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Group examining alcohol policies on campus

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Cherise Letson News Editor UNB might see some changes in its alcohol policy in the future.

A committee was formed on campus last year by UNB president Eddy Campbell to review alcohol policies in all areas on campus. The goal of the group is to draft recommendations to give to Campbell. Everything from alcohol in residence to alcohol in campus pubs is being examined.

UNB associate vice-president academic Shirley Cleave, is chairing the group. She said the group was created to help address the challenges many universities are facing when dealing with alcohol on their campuses, particularly from an educational and safety perspective.

“It’s just one of the realities of working with this age group that alcohol’s often a new experience for students and so [we’re] wanting to make sure that we’re providing an environment and resources that are helpful and students are making wise choices,” Cleave said.

The group is currently made up of Cleave, Bruce Rogerson of campus security, Rice Fuller from counselling services, UNB Student Union president Ben Whitney, residence proctor Sierra Robotham and Sara Rothman from student affairs and services.

“This isn’t an implementation committee, it’s simply a group to have a look and then to see what changes, if any, would be appropriate to make UNB a safe and positive environment for our students,” Cleave said.

She said some changes around al-

cohol policy have already occurred on campus, particular with the leases of the campus pubs being dealt with over the summer. This year, all servers at the pubs need to be Smart Serve trained.

“To say we have done nothing so far isn’t quite accurate. There have been some modifications as we’ve been going along and that would be an example,” Cleave said.

Cleave said she wouldn’t comment on the possible recommendations being discussed because none of them are finalized, including increasing minimum drink prices at campus pubs.

“I think that will be one of the things that’s premature to suggest that that’s a recommendation at this point,” Cleave said. “I think everything is on the table so drink prices could be one of the things that needs to be reviewed.”

UNBSU president Ben Whitney said though he wants to share the possible recommendations, he was told not to speak about them before they’re submitted.

“It’s pretty comprehensive. It’s essentially looking at alcohol on campus from every perspective,” Whitney said.

Though he wouldn’t comment on the recommendations being discussed, he said he has mixed feeling about some of them and that some are still being debated.

“I get that the focus is looking at it from a safety perspective and from a liability perspective which is understandable, you don’t want a student to die from over consuming,” he said.

“The aim is good. Some of the recommendations I think are good and some I have some mixed feelings about and

The group is reviewing alcohol policy in all aspects of campus life to create recommendations for UNB president Eddy Campbell. Karsten Saunders / The Brunswickan some I just don’t like outright.” he said. alcohol and that needs to be educaHe said it’s important for students to Cleave said if any recommendations tional, collaborative and it needs to be note the group is just putting forward were to be adopted, it would be done a process of engagement as opposed to recommendations and they are not through a collaborative approach in- a set of 1000 rules,” she said. binding. volving students.

The committee hopes to give their “Once they are given to Eddy “A lot of what determines how set recommendations to Campbell by [Campbell], there is no guarantee alcohol is dealt with on campus has to the end of the semester. they will be adopted or not adopted,” do with attitudes people have towards

Campus joining in Random Act of Kindness Day Brandon Ramey The Brunswickan The Fredericton Community Foundation hopes random acts of kindness will overwhelm campus on Friday.

That day the foundation will be spearheading the city’s first ever Random Act of Kindness day.

“It’s a celebration of all the good in the community and the kind acts that all the people do in our community,” said Fredericton Community Foundation executive director Tim Fox. Random Act of Kindness day was introduced to Canada in Kitchener and Waterloo, Ont., in 2008 and has spread nationally ever since. This year, Fox decided it was time to bring the event to Fredericton.

On Friday, 10,000 Random Act of Kindness cards will be distributed throughout the city and to the students on campus. These cards are designed to encourage citizens

to “pay it forward.” When someone gets a card, they are encouraged to perform a random act of kindness for someone, then pass the card on.

Nick Sehl, a UNB graduate student, is in charge of distributing these cards on campus and ensuring Random Acts of Kindness day is a success with the students.

“UNB and STU are vital parts of the Fredericton Community and the students important members,” said Sehl. “Through Random Act of Kindness Day and all the days to follow, it is our responsibility to show not only does university foster knowledge, but character as well.”

People perform random acts of kindness on a daily basis, but Friday is a day to share those experiences with others. People can do this through Facebook or by using the twitter hashtag created by Fox for the Random Act of Kindness day.

“We really want students, faculty and staff on campus to spread the message, be sure to tweet all day

using #FR AK2013,” said Sehl.

Usually when someone does a random act of kindness for someone they tend to be modest about it. Fox said this day is to do the opposite.

“If you do something nice for somebody or they do something nice for you, this isn’t a day necessarily a day to be modest,” he said. “ We really want people to share these experiences and spread this message.”

A random act of kindness can range from buying your friend a coffee, raking the leaves at an apartment complex or helping a fellow student with their homework.

The Fredericton Communit y Foundation have created a website to assist students and the general public in thinking of something nice they can do on this day. Fox and his team have a list of 101 acts of kindness ideas listed at Fredfdn.ca.

Random Act of Kindess Day encourages people to “pay it forward.”

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Playing so children can play

CSA hosting 25-hour gaming marathon Emma McPhee News Reporter UNB’s Computer Science Association (CSA) is going to prove that raising money can be fun and games.

At 8 a.m. on Saturday to 8 a.m. on Sunday, the CSA is holding a 25-hour gaming marathon (25 hours because time falls back on Sunday) to raise money for the Children’s Miracle Network.

The Children’s Miracle Network is an international non-profit organization that supports children’s hospitals such as the IWK in Halifax.

The CSA’s event is a part of an international fundraiser called Extra Life which works on the concept of playing games so kids can play.

“When they first started it, it was focused mostly on video games but it’s grown and expanded to encompass any kind of game,” said Natalie Webber, faculty advisor to the CSA. “We have obviously video game enthusiasts with [computer science] but we have a lot of people who are really into board games and card games. We hope to have something that will appeal to everyone.”

The event will be held in the Computer Science Information Technology

Centre in various rooms on C and D levels.

The gaming marathon isn’t just open to students in the computer science faculty. Anyone is welcome to participate.

“We’ve been recruiting from any faculty, even non-students,” Webber said. “We’ll take anyone.”

To sign up, students are asked to go to Extra Life’s website at Extra-life.org and join the UNB Computer Science Association team. There will also be a registration desk on-site on Saturday morning.

“We are encouraging students that signed up on the team to get people to sponsor them as well,” said Randi Watson, charity representative of the CSA. To insure that people actually raise funds and don’t just participate to play the games, Watson said they are requiring that everyone come with at least a ten-dollar donation.

They are hoping to raise $1000.

Although the purpose of the gaming marathon is to fundraise, Webber said their main goal is to raise awareness.

“What we’d really like to see is for this to attract attention. We’d like to get a lot of people joining the team and coming out for the event to raise awareness for the cause,” she said.

Anyone who would like to participate should plan on staying for the whole 25 hours.

“We’re not going to lock them in. We’d prefer they stay for the entire time but if they need to leave we’re not

going to say that they can’t,” Watson said.

“We’re going to have stuff going on the entire time so there will be lots to do.

We want people to have as much fun as they can.”

This is the first year the CSA is participating in Extra Life.

“I was checking in with some of the students about what kind of thing they would like to support and a lot of them suggested things for children,” Watson said.

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“So the Children’s Miracle Network kind of synced up with that and with the games, that was something that a lot of people in our association like to do so it was a good fit.”

FALSE BOMB THREAT OPENS DISCUSSION ON COMMUNICATION Cherise Letson News Editor A false threat received at several universities across Canada last week is drawing attention to emergency communication at UNB. On Oct. 21, the UNB registrar’s office received an email sent on Oct. 19 from someone threatening to place a bomb on campus. However, the email contained no specifics of where and when.

“It was an email sent to multiple universities,” said Bruce Rogerson, director of UNB security and traffic.

“It went through a Gmail account and it was poorly worded. Whoever wrote it didn’t look like they could spell or write. They just said that they will put a bomb at our school.”

Campus police immediately called in the Fredericton Police to investigate.

Through their investigation, they discovered it was a low-level threat. “[The Police] talked to the staff, went through the email . . . just doing due diligence, because we don’t take that stuff lightly,” Rogerson said. “We both recognized that it was a prankster.

It was a very low-level threat, there was really no substance to it.”

Rogerson said the email was traced back to somewhere in B.C. and it was received by St. Thomas University, the University of Ottawa and Carleton University, among others.

Rogerson, who has had prior experience with the RCMP bomb squad, said they only notified students about the threat via a MyUNBnews notice

because they didn’t want to cause unnecessary panic among students.

“We didn’t want to send out a heightened anxiety attack on students, faculty and staff, because it was responded to and there was multiple schools involved,” he said.

Rogerson said UNB hasn’t experienced a bomb threat before, however, security does have a guide in place in case there was a serious threat. He said if last week’s case was serious, students would have been informed in various ways and campus would have been evacuated.

UNB Student Union president Ben Whitney said though the threat was low-risk, students should have been better informed about the incident.

He said a direct email would have been better.

“Those notifications went out the day of [the threat], but no one I know saw it and very few people did,” Whitney said. “So we need to find a better way to do that.”

Whitney added there are plans to work with campus security to help create a better communication strategy for when threats occur.

“I’m going to be meeting with Bruce and with Elizabeth Murphy [St. Thomas Student Union president] and figuring out a better way to notify students from our perspective about something like this,” he said.

“Because that’s really the thing that brought to light is that this wasn’t a very serious one, but if it was, we want a good system to notify [students].”

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Running from the dead | FSACC hosting second annual run Connor Jay The Brunswickan

The Running Dead is a five kilimetre race at Killarney Lake where partcipants run while trying to avoid the zombies along the way. Sandy Chase / The Brunswickan

Zombieland’s rule one of 32 was cardio. You need to be able to run to outlast the zombies.

The Fredericton Sexual Assault Crisis Centre (FSACC) is giving you the chance to put yourself to the test at this year’s “The Running Dead” event this Saturday at 10 a.m.

The Running Dead is a f ivekilometre race around K illarney Lake with a twist. You’re not racing against each other; rather, you are racing away from zombies.

Each participant will have three flags attached to their waist, which the zombies, played by volunteers, will be trying to remove. Once all three flags are removed, you become “dead”, but may continue on in the race, hence the name The Running Dead.

The event started last year when Jenn Gorham, the program coordinator for FSACC, was invited to a similar event in the United States.

Gorham, a runner herself, brought it upon herself to bring it to Fredericton. Fundraising is something that is difficult for many not-forprofits, a problem the FSACC isn’t immune to.

“Fundraising is difficult and we wanted to do something different and fun,” Gorham said.

The FSACC aims to raise $15,000 this year. As of Oct. 24, they had

more than half of that raised, with $8,700 in a combination of race fees and donations.

Gorham said everyone is encouraged to participate.

“It’s in support of a great cause that provides services to the Fredericton community including STU and UNB,” she said.

There are prizes for many categories, such as fastest survivor, most money raised by a team, and best costume.

Emily Carpenter, a fourth-year business student at UNB, will be participating in the race for the second time this year.

“I ran with my mother last year, and had a fantastic time,” Carpenter said. “It was the day after my birthday last year and this year it’s on my birthday, and I couldn’t think of a better way to spend it.”

Carpenter said she runs in the race because of the fun factor, as well as the importance of the fundraiser to FSACC. “You get to run and laugh through the most entertaining 5 km of your life,” she said. “The zombies are so amazing at what they do, their costumes last year were so realistic and I didn’t see one of them crack a smile for the whole duration of the run.”

To participate in the event, you can go to The Running Dead Fredericton page on Facebook. The fees are $35 to run and $10 to play a zombie.

Students warned of “Children’s Joy Foundation” charity scam Emma McPhee News Reporter UNB, for a change, is asking that students keep their money in their pockets.

A group of people going by the name of the Children’s Joy Foundation have made their way to the UNB campus last week, soliciting funds for impoverished children in the Philippines. UNB Campus Security has issued a warning that this is a scam.

“There is such a foundat ion known as Children’s Joy Foundation and it’s a charitable organization that has been recognized in several provinces in Canada. But the complaints in [other provinces] were that these people were getting overly aggressive and to their knowledge it was a scam,” said Bruce Rogerson, director of security and traffic at UNB. “It started in August in Alberta and I think it’s just starting its way east right now.”

Rogerson said it was more than just the fact they were being aggressive. They were soliciting money at late hours too. On Oct. 20, a student was approached at 11:30 p.m. “[The student] was on campus outside the bookstore 11:30 at night and a lady approached him of Asian descent and she kept hounding him for money,” Rogerson said.

“It doesn’t seem to represent what that type of organization I think would have in mind.”

David Milley is another UNB student who was approached by one of the scammers. He said he declined

Students should be wary of those soliciting money on campus. Karsten Saunders / The Brunswickan to donate because they seemed rude.

“I was walking down and I noticed this girl holding this little pamphlet book thing. I walked by her and she literally shoved it into my hand. She didn’t even ask,” he said.

“I didn’t honestly think it was something bad but I just thought it was kind of rude.”

Milley said he was given no reason to think that the charity was a scam.

“The brochure looks real and what they’re saying looks real and they have name tags and stuff so they even look professional,” he said. “It

was well done.”

The Children’s Joy Foundation’s main website gives information about the charity and images of the children they have helped. It even gives links to social networking accounts, all of which have been updated recently.

Phone contacts are listed on their Canadian page. Two of the numbers don’t exist.

Sonia Jordan, t he market ing director at the foundation’s main office in Vancouver, said that they do have volunteers in New Brunswick

but wouldn’t comment on whether they had problems with scammers in the past.

Jeffrey Arbeau, a fourth-year student at St. Thomas, confronted the fundraisers when they approached him when he was in downtown Fredericton. He received an email from STU that day alerting students of the scam.

“I told them they should probably stop their practice, [and] that everyone I guess knows that it’s a scam,” he said.

“They didn’t say anything to me.

They seemed shocked. They kind of dismissed me and left.”

Rogerson said that the Children’s Joy Foundation was warned not to be soliciting on campus anymore. To his awareness, there have not been any other incidents.

“They didn’t seem to have any problem with being told to get off campus,” he said.

For the meantime, students should be wary of people soliciting funds.

“I think right now if someone asks you for money, be skeptical,” Arbeau said.

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UNB remembering its own in first Remembrance Day ceremony Marc Gagnon Staff Reporter Standing in an overgrown battlefield in Flanders, Catherine Ireland realized that one year away from the centenary of the First World War, UNB had no memorial ceremony to honour its own students who had made the ultimate sacrifice.

Next week, that is finally about to change.

Ireland and her fellow PhD education student Sarah King are spearheading the project to give UNB a chance to honour its war dead – with a unique angle they hope will engage students.

“That personal connection really matters,” Ireland said. “Because you learn about these [soldiers], who were on the student council like us, they played sports like us, so thinking about their day-to-day experiences and then thinking, ‘Would I be prepared to give up all of those things, and all of the opportunities that I have going to university, to go overseas to war?’ ” While St. Thomas University has had a Remembrance Day ceremony for decades, it took a trip to the actual battlefields of the First World War to get UNB’s ceremony off the ground.

At a seminar in Flanders, a lecturer asked how university educators commemorated Remembrance Day. Ireland and King were stunned. “[We thought] ‘Oh, we don’t do anything on our campus,’ ” King said “We spent the rest of our session talking about we could do.”

Not wanting to encroach upon STU’s event, they collaborated informally with members of the Gregg Centre for the Study of War and Soci-

UNB students who’ve served will remembered in the university’s first Remembrance Day ceremony next week.

Karsten Saunders/ The Brunswickan ety to look into UNB’s past. ate their relatives’ experiences in the They were first drawn to the Alumni service. It is the organizers’ hope as the Memorial Building, with its meagre event grows in popularity that more biographies of UNB veterans on the and more families will come forward walls. with stories of their relatives’ lives at “[Remembering the war] was im- UNB before, during or after wartime. portant at one point because we have King herself has a personal connecMemorial Hall, which is in itself a tion to the war. Her great uncle served memorial to the war dead of UNB,” in the Canadian Forces during the King said.

First World War. It is this bond that she Bringing these soldiers off the walls hopes to share with students, that they and giving their lives a voice a century will hopefully recognize themselves later is what organizers hope will in the youthful faces of those proud draw students to the event. Where soldiers. traditional cenotaph ceremonies tend “They walked these same paths,” to be solemn and austere, the focus King said. “They were our age. History of UNB’s memorial will be biograph- seems like it was long ago and far away, ies of alumni who served and died in but making connections to our own life wartime, including the original address experiences is something we’re trying by valedictorian of the class of 1921, R. to help the UNB community do.”

Kenneth Wills.

The ceremony take place next ThursA genealogy workshop was held day at 12:30 p.m. in the President’s earlier this fall to help students, current Room in Alumni Memorial Hall. and former, discover and commemor-

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Former prime minister Paul Martin speaking at UNB’s fall convocation last Wednesday.

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THE BRUNS OPINION

Women excluded from UNB’s top echelon

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Richard Kemick Opinions Columnist On Oct.15, I sent the following email to UNB’s president, five vice-presidents, and president emeritus: May you please confirm or deny that the reason the university president, the five vice-presidents, and the president emeritus are all male is for the university to save money on only having to have one male bathroom, instead of the mandatory female bathroom that would be present if a woman was employed in the university’s leadership.

Sincerely, Richard Kemick As of today, Oct. 25, I have not gotten a single reply. And if the Nixon administration has taught me anything it is that whenever somebody doesn’t comment on something, that thing is undoubtedly true. I, for one, am glad that this university is finally making the tough decisions that are needed in these trying financial times.

Nobody is ever happy about cuts, but they need to be made. And yes, it is true that while the United States of America only needs one vice-president and UNB has five, why would the people in charge of the cuts ever cut themselves? Because that sounds like a one-man adaptation of an Alfred Hitchcock movie. With their oil sheik salaries, this university’s leadership has instead aptly identified sewage as the area in which we can save a big, steaming pile of cash.

Now before all the non-male people out there start screaming Destiny’s Child lyrics, I want to say right now that I’m definitely, absolutely, 110 per cent not a sexist. I love all the women; I like drinking with them, I like dancing with them, I like doing sex with them.

I’m a firm believer that labia always light up a room.

But the university’s refusal to let women help lead this institution does make fiscal sense. Yes, of course it would be nice to get some estrogen into the Board of Governors meetings, the meetings that determine the direction and values of the university, but you know what they say, “Too many cooks in the kitchen . . .”

Speaking of keeping people in the kitchen, this university’s leadership obviously understands that there are more than just these seven positions that run the university. There is also the registrar, director of libraries, dean of graduate studies, director and senior advisor to the president’s office, and university treasurer. The university’s leadership also understands that twice the gender equals twice the cost it takes for someone to urinate. That is why all of these above positions are also filled by males.

It just doesn’t make fiscal sense to have both a male and female washroom where the deans of faculties hold their meetings, when only two of the eight deans are female, representing education and nursing (go figure). When on top of that cost you also add the fact that women need to pee like a million times more than a penised individual, those two women are almost literally flushing money down the toilet.

Furthermore, if women actually start to poop one of these days, the cost would be astronomic. Thanks a lot Gail Storr and Ann Sherman! I’m not sure if you two ladies know this but we’re in a recession here; we all have to tighten our belts, even if you wear a dress.

UNB has established a long and robust history in only dealing with massive, multinational corporations that treat their employees like the things we flush. Follet, the business that runs our bookstore, purchases sweatshop clothing from countries like Bangladesh, a country that sees garment workers burn alive each year.

Sodexo, the company that runs our

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UNB does have women in its secretariat branch. Andrew Meade / The Brunswickan cafeteria, has been identified by Human Rights Watch as a corporation that actively and illegally dissuades its employees from joining a union.

If the university were to start installing female bathrooms all over the place, it would be tremendously difficult to find a Frederictonian plumber that is mistreated as much as Follet and Sodexo mistreat their own employees.

We are nothing without our traditions.

After all, that’s why this university’s motto is, if am translating the Latin correctly, Keep Everything Exactly the Same Forever.

And it is not like there are absolutely no women in the upper echelons of the university. They’re just kind of hidden, like vaginal Easter eggs. For example, every single position currently serving under the university’s secretariat branch, including the university secretary herself, is a female. Only one

bathroom needed there!

UNB’s suppression of women in upper management is merely following the larger national trend of a pay gap based on sex. In a 2010 survey that compared Statistics Canada’s findings with those of other developed countries, Canada finished 11th out of 17 on gender income equality, having a 19% disparity between men and women working the same job. 11th place isn’t bad at all. You know what colour of ribbon you get for 11th place? Whatever the fuck you want because nobody gives a shit. Pretty soon these women will take the hint and just stay home where bathrooms are not divided by gender. This country is clawing itself out of its deficit one shut bathroom at a time.

UNB is well on its way to becoming the leader in Canadian education that they already fancy themselves. Before

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we do that, however, we just need to lead ourselves past first wave feminism and then we should be fine. But it’s nice to have roots in the past, like having quaint buildings, ivy-covered walls, and mind-numbing sexism.

As a follow up, this upcoming Friday I plan on sending the following email to UNB’s president, five vice presidents, and president emeritus: Hey guys, Me again. Totally loving what you’re doing about septic-situation.

FYI: it’s okay if you start hiring visible minorities as the coloureds no longer need their own bathroom. #U NBlife #W hiteMan’sBurden #Brown.v.BoardOfEducation xoxo, Richy

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Halloween costume themes have gone too far Halloween is coming up and we all know what that means, right? Costumes that make you look hot, sometimes quite odd, and maybe a bit . . . creative? Some people look to make the sexiest costume, the funniest, or the most disturbing, and I think I have finally found the most disturbing costume. Actually, “disturbing” doesn’t even cover how sickening it is.

Now, I suppose that a lot of people write to the Bruns and other such media sources to convey their anger over one thing or another. In all honesty, I wish I could say that I’m only “angry” but the truth is, I’m far beyond that – I’m livid. As a person that has struggled with anorexia for a while now, and with body issues since I started school, and by school I mean kindergarten, the word “offended” doesn’t even cover how horrible this makes me feel.

This costume was taken off the shelves and removed from stores in 2011 but is now making a comeback.

Anna Rexia is a Halloween costume that is an eating disorder with the tag line “You can never be too rich or too thin.”

Let that sink into your brain, you know, that thing that helps you make moral decisions and understand things?

If it is deemed immoral to have a costume called “Cancer Patient” or “Died Waiting for a Transplant” with the tag line “YOLO,” why is it even thought of to create a costume that mocks and makes a joke out of something more terrifying than Halloween itself? Anorexia kills people, it engulfs

their entire lives, impacting everything from how many friends they have to how many days out of a year that they don’t sit there and think to themselves “I’m disgusting.”

Anorexia kills every part of you. Your organs shut down and your body works to try and save itself, but the worst part is that you can’t stand to look at yourself in the mirror because what you see in that mirror is scarier and more sickening than the goriest Halloween movie ever created. What you see is your body and everything you think is wrong with it.

The mirror becomes the serial killer and you become the victim day after day . . . after day . . . after day.

Hilarious, right, I mean who WOULDN’T laugh at tormenting thoughts, self-harm, and a crippling, sickening fear that not only takes away your friends, but your very ability to perform basic daily functions like taking a hot shower?

If you want to dress up in this disgusting, disgraceful costume that glamorizes an actual disease that robs a person from himself or herself, I certainly hope you realize your level of ignorance.

Perhaps if you consider wearing this costume, you’ll decide to dress as a corpse instead, I mean why not?

Without treatment, up to 20 per cent of people with serious eating disorders die from complications related to their disorder. Scarier than the Saw movies, except this is a real horror story.

Danielle Donnelly

Halloween provides an opportunity to glamorize disorders like anorexia. Karsten Saunders / The Brunswickan

A voice for the voiceless:

Response to “An open letter to the ‘40 Days for Life’ protestors” Knowledge is power. These words of Francis Bacon are as true now as they were when he wrote them four hundred years ago. So, it was with Bacon’s insight in mind that I was so saddened by the misinformation found in the opinion piece about the 40 Days for Life campaign here in Fredericton which was written by Richard Kemick and was published in this paper last week. Let’s clear away the misrepresentations and rhetoric and have the power that comes from a fact-based position.

For those who are unaware of what 40 Days for Life is, it is an international campaign that happens around this time each year and in which volunteers try to bring attention to the ongoing and often hidden abortion debate by peacefully standing outside of abortion clinics and holding signs expressing their love and respect for all human life but specifically for the unborn who don’t yet have a voice with which to defend themselves.

These people are playing a vital role in a serious movement. Like any movement that has social change as its goal, the pro-life cause approaches the abortion issue on many fronts. For those women who feel lost and confused, material and emotional support is offered.

To curb the rate of abortion there is an approach aimed at changing the hearts and minds of the general public.

But because this is such a divisive and painful topic for so many, first people have to be helped to acknowledge that abortion is very much a real part of our

. Andrew Meade / The Brunswickan society. You have to raise awareness of an issue if you then want people to take a well-formed position on it. The abortion issue is swept under the rug by much of our society, and 40 Days for Life is seeking to help people take that first crucial step in a larger campaign of social change by getting them to acknowledge that abortion is not some academic question but is real and happens on a regular basis right down on Brunswick Street.

But even if you can see now that it is

crucial for people to try and raise public awareness about an important issue as part of the broader strategy to bring about social change, I’m sure many readers still don’t have the basic facts that give rise to the abortion debate in the first place.

Like a lot of students, during my first couple years of university I started questioning what I really knew and didn’t know, and this applied to hot-button topics like abortion. Then I committed myself to a study of science to see what

it could tell me about truth and reality.

Here’s what I discovered about the development of the child in the womb.

After about three weeks from conception – before most women even know they’re pregnant – the baby’s heart begins to beat. Brain waves can be detected roughly six weeks after conception. Most all the human organs are formed come week twelve.

There is a long list of other documented milestones of human development, but here is the one that I found the most

convincing when I first started looking at this topic. The DNA that you and I have, which is unique to each one of us and defines us as human, was present from the moment of conception. Once the egg is fully fertilized by the sperm, it is no longer the genes of just the mother or just the father, but a unique code that determines a human being and will remain with that human being till death.

So, the reasoning that follows is pretty simple. A fully-fertilized human egg is itself a new and unique human being. To deliberately take the life of an innocent human being is wrong since all men and women are entitled to life.

Therefore, abortion is wrong.

The good people of the 40 Days for Life campaign around the world are doing a great service for the voiceless and humanity at large. They are bringing attention to an issue that is all too often ignored, and this paves the way for sound, fact-based arguments that can hopefully move the hearts and minds that are not intransigent and are open to reason.

Please don’t turn away from this article and this issue and just stop thinking about. If you have any questions or comments about this crucial topic, please feel free to contact me.

Here’s hoping that both sides speak in a spirit of charity and friendliness and respect - the sort of respect that the voiceless unborn child needs and deserves.

Conal Tanner

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Certain pubcrawl themes are degrading to women

I have spent the last week upset and disappointed by our university’s casual acceptance of sexism. Posters featuring a stylized pair of breasts are plastered across campus, advertising a pub crawl put on by the UNB science societies. The theme is “moustaches and cleavage.” The posters promote the objectification of women. Their appearance on campus has forced me to ask: “Why is the ability to cope with gender harassment an implicit program requirement of female science students?”

I understand pub crawls can be fun, and it can be amusing to have some kind of theme. Gendered themes are problematic, but can be done without descending into overt sexism. By choosing “cleavage” as the female half of the theme, participants are reduced from brilliant women to pairs of breasts.

The choice of cleavage as a theme sexualizes any female participant in this activity. Reducing women to body parts for the titillation of male participants is dehumanizing. It is inevitable that there will be pressure on any woman who wishes to

participate in this activity to show their chest.

Is this the face of science at UNB? Female students are asked to excel in a climate that is often inherently hostile. There is a dearth of female faculty. We endure sexist humour, sexist language and stereotypical views about women. Women are neglected in the curriculum. The competitive, argumentative, abstract approach to learning found in the sciences is often inimical to our comfort, and our ability to learn suffers. Many female students also experience some form of sexual harassment or assault on campus. The state of inclusion in the sciences seems bleak.

This is why I was so disheartened this week when I saw this pub crawl advertised to the student body without the recognition that the premise is sexist. When the Physics Society withdrew their support from this event, president Susan Blackmore told the planning committee, “We will not support this because of the inherent sexism. We feel that this theme is not appropriate and will reflect poorly not only on our society

but also on the Faculty of Science.”

Clearly, the organizers were given a warning that their plan was problematic at best. It is clear that those who campaigned for this idea were deaf to other opinions. They persisted despite being given ample opportunity to change the theme.

That this idea seemed appropriate to the intelligent adults of the science societies speaks volumes about how far we have to go before we have an inclusive learning environment at UNB. If there is anything positive to be achieved from this sorry affair, let it be an opening of dialogue on improving the learning environment for women in science. Let us discuss how to teach our male peers to treat us with dignity and respect. Let us discuss men’s sense of entitlement to our bodies. The Faculty of Science must reach out to its female students and faculty, and educate those among us, male and female, who find humour in blatant sexism.

Jessie Brown

This new poster was designed for the pubcrawl after negative reaction to the depiction of a pair of breasts.

Clarifying some facts: response to counselling services concerns

Student Affairs and Services say student counselling services are more helpful than what’s been reported. Alex Walsh / The Brunswickan An article in last week’s issue of the Brunswickan concerning mental health issues on campus featured the following quote from a member of the UNBSU: “I thought that the counselling here was lacking at best . . . I saw two different ones [counsellors] and they were both garbage.”

As someone who is intimately involved with counselling services at UNB, it was very difficult to hear such negative feedback. This view, however, is not shared by most of the students we see.

We have been collecting anonym-

ous satisfaction data from the students who have used our counselling service in 2 of the past 3 years. Here is what those surveys told us: 85 per cent of students reported that our counselling services were very helpful or extremely helpful.

89 per cent of students said they

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would be very likely or extremely likely to refer a friend who had a problem to counselling services.

82 per cent of students said that counselling had a positive effect on their academic performance.

84 per cent of students said that counselling made it less likely that they

85 per cent of students reported that our counselling services were very helpful or extremely helpful.

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would drop out of university.

Do the results from these surveys mean that there is no room for improvement? Absolutely not.

We have struggled with an unacceptably long wait list over the past few years. This year we are making significant changes to the way we offer services in order to reduce, and ideally eliminate, the wait list. I am happy to report that these efforts appear to be paying off.

I am scheduled to meet again with the UNBSU on Sunday, Nov. 3 to discuss campus mental health issues.

I am hopeful that members of the UNB Student Union will take this opportunity to engage in an open and productive discussion about these important issues that affect many people on our campus.

Sincerely, Dr. Rice Fuller Acting Executive Director Student Affairs and Services

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How are you planning on celebrating Halloween?

Megan Purves

Maddy MacDougall

Davin Saunders

Calum Jackson

Mack McKnight

“Celebrating my 19th birthday!”

“Celebrating Megan Purves’ 19th birthday!”

“Havin’ a class. A good time.”

“Fuckin’ Pumpkins.”

“Eat some donuts - Going as a cop.”

Erika LeClair

Claude Pothier

Junior Vickers

Kelsey O’Donnell

Allyssa Cleaves

“Halloween Party.”

“Erika’s Halloween Party!”

“Cousin’s Halloween party.”

“Going to a halloween party.”

“Going to a haunted house with friends.”

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Marc Gagnon Staff Reporter It’s four o’clock in the afternoon in a dimly-lit common room in Neville Jones House, and Thom Pain is delivering a blistering monologue five feet away from me.

I shift in my seat, more than a little nervous.

In the few minutes I’ve been watching him he’s already shifted from flippantly hitting on a girl in the nonexistent audience to hinting at a history of childhood abuse. Just as he’s reaching his crescendo, saying, “Fuck it all, kill it and burn it down, you say, if you have a little headache . . .” he pauses and breezily takes stock of what he’s said so far, like one might read a grocery list.

“Okay. Did the raffle, did the joke about the horse . . .”

I realize that Thom has some serious issues, and thank my lucky stars he’s not real.

Thom Pain is actually 21-year old UNB student Alex Donovan, who bears little resemblance to the manic figure he portrayed minutes earlier.

Flanking him is his co-director James Corbett, UNB alumni and Londontrained actor. Corbett is Thom too,

but not at the moment.

When the pair decided to stage Will Eno’s 2005 one-man play Thom Pain (based on nothing), dubbed “stand-up existentialism” by the New York Times, they took an unconventional approach to an even more unconventional script.

“I saw [Thom Pain] in London last year. Loved the message, loved the language,” said Corbett. Upon his return to Fredericton, he met Donovan on the stage of the NotaBle Acts Theatre Festival, who struck him as perfect to play Thom.

“But I wanted to be Thom!” Corbett said, laughing. He had seen an unrelated production in London where two actors swapped the lead role and director’s seat with every production, and decided to bring this idea to their Fredericton performance.

“Suddenly it clicked in my head.

Each Thom is made up of the director’s vision and what the actor brings out of him. We can examine him from both viewpoints – what his Thom wants and what I want,” he said.

The six-year age gap between Donovan and Corbett has led to two very different performances.

“You deal with things differently when you’re in your twenties, even a

Alex Donovan (above) and James Corbett star in Thom Pain (based on nothing). Lance Blakney / Submitted couple of years apart. So the changes came organically,” said Corbett.

Thom spends the entirety of the play recounting his life in disjointed fragments, bouncing from childhood traumas to lost loves. Eno’s acerbic, self-aware dialogue has won him praise in the New York Times as the “Samuel Beckett for the Jon Stewart generation,” and it’s easy to see how the combination of heartfelt bitterness and black humour appeals to the millennial sensibility.

As I watch Corbett and Donovan

work the material, pausing to tease the meaning out of every single line of dialogue, they experiment with subtle emotional shifts that change the tenor of the scene completely.

“No one looks at this stuff like Thom does. His monologues come across as very ‘What the [heck]?’ at first, but they’re based in shared human experiences,” said Donovan.

It might be too optimistic to expect to leave Thom Pain feeling hopeful.

“It’s such a personal journey for everyone who watches it”, said Corbett.

It’s their hope that Thom’s unique brand of vulnerable cynicism strikes a chord with UNB students and Fredericton artistic community in general.

As Thom says, “We’re all roughly this way, yeah? Roughly.”

Thom Pain (based on nothing) is presented by Imaginary Circumstances Theatre. Shows are 7:30 p.m. Nov. 1 – Nov. 3 at the TNB Studio, with a matinee on Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets are $15 at the door.

Rocky Horror comes to life in Fredericton Tess Allen Arts Reporter The first time Katherine Hall channeled Dr. Frank-N-Furter in a March 2013 production of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, she couldn’t help but feel a little intimidated by the “sweet transvestite from transsexual Transylvania.”

“It was kind of daunting when I took it on. The role of Dr. Frank-N-Furter is played by a man, and even though that man is in drag and it’s a bit complicated gender-wise, tackling the role as a woman [was tough],” said the fifthyear computer science student at the University of New Brunswick, who is also directing and producing the show.

The challenge proved to be worth it, however, as Hall quickly found out just how fun playing the sharp-tongued, sex-crazed scientist could be.

“I’m a loud person and I’m a little bit sassy, so the role suited me really well. Now I can’t direct anybody else in that role, because I fell in love with it the first time I did it.”

This Halloween, Hall will have a chance to fall in love all over again.

She will reprise the role of Dr. FrankN-Furter on the nights of Oct. 31 and Nov. 1 at boom! Nightclub, where she and her fellow Deadly Sting Productions cast members will present a Rocky Horror Picture Show to remember.

“We’re going to try to stay as true to the show as possible. It’s going to be ridiculous, shiny, loud, fun and we’re totally egging on everybody to participate as much as they can in the show,” said Hall.

“We want all the call-backs, all the screaming and all the shouting. Don’t expect a quiet performance.”

Longtime fans of the international cult classic wouldn’t dream of it. The 1975 British musical comedy/horror film – an adaptation of Richard O’Brien’s musical stage play, The Rocky Horror Show – follows

the misadventures of Brad Majors and Janet Weiss inside a strange mansion that they stumble into after their car breaks down in the woods.

The film gained widespread recognition as a midnight

movie in the late 1970s, when audiences began participating with the characters in theatres. It has since become one of the most well-known and financially successful midnight movies of all time.

It’s an experience Hall can’t wait to bring to Fredericton this Thursday

and Friday.

“If you look at the movie itself, it is a shitty movie. It was done on a very small budget and the storyline is pieced together, but it’s the whole [live] experience that wraps it all together.

The story becomes hilarious because everyone’s screaming along with you,” said Hall.

Derek Smith, who will slip into the skin of Brad Majors for the show, couldn’t agree more.

“It’s a very campy movie, so doing it as a performance is very, ver y f u n.

In general the thing I enjoy most about the show is just how ridiculous it is; by the end of it, I’m in a corset and fishnets. It gets pretty ridiculous and that’s what it makes it so fun,” said Smith, who is a University of New Brunswick graduate.

“Some people consider it like a ritual,

since it’s got such a cult following. It’s got a very weak plot to it but how great some of the musical aspects of it are is what bring it together.”

That, and the explosive audience involvement, adds Hall.

“It’s a completely different audience experience than most other shows because there are two shows going on: the audience interacting with each other and the stage and the people on stage,” said Hall.

“There are traditional call-back lines, projectiles being thrown and people bringing their own little costume pieces.”

While it is by no means mandatory to show up fully decked out for the performance, Hall certainly encourages it.

“I want to see people in costumes that are more impressive than ours. I want to see a total blowout,” she said.

“I just want people to have a really good time; that’s our ultimate goal in all of this.”

Doors open for the show at 8 p.m. on both Oct. 31 and Nov. 1. Admission is $10.

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“STAND AND STARE” Kuato at the Capital Benjamin Crouse The Brunswickan Head banging, spooky guitar riffs and f ive guys jumping around a stage jamming out – sounds pretty nineties, right? But for the Halifaxbased band Kuato, this is an everyday occurrence.

The purely instrumental band went through a couple of different lineups before settling on the current arrangement: Adam Toth, Mike D’Eon and Darryl Smith on guitar, Stephen MacDonald on bass, and Josh Pothier on drums.

“The goal of the band was to write music that sounded really organic,” said Pothier. “Vocals would take away from a lot of the parts that we play, so we’d rather just keep it simple.”

Pothier describes the band’s music as “sludgy” with some “doom influence” and says that some of the bands that inspire Kuato are The Melvins and Slint.

“I don’t think you could really sing over the kind of music that we play. There’s a cheesy element when you put vocals over really long songs,” he said about the band’s instrumental sound.

With track names like “Iraqnaphobia” and “Afghanistan Rogers,” you might expect some deep significance behind the songs, but don’t be fooled; the origin of

the band’s song titles were anything but serious.

“For the first few EPs we literally just texted each other really dumb plays on words. All the elements were really dark: the artwork was dark, the music was dark. It lightened it up a bit,” said Pothier.

Kuato’s shows are nothing like your average gig. Because the band is instrumental, fans can’t exactly sing the lyrics back to the vocalist from the crowd. So, what does happen at a Kuato concert? “[Our fans] mostly stand and stare. It’s pretty hypnotic music, so we get a lot of people who just get into the rhythm of things. We have a light show geared up, so it’s not just five dudes playing around,” said Pothier.

Of course, a show would be nothing without some heckling from the audience.

“Adam has all the tunings for his guitar in his very old flip-phone. So he whips out his phone to get the tuning for the next song and you hear a guy in the crowd go ‘Man, that’s an old-ass phone!’ ” he said, laughing.

We’re Doomed, a Toronto based progressive rock trio, will be joining Kuato for their performance at the Capital Complex. Check them out on Nov. 1 at 10:30 p.m. Cover is $5 at the door.

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Connexion ARC | Art by the people and for the people Tess Allen Arts Reporter For some people, the idea of visiting a conventional art gallery is an intimidating one; profound artists, perplexing paintings and a bounty of expensive wine and fancy cheese at every exhibition are all part of the stereotypical package.

Fredericton’s only artist-run centre recognized this age-old plight, and decided to give itself a facelift.

The organization formerly known as Gallery Connexion at 440 York St. is now being rebranded as Connexion Artist-Run Centre (Connexion ARC), a move directors hope will encourage more art-loving Frederictonians to step through their doors.

“There’s a lot of misunderstanding in the Fredericton community of what we’re about or what we’re here for, and there are all sorts of associations that come with [being known as a gallery].

We have a gallery and showing work is part of what we do, but we do a lot of other things, as well,” said sophia bartholomew [preferred capitalization], associate director of Connexion ARC. “The exciting difference between commercial or public galleries and artist-run centres is that there’s a lot more flexibility. We’re interested in generating new work and new ideas and new discussions more than just displaying artwork.”

An artist-run centre is an artist-initiated and managed art institution that lacks many of the traits of a commercial gallery. Most artist-run centres, like Connexion ARC, focus on contem-

porary art by emerging Canadian and international artists. Artist-run centres are also known to present other public events like lectures, performances and screenings.

Connexion ARC executive director John Edward Cushnie said that while the 30-year-old organization has always promoted these values, he hopes the recent name change – along with a few other tweaks – will help build awareness about artist-run centres and their place in the local community.

“An artist-run centre is a place that’s entirely run by a volunteer board of artists and those just interested in art. We are a totally fluid organization with a basic mandate to promote contemporary art and to support artists, so we can do anything within that mandate,” said Cushnie, adding that Connexion ARC currently has about 200 members who guide the centre’s programming.

“We wanted to switch the name because we’re not actually a gallery in the way that people think of galleries.

We’re basically a space where fun stuff that relates to visual arts happens.”

But a public-friendly moniker isn’t the only thing that’s changed at Connexion ARC. “Sometimes when you go to an art opening, people stand around with wine and cheese and it’s this vagrant, uncomfortable thing,” said Cushnie.

“We were thinking, how do we make this less intimidating for some people? So this August we switched our openings to being potlucks, and it’s been great for the community.”

So great, in fact, that the centre’s last two exhibition openings – 10 Ans

Gallery Connexion is rebranding itself as Connexion ARC. Karsten Saunders / The Brunswickan d’Urgence by Montréal-based collective ATSA in July and Frontiers in Real Estate by Chris Foster in September – were its most successful yet.

It’s all part of a “shift in emphasis” that bartholomew hopes to see blossom in the Fredericton community as Connexion ARC continues to grow.

“Not everybody is interested in art.

Some people are interested in Corvettes or hunting. But we want to be a space where if you are interested or you think you might be interested [in contemporary art], you can come and figure that

out,” she said.

Those interested in getting in on any future Connexion ARC action are encouraged by both Cushnie and bartholomew to become members, or simply stop by to check things out.

“Essentially what membership gives you is access to our community, as well as access to all the calls for submissions or commissions,” said Cushnie, adding that Connexion ARC has member exhibitions every year and also runs the NNEX Gallery in the Fredericton Playhouse, where members are fre-

quently showcased.

“The biggest thing in becoming a member is that since we’re memberbased, the shape of the organization and what we decide to do is determined by members,” added bartholomew, referencing such member-run activities as workshops, musical performances and unique events.

The annual membership fee for students at Connexion ARC is $15, while the regular fee is $30. To contact Connexion ARC, call 454-1433 or email connex@nbnet.nb.ca.

Dominik Robichaud is one to watch David Milley The Brunswickan

Dominik Robichaud’s work is currently on display at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery. Adam Travis / The Brunswickan

For Dominik Robichaud, the past few months have been a life-changing experience.

The young Moncton artist was recently chosen to be the featured artist in the Beaverbrook Art Gallery’s Studio Watch Emerging Artist Series: Painters exhibition.

Robichaud’s art was chosen to be the highlight of this year’s exhibition from the submissions of 15 artists from across the province.

“The process of selecting an emerging artist in painting in New Brunswick is always an exciting one,” said Bernard Riordon in the exhibit pamphlet. Riordon is the exhibit curator and the director emeritus at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery.

Along with having her art displayed in a major art museum, the Beaverbrook Art Gallery will purchase one of her works to add to their permanent collection. Guests walking into the gallery are greeted with a vibrant portrait of her son titled Au Nom du Fils (Rafael Willliam).

“It’s very, very intimate work,” said Robichaud. She explained that her art has been heavily influenced by her late mother, and more recently, her son.

“Dominik Robichaud has chosen the tradition of painting, through

which she explores several themes: heredity, fragmentation and autobiography,” said Riordon.

Since graduating from l’Université de Moncton in 2008, Dominik has displayed her work in many art galleries. However, for a young artist to have her art displayed in the prestigious Beaverbrook Gallery has been a truly life-changing experience.

The Studio Watch Program seeks out young New Brunswick artists who have been producing art on a full-time basis for around five years.

Earl and Sandy Brewer, sponsors of the program, said in the pamphlet that “discovering new talent and encouraging excellence in the visual arts and providing opportunities for young artists is a priority for us.” “[The Studio Watch program] has made it possible for us to search each year around the province to find young career artist who for this will give them encouragement, empowerment, and, hopefully, help them on their career,” said Riordon.

The Studio Watch Emerging Artist Series: Painters exhibit will be on display until Jan. 14, 2014 at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery, 703 Queen St. Admission is free with a valid student ID.

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Songs of the week.

Arcade Fire - “Afterlife” “Afterlife. Oh my God, what an awful word,” Win Butler thinks aloud. The idea of death is nothing new to Arcade Fire – their first album was titled Funeral, after all – but on this track the band addresses the subject in a completely different way from their older material. Where Funeral, Neon Bible and The Suburbs relied mostly on live instruments and orchestral arrangements, the band’s new album, Reflektor, features an addition of electronic and South American sounds, such as keyboards and steel pans. “I’ve got to know, can we work it out?” sing Butler and his wife, Régine Chassagne, before questioning “when love is gone, where does it go?” The lyrics are not simply about life and death, just like the music is not simply indie rock. Arcade Fire are evolving, and for musicians that is always a good thing.

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 30 Charlotte Street Arts Centre Haunted House 7 p.m. – 9 p.m., $10 Godspell 7:30 p.m. at the Playhouse

THURSDAY, OCT. 31 Joey Bada$$ - “My Yout (Remix) (feat. Maverick Sabre)” New York rapper Joey Bada$$ is getting ready to re-release his mixtape, Summer Knights, as a seven song EP on iTunes, and although most of the songs will have been on the original mixtape, there are a couple of new tracks. One of those is a remix of “My Yout.” The reggae instrumental, and Bada$$’s verse stay the same, but a new chorus is added to the song, giving it a fresh breath. Ultimately what steals the show, as is usual with Joey’s songs, are his clever lyrics and wordplay. There is menace and confidence to his verses as he tells stories of people getting “blacked out cause I got ultra violent,” but also insight and some deeper thoughts that show the young MC is eager to learn and get better. “My wealth is in my happiness and mine/ and not my pocket health” he says, and as an unsigned rapper who has yet to release a full-length album, this is a good mentality to have. Hopefully it stays that way when the world starts taking notice of his talent.

Rocky Horror Picture Show live performance 8:15 p.m. at boom! Nightclub, $10 Evil Dead The Musical 7:30 p.m. at the Bernard-Poirier Theatre, $15 student tickets Charlotte Street Arts Centre Haunted House 7 p.m. – 9 p.m., $10

FRIDAY, NOV. 1 Cinema Politica: Defensora 7 p.m. at Conserver House, 180 St. John St., by donation

Chits - “Custom Hype” There’s really one word that can describe this song: trippy. This sonic instrumental from Pennsylvania’s Chits at times sounds like it’s about to have Rick Ross come in, but right when you feel that this is a rap song (or as Pitchfork describes it, “trap-leaning”), more synths and strings are added, and the whole mood of the song changes. Along with the release of this song, a remix was also provided to fans – courtesy of Slava – which is also worth checking out. New elements are incorporated, with a deep bass and female vocals humming along, making the two tracks feel completely different from each other.

Thom Pain (based on nothing) 7:30 p.m. at TNB Studio, 55 Whiting Rd, $15 Live in the Blue Lounge, 7 p.m. in the blue room, FREE Evil Dead The Musical 7:30 p.m. and midnight at the Bernard-Poirier Theatre, $15 student tickets Rocky Horror Picture Show live performance 8:15 p.m. at boom! Nightclub, $10 Official opening of NB Art Bank Acquisitions 20112012 and Redeemed: Photographs by James Wilson Documenting the Re-creation of the Fred Ross Mural exhibitions 5 p.m. at the UNB Art Centre, Memorial Hall

Dear

Dear Ari – Dressing up to go downtown: where do I draw the line between sexy and slutty?

Ari.

Sincerely, Dancing Danni

If you have a question for Dear Ari, email Arts@thebruns.ca with the subject line “Dear Ari”, or tweet her @AskDearAri Dear Ari – I’m from a small town where everybody pretty much grew up with everybody else, so I’ve only ever dated people I already knew.

But I don’t know almost anyone at UNB! How do I ask someone out who I barely know?!

Sincerely, Smalltown Sam Dear Smalltown, This is one of the most beautiful aspects of university life! You get to meet so many interesting people, and your world can expand so quickly if you make the

right connections.

If you feel like you don’t know many people at UNB, I would suggest focusing on establishing a strong friend circle before throwing yourself into the dating world. The rollercoaster ride of college courtship is much more fun and bearable if you’ve got yourself some benevolent buds.

These friends can help to set you up on dates, and can play wingman/wingwoman when you’re out. Best of all, they’re there to pick you up when you fall.

Big wheels keep on turnin’!

Affectionately, Ari

Dear Dancing— There are certain laws that prohibit public nudity. The way I see it, cover up your lady bits/ manhood and you’re good on the most basic level. Many people will tell you that it’s sexier to leave some things to the imagination, and I would tend to agree.

That being said, I believe that there are two elements that are more essential to sexiness: comfort, and confidence. That little black dress may be the hottest thing, but if you’re constantly fidgeting in it, and your body language is closed-off, you’ll just look uncomfortable. Dress to impress YOURSELF. Also, keep in mind that wardrobe malfunctions are memorable for the wrong reasons. If you can hardly keep your outfit together when you’re sober, don’t expect it to go over well when you’re imbibing.

Affectionately, Ari

Red Green 7 p.m. at the Playhouse Gallery 78 opening of Near the River and Of the Sea, By the Sea

SATURDAY, NOV. 2 Thom Pain (based on nothing) 7:30 p.m. at TNB Studio, 55 Whiting Rd, $15 Evil Dead The Musical 7:30 p.m. at the Bernard-Poirier Theatre, $15 student tickets

SUNDAY, NOV. 3 Flea market 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at King’s Place, $2 at door Thom Pain (based on nothing) 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.at TNB Studio, 55 Whiting Rd, $15 (matinee is “pay as you can”) Spotlight Series presents Cecilia String Quartet 7:30 at the Playhouse

MONDAY, NOV. 4 Monday Night Film Series: Fruitvale Station 7:30 p.m. in Tilley Hall 102, UNB

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KEN mode destroys at the Capital Benjamin Dugdale The Brunswickan When it comes to KEN mode’s Friday night show at the Capital Complex, I think it’s best to start at the end.

The encore, The Hammer Party, wraps up. Frontman Jesse Matthewson, says, “Thanks you guys. We’re really [freaking] tired.” I can believe it. I’m exhausted, and I just had to listen.

Matthewson’s brother (and drummer), Shane Matthewson, stands up soaked, pocks of sweat all over his boxers, his head sweat running down his nose and dithering consistently onto the stage. Andrew LaCour, their longest running bass-player since the band’s inception in 1999, ties back his glorious frock of hair and begins to clean up the stage.

I feel stiff, and despite being careful with earplugs, tinnitus cuts through my hearing. I feel like I’ve gotten my butt kicked; the band before KEN mode, American hardcore act Full Of Hell, touring in support of their latest release, Rudiments of Mutilation, made me feel physically ill with their droning interludes. It was their second show in a single day, having played an all-ages house show earlier in town to accommodate those unable to attend 19+ shows.

Despite exhausting themselves earlier, Full Of Hell played an amazing set, their singer writhing and screaming on the floor with the bulk of the audience.

Their fill-in bassist, Gabe, mentioned what it’s like to tour with a band like KEN mode.

“They work really well. They’re very tight. It shows they’ve been together something like 15 years,” he said.

When it comes to KEN mode, I hypothesize it must be something weird in the water that gives them this superhuman energy. Winnipeg seems a strange place for Canadiana to develop, (see Winnipeg native Venetian Snares’ record, Winnipeg is a Frozen Shithole).

Yet the city bears filmmakers like Guy Maddin, controversial folk heroes like Louis Riel, but most importantly, the ticked off noise rock brotherhood that is KEN mode.

I asked Andrew, a Florida resident, what it felt like to be in Winnipeg part of the year to be with the band.

“Cold,” he said jokingly.

KEN mode won a Juno in 2012 for the previous year’s album, Venerable, in a category essentially established for them: “Heavy metal/hard music.”

Judging by the band’s performance, they’ve not slackened on their work ethic with all with their new exposure.

Moving through KEN mode’s set, sometimes you feel trapped in the swell of a more mature post-metal counterpoint, but then suddenly it’s a snarky riff riff riff kind of tune that grooves, but only impossibly so, because you shouldn’t be able to swing that fast tuned that low, not with that kind of articulation. Even the bass cuts through, shouldering its own way into the mix reminiscent of No Means No’s forefront bass sound.

When I asked Jesse about the sludgy nether of metal guitar tunings he pointed out, “You just need the bass.”

Three songs into their brutal set, he’s slung on a second bass alongside Andrew, and before the song is over, the breaker’s blown.

Someone from the audience jokes, “play softer.” The band comes back

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strong with the gang-vocal tune, “Your Heartwarming Story Makes Me Sick,” but suffers a few more power issues in the next couple of songs. The sound technician takes time to address the issue more thoroughly, and the whole band looks impatient and pissed while waiting; not necessarily unprofessional, but ired by the crappy power supply.

Some women near the front of the stage try to lighten the mood, instructing the band, “Dicks out, boys, dicks out already!”

Once the sound is fixed, the rest of the set goes super-smooth, with a drawn out meditation on Never Was’ lyric, “Religion is the cancer.” When the song bursts into the real heavy bit, I get a text message from a hip hop show upstairs: “I can hear your music in my feet.”

Through their dedication to being ticked off and good at it, KEN mode transcends the waterlogged mess that is sub-genre nausea. It’s very easy for a reviewer to tell you that “this isn’t just another indie/metal/country/ whatever band,” but for the band to actually back up that claim is a rare sort of pleasure.

The band may ooze misanthropic ire out of every pore, but are the furthest thing from jerks. When I gave Jesse a bag of candy my mother had sent for me to share with friends for Halloween, he thanked me, surprised, and then proceeded to exclaim, “We will destroy this!”

Just like the fuse box and my hearing, I’ll wager that they will destroy anything they put their minds to.

Juno award-winning artists KEN mode played at the Capital on Oct. 25. Submitted

Live in the Blue Lounge promotes student artists

Lee Thomas Arts Editor

The Blue Room has an alter ego.

On Friday evenings, this mildmannered study lounge transforms in a suave candle-lit lounge perfect for a date, a study session or a relaxing evening of acoustic tunes.

Live in the Blue Lounge is the brainchild of SUB director Becky Sullivan, who said that the idea was actually inspired by a student artist profile in the Bruns.

“I was reading the Feb. 19 issue . . . featuring Derek Doucet, and I thought ‘wouldn’t it be great if there was a place where students could go to play and/ or listen to music in a relaxed environment?’ The Blue Lounge is a popular venue for students to study or to simply hang out so it seemed like the perfect place,” she said in an email interview.

Sullivan, along with CHSR-FM station manager Tim Rayne and CHSR volunteer coordinator Erin Bond, networked with ResLife to put out a call for performing artists in the residence community. Sodexo generously provides free coffee for every event.

“It’s a nice alternative for people who don’t want to go to the bars, but do enjoy live music and coffee. We get a lot of underage students, too, who have immense talent but can’t go play at the bars,” said Bond.

“We wanted to showcase the talent that’s right here on campus . . . we’re

trying to give them a platform, a place to come and play their material.”

Wes Ireland, a computer science student and residence proctor, has been playing acoustic guitar for almost six years. He found out about the Blue Lounge through Facebook, and performed there in early October.

“They said it was a low-key coffee house with local artists trying new things. I’d done the Lady Dunn [Hall] coffee house before, so I thought this would be another good opportunity to try and work towards getting over my fear of performing in front of people,” he said.

Ireland found the experience to be very rewarding, and said it is a good stepping-stone for bigger performance ambitions. “[The atmosphere] was really cool.

They had a nice little setup, little chairs and tables with candles – the candles were a nice touch. It was a cool vibe.

But I was really nervous, it was my first real gig in front of people I didn’t know,” he said.

As for other student artists who are considering making their Blue Lounge debut, Ireland said they should definitely seize the opportunity.

“It’s really low-key, and it’s good for artists who are still kind of developing their craft and honing their skills. It’s a good introduction to the music scene, and it’s a good time.”

Laughing quietly, he added, “It’s a nice way to start out your Friday

evening before you go to some, I don’t know, techno rave.”

The Live in the Blue Lounge events are not limited to acoustic guitar performances, however. This past Friday, the event organizers hosted the first Open Mic Night event. Digital World has loaned CHSR a guitar, so even students who don’t own their own instrument can participate.

The organizers hope that there will be many more Open Mic Nights, and Bond says they’re open to everything from acoustic covers to short skits to spoken word poetry.

Live in the Blue Lounge events are open to UNB, STU, and NBCC students. Bond said that they are always looking for people to perform, and that feedback so far has been very positive.

“The performers play acoustically, they often interact with the crowd and tell stories or the events that influenced them to write the song they’re about to play . . . pretty much all performers have asked if they can come back and play another time,” she said.

“It’s a great way to end your week.”

Live in the Blue Lounge performances take place every Friday from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., with free admission and complimentary coffee. For more information, or to schedule a performance at an upcoming Blue Lounge event, contact recruiting@chsrfm.ca

Alex Walsh / The Brunswickan

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Shaking off the rust women’s volleyball end pre-season games

sports@thebruns.ca

The women end the AUS-RSEQ tournament with a 0-4-0 record.They begin their regular season on November 2nd. Michael Bourgeois / The Brunswickan for the Reds. Dominating in the stats, the third place ranked Université de together as a team.”

Michael Bourgeois Saturday brought two matches for #9 Eve Thibault finished with 13 kills Montréal Carabins, Friday evening.

Sports Editor After dropping the first set of the match the Varsity Reds, and still had one and seven digs, helping her squad hand UNB Women’s Volleyball played host 18-25, the Reds plays at the net were more match on Sunday to try to reach UNB a 13-25 and 9-25. last weekend to one of two interlock starting to click. their team goal of winning one game “We knew we were in for a tough tournaments this season.

Some excitable rallies kept the game in the always-challenging interlock game against Laval,” said Goulet.

Four Réseau du sport étudiant du intense for both teams. However, the tournament.

“They didn’t make it easy, the areas Québec (RSEQ) teams made the trip Carabins hitters were just too overbearThe first match of the day was with we thought might be open, they were to Fredericton along with three other ing for the Reds, four out of the six the Université de Laval Rouge et Or. covering those also and pretty much Atlantic University Sport (AUS) teams starting players combined for 20 kills The first set brought even net play on out served us, they made it really hard for the tournament. in the second set, as L’Université de both sides, a quick pancake by libero for us to run anything on offense.”

The University of New Brunswick Montréal takes an 0-2 set lead. The 3rd Paige Paulson brought the Reds to The second game of the day for the (UNB) knew they would have a hard set was UNB’s closest shot at taking a within three points of Laval, but that Women’s squad was against the Uniweekend ahead of them playing some of set as they kept the game within three would be as close as they would get, as versité de Sherbrook Vert et Or. This the top teams in Canadian Interuniver- points from the technical time out.

Laval would take the set and the early was a high energy game for both team sity Sport (CIS) from Quebec. with a lot of production at the net. After “Volleyball is volleyball, and there set advantage 20-25.

“People were in new spots and I is no reason to go out and play timid,” The second set brought some big dropping the first set 18-25, the Varsity thought they did very well fitting in said Goulet. “They all went out and defence for UNB’s #6 Celina Abba, Reds came out the second swinging. those spots,” said head coach Jilliane played aggressively and did what they who collected three blocks in the first At the Technical time out, UNB was Goulet. had to do to help the team, I was two points of the set. But the Laval only down a point, and had already had UNB’s First Matchup was against pleasantly surprised how they pulled offense was just too much to control 10 blocks. They took the lead at 17 and

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never looked back taking the set 25-21, and finishing the set with 19 kills on the board. It was UNB’s most closely matched game of the tournament, but couldn’t take over the third and forth set, only losing each by five and six points.

Fifth year Rebecca Glancy had an outstanding game finishing with 12 of UNB’s 40 kills in the match.

“It was good, my setter Paige and I were connecting very well and it just flowed with us tonight,” said Glancy.

“She was able to find me for one on one blocks, where I was able to score, so I give all my credit to her.”

Goulet was very happy with her teams work in the game.

“We brought more at the net, we brought more from the service line than we have for the tournament,” she said. “I’m proud of the girls, I’m proud of what they brought - they brought a lot more heart, pursuit drive and desire.”

UNB’s last chance to steal a win from the RESQ teams was Sunday against McGill University. Once again UNB used many of their deep bench to change up their line up, but failed to win the first set, once again dropping the first 20-25.

McGill jumps to an early lead going on a 0-6 run, and although UNB kept battling to come back in the game, they fell short one more time 14-25. Using the momentum of playing catch up in the second set, UNB started to show on the scoreboard once more, sharing the lead back and forth with McGill.

The set came right down to the wire with McGill finally breaking the tie score, winning the final set and match of UNB’s tournament 23-25.

“It shows what we need to work on and we took some good steps,” said setter Paige Paulsen. “But Québec teams are always strong and it shows us were we should go to be more at their level defensively especially, but excited for what comes next.”

Do you think there should be no ‘winner’ or ‘loser’ in youth sports? cellarpub.ca

Bronté James Sports Editor

I’m sorry, but to tell kids they can do whatever the want and the consequences will always be in their favour is unrealistic. Yes, sport should be fun and enjoyable, but it is also about competing. Would we tell Olympians they won’t be ranked - just go and had fun? No. So why tell kids the same thing?

Johnny Cullen Sports Writer

It’s ridiculous. Youth benefit greatly from the competitive nature of sports, if you took out the ‘win’ and ‘lose’ situation, you’d be defeating the purpose of putting kids in sports. The main purpose is for kids to socialize and have fun, the competitive aspect teaches lessons and adds to the athletic experience as a whole.

Andrew Martel Business Manager

I grew up playing sports, and winning and losing helps make kids aware of the real world successes and failures on a smaller scale. Instead of this “everyone wins” method, have diverse awards emphasizing their actual accomplishments – i.e.: MVP. As said, “You’ll never know a good day, if you’ve never had a bad day,” the same goes for winning and losing.

Pete Ryan Sports Writer

I think it’s important for youth to have a winner and a loser. Losing can sometimes teach more important things than winning can. Also, winning and losing breads a competitive nature which sometimes we need more of as Canadians

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Monica MacDonald named top-8 in the country

Bronté James Sports Editor She’s one of the top eight academic athletes in the country.

Monica MacDonald, former swimmer for the University of New Brunswick (UNB) Varsity Reds, was named one of the Top Eight Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) Academic AllCanadians.

“It was a bit of a surprise when Maureen Sparks called me and told me I was nominated,” said MacDonald. “But it’s a really, really big honour. To be able to be nominated from the UNB and then actually win from the Atlantic provinces, it’s pretty cool.”

The CIS is comprised over 54 universities across Canada, and more than 11,000 student-athletes.

According to the CIS website, student-athletes are chosen based on competing for one or more sports for a university while maintaining an 80 per cent or higher average. One male and one female from each of the four CIS regional associations – Atlantic University Sport (AUS), Ontario University Athletics, Canada West Universities Athletic Association, and Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec – are selected annually.

MacDonald shares the top eight spots with Acadia University’s hockey player Travis Gibbons, University of Montreal’s soccer player Émilie Chamard, McGill University’s football player Laurent Duvernay-Tardif, University of Toronto’s track and field run-

ner Alicia Brown, Western University’s wrestler Steven Takahashi, University of Alberta’s volleyball player Jaki Ellis, and the University of British Columbia’s soccer player Paul Clerc.

Playing sports most of her life, and learning the balancing act of academics and athletics, she said it wasn’t a big transition from high school to university sports. She also maintained a 4.2 grade point average, graduating with honours with a bachelor of kinesiology.

She was also an Academic-AllCanadian four times over during her UNB career.

“I started swimming a lot when I was younger . . . we did eight pool practices and then three dry-land sessions – such as weight training – every week since I was 14, so I learned time management pretty early on,” she said.

“University wasn’t that big of an adjustment for me.”

MacDonald competed for UNB for four seasons. She was nominated and chosen for the award after her time spent with the Varsity Reds – though it wasn’t just her time spent in the Sir Max Aitken pool, but what she did with her time outside of practices and meets that helped solidify her award.

MacDonald volunteered with the Varsity Reds Athletes Council, the Kinesiology Society, the Dr. Everett Chalmer’s Regional Hospital, Habitat for Humanity Global Village Program and the Special Olympics.

“It just kind of got to be a part of my routine – it was kind of like a downtime kind of thing for me,” she said. “It was

something I enjoyed doing. I like giving back to the community; I’ve gotten so much from Fredericton, so it’s nice to be able to give back a little bit.”

It was her time with the Dr. Everett Chalmer’s Hospital she learned the most.

“It kind of gave me some clarification as to what I wanted to do for my career, so that was pretty eye opening,” said MacDonald. “It made me decide that I really wanted to go into a clinical group, and do research in that area.”

Her time at the Stan Cassidy Centre – a centre for rehabilitation at the Dr. Everett Chalmers Hospital – let her shadow physiotherapists when they worked with patients.

While she pursued her passion for the sport of swimming, she found a new passion – kinesiology. Originally starting in sciences, she moved over to the physical aspects after her biochem class showed her a new perspective.

“It’s more physiology based, and I really enjoyed that part of it,” she said.

“That made me start thinking, ‘okay, maybe kin is a better fit than science.”

MacDonald started to focus her academics in Kinesiology, while enjoying her time with the Reds – who she said are like a second family to her.

“Just the support you get from the team is awesome,” she said. “You get so close. You’re with them all the time – you train so much and travel together – and then even when you’re not in the pool you’ll spend time with them.”

Monica MacDonald swam for the Varsity Reds for four seasons. Sandy Chase / The Brunswickan

Scoreboard:the parent’s latest target

Parents say scores shouldn’t be kept during games to help keep the teams ‘even’. Submitted.

Kyle Merritt The Brunswickan No score, no point.

At least that’s the feeling of some parents after the Ontario Soccer Association announced the youth would no longer be keeping score during their games.

The association will be mandating that no type of scoring will be kept in the 12 and under leagues as of next season, according to an article titled “No-Score Youth Sports Policies Gaining Popularity” by Emily

Attwood in Athletic Business.

If you have ever played sports, you can appreciate being on the winning and losing side of any game. Winning feels great and losing, well, not so much. Many of you have probably heard numerous times, “It doesn’t matter if you win or lose, it’s how you play the game.” A phrase that is applicable to any sport, but does it mean the same to everyone?

The idea of not keeping score is driven by individuals wanting to focus on the fundamentals of the respective sports. I agree that kids

should, first and foremost, be taught the rules, principles and basic skills crucial to their understanding of the game. From there they should be taught to uphold sportsmanship and fair play conduct in all aspects of sport and competitive interactions.

The real issue here lies in the responsibility of parents and coaches, and what they choose to instil in the children. There appears to be a disconnect in what the parents want for their children – hard work and improvement – and the coach’s goal of winning.

This is why more and more people are attracted to the lack of scorekeeping, and they think scoring should not be the main objective.

Coaches place too much emphasis on racking up the scoreboard rather than the development of all players; they use only those who are getting points. The only solution the organizers can come up with is to stop posting scores and outcomes, but is this the best way?

Not marking the score obviously means there is no winner or loser. It means the only things being taught

are technical skills applicable only to the given sport.

These skills will not help the children as they transition to adult life.

No measurable outcome means no team or player has to desire to do their best, and they don’t have to strive to grow or do any better than what they already are.

Winning and losing are gauges on which to base your progress and abilities – this would be like completing a marathon without a finish line – it doesn’t make sense.

In my experience as a hockey referee, the young kids know the score whether it is posted on the clock or not. The winners feel good about their accomplishments, and the losing team is aware of what they need to work on in order to do better next time.

The dependency should be on the organizers to find a balance between doing well against the other team and developing the finer skills of each and every player. Coaches should be wary of racking up the score against the other team.

Practices should zero in on how the development of players’ skills and attitudes give way to more fair and accurate scores.

Fair and respectable gamesmanship all sports is driven by the concept of a game as a whole. This includes winning, losing and everything in between. Not keeping score is no way to produce favourable results, especially when there are better options.

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Running keeps this V-Red’s life on track Johnny Cullen The Brunswickan All it took was a little push from his buddy, and he was off to the races.

“One of my friends did it, who is a year older than me, saying that it was a great sport and that I should get into it,” said Varsity Red runner Taylor Lamarche. “So I just decided to join it and see what it was all about.”

That was years ago, now.

Now a third year kinesiology student at the University of New Brunswick (UNB), Lamarche has tacked on a lot of mileage in his track and field and cross-country career.

“I started in grade five [and] I was terrible,” he said.

“I didn’t run in Grade 6, but then I kept with it in Grade 7 and 8, and things really kicked off when I was in Grade 9. That’s when I started to get better.”

The 21-yearold Ti m m i n s , Ont. native explains it was when he got to high school that he realized his potential as a competitive athlete.

He found himself on the podium on more than one occasion, and qualified for the Canadian National Championships in 2010. He also qualified for the Ontario Provincial Championships 13 times in four years, split between track and field, cross-country, and crosscountry skiing.

This is his third season running for UNB, where he has found much success with the team and individually.

“So far, we’ve placed fourth as a team two years in a row in cross-country behind Memorial, but we were only behind them by a couple of points,” said Lamarche. “On the track side of things, last year we were able to run a pretty successful 4x800, and I ran a personal best of 2:04.”

Lamarche enjoys running for the Varsity Reds, but also values his time at UNB other than when he is on the

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course or the track.

He has been a proctor in two of the campus’s residences – MacKenzie House and Harrison House – and has also lived in Neill House. He is very pleased with the kinesiology faculty, and is thoroughly enjoying his academic program.

In his free time, Lamarche likes getting his fresh air and exercise.

“I just like to be outside. Cycling, hiking, fishing, camping,” he said.

He also skis in the winter as a way to get in a good workout on the snow.

Being active is something that keeps Lamarche’s life on track.

“It helps me focus on my studying and school. Most days I can’t get anything done during the day, but then I go for my run at night and come back and just focus and study. It helps me keep structure.”

Lamarche i s c u r r e nt l y ranked in the top 15 in the Atlantic University Sport (AUS) standings, but is ambitious and thinks that he is capable of better. Moving forward, he hopes to reach the top 10 next season, which would qualify him for the CIS national championships.

Coming off an injury could make this difficult, but Lamarche isn’t letting that get in his way.

“Right now I’ve been about six months training really well, getting consistent mileage – this fall I’ve only taken three days off since September.”

With the last AUS cross-country race of the season under his belt, Lamarche has his eyes set on the upcoming track season. Until then, he is going to continue to do what he loves.

“Running has positively influenced my life in many ways,” he said. “It’s provided direction, and continues to challenge me in many ways.”

Now he just has to keep putting one foot in front of the other.

Running has positively influenced my life in many ways.

It’s provided direction, and continues to challenge me in many ways.

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Taylor Lamarche is leader on and off the track. A third year runner, he is also a proctor on campus .

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One step at a time | how one team changed his life Scott Hems The Brunswickan The best things in life can’t be seen or heard, they have to be felt. Two years ago, one of the most amazing sporting events I ever witnessed happened.

Rugby is bigger in New Zealand than hockey in Canada. But their national team, the All Blacks, has a history of choking at the World Cup. With agony throughout the nation since 1987, they were set to host the 2011 Rugby World Cup. Part of my weight loss I owe to watching this team overcome adversity.

It reminded me of what I had to go through when I was “fat.” Sometimes sports mean so much more than are willing to admit.

Only months earlier an earthquake caused the deadliest day in the nation’s history. They were destined to win – even after freak incidents, deceased relatives, abandonment, pressure and injuries had all consumed this team and nation. The star player was injured, key players were gone and their captain pretty much broke his ankle but refused to step aside. His country needed him.

Courage is what keeps us going. It’s what makes us amazing, and what’s truly amazing about it, is it exists in everyone.

New Zealand marched their way to the final, down to their 3rd and 4th string players in some positions. With 60,000 faith-seeking fans inside the stadium, and millions crowding the streets of Auckland, chaos erupted.

The determined France team phys-

ically, mentally and emotionally destroyed the All Blacks. They held on for dear life, tackling freight trains from hell with the weight of a nation on their shoulders. Leading by one point – a lead they owed to their 4th string fly half – New Zealand fought for the life of the entire country.

True courage is revealed in the toughest of times. You were born to overcome the absence of hope, you were meant to be here, and meant to do something incredible.

New Zealand lost everything at one point. Things seemed so dark. But on Oct. 23, 2011, they won. It was a lot more than a rugby game; it was life.

Sometimes we look at sports to ignite us. Remember, the challenges we face are faced by everyone. Even the best rugby team in the world has to work for glory, as much as we do.

What we fight for, everyone does, and you are not alone. What I felt when these men won, was almost what I felt when I had officially lost 114 pounds.

Remember how it feels to overcome adversity. In those moments, we see who we really are. In everyone, there is a courage that refuses to quit. You were given this life because you are strong enough to live it. I really do believe in all of you. I have given up before – so have most people. Everyone has an option to quit, but also an option to achieve greatness. Don’t ever stop believing. Ka Mate – this is for life.

“A person often meets their destiny on the road they took to avoid it.” Jean de La Fontaine

A team who battled all the odds helped one person overcome their own adversity. Submitted.

Men’s soccer are off to AUS playoffs after weekend win Bronté James Sports Editor For the second year in a row the Varsity Reds men’s soccer team finished first in the Atlantic University Sport (AUS) standings and is going into playoffs.

They finished their regular season by defeating Saint Mary’s University (SMU) Huskies 3-0 and tying Dalhousie University (Dal) Tigers 0-0.

“It’s always good to be playing those calibre of teams near the end of the season to try and gauge yourself as you’re getting ready for the conference playdowns,” said head coach Miles Pinsent.

Going into the weekend it was the first place AUS team, University of New Brunswick (UNB), second place SMU Huskies and third place Dal Tigers playing each other.

“So it couldn’t get any more exciting than that,” he said.

Pinsent said it was not ideal to finish off the season with a draw, but used the final game to rest injured players and let younger players get their time on the field.

He also wanted to ensure no carding issues would keep players from being able to play the first few games – former Captain Roderick Ramsden was carded at AUS finals last season and was unable to play the first game of Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) championships.

Twenty-two players saw time on the f ield over the weekend, and

Diego Padilha, Benjamin Law, Marcus Lees and Yousuf Mohammad – some key names on the roster – rested for AUS playoffs this weekend.

Having already taken first place, and Dal looking to keep second place and take the bye into AUS finals, the game was not as crucial as it was for the Tigers.

“So absolutely everything [was] on the line for [Dal], and I was pleased with how my players held up defensively,” said Pinsent. “And I was really pleased that even though perhaps the game wasn’t as much significance for us, the boys after the game were disappointed with the fact that it was only a draw.”

Having already solidified the first place standing, the Dal match wasn’t as vital as their Friday night game against the Huskies. With their 3-0 win they kept first place, have an automatic bye into the playoffs, and won’t be seeing turf until Saturday.

Just last season the men were in the same position – going for first place and taking on the Huskies.

Goalkeeper Aaron McMurray was f ighting for top goalkeeper position against SMU’s Adam Miller, and playoffs were right around the corner.

“It seems like an annual tradition here,” said Pinsent. “There’s been a lot of those games. It seems during my coaching period here at UNB there’s been four or five seasons that have come down to us and SMU

playing each other, close to the end of the season, with all sorts of important playoff implications.”

SMU had only let in six goals all season before their game against UNB, and the men were able to add three more against the Huskies.

Pinsent said he is pleased with the team defensively, confidence during the game, and their goal scoring – having at least ten members score a goal of their own.

“It was nice to score three against them and kind of I guess flex our offensive muscles a little bit,” he said. “I just think we’re firing on all cylinders.”

He said he is looking forward to their upcoming games in the AUS playoffs, and said their performance over the last 13 games – learning from mistakes at the beginning of the season and using it to their advantage in the second half – will

help in the finals.

“It makes it look pretty positive heading into the next crucial couple weeks here where we’re in AUS and CIS competition.”

Going into AUS playoffs, the men sit on an 8-2-3 record – their only two losses to the Moncton Aigles Bleus and Cape Breton University Capers. Seeded f irst, they play Saturday. Who they play won’t be determined until later in the week.

@BRUNSWICKAN