Issue 3, Vol 141, The Brunswickan

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volume 141 issue 3 • canada’s oldest student publication • UNB fredericton’s student paper • Sept. 19, 2007

What you Say goodbye to our sister campus? Ambulances: don’t know could kill you

by Lauren Kennedy

Jennifer McKenzie / The Brunswickan

A rally was held in Saint John on Monday with several hundred attendees protesting the potential closure of the UNB Saint John campus.The march went from King’s Square in the central uptown area to the Water Street office of Hon. Dr. Ed Doherty, Minister of Post-Secondary Education,Training and Labour.When given the chance to speak, the minister was booed away. Mullins and Graham of the UNB Fredericton SU had organized an impromptu bus trip over the weekend to bring Fredericton students to the rally, but had to cancel it after no students chose to attend.

by Josh O’Kane Rumors were flying around New Brunswick all of last week over possible leaked information from the Commission on Post-Secondary Education New

Brunswick Report, with claims that the UNB Saint John campus would be converted into a polytechnic institution. Friday morning, the report was officially released and the claims turned out to be true.

Among other things, the Commission’s report calls for UNB’s Saint John campus as well as the Université de

Moncton campuses in Shippagan and Edmunston to be converted into separate and distinct polytechnic schools. As described in the report, polytechnic institutions blend “knowledge and theory as well as working skills.” These schools would be fluid in their subject areas in that they could adapt to the needs of the times in their respective locations.

Rising up to the times

by Josh O’Kane

Chris Lorey has a $25,000 USD iBOT wheelchair, compliments of UNB, because six years ago he was afflicted with an unknown virus and lost most of the use of his legs. The German professor’s office was on the third floor of Carleton Hall, and continued to be until last June, when finally, construction began on an elevator in the primitive building.

“I think it’s wonderful,” says Lorey.

“I cant wait for this to be done. It is going to be wonderful once the elevator is in. It’s going to make such a difference for so many people.”

The elevator in Carleton is to be placed in the former location of the

building’s large central staircase, and construction should be completed in time for the next school year. A smaller staircase will be replaced beside the elevator. This initiative is part of a proposed ten-year accessibility plan helmed by UNB. One of the steps was last year’s addition of an elevator to the previously inaccessible old Head Hall.

Diana Austin is a professor in the English Department at UNB, whose mobility has been diminished in recent years due to her battle with multiple sclerosis. She believes that this is an important step in making UNB a better school.

“Once this elevator is installed,” says Austin, “everyone facing mobility obstacles – students, faculty, staff, visitors to campus, cleaners with heavy equipment – will be able to move around inside Carleton Hall with ease, for the first time ever, and UNB can then move its sights to the next necessary upgrading project elsewhere on campus.”

The upgrade does come with its own short-term detriments, though.

Classroom space in much of Carleton has been lost, and staff and faculty have been forced to shuffle office space to accommodate for the construction.

Because of the disruption, four departments from the faculty of Arts moved into the top two floors of Bridges House: English, Philosophy, Classics & Ancient History, and Culture & Language Studies.

Chris Lorey’s department falls in with the latter of the group. Though his coworkers have settled in Bridges, his office is now in d’Avray Hall because the staircases are too narrow for his iBOT wheelchair to climb.

“I can’t get into Bridges at all,” says Lorey. “The iBOT can’t go up those stairs in Bridges. I need extended railings, and the staircase is too narrow. The building is completely inaccessible.”

see Carleton page 3

Andrew Meade / The Brunswickan

Carleton Hall construction has displaced many students, faculty and staff.

The conversion would also see the reconfiguration of the province’s community college system to adapt with the polytechnic institutions’ locations.

NBCC Saint John would see a merger with UNBSJ, likely at UNBSJ’s Tucker Park location. This would not only

see UNBSJ page 2

Ambulance services in Fredericton are a critical service for all Frederictonians, but with only four ambulance trucks serving the Fredericton and Oromocto region during the day, it is questioned whether that is really enough coverage for these two growing areas.

A representative from the Dr. Everett Chalmers Hospital confirmed that there are four ambulance trucks during the day from 6:30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m. and three at night from 6:30 p.m. - 6:30 a.m.

Fredericton has a population of 50,535, according to the most recent update from City Hall, and the town of Oromocto has about 9,000, as per their website. When adding up these two figures, then dividing them by the ambulance trucks on duty, there is only one ambulance for every (approximate) 14,884 citizens. It is also important to note that the Fredericton population figure does not include student population during the school year. With these added citizens from both campuses, the population in Fredericton rises by over 12,000 more.

As it stands now, there is no standard response time for emergency calls and each service for different areas of New Brunswick falls under a different sector. Land ambulance service currently is delivered through various contracts and several different directors who operate under different protocols. To put it simply, each area of New Brunswick has ambulance services that are

operated differently. With this in mind, the Government of New Brunswick proposed a new initiative to be launched in mid-November called ‘Ambulance New Brunswick’. The initiative’s goal is to consolidate all ambulance operations under one act.

One of their main enhancements includes implementing standardized response times. To clarify, response time is defined as the elapsed time from the moment the call is received to the time of the arrival of the ambulance at the requested location.

The plan is to establish equal response times around the province for emergency calls to be within nine minutes (90% of the time) for urban areas and within 22 minutes (90% of the time) for rural areas.

In a news release from the Department of Health, Health Minister Michael Murphy explained that a paramedic is often the first caregiver people will see, so lives depend on how fast they can arrive and their level of skills training. He goes on to explain that in order for this to happen, it will require more resources such as more paramedics and more ambulances.

Frank Carroll has been a paramedic for over 20 years in New Brunswick and feels that no matter what, the well being of the citizens should come first.

“In all, it’s not a bad system that Fredericton has, but you should always think of the people first. If you can’t help the maximum number of people for the maximum number of times, you need more resources,” he said. “ When a patient is on the waiting end, two minutes seems like a long time.”

see Ambulances page 3

Atlantic university enrolment numbers going down: What does this mean for UNBF?

by Lauren Kennedy

With the release of the Post Secondary Education Commission report, there has been a lot of talk about the issue of declining enrolment in universities and how to retain the students that are already there.

There are many factors that contribute to this decline. They include the growing popularity in community colleges and more students becoming interested in trades, institutions in other regions with lower tuition fees, etc.

A report from June of this year from the Maritime Provinces Higher Education Commission (MPHEC) confirmed these factors by stating that over the next 10 years, the traditional student pool will shrink by as much as 14%.

If these are continuing trends, the decline will put more pressure on all Atlantic universities but if there is a shift in any one leading factor, there will be major change.

Mount Allison, St. Thomas, Université de Moncton, and the University of New Brunswick (including the Saint John campus) are the four main universities in the province of New Brunswick.

Based on a chart from the MPHEC, it shows the school years from 2000-01 up to the preliminary numbers from the past school year and it compares the undergraduate enrolment numbers by province. For the University of New Brunswick alone, since 2004-05, where enrolment counts were at it’s highest (showing 11,605 full and part-time undergraduate students), it has the preliminary numbers from 2006-07 at 10,578, which is the lowest it’s been since the year 2000, a drop of just over 1,000 undergraduate students.

The bulk of the growing enrolment is happening in universities in the Western parts of the country, like Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia, whereas in the Maritime provinces, the population growth is declining.

It is unsure right now what the enrolment rate is for UNBF, as it has to go through quite a process to figure out the exact numbers to get finalized.

UNB’s enrolment reports reflect only formally registered students, meaning students who are registered and have paid tuition and all fees, and since it is still early, this is not yet clear.

David Hinton, the Registrar of UNB Fredericton, explains why the figures are skewed at the moment.

“At this time of the academic term, I am sure you can appreciate that

enrolment counts will change daily as students submit their fees or make final arrangements with their student loans,” he said. “This daily change also makes it challenging to accurately project what full term enrolment counts will be.”

Throughout the month of September, the enrolment count should stabilize and then they are studied in detail to determine the differences from years past and to note why they change.

Once the details of enrolment have been revised with the Vice President and faculty Deans, UNBF then prepares and comments on a report concerning the enrolments statistics.

This report should be released around early October as should the enrolments reports for all other New Brunswick institutions.

Harvest Jazz & Blues

Jen Grant pauses between songs during her set at the Barracks Tent at the Harvest Jazz & Blues Festival this past Saturday. For more coverage see Arts page 9.

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Commission recommends UNB Saint John for closure from UNBSJ page 1 solve NBCC’s need for space, but the polytechnic school could then take advantage of the skilled teachers from both campuses.

Several months ago, Andrew Oland, President of Moosehead Quebec made the recommendation for the merger of UNBSJ and NBCC-SJ. He stated that the combined school could focus on the energy and healthcare education, both of which are emerging job markets in the city and province.

UNB Student Union VP External Jordan Graham says that losing UNBSJ would be incredibly detrimental to UNB as a whole.

By losing the campus, he says, “we lose every single competitive strength we have.”

Graham says that the UNB Saint John campus helps UNB reach its critical mass as a ‘national university,’ which requires a certain quota of students, professors and research. Without that accreditation, he says, UNB would lose the competitive edge it has along with schools like McGill and the University of Toronto.

“What students need to know is that this is not a Saint John issue,” says Graham. “We can’t work as UNB Fredericton and UNB Saint John. We need to work as [a unified] UNB to maintain the level of quality.”

Graham agrees with other areas of the report, however, including needs-based financial aid, increased bursaries and grants, and student loan capping.

UNBSU President Brad Mullins s also happy with some discussions in the report, and says that certain recommendations in the financial aid section were reported nearly word-for-word from discussions he was involved in with the commission.

He also says that the recommended conversion of the UNBSJ campus to a polytechnic institute and away from UNB is important to all UNB students.

“It is a UNB problem,” says Mullins. “We can’t separate issues and concerns.”

In the past, Mullins says, things have been divided, but that this issue will have a direct impact on both campuses.

“I do have concerns that it will jeopardize our status as a national university. It’s short term benefits over long term costs,” says Mullins. “If we lose [UNBSJ] students, do we get the same funding?”

Jennifer McKenzie / The Brunswickan

He does say that the members of the Commission, headed by Rick Miner and Jacques L’Écuyer, have the best interests in mind.

“The Commission honestly does believe the changes are in the best interests of the province of New Brunswick,” says Mullins.

During the press conference with the release of the report, Mullins says Miner advised that the report should be taken in complete form, and not piece by piece.

Mullins disagrees with this point, as he believes there are some strong points to the report and some, such as UNBSJ’s conversion to polytechnic, which may be less beneficial.

UNB Saint John student Lydia Morin says that losing her school isn’t something she wants to see.

“I would be sad to see everyone’s effort to make this university a success just go down the drain like that,” says Morin. “I am concerned with how programs would run, considering my program (Bachelor of Health Sciences) isn’t even offered in Fredericton.”

She’s also concerned about the challenges this will bring to the Dalhousie satellite medical school scheduled to begin in Saint John in 2009.

“It’s pretty ridiculous to have a medical school but no university to offer the undergraduate programs to get to medical school.”

Coverage from UNBSJ

by Vanessa MacKinnon The Baron, UNB Saint John Special to The Brunswickan SAINT JOHN - Starting the year off with a bang has never been so easy as a recently reported news leak from the Commission on Post-Secondary Education in New Brunswick has stirred up quite a commotion amongst faculty, staff and the Greater Saint John community. Speculations of the contents of this report have been, up until now, mainly whispered rumors. This changed for the English-speaking communities when it was reported in last Thursday’s edition of the Telegraph Journal, as it first appeared in the French media l’Acadie Nouvelle.

To start, students should know that the provincial government, led by Premier Shawn Graham, announced in the Throne Speech, on February 6, 2007 the establishment of a private commission on post-secondary education. The purpose of this commission is to gather relevant information analyzing the entire New Brunswick post-secondary educational system. From there, they are to create a report which will “assess the economic

and fiscal challenges facing New Brunswick and recommend steps necessary for the province to achieve self-sufficiency by 2026.” In order to do so, the commission traveled to nine locations around New Brunswick. Meetings lasted a combined total of twelve days, two of which dealt with Saint John: April 30 and May 1.

Meetings were held at the Delta Brunswick Hotel. These meetings were open to the public and saw a total of five proposals. Presenters were asked to respond to a discussion paper released in March which gave ten questions to be answered by presenters to the commission. Attendance of these sessions was poor and students were underrepresented.

The project is run by two commissioners: Dr. Rick Miner, President of Seneca College and former Vice-President of UNB from 1993 to 2001, and Dr. Jacques L’Écuyer, the founding chairman of the Commission d’évaluation de l’enseignement collegial du Québec.

These men are aided by a small advisory panel of eight individuals: Isabelle LeBlanc (Enterprise Greater Moncton), Anne Marie Levi (Mawiw Council/ Mi’Kmaq-Maliseet Institute), Denis Losier (Assumption Life), Jean-Yves Ouellette (Polyvalente Cité-des-jeunesA-M-Sormany), Léo-Paul Pinet (Centre de bénévolat de la Péninsule Acadienne

(CBPA Inc.), Gerry Pond (Marine Partners Inc.), Andrew Steeves (ADI Ltd.), and Elizabeth Weir (Efficiency NB).

The first presentation from Andrew Oland, the chair of the Saint John True Growth Post-Secondary Education Task Force, was a proposal commissioned to Amulet Consulting and Growth Strategies Inc. It is called Enriching our future: a strategic plan for post-secondary education, research and development, and technology commercialization and can be found in .pdf format when googled.

Oland’s proposal called for the government to “recognize that post-secondary is not a community development tool but an economic engine that must be market driven.” He proposed that the Saint John campus of UNB separate from Fredericton and merge with the New Brunswick Community College (NBCC) and Saint John College in order to create a “singular knowledge and technology institute… [that would] focus on Energy/Advanced Manufacturing and Health Sciences.” Liberal Arts, Business and General Science programs would be removed.

Patrick D. Darrah of the Saint John Construction Associate Inc, and Malcolm M. Somerville gave the next presentation which argued changes similar to Oland.

Darrah and Sommerville’s proposal was premised on their belief that “the relationship with UNB Fredericton must change,” and “uniting the campuses of NBCC and UNBSJ offers outstanding opportunities.” They also advocated for the autonomy of this new organization from the government.

Thirdly, Cheryl Robertson, former Principal of the NBCC Saint John, recommended a choice of four possible routes the Commission might take in order to boost NBCC. Some suggestions included allowing all colleges to separate from their government department and seek self-governance. They would install a board of governors, reduce satellite colleges “from eleven to five” and reinstate sabbaticals for educators. Other options mentioned by Robertson were adopting a regional model, the ‘Maine Community College System’. She too indicated the possibility of uniting UNBSJ and NBCCSJ. Dr. Debra Lindsay, associate professor at UNB Saint John, had a submission which recommended UNBSJ have a separate budget from UNBF, that the government develop a new funding formula to resolve the inequality between the campuses, and that more transparency in fiscal matters be enforced. This proposal was endorsed by 22 professors

on this campus. This and all other proposals are available on the Commission website.

Michael Bradley wrote a piece which praised New Brunswick post-secondary institutions but blamed government budget cuts for causing financial burden.

Bradley discussed the inequity between satellite campuses and main branches.

He also noted that in regards to provincial contributions to the Saint John campus, “almost 0% [is allotted] to the Arts faculty.” The Commission ended its tour on May 2, 2007 and was expected to release the report of its recommendations on September 18, 2007.

Due to public demand, this agenda is scheduled to change, bumping the release date of the official report to Friday, September 14, 2007 after concern was raised from a statement made by Jacques L’Écuyer, Commissioner, reported in the August 28 issue of l’Acadie Nouvelle.

The Commissioner mentioned that “the Commission is also thinking of suggesting that the Saint John campus of the University of New Brunswick fly with its own wings.” The report indicates that the commission is favoring an alternate model of post-secondary education from the existing university and college institutions. L’Écuyer went on to support polytechnic establishments which, he claims, “are institutions that offer more applied programmes, more linked to the needs of the community. They are less focused on advanced or very theoretical research…

We think there is the possibility to do something in this vein.”

Although it is not clear whether L’Écuyer will seek to adopt Oland or Darrah’s model, or perhaps some compromise between the two, it is clear from the current reaction that this decision will cause some unrest amongst Saint John residents. The President of UNB, Dr. John McLaughlin, has gone on record to say that the university does “not endorse a merger of UNB Saint John with NBCC Saint John.” In an interview, the External Vice-President of the Student Representative Council supported Dr. McLaughlin’s statement. Both parties have urged students to contact their local MLAs and MPs for more information.

Representatives from NBCC refused to comment and the Office of the Premier has stated that they will make no comment until the official commission report is released.

(Editor’s Note: This was written on Tuesday, September 11, 2007, several days before the Commission on Post-Secondary Education’s Report was released.)

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Carleton undergoes repairs First edition of Pride and

Prejudice found in U of A library

by Amanda Ash The Gateway (University of Alberta)

Andrew Meade / The Brunswickan

from Carleton page 1 He has much praise for the more up-to-date Marshall d’Avray Hall, though.

“I love d’Avray,” he says. “I love it because I can get into the building really easily, the parking is good up here, and I have all my classes in this building. This is the best situation; the only problem is that I’m away from my faculty and my department of Culture & Language Studies. I have no home, so to speak. In all other respects, I really love it up here.”

Diana Austin, whose office is now in Tilley Hall, says that the inconvenience of moving offices is worth the longterm gain.

“It’s much better to work through one large displacement all at one time, awkward as it is, as they have here, than to spend the whole academic year continually disrupting classes at short notice because of unexpected construction problems. And, of course, how could any of us be upset over such short-term pain for such long-term gain?”

Austin is impressed that UNB is finally moving to increase accessibility in the areas where it was needed most, especially given how critical she was previous to the move.

“Someone recently drew my attention to the fact that last year’s CBC story on the inaccessibility of Carleton Hall had been picked up with a nega-

tive light cast on UNB in all sorts of unexpected places… To be honest, this negative publicity suddenly attached to my workplace did not bother me one bit. I felt that UNB really did deserve all this public egg on its face – and more – because its attitude to helping make the campus more accessible has seemed antediluvian for years.

“Now, however, there seems to have been a complete and wonderful change of attitude. Three years ago when I inquired about a very simple, inexpensive aid that another colleague had had to keep requesting for two years before that, I still encountered all sorts of hemming and hawing, but this year when I asked about the exact same thing, I was given immediate assistance.

A query about disability parking spaces a few years ago bumped up against bureaucratic delays, but the same query this year was met with immediate action.

What a delightful sea-change!”

Jane Fritz, acting VP Academic for UNB and former holder of the campus’ accessibility portfolio, says that “there will be a lot of challenges for staff this year, but it’s all in a very good cause.”

The campus is in the midst of a tenyear accessibility improvement plan.

Fritz says that in conclusion, the campus’ facilities will have improved greatly. Another example she cites is the new and improved Student Affairs and Services building, to open up in the former Jones House. Plans are also in place for further

accessibility makeovers.

“Obviously, one of the big ones is finding a way to make a connection between Carleton and Tilley that’s accessible,” says Fritz. “We’re working on that. It’s in the plans.”

Shirley Cleave is the Associate VP Academic Learning Environment, and is the new VP in charge of accessibility issues. She says Jones House is the next step in the accessibility upgrades on campus. She also mentions that the campus’ location itself poses problems for students, and is something that is always taken into consideration.

“Part of who we are as a campus is that we’re on a hill, which poses mobility problems,” says Cleave. “The general direction is to make the campus as accessible as possible, recognizing that were working with constraints like the hills.”

Construction on the Carleton elevator should be done by May 2008.

Josh O’Kane / The Brunswickan

SUB wants student opinions

by Jessica Grzesik

Plans to repair and renovate the Student Union Building are at a stand-still, leaving some student groups discouraged. When asked why the building could not improve its appearance, it was said that there were not enough funds to fuel such procedures.

The university is seeing a lot of debt and currently has no room to favor one building over the other.

“The buildings on campus are old, and most of them need some repair,” says Kim Norris, SUB Director.

Even with the current standstill on

Student Union Building improvements, students and staff are still encouraged to come up with new ideas to be presented to the SUB Board. These can be anywhere from fundraising tips for renovations to esthetic development ideas.

Student Union President Brad Mullins would like to see the exterior of the building taken care of first but is not entirely opposed to renovating important rooms, such as the ballroom.

He suggests upgrading this room and installing new, mobile furniture that can be taken out at a moment’s notice. This would make the room more adaptable and ease transitions. He also suggests allowing the Student Union offices to become more accessible by any means necessary.

The overall voice of students calls for a modernized building. Some have suggested simple renovations, such as a new paint job, or allowing the Social Club to expand.

Jamie MacDonald, a second year

CORRECTION Last week the Brunswickan reported Kim Norris held the position “SUB Board Director”. Kim Norris’ official position is SUB Director.

Business student, suggests trying to find more student-related businesses to rent out rooms that are rarely used, such as the ballroom. “I think you would hit two birds with one stone, you would get funds from the money earned from the businesses, and the rooms would become more popular,” she explains.

Students’ ideas have ranged from basic to extremely creative. Norris has come across students who have even suggested the integration of a bowling ally in the building. He says structure is the most important issue that needs to be looked at regarding repairs on the building. Still, he enjoys hearing ideas that could be passed onto the SUB Board. Remember, it is essential that the best ideas will take into account the minimal funds at the Board’s disposal.

Despite this, any logical ideas that consider increasing the revenue of the building are welcome and should be voiced at weekly Student Union meetings.

The next time you find yourself walking through the Student Union Building, stop and take a closer look.

The perceptions that a young mind notices could influence the Student Union Building in new and innovative ways which could spark positive changes for the University as a whole.

EDMONTON (CUP) -- An 1818, first-edition copy of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice has been found, sitting unprotected, on a shelf of the Bruce Peel Special Collections Library at the University of Alberta.

“The University Library purchased a first edition of a three-decker novel Pride and Prejudice in the ’60s sometime,” said librarian Jeannine Green.

“It’s a wonderful copy, complete with a half-title. Many 19th-century binders removed that half-title after the fall-out page, and it doesn’t really matter to anybody else except those who care about books,” she said.

On Sept. 12, the extremely rare book was presented with a hand-made preservation case and dedicated to the memory of Bruce Stovel.

Stovel, passed away on Jan. 12, and was a renowned Jane Austen scholar and a highly influential English and film professor.

According to Green, Austen first started writing the novel in 1796, with the working title First Impressions. Austen’s father submitted it to a publisher in 1797 and it was turned down. But after her success with Sense and Sensibility — which was published in 1811 — she edited the text heavily and change the title to Pride and Prejudice.

No one knows for certain but, according to Green, there were only approximately 1,500 copies printed of the first edition, of which this copy is one. It sold out, was the best seller of its day, and went on to be printed in many successive editions.

The Friends of the University of Alberta, a not-for-profit organization,

commissioned local bookbinder Alex McGuckin to build a specialized preservation case to keep the book in good condition.

“200 years from now, when people come to look at this first edition of Pride and Prejudice — which will be considerably older than it is now — they’ll know that it was dedicated to the memory of Dr Stovel,” Green said. “It’s a really lovely job, and it will look like that for the next 500 or 1,000 years, for as long as Special Collections is here.”

Green is hesitant to estimate the current worth of the book in dollars. “It’s worth thousands and thousands of dollars,” she chuckled. “That’s all I’m

going to say.”

However, that doesn’t mean it won’t be accessible to students or the public.

Everyone is welcome to see it and, perhaps, even to hold it.

Nora Stovel, Bruce Stovel’s widow, also hopes that those who visit it will find their memories of a professor, scholar, friend, relative and blues lover come flooding back.

“His major literary interest was Jane Austen, and Pride and Prejudice was one of his favourites,” she reminisced.

“When we both taught first-year, we taught Pride and Prejudice.”

“He also used to read it aloud to me when I did the dishes,” she laughed.

Internet

Having fewer ambulances may jeopardize your health

Andrew Meade / The Brunswickan

from Ambulances page 1 In a section from Ambulance New Brunswick’s website, as of now in New Brunswick, the average response time is 14 minutes for emergency calls and 25 minutes for non-emergency calls.

They are projecting that by 2010 they will meet the above requirements from Ambulance New Brunswick. For nonemergency calls their plan is to have a response time of 15 minutes urban and 25 minutes rural.

New Brunswick Medical Service is operating under a performance based contract and if they do not meet the required response times as outlined in

their specific contract, they will face financial penalties.

On another note, since there are only a limited number of ambulance trucks available, if one requires maintenance, the fleet would go down by a truck, affecting the response times and safety of everyone involved. According to their website, there will be three fleet centers across the province to provide maintenance to any vehicle.

The provincial government has budgeted $77.6M this year for ambulance services which is an increase of $13.7M in one year, and in the same news release, Health Minister Murphy feels this increase in budget shows that New Brunswick is committed to making the

province have a world class ambulance system and pre-hospital care that is the best it can be.

Still, it is questionable if this is really enough coverage for the Fredericton/ Oromocto area. Paramedic Frank Carroll suggests that having few ambulances on the road could have negative consequences for people.

“Having fewer ambulances on the road could possibly jeopardize citizens if they had an emergency. Many serious illnesses or accidents require immediate medical intervention and waiting for a truck that is a fair distance from the scene could possibly mean death for the patient.”

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A dream as vast as this country Fredericton Terry Fox Run raises $7,974.54 with money still being counted

Bookstore manager gives back to students

by Jessica Grzesik

by Alison Clack

On an ordinary morning, April 12, 1980, a young man began an extraordinary journey that would raise awareness of a debilitating disease and move an entire nation into action. Terry Fox started his Marathon of Hope to little applause and recognition. The scene this past Sunday at the Small Craft Aquatic Centre, however, was a completely different story.

People young and old were gathered together on the small patch of waterfront green all hoping to make a difference and be a part of Terry’s dream.

His dream was simple: he wished that he could raise one dollar from every Canadian for cancer research while he made his way from the furthest most eastern reach of our nation to the west.

The crowd at the Aquatic Centre seems was buzzing and eager to continue the story that Fox was never able to finish. With runs and walks a common trend in raising money and awareness for a variety of different charities, the Terry Fox run has remained important twenty six years after its inception.

“It’s a Canadian story,” says Brian Doucet, coordinator in charge of registration of Fredericton’s Terry Fox Run. A Canadian story it is, too: from the time they enter elementary school, most Canadian youth are introduced to Terry Fox’s story and join their school’s own Terry Fox Walk.

Fox has won many awards and accolades from his country including being named ‘Canadian of the Decade’ in the 1980s and became a ‘Companion to the Order of Canada.’ He was also

Christian Hapgood / The Brunswickan

Runners rush to the finish line of the 2007 Terry Fox Run in downtown Fredericton voted the second place winner by the general public on the CBC’s ‘The Greatest Canadian’.

Although it is a Canadian story, the Terry Fox Run is no longer only held in Canada; international runs are held in forty-eight countries world-wide including, Cuba, Portugal, and Afghanistan.

Although the first Terry Fox Run in 1981 raised only $3.5M, a bit short of Fox’s original dream, it has now managed to raise over $400M CND world-

wide and is one of the highest grossing one-day charity events in the world.

As Fredericton’s own Terry Fox run was finishing up, a sign was posted at the finish line stating that the day’s run had raised $7,974.54 in cash and cheques alone, although more money was still being counted.

One touching part of the day’s run was a simple sign laying on the ground by the registration tent. The sign simply said, ‘In Memory Of…’, and was cov-

ered with the names of loved ones of the participants of the run.

The Terry Fox Run reminds us of what we all wish we could do.

“It’s what one individual can do when they put their whole heart into [something],” says Doucet.

Terry Fox remains inspirational to this day because of his courage and hope.

Terry’s dream was his own, but it was a dream that all Canadians, and the world, can run for.

After 26 years of serving students, Sharon Fillmore has retired from her position as manager of the Bookstore in the spring of 2007. Taking over her position is Shelley Gagnon, who has been managing the store since June.

Gagnon is grateful to be allowed the opportunity to give back to the students who frequent the Bookstore on a regular basis.

“I have a great time with the students,” says Gagnon, “they are just great.”

To show appreciation for the students, the Bookstore is holding its first ever ‘Student Appreciation Day’ which will be held Thursday, September 20 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. The Student Appreciation Day will allow students from UNB and STU to come in and be eligible to win many great prizes, including a GPS navigation system, a digital camera, gym bags, and a slew of other prizes.

Students can fill out ballots for the prizes before 2 p.m. on Thursday in the centre of the clothing section in the store. While there, students can preview some of the prizes that are already on display. Students who are not able to make it to Student Appreciation Day can still enter their name for the draw, but will have to do so before 2 p.m. on September 20, as the drawing will be held at that time.

There is an added treat during this draw: Gagnon’s staff will be dishing out ice cream. This is another effort

by Gagnon and the staff to show their gratitude towards the students who make the Bookstore successful. The tasty delight should ensure that students

attend and recognize the day of appreciation that is set out for them. The ice cream is available only while supplies last, so students should come early to ensure a more pleasurable outcome.

“Everyone wants to help out,” Gagnon says about her staff with regards not only to Student Appreciation Day, but with every other day of the year. She encourages everyone to make suggestions to help run the UNB Bookstore more smoothly and effectively.

“There is always room for improvement,” she says. “My duties are to serve the campus and the students.”

The Bookstore has pushed back their hours from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., to serve the first week’s rush. Gagnon wants to see a lot more staff and students participating in the success of the store.

She says there are more plans in the works to have more events to promote student activity. These events will most likely hit the same time as holidays and other days important on campus. There will also be a winter term appreciation day for the students. Gagnon says she wants to stay creative, but also says she can only hold events if they continue to be a success.

The Bookstore is home to more than just books, says Gagnon. Along with textbooks, they have a wide variety of student clothing and accessories, which students are encouraged to check out.

There is also a technology pavilion where students can purchase MP3 players, computers, and other technological equipment. They have snacks for students on the go and an assortment of school supplies.

Hours for the Bookstore are between 8:30 a.m., Monday through Friday, and between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Saturday.

Gagnon asks that students give their feedback generously, as improvements can always be made. Anyone with suggestions, compliments, or more information regarding Student Appreciation Day or other events can either meet with Shelley Gagnon in person or call her office at 458-7909.

Campus safety: it’s everyone’s responsibility campus. The legal drinking age in

by Reg Jerrett Director of Campus Security

University is an exciting time for students. It’s a time to grow, both academically andsocially. As director of campus security at UNB Fredericton, my job is to ensure that our campus is safe for students, faculty, staff, and visitors. The university is fortunate to have a dedicated Campus Security Team who work diligently patrolling the campus and responding to situations that put the safety of our community at risk, but we can’t do it alone. Everyone needs to play a role in promoting a campus that is safe and welcoming for everyone, a campus where all UNB students can live, work, study and socialize.

We recognize that an important part of the university experience is participating in on-campus activities, whether it be a concert at the Student Union Building or a gathering in one of the residences.

With over 10,000 students and visitors on campus every day, there is potential for damage to university property and general misconduct. This is where our students play an important role: They are the eyes and ears of the campus and are encouraged to report any incidents to Campus Security.

The over-consumption of alcohol is often a factor in the disruptive and disorderly behaviour that occurs on

New Brunswick is 19, and UNB strictly adheres to the New Brunswick Liquor Act. Students are encouraged to drink responsibility and to discourage excessive alcohol consumption among their peers. UNB also has a Student Disciplinary Code that defines standards for student behaviour and makes provisions for student discipline. The Student Disciplinary Code and regulations on conduct can be found at www.unb. ca/current/disciplinary_code/ and in the UNB undergraduate calendar.

There are a number of safety initiatives in place on campus. Safewalk, operated during the academic year

by UNB’s Student Campus Police, provides students with an escort home after dark. Each Safewalk team consists of a male and female Student Campus Police member who will walk students to their campus residences or to their home if they live within a block of campus. SafeRide, operated by the Student Union during the academic year, operates Sunday to Thursday and will drive students to their off campus apartments after dark. UNB Security offers safety presentations to residence students, as well as self-defense training for women.

Over the past several years, improvements have been made to exterior lighting on campus. Emergency phones have been installed at seven locations around campus and every pay phone on campus has a direct, no cost link to Campus Security. For students walking to Forest Hill after dark, there is a well lit pathway located at the far end of Chapman Field.

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UNB Saint John The Brunswickan Yay or Nay? Editorial Board

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by Tony von Richter

Jennifer McKenzie / The Brunswickan

I saw this man feeding the pidgeons in Kings Square, uptown Saint John.

“While we support some of the broad themes contained in the report, there are several recommendations with which we take exception, particularly those pertaining to our Saint John campus”.

Those were the words of UNB President John McLaughlin in a statement released to UNB faculty, staff, and students this past Friday in the wake of the release of the Commission on Post-Secondary Education in New Brunswick report. This commission evaluated the province’s higher education system.

Of course, the most talked about aspect of the report has been the recommendation that NBCC Saint John merge with UNB Saint John to become a polytechnic institute separate from either UNB or NBCC. For the most part, reaction to this portion of the plan has been negative with everyone from the UNB administration to the students themselves protesting the proposal.

Not everyone is against the closure of UNBSJ, however, as some people believe that closing the Saint John campus will help the university in the long run.

Should UNBSJ be shut down, though? Would this proposed polytechnic institute be the best thing for the province? Just what would the polytechnic institute focus on?

According to the report, the new school would focus on health, energy, and business-related programs with a unit of the Dalhousie medical school located on the campus and a focus on the energy sector, as Saint John is an emerging player in the energy industry.

Aside from the students and administration who simply don’t want their

school to close, I think that description of the new institute is why so many people are opposed to it as, aside from the medical component, what does that school sound like?

To me it sounds pretty much like a school set up to serve the needs of Irving Oil. Now, I’m not as opposed to the existence of Irving as some people are.

I don’t like that they own virtually all the media in the province or that they they’re so big they control much of the province’s employment (although they can’t be blamed, for no other company is as big as they are), but I really don’t like the idea of an entire school being set up to seemingly serve their hiring needs.

So while I don’t think that forming a school centered entirely on the energy sector, the portion of the Commission’s report about putting a medical school in Saint John should be seriously considered.

What should happen? UNBSJ should stay open, but rather than offering Arts, Business, and basic science courses, the school should be converted into a fullfledged medical school with the faculty of nursing moving to Saint John as well.

This would accomplish more than few things, including eliminating duplicate programs and concentrating the resources that were spread across multiple faculties into one blanket faculty, which could potentially improve the quality of the programs offered by the various faculties and placing a medical school in Saint John would raise the profile of the school and greatly contribute to President McLaughlin’s goal of making UNB a comprehensive university.

A medical school would also improve the quality and increase the options offered for post-secondary education in the province, which was the whole point of the report.

So I don’t think UNBSJ should be replaced with a polytechnic institute, but it can’t survive in it’s current incarnation either, and a UNB-branded medical school could be the best option for the province, the school, and most importantly, the students.

Town/Gown Divide Deepening Are we still bloody Rousing The Rabbles

by Nick Oulette The “student issue” has once again taken Fredericton by storm, but the wake left by its tempest has the potential to harm the community more than any collection of fires on Graham Avenue could. To be certain, arson of furniture and other debris is a serious concern and whoever is setting these fires must stop in order to ensure the safety of College Hill residents: students and non-students alike. However, the response by some in the community now extends beyond a public safety concern. It has evolved into a vilification of students that has created an unwelcoming environment.

The issue is not solely a student is-

its own. A week and a half ago, UNB students took to the streets and raised over $25,000 for cystic fibrosis research in this year’s Shinerama campaign. Visit the UNB residence community and you will find no fewer than a dozen residences that each mount annual charity fundraisers and campaigns for the benefit of their community—Fredericton.

Encouraging students to look at Fredericton as a life-long home rather than a four-year stepping-stone is surely the aim of programs like the Freddy Beach Party that sees Fredericton shut down Queen Street to welcome students at the beginning of each school year.

But these efforts ring hollow when a city councillor who acknowledges she doesn’t know “who is causing the fires” automatically sets her targets on students and accuses them of “[tearing] apart the sense of community.” Comments like these illustrate an undertone that students are outsiders and are not welcome in Fredericton.

These are not the only instances that highlight the superficial value in existing

crime and other disorder, but a pressing concern was that they be installed by the fall “before students return to Fredericton.” And when is the last time the city has engaged with students themselves to determine their needs as citizens in this shared community? There are increasingly more reasons for students in Fredericton to feel unwelcome and uncomfortable in a city to which they have much to offer.

The lack of a formal response by UNB to the recent arsons exasperates this dynamic. The institution has sat by idly without either challenging claims against students or making efforts on campus to educate students about their role in Fredericton.

It is time for this conversation to move from rhetoric hurled in the media into a forum where this issue can be properly addressed. Where is the city’s university/community relations committee? It seems like the perfect venue where the universities, the city, and, most importantly, students can come together to discuss the place of students

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sue. Fredericton police have recognized this; the main suspect in the case of two recent burnings is not even a student.

Despite this, the typically student-populated College Hill is again providing a convenient lightning rod for negative attitudes toward students. What is most unfortunate is that reference to student areas as a “hole in the neighbourhood” cheapens any efforts Fredericton makes to welcome students into the community.

And it is community for students as much as it is for anybody else. Take a look beyond Graham Avenue and you will see a vibrant student population that wants to embrace Fredericton as

efforts to provide students with a sense of community. Despite actual injuries, there is still no pedway or alternative pedestrian way near route 8. In two separate years, the city has refused to engage with the UNB Student Union for a cost effective U-Pass that would allow students to take full advantage of the city’s bus system and in turn allow the city to upgrade its ailing transit infrastructure. Both of these opportunities would allow students unable to afford vehicles to live somewhere other than College Hill. Yet, the city has delayed.

Two years ago the city decided to install surveillance cameras in the downtown tannery area in order to deter

in Fredericton.

If the stakeholders do nothing, or if they continue to make biting comments at each other in local papers, we all stand to lose. Those who choose to study at UNB will consider Fredericton a future home—a place to work and raise a family–only if the environment is the right one. The community should not deprive itself of the benefit students can bring to Fredericton, both now and in the future.

Nick Ouellette has served on the UNB Student Union Council and the UNB Board of Governors, and now serves on the UNB Fredericton Senate and as an Assistant Don in UNB’s Residence Community

homophobic?

by Mireille Smith Intercamp (Grant MacEwan College)

EDMONTON (CUP) -- Canadian Blood Services promotes the idea that if you donate 15 minutes of your time and a pint of blood, you’ll save lives. You may feel a bit light-headed afterwards, but you can take pride in knowing you’ve done something to help others – so long as you’re not gay.

If you’re a gay male who’s had sex in the last 30 years, your blood isn’t wanted.

This suggests we’d rather die than have gay blood pumping through our veins. To make matters worse, Canadians don’t have a choice in the matter.

Canadian Blood Services considers gay male sex a behaviour putting people at risk for contracting HIV and AIDS. According to the Public Health Agency of Canada, 1,232 cases of HIV were reported in the first six months of 2006. Among these, 47 per cent were gay males, and 33.5 per cent were of the heterosexual persuasion. The difference between these numbers is relatively small.

Canadian Blood Services should differentiate between risky behaviour in general and a person’s sexual orientation. On the Record of Donation questionnaire, potential donors are asked, “In the past six months, have you had sex with someone whose sexual background you don’t know?” Heterosexual indiscretions performed before this time frame aren’t an issue.

Gay men, however sexually responsible, are automatically branded a threat to the blood supply. Meanwhile, Promiscuous Patty can waltz in under

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Apparently there is a blood shortage in Canada. The Edmonton Sun reported last week that the shortage in this city led to the cancellation of some elective surgeries. Still, healthy gay men are prevented from helping, which also does nothing to squash homophobia by continuing to view AIDS as a gay disease.

It’s unfair to fault the blood donor system when it’s supposed to guard our health and safety. But speaking as one of those protected Canadians, if I’m on my deathbed in line for a transfusion I don’t want to die waiting for clinically approved, heterosexual blood.

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6 • September 19, 2007 • Issue 3

Love, Sex and your Father’s Sock Drawer A Column

by John McLovin

With classes now officially underway and all the confusion of Orientation Week behind us, it is now that time of the year where most college student start to focus on what really matters most to them: New Friends. Lets not try to deny it here, I know just as well as the rest of you that you were not paying attention in that last calculus lecture. Yeah, I saw you. You were checking out that blond sitting in front of you, stoned look on your face, staring at that little bit of thong poking out from the low rise jeans…pervert. But, really though, I’m not here to judge. Stare away.

The point is, I know what you’re thinking, so lets get all of that out of the way right now. If you are going to keep reading this article, you must leave your inhibitions at the front page. At least for the next five minutes as you read… after that you have my permission to put your pants back on and apologize to those sitting in class next to you.

So, in this first edition of ‘Love, Sex and Your Father’s Sock Drawer’, let

me not hesitate a moment longer and get on to the good stuff. The stuff you, the college student who sits alone in his residence room…in Neill House… 3rd floor… yeah you… are going to do what every college student, male or female, wants to do. Find true love.

Or failing that, make out with that cute guy and/or girl in your calculus class.

But really, all in all, hopefully with this article, I can impart some sort of sexual and romantic common sense to help get you through the ridiculously confusing world that is campus/college relationships. Whether you’re looking for some tips on how to get a real live date or maybe just some pointers on how not to get slapped when you’re out at Nicky Zee’s (which is by the way, a very noble goal if I do say so myself). And really, I’m not going to discriminate, because I know that guys are just as impossible to figure out as girls. There will definitely be some content on how to bag a member of the hairier… more um… how do I say it… emotionally disinclined sex. (Yeah, that should do it).

So lets get right down to it. Seeing as how I’ve already eaten up 400 words introducing the article, this will have to be a fairly short lesson. Yet, it is a very important one and something I mentioned earlier. Here we go: This one is for the guys.

Lesson 1 How not to get slapped, pushed, punched (enter verb here) by a drunk girl at Nicky Zee’s when all you want to do is dance!

This may seem like a pretty simple

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thing, yet I have, on countless occasions, seen too many guys make fatal errors while drunkenly trying to approach a girl on the dance floor. Follow these simple rules and I can guarantee you 100% success in not getting rejected in a violent manner.

Rule 1. Make eye contact. For God’s sake, if she doesn’t see you coming, I don’t care who you are: she probably won’t react too well. So make eye contact with the girl, hold it for a bit, and be damn sure she wants you to come over. If she reciprocates with a look of disgust … or anything but a smile…you’re probably too drunk and sweaty. It won’t work.

Rule 2. Be yourself. Don’t try and be cool and sexy. There’s a good chance you are drunk, and with that disappears the whole ‘cool and sexy’ bit. That is unless, of course, you are just naturally cool and sexy. If that is the case, go for it. But for the rest of us, just try and be yourself. Smile a bit. Introduce yourself.

Be casual. You are not, I repeat, you are not Patrick Swayze**. **Important to note that I refer to young Patrick Swayze… Not old, creepy Patrick Swayze, because you very well may be him.

Rule 3. If she says ‘no’ to dancing with you… let it go. Nine times out of ten, she is not playing hard to get.

Suck it up and move on. Don’t get in her face about it, or you will get a drink in yours.

Above all else, it is important to remember that not every girl out at the club wants to dance with you. I know, I know, they would be crazy not to want that. Especially with that new AE striped button-up your wearing... very nice. Original.

Anyway, there it is: The key to you not getting those terrible, undesired reactions at the bar. Use this as a building block to perhaps work towards getting good (or even great) reactions in the future.

So that is it for me this week. Next week, we’ll look at some more fun stuff.

Some possible topics are: ‘Chlamydia: Is it really that bad?’

‘So you brought a girl home… Now what?’

Or maybe even ‘How to ask out that cute guy/girl in your lab section without looking like a douchebag’.

See you then!

M. A. C. (Microsoft Anti-Computer) Dear Editor: For the record, I am a Mac user, with a Black Macbook to my name. I love my Mac and if I were on Survivor and had to take one luxury item, I’d take my Macbook (never mind that there’s no power on the deserted island, etc.) however, I have a beef with Macs and Mac users as a stereotype.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not advocating usage of Windows, since I think that Windows machines are bug-riddled and ubiquitous, and they’re almost the most common thing in this solar system, next to Hydrogen and stupidity. With that in mind, Macs have tones of great features.

They can run videoconferencing really easily with iChat. They run faster than PCs, probably because they don’t have any viruses on the to load them down.

Hardware and software are more coordinated, without hundreds upon hundreds of drivers to sort through when some hardware incompatibility occurs.

I’ve got to admit, software compatibility has become more and more convenient, ever since the switch to Intel chips. Stuff just seems to work* for them.

That aside, what’s the hype about Macs anyway? Let’s take a timeline of recent history: In 2005, when I started university, I’d noticed two things, a friend of mine using a 12 inch iBook and the commercials featuring the conversion of the G4/G5 processors to Intel processors, with the use of Intel Core Solo and Intel Core Duos placed in the machines of new.

The Apple computers were still a rarity at this point.

In 2006 and 2007, with the publics’ realization of the true features of a Mac, came hand in hand with one of the more morally questionable advertisement campaigns (IMHO). What started as mild humor and jesting with the Mac and PC line came a running and annoying joke of how that Mac guy would point out the feebleness of the PC and Microsoft in general and have the PC guy do a poor job of attempting to defend PCs. I still laugh at those commercials, well, because they’re funny. Long story short, it’s a blatant smear campaign orchestrated by Apple. I don’t really know everyone’s opinions on smear ads, but if they disturb you during election season, why does this not morally unseat yourself? I’m ok with them; they’re just another part of life, like GM smearing Ford, the NDP smearing the “corrupt Liberals in power” and other such ads.

So my beef with the Macs:

1) Style: Do all Macs looks the same?

What is up with the styling bottleneck?

I like a bit of variety in life, and if variety comes monochromatic + silver, then either I’m colorblind or they’re creatively disabled. I bought the black one because it was the only one that looked remotely different from the conformity and blandness of the other machines.

2) If they’re so perfect, why are there tech help forums for Macs and Mac repair centers? I’m pretty sure that some of my Mac-using friends, myself included, have had to visit some of them to solve some technical problems… Also, why would I want to pay so much money to buy a 3-year extended warranty for a supposedly perfect machine?

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Steve Jobs: CEO, Apple Inc. 3) Do Mac users realize that Macs CAN actually get viruses? Before you start calling me a heathen and a liar, stop to consider the following: these viruses are program-based viruses, not OS based viruses. They will not take over your OS and screw the crap out of them, much like many of the Windows based viruses. One example is of Microsoft Word for Macs… yes, a Microsoft Product, but I’m not defending them in the least. This virus will mess with Microsoft Word and mess it up, but since Microsoft Word doesn’t have the permissions needed to take over the OS, it’s not nearly as bad as could be.

Viruses for Macs… ho ho ho *cough* *cough* ho ho… I think I’m catching a viral infection.

4) For all the Macbook users out there, have you ever noticed how sharp the edges of the computer are? They’re rounded on the outside, yes, but the inside edges are quite sharp. I speak from experience. Design flaw? Maybe.

On top of these “issues” that I’m having, I find that Mac users think that their Macs are the following: 1) They are invincible. They can stand up to anything since they’re so “stable” and their engineering is the best there is. RE: sharp edges and funny-looking Desktops. Their styling seems like the controversy surrounding the BMW 7series. The designer, Chris Bangle had reworked the entire front end of the 7-series and some people hated it and some liked it. There were few impartial people. Perhaps Apple has since hired Mr. Bangle.

2) They work magically. It just works, almost dogmatically. Has anyone cared to find the bare bones of the system?

Alas, the core of the OS is so steeply boxed in, for security purposes, clearly, making access to key information nearly impossible. Doesn’t this sound like everyone’s favorite White House Administration?

3) They are superior in every way to PCs. PCs suck. PCs can’t do anything without freezing, crashing, getting infected, dying or otherwise scamming your money and leaving you to rot.

PCs are the epitome of badness, like Joey the cat.

4) They get great educational discounts, only available to University Students, Faculty and Staff, and a few select other educational classes (In truth, anyone can get an educational discount… The apple website thinks that 123 is a valid Student ID for a UNB student).

Why do we Mac users feel the need to use computers marketed as being for morons and the incompetent? So Mac users do this fellow Mac user a favor and bite your tongue. I’m sick of listening to people blindly talk up Macs and regurgitate the get-a-Mac commercials. I was once there and have been appropriately lambasted for my arrogance and large yak. An Apple a day doesn’t keep the doctor away.

William Kant

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The real new year

Sexual Assault Crisis Centre Dear Editor,

I began volunteering with the Fredericton Sexual Assault Crisis Center (FSACC) in March. Like many new university graduates I was looking for a way to use my skills to effect positive change. I signed up to take the volunteer crisis intervention training. I had imagined that training would be a few sessions of mundane teaching and that my volunteer hours would consist of me sitting by a phone in a sterile room waiting for a call. I could not have been more wrong. My training group was made up of women of all ages and backgrounds. The training facilitators were also volunteers and the training

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process was a series of activities and open discussions. When on call I carry a FSACC pager or my cell phone and I go about my daily routine.

As a volunteer the crisis line is not the only way in which I can participate. We do everything from organizing workshops to movie nights. Volunteering with FSACC has truly been a rewarding experience. If you or someone you know might be interested in training, our next session starts October 4th. We will be having an open house Sept.18th @ 7:00pm. For information contact us at 454-0460.

Tobin Haley

Measured response Dear Editor, In response to your papers article “Get off the Hill (please)” by Josh O’Kane it seems that a point was missed in the response by Jordan Graham. In my opinion the issue of late night /early morning parties, fires in the street, being good neighbors have little to do with the amount of money the university business brings to the community. That is probably the furthest thing from a sleepy (read irritable) mind of a neighbor at 330 in the morning. Perhaps that

neighbor is trying to believe that the noise will soon end and that the flickering lights on the wall of their bedroom isn’t their house burning down, but just another couch burning on the street.

Maybe the stakeholders in this situation; the university, the students/party goers, the liquor companies and the homeowners/families should get together and discuss possible solutions.

No it wouldn’t work, that would be three against one.

David W. Airey Fredericton

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by Rachel Molnar The Carillon (University of Regina)

REGINA (CUP) -- For students, January has nothing on September.

Shiny new binders, fresh notebooks, pens in a multitude of colours, textbooks unmarked, school bags untarnished — everything about back to school just screams, “Fresh Start!” Time for a whole new you in a brand new year.

My apartment can’t escape my feelings of unbounded excitement every autumn. Forget spring-cleaning: my floors have been scrubbed, blinds dusted, wardrobe sorted and months worth of cardboard, cans and bottles recycled. When it comes time to head back to the classroom, it helps to know the fridge has been sanitized and the garbage cans washed.

This will be the year I go to all my classes. My notes will be clear, concise and accurate and I’ll ask meaningful and insightful questions. I’ll do the research necessary for my papers well in advance of the deadline and write my essays in due time.

And not only will I do all the assigned reading, I’ll devour the suggested and supplementary texts too.

Caffeine won’t be my crutch to get

me through day — water will do just fine.

My grades will sky rocket and I’ll make the Dean’s List. My parents will be proud and life will be nearly perfect.

But this won’t be the first year I’ve made these goals.

The problem with the high of the new school year is its eventual come down.

After four solid years of university, I know exactly when the low is about to hit. With this amount of foresight you’d think I’d be able to do something about it - to prevent my life from falling to shambles, but that sort of control eludes me.

So here it is, the moment to look out for, the one with the potential to shatter your September resolutions, and leave you crying. The mother of all comedowns attacks in week nine. It’s the week that bridges the end of October and the beginning of November — when it’s too late in the semester to drop classes or get a refund, but still too soon to give up and start an early holiday. It’s also the time of semester when beds stay unmade well into the Christmas break and it’s a daily battle to maintain even the most basic levels of personal hygiene.

So make your September resolutions now, but do what you can to prevent week nine collapse, and maybe you’ll master an art I can only aspire to. But hey, if you see me around in November frantically writing, cramming and generally stressing out, I’ll take my caffeine in Rockstar form.

The Flying Squirrel Striperson McDough

The “I’m going to grab your balls” claw Spotty Steel

The Totem Pole Spots Mulhoney

Lumbering Fat Man Stripes James

The Chocolate Wedding Singer Poky McSimonds

The Michael Jackson JT Spatterson

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By Andrew MacLachlan Nexus (Camosun College) VICTORIA (CUP) -- Long Term comic #2

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PSAs The UNB Art Centre invites you to join us as we celebrate a reading and performance by poet, playwright, and novelist George Elliott Clarke on September 21st, at 8:00 p.m, in Memorial Hall.

This free event will feature a musical performance by Matte Robinson and Kora Woolsey of excepts from Whylah Falls, and will showcase Clarke reading from Black, Illuminated Verses, his latest work Trudeau: Long March, Shining Path and others.

The Fredericton Choral Society has begun its new season. Rehearsals are under way for the annual St. Cecilia’s Day Concert in November and a Christmas Concert. The Choral Society is a non-denominational, community choir and requires no audition.

Rehearsals are held each Tuesday evening from 7:30 until 9:30 p.m., at The

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, at the corner of Smythe St. and Massey Ave. It is not too late to register and new singers are welcome in each section of the choir. Students are always welcome at a special membership fee of $10.00 and musical scores are available to borrow. If you enjoy singing, check us out. For further information visit our web-site at: frederictonchoral.ca or call Henry Cowan, 450-9962.

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The Stepping Stone Forum for Wednesday, September 26th, presents who Jerry McFarland will talk about “Thailand, Laos & Cambodia – an informal tour” As School Supervisor of Student Services. Jerry assisted a number of refugees from these countries. This February he accompanied some of them who returned to visit their homelands. The forum meets every Wednesday at 2:00 p.m., 15 Saunders street.

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The UNB Art Centre invites the public to our latest show featuring “Value Load” by Audrey Nicoll and the “Minotaur Series” by Eleni Bakopoulos in Memorial Hall. Utilizing a variety of mediums, these two exhibits explore the strength of narrative as a vehicle of social and cultural commentary.

Through painting, collage, and photography these artists strive to challenge the audience into questioning their assumptions about the natural and social communities that we’re a part of.

Originally a public school art teacher, Audrey Nicoll has shown her work nationally and has been published in numerous magazines across the country. In this latest body of work, Nicoll is investigating the relationship between the east coast fisheries industry and its social and ecological implications by posing the questions “Are we destined to repeat our mistakes? Are we an innately selfish species? How can we get out of this mess?”

The former Coordinator of Gallery Connexion now living in Toronto, Eleni Bakopoulos has won several awards, both nationally and internationally, and continues to discover new territory in her photography.

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Sports

brunswickansports@gmail.com • September 19, 2007

Quidditch taking flight at Harrison

Women’s soccer earn weekend split

by Naomi Osborne

by Bruns Sports Department Growing up, I never seized the opportunity to indulge my mind in the vast world of the magic, secrets and witchcraft that is Harry Potter. Although I always wanted to read these series of books, I just never had the time, which is why my first encounter with the game, Quidditch was such a puzzling one.

Muggle Quidditch is a game that Harrison has recently brought to life from the Harry Potter books. As ‘muggles’ are non-wizards, and therefore do not have magical powers (essentially, they are human), this brand of Quidditch seems suitable.

For those who have not read Harry Potter, regular Quidditch is an intense, dynamic, and dangerous mutation of soccer, only played in the air with broomsticks.

Harrison House is raising money for the Children’s Wish Foundation.

In past years, they have always helped out the SPCA charity, but have recently switched over.

Harrison House President, Brian Koval, is excited about what this year’s new ideas will bring forth.

“Last year all we did was sign sheets and collected money,” said Koval “So this year we decided that we’d like to come up with the money for them because we want to make more of an impact so they know we are out there fighting for them.”

The tournament was thought up by Harrison Proctor Nick Larade, who came up with the idea one night while he was working.

“I just figured it would work really well because we have The Children’s Wish Foundation as our charity and Harry Potter goes hand in hand with it,” said Larade.

For die-hard Harry Potter fans, it is hard to imagine how this game will be played without being able to fly on broomsticks. Both Larade and Koval have been working hard to make the game as close to the real thing as pos-

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sible.

“There’s no magic involved, we’re still working on that for next year,” laughs Koval.

The game itself is only complicated upon first observance. Once it gets going both the players and the spectators move right along with it. The game is played a lot like European hand-ball combined with dodge-ball.

It consists of one partially deflated dodge-ball, which resembles the ‘quaffle’, two stress balls which act as the ‘bludgers’, and three hoops placed at opposite ends of the field. The object of the game is to throw the ‘quaffle’ through any of the hoops and to score more points than the other team. Each time a player gets the ball through one of the hoops, ten points are awarded to that team.

There are two ‘keepers’ guarding the hoops on both ends of the field, acting as goalies. Two people assume the role of ‘beaters’, whose job is to protect their team’s goal by hitting opposing players with a ‘bludger’. Once a person is struck

by a ‘bludger’, they must immediately drop the ball and count to five before continuing with the play.

Finally there are three ‘chasers’, who try to score on the opposing team’s goal. They can only take three steps with the ‘quaffle’ before they must pass to a teammate or shoot at the hoop.

All players must only use their hands to play, at any given time. Each team can only have seven players on the field at once and each game is expected to last twenty minutes.

The game comprises elements of both basket ball and dodge-ball because it begins with a jump ball in the center and throughout the game, players have to dodge the balls being thrown at them.

Larade and members of Harrison expect each residence to enter one team, so that’s a dozen teams for the tournament already.

“We are also trying to get people from off-campus to participate and we are looking to put it in E-News as well,” said Larade.

For teams to enter the tournament

there is a ten dollar entrance fee per player, with a maximum of one hundred dollars per team. All of the proceeds are being donated to The Children’s Wish Foundation.

The tournament is scheduled to be held on September 22 on the SUB Quad.

Even the Brunswickan staff has put together a team and will be playing on the Quad this Saturday. There will also be a barbeque held during the tournament, and all of the proceeds from it will be donated to the Wish Foundation as well.

“It’s a whole new game to us, so we jumped on it,” said Koval “We are just trying to get some excitement because people don’t know how it is played or how it is going to be played.”

After watching Quidditch being played I am excited to see the outcome of the tournament. The game is so very unique and interesting that it has inspired me to finally pick up the Harry Potter books and start reading. And, of course, to play.

Fantasy hockey, Brunswickan Sports-style The Fifty Mission Cap

by Brian Munn

Fantasy hockey is pretty much the best sport ever. I know it’s not really a sport, but I’m writing about it for the sports section so it must be close.

Exactly one week ago today, my fantasy hockey league had its selection draft. Twelve rounds, ten teams, and three hours of the most useless beerinduced hockey talk ever. And there was pizza, too. What a great time.

Some leagues will do an online draft, making it a little easier for guys to do it when they’re spread out – like if you’re doing a league with buddies at home. But for hardcore hockey poolers like my guys, it’s live draft or nothing.

It just so happened that the draft day fell on my buddy Garn’s last night in town before moving off to a real job on Parliament Hill in Ottawa. And by just so happened, I mean we totally planned it out.

We were going to The Capital that night anyway, so doing the draft that night seemed like the perfect kick-off to the night.

So at 7:00, we congregated in my living room to get the draft going.

After taking care of all the boring stuff like deciding on league rules, the scoring system, and other junk like that, it was time to set out the draft order.

The easiest way to do that was to draw numbers from a hat, then to complain about the crappy spot you got.

The craziest part about the draft is that nobody wanted to pick first overall. Sidney Crosby is the best player in the league, and the obvious top choice.

But the dude who picks first didn’t get to pick again until 20th overall, which means you get Crosby and then maybe, if you’re lucky, a guy like Ilya Kovalchuk or Bryan McCabe.

So we drew, and Garn ended up

with the first pick. And even though he is actually in love with Dany Heatley, he had to suck it up, and skip on his man Heater to take Sid. It totally broke his heart, and made all of us way too happy. A great start to the draft.

I pulled number nine, which wasn’t great but was good enough that I could still get a solid player. Before I could pick though, the guy picking sixth, who was running late, called to back out.

Not cool. He had to stay and watch his girlfriend’s rugby game.

The rest of us had blown off the girls for the night (or in my case, was lucky enough to have the most wonderful, understanding girlfriend ever who was considerate enough to let me spend some quality time with the gentlemen), but he just couldn’t swing it.

So without Chris, the draft went ahead with just nine teams Good news for me though, because it put me up to the eighth spot. So with Brian’s first pick of the draft, he was pleased to select… Roberto Luongo. That pick was awesome, because if I didn’t get Crosby, he was totally the guy I wanted. Best goalie in the league? I think so.

We wrapped up the first round with Ben taking Jerome Iginla. The Brunswickan’s own Managing Editor (who has a solid column of his own, somewhere in this section) Tony von Richter took Alexander Ovechkin in the first round, with the seventh overall pick.

The first round, and the second after it, flew by pretty quickly because there were no bad picks. The only stretch was Steve taking Marian Hossa, but even that’s not bad.

We kicked through the next few rounds, and the further we went, the more belligerent the heckling became over the other guys’ picks.

There were all sorts at the draft – Brad on his laptop, taking it too seriously; Brodie, trying to pick Steve Sullivan even though he’s out hurt until January; and Steve, sitting in the corner, just itching to pick Victor Kozlov.

The best part of the draft was that we didn’t set a time limit for the picks, but instead we’d just heckle guys if they took too long. Then they’d crumble under the pressure and end up picking Michael Nylander. Or Mike Knuble. Or both.

Sweet draft strategy, McNamara.

As we depleted the stocks of beer,

pizza, and good insults, the draft progressed into the middle rounds. Team Sutter (yeah, that’s a sweet name of my team) picked up Tomas Kaberle, Mike Cammalleri, Daniel Briere and Chris Drury, putting together a pretty solid lineup.

My pick came up again. I was set to take Matt Carle, the solid young defenseman from San Jose. But in a total idiot move, Matt picked him before I could. Six picks before I did. So I was on the spot, and I had nothing. And then the heckling started.

“Muuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu uuunn! Muuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu uuuuuunn!” called the guys.

“Don’t pull a John Ferguson!” taunted Tony.

I was sweating. Then, it happened.

“Swallow your pride and take Semin!” shouted Ben. It was the best taunt of any fantasy hockey draft, ever.

Semin, of course, is Alexander Semin of the Washington Capitals, line mate of Alex Ovechkin. That line rattled me, and I did it. I swallowed my pride. I took Semin.

He’s no slouch, of course. He had 73 points last year, and this year could be on a line with Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom, the next big offensive threat out of Sweden.

He just wasn’t the guy I expected to take in the seventh round.

But I shook it off, and got Cam Ward as my second goalie with my next pick.

We finally got down to the twelfth round, which was pretty much irrelevant. There were no game breakers left, just guys you could gamble on.

Ben opened the round with Scott Niedermayer, who could really win or lose him the pool. I was next, and was torn. I wanted to take a Leaf, just to be loyal.

I was struggling to pick between Kyle Wellwood, who could have a huge year, and Darcy Tucker, who I love probably more than I loved Doug Gilmour – and Killer was maybe the best Leaf ever (I’ll debate that, any day).

I couldn’t turn my back on Darcy.

Everyone in the league who isn’t a Leafs fan hates him. He may only score 50 points, but I took him. “He’s my boy, blue. He’s my boy.” (Queue Dust in the Wind).

So we were at the last two picks of the draft. Murph picked second last, and Garn had the last pick. It was the worst kept secret since Rafael Palmeiro being on ‘roids that Garn desperately wanted Kris Letang, the young d-man from Pittsburgh.

So Murph called his last pick.

“I’m taking Letang. And covering my crotch.”

Of course, Garn lost it. No one had any sympathy though, since he had Crosby on his roster. We had all agreed that Crosby had the potential to score 200 points, even though it’s not likely, so whoever got Sid was the instant favorite.

And with the final pick of the draft, a dejected Garn, in his final goodbye to Freddy Beach, took Marc-Edouard Vlasic from San Jose.

Who? My point exactly.

Good luck in O-town, Garn. Although your Senators need it more than you do.

The second weekend of UNB Women’s soccer season started off at home on Saturday in rainy conditions, as the CIS Top 10-ranked Varsity Reds squared off against UPEI. The playing conditions were slippery, which seemed to be more to the detriment of UNB’s play then UPEI’s, as UPEI dropped the V-Reds 1-0.

UNB started the game in its traditional 4-4-2 formation against UPEI’s 3-5-2 line up. The first part of the game saw UNB come out and try to play around the back and across the field but the team struggled because of the wet conditions.

UPEI also pressured with two quick strikers that were ready to pounce on any poor first touches. As UNB tried to get comfortable with the conditions, UPEI pressured all over the park.

In the first 20 minutes, UPEI created several half chances by pressuring the UNB back line.

Approximately midway through the first half, an individual effort by the UPEI strikers to pressure the ball cost UNB’s a goal from a poor clearance that deflected off of a UNB defender into the goal to allow UPEI to go ahead by a goal.

The rest of the half saw the play equalize as both team shared possession in the middle of the park.

UNB did work themselves into the game and managed some offensive chances but they were not able to put the UPEI goalkeeper under any sustained attack.

The second half saw a more consistent effort by the UNB team. Although much of the play was in the middle of the park, UNB were able to get more chances on the UPEI goal. However, much of the play was too direct and the balls were easily collected by the UPEI keeper.

For the final 15 minutes, UNB pushed another player forward to try and tie the game. This accomplished more pressure on the UPEI goal but it did not create the much needed goal to salvage a tie on the day.

UNB’s best chance came ten minutes from the end when Lisa Nabuurs got to

a loose ball in the 18 yard box and rang it off the crossbar. All in all, UNB had the edge during the game, but could not seem to get the job done.

UNB rebounded from this disappointing loss on Sunday, dominating the play and putting on a show as they recorded a 5-1 victory over Mount Allison.

Under dry, sunny conditions, UNB struggled to get organized at the back for the second consecutive day as a loose ball 30 yards from goal allowed Mt. A. to catch UNB’s keeper Jackie Fitt out of position to go up 1-0 at the 10 minute mark.

After this mistake, UNB settled in for the day and started to push forward in numbers. Ashley McAllister, the defending UNB, AUS, and CIS Female Athlete of the Week, proved that she deserves those titles as she tallied three of UNB’s five goals in the game.

McAllister’s first goal came in the thirtieth minute, when she managed to get free with the ball in mid-field and let a rocket go from thirty yards to beat the Mt. A. keeper, who had no chance on the shot.

To finish off the half, McAllister battled against two Mt. A. defenders into the 18 yard box to tuck the ball past the keeper and in near the far post to put UNB up by a goal at half-time.

The second half saw UNB dominate the play, as they were able to stretch Mt. A.’s defense.

Approximately 20 minutes into the half, McAllister got free again and let a shot go that found the twine from 20 yards out, to record her third goal of the game.

UNB continued to push and they created several set pieces during the final 15 minutes to finish the scoring.

Jena Fox, who got well above everyone else to have a free header at goal, deflected in a corner kick to score the fourth goal.

Five minutes later, Jena won the ball in the air off a corner and played it to Michelle Rae, who finished the scoring play as she deflected Jena’s header for the fifth goal of the game.

With the weekend split, UNB now boasts a record of 3-1, and are ranked in the CIS Top 10.

The team’s next action is Saturday, September 22, against Memorial at 1:00 p.m. at College Field. The women will then travel to UPEI for a game on September 23.

Andrew Meade / The Brunswickan

Sports

10 • September 19, 2007 • Issue 3

Athletes and the Law Should leagues implement supplementary discipline?

View From The Sidelines

by Tony von Richter Last week NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman suspended Toronto Maple Leafs forward Mark Bell for 15 games as punishment for being convicted of drunk driving during the summer of 2006. The suspension came as a bit of a surprise to most as Bell had already been suspended indefinitely for being placed in Stage Two of the NHL and NHLPA’s Substance Abuse and Behavioural Program and will serve six months in prison once the NHL season concludes.

After Bettman’s suspension the NHLPA released a statement condemning the suspension as unnecessary as he had already been suspended under the substance abuse program and had been sentenced to prison by the court.

Questions have been raised regarding the prerogative of leagues imposing supplementary discipline and if they should be penalizing players and officials if the legal system has already done so.

Some people believe that it’s unfair for a league or team to punish a player after the legal system has delivered a verdict and decided the consequences of a player’s actions, and that someone shouldn’t be punished twice for the same crime. Others believe the opposite is true, and that leagues need to punish their errant players to show them that there will be severe consequences to any transgressions, regardless of the punishment that is dealt out by the legal system and to protect the image of their sport.

Which side is right though? Should leagues leave the punishment of players in legal situations up to the courts or should they be able to implement their own disciplinary measures as well?

In a perfect world, things would be left up to the courts and everyone would see the punishment handed down as appropriate, but unfortunately this isn’t a perfect world and often times, athletes and celebrities receive special treatment from the legal system which leaves fans

angered and damages the integrity of the sport.

That’s why I think that leagues should be able to add their own disciplinary measures to whatever legal punishment is doled out as the league should be looking out for the health of the sport.

At first glance, that sounds like a really bad idea, as people would be punished essentially for public relations issues.

These players would be punished to help preserve the image of their respective leagues, which, in the end, doesn’t seem justified.

However, if the leagues don’t do more and the public sees the players legal sentences as inadequate, it hurts the image of the sport and over time could lead to fans believing that a league or sport is filled with cheaters and criminals who aren’t worthy of their support. If that happens, players wouldn’t have to worry about ‘unfair’ supplementary league discipline for their legal indiscretions as there won’t be a league around to suspend them.

Now is the above example of leagues folding due to players’ legal problems extreme? Of course it is, since it’s only a miniscule number of athletes that get in trouble with the law to being with, and this isn’t a likely scenario. But after the summer that the sports world went through, it would be a little foolish to not throw around the possibility (especially when you consider that if the Tim Donaghy scandal had spread to include more referees or even players and officials there’s a good chance that it could have killed the NBA).

So while it might not be perfectly fair to the current generation of professional athletes, the years of athletes and celebrities getting special treatment from the legal system has finally resulted in fans demanding that athletes be treated just like everyone else, and if the legal system isn’t willing to do it than the leagues themselves will have to send the message that they won’t tolerate this kind of behaviour from their athletes and personnel.

Maybe if the suspensions and fines become big enough it will make some of these errant athletes stop and think before they break the law, which would be good for both the players and the leagues.

It would also be good for the fans as it would sure be nice to get back to talking about the drama that happens on the field rather than the drama that happens inside the courtroom.

Cougars end wet weekend with win

Jennifer McKenzie / The Brunswickan

The UNB Cougars squared off against St. FX and ABU during a rainshortened weekend at Royals Field. On Saturday, the Cougars fell to St. FX 3-1 in the first game of a scheduled double-header. Peter Shaw took the loss, allowing just two earned runs over seven innings. The second game was postponed due to rain. On Sunday, UNB fell to ABU 6-1, before UNB pitcher Ryan Corey led his team to a 7-6 win in the second game.

UNB V-Reds Athletes of the week

Ashley McAllister, Soccer 1st year MBA student Cornwall, Ontario #9 –Forward

Ali Devereaux, Soccer 5th year BA student Lower Sackville, N.S. #10, Midfielder

Ashley McAllister, last week’s UNB, AUS and CIS athlete of the week, was a force to be reckoned with again this weekend as the Varsity Reds split their games with a 0-1 loss and a 5-1 win.

UNB was unable to score on Saturday as they hosted UPEI on College Field in very wet rainy conditions. Ashley set up numerous chances and gave UPEI trouble throughout the game but UNB was unable to capitalize. On Sunday, she proved to be too much for the MTA defence as she scored three goals to lead the V-Reds to a 5-1 victory over the Mounties. Ashley was named player of the game for her efforts on Sunday.

Ali Devereaux is also the UNB athlete of the week for the second consecutive week as he scored a goal in each of UNB’s two games this past week-end. On Saturday UNB played UPEI to a 1-1 tie while on Sunday they defeated Mt. Allison 2-1.

Ali was named Player of the Game for his performance on Saturday and now leads the AUS in scoring with 4 goals in 4 games this season.

“Ali’s hard work and determination continue to be the difference for us”, commented head coach Miles Pinsent.

at UNOCC 2005, held in Waterloo, Ontario, winning a respectable sixth place. The Reds continued competing into the winter semester and placed first at King of the Capital in Fredericton and sixth at CheerExpo in Halifax.

For the 2007-08 season, tryouts will be starting on Tuesday, September 18 and Thursday, September 20, from 5:45 pm until 8:00 pm in the Lady Beaverbrook Gym (West). The tryouts will consist of basic conditioning, stunting, and dance. They are open to any UNB or STU student, as well as any resident in the city of Fredericton, male or female.

The team practices three times a week to get themselves ready for competition and performances. Practices are mandatory, as is the Cheerleading Retreat that is being held on September 29-30.

Registration for cheerleading is $60,

which includes a Reds Cheerleading t-shirt and shorts.

“There are many benefits to joining a team while you are at university: meeting new friends, learning time and budget management skills, staying fit and active, and continuing to challenge yourself,” said Becky Stavert, a representative of the squad.

“Reds Cheerleading is a team that builds on all of these things and more!”

In looking to set the squad for 2007-08, anyone interested – athletes, cheerleaders, gymnasts, and those with no background at all – are encouraged to contact the squad to get involved. Their website is www.unbf.ca/clubs/cheerleading. They can also be contacted by email, at cheer@unb.ca.

Reds Cheerleaders kick off 2007-08

by Bruns Sports Department

The current incarnation of the Reds Cheerleaders was formed seven seasons ago, and has been a competitive squad for the past four years. Though it is known a cheerleading team did exist at the University of New Brunswick in years past, very few details have been established.

Reds Cheerleading takes part in many competitions throughout the year including CheerExpo in Halifax, King of the Capital in Fredericton, and has previously competed at Nationals

and Cheer for the Cure in Toronto.

They also do many events such as Run for the Cure, a Cheerleading Retreat, fundraising at the market, socials, and several other events.

Since its rebirth, the squad has enjoyed a decent amount of success.

The 2003-04 season saw the first performance by the Reds Cheerleading team, which was greeted with enthusiasm from the crowds at UNB. In 2004-05, the squad made their inaugural trip to University and Open National Cheerleading Championships (UNOCC) in Hamilton, Ontario. The team placed ninth in the Open Division, and although they would like to do better next time, the team was still satisfied at the opportunity to attend the competition.

The 2005-06 season was arguably the most successful yet. The team competed

Sports

Issue 3 • September 19, 2007 • 11

Men’s soccer sharp on opening weekend

New NHL jerseys, old NHL ways My Pants Are Green

by Brad Conley

Andrew Meade / The Brunswickan

The V-Reds Men’s soccer team played their first home game of the season on Saturday at College Field. In a rain-soaked game, UNB played to a 1-1 draw with UPEI. Ali Devereaux scored the Reds lone goal. On Sunday, the V-Reds downed Mt. A 2-1. Devereaux and Ken Morrison scored for the Reds, who now have a 2-1-1 record.

Upcominig V-Reds Events Friday, September 21st Men’s Hockey STU @ UNB 7:00 PM at the AUC Saturday, September 22nd Women’s Soccer MUN @ UNB 1:00 PM at College Field Women’s Volleyball UNB @ Maine-Orono 2:00 PM Men’s Soccer MUN @ UNB 3:00 PM at College Field Sunday, September 23rd Women’s Soccer UNB @ UPEI 1:00 PM Men’s Soccer UNB @ UPEI 3:00 PM

Red Sticks visit Dal

by Melissa Harris The UNB Red Sticks Field Hockey team took to the field at Dalhousie and SMU this past weekend to play their season opener tournament. Finishing in fourth place last season, the team was anxious to improve their standing in the Atlantic University League.

The team started out strong on Saturday night playing against the Dalhousie Tigers, who placed third. It turned out to be their best game of the tournament as they dominated the match, winning 1-0 with a goal by Kathryn Caiger.

The second game against Acadia was difficult due to the monsoon that hit Halifax as the teams played under the lights. UNB overcame the weather to win the game 2-0 with the first goal by midfielder Kathryn Caiger and another by striker Melissa Harris to secure the lead.

On Sunday morning, the team met their second placed rivals SMU on the

turf. It was an even match thanks to the strong defense of Lori Burgess and Erika Charlton, but SMU put in a single goal to win the game 1-0.

After four games in less then twentyfour hours, fatigue set in as UNB played the first place team UPEI. Twins Erika and Kathryn Turner made it tough for the UPEI forward line to get through, but they did and won the game 3-0.

After the weekend, UNB sits in third place in the league and is happy to be at the top of the club teams.

“I’m very confident in the strength of our midfielders and defense this season.

We’ve got some really experienced players who are working very well together,” comments midfield powerhouse Kathryn Caiger.

To beat competitive varsity teams SMU and UPEI, Red Sticks coach Kelly Anderson will be focusing on offence for their next tournament. With a few more goals from the aggressive striker line of Karla Hunter, Melissa Harris, and British newcomer Carrie Osborne, the team is confidant they can be contenders against the top-seated teams. They will be in training for the next two weeks in preparation for their Fredericton tournament September 29-30.

What defines your favourite team? Is it the logo? How about a star player? Or is it a jersey? Well, if you’re an NHL fan and what defines your team is a jersey, your team is in some serious trouble.

By now, most, if not all hockey fans know of the new jerseys being released by each NHL team for the upcoming season. The reason each team had to redesign both sets of jerseys is because the NHL recently signed a new deal with RBK hockey, formerly known as Reebok, to make a new, more modern style of jersey which apparently makes it much more comfortable for a player to play in.

The makers of the new jerseys claim that they will be aerodynamic, partly because they are much tighter than the older style of jersey. Also, parts of the jersey are mesh, which would allow air to fly through the jersey much more freely, and apparently allow the player wearing the jersey to be quicker on the ice.

Seriously, what line of BS is Gary Bettman going to try and feed us next?

Also, the jerseys are made of a new, cooler material. Apparently the jersey is waterproof, which will reduce the weight of the jersey and allow whoever is wearing it to be quicker on the ice.

Apparently the jerseys help the player’s body breathe better. It will help the player stay cooler during the heat of battle. This is the only argument for the new jerseys I might be able to buy.

As a hockey player, I can understand a player being really hot underneath all that equipment, especially in the modern day arenas in cities like Tampa or Raleigh. But really, to make every team in the league design a new set of jerseys

is more than a little bit of overkill.

If anyone is wondering what the real reason the NHL made each team design new jerseys, it is simple: Money. With every team in the NHL designing a new jersey, it should create a boom in jersey sales, and the NHL has realized this.

This is the reason for some of the teams choosing the style and logo of their jerseys.

Take the Vancouver Canucks for instance. Last year the Canucks had a beautiful third jersey, maybe the nicest jersey in the league (and this is coming from a Leafs fan). What the Canucks did was take their third jersey and toss on their regular, ugly as hell logo. Then they decided to write “Vancouver” on the top of it, just in case you didn’t know where they were from.

Why did the Canucks have to go and ruin a good thing? Why did they take

little bit bigger and the patches on the shoulder pads are gone, but still, many fans feel the need to go out and buy the new jersey.

Ever since the lockout just three years ago, the NHL was supposed to become more fan-oriented, but instead, they seem to want to milk the Everyday Fan for all they are worth.

If a fan like you or I wanted to go to a game, we would have to pay anywhere from $70 to $100 for a ticket, which doesn’t guarantee you a decent seat, either. From there, if you want a beer at the game, you are paying another $10, and another $8 for a small bag of popcorn. That’s around $120 and the first period probably isn’t even over yet.

The NHL has become all about making money. The league has forgotten about the die-hard fans that would do anything for their team.

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their logo that was used for most of the time last year, which is not very nice to begin with, and put it on one of the nicest jerseys in the league?

If they hadn’t gone with the hideous logo and used the logo that is supposed to go with the jersey, and then dropped the ‘Vancouver’, then the jersey would not be new and cutting edge, and sales would not be as good as if they were to change the logo around.

Who does this hurt? You and I, of course. Being the die-hard that I am, I’m just dying to purchase one of the new jerseys (a Maple Leafs one, of course).

With a new authentic jersey going for $250, there is no way I could afford it.

There are teams that have not changed their jerseys a whole lot. Take the Leafs for instance. The logo was made a

So how do we, the fans, remind the league that it’s about a game, the best game in the world, and not the money?

I don’t have a sweet clue. The one thing I can tell you is that you can’t remind the league of this by going out and buying a new RBK jersey.

So don’t give in. Instead, go and buy a vintage jersey. If you’re a Leafs fan, go back to the ‘40s or ‘60s and relive the glory days by ordering one of those ones.

Maybe it will help the owners, players, and the league remember a time when money wasn’t the main factor.

Back then, just the chance to win the Stanley Cup was enough, and until it becomes enough for today’s players, the game will continue to be in trouble.

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bruns.arts@gmail.com• September 19, 2007

‘Growing Op’ cultivates local talent A Fredericton actor is making his way to the big screen in a $1.7M independent movie shooting in Moncton. Big names like Rosanna Arquette and Rachel Blanchard are involved but New Brunswickers are paying attention to homegrown talent.

by Sean Horsley

Denis Theriault’s character in the movie ‘Growing Op’ is an insecure loser who carries a big black bag assumed to be full of weapons. In the film, he befriends another outcast from school whose parents are a little bit out of the ordinary: They’re professional weed growers.

It’s a dramatic comedy written and directed by Michael Melski, best known for writing the screenplay ‘Mile Zero’ and directing ‘Robson Arms’, and it examines what it would be like to be an adolescent growing up in the middle of a family growing operation.

Making a movie heavily steeped in the marijuana culture doesn’t faze Theriault; he doesn’t consider it as being too obviously controversial.

“It pretty much revolves around pot,” he says. “It’s not drugs; it’s around, yeah, like, weed.”

In past interviews, director Michael Melski also takes a soft-spoken stance on the issue of marijuana growing operations. “[The parents] take almost regal pride in the care and quality of their plants just as a neighbor might do tending to vines for their wine operations,” he has said. “They’re both grown naturally from the earth, yet the weed group is illegal. Think about that.”

The movie was set to shoot in Moncton and offered various parts to local actors. Theriault got his part after auditioning and impressed the

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Shaun (Denis Thériault) on the set of Growing Op, directed by Michael Melski Sept. 2007 casting director so much they didn’t breaks for hiring local cast and crew even need a callback. members are a great advantage for “I was waiting for a callback and the slim pickings of New Brunswick never got a call for the callback,” he actors. explains. “Eventually, three weeks He’s also been trying to become [after the audition], I got a call just a full member of ACTRA, the Allisaying that I had the ance of Canadian part. So I was kind Cinema, Televi“It pretty sion, and Radio of surprised at that. I much had kind of given up Artists, but he hope by then.” says he hasn’t met revolves Theriault has been all the qualificaaround interested in the entions yet.

“For that you tertainment industry pot, It’s not for a long time. He’s need a cer tain drugs; it’s starred in a TV show amount of hours called ‘Star Hunter’, around, yeah, on a movie to become a member,” been an extra in a like, weed.” Theriault says. couple movies and even made a short “And right now, - Denis Theriault film ‘Abort’, which because [this is] opens at the Silver an ACTRA shoot, Wave Film Festival this year. He’s I’m still what they call an apprentice been trying to find some success member. You have to pay like 20 as a New Brunswick actor, saying bucks or something, so I still get that movies like this that get tax the perks but I’m not a full mem-

Next time I won’t show up late for the Tragically Hip

by Josh O’Kane The Tragically Hip are a staple in Canadian rock music history. They’ve charted endless singles and manage to write music that appeals to just about everyone. They’re also a pretty big partying band. Vocalist Gord Downie is known to thoroughly enjoy himself onstage.

When I saw the Hip open for the Rolling Stones, Gord was either drunk or stoned and out of his mind. And man, did he put on a show. His eyes were shut, he was flailing everywhere, and he was rocking out. He made that set.

I think Gord was sober for last Tuesday’s show in Fredericton. There was something missing in his performance.

That’s not to say he didn’t go nuts like he usually does: he was all over the stage, flinging the mic stands and kneeling for the crowd, but he just wasn’t giving it like I’d seen before.

The Hip still played a good show last Tuesday, though. Opening with their new album’s ‘The Lonely End of the

Rink’, they followed up with ‘New Orleans is Sinking’ and ‘Fully Completely’.

I had actually thought New Orleans had been permanently erased from their set list, given that in 2005 New Orleans did in fact sink and they did not play the song when they opened for the Stones – but apparently I was wrong.

Admittedly, I was late for the show, and had to use the power of the internet to find out what the first couple songs they played were. I didn’t actually get into the arena until the fourth song, ‘The Dire Wolf’, was played. I was pretty much overjoyed because that’s my favorite song off of ‘In Violet Light’.

The band had a sky-based backdrop that changed color when necessary, and worked with some pretty decent lighting to make the show seem that much more epic. The next song that really stuck out for me was ‘In View’, off of the new album ‘World Container’. A few songs later, Gord Downie did start going a little nuts and screamed, “Ladies and gentlemen, we are on the hundredth meridian!” whilst jumping into the song of the same name.

At one point in the song, he delved into the crowd, came back out, and I

thought for sure a new song had begun, until many minutes later when the band kicked back into ‘The Hundredth Meridian’. I wasn’t even aware it was a medley.

The sky turned red when the band played ‘Bobcaygeon’, another one of my favorites. It set the mood nicely. They ended the traditional set with ‘Blow at High Dough’, and then returned for an encore with ‘Courage’ (for Hugh MacLennan). After that, they played ‘Springtime in Vienna’ and ended with ‘Grace, Too’. I always thought Grace was called ‘Tragically Hip’, but apparently I was wrong. Thanks again, internet set list.

At this point, I took down the note “Encore 1 Song 3 = Tragically Hip… then everyone left, suckers.” I thought that I was being clever because, according to Tragically Hip set lists past, they usually play two, sometimes even three encores. So I sat there looking like an idiot, waiting, waiting, waiting on nothing at all.

The gig was over, the lights were on.

I was unimpressed and wanted more.

But the rest of the concert was good, I guess.

ber yet.”

As far as living in Fredericton, he says maybe there are better places he can go to get ahead. He’s considering a move to Halifax to find representation because there aren’t many places you can find people experienced in ‘the biz’ around here.

“If I had an agent I think it would help me a lot because, you know, with contracts and stuff like that, I don’t know anything about that yet,” he admits. “It’d be good to have the input of someone who actually knows his stuff and the legal terms and stuff like that.”

But Theriault has a good head on his shoulders. He enjoys the moviemaking process, and he enjoys the culture, so he’s focused on exactly what he wants to do. If he can’t be in front of the camera, he wants to be behind it.

Putting movies in film festivals like Sundance or the Toronto Film Festival (where Growing Op might

end up next year) is the height of aspiration for the young actor. Being involved in something so potentially explosive at such a young age is setting his sights for the future, and he’s hopeful about what’s to come.

“Sundance is smaller, artsy movies that can get picked up and eventually blow up, but I think this is the right type of project for Sundance.

You never know.”

The idea of fame is also a doubleedged sword for him. He’s not quite sure as to whether or not he would be able to handle it if it ever came his way.

“Imagine you’re at the [Harvest] Jazz and Blues Festival [in Fredericton] and you’re completely wasted off your ass and you go to take a piss in the bushes and the paparazzi takes a picture of you,” he says.

“Would you want that?”

As for the present, he’s enjoying his Growing Op project and he’s enjoying taking cues from seasoned actors and directors, including Clueless alumnus Rachel Blanchard and film and TV veteran Rosanna Arquette. He’s also hopeful that the rumors of Woody Harrelson signing on to play the character of the potgrowing father pan out.

He also affirms that the actors already signed on add validity to the movie and sees their presence as lucrative to the films’ success.

“Sometimes movies get made and they never get fully completed, like edited, and they just end up in development hell or something and they never get fully done,” Theriault says. “So now that they’re attached to it, it adds legitimacy to the movie.”

The movie is set to open next year and whether it succeeds or not, Theriault will still be committed to the movie industry. He just turned 21 on September 15 and he has a long and certainly interesting career ahead of him; he’s just a pup in the dog-eat-dog world of film.

“I’m still young. I’m just weighing my options right now,” he says.

“I can do whatever I want with my life and I’m just kind of happy with that fact for now.”

Dave and Sean talk about CDs

by Dave Briggs and Sean Horsley

Korn - Untitled

Sean- I thought these guys were joking when I first heard of them. You know, like Weird Al. I can’t believe they’re still recording albums Dave- I know.

When “Life Is Peachy” came out I was in the eighth grade, and even then thought I was too old to be listening to them.

Sean- These guys are clowns. I’m glad I didn’t download this album because the FBI would have tagged me as a terrorist.

Dave- I don’t think there is one good thing about this album. It’s just awful. It was a waste of time listening to it, and it is a waste of time talking about it.

Junior Senior - Hey Hey My My Yo Yo

Sean- I have to admit that this was OK. I’m not too into the whole rave/ techno beat thing, but I have to give props where props are due. Not bad.

Dave- I agree, I can’t really say anything bad about this record.

It’s not my style of music, but the production and songwriting are great.

Sean- Still, it would take a lot of illicit substances to want to play this one too often.

The Acorn – Glory Hope Mountain

Sean- I found this really dull. No way.

Never again.

Dave- Yeah.

The Acorn needs an adrenaline shot and some songs that do not feature acoustic guitar picking.

Juliet and his Romeo With the theatre world still gathering speed at UNB, the Bruns heads uphill to check out STU’s ‘Bending the Bard’

by Ashley Bursey

It started with an ankle bracelet.

For Cleopatra, Queen of the Nile and Marc Antony’s distinctly snaky vixen, an ankle bracelet – and that legendary black bob – is nothing out of the ordinary.

But for Mike Woodside, who played Cleopatra in Theatre St. Thomas’ ‘Bending the Bard’, it was a little different. Woodside towered over Amy Bourne’s Anthony, and was certainly better dressed, with armfuls of bangles and heavy kohl. Right down to his (her?) dreamy, love-struck eyes and simpering speech, Woodside was a femme fatale.

And that’s just where it began.

‘Bending the Bard’, directed by Ilkay Silk and starring a cast of eight, takes nine Shakespearean scenes and messes with the gender, pitting a doe-eyed male Juliet against a feisty Scottish (again, male) nurse, or a falsetto’d Miranda with a curvier Ferdinand. In years past, when the Bard’s original pieces played for an audience in England’s Globe Theatre, the entire cast was male; this time around, it’s a complete switch, with an array of men dressed as women and girls garbed as their male counterparts.

But the cast obviously had fun with it. Instead of straight-up Shakespeare – the heavy costumes, stiff English,

and over-the-top melodrama – the play was broken down into scenes, each with its own twist (and laugh-out-loud introduction to boot: try “Rather than necking or spooning, Romeo and Juliet got to engage in a late-night poetry slam”).

Katherine and Petruchio, from the famous “Kiss me, Kate!” scene from The Taming of the Shrew, was played out gunslinger style, complete with Southern accent, cowboy boots, and insolent gum-chewing. A serious scene from Othello between Desdemona and the title character was dark, brooding, and highly contemporary, with a modern flair that made Shakespearean English sound surprisingly, dramatically colloquial. And a lengthy scene from King Lear saw a mob boss’ wife, and her three dark-suited sons, fall to alcoholism amidst heavy (but extremely well-done) Brooklyn accents – the one series of scenes in the show that played it straight, and a lengthy finale with an impressive tableau to set the scene.

And some might ask: Why genderbend? Why complicate something that already has so many people scratching their heads? In this case, I think it’s exactly the opposite; the role reversal, as the director says in the play’s program, can “engage us and suspend our disbelief.” It also gives the actors an edge for comedic scenes; ‘hamming it up’ in a dress is a lot more fun than playing it straight, although I’m sure it wasn’t easy for the guys to master wearing tights and lip gloss.

For Jeff Dingle, who played five characters – including Romeo and Juliet in the same scene – he says it was “a bit like sketch comedy; you do every bit different.

“For some of the more serious scenes, to really be a believable woman, it was different. [For the Romeo and Juliet scene, the characters’] intentions on stage were the same,” he says. “The only difference was Romeo was more out there and open, and Juliet is a little more reserved, so just switching back and forth from that was a little difficult.

I didn’t heighten my voice or anything, because that would have been ridiculous…very subtle changes there.”

For the males, it may have been easier to fall into the female roles. As Dingle says, it’s pretty simple to “put on a dress and be funny, since most guys look ridiculous in dresses.” This may be true; and the whimpering, worshipful females, both Thomas Gillies and Stuart Forestell in the scene from A Midsummer Night’s Dream stand out here, especially in their Day-Glo leggings, is certainly a delight to giggle along with. Not surprisingly, the audience fell instantly for the gals onstage.

For the real-life females, it was tougher to switch to the masculine role, but both Amy Bourne and Mandy MacLean were memorable as staunch, roughand-tumble ‘dudes’, although MacLean switched back to the female role as the alcoholic Leara in the production’s final scene.

My only complaint would be the speed of some of the actors. Even for an audience accustomed to reading the text, it can be difficult to follow Shakespearean verse at a quicker pace, and some of the lines were lost during the piece. But nonetheless, it was, as Silk said, “an experiment…of sorts,” and with rave reviews and a packed house almost every night, it’s a bender definitely worth going on.

Metal Blade Records Giveaway As I Lay Dying, who debuted on Metal Blade Records in 2003, have come a long way. Since their inception, they’ve been voted 2006 ‘Metal Gods’

by MTV2, released huge records to even bigger fan bases, and played shows around Canada, Europe, Japan, and Australia. Their newest album, ‘An Ocean Between Us’, is their biggest project yet.

In its first week, the album has topped retail charts, hitting #19 on the Soundscan top 200 chart, #2 on the hard chart, and #6 on the indie chart.

“Everything was performed more spot-on than any of our previous records. The biggest focus was the

songwriting,” says founding member and vocalist Tim Lambesis. “It’s more dynamic than previous records, and that helped the production sound bigger because there are ups and downs.”

As their website explans, on An Ocean Between Us, driving melodic choruses are set to a backdrop of breakdowns, the kind that ignite moshpits to the apex of fury.

Want to win a copy of An Ocean Between Us? Send the Bruns your favorite As I Lay Dying lyric and why, along with your name and e-mail address, to bruns.arts@gmail.com before September 22, and you could win!

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Keepin’ it real Sonic and Knuckles Down the tube Keepin’6, playing at the Cellar on September 21, are just one band to hit Freddy Beach this fall

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by Keepin’6

According to myth, there is one incredible tale that has been told around many a campfire that few will dare repeat for fear of losing their lives. This is the incredible story of four men who stood up for the better, and overcame the problems of the world.

One of these extraordinary men was the slumber-lord Phatty, who was known to dwell in the Phat-cave and drink many-a-brew. It is told that on a cold and windy October’s eve, Phatty made his way from the Phat-cave and headed slowly across the West Acres. In his pocket were his most valuable possessions: a rare Tuborg, a gram of the freshest herb, and a pipe that gods can only dream of.

Everyone in the land knew that these acres were his, and no one dared to challenge him for them. This particular night was the windiest of nights, one in which no ordinary man would leave his

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house for any logical reason. Despite this fact, there was more than one man who dared to brave the weather and travel across the moonlit plains in the same fashion as Phatty.

This incredible man was dubbed the Great Dane by all around. Faster than a racehorse, and swifter than a fox, the Great Dane would prowl around the Acres on nights just like this one, and would use his martial arts skills on anyone who dared challenge him.

Surprisingly, not often did anyone chal-

lenge him. The Great Dane was an ally of Phatty’s, and the two had planned a meeting at the entrance to the forest in the West Acres.

Directly across the entrance was where yet another man was heading.

This man was named Wilf. Part wolf and part man, he stood at over six feet on his hind legs. This man spent most of his time in his lair, which was filled with many musical instruments, and which was also a meeting place for Phatty and the Great Dane.

Phatty and the Great Dane watched Wilf approach, and noticed he was walking with their fourth and final ally. Traveling with Wilf that night was a man only known to others as China. This man lived with his brother Grimace the Great in the Land of Oaks, where they spent most of their time smoking the great herb and sleeping. The four men greeted each other with a handshake, and got right down to business.

Unknowingly to everyone else in the Acres, these four men drew up a plan to rid the world of the Emos. The Emos were a group of men who had been secretly taking over the minds of others through subliminal messages in music.

The Emos mostly wrote songs about being unhappy, and people doing bad things to them, and created a world in which everyone was unhappy. Over the past few years, the Emos had even transformed many people into wearing ridiculous haircuts in which their hair swooped to one side! Enough was enough; something had to be done.

On this cold and windy night, the four great men came up with an idea to mix a potion so strong that it would make sure that the world was rid of the negativity that the Emos had been spreading. What they came up with was simple… Pure genius, if you will. No one had ever thought of something as amazing and fresh as this.

The four men mixed a potion together so potent that it would soon gain attention across the globe. The ingredients were very simple, yet sophisticated: Ska and punk, mixed with a little grunge and rock. As soon as these ingredients were mixed, an incredible powerhouse was created which would be known forever as Keepin’6. The way Keepin’6 worked was almost too simple. Whenever someone heard the music created

by Keepin’6, they automatically became happy. The music was so danceable and fun; there was no need to be unhappy.

Slowly but surely, the Emos slithered away into the depths of eternity, while Keepin’6 took over the world and happily drank its supply of beer.

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The Final Score

by Dan Hagerman Sonic 3 and Knuckles (Sega Genesis) I played more Sonic games as a child than I think is humanly reasonable.

I own all of the Sega Genesis Sonic games except for two of them: Sonic Spinball (which doesn’t count because it was made in the States and was lousy) and Sonic 3 (which was made in Japan and was amazing). Sonic 3 was great in its own right and the following game, which came out the same year, Sonic and Knuckles, also took up a good portion of my elementary school life.

Sonic and Knuckles, however, had this really cool feature where you could plug any other Genesis game into it and play a mini-game. But if you were to plug Sonic 3 into Sonic and Knuckles, the games would combine via some form of black magic into Sonic 3 and Knuckles, a hybrid of the two games.

And it feels like a whole new game, which, incidentally, is awesome.

Graphics: Compared to the earlier Sonic games, and most other games in general, this game was a step above the rest. Colourful backgrounds, a variety of enemies and visual themes, and the thrill of it all blowing past it all chalks up to a visual treat. Tropical islands, underground lava reefs, the Death Starlike Death Egg, the casino/pinball style of the Casino Night zone, all of these things and more add up to a sweet looking game.

In terms of animation, there’s not much to speak of because aside from Sonic and Tails, most other characters don’t really animate, but considering they’re mostly robots without joints, it’s hard to expect them to animate.

Gameplay: Speed is the theme of every Sonic game, and this one delivers.

Your goal is to get from Point A to Point B, and do it very fast, collecting rings and power-ups along the way, not unlike a rollercoaster ride. But getting between the points isn’t always straightforward, and there are multiple paths to each exit of the level.

Taking it fast isn’t always the way to do it, though; to get the best ending, you have to search through the levels to find

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giant rings. Once you enter these rings, you have to play through a 3D mazelike environment collecting blue orbs.

If you collect them all without hitting the dreaded red orbs (which instantly end the mini-game), you get a Chaos Emerald. Get 14 Chaos Emeralds (7 from Sonic 3 and 7 from Sonic and Knuckles) and you can transform into Hyper Sonic, Hyper Knuckles, or Super Tails. Doing this makes you practically invincible and increases your speed even more, at the cost of losing one ring per second.

As with all games in the series, the boss battles are pretty neat, but now at the end of each level there is now a boss or mini-boss, as opposed to fighting one every three levels. Each one has its own visual style and attack patterns, but some of them are really awesome. Sound: The music in the game is actually pretty good considering how old the game is. Each level has its own song, but both songs are connected thematically to represent that they are two levels in the same area.

The sound effects are for the most part completely different from the previous games, but you will likely find one or two that are recycled.

The Final Score: I rented this game enough as a kid that I likely could have bought the game ten times over, much to the chagrin of my parents, who footed the bill for these rentals. Even playing it again now, 13 years later, I still have almost all the paths memorized and still get a kick out of playing it. I think I’m going to just give the game a score and go back to playing some more. [4.5 out of 5]

I don’t care about copyright infringement. I really don’t. I burn CDs and I download movies. So sue me. However, YouTube is a pox on the Internet and should get shut down.

I didn’t really care about it until last Monday, when, missing the MTV Video Awards, I decided to check out what everyone was laughing about.

Poor Britney. You couldn’t swing a cat without hearing about that awful performance. So I did what I’m sure a lot of us did: I went to YouTube. I wanted to be in the loop, to get my fingers on the pop-culture pulse and see what this monster could have done to garner such a hateful response.

I typed in ‘Britney VMA performance’ and up popped some Britney stuff. I was kind of surprised that the top box wasn’t the VMA performance, but a quick scroll down the page and there it was. I was ready to feel sorry for her.

When I clicked on it, though, something that wasn’t the lip-sync-tastrophe came up. I think it was some guy’s dog, or something. Weird.

Hmmm. So I hit the ‘back’ button and looked for another performance thread. Sure enough, there it was. I clicked it… Same thing. Something that definitely had nothing to do with the former Pop Princess.

What the hell is going on? I better check in with Google. He’ll find Britney for me.

Again, I typed ‘Britney VMA performance’ into the search box and all I got were news hits. One terrible review after another. My fingers twitched. I had to see this thing.

You’d think it would be easier.

But after a few minutes I found a news feed explaining what the problem was. Apparently, Viacom, the guys that own YouTube, said that nobody could see the Britney video because of copyright laws. Funny, all her other videos and even her other VMA videos were still there.

The only way to watch the new one

is to go to the MTV site. Well now, this doesn’t make sense. Viacom owns MTV, too. The only thing I can come up with is that MTV.com has advertisers and YouTube doesn’t. MTV.com gets all the hits, it makes more money.

Well, they’re a business. They have to make money, right? And they did.

Viacom’s stock went up on Monday, thanks to Britney’s bomb. The MTV site played the Britney video 21 million times before 12:01 a.m. Tuesday morning.

So while claiming copyright infringement, the company made a lot of money by exploiting someone. OK, it was Britney, but still…

But back to YouTube itself. Its code of conduct says that the site is not for pornography or sexual material, but after one try I can find anything from teenage girls kissing in a school hallway to a strip-tease by a young girl whose age might be quite questionable to the infamous Britney-and-Madonna lip lock.

It also says it’s not for violence or anything graphic, but you can easily find posts of animals fighting, terrible crashes, bar fights, street brawls, and even one of a baby getting bitten in the face by a rattlesnake (and though it claims the snake had no teeth, it’s still disturbing).

And let’s just get down to some of the cultural effects it’s having on us.

How many of us saw that Miss Teen USA South Carolina girl make a fool of herself at the Miss Teen USA Pageant?

If you did, you saw it on YouTube. I’m sure of it.

And that’s not a huge deal on its own, but the girl used this infamy to become a presenter at the MTV awards show, where she could barely even read the words off the teleprompter, and “such as.”

What? Someone that should be ashamed of herself because of her bumbling inarticulacy and blatant ignorance is now a host on (questionably) one of the biggest influences in our modern culture?

OK, so maybe YouTube’s not to blame, but it’s definitely partly responsible. It’s a flagship of Western identity, it’s on all of our ‘recently viewed websites’ list, and it gets the most hits on the most ridiculous videos.

YouTube is just helping to make us stupid.

But am I going to stop going to the site? Hell, no. It’s too easy. It’s too fun. So am I really complaining? Not really. I’m just mad it took so long to see Britney.

14 • September 19, 2007 • Issue 3

Mike lights it up Oh yeah, the boy can play Andrew Meade / The Brunswickan

by Naomi Osborne

The air smells of fresh rain while people mull around near a large white tent stretching across an open lot. A loud voice booms from inside the tent and is answered with applause and cheers.

In the next moment, a loud electric squeal sounds in the evening air. It’s quickly followed by the pounding of drums and the smooth voice of a seasoned vocalist.

This concert sounds and feels like a typical rock and roll concert for the teenage set, filled with raucous cheering and plastic cups in the air. But this time, instead of drunken teenagers, there are adults swaying and dancing like they did in their youth and still with those same beer cups in hand. Young, old, brighteyed or gray-haired, it doesn’t matter: They’re all having a blast.

It’s September in Fredericton and it’s the Harvest Jazz and Blues Festival, with people coming from all across the Maritimes to enjoy the local and national names the Festival has to offer.

Matchstick Mike is onstage with his band, performing for a crowded tent.

This isn’t his first time bringing in the Harvest. In fact, last year he was named the Galaxie Rising Star winner at the Festival, and he’s sure to come back for future years.

Mike has an electrifying presence and is able to energize the crowd with his toe-tapping tunes, as was seen last year, when he joined the Canadian Forces Show Tour in Kabul before Christmas

and again when he brought the house down at the recent Maple Blues Summit.

Born and raised in Marysville, Mike now lives in the heart of Fredericton.

His unique persona and unbelievable ability to throw one heck of a Maritimes blues party leaves fans always wanting more.

I stand in the crowd and watch in wonder as I see adults the same age as my parents taking tequila shots, throwing their hands up and shouting, chugging their beers, and basically shaking every inch of their bodies to the music.

The music stops and Mike’s voice echoes through the speakers. A young girl around the age of thirteen steps out onto the stage. She is carrying a brilliant electric blue guitar, and Mike introduces her as one of his many apprentices.

She begins strumming away. The crowd goes wild.

They play together until the end of the show. Mike announces that his last song will be the same as the first, and leaves his audience wanting more of his great music, his affable personality, and his crowd-pleasing riffs.

I walk out of the crowded, noisy tent, leaving cheers for the next band to come on stage far behind me. The air is warm with a cool nighttime breeze. To my left there’s still a long lineup waiting to head into the tent.

I’ll admit it: The festival surprised me.

I never pictured myself enjoying this style of music, or this outdoor-concert atmosphere. I was by far the youngest person there, but I didn’t become fully aware of this until after I walked out of the tent. Truth is, when the lights go off and the microphones turn on, all that matters is having a good time and enjoying the Maritime music.

by Jessica Grzesik

My father has a real ear for music, and if he has taught me anything at all, it’s the importance of music. So when he told me I couldn’t afford to miss seeing Keith Hallett at Harvest Jazz and Blues, I knew I needed to go and figure out what this guy was all about.

“I was walking by a pub [in downtown Fredericton] and heard this killer music when one of the doors opened. I knew I had to go in and check it out, I didn’t leave until the set was over,” my father remembers about his first Keith Hallett experience.

My journey to the Harvest Jazz and Blues Festival began under the ‘Evention Technologies’ tent, awaiting the musical talent of Watermelon Slim, John Campbelljohn, and Keith Hallett. After I stepped through the crowd of volunteers in orange t-shirts, I was offered a drink at the beer tent.

Now, as much as I like the possibility of free drinks, I would much rather engage myself at the festival sober. It’s just more enjoyable to immerse every sense you have in the music, especially when it comes to jazz and blues, because they are trickier genres to understand. My choice paid off: the sensory input I consequently experienced was incredible, with the mix of technical instrumentals and smooth vocals.

The atmosphere at 5 p.m. was very relaxed; people were glad to be off work, and the earlier hour for the set was less likely to bring forth the younger, more rowdy jazz fans. The rumble of voices came to a sudden calm when the emcee appeared on stage along with Water-

melon Slim, and none other than the eighteen-year old Keith Hallett.

Watermelon Slim opened the set with a song he first sang over a CB radio before he ever actually put it to paper. He gave a thumbs-up to Blues apprentice Hallett, who had opened for Slim the previous night. Hallett took the cue from Slim and flew into a song.

I quickly came to find out he has the chops for the blues.

There was a lot of talking back and forth among the musicians on stage between each of their songs, which was refreshing, as all the previous concerts I have attended were more straightforward, without any sort of verbal interludes.

Also, compared to the rest of the concerts I have attended, no one seemed to be taking their shirt off to impress the band. This was probably a good thing.

Blues fans are a distinct crowd. I have never seen so many relaxed, at-ease fans in one place, tapping their feet, sipping beer, and satisfyingly absorbing and appreciating the music.

On appreciating music: “Music is a craft, not only a profession,” said Watermelon Slim to the young people in the crowd. His statement brought back memories of my father and me, contemplating the musical realm or art, when I was a kid.

Music is the core of our existence; everyone can relate to one genre or the other, but it takes a finely tuned set of ears and an open heart to learn and understand the lyrics and the instrumentals of a song. Was my dad right about Keith Hallett? Without a doubt, this kid can play. With influences from Jimi Hendrix, to BB King and Muddy Waters, this one-man show is the next up-and-comer in the Maritime blues scene.

The next time you walk downtown and hear a killer beat coming out of a small town pub, you’ll be lucky if you realize it happens to be rising-star Hallett. Or, if by chance it’s not, go inside and take a look around, because music doesn’t appreciate itself.

Arts & Entertainment

Pulling in the Harvest

by Ashley Bursey A couple of years ago, I interviewed a fantastic artist from New Orleans who had come to play at the Harvest in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. He was extraordinarily talented, putting off a vibrant, engaging show despite having recently lost so much.

This year was a bit different. No longer tinged with the sadness of New Orleans, which has given the world such a beautiful collection of jazz and blue music, this year was a bass-thumping, head-bumping good time.

Andrew Meade / The Brunswickan

I started in search of the Gov’t Mule tent, which was so large (and packed with fans) it was at the very perimeter of the downtown area. The tent was alive with laughing, shouting, singing, and toe-tapping. I saw far too many cowboy hats and I even met the self-proclaimed Dancebassador, a sash-sporting fortysomething with a beer in hand who

posed for me in real ‘dance mode’, arms out as she ghost slow-danced with herself.

After this (and after searching in vain for a veggie dog), I made my way to Queen Street. I passed a huge party at the Barrack’s Tent, the air alive with female crooning and heavy funk beats.

Next, the Mojo Tent, where Matt Minglewood & Friends were playing up a storm. I danced a little bit, amidst the smells of chicken souvlaki and cigarettes; it was freezing cold, real autumn weather, and we could see our breath, but the music was so good we didn’t care.

The night coming to a close, we rushed to the Barrack’s Tent for God Made Me Funky, a personal favorite.

We reached the tent just in time for a bouncing cover of House of Pain’s ‘Jump Around’.

The tent was blocked with fans and we had trouble pushing our way in, but any vantage point was worth it, really.

People were crowding the area, arms in the air; outside the main gates, two lone ladies were dancing enthusiastically to the music, shaking hands and heads. .

For a place like Fredericton, a festival that pulls in more than 70, 000 people – bigger than the city itself – is a huge tourist draw and economy boost. But it’s more than that. It’s the community that makes Harvest what it is. With streets blocked off for concert-goers and local and national acts hitting the Fredericton stages, it brings out music lovers from everywhere. Just stroll down the street during Harvest; people wrapped up in fuzzy sweaters, dancing in the lanes and alleys, laughing as they pass by on their way from one tent to the next.

As God Made Me Funky would say, fans “came to get down”…and it’s just going up from here.

Get on the Mule Train

by Ashley Bursey

It was a real kick in the teeth for Gov’t Mule fans on the second night of the Harvest, but in the best way possible.

On Thursday, in the Budweiser Tent, Gov’t Mule played for a venue that was jam-packed with people shouting along to the New York band’s lyrics, swaying to the music, and punching the air during the genius instrumentals as their guitar and drum solos elicited roars of appreciation from the crowd.

The show was one of the biggest of the festival, drawing die-hard fans and ingénues alike. I, being one of the uninitiated, had arrived at the concert not knowing what to expect, but quickly found myself swept away with the energy of the crowd and the technical musical wizardry onstage.

I got there just in time for ‘Time to Confess’, a track that had audience members singing along to every word.

The atmosphere was electric, and rightly so: Gov’t Mule has a huge following and its members are absurdly talented.

Featuring guitarist/vocalist Warren Haynes, drummer Matt Abts, keyboard player Danny Louis, and bassist Andy Hess, its original conception was as an offshoot of the Allman Brothers Band in 1994.

‘High and Mighty’ and ‘Live at Rose-

land Ballroom’ (re-release) are two of the group’s latest album releases within the past few years. As fans would say, people have been jumping on the ‘Mule train’ left, right, and centre, without forgetting the legions of new fans in Fredericton after Thursday’s tear-downthe-walls show.

“Even within the structures of straight-ahead rock songs, this band plays with a jazz sensibility,” Haynes has said. “Nobody is just playing a part.”

And the show, which had an especially memorable guitar solo during crowd favorite ‘Rocking Horse’, played a bit like a blues-band performance, with the group leaving the stage partway through to toss kudos to the drummer, who proceeded to play with teeth-rattling intensity (and, at one point, his bare hands) to the delight of the crowd.

The stage set was simple: instruments, lots of wild hair, and a rubber chicken hanging from one of the amps on stage right. But Gov’t Mule isn’t the kind of band that needs glitz and flash. The music speaks for itself, and the crowd doesn’t want to see or hear anything else but the polished simplicity of surging melodies and dynamic harmonies.

And Gov’t Mule, 12 years in the making, is here to stay. Maybe that’s why their show drew in crowds of barely-legal newbies and seasoned jazz aficionados alike.

For these guys, the crowd says it all.

“This is the best song,” I hear fans yell over the music as I pass by. “These guys are it.”

And they are.

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Issue 3•September 19, 2007 • 15

From Tripping to Sappy to the Stars

by Ashley Bursey

It all started with a Trip to Moncton about 18 years ago.

Julie Doiron, a member of the popular underground folk-turned-psychedelic band ‘Eric’s Trip’, released several albums as a bass player in the group before it split up in 1996. It was enough to get her foot wet or in the door, whichever metaphor you choose; the year Trip broke up, she released her first solo record, ‘Broken Girl,’ on her own label, Sappy Records, which went on to release CDs from other groups as well as her second album, ‘Loneliest in the Morning’.

Since then, she’s put out CDs with the band ‘The Wooden Stars’ (for which the group won a Juno for the Canadian Entertainment Award in 2000), published a book of photographs, and worked with the Tragically Hip on several songs.

A French album and several English releases (and three kids) later, and Doiron is happily settled, dividing her time between houses in Montreal and Sackville, New Brunswick, and touring.

To cap it all off, she’s one of ten Canadian artists recently nominated for the Polaris Music Prize, an artistic-merit

monetary prize to be announced at the end of September.

“I just thought it was really cool. I hadn’t thought, ever…even last year, I thought, ‘Wow, I can’t imagine what it must be like to be nominated for something like that’,” she says, her voice low and throaty after a show the night before in Toronto. “I was really surprised and kind of giddy about it, even just the idea that having a shot at $20,000 was cool.

It was neat that all the judges picked my record.”

One of her dreams for the money is a new guitar.

“A good friend of mine builds beautiful guitars,” she says, thoughtfully.

“I would like to have a guitar built by him, so that would be part of it. And then maybe just set myself up without a little bit of gear, finally.”

For Doiron, artistry runs in the family.

“[My kids] all like to sing. My son is finally learning to play guitar…he’s doing it on his own,” she says. “He always said he wanted to but never really did it, but now he’s doing it of his own volition, but who knows? One of my daughters is really into drawing and sewing…she might go that route, but she’s the performer, too” For now, Doiron is living in Sackville, a short distance from her hometown of Moncton.

“There are three art galleries, and with the universities, it’s pretty vibrant.

There’s [one particular] artist-run gallery that gets the community involved.

“It’s close to get to Moncton without actually living in Moncton. I don’t want to live in a big-small city; I just want to live in a small-small city or a big city.”

Doiron’s album, ‘Woke Myself Up’, is short-listed for the Prize, to be chosen on September 24 in Toronto.

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NB natives as judged and jury

by Ashley Bursey

For Ben Conoley, a desk drawer full of “about 100” CDs waiting to be reviewed for various publications and websites is “just a hobby,” he says.

The New Brunswick music journalist has had a busy few years, building up a name for himself as one of the province’s premiere music authorities, penning pieces for websites like Punknews.org and other newspapers in the region, including Exclaim! and Chart.

“It’s always busy,” he admits, “but it’s a hobby, which is why I do it for little to no money.”

But the years of writing up CDs and hitting up local shows have paid off.

A few months ago, he was chosen as one of 170 jurists, including local and national music journalists, broadcasters, and bloggers, on a cross-country panel to pick the final nominees for the Polaris Music Prize. The prize, which offers $20,000 to a full-length album, is chosen solely on artistic merit, without regard to genre or record sales.

Conoley was stoked to be a part of the initial jury, which includes big names like Matt Wells of MuchMoreMusic and a host of journalists from CBC, MacLeans, and the Globe and Mail.

But when he was chosen as a member of the elite, 11-person final judging committee – and the only person, he thinks, from the East coast – he couldn’t believe it.

“When they did the first [award], I was like, oh man, I’d love to be on the jury to pick that,” he says. “It’s big-time people who are usually on it. When I got to be on the big jury list I was like, okay, that’s great. I had absolutely no expectations [to go any further as a juror]. It was a huge surprise.”

For Conoley, it’s always been about the music.

“I was just into whatever,” he remembers, including Michael Jackson as an oldie-but-goodie from his salad days. “When I was in high school, me and my friends had an older brother who was into punk music, so we used to steal his tapes and copy them. Or one of them would buy a CD and we would all share it. It was like 1994, so there was no file sharing; we weren’t using the Internet. It’s a lot easier now [to find new music].”

So what’s in the reviewer’s iPod?

Monday Night Movie Series Red Road Red Road, a bristling, atmospheric thriller, plays at Tilley 102 this Monday, September 24, 2007.

Developed at the Sundance Screenwriters Lab and winner of a Special Jury Prize at the Cannes International Film Festival, Red Road rumbles with intensity. In the squalor of urban Glasgow, Jackie (Katie Dickie) works at a video surveillance firm that is in charge of protecting

people who live on a single block of Red Road. One day a man appears on her monitor, a man she thought she would never see again. That man is an ex-con named Clyde (Tony Curran). Clearly shocked to see him free from prison, Jackie begins stalking Clyde, compelled to confront him for his crimes. What mysterious history do they share, and why is Jackie so determined to punish this man?

Filmmaker Andrea Arnold keeps the audience guessing and the tension building as Red Road crescendos to an explosive finale.

113 minutes, UK/Denmark, 2007, English

Right now, a whole lot of Polaris, Conoley admits, including nominees Feist (“she’s got a huge voice”), Joel Plaskett Emergency (“the best thing to happen to the East coast in ten years”), and Julie Doiron (“she’s quite good; I was into her album before I [became part of the jury]”).

For Conoley, it’s all about taking musical risks.

“Personal taste is a big part of it, but [I look for] people who are taking chances,” he says. “Bringing a new sound, doing something that people aren’t doing. A lot of energy, something that makes you get up and get your butt moving.”

Conoley will fly to Toronto this week for the judging of the Polaris Music Prize, to be announced on September 24. Check out www.polarismusicprize. ca for more details.

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