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Budget drops for the coming fiscal year Hilary Paige Smith News Editor When the 2011-2012 provincial budget dropped on March 22, there was a mixture of shock and surprise, outrage and excitement felt across the province. The Alward government’s first budget since the Sept. 27 election calls for spending cuts and revenue boosting measures to bring the deficit down to $48.8 million. Blaine Higgs, finance minister for the province, was projecting a $1 billion deficit if measures were not taken to reduce spending. “Today’s budget signifies a new direction: reversing our province’s f iscal decline and restoring New Brunswickers’ priorities and trust in government,” Higgs said in a news release issued on budget day. “Our government has inherited a spending mess that cannot be fixed overnight. We are developing a plan to return to balanced budgets within our mandate and to encourage a growing, vibrant economy.” Some of the recent budget decisions have been met with praise from New Brunswickers. The government will
be reducing travel expenses, the cost of buying smartphones for employees, boosting taxes on tobacco, investing in healthcare and creating a $30 million job creation fund. Other decisions were met with outrage, such as the government’s decision to absorb the Advisory Council on the Status of Women into the larger governing body, cuts to environmental programs, and most of all among students, cuts to postsecondary education. The province lifted the tuition freeze, allowing New Brunswick universities to increase tuition by up to $200 in the coming academic year. They also reinstated the parental contribution portion of the Student Loan application, making it more difficult for students from upper and middle-income families to receive a student loan. “I want to assure employees that the provincial government is very well aware of the excellent services they provide to New Brunswickers, but we must all share in the corrective actions that need to be taken to address our unprecedented fiscal challenge,” Higgs said.
According to the press release, “The $8.091-billion expenditure budget for 2011-12 represents a decline of 1.6 per cent from revised 2010-11 estimates. Demand and cost pressures have been offset by managing spending and implementing program restraint and efficiencies.” Full details on the New Brunswick budget can be found by visiting www. gnb.ca. Also, read inside for a studentfocused take on the provincial budget
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Prof says UNB unconcerned with Arab studies, only money Colin McPhail Editor-in-Chief The UNB administration is more concerned with money of Arabic students than promoting an enriching education of Arabic culture and language. This bold statement was put forth by UNB professor Samira Farhoud after receiving mixed signals from President Eddy Campbell during a campus-wide email sent out last Monday, March 21. The email expressed the university’s condolences towards Middle Eastern students affected by the recent events overseas and offered support to any student in need. Farhoud’s initial reaction was confusion. Although the university was reaching out to the Arabic community on campus, she noted the only courses offered specific to Arab language and culture were cut. “They were very kind words. I don’t have anything against them,” said Farhoud. “But what I think is odd is that at the same time we like to help the students
and be very compassionate towards them, we cut the Arab class.” Farhoud, an Arabic and French language professor originally born in Lebanon, taught ARAB 1013 and 1023, two introductory courses focusing on Arabic language and culture. The classes were cut in January and Farhoud is currently conducting policy research instead of teaching. Upon receiving the email, Farhoud’s first act was to immediately contact the administration with her concerns. However, she has yet to receive a response. “It’s troubling for me,” she said grimly. Farhoud said the impression given by the university seems like they are more interested in counting tuition dollars. “I think they are, unfortunately, not thinking about the education. They are thinking about the money.” The university’s new Strategic Plan sets out to create a more internationalized UNB community. However, Farhoud
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Discussing city’s “green” claims Alex Kress News Reporter Fredericton claims to be a “green” city, but four community groups are reminding residents and city officials not to get lost in a forest of buzzwords. “Planning Fredericton: A Community Forum on Climate Justice” is an afternoon of panel discussions on climate change and environmental policy in Fredericton and is organized by the Conservation Council of New Brunswick (CCNB), Friends of the UNB Woodlot, Students for Sustainability and the West Plat Community Association. Starting with a reception at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 2 at the New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame on Queen Street, the event will span the afternoon, ending at 5 p.m.. Matthew Hayes, a professor at STU, will open the discussion with a talk on climate justice and will expand on taking action
to reduce our carbon footprint. The three discussion panel topics include urban planning in a green city, transit in a green city and local food economies. Some of the speakers attending are Stephanie Merrill from the CCNB, transit engineer Peter Fischer, Mark D’Arcy of Friends of the UNB Woodlot, Edee Klee of the NB Community Harvest Gardens, and Lisa Wilby, owner of Cedar Tree Café. Taeyon Kim works with the West Plat Community Association, a group of residents in the area between Regent, Smythe, Dundonald and Brunswick streets. It was started a number of years ago by residents to “create a community and to address certain concerns including traffic safety and integrity of the neighbourhood.” “We want people to not be blindsided by the green-washing and Fredericton claiming to be a green city, which hon-
estly it’s not really,” said Kim. She said Fredericton is employing the use of buzzwords like “green” which are not representational of the city’s actual practices. There are no recycling services to houses with more than four units including converted houses and the transit system is inefficient in terms of availability and scheduling, to name a couple. “There’s a lot of cultural capital to being called a green city. It’s very attractive, it’s very hip and new, and in Fredericton in particular is very keen to be a very up and coming, with-it city and that’s all part of the package.” The purpose of the forum is to give the community a voice that will hold the city accountable for its green claims. Urban sprawl is another major problem that will be addressed and arguments will be made for denser population downtown, as many of the buildings are underused.
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FROM ARABIC PAGE sees a contradiction in what is being said and what is being done. “If we are to attract students from Arabic countries, we should be inclusive with their culture and their language,” she said. “It’s not a good message to send.” She said the university is failing to acknowledge the importance of Arabic culture and that language is an important extension of culture. “For good reasons or bad reasons, [Arabic culture] is becoming important.” Farhoud noted the main reasoning for the discontinuation of her classes was the current budget constraints. President Campbell asserts that it’s an unfortunate reality, but one the university and its constituents must come to terms with and they follow certain guidelines when making difficult budgetary decisions. “The way the we cope with [the financial situation] at this university when we’re trying to make difficult budget decisions is we try to have the decision-making made at the level where it makes the most sense,” said Campbell. “We provide as much information as we can to our deans, directors and department chairs, but they are the one who decide what it is that we can, should and ought to be doing with respect to budgets.”
Campbell said it is the context in which the courses in question have been dealt with. “I have no reason to question the wisdom of those cuts.” However, the UNB president does not see the connection between the email and Farhoud’s claims. “I do find it difficult to connect the dot between the very real sense of sharing the pain with our Middle Eastern students and this particular issue,” said Campbell. “The intent of the message was to say, from the university community, we are thinking of them at this most difficult time.” Farhoud stands firm in saying more focus should be place on the Arabic culture and language – not only for international students but domestic ones as well. “Our students from New Brunswick need to discover something else than the Atlantic. We have to have a broader perspective and need to see what’s going on outside, as normal universities do,” she said. “It’s why we’re in university. To learn about us and others.” Farhoud finished her concerns with one final plea to the university administration. “Thank you for your kind words, but why don’t you go further and develop an Arab program and acknowledge the importance of the Arabic language and culture. Not just the money of the Arabic students.”
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Samira Farhoud isn’t pleased with a recent decision to cut cultural classes. Andrew Meade / The Brunswickan
UNB researchers are getting sharp with a new business venture
Yun Zhang is pioneering a new, sharper imaging technology. Mike Erb / The Brunswickan Christopher Cameron Sports Editor After developing image fusion for satellites 15 years ago, Dr. Yun Zhang is now looking at implementing the technology into cameras on a smaller scale. Partnered with BBA marketing and entrepreneurship student Jordan deWinter, they have started Scene Sharp, a company which will focus on the cre-
ation of a product that would use the image fusion in surveillance cameras. The process involved in image fusion is complex, but deWinter simplifies the reasons as to why it is so valuable. “What it does is it matches a black and white image with a colour image and overlays them to create a highresolution colour image because colour will always be three to four times
less resolution than what you can get with black and white,” he said. Zhang said they can increase the quality of images in any camera, like those in cell phones. He said the automated motion detection, which identifies the 3-D location of a moving object is focused specifically on surveillance cameras. “This (image fusion) can be used in any camera,” he said. “We can add a
new lens to any camera to give it threetimes better quality than the existing camera. The automated motion detection and 3-D co-ordinate location of a moving object is just for surveillance.” With his success from his initial technology, which is licensed to Digital Globe and is used worldwide through all satellites by NASA, Google and by Canadian and United States military organizations, Zhang believes this
technology is perfect for what they are trying to do. “We just got very good feedback with no complaints,” he said. “Because of our successes we believe this technology is ready enough for the application to a normal camera because it is fully automated.” The team of deWinter and Zhang joined through IBEC’s Activator Program and the engineering faculties TME program, which takes business students and gets them to look at technologies and how they can market these technologies. “I showed him the technology, how it works and that is has some potential,” said Zhang. “Then the team led by Jordan developed a business plan based on the technology and for the future development.” The business plan developed by deWinter was presented by Pablo Alvarez and deWinter at the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation’s Breakthru business competition. “We presented a competition in the first semester this year and we got third place,” said deWinter. “Then we did some more work and met with Yun a few more times. We got through the first two rounds of Breakthru and then we had a lot of work to do because there was $145, 000 on the line. We had a pretty good pitch and they chose us as the winner.” The $145,000 is broken into a $100,000 investment in the company, with $45,000 in kind support, which involves accounting, lawyers and advertising. Although all plans with this product have been moving forward, they are still working on the best way to market this for the general public to use. “I think currently we have had a lot of good reactions to this innovation,” said Zhang. “A lot of people want to join our company or they want invest. At this time we believe in this technology, but we are working on perfecting our marketing approach so we do not make a mistake then have to come back and fix a problem later.”
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New technology introduced to halt laptop thefts on campus Justin Marshall The Brunswickan UNB Security is introducing a laptop protection software to protect students from recent laptop thefts that plagued campus earlier this year. The protection is offered by FrontDoorSoftware and protects students’ laptops by sending messages to stolen laptops remotely, sending custom talk messages remotely and even pinpointing its location on Google Maps. Another highlight of this software is the lockout feature. This will protect all personal files and emails you wouldn’t want an intruder to have access to. Director of UNB Security Bruce Rogerson said universities throughout North America are using the software. “With the attractive items of desktops and laptops we felt we needed to give this product a try for students,” he said. “So I tested it for a 30-day trial run and we thought it was a prevention tool that we could give free to faculty and students of both campuses.” Rogerson said the software would be available for at least four years from the
time the student installed it. One of the key features of the software is the custom talk messages. “If you log on to your account and report the laptop stolen and somebody tries to access it, they’re not able to because of the lock up feature, and after a minute or so it starts yelling for help,” he said. “The feature is certainly a deterrent for people who steal laptops naturally, because if they try to pawn it off, the person buying it would know it’s stolen from the lockout message.” Rogerson said since Aug. 23, when six laptops and two desktops were reported stolen, there has been only one reported stolen, which was in residence. “There was one laptop that was reported missing earlier in the year but turned up two days later,” he said. Rogerson said there was a home invasion a few months ago in Fredericton where two men were caught and charged for stealing a laptop. There was also a man who was charged for stealing a laptop at the library downtown. “These related charges could be why we see a decline in the recent laptop
thefts.” The cost of the software is $3000 a year and is being paid for by the vicepresident academic’s office. “If the software is used and helps keep student laptops safe then we hope to offer the program free again for next year,” said Rogerson. Michelle Twomey, a third-year St. Thomas student, said she would be downloading the program as long as it is safe to use. “I leave my laptop out when I go get a coffee at Tim Hortons, so I think the software is a great idea as long as they’re not using this program to simply hack into computers,” she said. Denika Wood, a biology student at UNB, said the program is a really good idea for the university. “I know a couple of people that have had their laptops stolen and they’re obviously quite expensive, and all your school work is on them, so I think it’s important to be able to track them down,” she said. Students can download the software by going to http://www.frontdoorsoftware.com/unb/.
Bruce Rogerson recommends students take advantage of the free FrontDoorSoftware. Mike Erb / The Brunswickan
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Cody Jack says Finance Minister Blaine Higgs and the Alward government hasn’t taken into account the voices of many when preparing the 2011-12 provincial budget. Andrew Meade / The Brunswickan Cody Jack An Opinion The Alward government has made it clear that it is not listening to the voices of students, women or workers in this province. Mr. Higgs’s budget was an ideological one and was lacking in the democratic integrity espoused during the public consultations. He cut the operating budget for the Advisory Council on the Status of Women (ACSW), raised tuition by $200, reinstated the parental contribution on NB Student Loans and raised taxes on Tobacco and Gasoline. The province will continue to lower taxes for big and small business. The rate for big businesses will be lowered from 12 per cent to 10 per cent next year and the small business rate will be lowered from five per cent to 4.5 per cent. This is a loss in revenue for the province and for services that go towards helping workers, women and
students of this province. Mr. Higgs apparently did not pay attention to the large number of citizens (12.9 per cent of online respondents and those who suggested it at public consultations) who were in favour of an increase to the Corporate Income Tax. In a time when our finances are in a dire condition, business is allowed to absolve itself from its responsibilities to the people of New Brunswick. New Brunswick is already one of the cheapest places to do business in North America and our low tax rates have done nothing to increase investment or employment in the region. Only those persons who work for a wage are asked to solve this province’s financial situation and pay for services. In a democratic society all members must work together to come to a solution that betters the lives of all citizens. Cutting the funding for the ACSW was a step backwards in the on-going
struggle for equality of the sexes (in terms of income, education, eradication of sexual violence, etc.) and is an affront to the women of this province. The Alward government has placed it ideological leaning in the way of women’s rights and sound financial decisions. It is clear that the cutting of the Advisory Council on the Status of Women was ideological as it was the ACSW that has been one of the strongest proponents for access to abortion in the province as well as fighting for a fair taxation system and pay equity; all of which are not supported by the current or past PC governments. Having an arms-length organization that criticizes and advocates for women is key to our democratic society in which men are dominant and privileged within government and business communities. Cutting the ACSW undermines the democratic integrity of this province. Students coming from middle to lower class working families will feel the
pain of the budget next year when they apply for their student loans as many of them will be penalized for their parents’ income regardless if their parents make a contribution or not. With an increase of $200 in tuition fees and reinstatement of parental contributions, there will be a lot more students using the food banks next year or looking for part-time work during their studies. All of which will negatively impact their studies and future employment prospects. I would like to extend a “Thank you” to Mr. Alward and Mr. Higgs for investing in the future of this province. I would like to encourage all students, women and working persons to express their frustration, disgust, and/or anger with the recently released budget by emailing, calling or faxing their local MLAs. As seen in the case of NB Power, if we unite our voices, we can affect change and set this province on the right track.
Look better naked, feel better naked
Kay explains how improving physical fitness leads to a better sex life
Kay Sex Columnist This past week I have been in Edmonton, Alberta. While here, I had the joy of working out at Body Architects: Personal Fitness whose tagline is “Look Better Naked”. Look better naked – what a great concept! Before I even started to sweat, I started to ponder the notion of looking better naked. Oh how looking better naked could improve my sex life; let me count the ways! 1) People who are more physically fit are considered more physically attractive than those who are less fit, at least in pop-culture opinion. Physical attractiveness is a component of sex appeal. People who are rated as more attractive get more dates (Berscheid et al., 1971). This is particularly true for women attracting men; men rate body attractiveness as more important than facial attractiveness (2001 COMPAS survey). Deduction tells me that looking better naked will result in more options for sexual partners.
2) In general, things that make your body work better – like physical exercise – will improve your sexual functioning. As example, improved circulation caused by exercise includes improved circulation to your genitals; blood flow is key in physical sexual arousal (e.g., erect nipples, penis, clit). Sexual activity is cardio exercise; better cardio fitness equals longer sex without pause. Ponder a little yourself and I bet you find some more examples. 3) Exercise wards off feelings and/or symptoms of depression which in and of themselves negatively impact sexual desire and arousal. So, I exercise, I feel good, I want to share my good feelings with my sex partner or maybe just my genitals, and yadda yadda (a la Seinfeld). 4) Many physical and/or medical conditions that can be avoided by exercise or improved with exercise have their own effects on sexual functioning. Exercising to avoid or improve these conditions will likely avoid sexual dysfunction and thus help to improve sexual satisfaction.
As I’m driving home after my workout, I continue to ponder this idea: “look better naked”. Some people look better naked than others – some people look great naked – yet still struggle in bed. Having a physically fit and healthy body only takes us so far. It is completely possible to look amazing naked, and not feel like it (though I shake my head in disbelief of these people). Body image is our own perception of our physical appearance. 1) Negative body image, such as thinking that you are ugly or fat, can create both negative feelings and anxiety. Negative feelings and anxiety interfere with sexual performance and sexual satisfaction by distracting us from what we are doing and distracting us from our good sexual arousal feelings. Not to mention that feeling bad or anxious isn’t going to do much for making us want to be sexual to being with. Anxiety itself has a complicated relationship with physiological sexual arousal because it activates the sympathetic nervous
system. Low levels of SNS activation do little to help sexual arousal, moderate levels seem to activate physiological arousal including sexual arousal, and high levels inhibit sexual arousal (Meston & Gorzalka, 1996). 2) Body image seems to be important for sexual wellbeing than is exercise or BMI/weight. Weaver and Byers (2006; in prep; from UNB) studied the relationship between women’s body image and their sexual functioning. They found that women with poorer body image reported more sexual problems, less sexual satisfaction, and less sexual desire than those with better body image. Plus, this relationship explained the effect that physical exercise and actual weight had on these same sexual measures. Conclusion: body image is pretty damn key to having a great sex life. So for your next sexual New Year’s resolution, take your pick: improve my physical fitness, improve my body image, or improve both body image and physical fitness.
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Viewpoint.
Let everyone know whats on your mind.
What do you think of the tuition increase put in place during the recent provincial budget?
“The provincial government should be more responsible.”
Mike Yeomans
Andrew Clarke
“It’s not fair.”
Francis Blong
Matt Gartshure
“It’s brutal.”
Jessica Johnson
Sean Chamberlain “I’m not shocked, I’ve been desensitized to it.”
“We pay enough tuition as it is.”
Shane Price
“It sucks, but it could be much worse.”
“Garbage.”
“I’m not happy about it, but it is necessary.”
“I’m disgusted.”
Shannon Carmont-McKinley
Ryan Whitlock
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NB Budget 2011
UNB prez finds positivity in budget announcement Colin McPhail Editor-in-Chief After months of lobbying the Alward government and bracing themselves for a devastating blow to the operating grant, the University of New Brunswick is refreshed with a bit of positivity from the announcement of the 2011-12 provincial budget. During his speech last Tuesday, Finance Minister Blaine Higgs set a $200 cap on tuition and increased the university’s operating grant by two per cent. While much work remains to resolve UNB’s soon to be $18 million structural deficit, President Eddy Campbell was pleasantly surprised with the increased operating grant. “It was welcomed surprise,” said Campbell. “It was a very difficult year for our province and our government found the political will and the funding to be able to provide us that increase in funding.” “That tells us that they believe our universities have a very important role to play if our province is to ever get to good financial health.” Students still remain concerned about the potential $200 raise in tuition costs, however. “Raising costs for our students is always a last resort, but we really are in a very difficult financial situation,” explained Campbell. “The decision whether or not to raise that amount lies in the hands of our board of governors and we are taking a long, hard look at it in the administration and modeling scenarios to try and understand what the right
thing to do for the university is,” said Campbell. “The fundamental problem we have at the university is that we have a very significant structural deficit. We simply have to address that if we’re going to be successful as a university.” Despite the current structural deficit, the UNB president said areas such as the quality of the student experience; student services and providing strong financial support are priorities for the administration. “There’s a whole bunch of stuff a risk. We just have to find the correct balance between the quality of experience here at the University of New Brunswick versus the cost to our students.” Campbell mentioned certain ancillary fees could be added on to tuition, the most likely being a new Currie Center fee. The massive structure will burden the university with a significant annual operational cost. Yet, Campbell said it’s worth it. “We do require additional operating funds to keep it going so there will be fees associated with that. Such fees are very common in other institutions and it’s really worthwhile. It’s a great, great investment.” The university’s continual exercise in being cost-effective will remain in place. It is a difficult task to bare, but Campbell is positive UNB will remain the high-quality institution it has always been. “We’ve been managing our costs very carefully for a long time now. This fiscal year will mark the sixth year in a row that we’ve made cuts to our budget of $3 million dollars or more.
UNB president Eddy Campbell, despite the current financial situation facing UNB, remains positive UNB can continue to be cost-effective and survive the structural deficit. Andrew Meade / The Brunswickan Arguably, we managed to become a better university through that time in spite of the difficulty,” said Campbell. “I would say the budget we have from the government is a positive mes-
sage for the four public universities in New Brunswick.” The universities will now sit down with the government to create a fouryear rolling tuition memorandum of
understanding, another positve according to Campbell. “It will provide us a stable funding environment to allow us to better plan.”
“The word tragic...can be used to describe it,” SU prez Hilary Paige Smith News Editor
Shannon Carmont-McKinley is worried about the future of New Brunswick students. Andrew Meade / The Brunswickan
For New Brunswick students, counting parental income on student loan applications isn’t just an inconvenience, it’s a tragedy. Shannon Carmont-McK inley, president of the UNB Student Union, expects enrolment for next year to drop drastically now that tuition is going up and students will be required to include their parent’s income on New Brunswick Student Loan applications. “The word tragic I think can actually be used to describe it,” CarmontMcKinley said. “When the parental loan contributions were removed from the requirement a couple years ago it was kind of the front of the pack. It was an innovative thing that New Brunswick was doing to make university more accessible to students…This is a major step backwards that the province has done. And there was no implication from the ministry that this was even on the table.” A few weeks prior to the budget’s release, Carmont-McKinley and some other student leaders met with the PSE minister and complimented the government on keeping parental income out of the picture in New Brunswick. This budget point is expected to save the province $1.6 million, but it’s at the expense of students. CarmontMcKinley said this will cost students “millions and millions” in access. Carmont-McK inley was in the budget lockup at the legislature prior to its public unveiling. She said
it wasn’t as bad as it could be for universities as a whole. “They received a two per cent increase in their funding, which, although it’s not adequate, it’s still not enough. It’s still more than many had been fearing. There were some saying we’d see as much as a two per cent cut,” she said. “That’s where it was really bad was for students.” As a student representative, McKinley said it was a very disappointing budget. Tuition will likely be raised by $200 at UNB and ancillary fees will not be regulated. “In recent years there has been a lot of conversation surrounding a possible Currie Center fee, computer science lab fees, a Math Help Centre fee…We’ll absolutely be fighting an ancillary fee battle here very soon. In speaking with the president, I’ve already discussed a Currie Center fee with him.” Even though students will be paying more for their educations in the coming years, the extra funds won’t make for better services. UNB has been operated in the red for a number of years, and McKinley said $200 extra per student won’t change anything. “We’re not going to see a difference in services, absolutely not.” The UNBSU president said UNB needs to get creative with how they budget funds in the future, as well as how they deal with hiring faculty members, looking at tenure and sabbatical, and the responsibilities placed on instructors.
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Breaking down the budget UNB students react to news of budget cuts for the coming academic year.
$48.8 million amount the deficit will be brought down to.
$220 million in cuts to spending.
$100 million in additional revenue from fuel and tobacco tax increases.
$200
is how much higher tuition can go next year.
$1.6 million
is how much reintroducing parental income requirements will save the government.
2%
increase to operating grants at NB universities.
$36.6 million added to the Dept. of Health.
$4.5 million
taken from the Environmental Trust Fund and transferred to general expenses
CUT
the Advisory Council on the Status of Women will be absorbed.
Students already in debt, the coming budget will only increase it. Andrew Meade / The Brunswickan Alex Kress News Reporter UNB students know the money cut in the provincial budget has to come from somewhere; they just wish it was from anywhere but their picked-over pockets. Matt Nightingale, a f ifth-year history major and music director at CHSR, is one disgruntled student having to shell out $200 more for tuition next year, and his frustration lies with the lack of transparency regarding where that money actually goes. He said he can understand having to spend more money in some regards, but he’s watched money go into projects like the Currie Center and doesn’t understand why there is retrofitting that needs to be done. “I mean, you can’t even close half of the windows in the buildings after opening them, so it’s kind of atro-
cious, and the fact that we’re paying around $5,000 or $6,000 a year...it’s ridiculous.” He has over $40,000 in student loans and said it’ll be closer to $100,000 if he gets into law school. “I really try not to think about it... every time I get that [update] letter I just kind of look at it and put it in my filing cabinet and say, ‘I didn’t see that’.” Shauna Manning, a third-year sociology major and Varsity Reds swimmer, said she also avoids thinking about her mountains of student loans. She has lost track. “We pay enough tuition as it is, especially when you live in residence and you have to pay for things like meal hall. The money you pay is not worth it, because when you work it out you’re paying about $9 a meal and the food there is not at the quality that’s worth that,” she said.
Megan Glenwright, a third-year student, is doing an honours degree in sociology and women’s studies. She also feels the budget cuts are negative and ineffective in solving problems and thinks MLA salaries should be frozen or cut to lessen the blow on social programs like the Advisory Council on the Status of Women, which was cut entirely. “It’s very shocking, especially when the conservative platform actually spoke about how they were going to work with them directly as one of the examples of social programs they would work with, and now they’ve eliminated it,” she said. “There’s still not pay equity and equality in the workplace, and there’s tons of sexual harassment going around and has always been. This is sending the message that it’s OK and it doesn’t need to be fixed because we don’t need this program anymore.”
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UNBSU decides to stick with NBSA despite debate Hilary Paige Smith News Editor Months spent lobbying for a tuition freeze seems to have been in vain for the student union. The announcement of the provincial budget on March 22 came with several slashes to funds, including forcing a $200 increase to university tuition next year. New Brunswick already has the second highest tuition in Canada. Jordan Thompson, the newly elected president of the union, and Joey O’Kane, the incoming vice-president external, expressed that there is more need now than ever to make their voices heard to the government. “This is a signal from the government where their priorities lie, and it seems that it’s not with students,” said Thompson. He can’t wrap his head around why students aren’t made more of a priority. “Honestly, I really don’t know. We are the people that are going to be taking the reins for the province after the next generation moves through, so we will be in positions of power in the next 20 years. Investing in education provides fantastic returns for the province as a whole.” Shannon Carmont-McKinley, outgoing president of the union, recommended they initiate the two-part process of withdrawing from the New
Brunswick Students Association, a group of about 16,000 students lobbying for student issues, but O’Kane “pleaded” with council Sunday night to stick with them. “[O’Kane] has a great passion for the organization and great leadership ability, so we’re hoping he can change the direction of the organization and make it more effective,” said Thompson. “However, council put a sort of ultimatum where they’ve mandated next year’s council to do a review of the NBSA. He feels there’s great power in numbers and having one unified student voice in the province is better than having six or seven student voices.” The final vote to leave the NBSA was twelve to not leave versus five to leave. O’Kane thinks the tuition increase will deter students from attending university because of the already steep costs. “I think there’s going to be a decline in enrolment at the University of New Brunswick and probably across the province as a whole,” said O’Kane. “Long term it’s pretty disappointing to see that.” Thompson added that the increase may only be $200, but there’s nothing in the budget that speaks to ancillary fees. Students could potentially be faced with more fees like the science lab fee, the health centre fee, and maybe even a Currie Center fee, all of which would increase the cost of education further.
New executive disappointed with coming budget. Andrew Meade / The Brunswickan
Things you could buy with $200... Ten cases of domestic beer
800 sour keys
100 rides on a city transit bus 200 boxes of Kraft Dinner (on sale)
20 tickets to the movies
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Calling all book worms
Matt Belyea Arts Reporter Next month, Moncton, NB will have the largest congregation of published authors meeting and reading to the public on the twelfth annual Frye Festival. Canada’s only bilingual literary festival was started in 2000 to commemorate Northrop Frye. It has won the 2005 Lieutenant-Governor’s Dialogue Award, the 2008 Event of the Year Award at the Soirée des Éloizes, and the 2009 Arts Organization of the Year by the New Brunswick Foundation for the Arts. Dawn Arnold is the chairwoman for the festival and has been inviting Margret Atwood to attend for many years. It wasn’t until Arnold spotted Atwood at an airport and approached her that she accepted the invitation. Atwood, who is herself a student of Northrop Frye, will deliver the Northrop Frye-Antonine Maillet lecture this April. Danielle Leblanc, a former literature student from the University of Moncton and McGill University is the now festival director. She works with one other employee, board members, and 125 other passionate volunteers to make the festival possible. It runs from April 25 to May 1 and is comprised of 30 authors who range from the local, national, and international. Leblanc said that this year’s festival has a good roster of authors that can all be viewed on their website. There will be readings, book clubs, workshops, conferences, lectures, and an extensive school program that reaches about 10,000 students every year. “That’s a big component of the festival. We send all of our authors to school visits throughout the province,” said Leblanc. “We pride ourselves on creating the new generation of writers and readers.” Leblanc talked about the importance of the literary community in Atlantic Canada. “I think that the literary community in Atlantic Canada is thriving more than it ever has in the past and the writers that have been coming out of Atlantic Canada have been exceptional.” Leblanc said that those writers are starting to become more recognized on the national and international level, and she hopes that the Frye Festival contributes to that. “Everyone’s thrilled to have a number of Atlantic Canadian writers this year including Fredericton’s own Tammy Armstrong and Mark Jarman.” Jarman, who is a professor at UNB, has been to the festival before in 2005. He recounted his experience there and talked about the generosity of the volunteers. “The festival people treated me very well; they threw a big house party and I noticed that sadly there was only wine, so a volunteer driver with the festival took me to the beer store, which I greatly appreciated,” said Jarman. He will be reading from his last book of stories called My White Planet, and maybe even from his travel book called Ireland’s Eye. Jarman noted that the festival is packed with great authors and commented on its substantial French and Native Canadian presence. The Frye Festival aims to create a foundation and community of established and emerging authors. It’s an opportunity for the writers as well as the public to participate, engage, and interact. For more information on this year’s festival visit www.frye.ca
TUNB presents final play of the year
The peasants of Fanshen toiled endlessly under their feudal landlords. Shelby Thompson (pictured above) goes about her daily chores in Long Bow Village as Ch’ung Lai’s Wife. Christian Hapgood / The Brunswickan
Alison Clack Arts Editor Sometimes theatre enables us to reenact a moment in time, connect us with its emotions and bring us to a greater understanding of how to right its wrongs. TUNB’s last production of the semester, Fanshen is one of those plays. David Hare’s retelling of the historical novel of the same name follows the events of small, Long Bow Village during the Chinese Civil War and the entrance of the Communist regime. The play is a poignant portrayal of the village’s struggle with good and bad leadership form the feudal landlords to the communist party’s cadres. “Of course when you take on any sort of historical event there will be people who say you’ve portrayed that faithfully or distorted it. I think [Hare’s] goal was to show both the good and the bad and to not come down too strongly on either side,” reminds the play’s director, Len Falkenstein. While the play is lauded by many to be historically accurate, some nay-sayers still say it is an exaggeration.
“The Chinese government accused the play of being a distortion. Their argument was that the people in the village were not a representation of China as a whole.” Whatever the level of the play’s historical accuracy, it still stands to be a testament to the human spirit’s resilience. “People will keep striving to improve their lives. No method of governing is going to be perfect there will always be a struggle to organize, to rule and to get along. That ultimately we try to do our best, but often we fail and have to start again trying to do better.” And the play’s characters do struggle. From starvation and unending debt under the landlords to corrupt socialist rulings of the Peasants’ Association and the Communist Party, the peasants of Long Bow Village continually struggled with good governance. “More than anything else that’s probably what this play is, a debate about what makes a good leader and how to have accountability as a leader for other people,” said Falkenstein. Under the feudal landlord’s rule the peasants struggled to survive, toiling day after day to little gain. At one point in the play one of the characters explained
that his family borrowed $4 to buy dumplings on the day of his birth. The landlord charged them so much interest that the peasant said, “Before I could speak I was already in debt to the landlord.” Following the retreat of Japanese insurgents, pushed back by the growing communist party, the peasants of Long Bow Village began their rumblings of revolution. “Never trust a landlord, never protect a landlord. There is one road and that is to struggle against them,” said one leader in the uprising. As the play goes on the peasants suffer from the growing pains of changing leadership multiple times as the communist revolution begins to sweep China. The play sits as an interesting look at a people having gone through a revolution in light of our current global political climate. “We picked it on purpose. I was looking at a few different possibilities and it was early February and the events in Tunisia and other countries were beginning to take place so it added to my belief that this was the best choice for us. Of course, last week our government fell so now we’re entering
a debate about leadership as well.” The students of the introductory theatre class do a great job of showing the passion, violence and desperation of the times. “Well, I’m quite happy with the results. Something I was saying to them is that we can go a little further and a little bigger, for these people it’s life and death. There’s a kind of passion and intensity to their situation that is hard to relate to, but you have to try and put yourself in the shoes of those people. I’m quite happy with what we’ve achieved so far,” said Falkenstein. Falkenstein also urges people to recognize the work the students have put in behind the scenes. “All the work in the play, costumes, props, posters and promotion materials were all done by the students. We’ve been helped a lot by one student in our class, Xiaoyan Jiang whose grandparents would have lived through these events.” TUNB will be opening their performance of Fanshen Wednesday, March 30 at 8 p.m. The show, held in Memorial Hall, will be running 8 p.m. performances nightly until Saturday, April 2. Tickets are $6 for students.
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A number of artists will be showcasing their work at “House Art” including some of Erb’s own work (pictured above). Mike Erb / Erban Photo Matt Belyea Arts Reporter Mike Erb, Ashley Theriault, Maggie Estey, and an absentee landlord can all be credited for the birth of an upcoming art gallery with cozy twist. On April 8, 322 Smythe Street will host an in-house art gallery featuring the artistic and photographic explorations of the three above and much, much more. Craig Budovitch is an artist who has been hosting galleries out of his apartment in Halifax. After becoming acquainted, Erb decided to exhibit his work at one of Budovitch’s galleries and he also had the idea to host one of his own. Now both will make the trip to each other’s apartments to exhibit their work in what looks like an intimate shift in traditional art exhibitions. Erb was always interested in photography, but started to take it more seriously around the age of 16. He left Sussex after high school and enrolled in the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design. It was there that he learned most of what he knows about taking pictures, and also about growing into a successful artist. His interest is in photographing as he travels and capturing those places with an interesting perspective. “I’m from Sussex and I live in Fredericton, but Fredericton’s not exactly what you’d call a metropolis. So when I go to bigger cities or
bigger communities I find I observe the area more than a person that would live there.” His showcase on April 8 will include a series called Places that is an exploration of places he’s been to around Canada in the last few years. Erb’s showcase will be alongside a handful of other photographer’s and artists including the TBA collective, The Big 3, and Dusty Green. “We wanted to reach as many communities, different art communities, as we could. I always like having music at exhibitions, when I had my opening at The Playhouse, Owen Steel performed,” said Erb. Having bands play adds to the variety of what the event offers; you can listen to music and look at art or you can just listen to music. There will be live acoustic sets preformed by Oh No, Theodore!, Westerberg Suicides, Mumble (Gordon Gets Lost), Jonah Hache (Something Delicious), and She Roars! Kyle Clark is the back up vocalist and drummer for She Roars! and thinks “House Art” will be a fun gig and something different from what they’re used to. “Even being an acoustic based band we’ve never really played quietly, were going to be toning down all our songs for it,” said Clark. The bands will be playing the event despite the fact that it may not increase their bankroll. Attending this one-of-a kind event will only cost you a donation and all of that
money will go to help support the bands and their accommodation. Clark added that the show is all about recognition and supporting other artists. Erb agreed by adding, “If you’re an artist and you want people to see your work, you have to be showing it to people. People aren’t necessarily going to go looking for it and that’s why it’s important to exhibit. That’s why I try to exhibit any opportunity I can.” He’s a photographer first and a budding entrepreneur second. “There’s no one else that’s going to do it for me other than me,” said Erb. He reiterated the fact that it takes ambition and marketing to continue to do what he loves. “I’m getting support for my art because I’ve been trying to support myself as much as I can by generating interest in my art.” One way he is making this happen is through a service he provides called Erban Photo. This is how Erb represents his photography and builds his business and he offers product photographs, portraits, weddings, and the list goes on. “Anything you want to do, we can work together to achieve that,” he said. “House Art” is another way in which photographers and artists like himself can network and move forward. For the rest of us, it’s just a damn good time. The event will run from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.
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Varsity Reds crowned CIS champions
Colin McPhail Editor-in-Chief The UNB Varsity Reds will drink from the University Cup once again. The No. 1 ranked Reds shutout the McGill Redmen 4-0 to win their fourth Canadian Interuniversity Sport men’s hockey championship. The win marks UNB’s third national title under head coach Gardiner MacDougall. “I had full confidence in the group. We believed all year,” said head coach Gardiner MacDougall. “It’s the ultimate CIS hockey moment to win at home here in the Aitken Centre.” The Reds have won four titles since 1998. After a pair of victories each, UNB and McGill squared off in front of a sold-out Aitken Centre in Sunday’s final. Gallant opened the scoring in the first, firing a slapshot past a screened McGill netminder Hubert Morin. Daine Todd continued the scoring late in the second. The speedy winger scored his first of two by poking the puck through Morin during a mad scramble in front to make it 2-0. Matt Fillier cashed in the third goal from a beautiful feed from Jon Harty and Todd tallied his second to seal the win midway through the final frame. “It was good night to get a couple goals,” Todd said. “They rank pretty high and I’m just glad I could help out the team.” The Redmen threw their entire offensive attack at UNB netminder Travis Fullerton, but the tournament’s top goaltender denied any chance of a comeback. Fullerton stopped all 28 shots for the shutout win. The third-year goalie only allowed one goal on 72 shots in his three starts. “Right from the first shot against Calgary, I saw (the puck) really well,” he said. “My confidence kind of built from there and we got on a roll.” Fullerton credited the Reds’ defensive core for his success. “The D was awesome,” he said. “A goalie is only as good as his defence, so hats off to them.”
In a near flawless performance at the 2011 Cavendish University Cup the Varsity Reds have won their third national title in five years. UNB won 2-1 over Calgary, followed by two 4-0 wins over Western Ontario and McGill. Andrew Meade / The Brunswickan The Reds’ tenacious forechecking and strong physical play was also a key to their success. “We’re skilled but yet physical team and we wanted to come out hard and lay the body to them and hopefully wear them down,” said Harty. It was a heartbreaking defeat for McGill head coach Kelly Nobes, who took the Redmen to their first title game in his first season behind the bench. “We got manhandled a little tonight, there’s no doubt about it,” said
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Nobes. “We weren’t able to utilize our speed and were pushed around left, right and centre. But at the end of the day, I was really proud of my team. They had an outstanding season. They showed that they’re one of the top programs in the country.” Redmen forward Guillaume Doucet sees the match as a huge stepping stone for a team on the rise in the CIS. McGill has now reached the University Cup in five out of the last six years. “It was incredible for us to get to the game. We were not that far away
from our goal,” said Doucet. “This program has come a long way in the last five or six years and I’m sure we’re going to win a national championship pretty soon.” UNB dropped Calgary 2-1 in their opening match on Thursday and blanked Western Ontario 4-0 to advance into the final. Gallant, the Tournament MVP, led all scorers will seven points and was named to the all-star team. Kyle Bailey, Chris Culligan, Harty and Fullerton were also named to the
Will the Varsity Reds be able to repeat next season as CIS champions?
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I hate to be negative after such a positive weekend, but it is hard to repeat in any sport. It is even harder when there is the added pressure of knowing you are hosting the University Cup a year in advance. Not to mention StFX almost won the AUS and we saw some young teams at this year’s tournament that just need to tweak a few things to be great. They will be close, probably make the final, but there will be an upset on home ice in the final next year.
I can’t see it happening - for three reasons. 1) Loss of their all-star players. Hepditch and MacIntosh are done and the Reds might lose Bailey and Tremblay as well. Those are big shoes to fill. 2) Other squads on the rise. McGill keeps getting better with every season. Alberta, Calgary and Western are young and gained valuable experience. 3) UNB has won in ‘07, ‘09, ‘11. See the pattern?
They have all the potential in the world to repeat. They are losing a few key players so it will be on some other players to step up into leadership positions. The good news is that perennial CIS All-Star Hunter Tremblay has a year of eligibility left. University Cup stand outs Luke Gallant and Travis Fullerton will be around to anchor the team. I wouldn’t be surprised to see the Varsity Reds in contention for another run next year.
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all-star team for the Reds. McGill’s Maxime Langelier-Parent rounded out the squad. The UNB faithful was instrumental motivating the UNB squad during its championship run. “To do it in front of our home fans is indescribable,” said Fullerton. “They’re the best fans in the CIS no doubt and they proved it tonight. The Reds will try to repeat as champions in front the hometown crowd next year as they will host the 50th Cavendish University Cup.
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Seeing as the Varsity Reds are hosting next year’s University Cup they obviously have the host position at the very least, but it will be a challenge for the to win it regardless of whether they are the AUS champions or host. The Reds are losing some key players and I think that will be the difference between being in the final and winning it. A lot will be thrown on the the supporting cast from this year, but if they step up enough they could take it again.
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Reds’ road to the cup GAME 1
GAME SUMMARY First Period No Scoring.
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Second Period 1. UNB - Jordan Clendenning (Nick MacNeil, Lachlan MacInosh) 3:09 2. CAL - Teegan Moore (Walker Wintoneak, Torrie Wheat) 4:03
Shots on Goal 1 2 3 7 11 10 UNB 11 4 7 CAL W: Travis Fullerton (21 saves) L: Dustin Butler (26 saves)
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Third Period 3. UNB - Josh Kidd (Hunter Tremblay, Kyle Bailey) 19:56
GAME 2
GAME SUMMARY First Period No Scoring.
4 0
Second Period 1. UNB - Chris Culligan (unassisted) 5:28 Third Period 2. UNB - Luke Gallant (Kyle Bailey, Chris Culligan) 0:45 3. UNB - Kyle Bailey (Luke Gallant, Josh Kidd) 15:12 4. UNB - Hunter Tremblay (Luke Gallant, Matt Fillier) 16:07
GAME 3
1 2 3 10 14 8 UNB 7 7 8 UWO W: Travis Fullerton (22 saves) L: Anthony Grieco (28 saves)
Second Period 2.UNB - Daine Todd (Hunter Tremblay, Luke Gallant) 14:01 Third Period 3. UNB - Matt Fillier (Jonathan Hary, Nick MacNeil) 4:31 4. UNB - Daine Todd (Chris Culligan, Luke Gallant) 11:15
Shots on Goal 1 2 3 9 11 7 UNB 9 11 9 MCG W: Travis Fullerton (29 saves) L: Hubert Morin (23 saves)
Red Blazers win Challenge Cup
Brian Savoie Sports Reporter The UNB Red Blazers women’s hockey team survived the final tournament to win capture 2010-11 Maritime Intercollegiate Women’s Hockey Challenge Cup. Going into the weekend nine points ahead of the host team and second ranked Acadia Axewomen. After winning three of the four tournaments, the Red Blazers struggled at the Acadia event. They played three games over the weekend and struggled to get the puck in the net. The first two games against CBU and Acadia saw UNB coming up short, with final scores being 2-1 and 1-0 in favor of their opponents. “We struggled this weekend putting the puck in the net,” said head coach Andrew Lavoie. “We focused this week on improving our defensive zone coverage, but unfortunately we were just unable to put
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GAME SUMMARY First Period 1. UNB - Luke Gallan (Ben Wright, Hunter Tremblay) 10:04
4 0
Shots on Goal
the puck in the net during critical moments when we needed it.” The first game against Cape Breton saw UNB starting out slow, but slowly gaining momentum as the game went on. “We had some issues. We came out flat against Cape Breton, but by halfway through the game we started to pick it up,” explained Lavoie. “We outplayed them and things started coming together for us. We had two disallowed goals and the wind went out of our sails. Unfortunately, we were unable to overcome that, but it was a hard fought battle, we outplayed and outshot them.” After the loss against CBU, the Red Blazers had only an hour to regroup and come back on the ice to go up against Acadia, who was their biggest challenge in the league. “For Acadia, we focused and put out a new plan and talked to the girls,” said Lavoie “We got away from the rink for a
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few minutes and when we came back it was all business. We played extremely well and outplayed and outshot them, but we ran into a hot goaltender. Late in the game we had some opportunities, but Acadia managed to get it out of their end net a goal.” UNB saw a change in their fortunes during their third and final game against the Université of Sainte-Anne. “We got back to our game plan and got focused,” said Lavoie. “We knew what we had to do and we had a game plan all season and we knew what we had to stick to. We can’t be waiting and we have to take all the points we can in this game.” UNB came out on top, hungry not only for the win but points, dominating Sainté-Anne with a final score of 3-0 for the Red Blazers. Although UNB did not make championship game for the tournament, they still finished atop the league standings, seven points ahead of Acadia for the title.
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University Cup in photos
Clockwise starting from top left: A Mustang forward chases down Colton Grant on Friday, UNB’s Lachlan MacIntosh argues with refs during Saturday’s 4-0 over Western, X-Men forward Chris Hulit overtakes an Alberta defender on Friday, Reds forward Nick MacNeil circles the McGill goal in Sunday’s final. Andrew Meade and Sandy Chase / The Brunswickan
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2011/2012
Residential Life, Campus and Conference Services on the Fredericton campus are now accepting CVs/Resumes and cover letters for the 2011/12 position of House Don.
Responsible to the Director, Residential Life, the Don is a live-in position working with a House Team of selected (Proctors) and elected (House Committee) leaders. The Don is responsible for creating and maintaining a positive living environment within the House–one which supports the development of (primarily) undergraduate student residents. The Don’s focus is on facilitating the development of the students in the House, both individually through personal interaction, referrals and mentoring and collectively through programming. The Don is the leader on in-House issues (conduct/discipline, initial crisis intervention, roommate concerns); Dons also work to maintain strong links to other Houses–for instance through the Board of Dons, to the Residence community at large–including the Coordinator, and to the larger University community, through their non-residence University affiliations.
Covering letters should be addressed to Angela Garnett, Director, Residential Life and submitted to the Reception Desk of the Residence Administration building (20 Bailey Drive) no later than Monday April 4th. Detailed Job Descriptions can be picked up anytime at the Reception Desk of the Residence Administration building (20 Bailey Drive)
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