Issue 10, Vol 144, The Brunswickan

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Emerging leaders on campus

Reds push win streak to seven games

Alex Kress News Reporter Three members of UNB faculty and staff are final candidates for the 21inc Emerging Leaders Summit.

Sarah Craig of UNBSJ’s Faculty of Business, Leah Levac of Renaissance College in Fredericton, and Angelique Simpson of international recruitment efforts for both campuses will be attending the summit Nov. 22-25 in St. Andrews to share ideas with other peers aged 2035 about the future of New Brunswick.

Sarah Craig said it is very important to her that business continues to thrive in Saint John and in the province, especially because she feels the region has so much to offer.

“We have communities that are very connected, which makes it easy to start new initiatives, a very supportive community,” Craig said.

“Of course the architecture and the history are fantastic, but without businesses and without young people...I mean, this province will die.”

As far as expectations for the summit, Craig hopes to be refreshed by new ideas.

“It’s easy to fall into a box where you’re comfortable and doing the same things you’ve done over and over again, so I’m really looking for some fresh and innovative thoughts on how to attract and retain youth and businesses here in New Brunswick,” she said.

Craig said a major problem in the province is businesses being discouraged by a small talent pool, the result being moving elsewhere.

“But then it’s the ‘chicken and egg debate’...if you don’t have people to hire, people are going to leave without the job.

Also, I think there needs to be an entrepreneurial spirit in the province. Mentorship, talent and networking are the three most important points for retaining and enticing new businesses here.”

Craig feels the size of New Brunswick is an asset for businesses.

“Having lived in other places and coming back, it’s amazing to me how easy it is to pick up the phone, call someone you want to speak to and make something happen.”

“I mean, there’s no other place in the world where you can introduce

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Reds forward Jordan Clendenning sneaks the puck past Huskies defenseman David MacDonald in Friday night action at the Aitken Centre.

UNB dropped Saint Mary’s 5-2 followed by a 6-2 win overe the StFX X-Men, to maintain first place in the AUS. Andrew Meade/ The Brunswickan Rob Williams Staff Writer This weekend the Varsity Reds beat the reigning CIS champs and the team that booted them out of the AUS playoffs last season. It was a weekend of revenge.

Friday night the Reds entertained a Saint Mary’s University squad ready to get back at UNB for a big loss in the preseason. Coming out on top of a 5-2 decision, the V-Reds looked as good as ever.

Varsity Reds head coach Gardiner MacDougall was certainly pleased with his team’s effort over the weekend.

“We’re trying to make progression as a group. We know this weekend we had two great opponents. And we’ve said from day one, and I think it’s much better this year, that we have to have a team game.”

Tied up at 1-1 after the first, the Reds and Huskies traded goals early in the second to keep things tight.

An even game for most of the night, UNB pulled ahead for good with a power play marker by Luke Gallant at 12:29 of the second, making it 3-2. They added insult to injury with two more goals in the third to round out the scoring.

Saturday night, UNB played host to rival St. Francis Xavier. There was certainly an electric atmosphere about the Aitken Center when both teams took to the ice.

UNB captain Kyle Bailey commented on the atmosphere.

“Obviously it was a statement game.

Obviously we remember what happened last year, they remember what happened last year. It’s not like you can forget about something like that.”

There was a lot of bad blood between these two teams, StFX having knocked UNB out of the AUS playoffs last season, and the X-Men were not about to hand UNB the game. They came out in the first ten minutes and dominated the Reds

scoring less than five minutes in.

“I think that’s something. We have a lot of, patience. No one was really panicking.

We knew that if we kept going with our game plan, things would turn around,” said UNB forward Chris Culligan. “I think it shows a lot of character that we can get such a bad start like that and come back, keeping an even keel on the bench and everyone level headed.”

The slow start was ended with two UNB goals scored only 1:16 apart during the first period.

“From the ten minute mark on, I thought we made good steps. I thought we really had a strong second (period), and for the second, it hasn’t been as strong as we’d like it, but I thought it may have been our strongest second,” says MacDougall.

StFX received a bench minor penalty for leaving the bench too early during a scrum at the end of the first and StFX

head coach Brad Peddle did not like the call.

“A little ruckus ensues and we come out with a bench minor. It’s an unfortunate situation. Look at the videos; watch the games, a call like that certainly changes the game,” said Peddle. “And it did. It gave them all kinds of momentum.

But we give them credit; they had a great second period.”

UNB used that momentum to score an early second period power play goal making it 3-1. The Reds would add another pair of goals during the second en route to a 6-2 win over the X-Men. Although both wins were positives for the Reds, defenceman Luke Gallant blocked a shot early in the first period against StFX and did not return. Forward Dion Campbell missed the weekend due to an inner ear problem, but should be back this weekend as they are on the road against StFX and Saint Mary’s.

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A look at Beaverbrook; reporter shares sights and sounds Samantha Magee The Brunswickan The University of New Brunswick is celebrating its 225th anniversary this year and were doing so by commemorating their biggest benefactor Maxwell Aitken, better known as Lord Beaverbrook.

It was a rainy Thursday night in downtown Fredericton, yet others and I brave the elements and congregate at The Playhouse, in hopes to get a glimpse of what Lord Beaverbrook was like.

The four speakers were David Adams Richards, Michael Bliss, Naomi Griffiths and Jacques Poitras. Each of the guests had a special insight into what kind of man they believe Lord Beaverbrook may have been.

Having been studying in Fredericton for three years now, I’m aware of the man’s general presence throughout town.

The Beaverbrook Art Gallery is named after him and, etched in stone under “Crowne Plaza,” a downtown hotel sits “The Lord Beaverbrook Hotel.”

President of UNB, Eddy Campbell welcomed the crowd. It seemed as though it’s going to be a whimsical night where fond memories of Lord Beaverbrook were going to be shared and his generous deeds relived.

However, I was not aware of the controversial legacy he left behind. The man has been dead since 1964 and he can still inspire a passionate debate.

As the group of well-established professionals argued the quality of Beaverbrook’s character, a massive black and white portrait loomed in the background.

The smirk on Lord Beaverbrook’s face seemed to dare them to speak ill of him.

The first to speak was David Adams Richards. He was breezy and sarcastic and though he acknowledges the legitimacy of the controversies surrounding Lord Beaverbrook, Richards seemed to respect him as well.

“Humans are capable of the outmost inconsistency when it comes to values and conduct,” he said. To further his point, he compared Beaverbrook to Tiger Woods and Brett Favre.

The audience laughed.

The tone quickly changed as Michael Bliss stepped up to the podium. He seemed a harsher critic than Richards, but the audience remained alive and responsive. In fact he calls himself “a thorn in Churchill’s side,” in reference to how once good friend Winston Churchill gave Beaverbrook the position of Minister of Aircraft Production during the Second World War. Naomi Griffiths is a bit kinder. As a teenager she received an overseas scholarship allowing her to study in London from Lord Beaverbrook and she said she was very grateful for the opportunity.

Jacques Poitras, CBC journalist, examines Beaverbrook’s role as a newspaper mogul; his first newspaper the Daily Express would sell up to 4 million copies a day. Poitras commended his success but also mentions that frequently “pushed his own views” to rally “support for the British Empire.”

None of the guests questioned his good deeds since there are tangible evidence of

Lord Beaverbrook’s name is big in New Brunswick, Fredericton in particular. A number of buildings on campus and others throughout the city are named for him. Andrew Meade / The Brunswickan them still, for example the scholarships, the books for the Bonar Law library and many more. However, it’s his motives are what remain questionable.

There was a consensus towards the end of the evening that his generosity towards New Brunswick and Fredericton in particular, stemmed from his guilt. Did he have guilt from leaving his home and going to England to pursue fortune and favour with the British elite? Or did he have guilt from not being a good father and husband? Was Beaverbrook trying to buy the approval of New Brunswickers like he did in England?

Or was he just being generous in giving back to the community?

I guess the only truth Fredericton knows

for sure is just how much we have benefited from Lord Beaverbrook’s generosity.

There is a strong possibility UNB might

not be the highly respected institution it is today without his support, regardless of his motives.

Attendance issues addressed Hilary Paige Smith News Editor Issues of councilor attendance were raised at the University of New Brunswick Student Union council meeting on Sunday night.

Two weeks prior, on the night of Oct. 24, council had difficulty meeting quorum and regular council business could not resume until midway through the meeting. Councillors spent a portion of time contacting missing councillors via text message and Facebook chat urging them to attend the meeting.

On Sunday night, UNBSU president, Shannon Carmont-McKinley broached the topic of councillors frequently missing council and neglecting to send regrets.

“Essentially we are running into an issue where we are struggling to meet quorum and (for some) it’s a one time issue and some of our councillors have not been coming consistently,” she said.

“It makes it difficult to meet.”

Also on Sunday night, council began with a presentation from Scott Duguay, special assistant to the vicepresident academic, rather than have the presentation mid-meeting. The group was one councilor short of meeting quorum and after the presentation it was achieved.

Carmont-McKinley stressed the

importance of council attendance and brought up the meeting where council approved their budget to further her point.

The UNBSU approved their budget in mid-October, just four days before the deadline. Had the budget not been passed, Student Union operations would have ceased for the semester.

Carmont-McKinley said if quorum hadn’t been met that night “the implications (would have been) phenomenal.”

McKinley plans to have private meetings with councillors who have missed more than three sessions of council to find out why they have been absent.

During the 2007-08 school year, a councillor was removed from their position after missing too many meetings.

If a councillor resigns or is removed from their position, a by-election is the only solution for electing someone to fill their place.

A reduction in councillors would mean a reduced number required to meet quorum.

On Sunday, members of council also ratified three new student organizations, the Biochemistry Society, the UNB Networking Society and the UNB String Orchestra.

Council meets again on Nov. 21 at 4:30 p.m.

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Investigation into drinking and athletic policies at STU

Officials at St. Thomas University are looking into policies surrounding alcohol and partying following the death of a student athlete.

Hilary Paige Smith, Christopher Cameron and Colin McPhail With files from Alex Kress Some serious questions are being raised about athletic policies on College Hill after the death of a St. Thomas University student.

Andrew Jason Bartlett, 21, was found dead in his off-campus apartment building on the morning of Oct. 24.

According to Cst. Rick Mooney, media relations officer with the Fredericton Police Force, foul play has been ruled out in the incident.

Mooney said he was unable to comment under which circumstances the body was found and said police are awaiting the results of the autopsy to comment further.

Bartlett was a fourth year English major and a new member of the St. Thomas varsity men’s volleyball team.

He was known as a kind, responsible and funny person to many friends and members of the St. Thomas community.

Jeffrey Carleton, spokesman for St. Thomas University, said the tragedy has had a big impact on campus.

“It’s been a very difficult two weeks now. Andrew was well known among his classmates. He was a successful student at St. Thomas. He thought a lot of the university. You see that by speaking with his family and friends. It was a pretty significant accomplishment to make a varsity athletics team in your senior year and this has hit his friends, his teammates and the community pretty hard,” he said.

On the evening of Oct. 24, Carleton said interim St. Thomas administration president, Dennis Cochrane, indicated to Larry Batt, dean of students, and Mike Eagles, athletics director at the university, that he wanted them to “review the circumstances with regard to the student and with regard to the services and the athletics program and anything that would perhaps have an

impact on this university.”

In a story published in the New Brunswick Beacon on Nov. 1, the online publication of St. Thomas’s journalism program, linked Bartlett’s death to an alleged “hazing party” in a residence on campus on the evening of Oct. 23.

The St. Thomas spokesman confirmed the investigation by Batt and Eagles will surround the university’s policies with drinking and athletic parties.

“We want to make sure we understand. We want to make sure we exactly understand what happened and then sit down and take a look at those areas that intersect with St. Thomas University and see if we have to make any changes. Keep in mind, we’re still in the early stages of this, the Fredericton City Police have not finalized their investigation and Mike (Eagles) and Larry (Batt) are just getting going and the president expects, in two to three weeks, to have something from them,” he said. Carleton said investigators at the university will be speaking to “anybody who has first hand knowledge of the circumstances and of the situation.”

Though the spokesman couldn’t confirm when the results of the investigation will be released, he expects within two to three weeks.

Even though one can only speculate at the moment and await the outcome of the investigation, it has not stopped UNB athletic director Kevin Dickie from stepping into action.

Dickie has already ordered meetings to review the athletic department’s hazing policies. He did admit, however, that defining, enforcing and regulating hazing can be a difficult task.

“For us at UNB, because hazing as such a broad definition – it can mean so many different things – it’s tough to come up with a policy that defines everything. From our end, we’ve done orientations with each of the Varsity Reds at the beginning of the season.

Hazing fit in for us as a standalone with

performing enhancing drugs where we spent the time to discuss zero tolerance in either of those areas.”

Dickie puts the onus on the coaches and the athletes to heed these rules and credits them for the exemplary work they have done so far in combating hazing. However, situations do arise in both university and club sports.

Multiple athletes weighed in on their experiences with hazing, both what they have seen and experienced.

Second year UNB Red Bombers linebacker Mat Flosse has never had any problems with hazing personally, but has been a witness to both subtle and obvious cases.

“I guess we have had issues of singling out the rookies, kind of without intention,” said Flosse. “Telling the rookies to pick up shoulder pads or pick up pylons or stuff like that after practice.

To you it seems harmless, like you see it in the NFL and other leagues, but it is definitely a part of hazing that not a lot of people are aware of.”

Aside from this Flosse has not had witnessed any other hazing incidents on the Bombers, yet had situations arise in high school.

“We had to go through a couple different drinking things or do stupid stuff like at school in front of the rest of the school,” he said. “Whether it is during lunchtime having to sing in front of the cafeteria or whatever. Sing a song or dance, but nothing personally has been too extreme, nothing I felt I was uncomfortable with.”

UNB men’s hockey team captain Kyle Bailey, like Flosse has also not had any trouble with negative affects of hazing because some of these situations are introduced at an early age to hockey players.

“I think it is an interesting phenomenon in the sense that, especially being a hockey player that the word hazing itself gets introduced to you at a young age,” said Bailey. “The first thing I think of when you hear hazing is there is such a negative stigma attached to

it. Anything I have been a part of has always been a fun thing and something to loosen new guys up to be more comfortable around the older guys.”

Bailey continued to say that doing small tasks like picking up pucks or equipment after practice was not thought to be hazing, rather that it was just something they assumed they had to do.

“In all honesty I’ve never considered those things (like picking up pucks after warm-up) hazing,” he said. I think as a hockey player that is sorta just customary. It is just one of those things that most time, anytime you go into a new league or anything as a first year player it is one of those things you don’t need to be told. In junior a lot of it is helping load and unload the bus, cleaning the bus, picking up loose garbage that may be left behind, but other than that I can’t think of anything that is too standard.”

Although both Bailey and Flosse have not had a negative experience, Holly Patterson, a former STU women’s soccer player was not as fortunate. When Patterson, 22 at the time, made the women’s soccer team as a rookie she did not expect the initiation that took place.

One situation concerned wearing white T-shirts and getting phone numbers and signatures from men on campus.

“Our shirts had nicknames along the back of them, which weren’t terrible names, but the fact of the matter is we weren’t supposed to be doing it. We also had to get signatures and phone numbers from men across campus which did not sit well with me,” said Patterson.

Patterson asked if participating would have negative repercussions. The response to this was no.

“The captain at the time said that is not a problem, you are not forced to participate. I asked if there would be any negative repercussions for saying no. She said ‘no of course not.’”

The rookie party followed a week later, where the T-shirts were to be worn. This again was something Patterson was also not comfortable with.

“We were supposed to be wearing these shirts to the rookie party, which they had been talking about all week, having to go buy alcohol for this rookie party, and all these other things I said again I’m not comfortable going to the rookie party,” said Patterson.

“There were video segments from the one (rookie party) the year before and there were images of girls performing mock sexual acts on each other… That was not for me. So I asked if I did not have to go. I was told there would be no negative repercussions, but this was an event the coach was also attending.”

Patterson feels she suffered negative repercussions by not participating in these events.

Carleton said the STU administration and the athletic department will further review Patterson’s claims and is not in an appropriate position to respond at the moment.

The CIS has held various general meetings discussing the organization’s hazing and harassment policies. The UNB athletic director noted that progress has been made, but regrets that change is usually directly linked to an unfortunate incident.

“As a national body, we’ve spent some time discussing it at AGMs and gathering information. Unfortunately when things become front and centre, they become teachable moments.

Something happens at another institution and all of a sudden it becomes a hot-button issue and you want to make sure that you are doing the best to stay ahead of,” Dickie said.

Dickie said it is imperative to take action and hopefully avoid harmful incidents by isolating the problems and engaging them with regulations.

“Hazing can be boiled down to one three-hundred and sixty-fifth of a year, but we need to take care of the other 364 days.”

Geodesy and Geomatics celebrate 50 years Alex Kress News Reporter The Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering Department (GGE) is celebrating 50 years of teaching, research and diversity in education.

Chair of the GGE Department Dr. Peter Dare said they wanted to keep the gala light and fun for its guests. A particular highlight of the evening for him was when all the ex-chairs in attendance said a few words about the history of the program and their involvement with it.

Dare, having been chair for the past eight years, said he was proud of the accomplishments of the program.

“I think it’s a significant achievement for us and I think the fact that we’ve maintained the culture in research. I think what’s made us a bit different is our research ranking of ‘one.’

Dare said every time the department has been awarded a ranking within the campus in terms of international research achievements, they’ve been given a number one ranking. He estimated this departmental ranking system has been in effect since about 1985.

An even better rank, the ‘one star,’ is for a department that shows it has clearly meet or exceed the normal ‘one’ ranking and where everyone in the department is involved. The GGE department was recently awarded the first and the only one star ranking on the Fredericton campus.

Dare said companies have always shown an interest in graduates of the program at UNB and attributes it to the

importance the program still plays in the geomatics industry.

Companies arrive and present themselves to students and interview them and often they make offers right in the department the same day.

There are approximately one to two dozen graduates per year, and many of them seek work in central and western Canada. Program enrolment has been relatively steady over the last couple of decades.

Dare said jobs in the province are harder to come by, but they do exist.

James Secord, director of undergraduate studies in the GGE department, said many of the students entering the graduate program are quite versatile already.

“Most of them are somewhat marketable before they come in and they’re really coming to UNB to our program to enhance their education to become professionals,” said Secord.

Yet another aspect that sets UNB apart nationally is that it’s one of only three universities in Canada that offers the accredited geomatics degree. The University of Calgary and Ryerson University in Toronto are the other institutions who offer the program.

“Our numbers are relatively small and fairly specialized, but usually that’s an advantage because [students] more find things to do,” said Secord.

Secord said students can stay in front of a computer and use software, or they can go out in the field and cut line and ride around on ATV’s and encounter bears.

For Secord, reaching the 50-year mile-

Geodesy and Geomatics department celebrated 50 years this year as a department on campus. Andrew Meade / The Brunswickan stone means the program is mature in the sense that they’ve always had a good rapport with industry and have been willing to accommodate the different professional needs that are asked of them.

“We’re current. We aren’t teaching things that were popular even 15 years ago.”

Secord said it’s a good idea to make the public aware of what geomatics is and its potential. There are a number of examples where geomatics has been used in high

profile news instances, including the Swiss Air crash that happened in 1998 in Nova Scotia and the more recent luxury ship that went aground in the Arctic.

“In both those instances there were people from here that were involved in either the recovery or the investigation, namely the Ocean Mapping Group which is a research group in the department.”

Secord said geomatics has grown significantly beyond what it once was – just

surveying.

“You think of somebody over on the side of the road, he’s kind of scruffy and he’s been in the woods and he’s just wandered out from cutting line or pounding in survey markers – that’s not really what geomatics is anymore,” he said.

“It’s dealing with almost any type of spatial information, how do we gather it, process it, deliver it to the people that use it and, to some extent, how do we use it intelligently.”

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Summit a chance to discuss NB issues FROM SUMMIT PAGE 1

people who you have in on business to the mayor and have them shake hands because you’re having breakfast at the same place. It’s amazing that way in its connectedness.”

One of the biggest issues she feels is plaguing the province is a lack of selfappreciation.

She thinks New Brunswickers can be too humble and self-deprecating, thinking they’re not as good as their counterparts in central and western Canada.

“Somewhere along the line as head offices moved more central Canada and as we were told by politicians and by the rest of Canada that we were sort of backwards and conservative, I think we just absorbed that as the truth.”

“One of the things my dad used to tell me was ‘sh, don’t tell anybody, or we’ll get everybody here,’” she recalled warmly.

Leah Levac, a professor at UNB’s Renaissance College and a founder of 21inc, said the opportunity to bring people together with different viewpoints is extremely valuable.

Levac is also active with Equal Voice in New Brunswick, an organization advocating women’s equality in Canadian government, and feels New Brunswick is dramatically behind in some areas of

equity, including equal representation in government and with issues surrounding reproductive health.

Levac feels we have to reframe the way we think about health and well-being in general. From a fiscal perspective in New Brunswick, she said we simply cannot attack health through health services.

“We’ve got to understand the social conditions that perpetuate poor health and figure out a way to deal with those.

This is why the consistent reports are about increasing rates of chronic illness and decreasing health in young people and why the focus on medical infrastructure, building hospitals, is exclusively frustrating.

These are ideas she is eager to discuss at the summit, and like Sarah Craig, Levac hopes to be refreshed with new and innovative ideas at the summit.

“I think we have to acknowledge the existence of the summit as an important step in recognizing the scope of the challenges and opportunities. This kind of work is frequently marginalized as being too ‘airy fairy’ and not resulting in concrete actions.”

“As long as they don’t become exclusively about economic development, they’re really important spaces to talk about building new frameworks and new ways of thinking about things.”

Addressing violence against women

National Research Day discusses domestic violence and violence against women

Alanah Duffy Staff Writer Issues surrounding domestic violence and violence against women were raised during National Research Day 2010.

The Muriel McQueen Fergusson Centre (MMFC), affiliated with UNB, hosted the event in Fredericton for the first time. It has been held in Atlantic Canada since 2005.

The two-day conference, held Thursday and Friday, had speakers from all parts of Canada as well as the United Kingdom and Australia.

Rina Arseneault, Associate Director of the MMFC, said conferences like National Research Day are essential to ending domestic violence.

“In the two-and-a-half days together, a lot of that you can hear. You can hear it in the background of people wanting to work together, knowing that we need to work together in order to end this issue.”

The conference presented research as well as training programs, education and services that are being offered in other parts of Canada. Many different sessions were offered, including topics such as how to help women after they’ve left an abusive relationship and how domestic violence affects family relationships.

“We has a really good spectrum of people coming and sharing and learning together,” Arseneault said.

She added that the research is instrumental in forming programs and policies related to domestic violence.

“The result that comes out of research is there to inform action. So, it’s not just to leave it as a publication; it needs to inform programs, services and policies.”

The MMFC is the only research centre in Atlantic Canada that researches issues of domestic violence and violence against women. Arseneault said the Centre looks at these issues in a team approach, creating a unique perspective on any given issue.

“We need to look at [issues of domestic violence] through the eyes of the people that

The Muriel McQueen Fergusson Centre is a research centre that looks into family violence and violence against women. It is the only centre of it’s kind in Atlantic Canada. Andrew Meade / The Brunswickan are living it,” she said. “And, in order to do that, we put a team together that recognize those eyes.”

“So, we invite community members, government people and academics to sit and discuss, to find a common ground in looking at an issue together.”

Arseneault said in the 20 years since the Centre’s opened, issues of domestic violence are being talked about a lot more in society.

She counted this as a big step forward in helping to end the issue.

“We have more people understanding and professionals now understand that they

need to get training on the issue. It’s complex. There’s not a one-size fit all [solution],” she said. “We need programs that can be tailored. We need to be there.”

While the Centre has made some impressive progress with its research, Arseneault said the issue of domestic violence would end only when more people understand and learn together.

“The one thing that will finally end it is when we have as many men in this room as you have women in this room,” she said.

“When it is really recognized as a societal issue and we’re all working together.”

40 years of fun on campus Hilary Paige Smith News Editor The Social Club celebrated 40 years of partying with a packed house on Saturday night.

The Social Club established itself on campus in 1970 and has been a popular campus spot ever since.

Club manager, Matt Harris, has been in his position for more than half of the time the Social Club’s been available to students. Harris has seen the comings and goings at the club for 22 years.

He shared what he thinks the Social Club means to its student clientele, “Hopefully it means a place that they know they can go and feel at home and be safe and not have to worry about being beaten up or drawn into some altercation they may not be a part of. They can feel safe,” he said.

For Harris, safety is priority number

one.

Harris prides the Social Club on being one of the safest places to party in the city.

There are staffers in the bar, at the door and Student Union Building staff, as well as campus police, who are there to make sure students are safe.

He couldn’t determine what his favorite memory is from his years at the Social Club, saying “they are all good memories.”

In his opinion, Halloween is always the craziest night of the year, every year.

“They are all extremely memorable, but they’re also a pretty good testament to the club itself and the lack of fights and the lack of problems are a testament to the students and the customers that come in, because sometimes, like Halloween, it’s really busy and it’s really hectic and there’s long lineups.”

Long line ups and drink wait times on busy nights have been two of the only major complaints Harris has heard

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from patrons, but didn’t report any major issues campus members have with the club.

Harris said a big part of what makes the Social Club a great place are the cooperative students who both staff and frequent the club.

“We’re just very fortunate we have a clientele of students and they’re great to work with,” he said.

Harris said the Social Club is always open to hearing feedback and suggestions.

“We’re always open to suggestions.

The door’s always open. if somebody has an issue or they have a suggestion that may make things better, i’m all over hearing it.”

For more information about the Social Club and their upcoming events, visit them on Facebook at “Social Club!” or by visiting their website at www.collegehillsocialclub.ca.

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War brides: a fading piece of Canadian history

Stephanie Kelly Special to The Brunswickan As the ship approached the lights of the Halifax coast, Doris Lloyd knew she had never seen anything so beautiful.

It was November 1944 when the 22-year-old began her journey from England to Plaster Rock, New Brunswick.

During the Second World War, some women found love amid war-torn Europe. They became known as war brides- the women who left their homes and traveled across the ocean, following the Canadian soldiers who stole their hearts. Doris was one of these women.

Most Canadian war brides are now in their late eighties and a week doesn’t pass without word of one passing away.

Although they made fade away, one group is keeping their stories alive.

Canadian War Brides and Families is a new group based out of Saskatoon. It hopes to become a national association that brings together war brides and their family members.

Organizers plan to hold a national reunion in Saskatoon in 2011.

The group was created after the Saskatchewan War Brides Association was dissolved last May. At their last reunion, president Jean Fells proposed the idea of a national, family based group.

Letters and e-mails have made their way across the country to publicize the group. There is interest from British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario and New Brunswick.

Saskatchewan was the first province to form a provincial association of war brides in 1976. Within a decade, every province had a provincial association.

The New Brunswick War Bride Association held its last reunion the first weekend of October. The group ended, because members no longer had the time or energy to organize events.

Melynda Jarratt is a historian and creator of the Canadian War Brides website.

“It’s sad to see the end of that organ-

ization, but the spirit still lives on. The women are still there,” she said.

By the end of World War Two, Canada became home to more than 43,000 war brides and 21,000 children.

Eighteen hundred war brides settled in New Brunswick.

The majority were from England, including Doris.

She was born on Jun. 7, 1922 in Yorkshire England and joined the British Air Force at 17.

“I was always one that wanted to be on the go,” she said, “so when the war started, a friend and I decided ‘well, let’s join up,’ so we did.”

Doris was stationed in Kenley, a town South of London. She worked mostly in offices and for the first few months, and saw little combat.

“Everything was quiet for quite a while,” she said, “now and again you’d see a plane up in the air, chasing another one- a German plane, but no bombs much falling.”

It was in September, 1940 that the war truly started for Doris.

“All of a sudden, the siren went, which meant head for the dugouts,” she said. “When we stepped outside, you couldn’t see the sky from black planes dropping bombs on us.”

She paused before continuing: “It was a terrible, terrible Sunday afternoon.”

Doris recalls waking up one morning to find the base full of Canadian soldiers.

“It was thrilling,” she said with a laugh. “I mean, we were only young.”

Doris was 19 when she met Ralph Lloyd, a tall, dark-haired soldier from New Brunswick.

He asked her to the movies and she agreed. The two were married that December.

By 1944, the Canadian government noticed the sudden increase in marriages among Canadian soldiers.

“There would be so many [war brides] wanting to come back straight

Just like Doris Lloyd, Frances Munroe (seen here with her husband H.B.) was one of the many war brides that crossed the Atlantic. Now organizations like Canadian War Brides fight to keep their legacy alive.

Submitted away, as soon as the war ended,” she said, “so they were trying it out with a few war brides at the same time to see how they could manage things.”

In November 1944, Doris came to Canada with her 16-month-old daughter, Anne. Her husband was fighting in Italy at the time.

After spending 12 days on a ship, she arrived at Pier 21 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

“When we did see Halifax, it was the best sight I’ve ever seen I think,” she said. “They had lights on and we hadn’t had a light on for years and years, everything was in black at night, because we weren’t allowed lights of any kind.”

Anne Withrow, Doris’ daughter, says she would like to be involved in Canadian War Brides and Families and thinks it is important for war brides and their children to work together to preserve history.

“I just think it’s a piece of history that’s worth keeping alive for their children and grandchildren and I think it’s nice to have that connection,” she said.

Melynda Jarratt has high hopes for the organization and thinks it is time for the younger generation to get involved.

“The fact that the children in this Canadian war brides and families

association that’s starting up, want to pick up the torch, I think it’s fantastic,” she said.

She feels the younger generation has a lot to offer the organization.

“We’re young … we’re connected,” she said. “We can phone the media, do the Facebook thing, do Youtube videos and make it popular.”

For Jarratt, Canadian War Brides and Families is a way to keep the spirit of Canada’s war brides alive.

“The war brides are an integral part of who we are as Canadians,” she said.

“They are cultural icons, Canada’s sweethearts and they will live on forever.”

Healthy eating on the menu for campus nutrition workshops this month Sean O’Neill Staff Writer There are two more installments left in the Fuelling ‘U’ Nutrition Seminars for this semester.

The themes of the discussions revolve around eating healthy in the dining hall and strategies for students to maintain a healthy weight.

UNB dietitian Ellen MacIntosh puts on the seminars. She said UNB is really fortunate to have a dietician on campus for 15 hours a week because there are so few on campuses nationwide.

The previous two topics in the series were regarding proper vegan/vegetarian dieting and how to eat better on a budget.

MacIntosh decided on the topics for the discussions through the opinions of the students and what they wanted to learn about.

“I have gone into residences,” said MacIntosh, “and given talks in the past but to make things efficient, we’re trying to do this centrally.

“I said to our manager, ‘we have a captive audience and if we round them up they’ll be there.’ So I’m open to delivering these [seminars] in a way that is helpful to students.”

According to Stats Canada, in 2004 23.1 per cent of Canadians aged 18 or older, roughly 5.5 million adults, had a body mass index of 30 or more, which is labeled obese. Body mass index calculates the estimated healthy body weight of an individual based on their height.

Obesity can help cause cardiovascular disease, diabetes and increased rated of cancer particularly colon, rectal and prostate cancer in men and cervical, ovarian, breast and gall bladder cancer

in women.

MacIntosh worries that many of the UNB students will fall into the obese range after they graduate.

“I feel so bad,” said MacIntosh, “when people come here to get a degree and we are sending them off to live 60 pounds heavier than when they came.

I’m thinking, ‘wow, let’s just shorten their life’ to be blunt.”

MacIntosh said that the life of a student, especially one who’s away from home for the first time, is not conducive to maintaining a healthy lifestyle.

“They’re at a turning point in their life,” said MacIntosh, “all of a sudden they’re preparing all this food for themselves and they never cooked before.

They’re confronted with time restraints.

Sometimes a lack of routine, sometimes you’ll have wide-open days when you’re

busy for two or three hours, but the rest of the day your meals can blend in to the lack of routine. So there’s lots and lots of barriers.”

One of the tips that MacIntosh has for healthy eating is what she calls the 80/20 rule, where you try to eat healthy 80 per cent of the time and the other 20 per cent you can eat what you want.

“What people do,” said MacIntosh, “is they try to do perfectly and then when they have a human moment they throw in the towel and say ‘I’m useless at this.’ So their commitment is gone because they’ve already said that they’re bad at this. So allow forgiveness, allow yourself to be human, allow some flexibility.”

MacIntosh notices there are healthy and unhealthy choices in the meal hall and said eating properly comes down

to will power.

“They have more prepared vegetables in the salad bar than I have in my fridge,” said MacIntosh.

“The thing about the dining hall [is that] I don’t have to walk to my kitchen everyday and decide whether to or to not eat French fries. So you have to make a conscious decision and say, ‘OK, if I eat deep-fried foods and if I eat dessert every day, I’m not going to maintain the weight that I am at.’”

For more tips on how to stay healthy, the seminar on eating healthy in the dining hall takes place on Nov. 15 and the lecture on healthy weight strategies is on Nov. 28. Both are from 1 to 2 p.m. in Room 024 of the C.C. Jones Student Services building. You can also book an appointment with the dietician by emailing her at emacinto@unb.ca.

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Be sure to visit the cenotaph near tomorrow, Nov. 11, to pay your respects to the brave souls who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country. Andrew Meade / The Brunswickan

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I wear a poppy as a reminder of how thankful we should be for every day we are given to pursue something new and worthwhile.

The service and sacrifice that many young men and women have made, including many who attended UNB, are an inspiration to all of us to always aim higher and strive to leave things better than we found them.

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We wear our poppies proudly in respect to those who have fought bravely for this country and its citizens. Words cannot express our gratitude for the sacrifices made by the valiant men and women in uniform.

Their commitment then and now is admirable to the highest level.

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Because war is a terrible thing, people die because of it and it brings grief. We should remind ourselves that people put their lives on the line everyday.

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It is in respect of the WWII veterans for all the good work they did for the modern generation. I think it is important to recognize the contributions of those in the war as well as give money back to the Legions.

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I wear a poppy out of respect for those who gave their lives in defense of our freedom during previous wars and conflicts, but also for those who are engaged in armed forces peacekeeping activities in overseas conflicts today. Remembrance Day is a great reminder to be appreciative of the peace and freedom that we enjoy in Canada and also of the sacrifices that have been made to attain that freedom.

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I wear it in remembrance of all the soldiers that fought for Canada and to recognize all they have done.

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Lost Canadians: claims don’t match the facts Dear Editor: The editorial “Lost Canadians: the biggest story you’ve never heard” contains factual errors that create confusion about a serious subject.

Our government has taken significant and concrete action to help all of the “Lost Canadians” including making significant changes to the law in 2009. I challenge Mr. Chapman to tell us how he has determined there are hundreds of thou-

sands of “Lost Canadians.” This figure is sensational and cannot be substantiated.

I also challenge Mr. Chapman to explain how he determines that Canadian law has left a multitude of stateless babies.

This is also sensational. His example of a baby born in Japan to a born-abroad father and his Canadian wife is false. The child would be a Canadian citizen under both the 1977 law and the law amended in 2009.

In addition, the information given

by Mr. Chapman in regard to Senator Dallaire and certain other cases does not match our records.

It is true that many people will be turning 65 in the next few years and some will be asked for a proof of Canadian citizenship when they apply for pension benefits. This does not mean they are not citizens - just that a certificate that proves citizenship is required before benefits can be received.

I only wish Mr. Chapman had more regard for the facts than fear-mongering that hundreds of thousands of Canadians are about to lose their citizenship.

The Honourable Jason Kenney Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism

YND offers voice in politics Emily Tompkins Submitted For the many students who felt their voices were not heard in the recent election, you still have the power to make a difference.

The UNB/STU Young New Democrats (YND) are hosting a series of Movie Nights this November. If you are tired of seeing the same old blue and red colors going in and out of government that do not listen to the needs of the majority, then it is time to stand up with a party that makes the voices of their constituents a priority; the New Democratic Party. As Tommy Douglas so eloquently described in his The Story of Mouseland where mice continually vote cats as their leaders: “Look fellows, why do we keep on electing a government made up of cats?

Why don’t we elect a government made up of mice?”

It is time for a change and the youth of New Brunswick hold the future in their hands. On Oct. 6, 2010, Student Beat’s opinion editorial in the Brunswickan wrote “It’s scary that people are suggesting that we can only have a say at election time,” and the YND agrees. Election time is not the only chance students have to make a difference. By joining the YND, students have the opportunity to get involved in local politics and to make their voices heard, not only to other students but also to the public and the leaders within and outside the party.

The New Brunswick NDP struggled when popular leader Elizabeth Weir stepped down as leader in 2004, but they gained ground and doubled their popular vote in the September 2010 election. Party organizers – all of them, incidentally, in their twenties – understand that a strong youth wing will help build party momentum and complement its

modernizing process.

The YND is inviting all students to attend their Movie Night Series. If you would like to people with your interests, learn more about the NDP and then please join us. Each Monday night in November there will be a speaker along with the film, a discussion period and even free pizza. The series will be held in Brian Mulroney Hall (STU campus), room 204, at 6 p.m. for each of the above dates.

On Nov. 15 is The Deal, a drama which takes a close look at the affiliation between the two men who dominated the British Labour Party for the last 20 years. Dominic Cardy, who ran the last NB NDP Campaign, will be the speaker.

On Nov. 22 we are showing Poor No More, a film that offers solutions to Canada’s working poor with UNB professor and previous NDP candidate Tony Myatt as our speake

Sex and love and magic Kay Sex Columnist Sex and love. Love and sex. Is there an order to the age-old question that works better? Should we hold out on sex until we fall in love? Or should we test out our sexual chemistry and see what comes of it? Questions that tug at your underlying values and level of horniness no doubt.

Is this even a question that research can contribute too? Of course it is! So what does the evidence tell us?

Let’s start with love leading to sex.

Abstinence based sex education programs are based on this premise, as are most religious ideologies, and the basic values that parents tend to want to transmit to their children. The idea is obvious: sex is a special activity that we should share with only those people we are in love with.

Some of you are nodding your head yes, some of you are laughing out loud wondering where is the sex columnist going to go from here. Truth be told, sex is typically better when you are in love. People in relationships report more frequent sexual activity and greater sexual satisfaction than individuals not

in relationships. Now I am implying that people in relationships are in love, which is not always the case. But if we look at the characteristics of relationships, researchers have shown us that relationship satisfaction and sexual satisfaction are closely linked – people who have better relationships have better sex lives. But none of this research is causal, meaning the reverse is true as well: people with better sexual relationships have better relationships overall.

So maybe it’s sex that comes first?

Sexual compatibility is a major contender in decreasing or increasing problems in relationships. By sexual compatibility I’m referring to a fit, or match, in not only what you want to do in bed (or out of bed) but how often you want to do it, where you want to do it, how you want to do it, etc., etc. When mismatches occur, tensions rise in relationships causing strains that can interfere with all other aspects of the relationship. But this is in relationships – this isn’t telling us anything about sex coming before love.

Sex, whether it be intercourse, oral sex and/or caressing causes chemicals such as oxytocin and dopamine to be released

into the brain. Many animal researchers argue that dopamine is associated with feelings of euphoria and intense craving; similar to what you feel when you are first falling in love. Additionally, these chemical changes make us feel happy, excited and connected which we associate with the person we are with. More positive feelings and fewer negative feelings contribute to relationship development and stability. Basically, the positive feelings we get from being close to another person, touched by another person and aroused in the presence of another person makes us like that person more. So sex is a love drug.

So sex can help create bonds, and bonds create better sex and better sex creates deeper bonds and better relationships, and all of these things together probably result in love. At the same time, love is marked by all kinds of key ingredients that can create comfort, trust, desire and intimacy. Many people consider these ingredients essential in order for satisfying sex to occur. So love leads to satisfying sex, which leads to stronger feelings of love. Seems to me whichever path you take is an uphill spiral.

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When life’s too much A look at the psychology behind suicide

Jillian Courtney — The Sputnik (Wilfrid Laurier University)

For many young people, the overwhelming weight of the world on your shoulders and the stresses of the day to day grind can be too much too handle. Christine Hallman found that out first-hand. Illustration by Bridget Parker/The Sputnik BRANTFORD, Ont. (CUP) — Not knowing Christine Hallman, it’s hard to imagine how dark her past is. Sitting across from her at a table in a crowded restaurant, she laughs and smiles as though she hasn’t a care in the world. But just over a year ago, Christine was fighting the nurses who were trying to save her life.

It all began when she was in Grade 10 and had just been diagnosed with depression. Throughout high school, Hallman had been put on four different anti-depressants, none of which made her feel any better. She admits to cutting herself during those years, though says she never had any intention of actually trying to kill herself.

But last May, she just couldn’t take it anymore.

“I was just overwhelmed after going on a missionary trip [to Peru], and just not having the job I want and not being able to pay the bills,” Hallman said.

She woke up to find herself in critical care. She had overdosed on sleeping pills and her heart had stopped. The doctors wondered whether she needed to be transferred to a psychiatric ward, but “they thought I was too innocent for that,” she said with a laugh.

After her first stay in the hospital, her doctors forced her to see a counsellor, but Hallman found that her psychiatrist did nothing to help.

During Easter of last year, Hallman found herself back in the hospital telling nurses to back off.

She had overdosed again.

All Hallman can remember is throwing up, tubes running into her and the doctors forcing her to take charcoal to help her stomach absorb the pills. She laughs about it now.

“Everything with a chalky taste I can’t eat, because it reminds me of it. It was gross.”

After both ordeals, Hallman found a majority of her friends and family didn’t know what to do or say to her. Many of them overreacted when she mentioned she was thinking about suicide and threatened to call the police, her parents or the hospital. But for Hallman, this didn’t help. “[It] made me scared of them and [made me] back away from them; that just made me want to shut down and not talk to them.”

She believes her parents didn’t really know what to do with her.

Hallman has been to many different counsellors, but has yet to find one who actually made a significant difference in her life. They weren’t all bad. Hallman says that bits and pieces of what certain therapists said or did helped, but none were ever enough on their own.

She thinks counsellors need to find a way of actively changing someone’s life — not just talking to them, but actually going out and doing positive things with their clients.

“They need to figure out how to deal with a person like me.”

She found that the friends who were there for her, the ones who were available to talk and to listen and the ones who let her cry when she needed to, were the friends who helped her the most. Many of the people that helped Hallman through this ordeal were people at the church she attended and the ones she felt she could call at anytime and ask for advice.

She says she found solace in “people who have been through it and aren’t scared of it. If it’s handled properly, it’s not scary.”

But what is it that makes someone want to hurt or even kill themselves?

Chris Alksnis, a psychology professor at Wilfrid Laurier University, says a number of factors can contribute to a person wanting to end their life.

These can be mental health problems, such as depression or schizophrenia, or substance abuse and outside pressures. To people with suicidal thoughts, nothing feels like it’s going right and they cannot picture a brighter future for themselves. When they reach that breaking point, the only option they may see is suicide.

“It can be an incredibly stressful, traumatic event ... but other times it’s not always clear,” said

Alksnis.

Canada does not have any governmental program in place to help those who are dealing with depression and suicidal thoughts, so those affected need to rely on personal support networks.

Primary prevention involves helping people learn coping skills and teaching them to look for the positive aspects of their lives. Removing certain items like razors and knives from a suicidal person’s possession is another option.

In Britain, a suicide trend developed in which victims were using the gas from ovens to take their lives, so their electric counterparts replaced gas ovens, says Alksnis.

Therapists try to assess the risk of a second suicide attempt when working with people who have survived one already. After determining the level of safety, they begin to deal with a person’s mindset.

Alksnis says therapists work at getting to the roots of why individuals wanted to die in the first place and seeing if afterwards they are grateful to still be alive. Things like the loss of a child or partner can make someone believe nothing good remains in their life, and these experiences can lead them to believe they would be better off dead.

However, Alksnis points out experiences don’t always drive a person to suicide. The feelings of helplessness and hopelessness that are often the biggest contributing factor make it “hard to pull them away from the brink.”

When dealing with a person who has either attempted suicide or been affected by someone who has committed suicide, people often try to be hands off or respectful, says Alksnis. This doesn’t always work. They will want to talk through their grief, and not allowing them to do so can isolate them.

She suggests taking the lead from the other person and offering to be there for them if they feel they need to talk, saying “the bottom line is, you can’t make it better, all you can do is be there for them.”

Alksnis feels education about suicide in schools could help raise awareness about the issue and lead to better suicide prevention techniques in the future. Currently, there is a resistance towards education about suicide in schools, especially at younger ages where teens are more likely to be thinking suicidal thoughts.

Alksnis says schools need to make it OK to open up the conversation. Those suffering from suicidal thoughts need to know they aren’t different for feeling that way and that getting help doesn’t make them weak. There is a general fear that if teachers begin talking to children and teens about the thoughts they are having, they will plant seeds in their minds about suicide, but this is simply not true.

“If somebody wasn’t thinking about it before ... they’re [still] not going to think it’s a great idea,” she said.

In an email interview, Paul Reifenstein, residence life co-ordinator for Laurier’s Brantford campus, outlined the training residence staff receives in order to deal with suicidal students.

“We were very excited to be able to provide the team this year with SafeTalk training during our August [training] camp,” he said.

SafeTalk is a program that teaches community leaders how to recognize the signs of suicide. The point of this training is to teach the residence staff how to open up the conversation about suicide and to teach them how to respond to the variety of students they may deal with in the upcoming year.

There is more that can be done to raise awareness about suicide, but Alksnis believes that there are changes being made, with many university counselling centres offering resources to those who need them. The best advice she can give on helping a friend in trouble is being there for them to talk and to “make those opportunities.”

As for Hallman, she says, “Don’t overreact, but know when it’s gone too far and when to ask for help.”

Currently, she is working towards making good friendships and getting into some sort of social work. While she still struggles with depression, she is more at ease now.

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Let everyone know whats on your mind.

“Remembering the veterans and what they have done for us.”

Ethan Pierce

“Its Very important to me.”

Sarah Reynolds

“It’s a celebration of heroes.”

Cassian Ferlatte

“Freedom.”

Alex Cook

“Remembering the vets and thanking them for their losses.”

“Remembering the veterans.”

Dagan Buote

Nicholas Landry

“Freedom, I always go to the ceremony.”

“Remembering what veterans lost for us.”

Stephanie Hamilton

What does Remembrance Day mean to you?

Nathan White

“History.”

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Rankins: I feel the same way too

The Rankin Family (in their current form) have been recording records and touring together since the late 1980s. Over the course of their twenty-odd years together the talented family have earned multiple awards ranging from ECMAs, to Junos and Canadian Country Music Awards. Christian Hapgood/The Brunswickan.

Alison Clack Arts Editor I didn’t know what to expect, being one of a handful of 20 somethings in a more mature audience.

It’s been a long time since I felt like a youngin’ while attending a concert, but I was pleasantly surprised by the vitality and passion of the audience I was surrounded by – hell, they were more into it than most of the hipster-filled shows I’ve ever been to.

I have to preface this review by saying

that I’m not the biggest Rankin fan. I don’t dislike them by any means, but beyond the songs I heard from my parents growing up and a few select friends who like them I couldn’t tell you much about them. What I do know now, however, is that they are one incredibly talented family.

The Rankin Family played this past Sunday, Nov. 7 at The Playhouse to a sold-out show. And the packed house was a seriously impressed one. The Rankins received a standing ovation for both their original set as well as their encore.

It’s no surprise why they received a

standing ovation though. I’d already decided they deserved one by the second song.

Harmonies might seem unimpressive in today’s music climate with the chronic (over) use of auto-tune and other mastering techniques on records, as well as lip-synching in highly produced live shows. However, The Rankins proved what some oldfashioned talent and hard work could bring to a live performance.

The three sisters, Cookie, Raylene and Heather blended their voices beautifully. No one sister stood out over the

other and I was equally impressed by each of them – even jealous (I wish I could sing with the power and confidence they displayed).

Singing perfect harmonies seems almost old hat for the three sisters and their brother, but they still brought a lot of fun to the show. The family switched back and forth between songs chatting with the audience, always entertaining and never keeping the changeover too long.

Stories ranged from what they’d done that day to back-stories about a drunken granduncle singing “Mull

River Shuffle” to them when he came to visit on ‘holiday’.

The audience also got in on the fun with pride-filled calls from Cape Breton natives in the audience to their stars on stage.

The final song of the show, “You Feel the Same Way Too,” had the audience on their feet, clapping and singing along to the classic.

The show was impressive to say the least. I may not have entered the show a Rankin fan, but I left it feeling just as strongly about the band as everyone else in the audience.

New Brunswick’s murderous past comes to the big screen This year’s Silverwave Festival NB Feature hits close to home

Matt Belyea Arts Reporter Halloween has come and gone but its spooks and scares have stuck around.

A fascination with New Brunswick’s notorious past led to this year’s NB Feature at the Silver Wave Film Festival. United States native Jackie Giroux co-wrote and directed the film Plaster Rock: Terror On The Tobique that premiered last Sunday.

The film was inspired by a list of New Brunswick murders that have taken place over the years.

“We came across a gentlemen – well, I guess he wasn’t much of

a gentlemen - he had murdered a couple. The police had caught him and they let him go. I interpreted that as somebody who was very clever and cunning.”

No one was able to figure out how it was done. From there Giroux wanted to figure out how to take the story a step further. It occurred to her that these New Brunswick killings were being committed almost magically. This idea sparked the plot for Plaster Rock and led them to use an actual magician as their killer.

“I thought, what if he was a magician? I put an ad on Google and then I started talking and calling magicians,” explained Giroux.

She ended up using illusionist Peter Loughran, who does a chain trick in the film that he developed for Criss Angel.

The film was shot in December 2009 over the course of nine days with a cast of almost entirely New Brunswick actors.

After the first scene Loughran, playing Roger Cormier, haunted the woods where he murdered a young couple. He invited a group of people who have wronged him in his life to stay at a cabin that he’s set with traps.

Each person was awarded a $25,000 money order to participate in what they think is going to be an outdoor competition. After arriving, they real-

ized the competition is non-existent and the only thing they will be competing for is their lives.

Giroux has produced over 10 feature films and admits that thrillers are the highlight of her career.

“When you start something, it kind of sticks with you always,” says Giroux.

She’s the director of three films, including Coo Coo Cafe a satire on media networks which was also filmed in New Brunswick.

“New Brunswick has the best locations; you can drive an hour somewhere and have a completely different look.”

She commented on the work ethic of New Brunswick actors and crew

members and their ability to come to the set without an ego. This along with the incredible support she has received contributes to make New Brunswick a great place for a filmmaker.

“I was here in 2007 and the films have gotten so much better,” says Giroux about Silver Wave.

This year’s Silver Wave feature sparked laughs and some well earned chills. Giroux celebrated the end of the festival by going to see the closing Gala Feature titled Dog Pound before she headed back to work at Global Universal Pictures.

Giroux contends that New Brunswick is not just a scary place, but also a great one as well.

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Reel Rock Film Tour brings some of the best in climbing films, featuring locations and climbing routes from around the world, to various cities around the world..This year will mark the first time Reel Rock comes to Fredericton. Reel Rock Film Tour Matt Belyea Arts Reporter

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Josh Lowell has found a way to blend the two things he’s most passionate about; rock climbing and film.

He’s been making climbing films since 1997 and finds that their creation and production is a great way to stay connected to the sport he loves in the face of an aging body.

Over five years ago Lowell embarked on a journey to India where he and others religiously filmed their climbing experiences. From that trip they release a DVD titled Pilgrimage, which showed the immense demand that there was for climbing film. With this in mind Lowell and partner Peter Mortimer set their eyes on bigger things.

“We launched Reel Rock five years ago, I think we had 50 shows or so and it’s just been growing hugely ever since,” says Lowell about his rock climbing film tour.

The Reel Rock Film Tour is an internationally run event that brings the best in rock climbing to local screens. This year’s tour will include six short films that cover a wide variety of climbing styles and unconventional ways of filming them.

“There’s something for everyone to latch onto,” says Lowell describing the

broad appeal of the films.

This year is the fifth anniversary of Reel Rock and the first year that the tour will be making its way to Fredericton. Christian Hapgood is UNB’s Rock and Ice VP External and has taken on the responsibility of organizing and hosting Fredericton’s inaugural screening.

“It’s more than just climbing, well it is just climbing, but the videos are going to be amazing and I recommend anyone to go.”

Hapgood has been climbing for just over a year and is on the rock every chance he gets. He recognizes the importance of things like the Reel Rock Tour and their contribution to the climbing community.

“The climbing community is the main driving force behind what UNB has for climbing,” says Hapgood.

His efforts to strengthen that community are reinforced in his participation with Reel Rock. It’s people like Hapgood who have a passion for the sport that make it accessible to everyone else. Lowell agrees stating that it’s a global community.

“Climbers who are doing road trips and traveling to different climbing areas, crashing on each other’s couches, speaking different languages, all that stuff is done through the lens of climbing and I think the film tour is adding to that.”

The footage Lowell is able to get is spectacular and his ability to capture

man in his natural habitat is outstanding.

“I think that climbing has some of the best film making in the world right now,” comments Hapgood reflecting on the challenges directors face and the creativity it takes to trump those obstacles.

Lowell points to the great metaphor that presents itself in climbing as the symbolic journey of man against himself. It’s something that has grown into a terrifying occupation and one that is being pushed by every new generation.

“15 years ago when I told people I was a climber the only thing they could think of was Mount Everest, now when I say I’m a climber to any random person they say ‘oh, my nephew had his birthday at the climbing gym;’ they know what it is,” says Lowell proud to have contributed to that change.

UNB Rock and Ice Climbing Club has received funding from the UNBSU to make this year’s Reel Rock screening free of charge, as well as some support from Radical Edge.

The Reel Rock Film Tour will be held at the newly renovated MacLaggan Lecture Hall which seats over 350 people. The event kicks off at 7 p.m. on Nov.19 showing some of the most outrageous and extreme moments in climbing.

Its cutting edge quality and top notch climbers are sure to put on a show, and that’s for reel.

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this week in arts.

Ani DiFranco @ The Playhouse Nov. 10, 8p.m.

Sonic Concerts will be bringing legendary singer songwriter Ani DiFranco to The Playhouse Wednesday night. The artist, who has released over 20 albums during her career, will be performing with a full band. Tickets are $51.50.

Jill Barber @ The Playhouse Nov. 17, 8 p.m.

Jill Barber will coming to The Playhouse this month accompanied by Michael Kaeshammer. The two performed back to back shows at The Playhouse during last year’s Harvest Jazz and Blues Festival to a very impressed audience.

Don’t miss it again. Tickets are $37 in advance, $42 day of the show.

Hungry Hearts @ The Cellar Nov. 19, 11 p.m.

Locals Hungry Hearts will be joined by Ottawa natives The Love Machine for the two’s tour stop in Fredericton. The Belle Comedians will be the opening acts for the night.

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Chatting with a legend BronweN The Brunswickan There’s a musical force to be reckoned with heading for Fredericton.

Singer-songwriter, outspoken feminist and activist Ani DiFranco will be performing at The Playhouse in Fredericton on Wednesday, Nov. 10.

She graciously gave me some of her time to answer questions on politics, the long road travelled and her music.

BronweN: Red Letter Year is much more peaceful than your previous recordings.

Ani: My husband marked a beginning of a new era for me and then we had a kid, so now of course the whole family vibe has just brought a lot of peace and balance into my life that didn’t used to be there. So now it makes it even better to sing the overtly political shit too, cause I think when somebody has a sense of balance behind their voice, it’s easier for people to ingest the political opinions and messages.

BronweN: You’re one of the few singers out there who is always looking at the political landscape for inspiration. Do you think that Obama has been an effective president so far?

Ani: Well, I mean, not as effective as a lot of us were hoping, but it’s hard to gauge. I tend to try not to put all of that on his shoulders just because if you step back and look at what he’s up against it’s just literally insane.

BronweN: Okay, so if you could put one item on Obama’s agenda, what would that be what you’d ask him to do?

Ani: I think that also forefront in my mind is this ‘green revolution’ that he and so many others have given lip service to. I think that we need to start acting

kooking with karlie Karlie Hanoski

Pasta

Garlic and Olive Oil with

It’s the beginning of November which means all of those assignments we’ve been putting off all semester are fast approaching their due dates and that

mhwing / Flickr CC on it. The rest of the world is gonna dust us in terms of sustainable technology and we’re gonna be purchasing it from them, and meanwhile just sort of plowing dumbly forth on this path to destruction. I live down in New Orleans now and for weeks on end; the smell of burning oil is in the background of our everyday life. The atmosphere of impending doom is inescapable. So (the environment is) really in the forefront of my consciousness because of where I live and just because of the fact that I’m just so aware now that I’m surrounded by a very unsustainable culture, society.

BronweN: Can we expect a smell of burning oil on your next album?

Ani: Yeah, you sure can. This album that I’m just about done with - just wrapping up the final mixes and there’s a lot of political songs. I think that just being on stable ground in my personal life allows me now to look outward even more and so there’s some pretty hard core shit on this new record - I’ve been challenging myself to be even more candid.

BronweN: You began a career of creating community over 20 years ago.

What would you change if you could go

back and do it all again?

Ani: I tout imperfection for my own good because when I look back at say, my recorded canon for instance, I have a lot of regrets. I think that on one hand the imperfections and the eccentricities of these recordings that I made, almost on my own, are interesting but I do wish on the other hand that I had reached out more beyond my very limited sphere and invited more collaborators into the studio to help me.

I think there’s something about a lot of my early recordings that unless you have an appetite to hear a sometimes angry, sometimes desperate young woman entering the realm of her own feminism and just struggling in society for respect and for some sense of personal power ... you’re not going to be necessarily invited in by those recordings. So, I think that along the way if I had had other mediating voices saying, ‘alright, okay, that’s cool but let’s try to slow it down,’ or ‘let’s try to speed it up’ or ‘let’s try to do this or that’ or just translate what I do to record, that would have been cool because again it’s all a learning process.

means lots of late nights and junk food.

But before you reach for that box

of Kraft Dinner, why not try this delicious dish? It’s just as easy, just as fast and is so much better for you. It substitutes refined starches and plasticpowder-cheese -stuff for fibre, protein and healthy fats which will help you focus and power through your papers.

2 handfuls whole wheat spaghetti 2 cloves garlic, minced 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil (or enough to coat pasta) Desired seasonings to taste (I like dried basil, a little dried oregano and dried chili flakes) Salt and pepper to taste Bring a large pot of water to a boil (be sure to salt the water to help season the pasta). Add the pasta and cook it according to directions. While the pasta is cooking, in a saucepan on low heat gently sauté the garlic and seasonings until softened (low heat is key here as garlic will burn quickly if you aren’t careful). Once the pasta is finished cooking, drain it and toss with the olive oil and seasonings, and add salt and pepper if desired. At this stage you’re ready to eat but if you like you can add some grated cheese as well.

Happy cramming! *This also makes a great side dish!

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Reds sweep Sea-Hawks in double-header

Christopher Cameron Sports Editor After splitting their opening weekend of regular season on the road, the women’s volleyball team was home for their only two home games of the first half of the season.

The Reds took on the Memorial University Sea-Hawks in a doubleheader weekend, two important wins for UNB with a tough schedule upcoming.

In their first match of their weekend the Reds pulled out a tight one 3-2, going five sets in their first three regular season matchups.

After a 25-18 loss in the opening set in Saturday action, the Reds came back winning two straight sets 25-16 and 25-21 to take a 2-1 lead. In the fourth set UNB found themselves down 20-9. Rookie Taylor MacDonald was up to serve, helping get the Reds back in the match, getting nine straight points before MUN took over winning the fourth set 25-22 to send the match to a fifth set.

First-year middle, Celina Abba felt the team was slow getting on their game.

“I think we started off pretty slow, but picked it up. We needed to regroup and we were able to do so,” said Abba.

In the fifth set the Reds took the early lead, with MUN coming back to lead 8-7 when the teams switched sides. The teams traded points until UNB finally took two straight points to go up 11-10, keeping the momentum going on to win the final set 15-11.

“It was an ugly two and half hour match. I don’t how, but somehow we got out of there with a win,” said UNB head coach John Richard.

In game two of their doubleheader, the Varsity Reds came better prepared to take on the MUN team that gave them a run for their money the day before.

The Reds dropped MUN in three straight sets (25-21, 25-20, 25-22) to pick up two wins on the weekend. Coach Richard knows his team brought a completely different game

The Reds women’s volleyball team dropped MUN in two straight matches at home over the weekend to improve their regular season record to 3-1.They are in action on the road next weekend in Halifax with games against Dal on Friday and SMU on Saturday. Andrew Meade / The Brunswickan to the table Sunday.

“We were much cleaner today and executed much better,” he said. “We really wanted to make a few adjustments and really get the ball to our middles and pass the ball better, and

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I thought we did that really well.”

He is impressed with his team’s effort, especially with fourth-year middle Tanya Paulin on the bench until after Christmas. Richard says they want Paulin to have to injury

trouble when she is back in regular play.

“We have shut down Tanya until Christmas just based on her surgery in August,” said Richard. “She missed the first five or six matches in exhib-

Will the Bombers be able to defeat Dal in the AFL semi-final to give themselves a chance at the Moosehead Cup?

Christopher Cameron

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Josh Fleck

No. Injuries have plagued the Bombers all season and in their final game of the regular season the injuries were still nagging at certain players. If the team was healthy they would succeed, but they do not have enough healthy players to win. There will be a new AFL Champion.

I think they’ve got what it takes. As the season progressed, the club seemed to gel together and their defensive players really stepped up their play. While the offence is still something to be desired, the defence should keep them in the game. They key is putting up a few points on the board early and bazinga! The D will take over and they’ll have a shot at repeating as champions.

The Bombers have played fantastic football on the road this year.

They are 2-1 on the road, and that one loss was a 5-3 defeat at the hands of the undefeated Seawolves. There is no doubt in my mind that the Bombers will roll into Halifax and romp all over the Tigers. The defense is the key to the game, if they play the way they did against the Seawolves, they will be unstoppable.

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ition and then played in our tournament and played well. We went away for league play it just wasn’t there. The injury was resurfacing so we have to get that straightened out.”

With Paulin out that means rookies MacDonald and Abba will find more time on the court. MacDonald knows there has been some adjustments to make to compete at this level, but is finding her groove.

“It is tough getting used to the level of play, but I think I’m slowly adjusting and getting there,” she said.

“I have a lot to improve on, but there are some good things to build on.”

Abba feels they do not have any pressure on them with the help of some of the senior players on the team surrounding them.

“This is no real pressure I don’t think,” said Abba. “We have a strong team and it is a great opportunity to play. We have great girls that are out there to support us (MacDonald) since we’re rookies. It is good to have people on the court like Jill and Erica that keep us organized and pumped up. Erica is a great talker and Jill is a great leader on the court as well.”

Fifth-year player Jill Blanchard gives credit to the strong play of both Abba and MacDonald.

“They’ve absolutely exceeded all expectations this year coming in,” said Blanchard. “Selena having a starting middle position is just huge and Taylor coming up with huge digs down the line for us right when we needed it. They went above and beyond.”

The Reds next action is next weekend on the road against Dalhousie and Saint Mary’s.

Erica Hay believes the wins this weekend are huge going into their games on the road.

“It was a really positive thing because our league is so tight,” said Hay. “We played four league games and this was the first one we won in three [sets], the other three were in five. So, that puts us at 3-1 and that’s pretty good going into Halifax next weekend. If we can get another couple big wins before Interlock, I think we’ll be looking good for the first term.”

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Dal has made the semi-finals in their first season, proving they are a good team. The Red Bombers have experience behind them and after an up and down season, the Bombers are looking to head to the Moosehead Cup and make a statement while getting there. I’m saying Red Bombers 30-7 over the Dalhousie Tigers in the semis.

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Keys to success in the CIS

Stienburg, Thurston and MacDougall discuss what makes their programs so successful

By Christopher Cameron - Sports Editor

In a nation where hockey is at the forefront of sport, three programs have stood out in the national spotlight in men’s hockey over the past six seasons.

The Saint Mary’s Huskies, winners of last season’s CIS national title and the past two AUS championships have shown in recent years they deserve to be amongst the top in the nation.

The Alberta Golden Bears have a tradition of excellence in hockey. Winners of 13 national titles and last season’s runner-up, they are hands down the dynasty of university hockey.

Of course the UNB Varsity Reds could not be left out of the mix, a team that did not see national success until about 1997 when they were the runner-up to the Guelph Gryphons. The following year they won their first national title and since have gone on to win two more in 2007 and 2009.

In order for these programs to succeed it has to start somewhere. A team can have a Cinderella story, but generally that is met with demise the next season.

Trevor Stienburg, head coach of the Saint Mary’s Huskies knows there are some easy answers to where this success starts, but execution of this is not as simple.

“There are some really easy answers to that. You need to have good players,” said Stienburg.

“Recruiting is epic in this. You have to constantly be trying to bring in the best players and the best people. Amassing talent can be done, but amassing good teams can be a little bit different. I think there are two sides to getting a player. You need a good player and a person. I don’t think you can sacrifice a lot on either.”

The University of Alberta Golden Bear’s head coach Eric Thurston feels the success starts with having a good staff, but school tradition also plays a role.

“I think obviously a strong committed staff helps,” said Thurston. “There is a word that is not used in pro-sports anymore, tradition. I think it plays a big role. I think universities still bring that into play. I also believe the players selected in university hockey are different too in that you bring in players that you’re trying to develop over five years. There is no trading. If you don’t like a player you have to work with them and build a program with them in it.”

Both Stienburg and Thurston know where the success of their program begins, but to know when the team is ready to compete on the national level is a different story. With four conferences it can be hard to know where your team lies as there is no play between conferences in the regular season.

UNB head coach Gardiner MacDougall knows the AUS is a good measuring stick, but attributes his ability to know where his team is at to exhibition play against teams the Varsity Reds do not see on a regular basis.

“I think the AUS has proven to be the top conference in Canada,” said MacDougall. “We know there are good teams in other conferences across Canada, but the parity and the high-end competition is right here in our backyard. We need those tough opponents to get better. Our biggest help to compete at a higher level has been the NCAA competition. With a minimum of three games a year we have seen parts of our game we have been lacking in or have really excelled at.”

Thurston echoed MacDougall in discussing competition outside of their home conference.

“We certainly weren’t on the top of our game when UNB came out here for some pre-season games,” said Thurston. “It is all a measuring stick. I think when you bring in players that come for the right reasons and you get players that have good time management skills. When we bring in players that have a strong foundation academically and experience whether it’s in the WHL or throughout Canada they’re going to have a good foundation to them and we know we can more easily build on that, but more cross-Canada competition would help with the strength of our programs.”

In order to succeed not only does a team need skilled players, but a system that works best for the players on the roster. This is where the coach comes in to what the coach does, to build this structure. Thurston has had tradition from prior coaching staffs to draw his nationally strong system.

“I think the one nice thing at Alberta is I haven’t had to invent it,” he said. “With the tradition of outstanding coaches in Clare Drake, Bill Moores and Rob Daum, I am drawing from their same

Above (left to right) Trevor Stienburg and Eric Thurston coach two of the more successful programs in recent seasons in the CIS. Submitted.

Gardiner MacDougall has led the UNB Varsity Reds to two national titles behind the bench. He will look to lead the team to another title this year as they host the University Cup in March at the Aitken Centre. Andrew Meade / The Brunswickan experiences and their same systems and philosophy of a Golden Bear program that is built more on developing people. Winning is a byproduct of that. I am trying to build people and the vehicle I’m using is hockey.”

Stienburg believes the coaching method is important, but, even with the most skilled players, unless they follow the program the team will not succeed.

“There are a lot of different coaching methods and in the end you have to deliver one message, but your players have to buy in,” he said. “If you have high talented players that don’t want to buy into a team concept then you may have difficulties no matter how good a coach you are. I feel I have done quality coaching with some teams that did not have everyone buying into what I was teaching. At that point you are just trying to send players on a voyage, but they’re all taking a different direction.”

Another major point made by all three coaches was the role of goal setting in their program being successful. This ranges from individual goals, to team goals and the coach’s goals.

Stienburg knows every player wants to win the national title, but sometimes goals need to be kept in check.

“I think you need to get that reality pill and see where you are,” he said. “If you are only scoring two and a half goals a game, you cannot just say we’re going to score four. You may not be able to muster that offence. You can’t dress a duck up in an eagle costume. Just because a guy moves to the first line doesn’t mean he’s going to be as effective as a guy from the year before.”

The similar situation goes for UNB, with team goals taking the forefront.

“It has been a big part of our success,” said MacDougall. “The team is a priority and the greater success we have as a team, the more successful a team has the more individual success that takes place. Our philosophy is excellence and development. I think the record speaks for itself and the development does as well.”

One of the final and main points all three coaches made concerning the success of their program was being able to deal with the turnover of players each season as players graduate. Being able to continue success with some seasons where potentially half your team graduates can be tough.

Stienburg finds it is a major challenge for SMU to rebuild unlike UNB or Alberta.

“I believe this year is one of those years,” he said. “It is a challenge for us now to try to regroup with a different bunch. I’m not sure we have replaced some of the guys (that graduated), where I think UNB has. I find those teams (UNB and Alberta) don’t rebuild, they reload. It is the same concept with us, but I think now we have to rebuild a little bit because we are not sure we have the offence we had the last two years.”

Thurston feels that the program at the University of Alberta is never truly taking a step backwards when they lose players and have holes to fill.

“Your system may change but your philosophy doesn’t,” said Thurston. “You look at filling the holes of graduating guys and then you put players in situations you feel they will be the most successful, they can gain confidence and try to foster and develop that on a day to day basis in practice. I take the philosophy of we’re never rebuilding, that sounds like a step backwards. I say we’re reloading and these are the expectations we have and we’ll try to put that into place.”

MacDougall knows that tradition has made filling those holes easier each year.

“Last year we had ten rookies, we didn’t end up where we wanted to go, but had a great regular season,” he said. “I think that is the tradition and the leadership of the group. We recruit players that want to be the best they can and our best is better every time. We’ve got great players that come here every year and it has made it easier for us to fill a graduating player’s spot.”

Although these three programs have been a top the rankings in the CIS in recent years, other teams do step up the odd time, but after implementing all these things into their programs they have shown they know what to do to be successful.

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It protects you. Do you protect it?

Swimmers make splash at Acadia

Your skin is the first organ to protect and fight for you, but are you protecting it?

Amy Page Staff Writer It is the first protective organ to every vital piece lying below it. It is tough, radiant and unfortunately often disregarded. It is the largest organ of the human body. It is your skin.

Many individuals don’t realize that your skin is one of the number one protector against pathogens and excessive water loss.

Your skin plays a role in sensation, regulating temperature and insulation amongst many other things. So, why is an important organ overlooked the way it is?

Most of a university student’s existence in New Brunswick is spent in the winter months, all the more reason to take control.

There are a number of things to remember on how to protect and keep your skin healthy and glowing.

A very big and overlooked health tip for more than just your skin is the need to drink water. The average person should drink six to eight 8-ounce glasses of water every day (approx. 1.9 litres; this number should be increased if participating in any sort of fitness routine). Though this is a well known piece of information, many individuals do well to drink two or more glasses of water a day.

By drinking water it can cleanse out the impurities and hydrate your skin to aid in the reduction of acne and wrinkles, while also hydrating your dry skin from the affects of winter air.

Another important factor in your skins health is a balanced diet. Many foods carry the necessary antioxidants, fatty acids and vitamins your skin needs to stay health and young looking. Certain fruits and fish, green leafy vegetables, mixed nuts and whole grains (as well as a number of others) can enhance your skin’s natural glow and health. Also,

Your skin is one of the most important organs, but at the same time is often not cared for properly.The Brunswickan looks at ways to care properly for your skin and what are some of the harmful things that happen to it. Evil Erin/FlickrCC exercise on top of healthy eating habits can boost that healthy glow.

An important and ignored fact to healthy skin is the need to avoid too much sun exposure. Of course, most individuals crave that sun kissed tan, but to what extent are they willing to get it?

Skin cancer is one of the most common types of cancer and can be caused by overexposure to the sun. When your mother lathered the sunscreen on you as children it was not without cause. Make sure to wear sunscreen anytime you plan on being out in the sun for an extended period of time, this can even include during the winter. Tanning beds may give you the look you desire but make sure to do your research before climbing in without the proper skin protection.

One of the most disregarded areas of skin is feet. You don’t need to get a pedicure every

month, just try paying more attention to the two things that carry you everywhere you go during the day. Try soaking your feet in warm water once in a while (not for to long), or applying lotion before bed (not between the toes) and putting socks on to achieve that super soft feeling. Lastly, give your feet the well deserved foot rub after a long day at work or school.

Lastly, rejuvenate your skin by finding that healthy facial routine or exfoliation that works for you. Most importantly make sure to get at least six to eight hours of sleep each night. This can help decrease stress, which plays a huge part in the health of your skin.

Unless you desire stress lines, dark circles under your eyes or wrinkles, make sure to remember your need for sleep.

Take charge of your skin and its protection since it spends all of its time protecting you.

Brian tackles the flu Brian Savoie Sports Reporter It’s flu season. The flu or “influenza” is a generic term given to a virus family that most people are quite familiar with.

Getting the flu when we were younger meant at least a day off from school, now it means falling behind on assignments, papers and projects. Who needs runny noses, sore throats, aches, pains and nausea when exams are just around the corner? Cold and flu season is upon us.

Today the flu is rarely more than an inconvenience to the average person, but there was a time when it was quite deadly. In fact influenza outbreaks in the past have almost wiped out entire cities. It is hard to know just when the flu jumped ship from whatever species it was hiding out in before mankind’s, but there are accounts of symptoms that sound similar to the flu going back more than 2,000 years.

The Spanish flu pandemic from 1918-1920 was incredibly devastating and is treated as a poster boy for what an influenza pandemic is capable of. The Spanish flu pandemic eventually went on to take the lives of at least 20 million people, with some estimates ranging up to 100 million. Compared to the outbreaks that history has recorded, last year’s H1N1 scare is barely a drop in the bucket, with less than 20 thousand

deaths worldwide attributed to it.

So why exactly are the winter months called the cold and flu season?

Well it has nothing to do with the cold and everything to do with the heat. The increased frequency in flu cases during the winter months is directly attributable to the fact that most of us spend much more time indoors in heated and relatively humid environments. This mixing pot of tightly packed human hosts and heat is the perfect setting for the influenza viruses to spread like wildfire.

Jane Phillips, a registered nurse, weighted in the causes of the flu and who is likely to contract it.

“The elderly and the young are the most susceptible to getting the flu and experiencing more severe symptoms.

People with compromised immune systems or with other chronic illnesses also have higher risks associated with becoming infected.”

“The flu viruses are adaptable and generalists and can spread through a range of sources, from direct contact with another person, coughing, sneezing and from the surface of objects,” said Phillips.

She continued on recommending that you should be washing your hands regularly and to avoid sharing things like drinks, lip gloss and food.

To date the only effective way to

combat the virus is vaccination.

“Getting the shot is key to fighting the flu. Definitely go for it,” said Phillips.

Once you get the flu there is little else you can do but ride it out.

“Take care of yourself and avoid spreading it, stay inside. Tylenol can also help,” recommends Philips.

It’s also important to remember that even though at one point the flu was a serious infection to get, nowadays it doesn’t really warrant a doctor’s visit.

“Unless you’re in a higher risk group like the old or young, you really don’t need to see a doctor,” said Philips. “The average duration of the flu is one to three days and unless your symptoms are severe or persisting for significantly longer than that, there’s nothing a doctor can do.”

On the bright side of things, once you do build up the antibodies for fighting that one particular strain of the flu virus, it could be years before your body is in danger from that particular strain.

Unfortunately there are enough flu strains to keep our bodies busy fighting them for the rest of our lives. The key message of this all is that regardless of how healthy you keep yourself, getting sick is a reality and until we find a true cure for the flu, we’ll have to deal with a few days of joint pain and headaches a year.

Chloe Johnson of the UNB women’s swim team is shown above at the Jack Scholz Invitational at Acadia University last weekend.

UNB’s next meet is the weekend of Nov. 20-21, when the team will make the trip to Halifax for the Dalhousie Invitational.The team will continue to use these meets in preparation for the AUS Championships being hosted by Dal after Christmas.

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Reds men look to end playoff drought Sean O’Neill Staff Writer Varsity Reds men’s basketball coach Brent Baker plans on putting a picture of the Halifax Metro Centre in the team’s locker room.

Why? Because that’s the site of the AUS basketball playoffs a place that the VReds have not been since 2006.

“That’s where we want to go,” said Baker. “That’s where we’re gearing everything toward.”

In the pre-season, the Reds defeated the reigning AUS champion Cape Breton University, Saint Mary’s, UPEI and the number-seven ranked team in the country Laval, but that’s not important to Baker.

“I don’t really give two cares about the pre-season,” said Baker, “It is all about making the playoffs.”

It won’t be easy. The Reds finished 3-17 last year and have to make up 28.5 points per game after losing Michael Anderson and Colton Wilson.

While it was nice for the team to play well and get a few ‘W’s, Baker was more focused on how well the team was performing than the result of the game.

“Level of play is the most important thing to get out of the pre-season,” said Baker. “We have to get a point where winning is important but our level of play has to be at a point where it gives us a chance at success, and I think it’s getting there.

The Reds only need to jump one position in the standings to book their ticket to Halifax in March, but Baker realizes that all of the teams above him have large chunks of the roster coming back for another season.

“We’re even still probably the youngest team in the league because of that,” said Baker. “That being said, why are we

Jeff Speedy, the UNB Varsity Reds women’s basketball coach, believes that depth in the AUS this season is such that seven of the eight teams have a legit shot at the six-team playoff tournament.

What he hopes will give the Reds one of the six spots is the team’s work ethic.

“You can’t go five hours without seeing three or four of our kids [in the gym] on their own,” said Speedy.

“If I went to the store to get a Pepsi at 4:30 and had a car accident and wasn’t back in time for a 5:00 practice, and if I walked in at 5:30, they’d be busting their butt going full-speed, going up and down with me not being here.

Work ethic will not be an issue with this team ever.”

The Reds won games in the preseason over teams like Concordia, Calgary, Dalhousie, Western and Ottawa, finishing with an impressive 9-2 record before the regular season begins.

“I’m certainly pleased with our pre-

briefs Women’s basketball lose final pre-season game The Varsity Reds women’s basketball team travelled to Maine over the weekend to play their final game before kicking off the regular season against MUN this weekend on Saturday and Sunday.

They lost a close game 77-72 to the University of Maine Black Bears.

The men’s basketball team will open up regular season action this weekend as they take on MUN Saturday at 8p.m. and Sunday at 1p.m. at the LB Gym. Andrew Meade / The Brunswickan playing better this year? We’re playing better team defence, we maybe rebound a little better, but we have some good additions.”

Baker still knows that he is building a program at UNB, and the bedrock of his program is the culture he’s trying to impose which revolves around three things that the players as individuals and the team as a whole can control.

“You can control your attitude, energy and effort,” said Baker. “Those things we want to be at the highest point that we can put out in those three areas, those are the things we have to do.

“That has to be our identity because we’re a building program. We’re not a team with an established identity, we’re not anything but who we are, a bunch of blue-collar guys busting a hump.”

The Reds tip off against the only team to finish below them last year, Memorial.

The Sea-Hawks’ season begins a week earlier than UNB, as they host the defending AUS champion Cape Breton

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“They’ll have two games under their belt, so that’s definitely to their advantage,” said Baker.

Getting off to the best case scenario of two wins and four points in the first two games of the season is essential for the Reds and Seahawks.

“These guys are gonna come in and they’re gonna give ‘er,” said Baker.

“We want to go after this team… and get our season off to the right start, but it won’t be easy that’s for sure.”

If the Reds are to break the four-year playoff hex, Baker knows the things that have to improve for the picture can be a reality.

“Our team defence has to improve [and] our rebounding has to improve,” said Baker, “those are the two biggest areas of improvement that we have to make, [and] our offensive execution for sure. I think we’re scoring a lot better than we have, but those two things would be the biggest things.”

Work ethic is key to push Reds women over the top Sean O’Neill Staff Writer

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season,” said Speedy, “I don’t think any coach is ever satisfied. We’ve got some things that we need to do more consistently and some weaknesses that we have to get better for us to be the team that we want to be.”

“I’m definitely cautiously optimistic about the season and fairly happy with where we are. But you can throw everything out, how the pre-season went, because now the games count and anything can happen.”

Even with the strong pre-season Speedy believes the team’s rebounding and offensive execution is what needs to improve for the results to continue.

The identity Speedy has for the team is a team that imposes its will on each opponent. Pressuring the ball, crashing the boards and pushing the ball up court in transition are the characteristics he wants the Reds to be synonymous with.

“We want to make every team that plays us know that we’re dictating how the game is played and dictating the tempo and the style.”

“I want the other team to walk off

the court knowing that we controlled the game and hopefully resulted in us winning.”

Helping the Reds chances is the returning of 2009 and 2010 first team AUS all-star Amanda Sharpe who averaged 20.4 points and 6.6 rebounds a game. Speedy also is looking the team’s other fifth-year player, guard Leah Corby to guide the team as well as a few others who are ready for the next step.

Starting point guard Megan Corby, Melissa Foster and Laura Fowler, both third-year players, and first-year Claire Colborne are tipped by Speedy to progress.

Calgary-native Colborne led Team Alberta to the Canada’s Games gold medal in between her grade 11 and 12 years and was the leading scorer in the tournament.

The Reds begin their season at the LB gym Saturday, Nov. 13 against Memorial, who finished last season 13-7 and kicked off its season with an 80-64 win over defending champion Cape Breton.

Men’s volleyball get ready for Dalhousie This weekend the men’s volleyball team will take on the Dalhousie Tigers in their first meeting since last seaon’s AUS Championship.They will be short a player as Jacob Kilpatrick is still battling a shoulder injury suffered at the first Interlock tournament played at Laval a week and a half ago.

He is day-to-day and will train this week only if he feels comfortable.

Reds’ future faces: Virginia Peters

K. Bryannah James Staff Writer Virginia Peters is a first year psychology and arts major from Ontario. Peters, is one of the most recent athletes to join the Varsity Reds women’s basketball team, bringing her Central skill to the Maritimes.

As she sits down with the Brunswickan for the latest issue of Reds’ Future Faces, we get a glimpse into the impressive background of this aspiring athlete.

Brunswickan: Were there any other schools looking at you before for basketball, and what brought you to UNB Fredericton?

Virginia Peters: Ottawa and Carleton were two big ones [and] there were some schools in the States, but I didn’t really look at those in the States. There were some other ones further out east but once I came to the recruiting-ship for UNB I really liked it here, and I loved the team and stuff, so I wanted to come here.

B: What have you done to prepare for playing for the Reds?

VP: Well we got our workout plan in the summer, so I was doing that. I played with a local guy’s team, just random pick up stuff, and I also played with Algonquin College.

B: Did UNB recruit you directly or did you apply?

VP: No, well for club basketball in Ottawa, Speedy was there at one of our preseason tournaments and he wasn’t looking at me, but he saw me and he asked for my information from my coach and that is how we started talking, and then I just I loved it out here, so I came.

B: What assets do you bring to the team

on and off the court?

VP: On the court I find that I hustle, I’m a hustler, I’m very competitive and I hate losing. Off the court I am easy to get along with, I’m always happy and people can talk to me. I’m not some mean person.

B: How did you get into playing basketball?

VP: When I moved to Ottawa when I was ten, my neighbour – I was always tall, so my neighbour he told my parents that I should join the house league team. So my parents were like yeah, you can go do that.

Like all my siblings, we’ve always played sports and play them all year. That’s how I go into basketball, I sucked at first but I got better.

B: What success have you had in your basketball career thus far?

VP: I’ve won plenty of tournaments, on my high school team I was always MVP. I’ve come close to winning a lot of provincials. I’ve done these regional teams and I’ve played on team Ontario before.

I haven’t played on Team Canada. I did tryout but that didn’t work. What else, for these camps, I have always been on the allstar teams for those camps.

B: What kind of camps are those?

VP: You have to tryout in your region and then from there you are the regional team and then they go to either Toronto or London and there’s a big camp with all like the top players. And from there it’s kind of a tryout for team Ontario, but they stopped doing that. And there’s just like a random all-star team and those teams play.

B: How was the jump from high school level basketball to AUS ball?

VP: It’s definitely not the same, but I have played on AU teams. It is not quite university level, but its way more than high school. I don’t think it’s a big deal going from high school to university playing because I like fast paced games, like I hate slow games. I play fast paced so I don’t think it’s that big of a change for me.

B: What is the key to your success on the court?

VP: If something goes wrong I don’t freak out. I don’t usually freak out unless it’s something big. So I can stay calm if it’s a stressful situation, I’m a team player so I get the team hyped up and stuff.