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Building a wall, one loan at a time

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Cherise Letson News Editor The UNB Student Union is building a wall.

And the bricks being used will be your thousands of dollars of debt.

The union is taking part in the “Wall of Debt” campaign along with other universities across the country that are part of the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations (CASA). Students can write their amount of debt on a sheet of paper, then place it on the wall.

“It’s an easy way to contribute to a campaign which aims to bring awareness to student debt and financial assistance as huge issues that need to be addressed,” said UNBSU president Ben Whitney.

“Affordability is still one of the biggest issues contributing to lower postsecondary access and it’s something we need to address as a fundamental barrier in our education system.”

Whitney, who was the first in his family to attend university, has his own issues when dealing with student debt.

He has accumulated around $40,000 in both public/private debt just in completing his undergrad.

“It’s been a struggle to finance my schooling and paying off the vast amount of debt I’ve accumulated is going to be difficult and definitely contributes to my stress levels in a major way,” he said.

The average student takes on over $30,000 in debt to complete this degree. Whitney said one of the goals is to get more people talking about the issue.

“We work on these issues with CASA and the [New Brunswick Student Alliance] frequently but we always want to get students more involved in our advocacy efforts and this is a great way to do that,” he said.

The UNBSU will start building their wall next week at SUB entryway by the SUB store.

Up the hill, the St. Thomas University Students’ Union started building their wall this week. Luke Robertson, vice-president education for the STUSU said the campaign will put a human face to the issue of student debt.

“It’s easy to pick out a statistic but that’s not very human,” Robertson said. “We are students who are leaving post secondary education with a significant barrier to our future success placed on our backs from the get go.”

Some of these barriers are not just financial.

“This is a multi-factor issue as well, with financial concern being a primary concern for many students and a significant contributor to mental health issues such as anxiety and depression,” he said.

Robertson said he has around $30,000 in debt and recently maxed out his $10,000 line of credit.

The UNBSU is taking part in national campaign to draw attention to student debt.

Alex Walsh / The Brunswickan “Most students who do have debt have a mix of both public and private,” he said. “Which is difficult to manage as there are far fewer mechanisms in place to help students who have private debt.”

He hopes the campaign will start a national conversation about the student debt.

“We also want students to start talking about their own debt, and see that it is something we can make some real

progress with,” Robertson said.

“Hopefully this will help prompt government to take action and work to have students better prepared for life after post-secondary education.”

UNBSU rejoins NBSA as full member Marc Gagnon Staff Reporter After months of council meetings and debate, it’s happened: The UNB Student Union is once again a full member of the New Brunswick Student Alliance (NBSA).

The motion was passed at Sunday’s council meeting, with 18-6 in favour of restoring the UNBSU’s full membership in the NBSA for the 2014-2015 academic year.

The NBSA has long been a divisive issue, with the merits of unified provincial student voice being weighed against their effectiveness in past years and its hefty $18,000 annual membership fee. Last year’s council voted to drop down to associate membership in the organization. This year’s council needed to decide whether to stay or to go.

The decision wasn’t made without much debate. UNBSU president Ben Whitney argued that membership was needed because the union could not lobby provincially on their own.

“The UNBSU cannot advocate effectively on the provincial level as a lone organization,” he said, emphasizing the NBSA’s role as an avenue for

collaboration.

But computer science representative Andrew Martel argued that an NBSA membership would “. . . create a questionable and a non-sustainable budget in the long run” and that the $18,000 could be better spent elsewhere.

Martel, who served as UNBSU president last year, also argued that most students don’t know what the NBSA is.

“The NBSA has not, nor has been for quite some time, a known name. It isn’t recognized by the majority of our students,” Martel said. “I wish that was different. I wish that had been a priority for my executive.”

He compared the UNBSU’s history with the NBSA to a rocky romantic relationship.

“Sometimes the NBSA falls short and we seem to take a break, only for us to take them back as they promise to do better, be better,” Martel said. “But it does not change. I think it’s time to break up.”

However, Whitney said the NBSA provides needed unity to student provincial lobbying.

“Staying with this organization, building it up like we have, allows us to have a level of consistency, which

The UNBSU passed a motion to restore the union’s full membership in the NBSA. Alex Walsh / The Brunswickan to government means a hell of a lot,” he said.

Whitney said the NBSA has been recognized by government to the point where political leaders approach them for platform ideas. But he also recognized the lack of visibility of the NBSA amongst UNB students, saying that council has been too caught up in internal debates to enact an awareness campaign.

“We always refer to the NBSA as

this external thing floating up in the stratosphere – we are the NBSA. We are members, and if things aren’t working we are partially to blame,” Whitney said.

Martel told the Brunswickan after the meeting that he was disappointed, but expected the result.

“There had been previous discussions about the NBSA in the past, and the majority of councillors seemed to favour what the executive felt on that

point,” he said. “So the resulting vote wasn’t that much of a surprise.”

Whitney said he’s glad that the majority of councillors saw the value of the organization.

“There were strong arguments on either point; I felt everyone stated their case very well,” he said. “I’m confident in what’s been accomplished this year, and I’m glad council recognized that.”

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GREG BAILEY

I’ve been very involved in student government this year as part of council and the UNB Senate. I enjoy policy work and have experience drafting student recommendations to senate on academic issues. I want to take that experience and focus on the big picture of post-secondary education in New Brunswick.

NICOLESAULNIER

VP External

2. WHY SHOULD STUDENTS VOTE FOR YOU? 1. WHAT MAKES YOU A GOOD CANDIDATE FOR THIS POSITION?

As an engineering student, I’m a person who likes to solve problems.

This year has been a success in my books because I’ve been able to tackle issues as VP external that will have an effect for years, and I hope to extend that to the president’s portfolio.

2. WHY SHOULD STUDENTS VOTE FOR YOU?

The UNBSU is a small organization compared to many of the schools around us: even the Mount Allison Student Union, with half of our population, manages to provide more services. I’d like to expand our mission and leave students with a Student Union that gives them a good return on their investment.

3. WHAT ISSUE DO YOU FORESEE BEING THE UNBSU’S CHIEF CONCERN NEXT YEAR?

How to make sure students have a say in what goes on in the university. One of the issues we’ve grappled with is student consultation: what counts as a fair assessment and how do we ensure that the university actually follows through on that?

4. WHAT WILL BE YOUR APPROACH TO LOBBYING THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT, ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF THE UPCOMING PROVINCIAL ELECTION?

We’ve already started by reaching out to all of the political parties with the help of our colleagues in the NBSA. The next step is going to be to spread awareness of the fact that whatever vision the different sides have for the province, it won’t be possible without a well-educated population.

by: Emma McPhee

Voting for the UNBSU General Election will take place March 3 to 7. To vote, go to your UNB e-services and click on the voting tab.

The UNBSU executive is made up of a president and four vice-presidents who represent the students within the university and at all levels of government. This year there are eight candidates, with only two running uncontested.

UNBSU 2014 GENERAL ELECTION

President

1. WHAT MAKES YOU A GOOD CANDIDATE FOR THIS POSITION?

5. WHAT WILL BE YOUR FOCUS ON INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL LOBBYING?

Externally, making sure that education is a priority in this province. We’ve already started this semester with our first Provincial Advocacy Week, but I think there’s more room for us to reach out to the community to gain support.

Internally, it’s important that we keep pushing on our accomplishments from this year, particularly international student aid.

I’m well-qualified candidate and will represent students well at every level of government. I’m already very familiar with the policies and objectives of the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations (CASA) and the New Brunswick Student Alliance (NBSA) and am ready to start working for students immediately.

3. WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS FOR ADVOCACY ON ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT?

Continued involvement in CASA is important at the federal level. They’ve had some major wins for students this year and we need to keep building on that momentum. Provincially is harder to say with the upcoming election, but we need to meet frequently with MLAs and make sure they understand what students actually need.

4. HOW WILL YOU APPROACH UNB’S NBSA MEMBERSHIP?

UNBSU’s NBSA membership status will have been resolved by council and I will have to work with council’s decision.

That said, I think NBSA membership is very important as having a unified student voice is one of the most powerful tools we have when working with the government.

5. WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS TO STRENGTHEN THE REPUTATION OF STUDENTS IN THE PROVINCE?

Building our reputation is about demonstrating that students are stakeholders who understand the issues surrounding PSE, and want to play an active role in improving the system.

The community was impressed with students’ involvement during the strike, and bringing that enthusiasm to advocacy and activism will definitely improve students’ reputation.

STEPHEN LIKELY VP External

1. WHAT MAKES YOU A GOOD CANDIDATE FOR THIS POSITION?

I love hearing students’ concerns and advocating for their interests. Also, my degree is in political science which means I focus on studying governments.

I’ve spent the past two years as an arts councillor on the UNBSU and I worked with the NBSA this year to advocate for students’ interests.

2. WHY SHOULD STUDENTS VOTE FOR YOU?

Students should vote for me because I am dedicated to improving their postsecondary education experience. I want to focus on issues that are important to them such as tuition, mental health and ancillary fees. I have experience lobbying the government and the university for students.

3. WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS FOR ADVOCACY ON ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT?

I want to take issues that concern students to a municipal, provincial and federal level. Municipally, I want to focus on transportation issues. Provincially, I want to focus on mental health. Federally, I want to focus on a variety of students’ interests to influence parties prior to the federal election.

4. HOW WILL YOU APPROACH UNB’S NBSA MEMBERSHIP?

If the UNBSU remains a member, I plan to work with the NBSA to present a united students’ perspective to the provincial government. Having said that, I also want to tackle our specific interests (e.g. provincial policy on strikes) in external lobbying since UNB is a unique school.

5. WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS TO STRENGTHEN THE REPUTATION OF STUDENTS IN THE PROVINCE?

I want to get students engaged during the fall provincial election with the issues that affect them (e.g. summer employment). I’d also like to look into a community enrichment project (e.g. a hospital fundraiser). Student involvement in the province is the best way to improve our reputation within the province.

BRUNSWICKANNEWS 1. WHAT MAKES YOU A GOOD CANDIDATE FOR THIS POSITION?

WILLIAM MACMACKIN

VP Finance & Operations

I’m committed to making UNB better for its students – I’ve been a proctor, a peer mentor, a Brunsie, etc – and sitting on the UNBSU this year as the LGBTQ rep has shown me how the Student Union can really be a powerful force to represent student interests.

4. HOW DO YOU PLAN ON IMPROVING ACADEMIC POLICY AT UNB?

I’d like to build on the work that Jenn Connolly, the current VP internal, started this year regarding mental health issues.

I’m hoping to work to make policies more accommodating of people with varying needs, especially for students with mental health issues.

5. HOW WILL YOU CONTINUE TO LOBBY THE ADMINISTRATION ON ACADEMIC ISSUES?

I think providing for students’ needs should be the shared goal of the administration and the UNBSU, and I hope that we can realize that co-operation, rather than opposition, will let us help make UNB the best it can be for its students.

LEE THOMAS

VP Internal

I bring numerous financial management experiences that I’ve gained through various leadership positions throughout my academic career. As an aspiring accountant and an ambitious leader, it is my hope to be able to use my expertise and experiences to serve the student body.

ELIZABETH (BESS) TEAGUE

VP Student Services

1. WHAT MAKES YOU A GOOD CANDIDATE FOR THIS POSITION?

I’m a driven individual with a passion for learning. I relish the opportunity to tackle new challenges, alone or with a team. I’ve been lucky enough to have my work ethic reflected through being on the Dean’s List and I know I can apply myself to this position just the same.

2. WHY SHOULD STUDENTS VOTE FOR YOU?

I care about what I get involved with. If elected and given the chance to perform the required duties, I will commit myself to learning the ins and outs of the position in order to best serve the student body at UNBF.

3. HOW DO YOU PLAN ON ENSURING THAT STUDENT FUNDS ARE BEING USED EFFECTIVELY?

I plan on working closely with the finance committee to make sure all major decisions pass through, and are approved by Council. Budgeting conservatively will also be a priority to ensure funds are available should a pressing need arise.

4. WHAT CHANGES, IF ANY, WILL YOU MAKE TO THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES?

There were issues this past year with the funding request process for the clubs and societies. I plan on revising this process with the appropriate committees to streamline the assessment of these requests, assuring adequate funding to the clubs and societies at UNBF.

5. HOW DO YOU PLAN TO GET STUDENTS TO BETTER UTILIZE THEIR STUDENT FEES?

To ensure the better utilization of student fees, a continual search for efficiencies within the budget is of paramount importance. Any efficiencies found will of course be brought to the attention of the Finance Committee before seeking final approval.

4. WHAT CHANGES, IF ANY, WILL YOU MAKE TO THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES?

The biggest focus will be on marketing the available resources to the students when it comes to creating a club or society. There are many students with an interest in doing so, but most never follow through because they are unaware of the resources and guidance that the UNBSU can provide.

5. HOW DO YOU PLAN TO GET STUDENTS TO BETTER UTILIZE THEIR STUDENT FEES?

Right now, the focus should be on creating awareness of all the services that are available to the students. Those that know of and use the services are very content; meanwhile, those that feel their fees are being wasted are the ones who don’t know these services exist.

JUSTIN LEE

I believe I would be a good fit for this position because of the time I worked as assistant chief of UNB Student Campus Patrol. I feel that I have enough experience in management and I will be comfortable to undertake the responsibilities that fall under vice-president of student services.

During my time as a UNB undergrad student, I have seen the good, the bad and the ugly of the student life experience. I can relate to the needs of my peers. I am confident that I have the right skills and enough experience to make positive changes that make a stronger community for both students and others.

3. HOW DO YOU PLAN ON ENSURING THAT STUDENT FUNDS ARE BEING USED EFFECTIVELY?

My plan is to improve the communication between the union and the student body. The goal is to bring value to the students for the fees they pay, and the only way to reach that goal is to understand and act on exactly what it is that the students want.

1. WHAT MAKES YOU A GOOD CANDIDATE FOR THIS POSITION?

2. WHY SHOULD STUDENTS VOTE FOR YOU?

Being a part of student organizations have always been a passion of mine. The idea of being a part of the positive force within a community has always been the motivation behind it. I not only bring excellent qualifications for the position, but also a sincere desire to better the student life at UNB.

I love this school; I’ve been here for 3 years and it’s been an amazing experience. But more importantly, I love the students who go here, and I’m willing to work my ass off to make sure they get the best university experience possible.

One of the issues that I found most concerning this year is the under-funding of services for international students.

International students are an important part of the UNB community, and academic policies which neglect their particular needs do a disservice to the students and the university.

1. WHAT MAKES YOU A GOOD CANDIDATE FOR THIS POSITION?

2. WHY SHOULD STUDENTS VOTE FOR YOU?

2. WHY SHOULD STUDENTS VOTE FOR YOU?

3. WHAT ACADEMIC POLICIES DO YOU SEE AS NEEDING THE MOST WORK?

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3. WHAT SERVICES DO YOU THINK COULD BE IMPROVED? 1. WHAT MAKES YOU A GOOD CANDIDATE FOR THIS POSITION?

I have experience with the SU as a Redshirt and as a member of the street team. I am a natural leader, creative and dedicated. I am confident that I can take on this role as VP student services.

2. WHY SHOULD STUDENTS VOTE FOR YOU?

Students should vote for me because I have their best interests at heart. I want to make a difference in the students’ experience at UNB, from the events the SU hosts, to the services the SU offers.

UNB is a great school and the students deserve an experience that reflects that.

3. WHAT SERVICES DO YOU THINK COULD BE IMPROVED?

I would like to see winter carnival become a bigger event like it was in the past, almost like a winter homecoming.

I would also work on improving Drink Smart and I think SafeRide needs to be expanded with a third van.

4. WHAT SERVICES DO VP Finance & Operations YOU PLAN TO FOCUS ON MOST?

The Community Food Smart program is new to UNB and I would work towards expanding and improving that service first. Next I would focus on creating bigger events on campus such as concerts and poll the students to see what they would like to see the SU do for them.

5. ARE THERE ANY SERVICES YOU WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE TO UNB?

I would like to work the VP internal to develop more academic-related services and events. Traditionally, the student services job has not worked on such projects. But mainly, I think we have a lot of services and events that need to be improved before we can create more.

Obviously there is always room for improvement for everything. However, in my opinion, the programs that improvement could benefit the students most are the Book Buy and Sell, the “dog room,” the exam study space and Drink Smart.

4. WHAT SERVICES DO YOU PLAN TO FOCUS ON MOST?

There are programs that have a huge impact on our student community, like the Book Buy and Sell, and programs that will help our students to make smarter and better choices, like drinking smart.

That’s why these programs will be my priority.

5. ARE THERE ANY SERVICES YOU WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE TO UNB?

Because of my time as assistant chief of UNB Student Campus Patrol I saw that there are times that our students, after a night of fun, are in need of assistance to get home. That’s why I feel we should have programs and people just to make sure our students get home safely.

KASRA TAMJIDI

VP Student Services

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Polar Dip raises $2,200 for IWK Marc Gagnon Staff Reporter You couldn’t have asked for a better day to freeze your butt off for a good cause.

Sixty-five brave souls took part in Bridges House’s annual Polar Dip last Saturday for the IWK Health Centre – and had a hell of a lot of fun in the process.

On an unseasonably warm February afternoon, booming dance music filled the SUB quad as onlookers gathered around the barbeque and dippers psyched themselves up in the Bridges common room. Nearly everyone was proudly wearing the house colour, including Alicia Cook, whose skin was painted a Smurf-esque shade of blue.

“I decided to do something that I thought no one else would,” she explained. “I’m hoping [it’ll wash off in the pool], so I’m not blue for a couple of days.”

While swim trunks and booty shorts were omnipresent, many dippers took it to the next level by donning outrageous outfits, from Hawaiian hula-dancer grass skirts to full hockey gear. Some even relied on their own natural protection from the elements, as one shirtless dipper declared: “I’m just hairy as fuck, so I’m gonna be good.”

While everyone present was enjoying the carnival atmosphere, no one forgot why they were subjecting themselves to the sub-zero water. From the beginning, this event has been about raising money for sick children in need, and they were never far from dippers’ thoughts.

“There’s so many people out here, all pumped up to jump for the IWK,” said Bridges proctor Amy Vail. “This year it seems there’s a lot more people from other residences as well.”

One of those was Kidd House’s Danielle Arsenault, who said she was dipping for kids from her native Nova

Members of the UNB community took the plunge on Saturday for the IWK Health Centre. Karsten Saunders / The Brunswickan Scotia.

“Being from the coast, I’m used to swimming in pretty cold waters,” she said. “We start swimming in the end of March/beginning of April, so I’m hoping it’s not overly cold.”

The Polar Dip itself was a brisk halfhour of backflips, belly flops, and divejumps. Cheered on from the sidelines by dozens of spectators, the Bridges faithful took the jump willingly and

not-so-willingly – some having to be pushed in by their teammates.

As the dripping-wet undergrads clambered from poolside to the warmth of their residence, the looks on their faces were that of someone who had stared hypothermia straight in the eyes and won.

Or perhaps they just couldn’t feel their faces anymore, as Cailin Adair remarked.

“The worst part was being wet and then jumping out onto the snow,” she said. “I couldn’t feel my feet for like ten minutes.”

The house leadership were front and centre for the entire event, cheering on the dippers with endless enthusiasm.

Meaghan Moore, house president, said the new, more affordable donation plan this year led to an increase in jumpers from outside Bridges. While the final

amount of money raised was not available at press time, Moore said the house raised $2,200 from the Polar Dip alone – and Bridges has even more fundraisers planned to bolster that amount.

“This is my third [Polar Dip] in a row, and has definitely been the best,” Moore said.

Summer employment program highlights entrepreneurship Emma McPhee News Reporter

Dr. Dhirendra Shukla, chair of the Dr. J. Herbert Smith Centre, said the program will make entrepreneurship more inclusive. Submitted

Underemployment and unemployment are harsh realities faced by many students. But this summer students will have the option to create their own jobs thanks to a new program being launched at the University of New Brunswick’s Fredericton campus.

The program, called The Summer Institute, is a unique approach to entrepreneurship that will give students and other members of the community a chance to start up a business in a low risk environment.

It is being offered through a collaboration between UNB’s Dr. J. Herbert Smith Centre and the technology, management and entrepreneurship department with funding from the government.

“Starting a business is really confusing and we’re trying to help people navigate through that so it’s less risk,” said Gracen Johnson, innovation program developer at the Dr. J. Herbert Smith Centre.

The program will run between May and August on the UNB Fredericton campus and will be free of cost unless a

student wishes to receive course credit.

Everyone accepted into the program will receive up to $10,000 to fund their business and training in business management.

“It’s about keeping barriers low,” said Dr. Dhirendra Shukla, chair of the Dr. J. Herbert Smith Centre. “We don’t want to make entrepreneurship for only a select group of people. We want it to be a journey for anyone and everyone.”

While Johnson said they are looking for ambitious people with a solid business plan, they are also trying to attract people who are interested in working out of smaller cities such as Fredericton.

After all, the program’s motto is “Creating big opportunities in small cities.”

“We’re looking for people who are really ambitious and who want to create something where they’ll have some influence outside of our little corner of the world, but also people who still love living in a place like Fredericton,” Johnson said.

It is staying close to home that is key to The Summer Institute and Johnson said there will be a focus on local resources in the program. This goal is evident in the two sub-programs – Foundry and Woodshop – that make

up The Summer Institute.

Although Foundry will be open to any business idea, businesses entered in the Woodshop program will centre on forest sustainability.

“We’ve taken this thing that is a stereotype of New Brunswick and we’ve turned it into something that’s a business opportunity that we can be proud of,” Johnson said.

“Most everyone [in these programs] is talking about IT and wanting to be the next Facebook or Google,” Shukla said. “And what we’re saying is, let’s focus on the resources that we have and try and create something out of what we have access to.”

And this is what The Summer Institute embodies: staying true to the place you call home.

“We are really excited about this opportunity and the hope is that the students see a great benefit,” Shukla said. “I think it’s going to be great for the community overall.”

Applications to The Summer Institute are open to everyone and can be done individually or in teams at Go.unb.ca/tme/summer. The deadline for applications is March 15.

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CLUB SANDWICH:

Locals helpers, international help – UNB Global Brigades

During the UNB Global Brigades’ most recent trip to help in Honduras, they helped set up mobile medical and dental clinics. Submitted Andrew Martel Business Manager UNB Global Brigades has been lending a helping hand in Honduras for the past two years, with no signs of slowing down.

With a new chapter this year, UNB Global Brigades is a student-led health and sustainable development organization, using a holistic development approach, collectively implementing health, economic and education initiatives to strategically meet a community’s development goals.

“A common phrase used by volunteers is ‘volunteers empowering communities, communities empowering

volunteers,’ ” said Megan Poulin, president of the UNB Global Brigades health and dental chapter.

“I truly believe that as volunteers, we gain just as much as we provide to the communities we work in. There are so many things you learn on a brigade, from cultural awareness to hands-on experience – there is nothing else quite like it.”

In the first year, UNB Global Brigades recruited 25 students to go to Honduras in May of 2013 with the medical and dental chapter. They set up a mobile medical and dental clinic in the rural community of Cofradia, Honduras and saw 655 patients over their week there.

“This is the second year for Global Brigades on campus but first for the water and public health chapter,” said Chantelle McMullin, the president of the UNB Global Brigades water and public health chapter.

“In September 2012, Megan [Poulin] started the [UNB Global Brigades medical and dental] chapter on campus after hearing about the experience from the President of Acadia’s chapter.”

The UNB Global Brigades is currently planning two trips to Honduras this year. One will be in May to set up a mobile medical and dental clinic in a rural area with little or no access to healthcare services. The other will be in August to work on providing access to

clean drinking water and improve home infrastructure to prevent many of the diseases seen on the medical brigade.

“We would love to see Global Brigades’s presence on campus grow, with more students participating, more types of brigades being offered and groups travelling to the four different countries,” said McMullin. “We have talked about getting a microfinance and business chapter started to work on setting up a community bank, providing business advice and ultimately, improving Honduran economy one community at a time.”

The UNB Brigades will be having two events this month. The water and public health chapter will be hosting

a movie night on Wednesday. They will be showing “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” in Carleton Hall Room 139. Tickets will be $5.

The medical and public health chapter will also be hosting a “Beach Party” at the Hilltop on Friday from 11 p.m. to 2 a.m. Tickets will be $10 in advance or $12 at the door.

If interested to get involve with the group or to find out more information on events, you can drop by room 210 of Marshall d’Avray Hall on Sundays at 7 p.m., or email them at Globalbrigadesunb@gmail.com.

BYOB (it’s not what you think) Cherise Letson News Editor Fredericton students learned how to get bossy last week.

The st udent a mbassadors of UNB’s Pond-Deshpande Centre threw BYOB: Be Your Own Boss event. Students got to munch down on free pizza and beer at Planet Hatch and listen to leaders in the city’s entrepreneurship community share their secrets.

The first speaker of the evening was Karina LeBlanc, the executive director of the Pond-Deshpande Centre.

LeBlanc started out as an engineer, working for Procter and Gamble Inc. She then began to eye the upper echelons of the company. However, a conversation with a fellow passenger on a plane got her questioning her life plan.

The man on the plane eventually called her up and offered her a job at a start-up in New Brunswick. This led her to where she is now.

“Sometimes, these paths open up

in front of you, for whatever reason you made the decision to take them,” LeBlanc said during her speech. “It has been my personal experience that you should always take the path less trodden, because it’s full of reward, even though it’s the scary one.”

She said though being an entrepreneur has its wonderful highs and painful lows, she doesn’t regret leaving her corporate dreams behind.

“You get the bug,” LeBlanc said.

“You get in the start-up community and you never want to get out. You never want to go big again.”

Leblanc’s advice for budding entrepreneurs is to take chances and do what you love.

“Invest in yourself. Keep your eyes wide open for opportunities. Don’t be scared to take the path less trodden,” she said. “Listen to what really touches you, because that’s what’s going to drive you. The wealth and prosperity will come after that.”

Dale Vandenborre of ISOMNI solutions and Brian Dunphy of OneLobby then followed with their stories and advice. The evening

closed with Rivers Corbett, UNB’s entrepreneur-in-residence and owner of Relish Gourmet Burgers.

“Being an entrepreneur is like a sport. It is a game. It’s in our DNA and we get to play every single day of our lives and that is so cool,” Corbett said.

“It’s a great game . . . there’s a lot of practicing that goes along with it, but it is a great high that you can never ever replace somewhere else.”

One of the goals was to put entrepreneurship into perspective.

“I think there is a stigma around entrepreneurship, like ‘you don’t want to get into that, it’s so risky,’ ” said Cathlia Ward, one of the student ambassadors. “But really entrepreneurship is the creation of your own dreams and whatever your ideas are, making them happen.”

Ward said she hopes the event showed students that being their own boss it possible.

“I just hope everyone took away the idea that entrepreneurship isn’t as scary as you might think,” she said.

Relish Gourmet Burgers founder Rivers Corbett speaks to students about being their own boss. Cherise Letson / The Brunswickan

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Nick Murray Editor-in-Chief Upon leaving Sochi Monday morning, CBC’s David Amber tweeted out “So Canada completes the ‘DoubleDouble’. Gold in mens and womens hockey [sic] and curling. First time ever.”

I like David Amber. I do. We had a nice 45-minute conversation in October because I was looking into Syracuse’s journalism program – his alma mater. But that one tweet perfectly represented the set of horse blinders this country wears when it comes to any other sports.

Lest we forget, the lovely Dufour-Lapointe sisters went 1-2 in the women’s moguls, while Alex Bilodeau and Mikael Kingbury also topped the podium on the men’s side. Let me repeat. The men and women’s teams both won gold AND silver in the same sport.

By that nature, Canada actually completes a triple-triple, with a nice hint of Captain Morgan’s Silver Spiced Rum – it’s the best thing I could come up with that goes with silver.

Point is, unless you subscribe to whatever European ski network that airs the World Cup circuit, that double gold and double silver in moguls was almost mostly forgotten by the closing ceremonies. Maybe it’s the bad timing of having the event within the first two days of the Games, I don’t know.

But as Sportsnet’s Mark Spector pointed out in Sunday column at Sportsnet.ca : “We exercise antiprohibition, changing our liquor laws overnight for a gold medal game with a 7 a.m. ET puck drop, a fact that no one – not even those folks who live to be concerned about the level of fun enjoyed by others – raise a voice against in protest.”

And I totally understand that. I’m not saying we should be on the edge of our seats watching Chloe and Justine fly down a hill, praying the judges don’t

screw them like Scott Moir and Tessa Virtue, but let’s give credit where credit is due. Winning double gold is a big, big deal. In any sport. Yet it seemed to be a bigger deal that two sisters topped the podium than the fact that in two days Canada became the best and secondbest moguls country in the world. It didn’t even make it into Amber’s Tim Hortons metaphor.

---If there’s anybody who’s hoping for an NHL appearance in 2018, it’s the restaurant industry coast-to-coast. I’m waiting for somebody to check into how much the industry made over those two weeks, but I’m willing to bet that after the Olympics, the strike suddenly doesn’t seem like such a big hit on the Cellar anymore.

But if this Olympics has taught me anything, it’s further strengthened my argument that Fredericton is a really mediocre sports town. Aside from my usual bantering of how few local sports actually get decent attendance, the fact that I had to call around and ask bars if they’d be open on Sunday morning for the gold medal game is saddening.

I myself went to Boston Pizza. I first went to the Snooty Fox because my waiter the day before said they’d be open at 8 a.m. They actually smartly opened earlier and by the time I got there every table within a view of a TV was taken.

But aside from those two places and the Hilltop – and the Grad house but . . . yeah – there wasn’t really any other decent bar to watch it at. I caught the Canada-USA women’s gold medal game at the Cellar and it was awesome, as was the Canada-USA men’s game at the King Street Ale House.

But aside from Boston Pizza’s bar section, there’s really no good sports bar in this city. And even at Boston Pizza, it doesn’t feel all that welcoming to stand with a beer in hand if you can’t get a table.

--But to wrap up these Olympics on

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Canadian athletes hauled in 10 gold medals, 10 silver medals and five bronze medals in Sochi. koreanet / FlickrCC a positive note, the there was a lot of good to remember in these games.

I challenge anybody doing a R AK nomination to outdo Justin Wadsworth. He’s the Canadian cross country ski coach who, after all his athletes were eliminated, helped out a Russian skier – an early medal favourite – by giving him a spare ski after his was mangled to the point of disrepair.

And then there’s Norway’s Astrid Uhrenholdt who finished in fourth place in cross-country sprint only four days after her brother’s death.

And how about Gilmore Junio, the Canadian long-track speed skater?

In a true act of just being a good teammate, Junio stepped aside to let fellow Canadian Denny Morrison race in the 1,000-metre long track race.

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You see, Morrison fell at the Canadian trials in December and failed to qualify for the 1,000-metre race. This after recovering from a broken leg the year before.

Morrison took the gift and skated to a silver medal.

Personally, I still think Junio should have carried the flag at the closing ceremonies. Maybe in PyeongChang, eh?

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“I’m gonna roll up the rim and win a car!”

“I’m stuck in class. So nothing.”

“What March break?”

“My plans for March break are to argue my moot and catch up on readings.”

“My plans for the March break are to spend time with my family and relax.”

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“My plans for the March break are to catch up on sleep and homework!”

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“Multivariable calculus.”

“Since we don’t really have a March Break I plan to study and catch up on my work, but have some fun too!”

“Thinking about the trip to the Cayman Islands.”

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Editorial: Addressing the leak from last week

Nick Murray Editor-in-Chief

As bad as Russia’s laws are, homosexuality is still punishable by death in five countries.

Karsten Saunders / The Brunswickan Karsten Saunders Staff Photographer Unless you’ve been living under a rock (or some equally hefty object) for quite some time, you probably know that 2014 was the year when the Olympic winter games went to Sochi, Russia.

Now, Sochi was critiqued as the selected city for many reasons, ranging from climate to the current government. However, another large reason has become even more noticeable in the media lately: Russia’s laws regarding LGBTQ individuals.

In 2013, Russia passed a law banning the propagation of “non-traditional sexual relations” amongst minors.

Now, I’m not sure about you, but that sounds pretty broad to me. Many points out that the bill was intentionally left open like this so as to allow it to be used whenever the government felt the urge.

This law sparked outrage internationally (obviously), as it essentially prohibited any sort of LGBTQ events, portrayal in media, “out” relationships, etc. As am I sure you all know, it went even further to include vigilante groups assaulting LGBTQ citizens across the country without ramification.

As the Olympics approached, huge pressures were put on Russia to change their ways, and focus shifted to gay athletes who would be competing in the games. Since they began, social media has been abuzz, and many groups are

jumping to denounce Russia’s treat- coalitions the world over. ment of the LGBTQ community.

So, where were all the angry people Now, I think all of this is wonderful. before the Olympics? Do we only care Such blatant disregard for basic human about the countries in the spotlight? rights is nothing short of disgusting, I really wish I could answer this and definitely needs to be addressed. question. I ask myself every time I see But I have one question: a new article about a violation of LGWhy is everyone only getting upset BTQ rights in a foreign country, and now?

I ask myself every time someone yells It really shouldn’t come as a shock “FAGGOT” out their car window as to anyone that homosexuality is still they drive by. punishable by death in five countries.

So, ask yourself this: do you care about Not only that, but other nations human rights? If you do, then you need such as Uganda have RECENTLY to act. Human rights aren’t limited to attempted to heterosexual, So, ask yourself this: do you cisgendered, create new bills that care about human rights? If white males. would make H u m a n homosexual- you do, then you need to act. rights belong ity a death Human rights aren’t limited to humanity, sentence. I’d mat ter to heterosexual, cisgendered, no also like to who we are point out or where we white males. that if you live. I’m ininclude the countries with anti-gay finitely glad that such attention has laws that do not demand death, been brought onto Russia’s cruel laws, the number increases to be almost but it’s time to get your act together. If twenty times as high. Someone please you turn out to “fight” for gay rights remind me what year it is? once every blue moon, then you aren’t Now, as an anthropology student, an advocate; you are an enabler.

I accept that we need to realize that It’s time to stop going with the these cultures are different from ours, flow and start swimming against the and that we cannot simply change current. That, my friends, is activism. them to fit our Western ideals. How- Once you’ve done that you can come ever, this displays a clear example of tell me that you care, and then we can institutionalized discrimination. Such talk. And who knows? With you on acts are generally found to be unethical board, maybe we can change the world. by international governing bodies and

As some of you may have noticed with with the footnote we added to Richard Kemick’s op-ed last week on the UNB Student Union, Ben Whitney, Marc Gauvin and Greg Bailey got to read Kemick’s op-ed before it was published in last week’s paper.

I want to give full disclosure because you, the students who pay for this paper, deserve to know. And having taken four years of communications and journalism, I know transparency is always best.

The leak came from within the office. What’s important is that you know this has never happened before in this paper’s institutional memory and it will never happen again.

The staff member has been reprimanded in accordance with the Brunswickan by-laws, as outlined in our constitution, and has assured me they understand the severity of what they did and won’t do it again.

That person didn’t realize that what they did was unethical, but they have been made aware of the consequences these kinds of actions have toward the editorial voice of this publication. After speaking with them I am confident this won’t repeat itself.

UNB is a relatively small campus with a lot of ties. In this case, it was an instance of a friend giving another friend a heads up of what was coming. But that violated a journalistic standard the Brunswickan has always upheld. Part of Kemick’s piece addressed that the Student Union had not updated its council minutes. By seeing the piece before it ran, they quickly fixed that mistake.

While the minutes were only a small part of Kemick’s overall argument, we understand the ramifica-

tions of what can happen in a more serious news article. Occasionally, it’s acceptable to send somebody an excerpt of an upcoming criticism, but not by the same context or motif of what happened last week.

This leak does not take away from the stellar reporting that has come out of the Brunswickan office this year – particularly during the strike/ lockout – and that will continue to come out of this office long after we’ve graduated.

We understand that for the Brunswickan and the Student Union to operate properly, both need to remain completely independent of each other. As in any government, the UNBSU needs our criticism to function. Critical voices are vital in a functional democracy. Even when Frank McKenna’s Liberals won every legislative seat in New Brunswick in the ‘80s, the premier allowed the Progressive Conservatives to submit written questions for question period in the legislature. Any government needs opposition and criticism, and that’s one of our roles.

I’ve spoken with Whitney and he understands that even if presented the opportunity, he will turn away from reading unpublished material in the future.

But it really doesn’t matter whether or not I believe him, or the incoming president, because they won’t be presented with the opportunity, period.

I hope this mistake doesn’t compromise the trust you have in us, especially the news department which again has been nothing short of professional this year, and I hope if any of you one day choose to be a part of this staff that you understand the ethics behind working at a newspaper.

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TURBULENCE HITS FREDERICTON EDM night returns to the Cellar

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Andrew Martel Business Manager Ladies and gentlemen, we hit turbulence.

Laser beams, smoke machines, bass drops and crazy remixes can be expected to make a landing at UNB for the second edition of Turbulence, an electronic music event created by Alex Walsh, a fourth-year arts student at UNB. “My friends and I were at the Cellar in early September and felt the venue would be perfect for an electro show if we managed to clear the tables, rent some lights and stuff it with people.

Turns out that it is entirely possible,” said Walsh in an email interview.

Walsh, or A\Wal as he is known, only recently got into DJing, though he has been interested in music and the music business for quite some time.

“I originally grew up playing in rock bands all through high school. In the bands I played in we always wanted a way to record our music. It was then that I started learning recording software and techniques,” said Walsh.

“This quickly evolved into a hobby for me, always itching to learn new ways of creating unique sounds, which ultimately led to learning how electronic music is created. However, it wasn’t until just this past summer I decided to seriously give electronic music production a shot.”

With a few mixes released, Walsh has been a part of the campus DJing scene this year, playing at a variety of venues and events.

“For a show like Turbulence, the crowd will be getting an authentic real A\Wal show. This is the style of music I create and produce and is by far my favourite to perform. It is jump up and down, dance your face off electro music,” said Walsh.

However, Walsh won’t be the only artist on the stage that evening. He will be joined by Tim Kukula, a recent UNB graduate and self-described “technical mixer.”

“My goal is to blend my tracks to build on each other. I try to find music that people respond to and work with that. I would describe my current style as future bass,” said Kukula in an email interview.

An electronic music fan since his teens, Kukula has been to electronic music shows all over the world and has seen the evolution of electronic music in New Brunswick.

“The electronic music scene is now what I saw in Europe in 2005. It was never mainstream until the last few

Bailey Bail performed at the last Turbulence in January. Catch him again on Saturday March 1 at the Cellar. Tim Kukula / Future Productions years in North America. This has with noise and DJing for a few years caused a huge increase in interest and but never taking it too seriously. One DJs are now larger than bands,” said night at Buckets we got talking, he Kukula. introduced me to the electronic scene “The scene is evolving consistently, and I was hooked!” as are musical tastes of people. I think Though they are the new faces to the the electronic music scene is different scene, Beemo brings a sound and style compared to music like rock because it that is very unique. can evolve so much quicker.”

“We’ve always had a love for ‘80s J o i n style syntheThe electronic music scene is s i z e r s a n d ing Kukula and Walsh disco vibes, now what I saw in Europe in at Tu rbu2005. It was never mainstream but it really all lence, and per- until the last few years in North comes down forming their America. This has caused a huge to who we’re first live show, increase in interest and DJs are listening to is the electronat the time of now larger than bands. ic duo Beemo. product ion The musical that really inteam is made up of Stefan McMurray fluences the way our tracks sound,” and Zack Deveau, two UNB students. said McMurray.

“It’s cool to see the way things have “Lately we have been heavy into evolved for both Zack and I because the Australian dance scene, guys like Beemo was never supposed to be a Flume, Wave Racer, What So Not and thing,” said McMurray by email. pretty much anything you can find on “Zack had been messing around the Future Classic record label.”

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“As a pair we get to bring our own unique influence to both the music we make and the events we DJ,” said Deveau by email.

“With Stefan having grown up with a guitar and a piano in his hands, myself with a mouse and keyboard, we both love throwing our own style into everything we do!”

To round up the lineup, another familiar face at UNB will be on the stage: Carl Bailey, or DJ Bailey Bail as he is known behind the turntables.

“I have been mixing music for five years now. I started playing with different virtual mixing programs for fun and began playing house parties and resident parties on campus,” said Bailey, a UNB graduate, in an email interview.

Bailey, along with Walsh, was a part of the first Turbulence event. He said he is looking forward to the second instalment and hopes for a bigger and better party with a great crowd.

Bailey has seen the evolution of electronic music in New Brunswick in

the last few years, especially at UNB, and hopes that this type of event can further the music genre.

“When I first began spinning around campus in 2009, the electronic music scene at UNB was dull. You would rarely hear any dubstep, trap, or even house and electro for that matter,” said Bailey.

“But the trend around campus, from personal experience, has changed.

Everybody seems to love electronic dance music.”

Turbulence will be taking place at the Cellar on March 1 at 9:30 p.m. It is a 19+ event and cover $5 at the door.

“This event is really going to be a great time to hang out and get lost in some incredible dance music by extremely talented local DJs,” said Walsh.

“This scene is growing more and more every day and events like this allow for New Brunswick to showcase its talent in the global dance phenomenon.”

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The Net captures a maritime narrative Marc Gagnon Staff Reporter Declining industry and youth migration westward are sadly familiar headlines to New Brunswickers, and none more so than those in rural coastal areas – where the loss of a single trade can spell doom for an entire community.

Acadian playwright Marcel-Romain Thériault dramatized this fragile balance in his 2007 production Le Filet: une tragédie maritime, which will be staged in English this month by Theatre New Brunswick (TNB) as The Net: A Tragedy of the Sea, a play where the ancestral traditions that have defined coastal New Brunswick life for centuries butt heads with the desire for change.

Starring veteran TNB actor Michael Chiasson and introducing Bernie Henry and Jake Martin as three generations of an Acadian family, The Net revolves around aging fisherman

Anthime and his decision to pass on the family fishing boat to his grandson, Etienne. But the university-educated Etienne has aspirations of his own, which bring him into conflict with the expectations of his family and heritage.

The play’s English-language director, Pam Halstead, explained how the diminishing New Brunswick fishing industry provided a perfect dramatic backdrop.

“Within this family, [fishing] has been their livelihood for decades, and their identity is also very much tied to the industry itself,” said Halstead.

“And you have a grandson that should take over the family business, but he’s not interested in stepping into those shoes and can’t understand why that’s problematic. And in the same way, you have the older generation who is also not willing to compromise about the way things are supposed to be done.”

While the dramatic focus of the play is the conflict within the family, the

spark which sets events in motion is the infamous 2003 Shippagan fishing riot.

Known locally as “la crise du crabe” (“crab crisis”), it was triggered by a move by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans to cut crab fishing quotas in the area by 20 per cent and further reallocate 15 per cent of the remaining quota to other fishing groups, including First Nations peoples. Upwards of 250 protesters burned warehouses and fishing boats before the RCMP was able to intervene.

Halstead said that her goal is not to point fingers, but rather use the riot as a dramatic metaphor.

“At the end of the day, this play is not about those riots, or about placing blame,” she said.

“It’s a play that happens to be about a family, placed against a backdrop of [the fishing] industry, and of the changes in that industry which also mirror the challenges within the family.”

As anyone familiar with Acadian French can attest, the unique idioms and phrasing of that dialect can occasionally make it a challenge to understand. According to Halstead, the play’s English-language translators, Maureen Labonte and Don Hannah, had their hands full in preserving the local colour

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“There’s some very lively expressions [in Acadian French]. I certainly feel like the translators have tried to hang on to some of that uniqueness of the language, and at the same time trying to make sure it’s universal.”

While the play was originally written for and staged in French communities that had been affected by the cuts to the fishing industry, Halstead said that she believes The Net has a message which can cross barriers of language and culture.

“The themes of the play – family,

tradition, expectation – I think we can all take away our own experience of that, and relate it to what our own family’s expectations are for us.”

The Net: A Tragedy of the Sea debuts Feb. 26 with a preview performance at 7:30 p.m., and runs from Feb. 27 until March 1. Performances take place at the Black Box Theatre, STU campus, at 7:30 p.m., with a matinee performance on March 1 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $30 for adults ($18 for the preview performance on Feb. 26) and $10 for students.

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Songs of the week.

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Canadian Olympians – O Canada Nothing brings a country together like the Olympics. All other allegiances are forgotten when it comes down to what country you are cheering for, and seeing our Olympians celebrate and sing our national anthem is a beautiful thing. When the Canadian men’s hockey team beat America, and the crowd at the Cellar started singing “O Canada,” it united everyone in the room. All the Olympians, whether they won or not, made their country proud. Go Canada Go!

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 26 TNB presents The Net: A Tragedy of the Sea. 7:30 p.m. at the Black Box Theatre, STU campus. $10 student tickets. Check out the article by Marc Gagnon in this week’s issue!

CyHi The Prynce – Huey On Feb. 24, G.O.O.D. Music’s CyHi The Prynce will be releasing Black Hystori Project, a mixtape that’s set to have Kanye West as executive producer. Leading up to the release, CyHi has released a few songs, the latest being a track paying homage to Black Panther co-founder, Huey P. Newton. On the song itself, CyHi references the classic Jay-Z song, “Where I’m From,” starting with the intro (“How real is this?”) and going into the verses themselves (“I’m from where the hammers rung,” “our plans was to get funds and skate off the set”). The flow is impressive, over a smooth beat produced by Anthony Kilhoffer, M16 and Tec Beatz, and is sure to get fans excited for the upcoming release.

“Music in Times of Repression” performance by Nadia Francavilla and Steven Peacock. 12:30 p.m. at Memorial Hall, UNB campus. Free admission.

“Aimer et être aimé” performance by Lucas Porter. 7:30 p.m., Théâtre Bernard-Poirier, Centre Communautaire Sainte-Anne. Tickets are $25 regular and $13 for students.

THURSDAY, FEB. 27

Pussy Riot – Putin Will Teach You How To Love While the Olympics brought many triumphs, they also exposed a lot of negative things going on in the host country, Russia. A native band of the country, Pussy Riot, is no stranger to controversy, and a day after members of the band were beaten and whipped by Cossack militia, they released a video and song titled “Putin Will Teach You How To Love.” While the song itself is in Russian, the video features raw footage of members being beaten, performing in front of the Olympic Rings and ultimately trying to survive in Sochi. The band has transformed from just being a punk band; they are now a political movement, and everything they do is watched closely, both by authorities in Russia and the media in the rest of the world.

TNB presents The Net: A Tragedy of the Sea. 7:30 p.m. at the Black Box Theatre, STU campus. $10 student tickets.

Kickin’ Krotch at the Capital. 9:30 p.m., no cover. Check out the article by Tess Allen in this week’s issue!

Collective Theatrics presents The Laramie Project.

7:30 p.m. at the Charlotte Street Arts Centre. $10 student tickets. Check out the article by Tess Allen in this week’s issue!

Schoolboy Q – Blind Threats (feat. Raekwon) One of the most anticipated tracks off Schoolboy Q’s Oxymoron was “Blind Threats,” which featured Wu Tang’s Raekwon. The idea of the newschool Schoolboy Q and the veteran Raekwon working together led many to wonder what the song would sound like, and when it got released, fans were not disappointed. Schoolboy chose to go with a laidback ‘90s inspired beat that made Raekwon feel right at home, and both MCs flow comfortably over top of the jazz and orchestral beat. Though the song has the feeling of an old-school track, Q is able to make it his own. With a catchy chorus and verse that differs from the party anthem songs that he has been releasing of late, “Blind Threats” shows that Q is an artist who cannot be easily categorized.

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Dear NeglectedIf your girlfriend is so involved, I’m guessing that her schedule is pretty tightly packed. For some relationships, the norm is to be able to hang out without much planning, but when someone is so busy, even little things like watching a half-hour of TV or having a coffee might have to be planned.

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Dear Ari, I heard a nasty rumour about a coworker the other day. The person told me it was 100% true, but I have a hard time believing it. I don’t know this co-worker very well, though. Should I investigate? Should I tell my co-worker about this gossip? Should I pretend I have no idea? WHAT DO. Sincerely, Gossip Mill Gill

Ari.

Dear Ari, My girlfriend is super involved, and that’s one of the things I love about her. But sometimes it feels like she’s so busy doing other stuff that she has no time for me. How do I tell her without sounding selfish?

Sincerely, Neglected Nancy

FRIDAY, FEB. 28

Get to know her schedule, so you can try planning those little kinds of dates far in advance. I’m sure she’ll appreciate your initiative, and you’ll likely help to take the stress off of both of you.

If it still seems like she doesn’t have time for you after your efforts, you’ll need to explain to her that although you’re proud of her, and you support her involvement, you feel like you’re out of the loop, and you feel left out.

You’ve done your work to incorporate yourself into her schedule, and it’s time for her to reciprocate.

It’s not selfish to expect attention from your significant other!

Affectionately, Ari

Dear Gossip, Since you don’t know this co-worker very well, it’s advisable to start by staying out of it, depending on what the rumour is. There are, however, a couple of instances in which I would suggest further involvement.

If the rumour mill keeps churning, you may want to consider warning the colleague in question about what’s being said. Aim for a neutral and informative approach. It doesn’t matter whether or not this person actually did what has been said about them. All that matters is that professionalism within the workplace is maintained.

On the other hand, if the rumour is something that will affect the way your workplace runs, you should think about alerting your supervisor or management about the rumour, assuring them that it could just be hearsay, but that you wouldn’t want more people to be impacted.

It’s a tough situation, but you’ll be fine if you remember to stay professional!

Affectionately, Ari

Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal . 7:30 p.m. at the Fredericton Playhouse. Tickets are $34 regular, Student Rush tickets available.

SATURDAY, MAR. 1 TNB presents The Net: A Tragedy of the Sea. 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at the Black Box Theatre, STU campus. $10 student tickets.

Turbulence event at the Cellar. 9:30 p.m., $5 cover.

Check out the article by Andrew Martel in this week’s issue!

Collective Theatrics presents The Laramie Project. 7:30 p.m. at the Charlotte Street Arts Centre. $10 student tickets.

SUNDAY, MAR. 2 Flea Market at King’s Place Mall. 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. $2 admission.

MONDAY, MAR. 3 Man, remember when we used to have March break?

Those were the days.

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The Laramie Project spotlights LGBTQ tragedy

The Laramie Project will be debuting at the Charlotte Street Arts Centre on Thursday. Submitted Tess Allen Arts Reporter The month of October was a grim one for the town of Laramie, Wyoming – and the world – in 1998.

Within its first week, a 21-year-old gay university student named Matthew Shepard was brutally tortured at the hands of two hate-filled assailants. Six days later, he died.

It was a tragedy that not only shattered hearts around the globe, but that brought national and international attention to hate crime legislation at the state and federal levels.

Sixteen years later, Matthew Shepard’s story is sadly still relevant – a fact Fredericton resident Kyle Peters hopes to demonstrate with Collective Theatrics’s inaugural production of The Laramie Project.

“Over the last couple years, I’ve noticed you can’t turn on the TV [without seeing] some story about a gay teen suicide in the U.S. or a murder somewhere else in the world.

Along with all this talk about the gay marriage debate, and whether or not there should be a boycott of the Sochi Olympics . . . I just wanted to [express] how I felt about what was going on,” said Peters.

“The message I’m hoping people will take away from [The Laramie Project] is that . . . it was happening in 1998 and it’s still happening now.

I’m hoping that when people watch the show, it will make them turn the mirror on themselves . . . and make them wonder what else they can do.”

Created by Moisés Kaufman and members of the Tectonic Theater Project in the wake of Matthew Shepard’s murder, The Laramie Project is a play that draws on hundreds of interviews conducted by the theatre company with residents of Laramie, the company

members’ own journal entries and published news reports.

“In my show, we have nine people representing almost 90 to 100 people.

Some of those people we meet once and they have one line; some are recurring we see them throughout,” said Peters.

Karen Frampton plays 12 different characters in the show. She says it is one of the most challenging things she’s ever done.

“You start out finding out about Laramie and then you find out about Matthew and then you find out that Laramie isn’t all that dissimilar from a lot of other places in that way,” said Frampton. “I think that was a real challenge for a lot of us.”

Frampton said that the subject matter of the play is still relevant today.

“This happened in 1998 and there was this big uproar about hate crimes, how we were going to make changes so these kinds of things didn’t happen anymore, and they continue to happen today. We get the opportunity to tell that story again and maybe try to get the message across that this is no longer acceptable and something needs to change.”

Peters would love nothing more.

“A lot of the shows I’ve done have been the musicals and the big splashy shows with the glitzy costumes and kicklines, where people come and have a good night out and laugh,” he said.

“The thing I love about this show is that it’s a show you will come and enjoy, but it’s a show that will really make you think.”

The Laramie Project will run from Feb. 27 to March 1 at the Charlotte Street Arts Centre. Tickets are $15, or $10 for students, and are available online at Collectivetheatrics.com, at the Joy of Framing on Queen Street and at the door.

“The message I’m hoping people will take away from [The Laramie Project] is that . . . it was happening in 1998 and it’s still happening now. I’m hoping that when people watch the show, it will make them turn the mirror on themselves . . . and make them wonder what else they can do.”

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ECMA nominees Kickin’ Krotch will be performing at the Capital on Thursday. Alex Walsh / The Brunswickan

Kickin’ it up with Kickin’ Krotch Tess Allen Arts Reporter Mike Bernard was looking for a fresh start in the fall of 2012 when he signed up for an IT course in his community of Tobique First Nation.

It was there that he met fellow residents Jake Perley and Sean Nicholas, also looking for a new life path.

But what originally brought the three men together quickly morphed into something else altogether. It was in that IT class that K ickin’ Krotch – the Capital region’s top all-aboriginal rock/metal band – was born.

Just under a year and a half later, the group is seeing the fruits of their labour in a big way. They have a full album, a handful of music videos

and a slate of shows booked for high-profile venues like the Fredericton Playhouse and even the East Coast Music Awards [ECMAs] in the coming months. The band has also recently been nominated for Aboriginal Recording of the Year at the EMCAs. Bernard took a few minutes out of his busy songwriting schedule to talk to the Brunswickan about the band’s humble beginnings, its burgeoning success and their big plans for the future.

“I was looking into getting into IT . . . It didn’t work out how I planned, but everything happens for a reason,” said Bernard, adding that despite the group’s various musical influences, their collective sound is one that is entirely their own.

“[The other guys’] music is a little different from mine, but that’s what makes our sound – just the different styles and genres that we contribute to our band. There’s metal, hard rock, a little pop . . . a little bit of everything.”

Thirty-seven-year-old Bernard writes all the band’s music himself, drawing inspiration from the hardships in his own life.

“I struggled with addictions most of my life . . . growing up [in Tobique First Nation] and being around alcohol and drugs and all that, and feeling sort of stuck, like you can’t get out. That’s what inspired all my writing – on this album anyway,” he said, adding that he wished he’d gotten into music sooner but “you’re never too old – just look at me.”

“Ever ything’s just seemed so much clearer [since forming the band]. I’m hungry: hungry for success, hungry to be heard, hungry to be recognized . . . as a voice for all First Nations people who are too afraid to speak out.”

Since adding two new members – Frank Simon and Kevin Connor Ward, both from Tobique First Nation – the group has released their first self-titled, eight-track album with Fredericton’s 2Dogs Productions.

Bernard looks back fondly on its production. After all, it is what helped them snag a coveted spot at the ECMAs this April.

“I submitted our band to the membership and all that, and I was like ‘okay, we have an album, let’s

see if we can get something.’ I guess they liked our stuff and they want us to showcase,” said Bernard.

“I was in shock. It was very, very exciting.”

Frederictonians will have a chance to hear Kickin’ Krotch’s unique repertoire at several upcoming events before their performance at the ECMAs, first at the Capital Complex on Feb. 27 and then at the Fredericton Playhouse on March 14.

Bernard promises a “high-intensity” show.

“We want to get your blood pumping and get you moving and into the music,” he said.

“We want everyone to have a good time, and that’s what we try to do.”

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Keoughan received the AUS Community Service Award for the seond year in a row. Chris Parent / Dal Gazettte

Keoughan recognized for contribution to community Bronté James Sports Editor Fifth-year men’s volleyball player Logan Keoughan exemplifies the epitome of the idyllic athlete.

When he isn’t found “Reading with the Reds” – a program where studentathletes visit and promote literacy to kindergarten and Grade 1 students – he is “Bleeding with the Reds,” where varsity athletes donate blood and challenge other students on campus to follow suit.

Keoughan has also volunteered at the Fredericton Food Bank and Operation Christmas Child, has travelled

abroad to build homes for those in need and is an organizer in the annual Varsity Reds Date Auction Night where all funds raised go to the Right to Play program.

As if his resume wasn’t extensive enough, he is the co-president of Athletes Council and the Right to Play UNB program, dedicated to bringing sport to underprivileged children both at home and abroad.

“I can’t speak highly enough about Logan Keoughan,” said men’s volleyball head coach Dan McMorran. “He is a player who I included in one of our three captains, and down the stretch Logan’s just kind of embodied every-

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thing that a coach wants out of a captain, out of a player, out of a student.”

Although he doesn’t do it to reap the rewards, Keoughan has been recognized as the Atlantic University Sport (AUS) Community Service Award recipient two years in a row.

“I don’t do it to win an award, but it’s an honour to be considered for an award and with the kind of people that I know have won it in the past,” said Keoughan.

McMorran said he is an athlete that does everything a coach wants.

“Logan was a great role model to players old and young as to how to get out there and go after it. Logan

varsity team, and in Grade 10 played in a tournament hosted at UNB where McMorran asked him to come to a week-long summer camp and participate in a few extra practices.

Not knowing whether he would be playing basketball or volleyball – or whether it was at UNB or UNBSJ – Keoughan decided on UNB Fredericton for a bachelor of environment and natural resources.

“I didn’t get much interest from anyone else, so I just figure I would come where I was wanted,” said Keoughan.

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What are your thoughts on the ice dancing controversy with the Russian and American judges?

Bronté James

Robbie Roos

With the politics surrounding the Sochi Olympics – anti-gay laws, inability to show support for the LGBTQ community – I would not be surprised if the Russian and American judges were working together to ensure a medal for one another. As amazing as these Olympics are to watch, they’re peppered with controversy.

When a sport where judges determine the winner you’re inviting controversy. I’m not saying get rid of it, but people can’t really complain when there’s judging controversy. It also allows an easy excuse for people to bitch and moan when their country doesn’t win.

Sports Editor

Keoughan has probably been our best leader this year.”

He said players participate in their community service initiatives, but “Logan not only participates, Logan organizes those, he shows initiative.”

The Mirimachi, N.B. native came to UNB from Miramichi Valley High.

His volunteering started early on, helping with camps for basketball and helping coach U8 and U10 soccer for a summer.

Keoughan started playing volleyball in Grade 7 and, as he said, was really terrible at it. Despite being terrible at the sport, he enjoyed playing and joined his high school team. He made the

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Andrew Martel Business Manager

Are you the fastest skater or skier, the best hockey team or curling team or the most accurate shot in the biathlon?

Then prove it. Sports where judging is involved allows subjective reactions and scoring. Not to mention personal interest to get involved – and in some cases (see 2002 ice dancing fixing) can lead to the wrong winner being crowned.

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MYSTERY, DEBAUCHERY, CORRUPTION. ICE DANCE. I don’t know if being in the country of the super spy has effected the judging of ice dance, but something fishy is going on. The U.S. pair who won totally mangled the Finnstep. Even the guy who invented the move tweeted they screwed up. Spies … everywhere.

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Men’s basketball off to AUS finals

Philip Drost The Brunswickan As the season drew to a close and with playoffs right around the corner, the University of New Brunswick men’s basketball team were looking to end on a high note.

The team lost their previous seven games, but were hoping to get some momentum and move up in the standings.

UNB’s first game came against the Cape Breton Capers, who had beat them just a few games ago 80-73. But that was in Cape Breton, and the game was now on the Varsity Red’s court.

The game started out strong for UNB, taking a 20-11 lead after the first quarter. The Reds kept it up with hard work and determination, extending their lead to 18 at halftime.

Cape Breton made a small run in the third quarter, but it wasn’t enough as UNB went on to win 88-75.

“It was huge to get our momentum back,” said V-Red Daniel Quirion. “We were on a seven-game losing streak and it was kind of nice to get some of us back from injury.”

Quirion had a strong game, giving UNB 24 points in his second-last home game of the season. Javon Masters also played well and led all scorers with 28 points, while hitting 18 of 18 foul shots.

UNB head coach Brent Baker said he focused on defence in practice, and that will continue to be a focus.

“Our ball screen defence is borderline atrocious,” said Baker. “We really need to go back to square one and get after that.”

The win put UNB just ahead of the Capers, but they needed a win

Dan Quirion will be finishing his V-Reds career with an AUS playoffs spot. Sarah Badibanga / The Brunswickan

on Saturday against St. Francis Xavier University to put them where they wanted to be for playoffs. The game was the last home game for the Varsity Reds, as well as Quirion’s last game in the Currie Centre.

The first quarter kept things close, but UNB had the advantage of five points going into the second. In the next quarter UNB went on a run, giving them a comfortable cushion for the rest of the game. William McFee helped spark that run, scoring 10 of his 20 points in the quarter. Ryan Smith hit a layup with only a few seconds left in the half to put UNB up by 10.

From there, UNB kept the St. Francis X-men at arm’s length. The X-men never really challenged the lead and the Reds went on to win 91-78. The win not only meant they would put their season record to 10 wins and 10

losses, but they would also be playing the X-men in the first round of playoffs.

Quirion finished his last regular season strong, scoring 17 points while dishing out five assists.

“It sets the tone going into playoffs,” said Quirion.

Playoffs will be held at the Metro Centre in Halifax, and he said he thinks they can make some noise.

“I think we’re slept in a little bit,” said Quirion. “I think with the injuries and how the games went second semester a couple people forgot about us. Hopefully a couple teams are a little bit scared and hopefully we come in with the right momentum and the right mindset.”

Tilly Ettinger wore the red and white jersey for the last time last weekend. Sarah Badibanga / The Brunswickan

Women end season with a win and a loss

Philip Drost The Brunswickan For senior Tilley Ettinger, this weekend would mark her last as a Varsity Red. The women’s basketball team played their last games of the season on the weekend. The Varsity Reds played Cape Breton University (CBU) on Friday and then St. Francis Xavier (StFX) on Saturday.

The Varsity Reds have struggled this year, while the Cape Breton Capers have played well, putting them at second in the conference. It was expected to be another win for the Capers, but the Reds weren’t going to have it.

The Reds jumped out to a 14-2 lead in the first quarter and didn’t look back. Defence continued to be their strong point as they were able to lock down the Capers. UNB held them to

a measly 27 per cent shooting percentage and also dominated the boards, out-rebounding the Capers 34 to 23.

“We played a great game,” said head coach Jeff Speedy. “If you out-rebound your opponent and hold them to a low shooting percentage you got a great chance to win, which we did.”

UNB went on to win the game 57-40. Awa Farah led the way for the Varsity Reds with 12 points, as Rachel Cleary and Laura Kaye both scored 10. Alison Keough from Cape Breton scored a game high 15 points, while her teammate Tanira McClurkin scored 11.

There was not much time to celebrate, as the next day the Varsity Reds played the StFX X-women. The game marked the end of the season, as the team did not qualify for playoffs.

That game didn’t end as well as Friday’s game. It was UNB’s turn to shoot a low percentage, as they were

only able to get 30 percent of their shots to drop. They also weren’t able to out-rebound the X-women, as that stat ended up tied at 33.

Despite being down eight at half, UNB was able to fight their way back into the lead during the fourth quarter.

Ettinger said the game was a good representation of her career as a Varsity Red. “I had my teammates by my side and we scratched and clawed and put everything out there and I’m so proud to be on a team with these girls,” said the graduating guard, who chipped in for four points and five boards in her last game.

Rachel Cleary was the top scorer with ten points, while Colleen Daly scored nine off the bench.

In the end, it wasn’t enough to top StFX, as the X-women went on to win 58-49. Though they lost, the Reds

were able to keep up with the playoff bound team.

“We showed in the last two or three weeks how good this team could be,” said Speedy. “Unfortunately we’re playing our best basketball this season at the end when it’s a little too late.”

Even though the team had a poor season, only winning five of their 20 games, there is some good to can be taken from it. The Varsity Reds will only be losing one player this year, and were able to show some potential at the end of the season.

“The good news is these girls are young, and they work hard, and I know that next year they have a great shot at it . . . good things are going to happen for them,” said Ettinger. “I’m a little disappointed I won’t be there, but I’ll be watching and cheering them on for sure.”

Neknominating you to think twice Lindsay Weidhaas Keeping Checked In Neknomination is a drinking trend that seems to be sweeping across the world, even the UNB Fredericton campus.

It consists of videoing yourself chugging, or “necking,” a beer or alcoholic beverage while doing something extreme. The person then nominates or challenges a friend to do it.

A survey on the Facebook page, Spotted at UNB – Fredericton, was distributed from Feb. 17 to Feb. 20, 2014. Eighty-seven students indicated they have not participated in neknominations, 13 that they have and five that they did not know what it was.

It was a relief to see majority of students who did the survey did not participate, but it does not excuse the fact that it is happening on campus.

Ashley Jorgensen, a fourth-year arts student, said at first glance she thought the neknominations were funny, but her thoughts changed as time went on.

“As weeks went by I realized how serious of an issue it was becoming,” she said. “People started to go to great lengths on how to make their video original and entertaining. I thought it was crazy how it progressed into something so dangerous.”

What she means by dangerous is some people have stood in highways or drank copious amounts of alcohol just to one-up their friend who nominated them.

Two young adults have died as a result of their neknomination.

“People make it what they want it to be. It’s not the nomination that kills or harms people, it’s the poor decisions and judgment surrounding alcohol consumption,” says third-year science student Jenny Thistle.

Alcohol is not meant to be consumed in large amounts or faster than one standard drink per hour.

When a person has more than one drink an hour, the alcohol content in the blood drastically increases, affecting the brain.

The more alcohol consumed, the higher the risk it will negatively affect the brainstem. The brainstem is in charge of vital body functions such as breathing, blood pressure and heart rate, so you can only imagine what your body is going through when you take three shots of hard liquor right after another.

Another consequence of participating in a neknomination is getting turned down for employment.

Having videos of yourself chugging a beer while sitting in class, for example, is not the greatest way to impress your boss.

Neknominations pose many risks, but it is ultimately your decision to accept the nomination or not.

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FROM KEOUGHAN PAGE 16 Used to balancing school and sports, he said it was an easy transition. The guys on the team made it that much easier.

“We’ve always had a really great group of guys coming through every year on our team,” he said.

“Everybody gets along, we all enjoy spending time with each other outside of sports, so it’s a really nice family.”

But he wasn’t just introduced to the team his first year. As a Varsity Red he is part of the athletes council. He was a general member for two years where he did Read with the Reds, athlete date auctions and Heads up with the R.E.D.S – Respect, Esteem, Dedication and Strategy.

The 6’7” player said it’s important to try and give back to the community who are always a means of support, showing up to games representing the Reds family. He said it is especially important as a varsity athlete.

“It’s important for anybody to try and give back, you can really improve your community, helping people out who need it, but especially as a varsity athlete,” he said. “You’re in a position where people look up to you, they come out to see you play, and you have a really good opportunity to make a difference, regardless of how small it may seem.”

But he said you don’t have to dive into as many groups as possible.

Starting off small is key.

Keoughan only did one Read with a Red. Just one day, and as he got a taste for it he built his way up.

“You go and see little kids who just embody all that stuff like play – running around, just asking questions, they want to tell you stories about everything they’ve done, and just asking about everything you’ve done,” he said. “I just really enjoy spending time with kids.”

But his time as a Varsity Red is coming to a close. The fifth-year student will be graduating and finishing his time at UNB. Despite finishing the season off with a loss to the Dalhousie University Tigers, Keoughan said it was nice to finish his career on a personal high. In his final games he led the players in attack percentages and had the most blocks and service aces.

His memories over the last five years have made it a bittersweet experience.

“I’ve loved all my years here, made so many good friends, and really had this family connection,” he said. “There’s some good in the bad, I guess.”

With his student-athlete career coming to an end he is considering trying out in May for the Volleyball Canada National B team, who provide a full-time training centre.

“I don’t have any expectations, I guess, but I figure I might as well do it now, while I can, and who knows?”

But McMorran has confidence in the graduate.

“He’s a guy that has his heart in the right spot and has the brains to go with it,” said McMorran. “So Logan’s going to do some pretty big things with himself.”

Fredericton residents reach out to Morse family Bronté James Sports Editor Marissa Morse is tall, standing at 5’10”. Her hair isn’t too long, only touching as far as her shoulders. Her brown eyes are a touch lighter than her hair. She can easily blend into a crowd.

The only thing out of place is the teal, cream and gray brace around her neck after surgeries and when she goes to bed.

Marissa, 26, has Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, more commonly known as EDS or connective tissue disease.

“It’s not a huge burden, but she can’t drive, she can’t do a lot of things, so I take her to a lot of appointments and that kind of stuff, and just spend time with her,” said her brother and Red Bombers running back John Morse.

Connective tissues are anything in one’s body that hold tissues together such as joints, organs and arteries.

EDS can come in many forms.

Hypermobility in the joints is one form, and, as a genetic disorder, has affected John to a lesser degree than his sister. He has had two shoulder surgeries and dislocates his joints regularly, but it doesn’t measure up to Marissa’s surgeries.

Marissa was diagnosed with a more severe form, vascular, where the connective tissues around her heart can come apart and she can bleed out internally in minutes.

Her latest surgery on the 18th, a spinal fusion, was to fuse her skull to the top two vertebrae of her neck to pull her skull back because it was sitting too far forward, and it put a lot of pressure on her brain stem.

Because of this, her brain couldn’t tell her body to perform normal functions.

Her recovery time is five days in the hospital, the first three in the intensive care unit, and the next 10 days in a hospital.

She has also had shoulder surgeries and multiple surgeries on her stomach.

When she was younger, Marissa had epilepsy, but despite the hardships has always been known to have a smile on her face and a strong, confident attitude toward something that would hinder many others. She raised money for epilepsy foundations and has since she was young.

Marissa was first diagnosed with a “mystery illness” in 2007, a year after graduating high school, and she had to leave the basketball team and occupational therapy studies at Mount Allison University to come home to Fredericton. She only finished a year and a half as a Mountie.

“She couldn’t live on her own – she was missing class and sick, so she came here so mom could help her out so she could finish her degree.”

No doctors could figure out what exactly was causing her illness until the summer of 2013, when she was officially diagnosed. While awaiting the diagnosis, she got a degree in kinesiology from UNB and started her master’s degree at Dalhousie

Marissa Morse with her physiotherapist and doctor after her spinal fusion surgery. Submitted University. The EDS became too much for her and she has put her master’s on hold.

“My parents basically started shopping her around to doctors in Ontario and Boston,” said John.

After a long array of doctors, tests and interviews, a doctor in Hamilton, Ont. diagnosed her with EDS and they found a doctor in Washington, D.C. who was able to perform the surgeries needed because no one in Canada can perform it.

But it wasn’t as simple as just driving to the hospital the day of.

The Canadian government had helped pay for the travel costs and appointments because they have to travel to the U.S., but because the surgery is “controversial,” as no one in Canada can perform it, the government wouldn’t pay the $100,000 needed.

“When we got that news, I’d seen what my parents had been through in the last few years and just trying to get money here, get money there, put it together, and so I just started talking to my friends about it,” he said. “And the next thing I know, guys from my team came up to me

and said ‘we want to help, we want to do this.’ ” John, his family, teammates and friends have all come together to help fundraise the surgery cost.

Marissa, although relying on much from her family, has taken on her own initiative and started a Youcare. com fundraising campaign in midJanuary, which has already raised over $9,100.

The topic of discussion in his family, however, is what goal they want to set.

“These surgeries, the numbers are just ludicrous. It’s unreal.”

With help of his coaches and teammates, John is planning a breakfast with the Wisemen, a “social and working group of men who enhance the lives of youth by taking care, subsidizing and fundraising for the local Wiseman’s Club camp,” according to their website. He is also organizing a flag football tournament and putting together a basket, where they will raffle off tickets at Fredericton’s Regent Mall.

“I remember one of my coaches told me to come down to the Cellar and we’d have a talk, so I did and he

said, ‘The football team is a family.

One person’s hurt, everybody’s hurt.

One person needs help, we’re all here to help,’ ” he said. “That was quite overwhelming, the support I’d gotten from them.”

He and his family have also seen support from the board of directors for the football team, friends, family and strangers.

“I really didn’t expect the amount of people that have just jumped on board and wanting to help,” said John. “I play on a men’s league and when driving home he got out of the car and his teammate shook his hand and gave him a $100 bill.”

The Youcare.com page Marissa started has an $80,000 goal, but that will only help with about 80 per cent of the medical and travel costs.

John is hoping to raise as much as he can to help older sister who he can’t speak higher of.

“I really can’t put it into words.

She’s my sister, I love her to death, I spend a lot of time with her because she’s just at home. I’d do anything for her.”

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Men’s volleyball finish season 11 - 6

Bronté James Sports Editor The Dalhousie University (Dal) Tigers were positioned perfectly for their photo-ops, the Atlantic University Sport (AUS) champions banner perfectly centered.

The Varsity Reds stood on the other side of the court. Seniors and rookies alike were holding back their feelings of disappointment at how their season ended.

They would not be AUS champions two years in a row.

“We’re disappointed that all of us aren’t heading out on a plane to Calgary,” said head coach Dan McMorran.

“But hopefully we’ll be ale to learn from that and move on and have a better season next year.”

Despite the final two losses, the men held a strong 11-6 record to finish their season.

They also managed to rank as high as sixth in the Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) standings, and spent almost every weekend in the top 10.

Although they lost to the Tigers in the final two matches, they walked away with a few more awards to add to the already impressive resume.

Fifth year Julio Fernandez received the Most Valuable Player award for the fifth year in his five-year career. Teammate Chhase McFarlen got Libero of the Year – one of only three in UNB’s history to get the award, alongside Kyle Blanchard in 2010-11 and Andrew Costa in 2012-13. Fifth year Logan Keoughan got the Student-Athlete Community Service award for the

second year in a row, and Fernandez, Keoughan and Eivind Andersen were named to the All-Star team. “[We] played a very high level of ball throughout the course of the season,” he said. “It’s hard at the time, when we lose, to put things into perspective, but well over half of the teams in the country would have loved to have had the season we had.”

One of the main downfalls to their season was not having their best performances when it counted. Their last few matches in particular, the final two against Dal, showed a lack of offence trying to be compensated with playing safe.

McMorran believes this is because of the desire to hold their title as AUS champions. The men have won the last two of four seasons – this past one included – breaking the Dal 24-game winning streak in in the 2010-2011 season.

“We were trying to play a little too safe, I think,” he said. “When that happens and another team is coming at you, it’s playing more of a defensive tentative style, opposed to an offensive aggressive style.”

But a deep roster is keeping McMorran positive about next season. He isn’t worried about having to start fresh after seniors Fernandez and Keoughan graduate this year – two of their key, and starting, players.

The program is based on rolling players over, and he has players who are ready to step up and fill those impending voids in those positions.

“Julio Fernandez, he’s a league MVP, and you don’t replace the league

MVP right now, “ said McMorran.

“But we definitely have players that can fill in and that are going to do a fantastic job next year.”

Some of those players are returning for his fifth year offensive hitter (OH) Marc White and fellow offensive hitters Tristen Burridge, Pascal McCarthy and Ryan Colpitts.

“It’s going to give those guys an opportunity to step, and I think they’re going to do that.”

McMorran is hoping to fix the mindset of the men for next season, and get back their aggressive offence.

“We paid the ultimate price in having to lose a match,” he said. “But I think that’s sport and hopefully that will make our team next year, and our program next year, all the more stronger.”

It’s been a rough week for the men, having to adjust to their season ending and starting post-season training earlier than they hoped. McMorran is travelling to Calgary to be a spectator of CIS and attend coaches’ meetings, but he said it will be hard to sit and watch teams he wanted to be facing at CIS nationals.

“We’re actually eager to get the guys with their off-season programs and eager to do a bit of volleyball here before the guys leave for the summer,” he said. “In a lot of respects I wish the season would start next week so that we could get back and do some of those things that we wanted to do. But, just looking ahead and looking forward to getting back at it.”

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20 • February 26, 2014 • Issue 22 • Volume 147

BRUNSWICKANSPORTS

Women’s volleyball season comes to an end

The women finish their season with a 7-9 record.

Sarah Badibanga / The Brunswickan Sarah Rouse The Brunswickan In a year filled with both triumphs and obstacles, the road to Atlantic University Sport (AUS) playoffs was rocky at best for the Varsity Reds women’s volleyball team.

Finishing the season with a mediocre 7-9 overall record, the team nonetheless advanced to the AUS semi-finals before falling 3-0 to the Saint Mary’s University Huskies earlier this month.

It was not the result the UNB community had hoped for, but head coach Jilliane Goulet believes the season was far more successful than the team’s record suggests.

“Overall, our season went very well,” said Goulet. “We had some difficulty at the beginning, and struggled to win a game in the first ten matches that we played. As much as it was a difficult period, it also strengthened our resolve as a team and we realized that we could do better.”

Goulet said the team used the tough times to push them to try harder and learned from them.

“The tough times really brought us together with a fighting spirit and I’m thankful that we have players on the team who wanted to persevere and get better.”

Goulet cited the last five games of the season, a period where the team won three games against highly skilled opponents, as the high points of the season.

After suffering a tough loss on the road at the hands of the Memorial Seahawks, she credited her team for returning to Fredericton with a newfound resolve to compete. The team went on to channel that energy into the last two matches of the season against Acadia and l’Université de Moncton, defeating both perennial contenders.

Although the team improved immensely over the course of the season, they also encountered a string of bad

luck, threatening the team’s overall success. Along with the early season losses and several injuries before Christmas, Goulet believed the true low points of the season were “games where we beat ourselves and didn’t play to our fullest potential.”

In fact, the V-Reds season came to an end during one of those games, with SMU outplaying them when it mattered most.

If UNB’s coach holds any hard feelings about this loss they are well-hidden beneath the immense pride she feels for her team.

“Looking back at where we started,” said Goulet, “I believe that we accomplished everything that we could possibly accomplish this year.”

Looking towards the future, Goulet has high hopes for the Varsity Reds volleyball program. With the bulk of the team returning next season, it seems as though UNB will be a contender for several years to come – that is, if they can replace the drive and passion that star player Rebecca Glancy brought to the team.

“Rebecca was by far the hardest working player at practice every day and led the team in our matches,” said Goulet. “She was really committed to making this a good year for the team and for herself, and there are going to be big shoes to fill when she leaves.”

A few up-and-comers to look forward to in the 2014-2015 season include the team’s libero Paige Nelmes, who was named a second team All-Star again this season. Having excelled on the court since her arrival at UNB, Goulet hopes she will continue to be one of the team’s dominant leaders in the future.

Vanja Mitrovic is another exciting player who is expected to have a breakout season next year. With the return of these two young athletes, along with many other key role players, the future certainly looks bright for UNB’s women’s volleyball program.

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