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SEASONS END FOR VOLLEYBALL TEAMS DALHOUSIE TIGERS ELIMINATE MEN’S AND WOMEN’S SQUADS

BY JAMIE TOZER | PAGE 13 & 14

UNB LAW CRISIS CONTINUES WITH NEW ALLEGATIONS AGAINST DEAN

BY EMMA MCPHEE | PAGE 3

DAN MANGAN TALKS NEW ALBUM AND TOUR

BY SEBASTIAN MAYNARD| PAGE 8

ARTS STUDENTS EYEING NEW SOCIETY

BY BENJAMIN CROUSE | PAGE 4

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Bracing the cold for homelessness

Emma McPhee News Editor

W hen it comes to t he coldest night of the year, this winter has yielded plenty of options, but two local organizations are inviting Frederictonians to consider the cold from another perspective: How cold does it get when you are without a home?

The Coldest Night of the Year is a n a nnua l nat ionw ide event that raises awareness and funds for homelessness-related projects.

Pa r t icipa nt s col lec t monet a r y pledges and walk 2, 5 or 10 km around their city, with the concept in mind that, by experiencing the cold, they will gain empathy.

“As opposed to having an event in the middle of summer where we all go out in support of raising funds for homelessness, it’s to really give somebody the experience of what homelessness is like … it just really punctuates what it’s like to be out in those

sorts of conditions,” said Faith McFarland with program development for John Howard Society in Fredericton, which is one of the organizations that will receive the collected funds.

This year marks Fredericton’s f irst in the event. All funds raised will go towards two local charities. One is Youth in Transition, a provider of shelters for youth aged 16-19. Originally only providing services to young women, the organization expanded their services last November to provide to male youth. Funds from The Coldest Night of the Year will allow them to keep expanding their services.

T he s econd orga n i z at ion i s the John Howard Society, which works with people who are at risk of offending. They also provide housing to people who are diff icult to house, such as people living in poverty, the homeless population, and people with addictions and mental health issues.

Proceeds from the Coldest Night will help the society obtain more housing units.

“Our fundraising goal for this year is $25,000 and we hope to make this an annual event every February,” McFarland said. “ We ’r e r e a l l y h o p i n g t h a t change is a real thing, that the community is empowered to look at homelessness — not as something that’s a hopeless thing but that as a community is a very solvable thing — and that there’s real solutions when we look at poverty and homelessness and there’s real things we can do.”

The Coldest Night of the Year began in 2011. Now it occurs in 80 communities across Canada and to date has raised $4.9 million.

The walk in Fredericton will take place on Feb. 21 and will begin at St. Dunsta n’s Pa rish.

Doors open for regist rat ion at 4 p.m. Participants can register online.

The Coldest Night of the Year is a nation-wide event where participants walk around their communities to raise funds for homelessness-related projects.

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UNB has brought in an external investigator to help resolve the law school crisis, which now includes allegations of harassment against the dean of law from the AUNBT. Adam Travis / The Brunswickan

Law school crisis continues Emma McPhee News Editor With last week’s revelation that the Association of University of New Brunswick Teachers filed allegations of harassment against dean of law Jeremy Levitt on behalf of faculty members, it is evident that things have yet to slow down in the law school crisis.

Last Tuesday, the CBC revealed that unproven allegations of harassment against the dean have been made by t he A ssociat ion of University of New Brunswick Teachers on behalf of UNB faculty members. The UNB administration has reached out to an external investigator for help in resolving the recent issues.

Law professor emeritus Neil Gold was brought in by the university to interview all parties concerned with the recent issues in the law faculty.

“When we receive allegations of harassment, we treat them seriously.

In this case, we’ve asked a highly regarded and experienced individual in Neil Gold to come and interview people involved,” said UNB spokesman David Stonehouse.

Gold will report his findings con-

fidentially to UNB vice-president academic Tony Secco.

“Once he has those findings, Dr. Secco will determine what action is required to ensure a respectful and collegial work environment at the law school,” said Stonehouse.

Levitt is also facing allegations of harassment, sexism and a threat of violence from two former female colleagues at Florida A&M University College of Law. In the meantime, according to acting associate dean of law John Williamson, the law school is functioning as usual. However, it is the UNB Fredericton Senate, and not Ludlow Hall, that will be the main stage for UNB law-related issues.

Closed senate meeting requested A closed meeting of the senate has been requested by student senator and law student Lyle Skinner to review the senate search committee. Skinner is concerned with the way that the unproven allegation of harassment against Dean Levitt was not uncovered by the independent personnel agency hired to perform Levitt’s background check.

“I view it as appropriate to petition the President to hold a spe-

cial closed session of the UNB Fredericton Senate to examine the Dean Search Committee policies to understand how the University has now arrived at the present situation,” wrote Skinner in a document explaining the issue to senators.

“A review of Senate Search Committee practices should serve to improve any future process for hiring senior administration whether they are deans, vice-presidents or the president of UNB.” In order to successfully petition a closed meeting, Skinner needed nine other senators to request the meeting with him. Skinner said he has collected the required number of signatures and has passed the petition to the university secretariat’s office.

The UNB Fredericton Senate met again on Feb. 17. Check Thebruns. ca for updates.

Professors disappointed with failed freedom of expression motion Many UNB professors are not pleased with the failure of student senator Lee Thomas’s freedom of expression motion at the Feb. 3 senate meeting.

Thomas motioned that the senate “affirm and advocate for the right of university members to speak freely about issues that affect them without fear of repercussions from peers, faculty, staff or administration.”

The motion failed by a tie vote of 22 in favour and 22 against.

“It was troubling to see half of Fredericton Senate vote against the motion. It is not clear to me how anyone who maintained that the motion essentially reaffirms a clause of the UNB Declaration of Rights could then vote against it,” said Vlad Tasic, chair of the mathematics and statistics department.

Thomas’s motion was tabled in light of students who had expressed concerns that they did not feel free to speak publically or to the media about the issues at the law school.

However, there are already sections of the University of New Brunswick Declaration of Rights and Responsibilities pertaining to freedom of speech and this is where senators were divided.

“I think what Lee [Thomas] was trying to get was a reaffirmation of that fundamental principle and so then a lot of people voted for it because it doesn’t ever hurt to re-

affirm fundamental principles such as freedom of expression. I think that was the divide because I think the answer is everyone supports freedom of expression,” said Nicole O’Byrne, senator and assistant professor of law.

Both president Eddy Campbell and vice-president academic Tony Secco expressed concerns during the discussion of the motion, that what students had to might be harmful to employees.

“R ights become real when reaffirmed in action. Student senators did just that: they brought to life the principles for which they argued with eloquence and verve. By contrast, vice-president Secco assured Senate that he ‘has students’ backs’ — while arguing against the motion,” Tasic said.

“The importance of these principles can never be over-emphasized,” O’Byrne said. “When an issue like this comes up, where the students feel like they want some sort of support, that’s why I voted for it.

For the support of the university being made very, very clear and not just in some dusty policy document somewhere that people have never heard of.”

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Faculty of Arts looking to get student society

Benjamin Crouse News Reporter T he U N B SU a r t s cou nci l lor s have been working to f ill a gap in the Faculty of A rts by creating a faculty-wide student society.

Kevin Collins, an arts councillor for the UNBSU, said that improving the sense of communit y among arts students is t he driving force behind the creation of a society.

“There a re not rea lly events for them as arts students or representation or services. A lot of people feel lef t out. It’s really an initiative to make the faculty more inclusive,” Collins said.

T he pu r pose of t he soc iet y would be to hold events, provide services and build representation on campus for arts students.

One particular example would be orientation week. No social events are held specif ically for students in arts.

“People tend to identify with their department more than their faculty, but that leaves f irst and second years out in the cold, especially if they’re unsure about what t hey want to do or what degree they want to pursue,” said Collins.

C ol l i n s a nd t wo ot her a r t s councillors have begun the process of start ing t he societ y by drafting a constitution, reviewing it and holding public consultations for all arts students.

The next step is to start consulting with departmental societies that are already active to get

tips and to coordinate the society. “ We’re rea lly look ing at t he engineering faculty’s model for hav i ng a n overa rch i ng societ y that sort of coordinates all the efforts of the sub-societies,” Collins said.

Collins hopes that the society will be in full swing by next year.

“The ultimate goal for this year was to set up to establish the club.

Essent ia l ly, have t he const it ution approved ... and then have a n execut ive sta r ted a nd t hen get ratif ication from the Student Union.”

This is not t he f irst attempt of students looking to create an arts society; several have tried in the past but have failed because of f luctuating interest or a lack of funding. This time, the arts cou nci l lor s a re seek i ng st able f inancial support.

“We’ve been speaking to the dea n of t he fac u lt y who’s expre s s e d i ntere s t i n prov id i ng f u nd i ng to a n a r ts societ y. I n t he long r un what we’re looking at is having a referendum on i mplement i ng a sma l l st udent fee ... something in the range of $5 to $10 for all arts students to provide a permanent budget for this society,” said Collins.

George MacLean, dean of arts, said that his colleagues also responded with enthusiasm when he brought the initiative up at a faculty council meeting.

“I’m thrilled that arts students want to establish a faculty-wide student organization,” said MacL e a n. “A n a r t s s t udent b o d y

UNBSU Arts councillors Samantha Irma Sapi, Marc Gagnon and Kevin Collins are working to create a faculty-wide student society.

Adam Travis / The Brunswickan

council or society will give our students a collective voice in the activities in our faculty.”

“Student engagement in arts is a priority. Students represent the largest community in our faculty

and we’re trying to deepen the connection they feel with UNB and arts,” MacLean said.

Collins urges arts students to get involved w it h t he creat ion of the arts society by attending

public consultations.

“There is a demand for a society like this,” said Collins. “People do want better services, they do want a sense of community.”

Mental Health Peer Support Group launching in March

Marc Gagnon Staff Reporter

UNB students in need of mental health counselling will soon have an alternative — their fellow students.

The Mental Health Peer Support Group is a collaborative effort launching in March between the UNB Student Union and UNB Counselling Services that is designed to get people in touch with a friendly face when they need it most.

“Studies have shown that students are much more likely to speak to a peer about mental health problems than a professional,” said Rice Fuller, director of counselling services.

“The idea is not to train students to be counsellors themselves, but to equip them with tools that will make it more likely that they can identify and respond empathically to friends and peers who are struggling,” he said.

“A lso, to provide t hem w it h knowledge about resources available on- and-off-campus and skills

that increase the likelihood that they can make a successful referral to those resources.”

The Support Group, which will operate out of the CC Jones Building, will be a casual, non-committal environment for students to get advice or merely relax. Lee Thomas, UNBSU vice-president internal, said that while all the peer counsellor positions are currently filled, even coming to visit would contribute to the positive atmosphere.

“The best way for people to get involved would be to come and support us, even if they just want to hang out,” she said. “The more students who feel comfortable being in an area where that service is being offered, the better it is.”

A program that has been adopted by over 200 colleges and universities in the U.S. and Canada and championed by the U.S. based Suicide Prevention Resource Center, the Mental Health Peer Support Group has been in the works for some time.

“I’ve known about this program for a couple of yea rs but have struggled to get it off the ground,” said Fuller. “It’s become a reality

through the hard work of the UNB Health Outreach Program, in particular Katie Baba, Lee Thomas, and K at hleen P ye, our Menta l Health Strategist.”

Thomas said that while some students are willing to approach professiona ls for adv ice, ma ny believe they have nowhere to turn.

“We see this as a supplement for people who might not need to see a mental health professional regularly, but just want to talk to someone,” she said.

“As much as we want to believe there is no stigma in talking to a mental health professional, there is — and that makes a lot of people hesitant to reach out.”

For Fuller, his hopes for the future of the program involve training hundreds of students as peer mentors over the next few years.

“After four years we could have 400 students, ideally more, on campus who have received this specialized training in how to support their peers,” he said. “I believe this would make a tremendous difference in the capacity of the UNB community to support students in distress.”

THE BRUNS OPINION editor@thebruns.ca

Let’s talk about talking about consent

How to put on a condom; what syphilis looks like under a microscope; when and where it’s okay to touch your junk. All fair game in sex-ed.

What it means to give and receive consent? Apparently not so critical to the curriculum.

Eleven people reported cases of sexual assault at the University of New Brunswick between 2009 and 2013, according to an investigation released by the CBC last week.

Considering the statistics that tel l us one i n t h ree Ca nad ia n women and one in six Canadian men will be sexually assaulted in their lifetimes (not to mention the

recent CBC discovery that UNB underreported campus stats until presented with requests through R ight to Information or Freedom of I n format ion laws) we must realize that these new numbers are indicative of nothing except our society’s need to start talking about sexual assault way more and way earlier if we have any hope of fostering a better reporting culture on Canada’s campuses.

At a recent nationwide student journalism conference in Ottawa at which t he Brunsw ickan was present, approximately 20 out of 300 attendees raised their hands when asked during a panel on sexual assault whether they had been

taught consent in middle and high school sex-ed.

T hese st udent s, on ly a t i ny fract ion of t he count r y’s postseconda r y popu lat ion, a re t he same ones f illing bars and the Tinder-verse with an inevitably murky understanding of sexual assault and consent, let alone how to go about reporting it — a problem intensif ied by the fact that UNB still doesn’t have its own formal sexual assault policy.

The best time to start talking about consent was yesterday. The second best time is right now.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR GOT AN OPINION YOU CAN’T HOLD IN? Enough about UNB law UNB law school remains strong Tess Allen is the Editor-inChief of the Brunswickan.

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As a third year UNB law student I’d like to weigh in with a pretty controversial opinion on the whole Ludlowgate scandal or whatever it’s being called now.

I don’t care.

While I definitely care about my education, and the quality thereof, this whole scandal has passed the point of relevance to me and I’m sure I’m not the only one. My classes are now going ahead on a regular schedule, I have no concerns that I won’t be graduating at the end of the year and I don’t believe my degree will be tarnished to any extent by the “crisis” going on today.

I’m tired of seeing UNB Law on the front page of CBC.ca/nb every day. I have no interest in talking to CBC journalists in our front lobby, regardless of whether or not the LSS told me not to. I’m getting sick of everyone and their dog’s opinion posted on the Brunswickan every day about our law school. By saying this I’m not trying to prevent a person’s “right to write,” but I am saying we’ve come to a point where it apparently has become acceptable to refer to the “rank and file” law students such as myself as “Tony Soprano and his thugs” and this needs to end. Move on and find something else to talk about. The students we have representing our law school in the Senate, the

LSS, and everywhere else at UNB are some of the highest quality individuals I know and have represented us admirably.

I know that there are some serious allegations against our dean from his old school in Florida. I’m aware there are new allegations being brought up [last week.] Those things are out of my control, and frankly, will not have much of an impact on me or my career in the long run. We have an extremely competent individual in acting dean John Williamson handling the situation and I have all confidence that he will.

UNB Law’s faculty has just a bit over 300 people, staff and students. Since I started law school I’m on my third (or fourth, depending on how you’re counting) dean and I’ve been through a labour dispute that almost cancelled our entire second semester. I just don’t care anymore about this “crisis” (as the CBC calls it) regarding the “Crown Jewel of UNB” (as President Eddy Campbell calls it). I just want to write my exams, get my degree and start my articles.

I don’t care about Ludlowgate anymore and I know there are a lot of students in my position as well.

-Allan Mason

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Editor-in-Chief • Tess Allen Business Manager • Liam Guitard News • Emma McPhee Arts • Sebastian Maynard Sports • Jamie Tozer Photo • Adam Travis Art Director • Andrew Spindler Copy • Sarah Dominie Multimedia • Devin Patterson Web Developer • David Ackerson Staff Advertising Sales Rep • Bill Traer Delivery • Dan Gallagher Arts Reporter • Kevin Lemieux News Reporter • Benjamin Crouse Videographer • Avi Diggle Sports Reporter • Sarah Rouse

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Lee Thomas, Mark Mancini, Grace Gallow, Seb Arseneault, Brad Parker, Melanie Michaud, Emily McPhee, David Milley, Siddharth Raval, Stephanie Sirois, Barbara Roberts, Stacey Taylor, Armin Afrough, Marc Gagnon, Alec Boudreau, Travis Piercy, Alex Warman. Waleed Khokar, Melanie Michaud.

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The Brunswickan, in its 148th year of publication, is Canada’s Oldest Official Student Publication.

Much has been written lately about UNB’s faculty of law.

As the interim associate dean, and having been involved in the administration of the faculty for 18 years, I can confirm that our law school remains strong. I remain absolutely confident of its future.

All of us at UNB law are proud of the strength of the program we deliver, the zeal and intelligence of our students, the dedication of our faculty, and the remarkable accomplishmentsofourgraduates.Noneofthatisaffected bythecurrentsetofcircumstancesinwhichwe find ourselves.

There is no denying recent days have been trying. In meetings last week with the student body and the Law Students’ Society, I assured themthatweareheretosupportthemandthat it is business as usual.

While there is still work to be done, we are getting there. In this regard, we have had the support of the university administration and are confident that this support will continue going forward.

Our primary concern is ensuring that our studentshaveapositiveexperienceandthatthey are able to carry on with their academics. Studentsareattendingtheirfullslateofclasses,they have their marks, and social events continue.

For example, we are honoured to be hosting next month the national Kawaskimhon Moot, an aboriginal law negotiations-based moot court that will have law students from acrossthecountryvisitingus.Weareverymuch lookingforwardtoshowcasingourschool,our campus and our city.

Our reputation is built on the calibre of our students and the exceptional education they receive through the efforts of our committed faculty. As thousands of our graduates can attest, what makes us special is our personal approach to legal education.

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The legal education our graduates receive allows them to do remarkable things across Canada and around the world. They include highly respected lawyers, judges at every level of the Canadian court system, federal cabinet ministers and heads of government.

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Indeed, our graduates are doing remarkable work in a variety of areas spanning from law to policy to business to social justice and everything in between.

In addition to traditional lawyering, our graduates are making their mark on society around them as judges, entrepreneurs, policy makers, activists, writers, researchers, consultants and advocates.

For those considering the practice of law, employers routinely remark on how impressed they are with the quality of our students and how prepared for practice they are upon graduation.

Our structured curriculum requires students to take a significant number of core law courses,ensuringastrongfoundationonwhich to build their practice. Employers continue to comment that our students are ready to hit the ground running when they start articling.

This is the time of year when our students competeforinternshipsandarticlingpositions.

Many have already secured positions in the Atlanticregionandmorewillbevyingsoonfor placements elsewhere in the country.

Ourreputationisstrongandwillremainso.

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No excuses for not voting in SU election AN OPINION

Micah O’Donnell-Gillies I’ve never taken much t ime to cha l lenge t he U N B St udent Union. Really, it’s been a good yea r for t hem. The law school f iasco is about the only wild crisis that immediately comes to mind.

Sad ly, I am not going to start bashing them now.

For the record, though, I think the poster thing was a little bit si l ly. Posters aside, it’s been a pretty straightforward year. Most weeks I peruse through the SU m inutes, a nd honest ly, t hey’re bor i ng. D ef i n itely not of t he calibre of this time last year with the strike.

And that’s alright. The SU isn’t there to provide a landscape for

st udent d ra ma, a plat form for fame. The SU is there to provide students with vital services. It’s there to make students’ lives easier. W hether that’s SafeR ide or providing oversight and offering resources to clubs and societies, the SU is there to do whatever it can with its budget.

I know I’ve said this before, but I am going to say it again: the SU works their asses off for a mostly ungrateful campus. Turnout for voting is meagre, typically below 20 per cent. In most countries, that’s not even enough to establish a government.

Ever y undergraduate student pays $57.50 per semester for the services of the SU. That’s nearly $120 a yea r. A s a student you don’t only have a right, but an obligat ion to get out and vote and make sure that your $120 is properly used.

Th is yea r’s elect ion is qu ite different from those of the past: there is more than one person running for president. You have more than one option on your b a l l e t . W h i l e t h i s i s n’t t r u e for some cou nci l lor posit ions,

those running uncontested don’t automatically get the position.

R ather, you also get the option of a no vote.

A nd yes, Student Union politics isn’t the most exciting thing.

Going to the open forum isn’t a thrill. Reading the platforms of various candidates is not my idea of a Friday night. I hate to break the dream, but a lot of things are damn boring. That doesn’t matter; we still have an implicit obligation to do it.

Let me backtrack for a minute.

It isn’t just a generally ungrateful student body that is the problem. It’s a persistent problem in student politics ever y where.

Candidates need to work harder to reach out to students. I know that they tr y, but ever y year it always seems like the exact same things happen. In my memor y, it seem s l i ke c a nd id ate s keep using the same techniques and ideas over and over. If an idea doesn’t work 20 times in a row, stop using it.

T he publ ic for u m is a n obv iou s t h i ng. Each yea r t hat I ca n remember, t hose r u n n i ng

for executive positions get corralled into the SUB where they awkwardly sit and get asked questions by a moderator. Every year, it always seems like it’s the Bruns and maybe a couple of annoying a nd too f requent ly out spoken st udent s show up a nd ra i l of f some questions.

There has to be better ways to engage students. It’s just going to t a ke some more creat iv it y.

Some imagination. We’re a f ickle generation, but we’re also not a dumb one. We’re not an especially engaged generation, but we give a shit about certain things.

It’s not so much that we’re lazy as we are not being engaged. We are often made to feel like our opin ions a ren’t overly v ita l or important.

O u r opi n ions a re ext remely important. We are the ones who will be getting New Brunswick out of its despotic f inancial hole.

It is ou r generat ion t hat w i l l tack le the challenge of climate change and renewable energy. It’s us who will go on to see someone walk on Mars and f igure out how to make the perfect iPhone.

E ng a g e m e nt i s n’t a c ho s e n sk i l l; it’s a cu lt ivated one. We learn how to engage, be critical, and produce opinions. The university is a space where we can do those things safely in an environment that will encourage us and correct us and help us develop. If you’re not learning to engage in university, I don’t feel conf ident that you ever will.

So, the open forum probably is going to go ahead. Go out to it. Get a question for the presidential candidates ready. Bring up something you’d like to see happen at our universit y. Suggest ways campus life could be improved. A sk for new ser vices to be instituted to make your life easier. These people, whoever you choose, will be working for you.

That’s their chief end. To serve the student body. Give them the chance to do it.

Everything’s online. You don’t have to go a ny where. It is literally one of the simplest things to go online and vote in the SU election. W hat’s your excuse not to? W hatever it is, it’s not good enough.

What does it really mean to cross the floor?

POLITICAL CHATTER

Mark Mancini In a country where the common person likely has a very low opinion of our nation’s politicians, the recent spat of floor-crossing does very little to assuage those concerns.

Cue Eve Adams.

Adams, a Conservative MP, recently crossed the floor to the federal Liberals, amidst her stated unhappiness with the “mean-spirited” leadership of the federal Tories. Of course, Adams made no mention of her inability to secure the federal Conservative nomination in Oakville Burlington-North. She also made no mention of her use of ugly political tactics in that nomination race, which led the Conservative Party to put the entire nomination process on hold. That was left out in Adams’ Liberal love-in, where she sang the praises of Justin Trudeau.

Adams’ floor-crossing occurred just af ter a not her high-prof ile defection in Ontario provincial politics, in my own hometown of Sudbury, Ontario. Our provincial MP, Glenn Thibeault, decided not only to jump levels of government, from federal to provincial, but also

to jump parties, from the NDP to the Liberals. Thibeault had been an MP since 2008, and was caucus chair for the NDP. He defected, he said, because of his dissatisfaction with the NDP; in his mind, it wasn’t the party of Jack Layton anymore (this coming from the man who flirted with a similar defection to the Ignatieff federal Liberals just a few years ago when Jack was still with us). The Thibeault affair is a lot worse, though; he was appointed without a nomination contest by Premier Wynne, pushing aside Andrew Olivier, who was the party’s candidate in the last election and a true-red Liberal. Allegedly, agents of the Premier offered Olivier a job or appointment to voluntarily step down from the nomination contest.

Olivier balked and shared these revelations with the media. Now, the OPP is investigating the incident as possible bribery for the purposes of the Criminal Code.

Taking these two incidents in isolation, one can see how floorcrossing can serve to undermine the public’s belief in the political process. But there is no consensus on this point. Recently, Steve Paikin, (host of TVO’s The Agenda), argued in an article that the “electoral market,” corrects floor crossings; in other words, there is no reason to get angry about f loor crossings because the public can weigh in and pass judgment on the matter. Take the example of Thibeault: voters in a recent Sudbury byelect ion recent ly “endorsed” Thibeault’s move, giving him the victory in the riding with 42 PER

CENT of the vote. For this reason, Paikin argues, there is no need to lose our cool over a floor crossing.

I take a different view. Floorcrossing, yes, is a virtual tradition in our parliamentary democracy.

Before Confederation, when parties were just loose organizations of similar-minded people, there was no consistency in party membership or voting. In the modern era, however, that has changed. Parties are now essentially political conventions, operating in the public’s eye as homes for belief systems. Many people, for better or for worse, vote along party lines because these parties reflect their beliefs as much as is possible. Many people, for this reason, take it to be a betrayal of their trust when their representatives cross the floor to another party, ostensibly abandoning the very beliefs they once championed in the Legislature or the House of Commons.

I believe Paikin’s comfort with f loor-crossing really only makes sense where there are legitimate cases of a change of heart; where it is the case that an individual has done some thoughtful reflection and actually changed their mind about what their core beliefs are.

I have no doubt, for example, that Bob Rae (former NDP Premier of Ontario turned Liberal MP), had a true change of heart about his party, over the course of many years of reflection.

Rae is easily contrasted with Thibeault and Adams. Adams is clearly only upset about her lack of ability to secure the nomination; had she

actually secured it, does anyone reasonably believe she would have crossed the floor? Thibeault is in a similar boat. His repeated attempts to cross the floor to the Liberals only demonstrates either that he made a wrong choice to begin with (based on a fundamental confusion about what the NDP actually believes), or a frustration with the NDP’s distance from the halls of power (this especially makes sense, since he is likely now in line for a provincial Cabinet post).

Unfortunately, there is no law or legislative scheme that could

reasonably ban floor crossings that are disingenuous. Nor would it make sense to ban floor crossings outright, because it would preclude a legitimate and thoughtful change of heart on the part of our representatives.

Ultimately, Paikin may have a point: the public must be able to see through the f loor-crossings that are legitimate and those that are not. Otherwise, a lack of public confidence in our political system may simply be a product of our own choosing.

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Dan Mangan + Blacksmith will be performing with Hayden and Astral Swans on Feb. 19 at The Playhouse.

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Dan Mangan + Blacksmith set to hit the road in support of Club Meds Sebastian Maynard Arts Editor About 10 years ago, Dan Mangan was majoring in English at the University of British Columbia.

A long with being a student, he would perform at campus and local bars, taking just about anything he could get.

“I remember that feeling of if you had 20 people listening or paying attention it was a miracle,” Mangan reflects.

“I think that it’s really helpful as the band progresses and the audiences get bigger to keep remembering that.”

Now in 2015, Dan Mangan + Blacksmith are preparing to embark on their latest tour, beginning in Halifax on Feb. 18 before performing here in Fredericton the

next day, on Feb. 19. The tour is in support of their new album, Club Meds, which is the f irst to have Mangan’s band credited alongside him. Though they have been playing together for some time now, the new album and tour in many ways feel like a rebirth.

“This definitely isn’t a situation where we’re doing this new thing and if you don’t get it, ‘screw you,’ ” said Mangan. “We’re excited about this new music and we want to help shepherd people toward it.”

That means that fan favourites, such as the catchy, upbeat “Robots,” won’t be making an appearance at shows as often as they once were.

“The nice thing is that when we do play it, it will be kind of special again,” said Mangan.

As his career has grown since his university days, so has his music.

The British Columbia native has won two Juno Awards, been longlisted for the Polaris Music Prize, played at festivals such as Osheaga and Glastonbury and most recently made the soundtrack for Hector and the Search for Happiness, which stars Simon Pegg. The latest album, which came out on Jan. 13, is musically and lyrically more complex than anything he has done in the past.

“I actually believe that being distracted from the darkness in life is not a healthy thing and not real happiness. What the record is really about is sort of being honest with ourselves.”

Instead of ignoring the problems of the world and everyday life, Mangan and Blacksmith have chosen to embrace it. “Finding peace, not through being distracted and sedated, but through acceptance and

compassion.”

Though Mangan feels he has improved as a songwriter, the objective of his music has remained the same.

“When I was younger and making records, I was terminally trusting my gut and just trying to do the thing that made the most sense: what felt like the honest step forward. That is still totally the goal,” he said.

“I t h i n k t hat t he music has changed but my intention is still largely the same, though perhaps a little more intensified.”

The tour is set to see the band on the road from now until the end of April, before they play a couple more shows and festivals in May and June. For Mangan, this tour will be different in the fact that he also has a new child at home.

“It makes it harder being away.

There were tours back in the day when sometimes we would be gone for seven or eight weeks at a time and nine months of the year, and I just can’t really do that anymore,” he said.

Despite what he will be missing in Vancouver, Mangan is excited to perform his new music for fans.

“There are a lot of songs on this record that I am excited to be playing on the regular,” said Mangan.

From The Pit at UBC to The Playhouse in Fredericton, Mangan has gone from an artist that felt like he was always associated with having a beard and flannels (he doesn’t think he’s worn plaid in five years) to one of the premier artists in Canada.

Tickets for the show, which will also feature performances by Hayden and Astral Swans, are $27.

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The Brunswickan’s Food & Liquor: Macaroni & cheese

Sebastian Maynard

President’s Choice: White Cheddar

Sodexo Macaroni and Cheese

Flying under the radar of great macaroni and cheeses is the white cheddar product put out by the good people at President’s Choice. They are going to have you put more butter and milk in than you are used to with Kraft Dinner, but the end result is a far creamier and cheesier taste. Even the noodles have more substance to them compared to their competitors. I don’t want to create any enemies, but this is the best macaroni and cheese you can find at a grocery store.

While many students have their opinions on meal hall, you can’t deny that they do come up with gems from time to time. While their mac and cheese may not be winning awards anytime soon, it really does hit the spot as a comfort food. I mean, what else can lift your spirits (after having them crushed by the reality of school, life, etc.) like a bowl of carb-filled pasta and cheese? Some might find Sodexo’s take on this dish a little bland, but a bit of salt and pepper goes a long way to bringing this dish into its own.

Adam Travis

Kraft Dinner: Sharp Cheddar

Kraft Dinner: Original

Now I wouldn’t go as far as to say the flavour in this KD is actually “sharp,” but there’s something different in that crazy orange powder than you would find in your everyday Kraft Dinner. As much as I like my regular KD, there’s something to be said for branching out your dinner pasta repertoire, and Sharp Cheddar is a good place to start. It’s more flavourful overall though it also puts your stomach in the same uncomfortable place that regular KD does.

KD is simply the best. Just cook it up with some boiling water, mix in the cheese with some milk, butter or margarine and you are set to go. It is also easy to change up and get creative with; add in some extra cheese or even bacon bits and it gets even more exciting. There are a number of recipes and ideas online so you should take the time to check it out.

For breakfast or as a midnight snack, it never ceases to please with its cheesy, creamy goodness.

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Twin Kennedy ready for big 2015 Kevin Lemieux Arts Reporter Origina lly from Powell R iver in Br it i sh C olu mbia , Tw i n K ennedy is in t he m idd le of a tou r across Canada, promot ing t heir new ba nd a nd music.

Compr ised of ident ica l t w in sisters Ca rli a nd Ju lie Kennedy, t he duo is look ing for wa rd to a lot of t h ings 2015 has to of fer.

“I’ve never been to t he East Coast,” sa id Ju l ie. “Ou r mom told u s we m ig ht fa l l i n love w it h t he East Coast because of ou r love for t he f idd le.”

T he t wo women h ave b e en play ing music t heir whole lives.

W hen t hey were you nger, t hey were pa r t of a fa m i ly ba nd w it h t heir fat her a nd you nger sister.

T h e y t h e n w e nt to t h e Un i-

versit y of V ictor ia a nd st ud ied music per forma nce.

W it h t wo EPs u nder t hei r belt, the t wo sisters are about to release t heir f irst L P, wh ich has been inspired by a w ide ra nge of music.

“Grow ing up, we l istened to The Judds a nd Ha n k W i l l ia ms.

S h a n i a Tw a i n a n d t h e D i x i e Ch ick s were a huge i n f luence on us. We also love family music l i ke The R a n k in Fa m i ly,” sa id Ju l ie.

Tw in Kennedy has made stops in Ha mpton, Rot hesay, Cla rks Corner a nd Moncton before Nova Scot ia a nd Prince Edwa rd Isla nd.

Even when not on t he road, t he t w in sisters a re ver y close.

The t wo l ive toget her a nd say t hat t hey a re con nected men-

ta l ly. “ We h a v e a t h i n g w e c a l l ‘t w i nt u it ion’ — we just k now what t he ot her is t h in k ing. On stage we have to remember to act ua l ly tel l people what we’re about to do,” sa id Ca rl i.

Before each per forma nce, t he t w i n s do a vo c a l wa r m-up a s wel l as hav ing a pre-show hug w it h t heir ba nd.

There will be no backing band on t h is tou r t houg h, as t he shows w i l l be st r ict ly acoust ic.

Tw in Ken nedy hope to be back on t he East Coast soon, a f ter t he release of t heir f irst a lbum.

“Once t he a lbum comes out in Ma rch, we’l l be on tou r w it h ou r ba nd. A nd t hen we w i l l be back i n H a l i f a x for t he C a nad ian Count r y Music Awards in September.”

Carli and Julie Kennedy will be releasing their first album as Twin Kennedy this year.

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Owen Steel to perform at The Capital on Feb. 20 Sebastian Maynard Arts Editor

During the Shivering Songs Festival in January, Owen Steel could be found at Officer’s Square playing his guitar beside a warm fire. On Feb. 20, the venue will change for Steel as he is set to perform at The Capital, this time with a backing band.

“This upcoming Capital show will involve a band that’s never played together as one,” said Steel. “It will just involve everyone being on their toes a bit more while simultaneously letting loose and not taking things too seriously.”

Steel was born on Prince Edward Island, but spent a lot of time in St. Andrews at his father’s home. At the house, which became known as “Salty Towers,” a wide range of travelling musicians would stop by, inspiring a young Steel.

Steel says he feels similar inspiration from the current artists based in Fredericton.

“The local bands have had a major impact and influence on me. Once you start digging a bit, you begin to realize the community and talent is endless,” he said.

Along with playing shows, Steel has been busy writing and recording new music. He and his girlfriend are working on a home recording of cover songs, and he also recently started a new project in France and has plans to release an album of songs that right now are recorded on GarageBand from when he was travelling.

“I write a lot for myself and don’t show people,” said Steel. “I’m still figuring out the secrets to both playing live and recording.”

While Steel has a tough time deciding if he prefers performing or writing, live shows have given him

the opportunity to tour extensively.

“The inf luence of travel comes out in the lyrical content more than the style of tune,” explained Steel.

“I may sing about an experience in Mexico or Central America, giving detail of my surroundings.”

For the performance at The Capital, Steel expects the show to sound something like “roots meets ragtime.”

“We’re basically looking to have fun with everyone there and expose them to some music they may not often witness. It’ll be a bit more raucous, loose and jumpy, compared to when I play solo.”

Along with Steel, local artist Will Pacey as well as Kate & Rich will be performing. Doors for the show open at 10 p.m.

“Eight bucks, a million fantastic memories,” said Steel. “Is that a promise? Absolutely not.”

Owen Steel during Shivering Songs Festival Adam Travis / The Brunswickan

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Music on the Hill to commemorate War of 1812 Sebastian Maynard Arts Editor On Sunday, Feb. 22, the Atlantic Sinfonia will be performing at Memorial Hall as part of the Music on the Hill series that has been taking place throughout the school year.

“We try and build in enough variety that people who do not come to t he whole ser ies ca n still f ind some things that interest them,” explained director of the Centre for the A rts, R ichard Hornsby. “ We focu s on presentat ions that would not otherwise happen in Fredericton or the region, and some that are a bit more cuttingedge,” he said.

T he latest per for ma nce w i l l feature a wind octet commemorating the end of the War of 1812.

A long with actual battle music being played, war imager y will be projected on screens.

“The At lant ic Sinfonia is an established group of major musicians from the region. This form of it is quite unique as it is a wind octet — not often heard,” said Hornsby.

W he n l o o k i ng a t t he p a s t , such as a war, music is often an a f ter t houg ht a nd not v ie we d as something that can teach us about history.

“Seldom do we hear the music that was created around or in response to a historical event,” he said. “It helps put the event in a

social context of what was going on at the time. A different way of understanding our history.”

This will be the f ifth feature concert of the Music on the Hill series. With one happening every mont h, Hornsby says t hat t he turnout and response so far has been great.

“We have worked on making our presentations more relevant to t he U N B populat ion lately.

Some are more broad appeal and ot hers a re d irected a bit more specif ically to a subject area. In the case of this concert, military and naval history.”

As Hornsby admits, “students t hese days a re of ten u naccustomed to sitting through traditional classical concerts.”

“It is harder for young people now to gain access to quality classical music live and many come to university without having had that experience.”

The hope is that UNB will be able to change that.

“Through these concerts and ou r p e r for m i ng en s emble s at UNB we are trying to do our part to backf ill the lack of exposure at earlier ages,” said Hornsby.

“The university years are a time to tr y something different and at UNB students have access to high quality concerts at a really reduced price.”

Tickets will cost $10 for students a nd $25 for t he genera l public.

The Atlantic Sinfonia will be performing at Memorial Hall on Sunday, Feb. 22.

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Battle of the bands overcomes obstacles Nate Braun The Brunswickan

Even though the kitchen is closed on Saturday nights at The Cellar Pub, it’s still always a good spot to spend your evening. Especially when there’s live music.

To celebrate Valentine’s Day, The Cellar hosted a Battle of the Bands, campus edition. The event was originally meant to feature around seven bands, but only three acts showed up. Despite this, the snow storm and no-shows were not going to be the end of a night.

The acts that did show up gave their best performances, and rightfully collected a prize.

The first two sets were acoustic performances by two lads: Connor and Travis. The two musicians put out a great sound, combining their instrumental talent with some impressive vocals. Both were missing a key component to win Battle of

A Battle of the Bands competition took place on Valentine’s Day at The Cellar.

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the Bands though: an actual band.

This gave the third act, a full band named Rusty Trees, a real chance at the top spot. The band started their set with an “Uptown Funk” cover that got the crowd into it, before going on to play other crowd favourites, such as “Fix You” by Coldplay.

The Rusty Trees ultimately won the event, but not without the crowd chanting their name and a final decision maker coming in the form of a pushup contest. The event and organizers were forced to adapt, but were able to pull it off.

Though the bands didn’t show, t he t hree acts st ill played well into the evening, creating a great atmosphere.

The event wa s a t r ue showcase of Maritimes spirit, with the musicians and The Cellar patrons turning the evening into a great time for all.

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Songs of the week Sebastian Maynard Arts Editor

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WEDNESDAY, FEB. 18 Father John Misty – “Ideal Husband” Fleet Foxes Joshua Tillman, also known as Father John Misty, released his second solo album on Feb. 10 to awesome reviews across the board.

Pitchfork gave the record an 8.8/10, Rolling Stone gave it 4 stars and Exclaim! awarded it 10/10. One of the standouts on the album is the fast-paced “Ideal Husband.” The song gives the sense of something that cannot be stopped but is doomed to crash, as Tillman reminisces over every woman that he’s slept with, and over all the friendships he’s neglected. During the chorus, as Tillman sings “now, now it’s out,” a piano meant for a horror film plucks before the instruments eventually overpower his voice, just like you expected would happen.

Spring Awakening Black Box Theatre, Feb. 18-21, $15 Production Management and the Ad on Set Charlotte Street Arts Centre, 6 p.m., $30

THURSDAY, FEB. 19 King Lear: Stratford Festival Cineplex, 7 p.m., $19.95 Dan Mangan + Blacksmith The Playhouse, 7:30 p.m., $27

Hayden – “Hey Love” Just in time for his tour with Dan Mangan, Hayden has released a new ballad titled “Hey Love.” The track is set to be on an upcoming EP of the same name, and sees the Ontario singer’s soft, shaky voice sing lines like: “hold me like you want to be held by me.” The chorus of the song brings in harmonies and a pedal steel guitar that turns the track from a soft whisper to a loud declaration. Due out on March 24, Hayden’s eighth album is something to look out for.

Kappa Chow, Sentimentals. ER, The Other reNeu Boutique, 9 p.m., $7

FRIDAY, FEB. 20 Art Battle Charlotte Street Arts Centre, 7:30 p.m., $15 Pretty Archie The Cellar, 9 p.m., $5 Owen Steel The Capital, 10:45 p.m., $8

Jack White – “Blue Light, Red Light (Someone’s There)” To go along with the vinyl release of his latest single, “That Black Bat Liquorice,” Jack White will be releasing as a B-side: “Blue Light, Red Light (Someone’s There).” Harry Connick Jr. originally made the track in 1991. White’s version of the song is at times a smooth jazz number before turning into a hard-hitting rock song. The track goes back and forth as White sings about how he would take any job and how he doesn’t have to worry about anything as long as he’s got his love.

SATURDAY, FEB. 21 Rabbit Hole Memorial Hall, Feb. 18-21, $8 (Student)

SUNDAY, FEB. 22 Music on the Hill: Atlantic Sinfonia Memorial Hall, 3 p.m., $10 (Student)

TUESDAY, FEB. 24 Kendrick Lamar – “The Blacker the Berry” “I’m African-American, I’m African/I’m black as the moon, heritage of a small village,” Kendrick Lamar declares on his latest release, “The Blacker the Berry.” “You hate me don’t you?” he asks the listener as he goes through mood swings, thinking aloud before telling the audience: “you made me a killer.” The message of the song seems clear the whole way through, until Kendrick pulls the carpet from underneath you, asking, “why did I weep when Trayvon Martin was in the street?” Kendrick has always been telling the story of growing up in the rough neighbourhoods of Compton, but now it looks like he is going to try and change that story.

To Light a Candle James Dunn Hall, 7 p.m., Free

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The Varsity Reds women’s volleyball team had their season end with a semifinal loss to the Dalhousie Tigers on Saturday.

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Women’s season ends in semis

Jamie Tozer Sports Editor

The dream of winning an Atlantic University Sport championship on home court ended in the semifinals for the UNB Varsity Reds women’s volleyball team.

After winning a dramatic five set game (24-26, 25-21, 20-25, 25-23, 16-14) in Friday’s quarterfinal over the Acadia Axewomen, the Varsity Reds lost an equally dramatic — but much more disappointing — five set match (16-25, 25-21, 25-22, 9-25, 12-15) to the Dalhousie Tigers in Saturday’s semifinal.

The Varsity Reds had a four-point lead at one point in the fifth set against Dalhousie, only to have the Tigers claw their way back and win it 15-12.

“It’s a tough loss. You can’t help but be sad about it — especially me [where I’m]

graduating and done my volleyball career here at UNB,” said a teary eyed Vanja Mitrovic who was named UNB’s player of the game with 14 kills. “It’s been a hell of a run. There’s nothing to be ashamed of.

“I’m just proud of everyone’s effort. We did the best we could and at the end of the day that’s all you can ask for.”

The first set of Saturday’s game was close early on, but the Tigers managed to pull away late and win it 25-16. In the second set, the Varsity Reds were cruising, leading by eight at one point. Dalhousie snuck back into it but the V-Reds hung on for a 25-21 win.

UNB got off to a hot start in the third, leading 7-1 early. They carried that momentum through much of the set until Dalhousie closed in again. But the Reds managed to hold off the Tigers and win 25-22, taking a 2-1 lead.

The fourth set wasn’t pretty for the Reds as the Tigers ran away with it, winning 25-9.

UNB rebounded in the fifth and deciding set only to have Dalhousie erase a four-point deficit and win 15-13.

“That fifth set, I mean, I thought we had that in the bag,” said Mitrovic.

“It’s luck, right. Yesterday luck was on our side and today just wasn’t our day, that’s all.”

In Friday’s quarterfinal, UNB trailed by as much as four in the fifth set. They never led in the set, but two late attack errors by Acadia gave the Reds a 16-14 win and booked their spot in the semifinal.

Varsity Reds head coach Jilliane Goulet said errors played a big role in her team’s elimination.

“Unforced errors were kind of the name of the game on our attack. That was really a big difference between the way that we were

attacking as the match went along versus how Dal was attacking,” the coach said.

“We try to play an aggressive game.

Unfortunately tonight that meant making a few too many errors to stay ahead points wise.”

Goulet admitted that fatigue might have played a factor in UNB’s inability to close out a semifinal victory.

“I think you could see people not jumping quite so high or reacting quite so fast as the match went along. That’s the beauty of having some depth on the bench. We were able to make a couple switches there and make some substitutions.”

The Tigers, who finished second in the AUS regular season standings with a 10-6 record, had a first round bye, which gave them Friday off. The Varsity Reds finished just two points back of Dalhousie in the standings and the two teams split their

regular season series.

“I think if this had been our first match of the weekend we might have had a different story going to five with this team — but you never know,” said Goulet.

“The girls really played their hearts out and really followed what we needed to do to stick with them and almost take them today. I couldn’t be prouder of the girls for today, yesterday and just for all the work that they put in this season.”

The Tigers went on to defeat the Saint Mary’s Huskies in Sunday’s championship game by score of 3-1. Dalhousie will represent the AUS at the Canadian Interuniversity Sport nationals in Toronto Feb. 26 to March 1.

Red Brigade heading to Halifax Marc Gagnon Staff Reporter The UNB Varsity Reds men and women’s basketball teams will soon be hitting the road for the Atlantic University Sport championships in Halifax — and the Red Brigade is following right behind them.

The five-year-old fan club, which is now more than 280 members strong, turned heads at last year’s men’s championship for being the loudest supporters in the bleachers. This year, they’re looking to turn up the volume.

“Our aim this year is to just have as much fun [as last time],” said Jill Pilgrim,

who is co-president of the Red Brigade along with Jason Cress.

“We’ve all been looking forward to this year since then, and to be able to go out and support both the women and the men is a huge bonus. I believe the teams will put up an awesome fight and I hope we can get a great crew out to support them.”

UNB’s women’s basketball team clinched a playoff spot this past weekend and will be making their first post-season appearance since 2013. The men’s squad, after suffering a heartbreaking loss to the StFX X-Men in last year’s quarterfinals, is amongst the best in the country this season.

Both the men and women’s championships will take place Feb. 26 to March 1 at Halifax’s Scotiabank Centre. The fan club has tickets available to all UNB games with the exception of Feb. 26 action. Anyone interested in joining the Red Brigade’s voyage — which costs just $25 — can email Jason.Cress@unb.ca or Jill.Pilgrim@unb.ca.

Pilgrim said the atmosphere at last year’s UNB-StFX playoff game was unlike anything she’d ever experienced.

“I’ve been a part of this group for three-and-a-half years now and I never imagined we could bring it as hard as we did at that game against StFX last year during the playoffs,” she said.

“To receive recognition from event organizers for being the best fan section of the weekend after only one game showed just how much of an amazing student section we were.”

For Cress, the Red Brigade’s modus operandi can be summed up in two words: be loud.

“We try to get as many organized chants going as possible, especially at events as large as this,” he explained.

“We keep everything PG but above all else, we want to be heard. Screaming, horns, anything we can possibly do to not only lend our own teams support, but remind the opposing team that we’re in the building and not going down without a

fight. If we can alter the mindset of the opponent and provide an advantage for our Varsity Reds, we’ve achieved success.”

Simply put, the Red Brigade is all about getting as many butts into seats as possible to show solidarity for the V-Reds.

“This group all started because of a few die-hard sports fans,” said Cress.

“Going to a UNB game is going to watch top-tier student-athletes doing what they do best. We want to encourage other sports fans to get out and support our athletes — no matter which sports they’re into. We want to get fans into those seats to show the athletes that they have support from their peers.”

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Dalhousie wins AUS Championship

Jamie Tozer Sports Editor

There haven’t been many teams more consistent than the Dalhousie Tigers men’s volleyball squad this season.

Finishing the Atlantic University Sport regular season with a 16-1 record, the Tigers carried that strong play into the playoffs. Now they’ll get a chance to battle for a national championship after picking up their second straight conference title on Saturday with a 3-1 victory over the UNB Varsity Reds.

“We’ve been a pretty consistent group this year and I’ve been happy with how our guys responded to playing with the lead, playing from behind, playing in close sets … they’ve really had a lot of composure and are a very patient group,” said Tigers head coach Dan Ota while watching his team celebrate on the Richard J. Currie Center court.

The Tigers, who have won all but three AUS championships since 1980, won this year’s best-of-three AUS championship series 2-0 over the Varsity Reds. Although it was a sweep, UNB gave Dalhousie a good run in a couple sets, but ultimately fell short.

In game two of the series on Saturday, a strong blocking and offensive performance led the V-Reds to a 25-15 win in the first set. UNB jumped out to an early 5-0

lead and continued to control throughout, leading by as much as nine or 10 points at times. An attack error by Dalhousie’s Bryan Duquette completed the opening set victory for the Reds.

The intensity of the UNB-Dalhousie rivalry started to show in the second set as an official had to get between the two teams following some chirping at the net. Late in the set, with the Tigers leading 24-20, the V-Reds stormed back to tie things at 24-24.

But a kill by Alex Dempsey and an attack error by Tristen Burridge earned the visiting squad a 26-24 win.

The second set win by the Tigers proved to be pivotal.

“The biggest thing was just getting to our game. We we’re making a lot of mistakes in that first set,” said Ota. “UNB came out and they were blocking very, very well. We weren’t hitting the kind of angles that we’re used to hitting.

“Second set, I think it went much closer to what we were hoping for but we really let them back in that second set. Had they won that, it could have been a very different kind of outcome today. I credit our guys for holding it together at the end and pulling that tight set out.”

The Tigers cruised to a 25-12 win in the third set, putting them in position to win the match and the AUS title in the fourth

set. In that fourth set, Dalhousie was in command throughout and won 25-13, earning them the match victory.

Like his Dalhousie counterpart, UNB head coach Dan McMorran also spoke of consistency, citing it as one of his team’s problems over the past several weeks.

“We’ve been trying all second half to have consistent performances throughout,” said McMorran. “I give a little bit of credit to Dalhousie with a bit of a turnaround. I thought Dalhousie stayed the course. They had a bad set — I think we forced the issue a little bit there — and what happened with us is our consistency, which has been lacking over the last two months, kind of reared its ugly head.”

The Reds finished the regular season with an 8-9 record. This was the sixth meeting of the season between UNB and Dalhousie and the Tigers won each by scores of 3-1, 3-0, 3-1, 3-2, 3-0 and 3-1.

“We’ve beaten some of the best teams in the country this year but that’s when our wave is riding fairly high. We’ve kind of had that surfer’s mentality this year. We’ve played extremely high and we’ve played some low.”

Dalhousie will now head to Saskatoon where they will represent the AUS at the Canadian Interuniversity Sport Men’s Volleyball Championship Feb. 26-28.

Mathieu Losier sets up Craig Toonders in game two of the AUS Championship.

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Watch why, not what, you eat ONE STEP AT A TIME

Scott Hems

Like anyone who struggles with their weight, I always wished there was a single trick to eating right, as if it were as simple as just avoiding unhealthy food.

Life won’t always have a single answer though, and how could I write a weight loss column without talking about a change of eating habits?

I have a weakness. I love eating food, and it’s one of many reasons I was overweight so long ago. I eat junk food when I’m depressed. My break-up tradition consists of an entire blueberry pie in a single sitting, I debate the junk-food aisle at Sobeys every Tuesday, and the whole $1.79 for 10 nuggets at Burger King deal is not even fair. How do you lose weight when it’s so easy to add it?

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To be honest, I’ve never reached a point in my weight loss where hunger leaves and I overcome my desire to eat.

In fact, the first places I went after running the marathon was McDonald’s and a Chinese restaurant. Eating is awesome, but it can be Kryptonite if you don’t manage it. I had made the decision that, as much as I love eating, I had to manage it to lose the weight I so passionately wanted gone.

When I was hungry late at night, instead of grabbing chips or McDonald’s like my old self, I tried going for a run.

A few minutes in, your body no longer recognizes hunger and goes into exercise mode. By the time I got home, I was too tired to do anything besides sleep.

I became vegetarian, for no other reason than self-constraint. It kept me out of the drive-thru, made me think more when out at restaurants, and groceries became fresher with fewer calories. Though it’s frustrating that a bottle of water costs more than Pepsi most of the time and you can get at least four cheeseburgers most places for the price of a salad, five minutes of pleasure eating isn’t worth hours of exercise to completely burn it off.

It’s the hardest part for me — and probably everyone. It’s easy to overeat and set yourself back a few steps. Seeing family members eat themselves into diabetes and friends devour fast food that leads to obesity hasn’t been enough to scare me away from a McDouble or stuffing

my face during holidays.

I have an eating problem, but I work at it. I had an obesity problem, I’m still not skinny, but the journey has been amazing and I wouldn’t trade it for the world.

Maybe the trick to eating healthy isn’t watching what we eat, but why we eat.

I eat when I’m depressed or feel like I don’t have time for a healthy alternative when I’m stressed. Chocolate is like a drug sometimes, but it doesn’t compare to the high of your first race or when you first lose 15 pounds. If you truly want an accomplishment, you make time for it.

“Nothing will ever taste as incredible as a moment no one will ever take away from you.”

What is the greatest sports movie of all time?

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Miracle, no questions asked, on the biggest upset in sports history by the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team that was made up of amateurs facing the world’s best, the Soviet Union, who just smashed the NHL all-stars 6-0.

Honorable mentions are Rocky (all except Rocky V), Rudy, Varsity Blues, Hoosiers, Invictus, BASEketball and, of course, The Mighty Ducks.

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To me the top sports movie of all time is Remember the Titans. A movie about bringing down racial barriers through football, it never fails to leave me feeling inspired. Honorable mentions: The Mighty Ducks, Miracle, Field of Dreams, Space Jam and Friday Night Lights

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Hands down, no question, it’s Bull Durham. It has everything a good movie needs and is way easier to watch than an actual MLB game. Honorable mentions would go to Remember the Titans, A League of Their Own and Space Jam.

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Protecting the nets

For most athletes, the thought of playing on not one, but two university sports teams can sound downright exhausting.

For Brittany Carroll, however, it’s simply

a way of life.

“I’ve been playing both soccer and hockey my entire life,” explained Carroll, a second-year kinesiology student. “I think I’d feel lost having one without the other.

“It’s a bit of a juggling act, but it’s definitely worth it.”

Despite her success in each sport, Carroll faced a number of difficult decisions leading up to her arrival at the University of New Brunswick in 2013.

“When I was growing up, I left my family and home in Labrador City to attend the boarding school Rothesay Netherwood to play hockey,” she said. “I ended up playing soccer there as well, as the athletic program allows you to play one sport each season.”

Carroll quickly gained recognition for her stellar play as goalie for a strong RNS soccer squad, where she led her team to several provincial finals. She also earned a spot on New Brunswick’s provincial team — an honour which led to her being discovered by the Varsity Reds coaching staff.

“Our provincial team shared the same goalie coach, George Lucas, as the Varsity Reds, which allowed me to gain some interest and exposure with the UNB team.”

Despite being heralded as one of the best goalies in the province, Carroll was not expecting to play soccer at the varsity level.

“I was originally planning on going to an American school to play hockey,” admitted Carroll. “The day before I was scheduled to leave, I decided to come to UNB to play soccer instead.

“I realized that I didn’t want to play just hockey, even though it was my primary sport at the time. I still loved soccer, and I’d rather attend a Canadian school where I would have the opportunity to play both.

In the end, it was an easy decision for me.”

Since her arrival at UNB, Carroll has been making an impact on both the ice and field.

“Our hockey team won the league championship [last year], which was absolutely amazing. We won on home ice, which made the win even sweeter in my eyes. We rarely ever have fans out at our games, but the final tournament drew a ton of people which was nice.”

As the V-Reds backup goalie, Carroll contributed to the soccer team’s remarkable turnaround this past season.

“My first year here was a good season, but a bit disappointing. This season, however, was everything we could have

Brittany Carroll is a goaltender for UNB’s women’s hockey and soccer teams.

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hoped for. Just going from second last in the league to finishing first in the regular season was a huge accomplishment for our team.”

With three years of eligibility remaining, Carroll has high hopes for both teams in the future.

“I’d like to win the AUS championship for soccer, and have the opportunity to compete at nationals. In terms of hockey, a few more cups would be great.”

With four games remaining in their regular season schedule, the UNB Red Blazers sit second in the Eastern Canadian Women’s Hockey League.

“We’ve been struggling lately but doing well. We had a rough weekend, but are looking to get over that and to hopefully get two more wins next weekend.”

Carroll also noted that more than 40 girls attended fall tryouts for the team, thus demonstrating the growing popularity of women’s hockey at UNB. But while former players are fighting a legal battle to earn the Red Blazers varsity status, Carroll is clear about the current team’s mentality.

“At the end of the day, we don’t really care if we’re varsity or not — we just want to be able to play at the most competitive level. To us, varsity is just a title. We just want to play the game we love against strong opponents.”

The Red Blazers will play host to the Holland College Hurricanes in a doubleheader this weekend. Game times are 3:15 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 21 and again at 3:15 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 22.

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Notebook: Eadle named top rookie Jamie Tozer Sports Editor

UNB’s Victoria Eadle was named t he A t la nt ic Un iver sit y Spor t women’s volleyball rookie of the year last week.

Eadle, who is the first Varsity Red to win the award since the 2006-07 season, was awarded the honour last Thursday at the league’s awards banquet at the Fredericton Inn. In 16 games with the V-Reds this season, the first-year left side led the AUS in service aces with 32. She also finished second in points with 208 and fourth in kills with 162.

“Vic is a ver y special athlete and an incredible young woman,” said Varsity Reds head coach Jilliane Goulet. “I’m really proud of what she’s accomplished in her first year here at UNB; this is an award that she has worked very hard to deserve.”

Eadle is now the AUS nominee for the Mark Tennant Award, which is given to the CIS rookie of the year. No player from the Atlantic conference has ever won the award.

UNB’s Paige Paulsen also picked up an award last week, winning the Erin Bursey Memorial Award for student-athlete community service.

The fifth-year setter is involved with a number of campus and community organizations, including the UNB Athletes’ Council, Think Pink campaign, Right to Play UNB, UNB Global Water Brigades and Volleyball New Brunswick.

Rachel Windhorst of the Saint Mary’s Huskies was named the AUS MVP. Meanwhile, Dalhousie’s

Marisa Mota was named the libero of the year and Rick Scott, also of the Tigers, received the coach of the year award.

Vanja Mitrovic was the only Varsity Red to be named a first-team allstar. Eadle was named to the second all-star team and all-rookie squad.

Hockey semifinals set The Varsity Reds men’s hockey team will face the StFX X-Men in the semifinals of the AUS playoffs.

U N B announced at their f inal regular season home game that the best-of-five series would begin on Thursday, Feb. 19 and Friday, Feb. 20 at the Aitken Centre.

The X-Men finished fourth overall in the AUS standings with a 17-9-2 record. They advanced to the semifinals with a 2-0 series win over the UPEI Panthers.

The Varsity Reds won all four meetings between the two during the regular season.

With StFX hosting nationals this year, a UNB win in this series would automatically earn the V-Reds a berth in the CIS tournament.

Acadia and Saint Mary’s will play in the other AUS semifinal.

UNB swimmers win seven medals T he Va rsit y R ed s picked up seven medals at the AUS Swimming Championship, held Feb. 6-8 at Dalhousie University.

Rookie Charli LeBlanc had the best showing, winning silver in the 50m backstroke, bronze in the 100m backstroke and bronze in the 50m freestyle. Meanwhile, Cassey

Phil Maillet was named UNB’s male athlete of the month for January.

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Mooney picked up a bronze in the 200m breaststroke, Allison Somers won bronze in the 200m fly and Taylor Dalke won bronze in the 200m fly as well.

UNB’s women’s medley relay team, featuring Mooney, Amanda Greene and sisters Jessica and Charli LeBlanc, won silver.

The women’s squad finished third at the event with 149 points. The

men’s team finished fifth with 90 points.

Several Varsity Reds swimmers will travel to Victoria, B.C. for the CIS Sw imming Championship, which takes place Feb. 19-21.

Players of the month named Phil Maillet of the Varsity Reds men’s hockey tea m a nd Va nja Mitrovic of the women’s volleyball

squad were named the UNB male and female athletes of the month for January, respectively.

Including a couple exhibition games, Maillet registered seven goals and 19 assists in 12 January games. Meanwhile, Mitrovic helped the Reds win four out of their seven games in January, recording 10 points or more in each.

Men’s basketball earns bye Sarah Rouse Sports Reporter The U N B Va rsit y R eds men’s basketball team is back to their winning ways, as demonstrated by their performance in two crucial games this past weekend.

UNB defeated StFX 77-72 last Friday.

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Despite coming off a disappointing loss to the UPEI Panthers the previous weekend, UNB rebounded to defeat the StFX X-Men 77-72 this past Friday and Dalhousie Tigers 85-76 on Saturday.

In Friday’s contest at StFX, AllCanadian Javon Masters led the V-

Reds with 32 points as they rallied from a 15-point deficit in the second quarter. UNB guard Matt Daley excelled in the second half, scoring all 14 of his points following the halftime break.

The X-Men came out strong in their final home game of the regular season, and held the Varsity Reds to only two points in the first eight minutes of the game. The score at halftime was 35-32 in favour of the home team.

The X-Men looked to extend their lead going into the third, and led by 11 with five minutes remaining in the quarter. The growing deficit spurred UNB into action. Two free throws and a subsequent threepointer completed by Will McFee proved to be the catalyst the team needed.

The remainder of the game was dominated by the visiting side, who outscored StFX 26-17 in the final quarter.

UNB continued their dominant play the following night in Halifax, where they took on the fourth-place Dalhousie Tigers in a four-point

game. Masters and McFee led the V-Reds with 18 and 17 points each, respectively, as UNB took the game by a nine-point margin.

While UNB held the lead for the majority of the first half, the Tigers regained control of the game in the dying minutes of the second quarter and went into halftime with a 43-36 lead. The third quarter was a back and forth affair, and it was not until the final five minutes of the game that UNB took a decisive lead.

The win placed UNB once again into a tie for first place in the Atlantic University Sport standings with UPEI. The victory also secured UNB a first-round playoff bye for the first time since 2002.

On the women’s side, the Varsity Reds went 1-1 on the weekend, defeating StFX 74-53 on Friday before falling 63-48 to Dalhousie on Saturday. The weekend results clinched UNB a playoff spot.

On Friday, Grace Wade led UNB with 22 points to go along with three assists, two rebounds and two steals. Kolbi Roper replied for the X-Women with 21 points and nine

rebounds.

UNB held an eight-point advantage at the end of the second quarter and never looked back. The team finished with a scoring percentage of 52.6 from the field.

The V-Reds struggled to build on their previous success on Saturday night, however, in their loss at Dalhousie. Courtney Thompson of the Tigers dominated the game with 26 points in 34 minutes of play, while Rachel Cleary was the top scorer for UNB with 10 points.

Despite the final score, the teams were well-matched for the majority of the first half, with UNB briefly taking the lead by a score of 3029 on a jump shot from Wade.

Undeterred, Tessa Stammberger replied for the Tigers — and they never looked back. Dalhousie led for the remainder of the game, and handily defeated the V-Reds by 15.

Both UNB squads close out the regular season this weekend at home against the MUN Sea-Hawks.

Game times are 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. on Friday and noon and 2 p.m. on Saturday.