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HOMECOMING ON THE HILL UNB RED BOMBERS TRIUMPH OVER UNBSJ SEAWOLVES

BY JAMIE TOZER| PAGE 15

GREEK LIFE ON THE RISE IN FREDERICTON

BY TESS ALLEN | PAGE 4

UNB ACT REVISIONS SEEK COMMUNITY FEEDBACK

BY EMMA MCPHEE| PAGE 10

DOWNTOWN FREDERICTON IS VINYL RECORDS PARADISE

BY KEVIN LEMIEUX | PAGE 14

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CORRECTION

A story on page 16 of the Brunswickan’s Sept. 24 issue, “The battle for varsity women’s hockey at UNB,” contained an error. The article stated that the complaint is before the Human Rights Commissioner, when it is before the Labour and Employment Board. The Brunswickan apologizes for this error and any inconvenience it may have caused.

Benjamin Crouse News Reporter Two bikes were stolen from the UNB campus within the same weekend.

The first theft occurred outside of Head Hall early in the morning of Sept.18 and the second sometime between the night of Sept. 19 and the morning of Sept. 21 behind the Forestry & Geology Building.

“Within that weekend they targeted specific bikes that were left in certain areas for an extended period of time,” said Bruce Rogerson, director of security and traffic at UNB Fredericton.

“Historically, bikes have been stolen from Head Hall’s main bike rack and often it’s because people leave their bikes stationary for extended periods of time.”

Rogerson said that surveillance cameras were set up in both areas but aren’t equipped with night vision capabilities. From the surveillance

footage, both bikes were still locked to their respective racks at nightfall but were gone by dawn.

“The bikes were both locked so obviously someone’s got bolt cutters, etc. They take the lock with them so it looks like they’re leaving with their bike,” Rogerson said.

Bicycle thieves often plan their thefts well in advance. They may even ride a bike themselves and use the racks as an excuse to look for potential bikes to steal.

“With the new students arriving people know new bikes are showing up. I’ve been told by staff that people will stand inside Head Hall and look out through the glass to see what bike they want. Then they’ll wait for the coast to be clear and walk out, cut the lock and disappear.”

Whether the thefts were committed by an individual or a group of perpetrators is unconfirmed at this time. It is also unknown if the incidents were connected.

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Two bicycles were stolen on the UNB campus, one on Sept. 19 and the other on Sept. 21.

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“UNB is a walkthrough community. We get all kinds of people coming through. They might be stealing a bike for themselves or they might be stealing it to sell. In some cases people take orders for bikes,” Rogerson said.

It is also unclear what the motive of the thief or thieves are at the moment.

“It could be for a chop shop — taking it to somebody who wants the brakes and the tires. Or there could be a bicycle theft ring going on, which means they steal multiple bikes and ship them off somewhere outside the city and maybe even outside the country,” he said.

Rogerson recommends that cyclists invest in cut-proof locks in order to ensure the safety of their bikes. He also advises students to relocate their bikes from time to time — locking up at the same rack everyday creates a pattern that potential thieves can monitor.

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The UNB Act has entered the public consultation stage of the revision process where the UNB community is encouraged to provide feedback.

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UNB Act revisions released to public this week Emma McPhee News Editor

Transparency is once again the buzzword around the UNB campuses as the revisions to the UNB Act enter the public consultation stage.

This week, a draft of the proposed new UNB Act enters the community feedback process, a step that the chair of the review steering committee, Roxanne Fairweather, hopes will ease the tensions surrounding a review process that has been marked by controversy.

“We will put [the Act] out into the public and we’re really excited about this stage in our work because now it’s the work of the university community,” Fairweather said, adding that the university community includes students, staff, faculty, the government and the taxpayers. “So we want feedback,” she said.

The UNB Act is a piece of legislation that outlines the university’s structure and how it operates. Efforts to modernize the Act began in February 2013 under a five-person review steering committee.

It soon became evident that, as the first

major revision since 1984, there was more work than had been initially thought.

“We appear to have elements of our Act that date back to 1785 when we were first created. I think that really some of the things [the committee] discovered at a very close examination of the Act did take them a bit aback,” said UNB president Eddy Campbell.

The length of the review process is only one of the causes of concern within the university community. “[The revision process] has been … largely shrouded in secrecy with committee members having been instructed that they cannot disclose anything important unless authorized and not much was disclosed until the past week or so,” said Jon Thompson, professor emeritus at UNB. But Campbell said the committee wasn’t prepared to release anything until recently.

“I guess my understanding of where those concerns arise is the provisional timetable that had been proposed for the committee was proved to be way too aggressive,” said Campbell.

“I think some people read more into

that than was actually occurring but it’s just as I said, the committee was doing work and they have not been ready until now.”

The biggest area of contention surrounding the Act revisions is the items within the Act that will, should the public accept the draft, be placed into by-laws.

Because by-laws can be changed without the approval of the government, some faculty are concerned it will mean more power invested in the Board of Governors.

“The new proposals essentially remove all of the several important but circumscribed measures of public accountability,” Thompson said. “The new proposal would basically destroy that balance in effect by giving the board pre-eminence to ultimately control everything.”

Some of the items proposed to be moved into by-laws are the leasing of the university’s lands and leadership changes in the University Management Committee.

But Fairweather said the changes would simply allow for more flexibility in matters that can be easily resolved by

the university’s internal governing bodies.

“By-laws can be changed, I won’t say at will, but there’s a lot more flexibility in a governing document which is a by-law because the body itself, like the deans’ council, can change the by-laws,” Fairweather said.

“It’s the more weighty, complex things that should be in the act which it takes more time to go through Legislature to do things, versus something in by-laws that a governing body can deal with themselves.”

Being released to the public are the old draft, the new draft, sample by-laws, two concordance documents, which are texts that compare and contrast every line of the old Act with the proposed new Act, and a summary document.

The sample by-laws are only notional and may not reflect what items will finally be placed into by-laws.

Once the public has a chance to read the documents and provide their feedback, the review steering committee will go over it and present a new proposal for face-to-face consultations that are set to begin in Jan. 2015.

“After that process we’ll put together a recommendation that will go to the senates and will go to the board of governors and obviously then have to go to legislation to be approved,” said Fairweather.

Despite the backlash from the community, many of whom are concerned their feedback won’t be taken into account, Fairweather said she is looking forward to finally having the proposed Act open to the public.

“When you see backlash, I think it indicates that people want to be a part of the process, and they will be and I’m really excited about that,” she said.

It is in this way, by providing feedback, that Campbell hopes the greater UNB community will have a part in shaping their university.

“In the best of all possible worlds we create a modern act for our university that will guide us long into the future and everybody associated with the university at this particular time will be rightly able to claim to be a part of a very important legacy for the people who come after us at this school,” Campbell said.

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The Psi Lambda Phi fraternity is only one of such organizations that have cropped up at UNB with a focus on community service.

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Don’t say the F-word

Tess Allen Editor-in-Chief

Don’t call A ndrew DeMarco a frat guy.

The fourth-year computer engineering student and his fellow members of Fredericton’s newest fraternity would frankly prefer you refrain from using the term at all.

“There’s a stereotype perpetuated by Hollywood that fraternities are a bunch of people who just get together and drink and party all the time. That’s not really what we’re about at all,” said DeMarco, president of Psi L a mbda Ph i, adding that his new organization exclusively uses the terms “fraternity” or “brotherhood” to identify themselves.

DeMarco added that while being social is of course part of being a fraternity, “that’s not the primary focus.”

“If [new members] come in with the mindset of bettering themselves and helping the community, it’s better for everyone involved,” said DeMarco of Psi Lambda Phi, whose off icial charit y group is

Youth in Transition, part of the United Way group of charities.

DeMarco’s group is only the second new fraternity to cater to Fredericton’s post-secondary students in the last year, and not the first to try and champion this more Canadian-ized version of conventional “Greek-life.”

Theta Tau Nu was founded in January. They too strive to help shed some of those damaging fraternity stereotypes of partying hard with little regard for, well, pretty much anything else.

“When I email charities, they seem to be pretty enthused that a bunch of young men want to get together and do stuff for the community,” said Chris Cormier, philanthropy chair for Theta Tau Nu, wh ich pa r t ners w it h such charities as Crohn’s and Colitis Canada, Mothers Against Drunk Driving and Spectrum.

“We just want people to realize that yeah, it’s fun, we do party on the weekends … [but] we want to do things for the community.”

But these aren’t the only modern changes Lee Thomas, vice-

president internal of the University of New Brunswick Student Union and former LGBTQ representative, would like to see implemented.

When Theta Tau Nu presented at council last December, Thomas questioned the group on whether their constitution contained language explicitly inclusive of trans men; the group was recognized by the UNBSU, but Thomas voted against it on the basis that their constitution was implicit with this language but not explicit.

“I thought it was important to have explicitly inclusive language because gender-divided organizations have traditionally not been safe spaces for trans people,” said Thomas, adding, however, that she thinks council made the right decision to recognize the club “because I think it will do good things for its members.”

“L GBTQ -i nclusive la ng uage is not an explicit requirement for our clubs and societies, though, but with the increasing presence of Greek societies on campus maybe that is a conversation worth having.”

Members of Theta Tau Nu said it wasn’t even something that had crossed their minds when writing their constitution, as they are all personally open to accepting members of the LGBTQ community.

“Hav ing L GBTQ [members] isn’t an issue; we are all human beings,” said Cormier, adding, however, that the group would consider implementing language in their constitution that would more clearly signify their acceptance of all groups.

This could in fact become a requirement in the future, indicated UNBSU president Greg Bailey.

“I’ve been ta l k ing to [t hese groups] and I know they’d like to bring up whether they can be ratified [meaning they can receive funding from the UNBSU] … Evidently with the number of fraternities and/or sororities operating on campus, it’s probably time for us to review our policies and decide where we want to go from here,” said Bailey.

“As for the inclusivity issue, we have no problem requiring groups to put something in their constitu-

tion in order to be recognized and/ or ratified … we need to have this policy discussion.”

None of the four Greek life associations in Fredericton, including longstanding sororities Iota Beta Chi and Pi Alpha Gamma, have been ratified by the union.

DeM a rco doesn’t a nt icipate such issues when t hey eventually approach the union to request ratification.

“It already says in our constitution our application process is open to ‘all male students (legally male or who are in the process of being legally identified as male).’ That includes male-identified LGBTQ members,” said DeMarco.

“I would be inclined to add an anti-discrimination clause so that it is explicit that no discrimination will be tolerated, including LGBTQ members with the exception that they must be male-identified, for legal reasons … We believe diversity makes a group stronger and discrimination will never be tolerated.”

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NBSA, UNBSU have plans for new government

Emma McPhee News Editor The election results may have just recently come in, but already the UNBSU and the NBSA have plans for lobbying.

Last Monday, the Liberal party swept up a majority in the provincial election under their leader, Brian Gallant. Pat Joyce, executive director of the NBSA, said he looks forward to a fresh start of working with a new government in all matters of post-secondary education.

“It’s certainly something that means some change for post-secondary. We saw the Liberals make quite a few commitments that we were happy with and the fact that they’ll be in for four years means that our members will be able to work with the government to make post-secondary more accessible and affordable, so there are certainly a lot of opportunities to make in some sense,” said Joyce.

Many of the commitments made by the Liberals concerning post-secondary education can also be found in a document published by the NBSA this summer.

The document, called Degrees of Prosperity, outlined some of the major areas the NBSA wanted the new govern-

ment to focus on.

These commitments include removing the parental and spousal contribution requirements in the assessment of assets in the student loan program, introducing new financial aid for those with the most financial need and introducing a more strategic approach to youth mental health.

The Liberals have also mandated that universities will need to set tuition fees so that they will be decided for the length of a degree program.

“It makes it more predictable for students,” Joyce said.

“Of course not only are students interested in having predictable tuition fees, but also having reasonable tuition fees so we’ll be advocating, working with the government to make sure that universities are well-funded and that tuition is regulated appropriately.”

But while the Liberals have committed to these things, it’s the job of bodies such as the NBSA and the UNBSU to hold them accountable.

“We’re looking forward to working with them to implement all those promises as soon as possible,” said Greg Bailey, president of the UNBSU. At the moment, there is a lot of wait-

Greg Bailey and Nicole Saulnier of the UNBSU, along with the NBSA, plan to hold the Liberals accountable to their promises regarding post-secondary education.

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ing involved.

“We’ll have to wait a couple of weeks for the new cabinet to be introduced so we’re really looking forward to meeting with the new post-secondary education, training and labour minister,” said Nicole Saulnier, UNBSU vice-president external.

Stopping stigma: one week at a time Benjamin Crouse News Reporter

Mental Health Awareness Week is coming to U NB campus for the f irst time with the hopes of stemming the stigmatization of mental illness.

The week will be a collaborative effort made by the UNB Student Union, student services and counselling services.

“It’s a communit y-based approach,” said Kathleen Pye, the mental health strategist and counselling therapist at UNB. The week runs from Oct. 5 to 11 with scheduled events occurring each day.

“Tuesday we’re goi ng to be hav i ng a cof fee house. People who are playing are more than welcome to talk about their own experiences but it’s also just kind of a nice, low-key event,” said Lee Thomas, vice-president internal of the UNBSU. “Some of t he events du r i ng this week might be emotionally intense or draining for people so we really wanted something that lets everybody come out and have a good time,” she said.

Also on Tuesday is a panel talk, hosted by STU at the K insella auditorium. The coffee house and panel talk will both take place at 7

p.m. in the auditorium as a doublefeature event.

On Wed nesd ay, cou n sel l i ng services will be running the Stress Ci rcus — a “stop t he st igma” event from noon to 4 p.m. in the SUB atrium. Students are invited to br i ng items t hat have been weighing them down, such as an ex’s sweater, and f inally get rid of them.

Thomas’s “My Definition” campaign will also have a part in the week’s programs.

“We’ll also be having a My Definition Photo Shoot on Wednesday. People can write down their own version of their My Definition poster and get a picture taken. If they’re comfortable with it we’ll put those up on our website and if they’re not they’ll have that picture for themselves,” Thomas said.

On Thursday, UNB will welcome STU alumnus Mark Henick as the week’s key note speaker.

Henick recently did a few TEDx events in Toronto and his “Why We Choose Suicide” talk has received great reviews. This event will take place at 7 p.m. in the Marshall d’Avray auditorium.

Some events will be running continuously throughout the week as well. One of these is a “baggage drop” where students can drop off the things weighing on their

minds by writing them down. “ We’re a l so doi ng a post-it secret style project that’ll be going on all week. We’ll have baggage drop boxes so people can drop whatever emotional baggage they’re carrying by writing down their secrets on little cue cards.

Then we’re going to be posting them, anonymously, on a bulletin board in the SUB,” Thomas said.

The idea for the week arose out of the need to end the stigma surrounding mental illness.

“One of the biggest issues about mental health is that it’s still so stigmatized. People don’t want to talk about it,” said Pye. St igmat izat ion and a lack of knowledge are key factors as to why mental illnesses in university students go untreated.

“They come to university and think that if they’re struggling a lot then it’s just because they can’t hack it. They don’t realize that what they’re struggling with is a mental illness. They’re so ashamed that they can’t cut it and everyone else can,” Thomas said.

“Hopef ully [t hrough Menta l Hea lt h Awa reness Week] we’l l make campus a more accepting community for people who struggle with mental health,” Pye said.

“There’s a lot of transition and I look forward to everybody getting down to business,” Bailey said.

Bailey and Saulnier will also be meeting with the new MLA for FrederictonSouth, David Coon of the Green Party. “[We’re] definitely looking forward to meeting with David Coon from this

riding,” Saulnier said.

“He’s really open to meeting with us.

He’s discussed having a youth round table to discuss our priorities and stuff so that’s always really good. I think he’ll be a good person to talk to since he’s in this riding.”

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Student voter turnout a success: Elections NB

Emma McPhee News Editor

2,833 students across New Brunswick showed up to vote at the advanced on-campus polls in last week’s provincial election. Of these voters, 636 came from UNB Fredericton.

Paul Harpelle, director of communications at Elections NB, is calling it a success.

“It’s a positive story. We did quite well in the vote collection on all the campuses and we actually picked up 2,833 votes across the province and in my opinion those are 2,833 votes that we may not have gotten,” Harpelle said.

The advanced student voting program spanned 13 campuses throughout the week leading up to the election.

The program, first introduced in the 2010 provincial election, allowed New Brunswick students to vote for either their home riding or the riding of their post-secondary institution.

While the voter turnout was only slightly higher this time around,

Harpelle said it was still significant because the advanced polls weren’t open for as long.

“And the bottom line is we were also able to make voting available and the opportunity available to more campuses and more students,” he said.

Harpelle said he expects the program will continue in future elections. Next time, they may look into having the polls open on Election Day. “That’s one of the things I did hear were people saying they wish we’d had the campus vote still running on Election Day,” Harpelle said.

“But we have to look at the logistics because we’re giving students a chance to vote for other electoral districts. We had to make sure we had time to get the ballots back to the proper locations.”

UNBSU president Greg Bailey was also pleased with the voter turnout.

“I assume it’ll take them a while to crunch the numbers to give us an idea of how many young people actually

2833 students showed up to vote at advanced campus polls across the province.

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voted but the turnout we had on campus was mind-blowing,” he said.

“I see this as part of a permanent

program for Elections NB. It’s definitely well-received by the students on the campus. The student representa-

tive council is very eager to see this and I know that they too would like to see it continue,” Harpelle said.

Mass notification system will alert students of campus emergencies Tess Allen Editor-in-Chief In the event of a campus crisis this school year, UNB’s director of security and traffic hopes a new mass notification system, set to launch in the pockets of Fredericton’s postsecondary students this month, will help to keep things under control.

“Being an ex-RCMP guy and seeing what’s going on in the rest of the country and down south … [vice-president academic Tony Secco and I] said, ‘is there a way we can send urgent messages to students?’” said Bruce Rogerson, adding that such emergencies could range from a weapon-wielder to a pack of coyotes on campus.

The new system will see students and faculty of U NB, STU and NBCC alerted electronically whenever such an emergency arises; this could be in the form of email, text message, social media or whatever else the receiver opts for.

Rogerson said the idea was initially thrown around last year after a student thought to be carrying a weapon on the STU campus was swarmed by emergency off icials,

prompting curious spectators to fill the area.

“A lot of students went down to see what was going on… they complained they weren’t notified in a timely manner,” he said.

This is where the new cloud-based communication system comes in.

Rogerson said he is currently in the final stages of setting up the new program.

“We’re down to three vendors …

I want the full enchilada, so that people can get contacted through various means … Social media and [student] email and it will go to your phone if you want text messaging,” said Rogerson, adding that “even if somebody has their cell on vibrate, if I can reach one student I can reach 10.”

For Rogerson, it’s all about ensuring the safety and security of Fredericton’s post-secondary students.

“If there is a serious threat, then people will know to keep away … until they get the all-clear,” he said.

Rogerson hopes to have t he new system in place by the end of October.

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A reply to “A response from the office of the president” Dear Editor: I fear I may have left the impression during my interview with the Brunswickan that president emeritus John McLaughlin was not responsive while the public release of his past employment contracts was contemplated. (“A response from the office of the president,” page 3, Sept. 24.)

In fact, Dr. McLaughlin was fully and immediately responsive on the issue and I regret any implication otherwise.

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Indulge in the good ol’ days with vinyl records W hen t h i s new-age obses sion with vinyl records first began to resurface a handful of years ago, I had to tape my eyes shut to keep them from rolling straight out of my head.

“The sound is so much better,” said every plaid-and-dreadlocksdonning person within earshot.

“R ight,” I would unfailingly scoff. “Let’s go watch my 101 Dalmations sing-along VHS and lose our minds over its pristine image quality.”

I guess you could say I was the anti-hipster. The whole thing just sounded like a bunch of baloney (or, rather, kale smoothies? Vegan cookies? A Mason jar filled with anything? What do hipsters eat?) to me.

While everyone else seemed to want to jump on the bandwagon (a fitting analogy for those intent

on living their lives in the past), I maintained there was nothing better than the state-of-the-art sound of a modern music player.

So upon hearing that Fredericton had acquired a new vinyl record store, I was about as skeptical as I am about how good kale supposedly tastes.

Surely no one actually thought the sound was so much better; surely this was just another example of our society’s tired tendency to reminisce over the “good ol’ days” they never actually experienced. Surely Fredericton didn’t need another vinyl record store.

What I realized the other night, however, while watching a friend carefully place the needle on her Abbey Road record and seeing the subsequent grin spill over her face as the album crackled to life, was that maybe it’s not all about the

“so much better” sound.

M ay b e it ’s mor e ab out t he physical act behind that sound, something our generation has lost with the irrepressible rise of iPods and iPhones and iLiterallyeverythingelse. Maybe we miss just doing stuff that doesn’t involve the click of a solitary button or a touch screen. Maybe it really sort of is all about the good ol’ days.

I’m not saying go buy a VCR (some things really should be left in the past), but maybe indulging in a little old-timey routine is sort of weirdly good for us. And it’s sort of cool to see local businesses recognizing that.

A nd frank ly, the sound is so much better, God damn it.

Tess Allen is the Editor-in-Chief of the Brunswickan.

Coming out 101: Turkey and the truth LGBTQRAZY

Lee Thomas In a perfect world, no one would need to come out. People would not assume a person is heterosexual, or cisgender, or neurotypical, or any of those other things considered “normal” when in fact they’re simply common. However, I have yet to be elected as Queen of Everything and establish such a utopia, so we’ve got to work with what we have.

So, since some of you might be going home for Thanksgiving to tell your folks about your newfound (or newly-accepted) status, I thought I’d give you my sage advice. These tips are from my own experience, but there’s no one-size-fits-all solution for everyone — this is a deeply personal process, so please do what works

best for you.

Also, an important disclaimer: this is for people who WANT to come out to their family/friends. You are under absolutely no obligation to do that – you don’t owe an explanation to anyone, no matter your relationship. Still being closeted, or being closeted in certain groups, does not make your identity any less legitimate.

And if, at any point in the process, you feel unsafe — bail. What’s most important is that you’re okay, because you are an important human.

1)Do it now (if you want) If it is important to you that your family/friends know about this part of your life, then don’t feel like you have to wait. There’s no “perfect moment.” Also remember that your identity is legitimate even if you’re not in a relationship or transitioning — you don’t need to have a boyfriend or a hormone prescription for your identity to be valid and deserving of acceptance.

3)Do it how it works best for you Again, coming out is a deeply personal process — for some people, it’s a sacred moment; for others, it’s as casual as asking their mom to pick up a jug of milk at the store. The actual act of coming out is widely varied from person to person, so the real message here is DO WHAT FEELS RIGHT FOR YOU. If that means sitting your whole family down in the living room and making a grand announcement, do that. If that means sending a group text, do that. There is no one “right” way to come out.

2)Reach out for help If you’ve got supportive friends or family members who you’re already “out” to, reach out to them. Let them know that

A few pointers, though: be direct, be clear, and let them know what they can do next. For example, you can say, “Mom, I’ve got something to tell you. I’m bisex-

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you’re planning to tell other people, and that you need some support. This might come in the form of a phone call before or after, a backup safe space if things go wrong, or actually physically being there when you tell people. It can be scary to talk to a group of people, even if those people are your family, and having backup — even if they don’t say anything — can sometimes make it a little less scary.

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ual. This means sometimes I date people who are girls like me, and sometimes I date people of other genders. It’s been really hard for me to come out to you but I think it’s important that I do because it’s a big part of who I am. I’d really appreciate it if you could support me no matter what and also maybe give me a hug right now.”

I know that sounds hella scripted, but it’s better to sound scripted and have a clear message than to not get your point across clearly and have to deal with a sitcomesque confusion afterwards.

4)Know that their response doesn’t define you.

Ideally, the people you’re telling will say something like “Thanks for sharing that, kiddo. You know we love you no matter what. Now let’s have some dessert.” But sometimes people don’t have the right response. They might cry, or say you’re lying, or act like you didn’t say anything.

The important thing to remember is that their response is THEIRS. It’s on them, not on you. You are a majestic butterfly, and if they don’t appreciate you, that doesn’t make you any less majestic. If they are upset, give them some time to think through everything, and go take care of

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yourself. You could say something like, “I know this is a lot to handle so I’m just going to go to bed, and we can talk more about this tomorrow?” Again, if you feel unsafe, take whatever steps are necessary for you to be safe.

5)Check in.

If you want, you can also check back in with your family/friends and say something like, “Hey, I know that conversation we had yesterday was tough but I just want to know that I really appreciate you listening to me. Do you have any questions about what we talked about?” This is a good opportunity to educate your friends/family about different genders and sexuality, or to remind them of what language to use with you (in terms of identity labels, pronouns, etc). Even if it goes well, coming out can be an emotionally draining event, so check in with a friend, just to make sure you’re doing okay. Feel free to access counselling if you need it – there’s no shame in needing a little boost to help deal with a tough thing!

Best of luck and gods bless you lovely folks. If any of y’all have a tough go of it and need an ear, I’ll be spending Thanksgiving weekend on Twitter at @leenyree.

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Action, not talk, needed to ensure women in politics AN OPINION

Micah O’Donnell After the first leaders’ debate of the 2014 New Brunswick election, the CBC reported that “the five men have all acknowledged this week the need to bring more women into politics.”

I’m a small voice in a big pool, but I don’t think I’m wrong when I say there’s nothing like a group of men in positions of power talking about women. Further, there’s nothing quite like words without action.

And here we are, with a Liberal government under Brian Gallant.

About to choose his cabinet, Gallant remarked that there were too few women elected. Another thing

I’m all for: stating the obvious.

Perhaps, and I could be entirely wrong here, if the Liberal party ran more than 13 women in Liberal strongholds there wouldn’t be the problem of too few women in elected positions.

Of the 49 ridings, the Liberals and Progressive Conservatives ran 13 women, the NDP 14, and the Greens 19. David Coon’s Greens deserve recognition for their 19 not only because it is higher than the other parties, but because it is also 19 women out of the 46 ridings the Greens ran candidates in.

If the Greens, the party that got an elected candidate and didn’t even run a full plate of candidates, can get 19 women nominated, what’s happening with the other parties?

It’s their own political ideolog ies. W h i le t he P C s out r ig ht worked against women’s access to healthcare, the Liberals hummed and hawed while Gallant tried to calm the potential storm. How is it that political parties expect women to join into politics when they can’t even provide full access to healthcare? You can say every

encouraging statement you want during a futile leaders’ debate and you can comment a thousand times how your party is a promoter of women’s involvement; the fact will remain that unless you are actively working alongside women to ensure their access to every facet of our society, you are failing.

Not acknowledging that women are just as deserving of appropriate aspects of healthcare as men means women are excluded from one part of society. And if a group has been subjugated in one area, it implies the idea that there are further areas of exclusion. Nope, you can’t have access to abortion, yet we really want you involved in politics.

It doesn’t stop with politics.

I f you watched elect ion n ig ht coverage on CBC, it wasn’t hard to notice that the political commentators were all men. If you only caught a glimpse of the coverage, you might be prone to think that the Suffragettes lost, and only male landowners were allowed to vote in this past election.

Our last legislature had a historical low in women MLAs. This

upcoming legislature is nothing to be proud of. I agree with much of Fredericton South that getting David Coon elected was a victory in that we finally have a third party in t he legislature aga in. However, it was also a massive failure (t he t abu lat ion con fabu lat ion aside).

Gallant is hard-struck to f ind women for his cabinet and he has little else to blame but his party and himself. There are eight women sitting in this legislature now; four in government, four in opposition.

Write to me if I am wrong, but N.B. is made up of more than 16 per cent women. And okay, Gallant has taken action to form a committee on the issue. However, politics and action are two words not often associated in the N.B. political landscape.

And I hear you: we can’t just all of a sudden put women into elected positions. The people and parties need to vote to put them there. And that’s why the biggest problem is the most difficult. It’s the hardest to confront and deal with. It’s even the most stubborn problem.

The real problem is N.B. citizens. It’s you, me, and every other voting, non-voting, employed or unemployed, rural and urban, educated and uneducated individual’s problem. First, we put up with it.

We allow a group of boys to rule us. Second, so few of us seem to not even give nod to the fact that women are being excluded from political discourse, political power, and healthcare. And each one of these things go hand in hand.

I don’t deny that abortion is an intricate and complicated issue, but so is every damn political and social issue. The fact is that women are being refused access to healthcare and we sit around wondering why women aren’t feeling especially encouraged to run for politics. Saying that women just don’t want to join politics is like saying a woman got hit on at the bar because she was wearing a bikini. It’s victim blaming and it needs to end. We need to begin not just talking about women in power, we need to start ensuring it.

It’s time to talk about fracking - seriously POLITICAL CHATTER

Mark Mancini On Sept. 22, New Brunswick voters took a turn in an interesting direction.

After four years of Tory rule, voters decided that it was time for a fresh face, and elected 32-year old Brian Gallant of the Liberal Party as Premier of the province.

Gallant rode to power in part on one key promise: a moratorium on the controversial natural resource extraction method for shale gas known as fracking. Gallant wants more time to study the environmental and health impacts of the now-infamous method.

With the election, photo-ops and corny political slogans behind us, it may be time for New Brunswick to finally have a serious discussion about its future. It is time for New Brunswickers, and the government of the province, to get real about the hard choices that need to be

made to create a sustainable future for New Brunswick, where young people from around Canada will want to come to seek opportunity.

Warts and all, responsible resource development via fracking may be the best way to reach this promised land.

Fracking, for all of the controversy (and notwithstanding Gallant’s promise), has already been studied intensely. For 50 years, fracking has been performed in Canada. The studies have been done. Arguably, the biggest issue posed by fracking is its effect on water. In the United States, Duke University along with members of the U.S. Geological Survey examined 127 water wells in Arkansas (a heavy fracking area) for evidence of pollution emanating from chemicals produced by fracking. The conclusion was simple: Arkansas homeowners had good water quality, regardless of proximity to fracking.

The researchers also honed in on a more important point. Generalizations about fracking are non-sensical — instead, regulations and the proper construction of water wells can make the issue more complex.

And that’s the rub. Opponents of fracking seem to think it’s an all or nothing deal. Instead, New Br u nsw ickers shou ld be made aware of the fact that with proper

regulation governing the industry, as well as the protection of key water sources, resources of all kinds can be developed. This is a far more balanced view of fracking than what was portrayed during the election.

So, if this is the case, what we need is political courage. Currently, New Brunswick receives 32 per cent of its revenues from the federal government in equalization payments. New Brunswick has the highest deficit of any province in the federation. New Brunswick routinely ships its young people away to seek opportunities in regions where the supply of political courage is high, and resources are being developed— Saskatchewan or Alberta for example. By the way, both Saskatchewan and Alberta are “have” provinces — they pay the support payments to New Brunswick. This is not a pretty picture for a province that is looking to take on new entitlement programs and spending over the course of the next four years.

The old political adage is that politicians campaign in poetry and govern in prose. Gallant certainly did the latter — he promised some old chestnuts like taxing the rich and spending $1 billion the province doesn’t have. What we might need now is a great deal of prose.

New Brunswick, right now, can

barely sustain itself economically. It relies on the rest of Canada to pay its bills. This should be odious to all New Brunswickers, who should look to be leaders in this federation, a place only fitting for one of its founding members.

There is a safe way out of the mud, and it involves all of us encouraging Brian Gallant to begin think ing in prose. Responsible resource development, done in concert with environmental objectives, is not impossible — it has been done for years. It could lead to billions of

dollars in private sector investment, and dynamic and cutting-edge jobs for a province that desperately needs them.

All we need is a leader who is willing to begin thinking outside the box about how to implement a reasonable resource development scheme in the province. All we need is a leader who will be bold enough to get beyond the partisanship of the issue and instead make a decision on the merits of the case.

Here’s looking to you, Brian.

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on What’s YOUR s week? i h t d n i m

What was your favorite part of Homecoming?

Robbie Roos

John Duncan

Carys Storey

Rhayne Storey

Dave Charters

“The halftime show.”

“Sick prizes!!”

“The defense kicking ass and the crowds!”

“The merch.”

“Lobster boil.”

SiFi

Larry Binns

Fred Moolen

Barry Ogden

Brogan Miner

“The tradition.”

“Red Bomber reunion and beer tent.”

“ Football!!”

“The football game!”

“Theta Tau Nu tailgate party.”

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Kevin Lemieux Arts Reporter Despite Fredericton’s status as a musically diverse city, there haven’t been many options in the past for music purchasing. If HMV doesn’t have what you’re looking for, where should you turn?

The answer used to be Backstreet Records and Backstreet Records alone. That’s all changed with the arrival of Secondspin Records.

“I started collecting records when I was 16 and haven’t stopped since,” said 37 year-old co-owner, Kris Hopper.

“We’ve been open in Saint John for 11 years. We had enough vinyl saved up, and overstock.”

At the beginning of August, Hopper and his brother, Mike, opened their second store, this time in the capital city. The duo has been thinking about expanding for quite some time.

“We’ve been thinking about it for the last three years. We couldn’t find any great locations and had problems

with lease agreements. Then about four months ago, we found a spot on York Street, the owner was willing to negotiate and that’s kind of how we got the spot. And it’s an awesome location.”

Hopper added that everything has been going great for them since opening on Aug. 9.

“There’s been a lot of positive comments from kids and older people, who have been collecting for years. People range from 16 to 35-40. So it’s been great and we can’t wait to see even more faces.”

Eric Hill runs Backstreet Records on Queen Street. The store has been around for about 26 years. He believes that business hasn’t dropped for them as a result of Secondspin’s arrival in town.

“August and September are two busy months, with tourists and students coming back to town. Our sales have been pretty consistent with what they have been in previous years. So it’s hard to say that we’re seeing new faces or losing business at this point.”

Before you go online to order your vinyl, go downtown Hill said that his customers are what really set him apart from other places.

“Our longevity gives us a little individuality, and because we’ve been open so long, we’ve maintained customers,” he said.

“We’ve had people who have been customers of ours for over 20 years and now they have teenagers who are coming in. So now we have second generation of customers.”

With two record stores in town, you’d think there would be a rivalry.

But Hill actually thinks this will help the city.

“You worry that competition will dilute things but there wasn’t much s ele c t ion a s to where you can get music. If you didn’t see something you

“We’ve had people who have been customers of ours for over 20 years and now they have teenagers who are coming in.”

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wanted, then people would go online.

But with this new place, it creates a network. But we’re just going to continue with the way we’ve done things.“ Hopper agrees.

“Competition is always healthy. I used to shop there when I was a kid and I know the guys,” he said, adding that “they probably ca rr y d if ferent titles than what

we sell.”

“They’ve got their client base and we’re just doing our thing. We love music and we love vinyl and we both just want to spread that to the people of Fredericton.”

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Celebrating arts and culture: Canada-wide event aims to educate and inspire Kevin Lemieux Arts Reporter

Still riding high off the Harvest Jazz and Blues festival that took place earlier this month, Fredericton celebrated another arts-centric event downtown this past weekend.

With the aim of celebrating Canadian arts and culture, Sept. 26, 27 and 28 marked Culture Days across Canada. Now in its fifth year, the program is designed to not only celebrate the arts, but also to raise awareness, accessibility, participation and engagement within the arts

community.

Nadia K hour y is the English co-chair for the province of New Brunswick. She explained how much work it takes to set up and run this annual event.

“We take almost six months of preparation … behind the scenes, we have a task force committee, made up of arts and culture organizations and we discuss how we’d like to run Culture Days that year.”

The city of Fredericton hosted a number of events to go along with the weekend. From art gallery

Culture Days took place this past weekend in Fredericton and across Canada.

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visits to a demo on rug hooking, the downtown area was filled with activities for people of all ages to check out. While the groups at the events were small, people had a great time and left with more information on the arts community.

Khoury explained that’s why it’s important to have a weekend like this in New Brunswick, where the arts may not always seem as important.

“It’s important to have unity across the province. We’re in a period here where a lot of things are happening and people feel as if they’re

on their own. But if you have a weekend where things are happening all over the province, it’s a quiet type of celebration.”

Following its 2007 launch, the event has grown into something supported by every province and is continuously growing every year.

Khoury thinks it’s a great way for artists and art enthusiasts to connect.

“It started as a movement to bring awareness to arts and culture all over the country. It’s to encourage people who are doing events to register online. We then create a web of arts

and culture events across the country on the same weekend.”

K houry says it’s important for people to start emerging themselves in the arts and culture community at an early age, as she believes it helps create better people.

“If they’re aware at a young age, then they can really spread the word and actually have arts and culture as a way of life, to enjoy culture and immerse themselves in it. There’s a lot of support for sports but not so much for the arts.”

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What’s on?

True to This succeeds in “spiritual intoxication”

We find the movies worth watching on Netflix so you don’t have to. Our first pick is Volcom’s True To This.

Sebastian Maynard Arts Editor When I was younger and my older sister came home from university for a weekend, I remember her bringing a season of Lost. She said that her and her friends had been watching it together, and she had brought it home to both show me and to keep up with everyone else.

This was only a few years ago, but having to actually own a physical copy of a TV show or movie seems archaic.

Now, students have iTunes and Netflix and Pirate Bay, and even though we are binge watching shows and movies just the same, the way we are doing it is faster and more accessible than ever before. It is interesting to think about for a second.

But then I finally find something worth watching on Netflix and I click “play.”

The film starts with a black screen and the Volcom Stone crest that pretty much all of our generation will recog-

nize. The company has that logo on T-Shirts, hats, hoodies, skateboards, snowboards, surfboards and probably the laptop of that skater kid in the corner of your class.

This movie is pretty awesome, though. Instead of being your typical skate, or snowboard or surf movie, why not have all three? Why not add a geometric circle into the sky to try and connect the different story lines of the film? Why not have psychedelic imagery throughout, or freeze-frames or slow motion shots or songs as over the map as the film itself. Volcom’s True To This is kind of like watching any extreme sports movie on acid. But in a good way.

The thing about movies like this is that they are trying to push the boundaries of filmmaking just like the athletes that are being filmed are trying to push the envelope in their respective sports. Recent films like Art of Flight or Into The Mind have been so amazing because of their breathtakingly clear camera work and phenomenal imagery.

The film is just as much a piece of art as the moves the athletes are doing. True To This is different though. It has more of the home video feel. The feeling of a five-minute edit that teenagers around the world are making after a day of filming on the ski hill. It’s fast paced and grimy and familiar.

The best thing about True To This though is the length. Coming in at just over 40 minutes, the film keeps your attention the whole time and finishes before you can get tired. When the movie was over I looked around and all my friends were still awake. If that’s not a good sign, I don’t know what is.

The film’s website explains that Volcom’s mission is to show “that there is a higher level of consciousness to be found within one’s self through the internal and external journeys that board-sports, music, art and film provide.” They call this idea “spiritual intoxication,” and the film proves that “art” is not just paint on a canvas but can come in any form.

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Songs of the week Sebastian Maynard Arts Editor

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WEDNESDAY, OCT. 1 Thom Yorke – “A Brain in a Bottle” It all started with a mysterious photo posted on Tumblr. Thom Yorke, frontman of Radiohead, posted a picture of a white vinyl record spinning, leading everyone to speculate about what it could all mean. The answer came sooner than anyone could have expected though, as Yorke released a new album with no real warning via BitTorrent a few days later. The album is being sold for $6 and along with it came a note, describing the album and online releaseasan“experimenttoseeifthemechanicsofthesystemaresomethingthatthegeneral public can get its head around. If it works well it could be an effective way of handing some control of internet commerce back to people who are creating the work.” The approach is different from the Run The Jewels release that was written about last week, but once again shows that artists are trying different ways to make money for their work.

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FRIDAY, OCT. 3 Kendrick Lamar – “i” Setting the bar high can be a great thing but can also be the beginning of the end. The success of Kendrick Lamar’s 2012 album, good kid m.A.A.d. city, has made a lot of people nervous about what he will come up with next. How can Kendrick ever follow up an album that tells the story of his life? Well the new chapter begins with ‘”i,” the lead single off of good kid’s follow up. And as you would expect, people either love it or hate it. Overtop of an Isley Brothers sampling beat, Kendrick declares: “I love myself” and comparisons quickly shift from Nas and Andre 3000 to Macklemore and Pharrell Williams. The song is upbeat and maybe it’s not the “Bitch Don’t Kill My Vibe” track people were hoping for, but it shows that Kendrick’s story is not over. good kid ended with the ominous feeling that Kendrick may never escape the city that he grew up in and the gangs that inhabited it. The only way out was music, and he has now achieved that. Now he has a new confidence and perspective, and when he says “the world is a ghetto with guns and picket signs, but it can do whatever it want whenever it want, I don’t mind,” these aren’t empty words but a statement that has taken him his whole life to figure out.

Theophilus London – “Do Girls” Oct. 27 will see the release of Theophilus London’s sophomore album, Vibes.

The record will be executive produced by Kanye West and it is he who did the arrangement of “Do Girls.” The beat itself features a lot of different sounds that come in and out of the song, from strumming guitars to playful echoing vocals in the background. London’s mission on the song is to convince a female who likes girls to go home with him, and though it may not work out in the end, London has a lot to be happy about anyway. With convertibles, dinners at the MOMA, and girls staring at him, things could be a lot worse in Theophilus London’s life.

Glenn Hall: Paintings from the Cabin Monica Lacey and Ann Manuel: Recent Work Gallery 78, Oct. 3-19 Fredericton Fall Craft Show Capital Exhibition Centre, Oct. 3-5 Goose Lane Celebrates 60 Fredericton Convention Centre, 7 p.m.-10 p.m.

SATURDAY, OCT. 4 Haunted Hikes 796A Queen Street, $14

SUNDAY, OCT. 5 $5 Day ReNeu Boutique, Noon-3 pm.

TUESDAY, OCT. 7 Bingo with Guidge Wilser’s Room, 8 p.m.

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Cell phones are a necessity we have created DIGITAL DIALOGUE

Seb Arseneault Everyone seems to have a cell phone these days and I don’t blame them.

Why wouldn’t you? Having a cell phone allows you to communicate with people who aren’t physically around on a 24-hour basis.

Being available all the time is a tough job. Constantly wondering who will want to talk to you next?

Hang out? Or just text? However, cell phones are no longer just about communication. They can run apps for pretty much anything – alarms, f lash l ights, maps, even on l ine banking. The cell phone is so appealing; it caters to all of our basic and ridiculous needs. It seems to be difficult to exist in the modern world without a cell phone. But this is only because everyone assumes we need one, because everyone else has one. It appears to be a necessity, but it is a “necessity” we have created.

I was serving at the Cellar Pub & Grill on Wednesday and it was wing night. It’s one of the busiest nights of the week there. The first thing I realized was that every group in there had a minimum of one cell phone on the table. What does this all mean? This demonstrates the standard of necessity the cell phone has created and how we as individuals feel the need to engage with this social norm.

People are attent ive to their phones even in the presence of others. How would you feel if you were talking to someone and they picked up their phone to answer someone else? Would you feel insulted? Is this considered rude or is this something we are okay with?

It seems to me that answering your cell phone in a group social setting is fine. Why is this? Because everybody else is doing it. However, when it comes down to one-on-one conversations, it is considered to be rude to answer your cell phone.

The person on their phone is ignoring the person they are supposed to be engaged with. Instead they are attempting to divide their attention; to be in two places at once. It seems then that we ignore people in our physical presence, in order to not ignore those whom aren’t with us.

If we consider it rude when someone ignores another individual/ individuals to be in the virtual presence of others, we must consider it to be rude when we choose not to answer our cell phones. And that is where things get complicated.

Fashion columnist Grace Gallow gives you pointers on how to look good on a student’s budget.

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Fashion sense doesn’t have to break the bank Grace Gallow The Brunswickan

Fall is in the air, and with it comes some exciting new styles.

The ever-changing fashion industry has yet again come up with a wide variety of warm and cozy styles to suit any personality. Though there is a little something for everybody, it is sometimes hard to justify that new pair of pants or shirt, and often you won’t find yourself looking for something to wear, but rather telling yourself not to overspend.

This year is all about how to be budget-friendly for all the awesome styles.

Ever ybody has that one piece they use in many different outfits, and in many different styles. Use this to your advantage!

One of the best things about being on campus is that you don’t see the same people every day like in high

school, so you can sneak by wearing the same shirt or pair of pants, and no one will be the wiser, especially if you mix it up a little bit.

Go online and look at some outfits that you really like. Find a few that really speak to you. Now, look a little closer. There should be part of

Boom. By substituting with a similar piece that you already have, you save money. But you may not have just one piece; you may have a few items that you could sub in to make the outfit that you saw in that magazine.

If you are still searching for the f inal piece of your outf it, there are many thrift stores located in Fredericton, which you can use to your advantage. Remember, don’t go for something because its designer, go for the piece that is well tailored, attractive and suits you.

A lso, don’t forget about using accessor ies to you r advantage! Add a scarf and a cute headband to change up one of your main “signature” outfits. A little change can really make a difference in the outfit as a whole. And remember, own your style.

“Add a scarf and a cute headband to change up one of your main ‘signature’ outfits.” that outfit that is similar to a piece you have at home, if not close (this also makes you really root through your drawers to see what you have deep in there).

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SPORTS sports@thebruns.ca

UNB’s Mitch McCoy runs the ball up field against UNBSJ’s Tyler Curnew at BMO Centre on Saturday afternoon.

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Red Bombers win a classic over rival Seawolves

UNB overcomes 21-0 deficit to earn first win of season Jamie Tozer Sports Editor Saturday’s homecoming football game lived up to the hype.

Down 21-0 midway t hrough the second quarter, the UNB Red Bombers climbed back and defeated the rival UNBSJ Seawolves 35-27 in front of a big crowd at BMO Centre.

“The guys started to execute the plays in the second half,” said Red Bombers co-head coach and offensive coordinator Jeff Taylor. “They settled down and made the plays that they had to make.”

The Seawolves opened the scoring on an Andrew Healey touchdown just a few minutes into the game. Brett Robart then scored touchdowns late in the first quarter

and 6:50 into the second. Just like that it was 21-0 for the visitors.

“They were a little amped up in the first half and tried to force things and rush things too much,” said Taylor about his team’s struggles in the early goings.

UNB couldn’t get much of anything going offensively in the first half and the start of the second.

But things eventually started to turn around as the team got on the board with one second remaining in the half thanks to a Derek Broad touchdown.

“They came around in the first half,” said Taylor. “Plays were there and we tried to hit them but we just had mental errors. In the second half those mental errors went away and we actually made our plays and

put points on the board.”

A Mitch McCoy touchdown at 5:32 of the third cut into the Seawolves lead some more. The Red Bombers added the extra point and were down 21-14 after three.

Broad scored his second touchdown of the afternoon with 4:34 left in the fourth and the Bombers added the extra point to tie things at 21-21. Less than three minutes later, McCoy sprung free of the Seawolves’ defence and made a long sprint down the sideline to the end zone for a touchdown to give UNB their first lead of the ball game.

“Mitch McCoy is a big player,” said Taylor. “He makes big plays all the time and he’s a go-to guy.”

Brendan Cornford added a late touchdown for UNB while Robart

scored one for UNBSJ. The game ended with a 35-27 score in favour of the Red Bombers.

The Red Bombers improved to 1-2 on the year with the victory while the Seawolves fell to 0-3. Taylor compared this game to the Red Bombers’ previous two matches, a 35-21 loss at Dalhousie and a 3720 loss at Holland College. Unlike those matches though, UNB was able to turn things around and pull out a win.

“In this game we had the execution,” added Tyler.

Up next for the Red Bombers is a 1 p.m. home contest against Holland College this Saturday.

“We played them last weekend so we know what they’re doing and we know what we have to do,” said

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Taylor. “We were right there with them [the previous] weekend but we just couldn’t punch the ball into the end zone.

“I think we’ll turn that around this week.”

Before Saturday’s game, Red Bomber Nicholas R ichardson received the Tony Proudfoot Memorial Scholarship. The scholarship goes to a Bombers player who is excelling in U NB’s kinesiology faculty.

Meanwhile, several members of the Red Bombers from the 1970s were honoured before the game as All-Canadians. The list includes Rick Kaupp, Earl Johnson, Proudfoot, Dick Flynn, John Danaher, Phil Battaglia, and Stewart Fraser.

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V-Reds soccer’s dynamic duo Sarah Rouse Sports Reporter

In the world of soccer, it far too often seems that the only players making headlines are the ones scoring the highlight reel goals. Not often heard about are the players at the other end of the field trying to stop those goals.

This year, however, a goaltending duo is drawing plenty of attention as Aaron McMurray and Brandon Eagle have worked in tandem to backstop UNB’s men’s soccer team to a 6-0-1 record so far this season.

Although the idea of splitting the goaltending duties may seem unusual to many soccer fans, McMurray and Eagle believe that it has been to the team’s advantage thus far.

“Having a rotation in net keeps some healthy competition between the two of us, because we both want to play to the best of our abilities,” said McMurray, a five-year veteran of the team.

Despite the heated competition on the field, however, the two have not let this distract from their off-field chemistry.

“He’s one of my closest friends on the team, both on and off the field, so it definitely helps to have that other person there all the time for support,” said McMurray.

“Anything that happens during practices or games are not going to affect our relationship off the field,” added Eagle. “Still, on the field we work hard to push each other and I think that makes for a very positive and competitive environment to work in.”

Up until this past weekend when McMurray started back-to-back games, the two had split playing time evenly. Both keepers believe that the utmost goal is to place the team’s best interests before their own desires.

“The most important thing to keep in mind when frustrations arise is that we’re doing it for the team first and foremost. That encourages us to place the team’s interests before our own and to leave everything out on

UNB goalkeepers Aaron McMurray and Brandon Eagle have been excellent in net for the Varsity Reds this season.

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PANEL

THEY KNOW WHAT’S UP

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Quebec City has a new arena on the way, so I think they’ll be next in line for a team. But, I think the GTA should be getting one soon.

Like it or not, Toronto is the centre of the hockey universe and certainly has the population to support another team. Who will own the team is the big question. Maybe Verizon will be allowed to enter Canada by this time, own the new squad, and create a nice rivalry against the Bell-/Rogers-owned Maple Leafs.

the field,” said Eagle.

One challenge that can arise when splitting the time in net is maintaining the right mindset while on the sidelines.

“I think it’s very difficult coming into the game for the second half,” said McMurray. “The game is just at a completely different place and mentally, you’re not there yet.”

In regards to the upcoming season, both keepers are wary of the temptation to rest on their laurels, and are determined to push themselves even further this year and improve upon last year’s performances.

“I just want to take it game by game and hopefully keep doing well,” said McMurray. “We hope to keep the wins coming and make our way back into the CIS Championships. Once we get there we’ll think a little more about winning a national championship.”

Eagle agreed, saying that although the team gained confidence from their success last season, they will have to work twice as hard because there is now a target on their back.

“We can build off everything we accomplished last year, but we know that we’re not guaranteed anything.”

While McMurray and Eagle have been receiving much acclaim due to their success thus far, they wanted to recognize their third goalie, Adam Grant, for his hard work and commitment to the team.

“I think some people might not realize we have a third keeper here and how he’s such a large part of why we’re successful,” said Eagle. “He pushes us every day in training and is always challenging for the starting role.

“It’s hard sometimes to be the third goalie and still stay dedicated to practices, but Adam has done a fantastic job and deserves to be recognized for all his hard work.”

This week, the V-Reds travel to Moncton to take on the Aigles Bleus on Friday. They return to the BMO Centre on Sunday for a game against the Dalhousie Tigers. Kickoff is at 3:15 p.m.

Which Canadian city should get the next NHL expansion or relocated team?

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I’m gonna go with Halifax. Screw what Gary Bettman thinks, Hali is hockey crazy and can support an NHL franchise.

I mean, if the NFL can work in Green Bay, the NHL can work in Halifax — and they would certainly be backed by the rest of the Maritimes. How many teams out there are supported by an entire region? It would definitely require a new arena, so let’s start that discussion. Potential names: the Halifax Lumberjacks and Maritime Moose.

In the lockout shortened 1994-95 NHL season the Quebec Nordiques were the top seed in the Eastern Conferenceenteringtheplayoffs.Despitetheirregularseasondominance, they were upset by the lowly New York Rangers in the first round. That summer, fans in Quebec City watched their team move westward to Colorado. A year after the Rangers dashed away their best chance at a Stanley Cup in team history, hockey-starved Nordiques fans watched their team win a Cup for another city, for other fans. Quebec fans deserved better then, and they deserve better now. There is no debating that Quebec City deserves an NHL franchise more than any other city across Canada.

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Halifax, damn it! We deserve a professional sports team on the east coast. We have all had to cheer for great teams like Boston, or just terrible teams like the Habs or Leafs for far too long. We deserve a full-blown NHL team on the beast coast. I would also accept Moncton, as it would be within driving range of most of the major cities in the Maritimes.

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Women’s soccer wins, ties on road Team improves to 5-0-2 on season; remains in first

Jamie Tozer Sports Editor The UNB Varsity Reds women’s soccer team remains unbeaten on the season following a four-point weekend on the road.

The Reds travelled to Antigonish on Friday and defeated the St. Francis Xavier X-Women 3-1. On Sunday, the team collected a point in a 2-2 tie against the Mount Allison Mounties.

UNB now has a 5-0-2 record and sits first in the Atlantic University Sport standings with 17 points. The team only had four wins and 14 points all of last season.

In Friday’s match, the Varsity Reds surrendered the first goal in the third minute as StFX’s Margaux Fraser scored.

Despite giving up the goal, UNB controlled much of the play in the first half. In the 38th minute, Lucy Parkin sent a long pass through some traffic and found Kayla Painter who scored to tie things at 1-1.

UNB took a 2-1 lead in the 61st minute as Sam Lagacy got around the

X-Women defense and faked out goalkeeper Erin Visser.

Lagacy scored her second of the match in the 76th minute to give the Reds a 3-1 victory.

Shots in the second half were 8-1 UNB and 12-3 overall. Reds goalkeeper Sami-Jo Bell made one save in the win.

On Sunday, Eden Vanderlaan scored in the third minute to give UNB an early 1-0 lead over Mount Allison. The Reds had 10 shots in first half.

In the 33rd minute, Amanda Volcko scored on a penalty kick to tie the match at 1-1.

The V-Reds retook the lead in the 64th minute as Painter connected. But in the 90th minute, Volcko scored her second penalty kick goal of the afternoon to tie things at 2-2.

Shots in the match were 12-7 in favour of UNB. Bell made two saves in the match.

Up next for the Varsity Reds is a matchup against the Université de Moncton Aigles Bleus on Friday night in the Hub City. UNB returns home to host the Dalhousie Tigers on Sunday at 1 p.m. at BMO Centre.

UNB’s Kayla Painter and StFX’s Bobbie Martin battle for the ball on Friday.

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UNB defeats UdeM at AUC

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For the first time this pre-season, the UNB Varsity Reds men’s hockey team was involved in a tight game on Friday night.

The end result was a hard-fought 2-1 victory over the Université de Moncton Aigles Bleus in front of 1,593 at the Aitken Centre. The win improved UNB’s Atlantic University Sport (AUS) preseason record to 3-0, having previously defeated St. Thomas University 4-0 and Nipissing University 11-1.

Tyler Carroll and Cam Braes scored for the Reds. Goaltenders David Shantz made nine saves in 40 minutes of action while Chris Carrozzi made four in the final 20 minutes.

JF Plante had Moncton’s lone goal.

Goaltender Brandon Thibeau made 28 saves in the loss.

The V-Reds opened the scoring just 6:39 into the contest while on a power play. Parked at the top of the circle, Carroll took a pass from the middle of the

blue line from Randy Gazzola and fired a hard shot through some traffic and past Thibeau to make it 1-0 UNB. Late in the period while shorthanded, Carroll had another great chance but fired a hard wrist shot through a screen and just wide of the net.

Neither team had that many quality scoring chances in the opening frame.

Shots were 10-4 in favour of the V-Reds.

On a power play at 3:51 of the second, UNB made it 2-0. Braes took a pass and was left alone in front of the net and slid the puck past Thibeau to make it 2-0 Reds.

At 4:07 of the second stanza, Danick Emond received five-minute major and game misconduct for a cross check on Dylan Willick. The Reds couldn’t generate a whole lot on the lengthy man advantage though and the game remained 2-0.

The Aigles Bleus got on the board at 13:19. Following a UNB turnover in the neutral zone, Plante fired a wrist shot from inside the circle and past Shantz to make it a 2-1 game.

UNB’s Taylor MacDougall takes a faceoff against UdeM on Friday at the Aitken Centre.

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Early in the third, Cam Critchlow had a great chance in front but was denied

by Thibeau. UNB had several terrific chances throughout the period — even hitting a few posts — but could not add to their lead.

With just over a minute left, UdeM pulled their goaltender while on a power play to create a six-on-four advantage.

They were able to create a few chances but could not connect, falling 2-1 to the Reds.

Shots in the game were 30-14 in favour of the Reds.

UNB will cross the border later this week and take on Boston College and the University of Maine this weekend.

The V-Reds visit the Eagles on Saturday night and then faceoff against the Black Bears on Sunday.

The Reds begin the AUS regular season on Oct. 11 in Charlottetown against the University of Prince Edward Island Panthers. UNB’s home opener is on Friday, Oct. 17 at 7 p.m. against the Dalhousie Tigers.

Right To Play UNB club aims to set capture the flag world record Jamie Tozer Sports Editor UNB students and the Fredericton community have a chance to be part of a Guinness World Record attempt next week.

The Right To Play UNB club is hoping to break the record for the largest game of capture the flag on Oct. 7. The current record stands at 250 people.

W hile the main goals are to break the record and raise $2,200, one of the club’s presidents, Shea Nordheim, says the event is also about promoting R ight To Play’s initiatives.

“Ultimately, the goal is to raise awareness for Right To Play. The more people that know about it the better,” said Nordheim.

“If we raise lots of money, then that’s great. But really we just want to promote awareness for Right To Play and get people realizing the true message behind the charity and what it’s all about.”

The time and location of the event have yet to be confirmed. Organizers are asking those interested in signing up or donating, or anyone looking for more information, to search for the “Right To Play UNB 2014/2015” group on Facebook.

The event is part of Right To Play supporter Martin Parnell’s coast-tocoast “Quest for Kids,” a journey that will see 10 different universities across Canada attempt to set new records in a variety of activities.

The journey will be Parnell’s 10th and final quest to raise money and awareness for the organization.

Mount Alison University in Sackville and Memorial University of Newfoundland are the only other Atlantic Canadian universities taking part in the quest. Mount Alison’s world record attempt will feature ultimate Frisbee while MUN’s will involve ice hockey.

Nordheim said it was difficult to find a game that was both commonly played and had a reasonable record that could be broken. The Varsity Reds men’s soccer player added that he has faith that students and the community will step up and break the record.

The club hosts a number of events each year, including the Go Shoeless event that took place at Varsity Reds soccer games a couple weeks ago.

Along with a variety of events, the club also sells merchandise. All students are welcome to join the club.

“We welcome everyone to come out,” said Nordheim. “Most of the time there will be promotions through social media or there will be posters around campus.

“One of Right To Play’s messages is to get everyone involved in playing which is one of the great things about it.”

Right To Play, headquartered in Toronto, is a global organization that uses sports, games, and play to teach children essential life skills to overcome things such as poverty and conflict.

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Men’s soccer cushions lead on top of AUS standings with weekend sweep Sarah Rouse Sports Reporter

The first place UNB Varsity Reds men’s soccer team is pulling away from the pack in the Atlantic University Sport (AUS) standings following two road wins this weekend.

The Reds travelled to St. Francis Xavier University on Friday and defeated the X-Men 2-0. On Saturday they returned to New Brunswick and beat the Mount Alison Mounties 4-0 to remain unbeaten on the season.

In front of more than 300 fans in Antigonish on Friday night, Shea Nordheim opened the scoring in the 50th minute with a low shot that eluded X-Men goalkeeper Sam Hutchison.

Oliver Jones tallied the second goal of the night in the 64th minute, making the final score 2-0 UNB. Varsity Reds goalkeeper Aaron McMurray recorded a four save shutout and earned Subway Player of the Match honours.

On Saturday night, UNB pulled off a convincing 4-0 win over the Mount Allison Mounties. All of UNB’s goals came in the second half

as George Lawton (48th minute), Jones (57th minute), Marcus Lees (60th) and Diego Padilha (90th minute) scored in the win.

McMurray played in his second consecutive game for the first time this season and made three saves in the shutout victory.

This weekend’s wins bring the Varsity Reds record to 6-0-1, with their only tie coming against UPEI on Sept. 19.

Meanwhile, the V-Reds have outscored opposition by an impressive 18-3 margin over seven games.

Oliver Jones leads the team in scoring with five goals and an assist in seven matches. Marcus Lees is a close second with four goals and an assist.

Next on the schedule for UNB’s men’s soccer team is a match in Moncton on Friday. The Aigles Bleus are currently in the basement of the AUS standings.

On Sunday at 3:15 p.m., the Varsity Reds return to their home field to take on the Dalhousie Tigers

for the only meeting between the two this season.

UNB’s Steven Miller battles the ball on Friday at StFX. Erica Roberts/StFX Athletics

Reds Notebook: basketball returns to campus this weekend Jamie Tozer Sports Editor

Varsity Reds basketball returns to the Currie Centre this weekend.

The Helen Campbell and the Eric Garland tournaments take place this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday with UNB’s men and women’s basketball teams playing three games each.

The Helen Campbell Tournament will feature the Varsity Reds women’s basketball team along with Concordia, Ryerson, and Cape Breton. UNB’s first game is on Friday at 6 p.m. against the Stingers.

The Eric Garland Tournament will feature the V-Reds men’s team along with the Université du Québec à Montréal, the University of Prince Edward Island, and Cape Breton Universit y. U NB’s f irst game is on Friday at 8 p.m. against UQAM.

UNB’s basketball team return to the court this weekend.

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Volleyball on the road U NB’s men’s volleyball team was on the road this past weekend, taking part in a tournament in Brandon, Manitoba.

The V-Reds opened the tournament with a 3-1 win over the host Brandon Bobcats on Friday night.

On Saturday, UNB defeated the University of Winnipeg 3-1 before falling 3-1 to Medicine Hat College later in the day.

The V-Reds make their 2014-15 home court debut on Oct. 10 with a pre-season game against Queen’s.

Reds add Chisholm The Varsity Reds men’s hockey team of f icia lly a nnou nced last week that they have added veteran defenseman RD Chisholm to their roster for the 2014-15 season.

Chisholm, 24, has spent the past four seasons playing with the StFX X-Men where he recorded seven goals and 19 assists in 75 games.

“RD is a solid veteran presence who adds leadership and depth to our lineup,” said UNB head coach Gardiner MacDougall in a press release. “He’s come to UNB with a fantastic attitude, is in great physical condition and can help us in a lot of situations especially with his skating.”

The Reds also announced that first year players Colin Suellentrop and Chris Caissy have returned to the team from NHL camps.

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There’s more to life than a hot body ONE STEP AT A TIME

Scott Hems Like a lot of people who decide they want to lose weight, I wanted to be “sexy.”

Though I can list millions of reasons I wanted to get smaller, image was one of them. I didn’t want to wobble down the halls looking like the Kool-Aid man anymore. I wanted to be noticed. I wanted to be the image society tells us is sexy, but always a step out of reach.

I never measured up to the “cutest guy in high school” or the “hottest thing at the bar,” all a result of an image we’re subjected to that makes us feel we aren’t as attractive as we really are.

We don’t need to be small, six-pack bearing piles of “sexiness.” If we made it on a magazine cover, we’d still be

photo-shopped. Everyone’s attractive in some way. Often times we don’t see it because we want to be an image that’s always one step ahead of us. We are told in the media that we need to be thin to be beautiful. It’s just an illusion. I don’t train just to be photogenic, I train to improve my life and prepare for highlevel rugby.

I’m not saying you aren’t attractive if you are thin and fit. I’m saying that if you don’t reach the image you want, that’s okay. You’re still attractive, and there are still benefits to being awesome regardless how others view you. I’d love to have a body like a model, but truthfully, that’s not me, and that’s what I went through hell to accomplish.

We’re sucked into illusions that to lose weight and feel good, you must reach “size zero status.” That’s not at all what losing weight is about. It’s about embarking on a journey many don’t have the courage to.

It doesn’t take a fitness test to be sexy; it takes a connection that on some level is appreciated. Many want that “perfect body” or to be desired, but there’s more to life than a hot body. The most attractive thing about someone is there long before we reach our goals and, in fact, it’s usually the reason we reach our goals.

“The happiness we search externally for is actually inside of us.” – Will Smith

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