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UNB cuts Bathurst nursing program Nick Murray Editor-in-Chief UNB’s Bathurst campus will flatline after 2017.

Last Monday the university informed nursing students in Bathurst that it was discontinuing the program after the class of 2017 graduates.

UNB’s Dean of Nursing Dr. Gail Storr said a big reason for scrapping the program was because there aren’t enough instructors in the classrooms and clinical placements to accommodate the number of enrolled students.

“It’s become increasingly difficult to secure [clinical] sites for the number of students we have,” Storr said, adding that having the Bathurst campus compete for open placements with NBCC or the Moncton campus “doesn’t necessarily line up in the best way with the curriculum and what the learning needs are.”

The yearly enrolment at Bathurst is capped at 26 students, but it’s been a struggle to reach the mark. Last year, only 14 students were accepted — ­ there are 53 more students ranging from second to fourth year.

Another factor in the decision was that in negotiations with the regional health authority regarding student placements, a proposal was put forth in October that students be bilingual.

“They backed down on the bilingual aspect,” Storr said,” but the latest thing that we have for them is that they wanted our students to understand French.”

While Storr assured financial reasons were not at all part of why the program is being shut down, the Bathurst program “has never been financially self-sustaining.”

“I’m responsible for Fredericton, Moncton and Bathurst, and we’ve been subsidizing the costs to run Bathurst over a period of time,” Storr said.

While the university will certainly safe money by discontinuing the Bathurst program, it’s unclear as to exactly how much.

Storr was unable to provide the operating costs of the Bathurst campus and was not prepared to discuss the finances surrounding it. A right to information request has been placed with the university secretariat for that information.

Susan Hebert started at the Bathurst campus in 1999 – she now works as the only administrator among a staff of six other faculty members – and said it was “shocking” when Dean Storr delivered the bad news the week before informing the students.

“It was unluck of the draw, I guess, that they decided to close Bathurst,” Hebert said. “The difference with nursing is that we have an instructor who can teach, say 30 students. But for those same 30 students we would need five clinical instructors.”

Part of the program includes a practicum placement in a clinical setting – like a hospital or clinic – but the instructors in the field can only teach up to seven students at one time.

Among the six other faculty members at the campus, two are on contracts

while the others have tenure. Hebert said she’s unsure if the faculty will transfer to another campus, but said she’ll have to look for another job after they close the doors.

“It’s a bit of a worry but it happens,” Hebert said. “It will be very hard to find another job that is quite like this one.

I love working with the students. It’s great. I’ve enjoyed it for 15 years and I’ll enjoy it for three more, then we’ll see where we go from there.”

But the underlying issue is the ripple effect this will have for students who may not be able to travel to the Moncton or Fredericton campuses.

UNBSU’s nursing representative Laura Carr said future nursing students in northern New Brunswick may not have as easy access to their education because of the logistics.

“I know a lot of the students are from Miramichi and they travel to Bathurst [for school],” Carr said. “So what chance do the people from the outskirts of Bathurst have to get a quality education? If I could stay in Miramichi with a low cost of rent and not have to move somewhere [like Fredericton], then awesome.”

Hebert shared the same sentiments.

“The thing I think that’s most sad about this is that we serve a neiche population,” Hebert said,”a population of transfer or mature students who, because of family commitments or whatever it may be, just don’t have the chance to travel to get an education. It’s a little sad that way.”

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Bridges Polar Dip plunges on

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Brandon Ramey The Brunswickan Residents of Bridges House are gearing up to strip down and dive in. – for their third annual Polar Dip this Saturday.

The annual Polar Dip returns this Saturday – where participants jump into a giant pool of icy cold water – with all proceeds going to the IWK Children’s Hospital in Halifax.

Whether you would like to brave the icy waters or cheer on the participants, there’s a spot for everyone. In the past there have been between 70-100 jumpers but Bridges would like to surpass that number this year.

“Due to the strike at UNB, we’ve have a lot of interest shown by the UNB community … I expect more attendance from outside the university this year as we’ve put effort into reaching the public,” said Bridges House president and event organizer, Meaghan Moore.

The entrance fee to take the plunge is $40 and anyone under 19 requires a signature from their parent or guardian. The event itself is free to attend and everyone is welcome to come watch or make a donation if they please.

The goal of the Polar Dip is to raise as much money for the IWK as possible and to have fun while doing it. In the past the event has consisted of residents, members from the general public and even some faculty.

“We’ve had a wide variety of participants although the majority of them are students from residence,” said Moore. “We have had dons participate in the past, but we would love to see more staff and faculty come out this year.”

Most of the brave participants are residence students. Among them is Adam Paine who’s jumped three times already.

“It’s just awesome seeing everyone come together from all over campus every year and it’s a really fun atmosphere,” said Paine. “Plus I actually just love jumping in every year.”

There have been speculations made about this being the last Polar Dip organized by Bridges house, but Moore assures that this will not be the last.

“Even though our house has faced significant difficulties with raising the necessary funds to hold this event in the past years few years, we are greatly committed to keeping this tradition alive in the UNB community,” he said.

Those wishing to brave the icy pool can register on Saturday from noon until 1 p.m. in the Bridges House lounge. Donations to the IWK can be made in front of Bridge’s main entrance on the quad in front of the Student Union Building.

Despite a recent rumour, this won’t be the last time students get to “dip.” Sandy Chase / The Brunswickan

College Hill shows support for LGBTQ athletes in Sochi Nick Murray Editor-in-Chief There’s a new flag flying high on College Hill.

UNB, along with St. Thomas University, Mount Allison University and l’Université de Moncton, raised pride flags last week in support of LGBTQ athletes competing at the Olympic games in Sochi.

UNB president Eddy Campbell said he got a letter from John Staples, vice president of Spectrum – UNB and STU’s LGBTQ student group – asking the flag be raised just like other provincial and municipal governments across Canada have done.

For Campbell, it was a no-brainer.

“What’s happening in Russia, from our point of view, it’s hard to believe what’s being said and what laws are being passed,” Campbell said. “For me it goes back to a letter the Brunswickan published, where one of our instructors, who happened to be gay, said something along the lines of ‘I just want to be left alone to live my life.’ ” He said that letter put the struggles facing the LBGTQ communities everywhere into perspective.

“That really resonated with me in

All four public universities in New Brunswick will fly the pride flag during the Olympics. Karsten Saunders / The Brunswickan the sense that for heterosexual people, that’s not even a question. Of course you’re left alone to live your life,” Campbell said. “But if you’re a member of the LGBT community, life is not so simple or so straightforward. Look at what’s happening in Russia.”

In the letter, addressed to Campbell and STU president Dawn Russell, Staples wrote that the gesture was a “move of support for the rights and safety” of LGBTQ athletes.

Earlier last week Fredericton mayor Brad Woodside tweeted the pride flag would fly outside City Hall, and by Friday the provincial government also raised one outside of the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly.

LA Henry, co-vice president of Fredericton’s Pride Committee, said while the gesture by the various social institutions across Canada signifies a level of social awareness that wasn’t always there, it doesn’t solve the chal-

lenges surrounding LGBTQ issues on home soil.

“There’s still a lot of bullying and a lot of people that feel the need to be closeted,” Henry said, adding it’s also important for Canadians to not take for granted the gains that have been made for LBGTQ rights.

“Especially where there’s some deep-rooted prejudices that still exist that if the landscape were to change at the legislative level then all of that

stuff would probably rise to the surface again,” Henry said.

Other schools across the country have also raised pride flags, including the University of Calgary, MacEwan University in Edmonton and George Brown College in Toronto. UNB’s pride flag will come down after Sunday’s closing ceremonies.

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UNBSU taking voting to the streets Emma McPhee News Reporter With campaigning for the UNB Student Union General Election underway, the Union hopes to get more students to the polls this year by hitting the streets.

Last year’s election saw a 17.9 per cent voter turnout which was roughly 1000 students, and the current UNBSU is hoping to increase this in the voting period that begins March 3.

“I’d like it to be as high as possible obviously, but I’d be quite happy with 25 per cent,” said current UNBSU president Ben Whitney. “The highest we’ve seen in the past few years has been around 22 per cent.”

Besides distributing posters around campus, the UNBSU will be mobilizing the voting process through a street team that will be walking around campus with iPads. There will be polling stations at the SUB, Head Hall and the science library as well.

“In past years we’ve only done one [polling station] and we’re trying to do three in an effort to get folks out,”

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Whitney said. “I think once you go up to folks and say ‘Hey, you should vote’ and then show them how to do it on an iPad a lot of folks will generally do it.”

Whitney said that having a strong student voice is important, especially next year in light of the provincial elections.

“If you’re not using your voice, you’re wasting it,” he said. “Whether or not you actually run and have a big part in shaping how things go, that’s one thing. But if you’re not even voting, you’re not even putting your input into who will do that.”

Fourteen positions did not receive nominees and were reopened for nominations on Monday.

The contested positions include both faculty and non-faculty representatives for the Student Union, five executive positions and 12 governing body seats. But Whitney said it’s the people who vote for who will fill them that are most important.

“Student Union’s not about the president or the vice-presidents or whatever,” he said. “It’s about the students who are electing people and

putting students into positions. It’s important to be able to vote your opinion on that.”

The campaigning period ends March 2 at 11:59 p.m. with voting beginning March 3 at 12:01 a.m. and ending March 7 at 11:59 p.m. This schedule is a week later than what was originally planned – another result of January’s labour dispute.

“In light of the act that in our first week of nominations there was no one really around, we pushed everything by a week,” Whitney said But the strike has also drawn home the realization that students’ voices need to be heard.

“Some might neglect [voting] but the more you realize how, recently with the strike and the change the students brought about, things can change,” said Shahla Yousuf, chief returning officer for the election. “The students can change things so this is why we want to make sure to vote.”

Voting for the UNBSU general election will take place under the voting tab on students’ e-services.

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For some people, entrepreneurship is a way to get out of the “rat race.” For others, like Rivers Corbett of Relish Gourmet Burgers, it’s a lifestyle and passion.

It was a passion that stirred him to start Relish Gourmet Burgers with chef Ray Henry, the captain of Culinary Team New Brunswick.

“I’ve been a chef for over twenty years now,” Henry said. “I moved to Fredericton about four and a half years ago and met Rivers about four years ago.”

The duo began brainstorming on a partnership project, the project originally being opening a culinary school.

“We couldn’t do it, the logistics were too crazy,” Henry said. “So we decided to try something different, and we opened Relish.”

However, the idea wasn’t immediately accepted.

“Gourmet burgers was Ray’s idea,” Corbett said. “I was initially against it, but we talked about it more and I began to see that it was a good idea, and worth a try.”

And even when the idea was accepted, there was still work to do before it could become a reality.

“Fortunately, we both have a lot of experience doing things wrong,” Corbett said. “So when it came to launching this thing, we pretty much had the formula down, and we had the capital to start up, so we did.”

Corbett and Henry consider themselves to not only be selling a burger, but an experience as well.

“We give each burger character,” Henry said. “We strived to be different from the beginning, and as a result our food product is different, our experience is different, and our service is different.

Corbett and Henry may have started

When Evan Fougere, a proctor at Tibbits Hall, decided to start a trend of spreading good deeds at the University of New Brunswick, he had no idea it would take off to the extent that it has.

It was Fougere who, on Feb. 3, brought the global fad of random act of kindness nominations, or RAKnominations, to UNB with his own version – UNBnominations. The hashtag has since taken to social networks in a way that rivals the ubiquitous #strikelife from earlier in the year.

The trend, which has students posting videos on Facebook of themselves doing good deeds, continues to grow – especially in the residence community. Its popularity came as somewhat of a surprise to Fougere.

“It’s been pretty crazy actually. I think my video had over 100 likes and shares and if you scroll through the hashtag on your phone, a lot of people around campus, especially the residence community, have done it,” he said.

Fougere said the idea came to him as a way to bring something positive to campus after the weeks of worrying about the strike, and it grew from there.

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Ray Henry, left, and Rivers Corbett. Submitted small, but they’ve both been thinking big from day one.

“We thought like a big company from the beginning,” Henry said. “We re-invested a lot of money, and our goal has always been to operate 101 Relish locations around the world.”

Rivers isn’t just known throughout Fredericton as the co-owner of Relish, but for his volunteer work and philanthropy to help further the entrepreneur movements in New Brunswick.

“There used to be very little support or mentorship for aspiring entrepreneurs,” Corbett said. “It used to be that you would get sent to a banker, or an insurance agent to talk about starting a business … [Now] things are

going in the right direction, but they could be a lot farther along.”

Rivers now serves as an example, a mentor and a leader for the entrepreneur movement in New Brunswick.

“It’s my firm belief that entrepreneurs are going to save the world,” Rivers said. “Entrepreneurs create businesses, and businesses create jobs.

The road to entrepreneurship has been a good one for Corbett and Henry, and they have a tip for those who would seek to do the same.

“Ask for advice,” Corbett said.

“People who have done it are very open to sharing their tricks and tips. It’s not a secret society, there’s a lot of help out there for those who need it.”

UNBnominations continue to spread Emma McPhee News Reporter

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His initial act of taking out the garbage of residents on his floor has expanded to a host of inventive, kind initiatives around campus. These include students paying for the coffee of others at Tim Hortons, sharing baked goods and posting positive messages around the campus, among others.

Taylor Coady, a proctor at Bridges House, was among the first to receive a nomination. He said he was happy to see the nominations spread from what was initially a project among proctors to a campus-wide movement.

“I had hoped that it would grow as much as it has,” he said. “I did not expect it to; I definitely did not expect to still be seeing it pop up every now and then.”

Krysta Skentelbery, coordinator at UNB’s Residential Life has also been following the UNBnominations. She said that she was not surprised by the trend’s popularity.

“I was thrilled to see the random act of kindness nominations from UNB students circulating on social media,” said Skentelbery.

“I think that most students enjoy the videos. Because these nominations got a big push in residence by residence proctors, a large number of the videos feature residence students. I think it’s

great timing; RAKnominations are a bit of sunshine in the otherwise dreary month of February.”

The concept of RAKnominations began as a spin off the highly popular drinking challenge called neknominations which has been dominating social media and raising safety concerns.

Ben Whitney, president of UNB’s Student Union, received a UNBnomination and used it to help out at Fredericton’s community kitchen. He said he was glad to take part in something which demonstrated that students are interested in more than just chugging beer.

“I think it’s a good way to put a positive spin on something and take a negative social media trend and turn it into something that can actually be used as a force for good,” he said.

Although the UNBnominations have been making the rounds for over two weeks, the fad shows no sign of slowing down as long as there’s someone willing to spread some kindness. It is still proving that a small gesture can make a difference.

“I think it really affect students by showing that when a person decides to do something different, it can catch on,” Coady said.

Some members of UNB’s Best Buddies at their bake sale last week. Submitted Andrew Martel Business Manager UNB Best Buddies has been making some friends over the last seven years.

Being the longest running university chapter in New Brunswick, UNB Best Buddies is a group that matches students with people in the community that have intellectual disabilities, with the goal of building a stronger community.

“Our ‘buddies’ usually range between 20 and 50 years old,” said Jill Breen, one of the club’s co-presidents.

“Our aim is to try and get people in the community more involved and develop friendships.”

By using pairs, it’s easy to form friendships and develop a relationship based on trust. “[Working in pairs] tends to work very well with people with disabilities because they can quickly learn to trust that one person, and open up to them,” said UNB Best Buddies co-president Natasha Larivée. “We just ask for students to be a mentor, hang out with [their ‘buddy’] and give them support.”

With the semester winding down, UNB Best Buddies is planning some events for the summer to start raising funds for the upcoming year, and to raise awareness of their group. How-

ever, there is one more local event in March, happening at Chapters in the Regent Mall.

“Every year, Chapters organizes a ‘Read All About It’ event. They will open up their venue for us, where all local Best Buddies clubs and members are invited to come to talk about their experience with Best Buddies,” said Larivée.

“Some Best Buddies pairs go up and read a poem they wrote, or read something about their experience.

It’s a time to celebrate success, and celebrate reading.”

Matt St. Onge, a returning “buddy” and the “Buddy Advocate” for the club, has found his time with the UNB Best Buddies club as both rewarding and a great experience. “[Best Buddies] helps establish friendships and also give you some of the happiest times of your life. I should know, Best Buddies gave me some of the happiest times of my life,” said St. Onge.

If a student is interested in helping out their community, UNB Best Buddies hopes they consider joining them. If interested, they can be reached at: UNBbestbuddies@ gmail.com.

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Richard Kemick Opinions Columnist Did you know that after each council session, the University of New Brunswick Student Union publicly posts their minutes? No? That’s okay. Nobody reads them, including the council itself. As of Feb. 13, the council still hasn’t posted the minutes regarding the strike/lockout debate, which are arguably the most important minutes in the history of the organization.

But let us take a look at their most recently posted minutes, those from Dec. 1, 2013.

Vice-president external, Greg Bailey, put forward a motion to repeal the recommendation of a referendum on whether or not students wanted to keep paying our membership fee to the New Brunswick Student Alliance – a professional lobby group for students. The referendum question was to be added to this year’s general election ballot.

If my travels through Quebec have taught me anything, it’s that nothing galvanizes a base like a good oldfashioned referendum. Furthermore, the Student Union has a history of flip-flopping on the NBSA and a referendum would clear up the inability of the council to make a decision.

There were, of course, detractors.

President Ben Whitney does not believe in the need for a referendum to fully understand the wishes of the students because, as he stated, “I really believe that council is the best educated group to make this decision.”

President Whitney, you understand that your council exists within a university, right? And you also understand that a group of 46 out of 5726 undergraduate students is probably not the best educated group to make any decision, let alone one that deals with inter-university relations?

I assume you know this because that is why you didn’t just appoint yourself to the presidency; you respected the fact that the student body is smarter

than you and you therefore act in accordance with its wishes.

But, for the sake of argument, let’s pretend that Whitney is correct and that council is the best educated group at the university. Except we can’t pretend that for long because the vote was tabled for the following session since multiple councillors said that they did not feel prepared to vote on this issue. Residence representative, Arielle Rechnitzer, stated “I would not feel comfortable asking my constituents about the NBSA because with that comes the question about what it is.”

Arts representative, Nicole Saulnier, echoed Rechnitzer’s point: “I feel uncomfortable voting on this motion since a lot of people don’t understand what it does.”

Not only does our Student Union president severely underestimate the capacity of the student body, but he also severely overestimates the capacity of his own council.

This mentality is not limited to Whitney. Within the same minutes, vice-president finance and operations, Marc Gauvin, stated that he was against a referendum because “There’s going to be a whole lot of uneducated voters out there.” Once again, Mr. Gauvin, I would encourage you to go to the entrance of campus, look at the sign, and read the word that comes immediately before “of New Brunswick.”

If students do not know what is going on with the NBSA, or even that we are a part of the NBSA, it is because we have not been properly informed. If only our student fees paid for someone whose job it was to tell us about stuff like the NBSA. Because, I mean, that would be really embarrassing if someone did have that job and were accepting their paycheques despite the hard evidence that they are doing terribly.

Like, that would be the worst.

Really terrible.

Well actually, it turns that job exists: the vice-president external, Greg Bailey.

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Mr. Bailey vindicated himself from the fact that nobody knew shit about what was going on by arguing, “I like to think that it’s sort of a ‘no news is good news’ thing. If I’m not talking to you guys hopefully I’m off working getting stuff done.”

Yes, Mr. Bailey, “hopefully” you are “getting stuff done.”

If no news is good news then your job obviously has no relevance. Forgive people for not knowing what the Student Union does anymore when the Student Union itself does not know what the Student Union does anymore.

Council’s minutes are full of little gems, like at one point Oliver GormanAsal, the law representative, openly admits that when he was on council last year he voted to push the referendum back a year because “Maybe I thought I wasn’t going to run this year and that’s why I did it.” Typical Gorman-Asal, always letting the lols roll.

But the underpinning ethos of the entire session is that the UNBSU could really care less what they say or do because we don’t care either.

It is with soul-crushing irony that the Student Union, a once noble idea, has mutated into a mirror image of Eddy Campbell’s administration, and in doing so has come to symbolize what hinders this university.

The UNBSU’s incestuous upper echelon consistently takes advantage of youth apathy, internalizing and exploiting it. Hence their position of “neutrality” during the strike actually being one of “Please blindly protest and we’ll still pretend like you’re contributing to the outcome.”

Finally, and perhaps most debilitatingly, the governance of the Student Union has become a stepping stone for those who have much loftier goals.

During the strike, one of the things that the UNBSU executive showed us all was that they are solely interested in the shine and shimmer of their own professional images and have thus adopted the attitude of “If I don’t piss

UNBSU president Ben Whitney, left, sits in on a council meeting Alex Walsh / The Brunswickan anyone off I can probs get into UofT’s MBA.” Last year’s election saw a dismal 17.9 per cent voter turnout. Furthermore, the vast majority of seats were run uncontested – including three of the four VPs’ as well as the president’s.

The 2008 Zimbabwean election was a better representation of democracy.

However, both president Ben Whitney and VP external Greg Bailey only received about 90 per cent of the vote.

Meaning that, despite running against a blank page, 10 per cent of voters would rather we just burn this mother to the ground than let yet another business student grab one more resumé topper.

Yes, it is true that the entire student

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body’s indifference to the happenings of the Student Union cannot be solely attributed to the UNBSU. But, as the NBSA debate clearly demonstrates, the UNBSU’s leadership thrives on self-preservation, isolation, and actively assumes student apathy and ineptitude.

So, was the NBSA motion repealed?

Are we having our referendum? I have no idea. Council still hasn’t posted their latest minutes.

Immeditaely before publication, this story was leaked by an undisclosed friend of Ben Whitney, Greg Bailey, and Marc Gauvin. UNBSU has since updated its webpage with recent minutes along with the dates of when future minutes will be posted.

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“USA, because it feels good to beat them at anything and I enjoy watching Patrick Kane lose.”

“USA, so we can remind them who is best.”

“USA, because USA vs Canada has always been my favorite match up to see.”

“Botswana. Just because.”

“I could care less . . . it’s just a game.”

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The Sochi Olympics are a gift to the Western world.

Not only have they given journalists and athletes the opportunity to bond over how traumatic it can be when a hotel is comically below standard, it’s also given us the opportunity to crow over how backwards Russia is.

I mean, Putin! And gay people can’t marry! In Soviet Russia, the jokes make themselves!

Many countries have taken advantage of the opportunity to show how progressive and modern they are by donning rainbow attire. In Canada, rainbow flags have gone up in institutions across the country, including Fredericton’s own City Hall as well as here at UNB. It’s a waving, brightly-coloured symbol of love, hope, and nauseating hypocrisy.

See, the thing is, everyone’s digging the bash on Russia right now. They ban gay marriage, promote violence against LGBTQ-identified people, have laws against gay “propaganda” and notoriously punish citizens who oppose them.

And people are very right to criticize these laws and the people upholding them. But in the rush to make snide, 140-character comments about Sochi’s dirty laundry – and by “dirty laundry” I mean “blatant human rights violations” – we’re failing to look closely at our own.

Yeah, sure, gay people can get married in Canada. But LGBTQ people, and particularly LGBTQ youth, are vastly overrepresented in the homeless population, disproportionately victims of violence and abuse, and at an increased risk for mental health issues.

Transgender people – that’s the “T” in LGBTQ, along with two-spirited – are particularly excluded from the conversation surrounding LGBTQ rights.

This isn’t just a matter of bathroom signs and hurt feelings. 238 transgender people, the vast majority being trans women of colour, were murdered last year solely for being trans. Trans people are vastly more likely to live in poverty or be homeless, and nearly half of all trans people attempt suicide at some point in their lives.

Raising the pride flag does little to address the issues here at home Karsten Saunders / The Brunswickan This does not sound like the utopian image of an LGBTQ-positive Canada that the rainbow flags suggest.

Just last week, Avery Edison, a woman who happens to be transgender, was denied entry at the Toronto airport for reasons that were not gender-related. However, because the was trans, she was misgendered and sent to a men’s detention solely because Canadian border officials, and the government they represent, are ignorant enough to believe that a person’s genitalia is relevant to the conversation. It should also be noted that Edison’s legal identification, including her passport, say she is female.

Edison was later transferred to a women’s prison, and then allowed to return to the United Kingdom. Although Edison’s particular story has a ‘happy’ ending, she herself points out she had advantages – that being white, speaking English, and having almost twenty thousand Twitter followers – that many women in similar situations might not have.

Edison’s treatment is indicative of the Canadian government’s stance on transgender equality. For a country that seems to pride itself on its moral superiority to LGBTQ-hating Russia, Canada sure seems to have no problem with transphobia.

Bill C-279, introduced by NDP MP Randall Garrison in 2011, sought to entrench “gender expression and gender identity” into the Canadian Human Rights Act, to be included alongside

protections against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender, race, and religion, among others. If Canada were truly the open-minded LGBTQ haven it claims to be, the bill would have been seen for what it was – a protection against discrimination for transgender Canadians – and passed without much concern. However, that was not the case.

The infamously dubbed “bathroom bill” soon gained national attention as Conservative MP Rob Anders insisted that the ruling would allow sexual predators to access women’s washrooms under the guise of being transgender.

Anders is not alone. There are many large groups, such as the “Real Women of Canada” and “Canada Family Action,” who threaten the realization of the bill.

The bill is currently in the second reading in the Senate, while many transgender Canadians continue to face daily discrimination in their professional, social, and personal lives.

The thing is, problems like these are swept under the rug when the conversation is set on mocking Russia and glorifying the free, progressive, magical nation of Canada. The self-congratulatory patriotic rhetoric encompasses the conversations and leaves no room for anything that might actually improve the lives of LGBTQ individuals, either here or in Sochi.

Flying a rainbow flag over city hall doesn’t hurt, I guess.

But it sure doesn’t do shit to help.

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Politicians in the spotlight

ARTS arts@thebruns.ca

Marc Gagnon Staff Reporter Politicians can be a never-ending source of laughs – as anyone who’s been following the Rob Ford saga can attest.

In Theatre UNB’s new production, Generous, our government is played for both comedy and tragedy as humanity’s fundamental goodness is put to the test in a series of four interconnected vignettes.

Featuring everything from a blooddrenched cabinet minister to an intensely physical struggle over a bucket of KFC, Generous is sure to generate some controversy – something that the show’s director, Len Falkenstein, says never hurts.

“There’s nothing too outlandish in it . . . well, maybe I shouldn’t say that,” he said with a grin. “It’s really outrageous satire of the type you might see on This Hour Has 22 Minutes or Air Farce – only with a lot more swearing.”

Written by Michael Healey, a Canadian satirical playwright whose shows include the immensely popular The Drawer Boy and last year’s Proud, where Healey himself portrayed Stephen Harper on stage, each of Generous’s four acts are centered on an unforeseen charitable deed, seen through the lens of federal politics. However, Falkenstein says audiences won’t have to be PoliSci majors to enjoy the show.

“One of Healey’s gifts as a writer is

that he’s able to take the world of politicians, lawyers and journalists and make it accessible to anyone,” he explained.

“He really hones in on the issues and the problems that we all share.”

Few events were able to escape last month’s faculty strike unscathed, however, and Generous is no exception.

Originally scheduled to be staged at the end of January, the play had to be put on hold for three weeks. Given the tight scheduling of events at Memorial Hall, there were initial fears that the show would be bumped altogether.

But Falkenstein said that some creative rescheduling was able to save the show, and its unique 4-act structure lent itself to an expedited rehearsal schedule. ”One of the reasons we chose it was because we knew that a possible strike was looming,” he said. “The way this play is written, it was going to be easier to deal with a possible shortage of time to prepare.”

Generous is being staged by UNB’s senior acting class, Drama 3170, and Falkenstein made sure to choose a challenging play for them. As he explains, he wanted a contemporary play that would feel relevant to audiences, and found inspiration in the headlines.

“We were looking for a play roundabout the beginning of November, and that’s when Rob Ford and the Senate scandals were swapping as top story on the news nightly,” said Falkenstein. “So it seemed appropriate to do a play about

TUNB’s performance of Generous will take place from Wednesday until Saturday this week.

Karsten Saunders / The Brunswickan politics and politicians. It’s got some “I find it really challenging for me story in the second act you realize that really great characters and complex, nu- because we have a whole fight scene there’s a really poignant, dramatic story anced storylines, and those are things I and I’m not used to that,” said an behind it – what you first see is not what look for to do with this class since they out-of-breath Reuangrith. Strenuous you actually get. So it’s a really neat mix are the advanced group.” physical action notwithstanding, she of satire, comedy and drama all rolled Student actors Emily Reuangrith said the uniquely interwoven stories of into one.” and Matthew McCarthy are respon- Generous appealed to her.

Generous is directed by Len Falkensible for the epic slapstick battle over a “I do appear in one of the other stein and will be performed at 8 p.m. very dinged-up bucket of fried chicken. scenes, and I like how people will con- nightly, Wednesday, Feb. 19 through As the tiny Reuangrith sets herself nect the dots with how the characters Saturday, Feb. 22, at Memorial Hall on against the looming McCarthy, they interact,” she said. Falkenstein praised the UNB campus. Tickets ($14 regular, exchange extremely convincing slaps Generous’s writing as well, saying that $10 for seniors and the underage, $8 and slams as Falkenstein looks on – all the chicken battle does pay off in a for students) are available at the door. set to Billy Talent’s “This is How it powerful way.

For more information, email lfalken@ Goes.”

“When you come back to that unb.ca or phone 447-3078.

DocTalks Review: Bad Coyote Tess Allen Arts Reporter When Emily Mitchell’s daughter, Taylor, set out to hike Nova Scotia’s Skyline Trail in Cape Breton Highlands National Park in the fall of 2009, the threat of a coyote attack never even crossed her mind.

She had, of course, cautioned her daughter about the potentially dangerous wildlife she might encounter – bears, moose and the like – but not coyotes.

All that changed on the afternoon of Oct. 27, when the 19-year-old budding musician was mauled by three coyotes during her trek and later died from her injuries.

This tragedy, and the events that transpired in its wake, are the impetus for director Jason Young’s Bad Coyote.

The film is an insightful inquiry into the

politics – and the price – of living and playing close to nature.

In this riveting 52-minute film produced by the National Film Board of Canada, Young explores the Taylor Mitchell tragedy that not only struck terror into the hearts of Nova Scotians across the region, but that prompted the provincial government to issue a controversial bounty for dead coyotes after increased media coverage and reports of coyote attacks and sightings.

Young goes far beyond the surface of this issue. He explores the deeper problems behind the perceived threat of a new Eastern Canadian “super species” of half-coyote-half-wolf infiltrating local communities, namely the highly contentious debate over a solution.

While some featured in the film, largely trappers and hunters, argue that “the only good coyote is a dead coyote,” others, including wildlife experts and

advocates – and even the mother of young Taylor Mitchell herself – suggest that the only way to confront this alleged new menace is not to gun them down, but to learn how to coexist with wildlife.

Bad Coyote made its Fredericton debut at the Charlotte Street Arts Centre last Thursday evening as part of the 2014 DOCTalks Festival & Symposium. The powerful film had audience members gasping, cringing and even wiping away the occasional tear.

In the projected Skype call that followed the presentation, Young, a self-described animal lover, called the production of the film “an incredible, emotional journey.” It certainly shows.

Bad Coyote is Young’s third film produced by the National Film Board of Canada and will be available for download on iTunes April 21.

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Dressing up and S.H.O.W.ing off

Last year’s Fashion S.H.O.W. included performances by residents. Danielle Hillier / The Brunswickan Tess Allen Arts Reporter Some girls would kill to relive their high school prom.

Lady Dunn Hall proctor Alexa MacDonald gets to do it every year – or at least since she began modelling for Lady Dunn Hall’s annual Fashion S.H.O.W. (Students Honour Our Women).

“Everybody has a prom dress that [they] never get to wear again ever . . . [and] chances are many of the people you go to university with never got to see you at prom,” said the third-year UNB kinesiology student, who will be modelling her sister’s prom dress this year after modelling her own the year before.

“This is a fun way to get all dressed up and support a great cause. It’s my favourite section of the show.”

It’s also one of the newest.

The formal wear section of Lady Dunn Hall’s annual fashion fundraiser for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation is just one of several recent additions set to make this year’s event the best ever.

Now in its 19th year, the long-

standing fundraiser showcases everything from the latest in Fredericton fashions – which are loaned by local stores and modelled by UNB students like MacDonald – to entertainment by local artists, with all funds raised going toward the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation.

It’s an evening that proctor Hunter Kelly has looked forward to every year since she “accidentally” modelled for the event during her first year at Lady Dunn Hall.

“One of the girls dropped out and I was the only person who could fit into her clothes and was willing to dance,” said Kelly with a laugh.

“A year later I was organizing it.”

While Kelly will not be organizing this year’s event, she will indeed be participating, this time by modelling her house’s merchandise. But it’s not the clothing that keeps Kelly coming back.

“The [main] goal since it’s a fundraiser is to raise money [but] I find it brings our house a lot closer together,” she said. “[Also], you don’t want to mess with tradition. If it’s going well you might as well keep it going.”

Lady Dunn Hall vice-president

Denise Porter took over the reins of this year’s event. Set to showcase attire from stores like Sport Chek, Boathouse, Subtowne and East Coast Lifestyle – not to mention the emcee stylings of Lady Dunn Hall alumni Lee Thomas and Nicole Johnston – Porter has high hopes for this year’s show.

“We’ll have a section for each store and in between sets, we’ll have different performances. We also have a guest speaker from the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation,” said Porter.

“It’s for a really good cause [but] it’s also a lot of fun.”

This year’s Lady Dunn Hall Fashion S.H.O.W. will take place at UNB’s DKT cafeteria on Saturday, Feb. 22.

Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. with a $5 admission – $15 less than years prior.

It’s a change MacDonald hopes will encourage more students and alumni to attend.

“This year we’re giving students much more of a financial [break],” she said.

“The more people who come out, the better we’ll do and the more money we’ll raise.”

Consume is an exhibition by Allison Green.The pieces depict various addictions, created using addictive substances such as cigarettes. It is currently on display at the Charlotte Street Arts Centre. Karsten Saunders / The Brunswickan

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Songs of the week.

by Sebastian Maynard

Common – Made in Black America (feat. Ab-Soul)

THURSDAY, FEB. 20

Chicago MC Common is living up to his promise from earlier this year that he will be releasing a lot of new music, and it will all be produced by the legendary No I.D. On this latest track, Common also recruits Ab-Soul, and two comfortably exchange verses over a soul beat that features guitars, organs and a laid-back drum line. The two rappers are both well known for having insightful and conscious lyrics, and they both shine, leaving fans to decide who had the better verse, the veteran or the upand-comer.

Theatre UNB presents Generous. 8 p.m. at Memorial Hall. $8 student tickets. Check out the article by Marc Gagnon in this week’s issue!

FRIDAY, FEB. 21 Cinema Politica presents Herman’s House. 7 p.m. at the Conserver House, 180 St. John St. By donation.

Isaiah Rashad – Soliloquy Leading up to the release of his EP, Cilvia Demo, Isaiah Rashad released a short music video for “Soliloquy.” Though it lasts just under two minutes, the song was more of a statement than anything else. Rashad, who right now is best known for being the most recent signing to TDE (which features artists such as Kendrick Lamar, Schoolboy Q and Ab-Soul), raps strongly over a Farhot production. His message is clear: with lines like “I ain’t your everyday normal brother” and “don’t you put me on freshman covers,” he does not want to be just another rapper, or to be overshadowed by his labelmates.

Theatre UNB presents Generous. 8 p.m. at Memorial Hall. $8 student tickets. Check out the article by Marc Gagnon in this week’s issue!

SATURDAY, FEB. 22 Theatre UNB presents Generous. 8 p.m. at Memorial Hall. $8 student tickets. Check out the article by Marc Gagnon in this week’s issue!

Enbicon Game Convention. 10 a.m. to 12 a.m. at the Capital Exhibit Centre. $10 for a one-day pass or $15 for a two-day pass.

Karen O – The Moon Song (feat. Ezra Koenig) Those that have seen Spike Jonze’s criticall- acclaimed film, Her, might recognize this song, as it was written for the film by Karen O, front woman of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. On this alternate take, which will be released on iTunes along with the original version, Karen gets the help of Ezra Koenig from Vampire Weekend to perform a cute duet. Whether you take the song in the context of the movie, where one character is actually a computer, or that it is about two lovers who are separated from each other, the song is a slow and simple one, where the two singers trade verses and harmony, and though they dream of being “a million miles away” on the moon, it is far more believable that they are sitting together by the fire strumming away on a guitar.

UltraSounds fundraiser for Hospice Fredericton. 6:30 p.m. at the Fredericton Playhouse.

SUNDAY, FEB. 23 Enbicon Game Convention. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Capital Exhibit Centre. $10 for a one-day pass or $15 for a two day pass.

N.B. Country Showcase. 2 p.m. at the Fredericton Playhouse. $24.50 regular tickets.

Dear

always irritated with everyone and never seem satisfied. I want to help them through it and be a good friend, but they refuse to see the bright side of any situation. What should I do? I want to be a good friend, but I’m getting pretty sick of their 24/7 negativity.

Sincerely, Beam-o-Sunshine

Ari.

If you have a question for Dear Ari, email Arts@thebruns.ca with the subject line “Dear Ari,” or tweet her @AskDearAri

Dear Ari, I got “spotted @ UNB” for doing something pretty embarrassing . . . and the thing is, everyone knows it was me. How do I save face?

Sincerely, Social Media Screwup Dear Social, Being able to laugh at oneself is one of the most admirable qualities a person can have.

Never lie about what you’ve done.

People may not need to know all of the nitty gritty details, but just like in childhood, if you make a mess, you’ve gotta clean it up. If you shy away from the situation, people will get more of a kick out of it, and the

flame will take longer to burn out.

To be blunt, don’t flatter yourself.

When you think to yourself that “everyone has seen it,” define “everyone.” Just because a couple of your friends at the SUB are talking about it doesn’t mean your reputation or social life are ruined.

Remember that people are spoonfed so much media and information in the run of a day that you’ll be old news before you know it.

Affectionately, Ari Dear Ari, My friend has been super negative lately. I don’t think they’re really depressed or anything, but they’re

Dear Beam-o, I think it’s time to take five for your own sake. This time of year can be brutal for emotions, and when winter seems to drag on, it can be hard to keep a good perspective and to be optimistic.

Surrounding yourself with optimistic people like yourself could be really beneficial to your own wellbeing. It’s not that you have to ditch your friend, but it can take a lot of effort and energy to have to repeatedly try to bring someone’s mood up who just isn’t having it.

Maybe your friend needs space too. I would recommend, however, that you check up on your friend about life in general. You may not think your friend is depressed, but they may just be struggling to tell you about it. You can be supportive and open to communication without having to be the constant pick-me-up you’ve been trying to be.

And remember, “wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine.”

Affectionately, Ari

MONDAY, FEB. 24 Film en francaise: Boule & Bill. 7 p.m. at the Cineplex Cinema. Tickets sold at the Cineplex box office.

Monday Night Film Series presents: The Invisible Woman. 7:30 p.m. at Tilley Hall, UNB Campus. $7 regular tickets.

TUESDAY, FEB. 25 The Intergalactic Nemesis. 7:30 p.m. at the Fredericton Playhouse. $30 regular tickets, Student Rush tickets available.

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The men’s volleyball team fell to the Dal Tigers 3-2 in the Game 2 of the Atlantic University Sport Championships. Sarah Badibanga / The Brunswickan

Tigers defeat V-Reds in AUS championship Nick Murray Editor-In-Chief On the fifth match point in Saturday night’s epic five-set thriller between UNB and Dalhousie’s men’s volleyball teams, Julio Fernandez readied himself to unleash yet another of his signature kills.

The three-time defending Atlantic University Sport Most Valuable Player scored UNB’s first three points of the final set – all kills – but was stuffed on his next two tries. He didn’t want to let that happen again.

And with the 1,368 fans in attendance collectively holding their breath, Fernandez hammered the ball through an opening at the net, as he had a thousand times before. Only this time, it was long and out of bounds, thus abruptly ending one of the most storied

careers in UNB volleyball history.

“That last point. Wow. I really wanted to score on that ball,” Fernandez said. “It’s probably the worst feeling that you killed a game like that because your whole team is counting on you on that ball and you miss it. “[When it went out of bounds] it was like ‘OK, we’re getting the next one’ then I turned around and I saw that that was it. It was probably the worst feeling of the night.”

But give full credit to Dalhousie.

The Tigers clawed back after dropping the first two sets – in what both players and coaches described as a “hostile” Richard J. Currie Center – to win the match 22-25, 20-25, 25-21, 25-20 and 19-17, and with it, the school’s 35th AUS title.

“You could just see the commitment to every point by both teams,”

PANEL

THEY KNOW WHAT’S UP

Bronté James Sports Editor

The athlete’s brother died on the eve of the games and they can’t wear an armband to remember him? That’s simply ludicrous. The IOC said “the competitions . . . are probably not the right place to do that,” but what control do they have of where someone wants to commemorate a loved one?

Dalhousie head coach Dan Ota said.

“For a spectator it must have been an absolute dream to see something like that because matches like that don’t happen very often, anywhere in the country.”

V-Reds middle Logan Keoughan also played his last game but came up big in his swan song with 14 kills and was dominant at the net. Rookie Eivind Anderson was also a big factor at the net with a match-high 18 kills, and despite losing Keoughan and Fernandez, head coach Dan McMorran said there’s a silver lining in losing a match that close.

“This leaves a bad taste in your mouth. One of the things we need to do is savour that bad taste a little bit as a reminder that we don’t want that taste in our mouths again,” McMorran said.

“As demoralizing as that loss was, there is a silver lining that we have a fantastic

group of guys returning next year.”

One returnee who will fall into a leadership role will be libero Chhase McFarlen. He’ll be back for his fifth year and coming off an AUS libero of the year award. But Satuday, he kept his team alive when they needed it most.

After Dalhousie opened up an 8-0 run early in the third set – which was undoubtedly the match’s turning point – UNB tied it back up at 14-apiece as McFarlen chased down a live ball out of bounds, dove into the UNB bench, took out a few chairs, faceplanted on the first row of the Currie Center bleachers, kept the play alive and got right back up as UNB won the point.

But that’s as close as UNB came, albeit they had 13 deadlocked scores in the fifth set.

For Fernandez, it’s not the way he expected to walk off his home court.

“It’s the toughest loss for me in my five years here, probably because it was my last one,” Fernandez said. “But at the same time, I kind of want to show the team how it feels so they don’t have to go through that in the next few years. That was basically my goal at the end. In spite of the loss, they know what they have to work on for next year.

I’m happy for what’s left here. I know they’re going to do great.”

Fernandez said Saturday’s crowd was the biggest he’d ever seen, and to all the supporters who cheered him on over the years, he says “thank you.”

“Tonight was another night like that and I think UNB has an amazing crowd. I’m so thankful for that. It was hard for me to go and talk to people after a tough loss, but I had a lot of people come to me and shake my hand.

It feels nice.”

Do you think the IOC was right in not letting athletes wear armbands to remember an athlete’s dead brother?

Nick Murray Editor-in-Chief

This isn’t a political movement. In Sarah Burke’s case, the late Canadian skier, it’s to remember a fellow competitor. Teams wear commemorative patches, they retire numbers, have moments of silence, etc. Why not maintain these gestures in the Olympics?

Andrew Martel Business Manager

With the Olympics surrounded by logos, sponsorships, names and hidden personal messages – snowboarder’s phone number on his helmet – the least of the IOC’s worries should be an armband to remember a loved one.

cellarpub.ca

Peter Ryan Sports Fan

I appreciate the IOC as much as the next person, but I’m on the fence with this one. It’s understandable that the IOC has to draw a line on personal additions to uniform, but for a cause like this? Questionable call. Have a little heart IOC.

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“VENI. NAVATI. VICI.”

They came. They swam. They conquered.

Bringing Sochi into our lives.

Michael Bourgeois The Brunswickan

Two rookie V-Reds swimmers qualified for the 2013-2014 Canadian Interuniversity Sport championships. Dustin Silvey / dustinsilvey.blogspot.ca Bronté James Sports Editor The Varsity Reds men’s and women’s swim teams took home 19 medals from the Atlantic University Sport (AUS) championships in St. John’s, N.L. In the last eight years the V-Reds have only come out with a high of 12 medals, and last year only took home eight.

Friday saw six medals for the V-Reds.

Fourth year Kaitlyn Young won gold in the 100 m fly and teammate Kate Lantz took the bronze. Rookie Eyad Albassiouny took the silver for 100 m fly in the men’s. Amanda Greene saw silver for the 50 back and Lauren Adam got silver for the 100 breast.

Juliana Vantellingen, Sarah Lynch, Kate Lantz and Jessica LeBlanc nabbed the bronze in the 4x100 free relay.

“Maybe three years ago was the last time we won an event [with women’s] with Danielle Losier,” said head coach Robin Ferdinand. “So Kaitlyn’s win was the first one in three years.”

Six was their lucky number, getting six more medals in Saturday’s events.

Albassiouny, Young – who took two – and Adam saw silver in their individual events, and in the women’s 4x200 free relay, LeBlanc, Lynch, Young and Vantellingen took silver. Chris Garcelon got third in the 200 breast, and teammate Lantz took the bronze in the 200 fly.

They couldn’t keep their streak of six

medals a day going, but came close on Sunday with five.

Young, Greene and LeBlanc each got bronze and Adam had the only silver for individual events in the 50 breast. The women’s 4x100 relay took another silver for the medley relay.

But the event resulted in more than just medals for the V-Reds. Adam and Vantellingen each qualified for the Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) championships on Feb. 22 to 2 4. T he y are joining Albassiouny and Young who qualified for the event a few weeks prior.

“They qualif ied a b o u t 10 minutes apart, so that was crazy,” said teammate Brandon Warren. “I had to calm myself down. I was probably more excited for their races than I was for mine.”

If a team has three of one gender going to nationals – in this case, three women – CIS regulations allow them to bring one more woman to round off the relay team. Greene, who just missed the CIS qualifying time, will also be joining the V-Reds at nationals.

“I think it’s going to be a really good

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experience for her,” said Ferdinand.

“And next year she’s going to be hungry to make the standard.”

It wasn’t just the upper-years taking the race: two first-year swimmers made their names known at the meet.

Ferdinand she is excited for the coming years in swimming, having a strong first-year presence with Albassiouny and Adam qualifying for CIS their first season.

“The future looks good,” she said.

But t he one thing standing between Albassiouny and straight gold medals is Olympic sw immer David Sharpe.

“Unfortunately, really, [Eyad] is one of the top five swimmers in the AUS, but he swims all the same events as David Sharpe, who’s an Olympian,” said Ferdinand. “So it’s hard to compare.”

With AUS championships now out of the way, the team is focusing on the quick turnaround to CIS nationals – there’s only an 11-day break between meets.

They will be jamming in the metres

Unfortunately, really, [Eyad] is one of the top five swimmers in the AUS, but he swims all the same events as David Sharpe, who’s an Olympian.

”

and working on speed, then tapering off over the weekend and spending next week working on quality over quantity.

Ranked around 15th in the country, Ferdinand is hoping to have all her swimmers make the B finals – rank ninth to 16th.

“And if they can make the A final [top eight] – that would be amazing.”

Over the past two years, however, the time standards have become noticeably shorter. The 400 free went from a 4:29 time to a 4:24, the 50 m breaststroke from a 34:50 to 33:77 and Young’s event, the 100 fly, went from a 1:04:29 to a 1:03:50, almost a full second’s difference.

The standards are ranked based on the average of 16th place over the last five years.

“If we went by the standards from two years ago I think we would have nine people to qualify, but they’ve dropped down so much that we have a lot of people right on the cusp,” said Ferdinand. “So, we’re getting there, and now we have to get ahead of the curve.”

As an individual sport, she said it’s not like team sports with only a few national players sprinkled in. At CIS, all the national team members and Olympians are attending university, and will be competing, and this year will be seeing much of the 2012 Olympic team.

“It’s going to be fast.”

Four years ago we celebrated our Olympic games here in Canada. Olympic pride was felt from coast to coast, as the flame carried its way across our great country through every nook and cranny of the place we call home.

Vancouver housed one of the most memorable games in history and the best for Team Canada’s “Gold Rush”. The moments were endless from Alexandre Bilodeau’s golden run in moguls, Jon Montgomery Chugging a pitcher of beer in the streets of whistler, and how could you forget Sydney Crosby’s Golden goal!

Well here we are again, the winter Olympics, the worlds most celebrated, televised event is back and has us glued to our TVs to watch. Sochi, Russia, 8474 kilometers from our home and Native land, and I’ve never felt more connected. No its not across the country, but with a click of a mouse, switch of a channel or even a tap on my smart phone, I can be connected to every event going on, or that I missed.

The Olympic coverage is like the spark to the burning Olympic nationalism we get every time our athletes dawn the red maple leaf. Every where you go, stores, gyms and bars all have their televisions set to Olympic primetime.

People are watching these special moments anytime they can, even if it means straying your attention from work or class to watch it on your laptop.

We learn everything about the athletes from their hometown how small their bed is in Olympic village and who they are “liking” on tinder. It’s like that Canadian Tire commercial, “We all play for Canada” our connection to our athletes so far away have made us feel like we are behind them in their mission for gold.

While some may see it as a waist of money when there are so many issues to fix in our own country, I see it as a celebration, a graduation. These athletes work so hard for four years to get to that one moment, the opening ceremonies is prom, the games is the graduation, and we’re the proud parents watching every minute. Every country gathered in peace, celebrating their country through sport and I love that I can celebrate it with them.

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Young adds seven more medals to resume Tyson Hovey The Brunswickan

Before she could walk, UNB swimmer Kaitlyn Young was in the pool learning how to swim.

Inspired by her father Graham Young – who was also a swimmer for UNB – Young entered the pool before her first birthday.

“I was always swimming and found that I was good at it,” said Young.

Hanging above the pool where she practices is a banner of local swimmer Marianne Limpert – a four-time Olympian and the 1996 silver medalist in the 200-metre. With such experience and success, Limpert has become an inspiration for Young and many

other swimmers from the Fredericton community.

“She’s a small town girl from Fredericton and she made it,” said Young.

“She was a great Olympian – definitely my hero.”

Achieving success of her own, Young recently competed in the Atlantic University Sport finals at Memorial University in Newfoundland. Though she already qualified for the Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) national championships, Young hit Atlantics with a bang winning a total of seven medals – one gold, five silver and a bronze.

As she continues to compete, Young has a few tricks up her sleeve that keep her going.

“I’m extremely superstitious when it

comes to swimming,” said Young. “If I have success with a certain bathing cap or pair of goggles on, I won’t change them [and] if I do a certain thing in practice and beat a time, I’ll always do that certain thing again.”

Outside of practice, competitions and working towards her kinesiology degree, Young is very involved in the community. She coaches the Capital Region Special Olympic Swim Team, volunteers for the opal youth group, which looks after youth with disabilities, she teaches Sunday school for grade two students and she sits as a member of the UNB Fredericton Athletes Council.

Though she has a lot to do in the course of a week, Young says she likes

it better this way.

“I actually find it more tough when I don’t have practice, when my schedule is all out of whack,” said Young. “When I have that hour or two to swim in the morning and at night, it gives me a break from thinking.”

With the upcoming CIS championships in Toronto from Feb. 20 to 22, Young has prepared herself physically and mentally for the competition “It’s CIS, yes, but at the end of the day it’s just you in the pool with a time competing against yourself.”

Brandon Warren “just keeps swimming” Bronté James Sports Editor Brandon Warren can go the distance.

The distance of 200 metres, 400 metres and 1500 metres, to be exact.

“The [distance freestyles] are pretty difficult, sometimes I hate my life,” joked Warren. “But that’s my thing.”

But Warren didn’t always want to be a swimmer.

He hated it when he first started, quitting early on, but when he was nine years old he competed in a nine-to-10year-old race, won the backstroke, and didn’t stop swimming.

“It was like ‘Oh, I’m actually kind of good at this,’ and from there on it was something I always enjoyed doing.”

Reaching the age of 12, he started to get competitive. Joining the Western Valley Swim team in his hometown of Plaster Rock, N.B., he practiced three times a week and competed.

The community of just over 1,100 didn’t come with a pool and so Warren would leave class early and meet his parents, and they would drive an hour to Woodstock.

This made his nights long to catch up on homework and readings.

“It was a lot of travel, and it was hard sometimes,” said Warren.

For four years his parents would drive him to practices and games and then head home, with another hour’s drive ahead of them. When he was 16, he started driving himself, but still had to leave school earlier.

“That was kind of a big thing for and a half. A workout scheduled from competitive.” [my parents] to take on,” he said. strength and conditioning coach Ken The most recent competition was the “They definitely enjoy their time now, Morrison is sprinkled throughout the Atlantic University Sport qualifiers in but they don’t regret it at all. They said week, depending on where they are in St. John’s, N.L. because it was something I enjoyed the season.

Warren made the A finals in all his doing, so I am really thankful they Before major events they taper off events – finishing top eight in the 200 stepped up and did that.” and focus on the quality of the trainm, 400 m and 1500 m – but missed the Warren is now a third-year on ing vs. the quantity.

Canadian Interuniversity Sport league the Varsity Reds men’s (CIS) qualifying times. swim team. He said he “For me personally, it It was like ‘Oh, I’m actually has enjoyed the transition wasn’t the best meet, but I kind of good at this,’ and from wasn’t disappointed with it from club to varsity level, and loves having a pool in his at all. I really enjoyed the exthere on it was something I backyard. perience and had never been always enjoyed doing.

After contacting head coach to Newfoundland before.”

Robin Ferdinand going into Only in his third year, his first year, he tried out, made the “You’ll focus on doing everyWarren still has two years of eligibility team and has evolved immensely over thing right, but you’ll get lots of rest, in the CIS, but he says he is hoping to his time with the V-Reds. But he where usually it’s not as much rest,” graduate next year and see where to go definitely notices a difference in the he said. “So your body is much more from there. competition level.

He said he plans to keep swimming rested for those meets, which makes it “It’s not like the club level where easier to swim faster.” recreationally after graduation, and they’re just decent swimmers,” he said.

The training is paying off as Warren coaching, but isn’t closing any doors if “[Here], everyone is a good swimmer, has taken almost a full minute off of his the opportunity arises. everyone is here for a reason and every- 1500 m freestyle time. He attributes his “I plan on pursuing physiotherapy, one is really, really competitive.” growth to coach Ferdinand. so maybe, if it’s in the cards, but we’ll He also said it is much more spe“He’s the ultimate coachable ath- see,” he said. “[Swimming] became a cialized. lete,” she said. “He had never even big part of my life, because you train so “At the club level it’s a multitude of swam the 1500 m, and he’s obviously much, and you put so much time and events; here, you specialize,” said War- a distance swimmer because he’s a dis- effort into it, that it just becomes a part ren. “I did every event in club, but now tance athlete . . . I think the first time of your life; it’s what made me into the I’m a distance swimmer. Those are my he did it his goal was to be under 19 person I am today.” events and that’s what I do.” minutes, and now he’s already down Warren’s season is compacted with to 16:45, which is getting to be very intense practices, meets and workouts.

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One step at a time: Canadian courage Scott Hems The Brunswickan There’s more to wearing a maple leaf on your heart than stepping on a plane to Sochi to represent your country.

There’s pride that simply can’t be explained, a fire that exists within us that no one else can touch. Most times that fire is the difference between winning and losing. It’s not the Olympic fire that burns within the heart of the truly determined, but burning courage.

Canadians are blessed with sharing their nationality with Terry Fox. It’s well known he ran from Newfoundland to Thunder Bay on one leg, and that he headed across the country to raise money for cancer research, a run which ultimately killed him. It’s less known that when he stopped running he had tumors the size of a lemon and

a golf ball in each lung. This didn’t happen overnight; he ran with these for most of his Marathon of Hope. He ran the length of a full marathon every single day for 143 days. With his pain, followed by more harm, he trotted into the wind.

Two years ago after my life fell apart, I went for a drive and didn’t stop until Ontario. I spent my time roaming Toronto trying to find myself. Months passed by and I never came back to New Brunswick. On Canada Day, I thought it made sense to check out Ottawa. My best memory of Canada’s capital is Terry, whose bronze figure stands across the road from Parliament.

Pictures don’t do justice to the pain on his face.

Immediately, I felt his courage within me. Canada Day 2012 was highlighted for me by Terry stand-

ing tall under exploding florescent fireworks reflecting a dying sun surrounded by a Canadian sea of pride, and I’ll never forget that. Terry just wanted to go home. It was time for me to face reality in New Brunswick, and I owed it to Mr. Fox. I came back, lost weight and chased my dream from Newfoundland all the way to Vancouver. I have a picture with every statue of Terry I encountered and all have the same face, expressing courage we all possess.

We know Terry’s amazing story.

Never forget that courage is always heroic on some level. Deep down, I know he’s proud for what I did, even though he died almost eight years before I was born.

Courage has that impact on people.

You don’t need to meet someone personally to change their life. Love

and courage can ignite humanity.

Everyone has a destiny, and those with the courage to pursue it will reach it at all costs.

In Sochi right now, victory is reached by courage. It’s why the Canadian ski coach helped the fallen Russian skier.

The only thing better than coming home is coming home a hero.

Courage will ignite the flame in everyone’s hearts. That fire will never burn out if you pursue what you were born to be.

“The dark is generous, and it is patient, and it always wins – but in the heart of its strength lies weakness. Love is more than a candle. Love can ignite the stars.” - Matthew Stover.

THE V-REDS PLAYLIST

Athletes are infamous for blaring music through the locker room before a game to get them ready. Music can amp you up, and some need it as part of their ritual. This week we’re looking at what the men and women’s swim team plays to get focused and get ready before a meet.

WOMEN’S SWIMMING 1. BE FAITHFUL – FATMAN SCOOP 2. HEART OF A CHAMPION – NELLY 3. EARTHQUAKE – LABRINTH 4. THE NEW WORKOUT PLAN – KANYE WEST 5. MORE THAN A FEELING – BOSTON 6. ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER – JIMI HENDRIX 7. JUMP – KRISS KROSS 8. TEAM – LORDE 9. YOUR LOVE – THE OUTFIELD 10. TAKE ME HOME TONIGHT – EDDIE MONEY MEN’S SWIMMING 1. LEVELS – AVICII 2. S & M -– RIHANNA 4. YOU CAN DO IT – ICE-CUBE 5. BREAK MY STRIDE – MATTHEW WILDER 6. BUMP AND GRIND/IGNITION – R.KELLY 7. RHYTHM IS A DANCER – SNAP 8. TOO LEGIT TO QUIT – MC HAMMER 9. YEAH – USHER 10. BABY I GOT YOUR MONEY – ODB. 11. KRISS KROSS – JUMP