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Volume 141 Issue 5 • As seen on last week’s Jeopardy! • UNB Fredericton’s student paper • Oct. 3, 2007

Family Violence Centre receives huge grant The Muriel McQueen Fergusson Centre for Family Violence Research has high hopes for cash

by Lauren Kennedy

The Muriel McQueen Fergusson Centre for Family Violence Research has received its largest grant in history.

They were awarded $2.1M from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) to develop a program where they conduct research across the country on the justice system and intimate partner violence in Canada.

Carmen Gill is the director of the Muriel McQueen Centre for Family Violence Research and is the principle investigator and director of the new initiative and could not be happier about the fact that they received this grant.

“We are extremely fortunate that we are the leader here at UNB and it’s quite interesting to lead a national network like this from New Brunswick,” Gill said.

It all started with a conference call in 2004 to other family violence research centres across the country to discuss the existing gaps in collected data regarding intimate partner violence or domestic violence research. It was during that call that the researchers realized they were unaware of what other groups were doing to solve the issue. Consequently, the academics and researchers came to a conclusion that there needed to be some kind of initiative that would allow for standard national data to be organized more effectively for the purpose of studying how the justice system responds to intimate partner violence.

Now, three years later, the dream of figuring out why there are gaps and differences has become a reality. Out of it was born a new entity: The Canadian Observatory.

“It’s not just for here in Canada,” explained Gill. “We are using it to establish a network of experts across the country and internationally as well.

This network will look more closely at how the justice system is responding to domestic violence.”

This is a grant that is planned out over seven years and while $2.1M may seem like a lot, Gill explains that the

money needs to be stretched out over that period.

“It’s big money at once but if you spend it all over seven years, it’s not much for a group of people involved.”

There have been no other initiatives like this in Canada that have gone in this direction. The main plan for the money is to get a sustainable network of experts up and running to interact with each other over this issue, because before this, everyone was doing their own individual research and it was not standardized.

“We all fall under the same criminal code,” says Gill, “but different provinces seem to handle cases in different ways.”

She says that the provinces are unable to compare data, as it is just not the same thing.

“It’s like comparing apples and oranges, at some point you can say they’re all fruit but that is as far as it goes,” she said.

This way, with a standardized process there will be available resources needed for experts to sit together and start sharing and debating ideas about how and why to conduct this type of research.

The implementation of this program has already begun. As Gill explains, they have the money now to work on a board of governance. The first conference call was made in September to start planning for everything and the first official face-to-face meeting with all parties involved is scheduled in Calgary in November.

The major goal is that in seven years, through various pilot projects, certain cases will be looked over and data will be collected to see if the chosen cases are comparable in any ways. The final objective will be the creation of a major data bank. Gill has hopes that the structure will continue to collect information so there is always an understanding of how the justice system handles domestic abuse in Canada.

“I don’t want to see an end. If it’s an end, it means that we will have solved the issue and there will be no need to look at how we are treating this in the country,” she said. “It’s a shame that this issue has been standard for so long and we still don’t have an answer of how it is making a difference in the lives of the victims, or even the abusers for that matter.”

The plan is to address this issue in research that is in both official languages and according to Gill, this is a very important issue to look at.

“I feel extremely privileged to be part of a network of such individuals and it’s really rare that you have this type of opportunity. As the leader, it is great to get a sense of where the justice system stands on domestic violence.”

Another win for the Ironmen

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The sun was shining on College Field Saturday afternoon as the UNB Ironmen defeated the Belleisle Rovers in men’s rugby by 26-22. Hosam Mobark, Jordan Bell, Zach Fitch, and Pat Parisi each scored a try for the men, and Matt Cole was able to kick three of four conversions. Coach Andy Duplissis commented on the performance by saying the men gave an overall good effort, and work is going into better control during loose play. The men are back on the field next Saturday against the Moncton Black Tide and Sunday against the Saint John Trojans at 2 pm.

Res Life acquires SUB, Aitken Centre

by Josh O’Kane

The past two years at UNB Residential Life and Conference Services have seen staff have come and go, deficits grow and then become balanced, buildings closed, and buildings saved from closure. Now, a restructuring of UNB’s VP Governance system has seen an increase in the services to be provided

by Res Life.

As of October 1, 2007, the newly completed name of Res Life is ‘Residential Life, Campus and Conference Services’ (RLCCS). The new ‘campus’ portion of the name comes from the new responsibilities being put in RLCCS’s hands, namely, on top of a series of contracts, that of the SUB and Aitken Centre. “‘Campus’ is there to provide coverage for the SUB and the Aitken Centre, which we’re now responsible for, both in terms of operating the buildings and hosting events,” explains James Brown, who is now Executive Director of RLCCS. The new responsibilities that lie in the hands of RLCCS are intended to generate greater congruence in services

across campus, many of which, but not all, RLCCS has previously handled.

“The goal is synergies,” says Brown; “taking advantage of similar functions, rather than dividing it up by the facility, like separating the Aitken Centre from the SUB from the Residences. Think about it in terms of function.”

“The changes were made in accordance with an ancillary review that has been ongoing for about five years,” says Brown. The most recent report from the group called for a thorough revamping of the way things get done.

Four directors are now under Brown to take charge of RLCCS’s various responsibilities: Ed Reid, Director of Finance and Operations; Angela Garnett, Director of Residential Life (Brown’s previous title); Michelle McNeil, Director of Conference Services; and Kim Norris, Director of SUB and Aitken Centre events. Reid, Garnett, and McNeil all held similar (but non-director) positions previous to the changes.

From a marketing standpoint, Brown says that the new venues and contracts in their hands are an excellent opportunity to sell the various products UNB has to offer. Michelle McNeil, who was previously the Conference Service Manager, is now in charge of marketing and booking the new venues, along with her other tasks.

“There needs to be a marketing func-

tion. Michelle McNeil is just exquisite at that function,” says Brown. “When people call, they’re often interested in three things: residence rooms, a place to hold meetings, and food services. So far, as the place to hold meetings was in the SUB anyway, she already had a relationship. We might as well finalize it and give her a distinct responsibility for selling it.”

Kim Norris is the former SUB Director, but is now in charge of directing events at the Aitken Centre as well.

Once events are booked, Brown says Norris will be coordinating the events and assuring that they happen.

The Residential Life aspect of RLCCS is virtually unchanged by the restructuring. However, because of Brown’s attention being focused on the new services and contracts, an old position is being recreated to take care of necessary residence issues. In the past, two coordinators looked after issues involving discipline, training, and leadership.

This was recently narrowed down to one position, but due to the need for more help, it is being recreated.

“Currently,” says Brown, “there is one permanent coordinator position, which is Erin Lee’s. She’s currently absent on maternity leave and will return in August. We did upgrade that position, as it used to be a term position…

Because Erin’s on maternity leave, we

were able to hire Tana Geiger as the maternity replacement. We’ve now created the second permanent position, and we know that Tana is going to be a candidate for that one.”

Though Res Life’s financial position has been shaky in recent years due to fewer beds being filled, Brown says that the synergized RLCCS unit intends to build its strength through all of its components.

“When I agreed to take this on,” he says, “the agreement was that our performance would at least equal the current performance. Virtually all the units we brought together have deficits. The Aitken Centre alone runs about $300,000 deficit per year. Our deficit this year was planned for about $630,000. The bookstore contract actually generates a net surplus. The other elements generate a net surplus, but they did so prior to becoming part of this area.

“From a university point of view, in the short term, the expectation is that we will work to those current budget plans. In the longer term, there’s an expectation that the synergies that come from us working together will drive more revenue than otherwise would have been the case.

“The ‘more revenue’ is quite modest,” says Brown. “We’re going to try and get above 3% for the year.”

Therapeutic writing sessions good for the soul, says teacher

by Naomi Osborne Living a life full of abuse, sexual and physical assault, addictions, failed relationships, and suicide attempts, Eve Mills Nash has been through a long process of physical healing to overcome it all.

As a child, she had many dreams and aspirations, but through life’s trials, she lost sight of them along the way.

It wasn’t until she was able to transcribe her painful memories into words that she truly learned the real healing process.

“I personally found the power that comes from putting your memories and your pain into words and placing them outside of yourself and onto paper,” said Nash.

Nash is teaching a personal enrichment course at UNB this fall. The course

is called “Rewriting Your Life: A Healing Exercise in Life Writing,” and is held every Monday evening.

She teaches this course in an effort to help students shape their life experiences into memoirs, short stories, and feature articles for publication.

As Nash began expressing her feelings with words, she learned how to monitor her progress, and found that putting pen to paper provided a safe outlet for her emotions.

“It also helped me store memories I might otherwise have forgotten and sometimes the writing would take over and give me new insights and hope,” she added.

Nash uses the principle of ‘transference’ to teach her students and help them rewrite their lives.

“By taking what is inside of you – the hurts and fears – and feeling it all as you write it down, you actually also transfer the feeling onto paper. It is outside of you then, and that is very empowering,” said Nash.

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Once the feelings are written down on paper it allows the person to take control of the particular event or feeling.

As soon as students feel in control of that situation, Nash said they generally feel the burden of their emotion lifted from their shoulders, and they can begin getting over what has been burdening them.

Nash has worked with youth on the

streets and dealt with areas of addiction, adults coping with mental illness, and abused women and children.

She graduated from St. Thomas University with a B.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies. Nash also has a Master’s Degree in Creative Writing from the University of New Brunswick and is Reality Therapy Certified.

Nash worked as a correspondent

reporter for the Daily Gleaner for several years in the 1980s and has been a journalist for over 25 years.

It was five years ago that Nash offered her first Life Writing Course independently to women.

“It was such an empowering experience for everyone, including me,” Nash said. “I had carefully created the format of the course to do two things: teach the fundamentals of creative writing and facilitate inner healing for all who might need it.”

The course that Nash now offers in UNB is a non-credit personal enrichment course, limited to only 12 students.

It’s part of the Personal and Cultural Enrichment Program at UNB, which runs as one of a variety of courses every fall and winter term. Marie Maltais, UNB Art Centre Director, says the courses are trying to pull in a host of different learners.

“First of all, they reach a range of audiences. We’ll probably be reaching

the non-traditional students who are working or someone who may just have an interest that they’ve never been able to pursue before,” Maltais said. “We’re sort of looking to develop the whole person in the sense that learning is actually a lifelong process.”

For Nash, it was mentor, and coauthor of her book, Kenneth J. Harvey that really inspired her own learning – her writing.

“I did all the writing but he was the one who challenged me to do it better and cheered me on when I said I couldn’t do it anymore, that it was just too painful,” said Nash “He wasn’t just my co-author, he acted as my priest at times. So, in a way, I try to do that for others.”

Nash teaches this course in hopes that she is able to help people reach their inner selves.

“I see my biggest role as the one who ignites the spark of creativity in others, helping them unleash the splendor within,” said Nash.

News

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Do class with Nerdnotes University Bookstore hosts Faculty Author Week

by Jessica Grzesik

Internet

by Jackie Heltz, The McGill Daily (McGill University)

MONTREAL (CUP) -- A new means of helping students balance academics with partying has been born into cyberspace.

Nerdnotes.ca is only three weeks old and more work is still needed, but the creators hope that the web site will catch on as a place where students can share their lecture notes from any class.

The online note-sharing project was launched by a group of McGill University economics and political science students.

Stefan Dimitriadis and two friends, Chloe and a Political Science student who calls himself “The Baboon,” first came up with the idea last fall.

According to Dimitriadis, he and his friends began trading notes in order to help them balance parties, relationships, and friends with the demands of academic life.

“The purpose of the web site is to let students help students, so hopefully the web site will make the university experience better for those who become a part of it,” he said.

The notes are not free, but the creators maintain they will keep the price of notes at a minimum — about $2.50 per lecture — to pay their contributors and cover the site’s operating costs.

“There are no other web sites devoted to supplying weekly notes, monitoring their quality, and funneling whatever income comes out of it to other students,” said Dimitriadis.

Several academic departments at McGill, including math and science, already have note-taking clubs. They require department permission to join, however, and notes usually cost between

$15 and $30 per semester.

The Biochemisry Undergradutate Society (BUGS) has run a note-taking club for more than ten years, for example, hires writers at $25 to $30 per lecture and an editor for each class at $100 per semester.

“Our system ensures that what students get is reliable,” said BUGS president Chelsea Meadler, adding that she did not believe Nerdnotes would drastically affect her organization’s sales.

Neil Issar, a former co-president of the Freshmen Undergraduate Science Society at McGill, said that Nerdnotes may not have the capacity to accurately judge the quality of the notes collected.

“If the students running the site aren’t actually in the classes for which they are posting notes, they can’t really ensure that the notes provided are as accurate and error-free as possible,” Issar said.

Some people are even wondering if Nerdnotes’ new service is even legal.

According to Patrick Neilson, a Drama and Theatre professor, charging for lecture notes without the professor’s permission could violate a professor’s intellectual property rights.

“It’s a little bit of a grey area. It’s the interpretation the note-taker puts on the ideas, but there have been instances when lectures have been recorded or posted on-line in violation of a professor’s intellectual property,” Neilson said.

But Dimitriadis maintained that departmental permission is not necessary.

“Departmental permission is not needed because the notes are only the student’s interpretation of what the professor says in class, not the lecture verbatim,” he said.

Other professors are concerned that the popularity of note-taking clubs might compromise the quality of one’s overall learning experience.

“Though we have to miss class sometimes and it’s good to be able to rely on someone, it shouldn’t become a habit,” said faculty-member Nicolás Gulino.

“Nothing compares to coming to class and taking notes yourself.”

The University Bookstore hosted their very first Faculty Author Week, which included ten authors from both STU and UNB campuses.

Kim Richard, the event’s organizer, explained that each author had something different to provide to students.

Each day, four authors were to showcase their books, beginning Monday, September 24 until Friday, September 28. Each presented their work to an audience of students compiling from both universities.

Richard is pleased with the turnout the event created and said that having a Faculty Author Week has been a great way to showcase the talent in and surrounding the campuses.

She introduced each author with an introductory biography, and hand-

be. All authors offered a book signing at the end of their readings, for those who had purchased a copy.

“It doesn’t matter what faculty you come from, all authors had interesting stories,” said Richard. “It was a very positive turnout, even though we would have liked to have seen more undergraduate students, as it is a good way to relate to your professor and see that they are more than just teachers. They have taken so much time to do research for their book.”

Plans for Faculty Author Week in the future are already in the works.

Richard says that they have hopes to make it an annual event, and hopefully in the future, a bi-annual event. She also hopes to make the readings from the authors more accessible to students and the community. Richard would love to so many people wanting to attend these events that they would have to turn people away due to maximum capacity.

Richard is looking to host some of the readings for next Faculty Author Week in the evening, so as to converge with

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picked the authors from memory, as various writers had previously shown an interest in this type of activity.

There was no trouble, Richard explains, getting authors to volunteer to do a reading.

“The authors were pleased to have a place where they could talk about their work; it wasn’t about turning a profit or selling books. It was about showing the community there are some incredibly talented people in this area,” said Richard.

Each author had a different platform for their readings, where most read excerpts from their published works and explained how their book came to

the students’ busy schedules, and says it is a challenge to figure out what to do for an event that will allow maximum attendance. She is even suggesting hosting the same type of event later in the semester because she believes September can be a busy time for students who are reintegrating into the routine of another year at university.

Some of the faculty authors on site during the week included Dennis Desroches, STU English Department; Michael Higgins, President and Vice Chancellor of St. Thomas University, and Ross Leckie, UNB English Department.

Copies of the showcased books, located in the faculty-authored sections, can be purchased at the Bookstore.

Papa don’t preach How to proceed after unprotected sex

by Greg Hudson, The Eyeopener (Ryerson University)

TORONTO (CUP) -- With the excitement of a new semester charging through campus, hook-ups are bound to happen. To make sure that the sex isn’t life-changing in a bad way, it’s best to be smart and plan ahead.

Free condoms are available at student centres and many other places around campuses. Use them.

But planning is a moot point if you wake up realizing you forgot to use protection. If, for whatever reason, you find yourself in that position, this is your guide to surviving forgetful fornication.

Step one: Vow to never be careless again.

Like you do after a night of binge drinking, or after an all-night essay writing session, pledge to never do it again.

But this time, keep it.

“Certainly, the more partners you have, your risk increases,” said Mickey, a sexual health counselor at the Hassle Free Clinic located near Ryerson University. Because the services they offer at the clinic are anonymous, the counselors opt to remain so as well.

Step two: Get tested.

Although it can be both emotionally and physically uncomfortable, it’s important to get tested for sexually transmitted infections after the event, says Lana Leitch, program assistant for Sexual Health Access in Calgary. “Just focus on the fact that getting tested for STIs is a responsible, empowering things to do, and you shouldn’t feel ashamed.”

Most STIs, such as gonorrhea, chlamydia, and the human papilloma virus (HPV) can be detected quickly and treated effectively. The testing itself might be uncomfortable, that fades in comparison to the dangers of living with an untreated STI. According to a sexual health counselor at Toronto Public Health who also insisted on anonymity, it isn’t necessarily effective to be tested the next day.

Whether the concern is pregnancy or infection, there isn’t a test that is effective immediately.

Step three: Know your options If your major fear is an unwanted pregnancy, you do have an alternative to the stress of waiting. Plan B, also called the morning-after pill, is now available over the counter without a prescription.

According to Leitch, if taken within the first 24 hours after unprotected sex, it will prevent 95 per cent of unwanted pregnancies. The set of two pills, which taken together are a high dose of hormones that prevent ovulation, become less effective the longer they are taken after the act.

“As far as STIs are concerned, if you are having unprotected sex, there isn’t much you can do,” the Toronto Public health counselor said.

However, if you have had unsafe sex with a person who is known to have HIV or is high risk, you might qualify for a Post Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP), which can serve as a morning after pill for HIV but the results are not proven “I don’t think the hospital will even administer it as a safeguard because there has to be medical guidelines and perimeters, certain thresholds need to met before those drugs are administered,” said Mickey.

Because the PEP is potentially toxic, and ranges from $600 to $1,200, its prescription and administration is governed by a doctor.

Step four: Get tested again.

Syphilis and HIV can’t be detected until as many as three months after the possible infection. Unlike other STI’s, these two dangers require a blood test.

Finally, step five: Get informed and get treated.

Because some STIs are asymptomatic, many people are infected ignorantly. For this reason, if you get infected, tell the person who infected you.

HPV is especially tricky since it transmitted via skin contact. Condoms don’t help.

“Some doctors call it the common cold of sex,” said Leitch. “It’s something that most people will get at sometime in their sexual life. Up to 80 per cent will have HPV whether they know it or not.”

One hopes sex, safe or not, will not lead to anything drastic. If it does, it’s important to remember that you are not alone, no matter what the situation is.

“Any form of unprotected sexual activity does carry a certain level of risk.

It is your ability to negotiate and manage that risk that is most important,” Mickey said.

For more information on STIs and sexual health in general, students can check out the hassle free clinic on the web at HassleFreeClinic.com.

A look at the Student Disciplinary Code

by Jordan Gill

An increase in public drunkenness, loud parties, numerous citations for open liquor, underage drinking, vandalism, and couch burnings has solicited unwanted attention on the collective student bodies of UNB and STU. This attention has brought calls from the city, police, and residents of Graham Avenue asking The University of New Brunswick to extend its Student Disciplinary Code outside the university gates.

UNB has committed to work with the city, the police, and the student body to end these acts of vandalism, thereby improving the relationship between students and residents of this area. Despite this commitment, they have fallen short of the city’s will, whereas residents of the College Hill area have refused to extend UNB’s Disciplinary Code, which binds students on school property, to influence their behaviour outside of it, citing

Canadian law as the barrier.

Many UNB students feel their university did the right thing.

“It’s not their [university] responsibility” remarked first year student, Ben Thibault.

Thibault went as far as to say that even if UNB bent to pressure, he can’t see it working. “[It may work] a bit, but not enough. They’re not in high school; they’re going to do whatever they want.”

At the same time, the neighbouring St. Thomas University is promising to

open up its Student Disciplinary Code to possibly extend academic penalties to crimes committed off campus.

UNB claims that even though they are not extending their Code towards off campus activities, they have a plan.

In a press release issued Tuesday, September 25, the UNB administration states, “....we’re working with students, municipal officials, and the police to address off-campus issues.” They plan to do this by being part of Mayor Brad Woodside’s sub-committee ‘Good Neighbours, Good Neighbourhoods’.

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Issue 5 • October 3, 2007 • 3

Pushing for a cause

by Naomi Osborne

It began 15 years ago with a cause, a bed, and hope. Every September and October, Neville, and now Neville/ Jones residents, have invaded the streets of Fredericton, New Maryland, and Oromocto looking for donations from residents.

The infamous Neville/Jones Bed Push is underway again. It is reputedly the longest standing residence tradition at UNB. Currently, the event supports Fredericton’s Women in Transition House, Inc. The transition house shelters women and their children who are victims of violence and abuse.

It is Evan Scott’s second year working with the Bed Push, where this year he is the event’s coordinator. He has been working all summer to plan the event and makes sure the whole process goes smoothly.

“Already, I’ve put in countless hours,” said Scott. “It’s a lot of free work that nobody really sees because you have to do it while everyone thinks there is nothing going on.”

Last year was the most successful year for the Bed Push, bringing in $25,500.

This year, their public goal is to reach $20,000.

The event will start October 19, when Neville/Jones House busses to Saint John and arrives at Lancaster Mall to assemble the bed. The group will then take turns pushing the bed all the way from Saint John’s west side to the Boyce Farmer’s Market in Fredericton.

“It’s like a convoy. We have a lead escort of a cop car and we have a van which pumps up the music to motivate the runners,” said Scott. “Then there is the bed, and behind that there are two school busses with the rest of the guys.”

The Bed Push works so that there are only four people pushing the bed at a

time. They also have a follow van that is there incase anyone falls off of the bus or needs to stop for a bathroom break.

“It’s a run, it’s not a jog. You’re almost sprinting for a minute. You put your hand up and we sub out,” said Scott. “There are people who fall off the bus, because it doesn’t stop and it’s going about 10-15 clicks.”

Students literally have to jump off and onto the bus as the night goes on. Inside the bus the energy is high. “It’s a huge thing,” said Scott, “that the residents really get pumped up for.”

Their main fundraising event is the canvassing. Last year, the door-to-door counts added up to $21,000 alone. The House also does many other fundraising events to help promote the cause.

They held a golf tournament at the Carman Creek Golf Course, where they raised $500. This past weekend, they had a flag football tournament where they usually average $400-$500.

They are also holding a wet/dry event at the Social Club on October 10 in support of the event. Last year, they had Labatt as their major sponsor, but for this year their major sponsor is still up in the air.

“Right now we are still in the process of working out the details, there have been a couple of sponsors coming to us.

We’re still trying to get a feel for what’s out there,” said Scott.

There are over one hundred participants this year, not including extra help and alumni. The annual Bed Push is a lot of work, although most do not realize it to be so. It is also a bonding experience for the residents of Neville/ Jones House.

“It’s a lot of work, but it’s an event that brings the House together,” said Scott. “There is always a time in a house where people don’t know each other, but once they get out there and start fundraising, they all just give their everything.”

The Bed Push itself is a 12 hour run.

The group will arrive at 10am sharp at the Boyce Farmer’s Market on Saturday October 20. Everyone is invited to come out and greet the students as they give the bed one last push.

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Fredericton women are taking back the night

by Lauren Kennedy

This past Friday night, on September 28, the local Fredericton ‘Take Back the Night March’ and rally was held in partnership with the Fredericton Sexual Assault Center.

Jenn Gorham was the coordinator for the event and sat on the committee that planned it. As such, she explains that the March is a time for women to come together and support each other and not let fear stand in their way. The March is an opportunity for women to come together and protest sexual violence against women.

“The March is an opportunity for women to come together and protest sexual violence against women. This is an issue that is still so taboo and so hidden,” she said. “So this March is symbolic of that darkness that surrounds it.”

There was some concern that the weather may hold the women back and they may have to make alternate plans, but as the weather improved, it was a beautiful night for the event, explained Gorham.

The March started promptly at 8, and at 7:50, Gorham said it was neat for her, as she was the event’s emcee, to see no one there, then all of a sudden to see all the people come.

“It was really cool from my perspective to see the women just come from all sides of the street and come out of

the darkness.”

It began on Queen Street, went to Westmorland, George, Regent and then back to Queen.

Afterwards, there were speeches given which seemed to invoke a sense of power and togetherness for the women that were at the rally. As Gorham describes it, she found it very empowering and moving as she observed the rally. It got the women that were there really fired up about the recent status of women.

It is Gorham’s second year doing the event, but this year, she had more of a hand in organizing it. The plans for this event started back in May. “I was really involved in the planning and saw how much work went into something like this. There were 160 women at the event and just seeing them shows that all the hard work pays off,” she said. “It was nice to see all the involvement of the women; I thought it was amazing and everyone seemed to have a good time.”

Unfortunately these days, women are still unable to walk the streets alone at night and feel 100% safe. With the recent college attacks that happened in Ontario at the beginning of this school year, it has made it even clearer that students, and especially women, need to stand up and fight for a feeling of safety.

Many women feel still feel unsafe, as in many situations, as rape, sexual assault, and domestic abuse are often deemed ‘crimes of silence’, simply because not many women feel comfortable enough to speak out against these issues in public.

For Gorham, she feels this should still be an issue in the public eye until something can be done about it.

“The March itself will only become irrelevant when women everywhere are safe from all forms of sexual violence,” she said.

The future of UNB: A presidential perspective UNB President John McLaughlin and UNBSJ VP Kathryn Hamer discuss the need for a Saint John campus and UNB’s strategy going forward

by Josh O’Kane The Post-Secondary Education Commission report ‘Advantage New Brunswick’ has generated a slew of controversy across the province regarding its recommendations for several university and college campuses across the province.

The greatest amount of contention has stemmed from the proposal of creating a new school, the ‘Saint John Polytechnic’, which would be reborn from the existing UNB Saint John and NBCC Saint John campuses.

Dr. John McLauglin, President of UNB, says that the polytechnic news, which leaked before the official release of the Report, came as a surprise.

“This had not been something that had come up through public discourse,” says McLaughlin. “There was an environment of uncertainty and concern.

That was the initial reaction.”

Having had some time to develop a stance, McLaughlin says that UNB is working towards generating a rapport with the government geared towards the benefits of keeping UNB as a bi-campus university.

McLaughlin agrees with the intentions of the report, he says, as it ties back to the needs of students on an ongoing basis and in the future. He believes that the ultimate debate – and the need for such a study to be done – is finding balance between strengthening access to post-secondary studies and preserving, while enhancing, quality.

He has an array of arguments which match the intent of the report, while maintaining a greater cohesion among existing post-secondary education institutions instead of creating new ones.

“We have to address the real needs of our students,” he says. “On one hand is the student-centered focus, promoting access and equality. On the other hand, it’s also crystal clear that post-secondary education is also critically important to the community as a whole. As we strengthen our society and strengthen our social institutions, and just try to improve the quality of life in New Brunswick, we have a critically important role to play.”

He argues that both the university system, as well as the community college system, need strengthening; that the community college system needs greater resources and more independence, while the four public universities come together.

“They all have an important role to play,” says McLaughlin. “There must be ways that we can share all kinds of facilities, like infrastructure, IT, and international recruitment. We should look at shared programs going forward, centers of excellence, you name it.

There’s got to be a lot of ways we can take these four institutions, bring them much closer together, and develop not only additional resources, but also free up resources caused by duplication to reinvest.”

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McLaughlin also argues for continu- fact that we’ve been coming together ous education and greater flow between in New Brunswick, we’ve got a New institutions, which was another recom- Brunswick solution that is bringing mendation in the report. the systems closer together. We can’t UNB Saint John is the main thread of afford any more duplication of division. contention for UNB, as it is critical for I don’t understand why we need to go the institution to maintain its national that route.” university campus, says McLaughlin.

UNB Saint John Vice President Kath“If we’re going to be a national player, ryn Hamer says that though her initial if we’re going to provide our share shock at the polytechnic proposal was of national leadersurprise, she has moved ship, and if New “Universities on to considering the Brunswick is going plan of attack. have to take best“We’re to be a contributor focusing on the long and a player, then how to best respond,” we need to support says Hamer. “On what term view... a national univerkinds of alternative sity.” suggestions we can this is our Most of the make, what extra value long-term province’s research is added to the commucomes out of the nity by the university.” vision and two campuses of She, too, believes UNB, which, he we’ll be there the Commission Resays, is probably port considers univerforever the smallest unisities and colleges to versity in the run- fighting for be two unrelated piers, ning for national and thinks that New it.” status. Regardless, Brunswick, and even -UNB President that doesn’t change the city of Saint John, John McLaughlin its position as such. already have a good Between the two system that amalgamcampuses, a variety of research and ates the two units. professional studies are available, thanks “We think that Saint John already to the bi-campus system. has considerable assets in terms of the “Whether it’s law, engineering, com- community college and the university puter science, business, or forestry; these campus… So we think that instead of programs all require national accredita- taking down two institutions and possition. That means we’ve got to have the bly a really good program, then rebuildresources, the standards, the labs, the big ing from the ground up, we should be facilities – and you’ve got to be able to encouraging the assets we already have, attract your share of world class faculty. and building on the partnerships with You are judged against your national the community colleges that have been peers upon a regular basis. If you’re go- developing.” ing to have strong programs in forestry, In particular, UNB Saint John exengineering, or IT, or whatever, we’ve clusively offers a Bachelor of Health got to be able to continue to have the Sciences program in conjunction with resources to support them.”

NBCC-SJ. Hamer says partnerships One example he cites is the Canadian such as this have been developing over Rivers Institute, which has Canada Re- the past ten years. search Chairs in both Fredericton and She holds the belief that a UNB Saint John, with graduate students presence in Saint John is important for anchored at both campuses. Between all parties involved, and is prepared to the two campuses, says McLaughlin, defend keeping the campus there.

UNB had the resources to become an “We are anxious to have an opinternational partner with the United portunity to have a dialogue with the Nations. government to reach a resolution for Aside from the need to keep UNB what’s going to be a win for everybody,” Saint John open, McLaughlin, an she says. “We know that a strong UNB Engineering professor, says that New is something that does contribute and Brunswick isn’t necessarily in need of can contribute to New Brunswick, and polytechnic institutions, because its we very much want to be a part of that current system works. In Ontario, he contribution. says, where there’s a greater gap between Students have been leading much of colleges and universities, the system may the public awareness of the benefits of have been more necessary.

“It may be a model that makes sense elsewhere, I don’t know, but given the

keeping the Saint John campus open, and that the protest two weeks ago was put together by students.

“Our students organized an absolutely impeccable event,” says Hamer.

“They had looked after every detail right from getting the city transit to send extra buses up there and riding our students for free... They kept it low key and they kept it focused and of course faculty were included. As were staff, as were members of retired faculty, alumni, interested bystanders, city councilors… all were a part of it – but it was really a student initiative.

“I’m often proud of our students, but rarely as proud as I was of them on Monday.”

John McLaughlin encourages students to do what they can to show the importance of UNB Saint John.

Hamer says Fredericton students have been important in the process as well.

“We’ve been really grateful for the support we’ve been shown from our colleagues in Fredericton. I know the students have felt the same way – that they’re really welcoming any evidence of support that comes from their counterparts on the Fredericton campus. We often live pretty separate existences, but this is one time when the institution really does matter – all the parts of it.”

“Be out there, writing pieces, gauging people on an individual basis, meeting with whatever groups they can…

Anything that students can do in a thoughtful and constructive fashion, to help create a more positive environment, an environment where we all recognize the need for a change.”

He says he’s looking at the long-term perspective.

“Universities have to take the long term view. UNB is more than 200 years old, and UNB will be around for another 100-150 years. There may be lots of short-term bumps and detours along the way, but this is our long-term vision and we’ll be there, forever fighting for it.”

Last week via e-mail, the President opened up the chance for all of UNB to input their thoughts on the situation in a series of focus groups between Fredericton and Saint John. Submissions were accepted until Friday, September 28.

When asked about his thoughts on Rick Miner, a former Vice President of UNB Saint John and co-author of the report, McLaughlin had little to say.

“Right now, I am completely focused on going forward with the conversation with the government.”

Comments & Letters Love, Sex and Your Father’s Sock Drawer A Column

by John McLovin

Episode the second Good evening class. I trust you all enjoyed your weekend and you are now, once again, set to embark on your epic quest for knowledge. I would also like to extend a heartfelt congratulations to all the guys I saw out at the bars who followed my advice from last week and avoided getting slapped in the face while trying to court one of the many fine lasses on the dance floor.

Yet despite my efforts to reach you men out there, I still saw way too many creepers lurking up behind girls… Hoping that perhaps their luck will change…

“Maybe she will be drunk enough not to mind… Maybe she’ll like this whole sweat and cheap aftershave smell I have going on… Oh, the possibilities.” Of course by the time creeper in the blue checked shirt gets his imagination rolling at steady pace, girl A has already been creeped out and has setup one of those dancing walls. A few dudes here, a few girls there… Creeper successfully blocked.

Anyway, I think that I would be beating a dead horse if I were to continue to try and help every hopeless horn-dog out there, so this issue is going to focus on those of you who were successful the other night. You made the eye contact, you acted casually, introduced yourself, she smiled, you smiled… and then like all good love stories, you made out fiercely in front of 300 other people.

Again, I can’t judge you. I wouldn’t dare. I still remember my first Nicky Zee’s make-out… Her name was…

Umm… Well that doesn’t really matter in the long run. The point is that you managed to stick your tongue down some girl’s throat in front of all your friends. Good job. Call your mom after the bar, trust me: she is going to want to hear about it.

Alright, so here’s the deal with bar

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make out sessions: they tend to end once the lights come on and you realize that the hot exotic looking chick was actually either a) 80 lbs heavier than you had thought b) has these weird googly eyes that never stay still (of course some men find that very attractive! Love you, Sweetie!) or c) she turns out to be Carlos, that Portuguese exchange student in your English class… Awkward.

OK, so lets pretend that she/he wasn’t hideous and that perhaps you don’t instantly regret it. Needless to say, most of these 45 minute relationships will end on the dance floor, never to be spoken of again… Except when the pictures hit Facebook and your mom sees them, calls you, and wants to know who your new girlfriend is and when she is coming over for dinner.

You then get into this whole awkward and completely false conversation where you make up excuses as to why you and your “girlfriend” can’t come over for dinner some night… And after three months of faking a relationship you finally come clean at Christmas after your mother actually bought a present for her… And ugh… What a mess…

Anyway, where was I? Right, so you and Ol’Googly Eyes exchange names, you leave the bar, you

forget her name, and you pass out on a couch somewhere. The end, right?

Wrong. You forgot about a key aspect of the random make out, which happens to be today’s lesson. Aren’t you lucky.

Lesson 2 How to survive the awkward meal hall encounter between you and your random make out partner, without looking like a douchebag or a desperate attention starved loser (even if you really are).

Step 1) OK shit, she saw you. No getting out of this one. You are both waiting in line for an omelet and there is no way you are giving up your spot in the omelet line just to avoid some chick.

Congratulations, you’ve past step one.

Don’t run away. It has been scientifically proven that it takes someone 4.56 seconds to recognize someone they drunkenly made out with. So unless you can discreetly slip out of the way before that time frame is up… Man up and don’t bail.

Step 2) Saying hello. This is important. A simple grunt or head nod will not cut it here. Think about it: despite how drunk you were, you shared bodily fluids with this person for 45 minutes straight. Show some respect! It’s not just awkward for you, as it’s not like

she is particularly proud of making out with some 120 lbs. kid from Truro who still thinks taking off his baseball hat in class is a bit too much to ask… Grrr, I hate that guy. A simple, “Hey, how’s it going?” should suffice. Obviously, you aren’t overly concerned about how things are actually going… But it sounds like you might.

Step 3) Awkward conversation.

There may be no getting around this one, so embrace it. Joke about it a bit; show that you have a sense of humor.

But please, for your sake and for the other person’s pride…Keep your voice down. No one else needs to know about how drunk you were.

Just a side note about step 3: There will be times that this step should be excluded completely. Sometimes it is best to let a sleeping dog lie and pretend like it didn’t happen and that you know this person some other way… Not because you tried to swallow her face. Use your discretion, and feed off the cues of the other person. Don’t force the awkwardness if it doesn’t need to be there.

Step 4) The goodbye. OK, so you got your delicious omelet and you are ready to go find your friends to tell them about how awkward this all just was.

Time to close the deal. End the transaction. And it is as easy as this: “Hey, well I’ve got to get going, I’m sure we’ll awkwardly run in to each other again sometime. Later!”

That’s what I would say. You may want to change it a little. Again, use your discretion. If you don’t know what that means, you really should look it up. You’re going to need a lot of it if you plan on making out with more randoms, you slut.

Of course, all these steps are useless if the girl or guy you made out with turns out to be decent and you wouldn’t mind getting to know them. But let’s be realistic. You probably didn’t strike gold… You probably just got yourself a mouthful of potash or sawdust. Better luck next time, sportsfan!

Tune in next week as I contemplate these possible subjects: Is it supposed to burn like that?

Why guys just don’t dig your googly eyes: a narrative poem.

Falling in love with your prof. I never knew biostatistics could be so…. Sexy! *drool* See you next time!

The Message Not to Be Lost Rousing The Rabbles

by Nick Oulette I live in Neville/Jones House, where we have strong beliefs. We believe that every person, man or woman, is born with dignity. We believe that every child should have the right to live free from

harm. We believe that violence and abuse, whatever their form, are wrong.

And we believe that there is a serious problem in our society.

Transition houses in New Brunswick provide shelter and support for hundreds of women each year. Add to that the number of crisis calls these houses receive, and it is clear that transition houses are a much needed resource.

Without them, women and children who suffer at the hands of domestic abuse would be forced to continue to

live in coercive, demeaning, and often violent situations. The problem is that these shelters are even necessary. It is simply unacceptable.

In Neville/Jones House, it is not enough for us not to be violent. So fifteen years ago, our house began a journey: the Bed Push journey. It began as a fundraiser. It has evolved into a marathon. And it lies at the heart of our residence traditions. But, more than anything, it’s the belief that we can live in a society where transition houses aren’t needed.

Every fall, the men of Neville/Jones join together in a citywide canvassing campaign in support of Women in Transition House, Inc (WITH). Most residents already know us and are happy to see us arrive at their doors asking for donations. Since the beginning of this school year, we have held golf and flag football tournaments. We’ve been at the mall, and we’ll be at the Boyce Farmers’ Market collecting donations the weekend after Thanksgiving.

And when it’s all said and done, we will push a wheeled bed from Saint John to Fredericton. We cover 106 km in about 10 hours, and will arrive at the Boyce Farmers’ Market with the bed on the morning of October 20. The overnight journey is a symbol of our commitment to this cause.

The success of Bed Push is a reflection of our region’s dedication to this message as well. The generosity of Fredericton, New Maryland, and Oromocto grows significantly each year. Since 1993, we have raised over $160,000 for WITH, and the last four years have seen our house set fundraising records.

Last year alone, we collected $25,500 for the cause.

But despite this and our efforts to raise awareness about the issue, it is not enough. Unfortunately, transition houses are still necessary. So Neville/ Jones is running the Bed Push again, and we ask that you join in our efforts to increase support for the transition house and the programs it offers. We will never know the women and children who seek its shelter, but this funding is important in helping them establish life after the transition house.

On October 20, I will finish the seventh Bed Push since I arrived at UNB in 2001. Over that time, I’ve seen my residence raise over $100,000 for the transition house.

But it is too easy to get caught up in the money a charity collects and to focus on dollar figures alone. It is easy for a message to get lost, so I want to remind you.

You will see us canvassing doorto-door this fall, and you will see us with the bed, fundraising at the Boyce Farmers’ Market. You will even see us running on the trails of Fredericton, training for this year’s Bed Push trek.

We will certainly appreciate any financial support you offer for Women in Transition House, Inc. But, regardless of the money we raise, please keep our message in mind. It is consistent, clear, and unwavering: Violence against women is wrong, and it must end.

For more information about the Neville/Jones Bed Push, email push@ nevillejones.ca.

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.

eic@unb.ca • October 3, 2007

Becoming more understanding Dear Editor: (This is going to get personal, and a bit confessional. I apologize on both counts.)

I attend a poetry workshop every Thursday night. After class, the students usually go over to Nowlan House for beer – we’ve never managed to get the entire group there at once, but at least a few of us always go.

Last Thursday, only two people wanted to drink: me and a friend.

Thing is, the friend is openly lesbian.

I’m straight. I thought it might be a bit uncomfortable, with just the two of us – I skipped out and went home.

A bit uncomfortable – for who? Probably not for her. Probably for me. After all, I wouldn’t want people to think I’m a lesbian too.

Would I avoid going to a vegetarian restaurant with a vegetarian for fear someone would think I was a vegetarian? No. Would I be seen alone with a Muslim? Conservative? Catholic? Would I mind if someone mistook me for one of those? No – I might not even bother

correcting their mistake.

The most subtle and most durable feature of homophobia is the fear of being identified with the ‘transgressive’ group. If a person is afraid of being identified with a group, they are afraid of that group’s existence. Hostility toward the name ‘lesbian’ belies hostility toward lesbians – and even if these feelings are suppressed, intellectualized and otherwise repackaged, a bigot is still a bigot.

In fact, the almost-open-minded may do more social damage than that zealot on the streetcorner with his “Keep the Dykes in Dutchland” poster. The flagrant and aggressive bigot will only affirm and satisfy his similar-minded peers. The almost-open-minded can hurt from the inside – an enemy is better than a fair-weather – or ‘umbrella-conscious’ – friend.

I apologize and promise to improve both my behavior and thinking. I will with whomever I want to.

Stephanie York

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Watching over the North

by Paul Owen, The Gateway (University of Alberta)

EDMONTON (CUP) -- What’s the difference between the Canadian Arctic and my freezer?

There are many very answers to this joke, and most of them like “the Arctic is only frozen eleven months of the year” or “My ice trays aren’t worth billions of dollars” and “The Russians never planted a flag on my frozen peas” aren’t funny in the least. Nor should they be — Arctic sovereignty is no laughing matter.

In response to a recent increase in foreign interest in the region, caused by less recent discoveries of oil, gold and diamonds, the Canadian government is planning to build a sophisticated, hitech fibre optic monitoring system in the Northwest Passage to keep tabs on both ship and submarine travel.

Canada’s grip on the Arctic has slipped ever since the downsizing of the military following the end of the Cold War. While continuing early-warning bases in the Arctic outlived its purpose, the military presence in the region was necessary because it’s largely devoid of people. According to the 2006 Census, about 70,000 residents live in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut combined. This puts about 0.037 people on every square kilometre in the former and 0.016 in the latter. With almost a third of those folks centred in Yellowknife, the spread is even thinner.

The Arctic would be a lot more secure if there were a major economic centre consisting of people who strongly recognize themselves as Canadian.

Perhaps the government wasn’t expected to maintain superfluous Canadian Armed Forces bases there just to keep a solid grip on the North, but they should have taken other measures to encourage more people to relocate there. Because there isn’t a deep water port in the Northwest Passage or in an Eastern Arctic centre like Iqaluit, the economy is severely limited almost year-round as various bays and inlets that towns are built on freeze up in the colder months.

Food, especially of the fresh variety, is difficult to come by since the land is so difficult to farm. Attempts to do so in Rankin Inlet in the ’60s and ’70s only resulted in fatter polar bears. Most of the remote towns are forced to pay double for milk and bread or survive on whatever the barge brings in when the ice finally melts enough for it to dock.

While the government offers enticing incentives to federal employees who agree to work in the North, these same incentives have yet to stretch to private companies. While the population is steadily growing for both the North West Territories and Nunavut, neither has experienced the boom necessary to tighten Canada’s hold on the region.

And while more natural resources are discovered in the Arctic all the time, older mines are shutting down, making that work even more unpredictable for potential relocaters.

If the government is serious about establishing dominance in the North, it’s going to have to take a little more action than what boils down to a fancy sonar setup. Until they do, there’s a serious risk of finding Yuri and Ivan in the kitchen, bogarting all the curly fries.

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Issue 5 • October 3, 2007 • 5

by Paul Knoechel, The Gateway (University of Alberta)

EDMONTON (CUP) -- The educational system in this country is failing our children once again as thousands of students in our universities are only getting a sub-par post-secondary experience.

I’m not referring to poor math classes in high schools or easily cheated university exams. I’m talking about the insidious campaign against peer pressure that has convinced all of us to denounce a practice we should be embracing.

Now, I’m not saying you should should abandon your morals and selfrespect to sleep with that hottie in your class, nor should you tie a cinder block to your cock or tits just to be cool. But to totally denounce a practice that is essentially an evolved form of truth or dare is lunacy.

You won’t be able to recall anyone campaigning against truth or dare, and that’s because it’s so damn fun. Peer pressure should be enjoying this same

reputation too.

Think about the last really awesome night you had — the one where you lied about where you were going, got splashed, ended up seeing Snoop Dogg somehow and still made it out of wherever you crashed early enough the next morning to make to your 8 a.m. class. Chances are, someone pressured you into it.

Before that, you were probably saying to yourself, “Damn, that Friday morning lecture is going to come real early — I better get a good night’s sleep,” and then your friends called you a lame-ass and you thought better of that early bedtime.

It was just the one decision — and perhaps a well-timed tequila shot or two — that kept you from missing the best night of partying you’d have all semester, and it’s all thanks to peer pressure.

Bringing out your inner partier isn’t all peer pressure is good for as a sense of camaraderie is born from it as well.

I’m willing to bet your closest group of friends have dragged you away from the solitude of studying and taken you out to a K-Y wrestling match on more than one occasion. And that’s part of the reason you’re all friends: You know when the others need to be pressured

into having some fun, or just to destress. Besides, next time around, you’ll be the one getting them out of some sissy Saturday afternoon trip to Bed, Bath and Beyond with their significant others and out to enjoy some beers with the group.

Peer pressure can help make you a better person altogether. Sometimes, there are things that we want to do, but a mixture of fear and apprehension freezes us in our tracks. Sometimes, we need our peers around us, pressuring us into doing something we really want to do, so that we may grow as people and conquer our fears. It may be as significant as getting over a deep-seated phobia or as small as trying to master your very first beer bong. Whatever the case, you’ve got peer support to guide you through so when you come out the other side, you can triumphantly exclaim, “Fill it up again! It’s so good when it hits your lips!”

University students one and all, it’s time to embrace peer pressure and cast off the implications that it’ll ruin your life or result in you jumping off bridges.

It’s time for all of you to join me for some late-night streaking through the Quad — to show our support for affordable student housing, of course.

Come on, you know you wanna.

Has technology changed our expectations of how we communicate with others?

Mugwump

by Tony von Richter

A few weeks ago, I was sitting in class during a discussion regarding the advent of technology, and how it has made businesspeople need to be available 24 hours a day, seven days a week because that’s what their customers now expect. This got me thinking that technology hasn’t only changed the business world to be 24/7, but just basic human interaction has been totally changed to a round-theclock schedule as well.

Just think about the last time you couldn’t get in touch with someone.

Whereas in the past, it would be a minor annoyance (well, depending on how important it was to talk to this person) and simply a case of someone not being by their phone, now it’s a source of major frustration due to the number of ways to contact someone.

It almost seems impossible that between someone’s home phone, maybe a work phone, their cell phone, multiple e-mail addresses, and their Facebook account that someone is unavailable, which therefore makes people angry when it happens.

What’s the source of all this frustration, however? Is it simply the inability to speak with someone about a matter that could probably wait until later anyway? That’s certainly part of it, but I

believe that these frustrations are caused more by impatience than by not being able to speak with someone.

With the Internet becoming more and more ingrained with our lives each year, we are becoming accustomed to getting whatever information we want, when we want it. Subsequently, this has lead to us expect this in pretty much every other aspect of our lives, which results in frustration when we can’t get things as we want them.

So if we have become so dependant on technology should we go the other way and begin to use it less and less? Should we revert to how we did things in the early to mid-’90s, when the Internet and cell phones weren’t as prevalent as they are today?

Of course not: Technology has made our lives immeasurably easier so it would be foolish to abandon the tools we have developed just because we have become a bit too dependant on them.

Perhaps what we should do, however,

is put technology back in perspective.

Just because we now have the ability to be connected to everyone else at all times doesn’t mean that we should expect others to be available at all times to answer us, because if we’re expecting people to be available at our every whim, that means that people will expect the same of us, and I don’t think that too many of us want to be available around the clock.

Overall I think that technology has changed our expectations for how we interact with each other, and conditioned us to expect everything to be done immediately regardless of the time or day of the week. Is this the worst thing in the world though?

No, certainly not, personally I like that I can pick up my laptop at 2 a.m. and get some work done rather than just staring at the ceiling. I just think that because we can do work in the middle of the night we shouldn’t be expecting others to be doing so as well.

What’s your favorite pirate slang?

Where has all the rum gone?

Adam McDowell

Shiver me timbers Alex Guitar

Arrrr!

Amy Miller & Kate Kingston

Those who fall behind get left behind Johnathan Clarke

Arrr, Adam, ya got to eat some vegetables or it’s scurvy you’ll have Jay Smith

Huzzah!

Adam Kosnick

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brunswickansports@gmail.com • October 3, 2007

Cougars take share of lead in Atlantic Division

Women’s Volleyball SMU - 3 UNB - 1 Saturday, September 29th Men’s Hockey UNB - 7 Waterloo - 1 Women’s Volleyball UNB - 1 U de M - 3 UNB - 3 STFX - 0 Sunday, September 30th Women’s Volleyball UNB - 3 MUN - 0 Men’s Soccer CBU - 0 UNB - 0

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Ryan Corey threw four shutout innings in relief against SMU on Sunday, picking up the win.The Cougars finished the season with an 11-5 record. struck out six while walking just one.

UNB took the lead in the second inning, and managed to build up a 5-0 cushion after the third. Travis Gaudet continued his hot work at the plate, going 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored. Ryan Corey picked up two RBIs for the Cougars, going 1-for-2 with a walk.

The Cougars were back on the field to face SMU on Sunday afternoon, with Andrew McNeill taking the ball for the home side. UNB got off to a rocky start, with McNeill being tagged for four runs in the opening inning.

UNB managed to pull within one run, but surrendered another two runs in the third to fall behind 6-3. McNeill was lifted for reliever Ryan Corey after the third, which seemed to spark the Cougars.

After scoring one in the fourth, UNB exploded for five runs in the fifth to take

an 8-6 lead. Corey pitched four scoreless innings in relief, striking out three while leading UNB to their tenth victory on the season.

Jacob Smith led the UNB offense, going 3-for-3 with two RBIs and two runs scored. Andrew MacLaggan also picked up two RBIs, while Phil Brown, Brad Lawson, and Jared Doyle each knocked in a run.

UNB managed 10 hits off SMU pitching on the day, but struggled defensively at times. The team committed three errors, but was able to make up for the miscues with their bats.

The Cougars wrapped up the weekend by completing the sweep of St. Mary’s, downing the Huskies 15-14 in a run-filled affair.

UNB jumped out to a quick 7-0 lead after the first inning, lighting up SMU starter Simon Davis. The Huskies chipped away, however, and managed to

take a 10-9 lead after four innings.

A six-run fourth knocked Cougars starter Alex Yaychuk from the game.

Shane Guptill came into the game in relief, but did not fare much better, giving up four runs in just one inning of work.

The game looked to be out of reach in the seventh, when SMU took a 14-11 lead into the bottom of the inning.

The Cougars staged their second huge comeback of the day, however, scoring four runs off pitcher Mike Butler for the walk-off victory, and a share of first in the division.

Defense continued to be an issue for UNB, who committed seven miscues in the field. This cost them on the scoreboard, as 11 of the 14 Huskies’ runs were unearned.

Jared Doyle earned the win for UNB, pitching 2.1 innings while surrendering 3 runs.

UNB’s three Andrews – Ahearn, MacLaggan, and McNeill – combined to knock in seven runs. Ryan Corey picked up two RBIs, while Mackenzie Washburn, Norris Philpotts, and Phil Brown had an RBI apiece.

The three wins leave UNB tied atop the division with ABU, but due to a lower winning percentage the Cougars are officially in second place. UNB has played two more games than ABU. This was the final weekend of the regular season for the Cougars. League semifinals will be played next weekend, as teams shoot for a berth in the national finals in three weeks. The ABU Mets are hosting nationals this year, which means two teams from the Atlantic Division will be participating in the tournament.

The schedule for next weekend has not yet been decided, but will be available online at www.ciba-abic.org.

Women’s hockey hopes Canada’s golden boy tames Tiger fans flock to free games

by Naomi Osborne

Playing for the Varsity Reds women’s hockey team has been Cheryl Hamilton’s life for the past five years. And as the captain of this year’s edition of the V-Reds, Hamilton feels that the fan attendance isn’t as high as it should be.

As a senior player on the team, Hamilton, who has been a stalwart at center during her UNB career, would like to see more people out at the games this season and beyond.

Low attendance at women’s hockey is an issue nearly every season, and finally, UNB is doing something about it.

The decision to abolish admission fees to women’s hockey games was recently handed down by the UNB Athletics Department as Kevin Dickie, UNB’s Athletic Director, along with a team of others agreed to make the games free to the public.

“We wanted to increase the fan base for women’s hockey and also wanted to make the games as inviting as we could,” said Dickie.

Women’s hockey is not the only sport that has been affected by the drop of admission fees in an attempt to build fan bases. The Athletics Department has also cut out admission fees for both men’s and women’s volleyball matches.

The main reason is to create a student athlete experience by trying to build up the clientele and support.

“At the end of the day, we felt that we would just open the doors and let the people in,” said Dickie “This way there won’t be any barriers to people coming to the games.”

The drop of admission prices is not entirely a bad thing. While it might make some people wonder why the team has come to that choice, it is not a reflection of the team’s abilities, but simply a way to open the games up to a new fan base.

The hope is that students will be more likely to go to a free sports game instead of one where they have to pay

Friday, September 28th Men’s Hockey UNB - 5 Brock University - 1

by Brian Munn

One of UNB’s best-kept secrets is quickly emerging as one of UNB’s best teams. The UNB Cougars baseball team, a consistent powerhouse in a strong Atlantic Division, continued their hot play through the weekend to pull even with the ABU Mets atop the division.

Their 11-5 record also pushes the Cougars into the top three in the Canadian Intercollegiate Baseball Association, along with ABU and Durham, Ontario.

The Cougars were back in Fredericton for the first time in two weeks, and hosted both the Dalhousie Tigers and the St. Mary’s Huskies.

UNB suffered their only loss of the weekend on Saturday afternoon at Royals Field, falling to Dalhousie, 5-1. The game was scoreless into the fourth inning, when both teams managed to put a single run on the board. UNB’s Travis Gaudet, who went 2-for-3, knocked in Norris Philpotts for the Cougars’ only run of the game.

The game remained tight until the top of the sixth, when the Tigers’ offense finally got rolling against UNB starter Ryan MacDonald. Dal. rallied for four in the inning, knocking MacDonald from the game. The loss dropped his record to 2-1 on the year.

UNB managed six hits during the game, but could not capitalize with runners on base as they left nine men stranded. Shane Guptill pitched 1.1 innings in relief, allowing no hits while striking out two.

Lee Spares threw a complete game for Dalhousie, improving his record to 4-0.

Spares also went 2-for-3 at the plate with an RBI and a run scored.

In the second game against Dal. on Saturday, UNB dominated the Tigers, picking up a 6-0 victory. Peter Shaw picked up his first victory of the season, throwing seven shutout innings while giving up just three hits. Shaw also

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five dollars to get in.

For her part, Hamilton hopes that it will increase the number of people that fill the Aitken Center for the Reds home games.

“I actually think this is a good idea. I think it will benefit the team because it should bring in more people to watch our games.” said Hamilton.

“I don’t feel that people are willing to pay ten bucks (for an adult) to watch a women’s hockey game.”

The ultimate goal is to destroy any barriers that might be keeping fans from coming out to support the women’s team, said Dickie.

However, to some of the players like Hamilton, this may not be the only solution to attract more cheering fans.

“I don’t feel that this is the only solution. I think our women’s team needs

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more advertising for our games.” said Hamilton.

“We did some ourselves in previous years by going to elementary schools and giving out free tickets to try to get more people to come to games. We will still be promoting that this year in the elementary schools.”

Unfortunately, low attendance seems to be a trend. UNB is not the only school that is challenged with this problem, as St. Thomas University is facing the issue of trying to increase patronage for games.

“St. Thomas’ Athletics Director, Jen Myers, is trying to do the same thing and get clientele up for women’s hockey” said Dickie.

It would be very beneficial to both the universities and the hockey teams if this plan works. The women’s team needs to know that there are people out there supporting them.

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Upcominig V-Reds Events Tournaments Men’s Volleyball McMaster Invitational Tournament (Oct. 4 – 7) Men’s Hockey UNB Varsity Reds Fall Classic (Oct. 5 - 6) Fri. Oct. 5 5:00 PM STFX @ STU at the lbr

Fri. Oct. 5 8:00 PM LAURIER @ UNB at the auc

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by Brad Conley

As I am sitting here folding my laundry, the lady helping me has told me that one of her sons plays on the Albert St. Middle School football team. The team has gone undefeated so far this year, so congratulations guys, keep up the good work.

I can remember it clearly. Just three years ago, I was sitting on my couch in my living room back in Timmins, Ontario, my mom telling me I should head to the range or play some golf since it was such a nice day, and I just kept shrugging her off.

I was way too caught up in Mike Weir’s magical performance that lead him to his first major win, The Masters. I can recall that fairly long putt he made on the eighteenth green to seal the tie with Len Mattiace, and send it to extra holes.

When extra holes began and it became apparent that Weir would seal the deal, all I can remember was thinking how proud I was to be Canadian. Weir had just done something no Canadian had ever done before, and he did it wearing the red and white proudly.

Fast forward to this weekend. The Presidents Cup, a weekend golf tournament that is the world against the United States. This year’s Cup has a special place in Canadians’ hearts because it was held at the Royal Montreal Golf Club.

Throughout the year, every Canadian golf fan kept watching to see who was going to be on the World’s team, and after a year full of struggles, Mike Weir was named to the team as a captain’s pick, which was a huge surprise to everyone.

This was partly because Weir had been struggling, ever since his breakout year of 2003, when he won The Masters.

Having said this, he has gone through some major swing changes that in the long run, are expected to make him a better golfer than before.

The other reason that so many people were surprised Weir made the team was because another Canadian golfer had a

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great year on the PGA tour, Stephen Ames.

Ames, who had a dynamite season with three top tens, and eight top twenty fives, was the favoured Canadian to be picked for the squad, if there even was to be a Canadian on the team. Gary Player, the international captain, decided to throw logic right out the window, and went with Weir in a choice that created much controversy.

Leading up to the tournament, the buzz was surrounding Player’s pick and not the event itself. Commentators wondered what type of weekend Weir would have. For Weir, this was the weekend of which dreams are made, and he was determined to do the best he could.

Not only was Weir the best player on the International Teams roster, he was able to beat arguably the most dominant athlete in the world, in a head to head match. Many will see this as the highlight of the weekend, and I must agree, but only to a degree.

Over the course of the weekend, one main theme kept coming up: Canada.

Watching Weir make his improbable

comeback on Sunday made me proud to be a Canadian, not only because a Canadian had done something so great, but he had done it while wearing his county’s pride on his sleeve.

Weir’s big win and excellent performance was not the only thing that made me be proud to be a Canadian; the fans attending the tournament did as well.

Yes, these fans were all about cheering for the international side, but at the same time were respectful to the Americans. The crowds were noisy and respectful, and at one point were compared to Red Sox fans, which in my books is a compliment.

This shows what type of people live in Canada.

The thing that made me feel most proud was the flags and Team Canada jerseys that were scattered throughout the crowd during the weekend. Canadian sports fans allowed Mike Weir to be a rallying point, just as the men’s Olympic hockey team was in 2002.

This sense of national pride that I felt just sitting on my couch on a Sunday afternoon satisfied me.

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V-Reds Athletes of the week Jessie Yeates

Volleyball Bachelor of Science (Honours Bio-Chemistry) 4th year Fredericton , N.B. This past weekend the Varsity Reds women’s volleyball team participated at the SMU Husky Tournament where they lost to SMU and UdeM (3-1, 3-1) and defeated StFX and MUN (3-0, 3-0). Jessie Yeates passed a very impressive 2.34 on 94 attempts for the weekend and is this week’s female athlete of the week for her efforts.

Nathan O’Nabigon

Hockey Bachelor of Business Administration 4th year Thunder Bay, Ontario The men’s hockey team was also on the road this weekend competing at the RBC Dominion and RBC Asset Management Steel Blade Tournament held at Brock University. UNB’s Nathan O’Nabigon was the leading scorer in the tournament with a total of four goals, two in each game. He was also named player of the game for his strong two-way play against Brock.

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UNB Red Sticks bring their game to home turf

by The Red Sticks

The UNB Red Sticks field hockey team hosted the second tournament in the Atlantic League this past weekend, facing off with teams from around the region at Oromocto High School.

Since the league standings are constantly shifting, the Red Sticks were anxious to improve their position.

The first game on Saturday against the UPEI Panthers, who are currently first in the league, was difficult, especially playing on grass for the first time this year. Despite the strong defense of Morgan Levesque, UPEI was able to put in three goals to win.

The second game was a huge improvement, as the Red Sticks outplayed and dominated Acadia to win the game 5-1. Kathryn Caiger put in two goals, Jodi Lisson and Paige Rankin each put in one, and Melissa Harris scored on a penalty shot.

On Sunday, the team faced a hard

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lineup as they prepared to play a pair of difficult opponents.

The first game against UNB’s rivals, SMU, was rough and hard fought.

Unfortunately, the Huskies were able to score two goals to win the game 2-0.

The final game against Dalhousie was

evenly matched as both teams brought the ball up the field well. Kathryn and Erika Turner played amazing defense and were able to consistently turnover the ball, but Dal. managed to put in a disputed goal to win the game 1-0.

The Red Sticks now sit in fourth place

in the Atlantic League, but the team is confident they can break into the medal standings before the end of the season.

They will try to do this when they take to the turf at UPEI on October 13-14 for their final tournament of the season.

Taking to the streets with Cabbie

by Romer Bautista The Manitoban (University of Manitoba)

WINNIPEG (CUP) -- It’s one of the most original sports shows in Canada, and it can pop up anywhere. Cabral (Cabbie) Richards, host of The Score’s Cabbie on the Street and Cabbie Unlimited, was recently in Winnipeg to film a couple of segments for his shows with the Manitoba Bisons football team. It was during filming that I was able to sit down with the charismatic host to get his insight on, among other things, his job, his favourite interview and the ‘Peg. Cabbie, on his heroes as a child “(One of my) childhood heroes was like Bo Jackson. I had the Bo Jackson

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book. That was the first book I got about an athlete and it had Bo Jackson running on the cover, just ripped. I used to like George Bell, in like ’87 when he was the MVP, but again, I’m dating myself. And, of course, Michael Jordan.”

Cabbie, on his nickname “My parents called me Cabbie when I was five. Growing up in Toronto, everyone called me either Cabbie or Cabbage Patch.”

Cabbie, on getting started in sports broadcasting “I went to Ryerson for radio and television, and in my second year, myself and Adnan Virk heard that The Score was looking for interns. So we went in with our resumes and charmed the head of production, John Melville, into hiring us. I didn’t really envision a career in it, I just thought I should do it as experience because I wanted to do movies and stuff.”

Cabbie, on getting into movies “I would like to, but my focus right now is television and just building a

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platform where people watch the stuff that we do — whether online or on TV — and it’s always fun.”

Cabbie, on the best part of his job “The best part is probably interacting with the athletes. When you get into a rhythm and you’re vibing with a dude, it’s pretty fun. Because then, you don’t know, you kind of hope they react in a certain way, and if they don’t, it can be pretty funny, and if they do, it’s even funnier.”

Cabbie, on which athletes do the best interviews “In my experience, the easiest guys to interview are basketball players and hockey players. They’re both about the same. Some of the difficulty with interviewing hockey players is they’re not all North American, so you get kind of a language thing. Like, Alexander Overchkin is an absolute pimp. His English is OK, but you lose some of the nuances in the translation. The worst dudes are baseball players in my experience. The baseball dudes are very aloof.”

Cabbie, on his favourite interview of all time “I have a few [favourite interviews].

The one that I reference the most in the last six to 12 months is the interview I did with Kobe Bryant. I have a pretty good rapport with Kobe. He’s seen in some way by the public. Obviously, his game is amazing — he’s the best basketball player in the world. But he’s had a number of off-court problems, but for me the vibe that I get with him is just awesome.”

Cabbie, on his unique method of interviewing “I call it ‘being a total idiot’ method.

I’m just an animated dude. I use my

hands a lot. And I just talk to athletes like they’re just a dude. Because we’re all just dudes. Some dudes just have amazing jobs, but we’re all just dudes.

We all love Doritos. We all love football on Sundays. We all love fast cars, chicks, and sneakers. We’re all the same. We just come from different places. I just remain who I am, and dudes, they just know it’s a different kind of vibe when I show up and open my mouth.”

Cabbie, on interviewing LeBron James “LeBron won’t give me what I want from him — just to be real cool about it. He just gives me a hard time, which is funnier than if he really went along with it. Because LeBron, it’s like he has no time for me.”

Cabbie, on anyone he could interview, past or present “I could never match wits with Muhammad Ali, but he would be the absolute dream. As for a current athlete, Tiger [Woods].”

Cabbie, on his popularity “It’s cool. Wherever we go, we get a lot of love, so that’s very gratifying to know that people appreciate the work, and they get a kick out of it. Like my man D has a Facebook group dedicated to him, that’s how much the work has translated to the people. Actually, my man D has two Facebook groups dedicated to him, and he deserves it.”

Cabbie, on why he thinks people watch his shows “I think it’s like seeing a normal dude who isn’t particularly attractive or in shape. Just a regular dude having fun with athletes.”

Cabbie, on who he would trade jobs with “Hugh Hefner, definitely.”

Cabbie, on what is left in his future “We want to grow the segment, grow the brand, grow the platform. I want to do a bigger version of what we’re doing — of our Cabbie Unlimited show. We just want to get to the point where we can be messing with Tiger Woods on the regular. I just want to get to the level where we’re having fun with the biggest names on planet Earth. Soccer dudes. Global athletes. That’s what we want to get to. Show that these dudes are just regular dudes — who happen to have a lot of bank, in the bank.”

If there is any saving grace for the most beleaguered sports fan, it is the promise of ‘next year’. It’s always there, it’s always brighter, and it’s always going to be your team’s year.

Well guess what, hockey fans: It’s now next year.

The 2007-08 NHL season kicked off on Saturday, as the defending Stanley Cup champion Anaheim Ducks took to the ice against the Los Angeles Kings at the O2 Arena in London, England.

It was, of course, the first NHL regular season game ever to be played in Europe, and many argue it could be the foreshadowing of league expansion across the Atlantic.

But with all respect to the diehard hockey fans in England, this “new venture” of “spreading the game” is nothing more than a footnote in the season.

More people are sure to be concerned with the drastic changes to team uniforms around the league and seeing players suit up with their new clubs than the two games in London. But if NHL fans have learned anything from watching Commissioner Gary Bettman attempt to “sell” the game in non-traditional markets, it’s that he’s a total moron.

But there’s no need to be pessimistic.

After all, next year is here, and Canada is set to rock until April – and hopefully, until June. All six Canadian clubs (which was almost seven, thanks to Jim Balsillie… Bettman is such a moron – but I digress) have made changes, and are poised to improve on last season’s results.

In the west, the Vancouver Canucks added some much-needed depth. The team brought in Aaron Miller, Byron Ritchie, Brad Isbister, and Ryan Shannon, hoping to add some secondary scoring behind the likes of Daniel and Henrik Sedin, Markus Naslund, and Brendan Morrison. And of course, with Roberto Luongo back between the pipes, Vancouver is sure to be a force in the Northwest Division.

Vancouver didn’t do much to improve, especially after their offense went MIA during last season’s playoffs. Still, Luongo could make them the one of the top two teams in the Northwest Division.

The Calgary Flames have completely overhauled their defense, adding Adrian Aucoin, Cary Sarich, and Andres Eriksson to replace Brad Stuart, Andrei Zyuzin, and Roman Hamrlik. On forward, the team had added former All-Star Owen Nolan. The biggest change, however, is behind the bench, where ‘Iron’ Mike Keenan has replaced Jim Playfair.

The coaching change could be the spark that Calgary was missing last season. However, Keenan’s tendency

to ride one keeper and four defensemen could be rough on Kiprusoff and company, and could quickly wear the Flames out in a tough Western Conference.

The noise coming out of Edmonton this summer was more about what they didn’t manage to do, not about the moves they did make. The Oilers couldn’t lock down Michael Nylander, they couldn’t pull Tomas Vanek from Buffalo, and they couldn’t bring back Ryan Smyth. The moves they did make, however, might be more impressive.

Sheldon Souray and Mathieu Garon came in as free agents, and the team pulled Dustin Penner away from the Ducks with a lucrative offer sheet that Anaheim GM Brian Burke could not justify matching. The Oilers also shipped captain Jason Smith and forward Joffrey Lupul to Philadelphia in exchange for exciting young defenseman Joni Pitkanen and veteran Geoff Sanderson.

The Oilers are certainly an improved team, as their defense, offense, and goaltending have been upgraded. What remains to be seen, though, is if Kevin Lowe has done enough to improve on what was a disastrous 2006-07 season.

Canada’s Eastern Conference teams did not make changes on the same scale as the teams in the west, but they were still active on both the trade and free agent markets during the off-season.

Les Canadiens were hampered by the loss of Sheldon Souray, who made like the rest of eastern Canada and bolted to Alberta. They attempted to replace the point production by bringing in Roman Hamrlik and re-signing Andrei Markov, but Montreal’s defensive corps has certainly lost much of its firepower.

On offense, the Habs shipped out Sergei Samsonov and added Bryan Smolinski, making no real gains. The greatest hope for Montreal comes in goal, where Carry Price could prove to be the next great goaltender to play for the Canadiens. They also have Cristobal Huet and Jaroslav Halak, providing a solid tandem between the pipes.

In the nation’s capital, the defending Eastern Conference champions Ottawa Senators have maintained their roster from last season, making only minor changes. Mike Comrie signed with the New York Islanders, while Tom Preissing left the team for Los Angeles. Niko Dimitrakos came over from the Flyers, while Luke Richardson joined the team from Columbus.

The Sens also lost GM John Muckler, replacing him with former coach Bryan Murray. Murray was replaced behind the bench by John Paddock. With few changes, the team seems poised for another championship run.

The Toronto Maple Leafs had an overhaul in goal, trading a collection of draft picks to the San Jose Sharks for Vesa Toskala. Mark Bell also came over in the deal, providing loads of news for Leafs fans this summer. Toskala is expected to replace Andrew Raycroft as the team’s new number one goalie.

The Leafs have also added some offensive talent, bringing in 40-goal man Jason Blake from the Islanders. His scoring touch could be (and hopefully will be) the scoring winger that Mats Sundin hasn’t had since Alex Mogilny left the club.

So there it is. That’s the Canadian hockey scene for the upcoming season.

Certainly the Senators have to be considered the cream of the Canadian crop, but the Flames and Canucks could be in shape to challenge their authority.

But hey, you can’t forget Toronto.

Forget 1967, the Leafs are totally taking the Cup. Write that down.

Three burning questions about the coolest game on ice View from the Sidelines

by Tony von Richter

This coming weekend sees another edition of the Fall Classic up at the Aiken Centre and since the tournament has become something of an unofficial kick-off to the UNB men’s hockey season here on campus, it seems like a good time to ponder a few questions that have arisen for the upcoming season.

Can the Varsity Reds repeat as National Champions?

Obviously that’s the big question this year with everyone gunning for the defending champions, who are ranked fourth in the nation heading into the season, the quest to defend their title will not be an easy one.

For the Reds, the biggest unanswered question of the new season will be how they are going to replace the offense of

Colin Sinclair, Daryl Boyce, and Jesse Ferguson, who were three of the team’s top five scorers last season and have all left the team.

Last year’s leading scorer, and CIS All-Star, Rob Hennigar, is back and will be carrying the offensive load once again, while top-five scorer Brad Efthimiou, new team captain Dustin Friesen, and the CIS Championship overtime hero Rob Pearce should be big parts of the offense once again this year. One forward to watch out for is second year Fredericton native Josh Hepditch who looked impressive in last week’s victory over St. Thomas and could be poised for big things this year if he plays like that all season.

One of the Reds’ biggest strengths this year will be their defensive corps, which is headlined by the returning David Bowman and Andrew Da Sousa and new recruit Luke Gallant. Gallant and Bowman should put up impressive offensive numbers from the back end while Da Sousa will provide an imposing physical presence along the blue line.

The Reds also appear to be set in goal with the 14-4 Michael Ouzas returning to man the net for UNB once again. The other half of UNB’s net-minding team is former Seattle Thunderbird Derek Yeomans (posting a record of 30-123 with five shutouts in the WHL last season) who is entering his first season

at UNB. So can the Reds repeat as champions?

While preseason predictions are always risky, I think that the Reds have a good shot at returning to the national championships at the very least and they have the potential to reign as national champions once again.

Will the Université de Moncton be a title contender?

After winning the AUS Championship last season and losing the national title in heartbreaking fashion to the Reds, the Université de Moncton enters the season ranked as the top team in the nation.

With seven players returning who scored at least 20 points last season, the Aigles Bleus should have no problem finding the back of the net this year and they won’t have too much trouble keeping opponents from hitting theirs either as both Kevin Lachance and Eric Lafrance are returning between the pipes this season.

The Aigles Bleus have a huge advantage again this year as they receive an automatic spot in the national championships as the host team, regardless of their regular season performance. Even with their guaranteed spot, Moncton will be a contender to the AUS crown and could be the biggest threat in the

country to UNB retaining their title.

What kind of impact will former NHLer Jared Aulin have in Calgary?

Sure to be one of the most talked about stories of the season, the former member of the Los Angeles Kings, Colorado Avalanche and the Washington Capitals is the first player with prior NHL experience to suit up for a CIS squad since former Capital Eric Calder played for Wilfrid Laurier from 1985 to 1988.

Although he won’t be eligible until November 12, which is one full calendar year after his last pro game, Aulin’s scoring prowess should help the Dinos improve on an 11-13 season, good for second-worst in the Canada West conference. Will Aulin be good enough to propel Calgary into the playoffs? I doubt it, but if he puts up 40 or 50 points and helps take some of the opposing defense’s focus off of his teammates, it could be enough to push the Dinos to the post-season.

Obviously there are plenty more questions that are waiting to be answered this season, so make sure to get out to at least a few games this year and see these answers unfold as CIS hockey is some of the most exciting hockey available anywhere.

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Nikon D200 Digital SLR Pro camera for sale includes MB-D200 vertical grip. Camera and grip are under warranty until Oct. 6 and in excellent condition. Reason for selling- upgrading system with more advanced model. Cost of new camera $1750, grip is $230. Will sell package for $1280. Contact Joy: cd@unb.ca or call 476-6730.

ACCOMMODATIONS Three bedroom heated, lighted, parking, close to UNB. $1200. Call 4539188.

Available immediately. Two furnished rooms, spacious, newly renovated all inclusive with cable service and washer/dryer in a very quiet neighborhood. The rooms have their own kitchen & bathroom. looking for mature students $375-$475 (these lovely rooms won’t last long!). Southside, uptown on two bus routes 15 min walk to UNB/STU Please call 4718267 Two bedroom apartments at the top of Regent Street. Has large bedrooms and a nice patio. Includes heat and hot water. 10 minute walk to both Regent and Fredericton Malls, about a 20 min walk from campus. The Rent is $795. Please call 457-0160 or e-mail: triaxe_jtj@yahoo.co.uk.

One room in a four-bedroom house on Graham Avenue for rent. Three minutes to campus. Internet, laundry and parking available. 459-5465.

Three bedroom basement apartment.

Renovates (ceramics/wood). All inclusive, laundry, cable, internet. $780 per month. No lease. Call 471-0698.

Available now: 1 unfurnished bedroom in a furnished three-bedroom apt. to be shared with two other male students. Location Beckwith Street.

Two minute walk to campus. Laundry on site. Rent and lease term negotiable. Call 455-0263, leave message.

E-mail to Phillip at j3nm1@unb.ca and/or Steven at p59tv@unb.ca.

Three rooms heated, lighted, parking, close to UNB. $400 each. Call 453-9188.

Furnished room for rent in a 3 bedroom apt, 5 min walk to campus in skyline area. Bright, clean and spacious apt includes heat, lights, cable plus, high speed internet, washer/ dryer, parking and shared phone.

This is available to a mature, quite, non-smoking female tenant. Rent is $350 monthly, and eight month lease is available. Please call 454-4411 or email: veronica.fequet@unb.ca.

PSAs The Arthritis Society New Brunswick Division presents a free Chronic Pain Management Workshop on Saturday October 13, 2007 from 9:00-11:00 a.m. at the Gibson Health Clinic, 2nd floor, Canada Street, Fredericton.

Topics to be covered in the workshop include the physical causes of pain in arthritis, a description of the pain cycle, relaxation techniques, stress management, coping with depression, use of appropriate exercise, handling fatigue and medications. Limited to 15 participants, pre-registration is required. To pre-register, call The Arthritis Society 452-7191.

The Fredericton Institute for Christian Studies will be holding an informal meeting at St. Theresa’s Catholic Church on Friday October 5th,2007 at 10:00 a.m. This is the second such meeting and will again be in the form of a roundtable discussion to further discern what FICS can offer to the community at large. Coffee and doughnuts will be supplied!

Good friends and good music are certainly excellent reasons for a celebration. This concert brings together three groups of friends – Seasons Baroque (Fredericton), Les Feux d’Archetistes (Montreal) and La Fiorenza (Montreal) - all performing on period instruments - in an evening of joyous music. All of the musicians will join forces in the highlight of the show, Clérambault’s cantata “Le Soleil”. This will prove to be a most impressive gathering! The concert will be held on at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday the 9th of October at the Christ Church Cathedral, located at 168 Church St., Fredericton. Tickets will be available at the door and will cost $20/adults, $10/seniors, and $5/students. For more information contact Katherine Moller at 440-3123 or katherine@ katherinemoller.ca.

The York Sunbury Museum is pleased

to announce that is extending the deadline for it’s nationwide craft competition for the popular handbag exhibition entitled “It’s All in the Bag!.

The deadline has been extended until October 20, 2007 to encourage student applicants and to insure a high calibre of submissions. The entries are to be inspired by our exhibition of antique handbags which can be viewed here at the museum or online at yorksunburymuseum.com. Diversity in submissions is appreciated and encouraged. Successful applicants will be displayed in an exhibition at the museum commencing in late October and running until November 30 and will be eligible to be juried for a series of awards. The winning entries will be presented in a gala celebration at the museum in late October and will be posted online. All entries must be accompanied by a completed call for entries form, (available at the museum or online) including contact information an artist statement and return postage.

Annual Student Bed Push for Fredericton Women in Transition House 15th Annual Bed Push, October 192015th Annual Student Bed Push for Fredericton Women in Transition House will begin in Saint John October 19 and end in Fredericton the next day. The proceeds from the fundraising event will go to the Fredericton Women in Transition House.

To date, the bed push has raised more than $150,000 in charitable support, raising $25,500 last year alone.The bed push begins at 10 p.m. at the Lancaster Mall parking lot in Saint John on Friday, October 19, and finishes at the Boyce Farmers’ Market in Fredericton around 10 a.m. on Saturday, October 20.

Photo Fredericton will be hosting a presentation by Michiko Nishijima, a local Fredericton Photographer, and Maurice Henri host of the Rogers Cable program “Foto” , on their recent South Africa Photo Tour. The meeting starts in Gillin Hall , University of New Brunswick, room C-127 starting at 7:30 p.m. on October 9, 2007. Everyone is welcome.

Student Abroad – Go Global with UNB! There will be an Information Session for any UNB students interested in learning more about studying overseas with UNB. Would you like to study for a term or an academic year at one of UNB’s partner universities in over 30 countries? Walk the cobbled streets of Munich, enjoy a coffee at a Parisian café, see the high-

rise buildings of Singapore…the opportunities are endless. You pay UNB tuition and the credits transfer to your UNB degree. Want more info? What: Student Abroad Information Session When: Friday, Oct. 12 from 3-4 p.m.

Where: Student Union Bldg, room 103. If you can’t make it to one of the sessions but are interested, please contact: iro@unb.ca.

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Arts & Entertainment Plucking to the beat of his own bass

bruns.arts@gmail.com • October 3, 2007

A one-man rhythm section comes to Freddy Beach

by Ashley Bursey

He goes by the stage name ‘That 1 Guy’, but he’s got enough talent for a whole stage full of musicians. Mike Silverman started playing bass, and the invented his own instrument with stainless steel pipes, orchestra strings, magnetic pickups, and trigger sensors, which is all run through a self-designed routing matrix of sound shaping gadgets. It’s bowed, plucked, strummed, and slapped. “It’s played with my hands, feet, and teeth,” he says, “all with maximum intensity.”

He’s coming to Fredericton on Oct 4 at the Cellar, and the Bruns Arts Editor had an e-mail chat with the Guy himself.

Brunswickan: Tell me how you got started as a musician. Why bass? Was it hard to learn to play?

That 1 Guy: The bass is easy. It only has four strings and no one hears it.

[You can] just smile and pretend that you know what you are doing. Actually it all started with my dad. My father was a professional jazz bass player in the ‘60s and ‘70s. By the time I was born, he had changed careers and put his upright bass in the closet. When I was old enough to find it, he was about to plant ferns in it out in the back yard, as part of the landscaping (true story). I told him that I wanted to play it. He was just happy to see it getting some use. He was also my first teacher. I got into jazz and classical early on, at about 10 years old. Then rock, funk, punk, blues, etc. My dad always told me that if I played bass, I’d always be in demand because “no one played bass, but everyone needs a bass player.” He was right. By the time I learned where a few of the notes were, I was already in five bands, and it never really slowed down for years.

B: And your name! Where did you get it?

T1G: It all started on a dare or joke.

I was playing a gig with my eight-piece band, the Fabulous Hedgehogs. It was a regular Tuesday night gig for us. It was more or less ‘paid practice’ every week.

Only problem was that it ‘paid’ just 50 bucks. That doesn’t split so well eight ways. At the end of the night, I half jokingly said to the bar owner, “Next week I’m showing up with my bass and my drum machine alone and keeping the 50 bucks for myself!” He called my bluff, [and said], “Sounds good. I’ll put it in the paper. What do you want to be called for the advert?” So I called his bluff: “That 1 Guy,” I answered.

B: How has the evolution of your career played out?

T1G: Well, the one-man band thing started with this very gig. It happened that following Tuesday. I showed up to the club with my stuff, not really knowing what the heck I was going to do for my ‘show’. The bar owner’s idea was for me to set up on top of the bar and I could plug my microphone into the jukebox so folks could “hear” me.

Not knowing what to play, I improvised ‘bad funk’ for two hours. It was pretty terrible, yet somehow my greatest musical accomplishment up to that point.

Playing solo like that really took guts and I was amazed that I got through it. So the show went well enough and he asked me to continue each Tuesday.

I used this as a regular opportunity to try new things and try and push things a little farther each week…

All the while I developed this very rhythmic approach to the bass, banging on the body like a drum, and playing off the strings in a very percussive way.

I was getting hired a lot as a “oneman-rhythm-section”. This all led to the invention of “the magic pipe”. It evolved very slowly.

Each night I’d bring a little more gear and a few more ideas on how to fill up all the sound by myself. As my techniques began to evolve, so did my rig. I kept bringing more and more stuff to the gigs: drums, my upright bass, etc. I had this idea to build one instrument that would serve all these different purposes at once, and yet allow me to expand my sound beyond what I could do with my conventional instruments.

truly speaks, that was a first for me.

Rush (I’m a huge fan. There, I said it).

Frank Zappa was extremely prolific, he had an insane work ethic and took his craft very seriously, yet was not afraid to sing about farts and stuff.

B: Do you find there’s much of a market (concerts and such) out there for bassists?

T1G: No, everyone talks during the bass solo. It’s really depressing.

B: What about your stage attire?

Where’d you get the idea for the great hat?

T1G: Wearing all black is good ‘cause the audience can’t see the pie stains.

The hat has always been there. When I was teenager, I found this late ‘60s Beefheart album. On the back cover, the whole band was wearing these big, Amish-looking black hats and cloaks.

It looked really intense. I’d never seen rock musicians try something like that before. Everyone else at that time was all ‘60s hippie psychedelic. But not these guys! All in black and kind of Amish, yet evil. It looked timeless and super bad-ass. I brought that album to the hat store. I guess I sort of stole their vibe on that one.

B: Okay, quick word association.

Veganism.

T1G: I don’t eat anything that casts a shadow.

B: Family Guy. T1G: Meg is hot. (I don’t care what anyone says.)

Mike Silverman, a.k.a. That 1 Guy, will be playing at the Cellar on Oct 4, with a sef-made instrument to be “bowed, plucked, strummed, and slapped.”

B: Any interesting stories from the road?

T1G: Lots! They all blur together but lots of little gems: I played in a countrywestern bar with Chad Brock in Ocala Florida. In Newton, Iowa, they made me weasel potpies. I played a polka festival in Wisconsin. I played behind chicken wire at a place called the Dead Goat. It’s been real!

B: Let’s talk about your newest album. Where did you get the inspiration for your lyrics, particularly the ones

Pac attack’s got bark, but no bite The second Pac-Man game gets gobbled up by the competition

The Final Score

by Dan Hagerman

Pac-man 2: The New Adventures I have a crazy idea, an idea so crazy that it might actually work. Let’s take the beloved videogame icon Pac-Man, give him a family, and make him wander around aimlessly trying to do chores.

No part of the game, aside from the characters, will have anything to do with the original version. My idea is so bizarre and ‘out there’ that I’m sure I

will be praised by the art scene for years to come.

But – oh, wait, somebody beat me to it. Why is it that every time I have a terrible idea for a game, somebody has already beaten me to it?

N o w , don’t get me wrong: I love Pac-Man. I’ve spent many hours avoiding ghosts and eating cherries, some which I was actually playing Pac-Man at the time. But I cannot emphasize this enough: This is not PacMan. Some of the more visually astute may try to correct me on this, referring to the title of the game. To them I say this: you actually haven’t played this game, have you? I rest my case.

Graphics: Now, admittedly the

graphics aren’t bad at all. You have to get used to Pac-Man and his family having arms and legs, but considering they came from the age in which Pac-Man was made up of about 10 different animated dots, I can forgive them that.

The g a m e actually shines in terms of its animation. In every screen there’s lots of ways for Pac-Man to get assaulted by various things, typically in a slapstick manner. Watching him go from normal to super-happy and down to super-angry is something to behold.

Gameplay: Pac-Man addresses the player at the beginning of the game, telling them explicitly that, “My world can be tricky sometimes, so I’ll need your help finding things, getting out of trouble and solving weird mysteries!”

This is a clever way of saying that you won’t actually be controlling Pac-Man, you’ll be controlling a cursor that makes him do things. You can also hit things with a slingshot to knock them down so Pac-Man can look at them, or to get them out of Pac-Man’s way. Alternately, you can get Pac-Man angry by shooting him with your slingshot. In fact, the animation for Pac-Man getting mad is so funny, I’ve spent more time watching his temper tantrums and cracking up than I have actually trying to play the game. I think there’s some sort of story about a ghost and a gum monster or something, but you won’t care, I guarantee you.

Sound: Another thing you will notice upon starting up Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures is that both the sound effects and the music are absolutely horrible. The instruments they chose to use for the music are grating and unbearable, and Pac-Man’s noises can be cute the first couple times, but then the high pitched squealing will most certainly get to you, because they’re basically the same noises no matter what the situation.

The Final Score: This is a game that you will play at maximum once. It is very annoying, tedious, and has nothing to do with the original Pac-Man at all, except for the un-lockable arcade games.

That being said, there’s a certain ‘je ne sais quoi’ about hitting a beloved video game character with a slingshot enough to send him into an angry rage. But ultimately, even if it’s occasionally fun for its slapstick value, this game isn’t fun overall. [4 out of 10]

about cheese and butts?

T1G: My lyrics come to me in strange ways. Mostly I just love the way certain words and phrases combine to create funny images and rhythms. In the same way that I like to improvise textures and rhythms on my instrument, I like to create lyrical statements to accompany the grooves. Also, I love cheese and butts.

Not so much the cigarette butts. Also the moon and fruit. All these themes can be found on the new album.

B: Who are some of your influences,

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and why?

T1G: So many. Count Basie swings the hardest. Count Chocula turns the milk chocolate and I always wanted to be a vampire. You get to live forever and I’ve always been a real ‘night person’. Miles Davis is always reinventing himself, critics be damned. Captain Beefheart: A true original. He invented his own musical language and was light-years ahead of his time, laying the blueprint for countless new genres to come. Ornette Coleman: his horn

B: United Statess.

T1G: Bruce Springsteen, the boss.

B: Pop Punk.

T1G: Those two words should not be allowed in the same room together.

It’s like ‘matter’ and ‘anti-matter’. Perhaps it’s a sign of the apocalypse.

B: Britney Spears.

T1G: Leave her alone (or let’s all keep messing with her. I can’t decide).

B: Skinny jeans.

T1G: I say, why not? If it makes you kids happy to wear them things., who am I to argue. They love their MTV and their video games. I say let them enjoy their skinny jeans, too. Just don’t drop out of school like I did...

Whisky Fest puts two college students to the test Two kids from the Graham Ave. projects take on the classiest boozing event to hit the capital city in approximately one year

by Ed Cullinan with files from Aidan McKenna

Dressed to impress, I set out Friday night with my partner-in-crime and roommate, Aidan, to the twelfth Annual Whisky, Spirits, and Liqueur Festival at the Delta hotel.

We held a common goal: to learn a bit about whisky culture and perhaps get ossified in the process. Not knowing what to expect (because who goes to a classy booze festival all that often?) we were pleasantly surprised.

This festival was poised to entertain and educate with class.

My first impression when we walked through the doors was amazement; however, the first tasting did not go over as well as originally planned. I am not a scotch drinker by any means, and for those of you who don’t know, for the most part, we were talking Scotch whisky at the festival.

Looking to fit in, and dying to dive in to the bounty of classy drinks, we headed to the first table inside the door.

Don’t even try to ask me if I remember what it was called – there is no chance.

They had a couple of varieties, so we asked them to start us out with one for beginners. Trying to put on an air of confidence, we went for a swig from the dainty nosing glasses supplied by the good folks at the ticket booth.

Needless to say, the server suggested

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we add some water, and we did, but it didn’t take long for us to take notice of the dumping bowls.

If anyone’s played Sociables, the dumping bowls were like the ultimate King’s Cup. Disgusting shades of brown, complete with floaties, these bowls were an eyesore, but a necessity.

Used for dumping unwanted liquor and rinse water from your nosing glass, I steered clear as best I could.

The goal was to get the booze into me, regardless of the taste, but on occasion the bowls came in handy. One brand of scotch called Smokehead tasted strongly of barbeque. Not like “Damn, that’s good chicken” BBQ, but more like a “licking charcoal” BBQ. Aidan and I love beer, and we made an awesome beer discovery (Beercovery, if you will). This one we made sure we committed to the memory banks before all thought was lost. Innis & Gunn was the stuff, and it had a sweet caramel flavour. The guy doling out the mouthfuls told us that they age it in an old oak whisky barrel to give it its unique flavour. It was excellent stuff, and we made sure to visit a couple times over the evening.

Another popular attraction was what

I branded the ‘All You Can Cheese” table. Mounds of cheddar, Gouda, black peppercorn, and blue cheeses were displayed on silver platters free for the taking; cheese, we learned, is a great complement for scotch.

Also for our eating pleasure, the festival ticket was good for one free hors d’oeuvre, a free salmon sampler and a free chocolate sample from Fackelman Chocolaterie.

The rest of the night consisted of stumbling around the ballroom, playing it off like the liquor wasn’t beating us up too badly, and trying all the top shelf booze we could stomach. Frequent stops at the Diageo (Bailey’s, Crown Royal, Tanqueray) table to get away from the scotch and check out the girls were in high order. From high end, smooth vodkas, golden tequilas, flavourful rums and a $150 bottle of Grand Marnier, we tossed back enough booze to raise your dead cat from the dark.

I can’t possibly explain how awesome this festival was; I’m bursting to tell anyone all about it. Was it worth the $50 ticket? I’d find it hard to justify on a student’s budget, but the experience – oh, and the free cab home – was definitely worth the price.

Metal Blade Records Giveaway Last week, the Bruns ran a contest to see what lyric you folks live best from As I Lay Dying. We asked you to tell us why this particular lyric was a favourite. The winner is Corey Griffin, who chose a lyric from the song ‘Torn Within’.

“When something really, really terrible or troubling happens, it seems

like the body loses all strength and one can find themselves on the floor..... broken.”

Break me until my face breathes upon this ground Outstretched with my head to the floor Spent of all my strength

Corey wins a copy of As I Lay Dying’s newest CD, ‘An Ocean Between Us’, which topped retail charts in its first week, hitting #19 on the Soundscan top 200 chart, #2 on the hard chart, and #6 on the indie chart.

As I Lay Dying, who debuted on Metal Blade Records in 2003.

Arts & Entertainment

Issue 5 • October 3, 2007 • 11

An urbal memory Neverland comes Kickflips in Port City

to Fredericton The musical Peter Pan debuts at The Playhouse this week

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Troy Neilson, a.k.a. Pimp Tea, won an East Coast Music Award for Urban Recording of the Year in 2005. His latest CD, ‘In Awe of Simplicity’, is available on iTunes and www.BrockwayBiggs.com

Sheet Music

by Brockway Biggs

I always knew finishing university would bring the closure I felt when I received my UNB degree in May 2006.

What I didn’t anticipate was that two years later, I would still feel the ‘back in school’ nostalgia that comes with the fall season.

My summer leading up to university life was spent at pool parties with friends, playing baseball and basketball, and making minimum wage ($5.60) working on a Christmas tree farm in Stanley.

The misery (and blisters) of working on that Christmas tree farm gave me the push I needed to work hard in university. On the plus side, the hourlong drive to and from work gave me a lot of time to indulge in albums from the likes of Snoop Dogg, Method Man, Wu Tang Clan, Genius, Goodie Mob, Barstool Prophets, Everclear, and Nine Inch Nails. ‘Scooby Snacks’ by Fun Lovin’ Criminals stands out for some reason.

As university started in fall of 1997, I found myself without money to buy new music and the mp3 wasn’t yet a household item. Fortunately, I discovered The Brunswickan. Entertainment Editor Cynthia Kirkby informed me that I could have CDs for free in exchange for a review. I was sold. My first review was Mystikal’s ‘Unpredictable,’ one of the few good albums from Master P’s No Limit Records.

My first two years yielded 70+ reviews. Finally, in December of 1999, I was ready for the next challenge: an interview with rising Canadian rap star, Choclair. I was so nervous I forgot to

start the tape recorder until 10 minutes into the interview.

I was a rookie back then and shake my head when I look back at naïve questions like, “How many of the beautiful ladies in the ‘Let’s Ride’ video do you know personally?”

Choclair’s response: “All but one. I knew ‘em all from school back home.

The only girl I didn’t know from before was the girl in the jeep. I met her down in Boston while I was partying there.

She went to university down there and she was cool, so she came up here for the video shoot.”

Soon I had more interview opportunities, and the nerves subsided.

I got to hang out with Swollen Members and have them buy me beer just as they were starting to blow up in 2001.

The most surreal experience I had as a writer for The Brunswickan was the first time I saw Buck 65 perform. It was September 11, 2001. Martial law was in effect. The World Trade Centre towers were collapsing. Yet Buck 65, nowhere near the household name he is now, put on a great show for the 20 or so fans who showed up.

His performance and subsequent interview played a key role in shaping me into the artist I am today. Said Buck 65, “I don’t ever pretend to be anything I’m not. If people don’t get it or criticize me, that’s hardly anything for me to get upset about. So if I’m just doing my thing, I’m not worried. If I go into a situation and people aren’t feeling it, I’ll deal with it. But generally people seem to respect that.”

When my debut album ‘Power Is Mindful Peace’ was released in 2002, I looked to that quote for strength through criticisms.

In 2004, I released my second album, ‘An Urbal Remedy’, and I had to give a shout-out to The Bruns on ‘This Is Me.’ “For the last seven years I’ve been writing for the Brunswickan; Treating indie rap artists like my next of kin.”

I was glad to be done university when I finished in late 2005, but I was sad to say goodbye to The Brunswickan after 8 years of writing. The resources available to me played an important part in shaping me as an artist. I scanned film for press pictures. I created the MAC portion of my enhanced CD on their computers. I got free passes to cover huge music festivals. I made some amazing friends and left with some great memories.

by Ashley Bursey

It’s Lost Boys and Captain Hook for Fredericton this October when a fullscale Broadway production of Peter Pan comes to town.

A hyper-popular musical in the Big Apple, this tale of whimsical imagination is a charming, fun-for-the-whole-family tale, reminiscent of the Disney version of the movie (and not so much the eerie Hook film of later years).

The story is simple: Peter Pan (played by, as tradition goes, a female named Brooke Stone) flies into the Darling family’s window one night to listen to a bedtime story. He flees in haste, leaving his shadow behind. Sneaking back to get it, he wakes Wendy Darling, who reattaches his shadow – and is invited to hop along to Neverland to be the mother of his gang, the Lost Boys.

And so the story goes, with mermaids, Captain Hook, alligators, and of course, Tinker Bell. First brought to the stage in 1904, it’s a century-old story with an edgy twist. Written as a play, and later adapted for novel and film, the

by Sarah Kellerman

To start things off, let me explain that I wouldn’t call myself a Rihanna fan. I listened to Carrie Underwood on the way to the concert. I do however enjoy a little ‘ella-ella’ now and then; I was pretty excited for the show.

Akon started things off to a crowd of mostly under-aged screaming girls, and a few hardcore suburbanite gangsters (‘506’ tattoos and all). I missed most of Akon’s performance walking Habour Station searching for liquor, although I (not so quickly) discovered that it was an alcohol-free event. Luckily for me, I got back to the show in time to see Akon taking off all three of his shirts, and thinking about taking off his pants.

Rihanna took the stage to a lot more craziness from Saint John’s young girls dressed as J-Lo’s back-up dancers.

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smitten German general named Ludwig Muntze (Sebastian Koch), with whom Rachel begins a relationship in order to feed vital information back to her colleagues in the resistance. But as the action and bloodshed escalate, Rachel realizes that she has genuine feelings for Muntze, and soon she is in enormous danger. Explosions litter the screen, plenty of car chases ensue, and winceinducing injuries and deaths propel the action. The director isn’t afraid to criticize his fellow countrymen and inserts a fascinating subtext about the actions of the resistance fighters, asking some uncomfortable questions about the similarities between their behavior and that of the Nazis.

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Drive an hour for a push? For Frederictonians and further, a new skate park in Saint John will definitely be worth it.

Plans for the park have been in the works for some time, but nothing was really finalized until a meeting last Wednesday. Organizer Jason MacLean says initial opposition was something to contend with, but the group is making “huge headway,” having already completed the initial design phase of the park.

And the budget? A cool $540,000 that the Fundy Skateboard Association has already raised.

“We absolutely need it in this region, because a lot of kids skate in the city,” he says. “In my opinion, a skatepark should be a recreation facility in any growing city. Our park is very unique; however, we did borrow certain elements from other famous parks, like the Big O entrance in Montreal, which is a well-know natural half pipe. Our park is going to be more of a plaza style and will be incorporating the uptown feel, [using] brick and colours from the uptown.”

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Monday Night Movie Series Black Book, the new Paul Verhoeven film, plays at Tilley 102 this Monday, October 8 Dutch filmmaker Paul Verhoeven made his name in Hollywood with films such as Robocop, Basic Instinct, and Starship Troopers. But Verhoeven got his start in the industry by making movies in his native country, and it’s to Holland that he returns for Black Book.

The story is set during the final days of World War II in Holland, and follows a Jewish singer named Rachel Stein (Carice Van Houten). Rachel attempts, while trying to avoid Nazis, to remain in hiding until her family is brutally slain, causing her to join up with a resistance movement. On a subsequent undercover mission, Rachel crosses paths with a

piece has a darker side, with a romantic love triangle and vicious battles between pirates and the Lost Boys. Despite this, it’s still a pixie-dust-filled drama, and the script tends to be traditionally very family-oriented.

Tim Yerxa, Executive Director of The Playhouse, travels across Canada and the States every fall and winter, meeting with producers and choosing musicals and plays to run at the venue in coming years. Peter Pan has been in the works for about a year and a half, he says.

“We’ve had some good experiences with bringing shows in from Broadway in the past,” he says, “so we thought this would be a good one. It’s certainly got broad appeal…it’s got some technical tricks in it, too, which I’m really looking forward to. Peter Pan flies, of course, so we have to make people fly; we don’t get to do that every day!”

In the past, productions have included ‘Joseph and the Technicolour Dreamcoat’, ‘Rent’, and ‘The Sound of Music’.

“It’s always a challenge to bring in shows that arrive in multiple semis. I think this is three trucks and two buses, so it’s a large show,” Yerxa adds. “It certainly pushes us to the edges of our capabilities… [but] we try to do one of these a year.”

Peter Pan runs at the Playhouse on October 9 and 10, and stars Mollie Vogt-Welch as Wendy, Daniel Smith as John, and Gary Kimble as Captain Hook. It offers a discounted ticket price for students.

by Ashley Bursey

MacLean knows the scene well; he’s been skating it for almost 20 years.

“I was attracted to the sport because it was so creative and fun to watch, and it’s a great mode of transportation,” he says.

The goal is to ultimately bring skaters in from Halifax and the States to increase the competitive circuit in the Maritimes. Right now, parks of this caliber are tough to find – a huge riding surface, rails, a half pipe, and stairs.

“It’s beneficial for all ages because it’s a sport that requires great balance, strong muscles, and focus,” says MacLean. “Another huge benefit is the sense of community it creates when skaters teach and encourage one another.”

And the draw – bringing skaters in from the other Maritimes provinces to ride the new park – is definitely a plus.

“Skateboarding is huge in North America and the sport and industry continues to grow at an astounding rate,” MacLean says. “New Brunswick has a strong skate culture in Fredericton, Saint John, Sussex… We also have newer parks in Moncton and Bathurst, so this is a good sign for the future of skateboarding in New Brunswick.”

The group plans to break ground as soon as it thaws next March, and the park will take about 12 weeks to build.

UK/ Germany, 2007, Dutch/German/English/Hebrew, with English subtitles Monday night film series info General information The NB Film Co-op presents the Fredericton Monday Night Film Series.

The series partners are the Film Circuit, a division of the Toronto International Film Festival and the UNB Faculty of Arts. The series presents limited releases, independent foreign and Canadian films for one night screenings, with the goal of diversifying local access to cinema.

These films are new or recent releases, which would not otherwise be available to Fredericton audiences on the big screen.

Rihanna, who was quite scantily-clad, seemed to also lose her clothing with each of her wardrobe changes, though once she did find a bright pink feather boa.

After opening with ‘Pon de Replay’, the show slowly but surely became lackluster. She showed a little enthusiasm near the middle during the performance of ‘SOS’, and again for ‘Sell me Candy’.

The general admission section, in front of the stage, was as close to a mosh pit as you could imagine at a Rihanna concert – some poor girl was even carried out on a stretcher.

Nearing the end of the show, I started to realize I was surrounded by mostly

middle-age mothers who were at the show with their pre-teen daughters.

Now, if you ask me (and I realize you’re not), Akon is not someone I would take my pre-pubescent daughter to see.

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I’ve never met Akon, so I can’t say that I have a personal beef against him.

And I have to say most mothers probably fit into the same category. When I become a mother, I don’t have any plans of introducing my daughters to live porn – especially before she graduates from middle school. Hitting up an Akon concert greatly increases her chances of experiencing that.

Regardless of Akon’s past indiscretions, he puts on a good show. Rihanna, on the other hand, could learn from her opening act: Passion sells a show.

Even closing with ‘Umbrella’ didn’t do it for me. I was ready to leave long before and was pretty disappointed walking out.

Arts & Entertainment

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Music on the Hill

Turn the volume down…way down Rip

by Sean M.H.

Christian Hapgood / The Brunswickan

Music on the Hill’s 50th season kicked off last week at Memorial Hall on the UNB campus, with an entertaining classical performance featuring Richard Hornsby, Julien LeBlanc, and Geoffrey McCausland. Memorial Hall is serving as the primary location throughout this series, and it serves well; the atmosphere in the building complemented the professional display of talent. Free admission welcomed a mixed audience of both young and old.You can catch Music on the Hill with four more scheduled performances over the next two months. For more information, check out the online brochure at http://extend.unb.ca/music/musiconhill.php

How many times do you listen to the radio? Once or twice a day? When you wake up, maybe at work?

Well, I listen to it a lot. I don’t have a CD player in my car so I’m stuck with the radio. And when I say stuck, I mean stuck.

It’s not that I don’t like radio. I’ll even say the CBC is a great radio station and usually has something interesting and relevant.

But it’s the other radio stations that I have a problem with. Namely, the two most popular ones in Fredericton that have become reflections of one another with their boring, played-out lack of creativity.

My biggest complaint is that these two stations recycle about 20 bands between the both of them. It’s a pretty

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safe bet that when my radio turns on, I’ll be listening to Led Zeppelin, Metallica, the Tragically Hip, or Nickelback.

And they’re the type of place that’ll play ‘Bad to the Bone’, but not in an ironic way.

I happen to like Metallica and I love Zeppelin, but I have to say, these stations need to throw a few more names into their lexicon.

There are only so many times I can hear the same songs over and over again.

Even ten years ago these songs were kind of stale.

Don’t get me wrong. I have a great liking for the oldies, but oldies aren’t really oldies if they never leave the popular

rotation.

I think this is the only town where Dire Straights is overplayed. Or played at all, for that matter.

And what’s with the contests? Giving away money every hour is a pretty hard-up idea to get people to listen. But I guess it’s easier than coming up with something entertaining.

And give that car away already. How much longer are you going to milk that?

The hosts of these radio stations aren’t all that terrible, although they really have nothing more than forgettable personalities.

For some reason, I can picture them

Sean and Dave talk about CDs... Bro. Trey Mills Athabasca

by Sean Horsley and Dave Briggs

Sean: Trey Mills is so not clutch.

Dave: I bro. This bro is a total brozo.

Sean: I’m so glad we’re bros bro. Trey Mills would could never be as brolific as you, bro.

Dave: Brotally.

Sean: Bro, this CD sucks.

A Fine Frenzy One cell in the sea

Bionic Black Blood Dave: I saw these guys open for Nashville Pussy a few years back, they were loud and they rocked.

Sean: I remember that show. I was drunk off my ass. I don’t really remember these guys. But this album is okay.

Dave: Yeah, it’s not bad. But they’re a better live band than a CD band.

Sean: Every band is better live.

Dave: Especially Nashville Pussy.

Sean: Yeah, let’s stop listening to Bionic and throw in “High as Hell”.

Dave: The CD was hard to get out of the case. Strike one.

Sean: 61 minutes? Wow, this really does go on, doesn’t it?

Dave: I have no opinion of this.

Sean: I do, but I’m tired of getting edited.

Ted Nugent Love grenade Dave: “Love Grenade” sounds just like “State of Shock”.

Sean: I kinda like it. Sorry bro.

Dave: I didn’t say it was a bad thing.

Sean: This guy is old enough to be my grandfather, but he still rocks.

Dave: It’s pretty much what you’d expect from Ted Nugent. Songs about “raising hell” and “love grenades” and your standard solo every two measures.

Sean: Remember on Panteras “101 Proof” where Dimebag plays the lick to “Cat Scratch Fever”? That was awesome.

Symforce Become Death Sean: These guys sound like Iron Maiden married Nine Inch Nails.

Dave: It sounds like generic metal.

It’s not awful but I would never listen to it.

Sean: Really? I listened to it like 4 times already.

Dave: Then you’re a goof.

Sick City Nightlife

Dave: Where do all these CDs come from? Like, nobody likes this stuff.

Sean: Maybe if you were 14 and

couldn’t find your copy of “And Justice for All” and you accidentally put this in, you might like it for a while.

Dave: Is this what kids today are turning punk music into? Maybe I’m not connected to the youth of today, but I hope this isn’t all they’ve got.

Sean: I hope not. I can see its appeal, but it has no appeal to me.

Wendy McNeill The Wonder Show Sean: Surprise surprise, I like music with squeezeboxes.

Dave: Who doesn’t?

Sean: I’d recommend this album just because it is different.

Dave: Same here. Out of all the CDs we get a week, at least 5 sound the same….crappy.

Sean: I know, I’m sick of being the one wading through the garbage. This album is different.

Dave: At least Wendy McNeill is taking chances. Who else is going to release an album with an accordion as the main instrument?

Sean: Weird Al

Dave: And we all know how awesome Weird Al is.

Sonic Reign Raw Dark Pure Dave: Didn’t Cradle of Filth already do this album?

Sean: Sonic Reign? Raw Dark Pure?

Where do these bands come up with these things?

Dave: I told you, bro. Metal guys aren’t capable of evolving past 1993.

The Last Goodnight Poison Kiss Dave: The picture on the back had my ‘bro’dar going nuts.

Sean: Too many bro-hawks, I’m already biased.

Dave: Before we threw this in the CD player I was expecting it to sound like Fall Out Boy, but it was worse. A lot worse Sean: All I could think was “This is not happening, this is not happening!”

Dave: Good thing we threw this CD off of the Westmorland Bridge.

Sean: This bisnaz doesn’t fly with me.

at a downtown pub after their show, sipping beers in their golf shirts and reminiscing about how great the early nineties were and arguing over which generic rock band kicks more ass.

Between Van Halen and Kiss, I say neither.

Am I asking too much of a medium that is old-fashioned and free? Do I expect my tastes to be satisfied by something whose target demographic is the lowest common denominator?

Well, no. But at the same time, I don’t need to wake up and have today be just like yesterday. I can do without the repetition and the edge-lessness.

And maybe talking about what you watched on TV last night is entertaining for you, but when I hear that kind of stuff on the radio, I reach for the dial.

But whatever. It’s just background noise, right? Something to wake you up in the morning and keep you awake at the office? I guess its effect is no different than that of white noise. It doesn’t have to be that great, anyway.

Of course, if you asked me if I could put on a better radio show than these stations, I would definitely say no.

But if you ask me if I can do better than listen to these shows, I’d say absolutely. Where’s my iPod?

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