VOLUME 153, ISSUE 3, NOVEMBER 2019
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@thebrunswickan @Brunswickan @thebrunswickan Front Page: Montage of UNB Law Faculty Building in 1968 and today|Right photo by Jules Keenan and left photo by UNB Archives & Special Collections.
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News Briefs by Ally Buchanan
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The History Behind UNB Building Names
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Things to do in Fredericton This Month
by Ally Buchanan
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by Brad Ackerson
Book Review: Leonardo Da Vinci by Walter Isaacson
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Protecting Yourself from Hackers and Viruses
by MarĂa Hernandez
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by Keely Martin
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Film Review: Joker (2019)
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The Neville Farm by Marlowe Evans
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Advocation for Removal of Ludlow from Law Building by Keely Martin
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No Direction Home by Jack Sparks
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The Round-Up
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Remembrance Day Crowds gathered at cenotaphs and community halls across Fredericton, New Brunswick, and beyond on Nov. 11 for Remembrance Day, honouring those who served and those who lost their lives at war. Hundreds gathered in Fredericton at the city’s annual parade from the Carleton Street Armory to the Cenotaph.
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Conversation around the Canadian traditions of Remembrance Day, namely the wearing of the poppy, differed from those of past years. Early in November an image of a supposed rainbow poppy for sale on Etsy sparked debate over the importance and meaning of the poppy, with some groups saying the rainbow striped petal lessened the tradition’s impact, and others saying it drew attention to a group that suffered oppres-
Chris Smith leads the marching band to the Cenotaph during the Remembrance Day Parade on Queen Street.
sion in the military.
versity in better serving its Indigenous students.
The sale of the rainbow poppy was later proven to be a hoax, but the discussion remained.
“Through FutureReadyWabanaki, we are able to strengthen UNB’s commitment to the [Truth and Reconciliation] Calls to Action by valuing Indigenous knowledges and ways of knowing by enhancing Indigenous students’ access to experiential education,” said Mazerolle in a statement.
On Nov. 9, well-known Canadian hockey commentator Don Cherry issued a controversial statement on his Hockey Night in Canada segment, Coach’s Corner. “You people that come here… whatever it is, you love our way of life, you love our milk and honey, at least you could pay a couple of bucks for a poppy,” he said on the broadcast. Cherry’s comments led to lengthy arguments in the media, regarding Cherry’s history of potentially insensitive remarks, the tradition of the poppy and the treatment of immigrants in Canada. Cherry was fired from his position after 33 years as co-host for his comments, only stoking the fires of the debate, which was trending on Twitter as one of the biggest issues in Canadian media for the week following Remembrance Day.
Elections Canada’s 43rd federal election was held Oct. 21, which saw Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government reemerge as a minority, and Jenica Atwin elected in a historic result here in Fredericton. The country was left a mixture of red, blue and orange, with significant success of the Bloc Québécois in Quebec, the Liberal Party in urban areas and the Conservative Party in the western provinces.
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Tensions have arisen around this divide in political allegiances—particularly in Alberta and Saskatchewan with controversial discussions emerging around Western separatism, colloquially dubbed “Wexit.”
On Nov. 6, UNB hosted the launch of FutureReadyWabanaki, a provincial experiential learning initiative aimed toward Indigenous university students.
New Brunswick was split following the election, with three ridings electing Conservative MPs, six electing Liberal MPs and Fredericton making history electing its first Green MP.
The program was launched as part of Atlantic Canada Career Week, with representatives present from all four major New Brunswick universities. FutureReadyWabanaki follows the model of FutureReadyNB—a province-wide program pairing students at the University of New Brunswick, St. Thomas University, Mount Allison University and the Université de Moncton with work placements in their field.
In an unprecedented election, Jenica Atwin became the first Green MP outside of BC, and the first female MP in the Fredericton riding. Her win also contributed to the largest success the Green Party of Canada has seen, gaining a total of three seats.
The program allows students to access experiential learning placements more easily through financial support such as wage subsidies for certain organizations and student support bursaries covering costs of transportation, accommodation, training and more. FutureReadyWabanaki will cater these services to Indigenous students, placing emphasis on culturally appropriate and beneficial placements.
“This is a historic win, we know that for many reasons, as a Green, as a woman. We just worked so hard for this moment. They’re talking about us here in New Brunswick, so it’s nice to know we’ve been put on the map in that way,” said Atwin the night of the election. Since election night, Elizabeth May, leader of the Green Party, has announced that she will be stepping down as leader after holding the position for 13 years.
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Words by Brad Ackerson | Photos by Jules Keenan No matter the season, Fredericton always has exciting events and activities open to the public. Below you will find seven upcoming events you can attend this December to experience the best Fredericton has to offer. Although this is not a complete list, we try to provide an array of events to attend and things to try. Something you’d like to see included in an upcoming edition of Things to Do? Send your suggestions to editor@thebruns. ca!
Fredericton Santa Claus Parade When: November 30th from 5:00-8:00p.m. Where: Kin Club of Nashwaaksis It’s that time of the year! Santa Claus is coming to Fredericton for the annual Santa Claus Parade. This year’s theme is “Unwrap the Magic of Christmas.” The parade will begin on Devonshire Drive on the Northside. Santa and his followers will then leave Devonshire Drive by turning left onto Union Street at the corner of Cliff Street and Union Street. Then travel west along Union Street heading towards Main Street and continuing along Main Street until they reach Johnston Avenue where the parade will disembark. Free admission but registration required.
Capital $100 or Less Art Sale When: December 4th-8th Where: 412 Queen St, Second Floor Whether you are a burgeoning art collector, holiday shopping for an art fan in your life, or even if you just want to look, the Capital $100 or Less Art Sale is likely your best chance to find quality art at relatively low prices while supporting Fredericton’s excellent art community. The art available will include paintings, photography, illustrations, pottery, jewelry and more—all of which will be presented gallery style.
Said The Whale Concert When: December 5th at 8:00p.m. Where: The Capital Complex Juno Award-winning indie rock trio Said The Whale are set to bring their West Coast sound to the cozy confines of The Capital Complex in the leadup to the February release of their latest album Cascadia. In over a decade of performing together, the Vancouver-based group has proven to be one of the staples of Canada’s indie scene having released five studio albums and being the subject of the 2011 CBC documentary Winning America. Tickets for the show are on sale now and can be purchased online or at Graystone Brewing and Grimross Brewing.
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Roast Beef & Rails When: December 7th from 12:00-4:00p.m. Where: Crabbe Mountain Kick off the ski and snowboard season at Crabbe Mountain’s 13th annual Roast Beef & Rails event. Join fellow skiers and snowboarders for a four hour rail jam session in Dave’s Jib Park, complete with music and prizes. This will be followed by a roast beef dinner at 4:30pm in the lodge. Tickets are $25 each with dinner and all fees and taxes included in the price of admission. Individuals under 18 years of age can participate but must have a waiver signed by a guardian.
Christmas Brewery Tour 2019 When: December 14th at 11:30a.m. Where: Various locations Escape the drudgery of the holiday season for a few hours while exploring three of Fredericton’s popular craft breweries, culminating in a final stop at Picaroons Roundhouse where participants will be treated to a specially selected beer. At each stop you will receive four 4oz samples of that brewery’s offerings, get a behind the scenes look at the facilities and the brewing process, and meet the staff. Passes are $60 per person and can be purchased online.
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With more and more of our social lives being lived online, it can be easy to leave personal information vulnerable, or fall prey to scams and tricks. From viruses to identity theft, it is important for students to know how to protect themselves against scammers and hackers. Recently, scammers posed as companies looking to hire students on UNB campus, asking for students to provide them with their Social Insurance Number (SIN). Tim Martin, a cybersecurity specialist at Brökvisk Security, says that companies might claim to need it to create a unique identifier. He reminds individuals that you do not have to provide them with your actual last four digits, you can say anything. “They do not have the authority to do so, they are not the government,” said Martin. Phishing is another common tactic for hackers who target the student population. It refers to emails, messages or texts sent by hackers posing themselves as trusted entities in order to steal an individual’s data, like login information. “Most of the time you’re going to be the victim of a small phishing scam,” said Martin. “Phishing happens to literally everybody.” As students do not have a lot of money, they are not commonly a target for hacking. If you are working somewhere, such as in a research division, you might be targeted by someone looking to get that information.
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Martin recommends checking the sources of these emails, asking if they are valid, and double verifying, such as contacting them through legitimate channels. Most people would not answer their phones these days unless they know who is calling them, but emails and texts can also be sent by scammers. Trust your gut when it comes to potentially untrustworthy messages or requests. If it feels too good to be true, it probably is. “Especially if they are asking for very targeted information.” When it comes to viruses, Martin said that you do not always have to go to a certified professional to get rid of them. They are fairly easy to remove yourself, simply by uninstalling them. As long as you have admin control it should not be too difficult. Slowness is a telltale sign that your device has a virus. “A lot of them are using your computer’s resources for whatever they are doing. The most common one is bitcoin mining,” said Martin. You can check via your task manager, or whatever shows your systems resources, to see if there are any suspicious programs running. They usually use a name that will seem slightly less than legitimate. Martin said you can just google it to find out who made it and what it is. Martin recommends the use of malware and virus
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protection applications, saying that they largely operate with the same effectiveness. “It does not matter which one you have, you just want one, which is gonna catch—90% of the time—whatever the problem is. All an antivirus program does is it has this big database of known viruses,” said Martin. Martin uses Malwarebyte, but he says it is no better than the other ones. They also check whether the thing you download is bad or not, and if it is, the program would block it. Martin said you should also keep whatever antivirus program you have updated. “There are ones for your phone as well, you can find them in the app store or Google play store,” he said.
on Amazon, remember your passwords for you, or block advertisements—those are all third party integrations that big companies like Google might vet them a little bit from their store, but thats still any area where you can get hacked or have issues,” he said. Martin says that Google does have a Quality Assurance division for their browser whenever they put out a change. However, “if their QA department does not have a process yet for this new thing that’s available to be done, they’re going to miss it. They can only catch what they know to look for.” “Overall your browser being an attack vector, meaning it is a method of which someone could attack you, is kind of low.” Once browsers know about it, there is only a narrow window of vulnerability as they are fast to update and fix the issues. Uwera Nina Ntaganzwa, third-year UNB student in Software Engineering, uses DuckDuckGo as a search engine instead of Google, in an interest to preserve privacy. “Unlike Google—and other major search engines— DuckDuckGo does not store IP addresses, log user information or profile users,” said Ntaganzwa. Another area rising in cyber security concerns is social media. Martin used an example of his participation in a podcast, Hackable, where he was able to find a significant amount of personal information about the host just from data attached to an image.
Passwords are a frequent topic in conversations of cyber security, as they can be found, hacked or breeched. Martin recommends against reusing the same passwords for multiple websites. “Have I been pwned” is a great website for checking if a password of yours has ever been leaked online. It lets you search via your email whether you have been affected. At the beginning of November, Chrome became aware of a vulnerability and alerted users to update their browsers upon fixing the problem. Martin said that there are multiple parts to a browser, like Chrome, that users might not be aware of.
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“There is a lot of stuff that happens in the back end that you are not really aware of, like how the browser interacts with the computer and how it interacts with the website. Or, if you’ve got extensions in there—ones that track prices for stuff
Fortunately, social media sites like Facebook and Instagram do not store this type of data, like where the image was taken, but if you share the image via email or text that data can still be retained. In an effort to be more secure and private, instead of using Facebook messenger, Ntaganzwa prefers to use WhatsApp and Telegram. “WhatsApp has an end-to-end encryption which means that only you and the person you’re writing to can read what’s sent. Telegram has optional end-to-end encryption referred to as Secret Chats which can be destroyed after a conversation or automatically deleted if a timer is used,” said Ntaganzwa. As well, Ntaganzwa said that Telegram has three layers of encryption compared to other apps that only have two layers. Telegram is also available for both mobile devices and desktop.
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William Maxwell (Max) Aitken was born in 1879, in Maple, Ontario. Aitken led a career in journalism—publishing his first newspaper at 13 in Newcastle, New Brunswick—as well as in business in New Brunswick, Alberta, and Quebec. Through these ventures he formed a lifelong friendship with Sir James Dunn. In 1910, Aitken moved to London, England, where he became a Conservative representative in the British House of Commons, and was knighted in 1911. He acted as a representative for the Canadian government at the front during WWI, and was named a peer in 1917, taking the name Beaverbrook after a stream near his home in Canada. After the war, Aitken bought a number of news publications, becoming the biggest newspaper baron in the UK, and continuing to publish his own work the entire time. Aitken spent large portions of his wealth in charitable donations, and, as a result, is now namesake for several buildings at UNB and Fredericton; including the Aitken House, Aitken University Centre, the Lord Beaverbrook Hotel and the Beaverbrook Art Gallery; as well buildings in Saint John; Miramichi; Campbellton; Ottawa; and Calgary. His legacy dubs him one of the most influential and well-known philanthropists in New Brunswick.
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Richard Currie is a Saint John businessman, born in 1937. In 1955, he attended UNB for chemical engineering under a Beaverbrook scholarship, before continuing his education at the Technical University of Nova Scotia and at Harvard University. In 1976, Currie became the president of Loblaw Companies, the largest food retailer and the largest private sector employer in Canada, succeeding in growing the company 350-fold to a value of $15 billion during his 25 year tenure. Currie was appointed to the Order of Canada in 1997, was chosen as Canada’s Outstanding CEO of the year in 2001, and was inducted into the Canadian Business Hall of Fame in 2003. Currie became UNB’s chancellor in 2003. At the university, he is known for the Currie Scholarships, originally created in 1998 as the Blake-Kirkpatrick scholarships, valued at $65, 000 each making them among Canada’s most valuable. Currie’s donation led to the creation of the Richard J. Currie Center, an athletics complex and gymnasium, in 2008. This building is the largest capital building project in UNB’s history, and his donation of $20 million was the largest a New Brunswick university has ever received.
Sir Edmund Walker Head was born near Maidstone, England, in 1805 to the Reverend Sir John Head, the 7th Baronet, whose title he succeeded in 1838. He studied and tutored at Oxford, and wrote a number of articles in law, government, language and philology. Head served as the Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick between 1848 to 1854, Governor General of British North America from 1854 to 1861, and Governor of the Hudson’s Bay Company from 1863 to 1868. He was also a strong proponent of public education in New Brunswick pre-confederation, especially in the fields of science, medicine, and law. As Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick, Head helped establish the faculty of engineering at UNB, which was at the time called King’s College, making it the first program of its kind in Canada. Because of this contribution, the complex hosting the engineering and computer science faculties is named in his honour. 13
Marcia Anatasia Christoforides was born in Sutton, England. She married Sir James Dunn in 1942 after working as his secretary for a number of years and became Lady Dunn. The couple was friends with Spanish artist Salvidor Dali, who created several paintings of them which are now displayed at the Beaverbrook gallery. After Dunn’s death in 1956, she was left the beneficiary of a large estate and significant charitable fund. Christoforides later married Lord Beaverbrook, William (Max) Aitken, a close friend of Dunn, in 1963, becoming Lady Beaverbrook. 84 at the time of the marriage, Aitken died a year later, leaving Christoforides the overseer of another large estate. Christoforides spent the remainder of her life dispersing the wealth of her two late husbands through charity, donation and philanthropy, including the Sir James Dunn Foundation. Through this foundation, she helped establish the Sir James Dunn residence at UNB Saint John and the Sir James Dunn Wildlife Research Centre at UNB Fredericton, as well as many buildings at Dalhousie University, where she was appointed chancellor in 1968. She is now namesake for the Lady Beaverbrook residence, Lady Dunn Hall, and the Lady Beaverbrook gym. During her lifetime, she contributed more than $300 million to charitable donations from the Dunn and Beaverbrook fortunes.
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Words and Photo by María Hernandez The biography of Leonardo Da Vinci, one of the most prolific minds in human history, was written by Walter Isaacson—an American writer, journalist and historian mostly recognized for writing the biographies of Steve Jobs, Albert Einstein, and Benjamin Franklin. Isaacson is famous for writing astonishing biographies that not only describe the lives of the world’s greatest minds, but focuses on highlighting the innate humanity inside the geniuses. Isaacson wrote the biography of Da Vinci based on thousands of pages from Da Vinci’s astounding notebooks. They revealed the artist’s private life events as well as the discoveries he made during his lifetime. The biography is mesmerizing and a somewhat easy read. You will find yourself reading a hundred pages non-stop and perhaps finish reading the book in a week. Leonardo Da Vinci’s biography is truly inspiring and mesmerizing. It often makes the reader put into perspective what one can achieve if you pursue your passions. With all that Da Vinci accomplished during his lifetime, it seemed like he had more hours in a day than the average human has. However, it was his legitimate passion for learning and discovering that led him to master a variety of subjects. The biography teaches the reader that combining imagination and intellect can lead to discoveries and inventions. Leonardo Da Vinci, the artist of two of the most famous paintings in history, The Mona Lisa and The Last Supper, was what we would refer to as a misfit in society back in the 1400s. Leonardo was an illegitimate son, gay, left-handed and vegetarian, which was not a good example of the traditionalism of that time. He was also set apart by his desire for learning and seeing the unseen. He made significant discoveries and improvements in the arts, engineering, human anatomy, physics, mathematics and botany. The Vitruvian Man is another project with which Leonardo was obsessed, and that led him to greater improvements in architecture.
prove himself. He was a perfectionist—one of the main reasons why he was so great, but also something that consistently brought problems to his life. It seems like Da Vinci was born in the perfect time and place, and, apart from being a rebel, perfectionist and passionate man, he was also very kind-hearted. Da Vinci was always willing to share his blessings and knowledge. He often sheltered friends and was not motivated by wealth and possessions. The book not only teaches the reader about Da Vinci’s life events and how they shaped history, but you also learn more about the world around you. Da Vinci was indeed a gift from heaven, as stated in the book, and his biography is a masterpiece. Perhaps he wasn’t superhuman, but he believed he could achieve anything he set his mind to.
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Words by Maria Nazareth Araújo Todd Phillips’ film Joker came out in theaters worldwide over a month ago now, yet people are still talking about it. What is it about this film that everyone is either loving or hating? Well, as a UNBF film student, I will do my best to review it (without spoilers, I promise). So don’t worry if you have not watched it yet, even though I think you should have by this point. General (VERY BASIC) plot: In Gotham City, the mentally troubled comedian Arthur Fleck is disregarded and mistreated by society. His path brings him face-to-face with his alter-ego: “The Joker.” The film is about mental illness as much as it is a story about the character of the Joker, specifically what happens when society cares so little about its citizens that it takes away programs that help them stay healthy. Puerto Rican born American actor Joaquin Phoenix plays the Joker (perhaps you remember him as Theodore from Her or Commodus from Gladiator), delivering what I see as an Oscar-winning performance. For me, that was one of the highlights of the film, along with the impressive cinematography, which I will talk about shortly. Fans of The Dark Knight, CALM DOWN. I am not here to say who among Joaquin Phoenix, Cesar Romero, Jack Nicholson or Heath Ledger was the best Joker (yes, Jared Leto was intentionally left out of this list for obvious reasons). I am just here to express my fascination with Phoenix’s performance. The physical and emotional depths
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that Phoenix goes to in Joker are unreal. The actor managed to reduce himself to a skeletal state for the role and excels in conveying the blurriness between control and chaos. Arthur shys away from the public because of his erratic behavior (which feels like it could turn dangerous). However, it is easy for the viewer to empathize with his desire to be loved, without necessarily loving him. Everything about the storytelling—from the invasive sound design, the dark cinematography and the film’s score—is designed to be oppressive and to push the audience towards sympathizing with the fact that the protagonist is the primary victim of all the oppression. Although a great film from my perspective, Joker has indeed been criticized due to concerns that it could inspire a mass shooting, particularly due to its excess of violence, similar to what happened in a Colorado theatre in 2012 during The Dark Knight 18
Rises. I have to admit, violence is pretty explicit in the film, so if you are a person that can’t deal with it, just don’t watch it. What I like about it though is that the film does not hide the reality of what happens in the real world unlike some fiction films do. Calm down, I’m not saying that people can become Jokers and Batman will come to save all of us. What I mean is that violence, unfortunately, is part of our society and the film does a good job of portraying reality in that sense. I had a 500-word limit to express my feelings towards the film Joker. If I could sum up in two words: simply amazing. Seriously, get your butt outside and go to Cineplex to watch this movie. It will be worth every single penny.
Words by Keely Martin | Photos by Maria Nazareth Araújo Long held contention around the naming of the UNB Law Faculty Building has recently come to a head with a number of student groups calling for the removal of the name Ludlow from its walls. The building, constructed in 1968, was named after George Duncan Ludlow for his services as New Brunswick’s first Chief Justice. Controversy around the name choice predates the building itself. “For the past 50 years various individuals and groups have asked UNB to change the name. For half a century the name has been condemned,” said Karen McGill, a UNB Law graduate who is Red River Metis and a citizen of the Metis Nation with membership in the Manitoba Metis Federation.
Dr. Nicole O’Byrne, UNB professor and legal historian, spent this summer researching Ludlow, travelling to the City of Ottawa Archives, where she found record of Ludlow’s involvement with the Sussex Vale Indian Day School and his family’s history of slave ownership. Ludlow was on the board of the Sussex Vale Indian Day School, which he later left because of what he felt was the schools’ poor retention of children— who fled in large numbers—and inadequate assimilation practices. The controversy surrounding the naming of the building originally arose in 1968, specifically surrounding Ludlow’s history of slave ownership.
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By 1800, the majority of the other judges in the British Empire were trying to find ways against upholding the legalities of slavery. Ludlow, however, was one of the last to hold it legal. Ludlow’s father was a slave trader, and his brother, who was the first mayor of Saint John, owned slaves. While O’Byrne has been unable to find a document directly tying Ludlow to ownership of a specific slave, she says she would be shocked if he had not. “He grew up in a family where their wealth and family fortune was based on this,” she said. “All the judges [Ludlow] sat with owned slaves, his brother, all the loyalists of that time period owned slaves. That was the normal thing to do.” Decisive action is being taken by the student body after listening to the concerns of the BIPOC (Black and Indigenous People of Colour) students. McGill cites the decision of last year’s law school yearbook editor to not include the name as an example. “This practical support along with the LSS and UNBSU resolutions calling for name change send another kind of message—UNB students support diversity, inclusion, and believe all students are welcome,” she said.
he was removed.” said Stephen Wolff Power, Co-Editor In Chief of The De Jure. Jonathan Adams, a UNB Law student, wrote a piece for the De Jure that expresses his opinion as a Canadian of black ancestry. He believes the name might be a deterrent for diverse students in coming to UNB Law. Adams says due to the lack of diversity both within the Atlantic provinces and the legal field as a whole, the law faculty is “particularly racially homogeneous.” “Slapping a new name on the building isn’t going to change that, but what it will do is announce to prospective students what type of institution we aspire to be; that’s inclusive and socially conscious,” he said.
{Photo of De Jure publication with Ludlow’s name blacked out, Michiko Gartshore, second year representative for the Aboriginal Law Society, and Chris Lutes stand in front of the Faculty of Law Building} “I do not want to erase George Ludlow from history, I want to highlight his participation in the early Residential School System and his ruling on slavery. Blacking out his name is both a way to get his name off the paper and to get people thinking about why 20
Right now pressure is being put on the administration by the Law Students Society, the UNBSU, and other related parties to take the name down. “There’s been some pushback and I don’t think there’s anybody in the administration who actually thinks it should be kept up,” said Chris Lutes, Law Faculty rep for the Student Union. The president has been served a resolution by the
LSS, which calls for the immediate removal of the name. While unavailable for comment, Paul Mazerolle, UNB’s president and vice-chancellor, supplied the Brunswickan a statement concerning the action being taken by the university. “I am establishing a working group to explore the university’s naming conventions and examine the due diligence used in determining a name for a building. The bi-campus working group will explore the naming of buildings issue generally and will recommend the next steps for addressing the naming of Ludlow Hall. Issues such as receiving submissions or undertaking consultation will be considered by the working group,” read the statement. Lutes questions this statement, calling it vague and ambiguous. “[Mazerolle] did not give any sort of scope to the working group, no real mandate, there is no timeline. It seems to me that this is a delaying tactic on the part of the administration, that they just assume ‘wait the students’ who are agitating for this; wait them out.”
An example of action that has been taken, however, is the removal of Ludlow’s portrait from the law building. “The intention is not to erase history, but to ensure that our students feel comfortable and respected in the spaces where they study and learn. Any decision on the portrait’s future location and any accompanying display or literature will be addressed as the cross-campus working group explores the naming of the building,” said Mazerolle in a statement concerning the portrait. “I am not surprised. Our faculty is very responsive to truthful, fact-based argument, and the removal of the portrait ought to signal to the larger UNB administration the seriousness with which they take this issue,” said Molly Murphy, president of the UNB LSS, in response to the portrait’s removal. “While we are happy that the University has responded, taking the most broad general approach carries the potential to lose focus quite quickly and slow to a halt. This is a teachable moment. We are not advocating for a hasty, thoughtless reaction, but we are most certainly seeking action,” says Murphy.
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Cows? On campus? It’s more likely than you think— you just have to go back a hundred years or so. The quad, and most of the land now occupied by the University of New Brunswick’s Fredericton campus, used to be 24 acres of farmland, owned and operated by the Neville family.
spaces, but in the narrow staircase and low ceilings, it’s possible to remember that over a hundred years ago, the building was built by hand, to be a home.
This family, over the course of three generations, worked the land and kept cattle. They began on only 10 acres of land in 1850, and over the next fifty or so years built it up to over 24 acres of good farmland. The family homestead, now home to UNB Career Counselling and several other student services, was built around 1876, and is still referred to as the Neville Homestead.
The University of New Brunswick boasts being 234 years old, but the campus as we see it today didn’t start to come together until the 1940’s. Fred Neville, a third generation member of the Neville family, was groundskeeper for the university, and in 1943 the Senate agreed to buy the farm from the Nevilles, with the exception that they could keep the land where the homestead stood, and live there until their deaths. In 1944 the land was officially turned over from the Neville Family to the University of New Brunswick.
The rooms have largely been converted to office
Gradually, the university began to break ground
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Image courtesy UNB Archives & Special Collections – Joe Stone & Son Ltd. fonds (UA RG 340), #8122_b on many of the buildings we see today, those with the iconic red brick exterior. However, Fred Neville continued to farm the land the university didn’t yet need, and kept cattle until 1954, when the building plans required the old outbuildings and barns to be demolished. It was that year that the Neville farm really ended and campus began. The homestead was moved several times over the years, including having to be moved for the construction of Neville House (now Neville-Jones), and its sister residence, Neill House. The cornerstone of Neville House was laid by Fred Neville, and he hand-plowed the first bit of soil to break ground for its construction. Upon his death in 1969, UNB took over the homestead. Fred Neville worked for the University for over 42 years. Now, the Neville Homestead, and
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the records, are the only remnants of the family farm built up by Irish immigrants, who worked the land for three generations. So, yes. There used to be cows in the quad.
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My memory of my trip to Europe isn’t dominated by places and sights. It is instead filled with little snippets of emotion, of hilarious scenes that played out around me, of endless nights continued even with work the next morning. Mostly though, my memory is filled with people. People I bonded with; people I forged true friendships with; people I argued with; even people I loved. No matter where you go, no matter what you see, at the end of it all, it’s the people that animate your life that are important. To tell a good story, however, you need a backdrop. These people who made my trip so special; well, they’ll fill in the rest, won’t they? As many good things do, the idea to get away came upon me in times of despair. I had just come out of a year long relationship and was wondering where my life was headed. I could feel the inertia of all my years in Fredericton pressing in on me, and I knew a change was needed. It was time to get out of the country. And not to the south, oh no. I was headed due east. I went about recruiting some backup for the trip, instantly turning to two of my best friends, Ian and Matt. They were receptive, providing I found us something to do of course. I looked at some options through UNB and decided I was going to do this on my own. Nothing offered me the freedom I was looking for that coming summer, so I was recommended the International Experience Canada program, which assists Canadians from the ages of 18-35 in getting work visas abroad. With the method nailed down, now came the hard part: finding the job. Not only for myself, but for two other Canadian, English only speakers. Quite the challenge. Ian, thankfully, picked up an internship at a German engineering company, so I was down to two jobs to find. Still a tough task, but more manageable. It was a long process, but in short, I got in contact with a theme park in Germany and was informed of a European Summer Program they had. The program brought in young people from all over Europe to work at the park and live together. Jennifer, the lady I was in contact with, told me that they’d love to have a few Canadians along for the ride, and also that language wouldn’t be an issue. I was thrilled, and right after exams Matt and I set off, landing first in Paris and travelling by bus to Germany. The house we lived in was three levels and was a work in progress when we moved in, as this was the first year the program was located there. It extended way further back than you’d expect from the street, and our room was in the back section. There 26
The Albert Memorial in London, England
The Schlösser Brühl gardens in Brühl, Germany were 12 rooms in the house in total, all meant to fit two people, and I believe the peak was 18 people in the house while we were there. When we first got there we rounded out what could be considered the original crew, the notables being Jodie and Eloïse from Switzerland, Christopher from Northern Ireland, Nassim from France, Frank from the Netherlands, Neil from England, and of course, our ever present program coordinator Ray from England. The fewer than ten of us was the perfect number. There was no real social area in the house besides the second floor, (or first floor to Europeans; we had many a fight about that), so when there were that few of us we could all fit around the kitchen table, which was a booth-like setup along the wall with chairs across. Every night at the start we would gather around that table, playing stupid games or just talking. Thankfully for Matt and me, everyone in the house spoke English. The atmosphere was electric. The trip was the first time I’d been away for an extended period of time, and also my first time living alone. I truly felt at home there. I’ve learned I’m adaptable like that; I wasn’t even a little bit homesick the entire time. I may as well have been spending the rest of my life there, and that wouldn’t have bothered me a bit. Working at the park the first few days was quite the culture shock. Out of the crew of around 15 people whom I worked with the entire summer, five of them spoke pretty good english, another five spoke broken english, and the rest spoke basically no english. It was a challenge, but a challenge I thoroughly enjoyed. There’s not much else to say about the job or park really. It was a great setup. I worked four days on,
Christopher and I at Phantasialand two days off, four days on, three days off, repeat. The shifts averaged ten hours and we got a free meal for lunch at the canteen, which was usually great. The park really was world-class; it was the second biggest in Europe, right behind Disneyland Paris. Between all that and free housing, it was an amazing opportunity. I got along with everyone in the house very well, and it kicked off quick. The first night I was there I went out to one of the hotel bars with Jodie and Eloïse to have a few drinks. Eloïse was the person I was closest to when I first got there. It was when we were one on one that we had our best talks, out walking, mid-May when the nights were still cool. In groups it’s almost impossible to talk seriously about anything, and I appreciated the alone time with her. Things ended up souring as time went on, and looking back, I regret how I handled things. I hope she knows how much I enjoyed those nights at the start. By far the worst part of the summer was also near the start, in the first few weeks. I never lose anything, and I somehow managed to lose my wallet with €200 in it. I went to the local Bürgerhaus (not a restaurant as I first thought; it was the town’s government building) and filed a report, called the police about it, and searched everywhere, to no avail. A couple days after I had ordered replacement cards a new French girl named Angeline moved into the vacant room near the front door. That night she presented me with my wallet, which had been wedged into the side of the top bunk’s mattress. “How’d that get there Jack?” Matt asked knowingly. I looked as befuddled as I could and smiled. “I’m not quite sure.” Our program coordinator Ray was a riot, always 27
The Margaret Island Musical Fountain in Budapest, Hungary
ranting about how I needed to keep the Jack Daniel’s away from him because he always got either violent or emotional when he drank it. He was part of a few incredible nights out, one of which merits retelling, as it was the most incredible night of my entire trip. It started off slow, as I wasn’t really in the mood to drink before we left the house. It was Ray, Nassim, Jodie, Neil and me who were getting ready to go out, but before we could, Ray noticed that Neil was wearing a theme park shirt. “Mate… you can’t wear that out,” he said, his voice 28
filled with a joking defeat. Neil went upstairs and changed into another theme park shirt, and then back upstairs to change into yet another theme park shirt. We were all sitting in the downstairs kitchen losing our minds with every walk of the runway. He finally came down wearing his uniform/costume for the water ride Poseidon he sometimes worked on, and Ray put his head on the table in anguish. We eventually got Neil sorted out and went to a club called the Atlantis House of Music in the neighbouring town of Herbolzheim. We got there
and I had a drink but stayed sober the rest of the night. Neil was feeling himself, drifting back and forth to the music with a beer in both hands. Nassim was also rather drunk, having started on some wine back at the house. The night progressed until we were all sitting in a booth at the back with Nassim’s head in his hands on the table, clearly very drunk. Neil and I were snapping pictures, laughing, having a good time, when suddenly, Nassim turned to his side and threw up on the floor right next to us. Neil and I grabbed him and walked him to the washroom, where on the way he threw up in the middle of the dance floor which we had to cross, and again in the bathroom before he made it to the toilet. By far the funniest part about it was that Neil went and talked to the club workers and they gave him a pair of gloves, a bucket, and a cloth to clean it all up. So there we were, Neil and I, in a club in Germany cleaning up a friends puke, laughing hysterically the whole time. Neil kept yelling in to Nassim that the Brits had saved France in the Second World War, and now here they were again, a Brit cleaning up after a Frenchman. About a week after that insane night I went on a trip to a theme park near Cologne with Frank and Christopher. The park was called Phantasialand, and because Christopher was a dual citizen since his grandparents lived in Cologne, he had spent a lot of time there growing up. The trip was great, but what I remember best is Christopher, a man who loved Cologne. It made the trip immeasurably better to have someone along who knew the city so well, who could tell you about its history during the war and after, the everlasting construction on the cathedral which, if completed, would signal a coming apocalypse. He took me to the Gestapo headquarters museum, and some of the quotes carved into the prison cell walls are still burned in my mind.
Nothing makes goodbyes any easier, you know? Having no way to know what the future holds, what circumstances will dictate. Not knowing if you’ll ever see certain people again. It’s hard to say goodbye to a place and people that made you so happy. It always makes me think of an old The Catcher in the Rye quote. “Certain things they should stay the way they are. You ought to be able to stick them in one of those big glass cases and just leave them alone.” Christopher, Neil, Jodie, Eloïse, Ray, Nassim, Frank. A list like that looks so neat. Crazy to think about how much each name holds, about the universes that collided that summer. Writing this has made me realize that there’s no one person or one reason that made Europe so special for me. It was the incredible food, the rich culture, the challenge of language, the architecture, the dense history, and of course, ALL the different people I met. I’ll enjoy whatever comes in the future. There’s no telling who I’ll see on down the road a-ways. And so that’s the end of that chapter. Another one lies ahead. Things change so fast. You look back and wonder where the time went. Looking ahead though, you remember how much time you still have to write your story. Mine won’t be written in Fredericton. It may be a harder story to write, but I never asked for easy; all I’ve ever needed was a chance. And the one thing about chances: sometimes you have to create your own.
There were more people that came into the house as time went on, but the meat of the trip, most of the best moments, were in that first month or so. So I’ll skip that and head towards the end. Leaving the house was bittersweet. Had I been going straight back to Canada at that point it would have been awful, but I had a little more time in Europe to look forward to. Still though, I was leaving my home for the last three months, and it had truly felt like home. The last night was strange. I remember it as sad more than anything. Just sitting around the classic middle floor table. Every laugh carried the weight of being one of the last. 29
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“Study all day and then go to the Cellar with your friends and then you stumble home drunk and it’s great.”
“Naps. Lots of them.”
“If I find that I am getting pretty stressed out, I take an evening and just let myself watch an episode or two of Netflix.”
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Doha Hassan
“I eat a lot.”
“I find the most important thing that I do is make sure I have enough time to work out.”
“I like to sometimes prioritise myself. For me that really means waking up early and really put myself in the mindset of success every morning.”
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Send any questions regarding school, university culture, or life in general to dearsharkie@thebruns. ca in less than 100 words for a chance to gain really bad advice from everyone’s favourite red herring. Disclaimer: Please don’t actually follow this advice. Dear Sharkie, Exam season is coming. My question is simple: How will I survive? -Scared Dear Scared, I have only one thing to say: my condolences. This is a terrible time of year. Exam season is probably one of the most high-stress times you will ever experience in your entire life. I conducted a study once, where I asked my friend whether or not he felt stressed during exams. He said yes, so I know it’s definitely stressful. He’s usually a super chill dude. So, condolences. Exams suck. I’m a fish, I don’t have to write exams. Not trying to rub it in, just spitting facts. Here’s the deal, Scared. You probably won’t survive exam season. And that is okay! November’s decent, we had a ballroom event at S-Club, the Cellar is banging as per usual. As the university student life goes, November’s not a bad time to slowly phase out of existence as your life is taken over by studying. You’ll probably disappear slowly and in pieces as your brain’s knowledge of how to exist on this plane of being is grad-
ually taken over with random facts about Mesopotamia, Socrates’ lover Alcibiades (literally I felt like that dude personally stole my juul when I found out he betrayed Athens for Sparta), trigonometry that’s never even met a triangle, and of course, the name of every single body part, bit of body part, and tree in the language of our Lord and Saviour Julius Caesar (inventor of the alcoholic Caesar, not just the salad). So, even though you might cease to exist by the time it’s the end of term, just grab some of your buds and make a roundtrip to Khrome, and the day after maybe your view of not surviving exam season will have changed. Conversely, I do know some people who made it into upper years and still remember how to be a human being, and they told me the key to surviving exam season is self care. That means buying all your study beer ahead of time, smashing open the piggy bank to accommodate late night study sessions over spin dip at the cellar, and for sure going to meal hall and getting ice cream without feeling guilty about it. You deserve that ice cream, and you’re going to need it to survive.
Ice sculpting, 1966
Polar dip, 2004
There’s not much else I can tell you, Scared. Exam season is rough. I hope you make it.
Cross country training, 1963
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