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FROM ELEMENTARY TO UNIVERSITY Jody Carr appointed Minister of Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour
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Cherise Letson News Editor New Brunswick Students now have a new Minister of Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour (PETL). In a cabinet shuffle on last Thursday, Premier David A lward appointed Jody Carr, who was then Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development, the new minister of PETL. Carr will be responsible for implementing New Brunswick’s Labour Force and Skills Development Strategy 2013-2016. He will also be in charge of the community college networks and the four publicly funded universities. Pat Joyce, executive director of the New Brunswick Student Alliance, said the news of Carr’s appointment is welcomed. “We’re certainly looking forward to working with the new minister,” Joyce said. “Our experience with minister [Danny] Soucy was really positive . . . so we’ll look forward to continuing working with the new minister.” However, Carr will come into his new role with some controversy following him. In August, the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development was found guilty by the province’s information and privacy commissioner with three privacy breaches involving a case of an Oromocto High School Student and an exam mark. Joyce said if privacy were to ever become a concern while dealing with Carr in his new position, the NBSA would address it. “Should that ever be a concern in minister Carr’s new post, then that’s something that we’ll address
if there ever is a breach of privacy that affects our members,” Joyce said. “It’s something we’ll make sure we’re holding him accountable for. “ Joyce said the he would like to see movement from Carr on some big issues, including a provincial student financial aid review, and a four-year funding agreement for universities. “We’re also happy to be working with government on any new initiatives,” Joyce said. “There’s obviously an election in a year’s time and we’re looking forward to working with all parties including the current governing party when it comes to making post-secondary a priority during the election.” The Department of Education and Early Childhood Development and PETL did not respond to requests for comments or an interview. Some of the province’s student unions are hoping Carr’s appointment will simply get some movement from the department. “We’ve had nothing but silence out of PETL for a while,” said Greg Bailey, University of New Brunswick Student Union vice-president external. “They’ve been busy this summer dealing with who knows what … So this is an interesting development.” With Carr’s main focuses being the New Brunswick’s Labour Force and Skills Development Strategy 2013-2016, Bailey said the UNBSU wants to make sure that Carr doesn’t just focus on training and labour. “We know there’s going to be a lot of focus on the training and labour aspects of PETL and we’re just going to make sure that the government makes post-secondary education a priority,” he said. UNBSU president Ben Whitney said he hopes the new minister will
This week in council. The UNBSU is looking to see if it can use its office space more efficiently. At Sunday night’s council meeting, a motion was passed to strike an ad-hoc committee to review how the office space is allocated in the Student Union hallway in the SUB. The review is taking place because there have been various clubs and societies on campus vying for space. The committee – which will consist of UNBSU president Ben Whitney, vice president finance Marc Gauvin, three general councillors and one student – will report back to council on Oct. 20 with their findings.
Former Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development, Jody Carr, was appointed Minister of PETL in a cabinet shuffle last week. Submitted bring activity to the department. sion to ignore the provincial tuition department itself.” “We just want something to hap- cap will be upheld. Robertson said the STUSU is pen, at the bare minimum,” Whitney “We still view this as something optimistic about the opportunities said. “It’s been a whole lot of noth- that is open and we’d like to see the that will arise with the new minister. ing in the past while, so some actual issue resolved,” said Luke Robert“Every time there is a shuffle in development [would be nice].” son, vice-president education of the cabinet, there’s a lot of opportunThe UNBSU aren’t the only stu- STUSU. “We’ve been promised ity to do new things that haven’t dent union waiting on some action since the summer that something been done in the past,” he said. “So from PETL. The St. Thomas Univer- was coming with regard to a de- hopefully we can make some posisity Student Union is still waiting on cision, but that’s yet to be seen. tive changes and continue to better a decision from the department on Hopefully that will come with the post-secondary education within the whether or not the university’s deci- change of administration within the province.”
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UNB faclilities management is encouraging students to find ways to save energy around campus. Karsten Saunders / The Brunswickan Andrew Martel Business Manager UNB is telling students to switch off. Facilities Management has announced the continuation of the “Switch Off the Lights” campaign, urging students and the campus community to start thinking green. Tim Cross, the energy coordinator for UNB, is hoping to create a community mindset about energy use and campus efforts in reducing energy usage. “We spend a lot of effort, time and money behind the scenes with improvements to track usage and we’ve made efforts in the past, and I believe this is the fourth year of this campaign. We need community help,” Cross said. Cross said with the help of students and the rest of the campus community, the university can see significant reduction in energy requirements, which will turn into savings on the university energy bill. “As an example, if we all take part and shut off electrical loads that are not necessary, and [if this] resulted
in the university reducing its annual energy requirement by 50,000 kWh, this would save approximately $70,000 annually,” said Cross. He said some of the smallest actions can create a huge impact. “It’s the little things. If you’re the last one out of the bathroom, and it’s a standard light switch, just turn it off,” Cross said. “Same thing happens with phantom power, which is basically when you turn off your TV and satellite; they are still drawing energy, even though you might not think so. The best thing is to unplug it or turn off the power bar.” Shannon Adams, a fourth year environmental management student and the UNB Student Union environmental coordinator, is hoping that the early start with this campaign will create a positive culture on campus. “The hope is to create habits and change habits early on in the semester – hopefully those things can continue on through the year,” Adams said. “It’s not just the light switch. Anything that is plugged in the wall is drawing energy.”
Adams is hoping to build off this campaign with other environmental policies and projects. “I, myself, with the Student Union, Facilities Management, and the Administration at UNB, am working to build a sustainability program. We are going to be launching a sustainability website with tips on how to conserve energy and what you can do to help out,” she said. The UNB Student Union, with Facilities Management, will be continuing its annual environmental residence challenge. “The Campus Climate Challenge is an energy conservation challenge in the residences to get students engaged and involved,” Adams said. “It’s about behavior and awareness, cause for us to be successful as an institution, we need everyone involved.” If you’re looking to get involved, have a question or have an idea for a green or environmental initiative, you can contact Shannon Adams at Sustain@unb.ca.
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Tibbits pushing for a cause Emma McPhee News Reporter
Tibbits Hall is pushing for change. On Saturday Tibbits residents will be hosting Pushing Carts to Warm Hearts, their annual charity event which collects food and funds for the Fredericton Food Bank. Participants will circulate the neighbourhoods of the Fredericton south side, pushing shopping carts and asking for donations. “We ask for non-perishable food
items or loose change or whatever they want to give us,” said Brittany Pye, Tibbits Hall’s charity representative and a second-year participant in the event. While it’s only Tibbits residents who will be doing the actual collecting, other students can participate by making donations of their own. “[Students] can donate if they have [non-perishable] food or money. We take everything,” said Quang Vu, president of Tibbits. “They can drop it off in the DKT lounge because someone will be there
all day sorting food.” Last year 38 boxes of food were collected. Pye said she’d like to gather more this year. “We’d like to beat that for sure,” she said. “Last year it was really bad weather so not many people came out to help us but maybe this year we’ll have more participants from our house.” This year’s goal is 45 boxes. To encourage their residents to collect more, Pye said they’re introducing a new contest this year. “We’re having a competition within
Tibbits Hall’s Pushing Carts to Warm Hearts event collects money and donations for the Fredericton Food Bank. Karsten Saunders / The Brunswickan
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our house. The team that can raise the most food items will win a pizza party,” she said. Pye said that as university students, they know what it’s like to find the money to pay for groceries. “I think the food bank is really important especially where we’re at university because a lot of times food is expensive and it’s hard for people to provide for themselves,” she said. “And not just university students, but families in the community too.” Vu, who like Pye has participated in
the event for two years, said that for him it’s all about the community. “It’s like a sense of you giving back to your community and as a university student we learn and we try to grow,” he said. “It gives us a sense of maturity as we are helping other people even though we’re not that rich or have a lot of stuff, but we’re just trying to help and be a part of the community.” For anyone who remains unsure about participating, Liam Houlahan, a first year resident of Tibbits, said they should.
McLeod House’s future was uncertain last year when there was talk of making it the new Pond-Deshpande Centre location. Karsten Saunders / The Brunswickan
McLeod House safe — for now anyway
McLeod House is still open for residents, at least for the time being. The residence which is known for housing most of UNB’s international students has been facing uncertainty for a while. It began last semester with a proposal to turn the house into the new home of the Pond-Deshpande Centre and other UNB offices. McLeod’s second floor has been converted into office space, although the proposed Pond-Deshpande Centre was not included in the changes. “UNB did rededicate a floor of McLeod,” said James Brown, executive
director of Residential Life, Campus and Conference Services. “The second floor is a temporary office accommodation for human resources and organizational development, vice-president advancement and some communications & marketing staff.” This was done to provide a place for the offices affected by the renovations occurring in the Alumni Memorial Building. The rest of the building still serves as a residence. “We were able to continue to operate the floors three through seven as a residence for the fall and winter terms,” Brown said. UNB plans to continue to consider other uses for the McLeod building
although no definite options have been voiced. “UNB will continue to explore its options,” Brown said. The plan to rededicate McLeod House to other uses arose from the issue of having more residence rooms than students who need them. “As of now, residence numbers are up by about 40 residents over last year, but we still have more traditional undergraduate residence space than demand,” Brown said. “Since McLeod is the traditional residence furthest from the academic core, when thinking of reducing residence space, it makes sense to think about other uses for the house.” At this point, McLeod House is
home to 135 residents but has the ability to house 160 people. Brown says these students could have been accommodated elsewhere in the residence system. Kamen Peters, a resident of McLeod house said the unique culture offered by the house will be missed should the closure go through. “It’s been really nice there honestly because everyone is really friendly and really respectful and quiet most of the time,” Peters said. Peters said the closure would cause difficulties because it would be considered by some residents as a loss of their home away from home. “I don’t think it would be a really good idea,” he said. “I mean consid-
ering how many people stay there, especially where it’s all the international students staying there too.” Brown said that Residential Life, Campus and Conference Services (RLCCS) will meet in January to discuss McLeod’s options for the following year. “I anticipate that we will use the same process as last year. If there’s no certainty regarding operating it as a residence for September 2014, in January 2014 RLCCS staff will meet with the house to discuss its options,” he said. “If by March there’s still no certainty, we’ll ask any returning student requesting McLeod to also request a second house.”
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letters to the editor A response to the West-East Pipeline article I just read a recent copy of The Brunswickan, in particular the article regarding The West-East Pipeline. I completely understand that this is an opinion piece. However, this piece added nothing but vulgarity and insults to what is going to be an important debate for New Brunswick to have. “(Alward) is getting that pipeline shaft all oily and lubed up, just waiting for that greasy goodness to spill all over his face so he can buy himself a nice pearl necklace” is just one example of the many delightful, witty, and really intelligent points that Richard Kemick decides to make in this article. It’s pretty obvious from the tone of the article that the goal was to score some cheap laughs as opposed to actually contributing to a discussion. I’m not even going to bother going into the multitude of factual errors in the article, or address the very evident lack of research. As for why I am interested in this, I am the founder of a NB-based energy and environmental organization, The Gaia Project, that works with students in about 75 schools around New Brunswick to get them talking about energy and what that is going to look like over the next 20-30 years. This is an important discussion to have. If you’re going to run an op-ed on the pipeline, and I encourage you to do so, from a variety of viewpoints, please consider printing something from someone with something productive to add. Brian McCain, Founder, the Gaia Project.
Richard Kemick Opinions Columnist This past week, the New Brunswick Wildlife Federation started to lobby the provincial government to increase the bag limit of hunting black bears from one to two. Their request came on the heels of evidence that the black bear population has largely recovered in the province, having grown by more than 40 per cent over the last eight to 10 years. New Brunswick, however, already has three seasons of bear hunting, despite other provinces such as Ontario having gotten rid of their spring bear hunt, mostly because we no longer live in hunter-gatherer societies. In the 1970s, the average amount of bear hunting licenses issued in the province was between twelve and thirteen hundred. Now, however, fewer than five thousand are issued. Hunting outfitters blame the decrease of licenses on fewer Americans coming up to hunt bears, owing largely to the fact that their trigger fingers have gotten tired hanging on to the thrillride roller-coaster their economy has turned into. So just to recap: the number of black bears in the province has been increasing during the time that hunting them has been decreasing. I’m not a scientist, but sometimes I do watch The Nature of Things. Therefore, I’d bet at least $5 that there is some sort of link between not killing an animal and that same animal continuing to live. And it’s not that I’m against hunting – I believe that as far as eating meat goes, hunting is one of the most environmentally sound ways of harvesting animals. But this is not subsistence-level hunting; it is big game hunting in which the cost of skinning, taxidermy, and trophy setting are often incorporated into the cost of going on a guided hunt. However, New Brunswick’s eco-
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We’re not the only ones living in New Brunswick tourist industry, one of the province’s few industries not facing imminent collapse, is having a difficult time believing that bears have uses other than being shot and made into sexy rugs to put by the fire. Few regions in Canada have restructured their economy to focus on eco-tourism the way the way British Columbia has. In the spirit of honesty, however, I must say that in British Columbia, the bag limit for black bears is already two. Yet, if you look specifically at the touristdriven economy of Vancouver Island’s Tofino, you come to understand the heart of eco-tourism in that province. As far as regional environments and economies go, Tofino and New Brunswick have quite a lot in common: 1) Both communities are far removed from metropolitan, economic centres. 2) They are both situated in an environmentally idyllic location, perfect for eco-tourism. 3) Resource manufacturing jobs rank the same as California condors on the endangered species list. But the ways that the two places view the relationship between the tourist sector and the environment are almost the exact opposite. Tofino’s official website lists seven companies that specialize in bear watching; hunting is not even listed under one of the things to do there. Tourism New Brunswick, on the other hand, lists 73 hunting companies, most specializing in black bears. The website goes on to list only two bear watching companies, one of which, Little, Big Bear Safari, is run by a guy that took until September 16 2013 to say he’ll stop feeding wild bears out of his hand. Out of his freaking hand! We can put environmental concerns aside for this debate. The current black bear population in New Brunswick is stable. Economically speaking, however, a live bear will always be worth more than a dead bear. That’s because more than one person can see the same bear. But when more than one person shoots the same bear, it turns into a Quentin Tarantino meets David Attenborough film. Furthermore, if I have researched this topic correctly, if you don’t kill the bear, the
bear will continue to live. The Vancouver Island Wilderness and Historical Conservation Group even goes so far as to list animals as an economic resource. Tofino has an unemployment rate of 5.2 per cent, compared with BC’s average of 6.0 per cent; New Brunswick’s rate is 10.7 per cent. This goes beyond hunting black bears though. This past week, the gas flare at Canaport LNG’s gas plant in Saint John burned 7,500 songbirds alive, some of them possibly endangered species. But who needs “endangered species”? What has a panda done for us lately? Well, it turns out that those who like to have money need endangered species quite a bit – so much so that the Ontario government has commissioned economic reports on how much money eco-tourism brings in. One of those reports, co-authored by James Butler, Glen Hvenegaard and Doug Krystofiak, states that in Point Pelee National Park, Ontario, one of the migratory birdwatching centres in North America, birdwatchers spend an average of $5.4 million USD every
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year. (Do you have any idea what this province could do with another 5.4 million dollars each year?! They could finally afford to give UNB President Ed Campbell the salary bump he needs to truly live like a cartel lord.) The authors of the report also added that they even “felt that the businesses were not taking full advantage of the influx of visitors.” Furthermore, those wealthy American tourists that New Brunswick is so desperate to attract make up a large percentage of the birdwatching population. As people, they’re boring as rocks, I’m sure – but money’s money. While the roasted sound of a songbird’s last squawking seconds before it is engulfed in Dante’s eighth circle of Hell may indeed have a certain attraction to it, it is a melody that, unfortunately, does not stay for long. If New Brunswick is serious about becoming the eco-tourist destination that Tourism New Brunswick claims that it already is, it would make sense that things other than humans get to live here. Unfortunately, just putting a zip-line between a couple of trees doesn’t make you an eco-tourist capital. There must be an investment made in our environment that is not simply another pipeline or gas plant. If the provincial government takes the protective steps needed to ensure the long-term health of our eco-tourist industry, we may actually see a fiscal benefit based on wildlife that isn’t limited to the campus bar on “First-year Fridays”.
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Tess Allen Arts Reporter It may have taken place more than 150 years ago, but the themes in a newlyreleased Civil War movie filmed right here in New Brunswick are still relevant today – at least according to actor Josh Cruddas, or “Jimmy” as he is known in critically-acclaimed director Ron Maxwell’s production of Copperhead. “The film is, unfortunately, incredibly relevant today. Its themes are universal in a way, because [everyone] has been touched by war or a conflict somehow,” said Cruddas. “The idea of war tearing apart communities and families has been sort of a recurring theme across generations of people all over the world – especially in the light of recent events with Syria.” Based on the 1890s novel written by Harold Frederic, who witnessed such conflicts firsthand as a child, Copperhead weaves the tale of Abner Beech, an Upstate New York farmer who defies his neighbors and his government in the autumn of 1862 by publicly opposing the Civil War. Such dissenters became known at the time as Copperheads. The film, produced by Ron Maxwell, Stephen Fielding and Elizabeth Guildford, follows the devastation of the Civil War, not upon the Virginia battlefields but within a family and a community. It was filmed at Prince William’s King’s Landing Historical Settlement and boasts a cast of 90 per cent Maritimers. Cruddas said Copperhead can be defined as “an anti-war film,” something he believes is scarce in the modern world of cinema. “We have a lot of films right now that glorify violence and war and that don’t give a second thought to explosions and the fundamentals of war. It’s nice to see a film that takes a step back and examines war and the price of war in a very intimate way,” he said. “It’s a film that tries to make you think, which is something you don’t see in Hollywood much these days.” This was precisely director Ron Maxwell’s intent when he first took on the challenge of bringing Harold Frederic’s novel to life three and a half years ago. “Over the decades that I was making my previous movies – Gettysburg, Gods and Generals – I came to understand ... why good honourable, ethical moral men choose to go to war. Along the way, [I started wondering] why good,
honourable, ethical, moral men choose not to go to war,” said Maxwell, who grew up in New Jersey through the years of the Vietnam War. “When I came across this novel written by Harold Frederic, I was receptive to it. I thought this was a story that was largely unknown in America, that there was a big anti-war movement in the north during the [Civil War]. The whole notion that there were people against using war as a solution is unknown and forgotten. This film, Copperhead, revises that dissent.” At its core, Maxwell said Copperhead is a film that portrays the price of dissent during wartimes through the clash between Abner’s family and their neighbours. Despite its American setting, he agrees with Cruddas that Copperhead is a film whose deeper themes and messages can – and should – be understood by people the world over. “Usually the dissenter in any society is ostracized and their patriotism is questioned; it’s not an easy road to take, so I think that even though this is in one sense a very American story, in a larger sense it’s about the human condition,” he said. “Copperhead is about the relationships of fathers and sons and mothers and daughters and how the family fabric is torn up when war intrudes in a community. It’s universal. That’s why someone could see this movie in Bulgaria or Bangladesh even if they don’t know any American history.” Maxwell adds that King’s Landing – and the many Maritimers who occupied its grounds over several months of filming – was a natural fit for the film’s setting. “We needed to recreate a rural mid19th century America. King’s Landing provided us with the best opportunity [to do that],” he says. “It’s a beautiful evocation of mid19th century life in North America and for the locals, they can take great pride in this cast, which is 90 per cent Maritimers who are just magnificent. It’s completely populated with people from Fredericton and New Brunswick who may be recognized through their whiskers and costumes.” Copperhead had its exclusive Canadian theatrical release last Friday in Fredericton, Halifax and Moncton. It will play at Fredericton’s Empire Theatres in Regent Mall through this week.
Copperhead brings history home
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Making noise with The Creaks Tess Allen Arts Reporter Students who flocked to The Cellar on its opening weekend this September may have heard a few familiar creaks between first beers and old friends. Fredericton grunge/rock/blues band The Creaks kicked off The Cellar’s school season with a highenergy set on the night of Friday, Sept 6 – and with a crop of new songs slated for release this fall, guitarist and vocalist Frank Barrett couldn’t have been happie r w it h how the
group’s school year debut went down. “We were the first band [of the school year]; it’s rare to get a good time slot like that. It was a lot of fun. Normally we’ll go down to sound check and then come back before we play a set. But we got down there, and there were so many good people there, we just never left,” said Barrett, adding that The Creaks can typically be found at either The Cellar or The Capital Complex throughout the year. “The Cellar was at capacity; some of my friends couldn’t even get in.” Barrett added that while there were “a lot of familiar faces” in the crowd that night, he and fellow band members Ryan Hearn (vocals), Logan Colter (guitar/vocals/synthesizer), Corey Gulliver (drums) and Brian Estey (bass), were pleased to see some new potential fans enjoying the music, as well. “Our fanbase is very supportive and when we play, a lot of people come out. It was a lot of local kids. It was good to see the students back and we were happy to see them come out to rock out with us.” This is precisely the in-
UNB student artists The Creaks will be at the Capital this Friday. Submitted tention of The Creaks, founded in 2011, every time they perform. “When we get on stage, having a good time is probably our number one priority since when we’re having fun, we tend to play pretty good,” said bassist Brian Estey. “We’re pretty interactive with the crowd. We like to have a couple beers and have people have a couple beers with us. We have people come up on stage with us and rock out with us. We’re partying with you,” adds Barrett. It’s hard not to get into the partying mood when taking in a show by The Creaks. With multiple genres influencing their diverse sound and colourful sets, the group aims to get their audiences up on their feet. “We’re heavily influenced by blues and inspired by classic rock, but you can tell we all come from different musical backgrounds. It’s your own take on rock and roll,” says Barrett. But with several recent shake-ups in the band’s structure – a new drummer and an additional guitarist – Estey said listeners can expect a somewhat different sound than that heard on the
band’s first EP, Technical Difficulties, with the band’s upcoming release of three new songs. “[The new sound] will be a lot heavier, really hard rock as opposed to slower, grungier poppier rock. They’re really upbeat, a lot more than our old stuff,” said Estey. “We’re not going to stray away from a slower song or a chiller song, but in what we’ve been writing recently, we’ve just been in a rock ‘n’ roll mood.” “Our new songs are a lot more dynamic. I always felt when we started jamming that we had a lot of potential. Now I feel like we are climbing into that potential,” added Barrett. Those interested in keeping up with The Creaks are encouraged to follow the group on Facebook, where new songs will be announced in the next couple of months, or take in one of their upcoming shows – the next of which is slated for The Capital Complex this Friday, Sept 27. “Come out and check us out then and the just hit up our fan page,” said Barrett. “Fun things are coming for us.”
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Songs of the week.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT 25 You picked up a Brunswickan! Yay! Launch of Lynn Davies’s new poetry collection how the gods pour tea 7 p.m. at Westminster Books
THURSDAY, SEPT 26 Opening night of The Last Five Years Sept 26 - 28, 7:30 p.m. at the Black Box Theatre, STU campus Opening of Chris Foster’s Frontiers in Real Estate 7p.m. Connexion, 440 York Street UNB Writer-in Residence Douglas Glover reads from his book Savage Love 8p.m., Memorial Hall, UNB campus
FRIDAY, SEPT 27 Beginning of Culture Days, visit Culturedays.ca for info about events happening in Fredericton. Cinema Politica: Scarlet Road 7 p.m. at the Conserver House, 180 St. John St.
SATURDAY, SEPT 28 Culture Days continues Boyce Farmer’s Market 6 a.m. – 1 p.m.
SUNDAY, SEPT 29 Flea Market, King’s Place Mall, 10 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Screening of Monster’s University 1 p.m. (English) and 3 p.m. (French) at Centre Communautaire Sainte-Anne (CCSA), 715 Priestman St.
MONDAY, SEPT 30 Monday Night Film Series: Before Midnight 7:30 p.m. in Tilley 102, UNB Campus Anastasia Rizikov performs at the Charlotte Street Arts Centre at 7:30 p.m. Visit Thebruns.ca for more info about this event.
TUESDAY, OCT 1 The Brunswickan comes out tomorrow! Please try to contain your excitement.
Have an evenT that you’d like added to the Arts Calendar? Email arts@thebruns.ca or call the office at 506.447.3388
Pusha T - Nosetalgia (feat. Kendrick Lamar) Notice the spelling of the song? For anyone that has ever listened to Pusha T before they know that he likes to talk about one thing above all else: selling drugs. For anyone that has given Kendrick Lamar’s album good kid, m.A.A.d city a listen, they know he excels at telling the other side of gangs and violence. Over a minimalist beat with a screeching electric guitar and a sample from old school hiphop group Boogie Down Productions, Pusha T and Kendrick Lamar do what they do best, and it’s a perfect combination. Lolawolf - Drive Picture yourself driving through an empty city late at night. You should probably be in bed, and the fact that you keep on getting green lights isn’t helping you stay alert. You realize this, so roll down your window, and have a cool fall breeze pushing against you. The crisp air is refreshing, and you decide that you want to drive around for a little longer, because this is a pretty peaceful moment. Put that feeling into a song, and you have Drive, a mellow tune that at first is just Zoë Kravitz (guess who her father is) and a keyboard, but soon adds a drum machine and great bass line. Expect for this song to be on Songza any day now. Darkside - Paper Trails With the release of their debut album Psychic less than a month away, Darkside gives fans another taste of what to expect. On Paper Trails we have a blues-inspired guitar leading the way with distorted vocals and a steady drum beat that add to the song without distracting from it. It is a sombre track, but one that will have you nodding your head to the beat. James Blake - Life Round Here [Remix] (feat. Chance The Rapper) Following the success of his second album, Overgrown, English musician James Blake delivers a remix of one of the standout tracks from the record, Life Round Here. On the song he enlists the help from an unlikely source, Chance The Rapper. The duo go back and forth with vocals, giving the song a fresh interpretation. As with all remixes, there will be those that like it more than the original and those that don’t, but Chance gives a great guest verse, proving that the hype around his mixtape, Acid Rap, may not have been unjustified. By: Sebastian Maynard
Dear
Ari.
Dear Ari – Bills at the Cellar: should I pay ‘em or should we go Dutch? Sincerely, Budget Billy Dear Budget— I think it’s fair as students to expect to split the bill. If you encounter a situation where somebody is not prepared to pay, be honest with them – it’s just not in the budget. Never expect your date to pay for you, ladies and gents, but be grateful if it so happens that they wish to treat you. Perhaps an exception or two can be made for birthdays, holidays, and anniversaries, but even those shouldn’t be a given. Also, don’t forget how quickly those bills can increase when you factor in things like appetizers, alcohol, and desserts. Maybe you can
offer to pay for one of those things instead of for the entire bill. Don’t ditch all your dollars for a date! Affectionately, Ari Dear Ari – There’s a guy in my class who seems really cool – he laughs at all the same things I do, and he’s got a nice butt. I’d like to get to know him better, but we don’t have the same groups of friends. How do I progress our relationship beyond Facebook creeping? Sincerely, Creepin’ Carl Dear Creepin’— Forget Facebook, and start with friendliness! If you aren’t already
doing so, try to sit by him in class. The few minutes before and after class can make for some great small talk, which is the first step for getting yourself on his radar. Play off of your similar sense of humour as you’re creating conversation. Smile, and try not to let your nerves show. Give it some time, and if he seems interested, go ahead and ask him if he’d like to hang out some time. Maybe you could grab a coffee and have a study date. That’s a date that isn’t as risky as something off-campus, because if it turns out that he’s not as into you as you are into him, you have the easy recovery of assuring him that you were only looking for friendship from him. Sneaky, right?! Affectionately, Ari
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UNB takes home four medals at Francophone Games
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Bronté James Sports Editor They added four medals to their trophy case. UNB wrestlers CJ Thomes, Sam Stewart, Tom MacRae and Shawn Daye-Finley each medaled at this year’s Francophone games in France, taking home four medals for Canada. “We started training for [the games] a couple years ago, with a selection process and the athletes had to qualify through various means,” said head coach Don Ryan. “We were quite happy to come home with four medals with seven athletes competing.” Training and competitions started before the Francophone games, beginning with Senior Nationals this past March in Fredericton. From there, five wrestlers were sent to Italy for a Grand Prix tournament. Stewart, a two-time university champion and UNB’s athlete of the year, nabbed a silver medal and Daye-Finley finished seventh. Training continued through the summer with four days a week on the mats and three days a week of weight training. The Canada Cup in Guelph, Ont., was another test run for these wrestlers. “We’ve been training for this for a long time and it all came to a head during the Francophone Games Sept. 6 - 11 in Nice, France,” said Ryan. Stewart won a silver medal and MacRae, Daye-Finley and Thomes all took
Four of the seven UNB wrestlers who went to the Francophone Games came home with a medal. Karsten Saunders / The Brunswickan home a bronze medal. Fifty-nine kilo Brittany Dilman, 84 kilo Gracie Saint Laurent, and 66 kilo Morgan Saint Laurent also competed for Canada. “I’m never happy unless I have fights that seven athletes that have won seven gold,” said Ryan. “Reflecting back the kids actually wrestled really, really hard, and I am really happy with bringing home some medals.” Stewart, a veteran on the team, lost to France’s Tatiana Debien 7-0 – a former world-medalist – in the finals.
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“She actually defeated the athlete from Canada who she lost to the last 3 matches, so she actually beat her 5-1 so it was a big win for Samantha,” he said. “I was looking forward to her to build that momentum in the finals … [but] at the end of the day I was actually quite happy with her performance.” Daye-Finley also lost to an athlete from France. Up 3-0 he came out with a 7-3 loss. He came back to defeat the athlete from Morocco and win the bronze medal. “We’re quite happy with his performance, and starting into the uni-
mats five days a week and conditioning practice, Ryan said he is looking forward to a strong performance from each athlete. “We have about 26 athletes training right now ... some of our top athletes are training for the international scene and others are just training for the university levels,” said Ryan. “We have a different group, but right now everyone is training really hard and getting used to the new teammates.”
How do you think the men’s volleyball team did in their pre-season games against the York University Lions?
Bronté James
Julio Fernandez
The men played strong games against the York University Lions, taking two wins over the weekend. The second set of their second game was a little messy, losing 32-30, but they came back to take the next two sets. Overall they showed a strong presence on the court and it is a good preview of what’s to come this season.
(Pre-weeked prediction): I’m expecting us to win, of course. It‘s hard to predict what’s going to - we don’t know much about York. They were top four last year in OUA and that’s pretty big. If we focus on our side of the court, stay positive and know we’ll make errors - it’s early in the year we’ll have good results this weekend.
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versity season right now he’s right on track.” Coach Ryan is also extremely happy with the performance of Thomes and MacRae at the games. “[They] both wrestled extremely well,” he said. “They trained really hard over the summer and I’ve really seen them develop as young athletes, and they both have eligibility left this year and looking forward to them making the next step to win a CIS gold medal this year.” The UNB wrestlers are back in training for the upcoming season. With
Men’s Volleyball
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With UNB dominating through majority of both matches, I believe it was a good start to a promising season. One thing the Men’s Volleyball team need to work on is finishing sets strong. On a few occasions they had a dominant lead let York pull closer, and on one occasion they lost a set. When the wins start counting, they will need stronger finishes.
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Peter Ryan Sports Writer
I believe the Men’s Volleyball team played as well as you can expect this early in the season. The boys played with great intensity, and made it look like they were having lots of fun. Dan McMorran did a wonderful job managing the squad, and by playing a variety of players he kept his cards close to his chest for the upcoming season.
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The University of New Brunswick spent roughly $500,000 in athletic financial awards last season. The Brunswickan
CIS student-athletes saw $12.7 in scholarships Bronté James Sports Editor In the 2011 – 2012 season, 10,854 Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) athletes received a scholarship for their respective sport. These athletes received a piece of the $12.7 million pie universities were offering. One hundred and ninety-two of the University of New Brunswick’s athletes got a piece of the scholarship distribution. The money for these scholarships comes from a variety of sources. “Some of it comes from the university directly, but a good chunk of it is from fundraised dollars, so it really is all over the map,” said CIS director of operations and development, Tom Huisman. “Our teams help generate a lot of money through programming and camps and fundraising, but the donations that come in through general supporters or alumni donors would go to [UNB] scholarships,” added UNB athletics director John Richard. How each athlete is chosen depends on the school. To get an Athletic Financial Award (AFA) from UNB, student-athletes coming from high school must have an 80 per cent average. If they are a transfer student from another university they must be entering with a 2.5 grade point average, which translates into a 65 per cent average. The total amount of CIS scholarships has doubled in the past five years, at a respectable $6.9 million in 2006 – 2007. UNB has contributed roughly $500,000 to the amount in AFAs to
their student-athletes. Forty-three percent of CIS studentathletes receive a scholarship, which covers an average of 51 per cent of their tuition and compulsory fees, according to a press release from CIS. Almost 6,000 are male athletes, who make up 54 per cent of all CIS student-athletes, and just over 5,000 given to females who make up the other 46 per cent. Basketball, volleyball and hockey players see the largest funding. It’s the university’s discretion on how the scholarships are distributed. CIS sets a minimum standard requirement each athlete must meet, but the university decides the rest. “I think a lot has to do with strict ‘how good are you?’ If you’re really good in your sport, that will be a strong element as to whether or not you’re getting an athletic scholarship,” said Huisman. “They’ll add their own requirements, and although we have our qualification criteria, it’s not uncommon for schools to have supplemental criteria.” Supplemental criteria includes, but is not limited to, community service by individuals or teams, high academic requirements and one’s athletic ability – their ability to perform on the field, court or rink. Scholarships, or AFAs as UNB has dubbed them, have regulations surrounding them and are tied to tuition at each institution. “If the tuition raises, a full AFA costs [us] more,” said Richard. Teams are also only allowed to give AFAs to 70 per cent of their roster. Only so many athletes can “dress” for a game which affects scholarship
distribution. Each sport has its own roster cap. “In soccer it’s 18, in hockey it’s 20, in basketball it’s 12, in volleyball it’s 14, in swimming it’s 18,” said Richard. Basketball, for example, has a roster limit of 12. UNB can only give out 8.4 awards for the entire roster. “[Basketball] works off the number 12 ... 70 per cent of 12 is 8.4. So if you jump down to our UNB level, 8.4 [multiplied by] whatever [our] full tuition and fees is, is the number we can give out [in scholarships to basketball],” he said. Academic All-Canadians (AAC) awards, however, don’t count towards the cap. For a student-athlete who is an AAC in their third year, for example, and returns in their fourth year, their AFA doesn’t count towards the funding cap for the team. “The reality, to be honest with you, it’s all about getting the best studentathlete,” said Richard. “Because it’s usually who has the best student-athletes usually wins at this level, and the best student-athletes usually, in a lot of sports, have other options state side. It takes these kinds of dollars to keep them home.” Last season, UNB sent wrestlers, track and field athletes, cross-country runners, soccer, volleyball and hockey players, and swimmers to CIS national championships. Richard said if they were to take a hard line and not give out AFAs, “I wouldn’t be sitting here telling you that a year from now.” “It takes that to get in the business, it takes that level of commitment, and that’s our focus right now.”
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Silencing the laughter: battling weight loss
Weightloss isn’t something that happens overnight. It takes time and energy. Karsten Saunders / The Brunswickan on this team, so get the hell out.” One Step Rugby saw more of the same for me At A Time in those days. One day at practice we were forced to do sprints. I couldn’t Scott Hems keep up, so the captain – I use this term The trick to losing weight isn’t the loosely – made the entire team stop and physicality but the mental aspect. laugh at me as I sprinted by myself with Most people get made fun of. I was, everyone, including coaches, making and so were the fastest people on my fun of my “jigglyness.” When I keeled cross-country team – they were hearing over drenched in sweat and tears, my jokes for being too skinny. Sadly, this captain belted me in the head with resulted in friends of mine withdrawing his fist. My first solid attempt was cut short from a race because someone referred when I made the choice to get back in to them as the “fat and slow” ones. How do you silence the voices inside shape years later. While jogging on the and outside your head that say you side of a public street, a car pulled over for the sole purpose to scream, “Run can’t do it? faster, fatty! You fat fuck! Look at him There is a way. I let people talk down to me when I jiggle! Go back to Burger King and eat was a 320-pound sluggish corpse, with a small child as an appetizer!” I walked back home in tears and a 46 inch waist, wearing 2XL-3XL grabbed some Pepsi and cheeseburgers shirts, and on a first-names basis with before locking myself in my room for the McDonald’s drive-thru people. After trying out for the local AAA hockey the night. I thought my running days were team the coach called me in and told over. me I was the best goalie there, however, How do we silence these voices? “you are too fat for the image we want
During runs I often hear laughter and screaming, but crossing the finish line of a full marathon 114 pounds lighter, I thought nothing of it. In my very last run before the marathon someone threw garbage at me in roughly the same area the car pulled over to make fun of me. People drag you down because they lack the courage you have deep down, but trust me it’s there. I honestly feel more sorry for the people who made fun of me because they will never overcome adversity the way I did. To those who give up when it seems hard, DON’T. You are all so much better than that. You are all so perfect in some ways, even if you can’t see it. For those who feel it’s too hard, and can’t go on, I’m sure you felt that way before at some point in your life, and look at you now. Adversity is one cruel bitch – I know it all too well. However, if you aren’t overcoming hard times, what the hell are you overcoming? “It is during our darkest moments that we must focus and see the light,” - Aristotle Onassis
Former coaches to be honoured at homecoming
Nick Muray Editor-in-Chief
After an 0-2 start to their Atlantic Football League title-defence season, homecoming couldn’t have come any sooner for the UNB Red Bombers. Coming off a 27-20 loss at Holland College in Week 2 – in which UNB trailed 19-1 at halftime and took the lead with less than two minutes to go, only to lose on the Hurricane’s final drive – the Bombers are hoping to get back on track Saturday as they’ll host the UNB Saint John Seawolves. Kickoff is at 1 p.m. at the BMO Centre. UNB head coach Mike Dollimore said it doesn’t take much to get pumped up for this game. “The homecoming game is always a tough one against UNBSJ, but it’s the highlight of the season for both teams,” Dollimore said. “We don’t need an awful lot to get motivated for a UNBSJ game, but what we’re trying to do with this homecoming is bring people back and let them know the program is alive and kicking. We’re making a push to make sure it becomes a permanent part of UNB.” The Bombers are celebrating their fifth anniversary since their re-birth in the AFL and former Bomber Brian Freeman (‘71-’73) took this opportunity to honour past and present Bombers – it’s also UNB’s first home game since winning the AFL championship last year. Former head coaches Don Nel-
son (1950s-60s), Dan Underwood (1960s-70s), Jim Born (1970s-80s) and Dollimore will all be honoured before the game by UNB president Eddy Campbell, for their contributions to UNB football. “We wanted to bring back and connect both eras because football all started in 1949 as a club sport,” explained Freeman, adding UNB’s jump to the CIAU (now CIS) until 1980. “Football was always the earliest sport on campus and so it’s that time where you can get the entire campus to the games. We used to have huge turnouts to the games at the old College Field. The memories there were amazing.” While they’ve had about four reunions since 1996, Dollimore said Saturday is a big deal as this is the first time all four coaches will be united. “We’ve never been able to get all of these coaches back at once, so it’s a big thing. Dan Underwood is coming all the way from Michigan,” Dollimore said. It’s also the third annual Tony Proudfoot Memorial game – Proudfoot played at UNB before a 11-year career in the Canadian Football League, winning Grey Cups in 1974 and 1977. Members of the Proudfoot family will be on hand to present the Tony Proudfoot scholarship. The Bombers will also present a donation to ALS Canada. Before the game there will be a
pep rally and parade on the SUB lawn starting at noon, followed by a “Corngate” party at BMO Centre. It’s all part of the Associated Alumni’s homecoming weekend, and students are encouraged to attend. A nd rew Ska l i ng will also be on hand to present the 1968 game ball between UNB and Saint Mary’s University to Campbell, in memory of Skaling’s late father, Dan Skaling – UNB’s former assistant coach and offensive coordinator. The presentation is “in honour of all the former players and coaches of the Red Bombers and in support of the renewal of the UNB football program, as a historic symbol of the UNB spirit, of triumph over odds, innovation over complacency, and teamwork over self,” Freeman said in a statement. There will also be a $7,000 “Kickfor-Tuition” at halftime in support of the Fredericton Lady Gladiators football team – the contest is open to students and non-students. The Seawolves (2-0) are coming off a 13-12 win over Dalhousie University on Sunday.