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RESIDENTIAL LIFE CRACKS DOWN ON DANGEROUS DRINKING

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The new drinking rules include a three-step program that could end with a student being removed from the residence community.

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ResLife imposing stricter dorm drinking rules

Benjamin Crouse News Reporter

UNB Residential Life is implementing stricter rules to crack down on students’ unsafe drinking habits.

“We’ve always been concerned about students in residence that drink to the point that they’re putting themselves in danger or other people in danger,” said Angela Garnett, senior director of student life.

While the new procedures will apply to all students in residence, students under the legal drinking age will be looked at with greater scrutiny.

“Students that are not legally of age to drink are concerning for a couple of reasons. One, obviously it’s not legal. The other is that because they are much younger they tend to be less experienced with how to drink in a responsible way,” Garnett said.

The new procedure for mediating

students with recurring drinking issues has three steps.

“Really the first step is a warning — it’s a meeting; it’s a conversation with them so that they fully understand why we’re concerned and hopefully have a bit of dialogue about it,” said Garnett.

If a student is involved with dangerous behaviour concerning alcohol for a second time, Garnett said a meeting with counselling services will be arranged.

“We’re working quite closely with counselling services and Dr. R ice Fuller, specifically to have them attend an actual session with Dr. Fuller about the dangers of overconsuming and being responsible with alcohol intake once you’re of age to do so,” she said.

Should students continue to drink in an unsafe manner after their session with Dr. Fuller, they will be placed on a behaviour contract.

“It’s typically what we use in residence as an agreement where we clearly outline our expectations around their behaviour in residence,” Garnett said.

“They sign saying that they agree and understand that should they not uphold their end of the contract, the next step is looking at whether or not they can remain in that house.”

The third and final step is the removal of the student from their house or possibly from the residence community entirely.

No notable alcohol-related incidents have been reported in residences so far this semester, however Garnett believes that it’s too early to say whether or not the new rules have changed students’ drinking patterns.

“As an academic institution of higher learning, it’s important that we take an educational approach and that we do our very best to keep students safe. Hopefully that trans-

lates to being successful academically because that’s why they’re here,” said Garnett.

Lee Thomas, a proctor for Harrison House, isn’t so sure about ResLife’s new procedures.

“I have big concerns about the execution of these new rules. As a proctor, my number one concern is the safety and well-being of my residents, and I feel like this rule hinders my ability to do that job well,” Thomas said.

“Part of the proctor’s role is helping people as they learn what responsible drinking means. In residence you’re fortunate to have proctors there to support you and make sure you’re safe as you learn.”

Thomas said she is most concerned about the relationship between proctors and students changing.

“What I’m worried about is now, when someone underage is drunk, the proctor won’t be notified because

people don’t want to get their friends in trouble,” she said.

“I’m scared that now, instead of a trained proctor making the call on whether to get medical help, we’ll have that person’s drunk friends making that call. And that judgement call, or lack thereof, can cost lives.”

Arielle Rechnitzer, another proctor, believes that responsible drinking is the key to a safe and happy residence.

“We see the value of drinking responsibly. Our goal is to maintain a safe and welcoming living environment for our residents. If people are getting into harm’s way because they’re drinking, the house’s morale is much lower,” she said.

“If stopping underage drinking was as simple as making a rule about it, the provincial alcohol laws would be sufficient and we wouldn’t be having this conversation,” Thomas said.

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Club Sandwich: UNB International Student Association

Benjamin Crouse News Reporter International students at UNB now have a place to call their own with the formation of the International Student Association.

The association is a brand new society at the University of New Brunswick Fredericton.

“We are a student-run society, eager to enrich the university experience of international and Canadian students,” said Siddharth Raval, president of the association.

The goals of the new association include hosting events for international students, offering them companionship and connecting them with local students.

Upcoming events this semester include Hockey Night and salsa lessons.

“Membership is free for all UNB students. Simply fill out an application form on our Facebook page to receive updates about upcoming events.

We are also looking for volunteers to help spread the word,” Raval said.

The society’s Facebook page says in the description that they “are aiming to enhance our students’ university experience and the integration of international cultures within the university community.”

“In the future we would be helping more students during their transition, and to provide them a great campus experience.

International students face many issues such as homesickness and culture shock, and we’re here to help make them feel at home,” said Raval.

However, Raval wants people to know that students of all nationalities will be welcomed to the association.

“We’re not just for internationals — we provide a platform for Canadians to learn about other cultures and make friends from various countries without even having to travel. As a matter of fact, our first registered member is a Canadian,” Raval said.

One of the upcoming events this year is Latin Night where students can learn Latin dance from an instructor and then compete in a freestyle contest.

“The Latin Night will be held on Nov. 14 in the SUB ballroom. Students would learn some new moves and meet new people,” said Raval.

UNB’s Strategic Plan lays out a goal stating that the university hopes to increase the proportion of international students on campus to 20 per cent of the population.

Raval hopes that the association will encourage more international students to join the UNB community.

“From sharing upcoming campus and community activities to hosting free events for all, the UNB International Students Association strives to get students involved during their university experience,” he said.

Texting can be a pain in the neck

Alexis Goncalves Ryersonian

TORONTO — ­ “Text neck” refers to the craning of the neck and spine due to frequent texting and use of handheld devices such as smartphones, tablets and e-readers.

Omnia Hassan thinks constantly using her phone may be making her a victim of “text neck” — the craning of the neck and spine due to frequent use of mobile devices.

The Ryerson business student uses her iPhone for up to 15 hours a day to text friends, check emails, watch videos and use social media.

“Whenever I am using my phone for a long period of time and I want to do my work after, my neck aches so much that I have to take an hour break before starting,” she says.

Hassan is not alone.

A lthough the phenomenon of text neck is still relatively new, one preliminar y study in 2011 conducted by researchers at the University of Waterloo found a strong correlation between handheld device use and musculoskeletal symptoms.

The study, which was one of the first to collect data on discomfort linked to device use, found that 98 per cent of university participants used a mobile handheld device for nearly five hours a day, and 85 per cent reported pain in their hands, neck and shoulder areas.

The study concluded that the total time spent using a handheld device was “significantly associated” with some level of pain in the upper limbs.

In an effort to raise awareness about proper spinal health, Dr. Simon Wang, a chiropractor and biomechanics teacher, recent ly launched the Straighten Up Canada app to help people improve their postures.

Through the free app, users can watch 12 short exercise videos, set reminders to complete their

exercises and track and share their progress on social media.

The app supports t his year’s theme, “Straighten Up and Move.”

The term text neck started to catch on when Dr. Dean Fishman, a chiropractic physician from Florida, coined the term a couple years ago claiming that text neck is a global epidemic, which damages posture and distorts the way the body is supposed to grow.

Since then, medical practitioners have started to take notice of text neck as an area of public health concern, while the authors of the Waterloo study, Dr. R ichard Wells and Dr. Benjamin Amick, hope to lead the way in further exploring the issue.

“We are concerned about the limited number of well-designed studies available,” they told the Institute For Work & Health. “Our next step is to look at how handheld tablets may contribute to musculoskeletal symptoms.”

Wang says that over time, the constant strain on the upper body, caused by looking down on our devices, can lead to muscle fatigue and pain.

“The prolonged head forward (posture) during handheld device use puts sustained loads on our muscles and joints without enough breaks to offload the tissues in our neck, shoulders and upper back,” Wang says.

According to Dr. Jennifer V. Nash, a chiropractor and the Special Projects Coordinator for World Spine Day, the long-term effects of text neck can include frequent headaches and spinal disorders like chronic back or neck pain, scoliosis and disc disease.

These effects can impact the ability to work, enjoy daily activities and sleep properly.

While text neck is a concern for most technology users, students — who ma ke up what’s ca l led Generation Z, or the technology-

focused Internet generation — may be particularly susceptible because they are more likely to own and use smart devices for extended periods of time.

According to Margot Mostyn, a registered massage therapist at the Ryerson massage therapy clinic, neck pain, as well as upper back and shoulder pain, are some of the most common complaints she hears from students.

She said that while many students probably do suffer from text neck, many of them don’t reference their smart device habits as the reason for their discomfort.

“I don’t have any clients who come in and specifically complain about neck pain due to texting,” she says.

“Rather, they may talk about sitting at the computer for too long, or studying for extended periods of time and therefore complain about pain in their neck and shoulders.”

Massage therapy treatments such as trigger point therapy can significantly help to relieve neck tension and tension in shoulder muscles.

Other measures that can either prevent or relieve text neck include practicing proper sitting posture by having your back rest flat against the back of your chair, or raising your handheld device closer to eye level to avoid the need to look down.

Wang emphasizes that the key to lessening the effects of text neck is to change positions frequently. \\ He recommends that students take mini-stretching breaks every 10 to 15 minutes.

Students experiencing neck and back pain can book an appointment with any registered massage therapist, including Ryerson’s massage therapy clinic located at the Mattamy Athletics Centre.

Under the RSU health plan, fulltime students are covered for up to $25 per treatment session, for a maximum of $500 per school year.

Engineering faculty demands longer consultation period for UNB Act revisions

Emma McPhee News Editor

More controversy surrounding the UNB Act revisions has arisen after the Engineering Faculty Council passed a motion to have public consultation extended from six weeks to six months last Wednesday.

The UNB Act is a piece of legislation that outlines the university’s structure and how it operates. A complete revision of the Act was started in February 2013 under the UNB Act Review Steering Committee and drafts of the revisions were published for public feedback

on Sept. 30 of this year.

But faculty members are unhappy with the timeframe allotted to the public consultation period — so much so t hat t he Engineer ing Faculty Council passed a motion to extend t he t ime period last Wednesday.

“We decided that we needed more time, so that was the idea of the motion. We basically agreed as a faculty that we needed more time, so we suggested six months instead of six weeks,” said Marcelo Santos, a geodesy and geomatics engineering professor who brought the motion forward.

The motion was passed unanimously. Santos said that the engineering faculty is not the only group on campus who is unhappy with the revision process.

“I have been talking to people and there is widespread discontent with the process under which the UNB Act has been revised and also discontent with the six weeks deadline,” he said.

The six-week feedback period is only a part of the public consultation process, which comprises a six-week period of email response, followed by a revision stage by the steering committee. Further con-

sultations via Town Hall sessions are scheduled to be opened to the public in January 2015.

Roxanne Fairweather, chair of the steering committee, said in a written statement that all feedback including the requests for more time will be taken into consideration.

“There has been feedback from a few corners that more time is needed to review the draft Act and supporting documents before submitting comments,” she said.

“I am pleased t hat members of the university community are engaged in this process. I am plan-

ning to take this advice to the UNB Act Review Steering Committee.

As soon as the committee has had a chance to discuss the timelines, we will provide an update to the Senates, the Board and the university community.”

The dissatisfaction with the consultation timeframe is not the first issue to arise out of the UNB Act revisions. Faculty have raised concerns in the past about how long it took the committee to draft the revisions, which up until they were released to the public were largely kept from the public.

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Poster use, UNB Act discussed at council

Emma McPhee News Editor UNBSU debates poster use A debate over the UNBSU’s use of posters took up a large portion of Sunday’s council meeting.

This year, the UNBSU has cut the number of posters they use for advertising considerably and there have been concerns raised over whether this has caused a drop in event attendance.

The UNBSU executive has argued that they are supplementing poster use with an increase of social media presence. Councillors took both sides.

“Social media and word of mouth is great and all, but some people aren’t on social media all the time ... seeing those posters there up on the wall is like a reinforcement of what’s happening,” said engineering representative Kelsey Morrissey.

Other councillors said that active, person-to-person contact was better.

“It becomes redundant when you have a lot of posters. How often do you walk by the same poster in a day?

And active awareness is effective,” said women’s representative Jessica Dobson.

Nicole Saulnier, UNBSU vice-president external, said that they had noticed printing a lot of posters wasted money.

“Two years ago our campaigns and promos line in the budget which deals with stuff such as printing post-

ers and the rest of our promotional items through the year was just under $19,000 and this year it’s at $8,500,” said Will Macmackin, vice-president of finance and operations for the UNBSU. “We’re trying to be as creative as we can.”

Instead, the UNBSU has turned to social media to advertise their events.

“We just started paying for Facebook ads and our likes and our percentages are up a lot. As far as post views go we’ve gone from an average of about 300-400 to 7,000-8,000 people on average in the past couple of weeks,” Macmackin said.

The reduction of poster use is a part of the UNBSU’s new marketing strategy but Lee Thomas, vice-president internal, said that if the council saw it fit, they could increase their poster campaigns.

“We thought plastering the walls with posters was a very passive way of interacting with students, and we thought that by reducing the number we would really have to put ourselves out there,” Thomas said.

“It really seems to sound like a lot of people think we need to do our poster runs again. If that’s the direction council wants us to go then we’ll take it.”

To consider the issue further, a motion was passed to send the discussion to the internal committee of the UNBSU with the Union’s marketing manager in attendance.

Council weighs in on UNB Act draft revisions The UNBSU council passed a motion to send a letter with their recommendations for the UNB Act draft revisions.

The UNBSU is indicating that the ability to change the composition of the Board of Governors is a good thing as well as advising that there should always be government oversight for decisions made by the Board.

The student union’s primary concern regards the proposal to put certain aspects of the Act into by-laws.

When something is put into a bylaw, it means that it doesn’t have to go through legislature. The UNBSU is concerned that a lack of government oversight would give the Board too much power.

“You shouldn’t be allowed to decide how much power you have as a group; that should come from above you,” said Lee Thomas.

The Student Union was pleased with the proposal to shrink the Board from 40 members to 16, as it will give the two student board members a more proportional voice.

The motion to draft a letter of recommendation was passed unanimously and the letter will be discussed in the Nov. 2 council meeting before being sent to the UNB Act steering committee.

UNBSU by-election saw voter turnout cut in half

Emma McPhee News Editor

The UNBSU fall by-election saw 279 students turn out to vote, about half of the 553 who showed up for the fall 2013 election.

From Oct. 14 to 17, u ndergraduate students from the UNB Fredericton campus were given the chance to vote for a forestry and environmental management representat ive, a n engineer ing representative, an international representat ive a nd a n LGBTQ representat ive on t he U N BSU council.

Fewer than 300 students took t he t i me to ca st t hei r ba l lot s through UNB e-services.

“I think in general there’s just low student engagement, especially when it comes to voting.

The by-elect ion, despite being advertised, just doesn’t seem to be as notable as the general election,” said Brittany Hannah, the chief returning officer for the UNBSU. Both Jill McCurdy, for forestry and environmental management representative, and Muhammad K ha n, for internat iona l representat ive, ran uncontested and were elected for their respective positions.

K rista Flanagan beat out Stephen Likely for the position of engineering representat ive and Caroline Mercier came out on top of Melissa Wallace for LGBTQ

This year’s voter turnout was almost half of the total in fall 2013.

representative.

“All of the positions have been f illed on council and that is what counts,” Hannah said.

In efforts to boost voter turn-

out, the UNBSU will be working with UNB ITS to get their new app compatible for voting by the spring general election.

The UNBSU council discussed the UNB Act and marketing strategies at counci.

Bradley Parker/ The Brunswickan

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New Californian consent law raising discussion, controversy in New Brunswick Emma McPhee News Editor A new “affirmative consent” law for sexual assault prevention in California is making waves in Atlantic Canada and prompting discussion about attitudes toward the concept of consent.

On Sept. 28, Californian governor Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill 976 into law, creating the “affirmative consent” or “yes means yes” law, which stipulates that in all sexual encounters, there must be explicit and ongoing consent by all parties.

The law goes so far as to require that post-secondary institutions enforce it in order to receive student financial assistance funding.

The influence of this law has not been confined to California. Two weeks ago, two cartoons were published in the Université de Moncton’s student paper, Le

Front, which portrayed the law as a way for women to control men. One focused on the affirmative consent law.

A translation of the cartoon reads, “United States (California): A new law for women. Women can feel reassured!

The new Californian law, which stipulates the need for the explicit consent of both partners, will make [women] happy ... or not.”

Over these words is a picture of a male character asking a woman to sign a contract and the woman thinking to herself, “Tsk ... Thanks to the law, guys will never be like they used to be ...”

The cartoon caused a lot of controversy among the students of the Université de Moncton. Madeleine Arseneau is one of these students. She filed a complaint about the cartoon to Le Front and her school’s student union.

“I was disappointed a lot by my student newspaper and their work. There

were two different cartoons; one was explicitly showing that women complicate the situation for a man to have a sexual relation with them when they act in favour to reduce rapes,” Arseneau said.

“I shared the picture on Facebook and encouraged my Facebook friends to [submit] a complaint too. I think that when the cartoon went on Facebook, people realized that it was really bad and a lot of people reacted about it on social media,” she said.

Meghan Keating, the Voices Against Sexual Aggression co-ordinator at UNB, has a similar take on the cartoon.

“The cartoon in Le Front is an example of misogyny and a fundamental misunderstanding of feminism and the women’s rights movement. It perpetuates the attitude that women are seeking rights or power at the expense of men,” she said.

While the Californian law does not Affirmative consent means that there must be explicit and continuous consent from both parties in all sexual encounters.

Bradley Parker/The Brunswickan

affect Canadians directly, the affirmative consent law is not unlike section 273.2B in Canada’s criminal code.

“In Canada, consent is the voluntary agreement, expressed through words or positive conduct. Consent cannot be given if a person is incapacitated or unconscious and often applies to intoxicated persons,” said Keating.

“Nor is the lack of ‘no’ considered consent. Consent is also ongoing — if a person says ‘yes’ initially, but then says ‘no’ or wants to stop, they have revoked consent.”

At UNB, there are initiatives in place to keep students safe that go beyond simply following the criminal code.

“The university is supportive of initiatives to prevent and handle sexual assault. Recently, the university has developed and will be implementing C-SART (Campus Sexual Assault Response Team) which aims to provide

students with immediate on-campus assistance in the event of sexual assault,” Keating said.

There is also the Voices against Sexual Aggression program which is run through the UNB Sexuality Centre and Student Affairs. “[It] advocates for the prevention of sexual and dating violence, but also promote and educate healthy relationships,” said Keating.

Keating said that it is this type of education that addresses the issue of sexual assault more than the law.

“Affirmative consent means that students might think about their actions before or during sex. The bill itself isn’t likely to affect any change unless there is education about healthy and consensual sex that goes along with it. Part of the problem is not knowing what counts as sexual assault,” she said.

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THE BRUNS OPINION editor@thebruns.ca

Poor student voter turnout should be an incentive, not an excuse People like to bitch about how our generation just doesn’t care.

It seems the University of New Brunswick Student Union is not immune to this poisonous way of thinking.

Voter turnout for the UNBSU fall by-election was half what it was last year.

Over four days, undergraduate students were given the opportunity to vote for a forestry and environmental management representative, an engineering representative, an international representative and an LGBTQ representative on the UNBSU council.

Only 279 students took that opportunity. Last year, that number was 553.

In last week’s editorial, the Union was criticized for their decision to largely strip campus walls of posters to promote their events. UNBSU president Greg Bailey indicated the Union would be focusing their outreach efforts through social media, because posters were “lazy” – lazier than spending 45 seconds creating a Facebook event and mass-inviting everyone on your friends list, presumably.

In a quick glance through the Union’s various social media channels, the byelection was promoted once on each platform. Once. Furthermore, the results were not made public on any of these platforms at least by press-time – a full 48 hours after they came out.

It should be noted that in the same interview with Bailey in last week’s Brunswickan, he suggested the new

UNBSU app was not a priority, made evident last week by the fact that the app was not made compatible for student voting in time for the by-election. It should also be noted that the Brunswickan reached out to Bailey for a comment on the story in this week’s edition and did not receive a reply.

Here’s the thing. Yes, our generation probably doesn’t care as much about stuff – especially political stuff – as it should.

But as I stated in last week’s editorial, this is not an excuse to simply throw in the towel. In fact, it is the complete opposite.

Brittany Hannah, the chief returning officer for the UNBSU, is quoted in the story in this week’s Brunswickan saying that “I think in general there’s just low student engagement, especially when it comes to voting.” Hannah goes on to state that “All of the positions have been filled on council and that is what counts.”

This is exactly the kind of flawed perspective that will keep students from getting engaged.

The UNBSU is meant to be comprised of student leaders; in other words, students who give a shit. It is their responsibility to view poor student engagement as an incentive, not an excuse.

All of this leaves us with one final question: UNBSU, if you don’t give a shit, why should the students you represent?

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

Letter to the

EDITOR Student Union communication strategy “anything but lazy” Dear Editor, First off, I want to thank you for your editorial “Axing posters

by Student Union misguided.”

W it hout feedback, it’s i mpossible to improve on our services.

I do want to give a little insight into our communication strategy, though — and I think you’ll find it’s anything but lazy.

During the summer, the UNBSU exec began formulating a communications strategy for our organization — something which no executive team in recent memory had done, and something we thought was necessary to improve the perennial issue of communication.

In the past, the Student Union has been somewhat notorious for printing large quantities of posters and doing very little else in terms of advertising, and we feared this approach was too “lazy.” We decided to cut back on posters for a trial period. The logic was that by significantly reducing the number of posters we print, we could focus on communicating in other ways.

For instance, we have increased and streamlined our social media content. Students — including the one quoted in your news article — have repeatedly told us that their

main source of information is Facebook, so it just makes sense for us to focus our efforts where people are actually looking. In addition to Facebook, we’ve got Twitter, the UNBSU website and a free UNB Student Union app.

Saying that we’re using social media to save effort on posters is like saying the Bruns uses its website to save effort on newspaper — it’s not a matter of laziness, it’s a matter of using the best tools we have at our disposal. Social media gives us the ability to measure our message: we can see who is responding, how much people are hearing what we have to say and most importantly, how we can improve for next time.

We have also taken efforts to increase the single best route for st udent engagement — d i rect person-to-person contact. For example, to promote t he R ich Aucoin concert, the Street Team ran a “Don’t Forget the Lyrics!” competition in the cafeteria to win tickets and did online giveaways for people who liked us on Facebook — in addition to putting up strategically-placed posters. This year’s councillors are also taking a new approach to office hours, being out on campus, actively en-

gaging with students, talking about upcoming events and then bringing feedback back to council.

But enough about what else we’re doing. Back to the posters.

We tried something new. We took a risk. Without trying new things and taking risks, we can never be successful — but, on the other hand, it means that sometimes thing won’t be successful.

And there’s no shame in that! In fact, we think it’s great! This is exactly how student government should work! Student unions try something new, and students give feedback. Then we take the feedback, revise and adjust, and try to get the balance right next time.

Say, by listening to the feedback from your editorial and printing more posters.

But we’ll also continue to keep using every means at our disposal, like our first “Brew & A” event on Friday, Oct. 24 at the Cellar. You bring questions, we bring drink tickets, and students can sit down w it h an exec member and talk about what the union is doing.

What’s more personal than that?

-The UNB Student Union Executive

Let’s honour the university’s unsung heroes AN OPINION

Micah O’Donnell-Gillies Too often we overlook some of the most vital, inspiring and committed people at our university. We often recognize the professors who commit endless hours to not only the academic work of students, but their own well-being. There are those in Student Services who work to provide meaningful accommodation to students.

And we can’t forget about the UNBSU who, as I have argued before, are devoted to serving students.

However, there are those smaller, often individual entities at UNB that can turn an awful day good. They can take your stress and transform it into

enthusiasm. Many of you will agree with me when I say that Doreen, the unofficial head of the Tilley Hall Cafe, is one of those people.

During my undergraduate degree at UNB, more than once I would finish a presentation and Doreen would be at the Cafe to celebrate with me. I can’t count the number of times I showed up at the Tilley Cafe worn from an all-nighter or the everyday stresses of student life only to be picked up not only by the coffee, but Doreen’s thoughtful and kind presence.

If you haven’t met Doreen, do yourself a favour and grab coffee at the Cafe.

The moment you walk in, you get the sensation that you are entering someone’s kitchen. Doreen’s persistent smile and vibrant spirit fills the room. If you can walk away from a conversation with Doreen feeling worse than when you entered, then there’s no one that can help you.

Still, individuals like Doreen are overlooked. In my own opinion, Doreen is an individual who has made a massive contribution to student mental health.

Once she knows your name, she doesn’t forget. For god’s sake, she keeps track

of how many coffees you buy to ensure you can get that glorious free cup. With Doreen you aren’t a number, you aren’t a customer, you are a part of a community.

Another large group we recognize at the university is individuals who make large financial contributions. Often, these people are recognized with honorary degrees. Of course, these degrees are also handed out based on an individual’s contribution to the university and society as well. However, being wealthy and famous never hurts. We’ve given honorary degrees to recognize the likes of the Kennedys, wealthy benefactors, and a plethora of other high-profile individuals.

In 1966, the university gave an honorary degree to Edith McLeod. Edie, as she was known, was secretary to two presidents before becoming the registrar. All said, she served 41 years at our university. During that time, she was famous for remembering who students were. There is anecdotal evidence of Edie often following up with students after the summer. Edie would remember if you had applied for some job, gotten married, or travelled through the summer and was

known for asking how various parts of one’s life were going. She was renowned for even remembering students long after they had left.

Doreen is the new Edie. Not only does Doreen sling the caffeine that keeps most of us going, but she has also displayed, every day, her commitment to students.

Her work should and must be recognized. Following this article, I will be submitting a nomination for Doreen to receive an honorary degree from UNB. As a university, we must take steps to formally recognize such vital parts of our community.

Doreen embodies everything this university strives to be. She is hardworking.

She is committed. She is connected. She is involved. These are all qualities I have, in the past, pushed to become evident in our administration and faculty (one of those is better at it than the other). Doreen encompasses what you would expect from a Maritime university. A compassionate and thoughtful individual, she always takes the time, no matter how busy the cafe, to ask how you are.

Alongside my nomination, there will

be two petitions. The first will be a student petition. Doreen has done so much for us, we must work to have her work recognized. The second will be a faculty petition. I know that Doreen means just as much to numerous faculty members as she does to students. Please, when you see these petitions, sign them.

Finally, I turn to the administration.

Not only is this a call to ensure that Doreen gets the recognition she deserves.

Senior administrators, I also encourage you to take a lesson. Because of Doreen, students are attending a university where someone knows your name. Doreen is tapped into the university community in a way that you should be envious of. I encourage all of you to spend more time modelling yourselves after Doreen.

Doreen deserves to be recognized and respected for what she has contributed to UNB. Watch out for those petitions and sign them. Let this be our proclamation of what we want our university to be: an inclusive, thoughtful, and connected community. I’ve already said it once and I will say it again. This time, I hope you join with me: Doreen for President.

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Theatre New Brunswick presents: Frankenstein, The Man Who Became God

Marc Gagnon

Staff Reporter

Forget the cliched image of Frankenstein’s Monster that decorates windows every Halloween. Theatre New Brunswick’s revival of the classic play Frankenstein, The Man Who Became God aims to bring back true gothic horror to the Playhouse stage.

While Mary Shelley’s Georgian-era novel has been a literary staple for nearly 200 years, most people’s mental image gravitates towards the Universal Studios film version of 1931, starring Boris Karloff as the iconic Creature. But the elements we normally associate with him — bolts in the neck, green skin, a vocabulary that would make Hodor seem expressive — are not to be found in the original story.

Caleb Marshall, Frankenstein’s director, is the behind-the-scenes mad scientist responsible for reviving a 40-year-old script from the dead. Originally written in 1973 by TNB founders Alden Nowlan and Walter Learning, it was the first original play produced by TNB, going David Joyce / Flickr CC on to garner critical acclaim as the definitive version of Shelley’s classic. To Marshall, going back to the source material was the only choice.

“I think a lot of the tellings of Frankenstein have diluted it, and made it more about a mindless, Hulk-like, rage-filled creature,” he said.

“This script is really quite poetic and beautiful and intelligent. I think it’s a play that’s stayed the closest to Shelley’s novel, and is most reflective of what she was trying to create.” Indeed, Marshall said that staying away from the classic horror film look was a deliberate choice.

“I made a decision early on that we were going to tell a truthful story and avoid B movie horror as much as possible,” he explained. “I did not want people to think they were watching something campy or cartoonish.”

To Andrew Jackson, the burly Stratford Festival veteran tasked with portraying the Creature, the emotional depth of the role came as a welcome surprise.

“Like many, I had the Boris Karloff image in my head,” he said. “I was delighted to discover that in fact the Creature is very eloquent — but also very much like a child in some ways, suffering from extreme issues of abandonment.”

Jackson explained how to him the Creature embodies the duality of human nature — sympathetic in one moment, and sociopathic in the next.

“But unlike a sociopath, he feels remorse, he feels tremendous pain, and more than anything, like all of us, what he’s really looking for is acceptance,” he said.

While Jackson was reticent to reveal too many details about his portrayal of the Monster, he did speak to the challenges of portraying a patchwork corpse.

“Obviously my character has been sewn together of deceased human parts, so I have to reveal that this is an extremely poorly-put-together [creature],” he said. But Jackson also sees a spiritual facet to the character: “I think it’s conceivable that there’s more than one soul involved. “ While the definition of horror may have changed since Shelley’s time, Marshall believes that Frankenstein has a classical appeal not to be found today.

“It’s more like a thriller. I think there’ll be moments in this that will be scarier than the average horror film,” he said.

To Jackson, horrifying the audience is his top priority.

“Maybe I’ll be lucky enough to get a scream out of the audience,” he said with a laugh. “That would put a smile on my face.”

Frankenstein, The Man Who Became God runs Oct. 23 - 25 at The Playhouse, Thursday to Saturday at 7:30 p.m. with a matinee Saturday at 2 p.m. Tickets can be purchased at The Fredericton Playhouse box office or online at Tnb.nb.ca; adults for $37 and students for $10.

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Do you think the drinking age should be changed?

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Lasse Sruneburg “Yes, 18.”

“Yes, start ‘em young.”

“Yes. Eighteen, when you’re an adult.”

“It’s good where it’s at.”

“I think we have it good here in Canada. Let’s just say I’m not moving to the States for the drinking laws.”

Emmett Deighan

Cynthra Roy

Courtney Boyne

Mary Woods

Matt Thompson

“Nineteen is just fine.”

“ Yes, to 18.”

“Eighteen would be a much better age.”

“Eighteen is a responsible age to drink.”

“I don’t think it makes much difference.”

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UNB Arts Centre explores the life and work of co-founder Lucy Jarvis Kevin Lemieux Arts Reporter Most of us know the Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Gallery 78 and Gallery Connexion as some of this city’s great spots to see art. But on campus, there’s another awesome place to discover.

The UNB Arts Centre inside Memorial Hall currently has on exhibit Lucy Jarvis: Sketches and Letters. The exhibit looks at Jarvis’s work throughout her entire career.

You also see photographs of her at work and various trips she’s made.

As well, there are books filled with letters written by Jarvis about art and her life.

Roslyn Rosenfeld was the curator of the Oct. 15 guided tour. She has taught art history at UNB and UNBSJ, was an intern at the UNB Art Centre and was a co-ordinator at Gallery Connexion. She also worked to bring this exhibit to life. “ L uc y h ad s i x n ie c e s a nd nephews. Two of them inherited the works. In the spring of 2012, I was asked if I could help put this exhibit together. And since then, we’ve been looking through everything and picking what should be displayed. They tell me it’s been seven years that the family has been trying to get the work out there so it’s really exciting to finally have it all up. “ Jarvis co-founded the UNB Arts Centre with Pegi Nicol MacLeod in 1941, and helped set the tone of the Arts Centre. She wanted it

to have a funky vibe where people could come together and enjoy themselves. Rosenfeld said that Jarvis was much loved by the engineers and the forestry students.

“The engineering students built her a record player. Back then, not everyone had a record player, so students would come in and listen to music and do their work.

She also helped the centre put on concert series, drama productions … She believed in all the arts. Because she put so much work into this place, her work was affected.”

Jarvis was born in Toronto in 1896. She however considered herself a Maritimer, spending time in Yarmouth, Pembroke Shore and Fredericton. She received artistic training at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. She passed away in 1985.

The UNB Arts Centre is now covered with her works: pastels, watercolours and oil paintings to name a few. More of Jarvis’s work is being shown at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery.

Rosenfeld says t hat Ja r vis’s work really speaks to the people of this area.

“Lucy identified with the people around her. When in Pembroke, she knew all the fishermen and all their children. The characters she paints have such freshness and life to them. The letters in this exhibit say so much about her; you get to know her as a person.”

The exhibit runs until Nov. 7 and is free for all to enjoy.

Lucy Jarvis: Sketches and Letters will be running until November 7.

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Life’s a drag; be a queen Kevin Lemieux Arts Reporter

Drag queens and kings have found a home in Fredericton.

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Fredericton has such a diverse arts scene. From music to visual arts, theatre to dance, this city just about has it all. But one art form is emerging that combines a love for the stage with gender illusions.

Drag queens and kings are starting to come alive in this city. Combining lip-syncing, dance and a crap-ton of makeup, these guys and girls work hard to entertain the crowd.

An hour and a half of applying makeup, adding fake breasts and hips, tucking, and donning a wig and sixinch heels are a few of the requirements it takes for any drag queen to get ready before they hit the stage.

And how would I know so much about this, you may ask? Well, I just happen to be a drag queen. Not only that, but I’m the reigning boom!

Queen 2014.

For me this drag journey started a long time ago. I always had a love

for theatre, singing and dancing. Fast forward to last year, when I discovered RuPaul. Rupaul is the original drag queen and has worked to build an empire with his show, RuPaul’s Drag Race.

So after watching hours of it online, I was hooked on drag. This past May, I was in Quebec City and got to see a full show for the first time. By that point, I knew I had to give it a try.

Towards the end of May, I saw that boom! was hosting a competition to find their new top queen. I knew this was my time to try. Hours of sitting in front of the mirror, watching YouTube videos about how to do makeup and trying to find the right songs must have paid off, as I was the winner of the night. Over the summer I kept competing and during Fredericton Pride, I was crowned boom! Queen 2014.

For me, drag is a way that I can express myself and have another way to perform. Drag isn’t a lifestyle; it’s just a part of who you are. RuPaul is known for saying, “we’re all born naked, and the rest is drag.” So if you’re a doctor

and you put on your scrubs, that’s drag.

Anything you do throughout your day that defines who you are, is drag.

One of the biggest misconceptions of drag is that we want to be women.

That’s completely false. When not performing, I hate shaving my face and spending more than ten minutes getting ready after a shower. It’s simply a performance for us; we just want to have fun.

Since winning, I’ve had the opportunity to perform at Moncton Pride and meet drag queens from Halifax that have since become like family. They are there for support and to help me grow as a performer. I am also the organizer and host and one of the performers of the boom! monthly drag show, every third Saturday of the month.

I know I won’t be doing this my whole life. Heck, who know what I’ll be up to in a year? All I know is that I’m enjoying myself and hopefully those watching are having a great time with me.

Snooty Fox Beef Stew with a side of Caesar Salad

Sebastian Maynard

It was the first day of Eat New Brunswick, “a culinary celebration of delectable dishes made by locally sourced ingredients from across New Brunswick,” and we seemed to be the only ones that knew about it. We asked a couple of waiters and eventually found out that yes, they did have a special meal with local ingredients. So I ordered the beef stew and a Picaroons Irish Red, and instantly felt like I was back at home. The beef was tender, the stew was thick and the salad was a pleasant side dish. The beef stew meal isn’t one that I would get on a regular occasion, but it was a perfect special for the beginning of fall, and it reminded me that I still have a lot of work to do as a cook, which I guess is a feeling you want when you go out to eat.

Relish Lamb Burger, Pepper Salad and Minted Yogurt with a side of Kettle Chips

Colin McLean

With the exception of everyone’s favorite spin dip from the cellar (which, in case you live under a rock, has made a miraculous return), there isn’t much that’s better than a good old fashion burger. Relish’s contribution to the EAT NB was a lamb burger topped with pepper salad, mint yogurt and some Florenceville chips tossed on the side. The best part about this burger is obviously the taste, with the mint yogurt blending perfectly with the lamb, and the pepper salad gives it that little bit of crunch that so many burgers are missing. A close second to the taste is that all the ingredients used in the burger are local. Although the burger is great, the price is not. Coming in at around $16, it might be hard to justify the burger when it doesn’t even come with a drink, but at the same time, who can argue against a local lamb burger from one of the best burger joints in Fredericton.

The Lunar Rogue Maple Ginger Atlantic Salmon with Potatoes and Root Vegetables I’ve never come across a dish at the Rogue that I didn’t like, and this was no exception. The local ginger, maple syrup and all the other fixins worked together to make for a fresh tasting salmon like I’ve never had before. I mean it’s hard to go wrong with maple syrup and salmon in any case, but good on the chefs for preparing this one – delish. This is the kind of local fresh dish we need more of around the city.

Devin Patterson King Street Ale House Lamb Meatballs with a Blueberry BBQ Sauce

Mathieu Wong

Any excuse to go to my favourite restaurant downtown is an excuse good enough for me. The dish was a starter size, so it came with three meatballs, each a bit larger than golf balls, but proved to be a really good meal. It’s too bad it’s not a regular menu item, but something you can always count on is their beer selection. I decided to go “sophisticated” and get a Unibroue Blanche de Chambly. Being at 5 per cent ABV it keeps itself heavier than a typical session beer, but is still fairly light and easy to drink. This spiced wheat beer (cloves, light fruit), which was declared the World’s Best Spiced Wheat Beer in 2011 at the World Beer Awards, is definitely worth trying out.

really. check it out.

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Cell phone etiquette a grey area DIGITAL DIALOGUE

Seb Arseneault

There are two opposing groups when I ask, “what are your feelings towards your cell phone?” Most people love their phones. However, there are some individuals who hate their phones, which is weird because they still own one.

These people hate t hei r cel l phones in a way that the people who love their phones can’t understand. A part of the hate comes from the obligation of always being available and having to answer.

Personally, I hate my cell phone because I feel this obligation. I am not very “good” with my cell phone. I hate how if I choose to not answer, some people frea k out and get upset with me as if I were ignoring them on purpose.

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However, the reality of the matter is that I am not ignoring the individual trying to get in touch with me — I am just busy. I would rather focus my attention on the people I am currently with or the task I am doing. Some people might find it rude to not answer an incoming call or text but I don’t.

This is a dilemma.

For me, answering my cell phone is a constant battle because I know people are waiting for a response.

I don’t feel connected with the person I am texting like I would face-to-face. You are able to read someone’s body language, hear the tone of the conversation and detect how someone is feeling. We are not able to read the tone of a text,

because there isn’t one. I often feel confused when I read a message, because I can’t distinguish if someone is upset, happy or mad, causing a weird and awkward reply on my end of the conversation.

But this is only when I choose to answer at all. When I don’t answer, it’s a whole different situation in itself. Waves of texts come through when I take my phone off airplane mode; it’s like I died or went missing and came back.

At f irst people seem concerned, which turns into frustration, and then they get really upset. But the moment you text them back, it’s a miracle that you have. “Omg where have you been? Are you ok?” or you get a text that confronts

you on your bad cell phone etiquette. What happens if someone loses their phone or it dies? What if they forgot their cell phone at home? People don’t seem to take any other consideration other than the person ignoring them.

It’s getting increasingly harder for people to avoid conf lict on not answering their phones. People assume that because lots of us are avid cell phone users, trying to get in touch with people should not be difficult. The division which exists between cell phone users has created great confusion towards the concept of cell phone etiquette.

A s a resu lt of t h is d ilemma, a new form of social anxiet y has emerged.

Our Guide to Pre-Pop Fest 2014 Travis Piercy The Brunswickan Festival season isn’t over just yet — this year’s PrePop Festival is packed with bands that you need to see.

Starting Monday, Oct. 20 at The Capital, Austra will kick things off with an indie-electro session followed by Petra Glynt and the up-and-coming group from New Brunswick, Vogue Dots.

Tuesday night features PS I Love You from Kingston, as well as Cousins, who just recently finished playing shows in Toronto, and Solids, a

rock duo from Montreal.

Wednesday has a solid lineup with indie rock band The Wooden Sky, singer/songwriter Kalle Mattson and singer Gianna Lauren.

Thursday has Saskatoon’s One Bad Son hitting the stage with the popular alt-rock band Teenage Kicks and rock band Brothers. For Teenage Kicks, it will be their second Thursday in a row at The Capital, as they opened for Gob and The Flatliners on the 16th.

Friday night plays host to the Gay Nineties, an alt-rock band that is on fire recently with their single “Letterman.” The song has been getting airtime on MuchMusic and should be a fun song to see live.

Saturday night wraps up the festival with a bang by featuring Glory Glory, a group from Halifax. They have a unique indie sound with new wave inf luence, which really has to be heard in person to be fully experienced.

Their latest album featured Grammy-nominated mix engineer Justin Gerrish who previously worked with indie golden child Vampire Weekend and The Strokes.

Saturday also has Nuages playing at The Capital, an indie band from right here in Fredericton.

The lineup has bands stopping in Fredericton on their way to Halifax’s Pop Explosion, which happens from Oct. 21 to Oct. 25.

Tickets and passes for the 2014 PrePop festival presented by Picaroons can be purchased on The Capital website, or at a kiosk located at Issac’s Way.

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Songs of the week Sebastian Maynard Arts Editor

Hey Rosetta! – “Soft Offering (For the Oft Suffering)” With Newfoundland’s Hey Rosetta! releasing their fourth studio album, Second Sight, this week, lead singer Tim Baker explained that the record is aiming to nurture “an alternative way of seeing your life.” On the album’s intro, “Soft Offering (For the Oft Suffering),” Baker’s hope is relayed through an upbeat song that starts off slow but quickly sees a plucking guitar and galloping drum enter and set the tone for the rest of the album.

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WEDNESDAY, OCT. 15 Kim Churchill and Mo Kenney Charlotte Street Arts Centre, 8 p.m., $19.99

THURSDAY, OCT. 16 Frankenstein: The Man Who Became God Fredericton Playhouse, 7:30 p.m., Oct. 23 – 25, $10 (Student Price)

FRIDAY, OCT. 17 Lennie Gallant Charlotte Street Arts Centre, 8 p.m., $32.99 Chance The Rapper – “No Better Blues” “I hate having to explain pieces because it takes away from the wonder and the reward of deciphering code,” tweeted Chance the Rapper. “But this one is pretty simple lol, it’s satire.” The song he was talking about is his gloomy “No Better Blues,” which he released unannounced this week.

Chance goes off on just about everything in the world, from the sun to strangers to the government. “I hate my bed, I hate my home, I hate my job. I hate the wife, I hate the kids, I hate the dog,” he raps. Despite the message that “it don’t get no better,” sadness always makes a great song.

SATURDAY, OCT. 18 Mactaquac Scarefair Mactaquac Provincial Park, 3 p.m. – 9 p.m., Free admission Hilary Grist Landsdowne House Concert, 8 p.m., $15

MONDAY, OCT. 19 “Biggest Haunted House in NB” Capital Exhibit Centre, 5 p.m. – 8:30 p.m., $8 LUH. – “Unites” One of my favourite albums of all time is WU LYF’s Go Tell Fire to the Mountain. Despite great reviews and a lot of hype around them, the band broke up shortly after the release and has since gone on to start other projects and put out new music. The one artist who has been quiet, though, is Ellery Roberts, WU LYF’s lead singer. That has changed now, as he and Ebony Hoorn have formed a new band, LUH (Lost Under Heaven), and released their first song, “Unites.”

The track is certainly the most WU LYF sounding thing since the band broke up, with Roberts’s thick English accent wailing undecipherable lyrics and an echoing guitar that would fit more in a ska band, there is a sense of familiarity to the track. Roberts describes “Unites” as “a simple love song,” but as long as he is back making music, I’m sure most fans won’t care what he is singing about.

Bob Dylan – “Dress It Up, Better Have It All” At the beginning of November, Bob Dylan will be releasing The Basement Tapes, a compilation of unheard tracks recorded in 1967 with The Band.

“Dress It Up, Better Have It All,” is a more bluesy/country number than the folk classics that Dylan has become known for, but the raw track will be a refreshing listen for fans.

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UNB’s Randy Gazzola celebrates a goal on Friday at the Aitken Centre.

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Home sweep home V-Reds hockey team opens home schedule with two wins Jamie Tozer Sports Editor All the newcomers are fitting in quite nicely with the UNB Varsity Reds men’s hockey team.

New recruits Cameron Brace, Matt Boudens, R andy Gazzola, R.D. Chisholm, Peter Trainor and Francis Beauvillier all scored for the Varsity Reds this past weekend, helping the team defeat the Dalhousie Tigers 6-3 on Friday and the St. Francis Xavier X-Men 5-2 on Saturday.

“Our first year veterans are key parts of our group,” said head coach Gardiner MacDougall following Saturday’s game. “[Friday] night we had several get their first goals too. It’s a big conf idence boost to get goals early in their AUS careers — and they’re key goals.”

On Saturday, Trainor’s secondperiod goal proved to be the game winner while Beauvillier’s tally early in the third gave the Varsity Reds some insurance after StFX had cut UNB’s lead to one.

“These guys are getting valuable ice time now,” MacDougall said of his first-year players. “The one thing about the AUS is that every night you’re going to have to give that effort to get the results. You’ve got to challenge your body to give that effort every night.

“It’s a big switch. It’s a reduced schedule but the intensity of each game goes up so much.”

Boudens opened the scoring on Saturday, redirecting a Gazzola point shot at 3:16 to give UNB a 1-0 lead on their first shot of the game. Shots were 17-9 in favour of UNB in the first period.

Ch ishol m, a former X-Ma n, scored his first goal as a V-Red at 12:33 of the second, sending a long point shot through traffic and in to make it 2-0 UNB. Less than three minutes later, Trainor fired a wrist shot from the faceoff dot and beat StFX goaltender Drew Owsley to make it 3-0.

St FX then started to make a push. At 16:33, Nathan Chiarlitti beat UNB goaltender David Shantz with a shot from the slot that

went off the post and in to make it 3-1. Less than a minute later, Robert Slaney scored off a scramble in the crease to make it 3-2. Shots were 16 - 6 for t he Reds in t he second stanza.

In the third, Beauvillier scored a huge insurance marker at 3:07, giving UNB a 4-2 advantage. Taylor MacDougall added an empty netter with 1:04 left to make it a 5-2 final.

Shots were 9-1 UNB in the third and 42-16 overall.

“I thought we got better as the game went on,” said MacDougall.

“We weren’t as good off the start.

David Shantz — he’s got a stabilizing influence on our group and I thought he was strong early. And then we just found ways to get better.

“You need those experiences.

You draw on those experiences if you can get through them. The key was we kept the lead going into the third.”

The game was physical and a bit chippy at times. Each team was given 10 power plays, and the large amount of penalties resulted in the

game not having a ton of flow.

There were some fireworks after the game as well. The off icials had to get involved when the two coaching staffs exchanged harsh words at the entrance of the Varsity Reds tunnel. The two teams will meet again on Halloween night at StFX. In UNB’s home opener on Friday, Brace opened the scoring at 4:39 to make it 1-0 Reds. But the Tigers quickly responded with a goal — which came on their first shot of the game — from Pierre Vandall just 26 seconds later.

At 9:39, Boudens scored to get the Reds back in front. But once again, Dalhousie responded, this time from Mike Evelyn at 15:34, to tie things at 2-2 heading into intermission. Shots were 16-6 in UNB’s favour.

In the second, Dylan Willick connected at 3:37 to make it 3-2 Reds. Less than a minute later, Boudens performed a wraparound and put in his rebound, giving UNB a 4-2 lead. Then at 5:18, Gazzola scored on a power play

with a wrist shot from the top of the circle to make it 5-2. Cam Critchlow rounded out the second period scoring with a goal at 8:54 to make it 6-2 after 40 minutes.

Shots in the second were 16-6 in favour of the Varsity Reds.

UNB took their foot off the gas a bit in the third, and a physical and feisty game died down a bit.

Dalhousie’s JP Harvey netted the only goal of the period at 4:13 to make it a 6-3 final. Shots in the third were 10-4 UNB and 42-14 overall.

Shantz, playing in his first season of Canadian Interuniversity Sport hockey, played well in both starts on the weekend, making 11 saves against the Tigers and 14 against the X-Men. Up next for the Varsity Reds is the first Battle of the Hill of the regular season on Wednesday, Oct. 22 at 7 p.m. at the Aitken Centre.

The team hits the road this weekend, visiting reigning AUS champion Acadia on Friday and rival Saint Mary’s on Saturday.

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Mix of youth, experience on volleyball team

UNB’s women’s volleyball team in pre-season action at the Richard J. Currie Center.

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Sarah Rouse Sports Reporter Jilliane Goulet was playing professional volleyball in Europe when she heard of a coaching vacancy at the University of New Brunswick. A former Atlantic University Sport (AUS) all-star with the Dalhousie Tigers, she was eager to make the move back to the Canadian East Coast.

Three years later, Goulet’s stint as head coach of the Varsity Reds women’s volleyball team has included both exhilarating achievements and heartbreaking defeat, and in February, she was named the AUS Coach of the Year.

Goulet, who is entering into her third year of coaching at UNB, believes that this season will be one of constant improvement for the women’s volleyball team.

The team struggled at the begin-

ning of the 2013-2014 season, with 10 straight losses in the preseason and interlock schedule. The team earned their first win on Nov. 2 against Cape Breton, and went on to finish with a 7-9 record within their conference.

“It definitely wasn’t an easy way to start a season, but I think that we got better and better as the season went along,” said Goulet. “We took a huge step forward in beating Acadia in the playoffs. For the first time since I’ve been here we made it to the second round, which was really special.”

The Varsity Reds season ended with a 3-0 loss to Saint Mary’s in the semi-finals.

Looking ahead, Goulet believes that the future is bright for her team.

“The plan is to always get better every year, so that means at least making it to the finals of our conference playoffs.

“We have five new players who are al-

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ready contributing and really changing the look of the way we play volleyball here. It’s a special year in the sense that we have this mix of strong returning players as well as a number of stellar recruits joining us.”

Goulet also emphasized that the squad is in a very different situation this year in terms of team dynamic.

“We lost our two best middles [Celina Abba and Rebecca Glancy] who were both all-stars for the team last season, as well as our captain Rebecca Glancy who had led here for many years.”

Goulet credited Glancy and Jodie McGill’s leadership as one of the key factors in determining the team’s success last season.

Although initially worried about the loss of two huge leaders on the team, Goulet said the senior players have stepped up and become more vocal

leaders than they have been in the past.

In addition, several new players have already shown leadership within the team.

“As far as filling in the position, I think we’re making progress already,” said Goulet “We’ve been lucky in the fact that we have two returning middles who are eager to see the court, as well as one in her first year who has been impressing us already.”

Following tournaments in Quebec and Ontario earlier this fall, the Varsity Reds hosted teams from Acadia and Western over Thanksgiving weekend.

The home team came out on top against Acadia and split two games against Western. “[Thanksgiving] weekend was interesting because we did see improvement match to match,” explained Goulet.

“There were things like blocking and defence that we struggled with and our serve reception needed work, but by the

second match we were already looking a lot better.

“There are definitely still areas that we need to improve upon, but it was nice to see that the improvement was there even over the span of one weekend.”

Goulet cites serving as a strength for the team again this year. The Varsity Reds squad led the conference in total service aces last season with 124 and service aces per set with 2.18.

“It’s hard to say exactly what our team is going to look like as the year goes ahead because we have so many new players,” said Goulet. “We’ll take it as it goes, but we’re confident that we’re going to compete and have a strong season.”

The women’s volleyball team will be hosting the Université de Moncton Aigles Bleues this Saturday, Oct. 25 at 7 p.m.

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Rugby has by far the most entertaining playoffs with several methods of scoring. Whether it’s the Super 14, European Challenge Cup, or of course the Rugby World Cup, it’s by far the best. FIFA World Cup also provides insanely great entertainment. Looking at the Big Four, I’ll say American Football, since the road to the Super Bowl is so long. However, any Olympics or World Cup event is exciting since it’s four years built up to something every athlete is born striving for.

For me it’s the NFL playoffs. There’s nothing like the one-and-done games of professional football. Teams leave it all on the field every time they step out there, and it makes for some spectacular sports drama.

Take the “Mile High Miracle” of the 2012 AFC Divisional Playoffs for example. Thirty seconds to go in the game, the Ravens get a 70 yard touchdown to tie it and then go on to beat the heavily favored Broncos in overtime — and eventually went on to be Super Bowl champs. Nothing gets dragged out — the NFL playoffs are as exciting as it gets.

Easily the NHL playoffs. The NHL playoffs are a twomonth long battle of attrition that victimizes every combatant that laces their skates come April. There is no higher drama in sport than the high stakes of a game seven. Certainly, one-game, winner take all, do-or-die games seen in the MLB Wildcard games or the NFL playoffs are unbelievably entertaining, but they don’t have that same hatred that intensifies over a two-week period that culminates in that climactic game seven. The war that is the NHL playoffs are a thing of beauty, and it doesn’t hurt that there’s a pretty decent little trophy at the end of that journey.

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NCAA March Madness is by far the most exciting playoff format. You have your Cinderella teams, the non-stop coverage during the first weekend and the huge fun of watching your bracket just get destroyed by 9 p.m. on Friday night. Also, you get to watch student-athletes who are working hard to perfect their craft. There’s something special about the effort that these young people put in. Just like our student-athletes here on campus. AUS playoffs are also exciting/ entertaining and soccer is coming up quick. Everyone should check those out too.

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16 • October 22, 2014 • Issue 08 • Volume 148

Eadle set to soar with V-Reds Sarah Rouse Sports Reporter

Victoria Eadle is a promising rookie on the women’s volleyball team.

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On a team with plenty of newcomers looking to earn their spot on the court, Victoria Eadle stands out for her determination and natural athleticism. A first year student in the Recreation and Sport Studies program, she comes to UNB following a successful career at the high school and provincial levels.

Eadle is relatively new to the sport of volleyball, but has quickly gained a reputation as one of the province’s most promising athletes.

Just last month, she was named Volleyball New Brunswick’s female Player of the Year.

“This is only my seventh year play i ng vol leyba l l,” ex pla i ned Eadle, an outside hitter. “I had played basketball all through middle school, and then in the sixth grade my gym teacher suggested that I try other sports. At that point I tried volleyball and really fell in love with the sport.”

Eadle went on to excel both at the high school and provincial level, opting to make the trek to Fredericton each week from her hometown of Moncton, in order to compete at a higher level.

“I had played for the Moncton Roofers provincial team for several years, and then when I was in Grade 9 I made the decision to travel to Fredericton to play for the Reds

Volleyball Club, which was a great experience and helped with my development as a player.”

Eadle played for her high school, Harrison Trimble, where she led the team to the provincial finals the past two years. In addition to being a leader on her high school team, she also played four summers with Volleyball New Brunswick — including playing on the 2013 Canada Games team, where she was a key contributor for Team NB. Eadle cites her experiences playing for the Fredericton club team as one of the deciding factors when it came to choosing a university.

“After traveling up here for so many years, I was definitely used to the city and the facilities so it was kind of the perfect fit for me,” she said. “I also love the campus, and I knew that the faculty of kinesiology was growing and developing here, so I could succeed academically as well.”

W hile many athletes initially struggle to make the jump from high school to the university level of play, Eadle has been taking it all in stride.

“It’s been very hectic during the preseason what with traveling while also starting classes,” said Eadle.

“However, it’s been going pretty great in terms of getting settled and getting on the court finally.”

She stated that although high school volleyball has a much more

relaxed atmosphere, she thrives in the competitive environment that comes with playing against bigger and better players in Atlantic University Sport.

Her debut as a V-Red has not been without its challenges, though. A rolled ankle during practice left her sidelined during the first weekend of preseason play. Determined to rejoin her team on the court, Eadle recuperated in record time and has been practicing ever since.

When asked about her aspirations for the season, Eadle’s desire to win shone through yet again.

“We hope to win the AUS championship this year. We have a young team but we’re very strong given our age, so I think we have a very good chance at competing and doing well in our league.”

Head coach Jilliane Goulet also believes that Eadle has the skill set necessary to succeed at the CIS level of play.

“We have high hopes for Victoria here at UNB,” said Goulet. “She hasn’t shown a whole lot here due to her sprained ankle in the preseason, but every chance she gets to go onto the court she is showing more and more of what she’s capable of.

“Victoria’s a very special player, both in her work ethic and her ability to physically play. She has a lot of potential and we’re very excited to see how she progresses in the weeks, months and years to come.”

Woodsmen team hosts annual event Marc Gagnon Staff Reporter The sawdust was flying furiously at Saturday’s 49th annual Woodsmen Competition, where UNB’s team put on an impressive showing against teams from across Eastern Canada and the United States.

Held at the Fredericton Exhibit ion Grounds, more t han 200 polo-sh i r ted compet itors were on hand to show off their skills in traditional lumberjack events such as wood chopping, sawing, pole climbing and axe throwing.

Needless to say, the thought that one could lose a limb at any time weighed heavily on the mind. And yet the atmosphere was cheerful and competitive, with onlookers and teammates cheering on challengers as they hacked their way through endless piles of timber.

Dav id Simmonds, a U N B Woodsman and fourth-year forestry student, like many lumberjacking enthusiasts, claimed a love of the outdoors as the impetus for joining the team.

“I’m actually a city slicker,” said Simmonds, “but I’m really into the woods. It’s what I grew up with.”

While you’d expect a lumberjacking team to consist of burly, bearded men, the team is actually quite diverse, featuring a number

of women as well as students from various disciplines — from business to Renaissance College.

One such student is Dever Pickard, second-year business student and woodsman. For him, lumberjacking is a family tradition.

“My father used to do it when he was in school. He had some scars on his hands from giving himself a few hacks,” he explained. “I had a buddy who saw the ad for woodsmen tryouts. We just went and I never looked back.”

While each woodsman competed in a number of events, Pickard declared the doubles quarter split as his favorite.

“It’s a really fast and accurate event — it’s like splitting f irewood traditionally with an axe, but there’s a pink dot [of paint] in the centre of your piece of wood, so when you split your block into four pieces you need paint on all four pieces.”

Simmonds, on the other hand, preferred the kettle boil.

“It’s about building a fire the fastest — you get a block of cedar, a hatchet and three matches. You need to build a big enough fire to get a juice can of soapy water to boil over in under three minutes.

It gets intense.”

For Simmonds, win or lose, the essence of the competition is about

A couple hundred woodsmen showed off their skills at the Fredericton Exhibition Grounds on Saturday.

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enjoying the outdoors and honing his traditional skills. “[Lumberjacking] is lot of practical knowledge — I’m usually in a classroom learning about forest

management, but if I can learn how to run a saw or an axe, it benefits me,” he said. “Plus, on top of that, it’s a great stress reliever.”

While the outcome of the com-

petition was not available at press time, scores will be posted on the Canadian Intercollegiate Lumberjacking Association website which can be found at Lumberjacking.ca.

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17 • October 22, 2014 • Issue 08 • Volume 148

Men’s soccer remains undefeated

Team clinches first round playoff bye with win

Jamie Tozer Sports Editor

The UNB Varsity Reds men’s soccer team enters the final week of the Atlantic University Sport regular season with an unbeaten record.

The Reds improved to 9-0-2 on the season following a 3-3 tie to the UPEI Panthers on Friday in Charlottetown and a 2-0 victory over the Université de Moncton Aigles Bleus on home turf on Sunday.

“I liked today’s performance,” said head coach Miles Pinsent following UNB’s win on Sunday. “I thought we were in control the whole time.

I don’t think they ever really [felt] threatened. I thought, especially in the second half, we owned possession and as a result really dictated play.

“On Friday against UPEI we played quite well. We were able to create opportunities — we scored three goals, which is a lot of goals in soccer — and we created a couple other really good chances. So that was all positive.”

Although disappointed his team allowed three goals on Friday, Pinsent said the positive part was that the goals allowed were due to some simple defensive mistakes that can be easily fixed.

“I think it might have been just a nice little reminder on Friday that we need to always look to play clean and tidy a few things up as we get ready to play for the important games in

November, where it’s win or you’re done.”

The opening stages of Sunday’s first half were fairly even. UNB didn’t record their first shot on goal until the 27th minute when Shea Nordheim fired a shot from the top of box that was stopped.

The Varsity Reds got on the board in the 32nd minute when Oliver Jones scored.

Later on in the half, George Lawton blasted a shot but was denied by the Moncton goalkeeper. Shots were 3-2 UNB in the opening half.

In the second, UNB had a number of quality chances. Nordheim had a couple of good chances while Matt Mountney and Marcus Lees also had solid opportunities but couldn’t connect.

In the 78th minute, Nordheim scored from a sharp angle to make it 2-0 Reds. Shots were 5-0 in favour of the Varsity Reds in the second half.

On Friday in Charlottetown, Nordheim opened the scoring in the 18th minute but the Panthers tied it on a goal from Mark Ashlee in the 44th minute. Shots were 7-6 in favour of UPEI in the first half.

In the opening minute of the second half, Jones put UNB back in front. UPEI tied it again three minutes later as Ashlee netted his second of the match.

Kenneth Van Aarle scored in the 71st minute to give the Reds another

UNB’s Robert Prak controls the ball on Sunday at BMO Centre.

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lead. But once again, the Panthers would tie it up. With just over a minute left in regulation time, Jared Murphy scored to make it a 3-3 final.

Shots in the second were 8-4 in favour of UPEI.

The Varsity Reds host the Mount Alison Mounties at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 22. The team plays their final game of the regular season on Friday, Oct. 24 at 7 p.m. at BMO Centre against the Saint Mary’s

Huskies.

UNB, first in the AUS standings, have already clinched a playoff spot and a first round bye. The AUS postseason takes place Oct. 31 – Nov. 2 in St. John’s.

Playoff bound: Reds secure spot Women’s soccer team defeats UPEI, UdeM Jamie Tozer Sports Editor

UNB’s Courtney Strba runs the ball up field on Sunday at BMO Centre.

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For the first time since 2011, the UNB Varsity Reds women’s soccer team will take part in the Atlantic University Sport playoffs.

The Varsity Reds clinched a spot in this year’s post-season with a pair of victories over the weekend. UNB defeated the UPEI Panthers 2-1 in Charlottetown on Friday and then returned home to beat the Université de Moncton Aigles Bleus 3-1 on Sunday.

Head coach Jon Crossland described his team’s wins on the weekend as “scrappy.”

“We’re finding ways to score goals in different ways and getting victories,” said the coach. “We’re pleased with six points and it gets us closer to the [first round playoff] bye.”

UNB opened the scoring in the 39th minute on Sunday as Lauren Cubbon fired a low shot past the hands of a stretching Moncton goalkeeper. Shots were 4-3 UNB in the first.

In the 61st minute, Sam Lagacy got through the Moncton defence and

then beat goalkeeper Catherine Poirier with a hard shot to make it 2-0.

The Aigles Bleus quickly responded though as Vickie Savoie scored two minutes later to make it a 2-1 match with just under 30 minutes to play.

In the 76th minute, Lagacy fed Cubbon at the top of the box. She chipped the ball on net but the Moncton keeper got her hands on the ball and kept it out. A few minutes later, UNB hit the post.

In the 81st minute, Lucy Parkin chipped the ball ahead and went off Moncton’s Emilie Naugle and in to give the Reds a 3-1 advantage. Shots were 5-2 UNB in the second half.

“It was a little bit of ‘kick it to Sam [Lagacy] and see what she can do with it at times today,” said Crossland of his team’s offence. “It came along.”

On Friday, the Varsity Reds edged the UPEI Panthers 2-1 in Charlottetown.

Lagacy opened the scoring in the eighth minute of the contest, giving UNB an early 1-0 advantage. In stoppage time, Lagacy setup Kayla Painter to give the V-Reds a 2-0 lead at halftime. UNB outshot UPEI 10-4.

UPEI got on the board in the 51st minute as Jenna McDonald scored to make it 2-1. The Panthers outshot the Reds 7-2 in the second but could not tie things up.

Rookie goalkeeper Rebecca Duda got the start in both games this past weekend, making six stops on Friday and four saves on Sunday in the victories. Veteran keeper Sami-Jo Bell will miss the remainder of the season with a third degree MCL tear and ACL damage.

Bell had played every minute of the Varsity Reds season up until being injured in UNB’s Oct. 3 road game against the Aigles Bleus.

“We recruited knowing that we needed more than one capable keeper,” said Crossland last week. “Right now, Rebecca Duda will get the ball from here on out.”

UNB hosts the Mount Alison Mounties on Wednesday, Oct. 22 at 5 p.m. Their final game of the regular season takes place on Friday, Oct. 24 at 5 p.m. at BMO Centre against the Saint Mary’s Huskies.

The AUS playoffs take place Oct. 31 – Nov. 2 at Dalhousie University.

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Reds Notebook: Critchlow named captain of V-Reds Jamie Tozer Sports Editor Third year forward Cam Critchlow has been named captain of the Varsity Reds men’s hockey team.

In junior, Critchlow captained the Lewiston Maineiacs to the Q uebec Major Ju n ior Hockey L eag ue (QM J H L) sem i-f i na ls in 2011. The following year he captained Nathan MacK innon, Jonathan Drouin and the Halifax Mooseheads to the league semis.

Tyler Carroll, Taylor MacDougall, Adrian Robertson and Cam Braes were named assistant captains.

Reds add Beauvillier T he Va rsit y R ed s men’s h o c k e y team made an addition to their roster last week, adding forward Francis Beauvillier.

B e a u v i l l i e r, a sixth-round pick of t he Flor ida Pa nt hers in 2012, has spent the past f ive seasons in the QMJHL where he played with Lewiston, R imousk i, Shaw inigan and RouynNoranda.

He was tea mmates with current V-Reds Cam Critchlow in Lewiston and Peter Trainor in R imouski.

In 313 career QMJHL contests, the SorelTracey, Quebec native registered 98 goals and 205 points.

He added 19 points in 43 playoff games, which included a trip the QMJHL final in 2012.

Robertson tops academic list Varsity Reds men’s hockey defenceman Adrian Robertson has been named one of the Top Eight

Academic All-Canadians for the 2013-2014 season by Canadian Interuniversity Sport.

Robertson, a third-year business administration student, has a cumulative GPA of 4.2, including five perfect A+ grades in the winter o f 2014.

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of the 2014-15 AUS swimming season.

L eBlanc qua lif ied af ter w inning the 50m backstroke. She also placed first in the 100m backstroke and helped her team w in t he women’s 400m

dall T h e Va r s it y R e d s wo m e n’s basketball team blew past Crandall University in exhibition action at the Currie Center on Friday, winning 79-35.

UNB takes on Nipissing, Acadia, and UPEI in a tournament in Moncton from Oct. 24 –26. They open the regular season at home against Acadia on Nov. 7.

Papa John’s Tuesday discount begins Fredericton Papa John’s locations and the Varsity Reds men’s hockey team have teamed up to offer fans an online discount every Tuesday.

The highest Varsity Reds shots or saves total of the week will be the Tu e s d ay d iscount.

If the team w ins by a shutout, the discount will increase by 10 per cent. The maximum discount is 50 per cent.

To take advantage of the offer, fans can use t he promo code “VR EDS” when ordering online.

was a highper for mance achiever and top quality leader for our hockey program both on and off the ice last season,” said UNB head coach Gardiner MacDougall in a press release. “He was our team leader in academics with a 4.2 GPA and was one of our top defencemen, winning the prestigious UNB Michael

Cavanagh Award which recognizes top performance on the ice, in the classroom and in the community.”

Swimming season begins UNB’s Charli LeBlanc became the first AUS swimmer to qualify for nationals at this past weekend Acadia’s Jack Scholtz Invitational Swim Meet. It was the first meet

medley relay.

O ve r a l l , t he women’s team finished third at the event.

Meanwhile, U NB’s men’s team finished fourth.

Up next for the swim teams is the annual meet held at UNB, which takes place Nov. 1 – 2.

Women’s basketball defeat Cran-

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Buccaneers fall to Mounties T h e U NB Buccaneers rema i n w i nless in Maritime University Field L acrosse L eag ue act ion a fter an 8-7 loss to the Mount Allison Mounties in Sackville on Saturday.

Alex Miller led the way for UNB once again, scoring three goals. A lex Buck had two while Heath Read and Zachary Dunseith added singles.

UNB, 0-8 on the season, host Saint Mary’s on Sunday, Oct. 26 at 11 a.m. at College Field.

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19 • October 22, 2014 • Issue 08 • Volume 148

The bold and the lonely ONE STEP AT A TIME

Scott Hems Anything worth accomplishing in this life involves a level of bravery.

You need to step outside of your norm if you ever want to change.

Losing weight involves it too. I learned the hard way that any moment worth living requires bravery; however, no one told me that to be brave, you need to be alone.

I was pretty used to being on my own in my obese days. People would drink and party, not thinking about tomorrow. But me, I was alone, hoping tomorrow I’d still be here. I couldn’t keep faith in myself. People came into my life briefly and made an impact, but

were gone before I needed them most. I would have given anything for a hug and the words, “everything’s going to be okay.” We so often struggle with this weight loss journey because we’re alone.

We don’t see the upside, only the emptiness.

We worry so much about impressing others that we don’t realize our own potential. The upside: being alone means bravery in some way. Bravery means you’re doing something you thought you never could. Never forget that no matter who comes in and out of your life, you found a way to stand on your own two feet.

If you want to lose weight and feel alone, it’s okay. Courage exists in you, not your surroundings.

When I lost weight, I didn’t always have anyone to high-five, hug, or say something I needed to hear, but that’s how I learned my potential.

I k now lonely sucks. I spent so much time with an empty car seat next to me staring at a single concert ticket because no one was there for me. That feeling doesn’t last forever.

I was alone after the marathon.

I dragged my corpse home and collapsed on my couch. No one to celebrate with or to talk about the

accomplishment with (apart from Facebook). The beauty in it was knowing my own strength, and I didn’t need to rely on others. From day one, no one ever stuck by me for every step. No one ever made sure I was okay, or showed me endless support through every obstacle I ever faced. But I made it.

Physically destroyed, I embraced this torturous journey alone. I conquered it alone. Though many people laughed at me, abandoned me, neg lec ted me a nd si mply weren’t there, I still made it to that day knowing I survived everything hell could throw at me. The moment was mine, and that’s the loneliness I could live with.

Like the journey of tears, blood, and emotional stamina, I had no one. But everyone on that couch was there with me from day one.

It was hard to be lonely, and I wouldn’t have it any other way. In a way, that’s what made the trip worth it. If I had someone there for me every step of the way, the lesson would not have been so clear.

“I don’t know what your destiny will be … but I know one thing: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve.” – Albert Schweitzer

Climbing to new heights Marc Gagnon Staff Reporter Rock climbing isn’t just for Sylvester Stallone anymore.

As president of the UNB Rock and Ice Climbing Club, Shawn Fairweather is no stranger to the indoor wall at the Lady Beaverbrook Gymnasium. Built out of conver ted squash cou r ts some 25 years ago, the wall now hosts a bust ling club w it h over 150 members — with more joining every year.

“There’s always an inf lux of new climbers in the fall and winter, who just found out about the club,” he explained. “A lot of people don’t even know we exist.”

Indoor climbing has grown over the last two decades from a niche sport to one of the most popular indoor activities in North America, catering to people of all skill and fitness levels. For Fairweather, the appeal is simple.

“Basica l ly, I l i ke ever y t h ing about it,” he said. “The movement, the diff iculty — how it’s all on you, so you can push yourself as hard as you want, or not push yourself at all and still have fun.

A nd it’s def initely a good fullbody workout; it’s all I do for exercise.”

Since it ca n be int imidat ing

to visit the wall and see experts launching themselves upwards like Spider-Man, the club has begun to hold beginner hours every Tuesday from 5 to 6 p.m. Fairweather said experienced climbers will be on hand to give pointers to the newbies and teach them various techniques to scale the walls.

T he club rout i nely goes on climbing trips outdoors as well, both on rock faces from spring to fall and ice cliffs during the winter months. Outdoor rock climbing can be a challenging sport, and ice climbing even more so. Performed on frozen waterfalls, it calls for a higher level of skill and concentration.

“It ca n be prett y da ngerous,” he said, “but when we do our ice climbing school, we set up top-ropes to a t ree. S o i f you fall off, you just da ng le there.

But

when you get into lead climbing [climbing with a rope], you have to set anchors in ice grooves, and that gets more dangerous if the ice gives way.”

Fairweather remarked that while rock climbing is quite safe, the element of danger occasionally adds some thrill to the experience.

“There’s that feeling of danger when you’re lead climbing and you get above your last [anchor].

There’s a rush you get if you think you’re going to fall. I don’t like it when I’m in the moment, but when I get to the top of the route, I like it.”

The climbing wall is located inside the Lady Beaverbrook Gymnasium.

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