Issue 20, Vol 142, The Brunswickan

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Volume 142 · Issue 20 • February 11, 2009

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A chilly splash for IWK

V-Reds go full force ahead Brandon MacNeil The Brunswickan

Simon Leslie / The Brunswickan

Bridges House’s annual Polar Dip fundraiser raised $6600 for the IWK this past Saturday. Fifty participants braved the icy challenge, including roughly 25 Bridges residents, other members of the residence community, and members of the UNB Student Union.

Cameron Mitchell The Brunswickan

This past Saturday, Bridges House held their annual Polar Dip. Over 50 people took part in the event, which raised $6,600 for the IWK Children’s Hospital in Halifax.

The Polar Dip consists of an outdoor pool (in the SUB Quad) and plenty of risk-loving participants who jump into the freezing water in order to raise money for charity.

In one form or another, the event has been around since 1968 when Bridges resident Mike Ross took the house’s first ever plunge for charity. Since then, the Polar Dip has been an integral part of Bridges’ traditions, and a great way for the residence to give back to the community.

The event kicked off with a barbeque at noon in Bridges House. That was followed by some musical entertainment that included several student bands and performers. Then at 3:00 p.m. the jump got underway.

Participants got a bit lucky with the weather, which held steady at around -6 degrees Celsius, but that didn’t stop the cold from taking its toll. Jump after jump, participants leapt from the snowy ground into the freezing cold

pool of water, and all of them came out shivering.

Several spectators came out to support the event and watch the participants tussle with the cold. There was a lot of cheering and a lot of laughter.

“People just seem to love watching the people jump and scream and haul out of that pool so quickly,” said secondtime jumper and Lady Dunn president Megan Murray.

Murray was one of the non-Bridges participants that came out to support the cause and build a sense of community on campus.

“This year we had close to 50 jumpers, and close to half of them were from our house,” explained Bridges president Sarah Jardine. “The rest of them were

from the residence community and the Student Union.”

UNB’s residence community has always had a strong connection to charity work, and Bridges House is of no exception. The Polar Dip raises funds for the IWK Children’s Hospital through the pledge work done by participants, and Murray explains that people are often eager to pay to see their friends take a dip in the freezing cold pool.

“I was the only one to jump from my house, so I just went door to door raising money,” Murray continued. “Although some of the residence members were a bit hesitant to jump, they were still willing to help because charity has such a big base in the resident community, and they wanted to see me freeze.”

After exchanging wins over the weekend, the Varsity Reds are looking ahead to the final weekend of regular season play.

On Friday night, the Aitken Centre was sold out as the Saint Mary’s Huskies were in town, for another showcase of the top two teams in the league.

Play went back and forth all game, with the score remaining tied after regulation. In overtime, Reds rookie Jon Harty scored his second of the game, sending the capacity crowd to its feet.

Saturday, the V-Reds hosted the St. FX X-Men. The first period was controlled by St. FX, and the Reds couldn’t seem to mount the comeback.

The X-Men went on to upset UNB 3-2, despite being outshot 42-19.

“There were a few bad bounces early on, resulting in three goals,” said John Scott Dickson, after the game.

“Our power play failed to pull through, especially late in the game, when it mattered most. We just didn’t play as a five man unit, like we should have.”

“We weren’t too happy with the effort this past weekend,” said defenseman David Bowman. “We have to work hard this week to get back where we should be, heading into the final stretch.”

The Varsity Reds still sit atop the league, four points ahead of the second place Saint Mary’s squad. With only two games remaining, one point will clinch UNB another first place finish.

“It’s very important for us,” said Dickson, regarding finishing first overall. “It means home ice advantage throughout the playoffs – and that’s important in every sport.”

A top two finish in the AUS merits a first round bye, something the Reds have had the last three years.

“It’s definitely something we can use to our advantage,” said Dickson, when asked about the bye. “It’s something

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Shoot for your chance to win some loot Maggie DeWolfe The Brunswickan

The winter months can be pretty drab, with schoolwork, weather, and not much to motivate you to do anything. So why not do something fun to relieve the winter monotony?

And what if that fun could win you some serious prizes?

UNB is now offering a contest for students to do just that.

The Shoot for the Loot contest is designed to get students to show their enthusiasm for our school. The rules are very simple: create a four to five minute video depicting some aspect of student life at UNB. It can be about student life, athletics, academics, career connections, residence life, a travel study or a study abroad community involvement

experience.

Once finished, students can upload www.ushootfortheloot.com to upload the video.

Perhaps one of the best parts of the contest is that it isn’t limited to students who already have filming equipment. If interested students want to enter the contest but don’t have a video camera, they can simply visit the contest website and click on the “Borrow Equipment” link.

From there, students can register their name to rent out filming equipment to shoot a video. That way, anybody who wants to participate in the contest can get a chance to win.

The most enticing reasons to enter this contest are the prizes. A panel of judges will review the submissions, and the student whose video is selected as the winner will receive a $2,500 tuition credit.

Students not involved in the contest can also help out. All video submissions can be viewed at www. ushootfortheloot.com, and the student whose video receives the most student votes will win a mega pizza party worth $250.

The contest runs from Jan. 19 until Mar. 15. For more information, visit www.ushootfortheloot.com.

Strax to challenge food monopolies Hilary Paige Smith The Brunswickan

Members of Strax, a UNB-based social issues group, met last Tuesday evening to discuss their upcoming plans and potential poster campaigns.

The group bears the name of Dr. Norman Strax, a former UNB professor of Nuclear Physics. Strax was a professor during the 1960s and participated in numerous protests, notably those surrounding the Vietnam War. He was considered radical and controversial.

Strax died of prostate cancer in 2002, but his principles live on through the ongoing club.

The Strax group of today has a handful of members – some UNB students, some St. Thomas students and some students from Fredericton High School. To be a member of Strax you must be a student or community member seeking social justice. Members also must agree with their Four Points of Unity, which include, but are not limited to, standing against oppression, embracing both egalitarian and consensus-based agreements, and embracing diversity. The group is also entirely non-hierarchical.

Strax has no official leader. They also switch between moderators, note takers, vibe checkers and time monitors each meeting, so no one is consistent in a position.

The group recently protested Lockheed Martin’s recent cancelled recruitment effort at UNB on Jan. 20.

They unleashed a poster campaign and fully intended to demonstrate at the recruitment session.

The session was cancelled.

Lockheed Martin is considered the world’s largest military defence contractor. Among other products, they produce missiles, aircrafts and satellite models.

Their Canadian division employs more than 500 people and has recruited at the university in the past without incident.

A discussion amongst Strax members took place at the meeting regarding a seven-figure grant offered to UNB by the Canadian Space Agency for a highimpact testing centre. It was said that Lockheed Martin is affiliated with the grant.

Strax discussed opposing the grant, with one member saying “regardless of the funding, it is still a corporate infiltration.”

It was also suggested that the group should use the momentum built from their initial protest and oppose the grant.

Lockheed Martin Canada will be returning in the upcoming weeks to recruit students for employment. It was

said that they will be prepared to oppose the company again.

They discussed their potential poster campaign, saying it will be very similar to the campaign in January.

Strax has also taken issue with the policies of Sodexo and Aramark. Sodexo is UNB’s primary food supplier, while Aramark is STU’s. One member of Strax, a Fredericton High student, also brought up Chartwells, Fredericton High School’s supplier.

They plan to “challenge Sodexo’s monopoly on food” and start another poster campaign. They used a recent “Food, Not Bombs” event on campus as an example. The group was serving food on campus and said they were shut down due to Sodexo’s exclusivity contract.

Martin Bayliss, General Manager of Sodexo at UNB, says that in order to obtain an exception from these policies, all one has to do is obtain a waiver from the Sodexo office, which will “absolve the University from responsibility.”

“I have not denied a waiver yet this year,” he says.

According to Bayliss, there has been only one waiver denied in the past three years.

Strax presented the idea of a potluck, charging money to students who didn’t want cafeteria food. No formal plans have been made.

Strax also discussed collaborating with UNB’s Social Issues Committee about an upcoming Social Justice Week.

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SU budget meetings largely ignored by students

Andrew Meade / The Brunswickan

The UNB Student Union, pictured at Monday’s council meeting, recently held two open meetings give individual students the opportunity to have a say in its budget. The first meeting was held on Jan. 29, and no one showed up. The second was held on Feb. 2, and three people came – the SU President, a member of the Finance committee, and one other student.

Sarah Ratchford The Brunswickan

Only three people showed up to a recent series of open meetings intended to discuss SU fee and budget breakdowns.

This year, the UNB Student Union fee was $89. The purpose of the two meetings, held on Jan. 29 and Feb. 2 respectively, was

to give students a chance to voice their concerns and input regarding that fee.

VP Finance and Operations Lisa Solte says no one showed up to the Jan. 29 meeting, and three people came to the one on Feb. 2: SU President Bethany Vail, one member of the Finance Committee, and one student who was there for clarification.

No changes to the budget were proposed, nor were suggestions made regarding the Union fee.

“I put an ad in the Bruns, and advertised

on e-news and the UNB website. I don’t know what else to do,” Solte says.

SU President Bethany Vail says that council would be very open to suggestions made by various students and social issues groups, had they come to the table. She expressed surprise at the lack of attendance to the meetings.

Solte said that she did not receive concerns or suggestions through other avenues such as e-mail, either.

The year’s budget was brought to council

UNBEA speaks out against the elimination of security position Cameron Mitchell The Brunswickan

Residence security budget cuts have left the University of New Brunswick Employees’ Association wondering where the line will be drawn.

The most recent cut involves the elimination of a security position in the residence office. Two officers lost their jobs when this position was eliminated, one part-time officer and one full-time officer.

James Brown, Director of Residence Life and Conference Services at UNB, told the Brunswickan in a previous interview that the termination of this position will not have a negative effect on the campus population or the students in residence. The position was deemed unnecessary because administration believed it was largely clerical in nature.

The UNBEA disagrees.

“They made it sound like they were cutting only the clerical side of it,” said UNBEA president Currie Langley.

“But that person was also there as a security officer in the building.”

It is the fact that they are removing

a security officer from within the residence community that has the UNBEA concerned.

“When the guys are working in the residence office they are there all the time. They are close to where most of the problems happen, like parties that get out of hand,” said Langley.

Problems do arise within the residences, such as parties becoming out of control and students becoming ill, sometimes severely, due to overconsumption of alcohol. By removing the only officer specifically stationed in the residence office, the UNBEA is worried that these problems could become very serious.

“There have been instances where kids have passed out and they’ve driven them to the hospital or called an ambulance, and they’ve been told that if (security) hadn’t intervened then those students would have died,” said Langley.

“Our biggest concern is that someone won’t be there all the time,” he continued.

There are other reasons that the UNBEA is worried about the elimination of the residence office position. For years, the security officers have worked to build a sense of trust and community within the residence population, and now they are worried that will disintegrate.

“They are there and they are a

presence. They walk around and get to know the people,” continued Langley. “And if something happens they are only seconds away.”

To compensate for the eliminated position, administration has created a secondary position in the traffic division. Currently, there are two supervisors that go out and write tickets for vehicles with parking violations, and that number is about to turn into three.

The UNBEA cautions that the position is a cost-return position where the person would be getting paid through the tickets they write.

It also doesn’t address the problem of nighttime security because the traffic supervisor would only be working during the day.

Ultimately, the UNBEA is worried that these cuts to security will put students at risk.

Director of Security and Traffic Reg Jerrett assured the Brunswickan (Vol. 142 Issue 18, Jan. 28, 2009) that campus security will continue to make nightly rounds despite the cut. He said that termination of the position will not have a negative impact on the residence population.

Langley believes differently: “Positions are being eliminated and that will result in a reduction of services, and ultimately the students will suffer,” he said.

and passed on Monday evening.

The Coalition for Accessible & Affordable Education was contacted by the Brunswickan to see if they had sent a representative to the meeting to make proposals. No representative was present.

At least one person affiliated with the CAAE was vocally distraught about the UNBSU budget during the CAAE’s January Slash Fees Forum.

Neil Cole, a member of the coalition, says that they are concerned about “tuition

fees, supplemental fees, and differential fees that are all related to tuition.

“Our motive is not to decrease revenues to the Student Union; we believe that eliminating the capacity of our Student Union to fund campaigns and deliver valuable services would be a mistake.”

Cole says the CAAE believes the “SU has the propensity to deliver quality services and implement campaigns that can lower tuition fees and advocate for grants instead of loans; these are valuable services for students.”

UNBSU discusses environment, new website at council Sarah Ratchford The Brunswickan

The UNBSU covered a variety of issues at their Monday, Feb. 9 meeting, among which were UNB’s new website, environmental endeavours, and Winter Carnival.

Cynthia Goodwin, Director of Communications and Marketing, along with David Shipley, Web Content Developer, gave a presentation to the SU regarding the new UNB website.

A new addition to the website is my.unb.ca. Goodwin said that this portion gives especially relevant information for students, and that “we’re very open to feedback from students.”

Shipley said that this portion of the site offers a certain amount of customization. Individuals can decide which campus events to display, and whether to display information relevant to faculty and staff, students, or both.

Also addressed by Shipley was a recent matter of contention amongst students wishing to get a hold of peers for projects. Some students have been under the impression that they can no longer access other students’ contact information through the UNB phonebook.

This is not entirely the case, he explained. By going to phonebook. unb.ca/everyone, and logging in with a UNB login ID and password, other students’ e-mails can be accessed.

Other personal information has been removed due to privacy issues.

UNBSU Eco-Commissioner Jens Ourom brought his environmentallyrelated news to the table. Some of his current projects include plans for an eco-week at the end of March, implementation of recycling facilities outside the SUB, and a potential additional fee for next year’s students in order to implement 100% post-consumer recycled paper across campus.

VP Student Services Stephanie Lord spoke to Council about Winter Carnival.

Volunteers raised $300 for Gaza relief efforts. Both Winter Formal and the Red and Black Revue met with good attendance, and $6600 was raised for the IWK by the Bridges’ House Polar Dip. Jon O’Kane, VP External of the SU, also announced that he has stepped down from his position as VP External of the NBSA. He said he did so in order to make it clear that his main interest lies in properly representing UNB students.

Near the end of the meeting, O’Kane made a presentation regarding financial aid policy. The SU went in camera for this portion, stating that the details are not yet ready to be open to the media.

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Website developed to help Arts students find a career Maggie DeWolfe The Brunswickan

It’s no secret that picking a career can be a tough thing to do. Many university students in first and second year aren’t even sure what to major in. With all of the fields of study of arts, picking a major that can lead to the right career for you can be difficult. But what if there was a resource that students could use that would not only help them choose a major, but could give them some insight about what kind of career they’re suited for? Future grads will no longer have to worry, as that resource is here.

UNB’s Department of Student Recruitment and Retention has launched the Career Connections website. It was inspired by two major

surveys in which students indicated that the main reason they enrolled at UNB is to improve their chances of finding a rewarding career when they graduate. Students said they want to feel a connection between what they are studying and what they can do after university.

Susan Mesheau, executive director of U First: Recruitment and Retention at UNB says, “We found out that students come in to UNB because they want to have a good career when they graduate. We want to provide as many services as possible to help them connect their studies with their career options and opportunities.”

The Career Connections website is targeted to two main audiences: current students and faculty. “We believe it will be a resource for faculty to help them bring the idea of careers into their classrooms, curriculums and into the area of academic advising,” says Mesheau.

“With both students and professors informed in the area of careers, it will make the transition from university to the work place, grad school, or even professional school that much

easier.”

The website is designed to be very easy to use. The home page has links to personality tests, information about different majors to help you choose, career aptitude tests, and how to land your career of choice once you graduate. The site even comes with video testimonials of UNB Arts Alumni who have careers in several different fields, from fashion to policing. “These people are Arts grads who have had very different careers and career paths,” Mesheau says, “We thought it was really neat to provide examples of the types of careers open to Arts graduates.”

While the website was initially geared towards arts students, it will soon be expanded to include the faculties of Arts/Sciences and Arts/ Computer Science. The purpose of making it almost exclusive to arts students has a lot to do with the ambiguity of an arts degree and the many available options to arts students. “We did focus on arts first because research indicated that a lot of students entering the faculty of arts don’t know what they want to

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Pictured above is the website www.unb.ca/careerconnections. The site is designed to help students find their ideal jobs. be,” says Mesheau, “This will be an opportunity for them to not only discover what they might want to do, but to discover themselves.” The site not only contains information for Arts students, but is applicable to any student on campus If you’re having any trouble at

all picking a major or deciding on a career, the Career Connections website will prove a valuable asset.

“A career path is not a straight line,” Mesheau says, “It’s a journey.”

For more information and to begin your career search, visit www. unb.ca/careerconnections.

Tories craft PSE caucus: Conservative MPs to regularly meet with PSE lobbyists Carl Meyer CUP Ottawa Bureau Chief OTTAWA (CUP) – The federal Conservative government has created a party caucus to better liaison with postsecondary education lobbyists.

On Thursday, Feb. 6, Conservative MP Rod Bruinooge (Winnipeg South)

rose in the House of Commons to announce the Feb. 5 inaugural meeting of the Conservative post-secondary education caucus.

“This new caucus will focus on how our government, and we as MPs can best serve post-secondary institutions,” Bruinooge said.

“Colleges and universities are vital to our communities and our country, and I am proud to be a member of our government whose commitment to support them is clear.”

Bruinooge was elected to chair the caucus at the inaugural meeting, says Myrrhanda Novak, his director of communications.

“The discussion focused on infrastructure, grants, and student bursaries,” she said.

She declined to give a list of caucus members, however, stating that “as the caucus has only had one meeting, it would be pre-mature to send out.”

The Peterborough Examiner reported that Peterborough MP Dean

Del Mastro is also a member of the caucus, and that he stated there were about 18 MPs at the meeting.

Del Mastro also told the Examiner that the caucus will be seeking “delegations from student associations, such as the Canadian Federation of Students.”

Canadian Federation of Students National Chairperson Katherine Giroux-Bougard says she welcomes the creation of the caucus.

“We look forward to working with

the caucus on issues of importance to our members, such as the 2009 federal budget’s cuts to the federal granting councils,” she said.

“In creating a space for Conservative MPs to discuss post-secondary education, the party seems to agree with our assertion that the federal government has a prominent role to play in improving the quality and affordability of Canada’s universities and colleges.”

The Canadian Alliance of Student Associations, another national student lobby group, says it is happy the caucus is being created.

“It speaks to the national importance of post-secondary education in Canada,” said CASA National Director Zach Churchill.

“At a time when the country worries about the state of our economy, it is more important than ever to invest time, energy, and resources into making sure our post-secondary education system is accessible, affordable, and of the highest quality.”

The previous Liberal government had the Liberal post-secondary education caucus, which met regularly with spokespeople in the post-secondary world.

Although the Liberals are now the official Opposition, that caucus still exists, chaired by Liberal MP Mike Savage (Dartmouth—Cole Harbour).

In January, the Liberal caucus met with members from the Institute for Quantum Computing at the University of Waterloo.

The two national student lobby groups say they have been in contact with this caucus as well.

“In the past year, we’ve formally presented student issues to the Liberal [post-secondary education] caucus, after receiving an invitation to address the group,” said Churchill.

“We have been invited to present to the Liberal PSE caucus in each year it was active,” said Giroux-Bougard, adding that the caucus has not sat recently.

The NDP do not have a postsecondary education caucus, says party spokesperson Rupinder Kaur.

They do, however, have a postsecondary education critic – MP Niki Ashton (Churchill).

Giroux-Bougard says Ashton’s office has recently been in contact with Ian Boyko, CFS government relations coordinator.

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A look Home-hunting season: Finding the right place for you at UNB’s Travel Study program Hilary Paige Smith The Brunswickan

Ysabelle Vautour The Brunswickan

The College of Extended Learning’s Travel Study posters are seen all over campus advertising educational trips abroad, but students may wonder what the program is really like. The Brunswickan decided to find out more about the program by interviewing some of last year’s Travel Study participants. It quickly became clear that many of those students decided to extend their stay.

Nicholas Robichaud decided to do so while on last year’s intersession in Rome.

He says that once in Europe, it was much less expensive to travel by plane.

Robichaud extended his stay for an extra week and a half. He went to Balogna, Italy as well as Ireland and Scotland. “It was amazing,” he says.

The best part of the trip, he says, was visiting Pompeii, as he always wanted to go there.

As for the teaching and accommodations, Robichaud says they were great, and he had never so much fun with a prof in his life. “The accommodations where slightly better then my current living arrangements,” he laughs.

Robichaud plans to participate in this year’s intersession as well.

Kristen Jurcina also went to the 2008 Rome Intersession; it was her first time away from home. She says she was terrified to leave Fredericton, but is glad she did.

She says the accommodations were a lot better then she expected.

“There was a full kitchen, it was in a great spot, and they had an internet café at the residence,” she says.

Jurcina found that the days were busy, but she had enough time to study and do what she wanted to do.

She adds that it was hard to adjust to the language barrier.

One night, she says, she went out to supper with her friends only to find out later that what she had ordered was an octopus.

“It was really good though,” she laughs.

Jurcina says the professors were “funny, patient and knowledgeable.”

She says it was easy to learn from her courses because one area of study could examine three interrelated periods in history. Jurcina was shocked both by how modern Rome was. She is now considering doing her master’s degree abroad.

Sarah Clowater, who participated in the intersession to France, is another student who decided to extend her trip.

She stayed for eight weeks and visited Italy, Spain and the U.K. She found it difficult to adjust to the food.

“The days can be long, going from 7 a.m. - 9 p.m., but it’s worth it.”

Clowater is still framing and printing pictures from her trip.

UNB’s College of Extended learning is offering its travel study program yet again for 2009 with courses in Rome, London, France and New York. More information can be found at http://www. cel.unb.ca/travelstudy.

For many first and second year students, the time has come to move out of residence and begin truly living on their own.

For some this will mean living independently in a one-bedroom apartment, while others may aim for a five-bedroom house with a group of friends.

Fredericton is host to two universities and multiple colleges and specialized schools. Such a high number of students create a need for an equally high number of student housing options.

Fredericton’s College Hill area, immediately west of campus, is one neighborhood with a significant amount of student housing.

UNB offers Townhouse, a society for individuals living on their own to remain connected to campus. They offer offcampus students in their first year a place in Orientation Week activities and hold group events throughout the year.

Mike Lewis, the Vice President of Townhouse, feels that it is a great way for people living off campus to connect socially to the university. The group participates in intramurals, and holds pub crawls and other events typical of residence houses.

The UNB Student Union also offers resources to students looking to rent apartments, rooms or houses. UNBSU VP External Jon O’Kane oversees www. frederictonstudenthousing.com.

The site has a page of property listings posted by landlords in the city, as well as sublets posted by existing renters.

O’Kane says that the website has been successful in previous years in connecting students with accessible, affordable housing.

“Though we don’t have a counter on the website, we can measure our success in the amount of landlords that choose to consistently advertise every year and the number of students who post sublets for free.”

The website also includes informative pages about leasing, security deposits and rental insurance. O’Kane notes that understanding these things is a common problem that first time renters

Josh O’Kane / The Brunswickan

If you don’t want cardboard in your windows, a broken couch, or a roommate like this, then now is the time to start looking for the right apartment or house for you. often have.

Another problem that students may encounter when looking for properties for the first time is waiting too late to house hunt. The recommended time for property hunting is between now and the end of March, says the SU VP. Though apartment hunting does get more difficult closer to the end of the semester, it is not impossible in a university town like Fredericton.

O’Kane says that it’s “important to remember that it’s a renters market right now.

“There are currently more places to rent than there are students seeking lodging. That means you can be more critical in your selection than you normally would, given that landlords are competing to satisfy the student business.”

Lewis believes first-time renters encounter problems with finding roommates because living alone can be costly. He also noted that students who are looking for a quieter social atmosphere should avoid notorious

party areas like Graham and Windsor Street.

Living off-campus can provide more financial benefits over residence, says Lewis, but only if you can exercise restraint.

“It is a lot more affordable to live off campus, but it’s easy to get caught up,” says Lewis on potential financial strains like overspending on groceries and underestimating utility costs.

O’Kane concludes with his advice to students looking to live off-campus.

“Look at as many places as you can to find the right spot for you. The relationship you start with your landlord the first time you see the place can mean a lot. If you have any concerns about the lease before you sign it, check out our website’s FAQ section or visit the student legal information center to find details on the renting process.”

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UNBSU VOTES 2009 Matthew Abbott (president)

Jon O’Kane (president)

The future holds great opportunity. The UNITED FOR CHANGE team is committed to building an SU that is for students, by students. The UNB SU can be a venue for effective lobbying, and a body that offers meaningful services and support to students. With sound collaborative, visionary leadership I, along with a strong, committed team, can transform the student union.

This year’s SU has officially opposed tuition freezes, and lobbied for programs that manage debt instead of lowering fees and eliminating the debt in the first place. As president I will lobby for a continued tuition freeze and rollbacks. The SU can further support students by offering at-cost textbooks to help reduce student costs. Education is a right!

As president I will hold meaningful consultations where the SU hears from everyday students, student parents, international students, and other members of the campus community who are rarely heard.

Through this dialogue we can develop services and programs to effectively meet student needs.

By redirecting overspending in entertainment, promotions, and elsewhere we can fund new and expanded services, while still hosting quality shows and events.

Together we can build a new SU. Experience the vision: unitedforchange.ca. Vote Abbott for SU Prez.

Through my term as VP External, I’m proud of what I’ve accomplished so far. I have advocated for provincial financial assistance to help those most in need, and hope to see progressive long term improvements in this March’s budget. I have collaborated with national groups developing policy on a pan-Canadian education system. I’ve worked to redesign how the Union operates and offers off-campus housing services, worked with community relations, and will be proposing a bus pass referendum to students for the first time in years.

I want to see the Union advance, offer more, and better represent students. To effectively fight for student issues, I propose the creation of a policy and research position to respond to the needs of our members. Communication and engagement are interconnected, significant areas to improve.

Engagement must be fostered by example, taking initiative to bring the issues to students through council and media. When elected, I will begin a critical analysis of what defines representation and how to effectively characterize the needs of students.

This year, I have demonstrated my methods of solution-based advocacy. On February 22-27, vote for a balanced perspective that genuinely represents your needs. I thank you for your support.

David

Rabinovitch (president)

David Rabinovitch has acquired experience through years of determination and brings this to the table for the students of the UNB. With ambitious entrepreneurship, governmental, and entertainment experience, he can see three moves ahead and begin the rebirth of UNB. This rejuvenation will impact power available to the Student Union; which in turn allows future leaders to accomplish more with fewer setbacks, the foundation for a more dynamic education with the skills to allow graduates to be more employable.

His experience in bureaucracy grants him the forethought needed to properly negotiate with members of all three levels of government. Skills gained from working with production companies producing live entertainment festivals will ensure sought after student events with reduced excess spending. An honors student in accounting, he will translate financial statements in order to explain spending to the students; a transparent budget, less waste and more impact.

The end goal here is the student welfare.

Students are customers, paying for a future, not only a degree, and should be the main focus of UNB. Successful students lead to achievements, better graduates and research, funding, more resources, more bang for the already indebted student buck. Don’t vote another brick into the wall.

Check back next week for more election coverage.

The nomination period for the following positions has been extended until Friday, February13th at 3PM: Business Administration (2) Forestry Education Kinesiology Engineering (1) Nursing Valedictorian Ceremony C

For more information contact Andrea DuPlessis, Chief Returning Officer at cro@unb.ca

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Ryan Brideau (VP External)

UNBSU VOTES 2009

No platform submitted by deadline.

Andrew Mercier (VP External)

As tuition fees continue to climb, so does student debt; but debt is not the only thing that climbing tuition has an effect on, it also provides a negative incentive for low income students to participate in higher education, effectively decreasing university enrolment. This is undeniably a problem, as the costs of tuition for New Brunswick students increases every year, fewer are opting to enter into post-secondary programs. The question then becomes: What is there to be done?

Keeping the tuition freeze coupled with a cut in tuition would, help decrease student debt, as well as attract more freshmen, increasing enrolment and therefore boosting the universities revenues.

The problem, then, is that of ever increasing tuition. The solution is to elect a VP External that not only understands what the issues are, but has a broad enough knowledge of the overall pictures to effectively lobby the New Brunswick government, and represent student concerns. As an upper level Political Science Student who is writing an Honours thesis on how Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations affect Canadian Social Policy, I am strongly qualified to represent UNB’s student body and effectively address these concerns.

Shannon Carmont Mallory Driscoll (VP Academic) (VP Academic)

Knowledge = Opportunity I am currently in my third year here at UNB. I am majoring in Chemistry/Physics, and I live on Graham. No, I haven’t burned a couch. I have lived in residence, worked on campus, participated in intramural sports, and having fought alongside you for parking space, waited in line at the health centre and eaten Sodexho every day, I know what students face.

Last year, you chose to elect me as a student senator, and I have had the opportunity to represent your needs. This year I have helped to make scholarships more available to you and to ensure that your winter exam schedule 2010 does not interfere with your Christmas.

I firmly believe that UNB has much to offer its students.

There are health and counseling services, concerts, athletics, religious and ethnic groups, volunteer and job opportunities and countless other ways to enhance student life. I know what’s going on at UNB, and I know how to make the most of your university experience. UNB is more than just a quality education! So seize the opportunities that exist for you here, and take an active role in your education. Vote this February. My knowledge =your opportunity.

As a part of the United for Change I will offer creative improvements to our students’ union to better serve you the students, not the franchises devouring your resources. As students our voices must be respected.

As a third year Bachelor of Recreational Sports Studies, I realize the importance of promoting all aspects of wellness to enhance our ability to perform. With the majority of the food choices available here at UNB not representing what we need to adequately nourish our bodies, our health is being compromised. If elected for the VP Academic position I will work to bring more affordable, nutritional options to campus.

I also feel another change needed is to promote academic freedom and integrity. The creation of Public Research Interest Group (P.I.R.G) center on campus is also a priority of mine, to connect student research with the real needs of the community.

UNB has offered me a great academic experience, and I will work hard to implement changes needed to significantly improve OUR university experience. The members of the united for change team and myself will work together to make these changes a reality. Want more? check out www.unitedforchange.ca

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Our students’ union has great potential. Students owe 13 billion dollars to Canada Student Loans; this grows by 1.2 million every day. Despite this, our Students’ Union opposes the tuition freeze. The national professors’ union (CAUT) and the other national students’ federations call for lowering tuition, and providing grants (not loans) in order to remove all barriers to education for qualified individuals; we must unite with this call. This is why I am part of a team United For Change.

As VP Finance and Operations, I will make our budget transparent and democratic. I will reallocate the $25,000 our union spent on promoting itself to its members, and instead put it towards funding services, student groups, and visible campaigns to eliminate barriers to education; this is how members will know about their union, not from glossy photos in the SUB. I am a fourth year Biology-Statistics major. I have gained valuable critical thinking and technical skills to contribute to our students’ union executive. Throughout history, positive social change has happened through organized student movements. United For Change candidates are committed to real action for the environment and social justice through effective green and “no-sweat” policies. www.unitedforchange.ca

Stephanie Lord (VP Services)

This year I had the honour of being your VP Student Services. During this time I have drastically expanded the Services portfolio at your request. Prior to my election last March I established a survey available to all undergraduates and focused my term on fulfilling those requests.

Based on the survey results I’ve generated five more student jobs, I’ve expanded SafeRide adding Friday nights and Sunday afternoon as well as more hours of operation every night, I’ve added community initiatives such as Volunteerism UNB and the Clothing Recycle Program and so much more.

The majority of VP Student Services consists of building relationships, forging lines of communication and satisfying undergraduate students all of which I have achieved in my 2008-2009 year in office. This job is more than simply representation at the council table but involves long hours and dedication for the students and their services.

Advancements I will strive to achieve include bringing a currier service to campus which will not drain the annual SU student fee as Canada Post had, continue to further expand SafeRide to accommodate the numerous winter riders and create forums to get students informed and involved with the services and council. Re-elect Stephanie Lord.

Lisa Solte (VP Finance)

I am your current Student Union Vice President Finance & Operations. I am running to be re-elected for the upcoming school year. This is my fourth year here at UNB in the Business Administration program. I first got involved with the Student Union in 2007 as the Business Faculty Representative and then was elected as VP Finance & Operations in 2008.

I feel it is important to have someone who is committed, knowledgeable, and experienced at the SU. It was my goal last year to increase initial funding for clubs and societies on campus, and I did. It was my goal last year to create a new classification under clubs and societies for sports teams, so I gave them the recognition they deserve. This year, I felt comfortable working with the budget and I would like to continue working with it, making sure you know where your money is going.

Having had this position for the past year, I feel I can continue with the commitment, knowledge and experience I’ve gained over the past year and be the VP Finance & Operations the students can trust; ensuring you the SU is in good financial standing.

Doing it right, AGAIN.

Shane Martinez (VP Services)

As a 2nd-year law student and a member of the United for Change slate in this year’s election, I am a firm believer that we the students can come together, take control of our own lives, and make fundamental changes to improve our present campus reality.

Myself and others with United for Change are determined to build a strong campaign to demand an immediate tuition freeze and rollbacks: we need more grants, not loans! In addition, we will take all grassroots and legal action necessary to finally do away with the discriminatory “double tuition” burden facing international students.

Together we can develop policies to create a green Student Union with an environmentally-friendly mandate. To help safeguard our health and well-being, I will ensure that we actively fight to defeat the planned introduction of fees at the campus health clinic. Essential services will be protected, and the Canada Post outlet in the SUB will be brought back.

My friends, we as students are the lifeblood of our campus community, and we have more influence than many of us realize. Help bring true power back to the students, and vote Shane Martinez for VP Student Services.

For more information, please visit: www.unitedforchange.ca

UNBSU VOTES 2009

Alex Corey (VP Finance)

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Earl Denver Montanez (VP Services)

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UNBSU Election: It’s all about education

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Mugwump Tony von Richter

In case you haven’t noticed the hundreds of signs and posters being put up around campus, it’s election time here at UNB and we’re well into the first week of campaigning.

With a wide variety of candidates there are sure to be a number of different themes and topics over the course of this election, but one thing you’re sure to hear is that you should get out and vote.

That’s what we’re supposed to do, right? To get out there and exercise our democratic rights and help appoint which people will be representing UNB students interests for the next year?

But here’s a thought: maybe we shouldn’t.

At least not until we understand the candidates and the issues.

While it’s great that people have the good intentions to go out and vote, an uninformed voter is a potentially dangerous voter, reducing what should be an important decision to some kind of high stakes multiple choice test.

And this isn’t one of those tests where there is no wrong answer. There certainly is one, but which one that is is entirely up to you.

That’s where the education part

comes in.

I’m not saying that everyone needs to commission an in-depth study into the background of each candidate or that you should be able to quote a candidate’s platform word-for-word before deciding how to vote, but you should at least know what everyone represents before making your choices.

So, if there’s a debate in the SUB, stop by and check it out, even if just for a minute. Take a look at the candidates’ platforms in the Bruns each week, and at the candidates’ websites and Facebook pages. See where they stand on issues like tuition, student services, and academics and determine who you think best represents students’ interests.

Even with all that information at our fingertips sometimes we can still refuse

letters to the editor.

Letter failed to understand ethical concerns

This is written in response to Jacques Landry’s letter to the editor: In the January 18 issue of the Brunswickan, Jacques Landry expressed his concern about a planned protest of a Lockheed Martin recruitment session, and a motion brought forward to the Student Union, among other things.

In criticizing Councillor Matt Abbott and the student group STRAX, it seems that Mr. Landry is missing the point.

His concerns are primarily those of social niceties and etiquette, while he fails to understand the legitimate ethical objections raised by those individuals. His lack of concern is disconcerting because it ignores the far more serious issue of unquestioningly supporting corporations that manufacture weapons.

In my first draft of this letter, I wrote that it was a good thing that Lockheed Martin chosenottohostarecruitmentpresentation, however, it would seem that my reasons for believing so end up sounding frightening similar to Mr. Landry’s: because “I” don’t like it. In virtually every instance I support

open dialogue, and on principle, I think that the same applies to this situation. That does not mean that I support Lockheed Martin, or think that they should be let off the hook if they decide yet to visit UNB; but I do think that the moral culpability of working for such a company is a debate that should occur.

In his letter, Mr. Landry said that he is insulted that his student fees are funding radio airtime for groups he doesn’t support.

However, his comments undermine the very foundation that community radio and student newspapers stand on. That would be like me suggesting that student fees for the Brunswickan be revoked just because I don’t agree with what he has written. Which, by the way, is not what I am suggesting.

If it was really the allocation of student fees that concerned Mr. Landry, perhaps he could start by questioning the Student Union’s $30,000 budget for Campaigns and Self-Promotion.

Regards, Kerri Krawec

Don’t impose values onto SU without constituents’ support

to use it – and that would be just as big a mistake as not knowing anything at all. As harsh as it sounds, one thing we shouldn’t be doing in this or any election is voting for someone just because they are our friend, or a friend of a friend.

As much as I hate to say it, intentionally choosing someone who you feel is less qualified just because of a personal relationship may end up doing more harm than not even voting in the first place.

So get educated. Know your candidates. Then, and only then, make an informed decision on who you think will be the best persons to represent UNB students for the next year.

Tony von Richter is Managing Editor of The Brunswickan. Feel free to contact him at managing@unb.ca.

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Dear Editor,

I thoroughly agree with your open letter to Alex Corey. Councillors who do not represent their constituents properly and use their position to self-serve his or her own morals, personal values and views should be removed from their position as member of the Student Union.

I am the Business Representative; as such, I represent the needs and concerns for registered undergraduate business students. A day before the meeting was scheduled to determine the fate of the Lockheed Martin motion, I had openly approached many business students and even random students who I knew from other classes about said motion. My final tally of students: 25 business students, 11 arts students, 7 engineering students and 17 science students. Yes, 17 science students. What was the result? All of them were NOT in favor for the motion.

I wonder where Councillor Corey received his support for his motion? Perhaps a gang of 50 science students knocked on his door and profusely expressed their desire and hatred for Lockheed Martin.

Perhaps Councillor Corey simply decided to take his views from STRAX and apply them to everyone in his constituency.

Perhaps Councillor Corey can tell the

rest of his constituents which is the bogus story, and which is the bona fide truth.

Councillor Corey’s actions were naff and selfish. Lockheed Martin does much more than just make weapons. They are involved in: integrative technologies with communications, wireless and mobile computing, environmental sciences, public health information systems, network centric solutions, energy solutions and biometric computing solutions. What does this translate into? This equates to jobs for computer science students, science students, engineering students and business students.

I may not agree with some of what Lockheed Martin does, and I may even hate them for doing it, but I am not my whole constituency. My vote is for the constituency, not for me. This motion directly opposed the views of the students I spoke with; this includes your constituents and mine.

I hope that the next time Councillor Corey decides to impose his values onto the Student Union that he has a little more than personal righteous indignation, and a fair amount of constituents’ support.

Solidarity, UNB SU Business Representative 5th year BBA (Hon) Finance Chris Gunter

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My two cents, plus a nickel Jacques Landry Submitted to the Brunswickan

Over the past few weeks it seems that several issues have taken and divided campus. Such issues are the conflict in Gaza, the defeated motion concerning Lockheed Martin, and the role of the Student Union regarding the limits of their mandate.

Now since I am a graduating student this year, why would I care about what my SU is doing since their actions will have minimal impact on the last few months of my student career?

Only one answer comes to my mind. My BA (which does not stand for barely anything) is proof that I can think for myself, and as an

individual, my ideas matter, but so do the ideas of others.

With that said, why not take a look at the conflict in Gaza? Lately everyone has been focusing on Israel bombing Gaza. Did we all forget why Israel is doing so? Can’t we all agree on the right to Israel to defend itself against rocket attacks?

Now I will agree that Israel is giving a $2,000 fine for a $20 offence. On the other hand, Hamas should have known retaliation would happen since in 2006 after Israel had enough of Hezbollah firing rockets at them from Lebanon, they took action. And that, ladies and gentlemen, is known as the other side of the story.

The truth is, international conflicts are complex, extremely complicated and above the pay grade of the UNBSU governing body, who have to remember that they represent students from both sides of virtually every conflict.

Let’s leave the conflicts for a moment and turn our attention to Lockheed Martin, the big bad company that makes money out of

death. Well what about the research they make?

Artificial fur was actually a Canadian patent for better Arctic clothing for military. Anti-fog windshield washer is also a Canadian invention, from the Second World War. On the medical side, blood serum was made available by work done at the University of Toronto, which resulted in many lives saved on and off the battlefield. In fact, we have many military breakthroughs in our daily lives, such as radar, sonar, two-way radios, and my favourite: rescue helicopters.

Moreover, I happen to have a few friends who are going to or have come back from Afghanistan. Some have families, while others are still searching for one. Since their job is so dangerous, I want them to have the best possible equipment available for them to safely carry out their mission. Lockheed Martin, with the help of engineers and scientists, can provide that.

However, if they cannot recruit young men and women to do their research, a breakthrough will not happen. Besides, shouldn’t you be able to make the choice of working for Lockheed Martin yourself as opposed to having a special interest group making the choice for you?

The mandate of our SU brings the hardest part of this article. Defining the limitation of an elected student body is quite frankly above my pay grade. On the other hand, since they are representing me, and all of you, I can put in my two cents.

During the Gaza/Lockheed Martin debates, my student loan payments were getting closer to start, snow days were denied, and a good friend of mine was seriously injured after a vehicle hit him on campus.

These events made my interest focus around money and safety.

Therefore I would have liked to see my SU debate on solutions for huge student debt, which they

have done throughout the year, but also to debate on how to keep their constituents safe on/coming to/leaving campus. Instead, certain members of the union decided to hijack council meetings with their own ideologies without consulting their constituents.

I will leave you all with this.

University is not a place where you reinvent yourself. It is far from it, actually. University is where you discover who you really are. You spend four, maybe more, years to do so.

During that time you are exposed to new people and new ideas. Some will change your life and the way you see the world forever. Some people will influence you and that is good.

However, at the end of the day, the most important person in your life is you. The people that surround you should be opening doors, not closing them.

Thanks for reading.

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Fighting against the militarization of campus Strax Coordinating Committee

Submitted

to the

Brunswickan

letters to the editor due by friday at 5 p.m. maximum 400 words, please. send them electronically to editor@thebruns.ca.

Strax has been asked by The Brunswickan to issue a statement on the failed Lockheed Martin recruitment effort planned for 20 January 2009. We have already justified our actions in print: at 7:38PM that same day, Strax sent an email containing a communiqué to The Brunswickan, which explained what we did and why. For whatever reason, The Brunswickan’s staff did not publish it then, but have requested, weeks later, that we explain ourselves a second time – and in eight hundred words or less.

We see no need to repeat ourselves.

Most of what we have to say was already expressed in the communiqué, which is available online.

There is one issue, however, that Strax neglected to address in issuing the communiqué. We had not anticipated what has become, in the wake of this controversy, the most prevalent criticism

of Strax’s actions: that we have somehow prevented UNB students from achieving gainful employment with Earth’s largest weapons manufacturer.

We will use the remainder of our article to address this point.

First, Strax is not responsible for the cancellation of Lockheed Martin’s career information session. After consultations between UNB Student Employment Services and Lockheed Martin, it was Lockheed Martin that decided to cancel the event. As stated in our communiqué, we were actually surprised when we arrived at room C127 of Gillin Hall to find no one there. Strax had prepared posters, flyers, a banner, a list of endorsements from community organizations condemning Lockheed Martin’s presence on campus, and some pointed questions to ask Lockheed Martin representatives during their presentation. We consider this valuable work, but we did not actually expect to shut down any presentation. Lockheed Martin has the combined power of the university administration, the military-industrial complex, the State and its police, and

the corporate media behind it. Strax, on the other had, is made up of local students and workers who struggle to balance social justice activism with the demands of school and employment.

Then why was the event cancelled?

A few days before the event, Strax informed sectors of the UNB administration that we would “do any and all hard work necessary to prevent our university from becoming a friendly place for war profiteers.” Little did we know that the only hard work we had to do was write a letter signed “no justice, no peace”! Given warning

by UNB, Lockheed Martin decided it didn’t want to deal with dissent, and stated that they would return at a later date.

Second, employers are not obligated to recruit on campus. Recruitment visits are a privilege, not a right. Strax did not prevent students from contacting Lockheed Martin by their own initiative.

Our opposition to Lockheed Martin’s presence on campus did not violate anyone’s right to work for whomever they choose.

Our university campus constitutes

more than just an academic institution.

It is an academic community, and like any community of which we are a part, we would like to see it free of oppressive violence. We promote the development of a safe campus environment, including for those who come from backgrounds that are marked with violence and war. We support the survivors of imperialist war, not those who facilitate it. Strax stated in its 20 January 2009 communiqué that, “Lockheed Martin, the world’s largest producer, developer, and exporter of arms and munitions, has consistently proven its willingness to provide weapons to authoritarian and imperialist state parties worldwide. One of the wealthiest corporations on Earth, Lockheed Martin sells products whose sole function is to destroy human life and/or the infrastructure necessary to sustain it; some of these products are illegal under international law. Among other weapons, Lockheed Martin produces depleted uranium bunkerbusters, Trident nuclear missiles, cluster bombs, and the F-16s that Israel recently used to bombard Gaza.”

Lockheed Martin is complicit, through the actions of those to whom it supplies weaponry, in human rights abuses and the deaths of untold numbers of innocent people. To host Lockheed Martin’s recruitment efforts is to be complicit in these same actions. Strax has no sympathy for any student aspiring for a career with these corporate purveyors of death and destruction. Not to oppose recruitment on our campus would have made Strax, too, complicit in actions enabled by Lockheed Martin – therefore, we took action.

Lockheed Martin intends to return.

In January, we were lucky; a massive corporation apparently lacked the courage to face a small but determined group of social justice and human rights activists. Next time, they will be prepared. Next time, students, faculty, and community members will have to stand up and take action, whether in cooperation with or independently of Strax. Either way, Strax will continue the fight against the militarization of our campus.

We intend to win.

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more letters to the editor.

Defining council’s role is undemocratic without debate Response to Josh O’Kane: On January 19th I introduced a motion to council that called for the UNBSU to condemn the recruitment on campus by weapons manufacturer, and war profiteer Lockheed Martin. I will first address my reasons for introducing the motion and I will then address the allegation that the motion should not have been introduced.

The Brunswickan staff did not present their outrage when the students’ union voted to oppose the tuition freeze. Many students demand a freeze or rollback.

The Brunswickan has linked me to various groups including the Fredericton Peace Coalition, Coalition for Affordable and Accessible Eduction and STRAX (although they are wrong on the last). In that spirit, I think that it is important to note that my opposition has come from members of the STU/UNB Campus Conservatives as well as the editor of the Brunswickan himself, who is the brother of Jon O’Kane who authored the motion opposing the tuition freeze.

Lockheed Martin profits from the destruction of life and destabilization of the world that we share, and as such I offered the motion that the SU condemn their presence on campus.

Lockheed Martin’s list of ethical crimes

includes supplying interrogators in the US’s Guantanamo Bay facility, and producing weapons including, cluster bombs, F16 fighter jets, hellfire missiles, depleted uranium weapons, and nuclear weapons. During the weeks before I introduced this motion to council, Lockheed’s weapons were being used against civilians and other targets in Gaza.

In Iraq and Afghanistan the cluster munitions produced by Lockheed are blamed for the high civilian casualty rates. Lockheed Martin is the largest benefactor of the US war of terror in the middle east, with its share-value, and government funding dramatically increasing in value since September 11, 2001. There is indeed, no question that Lockheed Martin is bad.

It is true that a few students on our campus could have received a job with this weapons manufacturer, but what Mr. O’Kane (Josh) fails to address in his letter to me, is that every student, every person in the world is affected by the destructive implications of the manufacturing of these weapons.

All of humanity is harmed by companies that manufacture nuclear weapons, and profit while civilians are indiscriminately killed.

Basic decency and humanity requires we consider that if these weapons were being used against us, we would hope that people in other places would care. This is solidarity.

I have seen and heard a great deal of support from students for solidarity in the past three weeks.

A common argument against this

motion is the appeal for the right to get a job with a weapons manufacturer.

It is absolute nonsense to appeal on the basis of “rights”, when the company in question produces tools designed explicitly for murder and the destruction of any genuine, basic human rights. Claiming the production of nuclear weapons as a right is an attempt to unify opposite concepts; it is a claim of beneficial destructiveness.

If instead of funding the militaryindustrial-scientific complex, our governments funded investment in research and development of alternative energy, public transportation, medicine and other areas that benefit humanity we would not hear such an argument. It is our duty to shape our world and not resign ourselves to reality as it is; social movements throughout history have organized together to change the world to make it more free.

As students we are taught to understand that the reason for higher learning is not primarily for the goal of serving corporations, who in turn serve the goal of profit regardless of the irrationality or destructiveness of its ends.

Higher learning is about attempting to understand the universe and our place in it as humans. If Lockheed wishes to recruit, they can find any facility around the city and respect the integrity of academic freedom.

In addition, if the Students’ Union had passed the motion to condemn the presence of Lockheed on Campus, we would not have had the capacity to ban them. I only proposed that the union

condemn their pretense.

When I introduced this motion to council, I anticipated that it would elicit intense debate. I do not think it is bad for students to debate and consider the direction they want their students’ union to take. This is how democracy works, this is how the students can shape their union. We introduce motions, discuss them, and vote accordingly. It would be impossible and undemocratic to define what can and cannot be introduced in council for such discussions.

Alex Corey

Abbott is a perfect representative of RC community Dear Editor, Do you have anything to back up your questioning of Matt Abbott as a genuine representative of the Renaissance College community? Have you talked to the students of Renaissance College about if they agree or not with their representative councillor? Just because you disagree with him does not give you the right to say that his own constituents don’t back him. I go to Renaissance College. I support Matthew Abbott and the work that he does. I read the Bruns and I have talked to him, so yes I do know what he supports and what he does not support. I also know that I have not heard of anyone complaining about what Matt Abbott is doing. In fact, I have heard a great many students say that he is such a perfect representation of this community. I am glad he is representing Renaissance College. I can assure you that he is doing his job well.

Very sincerely, Trevor Cervelli

One person could never truly represent a large group of people Dear Mr. O’Kane, If you were seriously concerned with scientific polls to consult constituents with every major motion brought to council you would have been calling for resignations from the Students’ Union all year.

Yes I could have better consulted RC students regarding my motion.

However, I did something that seems utterly novel for the UNB SU when running for RC Rep last year. I was honest as to my priorities and how I intended to live the role of RC rep. I went to great lengths to ensure RC students knew where I stood before they voted for me, even encouraging them, on both my posters and in my campaign speeches to vote ‘no’ if concerned with my priorities. But vote for me they did, I feel confident in the mandate they have offered me.

I have further offered RC students several avenues by which to critique my actions and offer me advice on future actions.

One person could never truly represent a large group of people.

That is why it is valuable to have a group of representatives to debate and negotiate ways forward. To endeavour to perfectly represent everyone all the time is to effectively represent no one.

I would encourage you, Mr. O’Kane, to apply the same lens that you applied to councillor Corey and myself to other members of the UNB SU, especially concerning our PSE lobbying position and its rejection of the tuition freeze.

Sincerely, Matt Abbott

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Question: What are your plans for Valentines day?

“Working.”

Brad Middleness

“Romantic night with cinnamon hearts, Laura Secord chocolates, and Rosé with my friend from Peru.”

Cameron Mclean

“Getting drunk and calling exgirlfriends.”

Dave Morrison

“Dinner and a date with all kinds of secrets.”

Jamie Sparks

“Candle lit dinner with the Mrs.” Josh Barnaby

“Not really doing anything.”

Lucas McDowell

“Renting a movie.”

Melissa Slater

“Going out.”

Mona Khatibi

“Giving myself candy.”

Peter Veniot

“Going curling.”

Rebecca Lindsay

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“Be mine” on a budget

Oh crap, it’s V-Day Spontaneous ideas for the last-minute lover If fighting over paintings doesn’t sound like fun to you, the bar scene never falls through.

Sweetwaters might not provide the most romantic occasion, but the Tannery retains potential in the form of Fredericton’s own Andy Brown. The solo indie acoustic singer/ songwriter will be making a special Valentine’s appearance at the Capital Bar, and as a Harvest Galaxie Rising Star finalist, he’s bound to make your heart melt.

A Valentine’s Day failsafe is to end the night watching a movie with your loved one, especially

up to expectations. If you’re a student in residence, take your date to a quiet corner of the cafeteria. Adding in some across-the-table hand Doug Estey Hilary Paige Smith holding and a little imagination equals instant The Brunswickan The Brunswickan romance.

Fredericton also boasts some great, affordable pubs in the downtown area. Save on cabs and bus fare by bundling up and taking a walk I know just as well as most guys that Valentine’s Valentine’s Day is not always movie perfect. through picturesque side streets.

Day can be a stressful time of year. For some, Chances are the rose petals you’ll lay in a heart When you arrive at your destination, choose a it’s more stressful than Christmas, because shape on your bed will stain the sheets. The dark corner and sit close. Complete the evening along with those oh-so-carefully selected gifts, “champagne” you can afford will be a Canadian with warm food and even warmer glances across you’re also responsible for planning a full of the table. Even things up by splititinerary of events ranging ting the bill. from an expensive dinner at Movies are a typical date night an exquisite restaurant that activity, so they shouldn’t be left requires reservations a month out of Valentine’s plans. If goin advance to a romantic soirée ing to the theatre is out of your on the town aboard horse and time and money boundaries, carriage. then there is nothing wrong with What’s that? You haven’t turning your couch into one. got the ring and bouquet of Pick up traditional theatre treats flowers all lined up? No dinner like Milk Duds and popcorn and reservations? settle down to watch. For film The bad news is, you’re choice, try something epic that either a procrastinator or highly has the best of three worlds: roforgetful. The good news is mance, comedy and action. that you can consider yourself Speaking of action, this is a lucky last-minute lover this where the evening can go in any year, because Valentine’s Day direction. If this is a first date, is on the weekend, when start it off with the adorably paconveniently, Fredericton thetic yawning stretch that gets is chock-full of events and your arm around your date. It goings-on. The Brunswickan is a classic. If your relationship is Arts Department, always long-term, than you should have looking out for you, has no problem snuggling up togethscouted out the scene. er on a couch or bed.

The Beaverbrook Art Gallery Seducing your date isn’t as easy is featuring a special Valentine’s as one, two, clothes-free. Even Day showcase entitled “Love though it’s Valentine’s Day, no Your Gallery”. Coinciding one is immune to embarrassing with its 50th anniversary, the moments. You can still trip on gallery will be open with free the sheets, bang your head on a admission from 9:30 a.m. to 5 shelf and end up with a tangle of p.m, with guided tours at 10, Christian Hapgood / The Brunswickan hair in your face. Anticipate re11, and 1. And if you’ve ever jection, even on the day of love. been to the Beaverbrook, you Valentine’s Day doesn’t have to be as convoluted and feared as some make it out to be.

Be respectful, revert back to cudalready know how impressive dling and end the night within its exhibits typically are. your partner’s comfort zone.

Gallery Connexion, the in the event of horrid weather or empty pockets. sparkling wine. The lingerie you buy to seduce Valentine’s Day is simple. If you’re with someartist-run (and currently homeless) collective For those of you who are sensitivity challenged, I your partner will be very impractical and will one you love, or out in singledom partying with here in Fredericton, is featuring a mail art exhibit will be up-front and inform you that Terminator undoubtedly itch. entitled NO FIXED ADDRESS at Crumbs or Saw are poor choices.

I guess I should say that Valentine’s Day is not friends, then it is as close to perfect as it will ever Cafe on the 14th from 1-9 p.m. Tickets are Sure, they’re great movies, but they lack the always movie perfect on a student budget, but need to be. $20, and here’s the best part: each ticket entitles warm and fuzzy feeling. Opt for something a don’t get your heart-spattered boxers in a bunch the holder to one piece of art at the exhibit. little closer to the heart. Rogers recommends – it is entirely doable.

Everything from stitched work to watercolour Notting Hill, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless To start, kick it Charlie Brown-style with a paintings will be on display; if your honey is Mind, Shakespeare in Love, or – sigh – yes, The homemade, construction paper card. They are an art geek of even the mildest sort, he or she Notebook (as if you haven’t already been dragged inexpensive and easy to make. They also give the is bound to find something that tickles their in to watching that.) opportunity to write a heartfelt, handwritten fancy. Local artists will take the stage for open Relax. Breathe easy. Valentine’s Day isn’t so profession of love. mic throughout the event. For tickets, contact bad. Besides, you have the poor economy and Spare yourself a pine-nut encrusted disaster Meredith Snider at 454-1433 or connex@nbnet. unreliable weather conditions in your arsenal of and resist going to an over-the-top expensive nb.ca. semi-valid excuses. dinner, it will hurt your wallet and may not live

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Nela Rio poetry reading and book launch at Tilley Hall A bilingual (Spanish/English) reading of ArgentineCanadian poet and artist Nela Rio’s latest publication, Aquella luz, la que estremece / The Light that Makes Us Tremble will be held in Tilley Hall, Room 104. The book is an erotic collection of poems, both in language and message. It will be presented on Wednesday, Feb. 18 at 7 p.m. and is open for free to the general public.

Scientific Americans in New Brunswick Theatre UNB and Radar Theatre present award-winning John Mighton’s Scientific Americans as part of a thesis project for the program’s minor students. The play follows the story of a physicist beginning work in New Mexico under the umbrella of national defence alongside his peace-loving computer scientist wife. The play is being presented at Memorial Hall. Tickets are $10 for adults, $6 for students. For any information, please email Annick Noel at g0a58@unb.ca or call 472-4095.

Artsnb funding application dates have been announced The New Brunswick Arts Board, entering their 20th year, has released the deadlines for their annual arts funding programs. The board offers aid programs to help facilitate and promote artistic creativity and production on the province. For more information, visit www.artsnb.ca.

Drop in on Toronto Dance Theatre’s Timecode Break Choreographer Christopher House and the Toronto Dance Theatre returns to the Playhouse on Feb. 13 with Timecode Break in the form of a rehearsal open to the public. No admission will be charged, and patrons are The Toronto Dance Theatre is no stranger to Fredericton. free to come and ago throughout the performance, from 3-5 p.m.

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sappy Futuristic gore set to music Hagerman’s horoscopes Modern rock opera features genetics with a terrifying twist

Aries

Taurus

(March21st - April 19th)

(April 20th - May 20th)

You will be feeling especially sappy this week, dear Aries. Your swinging through the expansive maple tree forests of New Brunswick will have left you stickier than usual. Luckily, you will attract numerous animals who will try to lick you clean.

Whether or not you enjoy it will be nobody’s business but your own.

Your lucky Firefly episode is Heart of Gold.

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Repo! The Genetic Opera might seem brutal, but a closer look reveals its cleverly twisted plot and admirable character development alongside catchy guitar riffs.

Brian Savoie

The Brunswickan

This weekend I figured out what was missing in my life. After 21 years of searching, I finally found it: Repo! The Genetic Opera, a film set in a dystopian universe inspired by Blade Runner and a plot line that belongs in a Saw film.

The movie follows the life of the Shilo, her father and the Largo family, who have founded an artificial organ replacement business called GeneCo. In the future, humanity is struck by an unnamed affliction that causes widespread organ failures. GeneCo arises from the chaos with an expensive cure by replacing the failing organs with specially designed new ones. Further, the corporation introduces the ability to finance these transplants so that everyone can have use their service.

As is common today, especially in the economic times we’ve been facing, financing can prove to be a double-edged sword. In Repo!, those who don’t make their payments are visited by one “Repoman” who cuts

them up on the spot to remove the organs belonging to GeneCo. All of this is brilliantly performed while singing along to a range of music that spans across electro/nu metal rock.

The movie is, in one word, fucking awesome. That might be two words.

Keep in mind, though, that this is not the general Friday night flick that everyone and their grandmother is going to enjoy. There are plenty of scenes in which seemingly innocent prostitutes and pimps are being cut open by Repo Men (while belting out some tunes of course). So-called (partially clad) “nurses” enjoy grinding up on each other during instrumental breaks. After seeing this a repeated number of times, one might get the impression that the director is either running out of ideas or really wanted a lesbian-esque sub-plot.

A wonderful thrill about this film is that it’s filled with great music and the vocal talents of people you wouldn’t even expect to have possess them. The cast is riddled with B- and C-list actors whose faces you might vaguely recognize but names we will probably never know. I found this actually added to the film. The directors and producers claimed that this was not a safe film so did not cast it safely. It features Alex

Vega (Spy Kids), Broadway musical allstar Sarah Brightman, Anthony Stewart Head (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and Paris Hilton (The Simple Life) to name a few.

Paris Hilton, in her own right, deserves special mention, because she was assigned the acting challenge of a lifetime. Playing the difficult role of Amber Sweet, an heiress to a powerful corporation, Paris had to figure out how to portray a character who had no worries at all aside from getting her next high and dealing with the issue of being surrounded by beautiful people – er, never mind.

The fact that this film made it to production is a feat in itself. The musical genre is one that appeals to a specific demographic and the horror genre appeals to a completely different one. And one has to wonder, how much crossover there is between them? Apparently enough for Lionsgate and Twisted Pictures to front an $8.5 million budget.

This film is being hailed as an instant cult classic and that is probably a very accurate description. With its unique atmosphere, electrifying music and random collage of talent, this film may turn out to be our generation’s Rocky Horror.

Customer service 2.0 Radian6 helps big name clients monitor the media

Doug Estey The Brunswickan

Let’s face it. As a customer, you are much more likely to gripe about a company’s product on a forum, Google Group, or blog than spending over an hour trying to overcome a language barrier with an outsourced technical support representative.

Computer manufacturers like Dell see complaints and problems pertaining to their products all over the internet.

Of course, they’re faced with two major problems: collecting all of these complaints into one database and getting back to each and every customer.

It was something that was hardly fathomable just a few years ago. Now, Fredericton-based Radian6 is bridging that gap.

Chief Technology Officer and founder Chris Newton, a UNB alumnus, explains that the system they’ve developed does a lot of legwork for clients like Dell, which was one of the first companies to take advantage of Radian6’s technology. “[The Radian6 system] runs around the internet and collects all of the content; everything from trending and social discussion, deep diving into conversations. Then it builds a word cloud around just that product.”

A call centre, in which all of the input and output is done through telephones,

is contrasted against Radian6’s product, which gleans the internet instead of relying on people phoning in.

“You can’t Google Blog search stuff like that. That type of thing just isn’t manageable. What we’ve focused on is giving the client deep, rich, analytical ratings full of workflow functionality.

It’s a customer relationship management tool that finds the problems for you.”

Radian6 has built a dashboard that brings it all together, and it’s really taking off.

Last month, they signed deals with UPS and AAA as the official social media-monitoring solution for both companies.

“We’ve been kind of lucky in terms of being in the right time and the right place. A lot of these big organizations are starting to realize that there’s a lot of value in what their customers are saying.

These things have an amazing effect on transforming a brand,” says Newton.

You can learn more about Radian6 at www.radian6.com.

You will feel your blood run hotter than usual this week, dear Taurus.

Ingestion of gratuitous amounts of Valentine’s Day chocolate will alter your circulatory system so that your blood’s regular temperature is boiling. This will make you eject steam from all of the orifices of your body.

Hot! Your lucky ventricle is the right ventricle.

Gemini

Cancer

(May 21st - June 21st)

(June 22nd- July 22nd) Your Valentine’s Day plans will go differently than you’d planned this week, dear Cancer. You will try to rent a movie that will appeal to both of you, Hot Rod, but you’ll mistakenly pick up the pornographic film of the same name. Your day will either go much better or much worse than you’d hoped. Your lucky movie all about love is It’s All About Love.

Leo

Virgo

(July 23rd - August 22nd)

(August 23rd - September 22nd)

Your investment ideas are likely to increase this week, dear Gemini.

You will notice that the stocks for chocolate sauce having been steadily increasing throughout the beginning of February. Invest all of your money into chocolate sauce, then prepare for economic downfall after Valentine’s Day. Your lucky Heart song is Crazy On You

You will be surprised by the power of the heart this week, dear Leo. Watching an old episode of Captain Planet and the Planeteers will remind you that not only are the physical elements powerful, but heart is an equally powerful, um, power. And also that the environment is good.

Your lucky palm reading signifier is your heart line.

Libra (September 23rd - October 23rd)

You will spend time with someone you love very much this week, dear Virgo. He will have fun with you whether the two of you do lots of things together, or do absolutely nothing but be together. The only certain thing is that your special someone will treasure every minute he has with you, and is never going to want to leave your arms. I love you, Gillian.

Scorpio

Single this holiday, dear Libra? Don’t worry; there are plenty of non-romantic things to do. Get a bunch of people together and go out to an expensive restaurant, essentially stealing seats from loving couples. If they really loved each other, they could find something else to do, anyway. Your lucky love song is the Elephant Love Medley from Moulin Rouge!

(October 24th - November 22nd)

Sagittarius

Capricorn

Love for other people is not the only kind of love you will experience this week, dear Scorpio. Animals, axes, and ridiculously large term papers will also love you! It’s hard being loved by almost everybody, but if somebody can hack it, you can.

Your lucky Elton John song about a flower is Love Lies Bleeding.

(November 23rd - December 21st)

(December 22nd - January 20th)

Aquarius

Pisces

(January 21st - February 18th)

(February 19th - March 20th)

Love will come to you in several different forms this week, dear Sagittarius. However, if it appears to you in the form of an angry man running at you with a box of chocolates and screaming profanities, do NOT assume that this is the kind of love you want.

Your lucky item in The Legend of Zelda are pieces of heart.

With Valentine’s Day comes lots of shiny things this week, dear Aquarius.

You will win piles of bling after being voted as “Most Sexy” by several men, women, and sentient electronic voting machines. You will become so radiant that people will be unable to look away from you. More so, even. Your lucky romantic video game is Halo 3.

Love will be in the air for you this week, dear Capricorn.

Unfortunately, it will make it difficult to breathe without a proper equipment. The only way to breathe this holiday will be to wear a gas mask. If you don’t have a date yet for Valentine’s Day, you soon will. Your lucky snack is artichoke heart.

Cupid will be firing arrows in your general direction this week, dear Pisces. Unfortunately, they will be very sharp-tipped and heavy. Try your best to get hit by one or two arrows, tops. If you can, try to dodge the arrows and have them hit somebody you DON’T love.

Hilarity will abound! Your lucky love is lovey-dovey.

In campus life, there are defining moments when we stumble across things that can only be described as epic. Whether they’re a fail or a win, they touch our hearts, met with common understanding and appreciation from our friends and family. If you come across an epic win or fail in the coming weeks, be it a photo, song, video, or brief – please send it to arts@ thebruns.ca. It just might get featured.

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Taking skirts in the office seriously Pop Tart Ashley Bursey

When I was 18, I worked for a small weekly newspaper in my hometown. My boss was an incredibly cool guy, but mid-summer, he left for a week’s vacation and put one of the senior reporters in charge.

I didn’t really get along with her ultra-conservative ways, but it was one thing she told me that really

stood out. “You know,” she said seriously one afternoon, eyeing my midcalf brown cotton skirt, “you really shouldn’t wear skirts on this job. Men won’t take you seriously.”

Really.

I don’t remember how I replied, but I was likely so shell-shocked that I stammered something unintelligible and fumed with a thousand witty comebacks as I took an early lunch.

Fast-forward five years. I’ve worked a whole laundry list of jobs since then and I will assure you that I wear skirts or skirt-suits on almost a daily basis and have never since heard that I need to tailor my outfits to hide my gender.

But a quick browse through the magazine section of a local coffee shop a few days ago left me wondering, as wrong as my pseudo-boss was, if some women try to veer too far in the other direction.

This particular magazine jumped out at me because of its gaudy cover and tacky title; it was called, simply, Pink. Immediately, I thought of frosted cupcakes, frothy crinolines, or ballet flats. Evidently, this was a Martha Stewart-type tome, a domestic bible similar to other flimsy weekly women’s magazines.

I picked it up, flicked through a few pages. Of course, the colour was everywhere, paired with a disproportionately large number of heart-shaped text boxes, and heart designs trailing down the side of the pages.

Terrible layout, I thought, before closing the obviously-women-oriented magazine to check out the cover.

I was shocked. Instead of the tacky floral-arrangement-and-dessert-recipes I had anticipated, Pink turned out to be the opposite: a business magazine for the savvy career woman.

I appreciate a well-written article detailing the finer points of smallbusiness management or career networking. I’m always interested in leadership forums or focusing on my finances. I own a dozen well-tailored suits and somewhat-sensible pumps, and would give my left arm for a high-waisted Theory pencil skirt and matching blazer.

But none of these items should ever come in Pepto pink.

I don’t think it was necessarily the content of the magazine that soured me, although the high volume of relationship-oriented articles was hardly something you’d see in Money Sense magazine.

It was those damn ridiculous pink hearts. Filled with inspirational tidbits, neat facts, or helpful links, I couldn’t understand why another col-

our scheme – gray? blue? purple polka dots? – couldn’t have been equally appropriate.

And yes, I get it. The name of the magazine is Pink - that explains the rose-coloured everything. It’s for women. Yes, thank you, got that.

But would any up-and-coming career woman really plunk down the better part of a ten-sheet for a magazine that brings us straight back to the days of aprons, tuna casseroles, and fixing your Mister a martini at the end of his long, hard, day?

Yeah, right. I’ll wear my skirts and my fire-engine-red lipstick, but keep the Pink in the bassinet, not the board room.

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

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The Vinyl Café returns to Fredericton Alison Clack The Brunswickan Chances are you’ve heard the Vinyl Café on the radio at some point in your life.

Well, your chance to hear the Café’s stories in person has come around again.

Stuart McLean will be coming back to Fredericton on Feb. 24 and 25 to present his Vinyl Café show – which will feature two new stories – at the Playhouse.

The Vinyl Café, which has been a part of CBC Radio One and Two’s line up since 1994, had humble beginnings compared to its stature now.

“A guy came up to me one day and said we should do a radio show together. His idea was to do a music show where I just introduce the records – I said we needed to do more than just that,” says Stuart McLean of the show’s beginnings.

And the show did evolve a great deal.

Stuart’s addition of short stories to the radio show has caused hundreds of thousands of Canadian’s to keep tuning in each week.

The stories revolve around the lives of record store owner, Dave, his wife, Morley, and their two kids, Sam and Stephanie.

The name of the family’s record store, which is the “smallest in the world,” is the Vinyl Café.

“Like any good idea it’s grown and changed over the years. It started as a show where we played records and evolved into a show which had short stories in it; then a stage show – so it’s all sort of grown slowly and organically,” says McLean.

The addition of these stories to the show has made all the difference in separating the show from other radio shows that feature upcoming Canadian talent.

“It began as a summer replacement show. We didn’t have any plans for it; no ambitions. We just thought we’d try it out,” says McLean.

The show has even evolved beyond

Canadian audiences. It plays on a several American radio stations and the stage show is having a great deal of success below the border and beyond.

“It’s on the air in a growing number of public radio stations in the US. We’re running in about 14 or 15 states now. The books are published in Australia, England, Scotland, and Wales. I’ve read in literary festivals over seas and it’s been very well received over there,” says McLean.

Despite the show’s success in other cities around the world McLean says he always likes coming back to Fredericton.

“I love the city. I love New Brunswick – I think it’s one of Canada’s best kept secrets.

I really like coming to Fredericton, it’s a fun place for me to be,” says McLean.

McLean is also giving praise to the East Coast in regards to its musical talent. Two of the main musicians playing with McLean in Fredericton are from the Maritimes: “Matt Andersen, a blues player who is from New Brunswick and Meaghan Smith,

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who is from Halifax. They are the sort of spotlight, front of the show people,” says McLean.

Given the recent rise of successful East Coast artists on the Canadian music scene, McLean is looking to showcase some of its talent. McLean also has some interesting ideas on why East Coast artists have been finding more success lately.

“There’s nothing like a long, winter night to encourage people to sit around the kitchen with their instruments and make music,” jokes McLean.

“I say that kind of glibly but I think there’s some truth to that. I think that the weather encourages people to hunker down and play music. The success of people like Joel Plaskett, Jill Barber and the others who have done so well have drawn attention to the East Coast. The have also led the next generation to say ‘if they can do it, it is possible and if it’s possible I can do it too,’ ” says McLean.

McLean has found his own success

with the Vinyl Café in print, radio, and stage forms. While McLean says that he will always be a writer first he enjoys the immediacy of the feedback form an audience while he’s on stage.

“I get to be there when people receive the work. That’s really a wonderful moment for a writer – to be there for the giving and receiving. How the audience receives the story also affects the way I tell the story. We become collaborators in a sense, the audience and I – we rework the story together. I really like that,” says McLean.

McLean particularly likes the way college students have become a larger part of the audience. As the show’s music has adjusted, McLean has enjoyed the increased number of young people tuning in and listening while also featuring young, upcoming musicians.

“It’s been a great learning experience for me to meet the musicians who are the next generation,” finished McLean.

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Closing in on clinching a playoff berth Women’s basketball win two in a row over the weekend

Mitchell Bernard The Brunswickan

Jeff Speedy and the UNB women’s basketball team couldn’t have asked for anything better over the weekend. The V-Reds pulled off an exciting overtime victory over Saint Mary’s on Saturday, thanks to Amanda Sharpe’s clutch performance in the dying moments, before completing the weekend sweep on Sunday in the Pitt.

“I think it was a win we needed for our confidence,” said head coach Jeff Speedy. “It was a big character win for us and it was big in the standings.”

UNB (6-10) currently sits in fifth place in the AUS standings, four points ahead of Acadia and eight ahead of Saint Mary’s and UPEI. They are now in the hunt to clinch a playoff berth, in the race with the bottom four teams of the conference.

The weekend victories also snapped a six-game losing streak for the Reds, something they are more than happy to get off their back. “I think the weekend was important since it demonstrated the type of character this group has [to come back and win after a losing streak],” said Speedy, following the weekend victories.

UNB has addressed some of the nagging problems they’ve had so far in the year. Their fourth quarter performances have improved over the past few weeks, but Speedy noted that this isn’t playoff calibre yet and that there is still room for improvement.

“I think we’re still inconsistent at times - we’ve had some great fourth quarters

Andrew Meade / The Brunswickan

The women’s basketball team stepped up their play late in the game to defeat SMU in overtime on Saturday. Amanda Sharpe hit a clutch shot with five seconds remaining to secure the win. The Reds defeat SMU once again on Sunday, sweeping their opponents in weekend action. and we’ve had some not-so-great fourth quarters,” said Speedy. “I definitely think we’re making some progress in terms of taking care of the ball and not panicking under pressure and I think this weekend we demonstrated that.”

The Reds will play host to fourthplace St. FX this weekend. After dropping their previous matches against the X-Women, UNB is eager to take revenge on their conference rivals and inch closer to a quarterfinals berth.

“It’s important to defend your own

court,” said Speedy. “They’re [St. FX] going to be a challenge for us. They’ve beat us twice on their own court and we just want to come back and a get a couple of wins.”

UNB will look to Amanda Shape to continue her impressive season.

Dropping 22 points along with six boards on Saturday, Sharpe turned around and delivered another 14 points on Sunday to go along with her gamehigh 13 rebounds.

Along with Sharpe, UNB athlete of

the week Angela Aydon put in one of her finest performances of the season this past weekend and will be looked upon to deliver once again. Aydon, a fifth-year forward from Vancouver, netted 14 points on Saturday along with 16 on Sunday.

“It’s spectacular what [Aydon has] done,” said Speedy. “She’s had a great second term. Since Christmas she’s been fantastic. She’s been battling some health issues all year and still is. Anytime she has the energy and is able to do

this weekend makes me happy for her, especially in the time of year when we really need her.”

Third-year guard Jessica Steed helped out with 15 points on Saturday, and Fredericton native Joanne Fox surged forward with 11 points on Sunday, all in the second half. They’ll be asked to do the same in order to gain valuable victories this weekend.

The Reds will host St. FX on Friday night at 6 p.m. and Saturday afternoon at 1 p.m. at the L.B. Gym.

UNB Swimming places third at AUS

Two weeks after hosting the dual meet at Sir Max Aitken pool, the UNB men and women’s swim teams were at DAL this past weekend and were looking to upset the favoured Dalhousie swim teams. DAL and MUN pushed themselves past UNB, finishing first and second respectively. The UNB women’s swim team finished third with 116 points, behind DAL’s 663 and MUN at 140. Shannon Donnelly managed to medal with two silvers and two bronze. The men fared equally, placing third with 124 points. The only men’s swimmers to medal were Rene Boudreau (two silvers and two bronze) and Patrick Adam (one bronze). Boudreau qualified for the CIS championships in the the 200 metre backstroke, joining Donnelly and Danielle Merasty at the CIS Championships taking place on Feb. 19 at the University of British Columbia. (Story by Chris Cameron / The Brunswickan; Photos by Sandy Chase / The Brunswickan)

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Ladies play last home games Men’s basketball

go 1-1

Alex Wickwire The Brunswickan

The away team introductions were over, the Kill Bill music hit, and the UNB Varsity Reds men’s basketball team took the floor. Two weekend games against Saint Mary’s University were in store for the Reds, meaning they were the team stuck dealing with Joey Haywood, one of the top players in the country.

Saturday night’s contest was a game to forget for UNB. Coach Brent Baker stated it well when he said, “we laid a big egg,” in reference to the 24 point loss.

Mike Anderson had to sit early because of foul trouble and without his influence on the floor, the V-Reds were unable to establish any sort of game presence or tempo. SMU ran wild, building a big lead and sitting down their starters.

Careless mistakes and poor shooting was the story for UNB. Committing 16 turnovers and shooting a dismal 29.3 per cent would spell loss for any team. Saturday night in the post-game wrap coach Baker made some drastic corrections.

“Last night was basically a call-out

Andrew Meade / The Brunswickan

Three members of the UNB women’s volleyball team, Christina Ross (#1), Erica Hay (#2) and Melanie Doucette (#4) played their final home games this past Saturday at the L.B. Gym. Each were presented with plaques to commemorate their career with the V-Reds before the beginning of the match.

Josh Fleck The Brunswickan

It’s something that happens each year, and there is nothing you can about it.

It’s inevitable. When you sign a new recruit to your team, at some point you are going to have to say goodbye to them.

On Saturday, prior to the game against UPEI which marked the last game at the L.B. Gym for three UNB women, head coach John Richard and his staff presented each of the graduating Reds with a card signed by the current team, as well as a plaque with team photos from each year during which the girls played. Announcer Eric Moffatt highlighted each of the young ladies’ careers before they stepped onto the court to receive their gift.

First up was an Atlantic Conference All-Star, CIS Academic All-Canadian, and a member of the Dean’s List for the faculty of Kinesiology: right-side Christina Ross of Calgary, A.B. Following her was a two-time Atlantic Conference first-team all-star: left-side Erica Hay of Sussex, N.B. With her in the lineup during her career, UNB held a 50-7 record versus AUS competition

in regular season action, While those two stepped on the court and maintained their composure, it was a different story for the last girl to get her gift from coach Richard. The final plaque went to a young lady who has quite an impressive volleyball resume.

Over her five-year career, she was named an Atlantic conference all-star each year, an Atlantic conference Rookie of the Year, a two time Atlantic conference MVP, a CIS all-Canadian, as well as being named UNB female athlete of the year three years running. It was the hometown girl, the setter, and the team captain: Melanie Doucette. As she stepped up to take the award from coach Richard, in front of a standing LB Gym, she broke out in tears.

The Brunswickan had the privilege of talking to each of these amazing young ladies about their careers, as well as their time spent at UNB. All three of these players had nothing but amazing things to say about the school, the volleyball program, and the players and coaches.

There were plenty of times to remember, as well as a few times to forget. There was no debating what the proudest moment of their careers was, as the decision was unanimous. Erica Hay put it this way when asked, “Oh this is an easy one, the moment I will never forget is beating SMU last year at the AUS in the fifth set to bring home the banner. Unforgettable moment!”

With the unforgettable time already mentioned, it’s only fitting that one mentions some of the times the girls would like to forget. Like the time that Melanie Doucette got overexcited after a block and accidentally punched a teammate in the face, or when Ross split her chin open on the first day of practice trying to dig a ball.

The ladies seemed to be on the same page for most of the questions as they all agreed that life without volleyball does not seem to be in there future.

“I will join a women’s league in Calgary and play beach as much as I can,” said Ross. “The game will always be a part of my life, whether I am coaching, playing for fun, or just watching.”

When asked if coach Richard had given them any words to live by, two of the girls replied with, “There are too many to pick just one.”

Ross on the other hand, responded with “perception is reality.” To her that meant that she had the power to change her perception, thus shaping her reality.

Great words to live by, from a great coach.

It was captain Doucette who put it best when asked if there were anyone in particular she would miss. “I will miss all the girls,” said Doucette. “They were all there for me when I needed them and I’m grateful that I got to play with those amazing girls. No one will ever be forgotten.”

session,” said the coach on Sunday.

“I wrote one word on the board, PRIDE.” Baker’s tactics worked.

Sunday afternoon, in front of a tiny 200 person crowd, the team came out ready to play. An energized UNB team attacked the rim and played some of the best pressure defence of the season.

SMU was unprepared and looked sloppy in the first quarter allowing UNB to build a nine point lead. Mike Anderson’s defensive efforts guarding Joey Haywood were successful. Haywood shot 5-14 with 11 points in 37 minutes, and Mike posted stronger stats shooting 6-18 with 20 in 38 minutes.

Saturday night the Varsity Reds were flat out beaten. The Saint Mary’s bench had the team looking like an intramural squad playing hung-over in a Saturday morning charity tournament. Scoring a mere 50 points in the loss, it could easily be regarded as a low point for the season.

Sunday afternoon’s game was a polar opposite. The team executed very well, showed heart and made sure to “hang around and make plays,” commented coach Baker.

Sunday’s win means that this building-year team has surpassed the win total of last season’s squad.

“My goal was to get these guys to improve every day,” said Baker, when asked about the win achievement. The coach exercised humility in his success and acknowledged that this team “has come a long way.”

Boys will be boys Tip of the Cap. by Josh Fleck

Michael Phelps, the 23-year-old swimming dynamo, was found at a party smoking pot. Big deal – a lot of people do it and get away with it. The problem was, someone at the party had the balls to take a picture of him taking a hit from the bong, and then sell it to the tabloids.

Now Seth Meyers of Saturday Night Live pretty much hit the nail on the head of the issue in this week’s episode. During the Weekend Update, he did a segment he called, “Really!? With Seth”, and called out the guy who sold the photo to the tabloids saying, “If you’re at a party and you see Michael Phelps smoking a bong and your first thought isn’t, ‘Wow, I get to party with Michael Phelps’, and instead you take a picture and sell it to the tabloids, you should take a long look in the mirror, because you’re a dick. I mean, really.”

I am 100 per cent behind Meyers on this one. No, not just because he’s a celebrity (it helps though), but because he’s right. Who is slimy enough to take a picture of someone smoking pot and then sell it? Did he do it to the rest of the kids who were doing it, and then sell it to their parents in an attempt to ruin their lives too?

In the article published in News of the World, the “source” from which they received the photo also gave them some inside information about the party. I don’t know Michael Phelps personally, but it seems to me from reading the article that the guy who sold the photo seemed a little upstaged by Phelps – had his thunder stolen, if you will. Maybe Phelps stole his girl at the party? I mean, who can contend with a hairless body and 14 gold medals. Sure as hell isn’t going to be me.

So my Tip of the Cap goes to the idiot who took the photo. If I were Phelps, I would try to find out who it was, and maybe give him a little scare. Then again, I don’t smoke pot or have 14 gold medals, so I guess I’m not Michael Phelps.

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Woodsmen claim tournament title Grant Virgin Submitted to the Brunswickan

The UNB Woodsmen were back in action two weekends ago at McGill University in Montreal. The men’s A-team finished first overall, garnering 1266 of a possible 1400 points. The victory marked the A-team’s second landslide win of the season, with their last one coming at home in Fredericton back in October. The A-team moved one step closer to their second straight Canadian Intercollegiate Lumberjacking Association championship.

Results were a significant improvement from the A-team’s third place finish at their last competition in Lindsay, Ont. in November. A-team captain Billy Freeman suggested the team’s individual event performances in Lindsay needed improvement after winning only one of six events. “Basically our individual performances in Lindsay weren’t as good as they should have been,” said Freeman. “In preparation for Montreal, we adjusted our practice schedule to concentrate primarily on individual events.”

This strategy appeared to work as the A-team took four of the six individual events and placed close behind in the remaining two.

Individual event winners were Patrick Lynch in the Axe Throw, Alex Feix in

the Chainsaw, Mike Downing in the Pole Climb, and Freeman in the Single Buck.

In paired events, the A-team took two of three events with Downing/

Mulherin winning the Standing Block Chop and Freeman/Feix winning the Underhand Chop. Unfortunately, Holt/Lynch were disqualified in a midst of controversy in the Quarter Split after

the judges determined their cut logs didn’t meet the required specifications.

Fortunately, the A-team were able to rally after the controversial disqualification and dominate in the

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Members of the UNB Woodsmen A-team celebrate after a recent victory in Montreal. From left to right: Patrick Lynch, Jordan Mulherin, Andrew Holt, Bill Freeman, David Head, Mike Downing, and Alex Fiex.

team events, winning three of the four events. The A-team saw victories in Crosscut, Pulp Throw, and Team Swede Saw. Player/coach Andrew Holt was pleased with the overall result. “The atmosphere of this competition was intense and it felt a lot closer than the points showed,” said Holt. “In the end, it was a hard fought battle in frigid conditions, but all of our teams were able to rise above and perform very well.”

In other action, the men’s B-team finished third, tallying 957 points, while the women’s team were able to finish fourth overall in their division. In women’s singles events, Sophie Cote was victorious in the Water Boil. Meanwhile, the team of Lustefjord/Johnson won the quarter split.

The B-team had a very good competition in Montreal with two second place finishes. The first came in team events for Pulp Throw and the second from Charlie MacPhee in the Chainsaw. In the paired events, Miller/ MacPhee finished third in Standing Block Chop while Cameron/Wright finished third in the Underhand Chop.

These impressive results leave the men’s B-team sitting fourth overall in C.I.L.A. standings.

The last competition of the season will take place this Saturday at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College in Truro, N.S. UNB will need a strong performance in Truro to hold off second place Sir Sanford Flemming College of Lindsay, Ont., in order to bring home the C.I.L.A. crown.

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Women’s Basketball UNB - 63 SMU - 62

Upcoming V-Reds Events

Women’s Volleyball UNB - 3 MUN - 0

Hockey UNB - 2 St. FX - 3

Friday, February 13th

Men’s Volleyball UNB - 0 DAL - 3

Men’s Basketball UNB - 50 SMU - 74

V-Reds Results Friday, February 6th

Hockey UNB - 4 SMU - 3 Saturday, February 7th Men’s Volleyball UNB - 3 MUN - 0 Women’s Volleyball UNB - 3 UPEI - 1

Preparing for the playoffs FROM HOCKEY PAGE 1 we’ve earned the last three years, and it’s very useful for those of us with nagging injuries.”

Bowman also felt the bye was crucial. “It’s huge – especially since the opening round is only a best-ofthree. Anything can happen in such a short series.”

Veteran leadership has been a key role in the success of the Varsity Reds in their recent trips to the National Championships, and that shouldn’t change this year. The majority of last year’s team is back, as well as several players who have been in the national finals two years in a row.

“Our mindset shouldn’t change approaching the playoffs,” Bowman said. “We still want to improve every game and focus on playing hard every night.”

Bowman and Dickson have both been with the team for the last two trips to the finals, and they noted how the experience can help in these situations.

“It definitely helps,” said Bowman.

“It makes your more confident that you can get the job done, knowing you’ve accomplished it before. You know what to expect and you know what it takes to come out on top.”

“We’re just looking to finish the season strong, and get our fundamentals back for the playoffs,” concluded Dickson.

The Reds travel to PEI on Friday, for a tilt with the UPEI Panthers.

UNB then finishes their regular season in Moncton against Les Aigles Bleus on Saturday. The first round of the playoffs is set to begin next Wednesday.

Women’s Basketball St. FX @ UNB 6:00 p.m. @ L.B. Gym

Saturday, February 14th Women’s Basketball St. FX @ UNB 1:00 p.m. @ L.B. Gym Men’s Basketball St. FX @ UNB 3:00 p.m. @ L.B. Gym

Men’s Volleyball UNB @ DAL 7:00 p.m.

Women’s Volleyball UNB @ TBA

Women’s Basketball UNB - 80 SMU - 71

Hockey UNB @ UPEI 7:30 p.m.

Hockey UNB @ UdeM 7:00 p.m.

Men’s Basketball UNB - 67 SMU - 60

Men’s basketball St. FX @ UNB 8:00 p.m. @ L.B. Gym

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Sunday, February 15th Men’s Volleyball DAL @ UNB 2:00 p.m. @ L.B. Gym

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