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ARE YOU READY TO VOTE?

NEW RULES POSE OBSTACLES FOR STUDENT VOTERS

BY MÉLANIE MICHAUD| PAGE 5

A LOOK AT THE PROJECTED COSTS AND REVENUE OF UNB’S MARKETING CAMPAIGN

BY ALEX CORBETT | PAGE 3

LOCAL FILM COMPETITION SEES QUALITY IMPROVING EVERY YEAR

BY NATHAN DELONG | PAGE 10

VARSITY REDS HOCKEY TEAM SET TO START SEASON

BY JOSH DANIELS | PAGE 12

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The Brunswickan met with Bob Skillen, vice-president advancement, to discuss the possible costs, investments and revenue of the Why UNB? campaign.

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The projected costs of UNB’s marketing campaign Alex Corbett News Editor On Sept. 23 t he Br u nsw icka n was asked by U NB communications to publish a correction on our coverage of the W hy U NB ca mpa ig n: t he Br u nsw icka n had repor ted t hat t he ma rketing phase of the campaign was planned to cost $30 million over the next eight years.

David Stonehouse, UNB commu n icat ion s ma nager, sa id i n a n ema i l to t he Br u nsw icka n, “There has been no request for $30 m i l l ion — neit her is t here a commitment to $30 million.

There is no eight-year deal. In the article, this is stated as fact w it hout suppor t i ng at t r ibution.”

“The Board has only approved $5 million.”

T he Br u n s w ick a n ha s si nce obta ined documents out lin ing the projected costs of the marketing campaign.

The $30 million f igure shows how much t he u n iversit y may spend i f it proceed s w it h t he ma rket i ng ca mpa ig n a f ter t he initial $5 million they’ve already committed from the university’s internally restricted f unds.

A fter three years the Board of Governors will decide whether to continue funding the marketing campaign. The school would

spend a n add it iona l $3 to $ 4 million per year, adding up to just under $30 million over an eight-year period.

Ha lf of t he projected $30 m i l l ion wou ld come f rom t he school’s yearly operating budget, with an additional $2.3 million com i ng f u nds ra ised by donation.

O ver $18 m i l l ion wou ld be spent on hiring outside consultants to promote a unif ied U NB bra nd, sim i la r to t he “ We a re U N B” video t hat was released last week.

B ob S k i l len , v ic e - pr e s ident advancement for U NB, says the project ions a re not a forma l plan, but that they were created to give an idea of how much the school wou ld spend, a nd how much it might earn in revenue.

“It’s not i ntended to be a n eight-year project. It’s intended to be a t h ree-yea r ef for t w it h met r ics t hat a re put i n place, with an annual review and decision taken live as we go through the project.”

The campaign aims to increase the numbers of applications to U N B, so whet her or not f u rther f unding is approved will be based on the numbers of applications. The rate at which applications result in students actually enrolling at the universit y is referred to as the conversion rate.

“If you increase the numbers of students who apply, and you apply the same conversion rate t hen t hat should lead to more students enrolling,” he said.

The surplus revenue from the larger enrolment numbers would then be used to tack le the costs of marketing. “ We d e ve l o p e d a f i n a n c i a l model for t he Boa rd i n M ay; we developed a pro forma for eight years. We said this is what it might look like. Both on the i nvest ment side, wh ich is $30 m i l l ion, but we a lso had revenue goa ls t hat had not been mentioned.”

The revenue that Sk illen is referring to is in the number of applications U NB plans to receive, but g reater appl icat ions don’t guarantee greater enrolment.

Converting accepted students into enrolments becomes more diff icult the further students are from the school. The W hy UNB campaign is aimed at urban centres across the countr y, so converting many of these prospective students to U NB would not be an easy, or inexpensive, task.

“Ever yone has a role to play in both increasing the pipeline and getting the students to move from application to enrolment.

Marketing is just one component of the bigger plan that needs to take place and be executed for us

to be successf ul,” he said.

“A ppl icat ions a lone w i l l not result in a better situat ion for u s ; it ’s a p pl ic at ion s , a nd it ’s conversion rates and it’s retention rates.”

S k i l len i s a l s o he ad i ng t he f undraising campaign that will help cover the marketing campaign, as well as going towards grants that will encourage students to come and stay at U NB. He says he believes that there is too much focus on the costs

of the campaign, and not enough on the potential for returns of en rol l ment. Accord i ng to t he document the university projects t he revenue wou ld exceed t he $30 million.

“It’s not a cost, it’s an investment. This is not a $30 million effort,” Sk illen said.

“The $30 million was in the document but there was also a revenue, which was well beyond the $30 million.”

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Cyber security campaign kicks off

Fernanda Damiani The Brunswickan

The University of New Brunswick launched a yearlong cyber security awareness campaign in order to protect students, faculty, staff and people in the community.

The director of strategic initiatives, David Shipley, said that UNB is using media, posters, e-mail, social media and a training course that is free for every student, faculty and staff to raise awareness about cyber security.

He says people take internet privacy and safety for granted and that the campaign wants to raise attention to some threats that exist out there.

“The first thing people can do to be safe online is realize that there are a lot of risks that exist today, and be aware of those risks and that’s probably the biggest thing that we are hoping to accomplish with this year along campaign,” Shipley said.

According to Shipley, UNB and other universities in North America are a prime target for hackers.

Universities have all kinds of personal information, and criminals from around the world can use this information to create a credit card or steal an identity. Universities also hold a rich supply of intellectual property, the ideas and technologies that professors and researchers

create.

“For example, a lot of people don’t know that the National Research Council suffered a major hack couple of years ago, where potentially millions of dollars worth of intellectual property was stolen by an unknown entity,” Shipley said.

Another reason why universities are a frequently targeted is that companies or governments will provide them with confidential data to help with research, and for criminals it is easier to steal that data from colleges than to steal it from the government or corporations. Universities feature heavy connections to online services but have relatively light security.

Shipley says that attacks seen at UNB, like the supposed ISIS supporter who hacked the UNB Student Union website last year, are of little danger to students’ personal information.

“That type of cyber-attack is, relatively speaking, the equivalent of someone spray painting a city.”

Shipley said.

“More harmful things can happen. People can steal information about individuals, like names and e-mail addresses and passwords that they use; they also try to steal credit card information and what not—those are really damaging attacks to individuals.”

Individuals can protect them-

David Shipley, director of stratgic initiatives, stresses the importance of online safety.

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selves by always making sure that they have a different password in every service they use.

“The biggest thing, for students in particular, is to be smart about your phone. A lot of students don’t

put passcodes on their phones and I highly encourage every student to either use biometric safety, patterns or put pin codes in their phones,” he said.

“The second thing when it comes

to smartphones is to be very aware of what location services have access to your location, because that information can sometimes be used to find out where you live or where your parents are.”

Student groups avoid partisanship UNBSU council Emma McPhee Editor-in-Chief Partisanship is the act of showing favour to a political party, and plays a key role in Canadian politics, but it can cause issues with student governing bodies.

Partisanship is prevalent during election seasons but it is something student governing bodies need to be cautious about. Many student governing bodies across Canada have implemented official policies of non-partisanship.

The Canadian Alliance of Student Associations (CASA) is one such organization. Working out of Ottawa and representing universities and colleges across the country, they have a non-partisanship policy in their operational procedures.

“Our job as an organization advocating on behalf of students is to work with whoever’s in power to insure that student issues are on the agenda … being nonpartisan allows for you to work with any government and the opposition parties to insure that those priorities are being moved forward,” said Matthew Rios, government and stakeholders relations coordinator for CASA. On an everyday basis, being nonpartisan is a critical part of representing all student constituents.

“For an organization like ourselves, we have to represent our student constituents and the reality is our student constituents are all over the political spectrum … so for our organization to be truly representative the best way to do that is

by remaining non-partisan,” Rios said.

It’s even more important that student governing bodies maintain working relationships with all parties in order to have a foundation to work from when a new government is elected.

“You want to make sure that you’re meeting with all parties so that if a government is formed from an opposition party you’re able to pick up the pieces and work in a proactive and collaborative way,” said Rios.

“If we were only working with one party, the consequences certainly would be missed opportunities with the other parties.”

For student governing bodies that practice non-partisanship, it is possible to see the results of such policies.

“We don’t have to look much further than this last federal budget where CASA got five out of six of the advocacy acts that it was asking for and I think that it speaks to our approach to advocacy but also our ability to work with all the parties,” said Rios.

Last April, the University of New Brunswick Student Union (UNBSU) enacted a non-partisan policy that ensures that no member of the union actively supports a political party.

“As a student union, it is our job to represent the interest of all students.

Students support political parties across the spectrum; if we were to support a particular party or candidate, we would not be adequately representing all of our students,” said Katie Davey, president of

the UNBSU. Although the UNBSU is not alone in having such a policy, only five out of ten respondents to a survey of Atlantic Canadian student governing bodies had official non-partisanship policies in effect.

All respondents practiced non-partisanship, but practice may not be enough, according to Lindsay Handren, executive director of the New Brunswick Student Alliance, a non-partisan organization made up of student unions of New Brunswick colleges and universities.

“As far as executive members are concerned, I believe that student governing bodies should have an official non-partisan policy in their bylaws,” Handren said.

“Executive members in particular are elected to represent a diverse student body, and as such must be impartial— and that implies non-partisan—while exercising their duties.”

Although partisanship can cause issues for student governing bodies themselves in their dealings with Canadian governments, in the end it has to do with their student constituents.

For Handren, it comes down to an issue of credibility.

“I think the most obvious consequence, should a student executive or a councilor be explicitly partisan in their actions and continue to be, is they’re no longer providing an accessible or respectful outlet for the students that they represent.”

briefs Alex Corbett News Editor

UNBSU president Katie Davey met this week with the New Brunswick ministry of post-secondary education, training and labour to discuss the reinvestment of the former tuition rebate funds.

The rebate provided a maximum of $20,000 to graduates who stayed in the province to work. The tuition rebate was an estimated $22.4 million program for the government.

The New Brunswick Students Alliance had called for the funds to be cut and reinvested back into more effective forms of student financial aid. The Gallant government announced the cut six months ago but the funds have yet to be reinvested.

--Polling stat ions are open on campus giving students a chance to vote in their home ridings if they so choose. Polls are open until October 8 and student must bring ID and proof of residency in the

riding they’re voting in.

--The U NB and STU students un ions hosted t he Fredericton riding candidates at Kinsella Auditorium this week; catch the next issue of The Brunswickan for more coverage.

--The unmanned air vehicle society was ratified by the UNBSU. The society’s mission is to promote safe use of drones and provide hands on experience with the technology.

The society is open to all those, UNB students or otherwise, who are interested in remote controlled drones.

--Future student council meetings will not be live streamed due to technical difficulties but they will be video recorded and available on the UNBSU website.

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New election laws complicate student voting Mélanie Michaud Staff Reporter Because of concerns of election fraud du ring t he 2011 federa l election, the Conservative government enacted bill C-23, the Fair Elections Act. The bill has led to some additional obstacles for students when getting to the polls.

One change that particularly affects students is the elimination of vouching.

JP Lewis, assistant professor in the department of Histor y and Pol it ics at U N B SJ sa id, “T he

Fair Elections Act was a controversial bill that the Conservative government passed into law in 2014. The legislation amended a number of aspects of the Canada Elections Act and most signif ica nt ly for st udent voter s, t he elimination of vouching.”

Vouch i ng was conven ient for those who had no ID with their c u r r ent add r e s s . W it hout I D proving you are from a specif ic riding, voting is impossible.

“Simply, someone with proper ID from the polling area could vouch for someone without ID w ith their current address and

conf irming their address can be Fredericton or, if students prefer, the can vote for their home riding,” he said.

Lists of different accepted identif ications have been posted in all residences. A ny document from an institution that is addressed to you and has your address can be used as a piece of identif ication to vote, such as a credit card bill, a letter from UNB or a lease.

UNB is also part of a pilot project of Elections Canada. From Oct. 5-8 there will be a special poll box in the SUB. There will also be a poll on election day, Oct. 19.

they could vote,” said Lewis.

In the past, voters have been able to use their voter identif ication card as valid ID to vote. Now, this method of identif ication is not accepted. The UNBSU recognizes that this can be an issue for students who have just moved to Fredericton and wish to vote.

Travis Daley, vice-pesident external of the UNBSU, said that the Student Union is using the Get Out the Vote campaign to inform students about voting. “ We’ve a lso worked w it h R es Life to make sure there were mail outs for all students in residence,

“We’re working to regulate most of the obstacles, we have polls on campus this year in the SUB ... We have been given a special ballot poll; Election Canada is doing a pilot project with different universit ies across Canada.

We’re fortunate to have one of them,” Daley said.

St udent s t ra i ned by elec t ion s Canada will staff a polling station in the SUB. Students can vote for any riding at this polling station from Oct. 5 to the 8, but they may only vote for the Fredericton riding on Oct. 19.

A question of representation: Changing how your vote matters Chandler Walter CUP—The Other Press This may be the federal election C a nad ia n s of t he f ut u re look back on a s t he la st to u se a n old system of voting. Electoral reform has been a hot but ton issue for two of the three leading political parties in this election, with the Conservatives holding back on advocating for any sort of change in the way we decide who runs our country.

On Oct. 19, the party with the most seats will come into power t h r o u g h t h e s i n g l e p lu r a l it y s ystem, a l so k now n a s “ f i r stpast-the-post.” This system takes the representative with the most votes in each riding and elects them as members of parliament.

W it h on ly one repre s ent at ive for a ny given rid ing, a person and their neighbour could have dif fering views, w it h only one of them ultimately being represented.

S ome C a n ad i a n s wa nt to s e e that changed. Langara College student Jenna Loewen said the current system needs a “massive reformation.”

The Conservative Party got 39.6 per cent of the popular vote in the last federal election, according to the Parliament of Canada, but still managed to form a majority government.

“You can have the majorit y of the population opposed to the current government and they still have complete control over what happens,” said A ntony Hodgson,

the president of Fair Voting BC, a non-partisan group advocating for fair voting practices in BC at all levels of government.

Section three of the Charter of R ights and Freedoms states that “every citizen of Canada has the right to vote in an elect ion of members of the House of Commons or of a legislative assembly and to be qualif ied for membership therein.”

Hodgson said this isn’t merely the right to cast a ballot, but is, as the courts have interpreted it, the right to effective representation. However, once a party has been elected by this system, it may be unlikely they are willing to change it.

The NDP has a campaign backing the mixed member proportional st yle of vot ing. This is a t wotier system in which voters f irst choose t he ca nd idate of t hei r choice, a nd t hen use a second vote towards a party.

T he L ib er a l s h ave not s t ate d w h i c h s y s t e m o f vo t i ng t he y would be favouring should they b e ele c te d , but t hei r web s ite states this will be the last election using the f irst-past-the-post s y s t e m , a nd t he y p r o m i s e to evaluate the different systems and begin enacting electoral reform w it h i n 18 mont h s of for m i ng government.

Other alternative systems include combining ridings together, and having an assortment of elected members of parliament or team for each; a nd by vot i ng for a specif ic pa r t y, from which t he

number of MPs is proportional to the percentage.

Langara student Loewen said she would like to see reforms taken even further than changing the voting system.

“The way t hat t he Aust ra lians have a mandatory voting system,

where a f i ne is appl ied i f you don’t show up, is a great incentive,” she said. “It should be a federal responsibility for anyone over the voting age that you must vote.”

Loewen also stressed the importance of coming up with a system

that creates a majorit y government: “It can work if they want to work together, but Canada has proven that we’re not very good at working together on a federal standpoint.”

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Mental health should be a priority for federal government POLITICAL CHATTER

Why, UNB? After learning the projected costs and revenues for the Why UNB? campaign, students may do well to ask UNB more questions.

How do you get people to come to your university? According to UNB it’s by committing $5 million to a marketing campaign that is projected to cost about $30 million after eight years.

The Why UNB? marketing campaign is aimed at upping the number of applicants from out of province in hopes that it will result in more students attending the university.

But having more applicants does not guarantee an increase in enrollment. To do that you have to give incentives for those accepted to actually show up. And the new marketing plan doesn’t really do that.

For example, if the campaign continues for eight years, $18.6 million is slotted to go towards outside consultants to promote a UNB brand. This means that over half of the projected costs is money leaving the university.

Since when is spending money on things like videos made by outside consultants a better method of promoting UNB than by spending money on things that will directly impact its current students—the future ambassadors of the university?

It is also important to keep in mind that the money has to come

from somewhere. The $5 million already committed to the campaign is from the university’s internally restricted funds—reserve money from surpluses.

Should the marketing campaign continue for eight years however, a further $15 million will have come from the university’s operating budget. This is money that should be going towards students and programs.

What if UNB invested in their current students instead of potential applicants who may or may not show up at this institution? What would $30 million look like then?

It could be 15,000 scholarships of $2,000 each, or the cost of 5,000 students’ tuition (at $6,000) or enough to fund 15 faculty positions of $100,000 for 20 years.

If UNB really wants more students, they would do well to put the $30 million towards scholarships for the students actually coming to the university and towards hiring more faculty and staff to support them.

Emma McPhee is the Editor-inChief of the Brunswickan

Mark Mancini You may not con sider ment a l health to be an important issue.

After all, aren’t there more pressing concerns?

Of course, nothing could be further from the truth, and this is why it’s concerning that the Canadian election campaign has not advanced a larger conversation on this vital issue.

For those who have not been aff licted by a mental health issue, it might be difficult to understand the personal strife that it wreaks on a person. It’s not easy to put into words, but let’s consider some of the cold, hard facts.

T he C a nad a Ment a l Hea lt h A s s o c i at ion put s t he co s t on the healthcare system related to mental health to be at least $7.9 billion in 1998. That amount has only increased in the intervening years. The total economic costs, including these healthcare costs, is $51 bi l l ion — t h is includes lost product iv it y i n t he workplace. Connected to this, despite representing 10 per cent of the incidence of disease in Canada, mental health writ large receives just 7 per cent of the healthcare dollars. Obviously, this means that there are severe access problems.

Those who have tried to reach a counsellor will know that it’s diff icult, and even if they do, the amount of money they will have to spend likely puts the service beyond their reach.

It is easy for me to parrot these facts, and it’s diff icult to consider these numbers because of their extravagance, but the problem is not only f inancial, it is personal.

1 in 5 Canadians will deal with a menta l hea lt h issue i n t hei r lifetime. That means that if you have not experienced a depressive episode, for example, you very well may in your life. It also means that if you don’t, your friends may be aff licted, or your own family, and because of the stigma attached to mental illness, you may never k now that your loved ones are affected.

Given t hese econom ic costs, the cost to our society, and the problems with access, you would think that mental health issues would be at the top of the radar as it pertains to healthcare. You would think, on a purely economic basis, federal leadership would be a priority. Notwithstanding the fact that healthcare is a provincial responsibility, the federal government can and should provide a comprehensive funding framework and policy on this issue.

Yet, this overall leadership is lacking. There have been piecemea l approache s prom i sed by some of the parties. The NDP, for example, has promised some money to deal with youth mental health issues. The Conservatives have pledged to continue funding for the Mental Health Commission, which is designed to act as a catalyst for improving the mental

health system. This is far from enough given the statistics above, and it’s far from enough for those who, in our “publicly funded” system of healthcare, have to pay exorbitant amounts of money for counselling.

Healthcare funding is a complex area of public policy. We all know that many areas of our system are underfunded and we all know that wait times are long for vital procedures. One need only go to the emergency room to see that this is true. In many ways, these issues invite a broader investigation of whether or not the single-payer healthcare system is really the best option for the most vulnerable.

But the story of mental health is one of stigma. It is underfunded not because of an absence of resources. It is underfunded because there is still a belief out there that, despite the costs, mental health concer ns a re not on pa r w it h concerns relevant to “physical” health. Of course, this justif ication confuses what drives various mental health concerns. I am no doctor, but if you know anyone who has suffered from depression, you will know that it mirrors the worst physical diseases that come to mind.

Menta l hea lt h d isorders a re highly t reatable. There are no “cures,” but these disorders can be managed through counselling, medication or a mix of both. The answer is simple, but we lack the brave political will to make this issue a fundamental priority.

It is a tragedy that we parade our healthcare system as the best in the world, yet we do not fund some of the most vital care for those who need it.

Are you #NéPourVoter?

FranÇAY What?

Alec Boudreau Last February, the Fédération de la jeunesse canadienne-française (Federation of French-Canadian Youth – and full disclosure: I am the president of this organization) held an event in Winnipeg, Manitoba, called the Forum Jeunesse Pancanadien (PanCanadian Youth Forum) in prepara-

tion for the current federal election.

In addition to plotting the overthrow of English Canada and furthering the oppression of its onceproud majority (jk, lolz), the objective was to discuss the role of young people in Canada’s democracy.

Alongside presentations from Graham Fox (the CEO of the Institute for Research on Public Policy) and Aimée Craft (the Director of Research for the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation), the 80 attendees participated in an open forum discussion on the political issues which concern them the most.

Of the 29 topics discussed at the event, the following five were retained to create a platform directed towards the 2015 federal election. The FJCF is asking the parties to: • Increase voter participation by allocating funds for better civic education and lowering the federal

voting age to 16 • Create better access to highquality post-secondary education in French through investments in new and existing francophone universities and colleges • Protect the environment for future generations by adhering to the principles of sustainable development and a green economy • Strengthen francophone communities through a renewal of the Official Languages Act and its full enforcement across all government departments • And to address youth unemployment by doubling the government’s investment in the Youth Employment Strategy.

So far in this campaign, official responses have been received from the NDP and from the Liberal Party of Canada.

The hurdle which we are facing in

being heard on these issues is that the youth vote is widely considered to be accessory by the parties. Youth don’t vote, therefore, there is no need to appeal to young voters in any meaningful way.

Unfortunately, they have a point. In the last federal election, youth turnout was at a staggeringly low 38.8%. Even in the last Student Union election, only 25% of students chose to cast a ballot. The problem that this poses is that in both student and federal politics, our leaders aren’t really concerned with the people who didn’t elect them.

So in addition to the recommendations for policy changes directed towards political parties, the FJCF has a campaign directed towards young voters themselves, called #NéPourVoter (#BornToVote). It’s a rallying cry for young voters to go out and make themselves heard at the polls. Those who aren’t yet of age to vote are using

#JeVeuxRightVoter (#IdReallyLikeToVote) to compel those who are 18+ to vote in their place (symbolically, of course).

The logic is that if young voter turnout numbers increase in this election, all parties will have to lend an ear to them in order to plan their strategies next time around. If they listen to what the FJCF and other student groups are saying about access to education, mental health, and youth employment, then it’s something from which we’ll all benefit.

The federal election is taking place Monday, October 19th. You can vote early from October 9th to 12th. You can pledge to vote by visiting unbsu. getoutthevote.ca. Elections Canada is also hiring bilingual Deputy Returning Officers for polling and advance polling days. For information on jobs, where to vote, how to vote, and to register to vote, visit elections. ca. Happy voting.

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Unapologetically Queer: The cost of being yourself Caroline Mercier LGBTQ Columnist Un iversit y ca n be a toug h go for anyone. Stress about school, friends, sports, financials — it can be a lot to handle as it piles up. For most of us, however, we have the chance to be ourselves in the way that we want to be. We can get jobs (if we work for it), make friends with people of common interests and use that spare cash from our student loans or summer jobs to go out on the occasional — or every — weekend. Even something as simple as being comfortable in the washroom or at a bar surrounded by people, we can do that. That being said, some of us aren’t so lucky.

For t hose of you who don’t already know, this is the Gay and L esbia n A llia nce Aga inst Defamation’s (GLA AD) definition of transgender: “Transgender: An umbrella term for people whose gender identity and/or gender expression differs from what is typically associated

with the sex they were assigned at birth.”

As opposed to: “Cisgender: Adjective used to describe someone who conforms within the social gender norms of their sex assigned at births. Antonym to transgender.”

The impact of being transgender on a person’s l ife is, u n for t unately, riddled with negativity and stigma. People in the transgender community spend most of their lives being ostracized by society for something that they have no control over. By “coming out,” t rans+ people risk losing t heir jobs, friends, families and homes.

Everything they try to do is prefaced with misunderstanding and generalization. This social and financial impact can cause a person significant stress and greatly effect ones mental health, regardless of anything else that is happening in their lives.

Rejection from jobs is just the start of it. Health care, especially in New Brunswick, is very poor. Some

doctors and medical facilities turn people away using excuses such as “we can’t give that kind of care.”

I’m sorry but what kind of care?

Health care? Like the only thing in the world that you are actually supposed to do and you can’t do it?

A lso regarding health care in New Brunswick, men are allowed to get breast reduction surgery for mental health implications. Which is awesome, except for the part where it’s not all men, just some men. Trans men (female to male) are not recognized as “men” and their need for breast reduction surgery isn’t a concern. But then there is the part where, in order to transition under law in most cases, you need to have some form of gender conf irm ing su rger y.

What this means is that in order to be considered for coverage of this surgery you either need to be born a male or recognized by the government as “M” on your documents with no asterisks. But in order to get the big “M,” you need a surgery.

What?

The transition process is exceptionally f inancially demanding.

Hormone replacement t herapy (HRT) can cost over $1,000 a year, and that is the least expensive part.

To even get to that point there are a series of professionals in the field that must evaluate you in order to see if you meet the requirements needed to transition. In most cases, especially around small towns, this means that you have to travel, then pay for the appointment (easily $200 per hour) and then travel back. After you have been evaluated, then you can begin the process of medically transitioning via HRT and a vast array of surgeries.

Breast reduction/implants start at approximately $11,000. Hysterectomies cost $3,000. Genitalia surgeries are the steepest, starting at $20,000 and going all the way past $45,000. To put that in perspective, tuition at this school for a year is under $8,000. With the money spent on the most expensive surgery, you could do a full five-year

program, all “extra-curricular” activities included, debt free.

Transgender people are exactly what you think: people, just like anyone else. As a result, they are entitled to equally as many healthcare options and compensation as everyone else. They deserve to have the opportunity to get jobs that they want if they have the credentials, without being prescreened for expressing their gender identity.

They should be able to feel safe in social environments without the threat of verbal or physical scrutiny.

The financial, social, and emotional stress of being in university can be too much for some. Now, double the financial demand, social exclusion, and emotional pressure.

That is what it is like to be transgender. That is the cost of being yourself.

NOTE: For most of the definitions to terms used in this column amongst others, go to: http:// w w w.glaad.org/reference/transgender

and all varsity athletes. This training was not optional—it was mandatory.

“Bringing in the Bystander” is the program specifically identified in the White House Task Force report as the most promising in terms of engaging both men and women in an effort to change the campus culture regarding sexual violence and teaching both men and women to be active, pro-social bystanders when it comes to witnessing or hearing about acts of sexual violence. Those of us who have presented the training feel like we have just gotten started. We are prepared to deliver many more training sessions, and we encourage groups to invite us to come to them.

Make no mistake; campus sexual assault is a long-standing and complex issue. It should be clear to everyone that this is not a race to see who can produce a policy first—it needs to be done right.

I am confident in the strength of our three-pronged approach. By identifying the problem as it exists at UNB through an extensive survey and engaging men and women in preventative action, we enhance our existing student policies, administrative support and counselling services. Our students can expect a stand-alone policy

that is informed by this process and that fits into a clear, comprehensive program of prevention and response.

I’d like to make one final point. It was recently suggested in the media that “there are several people in the university community that are not supporting talk about sexual violence on campus.” From the start of this process I have felt the full support of everyone on both campuses, including the President and his executive team, administration at all levels, as well as faculty, staff and students from both Fredericton and Saint John. Never once have I run into barriers from people in the UNB community who did not want to help put an end to sexual violence on campus.

Students should know that UNB takes this issue very seriously and uninformed, false, and incendiary comments like the above do nothing but hinder the efforts and undermine the good work happening on our campuses.

Letter to the Editor UNB takes sexual assault seriously

It has recently been suggested in the media (both on and off-campus) that UNB is not working hard enough to address the issue of sexual assault on campus because we have not yet produced a finalized, stand-alone sexual assault policy. We take the issue of sexual assault very seriously at UNB, and felt the need to address some of the misconceptions around the policy issue.

First, although we are currently well into the process of developing UNB’s stand-alone sexual assault policy, this is only one part of a thorough response to the problem of sexual assaults on campus.

In our desire to serve the UNB community to the best of our ability, we’ve looked to the White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault report “Not Alone” from 2014. Why the White House Report? Because no similar task force has been undertaken in Canada.

The report, which is extensive, outlines three broad areas that any comprehensive approach to addressing sexual assault on campuses should include – identification of the problem (campus climate surveys), prevention of sexual assault (engaging men) and effective responses when a student is sexually assaulted.

To judge UNB’s current efforts solely based on whether or not we have a standalone sexual assault policy is misguided and an over-simplification of a complex issue. As well, the lack of a stand-alone policy should in no way lead one to believe UNB has no policy that addresses issues of sexual assault. This is false. Acts of sexual violence on campus are currently covered under both the UNB Student Disciplinary Code and the UNB policy on Discrimination, Sexual Harassment and Harassment.

Currently, our draft version of a standalone sexual assault policy is the result of recommendations from sources like the Ontario Women’s Directorate, the White House Task Force, and others. We’ve reviewed sexual assault policies from colleges and universities in the U.S. and from the few post-secondary institutions in Canada that have them. From this, it’s clear that our policy should cover all UNB students, staff, faculty and campus visitors on both campuses.

Our next step is to sit down with representatives from the students’ union in Fredericton and the students’ representative council in Saint John to develop a draft we are all comfortable and satisfied with.

After that, the draft will be widely circu-

lated to the UNB community, external stakeholders and experts for consultation and feedback, which will be incorporated into the draft to produce a final policy. The policy must then be legally reviewed and approved by university management and the Board of Governors.

Let me tell you what we are doing in the other two areas outlined by the White House Task Force. In a few weeks, researchers from the UNB psychology faculty working with student services will launch a comprehensive survey of student experiences with sexual assault on campus and the campus climate related to sexual assault. The results will help inform our stand-alone policy as well as evaluate UNB’s efforts to prevent, respond to and combat campus sexual assault. This survey will be one of the most comprehensive of its kind undertaken at a Canadian university.

Over the past several weeks, staff from student services, campus security and varsity athletics have provided training to more than 600 students using a program called “Bringing in the Bystander.” The training was provided to all proctors and dons, all residence house committee members, all redshirt orientation leaders

Dr. Rice Fuller Senior Director, Health and Wellness University of New Brunswick, Fredericton

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on What’s YOUR s week? i h t d n i m

UNB still doesn’t have a sexual assault policy, and likely wont have one until the end of the school year. What do you think about that?

Katelyn Doody

Quinn Selby

Kassidy Smythe

Monica Forestell

“With the report of sexual assault that just happened at STU, you think UNB would be more proactive.”

“I don’t see any reason why it should take this long [to implement one.]”

“UNB should create a policy because sexual assault is often referenced in the media and by being on a large campus, people should feel comfortable to talk about it..”

“UNB had the right idea to implement a policy, but it is disappointing that they didn’t follow through. I think a policy is needed at UNB so that problems can be dealt with more efficiently and a much smoother process..”

Hannah Toner

Andrew Ward

Sarah Thompson

“You’re supposed to feel safe on campus, especially when you come here everyday.”

“I think it is necessary for a sexual assault policy to be implemented at UNB..”

“I think UNB should have a sexual assault policy. If they said they would have a policy they should follow through with it. .”

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UNB graduate students have been developing a new social network app that they hope can become popular at university campuses around the world.

Brad Parker / The Brunswickan

New social network app aimed at students Mélanie Michaud Staff Reporter

A new social media app to watch out for has been created in our own backyard. If you haven’t heard of CollegeMix yet, you might be living under a rock. The company founded in 2014 by UNB graduate students Ashkan Radmand, Arash Mansouri and Ali Bagherpour has aimed on creating something practical for students.

Radmand said, “CollegeMix is a community-based social network tailored for student conversation and fulfills the essential need for belonging that we all have as humans.”

“This student-only app is like a bulletin board for your campus where you can share information and see the most recent posts from other students without having to know them.”

The new app can spread information, questions, funny or interesting experiences that are all divided in to five different categories. If one of the categories (Vent, Spotted, Overheard, Ask, and Meetup) does not interest you, you can choose to not view it. You can also post anonymously if you wish.

Being students themselves, the creators feel they know much about the needs and problems of students.

“Like other people, students want to have local communication, they want to know the things that are happening around them and share experiences and information,” explained Radmand. The founders of the company believed there was

a lack of social media platforms tailored just to students. That is where the idea for CollegeMix was derived.

The company came together last year, but the concept of the CollegeMix app was only developed this past January. Regardless of its age, the app has been well received and was launched at UNB and UNBSJ during orientation week. Radmand said that when students find out the app was created by UNB students, they get more excited and support the company.

“Over 1,000 posts have been created in CollegeMix and these numbers are increasing every day.

We constantly get feedback from our users through either in-person interviews or social media and a lot of students have shown interest in CollegeMix. They very much like the user experience, the post categories, and the fact that it is student-only.”

Although they’ve had success so far, any startup company is bound to face some obstacles. For CollegeMix, the challenges encountered prove to be motivating for the team.

“Entrepreneurship is full of ups and downs and one of the biggest challenges is to stay motivated and to move forward when facing an obstacle. We’re so passionate about what we’re working on.”

The founders have big plans for the app and will keep their focus on the user experience while the company continues to grow into what they hope to be a global brand.

“We will soon focus on big uni-

versities in Atlantic Canada and then will expand it to all other Canadian universities in the next year. Our plan is to penetrate the U.S. market in 2017 with over 20 million post-secondary students.”

“We’re here to create an app that every student on earth can use, no matter where they live, and we’re committed to using the best available technologies to help us grow and to help our users get the best possible experience.”

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48 Hour Film Competition prepares for eighth year Nathan DeLong Staff Reporter There’s still time to register for the eighth annual 48 Hour Film Competition in Fredericton.

Local filmmakers have until Wednesday, Oct. 14 to sign up for the event at the Charlotte Street Arts Centre, which is coproduced by the University of New Brunswick’s English Department and the NB Film Co-op.

Robert Gray, a UNB English professor, created the event when he began teaching at UNB in 2008.

“I wanted to showcase and get to

know the local filmmakers,” he said.

“Then it became about giving people a deadline and getting them making stuff.”

The event is open to teams of 10 people who write, shoot and edit a film that’s up to seven minutes long within 48 hours.

The competition gets underway Friday, Oct. 16 at 5 p.m., when teams receive inspiration packages explaining what must be included in the film.

Teams have until Sunday, Oct. 18 at 5 p.m. to produce a short film.

On the following Wednesday, the films are screened in the order in which

they were submitted. Judges then award prizes in various categories for the filmmakers’ accomplishments.

The NB Film Co-op’s website states that in the first seven years, the competition has seen the creation of more than 69 new short films, as well as “fostered collaborations and provided a chance for new filmmakers to test themselves and find an audience.”

Gray emphasized that anyone can participate. Teams must submit a registration form, $35 and three items that form another team’s inspiration package, such as a photo, object and suggested location.

Gray said there are teams who have participated all eight years, and the event is now at a point where several filmmakers he knows use the challenge provided every year as part of their own development.

“The films just keep getting better and better, which I think in part is because filmmakers are making more films and getting more practice through the 48 Hour,” he said.

Gray said the event has averaged around 21 teams and close to 150 participants in the last few years.

“This year, teams seem to be entering early and are really excited,” he said.

The Slumber Blunder

Jordan Soufian CUP—The Cord

Good grades, social life or getting enough sleep; choose two.

This banality structured as an inconsistent triad unfortunately resonates with too many college and university students, but maybe instead of choosing two components, the crux should be on getting adequate sleep.

Recent research conducted by the National Sleep Foundation revealed a guideline to the new sleep recommendations for different age intervals. As most students fall into the “young adult” category of 18-25, the recommended sleep allotment is seven to nine hours a night.

Seem feasible? Well, hundreds of studies exist to remind those that aren’t meeting the quota of the numerous potential adverse effects.

It’s not uncommon to associate high blood pressure, depression, shortened-attention spans, weight gain and erratic behaviour to sleep deprivation.

I used to think that my poor diet of gluten-rich foods, red meat and Durian fruit is what caused those symptoms, but now I have some perspective.

More often than not, I find my-

self using my phone as a sedative for sleep. Watching Netflix in bed until exhaustion is conventional for some, just like not closing the door to the washroom when you’re home alone on a Saturday night.

However falling asleep to Netflix is much more reprehensible to your quality of sleep than the latter. Electronic devices such as smartphones, tablets and laptops emit blue light which is known to disrupt rapid eye movement sleep, more commonly known as deep sleep. Cycles of REM fluctuate between 90-120 minutes but exposure to blue-light emissions before sleeping yields less time in REM sleep, which means that us late-night device users are losing out on quality sleep.

Even using your phone an hour before going to sleep has residual effects. These shortened REM cycles increase the chances of experiencing sleep inertia which causes grogginess and attention-impairment that follow a curt awakening and can last an entire day.

So the next time you submit your paper late, just tell your professor that you didn’t want to deal with sleep inertia, they’ll understand.

Or instead, you could download new software that’s available for laptops and smartphones to reduce

blue light colours on your device in accordance to the position of the sun. Once the sun dips below the horizon, f.lux for laptops and Twilight for smartphones activate to help you get a better sleep.

Neither program is an excuse to use your devices all night, but they’re a great way to squeeze in one more episode of Shattered – a reality T V show about people voluntarily depriving themselves of sleep.

Unsu r pr isi ng ly, scient ist s at Aachen University in Germany affirm that only 10 per cent of people are actually considered to be “early risers.” This means the rest of us are experiencing sleep inertia that can last the entire day — a sort of chronic jet lag.

It was not reported what percentage of these “early risers” use f.lux or Twilight to achieve their incredible feat but I imagine the majority do, on the grounds that nobody actually has the time to regulate a healthy sleep routine, right?

Compared to early risers, “night owls” reportedly have less white matter in the brain, which is alarming to people that understand the function of white matter. In his a rt icle “Night Owls a nd Ea rly Risers Have Different Brain Struc-

tures,” Dr. Michael Breus shared t hat white matter in t he brain “facilitates communication among nerve cells” and weakened white matter “has been linked to depression and to disruptions of normal cognitive function.”

Although night owls are more prone to depression, research has linked being a night owl to enha nced a na ly t ica l abilit ies a nd higher productivity levels. Admittedly, it’s odd to imagine night owls being more productive than their counterparts, but as Don Roff puts it: “Nothing says work efficiency like panic mode.”

It’s unfortunate how much contradicting research exists in the study of sleep hygiene because having to make a self-governing decision on how much to sleep can be daunting, like most other responsibilities.

One day, we might have an app that bullies us to sleep so we’ll never be sleep deprived again, but until then, start sleeping through your morning classes and don’t use your phone unless it’s an emergency.

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“When you consider Halifax tried to run a 48 hour a couple of years ago and got 7 or 8 teams, you see that Fredericton has something amazing going on.”

Aside from the experience participants gain through the competition, Gray said the collaborations the competition has developed between UNB students and local filmmakers have provided an added bonus.

“It’s really made all those filmmakers one big community,” he said. “Filmmaking is one of those things you can’t read about, you need to be out making mistakes and succeeding and learning through doing.”

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 7 THREE Memorial Hall, 7:30 p.m., $10 (Student)

THURSDAY, OCT. 8 Picaroons Harvest Ale Celebration Charlotte Street Arts Centre, 5 p.m.

King Lear The Playhouse, 7:30 p.m., $17 (Student)

FRIDAY, OCT. 9 Haunted Hike 796 Queen St., 7 p.m., $14

SATURDAY, OCT. 10 Four by Four The Playhouse, 7 p.m., $46.50

SUNDAY, OCT. 11 The Motorleague The Capital, 10 p.m., $8

MONDAY, OCT. 12 Monday Night Film Series: Mr. Holmes Tilley Hall, 7:30 p.m., $7

The Brunswickan’s Food & Liquor: Fall beers Muskoka Brewery: Moonlight Kettle Muskoka Brewery’s latest beer in their Moonlight Kettle Series is called Mosaic Single Hop, and the unfiltered beer delivers a sweet but sharp taste. The drink comes in a 750mL wine bottle and falls in the price range of a regular bottle of wine as opposed to a 6-pack or Growler, but as a treat for a harvest moon, follow Muskoka’s motto and “venture off the beaten path.”

Sebastian Maynard

Devin Patterson

Mathieu Wong Grand River Brewing: Highballer Pumpkin Ale First off, just a whiff of this brew smells like pumpkin pie.

Maybe cold pumpkin pie, but nonetheless, pumpkin pie.

For a 5.2% ale, it’s incredibly smooth - not near as rich as I was expecting. I’m not saying I would recommend consuming a huge amount of these things at once, but adding one to a quiet night in with friends, a dinner party, or if you’d like to add to your craft beer rotation as you watch Netflix, this is the fall beer for you.

Gahan: Pumpkin Ale ThisbeerfromthePEIbreweryGahanbringsyouthepumpkin,butlessof thespice.Thisallowsittonotbeconsidereda“basic”beerandthereforeputs it in a league of its own, away from all things pumpkin spice, infinity scarves, andUggboots.Thebeeristastyandcomesinatagood5.8%,butisveryeasy to drink and enjoy. It was not as sweet as I had anticipated and the pumpkin flavourwassubduedattheend,makingitmoreapartofthearomathanthe actual taste you get. In a nutshell this was a good beer that was nice, easy to drink,andhadpumpkinhintsinthetaste.Howeverifyouarelookingtoget aboozed-upversionoftheseasonallatte,thisisn’tthebeeryou’relookingfor.

Picaroons: Harvest Ale Picaroons Harvest is actually not too bad. For someone who doesn’t particularly like beer, this is one I’d choose.

It’s got a good amount of bubbles, goes down well but has a weird, unfavourable aftertaste. Overall, it’s good from the start and gets better with more sips. As usual, Picaroons bottles are quite big, so you get a nice amount for your dollar.

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A different kind of house party

Sebastian Maynard Arts Editor For t he second t ime in less than a year, A stral Swans (real name Matthew Swann) w ill be per form i ng a low key set i n downtown Fredericton. Back in February, the Calgary artist took The Playhouse stage in support of Hayden and Dan Mangan + Blacksmith, this time around it will be a different venue as he is on a house tour and will be set up in an apartment on Charlotte Street on Oct. 14.

“A st ra l Swans is a great artist – I’ve seen him perform live a few times and we are really lucky to have him. I was interested in the Madic Records house show initiative so I sent them off an email this summer to make sure the touring artists made a Freder ic ton stop,” ex pla i ned Ja ne Blanchard, who will be hosting the show.

Madic House Concerts are an initiative put on by Dan Man-

g a n’s A r t s + C r a f t s i m p r i nt , M ad ic R ecord s. A long w it h a signup sheet on t heir website, Madic states, “We’re not stuck on the traditional ideas of how bands can have a career. We want to create meaningful interactions bet ween people a nd a r t.” The regist rat ion has quest ions l i ke “could you provide dinner and/ or snack for the band/artist,” and “are you conf ident your neighbours (if any) would be okay with you hosting a house concert?”

Blanchard says the process has been pretty simple. “I received an email from Madic Records a few months ago to conf irm the placement and then they added it to their tour lineup. A fter that was conf irmed I reached out to the local artists I wanted to be support acts and conf irmed their slots.”

A long with Astral Swans, Nick Cobham, Union Suit and Cedric Noel will be playing. “A ll of the ac t s b o o ke d c r e a t e b e aut i f u l and ethereal music in their own

ways,” said Blanchard. Cobham, a member of The Olympic Symphonium, is “a stunning lyricist and songwriter.” Union Suite is “an experience not to be missed”, while “Cedric is a master of creating simple complexities.”

Blanchard feels that the house concert is following a trend in Fredericton of using any space t hat is ava ilable. “ W it h events like The Shifty Bits Circus and Flourish becoming more prevalent and popular we are putting more at tent ion on ut i l izi ng abstract and unusual spaces for shows.” “ B e i ng a to u r i ng mu s ic i a n is hard and unfortunately a lot of venues and places t hat host music aren’t ready or willing to accommodate the musicians and make them feel at home,” said Blanchard.

“By hosting bands in alternative venues such as homes and galleries, we are allowing them to further integrate within the community.”

Astral Swans are set to perform two house shows in Fredericton this month.

Submitted

Award winning metal band coming to The Capital Katie Kim The Brunswickan

Winnipeg’s KEN mode will be performing Oct. 15 at The Capital.

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K EN mode’s Jesse Matthewson tells Fredericton to get ready for a “physical show.” The JUNOAward winning metallic band has kicked off their North American tour across 54 locations, and they are ready to play at the Capital Complex on Oct. 15, 2015.

The band recently released their highly ant icipated sixth studio album, Success. When listening to the album, Jesse asks people to pay close attention to the tone and the instruments, but even if you decide to approach their music differently, the band approve of your interpretation.

“Sometimes people will be way off, but it’s okay. We create music for ourselves, and it’s up to people what they get out of it.”

Looking back at the progress of their music, Jesse believes that they are “more f itting into the

rock n rol l format” cu r rent ly.

“There’s maturity in composition too.”

K EN mode has enjoyed critical success throughout the span of their career. Most notably, the band won the inaugural JUNO in 2012 for Heavy Metal/Hard Album of the Year for their album Venerable. Winning a recognized music award can be a defining moment for a band, but that was not the case for K EN mode. “It was an interesting experience, but not something you expect going into [music],” said Jesse.

A s one would expect from a metal band, K EN mode’s music tends to be aggressive. In contrast to the heavy sound of the music, however, the band describe their lyrics as “humourous and snarky.”

Jesse admits to including many inside jokes in the lyrics, which, in combination with the aggressive sound, creates a musical tone that is truly unique to the band.

Despite being known for their hard metal sounds, t wo of the band’s members are Royal Conservatory of Music trained musicia ns. W hen asked whet her he considers h i msel f a cla ssica l ly trained musician, Jesse claims that he does. However, that was not all that he was looking for in music.

“When I played piano, I couldn’t improvise much. So we decided to approach rock music, the music that spoke to us as pre-teens, in a completely different way.” And they did; the aggressive, snarky sound is def initely a turn away from the classical style. However, Jesse ultimately believes that the band’s music is “better as a combination of both [classical and rock music].”

Expect to see an exciting show on Oct. 15, bot h v isua l ly a nd musically. “We’ll be doing our usual show, playing as hard as we can.”

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UNB takes on the McGill Redmen in preseason action.

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V-Reds seek redemption Josh Daniels The Brunswickan A prom isi ng 2014/2015 U N B Varsit y Reds men’s hockey campaign last season ended with a d i sappoi nt i ng 6 -3 los s to t he A lb e r t a G o ld e n B e a r s i n t he f inal of the CIS Universit y Cup, resulting in a silver medal.

U NB, the Atlantic Universit y Spor t C on ference cha mpion s , made it to the f inal game of the season but cou ld not d ispatch A lb e r t a a s t he G o ld e n B e a r s went on w in t heir second Nat iona l Championship t it le in a row.

T he Bea r s’ w i n ma rked t he second t i me t hey have beaten t he V-R ed s i n t he Un iver sit y Cup f inal in the past 10 years, the other win coming in 2008.

The off-season is a crucial part of CIS hockey as teams set out to f ind and sign new recruits to replace t hose who have graduated or have moved on from their respective programs.

U NB, one of the most highly regarded universit y hockey programs in Canada, has an experienced staff that understands the importance of recruitment and retention of high level talent.

From their 2014-15 roster the Varsit y Reds have lost for wards C a m Br ae s , w ho s ig ne d w it h the Texas Stars in the A merican Hockey League (A HL) and Dana Fraser.

Defensemen Adrian Robertson and R .D. Chisholm, as well as

goa ltenders Dav id Sha nt z a nd Ch r is Ca rrozzi, have a lso f inished their time with U NB. “ T he V-R ed s a re def i n itely le s s s t rong dow n t he m idd le without Fraser and Braes, who was a monster in the playoffs and at the University Cup,” said CIS and AUS hockey broadcaster and writer David K ilfoil. “ D o n’t f o r g e t t h a t F r a s e r c a me i n a f te r C h r i s t m a s a nd scored 10 goals in 14 games,” continued K ilfoil.

Without Braes and Fraser on the team this year, it is up to the remaining for wards to make up the offense. This task will rely heavily on Philippe Halley who f i n i shed second on ly i n tea m points to Philippe Maillet who led the AUS with 14 goals and 25 assists.

C a meron Br ace (23 p oi nt s) a nd Peter Tra i nor (19 poi nt s) will also have to continue and improve on their offensive production from last season.

L ong-time avid U NB Varsit y R e d s f a n Jo h n R o b b a d d e d , “Halley and Maillet are going to be the engine of this team but they are deep.”

Tyler Carroll, who has battled i nju r ie s over h i s tenu re w it h U N B , i s rehabbi ng f rom of fseason surgery but is expected to be a strong offensive contributor once again when he is able to suit up.

A lthough the V-Reds have said goodbye to graduates Robertson a nd C h i s ho l m , t he de f e n s i ve

core rem a i n s s t ac ke d . Jord a n Murray, Matt Petgrave, a healthy A lex Wa l l, C ol i n Suel lent rop, R andy Gazzola and rook ie Marcus McIvor make up arguably the best blue-line in the AUS. McIvor, a W hitby, Ontario native, played f ive seasons for the Brampton/ North Bay Battalion in the Ontario Hockey L eague.

He was the captain of the team last season and recorded a career best 38 points.

W it h t he loss of bot h goa ltenders from last year’s squad, U N B head coach Gardiner MacDougall and the rest of management recruited two new goaltenders from the Quebec Major Junior Hockey L eague. Etienne Marcoux and A lex Dubeau make up t he new duo t hat is tasked w it h back stoppi ng one of t he best teams in the nation.

Marcoux, a former member of the Montreal Juniors and Blainville-Boisbriand A rmarda, suited up for 165 QMJ HL games over f ive seasons. He most recent ly played in the ECHL appearing in nine games last season.

Dubeau played 228 games in the QMJ HL for the Shawinigan C a t a r a c t e s a n d t h e M o n c to n W i ldc at s. D ubeau won a Memorial Cup with the Cataractes in 2012.

“Both rookie goalies had good p e d ig re e s i n Ju n ior, but C I S hockey is a step up. They have both looked prett y good in the preseason,” said K ilfoil. “ O ne ke y i s how wel l t he y

adjust to seei ng a lot fewer puc k s t h a n k s to U N B’s puc k possession game,” K ilfoil went on. “It is not always easy to go several minutes without seeing a puck, and then be expected to make a breakaway save due to a turnover.”

The V-Reds have a lso added for wards M ike Thomas and Stephen A nderson to their roster.

Thomas, who played for U NB du r i ng t he 2013-14 season, is ret u r n i ng to t he tea m a f ter a ye a r away f rom ho c ke y. A nderson played fou r sea sons i n the QMJ HL for three different teams. He amassed 116 points in 187 games.

T he V-R e d s w i l l b e le d b y t heir experienced captain Cam Critchlow as they look to capture their f ifth AUS championship in the last six seasons.

“I believe the top of the AUS standings this year is going to be a t hree-way batt le bet ween UNB, Saint Mary’s and Acadia,” said K ilfoil.

Saint Mar y’s already has their t icket booked to t he CI S national championships as they are hosting this year. The winner of the AUS conference will join St. Mar y’s in their bid for a national championship, unless St. Mar y’s w i n s t he con ference i n wh ich case the silver medal team will advance.

K i lfoi l recogn izes t he importance of the younger players stepping up this year into cru-

cial roles if the V-Reds want to achieve the success they have had in previous seasons.

“U N B’s second yea r players a nd goa ltend i ng a re probably going to be the difference if the V-Reds are going to battle for gold again.”

T he V-R ed s op ened up t he pre-sea son by notch i ng t h ree w ins over McGill, St. Thomas and Dalhousie. They won 6-3, 8-3 a nd 6 -2 respect ively. T he V-Reds showcased their dynamic of f e n s i ve a b i l it ie s i n e ac h of those games as they forced their opponents to play a majorit y of the game in their own ends.

“They have hung up big numbers on ever yone ea rly i n t he preseason,” sa id John Robb, a strong believer in the team this year. “The team is always built to win. They will be at the top of the AUS standings and they will play for the AUS championships.”

T he V-R ed s pre-sea son a lso included respective 5-3 and 5-2 wins over A merican rivals Portland Pirates, the A HL aff iliate of the Florida Panthers, and Boston College.

The expectations remain high for t h is Va rsit y Reds squad as they will attempt to compete for t he AUS pen na nt a nd a ber t h in the CIS championships. The puck drops for the AUS regular sea son when t he V-R ed s play host to t he U PE I Pa nt her s 7 p.m. on Oct. 10 at the A it ken Centre.

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Will the CIS ever enforce a fiscal fair-play policy or is inequality the new normal?

Peggy Kabeya CUP­­—Concordian Sports In today’s ever-polarizing Canadian economic climate, the divide between society’s haves and have-nots continues to grow. The age-old aphorism of the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer is becoming more of an irrefutable fact of life than a quirky rhetorical truism In the realm of Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS), where a lack of tangible funding regulations allows for schools who already benefit from preferential private-funding structures unabated by any financial fair play policies (cough cough Laval), are seeing their lofty influx of private (and sometimes overt public) ‘donation’ pay off in astounding ways.

Anyone who follows Canadian college athletics is well aware of the Laval evil empire: a French university tasked with recruiting in a majority English country, with a modest endowment but an extravagant athletics budget. That has been the basic formula for the Rouge et Or’s athletic supremacy. Now throw in a deep roster of alumni and boosters ready and willing to see their almamater profit from their sizable charitable donations for an equally self-serving tax-exemption. With friends like these...

Canadian college athletics is facing a disparaging inequality that is ruining the quality of athletic competition.

The CIS’s lack of regulatory oversight is directly contributing to the current misanthropic state of affairs. In the current interuniversity climate; it’s become

commonplace to see McMaster Football bulldoze a lowly York Lions team 67-10 or Laval hang 64-0 on Saint Francis Xavier. These blowouts are all well and good because the CIS doesn’t care, and the boosters are getting a sweet return on their tax-protected investment.

Schools have complained for years, but after Laval rattled off its latest exploit of four Vanier cups in seven years, schools like the University of British Columbia, University of Calgary and Université de Montréal realized, “hey, our alumni have deep pockets too.” If you can’t beat them, join ‘em, and for those who can’t afford to get a seat at the high rollers table, head for the penny slots cause the CIS casino has no time or oversight for chump change.

Uneven funding leads to uneven play.

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Thomas makes return to UNB Nathan DeLong Staff Reporter A f ter a yea r away from t he game, Universit y of New Brunsw ick Va rsit y R eds hockey forwa rd M i ke Thomas is ma k ing a comeback.

Thomas spent 25 ga mes w it h t he V-Reds du r ing t he 2013-14 season, but he st ud ied f i ref ight ing at Hol la nd Col lege in Cha rlottetow n, P.E.I. last yea r a nd on ly played ha lf of a yea r of sen ior hockey wh i le at it. “ I m i s s e d t h e g a m e ,” h e sa id. “I rea l ized I m issed t he compet it ive spir it t hat play ing for U N B had to of fer, but I’m happy to be back and focused on w in n ing a cha mpionsh ip w it h a great group of g uys.”

Thomas sa id f iref ight ing career opportunities seem to be in shor t supply, wh ich made h im wa nt to f in ish h is k inesiolog y degree at U N B. “Fin ish ing a degree is never a bad t h ing, where it leads to ma ny ot her oppor t u n it ies”, he sa id.

T homa s is now focusi ng on t he book s, t hough he of ten p r a c t i c e s w i t h t h e V- R e d s .

He’ll be back on the roster after Ch r ist mas brea k.

A New Ma r yla nd nat ive, T homa s sa id ret u r n i ng to h is roots ma kes h is hockey comeback ext ra specia l.

“My br ot he r go e s to U N B a s wel l ,” he s a id. “ L a st t i me I played for U N B, it was n ice a lways hav ing fa m i ly a rou nd.”

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T homa s played f ive sea son s f o r t he S a i nt Joh n S e a D og s o f t h e Q u e b e c M a j o r Ju n i o r Hockey L eag ue, record i ng 83 points a nd 470 pena lt y m inutes in 288 ga mes.

On top of t hat, t he six-footone, 20 4 -pou nd lef t w i nger su ited up for 55 playof f ga mes i n wh ich he scored 20 poi nt s a n d w a s a s s e s s e d 43 p e n a lt y m inutes.

“We weren’t that great when I started out at 16 in Saint John,” said Thomas. “By the time I was 20, we won a Memor ia l Cup.” Thomas went on to play for t he Spr i ng f ield Fa lcons a nd G ra nd R apid s G r i f f i n s of t he A merica n Hockey L eague, wh ich is t he Nat iona l Hockey L eag ue’s m inor a f f i l iate.

He a lso was a member of t he C h ic a g o E x p r e s s a nd To le d o Walleye of the East Coast Hockey L eague before join ing U N B. V-Reds head coach Ga rd iner MacDouga l l sa id i n a statement on t he team’s website t hat Thomas is a proven w inner who w i l l ma ke U N B a more physica l tea m. “ He i s ver y p opu la r i n t he com mu n it y a nd w i l l be a key add it ion for t he second ha lf,” sa id MacDouga l l.

Thomas w i l l be added to t he V-Reds roster a f ter t he hol iday brea k , once he ha s completed academ ic requ irements.

A side from several new players since the last time Thomas was a V-Red, he said t he current team has a d if ferent feel to it.

LasVegas and Quebec City have moved on to the third and final stage of the expansion bidding process. Do you believe the league has the capability of supporting two additional franchises?

Nathan DeLong

Rob Trites

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The National Hockey League’s talent pool is already watered down with 30 teams, even though it has created more parity. The struggling Canadian dollar means it’s hard to say if the NHL will be keen to expand further into Canada. Plus, the teams in Carolina, Florida, Arizona and Columbus can’t even fill their rinks, so I wouldn’t suggest expanding into the desert again. Maybe moving some smaller-market teams would be a better idea than expanding.

“A lot of new g uys ca me i n la st yea r, a nd you ca n tel l by how close t hey ca me last yea r [to a nat iona l t it le] t hat t hey’re determ ined t h is yea r to be better t ha n com ing so close on ly to fa l l shor t,” he sa id.

However, Thomas is fa m i l ia r w it h ma ny of h is new U N B tea m mates. He played w it h a nd a g a i n s t a lot of t hem i n QMJ H L .

“I’m happy to be back w it h t h is group,” he sa id. “It’s great to be back. It’s a good group to be pa r t of.”

Thomas has t h ree yea rs lef t of CIS eligibilit y. A f ter t hat, he hopes to st udy educat ion.

“But you never know what the f ut u re m ight hold.”

There is so much unclaimed revenue in the sports betting world, due to Federal and State laws that ban most sports betting. By expanding to Vegas, the NHL will be the first major professional league franchise in the United States where people will be free to gamble, thus opening more revenue streams. It remains to be seen if the NHL can support two more franchises talent wise, but I believe this is the right business move. I am however, skeptical of the decision for expansion, over relocation.

I think the league is already pretty saturated with teams. However, Vegas is the betting capital of the world, I’m sure there will be enough drunken gamblers to support the team, even if there is no one in the stands. Quebec, on the other hand is filled with hockey fans, but they’re going to have to compete with the already loyal Montreal Canadiens fan base.

John Robb V-Reds Fan

I believe Bettman wants to leave his duty as commissioner with 30 league teams and a strong following in the U.S.A. as his legacy.

With this in mind I think Las Vegas is the most likely candidate for expansion. The league is struggling to support all the franchises it has right now. The low Canadian dollar will be a strike against Quebec City. Also, $500 million Franchise fee will appeal to all owners.

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Soccer squads sweep home stand Rob Trites Sports Editor UNB Varsity Reds soccer got back on track last weekend as the men and women picked up ten of 12 possible points.

The women’s side remained undefeated with a 4-0 win at home versus the Moncton Aigles-Bleus and a 0-0 draw when they traveled to Mount Allison.

The men captured all six available points last weekend with impressive 6-1 and 3-0 victories over Moncton and Mount Allison respectively.

UNB’s Right to Play group was active at the game, putting on a “Go Shoeless” event, in which attendees were encouraged to remove their shoes at the gate.

The “Go Shoeless” fundraising initiative is in awareness of children who do not have the opportunity to play organized sport and lack the proper gear to play.

Men’s team finds their groove versus Moncton

Selina Fabbri takes on a U de M defender in UNB’s 4-0 win.

Sarah Badibanga / The Brunswickan

A playoff berth is looking much more likely for the V-Reds now that they have found their offensive rhythm and have a healthy squad.

UNB forwards Marcus Lees and Oliver Jones had phenomenal weekends and were able to establish chemistry which resulted in the high octane offence the Reds were able to produce on the weekend.

Lees and Jones combined for five points (three goals and two assists) in their victory over Moncton.

Jones remained hot in the second game of the weekend, notching his fifth goal of the season in the three nothing win

over Mount Allison.

Like Jones, second year striker Robert Park was able to find the back of the net three times over the weekend, scoring two versus Moncton and one versus the Mounties. Park now has four goals on the season.

The team is starting to look like the number three ranked team in the country they were projected to be at the start of the season.

“Without first team All Canadian, Diego Padhila, not playing this weekend, UNB really showed there depth,” said Varsity Reds fan and UNB alumni Jeff Rouse. “Rookie Ben Gorringe filled in well in the holding midfield position and made the most of his opportunities.”

UNB starting goaltender Brandon Eagle was only forced to make three saves over the two games on the weekend. The Reds have looked much better on both offence and defence the last two weeks.

The Reds now sit at 3-2-2 which puts them firmly back in the playoff picture with six games remaining in their regular season schedule.

“They’ve looked like a top AUS team, the one we’ve seen the past two seasons,” said Rouse. “[They’re] creating opportunities and playing solid defensively.”

The men will next see action after a week off in a two game home set versus Memorial on Oct. 17 and 18. Through six games played, Memorial sits one point back of UNB in the standings.

Women are yet to be beaten this season Through 21 regular season games, dating back to the start of the 2014

season, the women’s soccer team has lost only once.

This is a remarkable statistic as the team had little success prior to their unbeaten streak last year.

The Reds were able to push their unbeaten streak to eight in a row this year as they dispatched Moncton and drew Mount Allison on the road.

Dominance was the theme in the win over Les Aigles Bleus on Friday night, as UNB owned possession and forced Moncton to collapse defensively and play out of their own end for most of the night.

The Reds did their damage in the first half, scoring three out of their four goals in the frame. The tallies came from four different UNB players, Lucy Parkin, Lauren Cubbon, Abby Sullivan and Courtney Strba, a second half substitution.

Parkin, who scored the first of the Reds goals also assisted on the next two, giving her a total of three points on the night.

“Lucy Parkin and Paige Vincent have each done a lot of good things offensively and defensively,” said women’s soccer head coach Jonathan Crossland.

“When you’re not scoring a bunch of goals, it speaks to the quality of our GK and back line in not conceding which, knock on wood, continues.”

“We’ve had a good goals against record thus far, so continuing to play solid defensively will be a foundation of our [team],” said Crossland.

The team has allowed a league best two goals against through eight games, that’s an average of 0.25 goals per game.

The women will put their unbeaten season on the line as they, like the men, take a week off and play two home games versus the Memorial Sea-Hawks

Crabbe lives: New ownership Chris Brooks The Brunswickan Skiers and Snowboarders in New Brunswick can breathe a sigh of relief now that Crabbe Mountain has been purchased and will open in time for the winter season.

According to a press release, the ownership group consists of local investors who also have a passion for skiing.

“The outpou ring of suppor t from t he commun it y has been extremely overwhelming. It took a lot of collected effort to transition the hill to this new family of leaders. It is a different type of adventure for many of us, but we are ready for it,” said Mike Davis, new Chairman of the Board and partner and also current owner of R adical Edge, an outdoor equipment store downtown.

With the new ownership, skiers and boarders are eager to hear of

cha nges or improvements t hey can expect on opening day.

Sa m Mason is a fou r t h yea r st udent at U N B a nd ha s f requented the mountain during the winter months. “I know it would be ambitious for their f irst year under t he new ownersh ip, but I’d love to see a high speed lift at the mountain. Even though the ticket prices have been reasonable when I’ve gone, I want to know that my money is going toward a lot of time on the slopes rather than a whole day on the lift.”

M a s o n a l s o m e nt i o n e d t h e possibility of weekend shuttles to and from campus to target those without cars, and the need for more marketing on the campuses in order to attract new customers.

Jeremy L a nd r y, a t h i rd yea r student at STU though, is concerned about t he terra in park.

“The mini park is great, but the ma i n one h a s e ver y t h i ng to o close together for how steep it

i s r ig ht t here,” he sa id , “I’m hoping that the new owners collect feedback from regulars and come up with an improved park layout.”

T he prev iou s ow ner, L e sl ie W i lson operated t he mou nta in for t he past 25 years and i s h a p p y w it h t h e c h a ng e o f hands so far. “This is an exciting new chapter i n t he h i stor y of Crabbe Mountain. After 25 years of operation, it was time for a new a new g roup of loca l ski enthusiasts to t a k e the reins and guide Crabbe into the future. Crabbe has a lways been an amazing mountain with lots of potential for growth. The mountain’s f u t u r e is in good hands,” said Wilson.

Season passes are already available for the 2015/2016 season at The R adical Edge Ski and Bike shop on Westmorland St. or by mailing season pass forms to the mountain’s general mailbox.

Crabbe Mountain to re-open with new ownership.

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Reds Notebook: UNB basketball begins with preseason tournies Rob Trites Sports Editor Helen Campbell and Eric Garland basketball tournaments: UNB basketball got underway over the weekend with the annual Eric Garland and Helen Campbell basketball tournaments. The men took on UPEI, Dalhousie and Laval, dropping close games to both the Panthers and Tigers.

The V-Reds will try to rebound from their early AUS exit last season. The men were ousted from the tournament by a surging Dalhousie Tigers team, which would go on to win the AUS title. UNB was the number one seeded team going into the tournament. The women’s team saw action over weekend versus Toronto, Lethbridge and StFX. UNB was able to beat Toronto 67-51 and Lethbridge 7768. A banged up squad last season, the V-Reds will look to make noise in a year in which they are hosting the CIS national tournament.

Athletic program hires new communications manager: Andy Campbell has been named as the replacement for the Varsity Reds Athletic Program Communications Manager. Former Communications Manager, Maureen Sparks filled the job on an

interim basis. This position is responsible for promoting the Varsity Reds locally and nationally as well as coordinating with other university athletic programs.

Campbell will take over the position on Oct. 13.

V-Reds hockey goes south of the border: In their final tune up of the pre-season, the men’s hockey team took on several hockey heavy weights in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the American Hockey League (AHL). The V-Reds, with no intentions of slowing down the torrid goal-scoring pace they set last year, scored ten goals in their first two games in U.S., victorious 5-3 against the AHL Portland Pirates and 5-2 versus Boston College of the NCAA. Through five pre-season games, the V-Reds have scored an average of six goals a game and allowed an average of 2.6 per game. Catch the men in regular season action at 7 p.m. this Friday at the Aitken Centre as they take on the UPEI Panthers.

Men’s volleyball splits preseason series with UBC: The AUS runners up last year got back into action with a tune-up series versus the UBC Thunderbirds last week. UNB and UBC each took one of two matches by identical three sets to one scores.

The Reds took the first match but the Thunderbirds made some adjustments and were able to take the series split. “We don’t get many chances to play a lot of exhibition so in these matches here we really wanted to focus on particular aspects of our game, and I thought our guys were activated in that,” said UNB head coach Dan McMorran on the series. The men will look to improve on their 2014-15 campaign in which they failed to qualify for the CIS nationals. UNB will travel to Dalhousie on Oct. 23 for the first AUSRSEQ interlock event of the year and will take on Laval, Montreal and Sherbrooke.

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Polls, Canadians undecided Alex Corbett News Editor Oct. 19 is fast approaching and is looking to be one on the closest three-way races in Canadian history. The difference between the elected government and the third runner up could be decided by a handful of ridings. Fredericton is one such riding to watch this year.

Polls are a useful tool but they are not perfect. The numbers are subject to error and change. Using too small a sampling size, using poor questions or misrepresenting certain demographics can all impact the accuracy of a poll.

The poll results shown in this paper are a combination of polls done across the country. The combined results give a better idea of the national and regional political trends.

The national results have the Conservatives holding onto a slim eleven-seat lead over the Liberals.

The NDP are looking at third, having fallen the significant lead they enjoyed in August.

No one looks likely to win the 170 seats needed to form a majority government. Even the Conservative’s current lead could quickly turn in favour for the Liberals or the NDP. Canada saw the final leaders debate of this election last week, but into the beginning of September as many as half of all voters were still undecided.

The Greens and the Bloc are

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each looking at one seat so far, par for course for the Greens but hardly the comeback the Bloc had

hoped for.

The Fredericton polls show the expected voter support for each

candidate. There’s only one seat up for grabs, so there’s no prize for second place. The Libera ls

are looking likely to win but the Conservatives are still competitive.