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Laptop thefts continue

Hilary Paige Smith News Editor Electronics thefts on campus are related, director of Campus Security Bruce Rogerson said, but there’s no telling if those committing them are members of the UNB community.

In the past year, there have been more than a dozen instances of laptop and desktop theft, as well as the theft of hard drives and MP3 devices. The majority of thefts have taken place in Head Hall at the bottom of campus.

The rash of thefts continued this week, with incidents on Sept. 10 and 12.

A $3,000 iMac desktop computer was stolen from an office in Head Hall sometime between 8 p.m. and 8 a.m. overnight on Sunday. Someone also attempted to cut a security cord off a computer in Head Hall between mid-August and Sept. 10. Someone attempted to take another iMac computer from the Chemical Engineering department between Sept. 6 and 7, but instead dropped it on the floor and left it there.

“Obviously, some of this stuff, somebody should know something.

You don’t miss that many computers in a short period of time,” Rogerson said.

Rogerson said there is no doubt the thefts are connected and soon they’ll have to take new measures to catch those involved.

SEE THEFTS PAGE 2

Shining up some funds for cystic fibrosis

Taryn Knorren shines up a car on Shine Day.The event raised more than $10,000. Sandy Chase / The Brunswickan Christopher Cameron Editor-in-Chief Although UNB has yet to reach its Shinerama fundraising goal of $30,000 before December, they are pleased with the progress so far.

“It was a great day,” said UNB shine director Tawni Trofanenko.

“We had our numbers set high on

the number of people that would come out for the day. In the end, we had over 300 participants for the day.”

Participants raised more than $10,000 on Shine Day by washing cars, raising money at stationary booths in the mall and having groups walk door-to-door through-

out the city. They hope the ultimate goal of $30,000 can be reached with more events in coming months.

“We’re sitting at just over $10,000 right now (for Shine Day) and still counting up donations,” said Trofanenko. “Our main day that we do fundraising is Shine Day, but we have until the end of December

to raise more money. We did some stuff Canada Day and did a softball tournament and have a couple more fundraisers in the making to bring us closer to our total goal.”

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Steven Page: Hallelujah for moving on Alex Kress Arts Editor When Steven Page was asked to sing at the funeral of the late Jack Layton, he was deeply honoured. Layton was a friend, a mentor and a strong source of inspiration for Page.

He wasn’t anxious about it, but he was a little uncertain about the song they requested: Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah”.

The song has been covered numerous times since its original release by Cohen in 1984, perhaps most notably by Jeff Buckley (1994), and k.d. Lang (2004).

In Page’s opinion, it’s been covered “to death” and nobody has beaten the Buckley recording.

“I thought, well, I’m not going up there to beat anybody’s version. I’m going up there to pay tribute to somebody who I know is important to me and I think was important to our country.”

Regardless, it gave him a chance to really look at what the song is truly about.

“Not just the carnality of it, but the sense of frustration that exists inside of that song. And that ‘hallelujah’ is not just about praising the wonderful things, but it’s about moving onward.”

It was the family’s wish and he was overjoyed to do it.

He was standing on the side, waiting to take the stage. Layton’s casket was near him for about a half hour.

“Luckily, I had some time to be there with it so I wasn’t kind of thrust into that situation. But once the chords started on the piano and the cello and I realized, ‘I’m gonna have to start singing this,’ I was pretty overcome,” he remembered.

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Rewards may be offered “Rewarding and we had a lot of fun.” for information “It’s getting to the point now where we’re going to start offering rewards, for anybody that knows the person and or persons responsible for these thefts,” he said.

There are security cameras on campus, but Rogerson said they haven’t turned up “as much as we’d like.”

“You don’t want a camera on every corner of the campus. You want students to feel secure, but you don’t want them to feel like they’re being watched,” he said.

These incidents, as well as past incidents, have been handed over to Fredericton Police Force for investigation. Campus Security does not have the power to search and seize suspects.

“With these two particular cases that are quite recent, we open a file and investigate those and if it is determined that there is a number that come in they will be turned over to our neighborhood action team who are able to coordinate the efforts from a team approach,” Cst. Rick

Participants enjoying their Shine Day in the sun. Sandy Chase / The Brunswickan

FROM SHINE PAGE 1 “We look at it is as $10,000 less that we need to raise to get to our $30,000 goal. Right now we’re trying to get a couple days set up at local grocery stores to bag groceries amongst a few other ideas that we’ve been working on.”

First-year Renaissance College student, Taryn Knorren, had never participated in a car wash until Saturday.

“I’ve never done a car wash before so it was awesome,” said Knorren. “It was really rewarding and we had a lot of fun at the same time.

Screaming trying to get cars to come in kind of ruined my voice though as

you can tell.”

Fourth-year student and proctor at UNB’s Maggie Jean Chestnut residence, Kristen Fulton, says it’s the most passion she has seen from students in all her years involved with Shinerama.

“As a proctor, waking people up at like 8 a.m. in the morning on a Saturday sometimes makes you anxious as a proctor as to whether people are going to come out,” said Fulton. “I was really excited that every one of our guys and girls in Maggie Jean came out today and were excited and all participated.”

Sam Berrie, an exchange student from England has never seen this type of charity work or participated in anything like Shine Day before.

“Generally, in charity work at home, they don’t seem as happy to

do it,” he said. “With this we were washing cars, which is not the best job in the world, but everyone was having fun and laughing, which was really nice to be part of.”

“In some cases people wouldn’t have time to get a car wash or were walking by and would give us money as well. I was glad I was able to take part.”

Trofanenko said Shine Day could not have been a success without the students coming out and the community support.

“We were very thankful for all who showed up and the continued support that everyone has given to us and hope the support will continue next year.”

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Mooney, media relations officer with the force, said.

Mooney said there are important measures community members should be taking to ensure the security of their valuables.

“It can happen to anyone. It’s important to recognize this is happening and there are a few steps that can be taken to prevent thefts such as making sure valuables are secured and locked properly and not left in an area where someone could pick them up. It’s basically a matter of personal security, I don’t think paranoia is what we’re going for, but a healthy balance of keeping your articles safe and making sure they are protected,” he said.

Rogerson said students should be on the lookout for suspicious individuals, people carrying large electronics and computers sales that seem “too good to be true.”

David Coleman, dean of Engineering, also said his department is looking at different alternatives regarding the issuing of master keys in an email sent to the Engineering faculty.

- With files from Christopher Cameron.

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Eighty per cent of capital costs fundraised for Currie Center

Andrew Meade / The Brunswickan Hilary Paige Smith News Editor What evolved from a vision, to an excavated lot, to a skeletal framework is now a complete structure. The R ichard J. Currie Center, among Fredericton’s largest capital building projects, opened its doors to the latest crop of students on Sept. 6.

The $62.5 million building has been both a source of pride and controversy in the UNB community.

The building houses state-of-theart recreational facilities, a human performance laboratory, various wellness initiatives and two full-size gymnasiums. It is now a visible and impressive fixture on the Fredericton skyline.

With the Currie Center comes the $150 ancillary fee to fund the operating costs of the building. All full-time students are required to pay the fee, with some arguing they are paying for a building they may not use.

Jordan Thompson, president of the UNB Student Union, said the structure is impressive, but the fee is unwelcome. After the fee was announced in April, a Facebook group opposing the fee gathered hundreds of members. The group has since

been taken down.

“There are some concerns with how the operations are financed. The addition of a mandatory fee without student input is unwelcome. Any additional fee for ancillary operations should only be implemented with adequate student input,” he said.

Dr. Tony Secco, vice president of UNB (Academic), said based on feedback they received from students, not all were opposed to the fee.

“Fees such as this are quite common among Canadian universities.

The decision was made in an effort to be inclusive and allow all students access to UNB’s recreation facilities,” he said, adding the fee will be used to support the cost of operations and programs, not capital expenses.

UNB is still actively fundraising for the Currie Center. Richard Currie, chancellor of the university for whom the building is named, donated more than $20 million to the project. Secco said 80 per cent of funds needed to cover capital costs have been secured and the university is “actively pursuing all potential sources of funding and financing to close the gap as soon as possible.”

Secco also said students were con-

sulted when designs for the structure were being developed. At the time, he said students were not opposed to the idea of having a fee to offset operating expenses.

“At the time they agreed that everyone paying a fee was more ideal than charging individual student users a higher rate,” he said.

The 12, 927-square-metre, fivestory Currie Center has been occupied since May of last term. The building was originally slated for a December, 2010 occupancy, but problems with unexpected rocky conditions and a harsh winter pushed the date back.

The structure housed graduation ceremonies in May, as well as the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences hosted by UNB and St. Thomas University in late May and early June.

The building will officially open Oct. 7 at 1 p.m. The event will be open to the public and feature 2010 Galaxie R ising Star winner and New Brunswick talent Andy Brown.

The opening will coincide with the Helen Campbell women’s basketball tournament.

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Occupancy up by 100 this year in residence

Alanah Duffy News Reporter Residences at UNB are almost at capacity for the academic year, said James Brown, executive director of Residential Life, Campus and Conference Services.

“As we speak, we have about 1,300 students in undergraduate residences, up over 100 from last year,” Brown said. “We only have 1,334 beds, so we’re basically full.”

Tibbits Hall, an all-female residence, will be closed this year for a renewal process. The renewal has been delayed a few weeks because a handful of students are staying there until a permanent residence room can be found for them.

“There are five students in Tibbits right now, because we do want to accommodate people if we can,” Brown said. “We know that even though people have paid, they may leave residence within the first couple of weeks for one reason or another. So, within a week or two, we’ll be able to take the students out of Tibbits and move them to a permanent room.”

The renewal process for Tibbits is to repaint all doors, hallways, common rooms and common areas, and some rooms as needed. Carpets in the second and third floor lounges will be removed and replaced with hard flooring, cupboards and shelving in some rooms will be removed and replaced, and three

private bathrooms will be renovated.

An energy program will also be implemented and energy efficient bulbs will be installed throughout the residence.

Neville/Jones House just completed its renewal process and reopened this year as a co-ed house, after having been an all-male residence since it was built.

“The Neville/Jones transition went very well and it’s full with 100 students this year,” Brown said.

Like Tibbits Hall, the Neville/Jones transition was just a sprucing up.

In two years, Bridges House will undergo a full renovation, which will include more single rooms and more private washrooms.

“One of our challenges, along with most undergraduate institutions, is that we have more demand for single rooms than we can meet and we have more double rooms than we can fill,” Brown said. “A conversion that offers more privacy and more washroom privacy is the direction that we need to move in the future.”

Brown also mentioned some upcoming residence charity events. Each UNB residence has a charity that they raise funds and awareness for, throughout the school year.

Joy K idd House will hold its Kiddstock Concert on Sept. 24. Four bands will be playing in the Joy Kidd courtyard starting at 8 p.m. that Saturday night; the money raised will go to Habitat for Humanity.

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James Brown says some exciting tings are happening in residence this year Andrew Meade / The Brunswickan The Neville/Jones Bed Push for Women in Transition will happen on Oct. 14 of this year. In the past, students pushed a bed from Saint John to Fredericton, but after safety concerns were raised, that was abolished. This year, students will push a bed the

length of Saint John to Fredericton on the BMO field, and do a couple of laps around campus.

The suite-style residence, commonly referred to as New Res around UNB, will officially be named this year, five years after it opened. The Elizabeth

Parr Johnson Residence will have its naming ceremony on Sept. 29.

“Elizabeth Parr Johnson was UNB’s 16th president and she was the first female president, so we wanted to honour her in that capacity,” Brown said.

Kin. study looks at city bus drivers Cherise Letson The Brunswickan A recent conducted by UNB’s Kinesiology department on Fredericton Transit bus drivers shows that the way some drivers move behind the wheel may lead to physical problems.

The study was conducted using wireless sensors, about the size of a loonie, that were placed over specific muscles.

A wireless seat pressure pad, as well as a video camera in front of the bus were also used.

The study looked at 15 bus drivers over a one-hour period. Turns, stops and traffic merges were all monitored, with focus primarily on the neck, shoulders, upper back, lower back and arms of the driver. From this, they were able to record the muscle stress that occurred while the person was driving.

The study showed that about 30 per cent of drivers were sitting in what is considered a non-neutral posture, which puts more stress on muscles, joints and soft tissue, thus causing an increased risk of injury. The study also showed that during the one-hour period, few drivers were adjusting or moving the back rest.

Wayne Albert, dean of Kinesiology at UNB said the study provided data that will help them move forward with future studies and make recommendations.

“It gave us some really good baseline data from which to move forward now.

So if we wanted to look at, for example, the effects of weather conditions, we now have a baseline to look at to determine what those changes are,” Albert said.

“We never had a baseline before that, and without that, it is pretty difficult to know which directions to go in.”

Albert also said “in the field” research like this study is important when it comes to making suggestions about how drivers can stay protected and prevent injury.

“Laboratory based stuff is important, especially when you are trying to figure out levels of injury...but the ‘in the field’ kind of research is critical in order to make advances in ergonomic recommendations moving forward,” Albert said.

Fredericton Transit manager Sandy MacNeill said the study helped quantify what certain issues were, like seating adjustments, stretching on breaks

and not keeping a wallet in your back pocket. Now drivers will be more aware of these issues.

“We are looking at the results and there are certain things that showed up that right away we want to address in training and accentuate, but what I think is one of the most important parts is that there are things that we would like to look at further,” MacNeill said.

He said that he would like to see another round of studies conducted in the future that focus on a whole eight-hour shift, instead of just one hour.

“It will be very interesting to see what the last 20 minutes of the first hour [of the shift], how that would compare with the last 20 minutes of the last hour,” MacNeill said. “Those were the questions that were raised and I think there is a pretty good chance that we are going to deal with those in another round of research.”

According to Albert, UNB is up for another round of research as well.

“I’d love to, and I have students who are ready to do it right now. It was a really exciting opportunity,” Albert said. “I think there is some really good value in trying to find out what the full day looks like.”

Few Fredericton Transit drivers are adjusting their back rests. Andrew Meade / The Brunswickan

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Bus pass referendum a possibility for UNB students this year

Alanah Duffy News Reporter The UNB Student Union is working with the city of Fredericton to create an initiative that may benefit undergraduate students.

Plans are coming together to negotiate a universal bus pass for students, which would come into effect in September 2012, if all goes well.

“It’s tentative and in the planning stages currently,” said Jordan Thompson, president of the UNBSU. “We’re going to be sending out a bus pass survey to all students within the next couple of weeks to see if there’s enough interest from the student body to pursue this.”

If there is enough interest from students in this deal, a referendum will be held during the general election in March for introduction in the following school year. The cost for the bus pass would be $100, which is an 82 per cent discount from a regular student bus pass purchased from Fredericton Transit.

A bus pass referendum was held in 2009 for undergraduate students, but it failed by 47 votes. Vice-president external Joey O’Kane said that this deal

would be considerably different from past deals.

“Basically, they’ve been bringing the same deal forward every three years,” he explained. “I will not bring forward the same deal. It’s not worth it – I would be wasting everyone’s time.”

Both Thompson and O’Kane said the quality of service needs to be improved before they will consider bringing the issue to referendum early next year.

The UNBSU is currently negotiating with the city to try to bring more routes to campus, more routes to studentpopulated areas, service later into the night, service on Sundays, and Wi-Fi onto busses.

“I think the deal failed in 2009 because of the deal itself,” Thompson said.

“I think students saw the mandatory $100 fee without any actual guarantee in service improvements. We want something going in – that we’re going to benefit or that the service is going to improve. We don’t want to just sign and hope for the best.”

Although the deal failed for UNB undergrads in 2009, the Graduate Student Association (GSA) adopted a bus pass that same year after a vote.

Krista Amolins, president of the GSA, said that the bus pass has benefited some graduate students.

“There are some people who love it and some people who hate it,” she said.

“A lot of grad students have their own cars, but it is still used by a number of students.”

The GSA sent out a survey on the bus service last winter to see how students liked the service.

“We found that there’s a large enough number of people using the bus that we would consider it a good service,” Amolins said.

O’Kane said he wants to have confirmation from Fredericton Transit that services would be improved before a referendum is held.

“Once we have written confirmation that the bus system will be more efficient and better suited to student needs, then I’ll bring forward a referendum,” he explained. “If that doesn’t happen, then I’m not going to. I’d love to see it go through because I think it would be great for the campus and for the city, but I don’t want to bring forward something that students don’t want.”

Krista Amolins, Graduate Student Association president, said a large number of graduate students use the bus pass.

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Shocking student death at Acadia, possibly linked to alcohol Vanessa Gallant The Athanaeum (Acadia University) WOLFVILLE, N.S. (CUP) — A 19-year-old student from Alberta has died after being found unconscious in a residence at Acadia University, just outside of Halifax.

On Sept. 6, Acadia students were sent an email that released few details about the incident, stating that campus security had responded to a 911 call that same morning and that a student had been hospitalized and remained in critical condition.

It was then announced to the university on Sept. 8 that the 19-yearold student from Alberta had passed away at the Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre in Halifax.

The student’s family has asked that no details of the event, including the student’s name, be released.

CBC has connected the student’s death to a drinking game which witnesses claimed was taking place that same evening, but the cause of death officially remains unknown.

Wolf ville RCM P of f icers are investigating the events which led up to the incident, though it was announced that the proper response procedures were followed by both residence and security staff.

Acadia University president Ray Ivany has released a statement, expressing that “it is important to say that this student was a member of the Acadia family and, during his brief time on campus, [he] established many friendships.

“His passing will be felt intensely by those individuals, and staff and faculty will be reaching out to provide support,” the statement continued. “This is, indeed, a loss

shared by everyone who is part of our Acadia family.”

Acadia Student Union President Ben Jessome issued a similar statement, noting that “it is because of our strength of community and the impact we have on one another that we all grieve today for the loss of someone who held so much promise. It is, however, in this sense of community in which we will find the strength to move through this hardship.

“In this time, as in all times, we will face our challenges together,” the statement read.

Jessome has also assured students that they “are in the process of establishing a designated area for the campus community to gather and grieve in this time of shock and sadness.” No further details on the location of this area have been

The 19-year-old student from Alberta was found in a residence and later died in hospital. Wikimedia Commons released at this time.

Both Ivany and Jessome have also emphasized that counseling and other resources are available to all students during this time of

mourning, including an on-site resource person for Chipman House residence, the building in which the deceased student previously resided.

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Value your classes now, it will help you in the long run To the Point

Christopher Cameron

First-year students, this message is for you.

I am in my fifth year of study and have come to the realization that I did not take advantage of my education in the way I should have. Whether it was spending time on my computer paying attention to what my friends’ updates were on Facebook or texting them to see what was going on later, I missed out on lessons taught early on in my academic career at UNB. Coming here from Lower Sackville, N.S., I lived in MacKenzie House for my first year, which made it quite easy to meet people. I knew at least one person in all, if not the majority of my classes.

This also led me to talking to people in my classes on top of talking to them via text or Facebook.

You or your parents are paying a large amount of money to be at UNB. I’m not trying to be your mother and tell you not to skip class or to pay attention.

I’m asking you to think about more than trying to be “cool” and skip class.

Passing a course is great. In my first year, for one reason or another, I barely got by. When you get to fourth or fifth year, you will realize that although you passed all your courses with a C, the master’s or graduate program you want to get into needs more than that and you will look back and hate yourself for it.

There may be some of you reading this that have come to this realization

Enjoy your time at UNB by getting involved on campus, but more importantly make sure you get to class and focus while there because when applying for graduate or masters programs those C and C+ grades may not make the cut. Andrew Meade / The Brunswickan as well and are now in classes trying to get your GPA up to where you need it for further education.

Sitting in class you may now notice “you” sitting next to you in a first- or second-year elective that you’re taking to lessen your course load.

I have done this many times after my first two years of school at UNB and know some of them will pass with flying colours, but some will end up like me: looking back and wishing they had not looked at the text from their friend and

missing the key point in a calculus or English course.

First-year students, I urge you to value every minute you spend in class and take full advantage of it.

Similar to the note from Jordan Thompson, president of the UNBSU, I want to point out there is more than academics.

Get involved on campus.

My time in Fredericton would be nowhere near as great as it has been if it were not for the people I have met

by being involved in different things around campus.

I began working at the Sir Max Aitken Pool and met a handful of people as well as making some money on the side.

Most students cannot handle the commitment of a job or do not want to take on that commitment, but there are hundreds of clubs and societies on campus, which cover nearly every student’s interests.

Check them out, send them an email and meet some people. One thing I

have realized in university is unlike high school, it is a lot easier to meet people with similar interests to you so take advantage of it early on.

I wish you all the best of luck in your studies and if you’re in first or second year, make sure you don’t get yourself in a tough spot come fourth year when you want to apply for other programs.

Christopher Cameron is the Editorin-Chief of The Brunswickan and can be reached at editor@thebruns.ca

A welcome message for the UNBSU prez students during Orientation Week, but I also want the returning students to heed this advice as well. The is simple: get involved.

Student Beat advice UNB has so many opportunities Jordan

Thompson for students to join campus life.

There is the Student Union, The Bruns, RedShirts, more than 100 Wow. The summer really flew by, clubs and societies, residence, committees, sports, senate, and many didn’t it?

Allow me to introduce myself. other ways to get involved and My name is Jordan Thompson and explore your passions. Most importI am the Student Union president antly, it is never too late. Your time at for the 2011-2012 academic year! It university is about growing as a peris a great privilege to hold this pos- son and facing new challenges. The ition and to represent the full-time time you spend here is more than undergraduate students at UNBF. time in the classroom and assignThe Student Union has a variety of ments. University is about the friends great events lined up for the year, as you make, the life experience you will well as various services for students gain and the personal growth that will change your direction in life. and advocacy on your behalf.

University can be overwhelming.

I want to take a moment of your time to reiterate what you have most With looming deadlines for assignlikely already heard. I have been ments, papers and tests; classes, labs spreading this idea around to new and tutorials; and financial worries

of bills, tuition and textbooks, it is important to have a passion. Finding something you are passionate about will help you cope with the stress that comes with a university life. I believe strongly that there is something for everyone on this campus.

No matter what you love or what your passion is, I bet you will find a club or society that shares the same.

If not, the Student Union will help you create one!

In summary, university is a time for change. The trick to life is keep doing what you love and success is just a consequence. Enjoy your time here and don’t let it pass you by.

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“I’m ok with it.”

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Jeff Paradis “If it gets people physically active, it’s good.”

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Award winning author to come to UNB

Alex Kress Arts Editor Canadian author Gary Geddes is paying a visit to the University of New Brunswick – one he hopes will make his audience uncomfortable.

His intent is not to intimidate or alienate anyone, but more to inspire change through his telling of the heartbreaking stories of African people who have suffered atrocities.

Geddes’ book, Drink the Bitter Root, documents his time in Africa while he examines the many flaws of international justice and gathers personal accounts of adversity and strength.

He’ll be speaking about the book and his experience this Monday, Sept.

19 at 8 p.m. at Memorial Hall.

I spoke with the Vancouver-based author via telephone, and the following is our conversation.

Alex Kress: From what I’ve gathered reading your book, you’ve always carried a certain level of guilt for your geographical privilege and the luxuries that you and I have been entitled to, just according to where we live. I was wondering, since you’ve been back home in Vancouver, what kind of changes have you noticed in yourself?

Gary Geddes: The experience of Africa wasn’t new for me… I’ve traveled to Chile, China, Gaza, and Israel,

Nicole Vair The Brunswickan Sussex-born Katie Swift has had a passion for theatre her entire life, and this weekend she’s bringing her love for the stage home.

Swift will be showcasing her talent playing the lead character Nora, a woman who is struggling to find her independence and freedom in Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House. This landmark in modern drama is the first of two plays, which will be performed in the Black Box Theatre.

The other, Next Stage, is a new series for Theatre New Brunswick (TNB), a group which aims to bring theatre into a more intimate and diverse space.

The first showing of A Doll’s House happened more than a century ago and its personal representation of marriage provoked public objection and audience appeal.

Heather Allaby, director of marketing and developing for TNB, said “the questions it asks about men, women and equality are as relevant today as they were in 1879.”

Katie Swift noted the original play has been skinned down and is more accessible for a modern audience. Many are still able to relate to the themes and emotions.

“I’ve had women come up to me

so I’ve seen a lot of conflict over the years and have interviewed Vietnam refugees. But it was certainly bracing and disturbing and also exhilarating in the end. I don’t think you can go to Africa and hear the kinds of stories that I heard without some changes taken place inside.

For me, the concern was to see what I could do in terms of sharing those stories with other people and to make a small difference in that way. The writing of the book was as much of a challenge as the travel over there, trying to find a way to tell these stories with an essential lightness that would not send everybody out looking for a razor blade.

While I haven’t had the time to sort of assess what’s going on in my head emotionally, I have certainly, in the writing process, just been preoccupied with trying to get the stories down.

AK: That must really change the game for you, because we’ve all seen the World Vision commercials on television and we all know that we could do more to help. But now that you’ve met these people and you can put faces to their names, it must feel a little bit more urgent.

GG: The emails have been coming in from people I met needing help. It feels more urgent and of course it’s frustrating because you can’t do enough.

There was a point in Ethiopia where I was sitting interviewing refugees and the line-up outside was growing, and I knew that it would be impossible for me to help all of these people. The most I could do for some of them was to share their stories and in a few cases I was able to help, but you just can’t do everything.

AK: Do you feel more armed with knowledge now that you’ve seen everything first-hand, or do you feel more disarmed by seeing the harsh reality of everything? Do you feel more or less helpless now?

GG: (Laughs) That’s a lovely way to put that question. I think I realized it was something along the lines of the cliché ‘fools rush in where angels fear to tread’. I also know the old adage that if you go to a place for a week, you

write a book. If you go for a year you write an article, and if you stay longer, you know that you’re too ignorant to write anything.

It’s a humbling realization that I should find myself trying to talk about Africa from the short time I had there.

But sometimes a stranger can see things in a different light, and my own skills as a writer and as an observer I hope will be useful to people.

AK: You’ve probably had a fair bit of feedback about the book at this point.

Is there anything that really resonates with you that someone has said?

GG: I had a comment from somebody in Ottawa who had spent a whole day reading the book and said it took him about five days to recover. That’s the kind of thing I’m hoping will happen, is that people will be touched by the stories and will feel enough concern and discomfort to try to find a way to make a difference.

AK: Reading the book got me thinking about the responsibility of knowledge. I don’t remember going over a lot of this in school, where we maybe could’ve touched on things like the corruption that goes on… for example, you mentioned the French aid to the Rwandan genocide. Do you think there could be changes made in school curriculums that could better include that kind of information?

GG: We don’t even get a fair view of our own history in Canada. How many times did anybody ever tell you about the medicine blankets and the attempts to exterminate the native people in this country? The Beothuk Indians were basically exterminated in Newfoundland. How many have ever heard in a classroom that a shipload of Sikhs arrived in Canada in 1908 and sent them back to Hong Kong, many of whom died, and in the Second World War we sent back a shipload of Jews, most of whom perished in the Holocaust. We don’t know about the racism in our own country, so it’s not surprising we know even less about Africa.

AK: Where there’s so much wrong being done in many parts of the continent, including even the well-intended

Vancouver-based author’s account of visiting Africa’s damaged people. Andrew Meade / The Brunswickan aid as you mention in the book, what do you feel is being done well?

GG: I’m not of the view that aid should be cut to Africa. There’ve been a few books lately that suggest it should be cut … it needs to be reconsidered and perhaps administered in a new way.

Much of it’s going into the pockets of corrupt politicians and never reaches the people. And, the average African needs to be consulted about aid.

You’ll often see a huge tractor out in the field that an aid agency sent, but they didn’t send anybody who knew about mechanics; they didn’t send any spare parts. It’s sitting there with a monkey sitting on the seat, unused.

So we definitely need to rethink aid.

We often go thinking we know

what’s wrong and what needs to be done, but most of the time we’re slightly off-kilter and misinformed about things.

AK: You’ll be speaking at UNB soon. What do you hope your audience takes away from your talk?

GG: I hope it’ll inspire them to go out and read the book, and I hope people will be touched enough to think about the stories, but also just to take courage from the fact that an antiquarian like myself can go to Africa and begin the learning process and teach the old dog new tricks. Travel with an open mind and an open heart, and a lot of great things happen when you do that.

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after the show and speak to me about instances where they’ve had to free themselves from bad situations, and personal stories of them making a choice for their own good,” she said.

Domestic discomfort is still a prominent issue today; women all over the world continue to feel stifled and downtrodden. It’s a tough battle and always has been, but placing the tender topic up on a stage for all to see has certainly generated discussion, and in the beginning, outrage.

“There were actually riots in the streets when this play was first released, of women who were standing up for something they never knew was possible,” Swift said.

It has been Swift’s dream to work for TNB for a long time. She grew up watching its productions in the Sussex High School auditorium. She’s thankful for this opportunity that Caleb Marshall gave her. He’s the artistic director for TNB and a veteran classical actor. He’ll be taking to the stage for the first time since 2009 in the role of Nora’s husband.

A Doll’s House opens on Sept. 15 at St. Thomas University’s Black Box Theatre and runs nightly at 7:30 p.m. until Sept. 18 with two 2:00 p.m. matinees on the 17th and 18th. Tickets are $10 for students and $25 for adults.

Katie Swift plays the lead role in Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House. Submitted.

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Six talented acts land in the Harvest Jazz & Blues basket

FROM HARVEST PAGE 1

He had asked long-time friend and collaborator Kevin Fox to play cello, but “Hallelujah” is a long song and he was worried just a cello and his voice wouldn’t carry it. He then asked keyboardist Kevin Hearn from the Barenaked

Ladies to complete the piece. It was one of the first times they’ve played together since the split.

“We’ve both grown up a lot since we last saw each other…

There’s certainly a level of respect and friendship that remains but also musically, he was my first thought. I mean, nobody could do that better than him.”

He’s also been recording some new material for a new album set to come out in the spring. A lot of his inspiration for sounds and ideas has been coming from early 70s pop-rock like Paul McCartney and Wings, ELO (Electric Light Orchestra) and Paul Simon’s first four or five solo records.

“I love Ram by Paul McCartney as an album… it’s got some incredibly polished stuff, and then it’s got some introspective, and some stuff that’s sort of fun with that sense of lightness to it that makes an album well-rounded.”

He said much of the new sound is frustrated, thematically, with what’s happening politically in North America.

He’s set off by what he described as a sense of extremism and

clashing ideologies and “the fact that the Right has duped the working class into voting against themselves in a way.”

“I create characters, like someone who might be addicted to talk-radio for example, as opposed to just kind of wagging a finger. It doesn’t get the job done and makes for some pretty unsatisfying art.”

He splits his time with his new wife, Christine (they married in July) in Manlius, New York, and in Toronto with his three children from a previous marriage.

Page is an avid CBC-listener while on the road North of the border, and enjoys NPR in the U.S. He just got the new album from Fountains of Wayne, a power-pop band from New York City, and is a big fan of the latest Bright Eyes record. It’s his wife’s personal favourite.

His three musically-inclined sons: Isaac, 14, Benjamin, 12 and Jonah, 10, performed a rendition of The Beatles’ “Help!” at the wedding this summer.

They’re quite close, and weren’t kept in the dark about Page’s drug arrest in 2008.

“I didn’t hide anything from them at that point, I sat them down, and between their mom and myself we were very direct about the whole thing.”

“Now my oldest is in grade 10. I can draw on my experience to make sure he stays out of trouble…[the kids] have been incredibly resilient throughout, and we’ve all learned lessons too. “ For those of you who can’t wait until spring for the new record, Page wrote the opening track for a Canadian film called French Immersion out this fall, produced by the same team that made Bon Cop, Bad Cop. He’ll be in town this week for Harvest playing a sold-out show with David Myles at The Playhouse, and he can’t wait.

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Harvest picks: Myles of music in the streets Haley Ryan Arts Reporter If you happen to spot a tall, lean fellow haunting Jonnie Java’s coffee shop downtown, walking along the river path or flipping through music at Backstreet Records, go introduce yourself. That’s David Myles.

Born and raised in Fredericton, the folk jazz singer songwriter says he’s excited to come home for the annual Harvest Jazz & Blues Festival this weekend. He’ll be performing at the Playhouse on Saturday night.

No stranger to the festival, Myles started performing 15 years ago when he appeared with his high school band. Throughout the years

he’s played on the rising star stage as well as nearly every other venue. He said it’s certainly the best time of the year to visit the city.

“It’s like the time when Fredericton really lets loose. It really is the weekend to party... if you were to go to Fredericton just for that weekend and never had been there before, you’d probably think it was the loosest, wildest town in the world, which you know it’s not really,” Myles laughed.

He said one of the things he finds “insane” about this year’s festival is that amongst all the turmoil around headliner Gregg Allman cancelling, the organizers were able to recover

Alex Kress Arts Editor For blues prodigy Matt Andersen, the Harvest Jazz and Blues Festival is always a warm homecoming.

“I cut my teeth in the Fredericton bar scene, so it’s always great getting back for Harvest,” he said.

And he draws quite a crowd each year.

The Perth-Andover native stirred up a good time at festivals all over the country this summer, including folk festivals in Winnipeg, Calgary and Edmonton.

“Edmonton Folk Fest was great. I got to play some really fun sets, one with Blackie and the Rodeo Kings. I’m a huge fan of theirs and I’ve done a lot of work with Colin [Linden] so that was really cool. The whole setup of the festival ...the way it’s set up on the ski slopes is pretty neat,” Andersen said.

On Sept. 20, Andersen will release his newest album, Coal Miner Blues. It’s a fullband album, which is something a little different – he usually records more of a solo acoustic sound. He wrote a lot with Colin Linden of Blackie and the Rodeo Kings, who produced it.

Andersen said it’s a pretty accurate representation of what he sounds like live.

Some tunes have a six-piece band with a horn section and back-up singers, and some are just Andersen and his guitar and Linden on mandolin.

Thematically, many of Andersen’s lyrics on the whole relate to being away from home and returning, so there are a handful of tracks with that tone. He moved to Cape Breton a year and half ago, so some of the songs reflect the changes that come with a

new place, why he moved and being on the road while missing his girlfriend back home.

He said the rest of the album, however, might be a little more accessible because it’s not as personalized as usual.

Though he writes about being far from home, he genuinely thrives when he’s performing.

“I love playing for new people, but I love playing for people who show up and know your music. That’s a different vibe all together,” he said.

And while he loves feeding off the energy of other artists he collaborates with on stage, he’s most comfortable on his own.

“At the festivals I get to collaborate and that’s kind of where I get my band fix I guess, without having to actually go out and hire people I get to just hang out with these musicians and bounce back and forth.

It kind of keeps me sane just to have access to the both of them.”

He’s been performing and recording for a good decade now, and at only 30 years old, he’s rounded up a solid fan base. But it takes real dedication, he said, and that’s one of the most valuable things he has learned about the business.

“You get out of it what you put into it.

With all the reality shows like American Idol… people are given success overnight and it seems to fall flat for a lot of them. I think a lot of that just comes from going from zero to 60 right away, and you’ve gotta build up into that.”

Andersen will play Thursday night in the Bell Aliant Mojo Tent at 7:30 p.m. and in the Cox & Palmer Hoodoo House at 12 a.m. Tickets are $30 and $15 respectively.

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by booking both Buddy Guy and Levon Helm at the last second.

“For someone like me who grew up in Fredericton, it just makes me really proud to see the festival doing so well. It’s hard to run a festival and get people involved and excited about it,” Myles said.

Although he loves coming home to relax for Harvest Jazz, for the past few years Myles has been based out of Halifax. There, he said he feels like part of a big family that is the East Coast music scene, which includes Joel Plaskett, Old Man Luedecke and Classified.

Myles said the Maritimes is a great

place to be as a musician, one where artists don’t feel restricted to working with people in their genre - they can mix hip hop and folk - which is just what happened when the rapper Classified produced Myles’ new single, “Simple Pleasures”.

“Our working relationship is amazing because strangely enough, we find this really good common ground ... even though we play different music. Our taste in each other’s music is quite similar. I’m really into what he does, he likes what I do,” Myles said.

The contrast of Classified’s beats and energetic style to Myles’ laidback vocals really makes the song work.

Myles said he is looking forward to teaming up with Luke (Classified’s real name) in years to come.

Another possible collaboration could be in the works for this weekend’s performance. Myles is taking the stage at the Playhouse the same night as Steven Page, former lead singer of the Barenaked Ladies.

“The first show I ever went to as a kid ...was when I was in grade two or three and I went to see the Barenaked Ladies at the Playhouse and it was a massive rock star moment for me, so it’s pretty cool to be back, at the Playhouse, with Steven Page,” Myles said.

Both Page and Myles are performing separate shows, but Myles doesn’t deny the possibility of a jam session and said he’s hoping to “get something together.”

Tickets are sold out for this allages show, but if you’re lucky enough to have one, get in early to see a hometown boy who went from sitting in that dark theatre to owning the spot-lit stage.

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Harvest picks: Itching to make you ache Alex Kress Arts Editor It’s mid-September and the leaves will change shortly – but perhaps too soon this time around for singersongwriter Jadea Kelly.

Originally from Whitby, Ont., the 24-year-old has spent the last three months at her new home in Toronto, the longest she’s been in one place for a year. She spent the better part of it touring Canada and Europe and living in a tour van with her bandmates.

Kelly returned from Europe in April, thoroughly exhausted. She found a place to live, started hanging pictures again and planted a garden.

The touring wears on her after a while. While she’s thrilled to have a place to call home where she can rest and let her creative energy circulate, she wouldn’t call herself a homebody; once she’s been stationary for an extended period, she gets a little antsy.

“When I’m home for the f irst while after a tour, I hate being in my

Jadea Kelly. Submitted

own skin. I can’t sit still,” she said.

So, she wrote for her new album.

And as much as she’s been writing songs, she’s been writing grants.

Kelly hopes to spend time in the recording studio this November and said it’s going to be a big step forward.

“There’s a bit of fire in it. As much as I’ve had a successful year moving my career forward, I’ve had to make a lot of sacrifices.”

She’s changed management and the band members she’s played with since she was young. There’s a general coming-of-age tone about the new material and a sense of “not having the goggles on as much anymore,” she says.

There’s also a strong message surrounding the female integrity she exudes as one of the few women in the Canadian folk music industry.

“It’s a boy’s world. Just fighting to prove yourself amongst them all, and fighting to prove you’re a songwriter.”

It’s a worthy struggle for Kelly.

She quoted a Scott Nolan song when asked to describe the most significant thing she has picked up about the business.

“In this line of work, you never retire.” That’s what this record is about.

“I feel like I’m more part of a larger movement of people who aren’t doing this for the money. We’re doing this because we’re passionate about music and telling a story,” she said.

Living in a cultural hub like Toronto has made a world of difference for Kelly’s creative outlets and performance venues. She’s been able to collaborate with other songwriters and have access to live shows every night of the week – something tough to find in the Whitby suburbs.

“We write together and feed off of each other. When you move to the city you finally meet like-minded individuals, when in the suburbs there’s only one of you at your high school writing songs,” she said.

“Just last night there was a secret show for Kathleen Edwards at the Dakota Tavern. That wouldn’t have happened in Whitby.”

And people have taken notice.

She’s been compared to the legendary likes of Loretta Lynn and Emmylou Harris. She grew up listening to them, Iris DeMent, and Canadian sisters Kate and Anna McGarrigle.

“All of those women really emote, and ache and I guess that’s what I try to do most when I perform. I think people really wanna feel. I guess that’s the job of a songwriter - to help them feel.”

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The New Position: Sexual Literacy

Sarah Vannier Sex Columnist When it comes to our sex lives, we have lots of important decisions to make. We need to decide if we want to have sex, who we want to have sex with and what kind of sex we want to have. So how do you make sure your decisions will leave you happy, healthy and sexually satisfied?

Over the next while I’ll be talking about a few things you can do. First step? Get informed!

It’s hard to make a good decision without having all of the facts, but the web can be a great place to find information. One of my favorite websites is scarleteen.com; it covers topics ranging from the basic (e.g., birth control and STIs) to the more complex (e.g., how to know if you’re ready for sex and how to come out if you’re gay).

The website also hosts an active message board where you can post questions and get advice.

Scarleteen also has a great “Yes, No, Maybe So Sexual Inventory”. It looks like a menu of sexual activities and you can go through the menu and check off what you want to do, what you definitely don’t want to do and what you might be interested in but aren’t quite sure yet. This can be a good place to figure out what kind of sex you want to have, and you can either fill it out on your own or fill them out with a partner.

Maybe you already know exactly what kind of sex you want to be having but you aren’t sure how to make it happen.

Are you considering trying anal sex? A threesome? Maybe you want to tie your partner up. Well, I have good news for you: so do a lot of other people! So many, in fact, that there are a variety of resources out there designed to help you expand your sexual horizons.

You can buy books and instructional videos for just about any topic that has crossed your mind. There are also a ton of free resources out there for those of us who are poor, starving students (and also if you’d rather not have “The Anal Sex Position Guide” lying on your coffee table when mom comes to visit). Goodvibes. com is a website that sells all sorts of sexual goodies (e.g., vibrators, cock rings, etc.) but they also have an excellent how-to section that will teach you how to choose a vibrator, a how-to guide for female ejaculation and how to spank a partner.

If you happen to be lucky enough to visit Halifax, Calgary or Ottawa, visit the award-winning (and amazing) sex shop, Venus Envy. Not only is this store filled to the brim with books that are fun to read and to look at, the staff can and will answer any questions you have. During one of my last visits there, my friends and I were admiring the We-Vibe (a cool little vibrator that hits the clitoris and the g-spot at the same time) and the woman behind the counter was very quick to offer us one that we could play around with.

If you’re feeling the need for more intense instruction, you can sign up for one of their workshops. Workshops are run in small groups and designed to be fun, informative and non-judgmental, and cover topics like the art of the strip tease, talking dirty, oral sex and bondage.

Sounds more interesting than ARTS 1000, right? Venus Envy also offers discounted rates to students and anyone else with a limited income. You can browse the whole workshop schedule on their website, (www.venusenvy.ca) Being informed includes knowing yourself as a sexual person. This means knowing what you want and don’t want, from your sex life. Figuring this out can take a lifetime, but the sooner you start thinking about it, the closer you will be!

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Harvest picks: The bow to his cello, the key to her harmonium

Alex Kress Arts Editor Lovestorm, the music duo and real-life couple based in New Hampton, New Brunswick, is anything but stormy.

They’re Tim Isaac of Isaac & Blewett, and Nina Khosla of Great Balancing Act, and they compliment each other nicely; she’s outgoing and vibrant, and he has a more reserved and muted personality. But musically, they’re a fertile force of beauty and resourcefulness.

They’ve played a couple of festivals this summer, including Evolve and Folly Fest, but perhaps a less obvious highlight for Lovestorm was playing a couple of shows in yoga studios.

“We’re a little alternative in our sound and our message, so we also look for alternative venues where people can gather who are into our music, and it’s more of a quiet environment,” Isaac said.

Before the touring began to pick up, Isaac and Khosla spent some time down south in Mexico, a kind of creative retreat that inspired material for the new album set to launch in October, Overripe.

Khosla spent a month on her own, writing, and Isaac joined her for a second month to collaborate and record in a house on a cliff overlooking the ocean.

They didn’t bring their usual instruments with them (typically Isaac plays his signature cello and Khosla plays her harmonium). This time, Khosla stuck to a ukulele and Isaac brought a viola and played it like a cello.

They were creative with percussion too. They took trips to the local market and bought tin cans and picked up seeds off the street and items from the beach for a more organic sound. A lot of the songs feature the sounds of seabirds and the waves crashing in the background.

“It puts your mind right into that place hearing that kind of thing,” Isaac said.

“It’s a little different than our usual sound, but still really exciting to hear what you can do with just a little.”

Isaac said the tone of the new sophomore album is moody and sensuous, and some of the songs are in Spanish.

The lyrical content of the songs is based on yearning, intimacy and sensual experiences. Khosla does all the writing,

and much of it is inspired by the beauty and nature around her. There are also a few relationship songs too that are more personal and poignant.

What’s new this time is the duets featuring vocals from both Isaac and Khosla.

“We get to interplay more verbally because usually I sit behind and accompany her, but now it’s more one-on-one.”

Isaac and Khosla got together six years ago, but only joined musically about two years ago because they were so busy with other projects. It turned out to be a great excuse to spend time together because they found they weren’t seeing nearly as much of one another as they would have liked.

“So many songs are poignant and very poetic and full of beautiful visual ideas, so it’s easy for me to get behind her musically.”

Isaac said if he weren’t a musician he’d like to be involved with social services, devoting his time to helping those in need.

“In an odd way I feel like I do that a little but in music, especially in Lovestorm. The message is one of celebration and it’s uplifting, and is kind of a mission

Lovestorm. Submitted in some way for people to appreciate the world around us and to be grateful for what we do have.”

Lovestorm will be playing a free show in Officer’s Square at 2 p.m. on Saturday, and Tim Isaac will play a free Isaac & Blewett show at the JDI Acoustic Stage at 5:30 p.m.

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Harvest picks: Releasing his ‘master’s’ in pop

Beaverbrook Art Gallery: Students can visit the Gallery for $3 with a student ID, or free on Thursday evenings. While that is true for students in general, UNB, STU and NBCCD are corporate members of the Gallery, which entitles all students of those institutions to free admission all the time, upon presentation of a valid student ID. Rich Aucoin. Submitted Colin McPhail CUP Atlantic Bureau Chief After stops in Dawson City, St. John’s and everywhere in between, Rich Aucoin’s cross-country journey has elevated him to higher education.

The release date for the long-awaited followup project from Halifax’s electro-pop king, We’re All Dying To Live, has been set, and not a moment too soon as Aucoin brings his symphonic dance medley to the capital city this weekend.

In a deviation from his 2007 EP Personal Publication, Aucoin has shifted focus, writing style and tempo in a mass collaboration with some of the best in Canadian indie music, which created an entirely new learning experience.

“The first one felt kind of like my undergrad and this one is my master’s,” he said.

“It’s really collaborative and great to see what some of the best musicians from the across the country are doing and how they work.”

After recording the debut EP as a solo effort, Aucoin decided he would invite “some people” to take part this time around.

“Some people kept ballooning until it was over 500,”Aucoin said, laughing.

Before he knew it, We’re All Dying To Live turned into a vibrant tapestry of Canadian music with influences from industry professionals, casual musicians and hobbyists. His ever-changing collection of musical companions saw the likes of the Musquodoboit School Choir of Nova Scotia, Fredericton’s chamber-pop trio The Olympic Symphonium and electronic solo act The Trick, not to mention national heavyweights Joel Plaskett and Sloan’s Jay Ferguson.

“I made a version of the record where I made it by myself and I just got all these people to replace my parts with their own kind of inflections and styles ... so much so that it was like an ongoing writing process,” Aucoin said.

“It was great to see the people I grew up listening to be supportive about it.”

With the three-year project in its final stages, indie-poppers will be treated to a contrast of melodic beats and pure energy when the album is available Nov. 1.

“This one is all over the map,” Aucoin said.

“Some songs aren’t geared for the dance floor; some songs have similar energy to ‘Brian Wilson is A.L.i.V.E.’ and are made for the dance floor.”

After drawing on the How the Grinch Stole Christmas for a unique narrative in

composing Personal Publication and receiving a stern cease and desist letter from Dr. Seuss Enterprises, L.P., Aucoin sought public domain footage for inspiration – something easier said than done.

“There was no public domain movie that stood out to me in the way The Grinch did to be the one I was going to sync it to,” he said. “So, I watched like a hundred public domain movies and started to cut them all up into a new narrative.”

The final result is a scrapbook of 40 films, ranging from It’s a Wonderful Life to The Night of the Living Dead. Laughing at his own contrasting methods, Aucoin said he plans to create a video montage of the entire record synched to the footage once completed his musical work.

As he dots his i’s and crosses his t’s on his thesis, the professor of pop is preparing for the practical side of “master’s” work, a field which he is revered in.

The live show is assault on all senses, dazzling audiences with electronic beats, stimulating lighting and, of course, his lively, energetic on-stage performance that will have you out of your seat and dancing up a Category 5 storm. The show is also accompanied by the fan-favourite video stream, which creates an unforgettable juxtaposition between art and sound.

Aucoin will be bringing his travelling spectacle to the Harvest Jazz & Blues Festival Saturday night, and he said those in attendance are in store for something special. He specifically tailored his video component for his Fredericton fans in what surely will be a night not to be missed.

He takes over the Galaxie Barracks Tent for the “Spread the Joy” bill with Brooklyn’s The Pimps of Joytime at 8 p.m.

Ninjaspy: Metal with a message

The ska-core metal fusion group visits Fredericton. Submitted.

Haley Ryan Arts Reporter Who would win in a battle to the death: a ninja or a spy?

It sounds like the tagline from Deadliest Warrior, a popular television series on Spike TV, but it’s actually from an argument that spawned one of Canada’s few ska metal fusion bands.

Ninjaspy (pronounced ninja spy, as if the words were separated) is a Vancouver-based trio of brothers, who have been playing music together for 12 years and are coming to the Charlotte Street Arts Centre for an all-ages show, and The Capital for an over-19 show.

The lead singer and guitarist of the band, Joel Parent, said when a friend asked who he thought had the upper hand in a ninja vs. spy battle, he really wanted to give a good answer.

“I was like, well, modern gadgets that spies have, or ancient wisdom and martial skills that ninja’s have - I think if you put the two of those together you have an unstoppable force.”

Parent thought it was a fitting name for an unstoppable metal band, until Mom stepped in. Mrs. Parent reminded her boys they couldn’t name their band after a part of

history they knew nothing about, so Parent agreed to do some research.

He soon discovered the ninja philosophy was very similar to how he wanted to live his life. He trained at a ninjutsu studio in Vancouver for a few years before traveling to Japan to study with the grand masters.

“I also play a guitar solo with a scythe... we do a lot of jumping around, lots of acrobatics and spin-kicks and stuff like that, and martial arts has really influenced the way that I dance,” Parent said.

Ninjaspy is starting a cross-country tour this fall with shows in British Columbia and Ontario before they come to Fredericton.

They’re touring with a new single and have an EP coming out in November, which has the unique addition of a graphic novel.

Parent said the idea of the graphic novel came from a desire to do something more creative with a small release. The soundtrack of the mini-record is actually the entire dialogue and narrative of the novel, so you can listen to the song as you flip through the pages for a multi-media experience.

Not one to shy away from new things, Parent has made a reputation for the band with their graphic and violent lyrics, but insists that many songs have important messages.

He said the song “Defecating on the

Remains of our Child” raises the important issue of abortion, while “We’re Out of Tampons” is about how much harm we’re doing to the earth. He represents the damage to the environment as Mother Earth’s menstruation and the people who are helping the world are tampons that are “cleaning up the mess the rest of us have created.”

However, Parent said using the menstrual images has created problems with feminist groups and other women who are insulted the band is relating a natural female process to the destruction of the earth.

He was nearly assaulted by an older woman at a bar in Kenora, who jumped on stage and tried to punch Parent, who acknowledges sometimes explaining the song does more harm than good.

“But I wasn’t thinking of shock value for the sake of shock value, it was shock value for the sake of the message,” Parent said.

Then there are some fans who just think the song is about tampons, and throw them on stage, “which is great,” Parent laughs.

Ninjaspy performs with We are Doomed, a Halifax metal band at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 15 at the Charlotte Street Arts Centre (free, all ages), and Monday, Sept. 19 at The Capital ($6, 19+) at 9:00 p.m.

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TSN Hockey Insider Bob McKenzie Talks Hockey in Freddy

K. Bryannah James Sports Editor Friday night was a special treat for all hockey fans in the Fredericton area, as TSN’s Hockey Insider Bob McKenzie made a special visit to New Brunswick’s capital.

McKenzie, a hockey guru, extended his Maritime travels by coming to Fredericton, after new St. Thomas Tommies head coach, Troy Ryan, asked him as a fundraising favour for both the men and women’s hockey programs at STU. The night, An Evening with TSN’s Hockey Insider Bob McKenzie - Hockey Dad: True Confessions from a (Crazy?)

Hockey Parent, was a public event, opened to anyone who purchased a ticket for the evening. Tickets included admission, a three-course meal, an open question and answer period, and an auction to end the evening.

McKenzie’s first question was one the hockey world has been wondering about for a few months now: are the roles of fighters in the NHL connected to the three recent deaths of Derek Boogaard, Rick Rypien and Wade Belak?

Although McKenzie wasn’t certain, he tried to explain the situation as best he could.

The stress level of a professional hockey player is mentally and physically demanding, especially in the, as he says “rough and tough” faculty of the game.

“But in a league of seven hundred plus people, you’re going to have all the same problems society’s got and sometimes even, even to a greater degree.”

McKenzie admitted that he couldn’t say if their deaths were or weren’t directly related to their positions as fighters in the NHL. These two almost go hand-in-hand in the hockey world, and directly following the fighter topic in the NHL, the concussion questions came next.

“Bobby Clarke once said, ’I wouldn’t let my kid play in the NHL now – it’s too

Josh Fleck The Brunswickan Four years ago, UNB wrestling was just a fly on the wall, on the outside looking in at the CIS championships.

Now, after back-to-back second-place finishes at the championships in the past two years, the team is sending two wrestlers to the Pan American Games, and have numerous others going to Olympic trials.

Eric Feunekes and Shawn Daye-Finley will be representing Canada in the upcoming Pan Am Games, while Samantha Stewart will be the sole female wrestler representing UNB at the Olympic trials.

Stewart, who is from London, Ont., grew up a self-proclaimed tomboy. She got her start in wrestling in the ninth grade after she tried out for her high school football team and made it.

Some of the football players on her team put it in her mind to try out for wrestling.

“After football season was done, some of the guys asked me to come try out for

Bob McKenzie tells his side of the story as a (Crazy?) Hockey Dad. Andrew Meade / The Brunswickan dangerous,” McKenzie said.

McKenzie, who has his own personal connection with the concussion topic, explained the severity of injury.

There’s a chemical that develops in the brain after too much trauma to the head called CTE (Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy) and if it spreads spinal cord, it can cause serious illnesses such as ALS and Lou Gehrig’s Disease.

He then explained his pre-season preperations.

“I talk to every general manager, every coach, go through all the rosters, try and get a feel for what the lines are going to look like, what the power plays are going to look like, and just kind of where they are

injury-wise too,” McKenzie said.

Women’s league hockey and the advancement of women’s hockey in the world, was another hot topic.

McKenzie admitted that he didn’t follow women’s hockey as strictly as the NHL, he did give his idea that women’s hockey could be better if more teams participated, explaining how Finland and Sweden were budding women’s programs, but it’s usually Canada and the USA challenging each other at the end of the day.

“Women shouldn’t be sentenced to death by ringette,” McKenzie joked. “No offence to ringette.”

The question that always earns McKenzie a couple points, an open-mouthed gawk

and a “you did what?” - the major atom stick measurment fiasco.

The Whitby team was playing Barrie, and after a few years of rivalry when the Barrie parents questionably had a Whitby coach thrown out, the Eastern Triple A playoffs were tense.

Losing 5-2, with only five minutes left in the game and after having noticed illegal curves on the Barrie players sticks, McKenzie seized the opportunity to call a stick measurement – twice – gaining a power play and inevitably winning the game 6-5.

“I seem to recall some of the Barrie parents yelling at me, although it looked like a few of them were yelling at their own coach too,” McKenzie said in his book.

That story is one of a few that had McKenzie questioning if he was a crazy hockey dad, but hey, one son now works for TSN and one has signed a pro-hockey contract, so who’s to say he’s crazy?

When asked what his favourite memory is with his kids, it’s those winter mornings, on the drive between Whitby and Barrie for their games.

“I just remember, cold, cold, cold Saturday mornings, lots of snow on the ground, sun, not a cloud in the sky, one of those cold clear winter days and just driving with my kids to go to a game and talking with them on the way to the game. That for me is as good as it gets.”

The wrestling side: How they got here wrestling. At first I was thinking, ‘do you mean like hitting people with chairs and stuff?’ It certainly wasn’t love at first sight either,” Stewart said about her origins.

Despite not falling immediately in love with wrestling, she turned out to be a complete natural and she won the first tournament she entered.

She ended up attending the University of Western Ontario where she flourished, but was never the star of the team. The girl on her team who was considered the star was supposed to go to a wrestling camp in Antigonish, N.S. one summer. The girl was unable to attend the prepaid trip, and since Stewart was in the same weight class, she took her spot on the trip.

On the trip she met Corey Robinson, who was the provincial wrestling coach at the time. Robinson recommended she come to UNB, and the rest as they say, is history.

Stewart is now on her way to qualifying for the Olympics, and one thing standing

in her way is two-time Olympic medalist Tonya Verbeek.

Feunekes is a local product, who first got involved with wrestling at Albert Street middle school. But his first encounter with wrestling was a little different than Stewart’s.

“I tried out for every team they offered, and got cut from each one,” said Feunekes.

“Wrestling didn’t have any cuts, so I made that team.”

Feunekes’ journey from a grade-six athlete to a competitor at both the Pan Am Games and the Commonwealth Games could have been very different had he made one of the teams he tried out for.

Having made the wrestling team, Feunekes seized the opportunity and worked away at it.

While in grades seven and eight, he would frequently partake in the high school practices at FHS, and then while in grade 10, spoke to current coach, and president of wrestling Canada, Don Ryan,

about practicing with the UNB squad.

This factored greatly into the choice to come to UNB. Heading into the Pan Am Games, Feunekes has high aspirations for medalling after finishing fourth at the Commonwealth Games.

Shawn Daye-Finley, who may be UNB’s best wrestler, is also a Maritimer.

From Eastern Passage, N.S., he grew up in a family of wrestlers.

“Whenever we would have family get togethers, there would be me and my cousins and we would just be messing around and wrestling. So I guess that’s where it all started for me.”

Daye-Finley grew up a multi-sport athlete, with the first sport being karate.

His mother put him in karate in order to teach him discipline.

Being a highly touted wrestler out of high school, he had big name schools after him, but decided on UNB because of the great support system he had here.

“My family, my friends, Don Ryan, my

coach from home, I couldn’t leave those guys. UNB had things that other schools couldn’t offer; the sport psychologists, training partners that I’ve known my whole life, the coaching staff. It all added up to being the only choice for me.”

Only 21, Daye-Finley has the wrestling world at his fingertips right now. He has a legitimate shot at medalling at the Pan Ams, and has been highly ranked at the CIS level for the past two years. He has been tried and tested at this level, and has come through.

A knee injury, which caused some doctors to say he would never wrestle again, was the largest obstacle he had to climb in order to get where he is today.

Four years ago no one would believe that UNB wrestling is where it is right now. After being dropped as a varsity sport, it was a steep mountain to climb, but just like any other mountain, reaching the summit is the most satisfying feeling.

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Ferdinand named head swim coach K. Bryannah James Sports Editor Due to health reasons, Paula Stewart has stepped down as head coach of the UNB swim team, and V-Red alumnus and former assistant coach Robin Ferdinand will be taking over.

Ferdinand, a former Varsity Red swimmer herself is looking forward to having another active role, besides the five years as assistant coach with the team.

After Stewart had to step down as head coach, Ferdinand was already familiar with the coaching staff, the swimmers and is familiar with New Brunswick and Nova Scotian swimmers, from her rich history of swimming both as a coach and an athlete in both provinces.

This will make the transition as assistant coach to head coach smoother, seeing as Ferdinand already knows how the system, the athletes and the program works.

“It’s under unfortunate circumstances because Paula’s the one on sick leave, but I’m really excited because I’ve been involved with the team to an extent for the past few years and I know all the swimmers and what they’re capable of,” Ferdinand said.

“I’m excited to help them achieve their goals this year.”

Ferdinand first came to UNB in 1995 after a former coach, who knew her swimming abilities would make a splash for the Varsity Reds, recruited her.

“I wanted to take physical education and Andrew Cole, who’s originally from Dartmouth which is where I was from, and he was the coach at the time, so him recruiting me was a major influence on me to come here,” Ferdinand said.

Between 1995-1998, when Ferdinand was a V-Red, she was a part of, as she says, an excellent group of swimmers who made being a Varsity Red enjoyable.

“I have best friends that I still keep in touch with that I knew through swimming.”

But it wasn’t just the Varsity Red swim team that made life so enjoyable; it was the whole Red family.

“You bond with all the people on the

Robin Ferdinand (left) was named head swim coach after Paula Stewart stepped down due to illness. Sandy Chase / The Brunswickan other teams because you know they’re training really hard as well and competing and you’re kind of all one giant team even though you’re from different sports,” Ferdinand said.

After graduating university, Ferdinand took over as head coach of the Dartmouth Crusaders between 1999 and 2005, where she helped bring them to 10 provincial championships, this is because of two categories of swim: a short-course championship and a long-course championship.

On top of that, with Ferdinand as head coach, the team won two East Coast Championships as well as produced 22 age-group-national qualifiers, competing in the national championships.

After she lead the Crusaders on their final laps of victory, she stepped down as head coach to have a family, following which she was offered a job with Swimming New Brunswick.

She was offered the job of executive director where she was directly responsible for the organization of competitive swimming in New Brunswick.

As executive director, she organized and attended swim meets with swimmers from around New Brunswick.

As she settled into her new home, Stewart, a former V-Red teammate of Ferdinand’s, got in contact with her and Ferdinand began volunteering with the

Varsity Reds swim team.

“The first year I was here I was just getting my footing and then in 2006 I started helping a bit, and then I had a baby. Then Paula had an accident and broke her neck in August of 2007, so I filled in for her from September 2007 to basically December 2007 so she could heal properly. She wrote up all the practices then I ran them for her.

I just kind of stayed on two or three times a week from then,” Ferdinand said.

On Mar. 1 of the 2011 season, Stewart had to leave due to health reasons, leaving Ferdinand in charge of the team for the remainder of the season. By the beginning of this season, she was named head coach.

Right now the top recruit for UNB is Sarah Lynch of Wolfville, Nova Scotia who will be joining the UNB swim team this fall.

As well, a few recruits from the northwestern demographic of Canada will be swimming this way as athletes from Saskatchewan and the Northwest Territories join the swim team.

“It’s exciting to have people from all over Canada (join the team) and there’s rumours of a couple others that I haven’t seen yet.”

The men’s swim team will also be seeing Zach Hilchey, brother of Melissa Hilchey from the women’s team and Scott Mills from Saskatchewan on the team this fall.

Currie Center benefits students

Inside the Currie Center, a state of the art facility for both students and athletes. Andrew Meade/ The Brunswickan Jennifer Bishop The Brunswickan With classes finally underway, UNB Varsity Reds athletes, alongside other students, are getting a taste of the Richard J. Currie Center. It is UNB’s newest edition to the athletics department.

Gansheng Xu, director of Recreation Services says the new facility that includes two new gymnasiums, a strengthening and conditioning area and a sports medicine clinic, among other things, is not only for varsity athletes.

“We are offering a variety of programs and services to students, faculty, staff and community members,” Xu said.

Every full-time UNB student has access to the center and part-time students have access at a fee of $75 per term. This fee covers both old and new programs

being offered at the center.

“The majority of the programs are existing in the past well before the expansion and some of the programs are brand new,” Xu said.

“To say the least, one of the new ones we’ve never offered before is a spinning program, spinning classes.”

Although new programs will be held at the Currie Center, the LB Gym will still be in use. Available to students at the old gym are the swimming pool and the climbing wall. The faculty of Kinesiology will also remain in the building.

Club programs like wrestling and judo will remain in the old West gym and a high-performance athletes training centre with strength-training equipment will be set up on the other side.

These areas will no longer be open to

all students.

Director of Athletics, John Richards says that the new facility will take the four programs that are facilitated in the new centre to a whole new level.

Richards hopes that the Currie Center will be an attraction for new recruits, for not only court sports, but for all UNB varsity teams.

“I think it’s beyond those four teams as well too. I think obviously the spin-off effect goes across our varsity programming and across the entire campus,” Richards said. “Student athletes like the swim team may work out in there and use those facilities and again, I go back to sports medicine clinic and all those other added benefits, it’s not just for the four court teams.”

Large issues that have been resolved by the Currie Center include limited parking and no wheelchair access.

Richard’s said that hopefully now that these issues are resolved there will be more people using the facility and more spectators at games.

“We’re trying to do some initiatives here and to draw in students into our program and you know, community wise, hopefully with the ability and access to parking and the accessibility to the building,” Richard said.

Xu stressed that the Currie Center is not only a place for exercise but is open for the different needs of students. The building is equipped with Wi-Fi and has windows overlooking the river.

“A lot of students might never have stepped into a recreation centre before, but here is not just a space for your physical activity,” Xu said.

“We want to create this as a hub for students to work out, to study.”

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Men’s basketball: The next step

Sean O’Neill The Brunswickan Going into the 2010-11 season, UNB men’s head basketball coach Brent Baker decided his team needed motivation for the season.

He put a picture of the Halifax Metro Centre in the team’s locker room – a goal for the team to make the AUS playoffs for the first time since 2005-06.

The Reds made the March trip to the Nova Scotia capital for the first time in four years, finishing fifth in the eight-team AUS. But then promptly, in Baker’s words, “got cranked” in the quarterfinal as UNB lost 81-61 to Acadia.

Looking back, Baker has mixed feelings from last season. The team accomplished his stated goal but failed to expand on it.

“I was happy, I wouldn’t say I was satisfied,” Baker said. “That’s probably the best way to put it.”

So where does the team go from last season?

“The next step is, let’s finish higher in the league,” Baker said. “We got goal one [making the playoffs in 2010], now let’s get to step two.”

“Let’s try to get to an AUS final.

Let’s try to win more games than last year and improve on everything we’re doing.”

One of the main reasons for the team breaking out last season was the play of AUS rookie of the year Will McFee, who averaged 13.7 points on 42 per cent shooting.

But he won’t return from his native Australia until after Christmas from what Baker calls “personal things he has to take care of at home.”

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Not only will the team be without McFee to start the year, but Baker thinks the loss of starting point guard Andrew Wright to graduation will need to be filled immediately.

“We’ll miss Andy Wright for his ability to control the tempo and understand tempo and control the game from that end of it as a point guard,” Baker said.

But the losses the V-Reds have endured don’t compare to those of some of the other teams in the league.

Baker believes these teams will be able to replenish quickly and the loss of these players gives no direct advantage to the Reds.

“Those programs have a real habit of reloading, they don’t rebuild,” Baker said. “I’m expecting those guys to have a few guys that are pretty strong. A lot of those teams

have depth, depth in our league is what really kills so if you have a good amount of depth you’ll be fine.”

UNB finished last in the AUS in scoring last season, averaging 73.6 points per game in the league, but the area Baker wants improved is rebounding and adding size to the squad.

They filled that void by recruiting Aaron O’Brien. He’s 6’8” and comes from Newfoundland.

Michael Fosu comes Vanier College, which won the CCAA national championship last season.

Fosu and his Vanier teammate Seth Amoah are expected to make an impact right away.

The other rookies coming into the fold are Alex Caskey, who averaged 16 points and 12 rebounds for Halifax West, and Matt Daley was the point guard for the NB provincial champion, Bathurst high school.

Time to fine-tune after weekend split

K. Bryannah James Sports Editor UNB men’s soccer team kicked off the season with a 0-1 loss and a 1-0 win during its back-to-back weekend games against Memorial University, this past weekend.

Although the weekend housed one victory for the team, which happened during the Sunday game, head coach Miles Pinsent believes his team had a few kinks to work out, which was one of the factors for Saturday’s loss.

“Opening weekend, teams are always struggling to put in consistent efforts and then when you go over to Newfoundland and try to win two games back-to-back is always a challenge,” Pinsent said.

“It was pretty typical but, I wasn’t pleased with some aspects of our play on Saturday, but I think we defiantly addressed those and were the better team on Sunday so that was good to see.”

Pinsent believes there were a few factors that needed fine-tuning at the beginning of the season, two of which were players adjusting to the fast-paced nature of AUS soccer and the physical nature of the higher level of play.

“With a number of new players in the lineup, I think it was just getting used to the tempo and the physicality of AUS soccer. Something that, there were enough veterans on our team that it shouldn’t have come to us as a surprise, but I think we just, maybe weren’t prepared for that.”

Senior players are already seasoned in the art of game placement and mental toughness but for some of the new recruits to the team, getting to the ball and understanding your place on the field are two different concepts.

“Some players aren’t necessarily fully aware of their roles and responsibilities in certain game situations. So you know that first game brought some of those things to light,” Pinsent said.

However, after a sit-down with the team when they lost to MUN on Saturday, the V-Reds shook off the loss and looked to improve for Sunday’s game.

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Men’s soccer in action at Memorial University where they split the weekend with a 1-0 loss and a 1-0 victory. Andy Veilleux /The Muse they corrected those things and worked idea of its competition as the team takes to improve in the areas we needed to on DAL and SMU – the AUS champions put in a better performance on Sunday,” from last year – both home games, which will take place after the renaming ceremony Pinsent said.

By Sunday, the Reds challenged MUN of Chapman Field to the BMO Centre.

During those games, both Pinsent and on the field, pulling away with a 1-0 victory, evening out the score sheet when second women’s head coach Andy Cameron will year, 6’1” Ottawa native Ryan Lauzon, be going barefoot to help both teams raise awareness for Right to Play. sniped one in the net.

Right to Play is a nation-wide event tak“He was named player of the game on Sunday. He scored the goal and was the big ing place this upcoming weekend. Different presence for us in the middle of the field. sports teams will be participating to help He provides leadership and a great work raise awareness for kids who can’t afford to play sports. ethic,” Pinsent said.

“They’re simple games for life lessons,” “I think our goalkeeper Aaron McMurray was pretty solid and he kept us Melissa Foster said. She’s the creator of in game until the boys got settled so he’s UNB Right to Play on Facebook.

Not only do people help raise awareness, always nice and solid back there.”

Pinsent said the team is strong defen- funding also helps send people around the sively and that’s one of the key factors in its world to help create sustainability.

In the case of UNB soccer, both Camability to do well this season.

“The boys are willing to work hard and eron and Pinsent will go barefoot for their be organized offensively so I think it’s dif- home-openers.

There will be a shoe-check at the game, ficult for teams to break us down and create where people can check their shoes at the those good chances,” Pinsent said.

“I think we’re also a more complete team gate before the game to help raise awarethen we were last year, so I think we’ll also ness.

Right to Play UNB also goes to middle be capable of being a threat offensively than schools in New Brunswick to help raise perhaps we were last year. “ This weekend will help shape UNB’s awareness in the province.

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Women’s basketball in rebuild mode

Sean O’Neill The Brunswickan The UNB women’s basketball team had as close to a dream season in 2010 as a fan could wish for.

It had the AUS MVP, Amanda Sharpe.

The league rookie of the year, Claire Colborne, who led the league in scoring by almost 150 points. But the team achieved no team awards in the end, as it lost the AUS final 65-60 against Cape Breton.

And with all that being said, Jeff Speedy still believes the team left some potential on the table from last season. He’s the head coach for the team.

“It’s all about your team overachieving,” said Speedy. “We had a great year and probably came pretty close to reaching our potential, but I don’t think we overachieved.”

“If overachieving means finishing fourth, I’m ecstatic about finishing fourth, but I don’t think we overachieved and that’s pretty much the beginning and end on how I base a successful season or not.”

The first thing the Reds need to do for the team to achieve, or overachieve, its goals is find a way to replace graduated player, Sharpe.

She averaged 19.7 points per game on 53 per cent shooting, as well as 7.8 rebounds and 1.5 blocks.

When asked about how to replace Sharpe, Speedy’s answer was immediate – you don’t.

“I don’t think you try to replace her with one person,” Speedy said. “I think [you] adjust on the fly and try to do things a bit differently and try and have some successes in other areas to still be successful.”

The Reds will also have to make up for

UNB women’s basketball is looking to improve the team and reach for potential left on the table during last season. Andrew Meade /The Brunswickan the loss of another graduated starter, Leah is Colborne. After scoring 18.6 points per Corby, as well as guard Laura Fowler. game as a rookie, more can be expected Fowler was the first player off the bench from the native of Calgary. But Speedy is last season and Speedy believes “was poised trying to keep expectations in perspective. to score 14-15 points a game this year and be “Claire’s capable of playing at that level,” in the top 15 in scoring in the conference.” said Speedy, referring to how Sharpe played.

Fowler blew out her knee in July and is out “It’s pretty tough for a second-year kid to for the season. be league MVP. But Claire is very, very Speedy raved about the culture that good and if I’m doing my job, she’s going Sharpe helped create within the program, to get better.” that of hard work and expectation that The Reds hit the court Thanksgiving wasn’t there before she arrived six years ago. weekend as they host their first tournament.

Without her in the fold, will it still be there?

When asked about what he wants ac“Time will tell,” Speedy responded. “It’s complished during that month, the answer definitely an unknown, hopefully she’s in- is obvious. stilled that enough in the returning players “Not [to] lose anybody else,” said Speedy. that her not being here won’t change the “Figure out who we are and how we’re way they approach the game and work.” gonna play.”

“We try to make sure we recruit new play“Obviously we’re a different team than ers who fit that mould and I think we were last year and we need to find our own idenfairly successful in that, but time will tell.” tity and figure out what our strengths are One player expected to keep the culture and start playing to those strengths.”

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Young team gains experience

Christopher Cameron Editor-in-Chief Opening up their season on the road, the Varsity Reds women’s soccer team tied their opener followed by a loss Sunday against the MUN. With 11 rookies on the women’s soccer team roster, this season’s head coach Andy Cameron says their tie and loss are not ideal, but positives can be taken away from the matches.

“You’re always looking for points so I’m a little disappointed with the results, but considering we have 11 first-year players, the weekend was positive,” Cameron said.

“Even though we didn’t get the results, the play was positive and it was the first weekend of the AUS for a significant number of players, so they now know what it’s all about.”

One of the 11 rookies is keeper Jackie Blank of Halifax. Blank is taking over for Erika Ermen who was a rookie keeper last season with the Varsity Reds, but could not play this year due to post-concussion issues.

“Erika has had some post-concussion issues she’s dealing with so Jackie Blank has stepped up this year,” Cameron said.

“Her play was strong on the weekend and continues to improve day-by-day.”

Last season the V-Reds averaged just over a goal a game and so far they are off last season’s pace, but the coaching staff is not concerned.

“It’s still early in the season, but we’re looking to score more goals,” Cameron

said. “That’s always a big part of it, but it’s just as big a part to prevent them at your own end as well. We’ve been working on both aspects of our game and only giving up one goal a game is better than last year and I think we’ll continue to give up less goals against and will be on par with last year’s scoring goals, maybe more.”

Cameron did not want to generalize, but believes the main adjustment for his young team to make is getting used to the speed and physicality of the AUS. “It’s about playing simpler and quicker,” he said. “We have to make decisions sooner and that all relates to the speed of the game that they are not used to, generally speaking.”

This weekend the women’s soccer team is home against Saint Mary’s on Saturday and Dalhousie on Sunday. Cameron says the team is not preparing for these teams specifically, rather focusing on improving with each game they play.

“One of the things we talk about is you have to be excited to play good teams instead of shaking in your boots and I think our girls welcome good competition,” he said. “They are confident that they can take on these teams and with the compact season, it’s not so much about preparing to take on the competition as preparing to be better each week that you play.”

“We just want to perfect what we’ve been doing since day one.”

The Varsity Reds will also officially rename Chapman Field, BMO Centre on Saturday.

Women’s soccer team looks to improve team after a tie and a loss this past weekend against Memorial University. Andy Veilleux /The Muse

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The benefits of yoga and staying active as a student

Tova Payne The Brunswickan You will probably agree, based on your own experience, that stress is a common part of life and at times, the stress of being a student can seem overwhelming.

Things happen in life that can initiate stress if we react to them. If we did not react to our environment in a detrimental fashion, we would not feel the impacts of stress.

So there are two questions to ask when it come to stress: can we release it and is it possible to learn to prevent it?

The answers are yes and yes.

Exercise is an incredible way to alleviate stress. After all, evolutionarily speaking, stress is a by-product of feeling like we are in a compromising and dangerous situation. Our body helps us by increasing our adrenaline and cortisol levels so that we can RUN! However, more often than not, there is no imminent danger to run from. The illusionary danger is normally a manifestation of our minds. Since there is no reason to run, the stress hormones stay in our body with nowhere to go. The stress that is manifested in your mind gets stored in your physical body.

Exercise is a mechanism by which we can burn the stress (cortisol) off. Additionally, we can take advantage of the cortisol - it may even give you a better workout, since you have all that stressed-out energy to release.

As a side note, this is why coffee before a workout can stimulate and enhance your workout, since caffeine increases cortisol levels. Essentially, stress and physical movement make a perfect team. Furthermore, physical exercise has been proven in many scientific studies to enhance feelings of well-being, self-efficacy and confidence.

These are all the extra rewards to a regular fitness routine.

Now imagine a form of fitness that combines movement, with breathing techniques and is grounded in a philosophy of learning to be less reactive, less

critical and less judgemental - just some of the attributes that contribute to stress.

Here, the mindful movement of yoga steps in. Yoga gives us the tools to prevent and release stress at the same time.

The breath is the gateway to connecting to the present moment. We are always breathing in this present moment. By focusing in on the breath, we are brought to a present, focused state.

You will find when you begin to fully pay attention to your breath, by creating a deep, smooth and balanced breath - it requires so much focus and concentration, it is pretty impossible to be thinking about anything else. This is the foundation of a quiet mind which is the home of peace - the very opposite of stress. In yoga, we couple deep breathing with movement.

The movement will vary according to the style of the class and the teacher.

Some classes, like Power and Flow Yoga are physically challenging and more cardiovascular, while others such as some forms of Hatha and Restorative Yoga are slower and more restorative. There are many different influences in yoga and so it is important to try out different styles and different teachers until you find the perfect fit. Then, yoga is ultimately as simple as taking care of yourself.

The poses are intended to touch areas in your body that normally do not get touched: perhaps areas and muscles you never knew existed! So, in yoga, we approach the area sensitively via a pose, then we breathe into the area for a few deep breaths before moving along to another pose, ultimately healing and strengthening the whole body.

Normally a class will work on strength as much as flexibility. The common misconception of needing to be flexible is completely absurd. There is no reason on earth to be flexible for the sake of flexibility unless you are about to join the training camp of Cirque du Soleil. The only reason we stretch is to release the tension that is being held in the area, which will keep the area healthy and elastic as

opposed to stiff and leading to atrophy.

So, it doesn’t matter how flexible you are since yoga has nothing to do with touching your toes. It has everything to do with taking care of the area that is being stretched as you approach the direction a pose brings you to. To elaborate, the reason to do a forward bend is not to touch the ground or your toes.

That notion is absolutely ridiculous.

The only reason to move into a forward bend is that this directional movement helps to release tension in your hamstrings and spine while creating mindfulness in supporting your core muscles, as you learn to protect your lower back.

Yoga has been proven to reduce stress, depression and fatigue. Yoga’s magic emanates from the culmination of its physical movement, attention to breath and underlying philosophy of acceptance and learning to eradicate our tendency toward being reactive.

The yoga practice is an opportunity to practice many stress-reducing skills which make our lives more manageable, and equip us with the tools to prevent stress by learning to react less negatively to the environmental circumstances in our lives.

Both regular cardiovascular fitness and yoga benefit us through reducing stress, taking care of our well-being and leaving us more focused and centered to work, study and enjoy life.

Tova Payne is a Registered Holistic Nutritionist and Yoga Instructor and can be contacted at adventureyoga@gmail.com.

Dan Galic Photography

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