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Volume 144 · Issue 23 • March 16, 2011

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meet the exec.

Meet your 2011-12 UNBSU executive, UNB. From left to right: Joey O’Kane (VP external), Chantel Whitman (VP student services), Jordan Thompson (president), Hansika Gunaratne (VP internal), Andrew Martel (VP finance). Check out pg. 4-5 for full details on each member. Andrew Meade / The Brunswickan

Collaboration within arts communities: FeelsGood Alison Clack Arts Editor Unless you’ve been living under a rock lately you’ve heard of FeelsGood, but knowing the name alone isn’t good enough.

The group that has been hosting music and art events around the Maritimes, and building a strong online community, wants you to check out the community yourself and, hopefully, join.

The group started, rather unassumingly, about four years ago when a group of friends wanted to get together and promote each other’s art.

“We as artists weren’t necessarily musicians, but between us had a number of friends who were insanely talented musicians and we wanted to get our art

practice involved with and help those musicians. Because of that FeelsGood inadvertently got its start,” said Paul McAllister, arts co-ordinator of FeelsGood.

Since then the online community has grown to 1,400 members and features over 10,000 pieces of artwork, 200 – 300 videos and 500 – 600 songs which are original pieces created by the members.

McAllister explained that the website can serve members multiple purposes; FeelsGood melds portfolio building and social networking sites like Myspace and Flickr with blogs, forums and even want ads. For instance, a band might put up an ad looking for a graphic designer to create their album cover. The website

SEE FEELSGOOD PAGE 13

Facing your fears

A UNB professor has developed new technology for helping people get over their fear of spiders.

Alex Kress News Reporter Dr. Darren Piercey isn’t afraid of spiders, but he knows you might be.

He has a solution that will spook arachnophobia right out of you.

Piercey is a professor with the UNB psychology department and a large part of his research has been devoted to virtual reality treatments for people with phobias or anxiety disorders.

Two weeks ago, he and gaming developer Carl Callewaert launched a phobia-fighting game called Fear of Spiders for the iPad and iPhone.

There are five levels, each one more fear-invoking than the last. The idea is to slowly expose the user to spiders so they become increasingly comfortable

and less likely to panic and let their phobia get the better of them.

“If at the very first level there are spiders falling from the ceiling and jumping on you and stuff, it’s just too much for them to take,” said Piercey.

“You can do this type of therapy in an office with a clinician and a real spider, and they’re not going to throw the spider on you. You have to start off thinking about spiders and learning about spiders and at some point in time you would see real spiders.”

In the first level, users will see a spider in a terrarium across the hall.

The following levels are a little more aggressive, including a point where the spider makes contact with the user’s virtual hand. Piercey prefers active virtual reality treatment to

hypnosis, a commonly used method for tackling phobias.

“I know some people say they’ve had good experiences with it...of course if it works for you, that’s great.

[Virtual reality treatment] has been tested and shown to be effective.

You’re actually getting used to seeing the thing that you’re afraid of so that when you do see one in real life, you don’t overreact.”

Some phobias are so severe that even glancing at a photo is too much.

But to Piercey, the beauty of virtual reality is that it’s more acceptable to people because they know it’s going to scare them, but they also know it’s

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Hybrid computer lab now up and running in Gillin Hall

The $110,000 computer lab has down view computers embedded in the desks. Mike Erb / The Brunswickan

Justin Marshall The Brunswickan Gillin Hall is now home to the University of New Brunswick’s first ever hybrid computer lab.

Room GD108 recently opened after a lengthy renovation and major makeover designed to enhance student experience in the classroom.

The newly renovated space is the

result of an effort between Integrated Technology Services(ITS), the Faculty of Engineering and the Student Technology Fee. It is now available as a computer lab for students and a bookable teaching space for faculty members.

Bill Hamilton, senior technical support specialist in ITS said the project cost about $110,000 to implement.

“Since the engineers needed the extra teaching space, we decided that this was certainly a request we could put through the Engineering Program Fund,” Hamilton said.

Hamilton said the Engineering Program Fund put $70,000 towards the project and the Student Technology Fee provided the other $40,000.

The hybrid classroom includes 20 redesigned computer stations, but also has seating for an additional 36 students.

The computers switched from Windows XP to the new Windows 7 operating system, making it UNB’s first live Windows 7 computer lab.

Hamilton said the project came about after a survey they carried out on teaching spaces in Head Hall. The report said the engineering students needed more lecture space on campus.

“One of the options was to just hand over the lab to them as a classroom, which would have reduced our lab space by 20 per cent, or make this a hybrid computer lab which we decided to do,” he said.

One of the features specific to this

lab is the down view desks. This means each computer monitor is located inside a desk, and is viewed through a clear top on the desk’s surface.

Dan Brothers, a mechanical engineer in his final year, said the new lab is good because the monitors are out of the way and you can spread your books out.

“It’s good because you don’t have the monitor in front of your face distracting you all the time. The keyboards are kind of awkward because you don’t have room to move the mouse around, but that’s a change they could always do later on,” he said.

Other key features of the lab are that UNB’s wireless network is accessible throughout the room and each work space is equipped with a power source.

This provides students the option to work from a personal laptop.

Hamilton said one of the main complaints from students about Head Hall is there is not enough space for them to do their work and especially not enough space to do work on computers.

“One of the biggest requests I had from students for this room was the electrical outlets to plug in their own laptops to do work,” he said.

Hamilton said the new software, Insight, is a key tool for professors that allow them to control what is displayed on a student’s screen.

The lab is available for booking by faculty and staff members by emailing itsadmin@unb.ca.

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Piercey in competition for a spot on Dragon’s Den

FROM SPIDER PAGE 1 not real and feel safe and more willing to undergo the therapy. If you’re terrified of spiders or any other creature for that matter, you may not want to go for therapy if you know you’re going to have to see a real spider.

Next, Piercey plans to create modif ied versions of the software for people who are afraid of dogs, snakes, cats and insects. He’s also working on software for people who fear public speaking.

Fear of Spiders has sold across the world, including France, Great Britain and Portugal. Piercey said it takes about six months before an app gains a reputation in the app store, but he’s hopeful given the success it has already. It was also recently submitted to the Mac store.

Piercey entered his company CyberPsych in the New Brunswick

Innovation Foundation’s (NBIF) Breakthrough Competition for new entrepreneurs, in which 30 companies pitch their business plans. CyberPsych was one of six finalists. On March 10, the New NBIF will be releasing a two minute video online about each company for a viewer’s choice award.

The company with most votes will win a spot on Dragon’s Den, a show on CBC for aspiring entrepreneurs to pitch their ideas to a panel in hopes of winning start-up money. To vote, visit www.nbif.ca/eng/breakthru/.

On March 16 Piercey will pitch his ideas to a Dragon’s Den-style panel of three judges for one of three winning prizes.

The top prize is $100,000 and $45,000 in consulting, accountants and lawyers, and the two second place prizes are $50,000 each plus another $20,000 for consulting. The winners will be announced at the awards gala later that evening.

Piercey and his spider-spooking technology. Mike Erb / The Brunswickan

Politics are getting a sexy spin with Gender Awareness Week at UNB

Karlie Hanoski and Tabatha Armstrong are ready to talk “Sexy Politics” on campus. Andrew Meade / The Brunswickan

Christopher Cameron Sports Editor This week, groups across campus are coming together to talk politics, sexy politics.

Presented by the UNB Sexuality Centre, UNB Political Science Students Association, and the UNB Student Union, “Sexy Politics: A Gender Awareness Week,” is designed to promote awareness, discussion and engagement with political and gender issues. The events also aim to fundraise for various charities for women, such as Gignoo House and Grace House.

Sexuality Centre co-ordinator, Karlie Hanoski, said aside from being educational, the week is meant to raise awareness throughout the community.

“All of the events that we have will be educational, but will also be fun and we’re hoping that people will be drawn out to them. We’re also trying to draw attention to issues within our community.”

The week kicked off with a Gender Forum with Dr. Carolyn Bassett and Dr. Joanne Wright of the Political Science Faculty on Monday, followed by

Tuesday’s showing of Milk.

One of the most popular events of the week takes place tomorrow night, as the first of two showings of Eve Ensler’s “The Vagina Monologues” will be held in MacLaggan 53 at 7 p.m. The cost of tickets is $5 for students and $8 for the general public with 90 per cent of the money raised going to Gignoo House in Fredericton and 10 per cent going to VDay’s spotlight campaign on women and girls of Haiti.

Friday night will be the third annual PSSA Donald Creighton Pub Crawl With shirts being $10 for members and $15 for non-members they will be donating all proceeds to Grace House, a local women’s homeless shelter. Shirts will be sold throughout the week by contacting unbpssa@gmail.com.

Hanoski discussed how joining with the PSSA made it easier to reach a greater number of people and shed more light on community issues.

“I was approached by Tabitha Armstrong, one of the executive members of the PSSA about doing some sort of joint event together,”

she said. “We started throwing ideas around and ended up with a whole weeks worth of events. I mean the pub crawl for example will be raising funds for Grace House and the Vagina Monologues will be raising funds for Gignoo House, so a lot of women’s issues in the Fredericton community will have attention brought to them, which is something we can never do enough of.”

On Saturday there will be a matinee showing of “The Vagina Monologues” at 2 p.m. in MacLaggan 53 followed by the RAWA (Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan) Variety Show Fundraiser at Gallery Connexion at 440 York Street. Tickets cost $10 with all funds going to RAWA. The final event will take place Monday as they join Safe Spaces UNB in the National Day of Silence, which brings attention to anti-LGBTQ name-calling, bullying and harassment in schools.

More information can be found on the Facebook event page: UNB Sexy Politics Week.

Recent UNB grad a budding entrepreneur with earth-friendly tees Alex Kress News Reporter When Neil Cole was 16, he didn’t want to work a typical summer job.

Instead, he took a shine to something a little more entrepreneurial.

He wanted to be his own boss and began using a heat transfer press to make custom prints on t-shirts. He had to leave it for a while because of school and other commitments, but his passion for printing never left him.

The 27-year-old UNB grad from Salisbury officially started up his own ecologically conscious garment printing company three years ago, Uni-tee Designs, and business is blossoming.

In doing some research on screen printing, which creates a higher quality product than heat transfer printing, Cole discovered there are several dangerous chemicals used in the industry.

It wasn’t a difficult decision for him to try an alternative method that was easier on him and the environment.

He thinks the shift from using traditional practices to the method he uses hasn’t happened because people simply aren’t willing to adopt change – yet. His supplier told him she’s given samples of safer chemicals to larger printing companies and they’ve actually reported a preference over the old chemicals. They don’t cause acid burns, the fumes aren’t dangerous and there is no risk of nervous system

damage, often typical of the harmful chemicals used in the printing process.

Printing in an ecologically safe manner isn’t necessarily more expensive than doing it traditionally, but Cole admitted he tends to ignore any extra costs associated with doing it his way, simply for the benefits of it.

He’s producing Uni-tee Designs out of his home and is running it through his website and Facebook and he has an Etsy store. He made his first international sale to a buyer in California on March 11. He also has products available locally at reNeu Boutique and Backstreet Records.

“I do want to focus on local [sales] as much as possible,” he said.

“I would like to see my company with a shop downtown and hopefully if I can grow I’d like to see it expand as a co-op and bring other people who are just as committed to environmentally safe, fairly traded products...I’d like to bring them in to co-operate with me on building Uni-tee Designs.”

He’s been developing product proposals for shops downtown, the UNB Student Union and socially conscious groups like the Multicultural Association. He wishes he could open a shop downtown as soon as possible, but said realistically it will be another two to three years.

“I have student debt that I need to

worry about, so it sort of slows gross potential a little bit,” he laughed.

He’s also working on building some collaborative relationships with local artists and in the future he’d like to develop a commission and royalties system.

On average, printing a garment with Uni-tee Designs runs between $35 and $40, but the average order is about $100 because people tend to order several at a time.

Cole did his honours thesis for his Master’s degree in political science on ecological sustainability and capitalism and he said a lot of companies market ecologically conscious products because they’re catering to public awareness about environmental issues as a fad, rather than an actually committing to offering an environmentally friendly product.

He went on to say these are the types of companies who offer a green alternative at the same time as a nongreen alternative instead of just offering the green product on the principle that it’s the right thing to do, hence the appearance of a fad. He stressed Uni-tee Designs is not one of those companies; he’s in it for the long haul.

Visit Uni-tee Designs at www. uni-tee-designs.ca, at the Etsy store at www.etsy.com/shop/UniteeDesigns or on Facebook under Uni-tee Designs.

UNB voted, and here’s the result 918 UNB students turned out to cast ballots in the 20112012 UNBSU general election.

Jordan Thompson, President

By Alex Kress - News Reporter Jordan Thompson, newly elected UNBSU president, has several items on his presidential to-do list for next year.

His biggest plan is to help with government plans for university funding.

Next year the provincial government is introducing a floating schedule for university funding and Thompson said the union is going to actively involve themselves by contributing their ideas for how it should be structured.

It will set the university’s operating budget which will in turn set tuition for the next four years.

He feels it’s imperative to establish a strong relationship and communication line with the Alward government to make their presence known and to ensure student issues continue to be advocated for.

Thompson’s position as president means ultimately being the spokesperson and manager of the union. He hopes to provide as many resources as possible for his team so they can fulfill their mandates to the best of their ability, focusing on working together to better immerse the union in the student community.

Thompson wants to improve communication between the student union and members and to accomplish this

he’d like to set up bi-weekly information booths around the SUB and other high traffic areas around campus.

These booths would facilitate information sharing and face-to-face engagement with students to answer any questions they may have and would also serve to inform them on upcoming events.

There have been issues with this year’s council meeting quorum and with councillors not performing at a quality level, but Thompson is confident this is under control now and measures will be taken to prevent it from happening next year.

“We’ve cracked down on council attendance this year, so that’s something that we’ll be continuing for next year, to send a message that council’s incredibly important,” he said.

He also wants to continue hosting quality events like concerts and stand-up comedy and plans to maintain bringing in entertainment that interests students.

The union, founded in 1914, is approaching its 100th anniversary. Thompson said he will be getting in touch with alumni and setting up preliminary plans for the celebrations.

Joey O’Kane, Vice-President External

By Hilary Paige Smith - News Editor Joey O’Kane believes in getting student issues at the forefront of New Brunswick politics, but doesn’t think shouting in front of the legislature is the way to do it.

After the St. Thomas University Student Union-led We March rally on March 1 to protest high tuition fees, the UNBSU took criticism for not participating in the event.

“Efforts right now can be put to better places, I guess.

Rallying in front of the government and in front of Martine Coulombe (PSE Minister) and basically just shouting at her isn’t going to get anything done,” he said.

After Brad McKinney, vice-president external for this academic year, resigned, O’Kane will be unofficially working with the UNBSU for the remainder of the year.

O’Kane ran unopposed for the position and was voted in with a resounding “yes” vote.

He left for Vancouver on Monday where the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations is meeting for a national conference on student issues.

“As for right now the main thing we all seem to be on the same page for is trying to abolish parental income when it comes to student loans and how much students can actually get from the Canada Student Loan (program),” he said of what issues will be tabled at the conference.

At UNB, O’Kane’s plans for the coming academic year are looking on the greener side of student and provincial politics.

“I’d like to do some research now and try to build it so we can bring a new form of green technology into UNB and New Brunswick, that not only gives job opportunities for students, but can also decrease a lot of costs in the long run for energy and whatnot. There’s a lot of grants I’m looking into for us to be able to do that.”

As for student financial issues, O’Kane said it’s still too early to say. Whether or not the Alward government will carry over a tuition freeze won’t be public until the budget drops on March 22.

Andrew Martel, Vice-President Finance

By Colin McPhail - Editor-in-Chief Andrew Martel is excited “to hit the ground running” as the 2011-12 vice-president finance & operations for the UNB Student Union.

The second-year computer science student is armed with a number of goals, including “putting a face to the Student Union.”

“Our goal, as of right now, is to put back the student in Student Union. We’re lacking in student interest. I want to make students more involved in what’s going on.”

In order to that, Martel plans to dive deeper into social media to inform the student body. He wants to start a YouTube channel devoted to creating a more informative and presentable Student Union. Instead of only announcing major events, the VP finance will keep the students up to date on Student Union functions and projects to create a more understanding and transparent environment.

He wants to start a YouTube channel devoted to creating a more informative and presentable Student Union.

Martel is committed to transferring the same mentality to his finance duties.

“The budget is currently being set out in a business sort of way. You know, ‘Go see note A or B to understand.’

Some students, those who aren’t in business especially, might not understand exactly where money is being allocated to,” said Martel.

“I kind of want to make it more transparent so people can know what we’re doing and what the money is going to. I want to talk to executive about ways to not only make it easier the students but the exec as well.”

Martel is planning to restructure the funding model for clubs and societies, which fell under scrutiny this year.

“For that, I would like to have a different process or expand it so that there could be a different special interest where monetary donations would be given out as more of a recommendation instead of a start-up fee.”

He’s also been currently researching other student unions’ budgets to streamline the UNBSU’s.

“It’s interesting to see their differences. I don’t want to turn us into another university, but I want to see what’s working for them. I want to sit down and really look at this budget. Look at what could be improved and what could work better for the students.”

Martel is thankful that his predecessor will be the SU president and is excited for the opportunity to work on the new executive.

Hansika Gunaratne, Vice-President Internal

By Alanah Duffy - Staff Writer Hansika Gunaratne is confident that her experience as Science Faculty Representative will help with her new position as Vice-President Internal for the Student Union.

“We did get quite a bit accomplished within the [science] faculty, so coming into this election that was quite a bit of motivation. Just having been able to do as much as we did within one faculty, you can imagine how much we can do when representing the whole university.”

The third-year biology and philosophy major thinks that having each faculty work in co-operation with the Student Union will benefit students next year.

“One of the main things is to make sure that the faculties work alongside the Student Union, not have both parties doing separate things,” she said. “Ultimately, I want to make the experience of the student better, so I think working together would help that.”

Gunaratne is already looking ahead to next year and planning ways to make certain programs more efficient.

She credits current VP Internal Ashley Wile with doing

a good job by introducing debit machines for the Book Buy and Sell.

“I definitely want to continue on with that, but I think that introducing a computerized data entering system might help too. We now use manual recording in file folders, so [computerized data] might make it more effective. It’s something that I’m looking into.”

Gunaratne is also looking forward to getting to know her Student Union counterparts over the summer and ironing out any kinks that might come along the way next year.

“The summer is there for us to get familiar with what we need to do, because we’re going to be planning the whole time. So, hopefully, there won’t be a challenge that we don’t foresee,” she said. “That’s what the summer is for, to make sure that we’re ready.”

The Colombo, Sri Lanka native added that helping international students is also high on her priority list and she plans to work closely with the International Student Advisor’s Office (ISAO).

Chantel Whitman, Vice-President Student Services

By Alanah Duffy - Staff Writer Chantel Whitman has a message for the people who voted her in as Vice-President Student Services.

“Thank you for voting; thanks for your support. I look forward to the position and working with the other executives of the Student Union.”

Whitman found out that she won the Saturday before March break began. “I just remember being really excited [when I heard the news],” she recalled.

“I was going to run last year, but then I decided not to because I chickened out. But [next year is] my last year, so I went for it and it worked out.”

The third-year sociology and law in society double major has already started thinking about plans for next year.

“The [services] that we have a pretty good right now.

I’d just like to see a few more events during winter carnival,” she said.

Whitman also wants to look into securing bus passes for UNB students.

“Transportation’s a big problem; I’d like to see a universal bus pass,” she said. “I know that they had it a few years ago and it was voted against, but it’s worth another try I

think. It would save students a lot of money in the end.”

As VP Student Services, Whitman is responsible for proposing new services to council, implementing the services approved by council and serving as the liaison for the UNB Orientation Committee. She will also be responsible for hiring co-ordinators for services such as Drink Smart and SafeRide.

The Lunenburg, Nova Scotia native said she was inspired to run for this position by her dealings with current student union representatives.

“I work at the Paper Trail right now, so I’ve seen the current executives and the past executives and what they do and I really wanted to be a part of that,” she said. “I want to be part of a team and help out students, so I’m very excited.”

Whitman said the thing that she is most excited for about her new position is getting to work closely with others.

“I just want to help out the students and provide them with better services and events. I mean, I’m here for the students, right?”

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“Sluts” and rape myths in Fredericton

Fredericton is among one of the most dangerous cities in Canada for sexual assault. Alex Martin / The Fulcrum Hilary Paige Smith News Editor Slut.

It’s not a word you often hear in the news, but after it slipped out of a Toronto Police officer’s mouth on Jan. 24, “sluts” are everywhere.

A male police officer, along with two fellow officers, was leading a campus safety information session at York University when the incident occurred. According to onlookers, the officer told female students at the session that sexual assault could be avoided if they don’t dress like “sluts.”

The four-letter word grabbed national attention and has people talking about sexual assault.

Lorraine Whalley, executive director of the Fredericton Sexual Assault Crisis Centre, is all too familiar with the incident at York University.

“I think it’s disturbing that so many years after we’ve been having this conversation publicly and within institutions that it’s still cropping up,” she said, calling it “distressing” that public figures are representing these views.

The executive director also used the term “rape myth” to define the “slut” idea expressed at the campus safety session.

Whalley said rape myths are very real and exist at all levels, even in small cities like Fredericton.

“Rape mythology really is a systemic issue and it’s one that isn’t a quick, easy fix.

It takes commitment from institutions to acknowledge that rape myths do exist and that rape myths can impact responses to sexual assault. They could impact the way a sexual assault is investigated.”

Cst. Rick Mooney, media relations officer with the Fredericton Police Force, said local officers undergo cultural sensitivity training and intimate partner violence training to handle sexual assault cases.

Police also work closely with Whalley and her colleagues at the Crisis Centre, as well as local women’s shelters and the Department of Social Development, to

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get information out about sexual assault.

In 2010, 85 sex crimes were reported in Fredericton. Of those, 64 were sexual assaults.

As a general estimate from police forces across Canada, Mooney said 90 per cent of sexual assaults go unreported.

“The reporting rate is very low for this type of crime. I think one of the reasons for that is it’s a very sensitive issue. It’s very embarrassing,” he said, adding that victims often take on a level of responsibility for the crime.

“What we’re trying to do is create those relationships with the community and help victims become more comfortable and feel a greater level of trust for their authorities so that they can break down those barriers and have the courage to come forth.”

Mooney also took the opportunity to dispel the myth that if a woman is dressed provocatively, she’s asking to be assaulted.

“I think what we’re talking about is something that really boils down to consent. That’s where this comes back to, what is consent? Really, the only consent that is real is the word ‘yes.’ The only thing that means yes is yes,” Mooney said bluntly.

Whalley said it’s difficult for society to expect sexual assault victims to come forward after an incident because rape myths are still perpetuated by a handful of people.

“They’re unsure at how they’re going to be treated, how they’re going to be responded to and not only may it prevent them from coming forward, but it also impacts the process of them healing from what’s happened to them.”

According to Maclean’s magazine’s annual “Most Dangerous Cities” survey for 2010, Fredericton is the third most dangerous city for sexual assault in Canada, placing behind Cornwall, Ont., and Saint John, NB. It’s not impossible to believe.

Fredericton is home to provincial government buildings, a well-loved farmer’s market and two universities. But, catcall-

ers, aggressive partiers and the infamous “Rape Trail” also live here. It’s not uncommon to see men grab women in the Tannery Court nightlife-hub on weekend nights and shouts from passing cars echo through the streets at all hours of the day.

Whalley said sexual harassment, like calling women sluts, catcalling or aggression directed at women, stems from misguided ideas about gender roles and female sexuality.

“We seem to have watered down the whole issue of sexual harassment. We hear the term bullying being thrown around and that takes the gender out of it. It takes out the fact that in the overwhelming majority of cases girls and women experience behaviour from boys and men that make them feel threatened or make them feel degraded and humiliated.”

Slut is not a foreign word on university campuses. Robin Hebb, a third year theatre major at Dalhousie University in Halifax, said she often hears women use the word more often than men.

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, a “slut” is defined as “a woman of dirty, slovenly or untidy habits or appearance.”

When read the dictionary definition, an audible exclamation of shock escaped Hebb’s lips. Aghast, she said, “I actually had no idea what it really meant.”

Hebb said slut has become a part of popular vernacular, so much so that women find it easy to brush off if they hear it.

“I think if a woman is called a slut by another woman, they probably just brush it off nowadays because it is such a part of our vocabulary, but if a guy was to call a girl a slut with a negative tone, they would probably be extremely offended and shocked.”

Meanwhile, in Toronto, the offending police officer was required to submit a written apology to female students at York University.

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Christchurch earthquake recovery: Joining the student volunteer army

Bill Parenteau, Helen Tai, Mia Parenteau Special to The Brunswickan We are reporting from City Centre, Christchurch, New Zealand on our participation in the University of Canterbury Student Volunteer Army (SVA), an organization that is central to boosting the morale and the physical recovery of the city after the devastating earthquake on Feb. 22.

Our story started as a dream. After managing to finish two PhDs, getting great jobs in Fredericton, a city that we love, and getting to the point where we could co-ordinate our sabbatical leaves, we decided on Christchurch, New Zealand to launch the adventure of a lifetime. Mia enrolled at Christchurch Girls’ High School for the February to July term; Helen waded through the excruciating paperwork to get a work transfer with Plant and Food Research in Lincoln; and, Bill took up a visiting scholar position at Canterbury University. We arrived on Jan. 31 to clear skies and 22 degree Celsius weather, and were delighted to find that our townhouse is located just 12 minutes walk to Cathedral Square. Naturally, we did not know that Cathedral Square, in a few short weeks, would be ground zero for the devastation that was to ensue.

After the usual rush to get settled and set up our new home we had two weeks of enjoying a city of astounding beauty and residents who exhibit a level of politeness and hospitality that surprises even dedicated Maritimers. Every person who gets off the bus in Christchurch, for example, says ‘thank you’ to the driver.

When the earthquake hit, it was sudden and violent. We had a few small tremors in the first week, but nothing can prepare one for a seismic event of the magnitude of the Feb. 22 shake. Mia and Bill were walking home from Girls High on a paved pathway in beautiful Hagley Park when the ground moved sharply to the right and then to the left. We knew enough to get off the path and lie flat on the ground in a soccer field. It was a terrifying 30 seconds as the ground continued to jolt rapidly from side

to side and underground water pipes burst through the ground and a grey liquid began to bubble up. It was the first time that we saw liquefaction, a by-product of earthquakes that produces on-going environmental problems.

Helen was 20 km away further from the epicenter in Lincoln with a group from Plant and Food Research. They were walking back from lunch on the sidewalk when the earthquake hit. At first it felt like a dizzy spell, but very quickly the undulating movements of the ground grew larger.

A member of the group from Chile, who also experienced the recent Santiago earthquake, said right after the tremor, “It is a big one, cars did not sway like that in Santiago.”

A few minutes later Bill and Mia were able to reach Helen on her cell phone, before overuse of the system shut down services.

As the horrors of the destruction unfolded, especially in City Centre, over the next few days a sense of helplessness set in.

It was surreal to be two or three blocks away from people buried in rubble and be told that to either stay at home or leave the city. There was really nothing we could do.

A few days after the event we heard about the SVA. The Student Volunteer Army was founded in Sept. 2010 after the first major earthquake in Christchurch, which registered 7.1 on the Richter scale. It was founded by a University of Canterbury student, Sam Johnson, who started a Facebook page. Christchurch newspaper, The Press, has recognized the SVA as a “stunning example of the ability of the web to mobilize.” In both earthquakes the major campaign of the student army has been to go into neighbourhoods with shovels and wheelbarrows and clean up the tens of thousands of tons of liquefaction.

Liquefaction is generated during earthquakes when the stress forces on the soil cause it to behave more like a liquid. The result is a flow of mucky silt to the surface, covering patio and driveways, and seeping into houses. Bursting water mains in the Feb. 22 earthquake caused sewage to flow into the liquefaction, creating a malodorous mess that in some places was 70 cm deep.

One estimate of the volume of liquefaction

Submitted reached 150,000 tons in Christchurch.

The scale of the clean up effort was immense, far beyond the capacity of the public works infrastructure. While civil defence efforts were focused on search and rescue and restoration of basic utilities, the SVA addressed removal of liquefaction, a looming environmental and public health concern. The hazard was realized on the Wednesday after the earthquake, when warm temperatures and wind transformed the liquefaction into massive dust clouds, requiring suspension of SVA clean-up activities.

We joined the SVA and have spent two days in a rewarding and eye-opening experience. On the surface, the SVA effort seemed to have very little central organization or hierarchy. However, thousands of univer-

Chlamydia, gonorrhea, herpes – oh my!

Kay Sex Columnist Last week the Bruns News Editor, Hilary Paige Smith, told us about the province launching a Chlamydia campaign in New Brunswick.

Perfect timing to think about how we talk about sexually transmitted infections.

Here’s the thing – statistically speaking, many of us will have an STI in the course of our sexual history, particularly if we have more than one sex partner. Estimates suggest that 20-25 per cent of us have a non-curable STI, such as HPV or herpes.

Many of us will also have an STI unknowingly (seriously, when’s the last time you were tested?).

Researchers have found that when people are diagnosed with an STI they experience a wide range of mild to severe outcomes including rejection from past, current and future sex partners.

No wonder it is so hard to tell a partner that you have an STI! It is also very hard to listen to a partner tell you that they have an STI. Unfortunately, many people have assumptions about the kinds of people who get STI’s despite the fact that STI’s are actually indiscriminant in who they attach themselves too.

As a listener, a key thing is to remember that people with as few as one sex partner or as many as hundreds can contract an STI. Remember that STI’s can be asymptomatic – meaning there are no signs or symptoms – so that someone could carry it for a long time without knowing. Sometimes the symptoms are so slight they can be passed

off as a cold or simple genital itch. This is important information to know because people often jump to conclusions on where an STI came from (cheating) or who gave it to whom. These assumptions are not helpful for anyone.

As a speaker, taking the time to consider you immediate circumstances is important.

For example, disclosing an STI to past sexual partners (which the health departments expects you to do) is very different from disclosing to your current sex or romantic partner, or someone you want to be sexual with. But this isn’t going to help you say the words you need to say – and what I want is to give you some very specific tools to think about and try out.

1) Practice, practice, practice. Try disclosing in different ways to yourself. And seriously, say the words so you hear them come out of your mouth. Then, practice on some trusted friends. Disclosing to someone you care and respect will give you realistic practice. These people will have reactions and likely questions and comments that are likely to be very similar to your current and future sex partners.

2) Expect yourself to feel uncomfortable.

Everytime. Everytime.

3) Try to put off having sex until you disclose. Imagine how you would feel if you found out right after rubbing genitals with someone that they had an STI and knowingly put you at risk. Similarly, avoid disclosing in the heat of the moment. When our brains are on “I want to fuck you” mode and someone throws you a curve ball, we tend to swing anyways.

4) If this is someone you really care about and respect you will want to make sure you have lots of alone time. It could be helpful to have some information on hand, or a contact for testing.

5) Give the other person time to process what you’ve told them. Verbally leave the door open for them to think about the information and come back to talk to you again later.

Still don’t even know where to begin?

Try saying that. Starting with how you feel about the person can help pave the way for why you are telling them this information.

Here’s an example of what you might say: “I need to talk to you about something that is hard to talk about. I really want to have sex with you (or I want to fuck you – depending on your style). I respect you (and care about you) and that is why I needed us to talk before we decide to have sex. There’s no easy way to say this. The thing is, I have an STI. (Pause) I’ve had it for a while and I’ve learned a lot about it, how it makes me feel and what to do about it. Unfortunately, it is a kind that comes back now and then. I wanted us to talk about this first, because I realize that my STI status means that there is always a chance that my sex partners can get it from me and I would never do anything to purposely put you at risk for that.”

Disclosure is an outward gesture of respect for the other person and for you.

Remembering that when you disclose, and remembering that when someone is disclosing to you, it is key to maintaining a calm conversation and a relationship after disclosure.

sity and high school students participated along with a smattering of other citizens.

Everything was provided to us, including hundreds of shovels and wheelbarrows, food, water, gloves, masks, boots and transportation. Notably, the SVA was supported by the ‘farmy army’, volunteers from the local Federated Farmers who brought in and operated their heavy equipment for removal of the liquefaction.

The experience of working with the SVA has helped all of us come to grips with a very tragic situation. Through the sadness, the SVA brought a sense of purpose and hope that lifted and energized the entire community. Young people have a unique capacity to dismiss despair and instill hope in the future. The SVA has inspired us to continue our efforts to help in the recovery from the earthquake in Christchurch.

letters to the editor.

Fighting for Aboriginal awareness Dear Editor, I offer comment on the panel discussion entitled “How The Mi’kmaq and Maliseet Peoples Are Key To Our Future” recently held at UNB. The first thing that came to mind when I heard of this conversation was: are the transplanted Europeans now seeking to develop a relationship with Indians that is respectful, compassionate, peaceful and equal or is it just more of the same old same old.

It appears from the newspaper account that it is just more of the same old.

Any serious conversation that our two peoples may have regarding our past, present and future relationship must always begin with the situation of our homeland now being someone else’s country.

Once this has been resolved to everyone’s satisfaction then the conversation can move

on to other equally important considerations such as the genocide of our people, loss of spirituality, loss of language and the loss of identity as Wulustukyieg.

Until such time as this conversation actually takes place between the original and true owners of this, our homeland, and the transplanted Europeans then any conversation will remain the same old.

I don’t know how many New Brunswickers are aware that the land upon which UNB now sits was granted by some king in England through a letter of patent which explicitly stated that Indians be educated, at no cost, at the old Kings College as a condition of the granting of the land and charter.

It would have been nice to have the president of UNB announce at this event their intention to begin to abide by this condition.

All my relations, Dan Ennis Tobique First Nation

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The fight the UFC has been waiting for Ben Anderson An Opinion On Saturday, March 19, fans will either witness the solidifying of a legacy or the birth of a new champion.

Ever since his first high profile fight against Stephan Bonnar, 23-year-old Jon Jones has received the kind of praise that’s usually reserved for the phenoms of a sport. And why not? Jones has put on a clinic throughout his short career, schooling several veteran UFC gatekeepers with his unique mix of wrestling-based ground control and wild spinning elbows. His only loss remains a disqualification for crunching a couple illegal elbows through Matt Hamill’s orbital bone in a fight that Jones had dominated from bell to bell. He’s never even been in danger, let alone hurt.

Jones’s success continued at UFC 126 this past February, where he obliterated fellow prospect Ryan Bader by way of a lop-sided submission victory.

An injury had forced number one contender Rashad Evans to pull out of his title fight with Mauricio ‘Shogun’ Rua. In typical UFC style—a swagger that falls somewhere between HBO boxing and WWE glitz—UFC President Dana White invited Rua into the cage after Jones’s big win for one hell of a photo op. The UFC had decided to hand the vacant shot to their fastest-rising star.

After all, the Jones-Rua fight is an easy sell for the UFC, a story of new blood versus old blood and the chance for fight fans to either witness a legacy solidified or a legacy born. Through a barrage of promotional footage and constant allusions to Jones’s Christian family-man persona, the UFC has already laid down the foundation for

their potentially biggest homegrown superstar. Jones’s very PC demeanor and youth pretty much sell themselves in a sport that has long been demeaned as brutish and crass. He doesn’t use potty mouth and he’s in bed by seven— a perfectly Disneyfied cagefighter to throw at ESPN or Good Morning America.

Though the March 19 fight date left Jones only a brief training camp, he’d spent the last few months training his teammate Rashad Evans for Shogun Rua. Shogun had taken UFC gold by brutally knocking out the elusive Lyoto Machida in a rematch of their first controversial bout. A remnant of the old days, Rua likewise reached stardom at the sweet age of 23 after winning the 2005 Pride Middleweight Grand Prix. For the next several years, Rua was considered the top 205-pound fighter in the world, until a slew of knee injuries threw his career off track.

Of course much has been made about the parallels between these two fighters, since both Rua and Jones opened their careers like the Black Death incarnate, dominating opponents in brutal fashion. It made for a good enough story and ultimately the whole ordeal must have seemed like a win-win to the UFC. If Jones pulls it off, the UFC’s heavy marketing will have set the groundwork for a young and perfectly marketable champion.

He’ll appear on Jay Leno and hock Gatorade during the commercial break— the prototypical Good American Boy. If Shogun retains his title, then all of the work they’ve put into hyping their young prospect will get passed onto their now defending light-heavyweight champion. In effect, if Shogun wins,

the brunswickan Editorial Board

Editor-in-Chief • Colin McPhail Managing • Alex Duncan News • Hilary Paige Smith Arts • Alison Clack Sports • Christopher Cameron Photo • Andrew Meade Copy • Kristen MacArthur Production • Christian Hapgood Online • Sandy Chase Staff Advertising Sales Rep • Bill Traer Delivery • Dan Gallagher

Mauricio “Shogun” Rua will be competing in the fight the UFC has been waiting against Jon Jones this coming Satruday. Flickrcc the UFC has just fed him months of publicity—he’s now the guy who stopped the unbeatable Jon Jones. And as for a Jones loss, well, he’s still only 23 years old. They’ll just throw him a nice rebound fight and start the climb to the top all over again. No big deal.

Both fighters have a lot of questions coming in. After a year layoff and a third knee surgery, some point to Mauricio Rua’s history of underperforming under similar circumstances.

And Jones has crushed all his opponents, but we’ve yet to truly see him tested—or even hit—by a striker with the credentials of Rua. On the other hand, the biggest hole in Rua’s game remains his wrestling, unquestionably

Jones’s greatest strength. While Rua’s jiu-jitsu base allows for the chance of catching one of his opponent’s freakishly long limbs in a tight submission, Rua’s biggest hope to win remains on the feet where his Muay Thai striking has brutalized many a rising star with an onslaught of knees and punches.

Even if I were a betting man, I’d run away from this one, a match where the defending champion holds underdog odds. But remember that Machida was also considered an untouchable fighter before Shogun first demystified and then, finally, knocked him out. After next Saturday’s anticipated light-heavyweight title fight, we’ll have our answers.

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Education: the great equalizer?

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Tim Hortons not worth the time, money

Is education a right or a privilege? Mike Erb ./ The Brunswickan

Oussama D. Hamza An Opinion Two things are certain in life: death and taxes. That’s another way of saying one thing: the government is sure to mess you over in life.

A brave alliance of students from UNB and STU united to march on March 1 against the tower of Orthanc (a.k.a. legislature) to protest cutbacks in funding for education. However, the whole shebang raises the more fundamental question whether education is a right or a privilege.

Talk about rights is all the noise these days. What is a right anyway? I’m not too sure. Comedian George Carlin argued (joked—same thing) there is no such thing as rights and that what we call rights is really a privilege. Maybe he’s right. Be that as it may, if we have a ‘right’ to education and hence to equal opportunity, we’re not getting it.

Rights won’t cut the cake; and education is a cake we want to eat, not just have.

Education is freedom; not just mentally, but also physically—at least in principle.

A proper education uses tools to liberate students, rather than make tools out of students. By liberate, I mean give them a job and a brain, not deprive them of these.

Education is what allows members of a society to achieve their fullest potential.

If education isn’t equally accessible to everyone, then the few people it liberates are elite and education becomes an institution for perpetuating inequality: a pyramid scheme, a castle-in-the-sky with ivory towers full of fat cats kept afloat by swindling hordes of students.

The truth is well-known: all people are born unequal. Only a system that constantly delivers opportunities to the less fortunate can possibly be called just.

All anyone needs in life is a living: simply work, security and a potential for social mobility. Given the taxes we pay, I see no reason why we shouldn’t have this trinity and more.

The government and academic institutions abuse us by charging us excess tuitions and providing us with cheap educations and no jobs—or good jobs for some and bad ones for others (why on earth should that be so?). Where else but to those who benefit from inequality does the money go? The government is included here. What else does the government do with the money than keep its bureaucracy afloat?

The money is there and the trinity is possible, there is no doubt. But will the government fulfill its role to achieve this trinity or will it use the money to perform an impossible act of levitation? That is the real question.

bruns hiring begins A detailed description of each available position can be found online at thebruns.ca under the “Work With Us” tab.

Applications are aleady being accepted. The deadline for the remaining positions is March 20.

For further information, please contact managing@thebruns.ca and check out pg. 10-11.

Roll up the rim to win a whole lot of nothing. Jon Hayes / Flickr Lauren Gagatek The Gateway (University of Alberta) EDMONTON (CUP) — It’s that time of the year again, time to roll up the rim to disappointment.

You know that feeling as you slurp down your coffee while eyeing the Toyota Matrix only to be greeted by the disappointing “please play again” banner. And yet students who aren’t Tim Hortons frequenters are visiting to win, and the loyal customers are making extra trips in an attempt to cash in.

But the thin Tim Hortons cups, the faulty lids and poor odds combine to make Roll Up The Rim a terrible scheme.

For one thing, the contest is undoubtedly the start of a university obesity epidemic. By winning a free beverage of any size, Tim Hortons encourages you

to opt for an extra-large beverage, getting the best value for your non-dollar and increasing the amount of cream and sugar in your cup. And winning a free baked good is a great way to add a few pounds, even while some of us are already sporting the Freshman 15.

To be honest, I’m uncertain what draws consumers to Tim Hortons. Is it the colourful cups? Is it the thought of winning a car, a grill, a bike or a chance to indulge in a free baked good? Tim Hortons has us addicted, dangling shiny prizes in front of our eyes to draw us in.

Consumers will risk burns from thin paper cups just to play the game. But do we all really need another doughnut?

Health concerns aside, environmental waste is a huge issue. Given the popularity of the contest, why isn’t Tim Hortons looking into manufacturing a better

cup? Instead, consumers are given a roll-up cup inside of a regular cup. If you want your coffee in a travel mug but also want the chance to win, you’re given an additional Roll Up The Rim cup.

With the billions of dollars poured into Tim Hortons’ coffers, they should have the money to engineer a cup with a better lid. Maybe even one that has a tab that actually stays down, or a lid without sharp edges. In fact, several Facebook groups have been set up to petition the company for a new lid that functions effectively and doesn’t leak.

Roll Up The Rim is unnecessary for us students, but we’ll continue to play into Tim’s hands. We’re the ones perpetuating the use of two thin cups with a crappy lid. Ask yourself the next time you roll up your rim to a free treat, “Do I really need this extra doughnut?”

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the brunswickan Good reasons to join The Bruns…

The Brunswickan is a newspaper put out for students by students, and that means you. Join The Bruns. The friendships you make and the experience you gain will last you a lifetime. Call, email or drop by the office in the SUB. Working with your student newspaper is a great way to build your resume and portfolio, have your name published in a weekly newspaper and on the Internet, meet interesting and important people, and serve the good of your student community. No experience is necessary to apply, and all students are welcome to join.

The following paid positions are up for grabs.

The deadline to apply is March 20 at 11:59 p.m.

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Individual job descriptions, requirements, and more information about The Brunswickan is available on our website at http://www.thebruns.ca/ pages/work-with-us.

Submit your resume and cover letter by e-mail to managing@thebruns.ca. Any questions about the positions or the hiring process can also be directed to this e-mail address.

News: Since this is a newspaper we’re talking about, the most obvious place to start is with the news department.

The Brunswickan’s news staff covers events of interest to students both on and off campus. Writers bring interesting and informative stories to the attention of the university community.

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The production department also oversees the overall design of both The Brunswickan and thebruns.ca.

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is hiring for 2011 PRODUCTION SECHEDULE: Wednesday:

•12:30 p.m. – Story Meeting in Bruns Office (SUB Room 35) •Assign stories to writers •Assign photo assignments to photographers •Discuss any new and upcoming business with entire staff and volunteers •Begin to arrange interviews, your weekend work schedule, etc.

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•Continue to work on stories •Make sure your section is running smoothly and is under control •Ensure that any questions staff members or volunteers have are tended to

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•Ensure every story in your section is either finished or nearing completion •Complete as much as you can to avoid a busy weekend •12:00 p.m. – Online Editor’s first story is due •Collaborate with photographers to ensure everything is running smoothly

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what do you like about working for the brunswickan?

Even after four years I find that writing for the Brunswickan is a rewarding experience. It gives you great writing experience, helps you build your writing portfolio and adds to your resume, but more than that you get to work with an amazing team of people. Every year of the Bruns, with every change of staff, I have made wonderful, life long friends. The connections you will make are worth just as much, if not more than most things I’ve done through university.

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It’s great to place to grow as a journalist and a person. The beauty of this work is that it constantly has you learning. You get to meet lots of interesting people and be the voice for a community. It helped me find a career path and opened so many doors. Working here padded my resume, portfolio and wallet at the same time.

-Colin McPhail Editor-in-Chief

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Writing for The Bruns was one of the best decisions I’ve ever made. I work with great people I didn’t know before. I get to learn more about campus and improved my overall writing and listening skills.

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I like working for The Bruns because of the way it enables me to be constantly involved in the happenings and interesting people of the university community. I get to talk to people I wouldn’t normally ever cross paths with, and tell stories that might not be known otherwise.

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Working for the Bruns gave me confidence in my writing and the portfolio I needed to start a career in journalism. It opened up doors to daily internships, national-level jobs and grad school in journalism. It paid fairly, too, and meant I spent my weeks hanging out with an amazing crew of people.

Also, the office is below one bar and above another bar.

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I love the Brunswickan. It is one of the primary things that has defined university for me. I met amazing people who aren’t just co-workers anymore and writing for the Brunswickan helped me get a great summer internship as a reporter.

Working here opens doors for friendships and employment!

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Student

Viewpoint.

Let everyone know whats on your mind.

What shouldn’t be dyed green on St. Patrick’s Day?

“Beer. It turns your mouth green.”

“Food.”

Jill Purcell

Morgan Ludford

“Eyebrows.”

Andrea Pierce

Calin Fraser

“Your skin.”

“Elbows.”

Michael Flewelling

Lindsay May

“Facial Hair.”

“Vaginas.”

Micah O’Donnell

“Your hair.”

Abby Wilson

“Beer.”

Mitch Muir

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Jay-Z’s poetry deciphered

FeelsGood encourages students to join

Alex Manley The Link (Concordia University) MONTREAL (CUP) — Rare is the person who hasn’t, by now, at least heard of Jay-Z, let alone downloaded a song or two to bump from their speaker system of choice, be it auto or iPod, when in need of a good aural pick-me-up.

Even if Jay was the biggest name in the rap business five years ago or so, by now he’s a cultural icon that’s stepped out of the genre’s boundaries entirely.

He’s a cuddly teddy bear of a selfmade multi-millionaire, married to everyone’s favourite R&B songstress.

He’s been on a magazine cover with Warren Buffett. He’s been interviewed on Charlie Rose, for crying out loud.

Your grandmother probably knows who he is by now.

And yet, here he is with a career retrospective to match any artist’s greatest hits album — a book. And not just any book; a book whose supposed raison d’être is for Jay to explain his own lyrics. It is a New York Times-bestselling tome of a black man who grew up in the projects, offering some critical exegesis on his poetry about his past as a drug dealer. It’s a strange animal.

Decoded is a brick of a thing, a coffee-table book’s coffee-table book.

It is so thick with detail and description — on top of being a serious visual delight — that it is sort of the Maybach of books.

The advance buzz on Decoded touted it as a chance for Jay to break down the lyrics of some of his favourite songs, to clue the listener in on his slang usage, his cultural references, his narratives of varying degrees of fictitiousness and so forth. At this, Jay is a bit hit-or-miss.

Some of his explanations feel like they only merit inclusion in a much more detailed pass-through and some feel frankly clarified to a degree that feels overdone. Nevertheless, Jay shines a lot of light on a lot of interesting facts, both about his life and about his creative process. It’s strangely endearing to see a 40-something rap icon bragging about his lyrical skills not on a hot track, but in straightforward prose.

There’s an interesting selection of songs here — a lot of fan-favourites and a lot of chart toppers, but Jay balances them out with a number of unreleased tracks, as well as a few tracks by other artists he was featured on.

If you’re a fan, chances are Jay-Z left off at least half of your favourite songs, but his curveball choices are worth inclusion. A track like “Minority Report,” for instance, which is about Hurricane Katrina, is a tiny blip on his back catalogue, but its presence allows him to spend time exploring his oft-overlooked political consciousness. As it happens, the book is only really 40 per cent about the lyrics; the remaining 60 per cent finds Jay waxing philosophical about race, class, art, history and his own life story.

That balance — a sort of bait-andswitch tactic wherein the hype about Decoded was all about the lyrics, but the meat of it is about Jay’s meditations on being black in America — is

SEE JAY-Z PAGE 15

FeelsGood is a growing, online community where artists and musicians can share their work and receive feedback from others, more than anything though the community provides a forum in which ideas can be shared and collaborations fostered. Submitted.

FROM FEELSGOOD PAGE 1 is a breeding ground for collaboration.

“It’s all about community, everyone doing something. We like motivating people,” explained Mike Humble (also known as Mumble), musical director of FeelsGood.

“It started out as the website, a kind of social network for Maritime artists and musicians, then it turned into real world events like our Christmas parties and music festivals.”

In FeelGoods’s hosting repertoire are last year’s FeelsGood Thursday event at The Capital, the annual Folly Festival and the Bonspiel curling event (which took place this past weekend, March 13), among others.

Above all, FeelsGood is about collaboration and sharing for the betterment of artwork in the Maritimes, and the collaboration extends between the different art and music collectives in the region.

“That’s what is awesome about the

Maritime scene, it’s so small and everybody’s so helpful. There’s no attitudes, even between the different collectives.

Nobody’s like, ‘We did that last year,’ it’s more like, ‘Good on you’,” said Humble.

Music and art aren’t the only collaborations FeelsGood has been a part of though, last year the collective released a beer in co-operation with Picaroons.

“From the get go, we were working with Picaroons. They’ve always supported artists and musicians. It’s a craft brew and you know people who make a craft brew are going to be aesthetically inclined, so naturally he wanted to back us up,” explained McAllister.

Although Humble joked offhand that it was because they “drink enough of it.”

The deal was originally suggested by Picaroons owner, Sean Dunbar, during a meeting with the FeelsGood guys.

After a meeting about supporting one of their endeavours humble said Dunbar asked if they’d like to produce their own beer.

“We wanted to do a wheat beer first, but couldn’t because of the yeast they use, so we got an imperial pilsner. We got a really strong alcohol content with a really light beer to trick people,” laughed Mumble explaining: “People are kind of scared of dark beers sometimes and they’re also scared of seven percent beers, but if you make it look light you trick people.”

The community and collaborations fostered between members are part of what make people love FeelsGood.

“I’m a big fan of the collaborations that happen because of [FeelsGood]. It’s really exciting to see all these different projects people are starting and seeing people get inspired and artwork being created here in the Maritimes. You forget how amazing it is to live here, it’s the best, and now we’re starting to build something here,” said McAllister.

Embracing and helping unknown and undiscovered grow are a big part of FeelsGood and a big part of why they want more students to join the community.

“There’s so many students who don’t have any idea or concept that they’re actually artists. They go home and they paint and they draw, but if you were to ask them they’d say, ‘No, I just do it for fun’, but if you’re creating art you’re an artist. Sometimes all it takes for somebody to realize they’re an artist is to hear someone else say it, and the same goes for musicians,” said McAllister.

In the end, FeelsGood is a community that wants to put their heart and soul into what they love. Their passion keeps the local art community growing and sets an example for a way to live.

“We put a lot of work into it but we have so much fun... Think of the name, FeelsGood, we are here to have fun and make people realize life’s about fun. It’s about art and music, dancing, smiling, laughing, throwing paint at the wall and banging on a drum – even though you’ve never picked up drumsticks before.”

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brunswickanarts Gamers not desensitized to violence: study

Recent Ryerson study results show that playing violent video games does not have any impact on emotional memory in young adults. Elli Stuhler/The Ryersonian Sarah-Taïssir Bencharif The Ryersonian (Ryerson University) TORONTO (CUP) — A recent study at Ryerson University debunked the common assumption that playing violent video games desensitize against violence, but only for the young adult crew of gamers.

Andrew Durham, a third-year child and youth care student, has been playing violent video games since he was in elementary school. And while he’s playing, he’s not thinking about the effects of them.

The latest research now suggests he has nothing to worry about.

Holly Bowen was relieved by the results of her video game violence study.

The study was co-authored with psychology professor Julia Spaniol and is the result of Bowen’s master’s research. In the study, Bowen examined how chronic exposure to violent video games affected long-term emotional memory. The results show that playing violent video games does not have any impact on emotional memory in young adults.

She originally hypothesized that it would.

“Well, as a scientist, you hope there will be differences because that seems to get publications, and I certainly hypothesized there would be differences,” said Bowen. “Young adults tend to remember negative information [in general] better than, say, positive?”

To assess how playing games like Grand Theft Auto and Call of Duty affects responses to negative situations, the researchers studied the video

gaming habits of 122 undergraduate students at Ryerson.

The participants were shown 150 images on a computer screen of negative, neutral and positive situations. A positive image might have a mother with her baby; a neutral picture could show a man mowing the lawn; and a negative picture could have a man with a gun to a woman’s head.

An hour later, the participants saw those same images mixed in with 150 randomly inserted new ones. The students had to tell whether or not they’d seen that image before. Finally, the participants completed a questionnaire about their state of emotional arousal in response to the photos.

The study showed there are no long-term emotional effects to playing violent video games in young adults.

But for years, research has shown the opposite. A 2004 study by researchers at Iowa State University showed that in both the short and long term, violent video games increased aggressiveness in young adults.

But Bowen points to a few differences between her study and past studies.

Her study is the first to examine the long-term effects of violent video games based on the real video game-playing habits of participants. Long-term memory is defined as memory after 30 seconds. Past research focused on getting participants to play violent or neutral games — like Tetris — in the lab and assessing their emotional memory afterwards. It did not measure the effects of chronic video game-playing habits.

“It could be that these effects [from

previous research] are short term and don’t persist in the long term,” said Bowen.

Bowen notes that she would not extend these results to children.

Bowen also said that in the future, it would be useful to increase the time difference between when the participants first saw the images and when they saw them again.

“What can happen is, over a 24-hour period, we tend to forget the more neutral and positive pictures and we seem better at remembering the negative pictures overall. It’s not just in video games,” she said.

Because the majority of psychology students who participated in her study were female, future research could examine if there are any differences in the long-term emotional memory of males and females in response to violent videogames.

For Durham any desensitization to violence that does exist is not just from video games.

“I think the media in general desensitized society to violence,” he said.

But he did concede that, “Violent video games are a lot different now than they were 10 to 15 years ago. There’s more violence, gore, profanity.”

He also noticed that rankings have changed; violent video games are now being marketed as less violent than they really are to make room for even more violent games at the top of the scale.

But he’ll keep on playing.

“It’s almost like living in a little bit of a fantasy and arriving back to the real world,” he said.

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Irish imports: your best drinking buddies on St. Patrick’s Day

Seasonals in @ Picaroons Now

Hilary: Irish Eyes Alison: Irish Red Colin: Sinead O’Colin Christian: Saint Hapgood

Nothing spells thawing snows and the coming summer quite like to release of new seasonal beers. Picaroons’ own spring season, Maple Cream, was released in the pastcouple weeks and their summer wheat ale, Dooryard, became available at the Brewtique Monday.

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New Brunswick’s own 2010 ECMA winners for “Loud Award” and “Fan Choice Award for Best Video,” The Motoleague will be coming into town this weekend. The band will be playing alongside Fredericton’s She Roars at the Capital Saturday, March. 19. Cover is $5.

Kilkenny (Irish Cream Ale)

4.3% “Smooth and Distinguished”

5%, “Brewed from the finest barley and the purest water.”

Hilary: “Pretty mild, not what you’d expect from an I rish beer.”

Colin: “My god, that goes down easy, but there’s not a lot of flavour.”

Alison: “Still, it ’s a bit more flavourful than your average domestic lager.”

Hilary: “Could easily get st. patty’s day smashed on this smooth beer.”

Colin: “Nothing overly exciting, forgettable.”

Christian: “It definitely lacks a little bit of flavour, but it’s still my favourite of the cream ales.”

Christian: “It wasn’t anything special.”

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Alison: “Almost no bitterness. malty and nutty flavour.”

Hilary: “Not particularly good...”

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Colin: “ This is what beer should taste like.”

Christian: “It’s a classic, but a meal in a can.”

Rapper explains lyrics hardly new for the rapper, who famously claimed to have “dumbed down to double [his] dollars” on 2003’s “Moment of Clarity,” and admits in Decoded to sprinkling his albums with dumb, poppy singles to boost sales while still delivering more thoughtful and more emotionally complex songs.

It’s a toss-up as to which aspect of

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Guinness (Draught Stout)

Alison: “Has less flavour than the lager and it’s an ale.”

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A new exhibit of sculptures by Robin Peck an associate professer at St. Thomas will open at Gallery Connexion. The official, opening reception will be March. 24, at 7 p.m. and the artist talk will be March. 26, at 7 p.m. Admission is free and refreshments will be served at the opening.

I don’t have much to say about this one, just that it ’s yummy! A wonderful and hearty stew to keep you warm despite all the snow and ice outside.

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Christian: “I like it, there’s a nutty taste to it.”

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Alison: “Nice creamy body, but watery flavour.”

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Colin: “Pretty good, if it was a little bit richer it’d be perfect.”

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the book is more interesting. Jay’s thoughts on the subjects he tackles are surprising in their lucidity, complexity and insightfulness. The narrative voice he uses is a strange sort of hybrid tone that blends a scholarly diction with a willingness to use the slang that pervades his lyrics.

One of the issues facing books written by celebrities always seems to be whether the book would stand on its own merits; would it, if written by a

nobody, still be worth reading?

In this case, it’s hard to say no; while the book has its drawbacks — the attimes iffy quality of the lyrical explanations — it remains a compelling read, and the very fact that a book that sets out to discuss things like alliteration, internal rhyme schemes, percussive rhythms suggests that, with a better PR department working for it, poetry can still be a subject the masses will slap down their hard-earned cash for.

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A blast from the past at the Cap

A new event at The Capital hopes to see new success with old hits.They debuted their new Retro Night this past Thursday to a good showing. Andrew Meade / The Brunswickan Matt Belyea Arts Reporter The Capital Complex is changing things up on Thursdays and introducing a weekly student night.

Zachary Atkinson is the booking agent for the Capital Complex and promotes event happenings at the bar. He said that “A Student’s Kind of Night” will include free cover to all three bars (when there are no ticketed events) for anyone over the age of 19 with a student ID. “It does also give you a two dollar savings on any ticketed event that we hold in the Capital bar,” said Atkinson.

Student nights will also include drink specials for $3.50 and music from live bands and DJs. “It’s an open night and a great place to drink. A lot of what we have is touring artists and Canadian acts that come through all the time, and we like to pair those

touring acts with local acts. I think you’re always going to see someone familiar on the bill,” he said.

Along with “A Student’s Kind of Night” The Phoenix will also be hosting “Retro Night.” “Retro Night” is a monthly addition to Student Thursdays that will see a throwback of music from the 80’s.

Atkinson got the idea for “Retro Night” from attending similar events in big cities across the country.

“I’ve been to quite a few of them in other cities and it sort of hit me the other day that they’ve never had one here,” he said.

He pointed to how the music of today correlates to older music and how that adds to the excitement of “Retro Night.”

“A lot of music today is a big reflection of the 80’s and other eras that have died and came back as zombies.”

Atkinson believes the new event will help foster a good time for people like him who enjoy older music.

“I was born in the 80’s but I hated 80’s music until the last couple of years. I was not the first one to fall in love with it, but I have come to love it.”

The Complex used to host Feels Good Thursdays prior to the change.

“They [Feels Good Thursdays] went really well, but I think that the guys are quite busy and didn’t have as much time to focus on a weekly event, so we decided to move on and try something new.”

He was keen to add that all the information about the new events are available on their Facebook page and that they welcome requests or any kind of feedback to help improve the atmosphere.

“If they read this and want to post on the Facebook wall what they thought of it or if they have ideas of what they think would be a fun night we’re always looking for feedback.”

“Retro Night” had its launch this past Thursday and had a successful turnout.

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Chris McCandless: Into the Book

Matt Belyea Arts Reporter In the summer of 1992, Chris McCandless spent nearly four months of solitary existence in the barren woods of Alaska. He was armed with little more than a Remington semiautomatic, a five-pound bag of rice and backpack full of books.

If you were touched by the 2007 film Into the Wild you weren’t alone.

Into the Wild was directed by Sean Penn with Emile Hirsch starring as McCandless and was as hard hitting as it was thought provoking.

Most of us are too young to remember the media coverage McCandless received after his body turned up in an abandoned bus in the fall of 1992. He could have been just another unprepared boy that lost his way in the tough outback of Alaska. Stories like this can be ephemeral and if it weren’t for the extra efforts of Jon Krakauer his story might have been lost to the archive.

Krakauer is a journalist and nonfiction writer who was intrigued by McCandless and wrote a 9,000 word article called “Death of an Innocent” for Outside Magazine in January 1993.

The attention that article received, along with Krakauer’s personal affection for McCandless’ story, led him on an obsessive investigation into his life and the circumstances surrounding his death. “Death of an Innocent” would later become Into the Wild (1996), a full length book in which Krakauer works to unfold the complicated psyche of McCandless.

Krakauer clearly states in the preface of the book that he does not intend to be an impartial observer. Krakauer identifies with McCandless because of a few striking similarities that parallel their lives. Like McCandless, Krakauer had a troubled relationship with his father that brought him to experience

nature and push the limits of mortality in the same way. Against his father’s wishes, Krakauer spent nearly three weeks climbing an icy death trap in Alaska called The Devils Thumb that nearly took his life.

Krakauer’s masterfully clear writing does contain sentiment for McCandless, but it also lets the reader make their own conclusions about what he did.

Although Krakauer becomes intimate with the story he’s telling, he is still able to draw a distinction between his persona and the idealism of McCandless. There should be no mistaking the fact that McCandless was on a rich diet of early American transcendental thinkers like Henry Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson, thinkers and writers that advocated and acted on the kind of idealism that McCandless himself portrayed throughout his stint as a leather-tramp and adventurer.

But the book demonstrates that this idealism in no way gave him the idea that he was traveling into a land of milk and honey. Krakauer’s investigation shows that McCandless had grounded philosophical problems with the workings of American society that were to some degree relieved or at least subdued while he ventured into the unknown.

Unlike the film, the book is powerful because of its details and firsthand accounts of those who knew McCandless and spent time with him before his great Alaskan adventure. It’s chilling to read what his family had to say and the relationships that come to light as its chapters move forward.

The book is strikingly real and often emotionally consuming. The conclusions it draws about the McCandless’s death are educated and informed.

Krakauer dissects the story and reveals truths that echo to all of us. He paints a thoughtful and heart retching account of inspiration, ideals and the human condition.

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Women’s basketball season comes to bitter end

Colin McPhail Editor-in-Chief As the Varsity Blues celebrated winning the Eastern Regional Championship, the Varsity Reds had to watch from the sidelines.

The Reds took an early exit from the weekend tournament in their Friday night loss to the Western Ontario Mustangs.

After going down early on, UNB couldn’t mount a strong enough comeback and fell 82-66 to the nation’s fifth-ranked squad.

The semi-final loss ended the Reds’s quest for a CIS title and, subsequently, their season.

In a do or die situation, UNB’s stellar offensive output from their AUS campaign was not present. According to UNB head coach Jeff Speedy, it was a resounding issue that cost them a chance at a CIS championship.

“We’re a finesse, fast-break shooting team with a very good post player (Amanda Sharpe) to pound inside for some balance,” said Speedy. “We didn’t have a ton of balance tonight. We didn’t score much in transition and we didn’t score much around the perimeter.”

There was no denying their poor offensive performance because the numbers don’t lie. The Reds shot 30.1 per cent from the floor and were a dismal 22.2 per cent from beyond the arc.

“The bottom line was the shots weren’t going in,” said UNB head coach Jeff Speedy. “I thought our intensity, our effort, our togetherness was where it needed to be. I was very pleased with the effort, but the ball wouldn’t go in the basket.”

The Mustangs’s aggressive play and smart ball movement opened up a fivepoint advantage after the first frame, a lead Western would not cede.

Western forward Matteke Hutzler was instrumental in the win, posting a gamehigh 29 points, 11 rebounds, two blocks and two steals.

Led by Sharpe, UNB clawed their way back in the match squaring things at 3838. However, Jenny Vaughan sparked a quick 7-0 run to dash any comeback hopes in her 20-point effort.

The Mustangs widened their gap and coasted to the 82-66 final as the UNB faithful applauded the effort of their

The Varsity Reds women’s basketball team finished second in the AUS championship setting themselves up as hosts of the CIS Eastern Regional Qualifier.Taking on the University of Western Ontairio in the semi-final of the regional qualifier, the Varsity Reds came up short in their run to the national championship losing 82-66. Andrew Meade/The Brunswickan hometown squad.

Western head coach Stephen Barrie was quite pleased with his team performances and noted that it was a team effort “Our kids played hard,” said Western head Coach Stephen Barrie. “They played gusty. It was a team effort. Some kids doing big things; some kids doing little things. But everyone chipped in tonight, which was great to see.”

In typical fashion, the two graduating

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Reds were the statistical leaders for UNB. Sharpe scored the team-high 23 points and 13 boards, while Leah Corby posted 19 points and four boards.

Although her Varsity Reds career came to a close, Sharpe went out in style winning the AUS MVP. “You’re never going to question how hard Amanda works or how hard she tries, “ said Speedy. “She’s a joy to watch and, unfortunately, we won’t get to watch her

anymore.”

Even though her time with the Varsity Reds finished earlier than expected, Sharpe is still proud of her teammates and her time at UNB. “This team is by far the hardest working team I’ve ever played with,” said Sharpe.

“You will never meet any other girls in this country that work as hard as this team did.

It’s pretty incredible.”

In other action, the University of To-

Who will make the NCAA Final Four?

ronto downed Fraser Valley 78-69 in the second semi-final and went on to win the tournament by defeating Western 65-57 in Saturday’s final.

The Varsity Blues will join StFX and Wilfrid Laurier in the Final 8 as regional winners. At-large berth winners Carelton and conference champions Windsor, Cape Breton, Saskatchewan and Laval will meet this weekend in Windsor to battle for the CIS title.

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I’m going to have to go with Ohio State, Duke, Pittsburgh, and Louisville.

Although the boys like Kansas to take the Southwest conference, Louisville will end up taking it after Kansas falters down the stretch. Aside from them Ohio State is obviously going to show why they’re the #1 seed, similar to Duke and Pittsburgh.

The #1 seed Buckeyes are going to come out triumphant from the East. Even though UNC will pose as a mighty threat, Ohio should weather the storm. Pittsburgh and Kansas, my pick to win, will have no troubles entering the Final Four. It’s the West that’s going to be tricky.

Don’t be surprised to see San Diego St. traveling to Houston in early April. Colin’s fun sleeper pick to reek havoc: Xavier.

I’ve got my bracket filled out, with the Final Four consisting of Pittsburgh, Kansas, Ohio State, and the Connecticut Huskies. I originally had all four #1 seeds making it, but my rules of thumb for bracket making are: a #12 seed always beats a #5 and all four #1 seeds don’t make it to the Final Four. So I went with the Huskies because Kemba Walker has been on an absolute tear. He is one of the players who can win games all by himself.

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I spent my March Break in the states and all I caught on TV was NCAA mens basketball. So immediately, after watching his buzzer beating, ankle breaking game winner, my first pick is going to be UCONN, based on the play of Kemba Walker.

Second, I’ll take Pitt. They did lose on the way here, but still retained the #1 seed in the Southeast. Third I’ll take Syracuse. Lastly I’ll take Notre Dame, a team that plays a better team game than #1 seed Kansas.

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UNB’s Red Blazers will be home this weekend hosting their tournament, the fourth in the Maritime Intercollegiate Women’s Hockey Challenge Cup.Their first game starts at 6:30 p.m. Friday at the Aitken Centre. Submitted narrowly ahead of Acadia in the league “We’ve got to find a way to create a lot Christopher Cameron points going into this weekend with 40 of traffic and find a way to generate some Sports Editor to Acadia’s 38. of our shots into goals.”

After three tournaments in the Maritime Red Blazers head coach Andrew Like any team, knowing what needs to Intercollegiate Women’s Hockey Chal- Lavoie said this weekend is going to be worked on has been crucial and with lenge Cup the UNB Red Blazers are be huge for his squad, who are looking nearly a month since their last tournament coming into their home tournament in ahead to the final weekend March 25-26 the Red Blazers have been working on first place. at Acadia. everything that is necessary to beat Acadia.

Winning the first tournament of the “Going into this weekend we’re “We’ve worked on our system play to season at Université Sainte-Anne, the treating it as a playoff weekend for us,” create a more stable block in our systems, Red Blazers were unable to capture the he said. “Our goal is to win every game, our power play, penalty kills and neutral tournament title at Holland College. not necessarily every period, but to win ice forecheck,” said Lavoie. “We have also In the third tournament held in Cape every game and come out of this weekend been working hard on our intensity down Breton, the Blazers had a much better ahead of Acadia.” low in our own end. I think that’s where showing.

Lavoie continued, stating that this we lose to Acadia. That’s where they’re a After winning their first three games weekend will also be huge in making a little bit better than us is down low in our of the CBU tournament, the Red Blaz- statement against Acadia. own end, so we have to make sure we are ers suffered a loss 2-1 to Acadia, but still “Acadia for whatever reason has ex- on top of that this weekend.” finished in the top two and therefore had tremely strong goaltending,” he said.

This weekend all games are free, with a spot in the championship game.

“Between the two teams we have the top UNB’s games being played at 6:30 and In the championship game against goaltending in the league. We’ve been 9:00 p.m. on Friday and 11:00 a.m.

Acadia, UNB was down twice, coming outshooting them, almost doubling them and 2:45 p.m. on Saturday, with the from behind to take the tournament in in shots on goal pretty well every game championship game being played from overtime, which was crucial as UNB is against them this year.”

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It is not always about weight loss Brian Savoie Sports Reporter Why aren’t skinny people fat? In a society where self-reported obesity rates are around the 15 per cent mark and actual obesity rates are speculated to be as high as 25 per cent, more and more research has been going into studying a select group of “lucky” people that seem to be able to thrive in today’s high-fat, highsugar and high-calorie diets.

Most people have a friend or two like this; they tend to be male, eat copious amounts of food (or at least claim to) and yet never seem to gain any weight.

Ellen Macintosh, UNB’s on-site dietitian offered to answer some questions regarding these people and what sets them apart from the run-of-the-mill person.

“What we do know is that there is a big difference in people’s metabolism and it’s genetically inherited,” said Macintosh.

“There is a basic difference in people’s metabolism, that’s why calculating energy requirements is a very difficult thing to do with any accuracy. There is so much individual variation.”

On the surface at least, a person’s base metabolic rate (BMR) plays a major role.

The fact that the “2,000 daily calorie intake” is only a coarse value, it does not necessarily apply to everyone and that is an important thing to keep in mind.

Macintosh went on to say that this phenomenon tends to be far more common in men.

“With males between 18 and 22, their BMR is like a super power turbo motor.

It will never be that high again. But there

is an age span where they can eat a ton of food and not gain weight.”

Although a person’s BMR can be a contributing factor to being skinny or not being able to put on weight, there are other culprits Macintosh said.

“Is their appetite good? Are there any problems of nausea or vomiting? Is their digestive tract working well? Is there some other reason they are skinny or not putting on weight,” Macintosh said when asked about what other questions she poses when dealing with this issue.

Another common reason that some people are skinny or are struggling to put on weight is due to them thinking they’re getting enough food, but in reality they’re not. These are people with a normal BMR but are simply under-eating due to the stress of life.

“Often times it’s a matter of looking at what times of the day they’re eating and the opportunity to try and eat every two to three hours. Snacking needs to be more than just a fruit, they need to have some protein in them,” described Macintosh.

And although there are far more people struggling to shed the pounds of a lifestyle of excess, Macintosh also warned about the health hazards of being too underweight.

“Everybody thinks of the risk factors of being overweight, but there are risk factors of being underweight. The first one we think is nutritional deficiency because it depends on the person. They are not meeting their nutritional requirements.”

Although there are a variety of chal-

lenges for these people, Macintosh did say that it was not common for her to deal with people trying to put on weight. She said that these cases make up only one to two percent of her total caseload and that it is usually guys who are unable to put on any weight at all.

However, for someone to consult a dietitian is more or less an extreme case.

There are plenty of men and women out there who are trying to put on some weight and haven’t seen a dietician. When asked for tips for these people, Macintosh had a few.

“They need to find a way of increasing their intake to match their requirements. In some cases it could be 3,000 up to 5,000 calories a day. It takes some organization, choosing your food and what you’re going to eat and planning this in advance. You can go from dinner to the next day with more than 12 hours without eating,” said Macintosh.

She went on to say that snacks should include at least two food groups and should occur between major meals. She also recommended that snacks should include a bit of protein if it all possible.

The other thing that Macintosh stressed was that it is still important to get physical activity in for maintaining a healthy body. That doesn’t mean go overboard with cardio at the gym, because that will only serve to increase a person’s daily requirements, but a person should still be getting about an hour a day of moderate physical activity.

Macintosh’s office is located on the third floor of Jones House.

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Reds Future Faces: Dylan McLeod

Jennifer Bishop Staff Writer After being stuck in Dalhousie’s shadow for years the Varsity Reds men’s volleyball team is starting to be recognized as a force to be reckoned with.

Having head coach Dan McMorran winning CIS coach of the year, speaks volumes of the program’s progression.

“Dan winning the CIS coach of the year goes to show how much work he himself and the players have put in,” said fifth-year middle Jacob Kilpatrick.

“Even before he started as full time coach he put in more than full time hours. It shows how hard the UNB men’s volleyball program has been working.”

When McMorran started coaching the Varsity Reds seven years ago, their record for the year was 1-19. Since then, he and the rest of the coaching staff have worked at improving the team and have succeeded, winning the AUS championship this season for the first time in 25 years.

“I don’t usually put a lot of stock into any individual coaching accolades that come my way,” McMorran said. “What was special about this award is that it was chosen by my colleagues. I’m humbled at the same time that they chose me out of three or four other candidates.”

Kilpatrick was also honoured at the CIS banquet, being the first UNB player to ever receive the Dale Iwanoczko Award, for outstanding student-athlete community service, since it was established in 1994.

“I think it’s an absolutely prestigious award,” coach McMorran said. “We’re trying to work and develop the studentathlete as a whole and Jacob has been the consummate student-athlete at UNB and we’re very proud of what he’s been able to do in his five years here.”

The men’s volleyball team now have national experience on their belt after winning the AUS championship for the first time in since 1979. At the CIS championships UNB lost 3-0 to Laval in the quarter-final followed by a 3-1 loss to McMaster in their consolation match. Submitted “Our blocking kicked in late in those Awards for men’s volleyball weren’t the only things the V-Reds had to cele- sets,” McMorran said. “There were brate recently. In the past few weeks the times that we looked very good, but it team had their first win away at Dal in just wasn’t as consistant as we needed over three years and earned their first to be.”

Though the team didn’t win or place, AUS championship title since 1979 leading them to Langley, BC for the their experience at the CIS championships has inspired them to work hard to CIS championships.

“We knew if we played at the same get back to that level of play.

“As dissappointing as it was, I think level we played the last two weeks of our season we had a chance,” McMor- it’s important for the program to get ran said. “You try to put all your eggs out there and learn from those losses,” in one basket for the first match but we McMorran said. “We need to learn how to win at the national level and our guys came out flat.”

UNB played their first game of the are very eager to get back to a national championship against a familiar Laval tournament.”

Being the first time Kilpatrick was at team, but lost 3-0. In their second game against McMaster, they came up short the CIS championships, he said it was an eye-opener for the team. again losing 3-1.

“I guess the nerves playing on that In the game against McMaster, coach McMorran said that there were times big of a stage got to us,” Kilpatrick said. he thought the team wasn’t as strong “That just comes with experience and a team as their opponents for the AUS as the program continues to get better championship, Dalhousie, but the Var- the mental toughness from being at the sity Reds were slow pulling everything higher level will come and we’ll have better success in the future.” together.

Women’s volleyball struggle at nationals

The UNB women’s volleyball team wrapped up their season at Laval over the break at the CIS championships losing their quarter-final match 3-1 to Laval, followed by a consolation match loss to Western 3-0. Sandy Chase / The Brunswickan UNB in the remaining sets as they won match to prepare for as they took on UWO Christopher Cameron 25-15 and 25-17 to take the match 3-1. in the consolation semi-final.

Sports Editor Head coach John Richard said, although In this match it was very even throughAfter winning their second AUS title in they lost, there are lots of positives to take out with Western having the slight edge, four seasons, the Varsity Reds women’s out of the game. winning the match 3-0 (25-23, 25-21 and volleyball team struggled to put that stellar “After we started slow and nervous 25-22). With this loss the Varsity Reds play together against the best teams in the against Laval, the girls responded very well wrapped up their season. country. and played some of their best volleyball of Richard was extremely proud of his athBeing played at Laval, the CIS women’s the year during the last part of the first set letes this season, regardless of how things volleyball championships saw UNB ranked and for the next hour or so,” he said. “Our ended at Laval. He also mentioned that alsixth, meaning they would have to take on ball control broke down late in the match though they will be losing a few athletes, he the third ranked Laval Rouge et Or in the and they ran away.” likes the way the team is moving forward. quarter-finals.

“I thought Jill had a great effort, as did “Overall, I was really proud of our In a tight first set that saw the Varsity Monica and Rebecca. It was a tough but athletes and especially their effort and Reds trailing 11-2 and 15-5 at points enjoyable environment to play in, one we performance over the past month or so,” throughout the first set, UNB fought back won’t forget for a long time. It was really said Richard. “We had some challenges to lead 22-21 and 24-23, but eventually special to see our group play so well against with injuries and illness throughout the lost the first set to the hometown Rouge one of the top teams in Canada on their season, but I believed in this group, so to et Or 27-25. home court in a pressure packed match, put it together when we did says a lot about The second set saw the Varsity Reds something that will benefit our girls for the character of our group. Jill, Erica and bounce back, winning the set 25-23 to the future.”

Alyson will be missed on and off the court, make the match square at a set a piece.

Although UNB was out of contention but our program is further ahead thanks to Laval then took control, shutting down for the national title they still had another what they contributed over their careers.”

Brian Savoie Sports Reporter The only rookie to join the UNB men’s swimming team, Dylan McLeod is a firstyear business student hailing from Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. He discusses the assets he brings to the Varsity Reds, what his goals are as he continues with the team as well as his experience thus far and how he got to where he is today.

Brunswickan: What other schools were you looking at and what made you choose UNB? Dylan McLeod: I was looking at the University of Saskatchewan. I applied there too, but Paula, the head coach, emailed me and started recruiting me two years ago.

She just kept talking to me and it looked interesting, so I came here. UNB was the only other choice really. I wanted to go away and meet new people so I decided to come here.

B: What is your preferred stroke and what are your specialties?

DM: I do the IM now. It used to be breast, and then it used to be free. I’ve done it all. But mostly it’s the IM now. I used to be a sprinter, but Paula thought I would be a good mid-distance swimmer and she thought I would be a good person for the IM. B: What assets do you bring to the team?

DM: I’m outgoing, I have potential. The men’s team has been kind of small over the past couple of years. There’s only seven or eight on the men’s team right now and I’m the only one in the first year. We’re going to

get a couple of more new swimmers next year so I can help them with their first year next year.

B: What got you into swimming initially?

DM: I did a lot of sports. When I was 12 or 13, I played soccer, I swam, I basically played all of the high school sports in general. I had friends in swimming and I always wanted to beat them.

B: What successes have you had in swimming?

DM: I went to nationals in grade nine and ten. I qualified in Grade 12 but I didn’t go because my coach got sick. This year I took off 35 sec in my 400 IM, took off 11 seconds on my 200 IM. At my old club I won the Sprite award, it’s just an all around good swimmer award.

B: How do you feel about the change in the competitive level, between club and university?

DM: The swimmers are a lot older.

I’m one of the younger ones now and I used to be the oldest one. There are a lot of swimmers that are really specialized, so you have to specialize yourself. I’ve always been just kind of well rounded so I have to specialize a bit more.

B: What are the keys to your success to making it this far?

DM: I’ve always been competitive and I’ve always liked it. I’ve always had friends in the clubs, I always liked the teams I was on and got along with everyone. I’ve always liked my coaches. If you don’t get along with your coach or your team, it makes it a lot harder. It’s a time consuming sport, you have to get up in the morning and if you don’t like being around the people all the time it’s just going to make you want to quit.

B: What are your goals for next year?

DM: I want to qualify for CIS. I took off a lot of time this year and next year and I think it’s possible for me to do it. I have to keep training throughout the whole year, some swimmers stop swimming after AUS are done. I want to keep training. Eating healthy, running, come back next year and not to miss practices. I have to work on my butterfly and my endurance in my butterfly.

I’m going to make my turns sharper and work on my overall physical fitness.

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UNB opens AUS final series with split Law students go for the KO Christopher Cameron Sports Editor

Josh Fleck Staff Writer

After opening up the best 3-of-5 series with 3-2 OT win over StFX, the UNB Varsity Reds faced a different fate on Saturday night at the Aitken Centre.

A tight game two may not have been that way if UNB was getting the bounces to go their way, but nonetheless Saturday saw many back and forth chances with both teams remaining deadlocked at 0-0 after two periods.

Only 6:44 into the third, StFX opened the scoring as Spencer McAvoy tucked the puck past Travis Fullerton to give them a 1-0 lead.

As UNB captain Kyle Bailey said after the game, the StFX team is tough to play against, especially when they have a lead, something UNB hasn’t had all series.

“They certainly turn into a different team when they get a lead, there’s no question about that,” said Bailey.

“They’re tough to play against; they’re tough to penetrate when it’s tied or we’re ahead, let alone when they have a lead.

We haven’t really got a lead yet this series; we’ve been coming from behind, so we’ll see if we can get off to a good start in game three.”

As the clock continued to countdown towards the end of the game, Bailey found the back of the net over a sprawled out Joseph Perricone to even the score with 4:52 left in the game.

Neither team was able to score before the end of regulation as both teams prepared for the second straight game heading to overtime.

In the first overtime period both teams got limited shots on goal and even killing off a power play did not seem to tip the ice in the Varsity Reds advantage as a second overtime period was needed.

With the ice still wet 2:42 into the OT period, with a faceoff to the right of Fullerton, StFX center Phil Mangan found the back of the net batting the puck forward, shocking everyone in the arena, even Fullerton.

“It was a tricky play,” said Fullerton.

The Bicentennial Ballroom of the Fredericton Inn will be transformed into a showcase of Fredericton’s boxing talents this Saturday.

Knocking Out Landmines is back for a fourth consecutive year. The event, which is completely sanctioned by the Canadian Amateur Boxing Association, has UNB law students duke it out in a night of boxing.

Founded in 2007 by Gavin Cosgrove, the annual event raises money for Lawyers Against Landmines, a branch of the Canadian Landmine Foundation, whose initiative is to raise awareness and funds to end the suffering of those affected by antipersonnel landmines.

In its first year of running, the event raised over $2,000. This year they are hoping to double that number and get it up to around $4,000.

“It’s not that fair of a stretch to get 250 people to come out for the fight,” said third-year law student Justin Demerchant.

The Rusagonis, New Brunswick

The UNB men’s hockey team split their home games to begin the AUS final best 3-of-5 series. Games three and four go Tuesday and Wednesday in Antigonish. Full coverage will be available on thebruns.ca. Andrew Meade / The Brunswickan “He did it a couple times before. I knew there was a good chance he was going to push it forward and he just picked it perfect. It was just one of those things; he hit it inside of the post and in and it was over. It happened really quickly. I’ve never seen someone pick it that clean off a draw, lots of guys try it so kudos to him he made a good play.”

Mangan’s goal not only tied up the series at a game a piece, but also handed UNB their first loss on home ice all season in AUS action, setting up two tough games at StFX. Bailey said this will have no effect on their confidence in the team’s play.

“I’m pretty impressed with our group; I think there’s a lot of resolve,” said Bailey.

“I think we’re a pretty battle-tested group.

We’ve been through a lot together and I mean it’s tough. Nobody will be happy in that room, but there’s no time to sit and dwell on it, but there’s no point in feeling sorry for ourselves.”

Continuing along the same lines as Bailey, Fullerton said he is confident

everyone in front of him is putting it all on the line every game.

“Everyone is selling out and playing really good hockey right now,” said Fullerton. “This one kinda hurts because it would’ve been nice to go up 2-0 going down to their barn, but I’m sure we’ll get the same effort on StFX and hopefully pick up a couple wins.”

Fullerton also was clear that even though UNB finished 11 points and two spots ahead of StFX in the standings this was a completely different season now.

“Just because we finished however far ahead of them in the standings doesn’t mean anything,” he said.

“Obviously they’ve come to play this time of year. They’ve played two really good games. We were fortunate to come out with it last night and probably should have come out with this one tonight.”

Game three went last night at StFX and game four will go tonight. Check the thebruns.ca for series updates.

native is participating in the event for the fourth time.

“I won my first fight, but then lost my last two. I’m looking to make my fighter-esque comeback/” Demerchant and fellow law student Chris Samuel took the organizing aspect of the event after the first year and continued to organize until this year. Tickets for the event are $15 for students and $20 for non-students.

The event features nine fights and involves ten law students.

“There are a lot of quality fighters in this event and there will be a lot of good fights too. Vasu Sivapalan and Jessica Melanson will put on a good fight. They are both hard hitters,” said Demerchant.

“Matt Craig is also a good fighter.

Then there is Brandon Brewer, who is fighting his last amateur fight before turning pro. And I am penciled into the main event slot against Justin Dunphy. Should be a really good night of fighting.”

Tickets can be purchased at the door or in Ludlow Hall Monday to Friday between 11:30 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.

UNB law students will be transforming the Bicentennial Ballroom of the Fredericton Inn this Saturday for the fourth annual Knocking Out Landmines event.Tickets can be purchased at the door or in Ludlow Hall this week. Sandy Chase / The Brunswickan