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Victorious weekend for men’s hockey

Tradition pushes on for Neville/Jones

K. Bryannah James Sports Editor The UNB men’s hockey team skated through a wall of smoke and a sea of adoring V-Red prospects, as they headed to centre ice for an opening ceremony and raising of their championship banner this past home-opener weekend.

As each player skated to centre ice, the cheers continued to grow throughout the crowed as they watched their defending CIS champions create a circle around the University Cup. Following this, the CIS banner was raised, and the regular season had officially begun. The Reds, not losing any of their drive from last season, out-played and out-shot the St. Francis Xavier X- Men during the first game of regular play.

“St. FX is a great team and we knew it was going to be a battle coming in . . . a lot of excitement around tonight obviously with hanging the banner, so we had a lot of jump off the start,” said V-Reds forward, Dion Campbell.

“Since I’ve been here, I remember all the home-openers. We just had success, and I think it’s just the excitement of coming back to our rink. We haven’t played here since the Dinos, so when was that? Quite a while ago. We were excited to get back in our barn. We’ve been on the road a lot, down in the States. Great feeling being back in the Aitken Centre,” Campbell said.

The Reds first goal was at 17:46 as Tyler Carroll assisted Jordan Clendenning’s first goal for UNB this season.

In the third period, the X-Men slipped the puck past Fullerton, evening the score 1-1. By the third period, the “X-Men” didn’t have any super powers left.

The Varsity Reds, with a beauty goal

by Campbell in the third, took the lead back, now up 2-1.

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(Left to right) Robbie Roos, Brianna Morehouse, the V-Reds mascot, Prospect, Becky McBriarty and Cody Alderson from Neville/Jones push the bed on wheels at the Aitken Centre during the 2nd intermission of the men’s hockey game Friday. Sandy Chase / The Brunswickan Damira Davletyarova Staff Writer Soaking wet from the rain, UNB students kept the tradition and spirit of Neville/Jones residence alive - by pushing a bed all night to raise money for Women in Transition House.

This year, the annual Neville/Jones house bed push raised more than $11,000.

It’s Friday night at 8 p.m. It’s drizzling. The well-lit soccer field sparkles with water particles. Four students are pushing the bed, making a lap, then passing it to another group that is ready for their turn. A local DJ, who performs under the name DJ Nasty Naz, is in charge of the night’s music.

Students play football and frisbee, dance and get a bite of pizza in between laps.

There’s still 12 hours to go, 272 laps to push - before they will head to the Boyce Farmers Market.

The 19th annual Neville/Jones House bed push officially ended with a cheque presentation to Women in Transition House representatives.

Originally, Neville/Jones house was an all male residence. Male students came up with the bed push idea to raise awareness about violence against women. They traveled to the UNB campus in Saint John, constructed a bed and pushed it all night - 120 kilometres - to Fredericton. All proceeds supported the shelter.

Last year, the RCMP prohibited UNB students to push the bed on the highway because of safety concerns.

This year, Neville/Jones House reopened its doors, but as a co-ed residence, after taking a year off to renovate the house.

Becky McBriarty, the first female president of the house, said that for her and most students in the house the bed push event was a new experience.

“None of us in the house knew each other, so it is a different atmosphere.

No one has done the bed push before.”

But McBriarty said because she knew that the bed push event is part of Neville/Jones identity, she and other students started planning the event and fundraising from the beginning of

the year. From singing karaoke at the student pub, to giving rides to students from the bottom to the top of the hill in a bed-taxi, to asking for change on the streets, new Neville/Jones house residents didn’t want to fall short of past years’ fundraising.

“Even though we are not an all male residence anymore, we still care about the same things, and try to carry on the same traditions that were so important to the house in the past.”

Dianne Power, executive director of Women in Transition House, joined the students in the evening and again in the morning. She said the bed push helps to raise awareness on the issue of

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brunswickannews New copyright bill may have negative impact By-Election Results

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Leeza Pece and Linda Givetash The Cord (Wilfred Laurier University) WATERLOO (CUP) — On Thursday, Sept. 29, Bill C-11 was introduced in the House of Commons, marking the fourth attempt to amend copyright legislation by the Government of Canada. The Copyright Modernization Act seeks to bring copyright law in line with technology, an important task given the vast amount of material available online.

However, the executive director of Campus Stores Canada, Wayne Amundson, believes that it is “the exact same legislation as the last attempt” and will face many of the same challenges as its predecessor, C-32 of June 2010.

Most specifically, he felt that its provisions will have a negative impact on Canadian students, who acquire much of their academic material online.

The bill claims to offer absolute protection of copyrighted material through “digital locks,” while simultaneously offering a “fair dealing exemption” on material acquired for non-infringing purposes.

For Amundson, it’s the unison of these two provisions that act as a barrier to progress.

“I think that the absolute protection for digital locks undermine some of the positive steps in the proposed legislation; in particular, the fair dealings exemption for education,” he said.

“This is an important academic right, and those in an academic institution

should be able to use what they need without constant worry of violating copyright laws. However, the digital locks have the potential to remove the fair dealing provision altogether.

“Many fail to address that there is a direct impact on textbook prices as a result of these digital locks,” he added.

Under these locks, certain materials may be inaccessible as they will fall under different jurisdictions — blurring the distinction between what is or is not being used for infringement.

Digital locks are not the only aspect that could pose a negative effect on access to materials for students. Brian Henderson, director of Wilfrid Laurier University Press, noted that the education exemption itself can be problematic for the publishers and creators of materials used in classrooms.

“There are millions and millions of pages that are copied and used for educational purposes every year in the country,” he said. “What happens is there would be no remuneration back to the rights holder.”

Henderson added that the exemption would prevent further publications if writers and creators have no financial incentive to support their efforts when the main market — educational institutions — are exempt from copyright policies or tariffs.

“It would impoverish the already narrow margin world of educational and scholarly publishing whose value added transforms raw material into something students can actually make

use of,” he explained.

The lack of specificity in the education exemption, according to Henderson, is due to the failure of finding common ground among all the stakeholders, from representatives of the education sector to publishing and writing associations. “It’s a question of trying to get the sides to actually talk,” he said.

Among the creators, distributors and users of copyright materials, support for Bill C-11 doesn’t appear to be mounting.

Reiterating the problems with the provisions against breaking digital locks, Amundson concluded, “The general view within the Campus Store community, is that from a consumer point of view, specifically students, the digital lock provision goes too far. I think that maybe, the act would be better received if these were not included.”

Looking ahead with similar concerns about the bill’s effect on academic publishing, Henderson said, “Somebody is going to be able to fund scholarship and its development and its publication. If we can’t collect any compensation by the sale of it then it’s either not going to happen or it’s going to have to be funded elsewhere.”

“Looking for a business model here is going to be extremely interesting,” he added.

Changes have yet to be made, as debate over Bill C-11 continues in the House of Commons.

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Former student donates $1 million for earth sciences

Alanah Duffy News Reporter Robert Quartermain used to go to the old Riverview Arms Tavern on Lincoln Road and talk to his friends about what he learned on geological field trips around the Fredericton area.

The 1977 UNB Earth Sciences graduate also used to attend Thursday steak nights at McConnell Hall, followed by watching an episode of Hogan’s Heroes with his friends.

“UNB was a very enjoyable time in my life,” Quartermain said over the phone from his Vancouver office. “I developed lifelong friends at the university – people who I still continue to see.

I also got a great geological foundation, which has enabled me to be successful.”

Last year, Quartermain founded Pretium Resources, a company that mines gold and silver in Northern British Columbia, after 35 years of working in the mining industry.

To celebrate his successful career, Quartermain wanted to give back to his alma matter. He donated $1 million to the newly-opened Quartermain Earth Sciences Centre, located in the Forestry and Geology building.

“I got a great foundation at UNB, achieved financial success, and I had a desire to give back and make sure that we continue to have the resources and tools to generate the next generation of earth scientists,” Quartermain

explained about the motivation for his donation.

The Quartermain Centre is a fossil and mineral museum aimed at educating the public about earth science. It includes dinosaur replicas, a journey to the centre of the earth, a seismograph and a mineral showcase.

Quartermain’s donation also allowed for the creation of a new classroom and computer lab in the building.

Cliff Shaw, the chair of UNB’s department of earth sciences, said that his favourite thing in the museum is the journey to the centre of the earth, which explains how our modern society relies on the earth’s resources and earth scientists.

Shaw encouraged all students to come out and visit the centre.

“There are things in there that you won’t see anywhere else in New Brunswick,” he said. “We have meteorites and there’s nowhere else that you can see the dinosaurs or play with the seismograph.”

Quartermain, a St. Stephen native, was in Fredericton two weeks ago for the grand opening of the centre.

“UNB is a very engaging place – I first came there 40 years ago and I felt the same revisiting as I did back then,” he said. “There are so many opportunities there.”

The centre is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays for students to drop by and visit. Shaw said that the centre

Robert Quartermain graduated from UNB in 1977. Rob Blanchard / Submitted has already seen high traffic from elementary school field trips.

Quartermain, who received an honourary doctor of science degree from UNB in 2009, said the centre is opening at a perfect time.

“I think there’s a lot more interest in earth sciences and people are recogniz-

ing that. As a planet, we consume a lot more resources in all aspects than we ever have before,” he said. “We need people who are well-educated to go out and find resources and develop them responsibly.”

Even if students aren’t interested in a career in the field of earth science,

Quartermain encouraged everyone to visit the centre to learn something new about the earth.

“Maybe go down and jump and create an earthquake or see what kind of dinosaurs used to roam the Fredericton area a couple hundred-million years ago,” he said.

Counselling Services paying special attention to substance abuse issues

Counselling director Rice Fuller says substance abuse isn’t often addressed to Counselling Services Andrew Meade / The Brunswickan Alanah Duffy News Reporter There is no problem too big or too small for UNB’s counselling services, according to counselling director Dr. Rice Fuller.

“We deal with everything from homesickness to psychotic symptoms, such as schizophrenia,” he said.

UNB Counselling Services, located on the second floor of the C.C. Jones Student Services building, is available to all UNB and STU students, part- time and full-time.

Personal and career counselling services are offered.

Career counselling has students fill out two assessments with their personality types and interests, and counsellors will then help

them identify a set of career paths that they may take.

“Our career counselling has really taken off in the past few years,” Fuller said.

“Though we might not make it crystal clear what a person should do career-wise, I certainly hope that we can help.”

One-on-one counselling options are offered for any student experiencing a per-

sonal problem. Fuller said that two-thirds of personal counselling sessions deal with depression, anxiety and relationship issues.

To know whether you need counselling, the signs might be subtle. Fuller said that any changes in mood or behaviour over a period of time are indications that it would be good to speak with a counsellor.

“Often times, these aren’t things that people will notice themselves,” he said. “If you notice that you’re not attending classes, sleeping as well as you used to, having a significant change in mood over a period of time, or are feeling anxious about going to class, these are all important indicators.”

One issue that Fuller said isn’t brought to the attention of the UNB counsellors often is alcohol and substance abuse.

“We don’t see a lot of people with substance abuse problems, though we know that that’s one of the number one problems on campus,” he said. “It’s hard to get people; some people are maybe ashamed to come in, or may not realize that they have a problem.”

Counselling Services will be paying special attention to alcohol and substance abuse issues this year, with a social norm campaign that will provide students with information about the drinking habits of their peers.

An expert in university drinking issues will also visit campus and provide workshops for anyone interested in the causes, extent and consequences of drinking problems.

“The majority of students aren’t drink-

ing to excess – they’re drinking a couple of nights a month,” Fuller said. “The people that do have problems with alcohol think that everyone is doing the same thing and drinking as much as they are. We hope that providing feedback [through the social norms campaigns] will help with decreasing alcohol problems.”

For students who want to seek counselling, there are a couple changes from last year. A no-show policy has been enacted; students who don’t show up for their first appointment will be required to come directly to the centre to book their next appointment. The second time that students don’t show for an appointment, they will not be allowed to book another appointment in the same semester, though they will be allowed into one of the urgent daily appointments if they are experiencing a crisis or emergency.

“We had roughly 4,000 appointments last year and close to 500 no- shows,” Fuller said. “If you think, we have a waiting list and could have potentially seen 80 additional students.”

Fuller said that currently, there are less than 10 students on the waiting list for a counselling session. Students who call for an appointment are able to meet with a counsellor before being put on the waiting list, and if they are experiencing severe problems while on the waiting list, they will be able to speak with a counsellor sooner.

To book an appointment with UNB’s Counselling Services, call 453-4820 or visit the centre.

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“No system created by human beings will ever be perfect.”

Jennifer Bishop Staff Writer Commodore Hans Jung, surgeon general of the Canadian Forces, spoke at a military conference at the Wu Centre last week about the importance of mental health.

The Canadian Forces began a project in 2000 to revamp its mental health system. They called it Rx 2000. It was an initiative to strengthen mental health facilities and awareness for military personnel over a 10-year span. The project was finished on time and under budget.

“And then you have to build space, office space, and you can’t just bring people in, you have to develop policies and programs and strategies and business planning,” Jung said. “So, it was built as part of an overall system so if you ever listen to any healthcare jurisdiction wanting to significantly transform their healthcare system, it’s not done in one year.”

Jung said that people used to fall through the cracks when it came to mental health and the healthcare system, but not anymore. But he also said, “no system created by human beings for human beings will ever be perfect.”

According to Jung, stigma and shame toward mental health problems exist in the military because it exists in Canadian society. He also said the current war in Afghanistan is improving

many aspects of health care, especially mental health.

“To me, the most important advance of this war is going to be mental health,” he said. “And it isn’t so much as treatment for mental health or any new technology for mental health, but it is the long-term legacy of Canadian military and in this case Canadian society finally addressing mental health as a population and public health issue.”

As part of new military training, personnel are learning to look for symptoms of mental health issues in their comrades so they can help in detecting these types of issues so earlier treatment may be sought. Jung said the best way to remove the stigma attached with mental health issues is to educate people.

“And although people do talk about stigma, to me stigma is something that will naturally go away if people are educated,” he said. “Like all illnesses, prevention is better than cure and if you have an issue, get it treated early before it settles in.”

The Canadian Forces are said to be releasing a new report in the next few weeks on the number of people who suffer from mental illness. This report will provide more accurate information because the data will be taken from after the start of Afghan war and the number of people affected will be from clinical diagnosis, not from a survey.

Commodore Hans Jung spoke last Wednesday as part of the Gregg Centre’s annual fall conference.

Andrew Meade / The Brunswickan “This will not be a survey. It will probably be the first real concrete data of that nature,” Jung said.

The Canadian Forces currently have the funding to employ around 440 counsellors, but only have 380 people at this time. The problem with reaching the goal is that when they hire personnel, others are retiring. Training

to become a military psychiatrist takes about 15 years.

“They’re [military psychiatrists] not waiting in the unemployment line saying, ‘can I have a job?’” Jung said.

“They’re all employed so, even though we have the resources, it’s difficult to engage them.”

The current wait time to get into see

a mental health physician in the Canadian Forces currently averages 30 days.

“I would suggest you go down to the local Fredericton clinics and see how long it takes somebody to see a psychiatrist if it’s requested by a family doctor,” Jung said. “I bet you it’s in the months.”

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Some fake singing and a whole lot of school spirit

Students sing it out at the lip dub. Sandy Chase / The Brunswickan Hilary Paige Smith News Editor Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

UNB is showing its school spirit with a musical trend that has been popping up at universities across North America. The UNB Lipdub was released earlier this month to rave reviews from the campus community.

Tomi Gbeleyi came across the idea for a Lipdub after seeing something similar posted on YouTube from Queen’s University.

“I’m pretty happy [with how it turned out]. We’ve been getting a lot of positive feedback. I really hope more people around Canada tune into the video just to see how good UNB is presented in the video,” she said.

The video is about 13 minutes in length and features two songs – Yeah 3X

by Chris Brown and Born This Way by Lady GaGa. Between 300 and 400 UNB students, faculty and staff members are featured in the video.

The video begins with student Nick Kennedy, part of local hip-hop group Lobstar, rapping during a staged basketball game. The camera operator moves through the Currie Center and winds up through campus, stopping at several buildings and residences along the way.

The video focuses on individuals and large groups mouthing the lyrics.

Gbeleyi said putting the event together wasn’t an easy task.

“It was kind of a lot of work, I would say. The core of the Lipdub is promotion, for people to come out,” she said.

The video has already reached more than 3,000 views on YouTube and hits are climbing. The organizer said they wanted something everyone, not just UNB students, would enjoy.

“It would put a smile on their face. You would feel good watching it. Students in this school love their school and they’re happy to be at this school. I thought the video was a good representation of the different things that happen at UNB,” she said.

Though the intention of the video wasn’t to act as a recruitment tool for UNB, Gbeleyi said it could definitely help outsiders see the kind of school spirit some students have.

“It was just meant to be for fun, kind of encourage school spirit and school pride you don’t always get to see every day, even though some people might have that feeling toward the campus,” she said.

She said the video shows spirit and togetherness at UNB. To watch the UNB LipDub, search UNB Lipdub 2011 on YouTube.

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Education system needs regulation

New report says universities need restructuring. The Eyeopener / File photo The event raised $11,000. Sandy Chase / The Brunswickan

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domestic violence. This is an issue that most people are silent about, yet her nine-bedroom women’s shelter always runs out of space.

Last year alone, Women in Transition House hosted more than 200 women and children. Women are only supposed to stay for 30 days or less in the house, but most end up staying longer. Recently, Power said, there is an increasing amount of pregnant women. The transition house is straining to provide not only shelter, food and clothing, but also cribs, toys and diapers.

It takes $450,000 a year to operate Women in Transition House, Power said. Two- thirds of funding comes from the provincial government and a third from community donations, from charities like the bed push.

Power said that’s why she couldn’t be anywhere but with UNB students on the field on Friday evening.

“I am honoured to be here! We are so proud, we really are . . . It’s this part of our funding that keeps the doors open. And their spirit is infectious,” Power said laughing, as students were lining to perform the YMCA dance

around her.

On Saturday morning, at 9:30 a.m., UNB students rolled the bed onto the front lawn of the Boyce Farmers Market to present the cheque - the same way they have done it for the past 19 years.

Matthew Pearson, don of Neville/ Jones, said that he would never forget pushing the bed.

“You might not remember math class or biology or arts class, but you are going to remember pushing a bed for 120 kilometres. These things build community and make university experience memorable.”

UNB residences have been hard at work so far this year to fundraise for their respective house charities. Tibbits Hall, which has been given a wing in Joy Kidd House while their residence undergoes renovations, raised 30 boxes of food for the Fredericton Food Bank with their Pushing Carts fundraiser.

Joy Kidd House also raised $3,500 for Habitat for Humanity with their Kiddstock concert held earlier this month. They are hoping to surpass the campus record of $32,000. If they raised $40,000, they’ll be able to build a new house for a family in Fredericton.

Lee Richardson CUP Ontario Bureau Chief TORONTO (CUP) – Canada’s entire education system is need of restructuring, according to a new report.

Released Oct. 11 by the Canadian Council on Learning, the report says that without a national regulatory committee, Canada’s education system will decline, leading to a loss of economic productivity and innovation.

“They talk about the dysfunctionality of post-secondary education,” said Glen Jones, a professor at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education. “There are some criticisms and some of them are valid, but I think it’s going too far to say that it’s dysfunctional.”

The report is likely to be the final paper released by the CCL, which is set to close in spring 2012 after federal funding for the national learning organization was withdrawn by the Harper government last year.

“Some of the comments are made with greater vitriol than have been made in the past,” said Jones. “But that doesn’t mean that they don’t say some important things.”

While acknowledging high participation rates in post-secondary education and praising Canada’s teaching staff and generally well-educated population, the

report “What is the Future of Learning in Canada?” criticizes the lack of a federal body that sets national goals in terms in education. Currently, education issues are handled by individual provincial and territorial governments.

“The principal cause of the unacceptable and deeply troubling state of affairs is that our governments have failed to work together to develop the necessary policies and failed to exhibit the required collective political leadership,” stated the report.

Another criticism revolves around research and development becoming a priority of universities, which then often move away from delivering a comprehensive education in favour of aiming to gain research funding from the federal government.

“We have a higher education system where there are very strong incentives for faculty to attempt to become great researchers, but there are not as many incentives for individual faculty, or the university as a whole, to focus on the quality of undergraduate teaching,” said Ryerson politics professor David Trick, who has co-authored the book Academic Reform.

While some universities in provinces like British Columbia and Alberta operate under different models, some of which put an emphasis on teaching, provinces such as Ontario have switched entirely to a university model that concentrates on

advancing research.

According to Jones, however, the major problem with Canada’s education system is a lack of available relevant data, which is needed before changes in policy can be achieved.

“We are behind many of our peers, and by that I mean many other Western developed countries that have much better data about how their educational system is going,” said Jones, who added that the amount of data the government has regarding its education system is not enough to develop effective policy analysis at the provincial and territorial level.

While the report calls for the formation of a national body to reform the country’s system, Jones states that apart from a need for the federals to collect more information about the national educational infrastructure, such a reform might not be necessary.

“Many of the problems involve issues that can be done at the provincial level or territorial level, so I agree with the problems — I guess I disagree with their solutions,” Jones said. “But I think people have to take a step back and realize that in order to get policies that work, you really do need to make that investment in data and the public infrastructure that collects this information and allows for that analysis, and then you can have an informed public policy debate.”

Small group gathers for Occupy Fredericton Hilary Paige Smith News Editor The Occupy Wall Street movement reached Fredericton on Saturday, on a smaller scale.

A crowd of about 100 protestors waved signs, chanted and stood around in front of City Hall on Saturday afternoon. Protestors began gathering at noon and marched across the street to the Justice building at 6 p.m. A handful of protestors remained there on Sunday morning.

The Occupy Wall Street movement

began in late September with thousands of protestors gathering in New York City to protest corporate greed, social and economic inequality and corporate influence. The movement has sparked similar protests across the world. It goes hand-in-hand with “We Are the 99 Percent,” a Tumblr page showing people who are suffering from poverty, student debt and unemployment.

Lily Crompton, local protest organizer, said she would like to see people developing a sense of community and “taking some of their

pride back.”

“I’d like to see people start to participate in representative democracy and taking responsibility for their participation in representative democracy. I would like to see our politicians take note and start being accountable,” she said, citing reasons like the attempted sale of NB Power in 2009 and passing legislation without consultation.

Dante Foglin was setting up the first aid tent shortly after the protest began.

“I’m completely with it,” he said

of the movement. “The majority of people don’t understand how hard it is living as somebody who is impoverished until you’ve lived in that situation yourself. People could be more educated to the plight of the impoverished.”

He said people should take the time to help out people who are struggling with poverty to better understand their plight.

“Next time you see somebody panhandling on the street, spend a few minutes with them. Buy them a coffee instead of giving them some change and find out what their story is,” he said.

He said he genuinely hopes the protest will catch the province’s attention.

The protest continued throughout the afternoon, with enthusiastic protestors chanting and cheering.

“We are the 99 per cent. You are the 99 per cent,” was a popular chant among protestors at the Fredericton event.

One protestor, covered in “We Are the 99 Percent” posters and wearing Nike shoes, yelled “wake up!” at passing people and cars.

Some dedicated protestors were still stationed outside City Hall on Monday.

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Mad Men: Showcasing a harsh reality Have times really changed?

Just how long are we going to be paying for the Currie Center?

Adam Melanson Special to The Brunswickan

As men have we really improved in the way we treat women since the 1960s when the show Mad Men is set. Screenshot The meetings during the episode centered around the business aspect, while the goings on away from cliTo the Point ents are where women were shown Christopher to be objects during business hours Cameron and social time afterward. Now, this is depicting how things were historically in the 1960s, but still causes How does one television show be- women today to be enraged.

Of course you may say I’m a man come such a draw for men, while saying this and therefore don’t get women are furious throughout the majority of each episode? Go back to it. I don’t get it perfectly, but I also the 1960s where women were treated don’t believe anyone should be like shit and men did whatever they treated the way these women were back in the ‘60s. I wouldn’t want wanted.

To be fair, I’m hooked on the Roger Sterling riding around on my show. I think it’s great. I’ve also back when I was nearly naked, as if taken many business and communi- I was a horse.

Lines like “when God closes a cation courses and enjoy watching the approach to particular clients’ door, he opens a dress” (Sterling) advertising campaigns. That tends to and “what am I supposed to do? I’m married,” (Pete Campbell to Peggy be the main reason I enjoy it.

The show, based in the ‘60s, is with regards to avoiding her after focused around the men and women their sexual encounter in his office) of the Sterling Cooper Advertising show just how men truly viewed Agency. The men are all in high- women.

I think this is exactly what the ranking positions, while the women in the show are generally housewives producers want though. They want controversy. They want this attenand secretaries.

Although I’ve seen every episode, tion because it causes discussion and I was at my girlfriend Lindsey’s makes people watch the show to see house on Sunday night and began what everyone is talking about.

What I think needs to be talked watching season one again with her and our friend Greg. She despises about are two things: the progress the show, while Greg and I tend to that has been made in treating women as equal and also how, as enjoy it.

We were watching episode ten of men, we’re still dropping the ball on season one, which is based around how we are no further ahead (generthe Independence Day long weekend ally speaking).

Sterling looks at twins that were in the United States amongst all the auditioning for one of their comregular goings on in the office.

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mercials. He asks one of them “do you love your sister? Why don’t you show her how much? Give her a kiss.”

How much farther ahead have we really come? In today’s American and Canadian societies, how many times do two women get asked to make out while drinking? Some may like this and have no problem with doing it.

My issue with this is that some of these women want to be treated as more than an object, yet still let whatever guy that asks them to make out to be in “control” of them.

This obviously is a more one-sided issue than not, but in a society where women do have a voice and cannot essentially be told to do something for a man as Draper does to a woman in this episode, (basically telling her to have sex with him) women can speak up without receiving punishment for saying no or should be able to.

I guess I just saw some things with this show that should be raising questions in comparison to today’s society.

I’m not asking women to like the show because let’s face it, men were assholes back then, but watch the show and make us accountable for how we treat you today.

Richard Currie, in a 2010 speech, said that New Brunswick “is a failing province because the rest of Canada has been too indulgent towards it.

And like all indulged people or institutions, it has grown dependent on the largesse or generosity of a proverbial rich uncle.”

On Friday Oct. 7, Currie again made the news in New Brunswick with the opening ceremony for the new athletics facility at UNB bearing his name.

Money is something students have very little of, and this year they have even less with the introduction of what has been dubbed by students the “Currie Center fee,” an extra $150 paid by every student towards the Currie Center.

Counting the $200 tuition fee increase and the $150 Currie fee, UNB students have experienced a 6.3% increase in tuition fees, more than double the inflation rate of 2.7% for this past year. The 1991 Canadian average tuition fees pegged to inflation should be $2,310 today, instead of the current $5,366 average.

It is for this reason that the superfluous grandeur and cost of the Currie Center does not sit well with students.

There was no student consultation on whether students would think the $62.5 million building necessary,

even though the university was asked to refer the issue to a referendum.

The university has not been financially strong in recent years.

UNB president Eddie Campbell was quoted in The Brunswickan recently lamenting the $18 million in expense reductions and the loss of 55 full-time equivalent faculty members the university has been forced to take over the last six years. Despite this, the university is willing to accept the increased operational costs of the Currie Center and dump these costs on the students.

Due to the “Currie Center fee,” undergraduates will pay approximately $56 million dollars toward the building over its lifetime (assuming enrollment unchanging from last year’s 9,311 students and Statistics Canada’s listing of 40 years average lifespan of a building). Currie has only paid in excess of $20 million toward the over-budgeted $62.5 million building.

This begs the question, why not call it the “Students Centre”? The answer of course is that this building was never about the students.

The Daily Gleaner headline Saturday morning after the opening was “Currie’s dream comes to life,” not “students’ dreams come to life.”

As UNB chancellor, Currie has assumed the role of our, “proverbial rich uncle,” but for a rich uncle, he is much too costly.

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Student

Viewpoint.

Let everyone know whats on your mind.

What is your favorite fall activity?

Danielle LeBlanc

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Sabrina Venabid

“Treego.”

“Statistics.”

“Watching football.”

“Hunting.”

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“Hockey.”

“Praying for the Leafs.”

“Get Drunk.”

“Basketball.”

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Pre-Pop till you drop: New festival brings notable acts to Freddy The artfulness of Chad: Calgary’s Polaris Prize winner pays a visit to Fredericton

Alex Kress Arts Editor It’s no wonder Chad VanGaalen doesn’t often leave home.

When we got a hold of him, he and his band were being booted from their hotel in Eugene, Oregon because the cleaning staff was desperate to flip the room.

The band was packing up the van to travel to Seattle and then Vancouver after that, slowly lessening the gap between us and them.

VanGaalen will be playing The Capital as part of the Pre-Pop festival the night after he plays Halifax Pop Explosion.

He’s often described as a homebody, a label he said is accurate because his in-house studio in Calgary allows him more time to spend with his partner, Sara, and their children Esme, 3, and Charlotte, 1.

And they’re right next door to scenery that’s tough to compete with.

“I love the Rocky Mountains more than any other landscape around, so I feel pretty comfy living close to the Rockies,” he said.

“My family’s there, so that’s what’s really most important to me. I just want to be around my family and friends.”

That doesn’t mean he’s afraid to let loose.

VanGaalen and his band recently found themselves at a German hippy festival in the middle of the woods on the European leg of the tour, and it wasn’t a scene for the conventional family.

“We ended up doing a bunch of mushrooms and gettin’ naked,” he said.

But this isn’t your typical Chad. He spends most of his time at home being prolific in all sorts of mediums.

He had three failed records in between the 2008 Polaris shortlist release Soft Airplane and the newest album released earlier this year, Diaper Island.

“They just sucked,” he said.

First, there was an electronic album that VanGaalen said sounded “like he was trying to make a record,” and then there was a folk album that he said was boring.

Finally, there was a rock record that was

Calgary’s Chad VanGaalen brings Pre-Pop Fest to a close Sunday night. Submitted the skeleton for Diaper Island.

“I recorded [the rock record] on a cassette four-track and so it kinda sounded bad, so I had to end up re-recording some of those songs to get them up to snuff as far as sonically. It was a bit of a mission,” he said.

“The intention was there, but I just didn’t want it to seem forced.”

He said although the first three didn’t work out, it didn’t feel like failure. He always manages to pick up some new skills in the process, like learning how to record drum machines properly with compressors, and how to mic smaller acoustic instruments.

As for the title of the album, VanGaalen said could have been Diaper Island or Gar-

bage Island - in fact, the upcoming B-Side release is called Garbage Island – and the image is a reflection on a culture of disposal.

“It’s kind of like imagining a lifetime of throwing things in the garbage . . . imagining how big each person’s pile is. It’s the idea of a lifetime of waste. “ When asked if that image bothers him, he said, “I think we do a pretty good job of keeping it away from ourselves, visually I guess. But it definitely weirds me out.”

On top of creating the new album, VanGaalen has been renovating his house, working on illustration – he does his own album artwork – painting, working on his tape label, and animating.

He animated the music video for the track “Peace on the Rise” and based it on the unique concept of an “empathy machine.”

“It’s space tourism, and there’s these dudes that have this empathy machine where they absorb the essence of other creatures and become those creatures for a brief moment, and then they get addicted to the empathy machine.”

His tape-making is as popular as ever; most recently, he took 250 with him an sold them all.

“It’s way more economical,” he said.

“We press vinyl for every record we do. But carrying around 20 vinyl is pretty

fuckin’ heavy. Carrying around 20 tapes is way lighter and it’s still analog.”

He loves coming up with the covers for them and that they’re entirely his creative project.

And he doesn’t have to live in a “hip” city to keep up the creativity.

“I’m not really there for the arts scene.

If you’re a good artist, you can make art anywhere. It shouldn’t really matter where you are.”

You can catch Chad VanGaalen at The Capital this Sunday, Oct. 23 with Jennifer Castle and JF Robitaille. Doors open at 8 p.m., with the show beginning at 9. Tickets are $12 in advance, $15 at the door.

A second debut for JF Robitaille Haley Ryan Arts Reporter Anglophone Quebecer JF Robitaille released his second first album this summer.

He’ll be performing some folky, mellow tunes at The Capital this Sunday and promoting his first record which came out in July.

Calendar is the first offering from his current label Blue Cardinal, but in 2007 Robitaille recorded an album, which never hit store shelves.

The label went under before his fulllength record was released, but they had managed to produce an EP with Robitaille’s six favourite songs so he was able to build some fans and reputation on the smaller product.

“So [Calendar] would be second, but it turns out it’s my first,” Robitaille said.

Although that first company didn’t last for Robitaille, he said the fact he was discovered in a New York bar and signed at all was a great experience.

The fact that it was Nona Hendryx of the female pop-group Labelle who noticed him at her show and signed him right away, probably didn’t hurt either.

For his latest album, Robitaille said half of the songs were written in a batch and half were older songs he’d had lying around and wanted to get out. Although songs were created at different times, he said the record still has a similar tone.

“Definitely introverted, it’s moody . . . it kind of sets a mood that’s pretty consistent, maybe throughout the whole thing. Although I tried to shake it up

with a couple songs,” Robitaille said.

The title of the album was inspired by the track, “Calendar,” and the simple fact that there are 12 songs on the record.

“It was just thinking about marking time . . . calendars kind of run my life, definitely. I’m looking at mine every hour.”

Robitaille, who says there are “many nods to Leonard Cohen” in his music, has a mellow style some have compared to Cohen himself or Nick Drake.

This simple, bare-bones approach reflects the music that Robitaille loved growing up, and he puts himself in every song as much as possible.

“I want it to come off as honest as possible. You can tell it’s not really hiding anything; that’s my actual voice, that’s my actual guitar playing,” Robitaille said. “He says he strives to have the lyrics sound as personal and relatable as possible, but some of the tunes aren’t necessarily about Robitaille or his experiences. He also draws ideas from films or books, so the words might not be as literal as fans would think.

“I kind of mixed it all together, to try to make something that I would want to listen to or engage me . . . it could be about something you imagine yourself,” Robitaille said.

Robitaille is opening for Jennifer Castle and Chad VanGaalen this weekend, and he’s especially excited to perform because he’s never been to Fredericton. Tickets are $12 for the night and doors open at 8 p.m.

JF Robitaille warms up the crowd for Chad VanGaalen Sunday night. Submitted

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Working away in Dyers Bay: Ohbijou brings Metal Meets to Fredericton Colin McPhail Special to The Brunswickan A change of scenery and a well-deserved rest did the trick for the third studio album from the Torontobased group Ohbijou.

Metal Meets, released on Sept.

27, is a more focused and more mature effort from the indie folk-pop six-piece. Although it carries the Ohbijou sound audiences worldwide have to come love, the new record offers a window into the band’s growth.

From Casey Mecija’s resonating lyrics and airy, spirited voice to the guitar reverb in “Niagara,” the moving instrumental melody accompanying “Echo Bay” and the unexpected post-rock treat of an ending in “Turquoise Lake,” this is an album you can’t stop listening to.

Fredericton fans will get the live version at The Capital Complex Saturday night during the Pre-Pop festival with indie rockers Snailhouse.

Mecija cited the decision to relocate to Dyers Bay, Ont., a small community on the shores of the Georgian Bay, for the duration of the writing and demoing process as impacting the group in a profound way.

“The city, especially Toronto, brings so much distraction,” she said.

“We are so married to our technology, wireless signals and friends and relationships and things like that. So, just being away and all going in knowing we were committed to sort of figuring out and writing the best possible song together was an amazing way of creating a new experience for ourselves as friends and co-workers. It was super exciting and important for us to do.”

The move came on the heels of a brief break, after an intensive world tour for their second album Beacons

Toronto’s Ohbijou plays Pre-Pop with Snailhouse on Saturday night. Submitted (2009). While it was in no way a breakup, Mecija said, laughing, they just needed a little time to themselves. She said time apart actually helped them grow as a band.

“Going back to Dyers Bay and writing in that cottage gave us time to work on our friendships and our relationships and I think we grew a greater appreciation for each other and what we do as a band,” she said.

The album also introduces Mecija’s sister, Jennifer (violin, vocals), and Ryan Carley (piano) as

songwriters. The younger Mecija sibling wrote “Iron And Ore,” while Carley showcased his talent in “Anser.”

Mecija said the tour, although exhausting, proved to be a great source of inspiration in writing Metal Meets. Experiencing the world in much different fashion – especially via a television – gave Mecija and her bandmates a brand new perspective.

“I just think with that travel and being away from home offers a deeper and more complex look at

the world, and I think that impacted our lyrics and the way we write.”

The theme rang through in the worldly track “Balikbayan,” the most stirring song on the album.

Mecija drew from her time overseas, coupled with her past family experiences to write “Balikbayan,” which is loosely from Filipino to mean “a return to one’s country.”

She said it’s based on the Balikbayan boxes sent home from Filipinos overseas to their families back in the Philippines.

“The song is very much inspired by my parents and thinking of the sacrifices people make in order to create better lives for their kids and their families and at what cost – like separation from their land and their relatives,” she said.

“It’s a big thing to sacrifice. It’s something I never really explored in music before and bringing it to this album was important.”

Doors open at 10 p.m., show starts at 10:30. Tickets are $10 in advance, $12.50 at the door.

Serendipity! Dan Mangan’s in town to fill the Wilmot with Fortune

Haley Ryan Arts Reporter

Vancouver musician Dan Mangan has your new favourite shirt, and he’s bringing it to Fredericton.

During his performance at the Wilmot United Church this Saturday, he’ll be sure to play some tunes from his new album Oh, Fortune.

“I hope it’s a record with ultimately more legs on it,” Mangan said.

“I want it to fit like a favourite shirt, to last a long time in people’s closets.”

Mangan said this new offering is deeper than his last one, and definitely has a darker side.

Although he has played in Fredericton a couple of times before, the majority of his touring is closer to home in the Western part of Canada. He said whenever he gets the chance to visit, he loves coming to the other coast because Maritimers are so friendly.

Mangan said although he isn’t an overly religious person, he loves playing in churches because of the sound and atmosphere.

“There’s something really magical about what the acoustic churches bring. Also, it’s really nice to play in something that’s old and worn in,” he said.

With the new record, Mangan brought more musicians on board in the studio than ever before, creating an orchestral sound for the backdrop of serious lyrics.

In “Post-War Blues,” Mangan said there are some of the most cutting and sarcastic lines he’s ever written, but contrasted with very fast, poprock melodies so the listener would have to pay attention to realize what’s being said.

He said on some level the new, more serious themes could relate to growing older and thinking about important matters, but a few of the songs were written even before his first record and just needed time to develop.

“I don’t want this record to be taken as just a depressing kind of morose thing. There’s a lot of life to it.”

“But it certainly is a bit more of an intense experience.”

The self-taught guitar player said he enjoys playing the more wellknown songs fans expect at his shows, and there needs to be a balance between the upbeat and serious, but also loves the opportunity to show off new material.

“It’s kind of an inherent thing in being a band, that you always want to be moving forward,” Mangan said.

Last year was a good one for Mangan, when his “more playful” first album Nice Nice, Very Nice was short-listed for the Polaris music prize and snagged him an iTunes album of the year, as well as recognition from the CBC. As much as Mangan said he appreciates the recognition, he doesn’t want to depend too much on outside approval. He’d rather stay true to his inner compass or he’ll be set up for disappointment.

“If you believe the good stuff people say about you, then you have to believe the bad stuff people say about you,” Mangan said.

To make up your own mind about which side of the good versus bad debate you land on, you can see Dan Mangan at the Wilmot United Church on Oct. 22. Tickets are $25 and doors open at 7 p.m.

Dan Mangan isn’t afraid of scary kitties. And he just happens to be in town the same weekend as Pre-Pop. Submitted

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The UNB Art Centre is showing CODE, an exhibit by artist Paula Keppie, opening with a public reception on Oct. 21 at 5 p.m.The exhibition ranges from found objects to large-scale installations, paintings, and a soundscape.The exhibit will run until Nov. 29. Submitted

Sizzlin’ chana masala The Garlic Press with Alex Kress

That cold, fall nip is in the air – and so is my craving for curry! Here’s a dish that’s sure to boost your internal temperature when your apartment isn’t cutting it.

I worked at a café this summer that served Indian food and I’ve been missing it dearly. We were allowed to eat for free on shift and were treated to dishes like butter chicken, palak paneer, falafel sabji and masala dhosa. The one I snacked on most often though was the chana masala. It’s incredibly simple – curried chickpeas served with pita or basmati rice – but I love it because of how filling and healthy it is.

This variation is taken from a recipe from the Smitten Kitchen blog – an invaluable resource for foodies. She added tomatoes and onions and substituted fresh lemon juice for the regularly used amchoor powder (dried, unripe mango powder). I also added fresh cilantro throughout the cooking process.

Curried chick peas with tomatoes and onions.

Alex Kress/ The Brunswickan Chickpeas are a wonderful source of protein, and whether you’re a vegetarian or not, there’s just something really satisfying about chewing chickpeas that’s up there with chewing meat (maybe that’s another reason why it’s

Ingredients: 1 tablespoon olive oil 2 medium onions, chopped or minced 1 clove garlic, minced 2 teaspoons grated fresh ginger 1 fresh, hot green chili pepper, minced 1 tablespoon ground coriander 2 teaspoons ground cumin 1/2 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper 1 teaspoon ground turmeric (I didn’t have it so I used a generic curry powder) 2 teaspoons paprika 1 teaspoon garam masala 2 cups tomatoes, chopped small or one 15-ounce can of whole tomatoes with their juices, chopped small (I added half a cup more) 2/3 cup water 4 cups cooked chickpeas or 2 (15-ounce) cans chickpeas, drained and rinsed 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 lemon (juiced) (see note; I used a whole lemon to swap for the amchoor powder) 3 cups basmati rice (or make more, this is a great dish to have as leftovers)

such a great meat substitute?).

It turned out very nicely – so nice, in fact, that although I just had breakfast, I’m fighting the urge to heat up a big bowl.

The Recipe: Heat oil in a large skillet. Add onion, ginger, garlic, and green chili pepper and sauté over medium heat until browned (about 5 minutes). Turn heat down to medium-low and add the coriander, cumin, cayenne, turmeric, paprika and garam masala. Cook onion mixture with spices for a couple of minutes, then add the tomatoes with the juice from the can, scraping up any bits that have stuck to the pan.

Add the water and chickpeas. Simmer uncovered for 10 minutes, then stir in salt and lemon juice.

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One-on-one with The Brunswickan:

Lenka Novakova, Montreal-based installation artist brings exhibit to Gallery Connexion

Lenka Novaova opens her solo exhibit at Gallery Connexion on Thursday. Submitted Lee Thomas Staff Writer Light is something that most of us do not think about, except maybe on a particularly sunny day, or during a power outage. For Montreal-based artist Lenka Novakova, light is the focus for both the creation and the perception of her work.

Her pieces are notable for their

utilisation of cinema and theatre technologies to create an unparalleled artistic experience. Novakova has an upcoming solo exhibition at Gallery Connexion, Rivers and Skies, which will open Thursday, Oct. 22 and run until Dec. 1.

The Brunswickan spoke with Lenka via telephone while she was en route from Prague to Halifax.

Lee Thomas: Your work is very

unique, both in its concepts and mediums. How did you get involved in abstract art, and working with light?

Lenka Novakova: In Europe I was trained as a traditional sculptor, so my formal training there was actually in stone carving. The relocation, coming to North America, really affected my work. It became much more about abstract sculpture and installation, so I think the greatest influence was

Owls and monsters move into The Playhouse

Maggie Estey (left) and Erica Sulllivan have their work displayed at the Annex Gallery in The Playhouse until Nov. 29. Andrew Meade / The Brunswickan Haley Ryan Arts Reporter The Annex Gallery, located in the wings of the downtown Playhouse theatre, will host the works of two female artists, and their themes are just in time for Halloween.

Local artists Maggie Estey and Erica Sullivan both applied to show at the Annex last Spring and were told fairly quickly they could prepare a show to be hung in October.

Gallery Connexion, Fredericton’s only artist-run centre, organizes these shows thanks to a volunteer sub-committee that chooses different members to hang their work for month-long periods.

Many of the other galleries in the city are harder to get into because those places rely on bigger names to draw a crowd. With the Annex, new artists can show their work in a casual place when

the public mill around during intermission or after a performance.

Although Estey has shown work alongside friends and other artists before, this is her first solo gallery.

She said although her life has taken some interesting turns - like taking journalism at St. Thomas University and living in China for a year - drawing has always been second-nature to Estey, and an art history degree from Concordia helped her decide she wanted to pursue art seriously.

Her collection, “Monster Costume,” is a series of 10 differently coloured drawings done with thin marker, and when laid side-by-side, the people in her art make an intricate rainbow.

Most of the images are taken from Facebook and are pictures of Estey or her friends looking monstrous.

“They’re pictures of people not looking like themselves, and I thought it was

interesting that they leave these tagged pictures of them up. It’s thinking about what you’re opening yourself up to,” Estey said.

Estey said she finds making lines soothing, so most of the pictures have long, thin lines of colour making up the background or creating the shapes of people, like one green picture showing Estey looking zombified in a hospital bed with an IV drip in her arm.

Sullivan, arts development coordinator for the Charlotte Street Arts Centre, said although she enjoys making jewelry and used many mediums during her applied arts degree at UNB, painting was always her first love.

Her collection of paintings for this gallery, called “Learning to Fly,” features barn owls and was inspired by a time when she came upon a family of these owls in the wild.

Deep blues anchor the owl images in much of her work, which are done with amazing detail considering they’re painted from memory; Sullivan didn’t have any photos of the owls she saw that day to refer to.

Sullivan began researching owls to try to learn about the history and myths of these animals, and found that they are symbols of feminine wisdom in many cultures.

This idea of owl totems and the energy behind nature also inspired some more abstract pieces in Sullivan’s collection, and led her to start Reiki training, a Japanese relaxation technique.

The two shows were hung Monday and will be open to the public during the week until Nov. 29, but you can go to the opening reception on Oct. 24 at 5 p.m. and chat with the ladies in person about their art over some wine and cheese.

the location itself. The environment in Montreal is good for video and new media and technology. That, for sure, affected my work.

LT: Do you take your physical environment as your inspiration, then?

What is your creative process like?

LN: For me, it divides into two parts. There is work in the studio, which is more of a laboratory. I test things, I try things out; I work with collected footage and different lights and materials for screens and for building. The other approach, in the past few years, has been working on site. I travel for fellowships, or residencies, or exhibitions. I have been really fortunate to cover a large area just traveling for work, and I get inspired directly from the environment. So I have these two approaches: the studio where I test things, and the working on-site where I look for more of a concept for my work, and a context to it.

LT: It’s interesting that you said your studio was like a laboratory because I noticed there are a lot of connections between the artistic and the scientific processes in your pieces.

What relationship do you feel that there is between the two and how does that impact your work?

LN: I think science is very applicable to art. My big interest is in optics and physics. I’m also really interested in light in theatre, in cinema, in architecture, in painting, in sculpture. And there is the psychology of light, how it affects our senses and perception.

The approach with science is different though. With science you’re always setting up experiments to prove something, a certain fact. But with art, there is a different feeling. I’m not trying to create an exhibition of scientific experiments, but rather use some of these elements to create an

experience.

LT: Your upcoming show at Gallery Connexion is called Rivers and Skies. What sort of connection between water and light are you hoping to explore?

LN: With one of my installation pieces, “River”, the whole exhibition space is filled with conical structures fabricated in cast glass, with streams made out of monofilament fishing line, and there are several projectors that are projecting images of rivers running. So the cones, by their shape, create a kind of optical illusion. You don’t really see the river as you are used to seeing it. It creates an immersive environment where people can walk in between these structures and imagine for themselves what their idea of a river might be.

LT: That sounds very different from the typical idea of an art show that people might have. What are you hoping they will take away from the show?

LN: I really like to hear what they have to say about the work because it’s different for everyone. With my work, I’m trying to introduce this experience rather than putting a viewer in front of an object to be viewed. In the end, I’m not trying to move these ideas onto the viewer; I’m creating an experience and everyone takes away something different from it. It’s a moment that I really enjoy because I get to hear stories from people, and they bring their own memories and their relations and thoughts into it.

It’s a give-and-take experience for me, and it’s inspiring.

The opening reception for Rivers and Skies takes place Thursday, Oct. 22 at 7 p.m. at Gallery Connexion. More of Novakova’s work can be found on her website, www. lenkanova.com.

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Porn: the good, the bad and the sexy sexual interests, fantasies, or behaviours that people might have already been doing but felt guilty about.

Unfortunately, there are some downSarah

sides to porn and our sex lives. The main Vannier problem with using porn as a source of information is that it can be extremely Almost all of us have seen porn at one unrealistic. The actresses in pornography point or another, and finding porn is easier have tight bodies, big boobs and zero than ever before. In the past you had to body hair, while the men have penises search for your dad’s stash of Playboys, rent well above average size. Some research something from the video store, or even suggests that being constantly exposed to the big penises in porn may cause men to pay (gasp!) to access a website.

And it isn’t just easy to find porn. It’s underestimate their own penis size and easy to find free, full-length videos, de- decrease their sexual confidence.

Porn gives us unrealistic standards picting almost anything you want to see.

If you’re reading this online right now, about the way we’re supposed to behave, you’re probably only three clicks away from and often promotes myths and misa virtual porn buffet. No wonder so many information about sexual behaviour and pleasure. Porn can be completely off base people are watching porn!

So, does all of this porn have an effect in showing what sexual pleasure looks like. on our sex lives? The answer is a resound- Actors are arranged in positions designed ing yes. Porn definitely shapes the way we for good camera angles, not good sex, and think about sex and it does this in good actresses moan as loud as possible because it sounds good on camera, not because ways and bad ways.

One reason why porn shapes our they are overwhelmed with passion.

Porn also gives the impression that behaviour is that we can use it as a source of information about sex. Chances are everyone likes sex the same way. This that the sex education you got from your becomes a problem if you forget that your teachers and parents didn’t cover the topics real life sex partner is not like every other girl or guy there, and what works for the we’re most interested in knowing.

We want to know how to do it, what person on the screen might not necessarily goes where, what feels good, and so on. work for them.

In a study done by Christian Grov at Porn (for better or for worse) gives us the explicit information we so desperately Brooklyn College, 17 per cent of women reported feeling some pressure to parcrave.

There is some evidence that we use ticipate in sexual acts that their partners porn to fill in those gaps in our sexual saw online. Using porn as a source of knowledge. Martin Weinberg and his information and inspiration can be helpcolleagues at Indiana University asked ful and fun, but not when you ignore the college students about how pornography most important source of information: the affected their attitudes toward different naked person in front of you!

So what’s the take-home message? Next sexual behaviours and their experiences.

Many of the students said they learned time you’re doing some one-handed web about sexual techniques or sexual positions surfing, feel free to enjoy yourself (and from porn. Some said watching porn led even take a few notes if you’re struck by them to experiment with different things, a wave of inspiration), but when you get usually oral or anal sex, and allowed them out into the real world, remember to take to feel more comfortable with their sexual- the time to figure out what works for your ity. Porn can also be great for normalizing own sexual relationship.

Falling in love with the act of making

The New Position

Toronto-based artist Ryan Livingstone hails from Burton, N.B. Submitted.

Lee Thomas Staff Writer Some people have always known what they wanted to do with their lives. For Ryan Livingstone, it was art.

The Toronto-based artist briefly considered alternate career paths, but quickly realized where his true passion lay. He has never looked back.

This year has been a busy one for Livingstone, who was born and raised in Burton, New Brunswick – just outside of Oromocto. His first permanent public art work, “Kaleidoscope”, was revealed on St. Clair Avenue in Toronto. His first quarterly publication on the Leona Drive Project – a collaborative art project in which five post-war bungalows scheduled to be demolished were converted into art houses - was distributed throughout North America and Europe.

His work was featured at Scotiabank’s Nuit Blanche festival in Toronto, an annual all- night outdoor exhibition of some of Canada’s finest contemporary artists. And in March 2012, his first solo show will open at the Ingrid Mueller Gallery right here in Fredericton.

Although he began his art career at a young age as a painter, Livingstone’s

work now also involves mediums such as wood, barbed wire, bronze sculpture, printmaking, neon tubing, and encaustic art – using pigmented wax to thickly “paint” a surface.

“When I started playing around with sculpture and other forms, I realized that not every idea is made for one medium,” he said.

For “Death on the Dancefloor”, his contribution to the Leona Drive Project, Livingstone used more than 10,000 nails and pennies to transform the plaster walls of a post-war house into a polka-dotted dress pattern. The project took nearly a month.

“I really love the process in making work,” admits Livingstone.

“With encaustic and printmaking and sculpture, it’s very process-heavy.

You fall in love with the act of making.”

Livingstone derives inspiration from the universally nostalgic aspects of Canadian culture, rural and urban landscapes and the relationship between love, life and death.

“I’m interested in the barn, and how the barn is collapsing in our landscape. When I was painting, I would reference a lot of quilt-making patterns,” he said.

For the Nuit Blanche project Leitmotif, curated by Stuart Keeler,

Livingstone explored the influence of the crow on his work in his piece Harbinger.

“I started using the crow as a painter, and it has found a way to weave itself through my art practice, becoming a dominant signifier in my work,” he explained.

“The crow becomes a vessel for communication. Dark, mysterious, intensely curious, and intelligent, the crow is a universal inspiration for art, literature and legend.”

“Commonly seen as harbingers of doom, crows are a beautiful and powerful metaphor for life, death and creativity. I see the crow as artist and creator, trickster and mimicker, scavenger and collector, soul and lover.”

More of Livingstone’s crow influence can be seen in his bronze sculpture “Nest Builders”, which will appear alongside “Harbinger” and many other pieces in his March show. A full selection of his work can be viewed on his website, www. ryanlivingstone.com.

“I love things that are beautiful, and I strive to create art that is haunting and also beautiful,” Livingstone said.

“In the end, I create work I want to experience.”

A cornucopia of collaborations

Looking back at some of the most memorable supergroups Blake Morneau The Martlet (University of Victoria) VICTORIA (CUP) — This year has brought us some high-profile musical collaborations. Jay-Z and Kanye West dropped “Watch the Throne” this summer, and fall brings both the Lou Reed/Metallica collaboration “Lulu” and the bastard child that is SuperHeavy, a group that includes Mick Jagger, Damian Marley, Joss Stone and Dave Stewart (the uninteresting Eurythmic). With the plethora of interbreeding, now seems like as good a time as any to take a look back at some of the more memorable collaborative efforts of the last few years.

1. The Dead Weather Another of Jack White’s seemingly neverending stream of projects, The Dead Weather gathers up White, Alison Mosshart of The Kills, Dean Fertita of Queens of the Stone Age and White’s Raconteurs cohort Jack Lawrence, to create eerie, dark and spacy blues-rock.

They’ve released two albums thus far, including their stunning 2009 debut Horehound. With the White Stripes now defunct, we can only hope that White has enough time between projects to get this band back together.

2. Oysterhead Stoners around the world rejoiced when Phish front man Trey Anastasio

teamed up with bass god Les Claypool of Primus and Stewart Copeland of the Police for 2001’s The Grand Pecking Order. At first glance the players don’t seem to fit, but each guy is a virtuoso and the result is an album that is danceable, challenging and endlessly fascinating.

3. John Legend & The Roots Ultra-smooth neo-soul star John Legend recruited the reigning champions of live hip hop to help him explore the history of politically charged soul music for last year’s Wake Up! Black Thought’s rapping is used only twice on the album and to great effect. The only original track is the glimmering, fragile “Shine,” a track to remember disenfranchised members of our society. The song holds its own, even next to tunes by past soul giants.

4. Street Sweeper Social Club In 2006, Boots Riley of The Coup teamed up with Rage Against the Machine’s (RATM) Tom Morello to make furious party music for the masses. The annoying high school anger moments that populated RATM’s classic work are traded in for Riley’s party-friendly, hopeful rhymes. Both men are known to be quite militant in their political stances and they bring their passion here to create funky, powerful music that does the unthinkable: it makes the rap-rock hybrid sound healthy and

vibrant again.

5. Monsters of Folk I’ve never been a huge Bright Eyes fan; Conor Oberst consistently bugs the hell out of me, no matter how much I try to like him. But I have to give it to him here — this is a wonderful project. Oberst brings along his Bright Eyes partner Mike Mogis and joins up with indie-folk hero M. Ward and My Morning Jacket rock god Jim James to make beautiful and haunting folk-rock.

Maybe if enough fans say “please” we’ll get another record out of them.

6. Mad Season The Seattle grunge scene has always been incredibly incestuous. Friends constantly poach friends from friends’ bands for all kinds of side projects. Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready started working with Screaming Trees drummer Barrett Martin and bluesbass journeyman John Baker Saunders. He then recruited Alice In Chains singer Layne Staley to round out the group with vocals. McCready had hoped the group of sober musicians would help push his friend Staley into sobriety as well, but it was not to be. Mad Season only released one record before the players had to rejoin their respective bands and Staley lost his life to an overdose. The record features some of the most haunting lyrics and performances of Staley’s alltoo-short career.

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Women’s soccer take down Pathers but lose to Capers

Bronté James Staff Writer The UNB women’s Varsity Reds soccer team defeated the UPEI Panthers 2-1 in their game Saturday.

Brianna Ford scored one of the most memorable goals of the season with a header into the back of the net in the 72nd minute of play, a mere 60 seconds after UPEI scored its first and only goal.

“I think we attacked much better as a unit and we created better quality chances in the offensive third,” said head coach, Andy Cameron.

“The second goal that we scored was outstanding, with a good build up and you know, it was a great result for the team. We’ll take that and go forward. And we’ll learn from the mistakes we made today.”

UNB needed a victory against the Panthers, who are ranked fourth overall in league standings and tied them 1-1 in their previous game.

Ranked sixth in the standings respectively, 3-5-2, the Varsity Reds could not risk another loss or as they want to have a strong finish for playoff seeding.

The Varsity Reds knew this, as they continued to push, pull and keep a strong defensive line during both halves, where they de-clawed their Panther rivals. Even though UPEI scored one goal during the second half, they couldn’t come back.

Ford’s second goal solidified the Reds victory.

However, Sunday’s game against the Cape Breton University Capers, saw a heart- wrenching loss. The Capers, who are defending AUS champions, held their ground and title at BMO Centre.

The final score of the game resulted in a 7-0 loss for UNB with a break in the

The women’s soccer team de-clawed the UPEI Panthers Saturday, but fell drastically to the Cape Breton University Capers 7-0 Sunday.

Bronté James / The Brunswickan defensive lineup, allowing the ball into the back of UNB’s net.

“They’ve got a couple of very quick players that we struggled to match up with.

Give them credit; they played very well in the day. They put us in a situation where we struggled,” Cameron said.

“I think we were physically and mentally

fatigued and with that come bad touches and bad decisions and it just went from bad to worse.”

Although the game resulted in a loss, the UNB women played a strong defensive game against one of the top-ranked teams in the league. A strong hold of the back line by goaltender Jackie Blank allowed the

goals against the Varsity Reds to be kept to a minimum.

“We played yesterday, got a great result against the fourth best team in the country.

We left it on the field and then to come back today and play another very good team.”

“They’re lower in the rankings, they’re lower in the standings than they deserve to

be, but they’re a very good team. They’re defending champions and they showed it today,” Cameron said.

The UNB women’s soccer team will play their next game against StFX on Saturday, Oct. 22 at 1 p.m. .The X-women are ranked fifth in the standings, one spot ahead of the UNB Varsity Reds.

Men’s soccer tie Panthers and lose by one to Capers Heather Uhl Staff Reporter The Varsity Reds men’s soccer team played the played to a 2-2 tie against the UPEI Panthers on Saturday, but lost to the Cape Breton Capers 2-1 on Sunday.

“We’re building every weekend and we’re getting better and better but we’re just not getting the bounces we need,” said Varsity Red William Allen.

During Saturday’s match, the Panthers gained some life, but it was a back-and-forth effort between the two teams as they each fought to gain the first goal.

The V-Reds played a strong first half, with a goal by Shea Nordheim and a brilliant save by goalkeeper Aaron McMurray, which kept UNB ahead 1-0.

In the second half, the game fell apart for UNB, despite a second goal by striker Sam Boateng, which gave the Varsity Reds a 2-0 lead.

Unfortunately, the Panthers came back with two goals to tie the game.

“I feel like we let one get away and I’m disappointed because I thought we did what we needed to do to be successful and then a couple of mistakes on the field,” said head coach Myles Pinsent.

“Some by players wearing white jerseys and some by individuals wearing blue jerseys, allowed the other team to get into the game.”

Sunday’s game against the Cape Breton University Capers featured a strong second half after a weaker first half.

“In a lot of aspects it’s kind of a flip-flop of yesterday in that against UPEI I thought we played very well in the first half and then, through whatever circumstances, they were able to score with about 20 minutes left and that gave them some life and we didn’t finish off the game very well,” Pinsent said.

The Capers scored twice in the first half, but Ben Law scored in the

second half, giving the Reds a chance to tie the game. However, by the end of the game, the Varsity Reds suffered a 2-1 defeat against the Capers.

“Today I didn’t think we played very well in the first half, didn’t compete well in the first half, but I thought in the second half we did much better and gave ourselves a chance to win it.”

“Unfortunately, it kind of just goes back to what I said before, where we’ve been inconsistent with performance,” coach Pinsent explained afterward. “We need to put in a complete 90 minutes.”

The UNB Varsity Reds rank seventh in the AUS standings for men’s soccer with seven points at 1-5-4.

With only three games remaining in the regular season, their next game is Oct. 22 in Antigonish against the StFX X-men. They currently sit two points out of a playoff spot behind UdeM, who currently has a game in hand.

UPEI comes back in extra time to tie V-Reds on Saturday.They lost by one to the Capers on Sunday. Andrew Meade / The Brunswickan

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this week in brunswickansports Men’s hockey hits the road After a successful home-opening weekend at the Aitken Centre and the raising of last years CIS championship banner, the UNB Varsity Reds men’s hockey team will be hitting the road. this weekend.

Friday at 7:00 they will take on the St. FX X-Men in Antigonish, Nova Scotia .

Saturday night at 7:00 they take on the St. Mary’s University Huskies in Halifax.

Bombers bounce back with win

Amby Legere swim meet this weekend This weekend the University of New Brunswick swim team will be hosting the Amby Legere Invitational at the UNB SMA Pool.

This is the only home swim meet as the swim team will be on the road for the rest of the season.

Their next meet will be the Jack Scholz Invitational in Wolfville, Nova Scotia the weekend of Nov. 5.

Red Bombers fight back as they seize 27-20 victory this past weekend. Andrew Meade / The Brunswickan Christopher Cameron Editor-In-Chief From the opening kickoff of Saturday’s game at BMO Centre, the UNB Red Bombers made strides toward a bounce back from their Atlantic Football League week three loss against the UNBSJ Seawolves.

Forcing a fumble on the first play of the game, the Bombers special teams showed improvement instantly as they gave the Red Bombers an early possession.

“During the two weeks we basically just got to rest and all got out to practice,” said Bombers quarterback Brendan Cornford. “We didn’t change things up a whole lot. It was just a lot of repetition. Practicing our punting, our kickoff, anything we had a little trouble with, and just got everything down pat.”

They would go out to an early 3-0 lead on a field goal, a lead that would last through the first quarter. Early

in the second quarter UNB would go up 10-0 as Cornford found Cody Stewart for the first touchdown of the game.

Dal would bounce back in the second quarter with a touchdown of their own to come within four of the Bombers.

UNB lead 17-12 at halftime, but early in the second half Dal would fine the end zone again and convert a two-point convert to take its first lead of the game 20-17.

A touchdown early in the fourth quarter and a final field goal would put the Bombers up 27-20, which would be enough to pick up the victory. Cornford attributes his team’s offensive success to going up against a weaker defence and having a strong performance from his offence.

“The secondary for Dal wasn’t the strongest secondary that we’ve ever played,” he said. “Our offensive line played the best game I’ve ever seen them play so I had tons of time in the

backfield to stand there and see who I had to throw the ball to, who’s open, all that stuff.”

The Bombers are now tied with UNBSJ for second at 2-2, while Holland College is 4-0 and the Dal Tigers sit in last at 0-4. Having a secondplace finish as opposed to a thirdplace finish will give UNB home-field advantage. Cornford knows they can win on the road, but the atmosphere at home is important.

“We obviously play a little better at home and we get the support of our fans,” Cornford said. “It’s kinda nice to be able to have that on our side and have the home-field advantage. If it comes down to it, it’s not that we need a home field to play. Between being second or third, we’re going to end up playing Saint John. Having home field against them would be huge.”

Next weekend UNB will travel to Halifax for a rematch against the Dalhousie Tigers.

Ryerson women’s hockey joins CIS Matt Kennedy The Eyeopener (Ryerson University) TORONTO (CUP) — Many of Ryerson University’s athletic programs have undergone a competitive renaissance as of late, but none more so than the woman’s hockey team.

Armed with a new head coach, a new home arena and a lot of new faces, the Rams are looking to take the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) by storm in their inaugural season as an official Canadian Interuniversity Sports (CIS) team.

The new-look Rams bolstered their women’s hockey program with a bunch of fresh faces, none of whom are more important to building and sustaining success than their new head coach, Lisa Jordan.

Not only has Jordan, 38, won a gold medal as an assistant coach for Team Canada’s under-18 women’s hockey team in 2010, but the Nova Scotia native is no rookie when it comes to building a university program.

After founding the Saint Mary’s University women’s hockey program in 1996, a then-24-year-old Jordan went on to lead the Huskies to four Atlantic University Sport (AUS) championships, before the team was initially axed due to budget constraints in March. Saint Mary’s hockey program was later saved due to a $60,000 from Canadian Tire.

“Fifteen years ago, I was an unseasoned coach with a new team, so this feels a lot easier,” said Jordan, referring to her new position. “I know what growing pains to expect, and what standards we have to live by.

This is an exciting time to be involved with Ryerson hockey.”

As the untried Rams push forward into unknown territory, Jordan will have the luxury of working with almost a completely new team.

A lthough the Ryerson women’s hockey team used to be known as the Toronto Stingers and played in the Golden Blades Women’s Hockey League (GBW HL), much of the original team is not represented in this year’s CIS iteration, as only four players made the cut.

“Most of them didn’t try out,” said Victoria Arci, who used to play on the Toronto Stingers. “I think the level of play became too much … it’s like a whole new game.”

Despite the fact that the Stingers went undefeated last season and won the GBWHL championship, Arci believes that the team is a tighterknit group. “[Last season] we went into every game knowing we would win so nothing really pulled us together,” said Arci. “The environment is different and the girls are different. It feels like a tighter group.”

Symbolic of the their fresh start, the team’s roster was largely compiled from open tryouts, though despite only being named the Rams’ head coach in April, Jordan did manage to do a little recruiting.

The prize of Jordan’s limited recruiting class was the acquisition of Emma Crawley. A highly touted goaltending prospect hailing from Herring Cove, N.S., Crawley originally signed a letter of intent to attend Saint Mary’s, but quickly changed her mind when she heard that Jordan had signed on with Ryerson.

The addition of Crawley is especially important in Jordan’s eyes, because she believes that goaltending

is an integral part of women’s hockey.

“We want to avoid putting the success of the team on her shoulders, but I do think she’ll be an integral part of the team,” said Jordan.

While an inaugural season would be expected to carry an air of uncertainty, Crawley thinks that her team is prepared for the jump, and remains cautiously optimistic about the season’s outlook.

“We aren’t the most polished or the most skilled, but this being our first year motivates us to work even harder,” said the first-year chemistry student. “It feels like this team is pushing through the first year challenge together.”

Pushing through that challenge will be made easier with the addition of Laura McCusker and Kyla Thurston, two players that Jordan brought with her from Saint Mary’s. Unlike most of the team, both McCusker and Thurston each have four years of CIS experience, as they were important parts to the Huskies’ championship season in 2010.

The two fifth-year players are expected to mentor the less experienced players both on and off the ice. “[McCusker and Thurston] bring leadership to the table and know what the standard is,” said Jordan. “With four years of CIS experience, they’re going to be very important [to the team].”

Although Jordan knows that immediate success at this level is unlikely, she believes that a playoff spot is attainable, but is by no means the benchmark of success this season.

“Our goal is to keep focused on the path right now and not the destination,” she said. “That’s a healthy plan for a team’s first season.”

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UNB sweeps home-opening weekend

FROM HOCKEY PAGE 1 “He’s got better every year. He’s got better because he earned it, he was our fittest guy in camp. I find he’ll play any role, kill penalties, play some power-play, want him on the checking line and want him on the top six line. He’s just a great kid, and it’s nice to see him get rewarded,” said head coach, Gardiner MacDougall.

With only 43 seconds left in the game, as the X-Men were about to pull their goalie, Carroll, unassisted, scored the third and final goal for the V-Reds, finishing the game with a 3-1 victory.

Saturday night saw the same excitement and enthusiasm as Friday night’s game when UNB challenged the St. Mary’s Huskies.

Although the first half of the game held the same intensity as the night before, the V-Reds were unable to put any points on the scoreboard.

But this changed by the second period when in under five minutes, three goals were scored.

Assisted by Jonathan Harty, Carroll put the first digit on the score-

board at exactly the four- minute mark. Directly following, Jeff Lee and Taylor MacDougall assisted Matt Fillier in scoring at 5:03.

“It was nice to get the season off on a positive note,” said Carroll.

Not even two minutes after that, Taylor MacDougall scored his first AUS goal at 7:04, giving the Varsity Reds a 3-0 lead over the St. Mary’s Huskies.

“It’s always nice to score the first one. I just kind of want to build on it and go forward I guess. In all honesty I just cleaned up a bit of garbage.

Jeff Lee, he created so much room with his speed and that’s what he did on that play, he just really backed the [defence] up and the puck popped out to me,” Taylor said.

“We’re just getting good at getting the puck down deep and that’s where our line dominated and that’s where we got our chances,” Lee said.

However, SMU fought their way back in the third with only one goal.

By the end of the third period, the V-Reds had defeated the Huskies with a 3-1 victory, closing their home-opening weekend with another victory.

The UNB men’s hockey team raised their championship CIS banner Friday night during their homeopener against the StFX X-Men, who they beat 3-1. Andrew Meade / The Brunswickan

Men’s volleyball struggle in pre-season Josh Fleck Staff Writer

UNB Varsity Reds men’s volleyball is taken down by the UBC Thunderbirds. Sandy Chase / The Brunswickan

The UNB Varsity Reds men’s volleyball team began its pursuit of a consecutive AUS title with a pair of exhibition games against the University of British Columbia Thunder Birds last Tuesday and Wednesday.

The games didn’t start well for the Reds as they fell behind early and eventually losing the initial set 25-8 and then succumbing 3-0 (25-8,2624,25-18).

UBC finished last season with a record of 7-13 and were coming off a pair of exhibition losses to UNB’s rival, the Dalhousie Tigers.

Wednesday’s game was off to a much better start than Tuesday as the first set was a back-and-forth affair.

Both teams traded points and no team pulled away to more than a three-point lead. The first set saw 15 ties and 7 different lead changes.

The teams rallied back and forth until a play where the ball was dug by UNB libero, Kyle Blanchard, and was blown dead by officials for touching the ceiling of the Currie Center.

UNB seemed to rally behind this

as they reeled off five straight points capped off by a huge block by Matt Sweet that sent the Currie Center fans into a frenzy.

UNB held a 19-17 lead before UBC started a six-point run to take a 22-19 lead and walked away with a 25-23 win.

Coach Dan McMorran felt that the Reds played much better Wednesday, but need to eliminate the number of errors in order to come away with more wins.

“We played well tonight, better than yesterday, but we still had lapses where we were making mistakes that we weren’t making last year. Every team will make mistakes, but there were times where we would make consecutive errors and it hurt us.”

The second set saw UNB jump out to an early two-point advantage, but would quickly surrender it due to some poor serving on the Reds part.

The poor serving must have been contagious as neither team could get into a rhythm with their service.

The second set was another tightly contested affair until UBC started to pull away with a late four-point rally to take a 20-15 lead. The Reds weren’t

about to give up as they put together a rally of their own to bring it to 21-19, but that was as close as they would get, falling 25-20.

The third set was all too familiar as the Reds couldn’t find any momentum and couldn’t string together necessary points, falling 25-17 and dropping all six sets against the TBirds.

“I’m a little disappointed for our guys,” said McMorran. “I mean we’re definitely better than this and we will be better than this. A couple guys in some different positions, and we still struggled a bit. We were just trying to get some rust off before we head to a significant tournament this weekend where we will be playing some of the top teams in the country.”

After the matches against UBC the men’s volleyball team travelled to Queens for an East vs. West style tournament where they won their first match against Queens 3-1, followed by two straight 3-0 losses to Alberta and Calgary.

The Varsity Reds will be looking for their first win at the Currie Center when they open up league play on Nov. 11 against the Dalhousie Tigers.

StFX takes UNB invitational, UNB finishes fifth Heather Uhl Staff Reporter For the first time in UNB history the UNB women’s volleyball invitational was hosted at the Richard J. Currie Center last weekend.

After three days of hard-fought serves and spikes, the Varsity Reds lost, and placed fifth overall, losing a hard-fought game to the Royal Military College Paladins.

“We got a lot of work to do,” said head coach John Richard. “And it’s going to take a while before we can get to where we need to be at, and even when we get to that stage it’s going to be a fight every night in our league. Just the caliber of the teams we got to play against.”

Third-year libero Monica Jones agreed with Richard.

“We’ve got a lot of stuff to work on,” Jones said. “We have some work to do but I think with the teams that came, they were really good, so it

really helped us and will help us in the long run.”

In their final game of the weekend, the V-Reds played four sets and won only one against the RMC Paladins.

The outcome was 24-26, 25-16, 21-25, and 19-25.

The Varsity Reds game against the Acadia Axewomen was a hard loss for the Reds, finishing 14-25, 19-25 and 15-25.

The Varsity Reds, while trying to get their groove during the play, had a hard time building and carrying momentum throughout the game.

The Reds won one of their four games during their pre-season tournament. R ichard knows they still have a lot of improvement to do.

“Well, we need to pass the ball.

And we don’t pass the ball,” Richard said.

“It’s such a difficult game to play and we’re not passing the ball very well. You know, and we’re going to have to win by committee this year.

Where everyone’s going to have to be real good on every night for us to have a chance to compete in the league every night. You know if two or three girls don’t come with a level of execution or intensity, it’s going to be pretty challenging to win.”

This pre-season tournament has been a building process for the Varsity Reds, who now have a feel for the level of competition going into the season.

“We just have to battle through and find a way to maximize the highperformance opportunities we’re getting,” Richard said.

The winners of the tournament were the St. FX, X-women, winning 3-1 (25-18, 22-25, 25-16, 25-17) over UdeM in the final.

The AUS regular season kicks off on Oct. 28 with UNB traveling to Dal for the AUS League Tournament, taking on the Cape Breton Capers in their first game.

Women’s volleyball placed fifth overall at UNB invitational as StFX takes the weekend title against UdeM. Andrew Meade / The Brunswickan

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Shift your outlook: The mental time-out

Tova Payne Staff Writer

There are many roads that lead to the same place. You can get across the country by plane, vehicle, boat, and even by foot. Whatever journey you choose, you’ll have a very different experience. In the end though, you’ll end up in the same place. Or will you?

You will end up in the same place, but with a very different perspective, depending on the road you chose to take.

Your perspective is what changes everything around you and impacts every area of your life. Think about a photograph. A picture of an island will look very different if you take the picture from above in a helicopter, or if you take it from your kayak, or if you take it from the island.

It’s the same place, but what you see and how you see it changes depending on which point you are looking at it from.

I give these analogies to share with you that perspective is, by its nature, subjective. And with this, there are many possibilities in how you see and live. You can choose any perspective you want.

One may be easier and more habitual than another, but you can go outside of your comfort zone and dare to take things on from a new and different angle.

In relation to your health, this can help with how you do your work, how you navigate your relationships and how you eat and exercise.

We often operate from a limited perspective, based on familiarity and without taking time to see the other possibilities.

The next time you think you have to much work to exercise, or have no time to make a meal, or can not see your friends’ point of view on something, you can take

a moment to pause and quiet down.

The best way to try this is to take a few minutes of a “time-out,” as I discussed last week. If you missed it – it’s about taking a few minutes to just pause from your everyday life activities and to sit quietly.

While you do this, if there is something you are unclear about in your life, you take that time to seek perspective on the issue that is bothering you. The way to do this is to just sit quietly and to be available for whatever comes up.

Sometimes you will get a new perspective, and other times you may not see it yet, but by taking the time out of your day to pause, you give your mind a chance to get a little clearer from the chaos often limiting your perspective.

When you take a moment to pause from what is happening, you create an opportunity for perspective to flow in. By quieting down, you may notice if there is an alternate way of doing things.

It may be out of your comfort zone, yet it will be liberating and allow you to live more fully and to complete more than you thought you could.

So, if you always wanted to play a sport, or dance or try yoga but thought “I can’t do that,” why not broaden your perspective and see what possibilities are out there?

If you think being stuck in a classroom is your only way to earn credits to your degree, why not take a look at the field study courses that exist and take the opportunity to travel and learn about another culture as you earn credits to your degree.

Expand the possibilities of how you do what you do, by stepping out of your comfort zone and inviting in a new perspective.

Who is your favorite athlete ?

Josh Fleck An Opinion Hunter Tremblay, Tanya Paulin, Jill Blanchard, Jacob Kilpatrick, Ken Morrison.

Chances are when you’re asked to name a varsity athlete one of those names will be mentioned, even if you don’t follow the Varsity Reds.

There is, however, one name that should be mentioned in the same breath, but for whatever reason, is not. That name is Vince Cormier.

In a poll of UNB students, when asked who the top athletes at UNB have been over the past two years only 5% of the vote said Cormier, who has been one of the top five athletes at UNB in the last four years.

Cormier has been wrestling for UNB for five years, and has medalled in four straight CIS championships, three gold, one bronze and with the bronze came great disappointment. That’s a pretty phenomenal resume for someone you may not know of.

Despite Cormier winning back-to-back gold medals at the CIS championships followed by a bronze medal and then another gold medal, he only garnered talk about being UNB Athlete of the Year this past year (where he lost out to UNB volleyball player Jacob Kilpatrick).

Cormier is a fifth-year Kinesiology/ Education student from Bathurst, New Brunswick. After graduation he intends on staying active in the New Brunswick wrestling community and eventually teaching. With the hockey team performing as well as they have over the past four years, it’s not hard to fathom that any sport that isn’t hockey would garner as much attention. It’s no wonder so few have heard of Cormier.

Despite Cormier’s hefty resume, there is a general lack of knowledge about him from Varsity Reds fans.

Lucas Reid, a fourth-year Business

Fifth-year Kinesology student Vince Cormier has medaled every year in CIS wrestling championships. Sandy Chase/ The Brunswickan student, feels that the lack of general knowledge about Cormier is based on the marketability of his sport.

“When it comes to wrestling, and no offence to the sport, it just isn’t as marketable as hockey, soccer, basketball, or any of those sports. So UNB doesn’t really emphasize wrestling as much as those ‘big name’ sports. Wrestling won’t make them as much money as hockey, so that is why the hockey players are well known over campus,” Reid said.

Reid brings up a legitimate point. When is the university not looking to make a quick buck? So why not invest in the sports that will return the profit? This all could factor into why UNB wrestlers need to raise $250 each as a fee, which, for the most part, is taken care of by coach Don Ryan and his fundraising efforts.

Heather Ambery, a fourth-year Kinesiology student and a fourth-year member

of the women’s soccer team, feels the same way as Reid.

“I have never seen any of Vince’s wrestling matches, so that may be why he’s not mentioned in talks of top athletes at UNB. I don’t even know if UNB hosts wrestling events. Nothing against wrestling as a whole, I just don’t know anything about it.“ Ambery and Reid have both raised the point that is best suited for the argument at hand. Wrestling is not a high profile sport, so its athletes won’t get as much recognition as the hockey, soccer or basketball players.

Despite the lack of common interest and knowledge of his sport, it shouldn’t take away from the correlation of success and fan support. Don’t be fooled, Cormier is the best athlete on campus you don’t know about.