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BRUNSWICKANNEWS Sexuality Awareness Week events continue

It has come. Sexuality Awareness Week has finally arrived at UNB and the UNB Sexuality Centre has been hard at work planning and organizing this year’s event. “The goal is to start a discussion about sexuality and sexual health in the community by providing a lot of fun events,” said Kat Felix, the Sexuality Centre coordinator and a fourth-year Spanish honours student. Felix said she is looking forward to this year’s Sexuality Awareness week and has been working alongside Sexuality Centre volunteers to plan the many events. Her hope is to create a week of events that will draw in a crowd of students and community members. “I started working at the centre beginning in November, and it has been my first involvement with Sexuality Awareness week,” said Felix. “A lot of planning went into this week during the strike, though some events have been planned since last semester.” The week kicked off Monday with the Sexuality Centre open house

and passion party and a presentation from comedian Trevor Boris. On Tuesday, AidsNB hosted “Not Your Grandma’s Sex Talk.” The University’s Women’s Centre had its opening night for The Vagina Monologues, which it will perform again on Thursday. On Wednesday, Voices Against Sexual Aggression and UNB Safe Spaces will be hosting a lunch and learn on campus. UNB nursing students will be handing out cupcakes on Thursday afternoon, as they host an information table about below the belt cancers. The week will wrap on Friday with the Fredericton Gender Minority Group hosting a TR ANS101 Workshop. Shane Gunter, the Safe Spaces coordinator and a fourth-year business student, is working alongside Felix and the other campus groups to make this week a success. “I believe that this week is important for multiple reasons. I think it gets people talking about things that are otherwise known as ‘taboo,’ ” said Gunter. “It also creates awareness for important initiatives such as the practice of safe sex, awareness on different types of sexual orientations, and awareness on sexual aggression and ways to help those impacted by

sexual aggression.” Previously, Gunter promoted and taught important sexual information to his fellow Neill House residents. He sees the importance of spreading the message to students, as well as staff and faculty, and bringing the conversation to the table. He believes the success of this week will be openmindedness. “It is important for people to understand the vast and diverse world of sex – including, but not limited to, sexual expression, sexual orientation, etc.,” said Gunter. Felix said the week is an opportunity for the entire university community to educate themselves on sexual health, relationships, orientations and identity. “We also highlight a number of useful community resources and groups which people in the university community may otherwise be unaware of,” Felix said. “Community involvement will lead to the success of this week. The only way to achieve that goal and start that discussion is by having interested people turn out to our events.” For more information on the week’s events, check out the “UNB Sexuality Centre” Facebook page.

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Senate passes new calendar Still no March break, but students will be shown flexibility

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major victory.” Although March break is cancelled, Connolly said she believes it to be a fair The results from a senate meeting on compromise. While classes will be held Friday about changes to the academic during that week, students will not be calendar are finally giving University of expected to attend class and instructors New Brunswick students closure after will not schedule assignments or tests the strike that disrupted three weeks of during that time. their winter term. “Professors and faculty are exUsing recommendations put forth pected to use enormous flexibility to by student senators, the senate passed students,” Connolly said. “It allows a revised academic calendar early Friday students who do have previous comafternoon that confirmed the cancella- mitments to do the things that they tion of the March reading week but has planned to do while allowing those final exams starting and ending earlier. who didn’t have plans or want to get It followed an announcement Thurs- caught up academically and be in class day evening that students will receive to have that opportunity as well.” credit on their tuition from the money Other changes to academic dates saved on salaries during the labour include the start of summer term bedisruption. ing pushed to May 5 and the add/ “The senate was very, very receptive drop deadline for courses changed to to the student senator recommenda- Feb. 14. tions and it was actually the framework The changes to the academic calenfor which they made every decision, dar were not the only response to stuso we’re extremely pleased with how dent concerns this week. On Thursday, willing the senators were to work with UNB’s Board of Governors announced us,” said Jenn Connolly, vice-president that the net savings from salaries saved internal for the UNB Student Union. during the strike will be distributed While students have lost their March among students. break, classes will end on April. 15 and “As a result of the university not paya reading day is scheduled for April ing salaries due to the strike and lockout 16. Exams there were The senate was very, very planned exwill begin on April. penditures receptive to the student 17 and end not having on April. 29. senator recommendations to be made “We hope so a lot of and it was actually the that this will is being framework for which they that elevate some returned to made every decision, so of the prest he stusu res t hat dents,” said we’re extremely pleased would have Peter Mcwith how willing the occurred Dougall, aswhen t he sociate vicesenators were to exam period president work with us. was ending of huma n on April 30. It gives a little bit of slack resources at UNB. if worse comes to worst,” Connolly “Notwithstanding that there was a said. “There’s still issues that need to labour disruption, the university wasn’t be worked out but we consider that a looking to accrue any financial benefit Emma McPhee News Reporter

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Students will be back in class through the March break, however professors, are expected to show “enormous flexibility” during this period. Andrew Meade / The Brunswickan from it so basically the principle was that we wanted to ensure that the net cost savings that were associated with the labour disruption were distributed in such a way as the students would benefit from it.” While the amount students will be reimbursed is contingent on what the

final numbers for the net savings end up being, full-time students can expect upwards of $200 with part-time students receiving a lesser amount. “I’m very pleased obviously. It’s something that we’ve been advocating for and I’m very happy that it was successful. I mean, students have suffered

a great deal, so anything we can do to help out is good,” said Student Union president Ben Whitney. Students can expect this reimbursement by the end of March.

Some students struggling with academic calendar changes Marc Gagnon Staff Reporter Tempers may have cooled since the conclusion of the strike, but many issues still linger as students pick up the pieces of their education. Faculty councilors for Law, Nursing, and Engineering say their students were hit hard by the three-week break, leaving them struggling to meet graduation and work deadlines. As of last Friday, the revised academic calendar, omitting the March reading week, has been finalized in the Senate. The Student Union’s faculty councilors, however, still have concerns

that their students’ term might be irreparably affected. Oliver Gorman-Asal, Law councilor, said that some of his students’ schedules will be nearly impossible to manage. “Some students have interviews or meetings they’ve committed to across the country that are scheduled for reading week,” Gorman-Asal said. “At the same time, we have a huge proportion of our students that need to start work on the first of May or they might not get called to the bar on time.” For graduating nursing students, who watched their limited number of clinical training hours slip away day by

day, there is now a glimmer of hope. Their term has been extended by a month, giving them the opportunity to write their June exam. But to James Smith, President of the UNB Nursing Undergraduate Society, this compromise comes with a price. “We are required to pay an extra month’s rent in some cases, and left with about 3 weeks less to prepare for the CRNE exam - only one week to study,” Smith said. ”But I feel that this is the best way for the term to be salvaged.” Laura Carr, the nursing faculty councillor, said her students are disappointed with how their education

was bartered with during the strike. ”I get the sense that both sides of the bargaining table did not understand the full negative impact that affected the UNB Nursing students,” she said. “They chose to ignore options that may have ensured some stability with our future.” As for the engineering faculty, councilors say that they’re just satisfied to get on with their education. While many students considered withdrawing during the strike, that was never an option for engineers. ”Our courses are so specific to our degree, it would be hard for upper year students to change schools be-

cause we’re a professional program,” said Elizabeth Calvin, engineering councilor. “Most of our courses are prerequisites for the next semester, which makes transferring courses hard because other schools may not have the same eightterm setup.” Fellow engineering councilor Kelsey Morrissey said she’s just happy classes are back in. “I have no negative feelings towards either party,” she said. “It was a difficult situation for everyone involved. At this point I’m just happy to be back in class and able to continue to work towards my degree.”

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TEDxUNB ignites some sparks Cherise Letson News Editor Sparks were ignited on campus last Thursday night. TEDxUNB, an independently organized TED event, had the audience thinking about everything from emotions, filmmaking, mental health and even mechanical legs. The night, which was themed “Ignite the Spark”, kicked off with Christy Clarke, who talked about “Horse Wisdom” and how horses can teach humans about emotional intelligence. She talked about how there is no such thing as a good or bad emotion, that it’s just information. “Emotions don’t happen to us, they happen for us,” Clarke said, during her talk. “Maybe it’s time you started horsing around.” Saint John filmmaker Greg Hemmings then took the stage to discuss how filming a movement can help it grow. “If a movement is going to be successful, it’s going to have to allow itself to be watched,” Hemming’s said. He used his experience filming the Sistema movement in Venezuela as an example. Professional speaker Corey Poirier then told the audience the five “weeds” they should pull from their life. Cartoonist Gene Fowler followed with a thoughtful talk on finding your priorities in life.

Journalist and St. Thomas University professors Jan Wong also talked about her struggles with clinical depression due to the betrayal from her former employer, the Globe and Mail, with whom she is still fighting legal battles. “But you know what? I’m not sick anymore, because that’s the story of clinical depression, you can get better,” Wong said. “Right now I am not sick, so I can stand up for myself, and I’m not going to let them break me.” Dr. Levi Hargrove, a UNB alumnus, followed Wong with a talk about his research that’s transforming the lives of amputees. He’s playing a part in making prosthetics limbs more life-like than they’ve ever been. The evening closed with UNB phycology professor Dr. Ryan Hamilton, who said that everyday mental toughness could be found through resistance, acceptance and conviction. It was the second annual TEDxUNB and organizer Jenn Connolly said it was the speakers that set the event apart from last year. “The speakers were so honest and open about their lives and their research that I think people really were happy with that,” Connolly said. She said the event was a way to showcase the ideas and research coming out of the university and the province. “We have a lot of great things going on that you might not hear

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Corey Poirier explains the “five weeds” to remove from your life during his TED talk. Bronté James / The Brunswickan about,” Connolly said. “And being ever they want to.” from the whole talk, whether it was a in a academic setting, and showcasing Connolly said TEDxUNB will likely new idea, a new way of thinking or they that research, entrepreneurs and the continue next year, and hope this years’ realized there’s something in their life passionate people that we have, shows talk left the audience inspired. they want to pursue,” she said. people that they can accomplish what“I hope they took something away

The sexiest place on campus Benjamin Crouse The Brunswickan There’s a place on campus where anything goes. This place in the UNB’s Sexuality Centre, a safe space that provides students with information and resources regarding everything sex. “The Sexuality Centre is a student run resource centre on topics of sexuality, sexual health, sexual orientation, and identity,” said Kat Felix, the Sexuality Centre coordinator. “Whenever we have stock, we provide free condoms to the student population. We offer a safe space so if anyone is questioning their sexual identity or gender identity you can come here and feel safe to talk.” The Centre also assists students with class presentations by offering a variety of resources. Topics in the library include sexual health, below-the-belt cancers, sexual orientation. However, students aren’t the only people on campus able to benefit from using The Sexuality Centre. “Our centre is open to anybody in the university community: faculty, staff, and students. It’s important to be educated regarding sexual health,” Felix said. “We also provide referrals should anybody need student health services or counselling.” Although the most widely used service of the centre is free condoms, all sorts of sexual issues and interests are addressed by Felix and other volunteers. “Sexuality can be a scary thing for somebody trying to figure themselves out. It’s important for students to have a safe space,” Felix said.

UNB’s Sexuality Centre is located on the third floor of the SUB. Karsten Saunders / The Brunswickan “When it comes to sexual health, some might be scared to go to a doctor and talk to them; we probably have something here for you (a pamphlet, etc.) if you’re worried about having an STI.” The Sexuality Centre doesn’t perform STI testing on site though and strongly recommends seeing a doctor if you have any health concerns. The centre is one of the many places on campus that’s always looking for new volunteers to help with events, management, the spreading of information, etc. “It’s a great experience,” Felix said. “First of all, it gets you familiar with the material. It looks great on a resume, and it’s a fun place to volunteer. There’s always something new to figure out here.” Felix encourages all students looking

for a helping hand or an open ear to stop by the centre. All conversations held are non-judgemental, unpresuming, and confidential. “If you need someone to talk to, we’re always a good starting point. If we don’t have the answer, we will try our best to find somebody who does,” she said. “If you have a question, definitely approach us and we’ll try our best to help you out.” The UNB Sexuality Centre is located on the second floor of the SUB, down the hall from the ballroom in room 203. Office hours are generally 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, but vary depending on current events. A current schedule will always be posted on the door. You can contact the Centre at 452-6272 or at Sexuality@unb.ca.

BRUNSWICKANNEWS Provincial budget a “missed opportunity” Cherise Letson News Editor New Brunswick student leaders said the government missed an opportunity to invest in post-secondary education with their 2014-2015 budget. The provincial government dropped their new budget on Feb.4 , with no new investments into university operating budgets or student financial aid. However, this wasn’t a surprise to student representatives. “Really the only major news that came for use was we saw a cut [failed opportunity] for student financial aid and that was a result of saving the government had from its own borrowing . . . which is something we saw as unfortunate,” said Pat Joyce, executive director of the New Brunswick Student Alliance. According to the provincial government’s quarterly report, the department of Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour (PETL) saved 8.2 million dollars. Part of this was due to low interest rates on money government borrowed for provincial student loans. However Joyce said none of these savings were given back to students in the new budget. “It’s disappointing to see. Obviously the government is in a tough financial situation and we understand that,” Joyce said. “But given that government rarely has an opportunity to invest new money, it was disappointing to see them not take advantage of money that was there that could have been given to students.” Opposition finance critic Roger Melanson said the government has the wrong philosophy when it comes to considering return on investments. “In this case, the government looked at it from a cash flow point of view, not from a concrete long-term investment return point of view,” Melanson said. “I understand we need to balance

As part of Sexuality Awareness Week, UNB’s Voices Against Sexual Aggression (Voices) and UNB Safe Spaces are partnering up to present a Lunch ‘N’ Learn Workshop on Wednesday. The workshop, called Assertiveness and Acceptance on Campus, will take place in room 103 of the Student Union Building and will be held from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. A lecture will be given from both hosts and there will be an open question portion as well. Free pizza will also be offered. “It’s to combine our programs so that people can come out and learn about two different topics at once. But they also go hand in hand,” said Shane Gunter, UNB’s Safe Spaces coordinator. “Basically we’ll talk a little bit about our programs and things that UNB students can do to help with our programs.” The assertiveness aspect of the workshop will be presented by Voices coordinator Amanda Worrell. “One of the main things I focus on is talking about consent and the

N.B. student advocacy week a success Cherise Letson News Editor

Finance Minister Blaine Higgs’s budget speech mentioned little of post-secondary education. Cherise Letson / The Brunswickan the books. But you need to be strategic in regard to where you could put your dollars where there’s going to be a better return.” However, there have been some big PSE announcements in the province the past five months. In November, the government announced an increase of two per cent in university operating budgets each year for the next two years. They also announced an annual tuition increase cap of three per cent for the next three years for public universities with the exception of St. Thomas University. The government is also conducting a review of student financial aid that has yet to be released. Finance Minister Blaine Higgs also

announced during his budget speech an $80 million investment over five years into innovation. This money is being divided between two departments, with $10 million going towards regional economic development, and $6 million going to PETL under university relations. “We believe universities are really the centres of innovation in the province, so any money that government invests directly into universities is beneficial,” Joyce said. “It would be nice to more money invested in research in universities, although, it is positive to see some has been allocated there.”

Worshop talks safe spaces and safe sex Emma McPhee News Reporter

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importance of getting a ‘yes’ and that both people have communication,” Worrell said. She said a lot of people don’t understand the consequences of not getting clear consent. “Without consent being given it can be considered sexual assault,” Worrell said. “And I think it’s really important to prevent that from happening so people really need to be proactive instead of reactive, talking about it ahead of time.” The acceptance component will be presented by Gunter, with a focus on increasing awareness about the LGBTQ community. “I think my [presentation] is important because it has to do about gay rights and accepting people who are questioning, or are out, or aren’t really sure, or hidden,” Gunter said. “Mainly the importance of just making sure everyone feels welcomed on campus is the main goal of the program.” Gunter said although he has given out over 250 safe spaces stickers this year through the Safe Spaces project, there is still progress to be made in raising awareness around campus. It’s a topic he will be covering in his lecture and something he wants the workshop

attendees to take away with them. “It’s catching on but sometimes you go to places and people don’t even know what the acronym LGBTQ stands for. So do I think it’s enough? Not yet, but I think there’s been progress for sure,” he said. “Hopefully this will increase some awareness, get the word out there, create conversation.” Worrell said that the workshops give them a platform to present each of their messages and reach more students at the same time. “Shane and I both work out of the Sexuality Centre and we both have really strong messages to give so I think it’s really great that we can partner up and deliver parts of our presentations condensed for everybody and hopefully get more people out so we can get our messages to more people.” she said. Their messages are made even more meaningful by their timeliness: the workshop will take place right in the middle of Sexuality Awareness week where, as Gunter said, people are encouraged to be open and accepting. “We want to make sure that people are open and welcoming and not ignorant to these concepts,” he said.

New Brunswick students took over the legislature last week. The New Brunswick Student Alliance (NBSA) held its first ever Advocacy Week, where students from four universities met with MLAs and government officials to talk postsecondary education. “It’s very been very positive feedback, and I think we might be turning some heads downtown,” said Ian Smith, vice-president external of the Mount Allison University Students’ Union. “Politicians don’t get to hear from students a lot. They hear about student problems, but it’s very seldom that you have students traveling to Fredericton to meet with politicians. They’re always very eager and receptive to meet with us.” The week kicked off last Tuesday with the government dropping of the provincial budget. For the rest of the week, students met with MLAs and government officials, presenting their suggestions for improved student debt reduction, student financial aid, and in-study and summer employment. “Education is definitely a big priority right now in the province and they liked the fact that the things we’ve

asked for were all very reasonable and easily accomplished,” said Greg Bailey, UNB Student Union vicepresident external. “The thing that people often forget is that MLAs are just normal people who have to deal with all of the province’s issues, so no one is an expert on everything.” The idea for the advocacy week came for the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations, who hosts a national advocacy week in Ottawa for all their members. Bailey said it’s a way for MLAs to hear solutions directly from their constituents about the problems they face. “It’s important for us to keep doing this because at the end of the day, no one knows our education better than we do, and this is a great way to give the government feedback,” he said. Pat Joyce, executive director of the NBSA, said Advocacy Week was an opportunity to engage the whole legislature, not just the Department of Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour. “Of course the department is the one that’s most immediately important . . . but every MLA has a role to play in making post-secondary more accessible, more affordable and more high-quality in New Brunswick,” Joyce said.

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Richard Kemick Opinions Columnist On Dec. 20, 2013, the Supreme Court of Canada overturned our country’s outdated and nonsensical prostitution laws. However, in an effort to dissuade us all from running naked into downtown, spilling our coins and ourselves into the streets, the court kept the laws in place for one year in order to give the federal government enough time to draft new legislation. In the mean time, however, New Brunswick has tossed caution to the wind and has become the first province in Canada to stop prosecuting both prostitutes and Johns. On Jan. 27, the province even went as far as to drop the charges of solicitation against six men in Moncton in light of the recent Supreme Court decision. New Brunswick does not have the best track record when it comes to facing women’s issues head on. This province has some of the nation’s most medieval abortion laws, our rate of sexual assault is astronomical and women are embarrassingly underrepresented in UNB’s Board of Governors as well as in our Legislative Assembly – being elected to only seven of the Legislature’s fifty-five seats. New Brunswick’s dismissal of Canada’s current prostitution laws, dragging the issue of sexuality and the expression of it into the centre of the provincial spot light, is probably the best thing to happen to this province’s women since they won the right to hold public office – which wasn’t until 1934, by the way. Furthermore, earlier this month, on Feb. 6, Ontario announced that it too would be following New Brunswick’s lead and not be pursuing cases that involve keeping a bawdy house, living on the avails of prostitution, or communicating for the purposes of prostitution, the three offences the Supreme Court struck down.

That’s right, Ontario is now following New Brunswick. The prophecy of St. Irving is finally coming true. But the Federal Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Peter MacKay, said not enforcing existing prostitution laws is “not an option.” MacKay, however, is apparently still learning that the law is a nuanced thing, as he seems to be unaware that it is indeed an option since the laying of criminal charges is a function of police, who work independent of the attorney general. The head of the Saint John Police Force, Chief Bill Reid, has stated that his city’s officers will not prosecute prostitutes or Johns until federal laws are clarified. Reid commented that to continue laying charges “would be a bit of fool’s errand right now.” Enter a fool, presumably in need of an errand: Moncton City Councillor, Shawn Crossman is adamantly against letting sex workers walk the streets. Crossman stated, “As the father of a 13-year-old daughter, I mean that is truly unacceptable, to know that our province has taken that mentality.” Councillor Crossman, I have absolutely no idea what your 13-year-old daughter has to do with why you insist on enforcing prostitution legislation. It seems that your argument rests upon your connection that most sex workers are female and your child happens to be female as well. However, if the only things keeping your daughter from selling her body on Moncton city corners are antiquated and labyrinthine laws, then perhaps that says more about your parenting style than it does about New Brunswick’s policing standards. In the future, Councillor Crossman, you may wish to consider not assembling your public policy statements by copying and pasting the CBC comments section. Laws that broadly criminalize prostitution, using a sledgehammer rather than a scalpel, do very little to prevent

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The first step in legalizing prostitution is to comfortably talk about it prostitution. If they did prevent it, prostitution would not be literally the world’s oldest profession. We know that blanket prohibition does not work. People are going to sell their bodies for sex inside or outside the confines of the law. All that prohibition achieves is a unregulated market, controlled by criminals. We also know that criminalizing the sex trade only encourages human rights abuses to prostitutes, making it exponentially more dangerous for sex workers. If a society’s laws are supposed to protect those in need of protection, laws that criminalize prostitution hinder more than they help. If acts surrounding prostitution are illegal then that makes prostitutes criminals. The label of “criminal,” however, doesn’t make moral or logical make sense. One of the most common things with which to market yourself is your body, which is fine as long as the transaction is between two consenting adults. We create prostitution as an ethical enclave, removed from other standards of labour, solely for the reason that we don’t like to think about it. It’s icky. Prostitutes themselves should not be the target of the law, but rather the parasitic appendages that are all too often attached to the sex trade. The sex trade debate extends deep into issues such as gender inequality, addiction resources, poverty, aboriginal relations, and many more. It would, however, be foolish to think that the wholesale legalization of the sex trade would fix the socioeconomic problem of disenfranchised women selling their bodies for sex. Simply making brothels legal will not eradicate the lack of agency suffered by many sex trade workers because a 35-year-old aboriginal woman, working in Vancouver’s downtown Eastside will never make it into a brothel. The debate surrounding prostitution is incredibly complex. Comments like

According to Statistics Canada, police reported 7,165 prostitution incidents in 1995. In 1993 and 1994, 39 per cent of women convicted were imprisoned. those of Councillor Crossman’s only appeal to the lowest common denominator, using innuendo and implication more than actual argument. This country has lived with such primordial laws concerning the sex trade because we were all to scared to talk about it. Perhaps the terms for sexual acts would not be so overwhelmingly pejorative if we were able to talk about them without the fear of shame or deviance.

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It is only by encouraging a meaningful discussion about how our culture and country views the bodies of both males and females, and how we can achieve a space in which those bodies may act in a way that benefits both parties physically and mentally, that we will move towards living in a society that is able to applaud sexual freedom without accepting sexual exploitation.

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Cosmo’s sex tips FLASHBACK This week:1992 miss the point Hailie Nyari The Sheaf (University of Saskatchewan) SASK ATOON (CUP) — Alongside advice for relationships, beauty and fashion, Cosmopolitan has become widely known for its loud sexual content, which seems to have a bias toward outlandish sex – leading many female readers to think their sex lives aren’t spicy enough. The magazine boasts hot headlines like “60 Ways to Please Your Man” or “Things That He Only Wishes You Would Do,” and draws the reader’s attention into the magazine’s glossy pages laden with beautiful, half-naked men and women entangled in each other’s arms. Generally speaking, the magazine teaches women how to please men and not the other way around. Apparently Cosmo believes the onus is on the female partner in a heterosexual relationship to make the sex and intimacy exciting in one way or another. The advice that is given by Cosmo tells readers about the necessity to be better in the bedroom, making out the sex lives of supposedly successful women to be wildly erotic and scandalous. However, the advice is male-focused in that readers are left with the knowledge of how to please current and future male partners, effectively disregarding a woman’s sexual pleasure altogether. According to the majority of Cosmo’s articles on sex, a woman’s pleasure will be realized once she’s successfully gotten off her man. What a bunch of nonsense! At the same time, some of these sex tips have successfully broached taboo topics and have acted as an explicit guide for sexual adventures — which is positive — but there is still a downside to all of this sex talk. The responsibility is on the reader as to whether or not she takes the magazine’s sex advice as a supplement to her current love life or whether she views it as something

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Response to Richard Kemick’s Neutrality Op-Ed

Richard Kemick recently claimed that the SU created an illusion of neutrality which was “in effect entirely selfinterest.” In one of their most pivotal decision, the UNBSU posted a count online of how much money students were losing based on their $48 per day figure. With every roll of that counter it became further entrenched as the ghastly totem of UNB’s lockout/ strike and the UNBSU’s reason for ‘neutrality.’ I grew up so poor that I am waiting for a place in a David Adams Richards novel. Poverty gave me my only virtue: some meager sense of altruism. Don’t misread me, I like balanced budgets

she cannot live up to. The advice given often preys on the insecurities of women, especially in regards to not being wholeheartedly adventurous or sexually arousing for their partners. Women should not take the advice of Cosmo seriously, but rather accept it for the fluff that it is. If at the end of the day a sexual encounter is heightened because of a Cosmo sex tip then that’s alright too. But Cosmo isn’t the only problem. TV shows and movies present women in oversexualized ways, which has in turn affected how women def ine their individual sexualities. Through topics like “How To Please Your Man” and “How To Unleash Your Inner Sex Kitten,” printed and digital media are suggesting that what women are currently doing is not good enough. Sex can be a vital and fun part of any relationship, but each woman should have her own inner sex goddess and her own sexual comfort levels; not everyone needs to enact erotica like 50 Shades of Grey – unless red rooms of pain are your thing. Sex and relationships need to have aspects like trust, respect and honesty. It’s not all about one person’s pleasure or fantasy but the pleasure of all the people involved. Sex is not always the answer; if something is missing in a relationship, the solution may not be about changing your sex life at all. Ultimately, each woman needs to define her own sexuality. Don’t let a magazine tell you what you need to do differently or that you need to better yourself in the bedroom. If you want to change up your love life or try something new, look elsewhere. Go to a bookstore or a trusted online site and find something that you are comfortable doing in the bedroom. Have fun, be safe and most of all be yourself.

and profits just as much as VP Gauvin. Yet, aptly, Henry Ford said that “a business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.” An overwhelming amount of rhetoric coming from our two major student organizations was the loss of educational time quantified as a financial sum. There are two problems here. First, the UNBSU intentionally promoted the notion of education as a strictly financial institution. And second, many students bought into that notion so intensely that the selfinterest of the SU became the selfinterest of the student. My education and childhood have taught me two things about money: that it is the central consideration when it comes to driving personal decisions

Here at the Brunswickan, we literally have stacks of bins full of papers and full of classic UNB news. For this week’s Sex Issue, we tried to find something crazy from the 80s. We did. The engineering students once hired a stripper — and even apparently bailed one out of jail — to drive her around campus topless on either the back of a pickup truck or standing through a sunroof. Well, the Brunswickan ran a picture of said topless “Lady Godiva” back in the day. Unfortunately, we’re not 1980 anymore and publishing nude photos isn’t socially acceptable. So instead, we went to the 90s and found this. Enjoy.

and that money being such a locus of society is its greatest hindrance. My classes may cost something like $48 dollars per day, however, my real investment in them is my willingness to be educated. My concern for finances falls second to the real privilege of university: the opportunity to learn. The strike was a missed opportunity. There were two sides negotiating: AUNBT who argued, yes, for money, but principally, for comparability and the Administration who ‘did not have the money.’ AUNBT’s language focused on a larger vision for UNB. The Administration’s vocabulary focused on finances. The UNBSU pivoted their argument on the terms of the administration while neglecting to speak of the

larger visions of AUNBT. The UNBSU and the Administration, either intentionally or ignorantly, were armin-arm. Both institutions were on the side of cash-money. This side, UNBSU named ‘neutrality.’ The UNBSU claimed to be fighting for student’s interest. Throughout the strike, President Whitney spoke as if he had divined the impulse of students. I would be quick to remind him that voter turnout is a paltry 17.9%. When his own council meets, 17.9% isn’t even halfway to having quorum. The strike was an opportunity for the UNBSU to consider how students might become more engaged in the operation of UNB. Instead, they prioritized imparting a self-interested agenda which some students ultimately

internalized. If you don’t believe me, read the unnerving anger on the UNB Student Action Group Facebook. During this strike, UNBSU confirmed their relevance to a very specific group of self-serving individuals while demonstrating their completely inconsequential place in the structure of the university. Why is this? Because rather than choose a side, they chose neutr... ahum. Money. - Micah O’Donnell-Gillies

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Tess Allen Arts Reporter Just like the heart, the vagina is capable of sacrifice, forgiveness and repair. It is this concept, more eloquently expressed in The Vagina Monologues’ epic spiel “I was there in the room,” that has so captivated University of New Brunswick assistant professor Lauren Cruikshank in her time rehearsing for the role – and for good reason. Cruikshank witnessed the monologue – written by The Vagina Monologues author Eve Ensler about the birth of her granddaughter – last March while pregnant with her second daughter. This year, when the University Women’s Centre put out a call for actors, she just couldn’t resist. “I have a friend who attended [The Vagina Monologues] last year who hasn’t had a child and she found [‘I was there in the room’] kind of graphic and disturbing, but there’s power in that. And really, if you’re going to talk about vaginas, that’s one of the most

powerful things they do,” said Cruikshank, who calls her experience so far “therapeutic and nostalgic.” “To be able to bear witness to the start of a new life is a very powerful thing and the journey begins and occurs through a vagina. We don’t want to essentialize women down to their birth-giving ability . . . but on the other hand, to be able to talk about the lifegiving, new-world-creating power that vaginas have is pretty empowering.” In many ways, this is the primary goal of The Vagina Monologues, an episodic play written by Eve Ensler in the late 1990s in efforts to “celebrate the vagina.” The play is made up of a varying number of monologues read by a varying number of women, often with the addition of a contemporary topic every year. Each of the monologues targets a facet of the feminine experience, referencing everything from sex, love, birth and orgasm to rape, menstruation, female genital mutilation and masturbation. Despite its multiple topics, however, the play’s recurring theme is

The Vagina Monologues is performed every year; above, performers rehearsing for the 2013 production. Victoria Clowater / The Brunswickan simple: that the vagina is a tool of female empowerment. It is this critical theme that captured the interest of Cruikshank, who is a professor of women’s studies as well as media, arts and culture at UNB. “[The Vagina Monologues] reclaims a part of the body that’s sometimes communicated to women and girls as being something you don’t talk about, that’s taboo or disgusting. It’s nice to reframe that and talk about it in a different way and allow women the opportunity to do that,” she said. This is certainly the goal of Leela Cheung, chair of the University Women’s Centre, who can’t pinpoint just how long the organization has

#HARTBASH at Connexion ARC Benjamin Dugdale The Brunswickan What are you up to this Valentine’s Day? Rubbing your partner’s chilly feet in front of a fireplace drinking wine? Listening to Radiohead in the car crying all alone? Getting drunk and going out to dance your face off? Or maybe this year you could hit up a different kind of shindig. Connexion Artist-Run Centre is throwing a curio kind of party/fundraiser, called #HARTBASH. Activities include a stylist booth run by local designers Stephanie Tait and Sabrina

Thibodeau, a kissing booth by artist Marie Fox, spiritual readings, foot rubs and more. Local artist Kelly Hill will be running the selfie booth. She emphasizes the importance of community that Connexion ARC champions. “We’re excited to get people through the doors for a really fun time, while also supporting contemporary art in Fredericton,” said Hill. The night also includes assorted live music, and a dance party later in the evening. According to the Facebook event page, the dress code is “glamour, glitter and all things vogue.”

The cost is 5 bucks cash entry, and the various booths are offering services via donation. The event is all-ages but liquor will be available for all those lovely lushes out there. Tickets are for sale in advance at Cafe Loka and Cedar Tree, or at the door. CHSR is also giving away two free tickets during their program, The Lunchbox, on the day of the event. For more information, check out the Connexion ARC Facebook page, “Gallery Connexion,” or on Twitter @ConnexionARC.

been staging The Vagina Monologues but knows it’s a no-brainer for the University Women’s Centre year after year. “As the University Women’s Centre, we want to do events that promote women’s rights and that help end violence against women and girls, and The Vagina Monologues is a global movement to end violence against women and girls. Some of the monologues are funny, some of them are sad, [but] they all aim to educate people on this reality,” said Cheung, adding that this year’s new monologue centres on ‘One Billion Rising,’ a global campaign to end violence against women, rise for justice and promote gender equality. This year’s event will take place at

Marshal d’Avray Hall room 143, on Feb. 11 at 7 p.m. and on Feb. 13 at 7 p.m. Tickets can be purchased at the UNB Student Welcome Centre for $10 or at the door for $12. All funds raised will be donated to the 2014 V-Day Spotlight Campaign and the Fredericton Youth in Transition House. Cruikshank hopes to see a wide range of spectators in the audience on the big night. “You go through the whole gamut of emotions while you’re there,” she said. “You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll blush bright red, but it will be a night you won’t forget.”

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Love and learning Marc Gagnon Staff Reporter If dissecting a heart is your idea of a romantic date, you’re in luck. Fredericton’s Science East Interactive Museum will be hosting a special adults-only evening event this Valentine’s Day entitled The Science of Love, where visitors can enjoy drinks, food and live music while interacting with the museum’s many peculiar exhibits. Michael Edwards, Science East’s director of programming, said that the event is designed to provide an alternative to the tired Valentine cliché of dinner and dancing. “The [existing] exhibits will all be available, but we’re going to do some special demonstrations, experiments, and have a guest speaker come in as well,” said Edwards. “It’ll be a dynamic space with no shortage of stuff to keep people busy. And we’re going to have a bar – that’ll help things go a bit more smoothly.” Edwards is shrewdly keeping the complete itinerary a secret, in order to provide guests with an evening full of sensual surprises around every corner. He does reveal a few details, though, about the event’s menu: molecular gastronomy, the bleeding-edge of gourmet cuisine which brings science into the kitchen to create radical, challenging dishes. “It’s a really neat combination of science and food – for example, you can turn oil and other high-fat products into powder, or you can create little liquid-filled balls that that burst open when you bite into them,” said an excited Edwards. “We’ll have food for people to sample, but we’ll also give them

a chance to create it themselves.” He added with a smile that liquid-nitrogen ice cream might possibly be on the menu as well. While Science East is located in the heart of downtown, its unassuming stone façade can be easily missed by pedestrians. Formerly the York County Jail, the 172-year-old edifice has housed the non-profit educational museum since 1994. According to Edwards, this special Valentine’s Day event is designed to bring in both new visitors and old. “There’s always been a stigma attached to adults coming in to science centres, just simply because they’re thought as being somewhere for kids. But there’s been a shift in the last few years to start holding events for adults, giving them a chance to come in to the place and see for themselves without having to elbow kids out of the way.” Edwards emphasized that the event is not only for couples – anyone looking for an offbeat way to spend an evening is encouraged to come. He hopes that if The Science of Love is a success, the museum might host adult theme nights throughout the year – as well as generate some repeat business. “A fully-adult event is something we’ve wanted to do for a while,” said Edwards. “Once you get over your fear of going into a science centre on Valentine’s Day, you can always come back in the light of day and do some of the same things as well.” Visit The Science of Love at Science East, 668 Brunswick St., on Feb. 14 from 7 to 10 p.m. Tickets are $15 plus tax per person. Must be 19+.

EROTICA POESIA by Arun Budhathoki

Poetry makes nothing, captivates few people, and is the last resort for a wordgasm. For erotic writing, people normally either read fiction or prose. But over the years I’ve encountered numerous poets who’ve written about passion and sex. The argument, however, must be whether a couple of lines written in metre, stanzas or freestyle are able to ignite anything in the human soul. My first encounter with passionate poems was Marvell’s “To His Coy Mistress”: An hundred years should go to praise Thine eyes and on thy forehead gaze; Two hundred to adore each breast. Often prose writers claim that poetry is bogus because it is built on short lines of exaggeration and fantasy. To describe a sexual scene in a gratifying way is easier for novelists, but the challenge for poets is to make everything short and yet powerful. The next lines are by American poet Whitman from his poem “9”: (So when kiss Spring comes We’ll kiss each kiss other on kiss the kiss Lips because tic clocks toc don’t make A toctic different To kisskiss you and to Kiss me) There are people in this world who have different characters and natures, so any passionate poem can become a true fit for them. As the saying goes, everyone becomes a poet once in love. There seems to me a certainty of love leading to eroticism; I’ve hardly seen any people in love not touching each other. Define love, and next follows sex, although it depends who you are and what you want really. Donne’s “To His Mistress Going to Bed” explains further: Unpin that spangled breastplate which you wear, That th’eyes of busy fools may be stopped there. Unlace yourself, for that harmonious chime Tells me from you that now it is bed time. As the definition of love and sex has changed over the years, the poems written since early years have also changed because of the way it is interpreted and now composed in a different manner. Blumenthal’s Fish Fucking is a powerful piece: and rose reincarnate in the ghostly clothes of jazz in the goldhorn shadow of the band and blew the suffering of America’s naked mind for love into an eli eli lamma lamma sabacthani saxophone cry that shivered the cities down to the last radio with the absolute heart of the poem of life butchered out of their own bodies good to eat a thousand years. And to think that every girl or guy is interested in you and your body is false. I’ve met many people of the same sex who have approached me. Or the time when I spent two nights with a girl in a motel in Pokhara, the beautiful lakeside area in Nepal. Those nights were lonely and no kisses exchanged. Instead, my Canadian friend talked about her girlfriend in Vancouver and how vexed she was. I smiled and felt comforted knowing I wasn’t getting laid that day. And viewing the simmering lake and the majestic white shadow of Mt. Annapurna I thought of Clarke’s “Living As a Lesbian on 49’s final eve”: (I won’t celebrate her for finding me, forcing me to kiss her elegant feet, tawdry wench, flashing and flagging me down whenever.) So whosoever you love celebrate it with a touch of poetry. And sex, maybe.

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Songs of the week.

by Sebastian Maynard

Angel Olsen – White Fire The website where I first heard this song spoke about how it was reminiscent of a Leonard Cohen track. Simple structure, in this case a hollow electric guitar, and a story that goes in and out of making sense – I think the comparison is fair, and Angel Olsen masters the fine line between singing and speaking that characterizes much of Cohen’s discography. With “White Fire,” the mellow track threatens to constantly break into something completely different, or at least have some muted drums come in like a Daughter song, but Olsen decides to keep a lid on it, making the anticlimactic end the thing that is least expected.

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 12 Leo Hayes High School presents Fame – The Musical. 7:30 p.m. at the Fredericton Playhouse. Tickets are $18 regular and $15 for students and seniors.

THURSDAY, FEB. 13 Leo Hayes High School presents Fame – The Musical. 7:30 p.m. at the Fredericton Playhouse. Tickets are $18 regular and $15 for students and seniors.

The National – Learning To go along with the release of “I Need My Girl” as The National’s fifth single off Trouble Will Find Me, the band has also released “Learning” as the B-Side. The song is a cover of Perfume Genius’s original, and was originally only available on the Japanese deluxe vinyl of The National’s latest album. The bouncing piano is similar to that of the original, but where the songs differ is in the vocals. Perfume Genius’s version utilizes dreamy harmony, while The National’s Matt Berninger’s baritone gives a different sleepy feeling altogether.

FRIDAY, FEB. 14 Leo Hayes High School presents Fame – The Musical. 7:30 p.m. at the Fredericton Playhouse. Tickets are $18 regular and $15 for students and seniors. The Science Of Love, 7 p.m. at Science East. Tickets are $15 plus tax. Check out the story by Marc Gagnon in this week’s issue! Nathalie Renault performance, 6:30 p.m. at the Crowne Plaza. More information at Nathalierenault.com.

The Wytches – Wide at Midnight (Alternative Version) English band The Wytches seem to be on the come-up. They signed a record deal this week with Heavenly Recordings and honoured that by releasing some new music. While most of their songs could be categorized as garage rock, the alternative version of Wide at Midnight sees the band take a different approach. The distant vocals on the track keep the grimy feeling found in their songs, but a tambourine and sliding guitar show the diversity this young band has. They are about to go on an extensive tour throughout Europe, but it seems like only a matter of time before New York claims them as their own.

SATURDAY, FEB. 15 Leo Hayes High School presents Fame – The Musical. 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at the Fredericton Playhouse. Tickets are $18 regular and $15 for students and seniors. Art Lovers’ Tours, 1 – 2 p.m. and 2 – 3 p.m. at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery. Admission is $5 for students and free for members.

Music with a Punch Josh Fleck The Brunswickan Sunday Punch is not your average cover band. Whether it’s lead singer Robbie Doherty rocking out to the majority of the band’s songs, bassist Pierce Clarke nailing the high notes of Frankie Vallie, or lead guitarist Rob Switzer bellowing the tunes of Johnny Cash, Sunday Punch gives the crowd what they want. One of the many things that set this band apart is their pure sound. “Every sound that’s coming out is coming from the floor,” said Robbie Doherty. This means the band doesn’t use pitch correctors for their harmonies, Switzer doesn’t use effects on his guitar and Jeff Doherty doesn’t use any samples from the keyboard. A band that played their first gig in early 2009 at the Cornwall Roadhouse in Charlottetown, PEI, Sunday Punch has since evolved into a mainstay on the east coast venue tour.

The only remaining member from that 2009 show, Switzer has seen the band change over his five years. His childhood best friend, Robbie Doherty, joined the band in 2010. The addition of Doherty led to his older brother Jeff joining the band in August of 2012.

from Weezer, Gavin Degraw and the infamous John Mayer. Drummer Matt Meuse-Dallien is living the real life of a rock star. After catching a Sunday Punch show in Halifax, he found himself as the new drummer in the following months. Being a hardcore WWE fan, Robbie incorporates aspects of wrestling-style theatrics into their shows as much as he can. “Robbie gets the crowd chanting ‘Yes! Yes! Yes!’ at the top of their lungs just like one of his wrestling heroes, Daniel Bryan,” said his brother. When asked what’s next for the band, Robbie Doherty didn’t miss a beat when he answered, “the Great Canadian Burger at Dolans.” On Feb. 13, 14 and 15 at Dolans, Sunday Punch won’t just put on a show for you. They are going to give you an experience.

gets the crowd “ Robbie chanting ‘Yes! Yes! Yes!’ at the top of their lungs just like one of his wrestling heroes, Daniel Bryan

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Jeff Doherty managed to talk his former coworker from the Avonlea Village in Cavendish, PEI, Pierce Clarke, to take a leave of absence from one of the most prestigious music schools, the Berklee College of Music in Boston. Said college has some elite alumni in the form of Rivers Cuomo

SUNDAY, FEB. 16 Marias Osende Flamenca, 7:30 p.m. at the Playhouse. $30 regular tickets, student rush tickets available.

MONDAY, FEB. 17 Monday Night Film Series presents The Broken Circle Breakdown. 7:30 p.m. at Tilley Hall, tickets are $7.

TUESDAY, FEB. 18 Symphony New Brunswick presents “For the Love of Snow.” 7:30 p.m. at the Playhouse. Student tickets are $10

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Having sex burns 144+ calories per every half-hour, and oral sex burns 100 calories per every half-hour. Karsten Saunders / The Brunswickan

Get toned and sexy while getting down and dirty Kyle Merritt Sports Writer It is no shock to anyone that exercising is good for your overall health and wellbeing. You may also know the benefits of a healthy sex life, but how do they connect? First, you should consider the various aspects of personal health as a direct result from exercise, as well as the mental and emotional benefits of active living. The physical advantages of exercise include, but are not limited to, increased cardiovascular capacity, endurance, and change to your physical

appearance – such as toning your body. We exercise to look and feel better about our appearance and to feel better about ourselves. If you think about what this means for your sex life, you would find it much easier to endure longer sessions with your partner. Yes, it quite often comes down to the motion of the ocean. If you are looking at becoming a master between the sheets, you should focus on your core, gluteal muscles, arms and legs while at the gym. Increasing your strength in these areas is a relatively easy way to become better in bed.

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We live in a society that places huge emphasis on physical appearance. So, it is no surprise that looking better can quite easily get you more positive attention from possible suitors. This increased attention can lead to possible relationships that may not have otherwise developed, and let’s face it, there are not too many people that mind being checked out by other attractive people. The other major benefit coming from exercise, which connects to a healthier sex life, is increased selfconfidence and security. If a person feels sexier in their own

eyes, they will have far more confidence with the opposite sex. This is even true for people already in relationships. Remember, confidence is one of the sexiest traits someone can have. You and your partner may already be sexually active, but it may seem to be lacking a certain flame or intensity. If you are able to feel better about yourself, then you will be able to perform better for your significant other. Intimacy requires two people being comfortable enough with themselves that they are willing to put on a real good show for one another. People who are able to have these extremely

If you could, who on the Canadian Olympic team would you have sex with?

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As shown in my “top-10” article in this issue, I am going to have to go with Brad Spence. The 29-year-old alpine skier has eyes that pierce your soul – hello ocean blue. Canadian, attractive and athletic – come on ladies, am I wrong?

I’d have to go with Justine Dufour-Lapointe. French, blonde, smokin’ AND she has a hot sister Chloe who is more than welcome to join the party in my pants. But why limit ourselves to one team?! Silje Norendal, from Norway’s snowboard team? I’d wrestle around with her any day. Call me.

Gold medallist Justine Dufour-Lapointe. Skiing isn’t the only event where she’ll come first ;)

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pleasurable sexual experiences are more likely to keep up their exercise routines. This ultimately leads to a satisfactory and beneficial cycle - the more you feel good about yourself, the more expressive you can be in bed and the more satisfied you will be. Many of us have that special someone they are willing to do whatever they can to please them, and exercise is an excellent way to help better your pleasurable abilities. Remember, workout safe, play safe. Enjoy everything you can about yourself in order to get everything out of your sexcapades.

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I am a huge curling fan, and for the longest time, I’ve had a crush on Kaitlyn Lawes – and she’s only 3 years older than me – so there is definitely a chance.

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TOP 10 SEXIEST ATHLETES It comes as no surprise when someone opens a magazine, flips through the pages and see perfectly toned and sculpted models posing. It’s almost to a point where they a person’s brain doesn’t even think about the person modeling. But lately it seems the tides are turning away from regular models and they are being substituted with athletes. Why not? They train hard, rigorously and eat healthy – so naturally their athletic bodies would be easy on the eyes. Here, we are going to look at the top 10 hottest athletes – male and female – and in no particular order, plus a bit of background in their sport.

Nacho Figueras: Marco? Polo! This 37-year-old polo player has also been a Ralph Lauren model since 2005. As of 2009, Figueras was ranked one of the top 100 polo players in the world and plays in Argentina and the U.S. as a member of the Black Watch Polo Team.

Anna Kournikova: Set and match. The retired 32-year-old tennis player is from Moscow, Russia and is one of the most well-known tennis players there is. In 2008 she ranked eighth in the world and in 2000 ranked first in doubles.

David Beckham: No one can bend it like him. The 38-year-old soccer star is a name everyone knows – and has Posh Spice on his arm. He played for Manchester United, Real Madrid and LA Galaxy, to name a few, and won the Premier League title six times, the FA Cup twice and the UEFA Championship league in 1999. He is most known for his ability to bend the ball like no other.

Amanda Beard: Let’s dive right in with this 31-year-old swimmer who is a seven-time Olympic medallist. She is the former world record holder in the 200-meter breaststroke and earned the American Swimmer of the Year award twice. She also has 21 medals from international competitions.

Brad Spence: Oh, Canada, our home and attractive land. Spence is a 20-year-old alpine skier, who will be representing Canada in the 2014 Olympics, and represented the nation at the 2010 Olympics. After an injury in 2005 he took time off, retiring for almost three years, but is now going to his second Olympics.

Hannah Teter: Men would make their way down the slopes to see the Sports Illustrated cover of the snowboarder in a white bikini. The 27-year-old is an American Snowboarder from Vermont, an Olympic champion with her gold medal game in halfpipe at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Italy.

David Oliver: He has to run the 60 m and 110 m hurdles to get away from the swooning ladies. The professional hurdler is 31 and took a bronze medal in the 2008 Olympic Games and another bronze at the 2010 IAAF World Athletics Final.

Gabrielle Reece: Hitting the court, this American volleyball player, with her three teammates, was the first ever to take the Beach Volleyball World Championships at the UCLE Tennis Centre. She led the WBVL in kills from 1993-1996 and was offensive player of the year in 1994-1995. In 1989 she was named by Elle as one of the five most beautiful women in the world, and has posed for the cover of Playboy.

Calvin Johnson. 47-22, HUT! The “Megatron” American Football Detroit Lion wide receiver played football for Georgia Tech as recognized as All-American twice. In 2007, he was picked by the Lions with the second overall pick in 2007 and December of 2012 he broke Jerry Rice’s single-season record for receiving yards – previously 1,848.

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Venus and Serena Williams: A two-for-one, the Williams sisters are both professional tennis players. Serena is ranked number one in women’s singles tennis, and the women’s tennis association ranked her No. 1 in singles on six occasions. Venus was formerly ranked No. 1 and is now ranked World No. 37.

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Penetrating sports terminology Bronté James Sports Editor While watching a sport, any sport really, there will always be at least one word or term to make you chuckle. Usually that word is penetration, which, let’s be honest, is always funny. But sports seem to have a ton of words in the vocabulary to sit and make you laugh. Here are the top 20 dirtiest words and terms in sports, but remember, there are so many more! 1. Tight End (Football): a position on the offence. They are usually lined up on the offence line and are large enough to be effective blockers. 2. Touch the bag (baseball): touching the base (i.e. first, second or third base). 3. Sack (football): This one seems easy enough . . . but it’s when the quarterback gets tackled. 4. Five hole (hockey): The hole between the goalie’s legs . . . haha, it’s even funnier when it’s said out loud. 5. Get stuffed (basketball): When a player attempts to shoot the ball and it’s blocked by a defender. 6. Backdoor slide (baseball): A pitch starting outside the zone and curved back in over the plate for a strike. 7. Pull the goalie (hockey): When a team pulls the goalie from the game so they can put another player on the ice to try and score – usually they are behind in the score and it’s close to the end of the game. 8. Stuffing it in the hole (basketball): Putting the ball through the hoop . . . this is probably one of the best ones.

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9. Muffed punt (football): Touching the ball prior to possessing the ball. 10. Baseball bases: Thought a classic should be mixed in there . . . first base, second base, third base, home run . . . anyone reading this has heard of this before. 11. Illegal touching (football): Pushing a guy out of bounds and not being able to touch the ball. 12. Ball Washer (golf ): It’s exactly how it sounds. 13. Hooker (rugby): One of the team’s forwards, and is generally the smallest of the players. 14. Pole Position (racing): It’s the position of the motor vehicle and its driver at the front of the grid in the starting lineup. 15. Clean and Jerk (weightlifting): A move where you lift up the bar and lift it over your head. 16. Sticky Wicket (cricket): When the playing field is wet and soggy. 17. Line drive up the middle: The batter hits the ball into centre-field. 18. Fisted (baseball): When a baseball player hits the ball with the part of the bat closer to his fists, rather than the fattier part of the bat. 19. Rear naked choke (MMA): Two variations, but one is where the attacker’s arm encircles the opponent’s neck and then grabs his own biceps on the other arm. 20. Facial Dunk (basketball): W hen a player going through another and dunks the ball right over his face.

N.B. guidelines say women are required to get a Pap test once they are 21 years old. Submitted / The Brunswickan only changed in 2011, which used to Another thing to keep in mind is Lindsay Weidhaas recommend a Pap test once you become Pap tests cannot be done when you Keeping Checked In are on your menstrual cycle, so be sure sexually active or 18 years old. Ladies, there is something you need According to the New Brunswick to make an appointment that doesn’t to do every year and it’s not a spa day. Cancer Network, sexual activity in- coincide with that time of the month. It’s a Pap test. cludes “intercourse as well as digital or To know how Pap tests are perPap tests – more formally known as oral sexual activity involving the genital formed go Cancer.ca, click “cancer Papanicolaou test – screen for cervical area with a partner of either gender”. information,” “tests and procedures” cancer and can detect precancerous and Once you have had negative Pap and then click on “Pap test,” or talk to cancerous cells in the cervix. tests three consecutive times – once a your doctor. While it is being done, you can be year, and having clean tests 3 years in You can make an appointment at the screened for sexually transmitted infec- a row – it is recommended to go every UNB Health Centre by their website tions (STIs) and it’s also a great time to two to three years. on Unb.ca or by phone, 453-4837. have a breast exam performed to detect Before getting a Pap test, it is highly Pap tests are the best way to prevent breast cancer. recommended not to have sexual inter- cervical cancer. In order for you to take In New Brunswick, it is required course 24 hours beforehand, douche or care of your body 100 per cent, Pap that Pap tests be done three years after use spermicides or vaginal medications tests are essential. So call your doctor your first experience of sexual activity, 48 hours before. This is due to the fact and make an appointment today! or once you are 21 years old, whichever that these substances could hide abnorone happens last. The guideline was mal cells or wash them away.

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ESPN has a “body issue” dedicated to displaying top athletic bodies from the best athletes Karsten Saunders / The Brunswickan Many are enraged at the objectifica- seam in the patchwork of human art. Bronté James Professional athletes treat their tion of women in the photos and the Sports Editor taking athletes out of their element and bodies like temples, and their strong People don’t seem to scoff when they sexualizing them. Although she does physical stature is one of the ways everysee a model posing essentially naked or appreciate the power and intensity of one can see their hard work, dedication barely covered by an inanimate object, the photos, Kimberly Belmonte wrote and determination in a physical way. but when it comes to athletes there in SPARK Movement, “Most of the It’s not just women posing, but men seems to be some negative backlash women are posed in objectifying pos- as well. In some instances they are sitand anger. itions, staring coyly or sexually at the ting in a bubble bath – which is one Why is it the fact they’re an athlete camera.” While in some photos this of Wall’s photos – leaving very little to that seems to spark outrage? proves to be true, there are many more, the imagination. Would you say that It seems more and more athletes such as 2012 Olympic bronze medallist is demeaning to men? Absolutely not. are the ones modeling than the “trad- in boxing Marlen Esparza, whose first They are choosing a way of expressing itional model.” It starts off smaller, photo is of a strong, powerful woman. themselves, and displaying their eccenfor clothing lines and colognes, but A woman smiling coyly does not tric personalities through photograph. becomes provocative. They’re all naked; exposed. They are mean she is being demeaned, but rather ESPN’s 2013 Body Issue is filled she is tapping into her sexuality and in a human’s most vulnerable state, but with naked athletes posing for the expressing it through her eyes and lips. doing it with strength and confidence. camera – athletes like Washington WizOne of San Francisco’s 49ers quarter- These photos should not be looked at as ard’s Guard John Wall, or four-time X back Colin Kaepernick’s photos is of a means of belittlement but as a means Games silver medallist Elena Hight. him staring intensely into the camera, of empowerment. The issue was called “bodies we want.” followed by six-time X Games medallist Much of an athlete is based on the “Your body is all you have in this Tarah Gieger, who is mirroring his style physicality of the person. Photographs lifetime, so taking care of it and hon- and staring right into the camera – a such as these simply highlight the ouring it is a huge part of my life. As an strong smile and confidence radiating physical aspects of their time spent athlete, you ask so much of your body from her. locked away in a gym, track or on the all the time, so what you do to get that Hundreds of years of art have drawn, slopes. With those bodies, why hide it? response is important,” she said in the painted and sculpted the human form. I say flaunt it. issue about why she posed. These photographs are simply another

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How to date an athlete 101 Maybe it begins in grade school, or perhaps on the playground. You may call them “sporty” or “dumb jocks,” and maybe you are one yourself. No matter the case, athletes are unique individuals, and that is no exception in the game of love. While some may seem like sports robots, one may be surprised how a life of organized sports can help an athlete in their dating skills. Start with the looks: from David Beckham to Danica Patrick, no matter what the sport, athletes just have it. The abs, the arms and of course

the butt, sometimes sacrificing a few hours spent together, while they’re in the gym – or hey, maybe even joining them – can be totally worth it in the end. When your iron man or sporty spice spends most of their week in practice or in a gym, those rock hard bods are only getting harder. Think they look good in pads, spandex or baggy shorts and a muscle shirt? Imagine that in a suit or a tight red dress. Now, a few exceptions to look out for are really only cosmetic, black eyes, scars, and the occasional missing tooth on your own Crosby boy, could be the only dent in these statues of athletic perfection.

So for those of you who know looks aren’t everything in dating, athletes know looking good can’t win trophies. They also know what it means to win; they set goals and shoot for them no matter the cost on their mind, body or schedule. Make your heart their gold medal, and you’ll see that hard work and go-getter attitude shine through. The definition of a good teammate and a significant other can have a lot in common: “Someone whose primary interest lies with the success of the entire team and not his or her individual success or accomplishments.” With a skill like that, how could you not wrap your arm around your own good “teammate”? Also athletes know

that in the race of love, finishing first isn’t the same as in sports. Now how can you land yourself an athlete, you might ask? First and foremost you must show support. Athletes place sports up with family, friends and breathing. If you can make their lifestyle important to you, they’ll notice. Watch their games or matches, join them at the gym, or even just listen to them complain about how bad their practice was. Of course they’ll be busy a lot but with support, they will reward you later. Like any relationship, it’s about showing you care. Next, challenge them. Athletes are programmed to do the best, so show them how to be the best. Maybe

drop a subtle story about another couple, or even an ex – but don’t do it to make them jealous – and let the competitive side do the rest of the work. Like how they cuddle? Tell them, they will continue to cuddle you so hard you’ll never want to leave those big built arms. Athletes are special breeds, and there isn’t much to not like about them. They make great friends, teammates and lovers. If you’re scared about taking a backseat, or third-wheeling to sports, than just remember there is always off-season.

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Michael Bourgeois The Brunswickan