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Volume 145 · Issue 4 • September 28, 2011

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Lead found in Currie Center drinking water

Women’s soccer sweep weekend at home

Hilary Paige Smith News Editor

UNB has now sent more than 500 samples of water off to a laboratory for testing.

As of last week, 420 had been sent to the outside lab, but more sinks and fountains are being brought to the Water Quality Working Group’s attention. UNB began testing water samples from water fountains on campus after some members of campus urged them to begin testing for lead.

Of the results that have been returned, 18 per cent tested above the acceptable limit for lead established by the Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality.

Water outside of these limits was even found in the newly opened Currie Center. Four sinks tested outside the guidelines.

“Which, obviously, was very surprising to a lot of people. So, we’re doing some extensive testing there to make sure that we fully understand how that could have happened. As of right now, I don’t have the results of that investigation, but we are taking that very seriously,” Barbara Nicholson, associate vice-president of capital planning and property development at UNB, said.

A new water fountain with a lead filter has also been installed in Keirstead Hall and test results from the fountain are expected before the week is over. They are also in the process of installing a new fountain in the Harriet Irving Library.

Ten of the ordered fountains have already arrived. Traffic and ensuring availability of water will determine where the fountains will be installed.

Nicholson said, now that most water sources have been identified, they can start investigating.

Numbers related to actual lead levels at individual sources are expected for release later this week.

For more information about affected drinking water sources on campus, as well as links to find out the effects of lead on human health, visit unb.ca and search Water Quality Info.

UNB women’s soccer team sweep the weekend with two victories:, beating Acadia 3-2 and UdeM 6-1. Andrew Meade / The Brunswickan Sean O’Neill Staff Writer On the face of it, working on zone defense shouldn’t result in nine goals scored. But that’s what head coach Andy Cameron and his players credited in securing a 3-1 victory against Acadia and a 6-1 thrashing of Moncton.

In Saturday’s match against the Axemen, third-year forward Samantha Lagacy picked up where she left off the week prior against Saint Mary’s.

After scoring twice against the Huskies, she added another double in the first half, two minutes apart.

The first: an exquisite shot from the outside of her foot that curled into the outside post, the other was a tap

in after Acadia keeper Leisha Doyle fumbled a cross.

Lagacy turned provider in the second half when she set up Carly Goodine who blasted a shot, top corner for the 3-0 lead. Talisa Silzer scored a constellation goal for Acadia but it was too late as the Reds finished 3-1 winners. “[Lagacy] can score goals,” Cameron said after the Acadia game, “but what was impressive today was that she was distributing the ball to other players and creating chances for other players as well.”

It only took four minutes for Lagacy to add a fifth goal, in five games, on Sunday against Moncton, when she was played in on a break and chipped the charging keeper.

On 15 minutes Alexandra Black fed

Kayla Painter to make it 2-0. Painter added her second at 32 minutes when she bundled the ball from a corner.

Three minutes after half, the Aigles Bleus scored through Josee LeBlanc to cut the deficit to two.

But Moncton’s joy was short lived.

Meggie Spicer - little sister of former CIS champion with Cape Breton Katie - smashed the ball over keeper Caroline Telekawa. Spicer added two more goals for the hat trick as UNB rounded the rout 6-1.

“I think we were creating chances all year,” Cameron said after the Moncton game, explaining how his team scored three goals in its first four games and then nine in two, “but we’re just that much further in the season and things are perfected that little bit more, but on that day

Moncton was tired after a tough game in PEI and driving here, so we took advantage of that.”

Spicer was understated in why she broke out against U de M. “I just made the run and it worked out every time,” Spicer said.

The victories take the Reds from the bottom of the AUS to sixth.

Next week they face a huge test when they travel to Charlottetown to face the first-place and undefeated UPEI Panthers on Saturday and return for a home-match against Mount Allison on Sunday.

I think this gives us good confidence and a jump to really work hard this whole week through practices,” Spicer said, “and this is our first six-point weekend ever so I think everyone’s really pumped about that.”

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Student Union by-election nominations this week

Cherise Letson Staff Writer The UNB Student Union by-election is quickly approaching and the nomination period is about to begin.

This year, seven positions are up for grabs. Council is also changing the day voting begins.

This year, there are five general councillor positions available on the ballot: Education Representative, Engineering Representative, Forestry and Environmental Management Representative, Kinesiology Representative and Law Representative.

There are also two liaison positions on the ballot: the Aboriginal Student Liaison and the LGBTQ Student Liaison.

UNBSU chief returning officer Cassie MacKinlay said that running for a position is a way for students to get involved and to make sure everyone on campus is represented.

“It’s to make sure that everybody is represented, and knows what’s going on and knows what’s offered to them as students,” MacKinlay said.

She also emphasized the importance of students going out to vote in this election.

“It’s the same as the federal elections; you need to know who is representing you. You don’t want somebody who you have no idea who they are. They may not be qualified

at all, and they just might have been given the position,” MacKinlay said.

MacKinlay said this year’s voting will now start on a Monday instead of the Sunday. She said this will prevent some of the problems that came up last year, such as incorrect names and people voting for the wrong faculty.

“We wouldn’t be able to have ITS change anything until the Monday, so now everything is set to start on Monday,” she said.

In the case that one or more positions are not filled, the position will remain empty for the whole year. The only exception is if council decides to run another by-election. If there is not a second by- election, the position is reopened again in February, but only for the incoming council.

To avoid this from happening, and thus allowing students to go unrepresented, MacKinlay said all students are encouraged to spread the word and suggest to others they know who are applicable, to get involved.

The nomination period began on Monday and goes until Friday.

Nominees are allowed to campaign from 4 p.m. on Friday until Oct. 9 at midnight. Voting will take place from Oct. 10 to 14. For questions about the election or running for a position, contact MacK inlay at cro@unb.ca.

SU holds budget consultation Justin Marshall Staff Writer The UNB Student Union wants to educate students about their upcoming budget by holding budget consultation meetings.

The first meeting was held yesterday afternoon, with the last meeting going on today at 2 p.m. Meetings will be held in SUB 103.

Andrew Martel, vice-president finance and operations for the Student Union, said they have done these consultations before but attendance has typically been dismal.

“It sucks that the attendance is low but we try our best to get as many people out to educate them on the budget,” Martel said.

Last year there were increases to student union fees. Although proposed again this year, Martel said as of now, the $95 student fee won’t be going up.

“I’ll be honest, student fees going up was proposed when we first got in office. It wasn’t proposed as a sense that we need to but it was proposed because since it went up last year, we wanted to think about it if need be because it really helps,” Martel said.

“Currently as I stand right now we will not raise student fees and I don’t see that changing.”

Martel said the Student Union was able to run another budget surplus again this year but it wasn’t as high as the year before. He was unable to

release budget numbers until after the meetings began.

“One of the biggest things we did with the surplus is promote our services and increase them. So last year, since there was a bigger surplus, we got a second Safe Ride van, but this year we’re back to our normal projections with the surplus,” Martel said.

Martell said they have used some of the surplus and put it into other areas of the budget based on feedback.

Last year, a lot of students complained about wanting more entertainment and activities on campus.

“One of the biggest complaints we heard last year was we had a lack of entertainment or the entertainment didn’t seem as appealing or promoted towards our students,” he said.

“We really take this criticism to heart to because one of the big reasons students get involved in the Student Union or take part in the Student Union is our entertainment activities. So yes, as it stands right now, I am pushing for a larger entertainment budget this year,” he said.

Martel said vice-president student services Chantel Whitman has already started working on some events to make entertainment better and more frequent this year.

“She has a great future vision when it comes to entertainment and she has some amazing ideas when it comes to activities for every month

Andrew Martel.

Andrew Meade / The Brunswickan of the academic year,” Martel said.

Whitman hopes to bring in more concerts because they are the type of event students enjoy most.

“There are other things like outings, events and our winter carnival is going to have a jam-packed week of fun events, so we are already looking to shape up the entertainment for this academic year,” he said.

this week in brunswickannews Lost passport A UNB student is asking the community for help.Amer Ahmed, a student from Iraq, lost his passport in E5 Head Hall late last week. He last saw the passport on Friday.

If found, please contact him at almayahi_2005@yahoo.com

Tibbits fundraiser The residents of Tibbits Hall are hosting a Pushing Carts fundraiser for their house charity on Saturday. The event takes place from 9 to 2 p.m. on Saturday in DKT Lounge.

Body found A body found in the river near the walking bridge has been confirmed to be Matt Sloan, the 26-year-old man who went missing after a Harvest Jazz and Blues concert on Sept. 17.

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Returning UNB students can mentor those from abroad

Damira Davletyarova The Brunswickan

Sam Hodder, a cross-cultural program coordinator at the International Student Advisor’s Office (ISAO), knows what it is like to be a foreigner. The UNB grad has lived in Peru, Ecuador, Mexico and Cuba.

“I felt very incompetent. Even living there for a while, you’re just . . . not speaking the language that they speak, as perfectly as they do, you tend to feel overwhelmed and frustrated, and stupid sometimes.”

A coupleof years ago, Hodder packed her bags and waved goodbye to her family and friends. Shortly after, she was sitting alone at the airport, waiting for the plane to take her to Lima, Peru, where she had an internship lined up.

For a girl who grew up in rural Newfoundland, going to Lima – where the population is almost eight million – was scary.

“It’s huge, it’s fairly poor, and it’s quite dangerous. And I got there, living completely alone, planning to be there for six months,” Hodder said.

“I remember my first day . . . I had no idea how to get to any store. I had very little money, Peruvian money. I needed a bank. I needed groceries.

There is nothing to eat and I was just completely lost.”

Fortunately, Hodder said, she met a local person at the Miami airport, where she had a 12-hour layover.

When she had nobody to turn to in Lima, she ended up calling him.

“He taught me how to use buses, he showed me groceries stores, bank, and he gave me so many tips, answered all my stupid questions,” Hodder said, laughing.

“Even in the grocery stores, there are different methods of picking up fruits and vegetables. You have to take them and weigh in the certain area before you go up to the cash, and I didn’t know that.”

At the end, this coincidental acquaintance at the airport became her mentor and a friend in Lima.

Now, as coordinator of the International Student Mentorship Program at UNB, Hodder said they are looking for returning UNB students who can undertake the same role and become mentors to new international students.

So far, the ISAO received almost two dozen applications from Canadian students, but they are still accepting more applications until Oct. 5. Even though it’s a volunteer position, Hodder said there is a selection process and the candidates should meet certain qualifications.

“We are looking for people who are very open-minded, who have leadership skills, and who are good at social interactions,” Hodder said.

Hodder said no mentorship experience is required, though the applicants should display cultural sensitivity and should not be forcing their beliefs on students. Any previous experience working with aboriginal or international groups, even tutoring or traveling would be an asset. But the key is to be friendly and to have a desire to show the Canada they know and love.

“Because it’s a group of people [international students] that can sometimes be isolated, and I think everybody likes to help people feel welcome here,” Hodder said.

The program will start in October and finish at the beginning of March.

Mentors will receive leadership train-

Sam Hodder is coordinating a program to help international students adjust to life at UNB. Damira Davletyarova / The Brunswickan ing and have to commit only four hours per month of their time.

Hodder said these four hours will be “super fun,” as she and the ISAO are planning such events as a trip to King’s Landing, a pumpkin-carving contest, a Halloween party, a trip to Saint John, and a Christmas party. There will be a committee formed to plan different

game nights and other parties.

“If this was happening when I was a student, I would have done it. I didn’t have this opportunity,” Hodder said.

Hodder hopes UNB students will take advantage of the international student mentorship program and will make it a successful one.

While living abroad, Hodder no-

ticed that many people had a common view of Canadians.

“I’ve heard that Canadians are really friendly, which is a wonderful stereotype to have, and I hope we can live up to it.”

To apply to become a mentor please contact Sam Hodder at shodder@unb. ca by Oct. 5.

‘Sexual assault will stop when men stop raping’ : FSACC coordinator

A crowd of about 100 took part in this year’s Take Back the Night march.

Bronté James / The Brunswickan Jenn Bishop Staff Writer Last Friday, the women of Fredericton took back the night.

They gathered at City Hall with friends, family members and children – both male and female – to

support safer streets in Fredericton and around the world. The event brought more than 100 people to the city centre where women and children marched downtown to show their right to safety.

Take Back the Night is an event

that was started by women’s grassroots organizations in Europe and North America more than 30 years ago. The Fredericton Sexual Assault Crisis Center has been organizing the walk in Fredericton for more than 25 years.

Jenn Gorham, the program coordinator for the Fredericton Sexual Assault Crisis Centre said the walk means something different to each organization that runs it.

“For us, it’s very symbolic,” she said. “That’s why we ask men not to march, because we want to sort of put forward an ideal of a world that we’re hoping for women that they can walk unaccompanied in the dark and be safe and unmolested.”

That’s not to say that men weren’t welcomed at the event. Gorham said it’s important that although it’s only women and children who walk, they like to see men come out and show their support for those who march.

Madeline McDaniel is a volunteer at FSACC who survived a sexual assault and has been attending the march for the past couple of years.

She says she comes “as a form of

solidarity.”

“I’m not sure if the Take Back the Night march is specifically going to be doing anything to reduce sexual assault and reduce assault against women,” McDaniel said. “It’s sort of an expression that we all have had that feeling, and it’s not fair, and we shouldn’t have to.”

McDaniel didn’t come to the march alone. She brought her two young daughters with her. Even though she said she brought them because they begged to come, she thinks there are lessons children can learn out of the experience of the march.

“They’re just getting to that age now where they’re starting to realize that they sometimes might be afraid, they sometimes might justifiably be afraid,” McDaniel said. “Just maybe, if they are in events now like this then there won’t be a need for them when they’re my age.”

According to Gorham, Take Back the Night is especially important for all Fredericton residents, including university students.

“I think Fredericton does have a sense of ‘we’re a lovely community,

we’re a safe community,’ we don’t see necessarily acts of violence or aggression that we might see in larger urban areas, but I think that that gives a false sense of what’s really happening,” Gorham said.

Statistics show one in four women ages 18 to 24 will be sexually assaulted and 50 per cent of women will have experienced some form of sexual violence by the age of 25.

Gorham said the addition of alcohol and partying at this age factor into the statistic.

“Just the sense of freedom, liberty and all those things that are amazing and great but can also foster an environment for sexual assault to occur,” she said.

By raising awareness and encouraging women to come together to stand up for their rights, Gorham along with many other Fredericton citizens who attended the Take Back the Night march hope that women’s fears will someday be eliminated.

“The reality is, sexual assault will stop when men stop raping,” Gorham said. “The biggest thing is: just stop.

It’s so simple. Just stop.”

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Student’s loan cut by $5,000 because of NB budget

Colin McPhail CUP Atlantic Bureau Chief The days when Ben Whitney could easily buy a bottle of Head & Shoulders are over. Now the third-year University of New Brunswick business student must scrutinize every purchase after losing 63 per cent of his student loan because of the reinstatement of parental contribution.

Whitney’s 2011-12 loan was reduced by $5,000 from the previous year’s total of $8,000.

“My full year this year was less than I got first semester last year,” he said, exasperated.

The 20-year-old from Saint John is now tasked with the difficult assignment of budgeting the smallest of purchases, including pens and pencils, toothpaste and shampoo.

To date, Whitney, who lives in Lady Beaverbrook residence, has budgeted his expenses with success, but the future is bleak. His projections show he will fall $5,000 short for next semester’s tuition and book payments – excluding basic living costs for four months.

“I really don’t know where I’m going to get that kind of money.”

The decision to re-implement parental contribution in student loan calculations was made public during the 2011-12 provincial budget announcement on Mar. 22

by Finance Minister Blaine Higgs.

Whitney knew his family would be among the 4,500 New Brunswick families affected by the decision in March, but was surprised to see how big of an impact it had when he opened his student loan letter this summer. Now back to school, his funds are disappearing fast.

The money he made as a contract worker for ClinicServer, a clinic management server based in Saint John, dried up after the large lump sum tuition payments owed at the beginning of every semester.

He still receives between five and 10 hours

of work weekly at $15 an hour, but the inherent student expenses have added up.

With a slew of extracurricular activities to build his resume, Whitney doesn’t have the time for a part-time job either.

His parents have already chipped in $4,000 for his first semester bill, and, even though he would rather not accept any more, Whitney is stuck between a rock and a hard place.

“I don’t want to accept anymore money from them, but I don’t what else I’m going to.”

He is not sure if they will even have the funds to support him.

The most infuriating aspect of his plight, however, is how he feels the government perceives him.

“It says I’m not responsible,” he said.

“It’s almost demeaning that my parents income has to factor in a loan I’m requesting. I’m an adult; I’m 20 years old and I’m going to be repaying this with interest.

“I want to pay for this myself.”

Joey O’Kane, New Brunswick Student Alliance president and vice-present external of the UNB Student Union, is baffled by the imposition on the parents of the New Brunswick students. He said the province is contradicting itself in setting the age of majority at 19, but forcing students to be dependent on their parents’ income until 22.

With the reinstatement, the provincial government will save an annual $1.6 million on defaulted loans. A figure, according to O’Kane, that is “pennies” to the province, and all for a result causing financial hardships in thousands of New Brunswick homes.

Most families are expected to contribute anywhere between a few hundred dollars to a couple of grand. However, O’Kane has seen certain cases where high-bracket income or fluctuating income households are forced to pay upwards of $10,000.

Ben Whitney wanted to pay for his education on his own. Andrew Meade / The Brunswickan “They’re making post-secondary education in New Brunswick less accessible than previous years,’ he said.

New Brunswick became the sole province to eliminate parental contribution in 2006 under the Shawn Graham government. However, a changing landscape of post-secondary education and a daunting fiscal reality has forced the government’s hand.

A spokesman from the Department of Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour said the decision, although budgetary in nature, is first and foremost based on the principle that education costs

should be left with families.

O’Kane described the department’s logic as short-term thinking that emphasizes the university as a business instead of learning institution.

“This current government is looking at (education) as an expense and it’s not that at all. It’s an investment,” he said. “You ‘re return on the investment will be far higher than anything else you invested in.’’

Students are heading to private institutions and taking alternative routes to pay for education, only to see higher interest rates and the difficulty in obtaining a student line of credit.

With the second highest tuition rates in the country, post-secondary education in New Brunswick is becoming less accessible and less inviting. O’Kane said he wouldn’t be surprised to see students start thinking of opportunities elsewhere.

Whitney, who is considering law school after his undergraduate, will be among those students applying to programs outside of New Brunswick.

“Education is an investment in the future of this province,” he said.

“If you’re cutting access to education in the province, you’re getting rid of the incentive to stay.”

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‘New Res’ to get a new name on Thursday

After five years of being referred to as the “New Res,” UNB’s suite-style residence will be formally named on Thursday.

The Elizabeth Parr-Johnston Residence will have an official naming ceremony to mark the occasion.

Dr. Elizabeth Parr-Johnston was UNB’s first and only female president and vicechancellor, serving from 1996 until her retirement in 2002.

“Elizabeth was very groundbreaking in terms of her service to post-secondary education,” Dr. Greg Kealey said, provost and vice-president research.

Kealey will speak at the ceremony, which will be held at 4 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 29.

The event will be followed by a reception.

Although Kealey couldn’t give away the details of his speech, he said he will be “describing a very distinguished career and one that broke barriers for women.”

Originally from New York City, ParrJohnston earned her Bachelor of Arts at Wellesley College in 1961 and went on to receive both her Master of Arts and PhD in economics at Yale University. She also holds a certificate from Harvard Business School.

Parr-Johnston has worked as a senior policy advisor in the department of employment and immigration, as director of Shell Oil Company and was president and vice-chancellor of Mount Saint Vincent University from 1991 to 1996.

She now lives in Nova Scotia and is owner of Parr-Johnston Consultants. Parr-Johnston is a member of the Order of Canada and recipient of the Canadian 125th Anniversary of the Confederation of Canada Medal and the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal.

“We were looking for a way to honour Elizabeth for her service as president,” Kealey said. “There haven’t been many Canadian women university presidents.”

Carol Loughrey, president of UNB’s As-

New Res will be named after UNB’s only female president and vice-chancellor. Andrew Meade / The Brunswickan sociated Alumnae said it was about time that UNB honoured Parr-Johnston. “[The Associated Alumnae] counted up how many women’s names are on buildings or on streets on campus, and it’s just embarrassing,” Loughrey said.

Loughrey and the Associated Alumnae submitted a proposal to have the suite-style residence named after Parr-Johnston.

“There’s more women students at all levels,

UNB students learn and teach in Malawi

Christopher Cameron Editor-in-Chief UNB students Brad Poirier and Spencer Moores learned lessons this summer they could never get in a classroom.

Poirier, a fourth-year geodesy and geomatics engineering student and Moores, a fourth-year international development studies (IDS) student both spent three months in Malawi where they shared their knowledge and learned a lot from the community they lived in.

“When you go there to teach the kids they don’t have textbooks or books or anything like that,” Poirier said. “I found we were teaching them a lot of what we knew and you have to learn to be confident in what you know because you can’t look everything up instantly.”

“For me, as an IDS student, it was a hands-on experience that you cannot get in any IDS class,” Moores said. “You see the poverty and the problems they’re facing.

You can read about it in case studies, but it doesn’t sink in until you get there and you can see how you can help. The UN (United Nations) can say this is what we need to do, but when you get there you realize it isn’t necessarily what they need.”

Both internships were funded by the Government of Canada, through the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) after a selection process through

the Centre for Property Studies. Moores said the overall goal focus of the internship was capacity building, such as helping teachers learn how to teach in different ways.

Their biggest project over the summer became a soccer tournament. They decided to organize and host the tournament after seeing soccer as such an important aspect in the life of the people from Kauma, the village the lived in. Although soccer was the main focus, they also included AIDS education.

“I went to the local soccer association where I’m from in BC and got four sets of jerseys donated and I brought them with me,” Moores said. “(Our supervisor) was the one that came up with the idea that we would turn it into an HIV/AIDS education tournament.

We had about 3,000 people come out to it during that day and we handed out over 500 brochures on HIV/AIDS education that we made up and handed out a couple hundred condoms.”

Although both students will not return to Kauma, they have started a tradition with their soccer tournament. Another group of students that are currently there on a nine-month internship are planning a tournament for girls. Poirier and Moores also hope to be able to help next year’s students to keep the tournament running each summer.

Spencer Moores and Brad Poirier. Andrew Meade / The Brunswickan

but not a lot of leadership right now who are women,” Loughrey said. “”I think that role models like Elizabeth are the kinds of people that women need.”

Loughrey added that Parr-Johnston is an inspiration to women.

“I think that every time a woman like Elizabeth is in a position like hers, other women see that the opportunities are there for them,” she said. “Elizabeth was really,

really a trailblazer.”

The Elizabeth Parr-Johnston Residence features two- and three-bedroom suites, all with a furnished living room, private washroom and full kitchen with all major appliances. The residence, which holds 171 students, is available to graduate students and third- and fourth-year undergraduate students.

“Having this residence named after me is

a huge honour,” Parr-Johnston said. “I’m particularly pleased that it’s a residence primarily dedicated to graduate students.

I firmly believe that my own life wouldn’t have gone the way it did if it hadn’t been for my graduate experience.”

“I’m pleased to know that, in some way, I’m contributing to others having a similar experience.”

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What are you going to do after graduation?

To the Point

Christopher Cameron

What do you want to do for the rest of your life? What are you going to do after graduation? Where are you going for university?

These all seem to be questions that constantly come up throughout our lives as students from the moment we hit high school.

What I really don’t get is why this is such a big deal. What my answer was in grades 10 and 11 is nowhere near what my answer would be today.

I was going to be an engineer, come to UNB, spend my four years here, and then go off and make big money. Unfortunately for my grade-11 self, that did not happen.

I came to UNB, loved campus, the city and the residence community, but hated my classes.

I moved away from it in my second year and took a couple of engineering courses still with some business to see if that would be a better fit. That turned out to be better, but in November of that year, I began writing for The Brunswickan. I realized I had a passion for writing and I have moved toward a future in communications or journalism.

This is where I see the issue in pressuring highschool students to make up their minds on what they want to do as a career for the rest of their lives. I hate to say it, but the pressure can continue on through university, as parents want their kids to continue down an ideal path in life.

Recently, in one of my ethics courses, we were discussing how we are “supposed” to act as students and gage learning

Although you may be studying what you think you want to do for the rest of your life you may stumble upon something else during your time in university so don’t put your plans in stone. Ben Jacobs / The Brunswickan He then moved to the back of the room want to go to university and then where degree programs and say to me once they based on how close we are to the “perfect student.” and sat between two girls and said some- they want to work for the rest of their lives. graduate that they cannot see themselves My main issue with this is that the time doing that kind of job for the rest of their What I mean by this is that the student thing to the effect of “isn’t this awkward.” who goes to class, isn’t disruptive and re- It was in my opinion. We don’t know what spent in university should be the time to lives. gurgitates the information most accurately to do when something is done outside of figure out what you do want to do for Don’t let that happen to you. If you’re the “norm.” the rest of your life. Just because you said still at UNB and do not like what you’re is generally top of the class.

What my professor also questioned is He taught the rest of the class from in grade 12 that you were going to go to studying, mix it up. Don’t quit just bethe requirement for a teachers and profes- the back of the classroom, showing how UNB to get a nursing, engineering or cause you don’t like your studies either. sors to stand at the front of the classroom he can still instruct us just as effectively science degree does not mean you need Everyone has something they enjoy doing and sometimes it just takes trying a few while all the students stare blankly at from sitting down amongst us as he could to stick to it. them while they lecture. He made it clear standing at the front of the room.

If you don’t like the career you’re work- different options before you figure it out.

I tell that story to point out the fact ing toward, talk to your advisor, take some Christopher Cameron is the Editorthat with our (humans) average attention spans, that may not be the most effective that students are expected as a “norm” to different courses or try something new. in-Chief of The Brunswickan and can way to teach in all cases. graduate high school, decide where they I’ve watched people go through their be reached at editor@thebruns.ca

Activism means more than broadcasting your bra colour Bree Rody-Mantha The Cord (Wilfrid Laurier University) WATERLOO (CUP) — According to various experts on the Internet, I’m eight weeks and craving cherry Jell-O. Allegedly, by letting you all know this, I am spreading an important message about breast cancer. What that message is, I’m not entirely sure.

At this point, most female Facebook users have gotten a message from a fellow woman urging her friends to “keep men guessing” and to help spread breast cancer awareness through cutesy games involving status mash-ups of their birthdays, where they put their purse and the colour of their bra.

But one cannot spread awareness through a message that is intentionally cryptic. These silly games just prove that few people understand what awareness actually means.

Awareness is just as relevant and important as fundraising. However, the point of awareness — real awareness — is not to simply let the world know that you think breast cancer or autism is a bad thing.

Let’s face it: anyone with a conscience thinks that breast cancer, autism, depression, homophobia and world hunger are bad things.

Affirming that you feel this way via a Facebook status — yes, even if you make that message your status for a whole hour — does not do anything to solve that problem. If anything, it only appears self-serving and makes the person posting look painfully naïve.

In December of 2010, I was just as annoyed as the next sensible person at the number of my friends changing their profile pictures to images of Pinocchio, Rainbow Brite and Scooby Doo as part of a “cam-

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paign to end child abuse.” It turns out the original attempt to get users to change their pictures to those of cartoon characters had nothing to do with child abuse — the so-called “campaign” was tacked on later.

When I witnessed people who kidded themselves into believing that these actions were helping (including some who thought, for some reason, that money was being raised), all I could do was shake my head in disbelief that grown people could be so easily swayed by the hive-mind.

True awareness means spreading facts about the problems and showing people ways that they can help.

Awareness is relevant because it leads to more people taking an interest in that particular subject. This can lead to more fundraising campaigns and support for research.

It means letting people know, for example, that one in eight women will

develop breast cancer in their lifetime and that regular breast examinations are the most effective way to detect and treat tumours early.

Many of these facts are unpleasant and will make people uncomfortable.

But that is often the best way to get people to take action. When someone truly understands that something like cancer, abuse or poverty could affect them, then they can become motivated to help, even if it’s through small actions.

In a month and a half, Movember will kick off and hundreds of men will sport moustaches to support research for prostate cancer. Last year, a very small team of Laurier students managed to raise close to $5,000 in support of the cause.

These young men deserve applause for actually getting out and making an effort to contribute to something they cared about. Unfortunately, a

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large number of males chose to use the month as an excuse to grow an ironic mustache free of judgment and then proceeded to tell others that they were “doing Movember.” Individuals who do this only insult those who have actually put in the time and effort to raise funds and increase public engagement.

If you are truly interested in helping a cause but don’t necessarily have the funds to support it directly, there is still plenty you can do. You can volunteer with an organization which raises money for a cause. You can attend fundraising events and encourage your friends to do the same.

You can be the change that you think is necessary.

The goal is to get more people involved in a cause, not to alienate and annoy people while you giggle in front of your laptop.

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Let everyone know whats on your mind.

What was the reason for your most recent unfriending on Facebook?

“Annoying game invites.”

Kelly Green

Timothy DeLuca

“Annoying updates.”

Lacey McNaughton

Justin Atchision

“I moved.”

“Creepers.”

Jinny Doiron

Emily Palmer

“Because people are prying ton my personal life.”

“I don’t want them seeing what I do.”

John Baxter

“I deleted like 600 people I didn’t talk to.”

“Not talking to them for a long time.”

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“Not talking to people, never seeing them.”

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One-on-one with The Brunswickan:

WhiteFeather Hunter, executive director of the Charlotte Street Arts Centre

Alex Kress Arts Editor

WhiteFeather Hunter is only 10 months into her position as executive director of the Charlotte Street Arts Centre – the first for the centre, which opened in 2005 – but she sure doesn’t act like a newbie.

Perhaps her genuine devotion to the Charlotte Street Arts Centre (CSAC) is largely due to the fact that she’s carrying the torch passed to her from friend and mentor Charlotte Glencross, one of the CSAC founding members.

Charlotte passed away in October of 2007 after a battle with cancer. But before she died, she imparted to WhiteFeather her vision for the CSAC and entrusted her with continuing to build on it.

Her position as executive director was created as the result of increases in funding and sponsorship to allow the board of directors to take a more strategic role in planning, and to allow WhiteFeather to take over the day-to-day operations. This week’s One-on-One with The Brunswickan features a conversation with WhiteFeather about her experience as executive director and how the CSAC is growing amidst its challenges and successes.

Alex Kress: I understand there’s an interesting story behind how you became involved with the CSAC – would you mind sharing that story with me?

WhiteFeather Hunter: Sure!I started working there as a workshop instructor and I was recruited to teach workshops

by Charlotte Glencross. She was really the driving force behind getting the arts centre open. She was a colleague of mine, a weaver at the Craft College. We worked together in the textiles studio. She was diagnosed with cancer and pretty quickly deteriorated, and she asked me to come to her house one

day. It was about a week before she went into the hospital. She shared with me her vision for what she wanted the arts centre to be, and what she definitely did not want it to be, and the direction she saw it going in.

She told me they were creating the Arts Development Coordinator position and that she wanted me in that position. I went in for the interview and they hired me, and Charlotte died a week later.

Slowly I’ve built my relationship with the board and with the tenants and with that place. I went to the Art Institute of Chicago to start my graduate degree last fall and took a leave of absence from my position but they said, “we can’t lose you, we want you back. We’d love it if you came back as our executive director.”

AK: If Charlotte could see the work you’ve done so far, what do you think she’d say?

WH: I think she’d be laughing with her delighted little giggle that she had. She was a person who had a really solid vision for the place and she made a point of communicating that very clearly to me. I have worked very diligently towards manifesting her vision.

Charlotte’s vision was that we would receive operation funding to run the centre from the Canada Council, and so we’re one step closer to them now. I know that she would be really pleased.

We had a recent achievement where we received our first Canada Council [for the Arts] funding of over $9,000 for our work with First Nations communities in the province. We’ve been partnering with Kingsclear First Nation and working with the band council at St. Mary’s First Nation.

I don’t want to talk too much about what’s coming out of that because I want it to be a surprise, but it’s going to be good.

AK: You mentioned when you sat down with Charlotte, she discussed her vision for what the centre should be and what it shouldn’t be. Can you briefly outline that?

WH: She made a point of emphasizing to me that everything that goes on in the centre absolutely needed to have an arts and culture focus. She was really concerned with it not becoming just a general community centre; that’s not what she wanted.

It had to be an arts centre. The mandate and the mission statement for the organization are exactly that; everything from the tenants to the programming to the rentals that we do is meant to build an audience for the arts and to support artists and to promote excellence in the arts.

AK: Besides needing funding to make the building more accessible to people with mobility issues, is there anything else you’re working on?

WH: The long-term vision for the centre of course is to make the building wheelchair accessible; that not only supports our work in the community but it also ensures that we’re more sustainable as an organization. A lot of organizations can’t actually rent from us because we’re not fully wheelchair accessible so that’s a loss in rental revenue for us. And that really affects what we’re able to do as an organization. That’s going to become a main area of focus over the next little while, and to work on a fundraising campaign.

A lot of arts organizations are suffering right now because there are so many government cutbacks around funding to the arts. I know some organizations haven’t even been able to make it. So that’s a constant challenge for us, and so far the organization has been able to run deficitfree, but things are getting really, really tight this year. So we’re under pressure to

WhiteFeather Hunter teaches a yarn-spinning class at the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design. Andrew Meade / The Brunswickan find the funding and the support to keep the organization going in this time of major cutbacks.

AK: And how about major strengths of the centre?

WH: One strength is our community outreach programs, which started the year before the centre opened. Charlotte really

wanted to make arts accessible to people who had all sorts of challenges that would prevent them from being able to access the arts. Sometimes the arts can be relegated to a more elite segment of society and she wanted to break that down and help people have more career options and avenues for self-expression, so she got that underway.

Israel vs. Israel: A Cinema Politica review Lee Thomas The Brunswickan

The documentary shown on Saturday night follows four activists.

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Throngs of old women in headscarves, being herded through a cement-walled check stop. School children having their bags searched by armed men carrying big black guns. Civilians throwing rocks at soldiers, who reply with a hail of bullets. The bloody corpse of a protestor being dragged away by his companions. The series of brutal images is difficult to watch . . . and impossible to forget.

In his intensely provocative new documentary, director Terje Carlsson explores Israeli resistance of the occupation in Palestine. For those unfamiliar with the history of the conflict, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been ongoing since 1967, when Israel conquered the Gaza West Bank and became an occupying military force in the Palestinian territories. After more than 40 years of occupation, life for the Palestinian people remains harsh and restricted.

In Israel, the subject of the occupation is polarizing, a socially-taboo topic that divides friends and families. Religious Jewish citizens of Israel opposed to the occupation

are often viewed as unpatriotic or blasphemous. Israel vs. Israel examines the stories of four Israelis actively opposing the actions of their state, and the numerous social and legal challenges they face every day.

“The situation in Palestine is one of the greatest tragedies of the world today,” said Tracy Glynn of the Conservation Council of New Brunswick and host of Cinema Politica screenings at Conserver House.

“We see it in the news, but we don’t always get the full picture. (Israel vs. Israel) tells the stories we don’t hear.”

Indeed, the passionate struggles of the four activists depicted by Carlsson are as moving as they are startling. A grandmother, fighting for more compassionate treatment of Palestinians at check stops, invites the audience into a private conversation between her and her nationalist son. An ex-combat soldier campaigns to break the code of silence surrounding the occupation, and is harassed in the streets by his neighbours.

“You’re not afraid?” asks the voice behind the camera. “Of course I’m afraid,” replies the young man, but his voice and determination are unwavering.

These are the faces of the Israeli resistance, and they share a common goal: to end the unlawful Israeli occupation of Palestine and restore peace to a nation fraught with violence.

The documentary, shown at Conserver House and co-hosted by the Jews for a Just Peace Fredericton and the Fredericton Palestine Solidarity, coincides perfectly with current news events regarding the conflict.

This past Friday, Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas submitted an application for full membership in the United Nations. Of the 15 Security Council member states, nine must approve the application before the entirety of the UN membership is permitted to vote on the issue.

Many obstacles lie in the path of Palestine’s bid for membership, not the least of which is the US and Canadaian commitments to supporting the Israeli state. Whether this incident marks the beginning of a Palestinian Spring or will simply become another event in the long and complex Israeli-Palestinian history, remains to be seen.

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Erban decay: marveling at the mundane Haley Ryan Arts Reporter Driving along the highway, would you notice a white, broken-down van? And what about that old neon sign on the brick building across from your apartment?

For photographer Mike Erb, the discarded and over-looked is where he finds inspiration.

“It’s almost like giving life to these things that have been forgotten or abandoned, or trashed,” Erb said, crossing tattooed arms against the cool night air.

His newest photo exhibit, “Rural/ Urban,” covers the dark wooden walls of the downtown Wilser’s Room above the wooden benches and drum kits.

Half taken in cities like Halifax and Fredericton and half from along the River Valley Scenic Drive, the photos range from wooden sheds with peeling paint, to traffic and electricity, combining Erb’s interest in cities with a knowledge of the rustic.

Having grown up in the small town of Sussex, New Brunswick, Erb said he still finds things in cities that amaze him.

When he was younger, he visited Saint John a lot with his dad and would marvel at the huge buildings and industry, starting a fascination that has stayed with him even since living in Fredericton the past few years.

“I think I spend more time looking at things that a lot of people are used to having when they live in a city . . . especially if I go to Montreal or Toronto, there’s so much there that people walk by every day, that I think is just so cool,” Erb said.

One of the larger urban pieces in the show is the old, dirty “George’s Clothing and Footwear” sign, familiar to most Frederictonians. This photo, as well as the beautiful orangey streak of long-exposure traffic under the walking bridge were actually taken last year and meant for Erb’s gallery showing at the Annex, but didn’t make the cut.

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The New Position: The reason for reason

Sarah Vannier Sex Columnist

Local photographer Mike Erb goofs around at Wilser’s Room where his exhibit is up until Nov. 1. Andrew Meade / The Brunswickan He joked he regrets it now, because the pictures to grab as they left.

The fall is shaping up pretty well for Erb, he’s had a lot of interest in those two since they’ve been up this fall and if he’d sold who’s partnering with the folks at Feelssome last year, he probably wouldn’t be Good as their featured artist for September working in a restaurant kitchen right now and October, and was recently nominated for the Visual Artist of the Year as part of to pay the bills.

Erb says he loves the idea of pairing his the 2011 Music NB Awards.

He’ll also be hitting the road with his art with performances that go on in bars (most of his exhibits over the past few years friends and popular local band, the Belle have been in venues like Wilser’s), because Comedians, next month as they tour the casual atmospheres match the “beauti- through Ontario. Erb said he is excited to scout out cities and get some fresh images fully ordinary” theme of his work.

Unfortunately, with the mixing of art to be shown at exhibits during the year.

“Rural/Urban” is at Wilser’s Room in and booze, there’s always the possibility someone could knock into a photo or even the Capital Complex until Nov. 1, so head steal one. That nearly happened a couple down for a night of music and art. Just don’t of weeks ago, but luckily a server at the bar steal anything besides an ideal seat on the overheard some people discussing which of leather couches.

If you read my last column, you now know how to find all the information you need to make great sexual decisions. But, you need more than information. The second step in making good decisions? Understand your reasons!

People have sex for all sorts of reasons. Researchers in Texas have identified at least 237 and there are probably some they’ve missed. The list includes reasons that you might expect, like “I was attracted to the person.” However, it also includes all sorts of reasons you wouldn’t expect. Things like “I was bored,” “I wanted to keep warm” and my all-time favourite, “I wanted to change the topic of conversation.”

So why are most people having sex?

The answer probably won’t come as a big surprise. The most common reason people have sex is because it feels good or because they’re horny. The second most common reason is because it’s a way to feel close to a partner or show them you care. Although less common, people also have sex for reasons like impressing friends, boosting self-esteem and attempting to make someone care about them.

Reasons for having sex depend on all sorts of different things. You might have different reasons, ranging from rolling around in bed with your girlfriend, hooking up with someone you met at a party, or calling your friendwith-benefits over for a booty-call.

A group of researchers in New York asked first-year female college students about their reasons for hook-ups during their first semester and most of these

women reported hooking up because they were turned on or because the partner was hot. So chances are, if you are hooking up with someone, you aren’t doing it to feel closer to them.

So why do your reasons for having sex matter? They matter because they can have important consequences for your sex life. For example, research tells us that when you have sex for reasons like impressing your friends or boosting self-esteem, you’re more likely to feel guilty or used, and less likely to use a condom.

Not only can having sex for the wrong reasons make you feel bad, it can actually lead you and your partner to want sex less. Some research done at the University of Guelph looked at sexual desire in couples and how it changed over time. What they found was that when people have sex to avoid things (e.g., avoiding having an argument with a partner, not wanting to feel guilty) they end up reporting less sexual desire for their partners over time.

The good news is that having sex for other reasons can have all sorts of great consequences for your sex life. The same Guelph study found that when people in relationships have sex for reasons like wanting to have an orgasm or to feel close to a partner, they reported more sexual desire.

One of the tricks to making good sexual decisions is to understand your reasons for having sex. If you think you’re doing something for reasons that aren’t right for you, or are having negative consequences, please take a step back and ask yourself: why? If you’re having sex for reasons that work for you and are making your sex life better, keep on keeping on!

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13 for 100: Exhibit celebrating Applied Arts grads Haley Ryan Arts Reporter

Ars de Centrum continues in Memorial Hall until Oct. 14.

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Art can take your breath away, show a labour of love or incorporate personal memories in a beautiful way.

The Ars de Centrum exhibit in Memorial Hall features pieces that embody these themes – literally.

The title of the show comes from Latin, and means “art concerning, taken from or made of one hundred.” It showcases the work of 13 graduates of the Bachelor of Applied Arts (BAA) program, which just last year had the distinction of 100 students completing the degree, which is a partnership between the New Brunswick College of Craft & Design and UNB. Lori Quick, one of the artists in the exhibit, is also the Artistic & Graphics coordinator for the UNB Arts Centre.

She said the exhibit is not only a great opportunity for the public to be exposed to the talents of the graduates, but also for the grads themselves to have a reunion.

Quick said due to the independent nature of the Applied Arts program, many students didn’t connect with others in their classes, often not even knowing exactly who was in their year until graduation.

“That’s why we’re excited to have this show for the grads . . . it should help create a network for them,” Quick said.

Walking into the main show room of the arts centre, you’re struck by a huge banner of embroidered hearts on white cotton, taking up most of one wall.

This piece, entitled Draw a heart, any old heart at all, incorporates unique, handdrawn hearts from 100 different people.

It was assembled by Erin Hamilton, who organized all of the grads and put a lot of work into the exhibit at a time when she was adjusting to becoming a new mother.

“She set up tons of meetings and was herding all these people together with love,” Quick said.

For her own piece, Quick’s inspiration was a year spent overseas in Australia, where she had the unsettling feeling she was forgetting childhood memories and times spent with friends.

This resulted in a collection of handmade books, in which she beautifully represented personal memories and stories and scattered them across a little wooden table.

Visitors are encouraged to look through and fully handle these pieces, because Quick said she wants people to be able

to not be afraid of touching and exploring art.

Another artist who shares this performance aspect is WhiteFeather, who has a whole other room in the exhibit for her piece, Spiro.

The piece involves the ideas of inspiration and creation, and uses the audience as part of the art; when you walk into the room, you can choose a bag or balloon to blow up using 100 breaths.

At the gallery opening, WhiteFeather recorded a video of people using their breath to fill these ordinary objects, which are placed in a success or failure box, outlined on the floor. You can watch this video as you visit the exhibit and then try it out for yourself.

Since all these breaths could lead to hyperventilation, dizziness or exhaustion (representing the stress of academic classes), participants stand near air mattresses and wear bike helmets, just in case.

“It’s like hey, look here, art is for fun so come and play,’” Quick said.

Ars de Centrum is at the UNB Arts Centre on the ground floor of Memorial Hall until Oct. 14, with free admission and is open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. during the week.

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Warm, harvest apple comfort food. Andrew Meade / The Brunswickan

The Garlic Press with Alex Kress

The leaves they are a-changin’, but the apples keep rollin’ in.

Harvest season is such a warm, cozy time of year, particularly here in New Brunswick. Fall, back home in Edmonton, is typically brief, cool and mostly yellow (although this year they’ve been boasting 30 degree weather).

My point is, I feel so fuzzy about the change of season here that I have been Ingredients: 1 (9 inch) pie shell [I used a premade Graham cracker crust] 1/4 cup butter 2 Alexander or Granny Smith apples, cored and sliced 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/4 cup butter, softened 1 1/3 cups white sugar 3 or 4 eggs 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 3/4 cup buttermilk 1/4 cup white sugar 1/2 cup all-purpose flour 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon 3 tablespoons butter

inspired on two occasions over the past three years to bake with fall-harvested goodies. Let it be known, I’m bakingchallenged.

For Thanksgiving in 2009, I actually bought pumpkins and all the other necessary fixins’ to make pumpkin pies from scratch for a big gourmet dinner I was headed to in Lunenburg, N.S. When I arrived with my “pies,” my uncle Lorne kindly pointed out they were the consistency of cement and hypothesized that if I threw a piece at a bird, I’d be sure to kill it.

My sweetheart of an aunt cut the pies into squares, made fresh whipped

cream and dusted the little failures with cinnamon. Everyone ate them but Lorne.

This time around, I faired much better. I bought Alexander apples from the farmer’s market, which are the best for baking because they retain their shape and aren’t too sweet (the more sugar in the apple, the more it breaks down in the baking process).

My only flubs were leaving the skin on the apples (oops . . . more fibre?) and I substituted margarine for butter in the streusel (sweet, textured baked topping), which made clumpier and less spreadable.

The Recipe: 1.) Preheat oven to 300 degrees F. To make apple filling, melt 1/4 cup butter in skillet on medium heat. Add sliced apples, 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon and 1/2 cup white sugar. Cook and stir for 5 minutes until tender.

2.) To make buttermilk custard: in a large bowl combine 1 1/3 cups white sugar with 1/4 cup softened butter and beat until creamy. Add eggs one at a time and beat with a whisk until the yellow disappears. Then add vanilla and 2 tablespoons flour. Mix well, then add buttermilk and beat until smooth.

3.) Fit pastry into pie pan and poke with a fork. Add apple mixture into pan and pour buttermilk custard over it evenly.

4.) Place in oven and bake for 30 minutes.

5.) To make the streusel: while pie is in the oven, combine 1/4 cup white sugar, brown sugar, 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon, and 1/2 cup flour in a bowl. Cut in 3 tablespoons butter until mixture is crumbly.

6.) Remove pie from oven and sprinkle the streusel over the custard. Bake for an additional 40 to 50 minutes. Let stand 1 hour before serving.

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this week in brunswickanarts Rebekah Higgs & Katie Moore at The Capital Thursday, Sept. 29 10:30 p.m.

Want an evening of pretty, folksy songbirds to kick off the weekend . . . for free? Halifax’s Rebekah Higgs and Montreal’s Katie Moore are fluttering intoThe Capital Complex thisThursday night – no cover for students with valid I.D. – each with her own distinct sound.

Higgs sounds a bit like the UK’s Kate Nash with an acoustic flare and more mature sound, and Moore has a hint of Joni Mitchell to her.

Yarmouth’s Rain Over St. Ambrose plays The Capital this Saturday. Submitted Nicole Vair The Brunswickan Curt and Cory LeBlanc have music in their bones.

The two brothers from Yarmouth, N.S. are members of the alt-rock band Rain Over St. Ambrose, a group that has received praise for its “pop melodies and crunchy guitars.” The other members are Marc Durkee on bass and vocals, Luke Amirault on drums and Matt Amirault on keyboard.

The band was formed a year and a half ago after Curt and Cory’s father, Curtis LeBlanc, passed away from an unexpected heart attack while performing one night in Yarmouth. The band’s name came about as a reflection on the weather the day of Curtis’s funeral.

Rain Over St. Ambrose will be performing this Saturday night at The Capital. It’s the band’s second stop on an East Coast tour that kicks off Sept.

30. The band released its self-titled EP in February. If you’d like a sneak speak of what can be expected on Saturday, you can check out a free download via acadianembassy.com.

While on the road, the band has a hard time agreeing on what to listen to because there is such diversity of tastes.

“We listen to everything. Three-fifths of our band are metal heads, and they listen to a lot of heavy stuff, while Cory and I listen to more indie rock . . . there’s even some country,” Curt said.

He reluctantly admitted that Men at Work has been one of Cory’s most recent playlist favourites.

They also spoke about their hometown and its impressive musical potential.

“Some of the band members were friends before and we picked up some guys who we heard play and were really good. At the time we didn’t know them as well, but now we are all very close friends,” Curt said.

The brothers are especially close, and worked as a team answering questions and sharing in the enthusiasm of the next chapter in their journey.

Curtis Leblanc, Curt and Cory’s father, told Cory he’d rather see him up front and centre than sit behind the drums for his whole life. Cory, who was once the drummer for Jon McKiel and Ruby Jean & The Thoughtful Bees, abandoned his drum kit and took up the guitar after his father’s sudden death.

The rest is purely history; they finish their tour on Nov. 5 in Yarmouth during Music Week, a collective of the up-andcoming and already-established bands in Nova Scotia.

Cory wanted to make one thing known before their performance: “I’m fat, I have a rat tail and I might take my shirt off.” It’s something they want you to see for yourselves on Saturday night. The show is Saturday, Oct. 1 at 10:30 p.m., $5 cover at the door.

Your fall face and fashion Susanna Chow A Special to The Brunswickan It’s that time of the year when first impressions are everything; you’re eager to meet new people – so why not polish up your appearance! Here are some tips.

Daytime Face: Let’s maximize our use of the warm sun while we’ve still got it. My makeup tool of choice? Bronzer.

Bronzer is a product that gives your cheeks that sun-kissed glow while adding another dimension to your face. No cheekbones? No problem. If your face structure is more flat than angular, the bronzer will emphasize and add cheeks to your face you didn’t know you had.

The colour, of course, is important – one slight shade darker than your skin tone is perfect. Makeup products that involve the skin (as opposed to eyelashes, lips) appear different on each person. So, trial and error will bring the best results.

As with most makeup, there are choices with the bronzer: cream or powder. The appropriate choice depends entirely on the makeup foundation and skincare products you use, because the bronzer is applied on top of them. The powder bronzer is the safer choice as you simply dust it on with a brush; it is unlikely to interfere with whatever makeup (and moisturizer) that is already set on your skin.

Again, trial and error.

In order to achieve the natural sun-kissed look, f ind a bronzer brush for the application. Makeup brushes might not get the credit they deserve – often people feel they are extraneous to the makeup kit. In the realm of bronzers though, a brush is not negotiable. You don’t want two large tanned circles on your cheeks;

Using bronzer in the fall when it’s too cold to tan can add life to your face. scorpions and creatres/Flickr cc you want to blend, blend and blend to achieve a natural appearance. It’s easy to find this type of brush: it will either say ‘bronzer brush,’ or you can use a large, round brush that’s produced for a ‘blush’ or ‘face powder.’

Evening Wardrobe: Many rules in fashion are debatable, but here’s one that is somewhat golden: if you want to show skin, it’s most effective to choose either the

upper or bottom half of your body.

Envision, for example, a one-shoulder slanted top paired with long, dark jeans – the attention automatically goes to the exposed shoulder.

And bring a coat! Even when it seems unnecessary. Once you step inside, you’ll have a chance to remove it to reveal the outfit underneath – a seductive gesture that also gets you a second look.

Culture Days This Canada-wide volunteer initiative aims to raise the awareness, participation, accessibility, and engagement in the arts and cultural life of Canadians and their communities. Here in Fredericton, you can attend an open house at CBC on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., a theatre workshop at Gallery Connexion from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and an open house at the Charlotte Street Arts Centre on Sunday from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m..To learn more about these and other events, visit culturedays.ca/.

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Men soccer ties & loses in back-to-back games

Sean O’Neill Staff Writer

After watching his Varsity Reds and the Acadia Axemen play out a mindnumbing 0-0 draw Saturday, UNB men’s soccer coach Miles Pinsent was asked what he expected the next day against Moncton.

“I look forward to an excellent game tomorrow,” he said with a smile on his face and a hint of sarcasm in his voice after watching a match where the ball spent more time in the air than passed on the ground.

If he defines “excellent” as a match with loads of controversy, ambulances, the lights turning off with eight minutes left, and a team coming from 1-0 down to win 3-1 then his declaration proved prophetic.

Too bad it wasn’t his team that turned the scoreline around.

The crowd could have fallen asleep in the Moncton match, but on the 39th minute was given a jolt of life when Ebenezer Owusu-Afriyie smashed a free kick and watched the ball fly into the net like it was shot out of a cannon. UNB led UdeM 1-0.

Any momentum the V-Reds hoped to take into half-time was evaporated right before the whistle as the team was reduced to 10 men when keeper Aaron McMurray was given a red card for sprinting out of the box to try to get the ball and colliding with a Moncton player. “[The official] said our keeper used excessive force,” Pinsent said.

“Typically that would be a yellow card. He wasn’t willing to say he was last man back, which is the automatic red because that’s why he reached for

the red. But, no comment on that.”

Les Aigles Bleus took advantage of its numerical superiority in the 49th minute when Bourama Simpara sent a low, hard cross across the face of goal and was deposited by Maxime Ferlatte.

Ferlatte would get his second of the match from the penalty spot in the 61st minute. A high ball was floated into the UNB box and the official whistled a hand ball against defender Alexandre Haiart, who insisted that it hit him on his upper leg.

The protest fell on deaf ears and Ferlatte converted from the spot right underneath substitute goalie Morgan Kenny to give Moncton the 2-1 lead.

UNB continued to press for the tying goal but in the 83rd minute Benjamin Law of the Reds and Clifford Lindor collided heads in the air.

Law was left bleeding and ran off the field only to come back later, but Pinsent said he would need stitches.

Lindor went to the hospital in an ambulance.

The lights from the ambulances actually lit up BMO Centre’s field for 15 minutes. As the match dragged on with extra time for injuries, the lights went out at 9 p.m..

“That’s my fault,” Pinsent said with a laugh, “I’m the one who schedules the lights.”

When the match resumed, the Reds sent everybody forward, but caught at the back and Ferlatte rounded out his hat trick and the 3-1 victory for UdeM. Even with the loss, Pinsent was happy with the performance.

“I thought the boys stuck to our

UNB men’s soccer played to a 0-0 tie in their game against Acadia and lost to UdeM 3-1 in weekend split.

Andrew Meade / The Brunswickan game plan quite well today,” Pinsent strategically.”

UNB travels next Saturday to said. “I thought we had three or With the one point picked up Charlottetown to play the third-place four quality scoring chances and I against Acadia, the Reds lie seventh UPEI Panthers, and then back to was hoping for more in the second in the 10-team AUS, one spot and Fredericton to play the Mounties of half, but obviously the red card took two points off the final playoff spot, Mount Allison Sunday, Oct. 2. away some of what we planned on currently held by Saint Mary’s.

V-Reds soccer recruit balances school and athletics

Bronté James Staff Writer

First-year student and women’s Varsity Reds soccer player, Emma Quigley, is adapting to life as both a student and an athlete.

As a new addition to the V-Reds team, right-back Emma Quigley quickly took to the position and started balancing her school life and athletic life.

Having played for her Tier 1, under 18 Valley United team in Nova Scotia, Emma began to dedicate the majority of her time to soccer.

Sports had always been a part of Emma’s life, starting from Junior High at Hebbville Academy and continuing through highschool at Parkview Education Center in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia.

Both Parkview and Hebbville are known for their athletic programs, which helped shape Quigley’s talents as a soccer player.

Quigley’s weekends were filled with tournaments, and the weeks were filled with schooling. This prepared Emma for what was to come next in her life, university sports.

The University of New Brunswick was one of Quigley’s top choices, not just for schooling, but also for the competitive level of soccer.

“I came to UNB for the soccer aspect, as well as the Kinesiology program. I liked the campus because it was far enough away from home that my mom wasn’t going to come hunt me down, but it was still close enough that I could drive back,” Quigley said.

“It was good initially because I already had a good group of friends with the team, but I missed the frosh week part of it so I missed the house bonding and so I had to get into everything a week later than everyone else, but it’s all working out.”

Rookie women’s soccer recruit, Emma Quigley is quickly learning the ropes of both an academic and a athletic lifestyle as a V-Reds.

Bronté James/ The Brunswickan A hectic schedule takes up most of her time as the Varsity Reds practice Tuesday through Friday nights for two hours, with the exception of a shorter practice on most Friday nights. She also has a full workload for the Kinesiology program – consisting of mathematics, biology and psychology – Quigley learns that time management plays a key role in being able to balance the two lifestyles.

“During the week is when I study as well the majority of my free time after classes and around practices. I

try to study and stay on top of it all.

On the weekend I work morning, afternoon and at night I have my social time,” Quigley said.

The transition from highschool sports to the university level was a noticeable change. Adjusting not only to a new level of academia but also to the athletic level that accompanied it, she had to change her lifestyle to fit everything into the short 24 hour days.

“In high school you could play multiple sports, whereas here you are

totally dedicated to one sport that you are playing. It is kind of nice that you don’t have to spread yourself so thin, and you can focus,” Quigley said.

“It’s a bit of a challenge, especially being first year. Training camp took over a lot of frosh week, so that put a bit of a damper on the social aspect.

But with classes, it doesn’t initially seem like a lot of time to take two hours of your night for practice, but it does play a huge role. I have a lot of homework on the weekends, but it all works out. I just have to time-

manage.”

The need for motivation both on and off of the field was key for Emma in learning to balance the two lives that now affect one another.

“You have to be very diligent with getting work done on time. Timemanaging and making sure nothing gets put off, because it will bite you in the butt,” Quigley said.

“In practice nobody slacks off.

Everybody is there to push one another.”

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Talk about an athletic pedigree: The Colborne family

K. Bryannah James Sports Editor To most of you, Claire Colborne is an all-star basketball player for the UNB basketball team – but she’s one of four all-stars on the Colborne team.

As the youngest, she’s seen both of her sisters play varsity basketball, one of whom went off to play professionally in Europe and her brother (Joe Colborne, ringing any bells out there hockey fans?) is one of Toronto’s newest Leafs prospects.

“It’s a pretty cool feeling, I mean he’s worked very hard so I hope he can show that he can make the team eventually and yeah it’s awesome. Everyone’s talking about it,” Colborne said.

So what’s the key to this family’s success? A love of the game, drive and ambition. As Colborne’s sisters persued their dreams in basketball, she quickly followed in their steps.

“My sisters played basketball, so I kind of just followed their footsteps and I just fell in love with the game,” Colborne said.

But it wasn’t just basketball the Colborne girls played growing up; it was just the sport that struck them the most.

“I like that it’s a team sport, you make really good relationships with everyone on your team and just how much fun I have playing it. Something I can do that takes my mind off school or anything,” Colborne said.

“We played a lot of sports growing up and then I guess basketball was the main one that we liked the most and

we chose to follow that route, and yeah stuck with it.”

One of Colborne’s older sisters played basketball for Yale before heading to Europe where she now plays professionally in Germany, while her other sister played for the University of Alberta.

Now, let’s just back track a little bit. You need to see the family tree.

Her dad also played football for the University of Calgary and her mother was a gymnast – athleticism runs in this family.

That isn’t to say they were all predetermined to play sports, as Colborne says, it was something she and her siblings developed a liking towards.

“It’s just something we all decided to pick up. I mean he encouraged us to try different sports and everything but overall I’d say it was kind of more our choice.”

Sports are a family affair in the Colborne house, something everyone partakes in.

“Just that the support that we have for each other, we all can go watch each others’ games or just talk about it as a family,” Colborne said. “They usually come to every game, actually.”

Since she has come to UNB, Colborne has continued to show fans, the V-Reds and UNB that her love of the game will put points on the board.

Averaging 18.6 points a game and being the league rookie of the year show a lot about her character as an athlete.

“Hopefully I can do more and be better and last year was a good year.

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It was UNB’s environment and character that brought Colborne here.

Before putting on her V-Reds jersey last year, she was looking at schools in Canada and roughly 20 in the United States.

“I wanted to stay in Canada, but I wanted to kind of move away from out West, so I was looking at the East Coast and I really liked the campus

and I really liked Jeff Speedy. He’s a very good coach and I just wanted something different, different players, playing a different style.”

Besides having a coach who helped solidify Colborne’s desire to come here, it was the team atmosphere that has helped her as well.

“Just the girls, they’re an awesome group of girls and we all get along really well, and it’s something really

fun, basketball.”

As she goes into her second year of studies at UNB, Colborne is still looking to a future, hopefully a professional career in the European league like her sister.

“That’s what I would love to do.

That’s kind of what I’m thinking I’ll do after, hopefully if I have an opportunity to play pro, I’d love to play,” Colborne said.

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Staying balanced is key

Tova Payne The Brunswickan It seems most people can relate to the feeling of not having enough time, and what often gets placed on the back-burner is your physical health and self-care routine.

There is nothing more important to your body than the balance of rest and movement. Our bodies are built to move, and when we don’t move the way we should, stress manifests in our body. Weakness and fatigue overtake us and our moods are deeply affected.

If you are accustomed to being sedentary, you may not even realise how much more vital and fulfilling your life can be if you added movement to your daily regime.

Yet the first complaint is “there’s not enough time.”

But when you do take the time to exercise – whether it’s running, playing sports or practicing yoga – you actually create more energy, which means the time you do have can be used more efficiently.

Recent studies indicate that exercise enhances cognition. Translation? The more you exercise, the better focus you’ll have when you study.

Most of us can acknowledge that our time is sometimes unnecessarily spent on the Internet, watching TV or just sitting around.

It’s important to prioritize what you care about: if your health and energy levels are on your list, you need to make time for exercise.

Once you decide you are ready to get moving, the next step is making it happen.

In order to make exercise a new habit, the best thing you can do for yourself is schedule it into your calendar, giving it the same attention you would give an exam, work, or meeting a friend.

As soon as you write down your plan and

Staying healthy and fit is a key ingredient to balancing a healthy lifestyle. Andrew Meade / The Brunswickan schedule it in, you’re putting it in motion, which is scientifically proven to turn your thoughts into reality.

Whenever you begin or change your fitness routine – whether with running, biking, basketball, or yoga – recognize that just like anything, your ability to perform improves with time and practice.

Recognize that it will be challenging and if it is not, you are probably not reaching your full potential. This doesn’t mean you should feel any pain when you exercise.

Actually, pain is the opposite of being healthy, but challenging yourself to your personal peak will not only increase your physical strength and stamina, it will increase your mental strength and confidence.

Challenges can help us learn and grow, so take the challenge on in a healthy way,

and find a balanced routine where you play in between the zones of “too much” and “not enough.”

The only way you will know if what I am saying is true is if you experience it. You can make it an experiment and decide for yourself, is it true?

Start by finding at least three days a week to exercise for a minimum of 30 minutes, and if you’re already doing that, move toward 30-40 minutes for five days a week. For the best experiment though, I recommend waiting eight weeks to make your final verdict, but I’m sure that in as little as a week, if not immediately after your first workout, you will reap the rewards of physical fitness, and notice how you actually have more time to effectively do all the work that needs to be done.

Special Olympian returns to Mac a world champion Fraser Caldwell The Silhouette (McMaster University) HAMILTON (CUP) — After more than 20 years of working in the water, McMaster University employee Bobbi-Lyn Cleland reached the most satisfying of peaks this summer.

The 36-year-old is entering her sixth year of employment at McMaster’s Pulse Fitness Centre and at the end of June, she achieved a longtime dream by swimming at the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games in Athens, Greece.

Not only was Cleland, who has Down’s Syndrome, competing on an international stage that included 7,500 athletes from 180 countries, but she reached the podium in all three events she entered. Cleland captured gold medals in both the 200-metre backstroke and 100-metre butterfly categories and a silver in the 4-by-50-metre relay.

The highly successful international showing represents the culmination of two decades of effort on the part of both Cleland and her mother Mary, who has been a driving force in the growth and development of the Seahawks Special Olympics team based out of Dundas, Ont. The elder Cleland detailed her daughter’s entry into the Special Olympics fold as a tale of good fortune that came about because of her involvement with McMaster’s kinesiology department as a graduate student.

“Bobbi-Lyn originally took swimming lessons, but wasn’t originally involved in anything competitive,” said Mary. “Unfortunately, Special Olympics sports don’t have much in terms of advertisement to encourage enrollment.”

“When I came to the kinesiology department at McMaster, one of our administrators asked me if Bobbi-Lyn was involved locally in the Special Olympics, and when I said no, he directed me to the head of the program at the time,” she explained.

Upon enrolling her daughter in the Seahawks program at that point, 21 years ago, Cleland also took up the position of team manager. Since then, the Dundas squad has continued to grow in size and scope.

“There were nine swimmers on our team when Bobbi-Lyn started,” said Cleland. “Right now our program includes 34

swimmers. We keep growing and growing, year by year.”

Part of that growth included the recruitment of coach Jeannette Restivo, who personally mentored the younger Cleland to her recent success. Originally motivated to join the Seahawks in the interest of her son Chuck, also an internationally decorated competitor, Restivo eventually became the personal coach of Bobbi-Lyn. “Seeing Chuck swim at a meet for the first time was what really piqued my interest,” said Restivo. “But I could never find a place where I really wanted to coach until I met up with Mary ... Then I started with Bobbi-Lyn. She never knew what she was getting herself into. She had a coach previously who never bothered with her, and it really got to me. I saw that she had the endurance, but that she wasn’t pushing herself.

“When I saw that, I told Mary that I wanted to take over her lane,” she said.

It quickly became apparent to her coach that Bobbi-Lyn had the natural tools necessary to swim at the highest level. And when her motivation was put to the test in the lead up to last year’s national event, the swimmer came through with flying colours.

“When I started with Bobbi-Lyn for nationals, that’s when I really worked on her,” said Restivo. “I truly was brutal, but she never complained once. I made her swim with my son, and nobody on the team touches Chuck.”

The hard work paid off and saw Cleland qualify for the premier summer Special Olympics event on the planet. There, she experienced the camaraderie of international competition for the first time.

The most enduring mark of the friendships made in Greece came in the form of the assortment of pins and clothing items that Cleland and her teammates traded for with their fellow competitors. Her mother indicates that she and her daughter came well prepared to participate in the phenomenon.

“I brought ten Team Canada t-shirts in preparation and ended up coming home with an entire hat full of pins from across the world,” said the elder Cleland. “You would be walking along and people would propose trades. One young lady even wanted

Bobbi-Lyn Cleland captured three medals at the 2011 Special Olympics Summer Games.

(Courtesy of Mary Cleland) me to buy [Bobbi-Lyn’s] entire uniform.”

With the excitement of the summer behind her daughter, Cleland indicates that her goals are quite simple in nature.

“The goal really is just to keep BobbiLyn involved at this point,” said Cleland.

“With the internationals behind her, it’s just important that she stay in the pool and stay active.”

That same message is one that the Seahawks’ manager wishes to express to the parents of those with special needs who remain uninvolved in sport.

“If you have someone who’s interested in swimming, bring them out. You see so many potential athletes who just aren’t doing anything,” said Cleland.

“In the case of one of our swimmers, his parents were completely unaware that he swam, and were floored when they saw him at a meet,” said Restivo. “This boy never spoke when he first came to us. Now we can’t stop him from talking.

“These athletes need that sense of community,” she added.

For their part, the Clelands will continue to foster that camaraderie at their Dundas club. The hope is that Bobbi-Lyn’s achievement can serve as an inspiration and propel other Special Olympians to similar heights.

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Reds beat Dinos in weekend doubleheader

The UNB men’s hockey team hosted a pre-season weekend against the University of Calgary Dinos on Friday and Saturday, in what can only be described as shaking out the pre-season kinks.

The first period Friday night left little to be admired as the V-Reds struggled to get shots on net and it wasn’t until the last 48 seconds of the period that Josh Kidd scored, assisted by MarcAntoine Desnoyers, to put UNB on the board, leaving the period 1-0 against the Dinos, with Calgary leading the shots on goal department 5-3.

“They’ve got lots of games under their belts, and I think that’s their sixth game tonight,” said head coach, Gardiner MacDougall.

“I thought it was important that we got one in the first as key to give us some momentum, give us some confidence, got a turn-over in the second.

But I thought as far as the structure of the game, I thought third we had more structure, both sides of the puck and we have to build on that.”

However, by the second and third periods of the game, UNB started to gel and get the rhythm back from last year’s CIS championship team, as new players tried to work alongside seasoned veterans.

Ben Shutron was the second Red to dump the puck in the net by the net, giving the V-Reds a 2-0 lead over the Dinos, ending the second period.

The third period finally brought some life back onto the ice as Dion

Campbell, assisted by Jordan Clendenning, buried the puck in the net on the power-play, ending the game with a 3-0 victory over Calgary.

“It’s a good start,” said rookie Varsity Red Taylor MacDougall. “I thought we got better as the game went forward, and I thought our third period was our best period.”

“It’s just exciting to be a part of the games and try and contribute. I’ll try and get better as we go forward and try and get more comfortable out there.”

By Saturday night, the V-Reds had picked up their game – after traveling to Fredericton Junction to play at their Tri-County Complex, to help fundraise money for minor hockey in the area.

The second period was where the action was, when Jordan Clendenning sniped a beauty, top corner, with assists from Lee and Campbell, to open up a 1-0 lead.

UNB shook-up the Dinos and by 9:18 in the second period Calgary pulled its goalie. The V-Reds continued to push the Dinos, and by the third period, Calgary pulled its goalie to give an extra man-on advantage.

This didn’t stop the Reds though, as Antoine Houde-Caron seized the open-net opportunity and pushed in the final goal of the game with 42.6 seconds left in the game, with UNB winning 2-0 game.

It was also a shut-out victory for ex Columbus Blue Jackets goaltender Dan LaCosta, who joined the V-Reds team this year.

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UNB won both pre-season games against the Calgary Dinos this past weekend. Beating them 3-0 Friday night and 2-0 on Saturday. Andrew Meade/ The Brunswickan

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