Issue 26, Vol. 146, The Brunswickan

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OUR FOOD. OUR MONEY.

OUR DEMANDS. Twenty-five students including members of the UNBSU took action against the UNB Fredericton Food Service Bid Selections Committee by walking into their meeting and presenting a list of demands backed by the signatures of almost one thousand students. Alex Walsh / The Brunswickan

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Cherise Letson News Editor Students made their presence known at a food committee meeting last Tuesday.

Unhappy with the food contract negotiation process, over 25 students crashed the UNB Fredericton Food Service Bid Selections Committee meeting at the Residence Life building.

Led by UNBSU vice-president external, Adam Melanson, they presented the UNBSU food petition and their four demands, which were: 1) No decision on the food provider is made until the following demands are met.

2) The Request For Proposals

(RFP) evaluation will include the nonfinancial measures as outlined in the UNBSU food services petition.

3) UNB Fredericton Food Service Bid Selections Committee will make the final decision on the R FP by 2/3-majority vote.

4) The process for selecting the RFP will be outlined in advance. This will include allowing time for committee members to review the bids and generate discussion on all potential bidders.

“The UNBSU refuses to allow the decision on the food service provider [to be made], until these demands are met,” said Melanson.

“The UNB administration has one week, until March 26, to get back to us

Students walk in on food contract meeting whether positively or negatively on the UNBSU demands. At that time, students will take further action whether we deem it necessary.”

James Brown, executive director Residence Life, Campus and Conference Services, who is the main negotiator for the new contract, responded by accepting their demands and signing the front page of the petition document given to him. He asked Melanson, if they could “talk a little” while they were there. Melanson refused.

Brown then said the reason he accepted the demands was because they have already been met.

“The reason I can accept these demands, is that they are all part of our current process,” said Brown. “We didn’t intend to make a decision today.

There are non-financial measures in the RFP…” Melanson cut Brown off.

“Not from what we’ve requested, and we haven’t been getting what we want and that’s why we’re here,” said Melanson. “We’re not here for a discussion. We’re not here to hear from you. We’re just here for you to get our demands. If these are not met, then you’ll be hearing from us.”

“You accept them, but if they’re not implemented, we will be taking further action.”

Brown said, again, the reason why he was able to accept the demands was because they were already a part of the current process. Melanson told Brown that the UNBSU looks forward to working with him, and the students left.

Melanson, who was the facilitator of the walk-in, told The Brunswickan, though the action was a success, it needs to be followed up on.

“I wouldn’t take him [James Brown] at his word that he would implement these demands, whereas he seems to believe that the university has been co-operating with students, by having our demands somehow already met,” said Melanson.

UNBSU marketing manager and incoming president, Ben Whitney, also helped organize the walk-in. He said the current RFP is based almost solely on cost to the university. He said the walk-in showed the university how

students feel about the food on campus and the current contract negotiation process.

“We just wanted to make it clear that students aren’t happy with the quality of food on campus right now. They want more affordable, healthy food,” said Whitney.

He said things should not have gone this far.

“It really should not be at this level of discussion. This is not us asking for a monorail. This is us saying, ‘We want healthy food we can eat at affordable prices.’”

Melanson said he is hesitant James Brown will implement the demands outlined in the petition, because

Brown seemed to have no intention of changing some of them before, such as lowering the contract length from ten years to five.

“I think this action was a success because we got our point across, but I wouldn’t say we’re optimistic about him signing this document, and we’ll be back at the next meeting if we haven’t seen improvement,” he said.

On Thursday, the UNBSU sent a follow-up letter to James Brown, reiterating their points made on Tuesday.

However, they stated they will give Brown until Tuesday, April 2, to meet their demands.

Alex Walsh / The Brunswickan

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Tuition to increase, but no money from province Cherise Letson News Editor

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Tuition will be going up next year, but students may be getting more government help.

Those were the student highlights of the New Brunswick provincial budget, which dropped last Tuesday.

The provincial government announced that there will be a $150 tuition cap, and there will be about a $20 million increase in student financial aid, though which programs that money is going towards won’t be released until later this month.

It was also announced the universities won’t get an increase in funding.

UNBSU president, Andrew Martel, said though the increase in student aid is good news, the tuition cap combined with no funding increase is not.

He said it may affect the quality of education for students, since the university won’t be able to raise tuition as much as they planned, in order to make up for it. The university needed a four per cent increase in funding to avoid raising tuition at all.

“In a way, it’s good for students, because [although] we’re not getting all of what we would have gotten, we would [otherwise] have to pay a lot more,” said Martel. “But the problem is – and this was something that was raised among me and the other student leaders – that the quality of education is now going to [decrease].”

“Because the universities don’t have the students to turn to, and they don’t have the money from the government, which they’re looking for. They’re [UNB] already talking about cutting 30 staff and 15 faculty, so with this extra percentage they’re going to be missing, it’s really worrisome.”

Stephen Spence, president of the New Brunswick Student Alliance, said potential for decline in the quality of education is concerning.

“At some point, services are going to have to be cut,” said Spence. “What we hope is that essential services such as mental health or academic support services [won’t be cut].”

“But there’s certainly a risk there, especially if these kinds of policies persist, that will be a risk. So we’re a little

bit concerned about that, we’re going to monitor it.”

The statement released by UNB president, Eddy Campbell, after the budget announcement, seemed to echo the possibility of tough times ahead.

“Our fourth balanced budget will be presented to our board of governors in April. But this has come at a cost. As a result, we need to examine the viability of many programs and facilities on our campuses and in our communities.

UNB will continue to make difficult decisions of its own in the coming months and years,” said Campbell.

Martel said though the government talks about bettering the province and the quality of life for New Brunswickers, they keep avoiding the importance of education.

“They talk about innovation a bit, and job creation, and again, job creation; those are the buzz words they keep using… But they always seem to dance around the word ‘education’, and never quite say it,” said Martel.

“It’s like they don’t want to commit to it.”

NB HIV case reminds of importance of protection Heather Uhl News Reporter It is estimated 71,300 Canadians have HIV; of them, 25 per cent don’t know they have it.

Recently, a HIV positive case hit the headlines in New Brunswick.

According to CBC, the chief medical officer of health for New Brunswick, Dr. Eilish Cleary, urged “people who have anonymous sex, to be tested for sexually transmitted infections after someone with numerous partners recently tested positive for HIV.” The Human Immuno-Deficiency Virus (HIV) damages the cells of the immune system known as CD4, T4 or T-helper cells, which fight off infections. As the number of T-helper cells drop, the body can’t protect itself from germs and infections.

When the T-helper cells deplete to a certain level, the HIV virus reaches the advance stage: Acquired ImmunoDeficiency Syndrome (AIDS). At this point, someone living with AIDS is unprotected from other illnesses, like infections, and may die of complications from the illnesses, not AIDS. Conor Falvey, coordinator for UNB’s sexuality centre, said she doesn’t understand why there has been so much media coverage of the individual case considering that many people in NB have HIV.

“Because the reality is, there are many people in NB that are HIVpositive and any time somebody is having unprotected sex of any kind, but especially people you don’t know the sexual history of, there’s always a risk of being exposed to HIV or another sexually transmitted infection [STI],” said Falvey.

“It’s important to take precautions in all situations.”

The more frequently an individual has unprotected sex with a variety people, Falvey said, the great the risk of being exposed to HIV or another STI. “It’s not fair to write off all dating sites, or anonymous sexual hook-ups, as breeding grounds for spreading these terrible diseases, and to behave as though there is no way to engage in that behaviour without protecting yourself.

Because that’s not true, you can take the precautions necessary,” said Falvey.

Precautions include testing and condom usage.

There is no cure for HIV/AIDS, only treatment. HIV/AIDS spreads through bodily fluids like semen, vaginal fluid and blood.

“It’s not so much that the risk is greater for students,” said Stephen Alexander, executive director for AIDS New Brunswick, “What we’re seeing is that there are increases in infections among the 15-24 age group.”

Alexander said it’s not the fact someone may have multiple sex partners, it’s what they are engaging in that is risky behaviour, like unprotected anal, oral or vaginal sex.

“If we look back to the late 80s, early 90s, talking about HIV/AIDS, what we saw were people dying by, literally, the thousands. And when you have that forefront, then you are constantly thinking of, ‘OK, is what I’m doing, going to put me at risk?’” said Alexander.

Asking your sexual partner if they have been tested can be tricky in some situations, said Falvey.

“It [asking] can be a mood killer,” said Falvey, “but then again, getting an STI is a big mood killer as well.”

“If I had to give specific advice, I would recommend people to bring it up before the clothes come off. It’s less of a mood-killer if you haven’t yet started the mood.”

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According to a BMO student survey from 2012, about 58 per cent of students are expected to graduate Student debt Borrow only what you need with over $20,000 in debt, and about 21 per cent will have debt exceeding $40,000.

Seeing the red in your bank account can raise feelings of panic, but you’re not the only one with student debt. Alex Walsh / The Brunswickan

Heather Uhl News Reporter

The average Ca nad ia n student graduates with $26,680 in debt, according to the Investor Education Fund.

According to a BMO student survey from 2012, about 58 per cent of students are expected to graduate with over $20,000 in debt, and about 21 per cent will have debt exceeding $40,000.

Julie Babineau, a fourth year English student, will be graduating with around $30,000 in student loans, and said she is worried about paying off her debt.

“My sister has about the same size debt as I do, and she has barely made a dent in it after [at least four] years of payment,” said Babineau.

Babineau said the plan to pay it off includes using some inheritance money, and she will then pay the rest, likely through a job. However, New Brunswick’s poor economic situation is only one challenge for Babineau, who lives with an anxiety disorder.

“Living with a mental illness, it’s

really hard to get work, particularly someone who lives with anxiety disorder. So far, I’ve always been unemployed,” said Babineau.

“So, making ends meet is incredibly difficult. Adding a student loan to this further complicates things, because it adds further pressure to getting a job.”

Babineau plans to continue her education for another year at a different school.

Of the students with debt, 44 per cent are expected to pay it off within five years of graduating.

Students from Atlantic Canada accumulate the most debt with 25 per cent of students graduating with over $40,000 in debt and only 30 per cent thinking they will be able to pay it off within five years.

Shelley Clayton, director of financial aid, said graduates, and most people, struggle with getting full employment.

“So if you don’t have the gainful employment, you aren’t going to have the resources to pay towards your government student loa n debt,” said Clayton, “Now, though they have their repayment assistance

program, or ‘R AP,’ that doesn’t take into account private debt.”

Clayton said there are limits to the student loan program and so students take on private debt to compensate, and according to her, this is becoming more common to see. One of the ways to make paying off the debt easier is to stay in contact with student loan services and creditors.

“The more you are in contact, the better for you. If they [student loan services] feel that you’re hiding, you are not addressing your debt, life just gets more complicated, not less complicated; keep everyone on the same page.”

Cleo Gallant, a fourth year arts student in history and English, will be graduating with $50,000 in debt, but she isn’t worried.

“It’s funny, because a lot of people, my friends, have a lot less debt [and] are more worried than I am. But I’m not, because I have a brother who did the exact same thing I did, in the same financial state and he had his [debt] paid off in three years,” said Gallant.

Gallant said, she thinks graduates believe they need to be in the exact

same workforce and living environment as their parents are at 50.

“So they buy houses, buy cars, get dogs, spend all their money, where I think people still need to live like students when they graduate to pay back their debt,” said Gallant.

“If I think about it, if I get a job in my field or even if I don’t, and I’m making around $20,000 dollars a year, and I’m living the same way I’m living now, my expenses are only $8000 a year.”

Her brother, 30 years old with no debt but a mortgage, inspired Gallant to think rationally.

“He always said that it’s a privilege to go to university,” said Gallant, “…because I’m appreciative of the government giving me the opportunity to go to school by giving me a full-loan, because I’m from a lowincome family.”

Clayton said that the best tip when it comes to student loan is to only borrow what you need.

“Find out what you need, then borrow that,” said Clayton.

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UNB is among the first universities to fight online threats with a new IT security course.

David Shipley, the enterprise strategy analyst for information technology services at UNB, said that the variation of threats that UNB faces is diverse.

“One of the challenges is that our security environment can range from a bored teenager, to nation-state funded quasi-military groups, who attempt to attack universities to steal intellectual property,” said Shipley.

Shipley said that there have been students and staff at UNB who have been infected by a trojan virus made to look like an innocent program. In the case of one person, they went to a peer to peer movie sharing site to download a torrent, and the website infected their computer with a trojan that looked for their banking information.

It found it and had 1000 dollars stolen from their account, all within a few clicks.

“The best way to secure the system and avoid things like this happening, doesn’t actually start with the technical stuff, the biggest vulnerability with any system is actually the people that use it,” said Shipley.

So starting an awareness course like this is designed to start a conversation and to build literacy.”

Shipley said people talk about literacy in a lot of different ways in academic settings, but in this case he is referring to security literacy.

“Things like, what does it mean when I say phishing? What are good passwords? Why would someone try and tailgate to get into a secure area?

Things that people are probably aware of, but may not fully understand.”

This course was developed by universities across Canada, from a private sector, corporate course.

“We’ve tried to refine it a bit more to be a bit more applicable to universities and to UNB specifically, although there is still some stuff that’s rather generic and kind of in need of improve-

ment. But it’s a great first step because it gets people thinking of security related issues,” said Shipley.

“This is part of a two-pronged approach; first, you increase literacy and later on, you do what’s called behavioural change, so you give people a common set of language and then you help teach them about IT security.”

Everyone at UNB is registered for the course now, and it takes about 45 minutes to an hour to complete. It’s located in the D2L homepage and consists of a couple of small quizzes.

“We want to work towards getting some sort of credit for it, either on the unofficial transcript or potentially partnering with the university to see if we can get credit for some first year courses,” said Shipley.

Shipley and the ITS department hopes to see about ten per cent of students enrol, which would roughly work out across both campuses to be about 1000 to 1100 students.

As of March 26, 363 people have visited the content on the site since it was launched just after March break.

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Fountains that fill water bottles, green certified hand wash and low flow urinals are just some of the improvements UNB has made in recent years.

Alex Walsh / The Brunswickan

UNB gets greener with energy management Emma McPhee The Brunswickan Green is the new red and black at UNB. The campus has seen another successful year in its Energy Management Program – a program that aims to increase energy efficiency and decrease the amount spent on electricity each year.

This year, $255,000 was saved in annual cost avoidance, which equates to about 2,500 tonnes of carbon dioxide that was not emitted to the atmosphere. “[We’re] very positive. It’s incredible the amount of work being able to be done,” said Tim Cross, the

energy coordinator at UNB’s facilities management.

The program works under the system of cost avoidance, which is achieved through reducing energy consumption.

“What happens is we’ll do a project and then we have a base line of that project of what consumption it has, and we’ll let a year go by and then we’re able to compare from that base line what the annual cost avoidance is,” Cross said.

On top of saving money, the program is also saving energy and carbon dioxide while adjusting to make everything more energy efficient.

The projects for this year – 15 in total – included upgrading to energy

efficient lighting in various buildings, low-flow fixtures in bathrooms and heat recovery systems. Each project needs to have an eight-year payback period.

“We invest a certain amount of money in the cost avoidance, so basically, the project will pay for itself within eight years minimum, but a lot of them we’re finding are doing better than that,” Cross said.

These projects are a part of Amendment II of the Energy Management Program which is expected to be completed by 2016. “[Amendment II] was a commitment from senior administration of seven million dollars funding, and our projected annual return on

investment on this is $75,000 annually. We haven’t completed every project yet, but we’re on track for that number for sure,” Cross said.

In total, Amendment II is made up of 51 projects with a projected return of $875,000 of cost avoidance.

It also has a goal of a carbon dioxide reduction of 70,000 metric tonnes.

Projects are chosen by an energy management committee, which reviews projects to make sure they fulfill the payback period requirements.

“What drives a lot of these energy projects is our energy management committee, and they’re reviewed and we approve or reject [them],” Cross said. “[The committee] effectively rolls

these projects out in such an efficient manner and gets them in on budget, and obviously does a good job overseeing it, because we’re seeing really good cost avoidance and we’re seeing our work exceed our expectations.”

Next year, facilities management is aiming to complete another 15 projects with similar outcomes.

“Energy efficiency is important because [energy] is an enormous expense to the university, so you need to manage that effectively,” said Cross. “That’s first from a financial perspective, and also, it’s important for us to be responsible as stewards and leaders, and that comes to efficiency and making the university sustainable.”

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THE BRUNS OPINION editor@thebruns.ca

A Critical Eye Cody Jack

Winston Churchill once said: “Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.”

This means that although it is not very good, it is better than those that have come before it. I would argue that our democracy would be much better and less corrupt if democracy extended into the economy.

My articles over the last year have attempted to challenge and disrupt the surrounding narrative around our political system, education system and economic system. I attempted to point out contradictions within society as well as the unjust actions of those in power.

The one major thing that gets me is the contradictory views we hold when it comes to how the government is run and how the economy is run. For some reason, we won’t stand for any form of political system other than democratic rule by the people, but will wholeheartedly accept and defend an economic system that is purely a dictatorship.

I know some people will say, “Well, the market is always moving and shifting to bring about equilibrium.” Sure, we love pretending that we are voting with our purchases and that our buying power will bring about change, but you can’t buy yourself out of anything if you can’t get a job, or a job that pays well.

The idea of a market economy pretends that those who work and those who own a business are on an equal footing; this is not the case at all. If I don’t work, I starve. If someone who owns a business doesn’t work, well…they hire someone to work for them. It isn’t an equal playing field. The only thing working people have to their advantage is our numbers and we rarely make use of this reality.

Why will we spend large amounts of time attempting to tinker with how we are governed politically, but we won’t look critically at how resources are allocated within society or how society is organized economically? It blows my mind to think that people see it as only natural and fair that some people in this world won’t have to work for a living and just own things while others will spend all of their days working and making money for someone else and only see a fraction of those profits. How is that fair? How is that the best way to organize an economy?

You work all day for another person,

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duncan / Flickr CC you make them money, and at the end of the day, that person gets to keep and sell everything you’ve done and gives you next to nothing of the value of the thing you created. That’s bullshit. And we shouldn’t put up with that.

Why can’t the economy be organized and run democratically? We seem to think that all the other affairs of the world can be managed that way. How is it such a stretch to extend it into our workplace, our grocery store, or our coffee shops?

We are more than capable of running the world (by “we”, I am not just referring to Canadians, but all of the people of the world). We know what we need to survive and provide for ourselves in a way that protects the environment,

educates our children and ends war.

The misery the world sees today isn’t the result of “human nature” per se, but the result of large-scale inequalities brought about by a dictatorial economic regime. When you make people desperate and put them in precarious social positions, bad things happen.

Questions of about the future of humanity should not be premised upon “Can we afford that?” or “How can we make money out of this?” Millions of people starve to death or die from preventable diseases because someone can’t see the profitability in addressing these issues. If it were a moneymaking thing, we’d have stopped world hunger by now.

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groups fight over land and resources.

Larger military powers don’t stop the wars but instead support one side over the other based upon their economic interests and not on the condition of saving the lives of innocent people.

My point from all of this is that we should really start seeing the forest for all the trees as it were. We should recognize the contradiction in our beliefs and within our society, the contradiction being that we rhetorically want democracy, but in practice support a dictatorial economic system that privileges one group of people over another. It doesn’t have to be this way, if we truly don’t want it to be.

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The ‘C’ Word Amanda Worrell Submitted

I’m talking about CONSENT, what did you think I was talking about?

Consent is freely agreeing to sexual activity with another person. Consent is saying, “yes”, through either actions or words.

Consent is necessary for kissing, fondling and sexual intercourse.

How do you ask for consent? (These are suggestions from UNB students)

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- Would you like to have sex?

- With a dance.

- Straight up, ask!

Remember: Consent cannot be given while - With a smile. being intoxicated, being - Can I have it? forced/pressured, or - So, you wanna get it on? being under the age of - You game?

- Are you okay with ____?

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- With the “sexy time” eyes.

Voices Against Sexual - With a bowl of alphagetties, spell it out.

Aggression (VOICES) - With a contract. is a peer-led program - Hey baby, would you want my wand to slither into your on our campus that chamber of secrets? provides education - I’ve got skittles in my mouth, wanna taste the rainbow?

- With whip cream and cherries on top? about sexual assault and the elimination of sexual - It takes two to tango, wanna? violence. If you have any - Old school arm around the shoulder. questions/comments - A coupon for “sexy time” to be redeemed at the end of the night, if they so desire. or would like to book a workshop please contact - Do you want to put your American sausage in my voices@unb.ca.

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letters to the editor A response to Josiah’s tweet regarding the Steubenville verdict I am a woman, and I have been a victim of sexual assault.

I saw Josiah’s tweet regarding the Steubenville verdict and did it offend me? No. What I thought of when I read it was how he had meant it to be interpreted. I didn’t think Josiah was making excuses for the rapists, and I certainly didn’t think he was saying that most people would have raped someone who was drunk and passed out at a party.

It’s very easy for things to be taken out of context, especially when you only have 140 characters to use, but if people would have gone on to read more of his tweets, they would have seen that he was happy about the verdict.

In the article in the March 26 issue of the Bruns, Josiah mentions this other tweet, and then the writer of article goes on to say, “this could not be confirmed”. He has faced a ton of backlash due to this incident, and now his own words can’t be trusted? I am disgusted at the way people have been treating him over social media.

If people want to talk about the issue with media, why not talk about the way that all of the news stations sympathized with the rapists? I can understand that “news stories” are more interesting when they hit close to home, but shattering his reputation over something that was poorly worded is hardly news. It’s slandering.

UNBSU vice president external, Adam Melanson, would not comment on his thoughts on Josiah’s tweet to the Bruns, which is understandable, considering Josiah should already know, since these thoughts were tweeted harshly at him following the incident, saying: “@zJosiah Glad this rape apologist just lost the election for @unbeus UNB EngUndergrad Society President”. I get that as a campus we want to help raise awareness, but this is not the way to go about it.

If the UNBSU cares as much as they are letting on with this story, then why not call out acts that are actually sexist, like the UNB security self defence course aimed at teaching a woman how to protect herself against a rapist, instead of teaching men that it is not okay to rape. Why are we being taught to victim blame instead of being educated on the truths about sexual assault?

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Staying in Freddy this summer? There are a few courses running during the summer session that will bump up your sex and relationships IQ while getting you a little closer to graduation.

The New Position Sarah Vannier This is my last column of the 20122013 year. I have had a blast writing every week and hope you have enjoyed reading along. The column will be back in September, but until then, here are a few things you can do to expand your sex and relationships expertise.

Surf the Web There are a lot of great websites out there that share information about sex and relationships. One of my favourites is Science of Relationships (Scienceofrelationships.com).

The site was developed by several researchers to make relationship science available and accessible to the general public. Everyone who writes for the website is a relationships researcher. Some are graduate students and some are professors, but they are all experts in the field.

Scarleteen is another personal favourite (scarleteen.com). Scarleteen’s tag line is “Sex Ed for the Real World”, and the website lives up to

Your sexy education doesn’t have to end with the last New Position of the 2012-2013 year.

Canadian Federation of Students Nova Scotia / Flickr CC Workshops happening in Halifax the hype. It is a mecca for sex posi- interpersonal relationships, and the tivity and straightforward, thought- positive/negative effects of pornog- this summer can teach you how to ful, inclusive information about all raphy. I might be biased, but I think make a friends-with-benefits relathings sex and relationships. It is like this class is awesome. I love teaching tionship work, give great oral sex, the cool sex ed teacher we all wanted it and we get into some really fun make your own sex toys, talk about consent, rock the female orgasm, or in high school. Any time someone conversations!

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Classes are between $16 and $20, friends, or their kids, this is the place another sex researcher at UNB, and I send them. Seriously, you need to is running from July 3 to Aug. 2. although they offer a sliding scale Topic include sexual anatomy, sexual for students and anyone else with a check this website out!

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There are many blank walls (or blank canvases?) on campus. Alex Walsh / The Brunswickan Elizabeth Creelman Arts Reporter Why are there so many blank walls around campus?

Think about the buildings in which you spend the better part of your days.

Is there anything remarkable on those walls?

Sometimes the walls are lined with lockers or adorned with certificates, portraits, posters, or the occasional facsimile of some well-known masterpiece.

But is there much student artwork? I’m afraid not.

Why is this? If writing for the arts section of the Bruns has taught me anything this year, it’s that the students of the University of New Brunswick produce far more artwork than there will ever be space to display it. Being given the chance to exhibit one’s work publically is considered far too rare an honour within the UNB community.

But look again at those blank walls; it doesn’t have to be that way.

Some students have suggested and even partaken in graffiti as a solution to the problem. As you can imagine,

this hasn’t gone over very well with university administrators. Advocates for graffiti feel that their art form simply takes advantage of blank spaces to provoke thought and to communicate with the public – and isn’t that what all art is supposed to do? But there must be a way to accomplish this end without permanently (or even semi-permanently) defacing university property.

There may be restrictions in some buildings, about what can be posted on its walls. But take the numerous event posters for example; there’s no need for every single one to be announcing a lecture series, a reading, or a play. Dear artists, why not post your creations on the walls as well, without going overboard with offensive content? It would be easy, especially if your work is of the graphic design variety.

For unique works of art, this might be a little more difficult. No one wants the fruits of their long, hard labour to be stolen, damaged, or shoved into a corner. But yet the space is there, especially in the tunnels between buildings. Those things are creepy! Would it not be the easiest thing in the world

to turn them into beautiful galleries?

Perhaps the administration should look into this.

For outstanding works of student art – and I know there are some – it might even be worth it to take down pieces from UNB’s permanent collection from time to time. There’s a portrait of Alden Nowlan that normally hangs in the HIL Commons. It’s out on loan to Beaverbrook Art Gallery at the moment, and in its place is a landscape piece. I’m willing to bet that most people didn’t even notice the swap or didn’t lose any sleep over it.

Couldn’t we make this sort of swap more often? Don’t get me wrong; these parts of the permanent collection are beautiful fixtures. But wouldn’t it be nice to replace them for a week or two out of the year, just for the sake of pride in student work?

This should go for any form of expression, whether you’ve written an exceptional poem or made up some engineering blueprint. Let’s turn the walls of UNB into mirrors, demonstrably reflecting the work going on within them.

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Written down in History

Elizabeth Creelman Arts Reporter Some clubs are written down in history: The Breakfast Club, Fight Club, Club Med. But other clubs write down history themselves. One such club, the History Undergraduate Society, has been named UNB Club of the Year by the Associated Alumni.

Grant Peters, History Society president, said that the margin was extremely close.

“We’re not better than any others,” he wanted to stress.

“I’m glad we won [the award] just because... it shows that the history department, or the people in the society, act as a team – and I think that’s key.”

The society had approximately 75 members this year, with some events drawing even larger crowds.

Members of the 2012-2013 executive of the History Society believe there’s something about the subject of history that lends itself to good socialization.

“I don’t know if you can meet someone who doesn’t have an interest in some kind of history,” said Bailey Campbell, editor-in-chief of Timepieces, the history undergraduate journal published in February.

In light of such a wide-ranging subject, the History Society tried to hold a mixture of academic and social events.

Campbell-Conrad History Lunch Lecture Series, for example, was held on Wednesdays, five to six times a semester.

The series was the brainchild of History Society treasurer, James Kitchen. In informal presentations, faculty members and grad students

The History Undergraduate Society has received the UNB Club of the Year recognition. Karsten Saunders / The Brunswickan got the chance to share topics of their research that they otherwise never had the chance to cover in class.

“It’s an informal means of learning and getting an idea of what the grad students and the faculty are doing,” said Kitchen.

Few students might know, for example, Dr. David Charters was a local race car driver and historian of car racing. His lunch lecture included videos of his own races.

The two largest events coordinated by the History Society were the Arts Colloquium and the Atlantic University Undergraduate History and Classics Conference (AUUHCC). While the former event brought speakers from various departments in the faculty of arts, on the topic of “Contact”, the latter saw 40 presenters from Atlantic Canadian universities with an attendance of between 150 and 200 people.

Peters said that the banquet fol-

lowing the colloquium was one of the highlights of the entire year.

“We got to talk to the profs in an informal environment,” agreed Evan Bradshaw, History Society VP external.

“It humanizes the professors,” added Campbell.

After so much hard work, the History Society likes to relax and have some fun. During this year, they have showcased movies of somewhat historical nature, including Argo, A

Christmas Carol, and Rocky Horror Picture Show.

“We had some people walk out on that one,” said Peters.

“Too scandalous.”

Members of the History Society can often be spotted in their natural habitat, the history common room, or they may be contacted at unb.history@ gmail.com.

Covered in plaid with Tim Hachey Tess Allen The Brunswickan Some may remember Tim Hachey from his plaid-wearing days, as a member of Fredericton folk band, Kaylee Hopkins and The Plaid Shirts, but these days he’s donning a very different musical style.

“I’m always trying to bring in inspiration from anywhere I can, whether it’s hip-hop or bluegrass,” said Hachey, now a member of a newly formed duo with former band member, Kaylee Hopkins.

“Every domain of music has something really positive to it, and if you can somehow find a way to do that in an authentic way, it can’t be bad.”

This is precisely what 32-year-old Hachey tries to accomplish with

“Whee”, the aptly titled group he formed with Hopkins, after fellow plaid-wearers Jeam Cliche and Keenan Cook were forced to retire due to time constraints.

“We wish we could bring the other members in, but everyone’s got so much going on,” said the Saint John native.

“It’s just the two of us now, but we want to have fun, so I think the name ‘Whee’ is a good fit.”

Time management is not something unfamiliar to Hachey, a second-year PhD student at the University of New Brunswick, who spends what little downtime he has teaching himself a number of instruments and trying to find a way to work them into the band’s unique sound.

Over the years, Hachey has taught

himself everything from the bass to the mandolin; he hopes to eventually bring instruments like the banjo and the accordion into Whee’s sound, as well. Now, Hachey even lends his own vocals to the mix, a long-time dream for the long-time musician.

“When I was on the bass for The Plaid Shirts, I couldn’t sing any harmonies whatsoever. I look at guys like Sting, who are playing wild bass lines while singing, and I don’t even know it’s possible for me,” said Hachey, with a chuckle. “It’s challenging because singing doesn’t come as naturally to me as the instrumentals, so I just focus on getting better.”

The duo’s current projects mostly involve producing unique covers of everything from Joel Plaskett to the Bee Gees. Hachey hopes to eventually

start producing some original material with Hopkins, something he believes will come in due time, once Whee has had a few more performances under its belt. The duo recently played their first show at Crabbe Mountain.

“The covers allow us to have a little bit of creativity, but don’t quite take the time of starting from scratch,” said Hachey. “We have some original material, but we’re perfectionists, so we probably sit on it for longer than we should.”

“The covers are a nice compromise between our perfectionism and our creative urges.”

Hachey admits that while he and Hopkins are still experiencing some “growing pains” since starting the group together, he has high hopes for the future.

“We’re still figuring out what exactly

we can do with just the two of us,” he said. “We’re going to see where it goes naturally. It’s one thing to chart a course in your mind, but the results can turn out very different – sometimes a lot better.”

Frederictonians will likely have a chance to hear Whee’s musical talents come September, when they start booking shows for the school year. Listeners will also soon have the chance to catch up with the duo via social media.

“Our focus right now is to keep the music upbeat and happy, and make sure everybody has a good time. We try to make it interesting for the listener and also interesting for the other musicians who might be there,” says Hachey. “We want our stuff to be the kind you have a hard time getting out of your head.”

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Gordon Mihan Staff Reporter While you’re dealing with exam stress, members of the Drama 2170 class have been dealing with adultery, betrayal, and bears.

Theatre UNB is putting on William Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale for its final production of the school year. The Drama 2170 class have been hard at work preparing for the show, and not only are they acting in it, but they have built the sets and have done their own publicity.

The Winter’s Tale begins when Leontes, the king of Sicilia, becomes jealous of another king and accuses his wife, Queen Hermione, of adultery.

He alienates those closest to him,

and friends and family members are cast aside.

“There are quite a few consequences from this accusation, and the baby that the queen is carrying ends up being abandoned on an island,” said Kayla-Renée Ossachuk, who is on the publicity committee.

“There’s a rather large gap of time between the first and seconds acts – about 16 years – and the story continues as a young shepherdess and a Bohemian prince fall in love.”

Britney McMichael, another member of the class, said that it has been a very positive experience. McMichael, who plays the beautiful Perdita, said that it is both easy and hard to perform in a Shakespearean play.

“It’s easy because it’s in a tempo, it’s

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poetry almost, so it’s easy to remember it because it has to fit this certain structure. But it’s also difficult because of that structure; trying to make it sound like you’re speaking and not just reciting poetry,” she said.

The class puts in a lot of work both during class time and outside of the class. Sharisse LeBrun plays Queen Hermione, and said she doesn’t mind all the extra work they end up doing in the class.

“It’s a lot of work and the hours are particularly long, but I think everyone enjoys it enough that it doesn’t really feel like work,” said LeBrun.

John Ball, the instructor of the class and the director of the play, worked very closely with all the cast members.

David Smith plays Leontes, the King

of Sicilia, who said Ball is a great instructor.

“John is fantastic to work with; he is very precise. The thing I’ve especially enjoyed about this particular experience is that he’s so thorough about the text; making sure that we understand what we’re saying and that we convey it properly to the audience,” said Smith.

“He’s had a great vision for the show and is very passionate about it.

He shows that passion to us and it makes us, in turn, passionate about performing it.”

The Winter’s Tale is showing from April 3 to April 6, every night at 8 p.m. at Memorial Hall. Tickets are $10 for the public or $6 for students.

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Kevin Lemieux The Brunswickan April will be a busy month for the bboy world in Fredericton, with lots of opportunities to pop, lock and break.

Events kick off on Apr. 3, at the Charlotte Street Art Center at 7 p.m. where a Freestyle Public Jam will take place. Amani Wassef, director of education/community engagement at The Playhouse, says it is a panel discussion.

“In the spirit of that whole culture, they will take some direction and energy from the audience, but they are coming prepared to speak about the issues.”

Talking on issues of culture and language, competition, racism and sexism in this underground form of art and culture are on the menu for the evening. Local bboy Daniel Blais, STU professor Andrew Titus, and Bboyizm members Melly Mel and Miss Marie, will be on the panel while Crazy Smooth, choreographer and director of Bboyizm Dance Company, moderate the evening.

Wassef decided to organize this event to show an aspect of the culture, which isn’t always shown in the mainstream hip-hop world.

“When I was doing research about the history of hip-hop, I realized there’s a lot of complexity and stories in its history. I think the way that hip-hop is represented in popular culture today is very flat and loaded with stereotypes. So I want to give people the opportunity to see a very rich culture,” said Wassef.

People of all dance abilities are welcome to take a workshop with the dance company, which will be taking place on April 5 at 7 p.m. at The Playhouse. For $20, you will learn the basics of street dancing by some of the best dancers in Canada.

Two weeks later, on April 19 at 7:30 p.m., the company will be putting on their show entitled Bboyizm at The Playhouse. The company, Bboyizm, is the only hip-hop company to receive full funding from Canada Council for the Arts.

Then on April 20, the Turn it Loose event will take place. This is one of the rare occasions to see bboys battle it out in teams of two. Members of Bboyizm will be judges for this event. Teams from Québec, Newfoundland, Halifax and New Brunswick will be competing for money and bragging rights. The event starts at 2:30 p.m. at St. Paul’s United Church.

For more information about these hip-hop and hip-happening events, check out The Playhouse’s website at Theplayhouse.ca.

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Jake Allen From prospect to pro

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Fredericton native Jake Allen made a name for himself at the NHL level. sarah_connors / Flickr CC Bronté James Photo Editor It was his first game as starting goaltender for the St. Louis Blues. He walked into the arena in Detroit, and slipped on his jersey with #34 pressed on the back; the same jersey number as his favourite childhood goalie, John Vanbiesbrouck.

He took home a 4-3 victory.

Fredericton native, Jake Allen, has turned his passion for hockey into his career.

“I was definitely nervous for that game and I was a little shaky at the start, but I got my feet wet after that,” said Allen.

With each game and each save, he felt more comfortable and gained confidence.

“My game sort of just took off.”

Allen has been found on the ice since he was six years old. But it was when he was eight he found a spot he could call his own.

He took his turn in the rotation as goalie and eventually developed a

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passion for it.

“No one else wanted to play so I sort of got stuck with it … I was pretty good as a little kid,” he said.

“I don’t think anyone, [or] my parents, thought I would be an NHL goaltender, but I guess that’s the way it goes and I just developed that path over time.”

It was at 16 when he realized it was no longer just a way to have fun, but he had an opportunity to play junior and in the major junior league.

Since then, he has played with the

St. John’s Fog Devils, two years with Montreal Junior Hockey club, the Drummondville Voltigeurs, and two seasons in the AHL with the Peoria Rivermen.

In 2008, Allen was the second round draft pick with the 34th overall pick.

He said none of this would have been possible without the support of his friends and family back home.

“All my buddies have been texting me and following me and give me lots of support, and especially my family,” he said.

“I keep in contact with them as much as I can; they’re busy, and so am I, but even if I can’t talk to them, I know they’re always watching my games and rooting for me.”

With his dream of playing in the NHL a reality, he says the next dream is winning the Stanley Cup. “It’s always every little kid’s dream when you start out, and hopefully I can fulfill that some day.”

Although he calls Fredericton home, he can’t picture leaving St. Louis.

With his contract up this year, he is hoping to re-sign and go from there.

“It’s perfect for me, you know, it’s a great market. A lot of people don’t think it is but they sell out every game; great fans; it’s an unbelievable city. And it’s a good spot for me because I’m not a huge attention guy,” he said.

“In St. Louis, you can be yourself; you can have a normal life and still play the sport that you love for your living.”

As a 22-year-old, Allen still has his whole career ahead of him. He is hoping to make every second count and see just how far he can go.

He’s reached the NHL, but there is still a long way to go.

“I want to make a career out of this, I don’t want it to be a one-time thing, I want to do this for a living and I want to be one of the best goalies in the league if I can.”

Who are your picks for male and female Athlete of the Year? cellarpub.ca

Josh Fleck

Nick Murray

Female Athlete of the Year has to go to Sam Stewart. The wrestler had an amazing year, capping it off by being named CIS Most Outstanding Female Wrestler. No offence to the other women, but this award needs to go to Stewart. As for the guys, I think it will go to Julio Fernandez for his efforts with the men’s volleyball team.

Female athlete will go to Sam Stewart, though Vanja Mitrovic can also make a case. Male is tough; I can see Julio Fernandez getting it, but you can’t ignore Dan LaCosta or Tyler Carroll.

LaCosta got robbed at the CIS level awards, and I think the award will go to a national champion.

Sports Editor

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Julie McLaughlin Sports Reporter

Female: Danielle Losier for being the sole female swimmer to reach CIS. Male: My choice is Dan Lacosta for his amazing season and efforts leading to the national title.

Bronté James Sports Writer

Female Athlete of the Year: Alex Black.

Not only did she play soccer in the fall season, but once that ended, she jumped right into track and field in shotput. Male Athlete of the Year: Ben Law. He was First Team All-Star, Second Team All-Canadian, and leading goal scorer for the men’s soccer team.

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Darryl Boyce: ‘05 - ’07

Boyce, a 15 goal-scorer in his rookie season with the V-Reds, went on to play 84 games in the NHL. bridgetds / FlickrCC and UNB Sports Information / Submitted and has since tallied 84 games in the League Toronto Marlies.

Nick Murray National Hockey League with the ToThe Summerside native grew up a The Brunswickan ronto Maple Leafs and the Columbus Habs fan, idolizing Patrick Roy for a Few student-athletes have had post-CIS Blue Jackets. number of years, but grew into a Leafs success, like Darryl Boyce.

Fresh off a University Cup win in fan during his four years with the A V-Red from 2005 to 2007, Boyce 2007 – a year where he also won a gold Toronto St. Michael’s Majors of the is one of many former Gardiner Mac- medal at the World University Games Ontario Hockey League.

Dougall players to jump to pro, though in Torino, Italy – Boyce signed a twoAfter two seasons with the Marlies, fewer than most have seen NHL ice, year deal with the American Hockey and logging one game with the Leafs in

2008 before suffering a season-ending shoulder injury after three minutes of ice time, Boyce was called up in late 2010 for Mikhail Grabovski, who missed the game to see the birth of his first child.

Boyce picked up his first career point in the show that night against Columbus, springing Clarke MacArthur and Nikolai Kulemin on a two-on-one, though Toronto lost 3-2.

He went on to play 46 games with the Leafs that season – tallying five goals and eight assists with 33 penalty minutes and a plus-eight rating – and 17 more games the following season, before being picked up on waivers by the Blue Jackets.

“Playing for [the Leafs] was amazing,” Boyce said. “I loved when we played the Habs, just knowing the rivalry.”

While switching sides this year to the Montreal organization after the lockout – signing a 25-game tryout contract with the Hamilton Bulldogs – Boyce said he still has a soft spot for the Leafs.

“When I played with Hamilton, you almost felt like a traitor,” Boyce said, chuckling. “But when hockey becomes your livelihood, you understand that it’s just a part of the game. Business,

as they say.”

But just before Christmas, Boyce was released by the Bulldogs after 22 games, scoring a goal with six assists.

In January, Boyce signed on to play with JYP Jyväskylä in Finland. He said it’s a much different style of game than his usual dose of Canadian hockey.

“The hockey is actually quite defensive, they play the trap in almost every zone,” he said.

“There’s not as much hitting, and there are never fights. I actually just got 25 minutes in a game for crosschecking, and the guy was out on the power play the very next shift. So you could imagine what they would give for an actual fight.”

Unfortunately for Boyce, just as he signed his deal in Finland, the injury bug hit the NHL. He’s hoping to improve on his puck handling skills, noting there’s not as much dump-andchase overseas, and said he’s comfortable where he’s at, but won’t shy away from a North-American deal if the opportunity presents itself.

He still keeps in touch with MacDougall, and was back on campus during the lockout, to drop the ceremonial faceoff for UNB’s pre-season game against Carleton.

Melanie Doucette: ‘04 - ’08 Josh Fleck Sports Editor The Melanie Doucette that stepped onto the Lady Beaverbrook gym floor for the first time in 2004 is certainly not the same Melanie Doucette, who will be stepping into the Currie Center this summer, for her marriage.

Doucette spent four years at UNB as a setter on the women’s volleyball team, during which her accomplishments included two trips to CIS Nationals, one AUS title, two time First Team AUS All-Star, two time AUS MVP and a Second Team All-Canadian nod during the 2007-2008 season.

Doucette is currently in her fourth year as an intermediate accountant for Irving Oil in Saint John, New Brunswick. She attributes much of her current workforce skills to the process of being a student athlete.

“The time management and leadership skills that volleyball taught me, definitely help me today,” Doucette said. “I learned a lot from my team-

mates and coaches, especially John [Richard], that help me today. They all taught me how to be a good leader and a good person.”

After her graduation from UNB, Doucette stayed in Fredericton for a year, and helped coach the team while commuting back and forth from Saint John for work.

Doucette also stepped into practice with the team as another body, when the volleyball team had a setter suddenly leave the program.

The vocal leader that played her last game in 2008, isn’t close to the same player who started out in 2004.

“She came to UNB with a lot of physical potential to be really good at the AUS level, but was shy, quiet and didn’t have a lot of confidence,” said John Richard, former UNB volleyball coach and current UNB athletic director. “She quickly grew in every one of those areas.”

“Mel certainly grew on the court as the years went on,” said long time teammate and friend, Erica (Hay)

Johnson. “She was so quiet and shy at the beginning, and as a setter, it’s quite important to be a vocal person, but after a couple of years of playing with John Richard, she outgrew that and became one of the most vocal players on the court.”

Doucette and Johnson grew close through playing Volleyball New Brunswick, prior to their UNB careers.

Doucette grew up playing volleyball in Fredericton, while Johnson was in Sussex. The pair played three years of Canada Games volleyball before spending four years together at UNB. Doucette was a bridesmaid during Johnson’s wedding, and Johnson will in turn be a bridesmaid at Doucette’s wedding.

“I think what made us so close was just playing with each other so often, for so long. A lot of sleepovers in the Bouctouche, New Brunswick gym all summer long, would make anyone close,” said Johnson, with a chuckle.

This summer, Doucette will be writing yet another chapter in her UNB

Doucette’s Varsity Reds’ life will come full circle this summer when she gets married at the Currie Center. UNB Sports Information / Submitted volleyball life. She will be marrying her fiancé, Marc Gallant, whom she has been with for six years, at the Richard J. Currie Center.

“My six year old daughter (Ali) is their flower girl,” said Richard. “Not a week goes by that Ali doesn’t ask

me, ‘How many more days till Mel’s wedding?’”

The Currie Center is a very fitting place to get married for someone who embodies what it means to be a Varsity Red.

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Ken Morrison: ‘05 - ’10 Bronté James Photo Editor It was when he was five years old that Ken Morrison showed just how much he had to offer as a player.

Twenty years later, UNB men’s soccer coach, Miles Pinsent, said he still perfectly recalls the day he met Ken. It was at daylong series of youth summer camps held around Fredericton.

Each series was directed at specific age groups, and despite Morrison’s age, he attended each one.

“I remember Ken coming to the first session in the morning – I believe it was an under eight age group, when he was five years old – and having a real good understanding of the game and having this brilliant left foot,” said Pinsent.

At the end of each session, Morrison was found poking around by the side of the field.

“Hey Ken, you wanna join in with this older age group too?” Pinsent and the other coaches would ask. From across the field, they could see the smile across his face.

Twelve years later, after a training camp at the National Training Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Pinsent asked

Ken to be a part of the UNB team.

With that, Morrison became a member of the Varsity Reds soccer team.

“In that few seconds, I had a great feeling that my program was about to change significantly,” said Pinsent.

Morrison was at the focus of the team, playing centre fullback and centre mid-field.

His love for soccer comes from the technical aspect that accompanies it; specifically the thought that goes into each game.

“A lot of people find soccer may be a slow sport, especially when you watch the professional games, and really, there’s a lot of small things going on and [dealing with] how to break the game down, so there is a big mental aspect to it as well,” said Morrison.

Friendships he made with his fellow teammates over the years continue to this day.

“We had some great seasons, and good friends that I still have today, actually,” said Morrison.

“Some who are masters students here too; the relationships continue.”

Continuing his time at UNB, Morrison is currently taking his masters in kinesiology.

He is still involved with the soccer team by looking at their athletic agility in biomechanics.

Morrison also works closely with Canada Games athletes and Canada Sports athletes, as a strength and conditioning coach.

“It allows me to do both things [playing and coaching], and to educate myself in both ways, I guess.”

Pinsent respect Ken as a player, but even more as a person. He was not only a strong player on the field, but also a strong presence on the team.

“He will always challenge you, whether you’re a coach or a teammate, or an opponent, he will always challenge you,” said Pinsent.

“The thing about Ken is, [he’s] absolutely one of those guys that makes the teammates around him that much better.”

Presently, Morrison works with the team in small roles, but Pinsent hopes to expand his role on the team.

“He has such a great knowledge and understanding of the game, and has such a great rapport with the players that he plays a significant role on our coaching staff.”

Morrison now spends his time working on his masters at UNB, studying athletic agility in biomechanics. UNB Sports Information / Submitted

Amanda Sharpe: ‘06 - ’11 Julie McLaughlin Sports Reporter

After four years and over 100 games, Sharpe was named a CIS AllCanadian. UNB Sports Information / Submitted

UNB has produced many high calibre athletes over the years, but very few have been fortunate enough to be awarded All-Canadian status.

Amanda Sharpe of the basketball team is one of the lucky few Varsity Reds players who can add that title to her resume.

Every season, five athletes who have excelled at their sport are named as part of the First Team All-Canadians. Sharpe was named to this team in her fifth and final year, after being named the Atlantic University Sport (AUS) MVP. This season, Sharpe finished second in the country in scoring, with an average of 19.7 points per game; she was second in the AUS in field goal percentage, hitting 53.7 per cent of her shots, third in blocked shots, averaging 1.50 per game, and fifth in rebounding, pulling down 7.8 rebounds per game.

The six-foot post player had dreams of playing university basketball, but upon graduating high school, many people believed she

would be unable to be a real threat at the post-position. Being named an All-Canadian helped to prove all those people wrong.

“It felt really nice to be honoured at the national level. Especially since after high school, only a select few thought I would be able to excel in the post position,” said Sharpe, on the recognition of her hard work.

In addition to this prestigious award, Sharpe became UNB’s alltime points leader, scoring 1,526 points in 100 games. This is just another accolade to add to her growing list of accomplishments, both on and off the court.

While the Fredericton native may at one point have dreamt of playing professionally after graduating in 2011, Sharpe is faced with the problem almost every student athlete ultimately has to deal with; what now?

Some will continue to try and find ways to play the game they love, but many more will simply become fans sitting in the stands. Then there are the few who take what they were blessed to learn over the years from high quality coaching, and share their passion with the younger

generations.

Sharpe is now teaching in Grand Manan, where she coaches senior cross-country, senior boys’ volleyball, and of course, senior girls’ basketball. Her girls’ basketball team took a page from the CIS effort to raise awareness of breast cancer, hosting their own Think Pink game this season. Her team raised $2,000 in support of finding a cure for this disease. This is just another example of the efforts Sharpe makes to benefit her community.

She looks back on her years at UNB with nothing but fond memories. A ny student athlete who is considering the Varsity Reds program would only hear words of praise from the All-Star player.

“I would tell those athletes that it would be a great choice. Fredericton is a great community, and the University really supports its athletes,” she said, on the perks of attending UNB. “The coaches and administration at the university go out of their way to make university the best years of your life.”

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Oliver Jones: A seasoned rookie

Bronté James Photo Editor

For every game, he tapes his socks the same way and pulls them above his knees; he ties his laces in the same order, and dribbles the ball up and down the field.

Oliver Jones has been playing soccer since he was three years old, and he has his pre-game ritual.

“I went to my first training session when I was three. My dad played and loved the game, and as soon as I started playing I loved it [too],” he said.

“Just a love for the game.”

Moving to Fredericton from the London, England, he had to adjust to the different level of competition.

Jones said the biggest difference he noticed was the amount of physical preparation before a game. The level of play dictates the style.

“I’d say the main difference is it’s a lot more structured over here. Back home, you’ll have a few star players on the team, and it will be focused around them,” he said.

“Over here, there seems to be a lot more focus on physical preparation for the game, and the AUS league is a very tough league as I found out,” he said.

The fact that he didn’t have to choose between sports and education brought him to Canada.

“When I found out about being able to do both in North America at a high level and get your degree, it was an easy choice.”

The facilities, campus, and support from his parents, were some of the reasons Jones chose UNB to play soccer.

In his first year, Jones scored four goals, ranking him seventh in the AUS. He was also able to play in the Atlantic University Sport (AUS) finals and make his first appearance at Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) championships.

A rookie on the field, Jones had the presence of a senior player.

“It was a bit of a slow start for me personally, but after I got into it, it was a great season for us. Unfortunately we lost in the AUS final, but it was a good experience,” said Jones.

With three years left of university, Jones is in no rush to graduate. He is looking forward to the upcoming seasons with his teammates.

The thought of playing professionally, however, is still what he hopes to do one day.

“I mean, I had a little stint before last year before coming out here, so I want to play whether it’s here or back home,” he said.

“It would just depend on the opportunity, but it’s a long ways away.”

Why America’s pastime trumps Canada’s bloodsport

Violence in hockey has continued to increase, but baseball sticks to strategy over strength. theseanster93 / Flickr CC Michael Scoular

The Cascade (University of Fraser Valley)

ABBOTSFORD (CUP) — When William Faulkner wrote of the “pattern, design almost beautiful” of hockey, “that second before … [disintegration] and dissolve,” not only was his a perfect picture of the spectatorship of a sport, but the volatility of being in love with one. Choosing Faulkner as a go-to hockey quote over any of the thousands of faces that have appeared over the years on The Sports Network (TSN), Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), or voices on the radio, is probably the obvious undergraduate thing to do. It’s an outsider perspective of something that opens up re-evaluation. It’s a moving away from expected authorities, to the period after growing up with a sport – being impressed by family tradition, national identity, what’s “in” at school.

It’s now about choosing interests, values, reasons of our own. We begin to try to rationalize what we like and face rejecting the rest – either that or ignore the questions of why we watch.

Hockey is said to be free, not bound to the rigidity of plays like football and baseball, more chaotic and physical than basketball. Yet it falls, through strategies, through this lack of form, into the most basic, uninteresting structures of power play formations, passing lanes and endless rotation.

From the 12 years I followed hockey closely, the hundreds of games and memorized names and tendencies didn’t add up to a single team but

patterns of play that could be, yes, almost beautiful in their conforming (the Sedins doing what they do) or breaking (to the point where “broken play leading to a goal” is a pattern in itself). But that also gives the dekes and garbage goals and glove saves of highlight reels, a predictability – it’s been seen before. Hockey lives in the replay, it can’t be caught fully the first time, and so much of it then depends on television direction.

Already, much hockey strategy has the objective of stifling creativity, so perhaps it’s fitting there’s often nothing that even approaches an attempt to convey the speed and attractive qualities of the game as seen on television.

Distant pans cut to behind-the-glass bodychecks, while the only moving camera tracking a breakout defenceman. In the one situation when it would better to see the ice in its entirety, the television camera restricts vision, keeps the game conventional, closed-in and stale.

The biggest push away from hockey is in its culture. The sport Faulkner praises for the “excitement of speed and grace,” “not from the crude impact of a heavier fist”, if it exists, is rarely described in similar terms. The argument surrounding fighting, of pacifists and those flipping between the game and Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), is not something that can be resolved, but can it be enough to say that hockey fighting doesn’t even stand up on merits of being a “good” fight?

It’s marked by overextending and

blindly swinging and grabbing, and awkwardly falling, not as something more realistic and messy, but staged and pointless. In the same way, none of the all-too-frequently, life-altering injuries could be said to come from a result of a “good” hit. The physicality of hockey is more closely associated with sounds, with selective memory, than with the actual sloppy, childish menace of the thing itself. And this is praised and valued.

To compare baseball to hockey is to risk that same mentality, saying one is tougher, or the athletes of one sport aren’t even athletes. It’s a mixture of defensiveness from fans of a less popular sport and false bravado.

But this relies on another television twisting – the knowledge of the sport through highlight reels. The emphasis of home runs and diving catches, although exciting, falls into that same trap of predictability and replay.

Where baseball lives is, in between, the so-called “boring” parts where “nothing’s happening”.

Baseball broadcasts aren’t groundbreaking, but they don’t have the problem of failing to show – everything is before and visible, the pitchercatcher-batter relation clearly defined and observable. When runners reach base, the imperfect but still effective solution of splitting the screen, showing multiple perspectives, with baserunning coaches in the background, cuts to managerial direction and the different plate positions all held on the screen until the last possible second, when the pitch is released, the early

jump of a stealing runner or stop at the realization of a strikeout just registering at the corner of the frame.

A friend that helped re-introduce me to baseball offered one observation that also helped when it comes to season and game length: With a game every day, there is less dwelling on the past, an allowance for losses, because every team will with such a packed schedule.

What it also means is just more to watch; there are those who try to see everything, but the overabundance means that there’s the routine of there always being a game on, to turn on for a few innings, as inoffensive backdrop for an evening of trying-to-but-not doing homework.

Baseball extends through days, timeslots and pre-conceptions. Surely, the greatest experience of watching hockey is playoff overtime, when the game doesn’t end until a goal, with no commercials to interrupt. With baseball, there is the possibility for this with every game.

Every half-inning is defined this way; it could be over in regular 1-2-3 fashion, or take an hour, with nothing to break in and advertise. Sure, there’s always the signage in sight, and required broadcaster mention, but it’s a pleasant feature, and better yet an outcome of the eternal possibility in baseball – a sport unrestricted by time, where victory is always an open chance.

Watch out for a special edition of the Brunswickan which will hit stands next Tuesday, April 9. It will feature UNB’s top newsmakers of the year and what makes them so great.

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