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Volume 142 · Issue 1 · Sept. 4, 2008

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Eating Right

Freshman life without the fifteen News, page A5

Trees, breathe easy

Breaking Ground

on the Currie Center Sports, page B2

Harvest Jazz and Blues Special Preview Arts, page A9

WELCOME HOME

Orientation chair says a nearlypaperless orientation kit saves about thirteen thousand pieces of paper Hilary Paige Smith The Brunswickan

In a post-“Inconvenient Truth” world where environmental awareness is steadily rising, if not already at the top of society’s priorities, it makes sense that UNB has jumped on the green wagon.

Returning students may recall the Orientation Kits they received during their first week as a university student.

A package loaded with advertisements, coupons, pamphlets and, above all things, paper. Trees, breathe easy, because these paper-laden kits no longer exist.

This year’s first year students will each receive an Orientation Kit complete with the standard freebies like mini-deodorant and condoms, as well as its latest addition – a USB flash drive containing all of the information that would otherwise be inked across stacks of paper.

“We were attempting to cut down on paper,” says Scott Walters, head of the Orientation Week Committee. “We did the calculations and had we printed all of these on paper, well, we saved about thirteen thousand sheets of paper.”

Andrew Holloway, Campus Project Sustainability Officer, gave birth to the idea of environmentally-friendly Orientation Kits in a moment under pressure. “To get my job, I basically had to impress my boss at the time and this was my flash in the pan idea at the time and she seemed to like it.”

Though the new kits are much more environmentally friendly than the old, paper could not be completely eliminated.

There is a sheet from Checker Cab which is necessary as it works as a discount pass.

The remainder of the ads and coupons are on the flash drive, and students don’t need to print anything as a flash of the USB drive is all they need to redeem their coupons.

Students can also breathe easy.

Though the new Orientation Kits cost the Student Union slightly more than usual, the money will not be displaced for later events. Other groups on campus such as the President’s office and Campus Planning graciously donated money toward the kits.

Holloway encourages all green-hearted students to participate in upcoming environmental awareness events. Anyone who wants to get involved may contact him at W858M@unb.ca.

The Orientation Kits can be picked up in the ballroom on the top floor of the Student Union Building on Friday, September 5 between 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.

A slew of new Joy Kidd House residents get excited at Blast-Off on the first day of Orientation Week - and their first day at UNB, their new home.

Hilary Paige Smith The Brunswickan

The majority of the class of 2012 arrived on Saturday, Aug. 31. Students were welcomed to campus in a way that first year Noelle DeCoste could only describe as “enthusiastically.”

“My first impression was that there were a lot of people. Everyone was really friendly and a lot of people helped unpack.

There were kids everywhere,” says first year Emma Pinfold as she settles into her new dorm room. “It seemed like a good place to be.”

Students who are new to campus life are taking part in a week of nonstop activities. Events throughout the

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week have included everything from ice breakers at Blast Off to dancing the night away with old and new friends at Monday’s Much Video Dance in the SUB Cafeteria.

Though Orientation Week provides endless opportunities to meet and interact with a host of new people it does allow for shyer students to step away from their inhibitions and open up to new things.

Sara Rothman, Student Development Coordinator, says that “The Student Union has planned some events that are sort of big and loud and outgoing, and others that aren’t, that may appeal to other students, like an outdoor movie...

See Orientation B3

Scott Walters is this year’s Orientation Week chair.

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Duking it out for the Nicky Zee’s crown Alison Clack

The Brunswickan

With a new television season imminent there are bound to be dozens of competition-style reality shows. So You Think You Can Dance Canada and America’s Next Top Model are both set to start up again this September. Feel like you want a change? Maybe instead of more vapid television, how about something that you can cheer for in person?

King of the Stage 2008 is a battle of the bands-style competition going on at Nicky Zee’s. The competition features local acts all working towards the finals, a

chance to play at the Playhouse, and to be crowned “King of the Stage 2008.”

The winner of the competition will also receive 5000 dollars, radio play, and a master copy of a tape of their performance in the finals.

Some of the bands that have made it this far in the competition include Rusted Dawn, Bullet Hero, and The Nancies.

Another band that has managed to make it this far into the competition is She Roars! When asked about what their sound was like, drummer Kyle Clark said with a laugh, “Oh, that question.

We take a lot of stuff from the stuff we like, Taking Back Sunday and that kind of stuff. [We’re a] faster kind of poppier

emo rock and then we mix influences like Matchbox 20 and stuff like that into it.

It’s all played on acoustic guitar but it’s like poppy acoustic rock that’s kind of upbeat.”

If She Roars!’s sound seems a little eclectic, they’re just a glimpse of the wide range of sound in the competition.

“Oh, there’s everything. There’s a country-funk band. Rusted Dawn, they’re a grind thrash band. There’s a radio rock band. The Nancies are this fun Bloc Party-like band, but a little grungier.

There’s everything,” says Clark.

However, the mix of sounds hasn’t kept people away from watching the competition unfold as of yet.

“I’ve seen a lot more people that do not normally come to shows coming out just because their friend’s band’s playing or they heard from somebody else that so one so is playing. There have also been a lot of people coming out just to see what the whole thing is about,” says Clark.

She Roars! has also gone on to see a lot of supporters throughout the competition and were looking forward to their show Friday night.

“I expect it to go pretty well. We usually get a really good response. We’ve been having an amazingly good time getting

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Residence closures avoided this year

Wired for science Josh O’Kane

The Brunswickan

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James Brown, Executive Director of Res Life, assists a student on move-in day.

One floor is closed in Tibbits Hall and another in McLeod House, but Res Life is on budget this year Josh O’Kane

The Brunswickan

It’s been a tough few years for UNB Res Life.

As university enrolments declined across the Maritimes, UNB saw steep declines in residence applications. Two years ago Jones House shut its doors, while Aitken narrowly avoided the axe only months later. Bridges House spent the last school year cut in half with no first-year students.

This school year, each house – except for Jones, which is now a rededicated Student Services building – will remain open and accept first-year students.

Since the closure of Jones House, there are a total of 1334 beds available at UNB’s traditional undergraduate residence system.

Accounting for double rooms having been turned into large ‘super-single’ rooms, there are 1228 potential beds to be filled, of which 1120 were paid with deposits before students moved in.

The only two residences to take on cuts are Tibbits Hall and McLeod House.

Tibbits had the lowest number of returning students with paid deposits as of the end of May, a number which in years past led to the cuts at Jones and Bridges Houses. The hall’s third floor will be closed for the school year, with its rooms to be occupied by office space and research, as determined by the new VP Academic, Anthony Secco.

James Brown, Executive Director of UNB Residential Life, Campus & Conference Services,

says the selection of Tibbits for the temporary office space makes sense.

“Tibbits had the lowest returner rate, and since Tibbits East is already office space, it made the best sense to locate the vacancies in that area,” says Brown.

McLeod House’s second floor is currently being occupied by persons waiting to move into the campus’ new suite-style residence across the street from the SUB. The space will be used for a variety of needs throughout the year, including space for persons visiting the campus for conferences.

Staffing has changed at Res Life as well, with director Angela Garnett on maternity leave, and one coordinator, Misty McLaughlin, having moved to the Conference Services division. Tana Geiger left as a coordinator at the end of the 2007-08 school year but will be reentering the system as a Don at Lady Beaverbrook Residence.

Joining Res Life this year is new Coordinator Karina Wong Chong, who was previously a manager with the New Brunswick west district branch of the Canadian Cancer Society.

She explains that she applied for the position because she needed a change.

“I wanted to work for an organization where it was still about giving back to the community and having a heart.”

Wong Chong joined the Res Life community several days before their proctor training session began, and was quickly swept up with preparations for the upcoming school year. She’ll be working with Krysta Lee Skentelbery, a former proctor who will be spending the year in the new position of Res Life Assistant, which will ease the spread of duties left while Garnett is on maternity leave.

In the meantime, Brown’s duties will increase as he takes on a more direct relationship with residence house dons.

He says this will not affect his

ability to manage the rest of his portfolio, which includes oversight of conference services as well as the Aitken Centre, the SUB and various contracts the university maintains.

“Although I have executive director oversight over some things, I have very strong people in directorship in most of those areas,” he says.

“Angela’s absence will allow me to get closer to the residence life program, which remains the core of what we do. It’s opportunity to be more directly involved.”

Res Life is expected to meet its budget this school year, but this includes meeting the projected deficit of half a million dollars.

That cost will be absorbed by funds from the rest of the university, says Brown.

“The deans and the other operating areas of the university are very aware that they are supplementing the operation of residence to the tune of about a half a million dollars through resources that would otherwise flow to them,” he says.

“No one’s too happy about that, but the reception amongst the deans was extremely positive. Because everybody’s budget is tight, every dean, every director is well aware of how the university resources are being carved out. Money flows form other resources in order to balance the university’s budget.

And we’re extremely grateful for the university’s support.”

While Brown admits the residence system’s rooms are in dire need of refurbishment, he boasts that the people in residence make it an extremely welcoming environment.

“The rooms are not luxurious and badly in need of renovation, which is our other challenge. But the strength of the program are the proctors, the senior students, the house committees, the people who return and maintain the legacy of residence life. The university has been prepared to invest in that.”

Class of 2012 hits UNB From Orientation A1 There is programming that’s trying to target different personalities, different interests. ” Several days of academic orientation also led up to the first day of classes on Sept. 4.

The evening of Thursday,

September 4th will give students a chance to familiarize themselves with the city of Fredericton at the Freddy Beach Party in Officer’s Square.

Here, students from not only the University of New Brunswick, but also St. Thomas, New Brunswick Community College and New Brunswick College of Craft and Design will meet downtown and are welcomed by city officials

and residents of Fredericton.

The evening will not only allow students to meet more of their kind, but there will be prizes, food and entertainment.

Orientation Week concludes with Shinerama, which is the year’s largest fundraiser and raises money for cystic fibrosis. It also allows students to work together in groups and further budding friendships.

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David Magee pursued academia for the lure of the freedom, and applied for the Dean of Science position because he believes that it’s part of his responsibility to the community to which he belongs.

A chemistry professor by trade, Magee is a native of Gagetown, N.B. and received both his BSc and PhD from UNB. He completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Rochester in New York before coming back to UNB as a professor.

The 48-year-old was chair of the UNB Chemistry Department from 1998 until 2006 and served a brief stint as Acting Dean of Science in 2005, filling in for then-dean Al Sharp while on a study leave.

“I felt it was time to maybe step outside my comfort zone and to do something I haven’t done before,” says Magee.

When the opportunity to apply to be Sharp’s successor came up, Magee says his colleagues – both in chemistry and other science departments – were very supportive of him applying.

He says it was a chance to try something new while giving back to the community.

“I felt it was time to maybe step outside my comfort zone and to do something I hadn’t done before.

“Part of everybody’s professional responsibility is service to the particular community they belong to,” he says. “I belong to the chemical community and I belong to the university community.”

Science has always been Magee’s natural direction. Though he excelled at most subjects while in high school, he knew that science was where his future would lie.

“That is really how my brain is

Dave Magee is the new Dean of Science. wired, is from the science end of it,” he says. “Although I had an interest and continue to have an interest in a lot of the arts, I think my true aptitude was always in the sciences, and still is.”

The freedom to pursue his own research interests was what drove him to academia versus pharmaceutical research. The chances to interact with students also lured him to the profession.

“There’s a whole spectrum of students that always changes. Since that always changes, then your experiences always change. The interaction with people is important as well. In some respects, every fall is like a new beginning.”

Magee says he fully intends to continue teaching during his tenure as Dean of Science. He’s currently slated to teach an organic chemistry course in both the fall and winter terms this year.

“I don’t know what a dean’s normal teaching load is, but yes, I will teach. I fully expect to teach,” he says.

The new dean also has his

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hands full with his research group – with four graduate and three undergraduate students researching under his supervision.

“It’s going to be a reasonably sized group. I fully expect to keep on at the research end.

“I think the biggest impact on research will be doing things in the lab. I have continued to be hands on working in the lab. That has diminished, and will probably evaporate. Having the time to be able to work in the lab is something that I assume will disappear.”

Though the sciences were always his passion, Magee says chemistry wasn’t initially the career path he aimed for.

“I entered university thinking I wanted to be a meteorologist, but then found out you had to be good in physics to be a meteorologist.

Physics was not my strongest subject. That, by default, left me with chemistry. I didn’t take any biology, not even in first year. I took geology. Of the remaining sciences, chemistry was the one that I liked the most.”

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Social Club manager: ‘We did our homework’ Josh O’Kane

The Brunswickan

It’s been a while since Matt Harris was a student, but he still knows how to do his homework.

The manager of the Social Club, in his 20th year with the student-owned facility, says that he’s faithfully invested in the suggestions of the members who filled out a survey last winter term about the future direction of the club.

While managed by Harris, the club is owned by an annual membership of UNB and STU students. The survey was sent out to all of the 2007-08 members, with over 200 responses.

The result, weighing in at $80,000, sees a whole new layout of the club, complimented by an all-new kitchen and a stage for entertainment.

The last major renovation, says Harris, occurred in the mid1990s.

The walls have been repainted, the floors are all new, and the front bar has been entirely rebuilt with taps for as many as six different selections of draught beer.

The dance floor and pool table areas have also been switched, and a lounge area with leather couches has also been installed.

A sit-down area will be at the front entrance, and Harris says there will be servers available for sit-down service to avoid lines at the bar.

“We’ve been planning over five years, putting money away to do some sort of renovation, but not knowing exactly what we would do,” says Harris.

After the member survey, he says that “students put forth some suggestions that they thought would make the club more popular.

The people who responded were all very proactive and they offered up

things that they liked.”

The kitchen menu, says Harris, will consist of mostly pub-style foods, including fried foods, nachos, flatbread pizzas and panini.

Though he says the pricing of the new food will be “competitive,” Harris states that he in no way is in competition with The Cellar, the other Student Union Building Bar, which brands itself as a pub and grill. The real problem, he explains, is with students not taking advantage of student-owned and student-operated services.

“I think there’s a problem on campus of kids going off campus.

The more the three campus bars can offer in their entireties, the more we can keep students on campus, and looking at campus venues as a more viable option for their social needs than going downtown.

“I am of the belief that the better one of us does, the better we all will have the chance of doing, and if there’s more options on campus then the kids will be more apt to stay on campus.”

Harris says the changes to the Social Club did not go overbudget, and that $80,000 was the initial price that was targeted for renovations.

The money also went to purchasing sound equipment to support live entertainment at the venue, as opposed to regularly renting it. This, he says, will avoid the cost of having to rent equipment with act that comes in.

Live entertainment will become a regular staple at the Social Club, Harris also notes, with acts lined up for the Sept. 4 opening as well as for the following Thursday, Sept.

11. Thursday nights are member appreciation nights at the facility.

He hopes to minimize cover charges to the venue, but says that if a promising enough live act comes his way, there may be a small $2 to $5 charge to pay the difference for the act. In the

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The newly renovated Social Club sees the dance floor and pool areas switched from the previous design. Memberships to the club are available as of Sept. 4, the first day of classes. membership survey, says Harris, members stated they wouldn’t mind a small charge for a good enough musical performance.

Satisfying the members is what

Harris says he is aiming for.

“We did our homework. We asked our membership, ‘what do you want?’ and our membership answered with what they wanted.

We have addressed the issues that they wanted, and we believe we’ve given them exactly what they wanted.”

The manager is certainly

confident in the end product.

“I believe the club is more functional now, and is the nicest I’ve seen it, in my 20 years here.”

Taking my chances

My name is Sarah Ratchford. I came across the Bruns, and journalism as a whole for that matter, completely by chance. You could even say I quite literally stumbled across it.

One weekend at the end of last semester, I was home in Saint John for a couple of days. It was a Friday or Saturday night (or maybe not) and I was getting ready to out for drinks with some friends I hadn’t seen in a while.

I’d had a glass of wine or two already, was feeling quite giddy, and sat down to my computer to double check my plans on Facebook – an ordinary sort of night.

Not paying attention to what I was doing, I went to UNB’s website instead . . . because I’m just that cool. It was a habit; not going to lie. “Not a problem,” I thought.

“I can just check Facebook from my inbox.”

Lo and behold, once I arrived in the inbox the night became magical. I found an e-news letter from Student Services.

For some crazy and as yet undiscovered reason, I opened it.

And there it was: an ad from the Bruns saying they needed a news editor!

Since I’m doing an Honors degree in English, I figured it made sense to apply, so I applied,

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and here I am.

The universe works in mysterious ways!

Readers of the Bruns, I am telling you that things work out when you least expect them to. Good things sneak up on us all the time. Take chances, and maybe you’ll wind up doing something you love.

Some things about me: I enjoy the finer things in life. You know, hookah pipes, sugar-free Redbull, people who walk like Egyptians, and just good times in general. I’ll meet quite a few of you this year, as I will be freewheeling about harassing people for interviews. So be prepared!

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Freshman year – without the fifteen

Doug Estey / The Brunswickan

In terms of nutritious eating, consumption of Kraft Dinner every day is not such a good plan.

Sarah Ratchford The Brunswickan

As if there isn’t enough for firstyear students to think about with moving, making friends, and starting classes, they are faced with the added worry of the formidable foe of the freshman fifteen.

Fear of those extra pounds looms up as school gets closer. Leaving their spot at the family dinner table, fresh-faced young people are free to replace their meat and potatoes with whatever they like.

Pizza and beer becomes the staple meal for many.

On top of this, students can often be otherwise occupied, whether with studying or other pastimes.

Time spent at the gym can become a thing of the past.

Weight gain is so closely associated with beginning university life that it often seems unavoidable.

Although those extra pounds

most certainly will pounce onto the bodies of those who become too lax, they are very easy to dodge with a bit of education.

Saint John-based nutritionist Deborah Ferguson has had three children leave the nest and embark on a new life at university.

When asked her opinion on how to eat at meal hall, Ferguson replies, “drink water. Unaltered, pure water. No soft drinks.”

As far as solids, Ferguson recommends grabbing fruits and healthy muffins such as bran.

Yogurt, cheese, and granola are also at the top of her list for nutrition on the go. At meals, she says to make sure that there is protein present at breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

“If you say to people, ‘where do you get your protein?’ they have no idea. But it’s brain food,” says Ferguson.

Meats such as chicken and fish are high in protein; eggs, chickpeas and nuts can be alternatives.

Protein boosts cognitive function

and keeps energy levels high, she explains, which is why she suggests 60 grams per day for young women and 80-90 grams per day for men.

Ferguson cites color-rich vegetables as the healthiest companion to protein. The brighter in color a vegetable is, the higher it is in antioxidants and phytonutrients.

“Nutrition comes from color,” says Ferguson.

The nutritionist’s number one meal hall no-no? Dessert.

“Even if a person is not accustomed to eating dessert, it’s there every night.”

The key is simply avoiding the temptation.

“Have treats,” Ferguson says, “but don’t make them a prominent part of your diet.”

Martin Bayliss, General Manager of Sodexho at UNB, reiterates what Ferguson had to say about dessert.

“That’s always a challenge – not to overdo it on the dessert front,” he says.

When asked for tips on nutritious eating at meal hall, Bayliss mentioned the salad bar as a major plus. Although not all dressings offered are low calorie, there are healthy options available. Also, veggie entrees are always available, which is good to keep in mind even if you’re a carnivore.

Bayliss also notes that all cooking oils used in the dining hall are now trans fat free.

“Nutrition and health are really coming to the forefront for everybody,” he says. “We’re trying to improve our menu so that students don’t have to think about it as much.”

Another step Sodexho has made in this direction, says Bayliss, is increasing their use of whole wheat pasta, since pasta is a commonly served item.

“My goal this year is to have whole wheat pasta available 50% of the time,” he says.

One issue that can throw off students is the flavor of foods served at meal halls. Striking a

happy medium with spices is a challenge due to a wide variety of preferences from students, so the recipes tend to be kept simple.

One option to overcome boredom with flavors would be to simply bring one’s own spices, sauce, or dressing to add some pizzazz to a meal that has been toned down to suit the masses. A little creativity goes a long way with food.

Bayliss explains that “it’s not hard to come to the dining hall and eat healthy if you just take a little time to educate yourself.”

Although first-year students can be the most challenged by nutrition due to their lack of experience in making their own meals, returning students and those living off campus face the same issues. Deborah Ferguson gives advice on how to eat well on a limited budget.

“Read ingredients,” she says, “don’t buy a lot of boxed, processed foods. Many of them have a shelf life that would outlive you.”

“Buy in bulk,” she advises.

“Avoid buying white pasta and breads, as they are high in carbs and low in nutritional value.”

Foods such as these are a sure recipe for weight gain, she explains.

Ferguson suggests buying whole wheat and whole grain products instead. She suggests large quantities of oatmeal as well, which can be frozen and helps form the basis of a good diet.

Fruits, veggies, meat, chicken and fish are all highly recommended.

“The keep-it-simple principle works well when you eat,” says Ferguson. Again, she stresses the importance of protein and colorrich vegetables, as well as fresh fruit and nuts which can be carried around in a backpack. Like most areas of life, balance is the key when it comes to nutrition and maintaining a healthy diet.

Other easy but healthy options include wraps with nut butter, cottage cheese with fruit, chicken sandwiches or wraps, and canned fish. “Now that’s a brain food!” says Ferguson.

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A lack of engagement Demand better Bring it on home Josh O’Kane

On April 17, 2008, I wrote my last chemistry exam ever.

The night before, I sat at the SUB poring over paperwork for hours, trying to assure myself a good grade in Inorganic Chemistry IV. I wasn’t looking over notes. I wasn’t looking over textbooks. I was looking at old exams.

It was crunch time and there was no way I could learn all the course material in adequate time. Instead of learning the material proper, I memorized old exams the professor had given the class. I was trying to figure out the formula with which he designed his exams. It was easier to memorize those specifics than the actual materials in the few meager hours I had left.

At that point it hit me that I had barely learned a thing in four years.

Not once in my entire time in the Bachelor of Science program had I been completely engaged by a class.

For four years, professors lectured at me while I was stuck in a dream world. Professors came, lectured, and left. While some did offer help for confused students, it did not change what seems to be a fundamentally flawed lecture system.

I had no desire to learn or even

study virtually my whole way through, because I hadn’t been engaged at all. I stayed in the program because I enjoyed the material, but not once did I ever feel like it was important to know anything I was taught.

The best classes I had were when I was able to interact with other students, as well as the professor, to solve given sets of problems. I was encouraged to critically think and discuss issues instead of having material go in one ear and out the other.

Unfortunately, that happened in about three of the 40 different lectures I took over the last four years.

The biggest place of learning was in the laboratory, where I was forced to teach myself the backgrounds behind the day’s experiment. If I didn’t, I could wind up killing myself by mistake.

Other than that, I coasted, and still maintained a near-dean’s-list GPA. If I had been convinced more often to care or to contribute, I probably could have gotten on the dean’s list.

But with so little encouragement to interact, discuss topics and critically think during lecture periods, I rarely left having learned anything.

I only really learned what I needed while studying, and even then, I felt so separated from the material I was learning that I would only really be encouraged to study just before tests.

Once a given test was over, I would have no reason to use the

Have things changed?

Mugwump Tony von Richter

Hello, and welcome to the first edition of Mugwump for the 142nd edition of The Brunswickan.

I’m sure a lot of you are probably wondering just what the hell Mugwump means and why it’s the name for this column.

First and foremost, it’s a Bruns tradition. Beginning in the 1970’s, every Brunswickan Managing Editor has penned a column under the title of Mugwump.

Traditionally it was a lighter column, done to contrast against the more serious editorials written by the Editor-in-Chief that let the readership know what the Bruns stood for.

According to Wikipedia, the word itself refers to a group of Republicans who refused to support party nominee James Blaine, switching their support to the Democratic Party, and were portrayed as fence sitters by the media. That definition as a fence sitter was the initial idea for the column as two sides of an argument were often presented with no side favoured, allowing the reader to come to their own conclusion. I’ll still be doing my best to present both sides, but I often will pick one side of the argument over the other.

Alright, so with all of that introductory stuff out of the way, it’s on to the topic at hand and that’s about the possibility of change at UNB. At the beginning of last year I wrote in this space that UNB was at a crossroads: that it could become a top-flight school or it could just as easily falter and become your average university – but it would be a few years until we knew the answer.

It’s a year later, and thanks to the PSE Action Plan and with some new people coming into the university’s administration

(including a successor to retiring President John McLaughlin), it would appear that UNB is on the verge of changing.

But is it really?

It’s a little early in the year to tell, but when first-year students show up to move in and there are still piles of sod sitting outside the SUB waiting to be laid down near the recently finished entrance, it doesn’t suggest that change is on the horizon.

Obviously, poorly scheduled and unfinished construction isn’t on the same scale as landing UNBSJ a medical school or implementing recommendations from the PSE Report, but it’s not a good sign, especially since campus has had the same problems for years now.

Even though students and professors may change every year, everything else about UNB seems to remain the same. Students returning to school each fall are always faced with poorly scheduled construction projects, issues with parking, and lackluster food options.

It never changes.

I realize that change isn’t easy, and it’s very rarely fun, but it’s not like these are new issues facing the campus. UNB has had the same problems for at least the past five years, if not longer, and, for one reason or another, the administration has done nothing to correct them.

Like I wrote last year, I believe that UNB has the potential to become an excellent school, recognized across the country as one of the top schools in the nation. However, the fact that the university has failed to address any of the relatively minor problems on campus causes me to doubt that UNB will ever live up to it’s potential.

I’d like to think that next year, whoever is in charge of this column will be writing about the great steps that the university has taken and that the future of UNB is looking brighter than ever.

Unfortunately I doubt that will be the case, as UNB will likely still be the embodiment of an old cliché.

Tony von Richter is the Managing Editor of The Brunswickan. Email him at managing@unb.ca.

information anymore, and it would escape me until I crammed the information in again.

This is not a good thing, given the whole reason took those classes was to learn – and essentially become an eventually-accredited expert on chemistry.

In order to really get someone to learn, they need to get involved.

Lecturing at students doesn’t give them a chance to become involved.

Student apathy has always plagued schools, and chances are that it will continue long into the future.

But look at the issue from your wallet’s perspective.

For $5,482 worth of tuition, you should be in a top-quality teaching environment.

Being lectured at is ineffective.

Talking for 50 minutes a few times a week is a bare-minimum standard that too many professors aim for, and it doesn’t go far enough to help students learn.

Forget student apathy. There are too many cases of professors’ apathy that need to be addressed.

For nearly $5,500, you should demand a dynamic teaching environment that encourages you to learn – not to daydream.

Next time you’re falling asleep in class, barely understanding what’s going on, do something about it.

Encourage your professors to get your class to interact. To discuss.

Students deserve to learn instead of being lectured at.

Josh O’Kane is Editor-in-Chief of The Brunswickan. He can be reached at eic@unb.ca.

Rousing the Rabbles Nick Ouellette A student newspaper can be a collection of random stories about campus events, a spotlight for arts and entertainment, and a place to learn what is in store.

Students returning to UNB will already know that I firmly believe that a good student newspaper is more than that. At the root of its existence, a campus publication that strives to be relevant must create a forum to express opinions and foster debate. It should strive to be as persistent in exposing failures as it is in lauding successes.

My column returns this year to start that process, with a renewed vigour and a more direct focus on student politics and university affairs.

Last year, I demanded better. I still do.

Earlier this week I was walking into the SUB and noticed the sign next to the wooden patio that proclaims The Brunswickan to be Canada’s oldest official student publication. This is more than a simple novelty. This paper’s history and longevity speak to the skills of its staff as much as it does to the commitment of its readership.

My challenge to every student at UNB this year is to embrace that commitment and demand better. In advertising in this issue, the Student Union outlines many opportunities that the Student

Union offers you. The Student Union is an excellent organization, and one to which I have dedicated more than five years while studying at UNB. It is worth supporting.

That support, however, includes a refusal to accept the Student Union’s actions at face value. It means questioning processes. It consists of clarifying details. It is a process in which students act as watchdogs as much as they act as cheerleaders.

Every student at UNB pays $89 every year to the Student Union. The budget reaches close to $700,000. We should expect to get our money’s worth.

The responsibility is great. When leveraged properly and managed well, the results are phenomenal.

When wielded errantly or without care, students’ interests are hindered and disorganization can easily ensue.

The goal of this newspaper since it began has been to serve as UNB’s student publication. That includes objectively judging what happens on campus, whether in the Student Union, the university’s administration, or government action.

Healthy debate and constructive criticism are integral parts of belonging to an organization and living in a society. I invite readers to embrace these values as I incorporate them into this column. Elaborations are welcome where you agree, and challenges are invited where you disagree.

Nick Ouellette, a UNB law student, serves on the UNB Fredericton Senate. He is the Don of Neville/ Jones House.

Everyone has a story Student Beat Bethany Vail

Recently I listened to Andy Thibodeau’s motivational speech in the SUB cafeteria. Andy travels around to different campuses pumping up orientation leaders for the most anticipated week of university: Orientation Week.

He explained every student has a unique story about how they got involved in their university and how they got to be where they are today. It made me evaluate myself and look at where I am today and how I got here.

I am what is known as a “townie” to the university community.

I went to a local high school, Oromocto High, and I never had the chance to live in residence. I signed up for university as a timid seventeen year old who was too scared of the unknown to live in residence, opting to live at home with my parents in my first year.

I didn’t know that there was a home for townies like myself called Townhouse.

I didn’t know that while I was working at my part-time job during the afternoon before Blast Off that all the residence houses were learning cheers. I didn’t know that there would be a massive cheer in front of the Aitken Centre so loud and energetic that the building would shake on the eve of Orientation Week. So I arrived at the front doors of the Aitken Centre, feeling timid and unsure.

Then the houses started rushing up the hill, cheering and waving like mad. I wondered to myself what I had gotten myself into by deciding to attend Orientation Week. Everyone had distinct t-shirts that signified what group they represented and specific cheers to go with it. I was standing there in a plain tee and jeans, feeling very out of place and very alone.

But while I was standing there, something happened to me. This

big jolly follow came over to me, with a big grin. I soon realized he was an orientation leader. When I explained that I was from around town, his face instantly lit up.

Apparently he was a “Green Shirt,” which is a Townhouse leader. He invited me to join the Townhouse folk in cheers, but I didn’t know the cheers. So right there on the spot, this complete stranger whom I had never met before taught me the Townhouse cheers . I was no longer alone.

Later on during Orientation week, I met some girls who would come to be my best friends. I met peers in my faculty with whom I created study groups. I learned that university wasn’t really a scary place, but a community that I was a part of and that I could contribute to. It was for that reason why the following year, I found myself in a Green Shirt on the hill by the Aitken Centre, screaming and cheering I had a similar experience with the Student Union. I wasn’t sure what to expect with it. In fact, I was pretty terrified of the notion of a SU President. I remember discovering the SU hallway for the first time in my first year and cautiously walking through, feeling like an alien who had just landed.

I timidly walked by the President’s door and to my surprise a welcoming face looked up and smiled at me. Here I was, an awkward first year stumbling through the Student Union hallway, and I was important enough to warrant a smile from the president of my Student Union! That warming, welcoming smile stayed with me. Eventually I overcame my shyness and went and talked to the Vice President Academic about this looming, uncertain word called ‘senate.’

Apparently it was a big deal, but more importantly, it was a way that I could get involved and try to make a difference for somebody else.

Everybody has a story about their involvement started at UNB. Not everyone started out through Townhouse, or the Student Union.

For some folks, it was sports. For others it was our campus newspaper, The Brunswickan, which you are reading right now. However,

I imagine almost everyone has a story with a moment of when they felt someone reach out to them and take them into the fold.

Maybe you are reading this and are feeling that you are an upperyear student who has never had that moment and it’s too late. It is not too late. There are many opportunities for any student to get involved at UNB. Glance around at the bulletin boards, unbsu.ca, Brunswickan ads, or even ask your friends.

You will come to realize the boundless opportunities that you can create for yourself here at UNB. We are all here together, so let’s make the best of it and enrich our lives outside of the classroom too.

Let’s write our own involvement stories.

Bethany Vail is President of the UNB Student Union. Student Beat is a weekly column by UNB’s student leaders examining issues pertinent to students.

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The Brunswickan relies primarily on a volunteer base to produce its issues every week. Volunteers can drop by room 35 of the SUB at any time to find out how they can get involved.

About Us The Brunswickan, in its 142nd year of publication, is Canada’s Oldest Official Student Publication.

We are an autonomous student newspaper owned and operated by Brunswickan Publishing Inc., a nonprofit, independent body.

We are a founding member of the Canadian University Press, and love it so. We are also members of U-Wire, a media exchange of university media throughout North America.

We publish weekly during the academic year with a circulation of 10,000.

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A8 • Sept. 4, 2008 • Issue 1 • Volume 142

Once upon a time...

Christian Hapgood is a badass. I know this because I am Christian Hapgood.

One time I was walking in the park and I saw a book and I kicked its ass. The book suffered some extreme bruising and complained to its parents and suddenly I was being assaulted by newspapers. The newspapers wouldn’t leave me alone and I got pissed off and I ran away.

I went into my cupboard and got a jar of ink and threw it on the newspapers and all it did was make them more badass than they already were. Potentially more badass than me. It was kind of scary and I didn’t know what to do. The woodgrain in my desk formed a pattern resembling a cure for sleepwalking and I realized I could help them instead of harming them.

I left the barn I was hiding in and took a cab to the Frex where I confronted the newspapers once more. I injected them with a dose of awesome that I stole from the woodgrain and they gave me a big hug. Now, once a week I paint their picture on a canvass called a computer and they hand me a paycheque. Badass.

All geared up and ready to go

Serendipity and a Paycheque My name is Josh O’Kane, and William Shatner changed my life.

After being told I couldn’t run for a student council position at UNB Saint John, a friend of mine convinced me to write an album review for the school’s student newspaper, The Baron. I wrote it on a Shatner record, and the editor at the time liked it, so I kept writing.

I did. Soon after that I became Arts Editor at the paper. Not satisfied living at home any longer, I moved to Fredericton at the start of my second year of university. I needed a steady paycheque to afford the good things in life, and it just so happened that The Brunswickan was hiring a staff writer. I applied, and my badass Shatner CD review got me the job.

Fast forward to today and sud-

denly I’m the editor-in-chief. Somewhere along the line I decided that the chemistry degree I’d been pursuing wasn’t going to lead me to a satisfying career, and so my focus fell more and more on the Bruns. A year or so ago I decided I wanted to make journalism my career, which led to me applying for my current role as editor-in-chief.

I spent the last four months interning as a reporter at the Telegraph-Journal out of Saint John.

Combining the knowledge I gained from my time there with the four years of student press experience, I hope to make the Brunswickan as interesting and relevant as possible to readers for this publishing year.

It’s not quite as simple as calling William Shatner a wash-up, but it’s something I enjoy.

The old man is back

Hello all, my name is Dave Evans, Online Editor for the Brunswickan; I’m a Pisces, enjoy candlelit dinners and long walks on the beach… Oh wait, this isn’t for eHarmony?

I could write a long description of my life, but I’d prefer to become famous first and make you buy my autobiography for $39.99. I’m currently going into my fifth year

of business administration; some people ask me why I’m taking so long to finish my degree and I tell them that I prefer to take the scenic route.

I may be new to being an editor for the Bruns, but I’m no stranger to this fine print publication. You may remember me from such anger-filled tirades as “The Old Man Rant”. I’m looking forward

to another year of forcing you to read my views, from which side of the sidewalk you should use, to why I should be able to go pantsless in public. Considering I now hold some slight control on the media, this shouldn’t be too hard.

That’s it for now.

I encourage you to read this fine paper every week, or I may just have to write a rant about you.

Once more, with feeling

I’m Andrew Meade, photo editor.

Throughout university you always hear people going on about getting involved in your campus community: join societies, play sports, meet people.

One day two years ago, while strolling through the Clubs and

Societies fair, I stumbled on the Bruns booth. Intrigued by the rambunctious characters behind the table and promises of free food, I decided to come to a meeting and discover the magical and mystical world that is The Brunswickan. After a year of volunteering

I have found myself lugging a bag of camera gear around campus documenting the entire goings on at our lovely university. If you see someone aimlessly wandering around with a camera to his face, say hello, because you never know when you might be in the paper.

Hi, my name is Tony von Richter.

One of the things that I’ve noticed over my (many) years at the Brunswickan is that while the paper is read by many students on campus, no one really knows much about the people who put it together. That’s why throughout this first issue you’ll see short bios on the editors who manage to get this thing on the streets every week.

As for me specifically, I’m Tony von Richter, your friendly neighbourhood Managing Editor.

This year I’m fresh off finishing my undergraduate career and now

I’m starting an MBA in Sport and Recreation Management. This is my sixth year with the paper (and at UNB) having served as a sports writer and Sports Editor prior to my tenure as Managing Editor.

Unlike most of the other editors I don’t have a specific section or photos to edit, rather I’m in charge of the business and administrative side of The Brunswickan. I know, it doesn’t sound like the most thrilling job in the world, but it’s a lot more interesting and rewarding than it seems.

In addition to my duties at the Bruns I’m also the Sports Bureau

Chief for Canadian University Press – a co-operative of student papers from across the country that The Brunswickan helped form back in 1938. Outside of school and my different journalistic responsibilities I don’t have much free time, but when I do I watch TV, play video games, and help out with the MBA Society.

Well that’s enough about me, I hope that everyone has a good year here and make sure to keep reading The Brunswickan, because we’ve got some interesting things ahead, both in the paper and online at thebruns.ca.

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Sept. 4, 2008 • Issue 1 • Volume 142 • A9

Harvesting more than just jazz and blues Laura Noseworthy

Special To The Brunswickan

September is an incredible time of year in Fredericton. Not only does the much anticipated return of university students pump up the capital city’s population by thousands, but it’s also Harvest time.

For anyone who has taken in the sights and sounds of the Harvest Jazz and Blues Festival, you know exactly what I mean.

Forsixdaysstraight,Fredericton’s downtown core is bursting at its musical seams. Thousands of people from all over the East coast, Canada and beyond flock to the city’s historic downtown to take in the best of jazz, blues and world music from international and home grown talent alike.

While thousands of people attend the annual festival each year, Harvest is known for its intimate, up-close-and personal venues. Where else can you catch the hottest acts in the world under the cozy confines of a big top tent with less than 2000 people?

Harvest has the downtown resonating, with music pumping out of every big-top tent and bar until the wee hours, scores of free outdoor shows day and night, and not to mention the masses of people who come together to soak in every note, every guitar solo, and every scorching hot song.

For those of you who rock out at Harvest every September, you know that this year’s line up may be the biggest and best yet. For those of you Harvest virgins, this is your year to take the plunge.

Harvest Jazz and Blues newbies

– you may jump to the conclusion that jazz and blues aren’t your musical preferences and you may have never heard of some of the artists who are set to take the stage.

But that’s okay.

Allow me to let you in on a little secret. When I started working for Harvest this past May, I didn’t know much about jazz and blues either. Buddy Guy, who?

Since I had to write about these musicians, I started listening to them day in and day out. My iTunes music library gives me some serious bragging rights.

As I read up on and listened to all the artists, I realized that I actually loved everything I listened to. From jazz to blues to funk to electro-acoustic rock to gospel to soul to jam to pop to folk – Harvest covers all the bases.

The festival also has a lot of pull – huge acts from all over the world come to perform at Harvest every year.

For instance, Derek Trucks, of The Derek Trucks band, was named by Rolling Stone as one of the three “New Guitar Gods,” along with John Mayer and The Red Hot Chili Pepper’s John Frusciante. The magazine also placed Trucks on its list of “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time,” the youngest player to make the very acclaimed cut. The Derek Trucks Band is lined up for two shows in the Bud Light Blues Tent next Thursday night.

Buddy Guy, a five-time Grammy Award winner and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, is going to have the audience going wild on Friday night in the Bud Light Blues Tent. Guy, a living legend and major influence to many blues and rock artists, claimed the number 30 spot on the Rolling Stones’ top 100 list and is also featured in the Martin Scorsese directed Rolling

Bonerama is just one fine example of the plethora of talent you can expect to discover at this year’s Harvest Jazz & Blues festival.

Stones flick, Shine a Light.

Ana Popovic, one of the hottest guitar players from Europe is also going to rock the Harvest stage next week, as well as one of the hottest acts to come out of Vermont, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals. These rock and roll touring phenoms opened for both the Dave Matthews Band and The Black Crowes this past summer.

Sting’s long time guitarist, Dominic Miller, will take the stage with the UK’s Sarah Jane Morris for two shows at The Playhouse.

New Orleans’ Bonerama will tear it up at the Friday Afterburner show.

These brass funk masters teamed

up with OK Go to release a CD to benefit New Orleans musicians affected by hurricane Katrina.

Harvest sure does know how to pick ‘em.

And then there’s the icing-onthe-cake must-see show for the university set: million-selling Brit chart toppers, Bloc Party, are set to tear it up at the Bud Light Blues Tent on Saturday night of the Festival. I know, Bloc Party. Bloc Party in Fredericton. My jaw hit the floor too.

Not only does Harvest reel in big time talent, it also showcases the crème de la crème of East coast, particularly New Brunswick,

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talent.

And did I mention there’s a Harvest venue that is tailor-made for the musically hip college crowd?

The Taylor Barracks Tent (on the corner of Queen and Carleton Streets) is the prime spot for Fredericton’s university set, as it hosts some of the hottest indie acts to come out of the East Coast, Toronto, and Los Angeles, California. This all-ages tent (those over 19 can still grab a cold one) even has student-friendly pricing to boot.

Fredericton’s own pop rockers Grand Theft Bus, L.A. up-

and-comers The Frequency and Toronto’s Apostle of Hustle are set to headline these must-see shows, with East coast faves like Hey Rosetta!, Two Hours Traffic, The Tom Fun Orchestra and Share, among others, hammering out the high-decibel hits.

So, if you’ve never had the Harvest experience before, this is the year to take the plunge.

Head downtown with the crew and take in the free shows and stellar performances in any one of Harvest’s many venues. This is the year to make it your Harvest.

Visit www.harvestjazzandblues. com for all the details.

expression including pottery, glasswork, jewellery, photography, installation pieces and paintings that vary in size from a few inches across to several feet wide. Some of the pieces are very political; one

by Bridget Toole-Grant called Sitting Pretty is designed to be a commentary on how those living in comfort generally – inadvertently or otherwise – impose injustice and restrictions on others who do not enjoy the same quality of life.

The final show will also feature the opening of an exhibit at the Botanicals Gift Shop original watercolour paintings a well as some reproductions of prints.

For those who want a little bit of culture in their night without too many art galleries, stores like Aitkens Pewter, Sue Lawrence Hair Spa and Gallery, and Bejewel Gallery, which features dozens of hand-made, one of a kind jewellery,

are also on the list of places to visit while on the culture crawl and are a little bit different setting that the traditional gallery.

The big draw with the Culture Crawl is the fact that one can venture across all of these places for free. Normally some of the galleries require an admission fee to for the public to access their extended collections. The Beaverbrook Art Gallery, for instance, normally has an admission fee of three dollars; however, during the hours of the Culture Crawl, admission is completely free.

Doors are open for the event from 5 to 8 p.m. Brochures, which include a map of the locations, are available at Visitor Information Center in City Hall and at any of the participating locations. You can also discover more information on the crawl at www.justfred.ca, your local events calendar.

Breaking the stereotype Not your average ‘crawl’ Pop Tart

Alison Clack

The Brunswickan

Ashley Bursey I’m going to start this column off with a deep, dark secret: I love trashy blonde bimbos.

And I mean bimbo in the most girl-power-progressive, braburning way, of course. It may have something to do with the fact that I, myself, am a blonde at heart (and, every six weeks, at the hair salon). It may have something to do with a boyfriend in grade ten asking me, in all seriousness: “You read?” It may even be related to my own innate desire to emulate those damn blonde-as-Bunny stereotypes – just so I can smash them over my knee like a two-by-four.

And of course, I have a little thing for the queen of the blondes herself: Pamela Anderson.

I say this because, two years ago on a trip to Cancun for March break, I actually spent a good chunk of my tanning downtime with a pina colada and her “fictional” book in hand. It was called “Star”, and it was essentially her memoir with a few names and places changed around. It was deliciously simple, saccharine and creamy – much like the tequila-infused drinks I had been gulping all week – and while it may not have done a whole lot for feminist literature, it certainly helped fuel the “Blondes Have More Fun” t-shirt industry.

I haven’t bought one of those shirts. I’ve contemplated it, but they just always seem to make them in colours that look distinctly better on brunettes.

So, I suppose Pammy is a little bit of a heroine to me. Not in the sense that I plan on running out and injecting my chest full of silicone, or plopping down hundreds for six-inch clear-plastic stilettos (as another famous blonde, Ms. Dolly Parton, said: “It costs a lot to look this cheap!”)

No, I’m more into her morals –

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and before you snigger “sex tape” under your breath, think about this: she’s one of the most famous vegetarians in the world, posing naked and protesting for PETA. Yes, she has a reality show, but one of the main clauses in her contract was that her kids would never be seen on-tape. She’s Canadian and plans on building a waterfront property in her hometown of Ladysmith, B.C., where she brings her kids every year. And she loves hockey players. Enough said.

Really, she’s blonde, she’s a little bit wild – and she embraces that.

How can you not love someone who isn’t afraid to be herself, even if that persona is a mid-90’s Baywatch babe with major sideboob?

But Pamela Anderson isn’t the only reason I bawled miserably when I cut off my long blonde hair in a moment of Rihanna-inspired insanity. We’ve also got a somewhat classier dame, whose picture graces my bathroom wall: the lovely Marilyn Monroe, the first of the busty blondes, and the one whose husky voice and beauty mark have been revered for decades.

I played Marilyn recently at a charity function. Shimmying into the skin-tight white dress with the billowing skirt, pencilling in my lips until they were cherry-red – there’s something about that old Hollywood glamour that’s just intoxicating. And sure, you’ve got your Greta Garbo or Ava Gardner, but they’ll never be Ginger Rogers, no matter how sultry or exotic they may look.

And then there’s the modernday blonde bombshell. I was

reading Jenna Jameson’s pre-TitoOritz biography, “How to Make Love like a Porn Star” (which, for the record, didn’t give me any tips on that at all), and fell in love all over again with this little girl from the wrong side of the tracks. Jenna got old quick, dancing at the Crazy Horse Too in Vegas before jumping onboard the porn train, but she got out of it just as quickly a year or so ago, taking out her super-sized implants. She was a huge deal in the entertainment world; she brought porn to a mainstream audience and made it okay for a porn star to go to awards shows or become a “normal” celeb in their own right.

She’s a savvy businesswoman and gives great interviews.

Plus, she made me feel “ab-fab” about chopping off my hair; no one looks hotter as a short-cropped blonde than Jenna.

Now she’s joined the ranks of the blonde mommies: she’s about to have her first child with Ortiz. I can only imagine where Marilyn would be right now, or where Pammy is headed. The blondes heat up fast but cool down respectably, it seems. Work hard and play harder?

Maybe.

I was going to end this with something vaguely cliché and iconic -something about gentlemen preferring blondes, perhaps. But then I realized, who cares? I prefer being blonde. And, thank you very much, grade-ten boyfriend, I do read.

The two go together damn well.

Ashley Bursey is a former Arts Editor of The Brunswickan and a graduate of St. Thomas University’s journalism program.

Usually in a university town like Fredericton when a night’s theme features the word “crawl” anywhere in it is going to involve a lot of liquor.

The downtown Fredericton Culture Crawl, however, is a little more refined than keg stands and Jagerbombs; instead of drunken students it will be a night filled with Dali, up-and-coming local artists and numerous other displays of fine art.

This will be the last chance for the residents of Fredericton to get to join in on the official Culture Crawl. The event has had a handful of dates throughout the summer and this is the last one – just in time for students to come back and enjoy before classes start taking up all of their time.

The crawl will feature dozens of local galleries and stores downtown.

These locations include the Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Gallery 78, Charlotte Street Arts Centre, City Hall Gallery, Mazerolle Gallery, and Ingrid Mueller Art and Concepts.

Each location on the crawl features different exhibits and insights for one to enjoy.

Gallery 78 will showcase dozens of works from their various inhouse artists, which include local painters, photographers, printmakers and sculptors.

The Beaverbrook Art Gallery shows off work by famous artists from all over the world. The works of artists like Salvador Dali are on display as soon as you enter the gallery. Currently the gallery is also featuring an exhibition on Atlantic Canadian artists with works from the nineteenth century up to today.

The Charlotte Street Arts Centre is currently featuring an exhibition called Order/Chaos. The exhibition features various forms of artistic

Doug Estey / The Brunswickan

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A10 • Sept. 4, 2008 • Issue 1 • Volume 142

Teamwork, cel-shading

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The Final Score Dan Hagerman What do a German doctor, an Australian sniper, and a one-eyed Scottish demolitions expert all have in common? As much as it sounds like the setup of a tasteless joke, they’re actually all classes you can play as in Team Fortress 2.

Team Fortress 2 is a team-based first-person shooter released as one of five games in Valve Software’s The Orange Box. In this game, you can choose to play from nine different player classes, each of which are designed for offence, defence, or support roles. You play on teams of Red or Blue, with team sizes ranging from one to twelve. There are only three major game types – the third of which is currently only available on the PC as part of a free update – and the basic premise is that you run around and shoot each other.

So why is Team Fortress 2 so popular?

The first thing anybody will notice about Team Fortress 2 is that it looks different from any other game out there. Most shooters depict grim, semi-realistic shooters with gruff-voiced soldiers

needing to take out the enemy for some reason or other. This game takes that and then runs it through Toon Town. The characters are still strictly proportioned like humans, but now look more like stylized Pixar humans.

The characters also have a suite of comical taunts, ranging from the Heavy’s attacking of opponents with his finger-gun to the Demoman’s lifting up of his kilt – a la Braveheart – to reveal a sticky note with a smiley face in his pelvic region.

Just because it looks like a cartoon doesn’t mean it’s for kids, though. The game itself can be pretty violent, with explosions often accompanied by body parts, and gunshots leaving blood spatter on the wall behind the victim.

This change of pace of Team Fortress 2’s other rivals helps to not only keep it unique but also to always make it enjoyable to play and watch.

In terms of gameplay, Team Fortress 2 is best played with a group of at least 4 people per team.

That not only assures that you get a good balance of players, but also that if you want to change roles, you can do so without fear of under or over-balancing your team.

By keeping the different classes simple, Team Fortress 2’s gameplay is easily accessible and fun to play.

You can load up the game, hop onto any random server, and be sure to have a pretty good experience no matter who you’re playing with.

The classes are balanced so that each one can hold their own, even if they each have their own strengths and weaknesses.

My favourite is the Spy, who can go invisible for short periods of time, disguising itself as a member of the other team, and backstab opponents. The Heavy is also fun because he has a really big mini-gun used for tearing apart opponents. Finally, the Doctor can heal team-mates above their normal maximum health and can also temporarily make friends invulnerable, which makes him both really fun to play and your team will always be eternally grateful.

Even if you don’t like those, there are still 6 other classes to pick and choose from, so you’ll always have something exciting to try.

The most impressive thing so far about the PC version of the game is how it’s been getting updated with free content. Achievements have been added to get you to try to do different things with the game and an entirely new game type and map have been given out entirely free.

On a scale from horrible to awesome, this game is flipping sweet.

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people to come out and stay out.

We’ve had a great amount of luck, a lot of people have been coming out to the shows just because they hear we’re playing. After every song everyone was clapping and everyone was watching and paying attention,” said Clark a couple hours before performing on Friday night.

Other bands have seen a great deal of support for their performances as well.

“Rusted Dawn has a really loyal following of guys that are into that band; they’re always right upfront.

They’re so interactive with their crowd... it’s a great live show to watch,” Clark said.

Clark also claims that all the bands are getting similar attention, “Every band has had its own little thing and its own little crowd.”

In addition to the attraction to see all of the local talent playing, Clark thinks the venue is attracting a few more people to the audience.

“The thing about [Nicky] Zee’s is that anyone that would go to see the one of the bands at the Capital would be willing to go see a showthere, but someone who might never take the time to go to the Capital might be willing to go to [Nicky] Zee’s and come check it out.”

There has been a good deal of camaraderie between bands as well.

When asked who he would want

to win if She Roars! didn’t, Clark said, “Either Rusted Dawn or The Nancies. Rusted Dawn has been getting out and going on tour, I mean I know they could use it.”

Last Friday and this Friday are the quarter-finals for the competition. Eliminations (judged fifty percent by judges and fifty percent by the audience) follow, then the semis, a bye week for the Harvest Jazz and Blues Festival and finally the finals at the Playhouse.

Tickets for the final show can be purchased at the Playhouse Box Office.

The competition started August 8th and finishes September 19th. For more information, check out Nicky Zee’s on Facebook or MySpace.

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Welcome (or welcome back) to UNB! Between all the comings and goings of the first week back to school, don’t forget to check out what’s on air at your radio station, CHSR 97.9 on the FM dial, or catch us on the internet at www. chsrfm.ca We’ve come a long way from our humble beginnings in the basement of Memorial Hall. CHSR 97.9 FM has been Fredericton’s one and only campus-based community radio station for nearly fifty years. As the soapbox for the greater Fredericton community, we provide a voice to people and groups who might otherwise go unheard – we are your access to the airwaves!

So if you’ve got something to say, say it loud and say it with us, your friends on the hill.

We broadcast an unparalleled variety of music, spoken word and cultural programs, and with the largest music library east of Montréal, it’s not surprising

the wide range of musical genres that you’ll hear over the airwaves. From folk and country, to electronica and dance, to punk, classical, prog, metal, jazz, blues, hip-hop, experimental and everything in between, CHSR has something for even the most discerning of musical tastes.

But if you’re still not satisfied with what you’re hearing, apply for a show of your own and within a few weeks, you could be behind the mic, spinning whatever strikes your fancy.

CHSR is located in Room 223 of the Student Union Building, just upstairs from the Brunswickan offices.

So, if you’re interested in onair programming, working in the Music Department, helping to run the libraries, or technical or studio production work, call, click or drop by for a chat.

This year, CHSR is hosting a slew of events in the fall, both in and out of the studio.

Following the success of last year’s inaugural Zombie Pub Crawl, we’re doing it again. So dress up, douse yourself with fake blood, and join us in our insatiable hunt for brains! We will also be creating a Hallowe’en

Haunted House, partnering with the Elks’ Club and the Fredericton Food Bank. Come join us for a thrill, chill and a scream most shrill.

For the first time, CHSR is joining forces with the New Brunswick Branch of the Canadian Kidney Foundation for Radio Bingo.

Every Monday night from 7 until 8, Radio Bingo is your chance to play everyone’s favourite game with people across the region, and it’s for a great cause!

There are some fantastic programs lined up for the fall.

Some of our returning favourites include Strictly Hip-Hop with host DJ STV (Thursdays, starting at 8 pm), Musical Memories with Don Roberts (Tuesdays, 1.30 pm), and Happy Time hosted by Craig Biseau and Thomas Woods (Sundays, 9.30 pm).

Interested in getting involved?

We provide on-site training in all departments. Do you want to volunteer in the technical, production or music departments, or host your own show?

Check out our new and improved website about becoming a station member for these great opportunities.

A&E with extra cheese

Last year when I first started volunteeringwithTheBrunswickan on a regular basis, I never would have imagined myself in the shoes of the ardent, professional, and even slightly intimidating Ashley Bursey. Admittedly, I don’t know how I didn’t drive her clinically insane.

Aside from my wild rants about energy drinks and YouTube videos, I was consistently late with my submissions and more than likely offended the ears of other members of the office. Taking over her role was definitely a concept I didn’t think possible.

Still, here I am, awkward as ever and trying to familiarize myself with the frantic reigns of the Arts & Entertainment sled. I’m taking this position seriously (and I hope to cover as wide of a variety of content this year as humanly possible) but with the way our staff line-up worked out this year, I’d

be lying if I didn’t say this is going to be an action-packed ride. The extremely colourful and wildly eclectic variety of personalities fueling The Brunswickan this year are as easy to fall in love with as the publication they pour their hearts into. I’m more stoked than ever.

If there’s anything I really want to stress, it’s that this isn’t about me, or even the Editorial Board.

This newspaper is about the students. We’re counting on you to play as big (or as little) of a role as you can afford in getting involved with our publication. Straight up: volunteering at the Bruns is the best way to improve it Fortune favours the daring: get a hold of us as soon as you can. The editorial board will thank you for it, and you’ll gain some valuable experience in the process.

I’m your Arts Editor, Doug Estey, and that’s the extent of the preaching I have for you this year.

Doug Estey is a third year multimedia studies major and is the arts editor for The Brunswickan.

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Happy horoscopes Dan Hagerman The Brunswickan

Aries: You will feel especially impatient this week, my fair Aries.

When waiting in line at the theatres, channel your inner ram and headbutt those standing in line in front of you for a better spot. Your lucky meat is ham.

Taurus: Your hatred of the colour red will not make you a popular attendant of any sports games at UNB, dear Taurus.

Instead, try to focus on singleplayer sports like trampoline jumping and playing videogames.

Your lucky movie is Seven.

Gemini: Your love of attention and your yearning to travel will be at odds this week, dearest Gemini, when the idea gets into your head that you want to try to fly. This may result in injury and, more importantly, hilarity. Your lucky fan setting is medium.

Cancer: You will be feeling especially clingy this week.

Thankfully, this feeling can be averted with some liberal use of canola oil. You may then feel slippery and, oddly enough, patriotic. Your lucky letter is omega.

Leo: Your dislike of being compared to others is unfortunate, Leo, because you will never be as awesome as Patrick Stewart. When you accept this, your path to true enlightenment can begin. Your lucky sock colour is blue.

Virgo: Your love of healthy foods may become a problem this week, dearest of all my Virgos, when you discover that you can now have bacon for every single meal of the day. Do not worry, as any weight gained from this delicious bacon will be sweated out during exams.

Your lucky feeling, punk, is not a good thing to have when faced by Dirty Harry.

Libra: You might feel indecisive this week, Libra. This uncertainty can be lifted with one simple piece of advice: always bet on black. Only rookies and people with funny hats bet on red. Your lucky numbers are pi, Avogadro’s number, and zero.

Scorpio: You will feel something mysterious in the air sometime this week, Scorpio. It will turn out to be a Frisbee launched at your head.

Quick, duck! Wow, that was a close one! Your lucky day is today.

Sagittarius: You will be feeling witty and free-spirited this week, my dear Sagittarius. When told that shirts and shoes are mandatory upon entry to a building, neglect to wear pants and simply point to the sign. The police will probably laugh at you and not give you a fine. Your lucky shoe size is eight.

Capricorn: You will feel very persistent and strong-willed this week, Capricorn. If you have not finished all of the food on your plate but are feeling full, finish the rest anyway. Just because you’re done with your meal doesn’t mean it’s finished with you. Your lucky liquid is water.

Aquarius: Take charge this week, watery Aquarius, and show people that you’re a real leader. If you’re eating out at a restaurant and a waiter comes to take your group’s orders, make sure you always answer first, even if somebody else has already started ordering. Your friends will admire your ability to take initiative! Your lucky paper colour is off-white.

Pisces: You have a future ahead of you as a potential psychic. Try to guess what the person in front of you will order at the cafeteria. If you’re correct, you can safely give your credit card to me, as you will no longer need it with your future lottery winnings. Your lucky ink colour is pink.

Something awesome this way comes

You may be asking yourself questions like: “Does a copy editor do what I think they do?”, “What is the colour of Dan’s blue shirt?”, or “Is that real facial hair?”. The answer to all of these queries is “yes.”

I’m Dan Hagerman, and I’m the Brunswickan’s copy editor this year.

The role of the copy editor is mostly behind the scenes. I’m responsible for not only correcting spelling, grammar and punctuation errors in every single article printed, it is also my duty to ensure that the Brunswickan adheres to the Canadian Press style as much as possible. What does this mean for the paper? Hopefully, if I’ve done my job somewhat correctly, it will make the paper easier to read, understand, and enjoy.

In my spare time, I also write The Final Score gaming review column and some mildlyquestionable horoscopes. I enjoy reading, writing, movies, gaming, lounging, or some combination of all of these.

My first experience at the Brunswickan was in my first year of university. A short article claimed that it was impossible to lick your own elbow, but if you could do it you were welcome to come down to the Bruns to claim a prize. Thanks

to my double-jointedness and some persuasion, I walked away with a couple of CD’s I’d never heard of before.

I started writing for the Bruns 3 years ago, when, on a whim, I went to the first meeting of volunteer writers for the year. I wanted to write about videogames, and the Arts Editor at the time was so enthusiastic about it that within two weeks I had a regular column and I’ve been writing it ever since.

I’m also majoring in Math within the Arts faculty and well on my way to becoming a high school math teacher.

Don’t let my position fool you into thinking that if you make the slightest mistake in your contributions to the paper I’ll totally rewrite everything you submit, cackling loudly. That’s not what I’m all about. Not only am I the nicest guy I know, but I’m also the most humble. In fact, most of the alterations I have to make to stories involve almost no changes to wording whatsoever.

If there’s one pet peeve I have, it’s people that claim that our paper doesn’t have the best writing out there, but then refuse to write for us. If you think that you have something that can help make the paper even better, prove it and write for us!

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Mixing things up in the hood Doug Estey

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If you’re an MP3 fanatic like myself, then you’ve felt the pain of waking up one morning to a music collection that just feels stale. It’s not a pleasant one – the radio station is playing all of your favourite songs on repeat and your scene points are plummeting like the US dollar – but don’t lose hope: there is a new gig in town, and they’re breathing new life into music, one mash-up at a time. It’s the Chicago-based Hood Internet, and if you haven’t heard of it, you’re about to uncover an entirely new world of awesome.

Let’s just put this out there for a second: most mash-ups and remixes are lame. Throughout my life I have actually grown a strong distaste for them because of how many mental “oh no!” moments I’ve had after someone sent me a track their brother found on a Linkin Park disc or their buddy whipped up in his dorm room. The

digital era has made it so easy to author these things that it’s become difficult to sift through the junk to find quality material, and, as such, I gave up on them completely. A year ago, a psychology student and an art director from Chicago changed all of that for me.

Their birth certificates read Aaron Brink and Steve Reidell, but online they’re known as ABX and STV SLV, two DJs with a feverish ability to create monster mash-ups at a blistering pace. As members of Chicago-based indie rock outfit May or May Not, Brink and Reidell found themselves with a little extra time on their hands.

They discovered their common interest in hip-hop and began to spin up a little hobby on the side. Erecting thehoodinternet. com only 18 months ago, they’ve already created three full-length mixtapes and multiple releases, simultaneously spawning an internet following that barely has time to thirst for more before being quenched by another track update on their blog.

The result? Simply put: your music collection won’t be growing mould any time soon.

The formula is relatively straightforward.

The Hood takes modern indie tracks and juggles them together with outspoken hip-hop music to create unconventional new sounds that take their ingredients to a whole new level. More often than not, the duo manages to come up with a final piece with a much greater lasting value than either of the two songs being mashed together.

This is a feat in itself, but ABX and STV SLV go beyond that, publishing new tracks every week.

The pair combine promotional images from each artist to create a clever (and sometimes downright hilarious) press image for each mash-up, releasing the image and MP3 together in a blog post on their website. If that sounds like “OMG” to you, then you’ll want to subscribe to their blog and download their free (sendspacehosted!) mixtapes to get started.

The Hood pulls together artists like R. Kelly and Broken Social Scene, Kanye West and The Go! Team, Crime Mob and The Shins, with the odd switch-up thrown in for good measure (TLC vs.

Led Zeppelin?) Those seem like

ridiculous pairings on paper, but when you get hooked on it, there’s no turning back; most tracks are so unique that you’ll go through a mini-phase of being hooked on each one.

Comments on thehoodinternet. com speak for themselves, fondly addressing Brink and Reidell as “Hood” and encouraging their continued efforts. The pair has even won the hearts of critics across the continent, with The Onion dubbing their work as “wholly inventive” and USA Today exclaiming that “if you haven’t bookmarked [them] yet, you’re missing out on some daily unpredictable content.”

In the past few months, The Hood Internet has become so wildly popular that they’ve decided to take their show from the web to the streets of Chicago, performing at clubs and festivals and even mashing up other artists from the festival with each other.

These guys are bringing the fun back in music. If you’re tired of that old iTunes library or simply bored of the stack of CDs sitting in your car, you owe it to yourself to give the Hood Internet a chance.

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Season preview: V-Reds soccer kicks off New recruits to add depth as men’s squad make another attempt at the title

Women’s veteran line-up look to start off the season on a better note than last

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An assortment of young talent and veteran experience are ready to take the field in the men’s AUS soccer division for UNB this season. Four new recruits with a determined group of veterans shape the team to repeat their 2006 AUS championship after a disappointing defeat last season.

Coach Miles Pinsent is optimistic of the upcoming season. He believes that, although they may not be relied upon right away, the rookies should be able to compete in the league during their first season.

“We have a number of very good first year players this year,” said Pinsent. “They will contribute this year, but in the same sense you don’t rely on them too much.

Some of them will step in and help us right away though. I think some of the recruits are good enough to get on the field and compete in AUS right away. It helps us build a real good strong foundation,” said Pinsent.

Among the new recruits are Neto Miguel from Calgary, Alberta.

Miguel has played as an amateur in semi-professional futsal and soccer leagues in Brazil. Pinsent said Miguel is “a tough and talented player who will fit in perfectly with our style of play. His superb ball

After a disappointing 2007 campaign which failed to make the playoffs, the 2008 edition of UNB women’s soccer is set to put last year aside and to put up winning numbers. However, the seventh place finish last season still lurks in the mind of the veteran players as they begin training for the upcoming season.

Andy Cameron is back on board as head coach of the women’s soccer team. With the team since 2003, Cameron knows his team well and has been busy preparing for the upcoming season. The former Canadian Olympic team member is excited for what the fall holds.

“I think that we are going to have more depth this year,” said Cameron. “Just the training environment that we can provide this year will be better quality than last.”

UNB will return a large number from last year’s roster.

Isabelle Miles, a midfield player from Fredericton, is amongst the list of returnees. She’s been busy this summer playing in a semi-professional league in New England.

Adding to the list of returnees

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Ken Morrison dances around oppenent’s defence at Chapman Field. Both the men and women squads open their season at Memorial this weekend. striking with his left foot will be a huge asset.”

Other notable newcomers include Pablo Urbina, a skilled player from Winnipeg, David Andreychuk, a well-rounded attacker from Vancouver, and Amir Razak, a quick and skilled player from Fredericton.

The new recruits should blend in well with a solid group of returning veterans. Included in the returnees

is Ken Morrison, the 2007 AUS Most Valuable Player.

“Ken has been phenomenal player in the Fredericton area. For a third year player to be named M.V.P. speaks volumes on the impact he has made on the game.

But thing about Ken is, it’s what he does on and off the ball which makes him a great player,” said Pinsent.

Pinsent added, “I’m just

excited with the number of new talent coming in and the attitude of the veterans. The veterans have a bitter taste in their mouth from falling short last season. They will be pushing themselves to be better, smarter, and to work harder than other teams. I’m just looking forward to get going in general.”

In 2007, UNB finished fourth in the AUS division. After defeating

There’s a new sheriff in town Mitchell Bernard The Brunswickan

The sound of summer camp basketballs fill the office as he sits at his desk, scurrying to finish some last minute details. He’s left it all behind – his family, his house, and his hometown – but now he’s ready to embark on a journey to revive the UNB basketball program.

Thom Gillespie stepped down as head coach in April after a lackluster season with only two wins. Only weeks later, a new recruit was located to save the basketball program.

Brent Baker was appointed as the next head coach of the men’s basketball squad in mid-April.

The energetic, former national team player was all too thrilled for the opportunity to come to UNB. “It’s an easy sell,” said Baker.

“It’s the weirdest thing ever, but the thing that sold me here was the Student Union Building. Just the diversity, the culture – I just thought to myself, ‘OK, I’m sold.’”

It only took weeks for Baker to realize the opportunities that exist in Fredericton. Being the only AUS basketball squad in the province, UNB provides a great chance for Baker to utilize his skills and to build a winning program.

“UNB is a sleeping giant. It’s just a nice, tight-knit community that makes you want to be part of it. I’m really excited about being here.”

Baker brings years of experience to the floundering basketball program. Baker played a pivotal

role in the St. FX men’s basketball team’s journey to the CIS semifinals as their assistant coach in 2005-2006.

Ready to get started on the basketball program, Baker has already announced an entire line-up worth of recruits that promise to turn a few heads this fall. Amongst the recruits is six-foot shooting guard Dustin Anthony of North Bay, Ontario.

Anthony has been spoken to by at

for many other Varsity teams on campus.

“New players want to be the first to win in the new building. They want to be the first team on that floor to do something special in that building,” said Baker.

Although Baker said that he wants to keep a few elements of the playing style of the Gillespie-era, he was quick to note one of the major shortcomings of last year’s season.

“One of the things they lacked

Brent Baker, new men’s basketball head coach. least four other schools, and Baker is excited to see how Anthony will fit on his squad. “He’s a committed kid that’ll do what it takes to win,” said Baker.

An added bonus to lure in new recruits for Baker’s squad is the Richard J. Currie Center construction. A state-of-the-art complex designed to reinforce UNB’s on-going dedication to its sports program, the Center has become a major selling point for not only the basketball squad, but

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last season was size. To compete, we’ve brought in five guys that are over six-five. I mean, we are really going to tower this year.

Let me just say, it’ll be different,” said Baker.

The added size and speed of the team may finally fill a few seats in the Pitt. The new squad should add more intensity, grit, and some show-stopping moves to keep spectators on the edge of their seats.

“You know, some of the players

have talked about what the volleyball team did last year. I’ve seen the Pitt before, and it rocks when it’s full. I hope people will come out to watch and to see how much we’ve changed. It’s going to be a good show.”

The players on last year’s roster will have to grind it out just as hard in the training camp as the recruits to regain their position.

“We’re not guaranteeing every recruit a spot or a position. How I explained it to them [the returnees] was that my loyalty to the program is to make it better every year. Your loyalty to the program is to make sure that I don’t have to recruit every year, and that you improve your position,” said Baker.

Baker can hardly hold his excitement as he fidgets in his chair, waiting anxiously for the new season to arrive.

“What I’m most excited about I think is the anticipation of getting on the floor and getting to work. You can interview players, you can recruit players, you can work them out, but until you see them all together as a group, as a functioning group, then you really start to find out what the dynamic will be,” said Baker.

Baker added, “I think we are on the verge of doing something special, and that’s what has got me kind of jacked up. But I’m also a realist. The biggest thing I want people to know is you can line up all the excuses in the world, but I’m not going let my team have those excuses. We are going to get better.”

UNB will open up their season at St. FX on October 17.

UPEI 1-0 in the quarterfinals, the men fell short against the eventual AUS champions, Cape Breton, 2-0.

This year, the squad hopes to step it up a notch and earn a birth back to the CIS championships.

“I really believe that our program is at a point where we, realistically, expect to contend for

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See women’s soccer B3

Now you know

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To me, this is an initiation. I don’t want to have to write about myself. I want to write about the UNB soccer squad, the Toronto Maple Leafs, and, of course, Kevin Dickie. Heck, I’ll even pour my thoughts out onto a page all year in my column. But telling the public about me? Alright then, Brunswickan, you win. Here goes nothing.

My name is Mitchell Bernard and I have the honour of being the Brunswickan’s Sports Editor for the 2008-09 year.

Originally from Tignish, Prince Edward Island (I know, don’t all gasp at once), I migrated over to the mainland in 2005. Now entering my fourth and final year of school, I will hopefully be completing my Bachelor of Business Administration degree this spring.

To put it simply, I don’t like genres. Besides running the sports show here on campus, you can find me helping out first year students in the Business Faculty offices,

sweating it out in the L.B. Gym, or rocking out with my band Weak Size Fish. I’m even an accounting major, and I like to talk to people – figure that one out.

Now comes the question you may be thinking to yourself: if you’re the sports editor, shouldn’t you play sports? Well…I…uh… used to be an athlete? I played them all in high school. You know, volleyball in the fall, hockey in the winter, rugby in the spring, and baseball in the summer. I guess I sort of flunked out of sports when I came to university.

I love to watch sports, and I love to hear people’s opinions. Thus, I want you to contact me. I want you to tell me how much you hated my column on men’s volleyball, or how much you love to hear about the hockey squad winning yet another Battle of the Hill.

Drop me a line at Sports@ thebruns.ca. Better yet, if you enjoy writing about sports, then tell me.

I’d love to have you join our sports department.

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Construction on Currie Center (finally) begins

$50-million dollar complex is expected to be completed in the spring of 2010 Sports Department The Brunswickan

The green light was finally given as UNB broke ground for the latest addition to the Fredericton campus.

The UNB Board of Governors approved the $50-million Richard J. Currie Center this past summer and construction has already begun on the site of the former Buchanan Field.

With over two-thirds of the fundraising complete, UNB celebrated the ground-breaking this past July. A major project designed to attract high-quality students and faculty to the UNB campus, the center will house some of the best research technology in the country.

Terry Haggerty is the Dean of Kinesiology at UNB. He is certain that the new facility will draw in a number prospective student to the UNB community.

“Certainly, many campuses have been doing recruiting. We’ve heard stories that one of the places they usually end up on tours is the recreational facility to show the students that it is a great place to go to play sports or to take part in recreation, or to gather or assemble.

Up to this point we’ve had a 1941 r

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(Top) An artists depiction of how the new complex will look.

(Bottom) Buchanan Field is currently a giant hole under construction. Crews have been busy working on the new Richard J. Currie Center. building. It’s a great old building, but I’m not sure you’d want to end your tour down here,” said Haggerty.

Not only will the new Center

be an attraction for prospective students, but it will also be an incentive for current students to remain at UNB for years to come.

“It should impact our retention

rates, satisfaction with students and how they do. I remember reading a journal about a study in the U.S. It showed a correlation between the use of recreational facilities and the

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GPA of students. Those who used the facilities more received higher GPAs, attended more classes, and had better retention rates,” said Haggerty.

For the varsity squads on campus, the Currie Center will act as a great tool to recruit athletes from across the country. UNB head coach Brent Baker noted that the new facility provides a motivation for the new recruits that are coming to UNB for the upcoming season. He said that each want to be the first to win in the new complex, and that the facility should make his recruiting job easier in the years to come.

The main attraction for the varsity athletes is the new complex in which they will compete. The third floor of the center will house the Performance Gym. It is designed for Varsity Red use, as well as functions such as graduation ceremonies.

“The Performance Gym is going to be aesthetically very pleasing inside. The main complex is U-shape configuration with 1500 seats.

There will be a sports medicine centre in there to be able to help students in terms of rehabilitation, as well as offices, and a video analysis room. As well, there will be places to congregate like a commons area. The facility itself will be used for practices and games,” said Haggerty.

The new facility, which is scheduled to be completed in the spring of 2010, should make for a great addition to the UNB campus.

Years of planning and preparation should reveal an appealing state-ofthe-art complex.

Two features of the Currie Center that will advance UNB on the research front are the Human Performance Lab and the Fitness and Lifestyle Assessment Centre.

The Human Performance Lab will be the first of its kind in Canada. The lab will have the ability to provide research, education and chronic disease management services in the field of human movement. Some of the services the lab will be able to provide are testing and analysis of fatigue on people living with physical challenges, identifying abnormal movement patterns in children with disorders, examining strategies used to maintain balance in elderly adults, providing research on work injuries and rehabilitation, and to offer fatigue and performance analysis to athletes and military personnel.

The fitness and lifestyle assessment area allows for the UNB community to work closely with certified staff to develop a healthy lifestyle plan. It provides services that assist faculty, staff, students and members of the greater Fredericton community.

The Center will finally provide a relief for the out-of-date Lady Beaverbrook Gym currently in use. Haggerty said he, along with members of the Kinesiology department, would be excited when they can finally make the transition.

“It’s quite an upgrade. If you look at our strength training room downstairs, and the cardio room, the size of those compared to the number of people who want to take part, it’s pretty sad really. The new cardio room is about three times the size of this office, whereas the new one will be approximately 2000 square feet, which is at least four times the size of the one now. It will have a great view of the valley with glass walls,” said Haggerty.

More information on the Currie Center can be found on the website www.unbf.ca/currie.

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Would the real Varsity Reds teams please stand up?

After hockey team dominates, other V-Reds squads need to step it up in the 2008-09 campaign Balls to the wall Mitchell Bernard

As sports editor of the Brunswickan this year, I have to follow the Varsity Reds quite closely. How closely? Well, let’s just say I had the hockey player’s heights memorized at the 2008 Cavendish Cup in Moncton, N.B. (by the way, Hunter Tremblay measures in around 5-foot-10, just in case you were wondering).

But here is my beef - I don’t know that much else about the other varsity squads.

Sure, I’ve heard of Ken Morrison dominating the AUS last season who Coach Miles Pinsent called, “the most under-rated athlete in Fredericton.” I’ve watched Melanie Doucette own the setting position on the volleyball line-up since I’ve come to university, as well as Davin St. Pierre racking up the kills from the off-side position.

Other than that, I don’t know much else in terms of specifics.

Why? It’s because the other teams don’t dominate as much as our hockey line-up.

Now before you stop reading, pull out your laptop, and start writing a letter to the editor, let me just state my case.

Yes, I’m a hockey fan, but I’m also very much open-minded.

I have no problem watching a women’s basketball game over Reds hockey - if the game is going to be an interesting one. When I’m looking at the weekly line-up, I’m going to the game that means the

most.

That point poses a problem.

Why would anyone want to watch a basketball squad who, even by looking at their height and build, are most likely to get crushed by their opponents? Or why watch a women’s soccer squad who are destined to miss the playoffs?

OK, so now you really want to stop reading, right? Give me one more chance, please. Just take another sip of that coffee to your left and continue on.

Time after time you hear the excuse, “The Brunswickan only publishes articles about the hockey team. They are so biased!” Yes, it’s true. Maybe we did give the hockey team too much coverage last season, but they accomplished near perfection.

This year is going to be a different year. The soccer teams have adjusted to the new turf, the basketball team has brought in more recruits than the population of Oromocto, and both volleyball squads are in the right mind frame to compete for the AUS title.

So what’s the purpose of this?

Why am I bickering about people complaining on the lack of coverage to other V-Red squads?

Simply put, I want something to write about.

Here’s my challenge to all the other V-Red squads: make an impact. Do something that’s noteworthy. That means extra hours in the gym, harder work on the practice front, and to go above and beyond your expectations.

Nobody wants to read about your team being “officially eliminated from playoff contention.” If you want the coverage, then show me what you can do. If you do, I’ll keep my promise and attend your games, write stories about your teams,

Hunter Tremblay of the Varisty Reds attacks the goal at the 2008 Cavendish Cup in Moncton, N.B., last spring. and praise your efforts.

The hockey squad wins yet another game? Alright, but I also want to write about the soccer teams preparing for the CIS nationals.

“Yeah, but Mitchell, the hockey team has more money! How can we compete with other schools who flood their soccer/volleyball program with funds?”

The Tampa Devil Rays have one of the lowest salaries in Major

A new era for V-Reds Sports View from the Sidelines Tony von Richter

Welcome to the first year of UNB’s new ‘Commitment to Excellence’

It’s been six months since UNB’s sporting landscape was drastically changed with the removal of six teams from the varsity program.

Some supported the move, some (including myself and many others at The Brunswickan) derided it, but no matter your feelings on the situation it doesn’t change the fact that we’ve now got eight Varsity Reds teams and it’s going to be very interesting seeing how the first season of UNB’s “Commitment to Excellence” plays out.

The first week of the school year is a bit early to start making predictions so I won’t be making any here, but suffice it to say that I’m more excited about UNB sports this year than any in recent memory.

That’s not to say that I’ve changed my mind and now support UNB’s decision because I haven’t. I still wish that we had a women’s hockey team and that our wrestlers, swimmers, and runners are considered varsity athletes all year and not just when they compete, but that decision has already been made for this season and we can’t change it. Since we can’t change last year’s decision I’m not going to dwell on it. Instead, it’s time to focus on the teams and athletes that we do have as the Reds have made some exciting moves.

Strangely enough, as I’m not a die-hard fan of the sport, the team I’m most eager to see this season is the men’s basketball team, and that’s largely because of new Head Coach Brent Baker.

I’ve only had some brief interaction with Baker, but from talking to him and seeing the moves he has made, he seems to be the perfect person to make men’s basketball relevant on our campus.

His enthusiasm for his program is evident and he appears to be the type of coach that can get people out to games solely based on his excitement for the team. Of course enthusiasm alone won’t be enough to draw sell-out crowds to the Pitt but Baker has brought in a number of recruits that should help the team greatly improve on last year’s 2-18 season.

After men’s basketball the team

I’m more excited about UNB sports this year than any in recent memory.

moments of the year.

While I still don’t agree with the Reds decision to cut six teams last spring I’m not going to let that put a damper on what looks to be one of the most interesting seasons of V-Reds Athletics in recent memory and neither should you.

Tony von Richter is a former Sports Editor of The Brunswickan and is the current Sports Bureau Chief for Canadian University Press. Email him at managing@unb.ca.

be your benchmark and attain that level of perfection that you thought was once impossible.

After speaking to all of the coaches this past week, I’m positive that this year will be triumphant for our sports teams. Each sound enthusiastic about the upcoming season, and even I’m starting to get the jitters as I await the 200809 schedule to begin.

Cut out this article. Post it on your team’s wall. Say, “Hey, let’s

show that Sports Editor that he’s an idiot.” Write to me each week telling me that you are winning, and that I’m an ignorant jerk.

Seriously.

I want to see you win. I want to be proud of our sports program, and I want to write about our teams winning – and not about disappearing coaches after disappointing seasons.

Mitchell Bernard is the Sports Editor of The Brunswickan.

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is keeper Jackie Fitt. The five-footseven Stellarton, Nova Scotia native should play a vital role this season if the Reds hope to contend for the championship.

With a strong group of returning players, Cameron hasn’t had much recruiting to do over the summer months.

He did, however, land Heather Ambery of Ottawa.

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sports@thebruns.ca with the most buzz surrounding it this year is easily the hockey team thanks to a series of games that the team is touting as the ‘Grand Slam:’ five exhibition contests at the Aitken Centre against top teams the University of Maine Blackbears, the NCAA Champion Boston College Eagles, and the New York Islanders rookie squad.

As exciting as it will be seeing two top NCAA schools competing with arguably the best team in the CIS I think Reds fans will be most excited about the game against the Isles rookies as they will probably feature alltime Reds leading scorer Rob Hennigar in their line-up.

Although the frequency has increased in recent years with players like Daryl Boyce and Michael Ouzas getting pro contracts, it’s still rare for a CIS alum to get a shot at the NHL, so seeing one of our own wearing an NHL sweater on home ice should be one of the most memorable

League Baseball, yet they sit games atop the leading salary team; the New York Yankees.

Maybe it’s just mo’ money, mo’ problems? By the way, the hockey Reds did choke in the finals at the Cavendish Cup last year.

I say, so what if the hockey team has a decent cut of the sports budget? Make up for it with grit and passion. I was once an athlete, too, and I know it takes a lot of work to win. Let the hockey squad

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the 2007 season with the Ottawa South United, her coaches noted her as being a dominant player who distributes the ball well.

Ambery should blend well with UNB’s style of play and will be looked upon to make an impact throughout her years in the soccer program.

Beginning on the road this weekend in Newfoundland, the squads have some stiff competition headed their way in the first few weeks of the season.

“Our first four games are against arguably the three top teams so it’ll

be a real measuring stick as to what the standard is and where we have to be if we are going to compete at the end of the season,” said Cameron.

Training camp has been well underway for the Reds and the players are all optimistic of the upcoming season.

“I think everyone is generally excited. They felt like last year that we done well but we could have done better. Everyone is determined to come into camp this year and take it up a notch,” said Cameron.

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Sept 4, 2008 • Issue 1 • Volume 142 • B5

Change of mind to change a body Clarenda Price

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A new beginning, whether it is your first or last year; the start of a new school year evokes a spark of excitement and anticipation.

Maybe you can envision your future or at least you have a game plan. You may feel in control and confident regarding your future career, however an issue you may be avoiding out of helplessness, denial, or lack of self-control is your health and fitness.

You can choose to live a life of passion and achievement with no more regret. You can claim optimal health and achieve fitness and do it all while juggling the responsibilities of university life. It’s simple in theory but it’s disciplined work in reality.

We’ve all heard of lifestyle changes.

Most of us have implemented some healthy changes for a period of time and have felt the joys of success.

Exercise programs and diets work as long as you follow them.

So why do we stop or regress?

I strongly believe that we need to change our minds before we can change our bodies. The process needs to develop from the inside out. This may be a new or difficult concept for the chronic dieter or die-hard supplement user. We are a quick fix, instant gratification society.

Often we will take a pill because we see faster results, disregarding or just not asking what the final outcome will be upon cessation.

For example, taking a pill to rev up your metabolism will do just that, but when you stop, your metabolism slows down and your body will store more fat.

Long term results take time and commitment. It won’t be easy and it shouldn’t be fast. If it was we would all be in perfect shape and featured on Oprah!

So if you are serious about improving or radically changing

your fitness and health it’s time to get organized, set goals and be committed to becoming your best, no matter how long it may take.

Your best, note I did not say society’s or the media’s best.

You need to examine your life from a realistic perspective. If you have seen a physician and they have declared you healthy then you need to decide what you want from your life. If you are truly happy with an extra ten pounds on your body, then focus on other areas of your life to maintain balance.

Maybe physically you are healthy, but you have unanswered spiritual questions or unresolved emotional issues. Whatever it may be, take control, you are in charge and you have a few decisions to make.

1. Be real. Truth can make you squirm. It can uncover parts of our lives that we don’t like and have chosen to keep hidden. Enough already! Drop your persona, get in touch with who you are when no one else is around.

Be completely honest about your failures, ditch the excuses you’ve been using to self-sabotage, forgive yourself and move on to your future. Remember though, forgiveness is not a license for further failure. You will be successful if you learn important lessons from these mistakes.

From now on do not say you don’t have time to exercise (excuse). When really your belief system is saying it’s not important enough to you to make the time (truth). Your first decision needs to be to tell the truth even when it’s painful.

2. Be educated. Ask questions, enroll in courses, read reputable books on health and fitness.

Find out how the body functions and metabolizes. Find out for yourself how your body reacts to different foods, keep a detailed food journal and note how you feel after eating simple carbs

or high fat foods. Take note if you are eating because you are hungry, as a distraction, or an avoidance technique, i.e. you eat because you don’t know which assignment to tackle first or how to begin. Substituting a brisk walk for eating would be a logical strategy once you are honest and aware of your behavior. If you do this you will be empowered to make the right choices. You will know the rationale for your eating and fitness decisions. It will be easier to make hard choices when you understand why you need to make them.

3. Be committed. You are never a failure until you quit. Success is a direct result of commitment.

This commitment will become stronger as the success starts to happen. As your walking turns into jogging your confidence will build and you may be excited to try a new sport or to start strength training.

Start with a small goal and then use your growing confidence to set more challenging or long term goals. Reprogramming yourself one simple promise at a time will be more successful than trying to change too many things at once.

So now it’s time to soul search.

Remember, be real: what is it that you really want to change? Do you want more energy? Do you want to rid yourself of your muffin top? Take control. Explore your options on reaching this goal. Do you need to do some research? Is it time to start applying Canada’s food guide to your life or time to get out and hit the trails for some aerobic exercise? Write out your commitment, maybe share it with a friend for accountability, stick to it and you will enjoy the rewards of your success. You can do it!

Retrain the way you think so you can retrain your body. You have the power to regain control and to change your life. Deciding to change is easy, acting on it is where commitment begins and never ends.

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How to stay hydrated Laura Carlson

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WATERLOO (CUP) – With the summer weather heating up, athletes engaging in strenuous activity face serious health risks if they don’t take the proper precautions to stay hydrated.

According to a report released in 2007 by the Center for Catastrophic Injury Research, 33 football players in the United States have died from heat stroke since 1995. Twenty-five of the deaths occurred at the high school level, five at the college, two at the professional, and one at the casual level.

Douglas Casa, Director of Athletic Training Education at the University of Connecticut, has been conducting research related to heat and hydration with athletes for the past 15 years. He says staying hydrated is one of the primary ways to avoid serious health risks such as heat strokes and h e a t cramps.

There are three primary reasons why staying hydrated is important for athletes, according to Casa.

“One, to either maintain or enhance performance. Two would be to maintain or enhance psychological functions,” he said.

“Third would be reducing your health risks.”

Casa explains that a person’s individual sweat rate is what determines their fluid needs, and that this is greatly affected by the intensity of the exercise session as well as the environmental conditions.

“In the summer months, if someone tries to do something hard and in hot weather, that’s when they’re going to have their highest sweat rate,” said Casa.

Casa recommends that individuals have personalized hydration plans, as two individuals doing the

exact same physical activity in the same conditions will loose different amounts of fluid based on their personal sweat rate.

“You have to have a good feel of what your own individual hydration rates are; you can’t just go based on public recommendations,” said Casa.

In order to determine your sweat rate, weigh yourself naked before going out for an hour of hard exercise and then weigh yourself again.

However much weight you have lost during this time (assuming you haven’t drunk anything or urinated) is what your fluid loss is.

Casa recommends drinking one litre of water for every kilogram you loose, and switching to sports drinks if your activity lasts for over an hour.

Simply listening to your thirst

i s a general parameter for monitoring your hydration, but Casa says that this may not be sufficient because during intense exercise your thirst might not keep up with your fluid needs. Instead, Casa recommends looking at your urine colour.

“If it looks like apple juice you’re probably dehydrated. If it’s resembling lemonade you’re probably doing a pretty good job of staying hydrated,” said Casa.

Casa explains that during certain sports it is especially difficult to maintain hydration – particularly soccer, because players are on the field for a long time, and football,

because of the equipment load and the size of some of the players.

Teresa Hussey, a certified athletic therapist and trainer for the Wilfrid Laurier University football team, says that Laurier Athletics takes the issue of hydration very seriously. They ensure water is always available for the athletes and that they are aware of the effects of dehydration.

“Our biggest thing is just making sure that everybody is educated about it,” said Hussey.

“You’ve got to have coaches on board … it’s got to be something that you have to give [the players] constant access to it, and it has to be something that everybody agrees on,” she added.

Although Hussey and the other trainers do what they can to educate the players, she says that actually getting them to drink enough fluids can be a “constant battle.”

“Just telling them to drink water, they won’t listen to you, but if you get it into their he ad t h at they’ll actually perform better, that’s what they’re looking for,” said Hussey.

Hussey says that there have been several game situations where they have had to pull players because they were getting heat cramps, which is a side effect of dehydration.

“In that case we have to shut them down. We pull them from the game, and they’re done. Generally that only happens once to them and they realize it’s a little bit more important,” said Hussey.

“Dehydration will affect their performance … We notice it, the coaches notice it, by the end of practice, by the end of games, you can just see the exhaustion starting to set in.”

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B6 • Sept 4, 2008 • Issue 1 • Volume 142

UNB coaches pleased with Chapman Field Mitchell Bernard The Brunswickan

Finally, no more weird bounces and bad hops! That’s probably what Miles Pinsent and Andy Cameron were thinking when they had the opportunity to try out new the Chapman field last season.

Almost a year has passed since UNB cut the ribbon to officially open the new field, which sports an artificial turf designed to give the Reds an edge on training, injury prevention, and overall spectator satisfaction.

Andy Cameron, head coach of the UNB women’s soccer team, was quite pleased with the new surface. Complimenting the playing style of his team, he is confident the turf will give his team an extra boost in training for the upcoming season.

“Other than getting on it late [last season], it’s fantastic.

It makes for a different playing standard and it allows you to play a different style. It compliments the players and the way we want to play,” said Cameron.

“It’s becoming the industry standard nowadays. Most of the schools across the country are playing on turf, especially in the fall of the year when it can be wet, it provides a great surface to play on. And for the fans as well, it just makes for a better all around product,” The new turf should take strain off the player’s body and allow them to be more effective throughout the season. Some of the UNB players even wear a different type of cleat designed for play on the artificial surface.

“Generally speaking, other

A senior soccer league sneaks in a late night game at Chapman Field last week. A variety of user groups have been taking advantage of the new turf. than wearing a different type of boot, the players love it. It’s easier on your knees and you don’t have to worry about bad bouncing and everything is uniform,” said Cameron.

As head coach of the UNB men’s soccer squad, Miles Pinsent spends a lot of time on the new pitch. He agrees with Cameron in that the new surface is a great addition to the UNB soccer program.

“I’m pleased with the surface so far,” said Pinsent. “It is one of the best ones for our sport. The players like it very much since it is conducive to the style we like to use. It allows the team to push the ball around make lots of passes, and to switch players. It’s

a very team orientated system.”

With the addition of the new playing surface, UNB won’t have to worry about rainy conditions that tear up a natural playing surface and making for disturbing playing conditions.

“There is a guarantee of good playing conditions. The adjustments [from natural grass to turf] are minimal because they [the turf] play so much like a natural grass. As well, balls are not constantly going out of bounds.

And of course, there are no weird bounces,” said Pinsent.

The surface has not only helped out the UNB soccer squads, but also a variety of different user groups throughout this past

summer. Teams are lining up to have their opportunity on the new surface, giving teams in the area of chance to play soccer in March, unheard of pre-artificial turf era.

“We just wrapped up our first summer of operation and it was a success. The new turf was a huge addition to the UNB campus.

Seeing all the different user groups throughout the summer was great, too. Everything from youth and senior soccer, rugby, frisbee, and so on. The first summer has gone real well,” said Pinsent.

Originally, the plans called for two soccer pitches as well as a dome for indoor training during the winter months. The plans have

since changed, but the dome is still a go-ahead for this winter.

“The bubble will be erect (55 yards by 80 yards) in November.

It allows for outdoor based sports for year-round training and competition. It’s going to help make our soccer program stronger and to move forward,” said Pinsent.

For those wondering why the field wasn’t covered this past winter from the ice and snowfall conditions, Pinsent answers the question.

“There is no need to cover it.

It’s an all weather surface. The greatest issue was the layers of ice in Fredericton this past winter. There were literally three of four layers

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of ice on it that took awhile. You can actually play on it year around if it wasn’t for the ice or snow.

The surface doesn’t freeze because water runs through it instantly,” said Pinsent.

“The huge advantage is that we can get on it real early in the spring.

The winter slowed down because of so much ice from last year. This year we should expect to get on turf two months earlier than most natural grass fields. We should usually on by first of March.”

The Reds will be on the lookout to start the 2008 campaign on a good note at Chapman Field when they open their season September 13 against Dalhousie.

Intramurals and you Brandon Macneil The Brunswickan

So, you were active in high school.

You played sports, ran for fun, and maybe even hit up the weight room every now and again. But then you hit university, and it seems as though you’re no longer good enough to make the team.

Are you looking to stay active this school year? Intramural sports at UNB are a great way to do so.

What’s better than playing your favorite sport while socializing over some friendly competition?

Whether you were the all-star athlete in high school, or the fourth string player on a team who ran three strings, there is a team that you can feel comfortable playing on.

From ice hockey, to volleyball, to dodge ball or soccer, UNB offers a wide variety of sports and tournaments to participate in, available for both genders.

Tom White is Intramural Sports Assistant for the university. “The great thing about Intramurals is

that anyone can play, no matter what their skill level.”

Intramural sports are designed to accommodate all levels of skill and abilities. For first year students, it gives them a chance to network and to feel comfortable living in a new community.

“Besides the physical activity aspect of it, intramurals is a great way for students to expand their social network, continue their athletic career, or even join a new sport for the first time,” said White.

For students interested in trying a new sport, there is no need to be nervous. The majority of the sports consist of a recreational level for the novice players, while the more experienced players can compete in the competitive division. In the competitive division of each sport, a single elimination tournament is offered for those teams interested in challenging others to determine the overall winner.

There are a few ways of signing up to participate in intramurals.

If you wish to play for a faculty or residence, you can do so by speaking with your sports representative. It

is also an option to compile your own team and enter the sport of your choice.

For individual signups, you can visit the Intramural office during the registration dates. Team registration can be done online through the intramural website or in the intramural office located in the Lady Beaverbrook Gym (Rm. A112).

Students looking to join ice hockey must register at the L.B. Gym to play on a team or to attend practices. Be sure to have your UNB student ID validated for the 2008-09 school year. If you are not a student at UNB and you wish to participate with an intramural team, you can do so by purchasing a campus recreation pass. Along with this students must also bring a non-refundable registration fee of $60 to one of the following registration sessions:Tuesday, September 9th, 2008 4:00-6:00pm Wednesday, September 10th, 2008 4:00-6:00pm Thursday, September 11th, 2008 4:00-6:00pm For more information, visit the intramural website at campusrec. unbf.ca/intramurals.

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AUS championships. That’s what we’ve been building for over the past few seasons,” said Pinsent.

“It’s [the AUS] a tough league.

Sometimes the job satisfaction is less if you have a really good program. We have the potential to win, but then again, so do other teams. It ultimately comes down to who is the most effective in all aspects.”

The men’s squad will be opening up their season at Memorial University this Saturday. As well, The Reds will host an open tryout on Monday, September 8 from 5:00 – 6:30 p.m. at Champman Field. Anyone interested is welcome to attend.

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Sept 4, 2008 • Issue 1 • Volume 142 • B7

The urban sport of going Looking for a repeat Crystal Fraser the

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TORONTO (CUP) -- There are real Neos leaping around the world, Tarzans swinging through Canada and spider men climbing the walls of Toronto. And they might even be sitting next to you in class!

It’s called parkour, and it’s the sport of moving your body within the urban environment to quickly get from one place to another.

The destination is unimportant.

What are important are the physical capabilities of the body, without the use of tools or equipment, to overcome the obstacles of an urban environment.

“Sometimes, when it comes to parkour, the journey is the destination itself, and we may never really set a destination — we just practice and experience the sport of parkour,” said Daryl Santos, a first-year arts fundamentals major at Seneca College in York, Ontario.

Leap from railings, jump off roofs, run across walls, climb fences, swing on ledges — in parkour one can utilize any of the athletic functions of the human body in conjunction with whatever is “in your way” to, well, go!

Parkour is a young sport, first developed in the late 1990s, which had a slow climb in popularity as it crawled through the underground scene.

It began with one man’s obsession with physical fitness and agility.

Born in Fécamp, Normandy, in 1973, David Belle is known as the founder of parkour.

Belle combined his background in gymnastics, martial arts and general athleticism to create parkour.

His goal was to allow nothing to get in his way – neither physical weakness nor the physical obstacles of his environment. Millions around the world now share this goal.

In fact, it was seeing Belle perform parkour in the movie District

13 (originally French, dubbed into English) that inspired Daryl Santos.

Santos first became interested in parkour in Barrie, Ontario. There wasn’t much of a social market for parkour in Barrie, but through an online Ontario parkour community, pkTO.com, Santos was able to connect with other avid traceurs (those who practice parkour) and nurture his love for the sport.

“After I became introduced to pkTO specifically, it’s just been an amazing, phenomenal experience,” Santos said.

Santos now runs his own meets in North York, which have attracted students from York University, Seneca College’s York campus, and people from the greater Toronto area in general.

Some classify parkour more as a discipline than a sport — they call it the “art of displacement.”

In parkour, urban structures are not seen as being “in the way,” but rather something which can be used or overcome — with the right conditioning, of course.

Traceurs don’t hop haphazardly around. There are specific maneuvers in parkour. Some are quite simple and self-explanatory: the precision jump, the wall run, the roll, and the drop.

Other moves are a bit more complicated. These include buildering, which is the scaling of a vertical wall without ropes or harnesses, or vaulting, which involves leaping over something, such as a rail or wall, usually using the hands for balance and control. There are also flashier moves, such as flips and jumping off roofs, but these are not necessary in parkour and are more accurately maneuvers of free running, a similar sport.

As opposed to other sports, parkour is not about competing with others. Rather, it’s about competing with yourself. You challenge yourself to find the quickest, most efficient route to your final destination, whether you come across

hedges, railings, fountains, walls, benches or whatever could possibly get in your way.

You do not go around the obstacle. If there is a wall, you climb over it. If there is a staircase, you run up or down the railing. If there is a car, you leap over the car...well, okay you don’t leap over the car.

That would be disrespectful to the owner, and that is not what the sport is about.

“We’re not here to be a pest…

We’re not here to abuse the environment…We’re here to train; we’re here to have fun; we’re here to do parkour!” said Santos.

Santos stressed that traceurs respect authority and personal property and always keep public safety in mind. Although perfectly legal, if police, security or any other authority expresses concern for traceurs practicing in a specific place, the group moves on to another area.

Usually the possibility of being liable for someone’s injury on their property is the main motivation for people shooing away a parkour meet. And it’s true; the sport is risky, but it’s actually not as risky as you might think.

Because of the intense training and conditioning required, traceurs don’t usually begin practicing parkour until they’ve adequately developed their strength and agility through intense discipline and training.

But what does one get out of such an unusual sport?

“It’s the most fit I’ve been in years,” said Santos. “I’ve met some of the most amazing people…I have many new friends; I’ve learned so much from just involving myself in the sport.

“The more I’ve been a part of pkTO, the more it seems like we’re one crazy family. Sure, we’re practicing parkour, but everyone is there for each other as far as the community goes. We’re always there to teach one another, to learn from one another – it’s just an amazing community.”

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The summer may be winding down, but that doesn’t mean the boys of summer are ready to go yet.

The UNB baseball squad is gearing up to defend their Atlantic championship this year as they welcome back a number of returnees. Among those is MVP pitcher Peter Shaw, who pitched three no hitters.

Shaw’s first no hitter was a 3-0 victory over their crossprovince rivals of Atlantic Baptist University. He followed suit in the finals with a 2-0 victory over Concordia.

“What Peter did in that tournament was incredible,” said head coach Mark Clark. “He pitched great for us all season, but those two games were special to watch.”

UNB finished the round robin segment of the tournament at 2-1, leaving them tied with three other teams. They faced a must-win situation in their final round robin game against Durham, in which they won 3-0. This placed them in a semi-final rematch versus ABU, where they gained a birth in the championship game.

Many people would have counted them out for a chance of winning the tournament, seeing as they were a wildcard entry. Coach Clark disagreed, as he believed they just as easily could have been Atlantic Champions.

“We had a very solid team. We were right there at the top of the standings with them all season. It just so happened that they edged us out of the playoffs.”

Clark believes his team can be in contention again this year.

Despite losing some key veterans, the coach is still optimistic of the upcoming season. Former players such as Ryan Corey and Andrew MacLaggan will be missed, however several standout players

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UNB Baseball is hoping to continue their winning ways this season. plan to return for the 2008 season.

Norris Philpotts had a very strong season as shortstop last year and hopes to pick up where he left off.

Mackenzie Washburn and Joel Calhoun are two more players looking to duplicate their successful seasons.

Star pitcher Peter Shaw will be the key returnee for the defending champs. The MVP of last year’s nationals was hoisted on his teammates’ shoulders after throwing his second complete game no hitter of the week. After the final out of the tournament, his teammates rushed him and chanted his name before he was presented with the trophy.

When asked about his expectations for this squad for the upcoming season, Clark is setting the bar high.

“The goal, ultimately, is to be competing for first place as the season winds down,” said Clark.

“We had a very good team last year, and I expect the same production from this year’s team. To win the Atlantics is big in itself. That earns a place in Nationals. That’s where you want to be.”

Since being formed in 1998, UNB baseball has won eight Atlantic Conference titles, two national titles, and two silver medals in Canadian Intercollegiate Baseball Association National Competitions.

With tryouts starting the first week of September, and the season starting very shortly after, Clark doesn’t have much time to pick his roster.

“It’s going to be a challenge trying to choose the right players in such a short time period.”

For more information on the UNB Baseball team, you can visit their website at www.unbbaseball. com.

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