Issue 27, ol. 146, The Brunswickan

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THE BRUNSWICKAN PRESENTS

UNB NEWSMAKERS 2012 - 2013

Ryan O’Toole Aaron McMurray Ben Shutron Joey O’Kane Joe Glenn JamesBrown Alex Black Kate Weaver Melissa Foster Adam Melanson Sophie Cormier Nick Kennedy Ryan Hamilton EDDY CAMPBELL

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in this issue.

You were probably expecting this issue to be full of parody articles, spoofing people around campus, right?

This year, we at the Brunswickan wanted try something a little different (But don’t worry, the spoof issue is still a thing! It will be available online at Thebruns.ca).

Instead of dedicating the last paper issue of the year to inside jokes and making fun of things, we wanted to use it to give recognition.

We wanted to recognize those in the UNB community who have been newsmakers, in good ways and bad. We wanted to recognize the people who have made this year interesting, and have influenced UNB, even if it was just influencing what (and who) we talked about.

Our staff created the list, with the suggestions from students. The list is in no particular order, and we know it’s far from perfect.

Naturally, we couldn’t include everyone we wanted, but we believe this list includes a wide range of people from the UNB community, and sums up some of the major events and people that helped make this year memorable!

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Alex Black UNB’s dual-athlete Josh Fleck Sports Editor To say Alex Black is a natural born athlete would be an understatement.

The fifth year education student is a starter on the Varsity Reds women’s soccer team, and a stalwart on the track and field team, where she is a shot putter.

Competing at the Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) level is nothing to scoff at, but those take a back seat to what is her most impressive athletic accomplishment.

“I went to Sweden in 2010 with Team Canada [football], and this coming July, we are going to Finland,” said Black.

She has played football since she was nine years old, with the Capitol Area Minor Football Association, and then played three years with the Fredericton High School junior varsity Black Kats, before taking her talents to the all women’s league in 2010 and getting invited to the Team Canada training camp.

When it comes to shot put, there has never been a better shot putter in Atlantic

University Sport (AUS) history. This past season, Black broke the longest standing AUS record with a throw of 12.58 metres. That throw also broke the New Brunswick provincial history’s records.

To add to her field accomplishments, she was named track and field MVP twice, was nominated for Female Athlete of the Year last season, and this year, she was also given the Red and Black award for the track and field team.

It isn’t just the fact that Black plays two CIS level sports, or Team Canada football that put on her this list. Her Red and Black award was for her considerable contributions outside of the sport.

“I coach track and field and help out with the volleyball team at my old high school in Harvey,” she said. “I coach the JV boys’ soccer team at Bliss Carmen, and the grade six girls’ volleyball team, and I will coach their throws program in the spring.”

With her CIS career being finished this year, it is safe to say that Black has left, and will continue to leave, a substantial mark on the Fredericton community.

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James Brown A man of many jobs

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James Brown is a busy man.

Being the executive director of Residential Life, Campus & Conference Services (RLCCS), Brown has been in charge of a lot of projects.

His biggest challenge this year? The new campus food provider contract.

Brown has faced criticism from students this year on his handling of the negotiation. The biggest criticism being that the current Request for Proposal (RFP) is based mainly on cost to the university, and has no provisions regarding quality of healthy food.

“I know that students have been concerned about ending up with healthy affordable options,” said Brown, who asked to answer the questions for this story via email.

“The design of the RFP emphasizes the “affordable” side – the proponents are competing principally on price, capital investment and rent – with the prices to be charged to residence students and retail customers being a determining factor, favouring of course, lower prices.”

Brown said, due to confidentiality, he is unable to talk about the plans of the possible food providers in terms of quality control; however, he is confident they will be addressed.

“I’m confident that the later stages – through the Memorandum of Agreement – the final contract and the food service program that emerge, will fully respond to these concerns,” he said.

The backlash of the contract negotiation process sparked action by the UNB student union, including a petition and walking in on a Food Service Bid Selections Committee meeting. Brown said, though he has received criticism, he doesn’t take it personally.

“This is a university, and part of the goal is to support students in developing critical thinking skills,” said Brown.

“No, it doesn’t ‘bug’ when those skills are turned to issues like food services on campus. And no, I don’t take it personally.”

Brown said his biggest accomplishment for this year was getting RLCCS to budget enough money to start working on their strategic plan, which involves some major renovations to residences.

“We have an architectural re-design,

which would see a renewal of interiors and furnishings for more washroom privacy and more single rooms, but the plan requires about $2 million per building.

And the real issue has been how to fund it,” he said.

“Budgeting this year has allowed us, for the first time, to save forward for this project; over $500K. Also, Development and Donor Relations has started to work with us to contact alumni of residences, with a view to fundraising for the project as well. As RLCCS pays off past debt, the funds formerly going to debt service can now be directed forward to major renovation.”

Despite the job coming with some big responsibilities, Brown said he enjoys his job, and the variety of tasks it comes with. “[My job] is highly varied. Everything from contract negotiation, to administration with external suppliers, [like] Pepsi, Follett for the bookstore, through residence policy, or through speaking at “Unsung Heroes”, [which is] one of my favourite residence events,” said Brown.

“It’s stimulating; I love my job.”

Eddy Campbell Big job, big money

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Heather Uhl News Reporter UNB president, Eddy Campbell, knows money talks. Well, at least, it gets people talking.

In November 2012, UNB released the salary information of the university’s highest paid employees. Campbell topped the list, with an annual salary between $325,000-$349,999, while the four vice-presidents’ salaries were between $170,000-$199,999.

Campbell said that it’s hard to argue that disclosure is not a good thing. There are unintended consequences, though.

Last year’s disclosure of the salaries was not the first time Campbell’s wage was made public. During Campbell’s time at Queen’s University in Ontario, the government passed the ‘Sunshine Laws’, and published a list of public sector employees making over a $100,000.

“I lived through the consequences of that, which I saw immediately,” said Campbell. “They happened instantly, and it persisted throughout my whole time at Queen’s. The effect of publishing that list was to inflate salaries.”

“It was not the intention. It was one of the most significant impacts.”

Campbell said there were two reasons.

“The first was a series of people saying, ‘That guy over there is making more money than I am, and I’m better than he is.’”

The second impact was the status symbol of being on the list.

“Being on the list acquired a status; if you were on the list, you were well paid and highly valued. And if you were not on the list, you weren’t either of those things,” said Campbell. “So it created an

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intense desire on the part of a number of people to get on the list.”

Campbell said that having your salary displayed to the world at large is the cost of working in the public sector nowadays.

“We talked to our colleagues at other universities, and we think it makes sense that we release the information in a consistent, coherent way, so that we’re not using one particular definition, [while] another institution is using a different one, and so that people [don’t doubt], ‘Well, are these figures comparable?’” said Campbell.

“People would automatically assume they were comparable, and we have a responsibility to make sure they are comparable.”

One of the biggest challenges UNB faced was seeking a two per cent increase in the university’s operating budget and a tuition cap of $200 from the provincial government. The provincial government did not increase the operating budget, and capped the tuition raise at $150.

“This will mean the university is cutting its budget by some $3 million for the eighth year in a row. I think it’s fair to argue that over the seven year period we have been cutting our budget by that average amount, the university has improved tremendously,” said Campbell.

Despite the seven years of budget cuts, UNB rose to fourth place in Macleans’ overall rankings, in the comprehensive category.

“We’ve done more with less. The real fear that I have now is that we’re going to have to do less with less,” said Campbell.

“I don’t know that we can sustain the same sort of university that we have had to date, in the face of the eight years of very significant cuts.”

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Leela Cheung Woman for women Elizabeth Creelman Arts Reporter Some think the fight for women’s rights has gone by the wayside; others believe it to be no longer necessary. The activities of UNB’s Women’s Centre, however, disprove both of these notions.

According to their motto, the Women’s Centre aims to be “a space and resource for all of those who promote an environment in which all people can live and work in a space of mutual respect, understanding, safety, and equality.” Seems pretty simple, right? But the Centre has nonetheless had their share of activity in the past academic year.

This activity is largely thanks to Leela Cheung, the chair of the Women’s Centre. A second year nursing student, Cheung began volunteering at the Centre in her first year.

“I‘ve always been really passionate about women’s rights and about social justice for women,” she said. “I thought that it was a really good place to start be-

ing an activist and trying to help.”

The activism in which the Women’s Centre involves itself is largely centered on diminishing rape culture and victim blaming on campus. In light of this, Cheung was upset by the recent news story wherein UNB Security tweeted: “Alcohol overconsumption equals sexual assaults.”

“How can you blame someone for being raped?” she said. “For them, being the security on campus and to say that, how does it make you feel safe? That was a huge issue for us.”

The Women’s Centre, in partnership with other campus and off-campus groups, has contributed to various events that raise awareness about violence against women. These included a poster-making night for Take Back the Night, Lunch and Learns, International Women’s Day, and the production of The Vagina Monologues, at which $4,000 was raised for Women in Transition House.

Cheung wants to make it clear that the name of the Women’s Centre doesn’t mean that its events are only for women.

She strongly encourages men to come out to events and hopes that more will do so next year.

“It’s a two way street,” Cheung said.

For example, the Women’s Centre made the news earlier this year for the “It’s not About Food” support group it ran in collaboration with students from the faculty of nursing. Although the group was under fire for excluding men, Cheung insists that it was in fact always intended to be inclusive.

“Men experience eating issues as well,” she said. “Maybe it’s just not vocalized as much.”

Cheung hopes to be back at the Women’s Centre again next year as chair.

“I think the continuity will help the women’s centre to be able to grow,” she said. “It’s hard for there to be a new chair every year... Half the year, I felt like I was learning the rules.”

In the future, she hopes to have increased male attendance at events and to address topics such as the stigma towards mental health issues.

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Sophie Cormier Safe Spaces, steady paces Elizabeth Creelman Arts Reporter

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You know those stickers with the LGBTQ triangle on a black background?

The ones that look vaguely like Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon album cover?

If you do, then you’re already aware of the presence of Safe Spaces at UNB. For the past two years, Safe Spaces at UNB has been run by Sophie Cormier, a fourth year biology student, who is graduating this year. Cormier has been interested in raising awareness for the LGBTQ community ever since starting up a Gay-Straight Alliance at her old high school for a community project. When she saw the Safe Spaces coordinator position being advertised, she decided to apply.

Safe Spaces has been around since the 90s, and is meant to promote awareness and support of diverse genders and sexual orientations through its stickers, banners, and workshops. Cormier says the program’s role on campus has changed

since its inception. “[In the 90s], discrimination was more physical,” she said. “People got beaten up, and I think there were a few events on campus, and then that prompted this response [with Safe Spaces].”

Now, Cormier believes Safe Spaces should cause people to question their attitudes and how they might affect people of gender and sexual minorities.

“I think it’s more thinking about the stereotypes and the kind of things we do on a daily basis without realizing,” she said. “We’re not completely out of the problem yet.”

Cormier said that the biggest challenge is reaching out to people who don’t know anything about the subject and don’t care.

Last year, she displayed an informative poster board in the cafeteria for eight hours, and hardly anyone stopped to look at it.

“The other issue is they see the board, they see the flag, they know what it means, and they’re scared to come out because they’re scared that they’re going to be seen as being gay or transgender or

something,” said the coordinator. “They’re scared of what it tells other people about them.”

As someone who actively engages in discourse about the LGBTQ community, Cormier is often assumed to be of a gender or sexual minority herself, when in fact, she is not; she’s a cis-gendered, heterosexual woman. At one workshop she was running, someone assumed she belonged to a sexual minority.

“I was happy,” she said. “I’d been waiting for that moment. Because of the position that I hold, people will obviously have these stereotypes that I’m trying to get out of them... I was able to say it’s not true, and I’m not part of that group... It’s a really good example of the pre-conceived notion that we have. Just because this is an importation issue that really motivated me, doesn’t mean that I need to be part of that group to speak out.”

Cormier will be stepping down from her position at the end of the year and hopes that the new coordinator will continue to help the program move forward.

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Kevin Englehart A ‘Hart’-felt innovation

Bronté James Photo Editor Kevin Englehart is giving a hand to those who need a little extra help.

The “UNB Dexterous Hand” is an artificial limb designed to decode muscle signals and relay the information an amputee may be thinking about. “[It’s called a dexterous hand] because it can implement many more functions of the hand and wrist than any other prosthesis that’s been available before,” said Englehart.

The Institute of Biomedical Engineering has been doing research on artificial limbs for 45 years. They develop new man-machine interfaces as well as fit amputees with artificial limbs.

“The nice thing about having research and the clinic is that as research advances are made, then the amputees get to benefit from the research,” he said.

“We’re moving more into mainstream of rehabilitation engineering. By that I mean developing devices that are going to help people with physical challenges live more independently with a higher quality of life.”

The Hand is one of two major projects the institute is working on. Researching how humans move, and characterizing healthy and unhealthy patterns of walking and movement allowed them to create a ‘tool-kit’ through a project called ‘Bio-Tone.”

The ‘tool-kit’ allows people to measure human motion, the range of motion in the patients’ limbs, how hard the muscles are working, and whether or not they’re in spasm.

“This is really important for physiotherapists when they’re looking at people

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with conditions like a stroke, or Parkinson’s, or Cerebral Palsy,” Englehart said. “[It allows them to] try to come up with a quantitative measure of how well someone can move and how well they can use their muscles.”

One of the biggest lessons Englehart has taken from his experience at UNB is the need to balance research and commercialization.

He said researchers should be aware and responsible for allowing their research to benefit society – socially and economically.

Before researchers stayed in their offices, but now, they’re taking their research and bringing it to the public.

“The Office of Research Services at UNB has been very helpful at taking professors like me who are kind of naïve at those things and teaching us what we need to know, putting us in contact with government industry,” he said. “It’s kind of an unknown territory for professors, but times are changing, and professors need to know a little bit more about this these days, so we can have our research continue in a material way.”

Englehart said they are also working on devices that help assess and diagnose different types of neuromuscular diseases – diseases which effect muscles and the nervous system.

He said it will be one of the most important aspects of health care in the upcoming years.

“As the population ages and you have more people living longer, they’re going to need assistive technology to live the kind of quality life that they want, without having to have chronic care” he said. “So it’s going to be a major role of our research in the next decade.”

Melissa Foster Showing everyone they have a Right to Play

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Bronté James Photo Editor She started Right to Play at UNB, is a member of the Athletes Council, and is a forward on the women’s basketball team.

Melissa Foster has made the most of her five years at UNB. “It’s been amazing. I’ve had the opportunity to meet some incredible people and life-long friends, and just being with the Varsity Reds,” she said.

“I’ve had an amazing support system during my entire academic career, so it’s been awesome.”

Foster began her basketball career later in the game. It was in high school she developed a passion for the sport, and a few years later, it led her to the Varsity Reds.

After two years on the team, she became a member of the Athletes Council.

This includes events such as “Read with the Reds”, where members of the V-Reds teams read to kindergarteners in

Fredericton, and teach them the importance of a healthy lifestyle.

“When I first came, it was a big adjustment being away from home, and then having such a busy schedule. But it’s definitely taught me all kinds of things, like time management.”

In her third year, she began Right to Play with Heather Ambery, a member of the women’s soccer team until her graduation in 2012.

“We’ve just been dedicated to doing different events across campus and raising awareness throughout the community,” she said.

“It’s basically just taught me how powerful sport and play really are, and how influential it can be, and how such a basic concept can have such a large impact.”

Right to Play UNB has raised awareness through events such as ‘Go Shoeless’, where coaches take of their shoes and coach the game barefoot to show their support.

She has also visited schools to educate students on how they can help.

In her fourth year, she travelled even further; she spent her summer in Malawi, Africa.

Foster worked with an organization called “Active Youth” and the Centre for Property Studies, and worked in a village with children aged five and under.

She had responsibilities of weighing children, assessing their needs, and if necessary, putting them in a rehabilita-

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tion program, if they were underweight or malnourished.

A soccer tournament at the end of the summer was one of the highlights of her trip.

“We organized this tournament, and the purpose of the day was to bring people together so that we could hand out health information and talk about HIV and AIDS.” Over 4,000 condoms were handed out, and over 50 people received free HIV/ AIDS testing.

The trip ended with a week in Rwanda for Right to Play. Foster met with delegates from other countries and saw first hand how her efforts at UNB and in Fredericton help kids in Africa.

She was also able to meet with the National Children’s Council, who meet once a year, and discuss issues relating to youth.

Influenced by her experiences in Africa, Foster applied and was recently accepted into the nursing program at UNB. Once her fifth year is finished, she will have an eight-month break before she starts her new program.

“I’d always known I wanted a career in the medical field, I just wasn’t sure which one, and I wanted a dynamic career – something I could travel with,” said Foster.

“Obviously, one of my biggest passions in life is just to meet people, so it just seemed like the right fit for me. In Malawi, one of my best friends there was a nurse, so just learning from her and seeing how passionate she was about it was a big influence on me.”

Travelling abroad for nursing is her end goal.

“Once I’m done nursing, I would love to travel again. That’s the plan. But if I have to find a job somewhere in the time being, I’d love to work as a nurse abroad, so that’s the goal.”

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MarcStarting Gauvin the food fight Heather Uhl News Reporter This year, Marc Gauvin, UNB student union vice-president finance and operations, gave university administration some food for thought.

A strong advocate for student representation in the campus food provider contract negotiations, Gauvin is part of the food petition movement on campus, to see healthy, affordable food served on campus.

Gauvin said the food provider contract was a big accomplishment, with the overall experience being a good one.

However, he said it was a poor experience, in terms of discovering how the administration works with the student union.

“We hear from other schools and other institutions, saying, ‘Why does the administration push back so hard on you guys?’ Because [other student unions] usually [are able to] work pretty well with their administrations, [they ask us], ‘Why do you guys have to work so hard?’ or ‘Why do they want to work against you so much?’” said Gauvin.

“One of the things I learned this year is that it’s really difficult to get the administration on board with something, and really get them listening.”

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Nick Murray The Brunswickan You may have seen him on the bench of the Varsity Reds men’s hockey team, or you may have even taken an athletic therapy class with him. But chances are you, or even your older sibling, have seen Joe Glenn on campus.

The Pilot Mound, Man., native has been with the Varsity Reds family for the past 20 years – after spending some time with the CFL’s Winnipeg Blue Bombers – and is the only person on College Hill with a handful of championship rings. No, literally. Glenn has helped the men’s hockey team to all five of their CIS University Cup championships.

Because of his dedication to the Varsity Reds, and his commitment to academic excellence, Glenn has been selected as my choice as the unsung hero of this year’s men’s hockey team.

Along with his skills as the team’s athletic therapist, he’s also the team’s equipment manager. In 2007, he took his experience as equipment manager to the gold-medal winning Canadian hockey

team at the World University Games.

V-Reds head coach, Gardiner MacDougall, said having someone who can both sharpen skates and keep the team healthy is a rare find; but that’s exactly what they have in Glenn.

“I don’t think people realize the time and the commitment level a person like Joe puts in,” said MacDougall. “Let’s say we get back from Halifax at 2 a.m., he’s often here until 4 a.m. [until after everything’s taken care of].”

MacDougall said Glenn’s experience at the University Cup also allows him to find ways to motivate the team. Of his 11 trips to the national championship, Glenn’s won five gold medals, and four silver medals.

“I think one of his greatest assets is when we get to the national championship stage, he does a great job of setting up the room,” said MacDougall. “There’re a lot of things behind the scenes that people wouldn’t realize he does.”

Like UNB’s motto, Joe Glenn “makes a significant difference” on the men’s hockey team.

Gauvin said the administration has their own budget to balance and their own interests. Though students should be the administrations’ primary interest, Gauvin wouldn’t agree that it is the case.

“For the food [provider] contract, we’re pushing for affordable, healthy food. That doesn’t seem like much. But the university is thinking ‘money’. Although they want to meet these demands – I know they do – they also need to think, ‘We need to get the best deal we can,’” said Gauvin.

One of the most recent actions of the food petition movement was a walk-in on a food provider contract negotiation meeting, to present the students’ demands to ResLife executive director, James Brown. Brown responded to the demands on April 2, though, Gauvin said, they were unsatisfactory.

“He presented us with his outline. It wasn’t satisfactory, so we have to bring it to our committee and analyze it again. He didn’t meet all the points in our demands,” said Gauvin.

“I think we saw a couple of little good things out of it, but definitely not to the standard we want it. Hopefully, we can move forward [further].”

Gauvin said Brown took the time to listen, even cancelling a food contract negotiation meeting, in order to meet

Joe Glenn Twenty year veteran; five University Cup titles

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with the UNBSU. “As we learned this year, [it had to come down to] walking in on the meeting and doing a petition. Lesson there: We should have gotten that [having our voices heard] earlier,” said Gauvin.

Gauvin said something he and the incoming president, Ben Whitney, will address is the potential creation of an information packet to be handed down.

This way, the future student union members can get a head start on dealing with food contract issues before the contract is due ending.

“The university tends to rush things through, and the way it seemed, by doing these meetings, was that it was kind of just a formality; just pushing stuff through the committee,” said Gauvin.

“And now that we’re coming down to the deadline, we kind of have to do something. If we had done this a couple of years ago, or a year ago, we would have had a better chance to analyze and really taken the time to look through this.”

Gauvin said three two-hour meetings is not, in his mind, enough to work out issues within an important subject such as the food the campus will be having for the next ten years.

Ryan Hamilton Getting our athletes’ heads in the game

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Julie McLaughlin Sports Reporter Student athletes have a great deal of pressure placed on them on a daily basis.

Between the stress of a normal university student, student athletes must also be focused on training and conditioning for their given sport.

A sports psychologist will work with teams to develop mental skills to help them be successful in their given sport.

At UNB, the psychologist to whom coaches across campus turn is Ryan Hamilton.

Winning or losing, at some point in their career, every athlete will be faced

Bronté James and Alex Walsh Photo/Production Editors It was five years ago that the longhaired, amateur MC from “Cha-city, P.E.I.,” first placed his mark on UNB. Nick Kennedy came here with no intentions of becoming a pivotal force within the community… or cutting his hair. Yet it wasn’t long this natural born entertainer and leader was rippin’ it up on stage, helping students in residence and seamlessly busting out yet another computer engineering lab.

It was in 2009, when Kennedy, and high school pal, Dave Reid, formed the east-coast hip-hop group, Lobstarr.

“We didn’t even really play a show until I was in second year, even on P.E.I.,” Kennedy said. “Our very first UNB show was at the Social Club, during buckets.”

Starting off at Social Club and smaller house parties, they have since played at The Cellar, The Capital, and eventually opened up for Dragonette, The Arkells, and other well-established artists.

Lobstarr, however, is not the only thing Kennedy is known for at UNB. A Husky through and through, Kennedy has been in Harrison House since his first year. In his fourth year he became one of the leaders of the house; he became a proctor.

“I can’t possibly express how much residence has impacted my life and personality in every way in just a few

with a situation where their minds may get the best of them. If they are in the unfortunate situation where they’re on a losing streak, they may begin to doubt their abilities. Or, if their team is fortunate enough to win a lot of games, they may begin to think they are invincible.

“Whether it’s anxiety control, building self-confidence, creating emotion and motivation, whatever the case may be, I try to identify the needs and build that skillset,” said Hamilton about his role here at UNB. From the first moment an athlete begins playing their sport, focus is placed on the need to develop physical skills. They spend hours perfecting their jump shot,

slap shot or penalty kicks, but how often does an athlete work on building their mental ability for the sport?

“We spend a lot of time building physical skills and physical gifts,” Hamilton said. “But a lot of preparation can be sabotaged by a few negative thoughts that you are holding on to prior to a competition.”

Hamilton started his work when he began his masters degree in sports psychology. He started working with the wrestling program in 2000, and is still heavily involved with the program today.

Hamilton is also involved in men’s hockey, women’s soccer, men’s soccer, women’s volleyball, and the cross-country

team.

The teams that Hamilton is involved with have specially formulated programs that are designed for their sport. He will get involved with other teams, if coaches reach out to him, but his time is limited and he is unable to add any more teams onto his busy schedule.

“One of the things that I do when I get involved with teams is that I get fully invested with them,” said Hamilton. “You can only be fully invested in so many things, right? I find I get my best traction with athletes when I’m fully invested, fully in, and care about the results. There are only so many teams you can do that with.”

In addition to working with athletes on campus, Hamilton is also a professor in the psychology department. He has a consulting business off campus, where he helps athletes that are not part of the Varsity Reds program.

Having a strong support system for the work he is trying to do with these athletes certainly helps out.

“The administration here, like the athletic director and so on, are very supportive of my work, so it’s been really good that way.”

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words, which is probably why I stayed in Harrison for five years,” said Kennedy.

He attributes his favourite memories of his time at university, to his time in residence.

“I owe most of the growth I’ve had at UNB to the amazing proctors I had in Harrison over the years… so I really just enjoyed trying to give back to the community in that way, and hopefully, give some younger residents the same amazing experience I had.”

Kennedy can also be found camped out in Head Hall for hours on end finishing yet another engineering assignment.

He says coffee is one of his main ways of keeping himself going.

“Every once in awhile, everything just creeps up at once and there’re some long nights and a lot of coffee with very little sleeping,” he said. “Luckily, I’ve got 20 minutes’ power naps down to a science, so I can get by with only a few hours, as long as I sneak in an afternoon nap.”

Although he says he will miss UNB, he is looking forward to the summer where he and his better half, the second member of Lobstarr, Reid, will be able to focus on their music.

Although having to coordinate their time around their busy schedules, they will be able to pursue their passion that is Lobstarr.

“I think it’ll be really exciting to see where we can get if we put some serious time in.”

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John Hayden

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Forming a new union on campus Kayla Mann The Brunswickan Beginning in the spring of 2011, the administrative, professional and technical (APT) employees on campus began the long process towards unionization.

It wasn’t until March 20 that their certification order was issued and they formed the Professional and Technical Staff Union (PTSU). Although the APT staff had formed several representative groups in the past, PTSU interim president, John Hayden, said a more equitable forum was needed.

“In recent years, the need for a more equitable forum became apparent to many, and a collective bargaining unit was the obvious choice,” said Hayden.

The creation of the PTSU has allowed

for the representation of the majority of eligible APT employees at UNB. “Access to collective bargaining for this group creates a much more levelled playing field, so to speak, with regards to employee relations at UNB. And all groups can now negotiate through the collective bargaining process,” said Hayden.

Hayden said starting a union isn’t a one-man job.

“I can’t say enough about the dedication and commitment to this cause by the members of the organizing committee.

There were some surprising developments along the way and many ups and downs, but this group just soldiered on through it all.”

Now that the PTSU has formed, Hayden said they’re looking to organize their bargaining unit, which includes

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adopting a constitution, electing an executive, surveying the membership, and starting the process of negotiating their first collective agreement.

“We look forward to engaging our membership in the coming months, and especially reaching out to those who were not supportive, and appealing to them to give this process a chance,” said Hayden.

“Like any other bargaining unit, we are duty-bound to represent all our members equally.”

After the years of work, Hayden said it was nice to see it all come together.

“It has been a great feeling of accomplishment for the organizing committee to see all their hard work pay off,” he said.

“We look forward to productive and professional relations with UNB.”

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“Ashley Jorgensen - because her firey personality inspires others.”

“Dr. Dale Ballucci - Because she inspires you to think and form an opinion.”

“Ken Seaman - He is my professor and makes me really excited about my degree.”

“Sam Burpee - She is a beautiful princess babe.”

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James Mullin

Joey Dumville

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“Bronwyn Bonney - She has such a kind heart and gives off a very positive vibe at Harrison House.”

“Dr. Dherendra Shukla - He is the most influential person on campus as entrepreneurship is the future of New Brunswick.”

“The cooks at the SUB Positive, friendly, energetic.”

“Marc Belliveau - Because he’s pretty much a genius.”

“Eddy Campbell - Because he is the president of the University.”

“John Richard - He is the Athletic Director and positively influences athletics at UNB.”

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Gardiner MacDougall The man behind the bench

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Nick Murray The Brunswickan Varsity Reds hockey head coach, Gardiner MacDougall’s record speaks for itself on why he’s on this list.

In his 13th season at the helm, he won his 300th career game as a CIS head coach this year, putting him fourth among active CIS coaches, led UNB to its sixth straight AUS regular season title while winning more than 20 games in each of those six seasons, earned the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, and oh yeah, won his fourth

University Cup championship.

“He’s not the only reason why our hockey program is where it’s at, but he’s probably the biggest reason,” said UNB Athletic Director, John Richard. “One of the things people miss with Gardiner is, it’s just hard work. It’s just his ability to just outwork a lot of his colleagues.”

Coming into this season, the V-Reds lost nine key players, including Kyle Bailey, Luke Gallant, Jordan Clendenning and Jon Harty, just to name a few.

But he turned on his legendary recruiting skills to land five big recruits, all of whom were former captains or assistant captains

of their respective teams.

MacDougall will also be the head coach of the AUS All-Star Team representing Canada at the upcoming World University Games in Trentino, Italy. In 2007, he attended as an assistant coach, where he won a gold medal.

That same year, he was awarded a special President’s Citation Award by then-President John MacLaughlin.

Two years later, MacLaughlin awarded MacDougall with the President’s Medal, UNB’s most prestigious award.

“A lot of people think we have these resources and this massive advantage,”

said Richard. “But a lot of it comes down to how many hours he spends at this rink, and how many hours he spend on the phone at all hours of the day, trying to track down and find that recruit nobody knows about.”

The list of players MacDougall has graduated to the pro ranks is endless. This year, Colby Pridham and Travis Fullerton signed pro deals south of the border, and last year, 11 of MacDougall’s players earned Academic All-Canadian awards – a record for the men’s hockey team.

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Aaron McMurray Back to the top Bronté James Photo Editor It was only last season, goalkeeper Aaron McMurray, was recovering from breaking his back in three places.

Now he is ranked first in Atlantic University Sports (AUS) for shutouts, and helped lead his team to the Canadian Interuniversity Sport Championships.

After breaking his T-9 and the vertebrae around it, as well as his T-10 and T-12, he wasn’t worried about how it

would affect his game, but rather, when he would be able to get right back into it.

“When I broke it, my first thought was, ‘When can I get back on the field?’

I think whatever attitude you go into your healing process with, will determine how you recover.”

His recovery process was speedy. Initially needing a walker, he then moved onto a cane and back brace, both of which he only needed for a short period of time.

Although he was able to recover quickly, getting back into the game took

a little longer than he had hoped.

“I was really weak. When I was diving my body, it just felt heavier than it had ever felt, so I wasn’t diving very far, and I wasn’t very powerful,” he said. “So it was very frustrating.”

This past season, however, McMurray played his best yet.

Starting the season off with a win, one tie and three losses, he then went onto an eight-game streak of clean-sheets.

Beating out SMU goalie, Adam Miller, McMurray took first place for clean-

sheets in the AUS, and helped lead the V-Reds’ team to an eighth place seeding in the country.

Breaking his back has changed him as a player, he says, whether or not he notices it in each game.

It has also changed him as a person.

“I think it’s changed me in more of a‘Live while you can, because it’s kind of short, and you never know what’s going to happen,’-type thing, where before, I thought I was invincible.”

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Adam Melanson Taking lessons from CLASSE

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Starting the year off with a bang Liam Guitard Managing Editor Joey O’Kane, as the father of all Orientations to come, is an advocate for student voices on campus, and also a fearless entrepreneur.

O’Kane was involved as vice-president external on the UNB student union, and president of the New Brunswick Student Alliance, during the 2011-2012 academic year. He lobbied at municipal, provincial and federal levels of government, to better the university experiences of UNB students.

Then, this past year, he served as the Chair of Orientation, welcoming incoming students onto campus.

He captured the attention of all, and praises from those who had experienced Orientation events before, for making this year’s Orientation especially successful.

For the past two years, O’Kane also

served as a student representative on the UNB board of governors.

O’Kane said he feels like he has made some traction on the UNB board this year.

“Being on the board of governors has been an extremely rewarding experience, they take student concerns more seriously than you would think,” said O’Kane.

O’Kane is a dean’s list business student involved in both UNB’s Activator and Export Partnering programs. O’Kane’s entrepreneurial spirit has driven him to learn what it really takes to grow a business.

“It was fascinating to work along with companies being built from the ground up; it has given me real world experience, that can honestly be hard to come by as a student.”

It was on top of all of this that O’Kane and the Orientation 2012-2013 team became the first to plan and execute a fireworks show for UNB Orientation.

Adam Melanson has thought outside the box this year as UNB student union’s vice-president external.

From bringing student advocacy groups such as CLASSE to UNB, to his work towards getting student voices brought into the campus food provider contract negotiations, his approach to student advocacy focussed on student involvement.

“I think that I’ve tried to approach the position in a more unconventional way. Particularly with the VP external position, it’s easy to be comfortable with the way things have been done historically over the last several years,” Melanson said.

Before, Melanson said the position used a more individualistic approach, where students were not involved in external issues. Instead, he wanted to get students more involved.

“I think that the typical approach has been to measure success on how many meetings with ministers you can get, and not necessarily measuring success in results. [I was] trying to influence a different, more active approach to student

advocacy.”

His leadership in bringing the Québec student group CLASSE, to UNB, is an example of his attempt to change this.

“I think [having CLASSE at UNB] was a very important and informative event that the UNBSU put on. The actions coming out of Québec were exciting to see, and it’s very interesting to see how effective Québec students have been at achieving their demands,” he said.

“I wanted the people from CLASSE to share their experiences and to share their organizing method with students here, and to hopefully have the UNBSU and potentially the students, recognize the successes of [CLASSE’s] actions, and maybe implement some of them.”

After UNBSU VP internal, Mostafa Shaker, stepped down, his role in the new campus food provider contract issues was handed to Melanson. Melanson was able to further his push for student involvement with his work to get students’ voices into the negotiation process.

“I think the main issue that the student union is struggling with right now is the issue of food on campus, and although it’s far from settled at this point, I think this will be the largest lasting impact the student union has had on the university,”

he said.

On March 26, it was because of Melanson’s lobbying that a group of students were able to stage a walk-in on the Food Service Bid Selections Committee meeting.

“Our approach of putting direct pressure with numbers of students on the administration, to actually listen to students, I think was an important step in the student union being an effective voice for students,” Melanson said. “I think it’s the biggest thing that we’ve done all year.”

Beside CLASSE and the food provider contract negotiations, Melanson was also directly involved with bringing the “Don’t be that guy” poster campaign on sexual assault awareness to campus, as well as the discussions to have UNB drop to associate status in the New Brunswick Student Alliance. Each of these will impact students in years to come.

With Greg Bailey stepping up as next year’s VP external, Melanson would like to see things expanding upon similar lines, with active student participation.

“Attempting to mobilize students and to sort of bring up the reach of the student union, requires the involvement of all the students on campus, and not just the handful of councillors,” he said.

Joey O’Kane

The Orientation team, under the guidance of O’Kane, planned what was widely regarded as one of the best Orientation weeks UNB has ever seen, starting the week off with a bang – with fireworks.

“I queued the fireworks, but nothing happened at first. Five seconds; ten seconds; thirty seconds; and then, ‘POP, POP, POP’, the fireworks went off,” said O’Kane.

“It was just a feeling of pure excitement in that moment, as the first UNB fireworks show unfolded in front of me.”

For O’Kane, the best part of the fireworks was the students’ reaction.

“I was just so happy watching those [cheering students]. I knew they where hooked on UNB.” O’Kane truly does bleed a deeper shade of red; he is UNB through and through, and will miss UNB as he graduates this year and heads into the real world.

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Whether you read this paper because you follow the V-Reds, appreciate the arts, actually care about what goes on with the SU or just really like Gordon’s sense of humour, thank you.

This has been a big year for the Brunswickan, from changing to the smaller format, the premiere of The Scoop, passing the media fee (thanks again to everyone who voted yes), to forming a new partnership with the media arts and culture department to produce more videos next year.

Personally, I’ve learned a lot about the newspaper business, videography, finances, managing a company and working with an awesome team.

The credit for this past year goes to the whole staff here at the paper, nothing the Bruns accomplished this past year would have been possible without them, but I do want to make a special thanks to Liam.

For all the frustrations and disagreements we’ve had, there is no other person I would have rather worked with over this past year. Thank you, Liam.

As I head out to the real world, with no intention of growing up anytime soon, I’m realizing how much I’m going to miss this place. To Nick, who will be taking over the Bruns for next year, just remember, don’t take yourself too seriously, you’ll do a great job.

I’m not saying goodbye to this place, just so long for now. It’s been a blast UNB. – Sandy Chase, Editor-in-Chief, the Brunswickan, 2012-13

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Ryan O’Toole Movie maker, film fanatic Gordon Mihan Staff Reporter There are people who love movies. Then there are people who love movies.

The italicized love is for people who wait five hours outside of a theatre, trying to see if they can get a ticket to a sold out premiere showing of The Master at the Toronto International Film Festival. Ryan O’Toole has done this. He loves movies.

O’Toole is a fourth year student in the media arts and cultures (MAAC) program at UNB, and is an avid film buff and filmmaker.

He was hard at work last summer, directing and starring in his short film, On The Last Day, which revolved around a young couple on their last day on earth before the apocalypse. He entered the film into the New Brunswick Silver Wave Film Festival, which features films from all over New Brunswick and the Maritimes.

This was the third year he’d entered a film into the festival, and said that he always gets really nervous when he attends the screenings of his films.

“Silver Wave was scary, it was the first time I showed On The Last Day to more than two or three people,” said O’Toole.

“There’s always the fear that people are going to laugh at you or take it the wrong way or even think it’s terrible. As much as you want to feel cool and say, ‘I don’t really care what other people think’, there’s always part of you that’s really afraid that people are going to think it sucks.”

To ease O’Toole’s fears, his film was widely successful at the Silver Wave Film Festival. It won Best New Brunswick Short Drama, Outstanding Performance by a NB Actor in a Short Drama, Outstanding Performance by a NB Actress in a Short Drama, Excellence in Cinematography, and the Audience Choice Award. It was also nominated for Excellence in Music Composition and Excellence in Screenwriting in a NB Short Drama.

“I didn’t expect any of the success we had,” said O’Toole. “You always hope to get some recognition, but when we brought the film to the festival, we had

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no idea that it was going to do that well, so it was a really great surprise.

“There were also a lot of really awesome films there this year, from everyone around New Brunswick. It’s cool to see what everyone’s been working on, shown on the big screen.”

O’Toole is an assistant director for a theatre school at Theatre New Brunswick, and works as a teaching assistant for a film class in the MAAC program.

He has watched the MAAC program evolve over the past few years.

“I think it’s a really great program, and it’s been really fun to watch it grow along with me as a student,” said O’Toole.

“When I started the program, it was a lot smaller; there are so many interesting professors and people in it and so many great things going on. I can’t see it going anywhere but up in the future.”

O’Toole’s love for film has been a big part of his life and he thinks that going to see a movie in the theatres can be a very special event.

“I love going to the movies, because I think sharing that experience with a room full of strangers is a really beautiful thing,’ said O’Toole. “You’re all coming away with a completely different take on what you just watched, and even though everyone will feel differently, you will still have watched the same thing. That kind of knits you together, and while watching a movie on a laptop is great, it’s not nearly the same.”

Having watched and appreciated films for so long, the transition into making them came fairly naturally. O’Toole said that he never really thought, ‘I want to make movies’, that it just sort of happened.

“I’ve always gone to the movies. It’s been one of the things I’ve done since I was three years old, and it’s consistently stuck with me as something I love. So making them was just the next step, I don’t really want to do anything else.”

O’Toole is currently writing his first feature film, which he hopes to make in the coming years. A daunting task for most; but for someone who loves film as much as he does, it’s just the next step.

Don Ryan The team enforcer Julie McLaughlin Sports Reporter Wrestling at UNB may be a club team, but under the coaching of Don Ryan, the wrestlers have brought national titles to this university.

Everyone notices when the hockey team brings home a national title, but how many knew that female wrestler, Sam Stewart, won a gold medal at nationals last month?

Or the fact she was awarded UNB’s Female Athlete of the Year at the Varsity

Reds awards gala?

“National champion, MVP of the tournament, Dean’s list student, volunteers to run our club website and Twitter account, and has done several clinics around the Maritimes for various high school clubs,” said Ryan, on Stewarts’ accomplishments within the wrestling program.

Ryan is the coach who has made this wrestling program as successful as it is.

He is not just a coach at UNB though, he is also on the board of directors’ executive, and as of April 4, he was elected to the

CPLA as vice-president, which governs the Pan American wrestling countries.

He works hard to promote the sport, and his involvement with all these programs has benefited UNB. Last week, the junior and senior wrestling nationals were held here in Fredericton at the Richard J. Currie Center.

“Through the contacts I have made, athletes from UNB have been able to attend several tournaments and camps around the world,” said Ryan.

Recently, the International Olympic

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Committee (IOC) announced that wrestling was being pulled as an Olympic event. Ryan is working with the wrestling community to work with the IOC, and have wrestling included as one of the 25 core sports.

At the end of the day, Ryan is looking to encourage the growth of wrestlers, and push to develop them into the best that they can be.

“Our mission is to develop wrestling in Canada from the playground to the podium.”

Mostafa Shaker Shaking things up Cherise Letson News Editor Mostafa Shaker (known to many, as “Shakey”) got the campus talking this year, in more ways than one.

This year, the now former-vicepresident internal of the UNB student union, brought TEDx to UNB. TEDx is an independently organized version of a TED talk.

Shaker said he got the idea to have a TEDx at UNB over the past summer, when a couple of his friends mentioned to him how cool it’d be to have a “TEDxUNB.” “The next day, I went to my office and started looking into the matter. I applied for the licence right away, and went into Andrew`s [Martel, the UNBSU president] office, and told him about my idea,” said Shaker. “I was the ideas-person around the office, so this was normal. I don’t think much was thought of it. So I started getting a team together, and here we are today; TEDxUNB is done.”

He said TEDxUNB helped put UNB on the map, and showed people all that goes on at UNB. “We showed off UNB’s talent, as all our speakers were from UNB,” said Shaker. “Not only that, before TEDx, most students didn’t even know anything that was going on around campus in terms of research.”

“TEDx, although only showed a few [research projects], showed the students that UNB is actually doing some great things.”

Shaker said TEDxUNB also brought

a sense of unity to campus.

“It also brought together a team of students, faculty, and staff,” he said. “So many different organizations on campus were involved. It just brought more unity, I think. Not as much as there could be, but it’s a great start, if you ask me.”

He hopes TEDxUNB will happen for years to come.

“It is now under the UNBSU VP internal’s mandate, and I will be talking with Jenn [Connolly, the incoming VP internal] about making it happen again,” said Shaker.

“I would love to even see it become its own thing, and not [necessarily] under the SU; its own separate entity, like, five years down the road. But for now, this is right where it needs to be.”

Shaker also had the campus talking for another reason this year: Himself.

Shaker resigned from his position as VP internal on Jan. 5. His reason being because he decided to take an opportunity to study abroad in Singapore, before the end of his term as an executive on the SU. There was a lot of controversy surrounding his resignation, when it was discovered that he sent his letter of resignation to the other executives, the day after he got paid.

It was understood that he had made the decision to resign well before the day he handed in his resignation, because though he claimed to have decided to take the study abroad opportunity during the winter holiday break, he had already returned his office key and left a transition report for his replacement on his desk, before he left for the break.

Shaker wrote a formal apology to stu-

dents acknowledging his mistake, which was published in The Brunswickan. He said the incident is now in the past, and doesn’t want the incident to become a bigger issue than it already has. He said the incident has taught him some lessons.

“First, check that you hadn’t gotten paid the day before you resign. Second, be more professional in serious situations during your professional career,” he said. “And third, things are always going to be online.

The article [the Brunswickan] wrote will always be there, but I did apologize, and I hope that it kind of made things better.”

Though he loves Fredericton, UNB, and student council, Shaker said he believes studying abroad was the right thing to do. He said he has no regrets for his past year at UNB, even his resignation.

“My resignation made a huge ‘controversy’, yes. But I wouldn’t have learned anything if it wouldn’t have happened,” he said. “And my exchange, I would say, is probably one of the best experiences in my life. So I am pretty content with my year.”

Shaker said he is sad to be graduating from UNB in October. He said UNB is his Canadian home, and all of his experiences here will be unforgettable.

“I don’t think I’ll ever forget UNB or Fredericton; the people I have met and the things I did,” said Shaker. “I just want to say ‘thank you’ to everyone who have made my experience what it was at UNB. I couldn’t have become the person I am today without you.”

“Also, I would like to thank my Mom, Dad, and brother, as it would be rude not to mention them.”

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Ben Shutron Veteran leader, on and off the ice

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Nick Murray The Brunswickan If you’ve ever been greeted with a “Hey” from a stranger wearing any UNB hockey clothing, chances are it was Ben Shutron.

The Orleans, Ont., native has spent the last four seasons with the Varsity Reds, winning two national championships, including CIS all-rookie honours in his first season.

It’s his talent on the ice, scoring 15 points this season, combined with his friendly off-ice personality and sense of community that’s made him a fan favourite, and earned him a spot on our list.

“He’s just so positive and he has so much energy,” said V-Reds hockey head coach, Gardiner MacDougall. “He’s one of those special difference-makers, that he can come in a room and light it up.”

Shutron earned UNB’s Red and Black Award for overall contribution as a player, student, and community member at the Varsity Reds awards gala. When Dave Morrell read out Shutron’s resume, he noted the time Shutron spent with Justin Hébert, a pee-wee hockey player who broke his femur and ended his season – an injury, to which Shutron is no stranger.

“Gardiner and Todd [Sparks] had mentioned Justin in the room, and we had a jersey signed for him,” said Shutron.

“I figured it was self-explanatory that I should reach out to him and give him some advice, so I ended up going to lunch with

him one day.”

After Shutron broke his femur in an exhibition game in 2010, he missed the regular season but fought back in time for the playoffs, where UNB went on to beat McGill in the University Cup finals.

“He’s a great example of persistence paying off,” said MacDougall. “He put so much time in the off-ice and got back probably way faster than he should have.”

Shutron also participated in ‘Read with the Reds’ on a game day this year, and noted one person who influenced him on his community is fifth-year forward, Dion Campbell.

“Last year Dion set the tone for community work,” Shutron said. “He was involved with the Special Olympics floor hockey and he brought them to the rink one day to come on the ice. He was always involved in the community and that really impressed me, so I looked up to him and just tried to take after his leadership. He didn’t get the credit he deserved.”

Along with his energy in the room, Shutron was voted as an assistant captain by his teammates this season. At the start of the year, he was the dressing room DJ but was virtually mutinied by two of his teammates – one of whom was his roommate.

“I had early music choice, but then I got overruled by Ben Wright and Stefan Salituro,” said Shutron chuckling. “They wanted more country and rock and roll.

It’s funny because we started playing better

Bronté James / The Brunswickan after their music.”

It’s that kind of charisma that Shutron brings which prompts MacDougall to say he’s the glue to the team.

“No question leadership is shared by all, but some people just have those natural leadership tendencies,” said MacDougall.

“Ben offers a great perspective [on how to win], from losing a Memorial Cup, then coming back to win one. I think he’s a key part of our group and he’s just grown that leadership on a continual basis. ‘He has a zest for success,’ would be the best way to put it.”

Shutron is an Academic All-Canadian and is hoping to do his masters in business administration next year, though no official announcement has been made on his return.

Hilary Swan Activating students Gordan Mihan News Editor Although Hilary Swan doesn’t particularly enjoy being in the spotlight, she has done quite a bit in the community this year.

Swan is a first year Renaissance College student at UNB. She applied to a campaign called Active8 on a whim, back in December, and found herself running her own campaign with Active8 this year.

“Active8 has eight ambassadors across the Atlantic provinces. There are two from each province, and each ambassador repre-

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sents international development. I ran my campaign by thinking global, but acting local,” said Swan.

“I went around to my classmates, my peers and the community, and collected non-monetary pledges. The pledges varied from, ‘I pledge to talk to my MP about providing education to third world countries,’ or something simpler like, ‘I pledge to buy a homeless person a coffee from Tim Hortons.’”

Swan surpassed her goal of 500 pledges by collecting a total of 750 pledges by going around campus and visiting multiple

residences.

Through Active8, Swan also become more familiar with the homeless in Fredericton, and made an effort to create a relationship with as many homeless people as she could.

“I was kind of all about giving them face to face time, instead of just dropping donations off to a donation area, or the Salvation Army, or the homeless shelter. I thought it was really important to interact and introduce myself,” said Swan.

“It wasn’t really about the donation items at the end of the day, it was about

showing people that homeless people aren’t someone to fear or judge. There’s such a stigma attached to them, it was almost more about bringing down that stigma.”

Being so involved herself, Swan truly loves watching her fellow classmates be successful with their own causes and projects.

“There are so many unsung heros who aren’t always in the media, but they’re all so incredible, and I’m inspired by them. Being able to watch them do their own projects and be successful, that’s what I really love.”

Kate Weaver Breaking the silence on eating disorders

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Tess Allen The Brunswickan When American folksinger, Karen Carpenter, lost her battle with anorexia in the early 1980s, fans of the chart-topping vocalist were devastated. But for University of New Brunswick professor and president of the Eating Disorder Council of New Brunswick, Kate Weaver, the folk legend’s death was the wake-up call the rest of the world so desperately needed.

“Karen Carpenter’s death did a tremendous amount of good in the world because it raised awareness about an important issue, one that usually happened behind closed doors, in the secrecy of families or dorm life,” said Weaver.

Weaver was no stranger to the perils of eating disorders at the time of Carpenter’s death. She recalls her own first awareness of bulimia in the 1970s, at a time when eating disorders had nowhere near the public recognition they do today.

“When my best friend got really ill in

her first year of university, we didn’t know how to treat her,” said the North Bay, Ont., native. “I remember, as a first-year nursing student, knocking on doors in the medical building at Dalhousie University, and being patted on head and told she would be fine.”

This is precisely what motivated Weaver to pursue the field of adolescent psychiatry following her undergraduate studies. She has since made it her mission to answer the question that has plagued her since her years as an undergraduate student: How do people recover from eating disorders?

Weaver has attempted to answer this question with a number of projects over the years. From her ground-breaking 2007 documentary, Through true eyes: Process of recovery from eating disorders, to her various on-campus programs, she strives every day to bring awareness to the prevalence of eating disorders among the current generation.

“Through true eyes came out, and it

was wonderful. Ontario and Alberta high schools have even made it part of their curriculum,” said Weaver, adding that dozens stepped up to participate in the project. “Not only did people from around campus and the city volunteer, but for several weeks, there would be Sobeys bags hanging outside my door with things in them; one was a set of about 11 journals with a little sticky note that said, ‘Please use this to help other people.’”

Inspired by the impact Through true eyes had on the local community and across the nation, Weaver set out to launch a number of new projects, including an innovative new study that examines the connection between risk-taking behaviours and secret-keeping among sufferers of eating disorders.

Entitled Secrecy, Support Seeking and Risk Taking Behaviours in Eating Disorders, the online study has gone out to post-secondary institutions across the province. Weaver hopes to have all the data collected and analyzed by this

summer, after which it will be used to inform social support interventions for people struggling with eating disorders in silence.

“The impetus for this study came from two studies back, when I wanted to know what was underneath someone suffering from an eating issue; I found out there were an awful lot of risk-taking behaviours, including driving a car while intoxicated, not wearing a seat-belt, or self-injury by cutting,” said Weaver. “The data will show us where we need to focus our energy; we’re working as a province and a country to reduce stigma, but it’s still very difficult for people to come out.”

Weaver said breaking the silence is “critical” in eating disorder recovery; she hopes the results from her current study will help to do just that.

“If sufferers can get some social support, they’re more apt to start talking about their eating disorder,” she said.

“Once people start talking about it, they can normalize it and realize, ‘Hey, it’s

not just me.’”

The results from Weaver’s current study will be available on the Eating Disorder Council of New Brunswick’s new website, Unb.ca/webdev/edcnb this summer.

In the meantime, Weaver hopes to continue helping students with programs like, It’s Not About Food, a campus support group where upper-level nursing students pair up with peers to discuss their eating issues. Weaver said there is currently a demand for the program to take place among both sexes, like never before.

“They learn how to make friends with food, how to put in the hard work of looking after themselves, and how to develop a positive self concept,” she said.

“When I see that wonderful change from a person who’s been running away from themselves for so long, I get goosebumps.”

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Ben Whitney and Tyler Belyea

April 9, 2013 • Issue 27 • Volume 146 • 23

Making challenges

Alex Walsh / The Brunswickan

Josh Fleck Sports Editor Last summer, Tyler Belyea and Ben Whitney both took a long look in the mirror, and neither of them liked what they saw.

Belyea, a fourth year business student, was weighing in at 281 pounds, while Whitney, also a fourth year business student, was up to 302 pounds. Instead of sitting around in self-pity, the pair teamed up to be proactive about it.

“Ben and I got together over the summer, to create the UNB Wellness Challenge,” said Belyea, a hall proctor at Aitken House and self-proclaimed fulltime beauty. “We both realized we were doing the same thing; having the goal of losing weight. We figured, we would get together to help other people achieve not just weight loss goals, but wellness goals. Whether that be weight training or weight loss, cardio, or anything fitness related. We wanted to incorporate it into one group, that basically turned into a support group.”

“We also wanted to make sure everyone knew about the resources that were available on campus,” chimed in Whitney, incoming student union president and fantasy football fanatic.

In the first year of its existence, the UNB Wellness Challenge had its ups and downs. With that being said, there are over 120 members in the Facebook group, and the concept of the group has evolved.

The original concept was to make it a Biggest Loser challenge, but Belyea and Whitney realized there could be some drawbacks if you make it a challenge.

“We wanted to start it out like a Biggest Loser, but those aren’t always good,” said Belyea. “So we twisted it around a bit, to [make it into] a challenge where everyone supports each other, instead of competing against each other. You can run into issues if everyone is vying for the number one spot.”

With Belyea graduating after this year, and Whitney taking on another role in the student union, the longevity of the challenge has come into question. The idea of passing it on as a proctor program has been discussed, as well as having it ratified as an official UNB club.

“The other day, we were thinking, where we are both staying in Fredericton next year, we would like to stay involved with it,” said Belyea. “Obviously, we would have an on campus [representative] as well.”

In continuing with the evolution of the challenge, Belyea and Whitney think that having more meetings involving the campus nutritionist and other campus resources would be beneficial for the overall goal of the challenge.

Whitney said stopping the Wellness Challenge would defeat its purpose.

“We made awesome progress with it, and to stop it would almost be an injustice to everyone who has come in and been involved in it.”