Issue 9, Vol 144, The Brunswickan

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Great green grade Colin McPhail Editor-in-Chief The grass is a little greener at UNB these days.

After the College of Sustainability released their annual report card grading post-secondary institution from all across the Canada and the United States, UNB received a B+.

“It’s a good grade,” said UNB President Eddy Campbell.

The grade slots the university in a tie for 52nd overall out of hundreds of schools, with only three Canadian universities with a higher grade. Campbell was pleased with the grade and had high praise for the members of the university community who helped achieve the B+, including UNB Sustainability Co-ordinator Andrew Holloway and the many student initiatives.

“There are a lot of people at our university who have shown a great interest in being a greener university and have devoted an enormous amount of time and energy in order to help us improve on a wide variety of fronts.”

The university president also explained going green was not cheap, but their efforts would show dividends down the road in terms of both environmental and financial prosperity.

“In addition, you should know that the administration has invested some $7 million in an energy management program and actually that’s an investment that has some payback to us. It improves our use of energy, makes us more efficient and, in fact, I think it’s a paying proposition for the university in that it saves us money, but it does require that upfront investment.”

As Campbell and the administration await the approval and implementation of the university’s Strategic Plan, the mantra is to not sit and wait, but instead be proactive in discussing and incorporating green initiatives in the university community.

As UNB moves forward with green initiatives, Campbell is aware of the obstacle of being one the country’s oldest universities. The older buildings are not as cost effective or energy efficient as the more modern structures. However, the university is prepared to leap these hurdles and rise up in the rankings.

“There are a couple of policies that we’ve been working on that could help us move up in the rankings. One is a formal sustainability policy that we are looking to finalize and a green building policy that we have on the go and those ought to help us.”

For the full report, visit www.greenreportcard.org.

Hungry Hearts are touring for some love Alison Clack Arts Editor Home is where the heart is, but sometimes you need more sustenance.

Local band and foodclothingsheltermusic member, Hungry Hearts are packing up and heading out for their first tour. Ever.

The tour titled, L’amour Tour will have the band partnering up with The Love Machine (based out of Ottawa) and will take them on a three week adventure around New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Ontario.

While this tour will mark their first show together Adam Guidry, Hungry Hearts frontman, explains that the two bands have had something in the works for awhile.

“Another band that I play in, Stereo Airing, played a show two years ago with them and the Paper Lions and we’ve been friends ever since. When the Hungry Hearts started we’d been talking a bit and decided to do some shows together sometime. Then, we decided to just do a tour together where I’d help them out with the East Coast dates and then they would help us out with some Ontario and Quebec dates.”

Having a connection in Ontario has helped the boys out too as, despite it being their first tour, the band finds themselves playing at some prestigious venues while there.

“We’re obviously really excited to go everywhere, but I’m really excited to see Ottawa and Toronto because we have really good venues there. In Toronto we’re playing the Garrison and Zaphod in Ottawa. Plus, The Love Machine are from Ottawa so it’s their home turf and it’s a Saturday night so I’m really excited for that one,” says Guidry.

The tour isn’t the only thing the boys have piled on their plate. Aptly named, the boys are hungry to get themselves out there and are currently finishing up work on their first full length album.

“We’re recording our album right now – or just finishing it up – and we’re really excited for how the band sounds right now more than ever before,” says Guidry.

Despite being relatively new, Guidry explains that the band has undergone a lot of change in their sound since they released a three song EP in the spring.

The band’s members are currently all living under one roof which has stimulated the creative process greatly.

“Our guitarist, Jake never really got to write much before, he just added his

Hungry Hearts are about to embark on their first tour which will include stops across New Brunswick as well as Halifax, Sydney, Kingston,Toronto and Ottawa. Christian Hapgood / The Brunswickan guitar parts in, but now he’s coming up Theft Bus, Olympic Symphonium) is handful of dates on the tour. with ideas for songs and they’re really working with the band on polishing “It’s really draining, but just because awesome. I think that’s what’s really and mastering their upcoming release. I tend to get into it a little bit too much. exciting. I think that if we didn’t live Doing all of these things at once I put a lot into it so it’s really exhausting, together we’d have limited practice hasn’t slowed down the band though. but so much fun,” explains an earnest time, but as we’re living together it Guidry says they have pretty big plans Guidry. “I guess it’s tiresome, but it’s could be three in the morning and for the future. worth it.” somebody might have an idea and can “We really want to do this tour, Hectic tour schedules, days workshare it with the band.” get the album out and then maybe do ing in the studio and balancing work The extra practice time has also given another, lengthy tour next year. Maybe are all just a day’s work for the boys in the band a more polished sound which try and go all across Canada. I think Hungry Hearts, but in the end it’s really they hope to bring to the tour and the right now we just want to get the album just about doing something they love. new album. out, tour it and get as many people to “The biggest thing we want is just “We’ll be nice and practised up,” listen to it as possible,” explains Guidry. to get the music out there. I mean, it’s laughs Guidry.

With lofty ambitions Guidry might fun to play shows and we love it, but Unlike the previous EP, which find his schedule pilling up quickly as it’s really all because we love music and Guidry admits was rushed and prepared the Hungry Hearts’ frontman is also want that release.” in two days, the new album will have the drummer for The Belle Comedians.

L’Amour Tour makes its stop in a more mastered and produced sound. To make his life even more hectic, The Fredericton on Nov. 19 at the Cellar ECMA nominated Brad Perry (Grand Belle Comedians will be opening a Pub.

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The problems with parking; over 1,000 tickets issued Alex Kress News Reporter It’s 8:45 a.m., and you have a midterm looming in 15 minutes. Your breathing is short and your knuckles are white from clutching the steering wheel. Your symptoms are about to worsen though; you’ve been circling the campus parking lots for 10 minutes and there are no spots in sight.

Lucky for third-year student Meaghan Cusack, she hasn’t had to miss an exam – yet. But she has experienced circling campus several times in the morning in search of a parking spot, causing her to miss her class twice this semester.

The Oromocto resident has no choice but to commute by car and is outraged when she finds herself without a parking spot at the end of her 20 minute drive to campus.

“Those classes of course happened to be the ones where attendance counts,” Cusack said.

“I emailed my professors about it but they could assume I’m lying, and there’s nothing to be done about it either way.”

Cusack used to carpool with a friend from Oromocto, but their schedules don’t sync this year so she relies on her own vehicle to get to class. She said she feels this year has been the worst for parking during her time at UNB and STU. Cusack explained students often sit two or three cars deep waiting for a parking spot. She was in line one day when a parking officer advised her she couldn’t park there, though she wasn’t officially parked, but waiting in line.

“I was tempted to say ‘if there are no

other parking spots, where do you expect us to go?’, but I kept my mouth shut. I was really frustrated.”

She commented on an opinion piece on parking in last week’s Brunswickan, written by special assistant to the Vice-President Academic Scott Duguay, and wanted to defend her own position. Duguay said when students complain there are no spots, it’s because “they typically mean there’s no spot by their building of choice, or they just don’t know where they are allowed to park.”

While this may be the case for many students, Cusack said it isn’t for her.

“It’s not the fact that I don’t want to walk to my building, it’s the fact that there are people making spots in tiny little holes that can block people in. Walking isn’t an issue; it’s just that this doesn’t seem to be getting better. I’m afraid next year will be even worse.”

She said she has only witnessed one vehicle being ticketed by an officer this year, and feels much more needs to be done. She sees illegally parked cars almost daily and would like to see an increase in ticketing.

However, it seems measures have been taken in this direction already. According to Duguay’s research, 5,215 tickets were issued last year which was an 862 increase from the year prior. This year, over 1,000 tickets have been issued.

Bruce Rogerson, Director of Security and Traffic at UNB, said there are currently 200 vehicles on the list of vehicles to be towed for being illegally parked or parked without a permit. He said some violators have over $200 in fines.

Rogerson said he knows the frustrations of campus parking firsthand; he drives his daughter to class twice a week. He is empathetic for students without alternative options of transportation like Meaghan Cusack and suggested the possibility of using a point system for ensuring spots for students who commute.

“Let’s say you’re driving from Oromocto, and another student is living on Hanson Street, and they both applied for a permit. Who should get the permit?” he asked. Rogerson said more parking is being added, just slowly. There are 55 more spots near the gym, and there will be 110 more behind the Aitken Centre. The university is going to wait until after next April to finish paving the dirt parking lot by Chapman Field because of the inconvenience it would cause students to close the lot for a month now.

Rogerson feels while those who drive to campus are getting parking at a reduced rate, budget money is taken from being able to provide better classrooms and equipment.

“How much money is it actually costing us to maintain the roads and parking lot and what are we collecting to maintain them?” he asked.

“You don’t have to be a business major to recognize the difference has to come from somewhere. It has to come from the tuition-paying students because they’re the primary source of revenue.”

For students who own cars, the alternative of buying a bus pass which costs $42 per month, over four times as much as a parking pass, just doesn’t make sense.

Parking on campus is one of the primary stressors for students with vehicles on their morning commute. Bruce Rogerson said there are 200 vehicles listed for towing. Andrew Meade / The Brunswickan

Lunching and learning Hilary Paige Smith News Editor Graduate students at UNB will be lunching and learning on Wednesdays this school year.

The Lunch and Learn series, hosted by the UNB Graduate Students Association will allow graduate students studying at the university to learn about resources available to them in a convenient, hour-long session.

Krystelle Shaughnessy, a former vice-president of special events for the GSA and a current member of the services committee, said the Lunch and Learn series is a good opportunity for graduate students to learn about resources on campus.

Inspiration for the series came about while the GSA a few years ago was planning their orientation for students.

“In the course of planning that, it became pretty apparent that grad students were not really accessing student services on campus and that likely one of the main reasons is that they didn’t know about them and, or, they didn’t realize they had information pertinent to them,” Shaughnessy said.

She said there is a general idea among graduate students that the majority of services available on campus cater to undergrads only. The Lunch and Learn series hopes to dispel this myth.

The GSA began incorporating workshops about services on campus into their orientation, but it became apparent students were being fed too much information at one time.

“We decided to offer these work-

shops that would help to connect grad students throughout the course of the year to services and allow the services and opportunities to showcase what they offer,” Shaughnessy said.

The series is being held at the Grad House on Windsor Street adjacent to campus.

The upcoming session, taking place today at 12:30, will feature Richard Spacek from the Writing Centre who will be doing a presentation on time management and balancing an academic workload with other responsibilities.

Workshops run from about 45 to 50 minutes and include a question and answer period. Shaughnessy said the Lunch and Learn is fairly informal.

In the past, Shaughnessy said one of the most successful Lunch and Learn events was a presentation by Shelley Clayton, Director of Financial Aid at UNB, on the graduate bursary program. Clayton will be presenting again today.

Shaughnessy encouraged all grad students to come to the series and soak up some information.

“The biggest thing I can say is for grad students who feel at all like they’re floundering or they could just use that extra boost or they’re thinking that they’re the only person going through this stuff, you’re not and there are ways of accessing services and this is a really simple one,” she said.

“Instead of going searching for it yourself, we’re bringing it to you.”

For more information about the Lunch and Learn series, as well as about the GSA in general, visit www. unbgsa.ca.

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Andrew Meade / The Brunswickan Hilary Paige Smith News Editor A new society on campus isn’t exactly satisfied with the quality of vegetarian and vegan options at UNB. The Vegetarian Society, formed earlier this semester, is devoted to promoting vegetarian lifestyle choices and sharing recipes.

Philip MacPhee, president of the Vegetarian Society, said the group has a handful of regular members who attend the vegetarian potluck-style meetings.

“At one of our meetings we actually brought food and made it in front of everyone so then, you know, nothing’s missed. You put this in. You put that in. You get a meal,” he said.

MacPhee doesn’t live in the residence community, but said a number of group members do. He regularly eats lunches on campus.

“A lot of people have told me the food (sold on campus) isn’t actually that great, so I decided that I was going to go there this week,” MacPhee said, adding he visited the Sodhexo food services website to check out their menu.

MacPhee himself is a vegan and said only 11 vegan options were listed on the site.

“I looked at them and I was shocked to find nine of them were not vegan. They had either fish in them or they had eggs and that to me just says, nine out of 11, that’s a failure rate,” he said firmly.

“Based on that, I said, I no longer trust them to know what that actually is.”

This month, MacPhee and his fellow society members plan to circulate a petition and make a call-out for meal hall reform on CHSR-FM, the campus and community radio station.

“We’re trying to build up enough names. We can’t show up there with only two names. I need a large list,” MacPhee said, adding that in the United States, 20 per cent of university students consider themselves at least part-time vegetarians.

If possible, MacPhee and the rest of the Vegetarian Society hope to sit down with food service providers on campus and reevaluate the vegetarian and vegan options offered in the dining hall and retail outlets.

Martin Bayliss, general manager of Sodhexo at UNB, said the food provider would be more than happy to meet with the society and discuss more diverse options for vegans and vegetarians.

Bayliss said, starting this year, the dining hall is offering both a vegetarian and

vegan option at lunch and supper times.

“Dialogue helps, so I’m hoping to meet with the president of the Vegetarian Society… to see what their opinions are of what’s being offered and how we can let folks know,” he said, adding that Sodhexo met with two students, one vegetarian, one vegan, in Sept. to help generate meal ideas.

“Their issues were retail based, not residence dining, one of them was also lactose-intolerant, so we didn’t know you can also get personal use soy-milk alternative.

We now offer that in retail.

“Often feedback allows us to adjust or improve if we’re able to, and quite often we’re able to react and really we’ve very interested.”

Bayliss said Sodhexo wants to make sure vegetarians know options are available for them.

“If we can find a way to have people not have to work so hard to find out how to eat that way, is something we’re very keen on,” he said.

For more information about the Vegetarian Society, or about submitting your thoughts on vegetarian options on campus, email vegetarian.society@unb.ca or find them on Facebook under UNB Vegetarian Society.

Chem. Engineering celebrates 50 years Department with “proud and consistent history” celebrating big anniversary.

Alex Kress News Reporter The Chemical Engineering Department at UNB is celebrating 50 years of strides in research, theory and practice.

Michel Couturier, chemical engineering professor, feels strongly about the program’s ability to teach students all the necessary skills for a career in the field. He has been with the department for 26 years and got his start as a student at UNB. “I think since the creation of the department we’ve always made an effort to provide a sound theoretical foundation for students that will prepare them well for a career in the industry after or for graduate school,” Couturier said. “[The students] also remain well grounded in practice. We try to teach students how things are done by being practicing engineers so they’re wellprepared for future careers.”

Couturier said reaching the 50year point is an exciting landmark and time for reflection, but also for looking ahead.

Brian Lowry, Chair of the Chemical Engineering Department, shares Couturier’s sentiments on the anniversary.

“It’s been great being a faculty member here for 15 years. We have a great population of students and it’s

been a pleasure teaching them and interacting with them,” Lowry said.

“We have a proud and consistent history and we’re a growing department with a large undergraduate population with an emphasis on research.”

Lowry said the department’s strong research culture is a quality that sets them apart from other departments, which are generally more teachingheavy. In addition, the department has grown by a factor of two for undergraduates and graduate students over the last ten years which not only sets them apart within UNB, but nationally.

“We have a really solid program from first year through fourth year,” Lowry said.

Many engineering programs have one or two general years, while the program at UNB is specific from the start. While Lowry understands the value in a program with general years, especially for students who are unsure which direction to take, but he is proud if UNB’s program because it suits students who already know what they want.

Lowry chose chemical engineering for its breadth; there is potential for work with electrical, mechanical and environmental systems.

“It’s a well-connected field that crosses over with a lot of other interesting other fields,” Lowry said.

The department is hosting a 50th anniversary celebration dinner at the Crowne Plaza on Nov. 26. Alumni from the past five decades will be in attendance and giving speeches, including one graduate of the program who is now a vice-president of Suncor, a Calgary-based oil company.

Lowry said many graduates go on to work in Alberta or Ontario. While there is work for chemical engineers in New Brunswick, it isn’t abundant in Fredericton.

Jules Picot, first ever chemical engineering professor at UNB, will also be in attendance. He started at UNB in 1959. He retired as a professor in 1995, but has been actively doing research right up until this year.

On the subject of what’s kept Lowry around for 15 years, he said the warmth of Fredericton and the chemical engineering department are tough to beat.

“Most universities have a lot of politics. There tends to be a fair amount of the ‘hard-to-deal-with’ variety, and our department really doesn’t have much of that,” Lowry said.

“It’s a good group of faculty running a solid program.”

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Lost Canadians: the biggest story you’ve never heard The incredible story of how the Canadian government left so many out in the cold

By Colin McPhail - Editor-in-Chief “Nobody knows the ramifications of what is happening until you’re stuck.” the father, while a child born out of wedlock is the property of the mother. In either case, certain Hundreds of thousands of people are now realizing the life-altering effect the words of Don unavoidable problems arise.

Chapman have.

Chapman offered the hypothetical situation where a born-abroad father and his Canadian “So many people who are Lost Canadians don’t even realize they are Lost Canadians.” wife had their child while vacationing in Japan. The child would not be eligible for Canadian The Lost Canadians’ Chapman speaks of numbers anywhere between 750,000 and 1 million – citizenship in this case. Since Japanese citizen laws are not based around being born on their soil, approximately three per cent of the population of Canada. the child would become stateless.

Chapman spearheaded a campaign to aid the many lives that could potentially be or have already What is truly absurd about this situation, Chapman pointed out, is that if the very same coupled been shattered due to a flaw in the Canadian law, including the life of Romeo Dallaire. wished to adopt a Japanese baby, they could have the child in Canada as a citizen in six weeks.

The born-abroad Lieutenant-General and senator is one of the many who lost Canadian citizenThere are hundreds of scenarios similar to this have been plaguing Lost Canadians for years now. ship due to an outdated and discriminatory Citizenship Act. Being born to a Dutch War Bride in “We have people coming in off a Tamil Tiger refugee ship and we even have some of them the Second World War and not being on Canadian soil during his 24th birthday was enough for already as Canadian citizens, but we can give it to a 94-year old Canadian-born catholic nun?” the government to revoke his Canadian citizenship.

Both Chapman and Jarratt expressed that feeling confusion and frustraton are normal sentiChapman is shocked and appalled at how someone who served their country so emphatically could ments upon hearing this information. be dismissed so quickly. He cannot comprehend the idea that Canada does not have any policy put Unfortunately, as Chapman explained, it gets worse. in place to protect innocent, hardworking people like Dallaire, but more importantly how these The backwards nature of previous governments and their policies still exists today. Chapman incredible circumstances are unbeknownst to the majority of Canadians. as led his campaign across the country, spreading the word as far as he could. He has knocked on Chapman sees this ignorance as aftermath of the collective pride felt by the nation when the 1982 Parliament’s door many times now. Yet, nobody is answering.

Charter of Rights and Freedoms was ratified. He compares our nationalism to that of the American After producing Bill S-2 with Sen. Noel Kinsella to help bring stateless children back to their reputation of considering their nation to be the greatest bar none. responsible parent in 2005, Chapman has yet to hear from him. “[Canadians] have been conditioned and taught all their lives that Canada is country that has The current Citizenship Minister, Jason Kenney, refuses to talk to Chapman about this situation. peace, order and good government and their morals by how they live by will fairness, compassion Prime Minister Stephen Harper is well aware of what is transpiring, yet turns a blind-eye to it. and human rights.”

“The only thing I can say about Jason Kenney is that ignorance is not a virtue and he is hurt“By questioning Canada’s human rights track record, the first thing Canadians do is not believe ing Canadians. Also, Stephen Harper is aware. So, where’s the Prime Minister? I thought that you. The messenger must not be telling the truth. Where in fact elected representatives, and even the non-elected representatives, they become very American in that regard, pointing their finger in the that it was their sworn duty was to protect Canadians and make air and saying we’re number one. When in fact it’s a bunch of bunk.” life better for you. To uphold the charter, uphold the constitution Chapman outlined how the nation’s Citizenship Act predates the of Canada, uphold the Supreme Court decisions.”

1982 charter and how it is still exclusive to many groups in many facets “Jason Kenney brags that this is a country that respects the of its policy. rights of women, the rule of law, and human rights,” continued This exclusivity began as soon as Canada was founded. Part of the Chapman. “I defy him on all three of those counts and the Prime citizenship laws drafted in the British North America Acts of 1867 Minister of Canada and, by the way, could fix this with a stroke declared that “married women, minors, lunatics and idiots will be of a pen. He knowingly is ignoring this issue.” classified under the same disability for the national status.” Under the The bureaucracy and ignorance of the Canadian government is Canadian constitution, a person was still considered a British subject and staggering and they are pursuing the opposite of what is best for a Canadian citizenship. many Canadians.

It was 80 years later in 1947 when the government was prompted by Even the United Nations is aware of Canada’s treatment of its William Lyon Mackenzie King to update its citizenship laws after walkcitizens and its ability to create statelessness. This proud nation has ing through the graves of the many Canadians who perished during the been compared to the likes of Zimbabwe, Vietnam, Bangladesh Second World War, but were not Canadian citizens. Shortly after, the and Cambodia.

Canadian Citizenship Act of 1947 was passed.

The politicians are not the only ones avoiding the issues. The However, as Chapman explained, minimal progress was made. The Canadian media, including the CBC, CTV and Global National, act was not retroactive. He alluded to the how the government abolished are also unwilling and hesitant to approach this situation. slavery and that this scenario is an exact replica.

When asked why this was, Chapman couldn’t respond. There “Anybody who is a slave will remain a slave, but anybody new cannot was no clear answer. He is severely disheartened that he is simply be slave.” left to ask “why?”

Equality of rights was still unattainable and Canadians had to wait Jarratt points out that unless policy is put into action, the another 30 years for the act to be amended. In 1977, the updated Citsituation will only worsen with time. The majority of War Bride izenship Act frustratingly committed the very same error policymakers children, who belong to the baby-boomer generation, will be bundled over 30 years prior. turning 65 in the coming years and will be accessing many of the “They didn’t say ‘OK, we made some grotesque errors and we’ve nation’s social programs only to realize they are not citizens and will disenfranchised a lot of Canadians and we’re going to welcome them be denied immediately. back’,” explained Chapman. “What did they was said ‘Well, if you’re She is disgusted this situation can still happen in Canada. disenfranchised, you’re gone. See ya.’”

“It no less than someone saying ‘we’re not going to let you in Chapman, seen here with Jarratt, will speaking at the Again, the policy changes did not function retroactively and many UNB Law School Nov.4 at 11:30 a.m. and at the Kinthe country if you’re Black, or a lesbian, or you have AIDS’ – all of Canadians were still left out in the harsh cold of reality, stateless. these areas have been firmly dealt with in the past with the charter. sella Auditorium Nov. 8 at 7 p.m. Submitted Aside from minor amendments, the act remains unchanged to this Why is this still allowed to happen to people that were born out of day. wedlock during the war or people whose only crime is to be born Melynda Jarratt, who has worked extensively with Don Chapman, is saddened and in disbelief at without a Canadian mother?” the discriminatory nature of this law in modern day Canada.

The emotional toll of fighting this battle has not been lost on the pair. Jarratt recalls when “There are things in this country that will shock you and this is just another one. It’s unforgiveable Chapman heard that Martin Gelinas, a Lost Canadian and veteran who had been fighting to that in this day and age that we have to be fighting this. I can’t believe.” become a citizen for years, passed away.

The existing law is only the beginning of the unfortunate and truly shocking events this incredible “I remember the night he died. Don phoned me up crying. [Gelinas’s family] became his story encompasses. family. The family is depending on him to get him his citizenship and Don is trying so hard…

A Lost Canadian himself for many years, Chapman is well aware of the struggles stateless people face. The system is just so big and you just can’t penetrate it.”

“I was stripped of my Canadian citizenship when I was six-years old because my Canadian father However, both Chapman and Jarratt carry their heads high and are confident that they will took out US citizenship. I didn’t. I never vowed citizenship to the United States.” make a difference. They have already garnered support from the Bloc Party and are making inroads The US granted him citizenship to avoid statelessness, but Chapman asserted he never renounced with the Liberals and the NDP. his Canadian citizenship.

“If you chip away, it’s like the Berlin Wall. Eventually, we’ll knock it down,” commented Jarratt.

“It seemed very odd to me that couldn’t live in my own country.”

“I am fully confident that we’re going to get what we want.”

The many entangling laws and regulations revolving around Canadian citizenship laws have left It is a long and tiring road, but Jarratt understands it’s a means to a very important end. a multitude of stateless babies stranded. Under the act, a child born in wedlock is the property of “Citizenship is the most important part of your identity. It’s who you are.”

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Sexual assault and the city

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Kathleen Heaney Submitted If anyone has been hearing increased rumblings of “not wondering late at night” and “watch your drinks” lately, there might be reason why. One might be surprised to know that our very own city ranks third on Macleans’ recent study Canada’s Most Dangerous Cities for sexual assaults.

MacLeans reports that the rate of sexual assault in Fredericton is 85 per cent higher than the national average.

The statistics were gathered from police reports across the country. On the surface, this might seem like a very shocking statistic. Many of us would protest that we feel safe in our city, and even walk alone at night. I know I do, I live about 2km away from campus, and have three night classes a week. Walking alone at night is an inevitable reality.

Some might argue that this stat seems unimaginably high. They are in a way right, the data was gathered through police statistics. Fredericton has done an excellent job through UNB, and through groups like the Fredericton Sexual Assault Crisis Centre, to promote awareness and help fight sexual assault which means that a willingness to report sexual assault has gone up. This does not change the fact that this Macleans survey should get students to consider some serious issues.

Sexual assault is also unfortunately a reality for students all across Canada, and UNB is no exception. Young students are at an increased risk for sexual assault, and this is in part due to student’s frequent use of alcohol.

Although “roofie-colada “ is often what most students think of when we think of date rape drugs, the most common date rape drug is alcohol.

Many individuals still fear the “man in the bushes”. We conjure up ideas of creepy, mouth breathing loners, who sit on the outskirts of society. This however is a “rape myth”. In reality, most cases of sexual assaults are committed by people who are known by the survivor of the assault. According to the Statistics Canada study Sexual Assault in Canada

In a shocking twist, Fredericton was recently ranked third in the country in Macleans’ study on Canada’s Most Dangerous Cities for sexual assault. Kathleen Heaney explains that UNB is no exception to the ranking. Andrew Meade / The Brunswickan 2004 and 2007 in 82 per cent of cases reported to police the survivor knew their attacker in some way.

Sexual assault often goes unreported due to feelings of embarrassment or shame of the survivor. Many survivors of sexual assault feel frustrated that they did not do more to stop their attacker.

It is estimated through victimization surveys that less than one in 10 sexual assaults are reported to police.

The best way to fight sexual assault is through education and awareness. It is important to remember that when it comes to consent, the only thing that

means yes is “yes”! The key to healthy relationships are strong communication. Through programs such as Voices Against Sexual Aggression, students try to raise awareness of consent and violence in intimate relationships here at UNB. If you feel you have been a victim of sexual assault, there are many resources available to help. The Fredericton Sexual Assault Crisis Centre has a 24/7 phone line to help line to support those who have been a victim and are looking for counselling or information on reporting the crime. The Chimo helpline is also

available 24/7 to help anyone, and is available in both English and French.

Counselling Services located in the CC Jones Student Services Centre is also a great resource for students who need someone to talk to.

Kathleen is a student of Women’s Studies and Sociology. She is the coordinator for Voices Against Sexual Aggression, and teaches the Dating B.A.S.I.C.S. presentations on consent and intimate relationships. If you would like more information, or would like to book a presentation, please email voices@unb.ca

Kay: sex researcher, sex educator, and budding sex columnist Kay Sex Columnist I study sex. Yup, you read right. I study sex.

Now, I don’t usually say it quite this way, although it has helped to do so once or twice in my past. You know how, as a student, people like to ask you three key questions: “what program are you in?” “when will you be done?” and, particularly for upper year students, “what do you study?”

Now, even if you have some complicated answers to those questions, you’ve probably figured out how to give an answer in laymen’s terms so that people who are not in your field of study understand. I have a perfectly understandable answer. I study sex. Well, human sexuality to be specific. No, not like the Duke student who’s fake thesis went viral. I study sex through surveys (boring in comparison). However, depending on the situation and the person asking the question, I may not want to give the direct answer.

For example, an elderly woman on the bus strikes up casual conversation.

I stick to “I study psychology”. If she presses me, I am likely to give “romantic relationships” or if she seems hip and cool “human sexuality”.

In the latter case, the questions almost always stop there. If pressed further, I’ll say something like “how people use the Internet for sexuality” (aka cybersex and Internet porn). I have colleagues (yup, there’s actually a fair number of sex researchers in Canada AND at UNB) who have ingenious answers. Lines like “adolescent sexual behavior” “attractiveness and partnering” or “sexual functioning” replace topics such as “young adults oral sex experiences” “why and how people choose casual sex partners” and “factors that influence women’s orgasms during intercourse”.

Now the dating scene – that’s a place to ponder. How do you respond to the question on a first date? How about at a dinner party with friends, some of whom you don’t know? Even better – what do you tell your significant other’s family the first night you meet them? In my experience, to the strapping young man who brings you another margarita in the pool at that all-inclusive resort in Mexico you say, “I study sex”…in a provocative voice... and then enjoy the week!

What is the big deal? I don’t know – you tell me? Take a moment right now, what are you thinking about me? I will bet money that most of you are having a thought along the lines of: “Man, she must really like sex” “I bet she’s a

nymph/skank/highly sexual woman (for the politically correct)” “She must have had tons of sex partners” “I bet she has some wicked moves in the bedroom”. No comment.

A small group of you are probably thinking: “What is she trying to fix about herself by studying sex”. Because really isn’t that what all psychology students are doing – trying to fix themselves? A similar group of you will start to wonder if I can help you with your problems. I can give you a place to start. Finally, there will be a group of you that consider yourselves sexually liberal and open individuals and are likely to be thinking of all those questions of sexual curiosities you have.

Well, I don’t know everything but I’m definitely better than cosmo!

Is this just my way of trying to force my sex research onto the masses?

Mmm..kind of. This column will always have a small amount of research

in it for those of you who like that kind of thing. And for those of you who don’t, most of the column will not be about research but I will attempt to show you how research does or does not support what I’m saying.

A lot of the times, what we think we know about sex… we don’t. I’m always reminded of this when dating a lay person – pun intended. Now and then, I’ll throw in some fun facts for you to bring up at awkward social moments (e.g., medical doctors invented the vibrator because they were tired of having to manually stimulate women’s clitorises. Wait, would that be clitori? It is pronounced clit-er-is).

Most importantly, I will try to challenge how and what you think about sex, so that reading this column will aid you in becoming more comfortable, more confident, and maybe even more adventurous in your sexual life.

Amen to that.

Correction In issue six of The Brunswickan, published Oct. 13, 2010, the name Aldan Dewhirst that appeared in the article entitled “Melanson dances on to a new film stage” should be spelled Aidan Dewhirst.

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Part two: UNB parking tips and suggested solutions Scott Dugay Submitted Tip 1: Think differently Maybe the best way to deal with parking woes is to alter the way we approach it individually. Owning a pass is not a guarantee that you will find a spot where you want. While we have some designated areas, we do not have reserved parking for everyone, nor would most of us want to pay what reserved parking would cost. A pass simply gives us permission to park on campus.

If you hate sharking around the lot by your building for half an hour, and you are able, why not go straight to general parking areas at the AUC or the LB Rink? At most, you’ll have to walk the equivalent of a couple blocks to your building. Arriving just fifteen minutes early still gives you plenty of time to get to class.

Help us help you. A good parking culture starts and ends with those who park here. Security & Traffic staff are doing all they can to enforce the rules, but they can’t chase down every car that comes on campus. The more illegal parking that occurs, the fewer spots there are available for legit parking pass holders. Tell your friends that parking without a pass isn’t cool.

If that doesn’t work, remind them that UNB has ramped up enforcement over the last year, writing thousands of tickets and towing cars when needed. One car towed last year had 26 outstanding tickets. No joke. That’s a $600 charge to get your car back.

Tip 2: Consider other options 1. If you can walk or bike to your class from home in less time than it takes you to drive, park and get to class, you’re one of the lucky ones.

Why bother buying a pass? We have students, faculty and staff who live on

Windsor or Graham St. who buy a pass to drive to campus. We have students in residence who take their vehicles to get closer to their classes. Those of us who live near campus or on campus can certainly relieve some of the parking pressures on those who live further away by leaving our vehicles home.

2. Until the UNBSU and UNB admin work out the online carpooling system, take it upon yourself to carpool with friends. It benefits the environment, makes for a much more pedestrian-friendly campus and reduces the stress of parking.

3. Public transportation. It’s cheap, reliable and saves you operating a vehicle on campus.

Suggested Solutions Explained: 1. Build a huge parking complex in the centre of campus. We’d have plenty of parking for everyone. The problem? Other than the repulsive site of a massive concrete structure in the

middle of one of the most beautiful campuses in North America, the price to recover the cost of such a structure would come from two sources: student tuition and fees and increased parking pass rates, probably mostly the latter.

The average cost of building a parking complex is $20,000 to $25,000 per parking spot it contains. And then you have to maintain it. (Did I mention it would be ugly?)

2. Limit the number of parking passes issued. Actually, we do to an extent; granted we haven’t had to say no to anyone yet because we’ve never sold more than 20 to 30 per cent more passes than we have parking spots; the industry standard for pass sale rates which takes into account that not everyone is on campus at the same time. And yes, that includes STU pass holders. So, you should never have a problem finding a spot if you know where you can legally park.

3. Zone parking. Reserve parking lots by academic program. In concept it sounds appealing, but in reality it further limits parking options.

Students take classes from multiple faculties and buildings, we don’t know what our enrolment in each faculty will be long-term, and the system would mean that sometimes we’d have too many vehicles in one lot while another is half empty as classes go in and out of session.

4. Install Gates. Gates at the entrance of each lot would certainly eliminate illegal parking. Other than the cost of purchasing such systems, which results in increased parking pass costs to recover the purchase and the ITS support to make and secure access cards for the gates, these systems can create traffic jams on major arteries, which our campus is not designed to handle. Having said that, this proposal is under consideration.

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Student

Viewpoint.

Let everyone know whats on your mind.

“Sleep.”

“Sleep.”

Sarah Campbell

Krista Donovan

“Alcohol on the weekend, never weekdays.”

Robbie Roos

“Exercise.”

Ashley MacKendrick

“Buckle down, get work done.”

“Grabbing a bite with friends.”

Tom Gillis

Janelle Cantafio

“Go for a run.”

Bailey Campbell

What is your favourite mid-term de-stresser?

“Go to the HIL and working.”

“Stay busy.”

Sandy Farzee

Megan Getchell

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New TUNB show ready for take off

A series of vignettes make up the action of Carol Shields’s play. Despite the lack of recurring characters (with the exception of one pilot and a flight attendent) the audience is able to feel a close connection with the emotions the characters are feelings and the situations that are affecting their lives. Andrew Meade/The Brunswickan.

Alison Clack Arts Editor Have you ever stopped to wonder what’s going on in the lives of those who pass you in a day?

Spend a day in an airport and you’ll see a microcosm of human emotion hidden beneath the strides of rushed passengers and teary goodbyes of loved ones.

If between midterms and essays you don’t have time to people-watch in an airport all day then don’t worry, Theatre UNB can pack it all into an evening of theatre for you.

TUNB is presenting the play Departures and Arrivals by Canadian novelist (and sometimes playwright) Carol Shields.

Len Falkenstein, director of the

production, describes the play as a way for Shields “to explore how our lives are performative and performances happen all around us. We’re always consciously, or unconsciously performing for others and this becomes even more so the case when we’re in public spaces and people are watching us.”

In the play, Falkenstein says Shields toys with the idea of the airport being “a metaphor for the human condition, people are always coming and going.”

The flow of the play is a little unusual explains Falkenstein, “It’s a series of scenes that tell a story, but they don’t really connect. There’s only two characters that have recurring scenes.”

The lack of recurring characters shouldn’t deter the audience from sympathizing with the play’s many characters.

Through this series of vignettes, Shields

reveals the hidden worries, triumphs and secrets of various airport passengers and workers in a way that makes the audience build a rapport with and feel a connection with every character.

The scenes vary from the serious to the absurd throughout the course of the production leaving the audience (and cast) with at least one favourite scene to choose from.

“I like some of the individual monologues. I’m in one of them where I’m just an average guy who has issues with his mother because she doesn’t pay attention to him, which I think is an interesting story. There’s another one where a guy’s trying to pick up a girl who he met a year ago and she doesn’t remember him. It’s quite funny so I like that story too,” says Derek Mitchell one of the actors in the production and student in the 3170 class.

Another unusual aspect of this particular production by TUNB is that it combines the efforts of both the ENGL 2170 and ENGL 3170 classes – something that hasn’t been done before.

“It was designed to try and make the program more integrated. Up to this point students have only worked within their classes and they pretty much go through all four years with the same people. It also allows for a relationship where the older, more experienced class can mentor the newer class,” explains Falkenstein who is the instructor for the two theatre courses in addition to being the director of the production.

The students in the production have embraced the combination for this production and have actually sad they’re sad to go their own ways next semester.

“It’s just a great sense of community,”

says Mitchell.

“We were talking about it today how sad it is that next semester we’ll be doing our own plays and how weird it’s going to be,” adds castmate Rachel Conrod, a student in the 2170 class.

Overall, everyone involved seems to see the partnerships as a good one, except maybe a slightly stressed director in jest.

“That’s a bad question to ask me today,” laughs Falkenstein in response to whether he would do a combined production again. “This is the height of the pre-show stress and chaos so it’s sort of like ‘whoa, do I ever want that many people in a room again?’ But, yes, probably, because it has gone really well.”

Departures and Arrivals will be performed in Memorial Hall from Nov. 3 to Nov. 6. Tickets are $6 for students.

Doors open at 7:30 p.m.

first ones to really jump on the bandwagon of wanting to hear new music.

It’s a university town and most people in Fredericton, I find, have a really great sense of music.”

Bones includes that he thinks it’s a scene that is really thriving.

Oh No, Theodore! is a Fredericton based band contributing to that atmosphere. Their success has come in short time having their final members join just two months ago. An impressive feat, and one that has Bones psyched for the show.

“I’ve been pushing them,” says Bones describing how he brings them up in interviews; something that doesn’t go unnoticed to the members

of Oh No, Theodore!

“He’ll give you the shirt right off his back. He’s a lot of help, and he’s already been a lot of help to us,” says lead man of Oh No, Theodore! Jeremy McLaughlin.

Oh No, Theodore! is a seven piece that brings an enormous amount of energy to their live performances. With a whole variety of instruments, they make it their imperative to have fun.

“It’s going to be a party,” says band member Kyle Albright, who was joined by both Gemma Marr and Jake Spencer to share their thoughts about the

((IPN)) at the SUB --- OMG!

The Arka Teks and Oh No Theodore! join DJ Bones for a charity ((IPN)) event

Matt Belyea Arts Reporter When Justin Duguay was contacted

by UNB residence Joy Kidd to book a few bands for November’s Wet/Dry, he didn’t foresee filling the Student Union Building Ballrooms.

Originally the event was set to take place at the Social Club, but when interest for the show skyrocketed it was moved.

“Marc “DJ” Bones was onboard within the first half hour of me thinking about it,” recalls Duguay. The Moncton native immediately and a Student Union Building Indie Pop

Night was born.

“It all just fell into place. It’s been my baby for a little while, then we put the event online and within the first day there were 200 to 250 people attending,” explains Duguay.

Bones will be joined by The Arka Teks as well as up and comers Oh No, Theodore! for a charity gig that is sure to bring in a host of ((IPN)) enthusiasts to the Fredericton campus.

Bones will be hosting an ((IPN)) at the Capital the week before his SUB appearance, but promises to save some energy.

“I’m really looking forward to playing the Joy Kidd event,” says Bones.

Bones has brought a lot of bands

out of obscurity and into the Fredericton public’s eyes. The SUB show won’t be the first one where Bones has introduced additional acts to share the stage. In the past Bones has been joined

by Jenocide, A.A. Wallace, and, most recently, Gobble Gobble.

“If I had the choice of seeing a live band or a deejay, I’d pretty much choose seeing the live band. Which is kind of funny coming from a deejay, but I just love live music.” ((IPN)) has had a snowball effect throughout the Atlantic provinces and is currently held on a monthly basis in Fredericton, Moncton and Charlottetown with Halifax soon to join the list.

“The crowds in Fredericton were the

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In the past few years ((IPN)) events with Bones have exploded in popularity. The event, which is usually one of the best attended at the Capital, will be held in Fredericton a second time this month at the SUB. Submitted.

Silver Wave10th anniversary: 5,000 and growing Matt Belyea Arts Reporter This November will mark the tenth anniversary of NB Film Co-op’s Silver Wave Film Festival.

Combining a diverse spectrum of genres, the festival boasts films produced around the world. Long time Co-op employee and publicist for the festival Jim Lavoie is gearing up for the big weekend ahead.

He’s been working away to make sure New Brunswick’s largest film festival is subject to a wide variety of films. As usual, this year’s festival is hugely supported by the Maritime community.

“There is a strong representation from Nova Scotia, PEI and Newfoundland,” says Lavoie.

Although the organization has a soft spot for home-grown directors, it is internationally recognized.

“We get people coming in from virtually all over the world.”

Lavoie has watched the festival grow over his six years with the organization and commented on its coming of age.

“Not only has it grown in terms of attendance, but it’s grown in the quality of the films.”

This year’s closing feature titled Dog Pound was shot entirely in Moncton.

“It’s all about a juvenile prison. Its excellent acting, it’s raw and almost dark if you will. But the acting is outstanding and you’ve got a large number of New Brunswick actors in there.”

Lavoie expects good attendance for its screening at the festival pointing to its success in France. The festival really demonstrates the activity of New Brunswick’s film community.

“We consider our shorts to be the main feature, especially New Brunswick Film shorts.”

The festival organizers receive so many shorts they dedicate two nights to showing them.

The beauty of the shorts is that they act as a propeller for beginning film makers. It sets them on the road to bigger projects like commercial film.

“It leads you to the conclusion that you either have it or you do not,” says Lavoie.

From an audience perspective the shorts are great because of their length. If something doesn’t interest them, they don’t have long before the next film begins.

“You can feel that anxiety in the air and then there’s that one that hits everybody all at the same time; you can just feel it.”

To commemorate its tenth anniversary there will be numerous gatherings where people have a chance to speak with those involved with film.

“After every feature we have a gala party which will be at the James Joyce Irish Pub. Everybody’s invited to come down and have a drink and mingle with the actors.”

On Friday night, Nov. 5 there will be a midnight screening at Tilley Hall. It’s a $3 night of original horror films and trailers, and it includes a live band and other surprises. It’s the fastest growing segment of the festival and a lot of effort is being put into it.

“I think it’s the interaction with the audience,” said Lavoie trying to pinpoint its success.

In good spirits he admitted he will be attending, “It’s like a happening of some kind, taking upon a life of itself.”

The Silver Wave Film Festival is prepared for another big year of bringing the best film has to offer to Fredericton. Join in on the fun and celebrate their tenth anniversary with the other 5,000 people attending. For a comprehensive look at the festival’s events and its schedule go to the website, www.swfilmfest.com.

upcoming show.

Oh No, Theodore! was recently nominated for the CBC Galaxie Rising Star Award which is given to an outstanding artist or group in the province. They also secured a spot earlier in the year at Harvest alongside Wooden Sky and Yukon Blonde. All in all, the band can’t help but be excited about playing with The Arka Teks.

“It’s like nothing you’d ever hear around Fredericton,” says McLaughlin.

The Arka Teks consists of Nick Fowler and Tyler Lombard.

“As far as our music goes, we offer something that is not easily found,” says Fowler describing their style to be a blend of pop’s easy listening sound with underground electronic genres.

In relation to the show at the SUB Fowler says, “Both Tyler and I are big fans of Bones and Indie Pop Night.

I love the exposure that independent artists are able to get from it. Although we haven’t had a chance to ever be a part of it, this ((IPN)) looks like it is going to be crazy! With a great lineup and a huge following this show promises to be one not soon forgotten.”

Cover is $4 at the door and non-UNB students must be signed in. There are a lot of students who are underage that haven’t been able to go to an Indie Pop Night and this gives them a chance to get that experience. Bones and the gang plan on treating you to a night that you won’t soon forget on Nov. 12, come prepared.

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The good, the bad, and the ugly of fast food A showdown with KFC’s newest menu item

Jeremy Goddard The Brunswickan As I entered Colonel Sanders’s red and white fortress at Mastodon Ridge, Nova Scotia, on Oct. 20, the 3-D cardboard cut out loomed forward in the doorway, boldly announcing the challenge I had already prepared for, or as best I could anyway.

Can you really train to eat a sandwich? Regardless, I stepped in, ready for all-out southern fried warfare.

I had waited for this moment since first laying eyes on the Double Down on Apr. 5, pictured online shortly after its U.S. debut, and was subsequently enraged at its availability (or lack of) in Canada.

I began to keep a careful eye and ear to all forms of media for some word of a northern release date. When the news hit that Oct. 18 would be the day that this deep-fried demon graced Canadian KFC locations, my months of anticipation were nothing compared to my

shattered, but then again it seemed ridiculous to even hope for anything else in retrospect.

After getting halfway through the Double Down and a large drink, I realized it was pretty much what I had figured; standard KFC with bacon and cheese... and no bread. But, upon crossing the halfway point, I was suddenly overtaken by the monstrosity’s 1,380 milligrams of sodium - which is 120 milligrams less than an adult’s recommended daily intake.

Forget about eating your fries right now. Oh wait, you won’t have to, because you probably won’t even want to; I didn’t. I forged ahead, grabbed a friend’s Pepsi to help the process, and when I reached that last bite, it kind of felt like my guts had turned into some kind of awesome cement-mixer where everything deliciously solidified and made it hard to move through the rest of my body.

After the showdown, as I sat in the backseat and unbuttoned my jeans,

excitement to try this ‘meat-glorb,’ as it was eloquently described by one Chicago Tribune writer.

My first attempt to ‘take it down’ was thwarted by the Prospect Street location’s drive-thru. I was loudly informed that there would be a 45-minute wait for the Double Down, due to the supper rush, which consisted of about three cars between the drive-thru lane and the parking lot including my own.

So, two days later, as I stepped up to the counter and placed my order, I ignored the protests of my friends who were accompanying me on this venture.

I asked for the combo, said thanks to the sweet old gal who was working the till, grabbed a Mountain Dew, then saddled up to tame this bronco.

The greasy cardboard box was already telling me that what lay within was no bigger than anything else at any other fast food place, which was a bit of a relief. Upon opening, whatever illusions I had about the cheese being something other than glorified Kraft singles were

beer snobs.

Lagers: because being a snob gets expensive.

Moosehead Green

while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.”

Mastodon Ridge KFC was very much unchanged as I left, but had this experience changed me? I walked in the door as a conqueror of sandwiches and departed as one who was defeated by my adversary. You decide who planted the flag that day.

kooking with karlie Karlie Hanoski

Molson Canadian (5%) “Canadian water.

Prairie barley. No preservatives.”

Hilary: “My favourite beer. Moose Green is my boyfriend.”

Leafy Black Bean Salad with Cumin-Lime Vinaigrette

Hilary: “I’ll drink it at buckets...”

Colin: “Classic moosehead taste. What to drink in excess.”

Alison: “Definitely weaker on flavour than the other lagers. Tastes like bitter water.”

Christian: “it ’s a good beer but can get skunky.”

Christian: “Doesn’t really taste all that unique.”

Alison: “Excellant bar beer. First choice when I want something simple.”

Colin: “Time to put on my snob pants; I’ll only drink it for free.”

Heineken

Czechvar (5%) “No notes listed.”

(5%) “Benefitting from over 700 years of brewing experience...one of the best lagers.”

Hilary: “This sista is not loving this bro beer.”

Alison: “tastes

Christian: “Don’t let the tall can be deceiving, it’s much better than the bottle.”

Christian: “if

bitter as the

I reflected upon the battle I had just survived.

On one hand I was entering a food coma and on the other an empty cardboard box, wherein a sandwich once ruled. Victory is always open to interpretation, never without consequence, and to quote Sun Tzu, “Victorious warriors win first and then go to war,

alison clack: ‘the irish red’ hiliary paige smith: ‘pale lady’ christian hapgood: ‘beer-ded’ colin mcphail: ‘drunkard’

(5%) “No notes listed”

Alison: “Not as Green (slightly).”

Eating KFC’s new Double Down is a serious task, are you ready to take on the challenge? Ashley Theriault / The Brunswickan

Moose

Colin: “Dude, this beer sucks but it looks so good in my hand.”

skunky, but it’s also imported so it might have sat around for a while in the store.” i wanted something this skanky i would go to... nevermind.”

Hilary: “Couldn’t even sit next to Moose green on a plane.”

Colin: “Let’s Republic.”

just keep this in the

Czech

Like many of you, winter ’s weather inevitability gets me down and I look for any way possible to prolong the feeling of summer. My favourite way to do so is through food. I figured while these vegetables are still (some what) in season I’d share my favourite summer salad. It’s vegan, healthy, hearty and great as a meal or next to a scrumptious burrito. Enjoy!

Vinaigrette: 1 clove garlic, cut in half juice of half a lime extra virgin olive oil ground cumin, to taste salt and pepper, to taste

Salad: 1 can black beans, drained and rinsed 1 cup corn, blanched or roasted ¼ red onion, minced 2 large tomatoes, seeded and diced 1 bag lettuce (I like spring greens or romaine) 2 avocados, pitted, peeled and diced (do this at the last possible second) 2-3 handfuls tortilla chips, crushed (I like the multi-grain ones) Rub the bottom of a large bowl with the cut side of the garlic clove, add lime juice and in a slow steady stream whisk in extra virgin olive oil until mixture looks creamy (the standard vinaigrette ratio is 3 parts oil to one part acid). Add cumin, salt and pepper until desired level of seasoning is achieved. Once your vinaigrette is ready you can toss in the first five salad ingredients, and then gently toss in the avocado and chips. Be careful not to over mix or the salad will become messy looking. At this point you can grab yourself a cerveza and eat, how easy was that?!

Serves 4

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The Old School Horror Experience is Back

do you have opinions? write us a letter to the editor. editor@thebruns.ca

Joe Goguen The Brunswickan If you haven’t seen Paranormal Activity 2 yet then you need to go out and engulf yourself in this experience before it leaves theatres.

It’s not every day that a horror fan is adamant and excited about seeing a movie.

In the past half-decade or so we have been exposed to torture porn.

This includes, and is not limited to, the Saw franchise, Hostel I & II and most recently The Human Centipede. I have been a long time defender of the torture porn genre, also known as gorno. My defence would be that if you get beyond the gore there is a good story and at the very least they are glossed up and shot well enough to be entertaining.

Now, that was before I came across the phenomenon known as Paranormal Activity.

I went out to see this in theatres because there was so much buzz and hype surrounding the movie. What I got when I went to the theatre was one of the worst film experiences of my life; except in this case I loved it!

Now there will be those who said they slept through it, or it wasn’t scary.

Those people are either bored easily or saw it on DVD. This franchise is best viewed on the big screen.

Back to the sequel. What makes this an amazing sequel, without even touching on the horror element, is its ability to adapt and grow in a culture so easily influenced by the quick money movie.

They not only built on the mythology of these characters, they covered new ground as well as connected the movie to the original without making the experience feel forced or cheap.

They did not milk the scariest aspects of the original; nobody is standing beside a bed in a trance for six hours. Instead they opened a whole new arsenal on the audience.

For starters they keep the movie slow and painful at the start. Once the spooky events begin the audience is primed and ready for anything. The first paranormal event is the movement of the mobile overtop of the crib. The baby sleeps through this annoyance undisturbed. Now, if the movie were to begin with the moving mobile you wouldn’t even flinch, but since you have been starved of anything remotely scary the audience will take what they can get.

Another aspect this film has over the original was the addition of space. Space in a movie is a funny thing, if you have the screen too close to someone’s face you cut off their breathing room. This is a common way to make the audience feel claustrophobic (think Blair Witch Project). Everything is up close and you have nowhere to look to or a place to feel safe.

What Paranormal Activity 2 gives is too much space. When you are looking at the scene you are constantly looking in every corner and dark spot, waiting for something to pop out or move. By denying viewers a point of reference they feel vulnerable and out in the open. This is exactly where you want your audience to be.

About halfway through the film, there is a scene where all the cupboards burst open during the day. What is beautiful about this scene is that it takes away the only safe space the viewer had in the whole film. It’s somewhat understood that the boogey man won’t

come to get you during the day. The audience knows this and so do the filmmakers. Someone a long time ago made the agreement that the audience should have at least one safe space; this all goes out the window with the cupboard scene.

Now you have everybody over stimulated and scared day and night.

It’s about as bad as being in the film itself. Even if you anticipated the possibility of something happening in that scene, the damage has already been done. They have restricted you to your seat; the only place where the demon cannot get you, but try to tell your mind that when you’re slouched more than halfway down your seat and your knees are pushing through the chair in front of you.

Their ability to milk the tension in this film is amazing. Some may become jaded and say it was boring or too much like The Blair Witch Project. To all you haters out there, this is the horror movie franchise to watch. The scariest thing about this film isn’t what goes bump in the night, but how something so simple can be so haunting. This is a game changer for the horror genre.

this week in arts.

David McKay @ Gallery 78 Now – Nov. 21

David McKay’s new collection, “Fields and Generations” is being shown at Gallery 78. The collection features depicts nature and landscapes. The exhibit will run until Nov. 21.

The Rankin Family @ The Playhouse Nov. 7

Cape Breton’s finest are coming to the capital city this week. The troop of siblings will be playing an acoustic set at the Playhouse. Tickets are $59.50.

Reel Rock Film Tour Nov. 19, 7 p.m.

The UNB Rock and Ice Club will be screening shorts from the Reel Rock Film Tour later this month. The international film festival features some of the best in climbing videos. The screening will be in MacLaggan 105 and tickets are free.

Jenn Grant @ the Charlotte Street Arts Centre Nov. 19

Acclaimed Nova Scotian singer/songwriter Jenn Grant will be gracing the Charlotte Street Arts Centre Nov. 19. Tickets are $20 adavanced, $22 at the door. Show starts at 8 p.m.

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Last minute heroics clinch third place

Christopher Cameron Sports Editor The Red Bombers went into their last game of the season with a playoff spot locked up, but third place on the line.

Defeating the Holland College Hurricanes meant facing Dalhousie Tigers in the first round of the playoffs while a loss meant playing the undefeated UNBSJ Seawolves.

The UNBF Red Bombers were able to pull off the win, but by no means was it an easy victory.

The Bombers came out in the first half with a TD pass by Pat Forbes followed by a TD run from QB Jeff Madsen running the ball into the end zone himself.

The early first half offence from Holland College was no match for UNB as they mustered seven points, with the first half ending 13-7.

In the second half, the Bombers opened up the half as the receiving team. They kicked off their first drive on the Hurricanes 55. Forbes took a pass to the 37 yard line, but after another run and a penalty the Bombers had to punt the ball away.

Their special teams stepped up allowing the Hurricanes to get no return, holding them inside their own five yard line. The Bombers were able to get a safety after no run from the Hurricanes to put themselves up 15-7.

After UNB’s next possession did nothing and they punted the ball back to the Hurricanes, the Bombers holes on defence from previous games became evident again.

Holland College kicked off their possession on their own 40, but after a run to the Bombers 52, a timeout was called. Another run play from the Hurricanes found the hole and Phillimon Rolle took it to the house for a 52-yard TD run.

Head coach Mike Dollimore knows this is where consistency is needed on the team.

“We were inconsistent throughout the whole game as was the other team,” said Dollimore. “We had moments of glory on both offence and defence, but faltered for awhile and got ourselves in a bad situation.”

With the Hurricanes now within one,

Bombers running back Randy Madsen gets shut down by Holland College defence in week seven AFL action at Chapman Field.The Red Bombers pulled out the win with a last minute touchdown pass to clinch third place, finishing the season at 3-3. Andrew Meade / The Brunswickan the Bombers bench became silent. The third quarter ended at 15-14 for the Bombers, with their most important quarter of the regular season remaining.

The Hurricanes came out firing and with ten minutes remaining in the game a pass TD from the Bombers 20 yard line gave the Holland College faithful something to cheer about, putting the team up 21-15.

Both teams were unable to convert on any offensive chances trading possessions until, with 1:13 left in the game, the Bombers had the ball. It was now or never and the arm of Brendan

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Cornford in for an injured Madsen, who sprained his finger at the end of the first half, had the game on his shoulders.

Starting their drive on the Hurricanes 39, a twelve yard pass to Andrew Guest kicked off the drive. They followed with a 17 yard run to the ten for another first down. A short gain by Eric Smith gave Cornford 18 seconds and ten yards to win the game.

Off the snap it looked like all the receivers were covered, but Forbes got Cornford’s attention at the back of the end zone. Cornford completed the pass under pressure and the Bombers had

tied the game. The point after was good to put the Bombers up 22-21.

“It was unbelievable, I don’t even know what to say,” said Cornford. “I saw his hands at the back of the end zone. I trusted him, let it go and he caught it.”

Two incomplete passes from the Hurricanes and the game was in the books.

Dollimore is happy with the result, but wishes the win had of come easier.

“We hung in there and Cornford came in and made a phenomenal play at the end of the game, as did Pat Forbes in catching it. It was a good win to come away with, but it was a

What team has been the biggest surprise in the NFL at the midway point?

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Kansas City Chiefs. They’ve started out the season 5-2 and considering they only won four games all of last season I think we’re all shocked.

Matt Cassel may not have the best rating in the league, but he is getting the job done. This team wasn’t expected to be this successful this season.

Dallas Cowboys - hands down.

Actually, the hands are not the only thing down. So is their scoring, their defensive stats and their franchise player, Tony Romo.

Many had this club penciled in as a contender, but now at 1-6 the Cowboys have been slotted in the pretender category. At least this gives Jerry Jones more time for cameo appearances on Entourage.

Two teams at the oppostie ends of the spectrum. The Cowboys and the Chiefs. They could very well trade last year’s records. The running back tandem of Jamaal Charles and Thomas Jones has sparked the Chiefs to the top of their division, while the Cowboys running game has become inexistant, which has led them to the bottom of the stacked NFC East.

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tough game.”

The Bombers will now take on Dalhousie the weekend of Nov. 13 with final time to be announced. Dollimore is not concerned as much with the plays on the field but more with who will be making them.

“We have to heal, we have some key injuries still,” he said. “We always come away from games like this with a bunch of injuries, nagging injuries and some of them serious. We have to heal and get our key players healthy.”

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The biggest surprise so far of this season is the Brett Farve, Minnesota Vikings storyline. Brett Farve has always battled injuries, but this season they seem to be getting the better of him. The Vikings offence relies on a healthy Brett Farve and when he is out they struggle.

From 7-1-0 at midway last year, to 2-5-0 this season with virtually the same cast, the Vikings should have been better.

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Men’s soccer team off to Moncton Brian Savoie Sports Reporter The Varsity Reds men’s soccer team pulled no punches this past Saturday when they played the UPEI Panthers on Chapman Field.

With both teams desperate for a win, either side did not want to give up any ground. The Panthers needed the win to even have a hope of making it to championships, whereas the Reds wished to secure a much deserved spot in the top six.

The Reds absolutely dominated the field all game, but they could not seem to get the bounces to go their way. Even though they managed to outshoot and outplay PEI, at halftime the score was still 0-0.

Panther keeper Brett MacDonald was the only player on the UPEI team that seemed able to stop the onslaught of the Reds’ offence as they outshot the Panthers.

With only four minutes left in the game, Reds striker Galen Smith finally managed tickle the twine, heading the ball in for a goal, the only chance on goal MacDonald could not keep out for UPEI. The Panthers threw everything they had at UNB to try and get the goal back, but the Varsity Reds defended their position for the rest of the game and did not give any ground to the Panthers.

After what seemed like an eternity in injury time, the referee finally blew his whistle, much to the relief of the rejoicing fans.

The final score was 1-0 for the Reds and the UNB win, necessary for them to make it to the AUS championship.

Head coach Miles Pinsent knew his team deserved the spot in the playoffs and is confident in their chances for the

Reds’ midfielder Amir Razak (above) is shown in Saturday action against UPEI.The Varsity Reds clinched their playoff berth with the win.They will take on CBU Friday at noon at UdeM. Andrew Meade / The Brunswickan upcoming championships.

“All the games were close and I think we deserved the victory on the day and I think we deserved that playoff spot.”

“We made it a little more exciting then we would’ve liked, squeaking out a one goal victory in the last game of the season, but that just reflected on the league,” said Pinsent.

He went on to praise his team and more specifically the defence.

“That’s what keeps us in the game; sound defending and good goal tending and that’s what gives us a chance to win,” said Pinsent. “It’s just going to be a matter of can we outscore the other team?”

The strength of UNB’s defence showed in the game with the Panthers only managing to squeeze off four shots on keeper Aaron McMurray the entire game.

The players of the game were JeanClaude Campeau for the Reds and Adam Lowther for the Panthers.

When asked about his thoughts on the upcoming championships, Pinsent pointed out how important strong play in November is.

“Soccer in November and playoff soccer is completely different than regular season and I’ll guarantee you that all those games are going to be tight and close.”

Pinsent says specifically StFX and Saint Mary’s are going to be the teams that he will be watching out for and will be the greatest hurdle for UNB to take the championship home.

The AUS Championship kicks off this Friday at Moncton with UNB taking on CBU at noon, followed by DAL against UdeM at 3 p.m.

Women’s soccer team out of playoffs

Alexandra Black, player of the game over the weekend, takes on the UPEI defence the Reds could not break through.Their season ended over the weekend with the 1-0 loss to the Panthers.This season was an improvement for the Reds, but fell just short of breaking the top five. Andrew Meade / The Brunswickan Brian Savoie Sports Reporter The UNB Varsity Reds women’s team final regular season game against UPEI over the weekend at home had big implications if they hoped to make playoffs.

The Reds needed a win to have any real chance at making the AUS championship this year, but fate would not let them have an easy break for their final game.

The Varsity Reds dominated the field for the first half of the game with the Panthers playing defensively in their own end for most of it, but UNB simply couldn’t put their chances on goal, let alone find the back of the net.

The second half saw more back and forth play, with each team trading chances and UNB showing the top team in the league that even they could keep up.

Even though the game was primarily

played on the Panthers half, with plenty of corner kick opportunities for the Reds, UPEI still out shot and because of a great chance of a free kick towards the end of the game and ultimately outscored UNB. With only two minutes left in the game, UPEI managed to sneak one past V-Reds keeper Erika Erman, essentially placing the final nail in the Reds’ coffin.

The final moments of the game were frantic ones for UNB, who somehow hoped to score a final point and limp their way to finals with a tie, but it just wasn’t meant to be.

The final whistle blew with the Reds on the losing end of a 1-0 game and the Players of the Game being Alex Black for the Varsity Reds and Sara Stewart for the UPEI Panthers.

“I thought we played really well,” said Head Coach Andy Cameron. “We improved all season, but giving up a goal

in the 88th minute is tough and makes it tough to make the playoffs.”

Cameron went on to say, “We’ve scored several goals on corner kicks this year and have been very successful, but just came up short on them today.”

He even acknowledged their slim chances of making it to the championships with the loss, stating that “They need a lot of breaks right now.”

Unfortunately for the Reds, none of those breaks happened and, with StFX winning their games this past weekend, the Varsity Reds were pushed out of the top five and will not make the AUS championship next weekend at Acadia.

The Reds still finished the season on a somewhat positive note, with a huge improvement over last year’s results, finishing with 14 points (4-7-2) in the league, as opposed to the disappointing 7 points (2-10-1) last season.

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Varsity Reds get beat up in opening weekend Christopher Cameron Sports Editor After coming off a huge preseason victory over last season’s CIS silver medalist Trinity Western, the Varsity Reds were unable to keep the momentum going.

The Reds kicked off their regular season against the CIS ranked second place Laval Rouge et Or Friday.

The Varsity Reds team showed they were ready for the toughest competition in the nation. With a four point lead on the Rouge et Or team captain Jacob Kilpatrick dove for the ball but in the process he dislocated his shoulder putting himself out for the weekend.

The Reds were able to pull out the first set win, but after losing Kilpatrick Laval took advantage. The Rouge et Or won the next three sets (25-12, 25-14, 25-20), something Reds Head Coach Dan McMorran attributes to losing

Kilpatrick.

“That changed the picture a little bit,” said McMorran. “I think at that point Jacob had three stuffed blocks on Laval in the first set alone, things were going well, we were firing on all cylinders and then he went down.”

He continued saying that was no excuse for losing the final three sets.

“Laval is a tough team, but it’s not a question of Jacob being in there and us winning 3-0,” said McMorran. “I like our chances better with Jacob in there. Laval poured it on after that in the next couple of sets. We didn’t pass well and didn’t serve aggressive as we needed to. A lot of that I believe stems on a lack of confidence from our captain, Jacob, going down.”

Kilpatrick sat out the remainder of the weekend, but is hopeful for their next games at Dalhousie Nov. 12 and 13. This being his third shoulder injury, his turn around time in the

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McMorran says he will not return unless he is ready, as they would like to see him healthy late in the season.

“It is going to be day-to-day, but if he is experiencing pain he won’t play,” said McMorran. “We want him for the season here so if he is ready to go that’s great, if not it’s not the end of the world.”

The Reds’ next match was against Montreal. They came out on top winning 3-1.

They had a quick turn around after their afternoon match, taking on Sherbrooke that night.

After coming off a win, McMorran hoped the momentum would carry forward, but that was not the case as they were swept 3-0 by Sherbrooke going 1-2 on the weekend.

“Sherbrooke is a very good team, but one I feel we should beat,” said McMorran.

He continued, discussing his frustrations with one player affecting his team’s play.

“To be quite honest it is unfortunate that one player going down for us for the weekend made that much of an impact with our entire team,” said McMorran. “We cannot be one player strong. We have to be able to rebound and I think we had the bodies to do that.”

Aside from missing their leader he felt they struggled in areas they should be strong in, regardless of who is on the court.

“We didn’t pass well against Sherbrooke,” he said. “We didn’t attack well against Sherbrooke. Basically I think we got outplayed. Our lack of performance after Jacob went down is a bit of an issue. We need to be stronger because a player can go down at any point. Regardless, it was a learning experience.”

The UNB men’s volleyball team opened up their regular season over the weekend at the first Interlock Tournament of the season.The Reds went 1-2, in the process losing team captain Jacob Kilpatrick to a dislocated shoulder. Colin Swift / The Brunswickan Overall he knows work needs to be done before the next games against Dalhousie, but is still unsure of what to think about the weekend.

“What I see from this weekend is looking at the first set against Laval

we are a top team in the nation,” said McMorran, “the rest of the weekend not as much. We’re going to have to find a way to keep a high level intensity of regardless of who is on the floor. We struggled with that.”

UNB moves into first place in AUS K. Bryannah James Staff Writer This weekend the Varsity Reds dominated the ice yet again, beating both the UPEI Panthers on home ice and University de Moncton in an away game.

Friday’s game started off with a bang as the Reds outshot UPEI 12-5 in the first period, quickly establishing their niche on the score board.

“It’s all a process and we set a real good foundation in the first,” said V-Reds’s Head Coach Gardiner MacDougall With a lot of clutter around the UPEI net, Reds forward Jordan Clendenning scored on the power play at 12:18 with a pass across the net from Jonathan Harty.

“We generated more traffic to the net and we had more of a presence in the blue paint,” said MacDougall.

With the ice still wet, Chris Culligan scored shorthanded at 2:41 with shot to the left hand corner of PEI’s net, bringing their lead to 2-0.

As the period drew on, Luke Lynes, assisted by Lee Campbell, scored the third goal of the V-Reds, giving them a 3-0 lead against the Panthers.

Then, at 14:36 UPEI forward Matt Carter finally broke down the UNB wall as he scored, getting the Panthers on the board, cutting the lead to two.

By the end of the third period, the Reds continued to outshoot the Panthers, with Hunter Tremblay securing the fourth and final goal of the night.

The Reds came away with 4-1 victory outshooting UPEI 41-17. Derek Yeomans picked up the win.

“I thought we were much better fundamentally, our habits were much better we looked for separators and our power play got a goal, and our penalty kill shut them down and got a short handed goal,” noted MacDougall.

As the boys enjoyed their victory, they

Jeff Lee holds off Panthers defenceman Matt Boyle in Friday action at the Aitken Centre. UNB lit the lamp four times en route to a 4-1 win over UPEI, followed by a 4-0 win over UdeM Saturday.

Andrew Meade / The Brunswickan were still in game mode, knowing they faced the same challenges on Saturday against the University de Moncton on the road.

By Saturday the Varsity Reds were still charged and ready from the previous night’s game, and it showed on the scoreboard.

The first goal of the evening, as well as his first goal of the season was scored by defenceman Bretton Stamler, giving the V-Reds the lead in the first period.

As the period came to a close, the rival teams fought tooth and nail for the next goal, but it wouldn’t be until the second period when Reds forward Hunter Tremblay would find the back of the net.

As the third period drew on, UNB knew they had secured their second win of the weekend, when both Chris Culligan and Kyle Bailey scored the final two

goals in the third period, giving the Reds a shutout 4-0 win.

“Every time we go into a weekend we always look to get two wins out of it so we did meet our goals this past weekend, which is nice,” said defenceman Jonathan Harty With their sweep this past weekend and a five game winning streak, the UNB Varsity Reds moved into first place in AUS standings, kicking StFX out of the number one spot.

This weekend the Reds will take on both the Saint Mary’s Huskies and StFX X-men on home ice.

“Hopefully we’ll come out on top again, but you know we’ll definitely have to raise our game against two great opponents,” said Harty.

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Concussions: the aftermath UNB athletes are sidelined by concussions

By Sean O’Neill - Staff Writer The biggest issue in the multibillion-dollar business known as professional sports isn’t solely confined to the NFL and NHL. Concussions have had an affect on university athletes who don’t have millions of dollars to fall back on.

Concussion is derived from the Latin word concutere which means “to shake violently.” Repeated concussions could lead to a type of brain damage called Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), which symptoms include depression, cognitive impairment, dementia, Parkinsonism and erratic behaviour.

This season NFL trainers and doctors, according to the injury report on the league’s website, have diagnosed 46 players with concussions through the first seven weeks of the season, which works out to an average of 6.5 players per week, and 22 of the league’s 32 teams have been affected.

Philadelphia Eagles linebacker Stewart Bradley was dinged up in Philly’s week one game to the point that he was trying to get back to his feet and then fell to the ground like a punch-drunk boxer, only to re-enter the game later.

The most famous case of a career interrupted by head injuries in hockey is Eric Lindros, but this year Paul Kariya decided to sit out because of post-concussion syndrome. The NHL is still waiting the return of Marc Savard, Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Peter Mueller, Drew Doughty and Jason Pominville, among others.

Even a traditional non-contact sport like baseball can see its stars get knocked out of action for an extended period of time.

Minnesota Twins star Justin Morneau was concussed on Jul. 7 and didn’t play a game for the rest of the 2010 season due to post-concussion symptoms.

And in the most tragic recent incident related to head trauma, this past April, University of Pennsylvania defensive end Owen Thomas committed suicide, two weeks after being named one of the Quakers’s captains.

Researchers at Boston University revealed that the autopsy done on Thomas’s brain showed that he had CTE. His mother Katherine Brearley said that her son’s intensity “spiraled out of control” and that he “wouldn’t let other people give him an appropriate perspective.” (ESPN) With all of the research being done on the issue and time devoted to raising awareness by writers such as Alan Schwarz of the New York Times and Malcolm Gladwell of the New Yorker, collision sports have now reached, to use a Gladwellian term, a tipping point.

Dr. Bruce Demont, the medical director of the emergency room at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital in Lincoln, Illinois, was the team doctor for the Cape Breton Oilers of the American Hockey League from 1988-95.

When he worked for the Oilers, he and the training staff had the final say on whether a player could return to a game after an injury.

At the minor levels of sport, Dr. Demont believes that trainers and coaches aren’t sufficiently educated.

“Yes, they know if someone breaks an arm, they know to put a splint on it,” says Dr. Demont. “They know if there’s a laceration, they know they have to apply pressure. But if they don’t see a physical injury they don’t realize the impact.”

Dr. Demont used the example of a bruise on a leg to explain how a nonmedical professional could miss a brain injury.

“If this bruise was there two weeks after sustaining it, a person will notice that something happened to that body part,” said Dr. Demont, “but if two weeks after a concussion the victim is still suffering headaches, someone with no understanding of the body won’t rea li z e it because it’s not something that can be physically seen.”

Two athletes who represent UNB have lived through concussions and have seen the impact it has had on their sporting goals and lives.

Taylor Procyshen hasn’t taken to the ice for the Varsity Reds since last January after he suffered his third concussion.

The 22-year-old native of Emerald Park, SK and finance major, who played with the Tri-City Americans in the Western Hockey League, smacked his jaw against the dash of the boards after he tried to hit a player and was tripped.

“It was an outer body kind of feeling,” said Procyshen. “I can’t really explain it. It’s just a weird feeling.”

In the ten months he’s been out of the lineup, Procyshen has had one recurring side-effect: headaches.

“I had a headache every single day until school ended [last year],” he said. “I couldn’t do anything about it.”

Procyshen got his first concussion when he was 18 and he missed two weeks. He was sidelined for two months after his second concussion.

He thought he was making progress when he returned home to Saskatchewan for the summer, but Procyshen’s headaches began to take a hold again.

“I got through training camp OK,” said Procyshen, “I thought I was gonna to be alright to play. We went out west for exhibition and I played a couple of games and I started getting headaches again and ever since then

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I haven’t played.”

“I set a goal of trying to be back by November, I don’t know if that will happen.”

Procyshen saw a doctor recently who specializes i n conc u s sion s a nd said that he probably has u nderly i ng conc u s sion symptoms, which could be triggered by m i nor bu mps that wouldn’t have a major af fect on people who don’t have a history with head injuries.

Even though concussions have had an impact on his life, he says that it won’t change the way that he plays.

“I don’t want to be the reason that anyone gets one; having said that, that won’t make me play less hard.”

Reds’s captain Kyle Bailey stance on any of his teammates suffering a concussion is very strict.

“I wou ld never expect someone else to play with a conc u s s i o n ,” said Bailey, “ u nder a ny circumstances.”

Bailey said that the team is hoping t hat Procyshen can return to the ice, but that there is no pressure at all from his teammates.

“We all want to see him healthy is the main thing,” said Bailey. “He has a past with them so I want him to be comfortable when he does return.”

Procyshen says that the coaching and training staffs take concussions very seriously and have the player’s best intentions at heart.

He hopes that he can return to the ice and be ready for the team when the CIS championships are played at the Aitken Centre this February.

Unfortunately for another UNB athlete Andrew Hubbard, he has decided that there will be no returning to the gridiron for the Red Bombers.

The 22-year-old wide receiver and kinesiology major has had three concussions, but is “almost positive I’ve had four, even five.”

Hubbard got his latest concussion on Oct. 4th against the UNB Saint John Seawolves and decided to give up playing football all together.

“I decided before the season started,” said Hubbard, “that if I got another concussion I was done playing for good.”

Hubbard said that a trip to his family doctor opened his eyes to the potential consequences of playing on.

“He informed me that I needed to make the right decision,” he said, “and that if I did further damage I was at risk for degenerate brain diseases, mental disorders and things that make independent living later in life quite

difficult.”

Hubbard decided not to quit then because he had nine months where he was not going to have contact whatsoever.

“I had read that it takes between six and nine months for soft tissue in the brain to heal,” said Hubbard. “I wanted to see if I just needed a break from the constant pounding my head was taking.”

When asked if he’s ever thought that the risk/reward of play ing the game was worth it he said, “I have asked that quest ion ma ny times and I have finally decided it isn’t.”

“I need to have full mental capacity to accomplish the things I want to do academically and in life.”

Procyshen’s advice for younger players who get concussions is simple.

“Don’t rush back and take your time. Obviously, there’s a life after hockey.

You’re not gonna make the NHL at 12, 13, 14 years old so you might as well take your time and help prevent a lot of problems in the future.”

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Behind the Bench: Miles Pinsent

Christopher Cameron Sports Editor The men’s soccer team has been one of UNB’s most successful athletic programs and since 2003 Miles Pinsent is due credit in leading some very strong teams each season.

Pinsent being a former UNB soccer player brings a lot of experience to the program. He discusses how important it is for a coach to look after his players off the field as well as on the field and what seven years as the Varsity Reds’ coach has done for him.

Brunswickan: What experience do you have as a soccer player yourself? Where did you play and for how long?

Miles Pinsent: I came to UNB in 1988 to study physical education on the science side of things. I then did an education degree, all the time knowing that I wanted to coach. I took all my courses related to coaching. I played for the UNB Red Shirts during my entire time spent as a student here.

B: What do you look for in a player when deciding on your roster?

MP: It’s not just the player. It is how to develop a team or a unit that is going to have some success. In order to do that we need to be very specific about what our needs are each year and going out to find players that will address those needs both short-term and long-term. Hopefully you’re looking a couple years down the road. It is not common that a rookie can come in and have a big impact in his first year. You’re also trying to figure out if they’re a good fit for the personality of the team and someone we’d like to work with for the next four or five years.

B: What is your fondest memory as a V-Red coach?

MP: The easy answer is winning the

2006 championship on Chapman Field.

That was a special time. It’s easy to pick out the successful moments, but a lot of my fondest moments as a coach are working with a player on a certain thing.

Addressing something that needs to be improved on and then seeing the players have success in using that in a game situation.

B: What do you do to prepare your players for a game?

MP: That is the challenge in a university season because it is so short.

You have to juggle in the week’s training what things your team needs to improve upon and combine that with specific preparations to the teams you’ll be playing on the weekend.

B: Going into a season do you set a goal for yourself as a coach?

MP: We always go through an exercise as a team on what we want to accomplish in the year. As an individual coach it is more practical in that we address specific things early on that we need to be good at.

We design out season around making sure we improve enough in those categories so we’re playing as well as we can in October.

I guess that is my goal and what I always tell my guys. We have to use the early time to be the best team in November.

B: How do you gauge the success of your season aside from the wins and losses?

MP: We’re in the game of trying to win so they do come into play. We also look at how well we did improve, where were our shortcomings, how much did they hurt us, and how much of that could we have done differently. I’ve been in three AUS championship games in eight seasons. We won one and lost two. The two we lost the team could not have played better. We were unfortunate that we did not win, but they were as prepared as they could be.

B: Do you follow your players and ensure they’re doing great off the field aside from performing on the field?

MP: I play as big a role as I feel is needed or as big a role as, I believe, the players want me to play. I hope my players know I am there for them and over the years I helped the individuals on the teams in a number of different ways. Sometimes it is helping a young 17-year-old away from home for the first time. Sometimes it is just being there for someone to talk to. I take that role of the coaching very seriously.

It is part of our roles and responsibilities.

Personally, I want to be there for my guys and want them to be successful. I hope my guys see and feel that.

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16 • Nov. 3, 2010 • Issue 9 • Volume 144