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HOW DO WE STACK UP?

UNB OFFICIALS WEIGH IN ON 2015 MACLEAN’S UNIVERSITY RANKINGS

BY EMMA MCPHEE | PAGE 3

MEN’S SOCCER WINS AUS CHAMPIONSHIP

BY JAMIE TOZER | PAGE 15

THEATRE UNB LAUNCHES 2014-2015 SEASON WITH LES BELLES-SOEURS

BY WALEED KHOKHAR | PAGE 13

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The Poppies4Peace exhibit will be shown at Government House until Nov. 11.

Adam Travis / The Brunswickan

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Spreading kindness one small act at a time Travis Piercy The Brunswickan

On Nov. 7, you might f ind yoursel f sm i l i ng more t ha n u sua l.

“R andom Acts of K indness Day” is coming to UNB. “This year the UNBSU is planning to spread kindness throughout the campus community,” said UNBSU vice-president external Nicole Saulnier.

The ra ndom act of k ind ness movement st a r ted i n 20 0 8 i n Ontario. Now in Fredericton for a second year, it’s a great way to brighten up someone’s day with even the smallest gesture.

This year the UNBSU will be walking around and handing out free coffee coupons courtesy of Sodexo and giving away bags of candy to all students.

“This is a stressful time of the yea r a nd we a re rea l ly hopi ng that people will pass kindness to others,” said Saulnier. “[R a ndom Acts of K ind ness Day] is really important because it rem i nd s u s t hat somet h i ng as small as a free cof fee could greatly improve someone’s day.

It promotes a ca mpus cu lt u re t hat is posit ive and support ive of our peers.”

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UNB kept its ranking as fourth overall in the comprehensive university category despite dropping in the student services section.

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UNB maintains 4th place standing Emma McPhee News Editor Despite a rough year last year, UNB maintained its fourth place overall position in its category for the 2015 Maclean’s University Rankings for a third year in a row.

“I am pleased. Of course, it would have been nice to move up the rankings as well. But I have to say, given the challenges we find ourselves confronting — a tough financial environment and the declining population of young people in Atlantic Canada — to stay in the top of the national rankings is really an achievement,” said UNB president Eddy Campbell.

The fourth-place ranking was

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given to UNB in the comprehensive category, a 15-university grouping for institutions that “have a significant degree of research activity and a wide range of programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels, including professional degrees.”

Both the Fredericton and Saint John campuses were ranked together.

Maclean’s national reputational rankings, rankings that take 49 Canadian universities and classify them based on surveys of professionals such as high school guidance counsellors, university recruiters and university officials, tell a different story. UNB placed 34 in the Best Overall category, dropping from 23.

However, Campbell said the rank-

ings should be taken with a grain of salt.

“I wouldn’t say anyone should take the Maclean’s rankings as gospel, but there is no denying that students and parents pay attention to it. From that perspective, it’s important,” Campbell said.

There’s more to choosing a university than just the rankings though, and Campbell is quick to point this out.

“I tell parents and students to make decisions on what feels right for them. No one should just pick their university based solely on the rankings. Visit the university, talk to current students, alumni, professors; do your own evaluation,” he said.

UNBSU president Greg Bailey agrees. In the student support ranking section, UNB maintained its 15th out of 15 place for scholarships and bursaries and dropped to 11th place from the 8th position it held for student services last year.

Bailey said it’s more important to consider the students than the funding.

“I’d be more concerned with the actual results students are getting from those services than whether or not we’ve got the highest or lowest percentage of our budget devoted to them, especially in a chronically underfunded province like N.B.,” he said.

Campbell also said that the low stu-

dent support rankings do not reflect the progress made over the past year.

“On the Student Services front, we’ve invested significantly more money — nearly an add it iona l $200,000 — into our counselling services at UNB Fredericton this year … With everything we do, there’s always room for improvement. But we’re seeing progress,” he said.

As far as the Maclean’s rankings go, it’s this progress that keeps UNB a contender in its own right.

“For one of the smaller universities in the country, we’re punching well above our weight. We have had our challenges this past year for sure, but we have a lot of reasons to be proud of our community,” said Campbell.

“Why are you speaking French?”

Alec Boudreau Most Canadians are familiar with the Commonwealth. As Her Majesty’s loyal subjects,

we’re proud to play a part in the remnants of the British Empire, host to 53 nations and 2.2 billion people. Few are aware, however, that Canada is also a member state of l’Organisation internationale de la francophonie (OIF), which itself hosts 57 countries and 900 million people (though you could argue that it’s actually 55, since Quebec, New Brunswick,andCanadaareeachmembers— but that’s beside the point).

ThepointisthattheFrenchlanguageisnot just spoken in France and Canada. Member states of the OIF include Cameroon, Egypt, Greece, Vietnam, Haiti, the Seychelles and Vanuatu, among many others. France’s

colonial history means that la langue de Molière is one of the most spoken languages in the world. Though that doesn’t excuse colonialism.

Often, when people think of “The French,” what comes to mind is pretty unimaginative:baguettes,theTourEiffel,maybe Québec, or the FLQ, or Jean Chrétien, if you’re Canadian. Few people will ever think of Vanuatu, the archipel of islands northeast ofAustralia.Peoplearequicktorecognizethe innate cultural differences between Englishspeaking countries — we know that the United States and New Zealand don’t have that much in common — but when it comes

toFrench,oranyotherforthatmatter,cultural and national identities are essentialized based upon preconceived — and often completely wrong — ideas.

Did you know that Afrique has more francophones than all other continents combined?

This essentialization happens within Canada as well. It seems that for many Canadians, francophones are all part of the same amorphous blob called Quebec that only offers separatism and poutine to the rest of the world. “Are you from Quebec or something?” and “Why are you speaking French?” are the two responses I most often

hear when people hear me speak French, and the attitudes behind them are completely unaware of the existence of us francophones hors-Québec.

I think that this attitude irks me so much because the implicit message is that I don’t belonginmajority-Englishterritory.Itreinforces the idea that Canada must perpetually be a country of deux solitudes, even though we’ve been sharing a postal code for ages.

As for me, I do belong here. I’ve never spent more than a week at a time in Quebec, while I’ve lived in English-speaking Canada my whole life. It’s what I know. It’s what I care about. Osti, it’s where I’m going to stay.

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New work permit rules for international students

Rachel Ward CUP Labour Bureau Chief

H A L I FA X (C U P) — Ne w G over n ment of Canada regulations make it easier for international students to work while in school but do little to help with employment after graduation.

A s of June 1 t h is yea r, students ca n work 20 hours per week off-campus while enrolled in classes during the academic school year, while in the summer they can now work full-time using their regular study permit.

T he new r u les mea n i nter nat iona l students can work without an extra OffCampus Work Permit, which had been the case since 2006. Study permits now expire automatically 90 days after graduation, not on the renewal date that could be a year away as was the case with the old.

This means those who come to Canada as students have to switch to a new immigration category once they have graduated.

The government’s worry is that under old regulations, “foreign nationals” could say they want to study simply to get the permit a nd rema in in Ca nada unt il its expi rat ion, says t he reg u lator y i mpact analysis statement from Citizenship and Immigration Canada.

Despite t he new, shor ter t ime l im it,

Minister of International Trade Ed Fast said in Canada’s International Education St r ateg y t he gover n ment wa nt s more international students to spend money in Canada and f ill empty skilled labour jobs with “highly qualif ied professional and skilled trades that sustain a technologically-driven modern economy.” W hile in school, international students collectively spend about $8 billion annually.

Changes come on the heels of a controversy at University of Regina three years ago. Two students on full scholarship at the university received deportation notices after unk nowingly work ing at Walmart illegally, reported the Sheaf in 2012.They spent 16 months hiding in churches in Regina before agreeing to leave Canada.

Both women returned to Saskatchewan this June, when new rules came into effect.

Mario Mazraany, an international student in his second year of engineering at Dalhousie University in Halifax, says he’s worried about the new regulations. He previously completed a bachelor of science at Saint Mary’s University, taking a gap year to work and save money. He recently at tended ses sion s about work per m it s through his school’s international student advising centre — something he says not many students take advantage of.

“If you’re a shy international student

w it h bad English, you’re not going to know stuff and you’re not going to understand what’s going on,” said Mazraany.

More one-on-one sessions with university student advisors would be helpful, he said.

Mazraany would like to stay in Canada to work a nd ga i n ex per ience a f ter he graduates as a chemical engineer next May. Mazraa ny sa id t he new 90 -day t ime limit after graduation would restrict the window to f ind a job. Luckily, he said, he’s covered under the old rules, so he can stay to apply for jobs until his study permit expires almost a full year after graduating. He could also try to f ind a company to sponsor him — possibly a tricky task

with the restricted time limit and current job market.

As of September, Statistics Canada numbers show youth employment sits at 13.5 per cent, unchanged from the previous year. Overall, there are 6.2 unemployed workers per job vaca nc y, accord i ng to Statistics Canada numbers ending in July.

The government’s educat ion st rateg y says its goal is to increase international student enrollment, encourage more to stay long-term and double student spending over the next eight years. International students currently pay more than three t imes t he average t u it ion of Ca nad ia n students, according to Statistics Canada.

UNB nursing and AIDS New Brunswick are partnering up to provide free testing for sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections.

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STIs: know your status Emma McPhee News Editor

Sex ua l ly t ra nsm it ted a nd blood-borne infect ions (ST BBIs) a re on t he r ise in New Brunswick, and A IDS New Brunswick and the Horizon Health Community Clinic are partnering with U NB nursing to provide free testing.

T he a i m i s t h at by m a k i ng te s t i ng ser vices more accessible, they will raise awareness about the importance of getting tested.

“K nowing your status, of course, is an important thing. If you don’t know, then you ca n’t t reat somet h i ng t hat wou ld other wise be ver y treatable,” said Joan K ingston, facult y member of the U NB facult y of nursing and nurse manager of the Fredericton Downtown Communit y Health Centre.

The ser vice began on Oct. 29 and will continue bi-week ly on Wednesdays from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.

“The reason t hat we’re doing t his is that there are lots of barriers for people accessing testing and so we feel that by offering testing in more locations people are more likely to access testing, particula rly if we of fer it in a locat ion where people are comfortable,” said Matt Smith, prevention programs manager with A IDS New Brunswick.

Smith said that some New Brunswickers may not access STBBI testing because of the province’s size.

“New Brunswick is a fairly small place … You might k now someone who does the testing and so you might be a little more apprehensive to go somewhere and get testing,” he said.

“Sometimes sheer geography is a barrier for us. We’re a ver y rural province, we’re very spread out and so what we hope to do is to make testing more accessible by putting it around more locations.”

K i ng ston added t hat prov id i ng t he ser v ice t hrough A I DS New Br unsw ick may a lso give people a better sense of conf identialit y.

“For some people, they don’t feel comfortable going in maybe to a health clinic and saying, ‘I want to be tested for STIs.’ So if they go to A IDS New Brunswick, they may feel it’s more conf idential, they ju st feel a bigger com for t level bei ng there,” she said.

“So that’s what it’s all about ... Going to where people are, going to where t hey ’re com for t able i s a good way to i ncrease accessibi l it y to screen i ng a nd testing.”

New Brunswick has seen an outbreak i n Ch la myd ia, gonor rhea a nd s y ph i l is over the past t wo years. The age groups primarily affected are 18- to 24-year-olds and those over 50. This is an issue in a province where there are no provinciallyrun sexual health clinics for people over the age of 19.

For t u nately, com mu n it y cl i n ics a nd ser v ice s such a s t he new i n it iat ive i n Fredericton f ill in the gap.

“T he on ly way to k now you r stat us is to go and get a test. Many times the symptoms are described as f lu-like or they can be benign or they can mimic other things,” Smith said.

STBBI testing is also always offered at the U NB Health Centre for all f ull-time U NB and STU students.

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Campus campaign goes provincial Melanie Michaud The Brunswickan The mental healt h ant i-st igma campaign, #MyDefinition, led by UNBSU vice-president internal Lee Thomas, is about to become somet h i ng much g reater t ha n what she originally started a few months ago.

With the partnership of the Canadian Mental Health Association of New Brunswick, the campaign will be spreading out into various communities all over the province next May. At first, the posters were meant to create conversat ion a rou nd mental health at UNB. This is the first campaign of its kind that the UNBSU has run.

“We knew we needed an antistigma campaign, and we knew we wanted to do it as a Student Union.

I ran on a platform of mental health and international students, so it was super important to me,” Thomas said, adding that “university students experience disproportionate levels of mental health issues.”

The new partnership between the UNBSU and the Canadian Mental Health Association of New Brunswick will give both large and small communities across the province the opportunity to openly engage

i n conversat ions about menta l health.

The posters won’t be the same from community to community. A key aspect of the campaign is that they will reflect the residents of each community, keeping the posters relatable and, ultimately, starting important conversations.

Thomas said she is excited because #MyDefinition will soon be in regions where mental health is not always discussed openly.

“The campaign is so powerful because it’s real people [in the posters] that they know,” Thomas said. “I grew up in a small town and people never talked about mental health.”

Thomas said the posters will help people with mental illness understand they are not alone in their journey. They create opportunities for people to feel empowered and find courage to openly speak with others about mental health. And it’s not only for people with diagnosed mental illnesses.

“It also let people who don’t necessarily have diagnosed mental illnesses to come forward, because we know those people are relatable for a lot of people. Everyone has mental health, even if you don’t have a mental health concern,” Thomas said.

The poster idea of this campaign

Starting next May, #MyDefinition posters will be cropping up around New Brunswick.

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was conceived by Thomas a nd Kathleen Pye, the mental health strategist at UNB. The concept behind it was that mental health is a part of a person but that it does not define them.

“People have very unique relationships to their mental illness or mental health. Some people do see it as a struggle or something they live with. And so it was really important that we let people define

that on their own,” said Thomas.

Thomas said the posters have served their purpose, as long as they have helped at least one person feel unashamed when talking about mental health.

McConnell Hall to use new plate-scraping system Benjamin Crouse News Reporter

McConnell Hall will finally be truly tayless when the self-scraping stations are installed.

Adam Travis / The Brunswickan

Sodexo is introducing a new “platescraping” initiative at McConnell Hall that will finally allow them to fulfill their pledge to go trayless.

In efforts to reduce water consumption, Sodexo agreed with the Student Union at the beginning of the last school year to stop using trays in McConnell Hall. But because their conveyor system that carries dirty plates to the kitchen requires trays, some are still being used.

“The way that it looks now and the way that it functions now is not ideal,” said Tim Thornton, the general manager of Sodexo.

That’s why McConnell Hall is getting an environmentally-conscious makeover in the near future.

“We’re going to put a self-scraping station in … it’s going to be a food separation,” said Thornton.

The new design will replace the current method. Students will first empty whatever remaining food they have into compost bins and whatever remaining liquid into a sink. There will then be a place, likely small bins, for dirty plates and silverware.

“What’s going to happen is there’s going to be a double-sided cabinetry section made. They will be mirror images of each other on each side to accommodate the traffic at peak periods. There’s going to be a five-foot knee wall separating it from

the dining hall,” Thornton said.

Thornton said that the exact date for the revamp is unknown at this point.

“The construction portion of it is dependent on how much sourcing project management has to do. It will be big enough of a project that they won’t really want to do it when students are here. So it could be done at Christmas or it could be done at March break or done at the end of April,” he said.

Thornton believes the change shouldn’t be too difficult for students because another hall on campus is already using a similar method.

“The students at McLeod Hall actually already separate and scrape their own plates; not by request, they just do it. So they don’t use trays at all. They have four or five grey bus bins out and they scrape [their plates] themselves and then we take them into the dish room,” Thornton said.

DKT will be the next hall to be renovated after McConnell.

Despite not doing away with trays entirely, Thornton believes that reducing the number of trays was a step in the right direction.

“If we had 700 or 800 kids in at supper time they would all take a tray before.

Now we might push through 100 trays.

That’s where the gap is,” said Thornton.

But with the new initiative, they are taking it one step further and filling that gap.

THE BRUNS OPINION editor@thebruns.ca

The Christmas lights can wait November is a month that means different things to different people.

There is Movember, where activists raise money while growing out “gorgeous” mustaches for prostate cancer research. To some it is the month for Alzheimer’s Awareness, Transgender Awareness, or the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on Nov. 25.

And, of course, Nov. 11 is Remembrance Day, meaning that the one thing November does not represent is the unofficial “I Need to Prep for Christmas” month.

Immediately after Halloween passes, stores fill their aisles with Christmas decorations and sales.

As much as they may be tempting, please wait two weeks between your masks and candy before buying snowmen and icicle lights. Instead, pick up a poppy, do some research and participate in the moment of silence, either at home, or at a local ceremony, such as the cenotaph in Fredericton.

Remembrance Day, as stated by the federal department of Veterans Affairs Canada, is for the “remembrance of the men and women who have served, and continue to serve

our country during times of war, conflict and peace.”

This is not the time to play your Michael Bublé Christmas album, or start decorating your living room with lights and a Christmas tree.

As proud Canadians, or even those visiting to Canada, take this time to understand why we have Remembrance Day. I don’t mean to just wear a poppy and call it a day. I mean learn what we are remembering and who we are remembering. I would be willing to bet that each Canadian family has someone related throughout their history that has been in one of the World Wars or possibly in one of the ongoing conflicts.

We are the “True North, Strong and Free” because of these brave men and women. Take the two minutes on Nov. 11 to stop what you are doing, remove your hat, and remember. We are proud Canadians and that is thanks to our history, our culture and the sacrifices that were made by fellow Canadians for future Canadians.

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EDITOR

Canada is not a “scrappy underdog” In last week’s Brunswickan, Mark Mancini wrote a response to the senseless attacks on Canadian Forces soldiers on Parliament Hill. He spoke of a vision of Canada that has resonated with many in the wake of this crisis, a nation where politicians have put their divisions aside for the greater good to confronting a threat unprecedented in our nation. Stirring though this sentiment is, it is misguided and dangerously naive.

I do not mean to deny Mr. Mancini the right to his opinion, nor to disrespect those who have been killed. But we should all take a collective step back, both to grieve and to consider our future with minds unclouded by reactionary emotion.

This sensitive period has been exploited in the past by unscrupulous politicians looking to make ideological gains. Consider the US Patriot Act, signed little over a month after the events of 9/11: it has never been repealed, despite the fact that al-Qaeda or any similar group has not successfully attacked the US since 2001.

Coincidentally, a litany of fear-based legislation is currently passing through our parliament, seeking among other

things to extend CSIS’s powers overseas (Bill C-44, artfully titled the Protection of Canada from Terrorists Act), a stunning change for an agency whose prerogative has been solely domestic since its inception in 1984.

Not to mention Prime Minister Harper’s doggedly determined push for engagement against ISIS in the Middle East. While this legislation was in the works before these attacks, wouldn’t the honourable thing be to put divisive politics aside in this time of national grief?

Yes, it would.

However it should come as no surprise to anyone familiar with Harper’s modus operandi that he has wasted no time in continuing his partisan push, capitalizing on the climate of fear that he himself has perpetuated. Make no mistake, Harper’s awkward embraces with Justin Trudeau and Tom Mulcair was pure political theatre, and all leaders involved understood that.

Any politician will tell you that legislation pushed through in an emotional period is not going to be sound. Decisions regarding Canadians’ privacy and security need the most careful consideration,

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without the weight of tragedy hanging overhead. Both our decision-makers in Ottawa and the general public would be well-served to remember that correlation does not imply causation, and using the actions of radicalized, lone-wolf terrorists to justify greater action in the Middle East is the very definition of this.

It is tempting to fall into a narrative of “everything has changed”; certainly, politicians prefer this, as it allows them to dismiss any criticism of aggressive new legislation. “We’re living in a post-Ottawa Shooting world,” they’ll say. We have heard this message before, when President George W. Bush intoned, “Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists.”

What Canadians should be rejecting is not terrorism, but the political move to frame this into an “us vs. them” divide.

While these events have affected the way Canadians see their nation, I do not believe that it should redefine us as the scrappy underdog, fighting against an indeterminate terrorist threat. Rather, we should look at the American-style climate of fear our political leaders wish to perpetuate and soundly reject it.

-Marc Gagnon

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Proposed UNB Act revisions challenge public role of university AN OPINION

Micah O’Donnell-Gillies Last week, I tried to bring to light how cha nges to t he U N B Act will negatively impact students.

This week, I am going to try for something a little bit more diff icult, more elusive. At the heart of the changes to the UNB Act is taking much of what is in the current Act and shifting it to bylaws. Not only will this make it easier to change, at will, how our university is run, but will ultimately remove the university from being a public institution.

Is there a problem with the university being overhauled so that government oversight is relegated to a nicety? With by-laws, there’s no need to have government oversight in changing them. The chair

of the Act Revisions Committee, Roxanne Fairweather, contends that such a change would make it easier to change how the universit y is managed. A nd yes, I can almost agree with her. If we can easily change how the university is managed, perhaps then we can become a more adaptable institution.

Honestly, though, I don’t want this institution to easily adapt.

Cu rrent ly, t he g r imy claws of zeitgeist seem to point towards creating institutions that make money and away from institutions that make citizens. Currently, to adapt seems synonymous with to make money. To modernize is to accrue prof it.

I feel like I’ve said this before: I really like making money. I love when a paycheque is larger than I anticipated it to be. I pine for the day when I have a stable and prof itable career. I value f iscal responsibility and restraint.

That said, I will never choose money over well-being.

The proposed changes want to remove the public and insert the corporate. The university’s connection to the government and its oversight is what has kept it

an institution for the citizens of New Brunswick. With the new revisions, the f issure between our school and the government will grow d ramat ica lly. This is t he f irst step in making UNB Eddy’s school (or whatever administrator is in power) and not New Brunswick’s university.

Of course, this won’t happen right away. If these changes do make their way through, nothing may change for years. The problem is that the revisions arouse a whole slew of ‘what ifs.’ At UNB, both of our campuses have a Senate. The Senates are the governing bodies which look over academic matters. That means everything f rom ad m ission g u idel i nes, to scholarships, to honourar y degrees. The Senates are, generally, responsible for giving place to academic and collegial priorities at the university.

In Eddy’s revisions, the power to absolve the Senates lies with t he Boa rd of G over nor s. T he rev isions read l i ke t h is: “pro viding for the establishment or discontinuance of a Senate of the Universit y and prescribing t he jurisdiction of a Senate and its, rights, dut ies and obligat ions”

(11.n).

T he word i ng is t r ick y here: the Board can establish or discontinue Senates. If the Senate is making decisions the Board is unhappy with, what happens? And I very much doubt that when the Board is happy with the Senate they will make f ive more.

I n pa r t, t h is is what makes criticising the revisions so diff icult. It’s going from an act that has powers and concretely outlines how our university is run to a f limsy suggestion. With the revised Act, the document moves away from being a f irm outline of our university to a document that can be changed and utilized at the will of passing administrators.

The reality is that we’ve no idea who will come after Eddy, Tony Secco, and other high-level administrators. Long after Eddy is gone, this province will still be sending its high school grads to U N B. Th is prov i nce w i l l still be looking to UNB as the front of innovation, knowledge, a n d a d v a n c e m e n t . H o w e v e r, the revisions are subjecting our university to the passing whims of powerful administrators. The beaut y of t he 196 8 Act is it s

stay ing power. It insisted t hat whoever the president was, whoever was on the Board, that the University would belong to New Brunswick.

If we make the suggested changes to our Act, we become that much closer to being customers. UNB will not introduce you to the world as an educated individual who spent four years developing themselves at an institution t h at c a re d ab out k now le d ge , community, and a better society.

Instead, you’ll leave these doors the same way you do Walmart.

Sure, our university fails.

Even on its best days, there are still students it has screwed over a nd m ist reated. U N B doesn’t a lways l ive up to t he goa ls it purports to have. I’m not trying to blindly praise our university.

But that’s exactly it: I want UNB to rema in our universit y. This school does not belong to administrators. It does not belong to the Board or the Chancellor.

It belongs to us, to our province; start realizing that, begin f inding out what that means, and then we can move forward to make UNB what it should be — not what Eddy wants it to be.

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Lee Thomas For t hose of you who haven’t he a rd me b itc h ab out C -27 9 yet, here’s a quick and dirty histor y. T he bi l l wa s i nt roduced

by NDP MP R andall Garrison, and would, if passed, amend the C a nad ia n Hu ma n R ig ht s A c t and the Criminal Code to protect people from discrimination based on gender identity in the same way that the Human R ights Act c u r rent ly protect s people f rom d iscr i m i nat ion based on age, race, religion, etc. Following the introduction of the bill, there w a s a g i a nt a nd u n ne c e s s a r y shitstorm, with Calgary MP Rob A nders ca lling it a “bat hroom bill” and various fearmongering groups f iling petitions online.

Mob hy s t e r i a a s id e , C -27 9 passed its third reading in the House of Commons on March 20, 2013, and went on to Senate.

(For those interested, the vote was 149 to 137, with both the Prime Minister and our own MP, Keith Ashf ield, voting against it.)

As anyone who is familiar with the Senate can tell you, the Senate’s job is basically to wallow in glorious bureaucracy and, at the end of the day, rubber stamp whatever piece of paper comes their way.

However, the Senate has taken exce pt ion to C -27 9, a nd h a s decided to stop wallowing and start actively opposing bills that will help Canadians. One senator i n pa r t icu la r, t he Honou rable Don Plett, has been vehemently opposed to C-279. Earlier this month, he put his foot down in the Senate and said he absolutely could not support a bill which might make his granddaughter share a bathroom with a “biol o g i c a l m a l e .” W h i c h r a i s e s several questions, not the least of which is why does Don Plett suck so fucking much?

Let’s break this down a little for anyone who thinks there are two sides to this debate. First off, trans women are women. Some of them may have been assigned male at birth, but that doesn’t mea n t hey a re “biolog ica l ly ma le.” If a woma n has fema le biology, then a trans woman has female biology. Secondly, trans fol k s, a nd t ra ns women especially, are not predators. In fact, they are far, far, FA R more likely to be the victims of violence than perpetrators. That’s why we need this bill in the f irst place.

(A lso, I know the concept of

cisnormat iv it y is probably beyond Plett’s comprehension, but he’s already made himself an unsafe person for his granddaughter to approach if she begins questioning her own gender. So yeah, double fuck you to you, Don.) Sophia Banks (@sophiaphotos) is a Ca nad ia n t ra ns woma n who bold ly ca l led out Plet t ’s bullshit on Twitter. She started the #Not A fraidOf TransWomen ha shtag wh ich went v i ra l a nd has, to date, gotten over 7,000 mentions.

It is v ita l, as cis a l l ies, t hat we t weet about how we a re #Not AfraidOf TransWomen, that we educate ou rselves on t ra ns issues and terminology, that we ta lk to our friends a nd family about how we can support trans folks, that we talk to our senators and MPs about Bill C-279. Information on contacting Senator is all online – and they’ve got Twitter accounts, and emails, and probably long boring speeches about how youth aren’t engaged.

Now is the time to show them that we are, and that this issue is important to us – as students, as voters, as allies, as Canadians, and as human beings.

That sounds like a lot of responsibility, I know. So why is it important for you to speak out?

The Senate, and the government of Canada in general, has made it very clear that it does not value trans voices. As cis allies, it is our

obligation to speak up. There is no room for neut ra lit y in t his debate – if you’re silent, you’ve chosen a side.

The annual Transgender Day of Remembrance is Nov. 20, in memory of the trans folks whose lives were taken, by themselves or others, because of transphobia.

While legislation can’t and won’t change society overnight, things like passing Bill C-279 sends a clea r message: t ra ns Ca nad ia n lives matter to Canada.

But that won’t happen without your help.

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The two friends best known for their television show, Kenny vs. Spenny, will be at the Fredericton Playhouse on Nov. 6.

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Kenny and Spenny are bringing their antics to Fredericton Everyone has a favourite television show. More likely, you have a bunch, the ones that you have seen every episode of, where you know how the characters will react before seeing what happens.

For me, one of those is Kenny vs.

Spenny, a show that ran for six seasons and would see the characters go head-to-head each week in a random competition, with the loser doing a humiliation of the winner’s choice at the end of each episode.

In the show, both Kenny and Spenny play outrageous characters.

Kenny plays a gross character that

will do anything to win, but is confident and comfortable with who he is. Spenny, on the other hand, is a more reserved and straight-shooting character, though Kenny would disagree with that.

The fact that they are coming to Fredericton this week was enough to get me excited, but having the opportunity to talk to them would give me a chance to see what they are really like.

It didn’t take long to realize that how they are portrayed on TV is pretty much how they are in real life.

Spenny was very laid back, answering my questions straight on and at times spoke highly of Kenny, describing him as “witty and cre-

ative.”

Kenny, on the other hand, was absolutely ruthless with his comments towards Spenny. Asked why they no longer hang out as much, Kenny explained that “the pedophile ward only has visiting hours from 10 to 11 on Mondays and it’s hard for me to get down there in the morning to visit him.”

During the show, the two lived together, but they haven’t done so since they stopped filming in 2010.

Now, they have teamed up for a tour across Canada. “[When f ilming the show] we couldn’t even get a professional camera crew because of how fucked up we are so we had to get our friends to

do it,” said Kenny. “You will know how lucky we are and how weird and surreal Kenny vs. Spenny was when you sit in a room with us and just watch us be ourselves.”

“If people weren’t digging it, we wouldn’t be doing it,” added Spenny.

The performance is very loose, the two say. Though it isn’t just for fans of the television show, a lot of the tour does consist of material relating to the show. During the performance they play deleted scenes, share their favourite humiliations, talk to the audience and give some behindthe-scenes details and stories.

In one episode, for example, Kenny slips Spenny acid during a

challenge. While Kenny comes off looking like the bad guy, he says that it was just payback. “ W hat people don’t k now is [that] he slipped me acid in Grade 9 at school, and I was just returning the favour 20 years later on TV so everyone could see.”

A fter our conversations were over, there were far too many good quotes to put in an article, and there are a lot that probably shouldn’t be printed.

The two of them were hilarious and if you’re looking for comical and witty show with no boundaries, I would strongly suggest going to see their live show when it comes to the Playhouse this Thursday.

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on What’s YOUR eek? w s i h t d min

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What is your go-to drunk food?

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Tristen Robertson “What’s in the front of the fridge.”

“Macaroni and cheese.”

“Garlic fingers.”

“McDonald’s chicken nuggets.”

“Chips and dip.”

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“McDonald’s.”

“ McDonald’s.”

“Poutine.”

“Pizza.”

“Chips and salsa.”

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Silver Wave Film Festival bringing over 100 films to Fredericton Kevin Lemieux Arts Reporter The 14th annual Silver Wave Film Festival is hitting the city for another great year. The event, taking place Nov. 6 to 9, will feature over 100 films from near and far.

Cat Leblanc is one of the organizers of this year’s festival. She says that this festival can appeal to a wide variety of film-lovers.

“There is something for everybody at SWFF,” she explained. “There will be New Brunswick Shorts by New Brunswick filmmakers, youth, horror, student, multicultural, aboriginal shorts and documentaries as well as carefully chosen features that are highlighted throughout the festival.”

Tilley Hall will host the opening gala Thursday at 7 p.m. The evening will present “Kung Fu Elliot,” a documentary about a Moncton man who wants to become an action star. This documentary has travelled the world and has been presented at Hot Docs, a Canadian international documentary festival.

NB Shorts 1 and 2 are also events to check out. Both taking place at the Centre communautaire Sainte-Anne at 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, it’s an evening to celebrate excellent New Brunswick work.

Kayla-Renée Ossachuk is a UNB student and will be presenting one of her films at Midnight Madness on Friday night at 11:30 p.m. Her film started as a class project but turned into

something more.

“It started as a class project for Film 4001. We all work-shopped scripts and played a different role in pre-production and production. We ended up using the script of local filmmaker, Jared Carney.

After the class was over, we tweaked it a bit then sent it in to Silver Wave.”

She adds that she felt like the film, and others like this, need to be seen at an event like Silver Wave.

“A lot of work goes into a project like this. You start with something so small, just words on a page. I also think people some don’t understand all the work it takes to create a film, so this gives us a chance to show our work.”

On top of being a great place to get real feedback on your work, SWFF provides people the chance to meet others working in the industry and to make connections for future work.

Though there are a lot of friendly things going on during the festival, there is also a bit of competition, with an awards ceremony happening at the end of SWFF. The Silver Wave Film Festival is the brainchild of the NB Film Co-op.

Leblanc thinks it’s events like these that help grow the arts community in the province.

“It’s a great showcase event. It’s really important to show work from around here.”

The festival’s schedule is available at Swfilmfest.com, with passes going for $40.

From Nov. 6 to 9, the Silver Wave Film Festival will be showing films both from New Brunswick and around the world.

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What is the future of the Playhouse?

Kevin Lemieux Arts Reporter

In 2013, an evaluation of the Fredericton Playhuose showed that it may be cheaper to replace the theatre than to fix it.

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Fifty years after it was built, the f ut u re of one of Freder icton’s most iconic buildings is in question.

L a s t J a n u a r y, a t e c h n i c a l eva luat ion of t he Freder ic ton Playhou se wa s conducted a nd revealed that the building is in poor condition, and that it might be f inancially smarter to build a new venue as opposed to refurbishing the existing location.

Built in 1964, the Playhouse and its staff are looking for any suggestions on how to keep the building the way it is.

“The cu rrent facilit y shou ld not si mply be replaced ,” sa id execut ive d i rector Ti m Yer xa.

“We need to address the needs of the public and stakeholders.”

A nd that’s exactly what they’re doing. On Oct. 29, The Playhouse hosted a public consultat ion at t he Freder ic ton C onvent ion Cent re for t hose who wanted to help shape the building’s future.

A lmost 80 people f i l led t he room, most of whom were new to the project. The question of the night was: “W hat are the needs of the community today?”

“My greatest fea r is mov i ng for wa rd on t he w rong project ... So, we are taking our time, talking a lot and bringing a lot of minds together,” said Yerxa.

Webb Ma nagement Ser v ices, Inc., a f irm specializing in cultural infrastructure projects, was present to discuss the work that has been done so far and to guide people on where The Playhouse might be going.

Some of the recommendations that were made included a larger seat i ng capacit y, boost i ng t he current seating from 709 seats to over 850. A nother was having a smaller space added, with about 200-to-300 seats. Other ideas included making classrooms and multi-purpose rooms and to fully equip the building for new media.

A f inal report, which will detail the future of The Playhouse, is not expected to be released until early next year, but Yerxa feels good about how things are going so far.

“We need to be smart and sustainable. We need to see what the larger goals are for the community and it seems like they want a community-oriented performing arts centre.”

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Hooking up in the digital age DIGITAL DIALOGUE

Seb Arseneault You wa ke up, hu ngover f rom a ha rd n ig ht of pa r t y i ng, not remember i ng t he n ight before, ly i ng next to someone u nex pected.

W het her you’ve seen it i n a mov ie or have ex per ienced t h is p e r s o n a l l y, it c a n b e a g r e at or ter r ible ex per ience. Before t he I nter net broug ht us socia l med ia a nd apps, we had to go out a nd ac t u a l ly meet people to socia l ize. Now w it h a n ea s y “s w ipe” to t he r ig ht , you ca n “l i ke” s omeone b a s e d on h i s or her pict u re. A nd i f you a re luck y, you might get a “match.”

For t hose of you who don’t k now, I’m ta l k i ng about Ti nder.

Socia l med ia ha s f i na l ly created it: A n app t hat ca n sk ip i nteract i ng w it h someone a nd go r ig ht to t he “good st u f f.”

Ho o k i ng u p w it h s o me o ne i sn’t nece s s a r i ly a bad t h i ng.

For some, t his is how you cou ld end up meet ing t he love of your l i fe. W het her it is a one-n ig ht st a nd or a f r iend you st a r ted dat i ng, t here is a lways a stor y about how you and your signif ica nt ot her met , a nd a g row i ng nu mber of t hose a re t ha n k s to t he I nter net.

G oi ng out is a l l about havi ng f u n. You meet new people a nd t r y to have a good t i me.

You socia l ize a nd get to k now t he people you a re w it h. I f you

meet someone t hat you l i ke or wa nt to go home w it h, it is because of ma ny d i f ferent factors. Th is includes hav ing good conversat ion, chemist r y and t he t h r i l l of excitement t hat ma kes you w a nt to s e e t hem a g a i n .

Beyond look s, it is about huma n con nect ion. T hese a re a l l t hings t hat I believe you cannot ach ieve w it h apps a nd websites.

Ti nder, a s descr ibed on t he app store, is “a f u n way to connect w it h new a nd i nterest i ng people around you.” So t his app creates a prof i le t hat a l lows you to see ot hers who a re physica l ly close to you.

Pret t y ba sic so fa r.

It goes on to say, “sw ipe right to l i ke or lef t to pa ss. I f someone l i kes you back it’s a match! “ I dow n loaded it , wa nt i ng to see what it wa s a l l about. To log i n or create a new prof i le, I nee de d to h ave a Faceb o ok accou nt. Once I had con nected a nd got ten t h roug h t he prof i le ma k i ng, a red but ton appea red t hat sa id “Sta r t Play i ng.”

It caug ht me of f g ua rd, a s i f I wa s goi ng to play a ga me or somet h ing. I d id n’t get it, what wa s I play i ng? I pressed t he button a nd t he infamous sea rch for “budd ies” sta r ted. Si nce it wa s con nected t h roug h my Facebook , it k new I wa s ma le a nd “ i nterested i n” women. T herefore, on ly women appea red a s opt ions.

A s t he app had sa id, it wa s “a f u n way to con nec t w it h new a nd i nterest i ng people,” yet it c a t e r s to yo u r s e x u a l p r e f e r ences. It is t hen made clea r t hat Ti nder is on ly for “get t i ng to k now” people t hat you a re att racted to sex ua l ly.

T he f i rst prof i le shot up. It wa s a pict u re w it h a na me a nd age. I looked for more. A f ter a l l, how ca n I “l i ke” someone on ly by look s? W hen I opened up her prof i le, ot her pict u res ca me up but not h i ng more.

T hen it h it me: you a re on ly “l i k i ng” people based upon how at t ract ive you t h i n k t hey a re.

Is Tinder bringing people together, or ruining how we communicate with eachother?

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Ti nder ta kes away t hat prec io u s t i me w he r e yo u g e t to k now t he per son. T he people who created Ti nder must have t h o u g h t t h a t t h a t p a r t i s n’t necessa r y. Or maybe t hey just t h i n k t hat t hat t he i n it ia l reason people l i ke ot her people is because of look s.

W hat does t h is mea n? A re we ju st judg i ng people ba sed on appearances? Or is t his just becom i ng t he new way to have sex? Ti nder seems to be a judg i ng of ot hers on t hei r appea ra nce, wh ich is a completely impersona l way to establ ish somet h i ng persona l: a hu ma n con nect ion.

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Local festival celebrates Canadian staples Marc Gagnon Staff Reporter Are you the sort of person that likes poutine and beer?

That’s a rhetorical question, of course. Any student worth their salt knows that nothing caps off an evening on the town like a fresh poutine overloaded with toppings at 2 a.m.

Come Nov. 8, all your gravycoated dreams will come true at the second annual Fredericton Poutine Festival, held at the Delta Fredericton Hotel. With afternoon and evening tasting sessions, tickets range from $25 to a $60 VIP package, which gets you unlimited samples of poutine, along with tickets to try beer, cider and mead.

Local venues such as Smoke’s Poutinerie, Johnny 5’s Burger and Fries, the DogHut Canteen, King Street Ale House and James Joyce Irish Pub will be in attendance, hoping to sway attendees with their unique concoctions. There will also be at least 10 different breweries on hand, from titans like Moosehead to New Brunswick favorites like Pump House and Big Axe. For Lloyd Chambers, co-organiz-

er of both the Poutine Festival and its sister event, the Fredericton Craft Beer Festival, it was a no-brainer to pair local brews with the king of greasy fast food. He emphasized the variety of poutines available to sample, which will go far beyond the traditional cheese curds and gravy.

“We’re offering people a chance to try things they haven’t tried before,” he explained. “Everyone loves poutine, but you might have never tried a pulled pork, or lobster poutine. This year we’re even offering a dessert poutine — something a bit different.”

While the poutine will indeed be all-you-can-sample, Chambers suggested patrons pace themselves over the three-hour tasting sessions.

“Last year, a couple of kids in the afternoon went hard for the three hours, by the end they were pretty exhausted — they were sitting at their tables with their heads down, so they might have had too much to eat.”

While Chambers himself prefers the classic Quebecois poutine, he sees the versatility of the dish as its greatest appeal, allowing for a wide range

Prepare for the second annual Fredericton Poutine Festival on Nov. 8.

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of tastes and culinary preferences.

“People can put their own little flair on it,” he said. “So while it starts with fries and cheese and gravy, there

are no set rules — do whatever tastes right for you. Everyone’s taste buds are different. There are some creations that people put together that

you may think are absolutely crazy, but they just love it.”

Tickets are available online at Frederictonpoutinefestival.weebly.com.

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Theatre UNB kicks off 2014-2015 season with Les Belles-Soeurs Waleed Khokhar The Brunswickan Theatre UNB opened its 20142015 season on Oct. 29 with an adaptation of the French comedy, Les Belles-Soeurs.

Written by Quebec play wright M ichel Tremblay in 1965, this was the f irst time Theatre UNB to o k o n t he pl ay, w h i c h w a s t r a n s l ate d to E ng l i sh by Bi l l Glassco and John van Burek and directed by Len Falkenstein, who is also the director of drama at UNB. Les Belles-Soeurs, which tells the story of a working class girl in the 1960s, had a cast of 15 female drama students.

In the play, the main character, G er m a i ne ( pl aye d by K i r s ten Stack house), w i ns one m i l l ion sta mps t hat a re redeemable at local grocer y stores. W hile the plot of t he play i s i mp or t a nt — look ing at the relat ionships bet ween cha racters a nd giv ing the performers the opportunity to show their acting skills — it is the themes found throughout

the play that resonate. Jealousy, women’s rights, social status and material wealth are all explored in detail.

The entire play is set in Germaine’s kitchen, with the characters sitting around the table. The interest ing t h ing is t hat t here are only a few characters present throughout the play, but through the conversations and arguments that the ladies have, the viewer gets t he sense of k now ing t he whole town. Characters come in and out of the story, some physically and some just by name.

Though the story is oftentimes heav y, the audience seemed to be enjoying themselves and having a good evening. For the approximately t wo-hou r per forma nce, Theat re U N B impressed in a ll aspects, which was shown at the end by the conversations people were having as they left the performance.

Despite the fact that the play was only running unt il Nov.1, Les Belles-Soeurs set the season off right for Theatre UNB.

Set in the 1960s, Les Belles-Soeurs tells the story of what can happen when you get what you want.

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Songs of the week Sebastian Maynard Arts Editor

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WEDNESDAY, NOV. 5 Theophilus London – “Can’t Stop (featuring Kanye West)” Theophilus London’s sophomore album came out on Oct. 28, and one of the most anticipated tracks off the record was “Can’t Stop,” which features a verse from the album’s executive producer, Kanye West. Though the album has traces of Kanye throughout it, it will not be confused for a Kanye album, as it is far more poppy, upbeat and maybe even more fun than anything he has done as of late. While West and London are perhaps the two biggest fashion lovers in hip-hop, they keep things restrained and only mention a handful of their favourite companies. Instead they trade witty lines, like Kanye threatening if there aren’t any girls at a party “my intro’s my outro.” Classic Kanye.

Miss Caledonia Fredericton Playhouse, 7:30 p.m., $25

THURSDAY, NOV. 6 Kenny vs. Spenny Fredericton Playhouse, 8 p.m., $44.25 Silver Wave Film Festival Various Locations, Nov. 6 – 9

My Morning Jacket – “This Land Is Your Land” To go along with a North Face campaign that is looking to “protect, preserve and celebrate public lands,” My Morning Jacket has shared a cover of Woody Guthrie’s anthem, “This Land Is Your Land.” Though My Morning Jacket doesn’t reinvent the song, they do give it their own take. The song is filled with guitars, an organ, a rhythm section and Jim James’s distinctive vocals. With all sales of the song going towards the North Face campaign, there was no better excuse to take on the classic song, and My Morning Jacket was able to pull it off.

FRIDAY, NOV. 7 Christmas Arts & Crafts Sale Capital Exhibition Centre, Nov. 7 – 9 “Something Recognizable” and “#myhiphegemony” Exhibits Charlotte Street Arts Centre, Nov. 7 – Dec. 9

SATURDAY, NOV. 8 Fredericton Poutine Festival The Delta, $25 Gerry Dee Fredericton Playhouse, 7:30 p.m., $59 Nas – “The Season” During a listening party for Run The Jewels’ latest album, New York rapper Nas showed up and played a new single, “The Season.” A rough video was available online for a couple of days before the official version of the song was released. The new material will be a pleasant surprise for Nas fans, as the rapper has been focused lately on the 20th anniversary of his first album, Illmatic. “The Season,” though, has that 1990s feel that Nas seems to be getting back into. This is in large part because of the J Dilla sample that is used on the new track, and with triumphant horns and Nas humming along during the chorus, it seems that the rapper is still in his Life is Good state of mind. Hopefully when he raps “the season of Nas is here,” it means that there will be more music to look forward to in the near future.

Rayannah – “Growing Song” Winnipeg singer Rayannah has a limited amount of material so far in her career, but she has impressed. On her latest, “Growing Song,” she matches her rich, soulful voice with an unexpected mixture of vocal harmonies, beat boxing, synths and percussion. The track is a little unnerving at first and sounds ominous and creepy, but the warmth of Rayannah’s vocals juxtaposes against the sharpness of the instruments. She invites you to “come for the ride,” and with her career just beginning, it will be interesting to see where that journey will end up.

TUESDAY, NOV. 11 Poppies4Peace Exhibit Government House, Aug. 31 – Nov. 11

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UNB’s Marcus Lees tries to get around MUN’s Jacob Westcott at the AUS men’s soccer semifinals in St. John’s on Saturday.

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Pitch perfect

Reds men win second straight AUS title

Jamie Tozer Sports Editor

T he U N B Va rsit y R ed s men’s soccer team has secured back-toback At la nt ic Universit y Spor t championship titles.

Oliver Jones scored t w ice in UNB’s 2-1 victory over the Cape Breton Capers at the AUS f inal in St. John’s on Sunday afternoon.

Goalkeeper Aaron McMurray had a phenomenal performance, making six saves in the win.

The w in not only ma kes t he Varsity Reds AUS champions but it also earns them a berth at the

Canadian Interuniversity Sport nat iona l cha mpion sh ips for a third consecutive year.

UNB hosted nationals last year and f inished third. This year, the tournament will once again be held in familiar territory with the UPEI Panthers hosting the event from Nov 6 – 9.

Eight tea ms w i l l qua l if y for nat iona l s t h i s ye a r. T he ho st Panthers and AUS champion Varsity Reds will be the only teams f rom t he A t la nt ic con ference participating. Quarterf inal action begins on Thursday.

In Sunday’s game, UNB controlled possession for most of the f irst half. Jones opened the scoring in the 30th minute to give the Reds a 1-0 lead. Shots were 7-2 in favour of the V-Reds in the half.

Jones scored again just over 10 minutes into the second to give U N B a 2- 0 adva ntage. I n t he 66th minute, UNB was hit with some adversity as Kenneth Van Aarle was handed a red card, forcing the Reds to play shorthanded for the remainder of the game.

McMurray was quite busy in the f inal 25 minutes of the game.

In the 86th minute, the Capers f inally got on the board to make it 2-1. Cape Breton managed to create a few scoring chances in the f inal minutes but could not connect, giving the Reds the victory. Shots were 10-3 in favour of the Capers in the second.

U N B reached t he AUS f ina l with a 5-0 victory over the host Memor ia l Un iver sit y of Newfoundland Sea-Hawks in Saturday’s semif inal. The Varsity Reds, thanks to their 11-0-2 record during the regular season, had a bye through to the semif inal.

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Jones opened t he scoring in t he 12t h minute of Saturday’s game. Marcus Lees scored two minutes later and George Lawton connected in the 29th minute to give UNB a commanding 3-0 lead after the f irst half.

I n t he second, Jones scored again in the 58th minute to give the Reds a 4-0 advantage. Robbie Park then scored 20 minutes later to make it a 5-0 f inal.

Shots were 12-10 in favour of UNB in the f irst half. McMurray made f ive saves in the victory.

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Season ends for women’s soccer Jamie Tozer Sports Editor It was a heartbreaking ending to a dream season for the UNB Varsity Reds women’s soccer team.

The Reds, who were the No. 1 seed heading into the Atlantic University Sport playoffs this past weekend in Halifax, were upset by the No. 2 seed Memorial University of Newfoundland Sea-Hawks 3-1 in Sunday’s championship game.

UNB opened the scoring in the 27th minute with a goal from Hayley Gates. But the Varsity Reds’ lead was short-lived as MUN tied it 10 minutes later thanks to a Hannah Rivkin goal.

Shots were 6-6 in the opening half.

20 minutes into the second half, Jesse Noseworthy scored to put the SeaHawks up 2-1. Less than four minutes later, Noseworthy scored again to give MUN a two-goal lead that would last until the final whistle. Shots were 8-2 Sea-Hawks in the second half.

Goalkeeper Hannah Noseworthy made three saves for the win. Sami-Jo Bell, who made a surprising return to UNB’s lineup this weekend after it was believed she was done for the season

with a leg injury, made five saves in the loss.

The Sea-Hawks now advance to the Canadian Interuniversity Sport national championships, which will take place from Nov. 6 – 9 at Laval University.

It may have been a disappointing ending for the Varsity Reds, but the team reached plenty of milestones this season.

Along with reaching the AUS final, the team finished in first place in the regular season standings for the first time in program history with a record of 10-1-2. The first place finish allowed them to receive a bye through to the semifinals where UNB defeated the Acadia Axewomen 2-1 for the first playoff win in Varsity Reds women’s soccer history.

The Axewomen controlled much of the play and possession in the first half of Saturday’s game. UNB couldn’t create many quality scoring chances and spent most of the half in the defensive end.

Momentum shifted early in the second. In the 49th minute, the Varsity Reds opened the scoring with a Lauren Cubbon goal. Then, less then 10 minutes later, Laura McNicholas headed

UNB’s Hayley Gates runs past Acadia’s Jenna Blackburn on Saturday in Halifax.

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the ball in during a scramble in the box to give UNB a 2-0 advantage.

Not long after hitting the post,

Acadia’s Meghan Earle scored in the 67th minute to cut UNB’s lead to 2-1.

That would be as close as the Axe-

women would get thanks to some solid defensive work by the Varsity Reds and goalkeeping from Bell.

We all need that push to keep going ONE STEP AT A TIME

Scott Hems

It’s 8:30 p.m. and here I am back to where I was all those years and pounds ago: face-down in apple pie drenched in tears.

I can’t believe my own coach called me a fatass. I thought this type of harassment would end when my obesity did. I swear I’ll be treated like this no matter what I accomplish.

It’s 9 p.m. and I’ve escaped self harm for another few hours. I still don’t understand what it takes to earn some respect.

Everyone’s so cruel. I just want to be thin.

I know where my thoughts are heading, and I need to run. I need to open the door, not the fridge. I always told myself when things got hard to always think it through one more time. I’ll show the world what a fatass can do.

It’s 9:30 p.m. now and tears are frozen to my face. Shorts and a T shirt don’t

PANEL

help the ice pellets scraping up my legs as I trot through waist-high snow and frozen puddles. Truthfully, this doesn’t hurt nearly as bad as the insult does. My legs hurt and so do my lungs, but I can’t stop cause then he’ll win. No matter how hard I work, I will still be pathetic to some people, but I’ll keep going for reasons I can’t remember.

10 p.m. and I tried to stop four times already. A voice in my head keeps repeating, “everything’s going to be okay.”

Then something happens when I pass a group of people who I first think are going to make fun of me the way most people do.

Cheering my name, extending their arms for a high five and encouraging me with every step closer I got, it was a group of hockey girls I was friends with. I don’t

know why fate put them on that street at the exact moment I ran it, but their encouragement reminded me not everyone mistreats you. It’s amazing how far a little support will go. For the rest of the night I wanted to hug and thank each of them, but I had an incredible moment waiting.

I never told them, but they saved my life.

10:30 p.m. and I realize I’m not a fatass. Those words of encouragement, and the fact I’m still going with a peaceful smile on my face has taught me that some people I will never impress. Realistically, they’re the ones that I don’t wish to impress. Maybe he’ll call me fatass again, and maybe I’ll drop more pounds. One of these is within my control, one isn’t. I don’t want to hurt myself anymore. This is the best night of my life. That man no longer means anything to me. I’ll

remember the encouragement 10 years from now more than the insult.

11 p.m. I can’t believe two hours ago I let a man who puts down his own athletes make me feel like my own life was not worth living. Those girls were incredible.

Though that moment took place for less than 10 seconds of my life, I’ll never forget them for that. This fatass just ran 18k through hell and back. Telling yourself, “it’s going to be okay” pushes you lengths that are astounding. It could have been the worst night of my life and what led me back to obesity. Instead, it led me on an amazing journey and one of the best nights of my life.

“Don’t worry about those who talk behind your back, they’re behind you for a reason.” – Anonymous

Which team has the best fan base in sports?

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Being a Habs fan, I couldn’t say anything other than their fan base. The energy at the Bell Centre and in the streets of Montreal is like nothing else in sports.

Habs hockey is considered a religion in Quebec, and for good reason. So many years of success have built this culture and this passionate following, and that’s why they’re the best fan base in sports.

You can look at “best fan base” in different ways. I’ll look at it strictly from a volume perspective. While the baseball fan in me wants to pick the Yanks, I think you have to go with the global appeal of Manchester United. In a continent where soccer often takes a backseat to the “big four” team sports, we have to recognize that no sport translates throughout the globe like soccer. Man U is the most popular team in the world’s most popular league (Premier League). It’s simple math, really.

So tough, gotta go by sport. Football has to be the Green Bay Packers. The town literally owns the team and has a 60-plus year waiting list for season tickets. ‘Nuff said. Baseball’s title has to go to the Red Sox. They went what? 85 yearsbetweenWorldSerieswins…andaBillBucknerto boot! In Basketball, I think the New York Knicks likely have the most sellout fans. Phil Jackson played for the Knicks the last time they won a title. Hockey is an easy call. All you Leafs fans know who you are and you know what you do.

Every freaking year it’s the same old story of, “boys, this is the year, I’m tellin’ ya.” Big ticket prices, zero chance at the Cup and a sellout every night. #LeafsNation

Scott Hems

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The Toronto Raptors have captured all Canadian basketball fans with their recent growth. They are even having fans switch to support them and have one of the best mascots. I’d call them the best because even when they lose, they don’t seem to annoy everyone the way most other supporters do. It’s worth mentioning the Kansas City Royals during their recent run that fell just short of winning the World Series. Also, all Boston teams have rejoiced after what the city went through in 2013.

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Women’s basketball looks to rebound Jamie Tozer Sports Editor It’s been a rough few years for the UNB Varsity Reds women’s basketball team.

The squad hasn’t finished at or above the .500 mark since the 2010-11 season.

They qualified for the playoffs in 2013 with a 2-18 record because they were hosts.

The 2013-14 season was another tough one for the team, finishing seventh in the Atlantic University Sport standings with a 5-15 record.

Despite the less-than-impressive record last year, head coach Jeff Speedy pointed out that the Reds started to hit their stride in the final few weeks of the season, creating some optimism heading into this year’s campaign.

“To be honest, I think if there was another two or three weeks left in the season we would have been a .500 team by the time it was done,” Speedy said. “Our last three or four games were by far our best three or four games.”

“It was still a disappointing season. I thought we were playing quite good in October and then I don’t think we really hit our stride until the end [of the season].

It certainly was a motivating factor for everybody over the summer, that’s for sure.”

The Varsity Reds got off to a good start, owning a 3-2 record five games into the season. A nine-game losing streak followed that start though, and even though the team played fairly well in the final month of the

year, it wasn’t enough to earn a playoff spot.

Speedy noted that the loss of former all-star Claire Colborne, who left the team last October, created a big hole in the team’s lineup.

“There were definitely some games where it was over two minutes into the game,” the coach said. “But there weren’t that many games where it felt like we were outmatched. We just couldn’t do enough things to win.”

The Varsity Reds will also be starting this season without a few key players. Veteran point guard Awo Farah left the team last month due to personal reasons while fourthyear starting point guard Colleen Daly will miss six to eight weeks with an ankle injury and Nicole LaFleur will miss up to a month with an ankle injury.

“Awo and Colleen were starters and Nicole had started a game or two once Awo left. Probably, with how she was playing, [Nicole] would have started a lot more. It’s three pretty key players, for sure.”

Speedy said the team is hoping some of their younger players will “age quicker” and help fill some holes, specifically LaFleur, once healthy, and second-year point guard Grace Wade.

UNB posted a 4-3 record in pre-season play in October, which included winning two of three games at the annual Helen Campbell Tournament held at the Richard J. Currie Center. Unfortunately for the Var-

sity Reds, the lineup they used during that tournament will not be their lineup when the regular season begins.

“I thought the brand of basketball we played at the Helen Campbell was as good as this team has played in two or three years.

But then things started unravel a little bit after that with Awo, then Colleen and then Nicole. We still need to figure out a way to play as well as we did that weekend.”

As for key players to watch this season, Speedy cited third-year post Katelyn Mangold and fourth-year transfer forward Kiley DeLong along with Daly and LaFleur.

“I think there is enough good things going on that we can still build. I think the league is wide open this year. I think you could ask the eight [AUS] coaches to rank the eight teams and I don’t think anybody would have the same ranking. It’s really wide open.

“How quickly these girls get healthy and how much a couple of our young kids grow up will be indicative if we can still compete for the championship. I don’t think we’re ever going to get blown out and I think we’re going to win our fair share of games.

I’m definitely excited to see what this group can do.”

The team has yet to come together and set goals for this season, but Speedy does have a couple things he would like to see achieved.

“One of the things I can’t stand is just

Men’s volleyball drops two games to Dal

Sarah Rouse Sports Reporter

The men’s volleyball Varsity Reds took on the Dalhousie Tigers this past weekend in a rematch of last year’s Atlantic University Sport final.

The Tigers dashed the V-Reds’ championship dreams last February with consecutive 3-2 victories in the best-of-three series. This weekend’s matches were sadly reminiscent of last season’s defeat, with the Tigers taking both games with scores of 3-1 and 3-0 respectively.

Sunday’s game was much closer than the score indicated, with the teams trading points for the entirety of the three sets.

Unfortunately for UNB, Dalhousie was able to capitalize when it counted, and sealed the deal in three straight sets.

The match started off rocky for both sides, with each team losing several points off service errors and ill-timed hits.

The V-Reds led for the majority of the first set, but faltered in the final few plays and fell 25-22 to the Tigers.

Ryan Colpitts, a second-year player with the V-Reds, was one of the few bright spots during the sloppy first set as he registered five kills.

UNB stepped up their game in the second set but victory proved to be elusive, with a final score of 25-20 in favour of Dalhousie. Colpitts continued his dominant play with eight more kills and several game-saving dives, while veterans Marc White and MathieuLosier bothcontributed with a number of impressive plays.

Facing a two-set deficit, UNB came out in the third set looking for revenge. With many unforced errors on Dalhousie’s part, the V-Reds looked poised to come out on top in the third. UNB’s Markiel Simpson hadanimpressiveperformance,withback-toback kills to help UNB take the lead 21-19.

The Tigers were not deterred, however, and

clawed their way back into the game.

With the score tied at 25-25, both teams fumbled a number of key serves. The teams exchanged points for several plays, but a kill

by Connor Maessen of the Dalhousie Tigers proved to be the game-winner.

Final score of the third set was 31-29 for Dalhousie.

Friday night’s game started off poorly for the V-Reds, with the home team losing many points off hits. Strong play from the V-Reds’ Losier and Brett Ledrew could not stop the Tigers, who took the first set with a score of 25-12.

UNB looked poised for a comeback in the second set, following a huge kill by White that cut the score to 20-19 in favour of Dalhousie.

The home team continued to gain momentum, and thanks to several big blocks from Craig Toonders, UNB was back in the game with a 26-24 victory.

While the third set started off strong for the V-Reds, the team lost the lead early on following several out-of-bounds hits. While the teams battled back and forth for the majority of the set, including a 24-24 tie, the Tigers eventually ended the set with a score of 27-25.

The close loss proved to be too much for UNB, who subsequently lost the fourth and

final set 25-20 to the Tigers.

This weekend’s losses dropped UNB’s record to 2-3 in conference play. The team will be traveling to St. John’s this weekend to take on the Memorial University of Newfoundland Sea-Hawks.

In women’s volleyball action, UNB went 2-0 this weekend with convincing victories over Dalhousie and Acadia.

In Sunday’s match, UNB started off strong and never looked back, leading by five for most of the first set. Final score for the set was 25-20 in favour of UNB. The second set started off in much the same way, with Paige Paulsen setting up kills from three different players to take the lead 4-0.

Countless attack errors on Acadia’s part paved the way for a decisive 25-12 win for UNB. Sarah Ross led the charge for UNB in the third set, with two consecutive aces and three kills. The set was never close, with UNB taking the set 25-17.

With a 3-1 win against Dalhousie the previous night, the Varsity Reds are a perfect 3-0 in conference play this season. The team will be traveling to Cape Breton this Friday to take on the Capers, who are winless in four games thus far.

UNB’s Marc White bumps the ball on Saturday at the Currie Center.

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The Varsity Reds women’s basketball team opens their regular season against Acadia.

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looking at the scoreboard and focusing on the end result. I think if you worry about the process and do the right things then the wins and the record will take care of itself.

“There’s a lot of good things about our program’s culture that I like and there’s one or two things that we’re trying to change.

We’re just trying to focus on those things – and those things would be consistent effort all the time and really playing as a team.”

The Varsity Reds open the regular season at home this Friday, Nov. 7 against the Acadia Axewomen at 6 p.m. at the Currie Center.

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Local author releases Stairs biography Marc Gagnon Staff Reporter Despite being retired for over three years, former Major League Baseball player Matt Stairs has never been forgotten in his hometown of Fredericton.

Local author Carlena Munn’s new biography of Stairs, A Boy Named Matt, is an intimate account of the triumphs and trials of his life by someone who knew the famous batter from a young age.

For those not acquainted with his storied career, Stairs is considered to be one of the greatest Canadian power-hitters ever to play MLB. With an amazing list of career milestones — 265 career home runs, including 23 record-breaking pinch-hit home runs, and playing for more major-league teams than any position player in Major League history — his nickname of “Professional Hitter” is well-earned.

This was not the public story that Munn set out to tell, however. Originally meant to be an inspirational children’s book, the project that became A Boy Named Matt has its roots in their shared childhoods in Fredericton.

“I’ve known the family for years — I’m a year older than Matt,” she said. “When I got together with Matt it was simply to get permission to use his name in the book. When we met, he said to me, ‘Why don’t you write my story?’ and I said okay,” she said with a laugh.

Despite never having written a biography, Munn found Stairs’ friends and teammates more than

willing to sing his praises, including Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane (portrayed by Brad Pitt in the film Moneyball). “[Beane] said that if Matt was playing today the way he played when he was with Oakland, he would be making something like $20 million a year because he had such a powerful swing,” she said.

While Stairs’ popularity grew as he traveled from team to team, his role as a journeyman player was not an easy one.

“Eventually he accepted that it was his role to go into these cities when they needed a slugger,” she explained. “I learned that it takes an incredible amount of mental skill to sit on the bench for long periods of time, and then get called up to bat and get the job done. That’s a lot harder than somebody who gets to play every game. He accepted that role.”

In the end, it was not Stairs’ many MLB accomplishments that Munn found the most impressive — it was his down-to-earth humility.

“Matt’s the type of person who believes in hard work, putting in the extra time, being disciplined and being respectful of others,” she said.

“He’s just a simple guy, he’s never changed.”

A book tour began this past weekend in Fredericton. Dates have yet to be announced for future stops, but the tour is expected to travel across the province. Books will also be available at all three Ross Drugs locations and proceeds will help support the Fredericton Minor Baseball Association.

Former MLB player Matt Stairs and author Carlena Munn at a book signing on Saturday.

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V-Reds sweep road games

Jamie Tozer Sports Editor

After dropping two games in Nova Scotia the previous week, the UNB Varsity Reds men’s hockey team rebounded with two road wins in Antigonish and Halifax on Friday and Saturday night.

On Friday, Cam Brace, Adrian Robertson and Rob Mignardi scored to give the Varsity Reds a 3-2 win over the StFX X-Men. David Shantz made 15 saves in the victory.

On Saturday, UNB scored early and often in a 6-0 blowout win over the Dalhousie Tigers. Brace had a pair of goals in the game while singles came from Mignardi, Tyler Carroll, Jordan Murray and Francis Beauvillier. Chris Carrozzi got his first start of the season and stopped all 21 shots he faced in the victory.

UNB now has a record of 6-1-1, good for 13 points. They are tied with the Saint Mary’s Huskies for second place in the Atlantic University Sport standings. The Acadia Axemen sit in first with 14 points.

The Varsity Reds continue their stretch of five straight road games on Friday with a matchup against the Aigles Bleus at the Université de Moncton.

UNB plays its first home game since Oct. 22 on Saturday when they host the UPEI Panthers.

In Friday’s game against the X-Men, Michael Kirkpatrick scored shorthanded just 3:16 into the game to give StFX a 1-0 lead. Then at 16:16 of the first, Adam

Stevens scored to make it 2-0 for the home team. Shots were 10-8 UNB in the opening frame.

In the second, Brace scored just seven seconds in to make it a 2-1 game. Shots were 13-5 V-Reds in the period but the visitors were unable to register another goal.

At 11:09 of the third, Robertson scored to tie things up. Then at 14:26, Mignardi scored what proved to be the game-winner. Overall, shots in the game were 33-17 in favour of the V-Reds.

In Saturday’s contest at the Halifax Forum, Brace scored on a power play

6:37 into the game to make it 1-0. Mignardi then scored shorthanded at 13:37.

Three minutes later, Carroll connected to give UNB a 3-0 lead after one period.

Shots were 19-8 in favour of the Reds in the first.

In the second, things didn’t get much better for the Tigers. Just 54 seconds in, Murray scored on a man advantage to make it 4-0. Beauvillier scored midway through the period and Brace scored another power play goal with 1:29 left in the stanza to make it a 6-0 final. Shots in the second were 7-7 and 44-21 UNB overall.

UNB’s hockey team returns home on Saturday to face UPEI. Adam Travis The Brunswickan

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Hopes high for hoops team

Javon Mastors and the V-Reds open the regular season on Friday against Acadia.

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Sarah Rouse Sports Reporter The 2013-14 season was a proverbial roller coaster ride for the UNB Varsity Reds men’s basketball team.

The team started the year off strong and in the first half of the season was ranked ninth overall in the country. Midway through the year, however, the V-Reds were hit by a string of injuries and suffered a lengthy losing streak, before eventually recapturing their winning ways and securing a fifth place seeding in the playoffs.

Unfortunately for UNB, the team’s season ended on a heartbreaking note, losing a quarterfinal playoff game by one point to St. Francis Xavier University.

Despite the disappointing end to a dramatic finish, head coach Brent Baker remains positive about the season.

“We still had some big highlights, regardless of the final outcome,” said Baker.

“Javon Masters was the rookie of the year for the entire country and a second team all-Canadian, while also leading the country in scoring.”

Going into the 2014-15 season, the Varsity Reds roster boasts a number of new additions to the team, as well as the loss of several key players.

“We lost Dan Quirion, who played for UNB for five years and was a four-time Academic All-Canadian. Most importantly, however, he was a huge leader in our locker room and a great player on the court in his own right.”

The team has added two promising young players to its roster. Jesse Kendall, from Guelph, Ont., is a proven three point shooter who is rapidly improving

in a number of areas of his game. Nikola Mandic, a forward from Belgrade, Serbia, had a strong weekend at the Capers Fall Classic, helping the team go 3-0.

“Nikola gives us some size up front and is an excellent defender. He’s starting to find his niche where he can make some big plays for us.

“Will McFee is also having a fantastic pre-season, but that’s what you come to expect from your fifth-year players,” said Baker. “Jordan Irvine and Ryan Smith are both also fifth-year guys, and they’ve manned up and are taking care of the role of power forward.”

Hussein Egal, returning for his second year with the team, has been shaky in the pre-season but is expected to play a larger role this season.

Another player who has stepped up their game this year is Dylan Baker, a second-year player from Narre Warren, Australia.

“Over the last five games he has really come on defensively,” said Baker. “Not all of his stats show up on the official score sheet, but he locks the strongest opposing players down every night.”

Baker cited his performance against the University of Calgary’s star player, Jarred Ogungbemi-Jackson, who he held to only nine points in their Oct. 26 game.

“Dylan can guard multiple positions, is always ready to take on the challenge and is not easily intimidated. He does a great job defensively for us.”

And then there’s Masters, the rookie who captured the country’s attention last season.

“Javon is picking up where he left off last year, and has made improvements to

his game over the summer,” said Baker.

“He’s out front making plays on the court and that’s where we’re most effective.”

In 10 pre-season games thus far, Masters has yet to score less than 20 points per game, and has been contributing at both ends of the court.

Baker cited the pre-season as an opportunity not only to iron out the kinks on the court, but also to develop off-court relationships amongst the team.

“Traveling a long distance with the group and putting them all in a confined space really shows you who your team is,” the coach laughed.

“Going to Toronto and winning two of three games was really big for our program and we had a surprisingly large alumni presence at our games.”

The Varsity Reds have had a successful pre-season, posting a 9-2 record. That includes a 2-1 showing at the Eric Garland Tournament, a 2-1 record during their trip to Toronto and winning all three of their games at the Capers Fall Classic.

Looking toward the weekend’s regular season games against Acadia, Baker is gearing up for some tough matches. The Reds host the Axemen on Friday at 8 p.m. and Saturday at 5 p.m.

“They definitely have some talent on their team. Ben Miller, the rookie from Manitoba, is a very strong player. Kyle Arsenault, a Fredericton native, has had 30 plus points in several games this season.

“We’ll have our hands full with Acadia because they always play us very tough.

They actually do better on the road against our team, so we’ll have to make sure they don’t get away from us on our own court.”

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Reds Notebook: swim team hosts meet; soccer award winners named Jamie Tozer Sports Editor

UNB swimmers in action at the Sir Max Aitken Pool on Sunday.

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The UNB Varsity Reds held their only home swim meet of the season this past weekend at the Sir Max Aitken Pool.

Racing against swimmers from Mount Allison, Acadia, UPEI and Dalhousie, the Varsity Reds had strong showings in several events.

“Each session we seemed to get better and better at racing,” said head coach Robin Ferdinand. “The whole idea is, since we’re still in full training, to get good races in and then in three weeks we’ll get ready to swim really fast and have top performances at Dalhousie.”

The annual Amby Legere AUS Invitational took place on Saturday afternoon and evening as well as on Sunday morning.

“Today was definitely better,” said Ferdinand following Sunday’s events.

“People were getting up and racing. We had stronger events for our team today so that helped too.”

The team had strong performances on Saturday from Brandon Warren in the men’s 200m back, Jessica LeBlanc in the women’s 200m individual medley and Charli LeBlanc in the women’s 50m back.

On Sunday, UNB did particularly well in the women’s 50m butterfly with Allison Sommers finishing first and Jessica LeBlanc second.

Nordheim wins award Varsity Reds men’s soccer midfielder Shea Nordheim won the student-athlete community service award at the AUS awards banquet last week in St. John’s.

Along with serving as a youth soccer coach in his hometown of Winnipeg and with the Varsity Reds youth soccer programs, Nordheim serves as president of UNB’s Right To Play club and assists in fundraising initiatives for cystic fibrosis research through the Great Strides walk in Winnipeg and Shinerama at UNB. “Shea Nordheim is the perfect example of what every student-athlete should strive to be,” said Varsity Reds head coach Miles Pinsent in a press release. “He is a dedicated athlete who has had to overcome reconstructive knee surgery. He is a committed student who has been named to the dean’s list as well as an academic allCanadian for each year that he has been a university student. On top of his busy student-athlete schedule, Shea has sought out opportunities to volunteer within the local community and to become a leader on the UNB campus.”

The education student is the first UNB men’s soccer player to win the award. He will be the AUS nominee for the CIS student-athlete community service award.

Crossland named top coach UNB’s Jon Crossland was named the AUS women’s soccer coach of the year at the conference’s awards banquet in Halifax last week.

Crossland coached the team to a first place finish for the first time in program history. Their 10-1-2 record clinched them a playoff spot for the first time since 2011

and a bye through to the semifinals.

“Jon has quickly turned around our Varsity Reds soccer program with his knowledge, passion, loyalty and his ability to recruit quality student-athletes,” said UNB athletic director John Richard in a press release. “He continues to grow as a CIS coach and our team has benefited from that.”

Crossland will be the AUS nominee for the CIS women’s soccer coach of the year award.

Soccer all-stars named Several Varsity Reds were named to the AUS men and women’s all-star teams.

On the men’s side, striker Marcus Lees, midfielder Diego Padilha and defender Steven Miller were named first team all-stars.

Striker Oliver Jones and goalkeeper Aaron McMurray made the second all-star team.

On the women’s side, striker Sam Lagacy and midfielder Kayla Painter were named first team all-stars. Defender Haley Gates was named a second team all-star.

Final soccer stats UNB’s Oliver Jones finished second in AUS men’s soccer regular season scoring with 10 goals and two assists for 12 points.

His 10 goals were also the second most scored in the conference this year.

Meanwhile, goalkeeper Aaron MacMurray had the AUS’s best save percentage with a rating of .914. The goalkeeping duo of MacMurray and Brandon Eagle allowed just six goals all season, giving the Varsity Reds an impressive +28 goal differential.

On the women’s side, UNB’s Sam Lagacy finished second in scoring with nine goals and three assists for 12 points. Lagacy finished third in conference goal scoring.

High expectations for men’s basketball The Varsity Reds were ranked ninth in the first CIS men’s basketball top 10 rankings of the year and received more preseason praise from the Canadian basketball website North Pole Hoops.

The website predicts the Reds to finish third in the AUS with a 14-6 record but believes the team has the ability to contend for conference’s top spot. Writer Deon Wilson also expects the guard combination of Javon Masters and Will McPhee to be one of the best in the country.

The team opens the regular season against Acadia on Friday, Nov. 7 at 8 p.m. at the Richard J. Currie Center.

Buccaneers regular season ends The UNB Buccaneers inaugural regular season in the Maritime University Field Lacrosse League came to an abrupt ending this past weekend.

Due to Sunday’s storm, the Buccaneers’ regular season finale against the Mount Alison Mounties was postponed and later cancelled, meaning UNB ends the regular season in last place with a 0-9 record.

Every team makes the playoffs in the MUFLL this season. UNB, the No. 6 seed, plays their quarterfinal against the No. 3 seed on Friday, Nov. 7 at 7 p.m. at Dalhousie University.