirement was taken away, it’s leaving Gen Y in a tough spot.

“Gen Y faces a unique challenge, in that people they would have traditionally replaced, opted to abolish mandatory retirement,” he said. “So the opportunities that would have opened up for them were sort of closed down.”

According to a recent report by Vital Signs called #GenerationFlux: Understanding the seismic shifts that are shaking Canada’s youth, as of June 2012, youth unemployment – which

the average cost for a four-year degree for someone not living at home.

the average university student debt for a fouryear degree at graduation.

Generation

14.8 per cent

vs 7.2 per cent

is employment for those between 15 and 24 – was double the national average. Youth unemployment was at 14.8 per cent vs. the national average of 7.2 per cent.

The study also found that the jobs that are available were often part-time or a series of “piecemeal jobs” that provided no benefits or career prospects.

It also said one of three 25-29 yearolds with a college or university degree, moved into low-skilled occupations after graduation.

Haan said the perception that there’s a job waiting for you at the end of your degree is not so true anymore, thus more young people are holding off post-secondary education (PSE).

“I think what they’re [Gen Y] starting to conclude is that there’s no hurry to get through all this, because there’s not necessarily guarantee of opportunity at the end anyway,” he said.

According to the Vital Signs study, the lag between high-school graduation and starting PSE is increasing, and is greater for males and off-reserve Aboriginal youth.

It’s a move that can be understandable. According to the Canadian University Survey Consortium, the average university student debt for a four-year degree is $27,747 at graduation. It takes an average of 14 years to pay-off.

According to the Vital Signs study, the average cost for a four-year degree for someone not living at home is $78,817. This number includes four years of housing, books, tuition, food, and other expenses.

“They’re [Gen Y] certainly facing

more economic hardships than in the past,” said Constantine Passaris, economic professor at UNB. “They have greater challenges ahead of them in terms of higher education and integrating in the workplace.”

Passaris said, usually after a recession, like the one in 2008, employment usually goes up again. However, he said that hasn’t been the case.

“The public sector that used to hire people, because of downsizing and financial restraints, are not hiring as many people as the past. The private sector is not hiring as well, because

t h e y ’r e n o t optimistic that the economic recovery is going to be sustained or is going to be of such a level that will require them to increase the production,” said Passaris.

He said if the current economic climate keeps up, bad job prospects won’t be the only thing Gen Y will be dealing with. Higher taxes, higher contribution to pension plans and cut social programs are also likely.

“All of that is reflected in the fact that if you’re crystal balling the future, we’re in for some unique challenges, unless we confront those challenges and go after the opportunities that 21st century has also brought us,” said Passaris.

Passaris said the economy of the 21st century is different, and the government needs to start thinking outside the box if it’s going to effectively handle these challenges.

“The new economy is radically different from the old economy, and what I see is government pushing the button on policy that worked well for the old economy, but are not working well for the new economy” said Passaris. “And they keep pushing harder and harder, in order to make them work, and it’s not going to work.”

“What we need is new innovative policies that will be able to tackle the new problems that we have, and that have emerged with the new economy,” he said.

Haan said when a recession hits, entry-level jobs suffer the most. He said, the combination of this with baby boomers not retiring and young people’s expectations of what their

Youth unemployment – which is unemployment for those between 15 and 24 – was double the national average. Youth unemployment was at 14.8 per cent vs. the national average of 7.2 per cent.

first professional job will be, make the situation difficult.

Haan pointed out there needs to be better communication of what jobs are actually available, but there is one problem; no one knows what they are, including the provincial government.

“They have a strategy for moving New Brunswick’s economy in a certain direction, which has implications for the types of occupations that will open up. But at this point in time, if I were to give some advice on what to do, that would be a hard question to answer,” said Haan.

It’s not the prettiest picture, but Haan said it won’t stay like this forever.

He said the boomers will eventually retire, and the front-end of the baby boom – the ones who have the best jobs – will go first.

“Sooner or later, the baby boomers’ age will catch up with them,” said Haan. “Sooner or later, all of the jobs people are deferring in retirement will come.”

“Opportunity is there, and it will come, it’s just going to take some time,” he said.

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A murder is smarter than you think Periodical Elements Shane Rockland Fowler

Despite their dark repuation, crows are one of the world’s smartest birds. Andrew Meade / The Brunswickan

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When the sun goes down at the end of every winter evening in Fredericton, it’s usually chased by the silhouettes of hundreds of loud, jeering, shadows.

The flock of crows, more poetically known as a murder, tends to circle ominously over the city just before dusk. It can be a daily occurrence.

But why?

“My first thought was that someone must have tried to hide a body,” said first-year student, Laura McDonald, when she first saw the hundreds of large, black, birds. “It scared me.”

While some do find it creepy, University of New Brunswick professor and ornithologist, Tony Diamond, says it’s perfectly normal behavior for crows.

“In the day, they go looking for food by themselves,” said Diamond. “But at night, they roost communally in huge numbers.”

Diamond says the crows do this for a number of reasons: Protection against predation, warmth during the cold night, and while it is not proven, he suspects they also exchange information.

“The more we learn about crows, the smarter we find they are,” said Diamond.

The birds, several hundred of them, sometimes roost in the section of woods positioned between St. Thomas and the University of New Brunswick, during the overnight hours. During the daytime, they leave collectively, to scour the city for food individually.

“To me, it’s a big mystery how they find enough food to survive in the city,” said Diamond.

When the sun starts to set, the large f lock comes together in a unique mann e r.

While the roost is the ultimate destination for every crow, no bird will go there directly. There is a series of checkpoints that the birds first visit before settling down. It is standard behaviour for large groups of crows in winter according to Crows.net, an ongoing research project dedicated to cataloging and tracking mass groups of the birds across North America.

This is why the circling black cloud of crows can be a daily event in Fredericton.

Campuses are often favoured areas for mass roosts according to the project.

This is due to a greater number of trees and seclusion in comparison to other parts of cities.

“They used to roost in the woods between STU and UNB a few years ago,” said Diamond. “Now I think they’re staying elsewhere. Maybe Odell Park.”

Crows are very communicative birds.

They signal to each other with their distinctive calls when departing and coming together, which adds to the ominous feel of the hundreds of birds heading to bed.

“It’s kind of depressing,” said McDonald.

Despite being well-known in human culture for signaling darkness and foreshadowing death, the crow is one of the world’s smartest birds.

Instances of crows using

breadcrumbs to bait fish have been well documented. In Asia, crows often take hard-shelled nuts to busy traffic intersections. They’ll wait for the light to turn red and place the nuts on the road. When the light turns green, they’ll wait for the cars to run over and crack the nuts, coming back at the next red light to retrieve them.

That bird brain has led the species to populate every continent except Antarctica. They’re a very mobile species.

“It’s perfectly possible that the crows we have here in the winter are not the crows we have in the summer,” said Diamond. “Our summer birds may spend winter elsewhere.”

“They still freak me out,” said McDonald.

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Consult me please

OPINION editor@thebruns.ca

letters to the editor Premier Alward, where is our Senior Care Plan?

We are Social Work students who are gravely concerned about New Brunswick’s long-term care system.

We want our work with seniors to reflect our values of respect and dignity.

In his 2010 campaign platform, Premier Alward acknowledged seniors’ right to live with respect and dignity. Alward promised that he would help seniors to live in their homes longer, protect pensions, and improve access to wellness services, among other promises.

As yet, Premier Alward has not followed through on his 2010 campaign promises to: 1) expand the mandate of the provincial Ombudsman to include nursing homes, special care homes and home care services; 2) establish a 1-800-SENIORS, toll-free hotline for people over the age of 65 looking for government information and services; 3) establish a special wellness clinic for seniors; or 4) include a review of the value of work performed by home care workers (mostly women) which sometimes amounts to less than minimum wage.

According to the 2006 Census, by the year 2026, approximately 25.7 per cent of New Brunswick residents will be over 65. We need to make changes to our long-term care system now.

Premier Alward must collaborate meaningfully with advocacy groups, like the Coalition for Seniors and Nursing Home Residents’ Rights, who put the needs of seniors first. If Premier Alward’s word is his contract, then it’s time to keep his word.

Premier Alward needs to be held accountable. He must work with New Brunswick residents to create a longterm care system that offers seniors dignity and respect.

Karolyn Martin, Julia Breneol, Beth Anne Dolan and Robyn Lippett.

Let’s talk about sex New Brunswick There is no set curriculum across the province for how sex education should be taught in our schools. Although it is a controversial topic, it is one that very much needs to be discussed, and it needs to encompass the realities of sexual and reproductive health.

We need to be talking more about masturbation, consent, sexual orientation, sexually transmitted infections, gender stereotypes, oral sex, access to condoms, birth control, the morning after pill, pregnancy, awareness about sexual health medical testing, and finally, we need to be deconstructing media representations of sex.

The rising rates of teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections should be a red flag to say that something is not working in our current system.

A recent CBC article titled, Stop Pap tests in women under 25, Canadian panel advices includes the new recommendations for women in the province including, no routine screening for women under age 25, including sexually active women, a strong recommendation for screening women aged 30 to 69 every three years, ending screening for women aged 70 and over who’ve had three successive negative Pap test results. Medical professionals support these changes, while public opinion is mixed. Changes to sexual health procedures need to be accompanied with more education. If we had not done our research, we would have concluded that these new recommendations suggest that women under the age of 25 no longer need to be routinely tested. This discrepancy in information not only leads to confusion, but also could potentially account for the misunderstanding about sexual health.

We need to educated our youth and provide accessible resources for sexual health services. Something needs to change, so let’s join together and be proactive about the issue of sexual health in New Brunswick.

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Only two students were consulted on the proposal and building of the Currie Center, so how much do they truly value student input? Andrew Meade / The Brunswickan

A Critical Eye Cody Jack

So, whatever happened to the steering committee that was going to consult with the campus community about possible changes to the UNB Act (the legislation that governs UNB)? I remember reading, they were going to go about and get feedback from students, faculty and staff, about how what they thought should occur with the UNB Act. This is another reminder that UNB prefers having limited student input in how the university is governed.

I hope that this “consultation” isn’t the same type of consultation that went into the proposal for and the building of the Currie Center. In that instance, the university administration was satisfied with consulting two students as being representative of the whole student body. This is not consulting the student population. Changing the UNB Act has greater possibilities than simply making the Board of Governors smaller. There is potential to make UNB more open and democratic than it already is, and make the governing bodies more accountable to students.

An example of something that

could be done is forcing a vote on any proposed ancillary fees. This means, in order for any ancillary fee to be implemented (e.g. $150 facilities access fee), it would have to be voted on by the student population. This would force the university to be more involved in informing students about the proposed fee, how it will be spent and who will have oversight of the money, etc. Also, the proposed Act could make a clear definition of what services are to be included in tuition fees and what is considered to be ancillary. These are just some ideas, but the problem is, I have not seen any notices about consultations or meeting times for this steering committee.

I am a bit alarmed by the lack of importance UNB has placed on getting the input of students or advertising any of the consultation meetings (if there are, or have been any). It appears this administration feels that saving the lives of unicorns is far more important than getting students involved in the governing process of the university. There has been more time and effort put into developing a marketing campaign for an already existing service with some slightly new features. It baffles me slightly that UNB is providing marketing dollars for something that is really a Sodexo gift card. But that is another kettle of fish.

These amendments come on the

heels of having the students left out of the conversation about food contracts.

Yes, they conducted a student survey in conjunction with the Student Union; however, a survey doesn’t complete the process of consultation. That is like saying that polls should be adequate, instead of holding elections. More needs to be done in the area of keeping students informed and keeping students involved as a whole.

Perhaps, UNB should become the beacon of a new form of university management? Break away from the failing system of New Public Management (corporatization of public sector) and move toward a democratic governance.

UNB could be a leader in the development of this new form of governance.

It could teach in practice, the democratic ideals it upholds and rhetorically promotes; it could actively engage in steeping students in democratic practices; make it part of its mandate to have direct student involvement in how it is governed (with not just two students on the BoG). UNB should place its efforts in reaching out to students to be active in UNB’s administration, as opposed to occupying its time with marketing for the multi-national food service provider.

UNB rhetorically wants student involvement and engagement, I am just not sure their heart is really in it, or that they truly want our input at all.

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“It does mean a lot. It means I can show what I have so far; it’s a bit of evolution... Everyone else inspires me to work hard.”

Elizabeth Creelman Arts Reporter The statement “K is not a colour” is not as elusive to graphic design students as it probably is to you or me. The phrase refers to the fact that, in printer ink, or “CMYK,” the K stands for black, or “keyline”. Because black is really the absence of colour according to physics, then K is not a colour either.

It’s apparently hilarious, if you know things.

K is not a colour is the name of an exhibition at The Gallery at New Brunswick College of Craft and Design.

The show displays student works from across the college’s two-year program in Graphic Design. The exhibition’s opening is jam-packed, as temporary gallery director, Peter Thomas, makes his introductory speech.

Although Thomas is a potter who claims little knowledge of the discipline at hand, it’s clear that he has a deep respect for the tradition, as he traces its roots back to the likes of cave painting

K is not a colour will be exhibited at The Gallery until April 5. Sandy Chase / The Brunswickan

and stain glass windows. The pieces on the walls around him are a clear testament to the fact that the discipline today is just as varied as the products of its ancestors.

In order to maximize this variety, the process for selecting each piece was meticulous, said coordinating instructor, Dale McBride.

“If we asked to students to provide their favourite thing, the type of thing that’s at the core of what a graphic designer does might not be represented very well,” he said.

“Sometimes it’s not very illustrious to make a layout with type and pictures, but that’s really what they do. The proper place to view graphic design is in the public marketplace. When you go to the supermarket, it’s in your face the whole time you’re there, so putting it up on the gallery walls is a little bit foreign.”

The works that ended up in the show include advertisements for recording studies and liquor labels, calendar covers, and multiple self-portraits.

One piece is a digitalized sketch of an elephant, one of multiple similar works that student artist, Michael Rurka, has produced and displayed.

“It’s going around with the name that I’m the elephant guy,” said Rurka, laughing.

“It’s really cool.”

For other artists, this marks the beginning of having their works displayed in Fredericton.

“Right now, I’m still testing,” said first year student, Glenn Shaver.

“It does mean a lot. It means I can show what I have so far; it’s a bit of evolution... Everyone else inspires me to work hard.”

Other pieces, like a self-portrait by Katherine MacEwan, combine multiple disciplines. MacEwan is a previous graduate of the Surface Design program and is proud to have used this knowledge to add to the depth of her work.

“I guess what I wanted to do is capture what makes me happy,” said MacEwan, whose self-portrait involves

a sketch of herself holding a bunny over a background of what looks like frost on a window pane.

“For me, that’s what a self portrait is; it’s not necessarily what makes you happy, but who you want to be – what you want to look like – and I want to look happy.”

As for the variety in the show, MacEwan doesn’t think it’s necessarily as broad as it might appear.

“The fact that my heart and soul went into it is what would relate [my piece] to everything else. When you see a piece like a logo, it’s hard to tell that hours and hours went into the making of it, but it’s no different from a drawing... If you know any graphic designers, give them a hug because our heart and soul goes into everything.”

K is not a colour will run until April 5. The Gallery, located at 457 Queen St, is open weekdays from 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. or by appointment.

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Reproductive rhythms The New Position Sarah Vannier Do you ever turn on the radio and get the feeling that every song is about the same thing? Love. Heartbreak. Sex. Jealousy. Revenge.

And that’s just the latest Taylor Swift song.

Obviously, that’s a joke (Taylor Swift doesn’t sing about sex), but it does seem like songs about love and romance are pretty common.

Dawn Hobbs and Gordon Gallup, researchers at the University of Albany in New York, recently published a paper called “Songs as a medium for embedded reproductive messages”. In the paper, they describe a series of studies they did looking at the sexy content of popular music.

They were interested in lyrics in music that have reproductive value.

From an evolutionary psychology framework, information that has reproductive value is information that helps us identify good sexual partners, so we can run off and have lots of strong, healthy babies, who grow up and have their own babies.

Saying that someone is a good sexual partner might mean they have good genes and are attractive/physically fit.

It might also be that they have a lot

of resources to help us raise children.

Or it could mean they are likely to be committed to us, and stick around to help us raise our children.

To identify the frequency of lyrics with reproductive messages, the researchers sampled all of the Billboard Top Ten lists from 2009 in three categories: Country, Pop, and R&B. Some of the songs they included were, “Need You Now” by Lady Antebellum, “Bad Romance” by Lady Gaga, and “Empire State of Mind” by Jay-Z and Alicia Keys.

Next, they looked at the lyrics of these songs and counted how often references were made to things like genitalia, other body parts, courtship, short-term mating strategies (aka: hooking up), arousal, sex, sexual skill, promiscuity, mate guarding, fidelity assurance, commitment, resources, status, sex appeal, rejection, infidelity, and parenting.

Overall, 92 per cent of the songs included at least one reproductive message.

Reproductive messages were most common in R&B songs. Country songs were most likely to include references to commitment, parenting, rejection, and fidelity. Pop songs were most likely to include references to sex appeal, reputation, short-term mating strategies, and fidelity. R&B songs were most likely to make references to sex appeal, resources, sex, and status.

The researchers also looked at whether songs with reproductive mes-

sages are more popular. To do this, they picked less popular songs from the same artists who had songs on the Top Ten lists. For example, they included Lady Gaga’s song, “So Happy I Could Die”, that was released on the same album with “Bad Romance”, but never made the charts.

Once they had two lists of songs, they compared the number of reproductive messages in each group. In all three genres – country, pop, and R&B – songs that had made the top ten included many more reproductive messages than songs that were less popular.

The researchers hypothesized that these lyrics are appealing to us on some basic level. We are drawn to music that includes reproductive information.

This is also not a recent phenomenon.

The researchers replicated the same study using Billboard’s top ten lists from 1959, 1969, 1979, 1989, and 1999. Across all of these time periods, the average number of reproductive messages in pop and country songs has stayed roughly the same, although the number of messages in R&B songs has almost tripled since the 1980s.

They also looked at the lyrics of arts songs and opera arias dating back to 1597, and found an almost identical pattern of reproductive messages as they found in lyrics from 2009.

So the next time you catch yourself singing along to that oh-so-catchy Bruno Mars or Rihanna song, don’t feel bad. You can blame your ancestors!

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Karšten Saunders: Snaps and flashes

Elizabeth Creelman Arts Reporter At a gangling 6’7” and wearing a green shirt, Karšten Saunders makes it look like the Green Giant from the bean can has sat down in the SUB. I think my laughter and his liberal use of the word “shitty” is disturbing the tables around us, as the second year anthropology/ psych student tells me about his passion for photography.

EC: Welcome, Karšten. When did you start photography?

KS: Forever ago as a young child, I would always run around with a little shitty disposable camera. Then, I would steal my mother’s shitty pointand-shoot camera, and then one day, when I was like 15, I discovered my mother’s old film SLR [single-lens reflex] and my life was changed.

EC: Would you like to incorporate photography into your career?

KS: It would be nice to incorporate it into a career, but it probably won’t happen. I got accepted to go to Ryerson for this year, but I turned it down to come here... for some reason. So I feel like I’ve shut the door on that.

EC: Why did you turn that down?

KS: I... don’t know.

EC: How is it taking pictures for the Brunswickan?

KS: It’s opening me up to journal-

Gordon Mihan Staff Reporter 1942 was a different time for couples of different ethnicities, but that didn’t stop one couple from defying the social norms.

It Was the Dance is a documentary about two people who met at Trocadero, a dancehall frequented by black soldiers in London during the Second World War. The director, Semra Yüksel, said that the film is a story of racism, socioeconomic injustice, history, and world politics, told through the experiences of these two people.

“Dorit was a 17 year old Austrian Jewish girl, and Hedley was an AfricanCanadian, a descendent of Black Loyalists and Maliseet Aboriginal, stationed in Britain with the Canadian Army,” said Yüksel.

“Normally, these two young people would never have met each other, but due to the war they came together and they found something that transcended skin colour and ethnicity.”

Yüksel took three and a half years to make this 45-minute documentary, and much of this time was spent re-

istic stuff because I didn’t really do that before. I guess having outlines for what I need to do is different, because normally, I’m like “I want to do that; well, this isn’t working, so I just won’t do it.” But here, I have to.

EC: Michael Drost is your go-to model, isn’t he? Tell me about that.

KS: If he’s willing to get naked for my camera, he’ll do anything for you.

EC: Tell be about naked pictures.

You love naked pictures.

KS: I don’t do that many... People are like, “scandal!” but they’re always tasteful and genitals are never involved.

EC: How does it feel to be labeled a “student artist?”

KS: Good. I like that association, because maybe people will start giving me money to do stuff; I’m so broke.

EC: What draws you about photography as opposed to other art forms?

KS: Well, I suck at drawing and painting, so I was always like, “I don’t like art, I can’t do these things.” But then [photography] was interesting and you still get to be artistic, but you use different technical skills that you can learn. I guess you can learn drawing but only up to a certain point. Photography skills, you can learn them.

EC: How do you feel about the whole culture of “Oh, I’m a photographer because I own a Nikon?”

KS: Some people take amazing

pictures, but it’s only because they have really nice cameras and some people take shitty pictures only because they have shitty cameras. So, if someone can take nice pictures on a shitty camera, then I think they’re a photographer.

EC: What’s your camera?

KS: Cannon T2I; it’s a nice camera.

So, if I could take nice pictures on a shitty camera, then I would feel worthy of labelling myself [a photographer]... but I haven’t used a shitty camera in a while.

EC: What are your favourite things to take pictures of?

KS: I’m actually not a fan of taking pictures of people, but that’s all I’ve been doing for two years now. I really like scenes and items... A lot of my pictures used to be of things I would find in my room. I do pictures of people so much because I’m in demand, just not for people paying money.

EC: You take a lot of selfies and pretty much all artists do self-portraits, why?

KS: Narcissism.

EC: You’re not trying to uncover a deep corner of your soul?

KS: No. Saunders’ work can be viewed at Flickr.com/photos/lankmonster/. He can be contacted at Facebook.com/ FilmGrainPhotography.

Karšten Saunders is a UNB student who is passionate about photography, anthropology, and psychology. Karšten Saunders / The Brunswickan

It Was the Dance screening on campus searching the two people.

“I usually spend a lot of time researching my documentaries. I didn’t want to make any mistakes, and that’s why the research was so in depth,” said Yüksel.

“A lot of the time, history is only told from a certain perspective, sometimes blaming each other, sometimes trying to say one point of view is more important than the other. For me it’s very important to project history without any bias, without the mouthpiece of any other group.”

The Human Rights Commission of New Brunswick saw the film during its premier and they pushed for the film to be screened at UNB and STU. “They thought it was highly important for this film to be delivered to the larger population,” said Yüksel.

“It’s actually going to air on CBC in June or July as well. It’s very important for young people to grow up without prejudice and that’s what this film is about.”

It Was the Dance will be screened in Brian Mulroney Hall, Room 101 on STU Campus on Thursday, March 21 at 7:15 p.m. Admission is free.

It Was the Dance is a locally-made documentary about love that transcends discrimination. Screenshot

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Smart Suits

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Mixing masculine pieces into your ensemble is a trendy way to inspire your wardrobe this season. Karšten Saunders / The Brunswickan Morgan Mullin The Brunswickan Dresses are worn by princesses with glass slippers; suits are worn by corporate queens.

As much as many women love dresses, there is something undeniably alluring about wearing masculine clothing. Pearls are precious while neckties are bold. Dressing in clean lines and masculine shapes can allow the wearer to feel more assertive and powerful. After all, you can’t best the boys’ club in a tutu.

Back in 1966, legendary French designer, Yves Saint Laurent, created

“Le Smoking”, also known as the woman’s tuxedo. Feminists and fashion fiends rejoiced: St. Laurent had, single-handedly, revolutionized our wardrobes.

Before this, pants were only worn by women when doing manual labour, be it yard work or working in WWII-era factories. They weren’t worn unless it was necessary, or a safe bet that no one would see you.

St. Laurent saw something then that style-setters now know to be fact; sharply tailored, borrowed-from-the-boys clothing looks amazing on women’s bodies. Able to exude authority, professionalism, and seductiveness all at once,

such clothes make a big impression.

Many designers, including Dior and Philip Lim, made their own versions of pantsuits for spring/summer 2013.

This means that now more than ever is the time to play with this classic style.

Go to your closet or favourite store and rustle up blazers, dress pants, vests, and button-up shirts (no frills, please!). The truly bold should seek out fedoras, wing-tip shoes, and even neckties. Next, play dress-up. Try all menswear pieces together for a look St. Laurent would be proud of, or mix in some girlie pieces for a softer look.

Just remember, in order to look like you didn’t raid your father’s closet,

make sure the pieces fit well and hug your curves.

To make this look current, your hair should be sleek and neat; flat-ironed or in a low ponytail. Skip red lipstick to avoid looking cliché. Instead, try bold, winged eyeliner or a smoky eye look.

To delve headfirst into this style, try your own version of “Le Smoking”.

A simple black blazer that fits like a glove, paired with curve-skimming black trousers and tall stilettos is a look that is devastatingly chic. Under the blazer, wear a simple white blouse and skinny tie, nothing at all for eveningwear. Another fearless look would be a button-up shirt with a fitted vest,

paired with your favourite jeans. Bonus points if you add a fedora and swap out the typical ballet flat for wing-tip shoes.

Looking for a softer take on the trend? Try tucking a shirt and tie into a pencil skirt and add your favourite heels. Or, toss a blazer overtop a favourite dress in place of a cardigan. You could even layer a vest over a favourite t-shirt, and add a string of pearls to sweeten the look.

St. Laurent was often quoted as saying, “The best thing a woman can wear are the arms of the [person] who loves her,” but I have to say, a good suit is a pretty close second.

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SPORTS sports@thebruns.ca

Dan Lacosta sprawls to make one of his 17 saves on his way to Player of the Game honours, leading UNB to their fifth National Championship. Raisa Pezderic / The Sheaf Nick Murray The Brunswickan SASKATOON – Make it five for the University of New Brunswick men’s hockey team!

The V-Reds captured their fifth national championship, and fourth in seven years, taking down archrivals Saint Mary’s University Huskies 2-0, Sunday night in Saskatoon.

Daine Todd and tournament MVP Tyler Carroll, each scored for UNB in the lowest-scoring University Cup final in the 51-year history of the tournament, while player of the game, Dan LaCosta, stopped all 17 SMU shots for his third shutout of the playoffs in what’s most likely his final game in competitive hockey.

“It’s been an incredible journey with this group of guys, and it feels great to go out on top,” said LaCosta. “Aside from getting engaged, [going back to school] was the best decision I ever made. It was totally worth it; it gave me a totally different perspective on life, and it gave me a chance to really enjoy playing the game again.”

Todd opened the scoring for UNB midway through the first period on the power play, jarring in a loose puck in goalie Anthony Peters’ five-hole from a shot from Nick MacNeil.

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UNB WINS FIFTH NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

With ten seconds left in the game, Carroll threw a 100-foot shot down ice into the empty net, and as soon as the puck crossed the line, the team swarmed the bench in celebration.

Even LaCosta left his crease to get in on it.

Captain Chris Culligan had a Joe Sakic-like moment Sunday night, giving the University Cup trophy to Dion Campbell and Colby Pridham to hoist first before everyone else.

“Those guys have been a huge part of our success and that line alone has driven the team,” said Culligan. “Very deserving to both of those guys. All of us older guys, we want the new guys

to win, especially Prids playing Saint Mary’s in the finals when he made a tough decision to come to our school, and Dion coming back second half and having the Cup in Saskatchewan; we had lots of motivation.”

Head coach Gardiner MacDougall went to the Pridham-MacNeil-Culligan trio to start the game, and rolled back on the ice after every TV timeout.

MacDougall said all three played key roles in helping the V-Reds win, in only the fifth shutout in a University Cup final. “[MacNeil, Pridham, and Campbell] are three real special players,” said MacDougall. “For a guy like Pridham

to come in and get an assistant captain with our group – and we have a lot of leaders – Is just outstanding.”

“Dion has well earned everything he’s done from his fitness level and what he’s meant for our program; he’s created his own legacy here, and for him to raise that trophy in his home province…you couldn’t write a better script.”

“Nick MacNeil is the anchor of that line. He’s just getting better and has been our most improved guy each year, and that group played a lot of minutes together and they just found a way.”

Meanwhile, for Pridham, it was his first time hoisting the University Cup

as he was injured and didn’t play when SMU won in 2010. He said, though he thought a lot about how he had to face his former team, he said he wouldn’t trade this win for the world.

“I had to play the game like it was a faceless opponent, and I didn’t want to think of who was on the other side,” said Pridham. “Going through the handshake, I felt for them a little bit, but I wouldn’t trade it for the world.

Trevor’s done a lot for me and I owe him a lot of credit for where my game is. He’s more than a coach, he’s now a really great friend and I appreciate that.”

Finally, for fifth-year veteran Dion Campbell, you can’t script it up any better for him. A goal and an assist in the tournament, including the gamewinner against UQTR Saturday night, and leaving his CIS career a national champion in his home province.

“It’s so special that it’s hard to comprehend that it happened like this,” said Campbell. “When I came back [at Christmas], I was all in and I knew what we wanted to do and we just had to work hard and do our best, and that’s what this group did all tournament.”

UNB returned home early Tuesday morning, and will hold a public celebration on Wednesday at noon at the Aitken Centre. All are invited.

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(Clockwise from left) Matt Fillier (27) on the doorstep. Cam Braes (10) battles for the puck with a Saskatchewan defender. Colby Pridham (19) fires a shot over a SMU defender. Daine Todd (16) is tripped up by the UQTR forecheck. Fillier (27) trying to bang in the rebound. Josh Schaefer and Raisa Pezderic

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Who will make it to this year’s Final Four and win the NCAA Championship? cellarpub.ca

Josh Fleck Sports Editor

“It’s the most wonderful time of the year.” I love this. My picks for the Final Four are Indiana, Gonzaga, Michigan, and UNLV. I’m being completely biased based on Canadian players, and these probably won’t be my picks in the bracket, but, those are my picks. Indiana to win it all.

Nick Murray Sports Writer

This is the year of the Big East. I’d like to think my Orange will take it, but they’ve relied too heavily on outside shooting, which has hurt them more than anything. Louisville has caught my attention though, not because they’re Big East champs, but they just always find a way.

Alex Walsh Sports Guru

The Raptors, Arsenal, The Swedish Fencing Team and Duke. Arsenal is going to win overall.

Julie McLaughlin Sports Reporter

After the insane upsets in February, it’s practically impossible to pick a winner at this point. My own bracket will feature Indiana winning, with Gonzaga, Duke and Florida making appearances in the Final Four.

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THE REPORT CARD Men’s Soccer

A-

They missed AUS playoffs last year, and ranked eighth in the country this year. They had eight straight games with no goals in the net, and had one First Team All-Star and three Second Team All-Stars.

Ben Law was my MVP pick for this season. He was leading goal scorer and named First Team All-Star for the AUS and Second Team All-Canadian. He was an asset on the field.

Editor’s note: Rankings are the opinions of the writers and were based against last year’s performances. An ‘A’ represents an improvement over last year, a ‘B’ is a comparable performance, and a ‘C’ is a drop.

Men’s BAKETBALL

Overall Grade: Bronté James Grade: A MVP: Benjamin Law

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B

Overall Grade: Josh Fleck Grade: B+ MVP: Aaron McMurray

They started off really slow (1-3-1 in their first five games) and then turned it up, winning eight straight games, all by shutout, to be the number one team in the AUS. McMurray had two more shutouts on the season than Second Team All-Canadian keeper, Adam Miller of SMU. If the other team can’t score, your team is guaranteed at least a point, and McMurray made sure of that nine times this season.

Bronté James Grade: B+ MVP: Jordan Irvine

Only missing AUS playoffs by two spots, the men played a strong season. However, they did have 13 losses on the record, which overshadows their six wins in the regular season.

Jordan Irvine is my MVP pick, as he was an integral part of the two big wins over Memorial University at the end of this season, and continues to give it his all, even when the team is down in points.

Josh Fleck Grade: BMVP: Will McFee

It was a tough year for the basketball team; injuries killed all the playoff hopes this team had. The good news is they aren’t losing anyone to graduation, so the squad will be back.

McFee was a bright spot, as he embraced the team injuries, and absolutely blew up the AUS, leading the league in scoring.

WOMen’s Soccer

WOMen’s BASKETBALL

Bronté James Grade: C+ MVP: Brianna Ford

Bronté James Grade: CMVP: Claire Colborne

C+

Overall Grade:

The women’s team saw a rebuilding year, and had a lot of injuries throughout the season. They may not have won many games, but they were strong and kept playing until the last minute. However, they were unable to rank in AUS and missed playoffs.

Ford scored three goals in her second year for the Varsity Reds. She was a rock in the midfield for the team both offensively and defensively.

Josh Fleck Grade: C+ MVP: Sam Lagacy

There wasn’t much of a difference in the results between last year and this year, with only a two-point difference in the final standings. They cut their wins in half, but they tied four more games. They failed to make the playoffs, so I couldn’t give them a B or higher.

Lagacy, the team captain, was the team leader in goals, so she was an easy choice for MVP.

C-

Overall Grade:

Nineteen losses and only three wins in the regular season is not a good record. Their wins were close games, usually by no more than ten points, and they struggled with injuries throughout the season.

Claire Colborne is my MVP pick, as she is ranked fourth in AUS for her shooting, and she is strong on the court for her ability to get the ball to her teammates.

Men’s VOLLEYBALL

SWIMMING

Bronté James Grade: A MVP: Mathieu Losier

Bronté James Grade: C MVP: Danielle Losier

A

Overall Grade:

They won AUS for the second time in three years, and tied for seventh overall at CIS. I think there is a lot of depth and talent in both the rookies and seniors.

Mathieu Losier receives MVP, as he is only a rookie but saw plenty of time on the court and was a strong force on the court.

Josh Fleck Grade: A MVP: Julio Fernandez

This team won the AUS title and then performed admirably at CIS, losing to the eventual silver medal winner, and taking last year’s silver medal winner to five sets in their final game.

This team has one truly dominant player, and that is AUS MVP and first team All-Canadian, Julio Fernandez.

C

The swim team got a C because although they sent two swimmers to CIS it is a double-edged sword, as they were only able to send two. Having sent five last year, none of which graduated, more was expected from the team. They fared well at AUS but there is always room for improvement.

I chose Danielle Losier as MVP because she continually ranks, and is a good representation of the team’s dedication.

MEN’S HOCKEY

Bronté James Grade: B+ MVP: Paige Nelmes

Bronté James Grade: A MVP: Dan Lacosta

B+

The women were able to take 11 wins out of their season, having only taken nine wins the season before. With a new coach, they have been able to come together as a team and work as a unit.

Paige Nelmes is my MVP pick because even though she is a rookie on the team, she has become a strong presence on the court and has assisted in her team’s victories.

Josh Fleck Grade: B+ MVP: Jilliane Goulet

This team went from one win last year to seven this year, and the roster only had a few new faces. Jilliane Goulet really got the most out her girls this year.

Most Valuable Person was Jilliane Goulet. No offence to any of the players, because there is some real talent on that team, but Goulet pushed her team and they responded with a trip to the playoffs.

If it wasn’t for their run in the AUS playoffs, an F was a realistic possibility. Over the past three years, this team has gone from 14-6, to 6-14, to this year’s 2-18 record.

Tilly is my MVP because she is the kind of player you can build a program around. She hustles every play, and never gives up. That paired with her natural talent makes her my choice for MVP.

Overall Grade:

WOMen’s VOLLEYBALL Overall Grade:

Josh Fleck Grade: D MVP: Tilly Ettinger

A+

Josh Fleck Grade: C MVP: Danielle Losier

The swim team got a C because although they sent two swimmers to CIS it is a double-edged sword, as they were only able to send two. Having sent five last year, none of which graduated, more was expected from the team. They fared well at AUS but there is always room for improvement.

I chose Danielle Losier as MVP because she continually ranks, and is a good representation of the team’s dedication.

Overall Grade:

They may have started the season off a little shaky, especially with the loss of some senior players, but they quickly pulled together to take first in AUS, and a week later, take first play in CIS. They are consistent and always give the fans a good game.

I chose Dan Lacosta – one of two goaltenders for UNB – as MVP, because of his game against UQTR on Saturday night. He may have had three goals get past him in the first ten minutes, but no more slid in the net, allowing them to take a victory.

Josh Fleck Grade: A+ MVP: Ben Shutron

Winning a National Championship is good enough for an A+. It doesn’t get much better for this team.

Shutron has been, in my opinion, the most dependable two-way player for this team, and when his time with the Varsity Reds is done, there will be a lot of interest from professional teams.

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How pros and university athletes differ Bronté James Photo Editor

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I spend my weekends sitting on the bleachers covering Varsity Reds’ sports.

Whether it’s soccer, hockey, basketball, or volleyball, I’m sitting in the stands and watching university athletes play the sport to which they dedicate their university lives.

While covering these sports, there was one thing I realized; professional athletes and university athletes play for different reasons.

Professional players may have started out with the love of the game in mind, but somewhere along the way, they drifted into the economic side of things and began demanding more.

More money; more sponsors; more, more, more.

University athletes, however, other than scholarships, are doing it purely because they love the sport. If they aren’t playing at home, they jump on the bus every other weekend to travel to yet another university. They do their homework on the bus, so they stay caught up with school, and they give their time and dedication each and

every day to make themselves the best athletes they can be to represent their school.

Some of the people I have interviewed over the course of the past three years have inspired me to take the bad and turn it into motivation; Amir Razak who has had three surgeries on the same knee and is looking forward to his next season, or his fellow teammate Aaron McMurray, who broke

his back in three places and is starting goaltender for the men’s soccer team – they have no reason to continue playing other than the pure dedication they have to their sport.

Yes, professional athletes have their stories too, but they have the financial benefit of returning to the game.

University players don’t have the same option.

The key difference between univer-

sity sports and professional sports is this: One plays for money, while the other plays for purpose. Obviously, this is not true of every single player in the NHL or NBA, etc., but it seems to be a consistent image. Bringing the sport to a halt with demands and negotiations for more money is not what sports are about. Professional athletes need to stop making it about themselves and make it about the game.

It is rare to see university athletes have their names on the back of their jerseys, as opposed to pros, who seem to crave the attention. Bronté James / The Brunswickan

Intramural sports: Don’t be a dick

Josh Fleck Sports Editor

There are three kinds of people who play intramural sports; 1) the new kid in res who just wants to get involved and make the most out of his university experience (These players are usually the ones who aren’t very good); 2) the high school athletes who want to be physically active and play the sports they love (They’re the fun ones to play against); and 3) the guys who take it a little too serious – i.e., the douchebags.

I’m not talking about the douchebags you see on Jersey Shore, or at the gym, who wear Under Armour hats and Oakley sunglasses while they pump out their squats. I’m talking about the douchebags who work the count in intramural softball, take four pitch walks, and spend over $400 on their “team bats”. I wonder if those guys know what intramural sports are all

about. I’m not going to say that I don’t fall in this category occasionally, because frankly, I’m an asshole when I play sports competitively, but I do know how to have fun when the time comes.

Having been on campus and involved with intramural sports as long as I have, I have seen different degrees of this douchebagery. There have been guys in intramural basketball who play with a chip on their shoulder, like they had their scholarship to North Carolina revoked because of attitude problems; those guys are usually the ones who give the poor refs the most shit. I’ve seen a couple of fists thrown too, not so much during the past couple of years, but the old Law basketball teams were notorious for being a little too competitive. A couple of years ago, the softball season was winding down and playoff spots were being set; one team emailed the commissioner of the league, and Tom White – the God-

father of intramural sports – and asked for the standings and the runs scored for and against for each team, so they could map out their easiest path to the finals. Give me a break!

Those are just stories from softball and basketball. I can only assume that hockey is even worse. Guys trying to transition from full contact hockey to “no contact”; good luck!

These aforementioned douchebags of intramural sports are the ones who know you’re not allowed to hit, so they will “rub you out” in the corners and give you the business with their sticks.

Once upon a time, there was even a player who took a run at a ref and punched him.

The moral of this story is, there is a time and a place to be competitive, regular season of intramurals isn’t the place to do it, save it for playoffs, kids.

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Laura Fowler: The definition of dedication

Will McFee: Thunder from down under

Julie McLaughlin Sports Reporter

When key members of his team began falling due to various injuries, Will McFee was told one thing: Score.

Coach Baker looked to his team, asking each player to step up and score more points, but his comments were directed at McFee. The third year guard from Australia, never had a problem putting the ball in the basket, but this season was different. This year, his team needed him to put the ball in the basket.

“He sat us down after one game and said, if five people score two more points, that’s ten points, and we win the game. But no one really seemed like they wanted to score, so I just did it,” said McFee, on stepping into a scoring role.

And score he did. McFee led the Atlantic University Sport (AUS), with a scoring average of an impressive 21.0 points per game this season. He was named a First Team All-Star for his outstanding season.

This AUS scoring champion is no rookie when it comes to AUS awards.

In the 2010-2011 season, he was awarded the AUS Rookie of the Year.

Being the team player that he is, McFee does not get bogged down by the awards he already has, and most likely will continue to receive.

“I don’t really care about that sort of stuff. I would say I enjoyed my first year more, but it wasn’t because of that award. It was because we made playoffs, and we had a really great group of guys that year. Every night, we went out and just played hard.”

With the reigning two-time AUS MVP, Jimmy Dorsey of Cape Breton University, graduating this year, the groundwork has been laid for McFee to swoop in and add some new hardware to his collection.

“That would be nice, but I mean, it’s not going to be a primary goal of mine or the team’s – definitely not the team’s. First thing’s first, next year our primary goal will be making playoffs.”

When asked to whom he credits his success in the AUS, McFee was quick to praise one person; Baker.

“He always seems to get the most out of you, even when you don’t want to do it. He always finds a way, whether it’s yelling or something, or focusing his attention on one guy, he just always manages to get the best out of you.”

Among the many fans this All-Star player has at UNB, one of his greatest is his coach. Coach Baker, who will normally crack a joke at anyone’s expense, had nothing but good things to say for his season standout.

“He was huge because we were going to struggle to score with all the injuries, and he made sure that we were in a lot of games due to his scoring. Yeah, we played some pretty good defence, and we didn’t turn the ball over; but if you can’t score, you can’t stay in games.”

Despite what success he accomplished at an individual level this season, it was pretty difficult to ignore the sense of disappointment that was coming off him. McFee started the season with set goals that simply were not met.

“I had team goals that I thought were very realistic and achievable, and one of those goals was that I had us in the top three this season just based on our personnel and who we had coming back. We had a lot of talent to do this kind of stuff.”

“There were games where we put him at point, and jokingly, I guess you could say, his biggest problem was that he couldn’t dribble the ball up and then pass it to himself. That would have a coup on his part,” joked coach Baker, on the many abilities of his naturally talented guard.

Julie McLaughlin Sports Reporter Ask almost any basketball player, and they will tell you that tearing an ACL is one of their biggest fears. It is terrifying to think that something as simple as taking a layup can put you on the sidelines for a season. Laura Fowler has the unfortunate luck of knowing what this feels like not once, but twice in her five-year career at UNB. At the Atlantic University Sport (AUS) banquet held in Fredericton on Feb. 28, Laura was recognized as the AUS nominee for the Tracy MacLeod Award. Each conference nominates one player to be recognized, and one is chosen by the CIS to win the award.

“It’s an award picked by the AUS coaches. I think it’s nice to be recognized by them, you know. Two ACLs aren’t easy to come back from; it’s pretty cool,” said Fowler, on the nomination.

Fowler tore her first ACL in the pre-season of her rookie year. She sat out the entire season, and as a result, did not lose her year of eligibility. No athlete can prepare for the months of painful recovery that lies ahead of him or her after this injury. Fowler admits there was a time when she thought it would be too hard.

“I definitely had my doubts that first year back, when I was slow and out of shape. I didn’t know if I could get

back to how I was, and that was really frustrating.”

In the summer after the most successful season this program would have in years, Laura tore her other ACL. “The second time was harder. All of last year, I didn’t know if I was going to come back and play next year. But I didn’t want my career to end, having lost by five in the AUS finals,” reflected Fowler, on the tough decision about whether to play her final year or not.

To add insult to injury, Laura missed the end of the regular season with a concussion. She was healthy enough to play in her final weekend at home, where she and her teammates hosted the AUS playoffs.

A team whose record did not appear to make them a threat, took down the defending champs, Acadia, in the quarterfinal, and made StFX work harder than expected to pull out a win in the semifinal. Laura was a huge factor in both games last weekend, going three for four from the three-point line against StFX. Coach Speedy summed Laura up in one short sentence.

“She is just ridiculously dedicated.”

While she may have two years of eligibility left, this graduating business student is heading out to see the world with another UNB graduate and VRed, Melissa Foster.

“ Laura Fowler (top) and Will McFee (bottom).

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“Tracy MacLeod was a player who had her leg amputated and came back to play at Brandon. [This award] is about overcoming hardships, whatever they may be, and Laura certainly qualifies on a number of fronts,” said coach Jeff Speedy, on the award, and how Fowler deserved to be nominated.

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