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UNBSU general elections kick-off

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Gordon Mihan Staff Reporter With the University of New Brunswick Student Union (U NBSU) elections about to kick-off, the question of how many students will participate and vote will once again be raised.

UNBSU president, Andrew Martel, said the last general election had around a 22.3 per cent voter turnout, and the last bi-election in October had a 21.8 per cent turnout, which was around 1200 to 1300 votes.

“Bi-elections in past years have had around 10 per cent turnout or lower, and general elections have typically 15 per cent voter turnout,” said Martel.

“So for both the general election and the bi-election, we did quite well, so we’re hoping we can still keep over that 20 per cent mark for this election.”

Martel noted that voter turnout for the last UNBSU election was high because of a referendum question that had gained a fair amount of social media attention.

“While voter turnout was high last year, we feel that was the case because of a referendum question that involved the Currie Center; it drew a lot of people to it because there was a lot of Facebook attention on it,” said Martel.

“This year, we don’t have any questions brought forth because our big one about the bus pass was put into the bi-election. So this year, [our] marketing team has been working heavily on getting a hold of some people who we think might not have been reached and get them out to vote.”

Martel and the UNBSU have been building a stronger relationship with the residences on campus to get the students living in the houses to vote.

“We have been building a lot of connections in the residences, so one thing we might try to do is get some volunteers to go out to the houses and have a voting day where each house comes out and votes,” said Martel.

Some students have little understanding on how the UNBSU elections work. First year arts student, Gabe Elder-Gomes, said he feels the election process could be a little clearer.

“Since this is my f irst year at UNB, I want to be involved with the student union elections,” said ElderGomes. “But I find that there’s kind of a lack of clarity, a lack of information regarding the student elections, but I am interested in finding out more about them.”

Many of the candidates are running unopposed in this election.

Martel said there could be a few reasons why this happened.

“Looking at the executive positions, a lot of our councillors are graduating and leaving,” said Martel.

“So speaking with some of the people who are thinking about being a part of the student union, they don’t feel comfortable enough jumping right into an executive role.”

While there isn’t a great deal of interest in the executive positions, Martel said he is still happy with the turnout of the candidates.

“I’m really happy to see that we will have the majority of our councillor positions filled, and as for the executive roles, I’m glad that we at least have one person per role and in the case of VP internal, two people running for it,” said Martel.

The UNBSU elections will take place on students’ e-services starting on Feb. 25 at 12:01 a.m. and end on March 1 at 11:59 p.m.

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Engineering meets sustainabilty in Dineen lecture Heather Uhl News Reporter

Dr. Richard Marceau is this year’s Dineen Memorial Lecture speaker.

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The Dineen Memorial Lecture series continues this year with guest presenter, Dr. Richard Marceau.

Dr. Marceau’s lecture, ‘Canada: Winning as a Sustainable Energy Superpower,’ will take place on the Wednesday, Feb. 19 at 4 p.m. at the Dineen auditorium.

Marceau is current provost and vicepresident academic to the University of Ontario Institute of Technology, though, on June 1, will relocate to Memorial University, as vice-president research.

“The key topic is the notion that Canada is presently an energy superstore for the rest of the world, and what it is we can do to make it a sustainable energy superpower,” said Marceau.

Marceau said the corollary questions are, “Why would you want to be a superpower?” and “Why aren’t we happy being a superstore?”

“The answer is… why would we continue to be chewers of wood and jars of water?” Marceau said.

“The little more complete answer is that if we continue to sell our raw

resources to the world, for competitive prices that are below end of the spectrum, we deprive ourselves of the opportunity of turning these resources into higher-value added products that we can sell for far more money than we do today.”

Marceau said it’s not just about wealth creation and more taxes; with value-added products, technology is needed, and that means investments and people are needed.

“And what it really translates into is far more jobs, high quality jobs; actually, it’s not jobs, it’s careers,” said Marceau.

Marceau’s talk is based on the 2012 report from the Canadian Academy of Engineering, ‘Canada: Winning as a Sustainable Energy Superpower’. The report is available from the academy’s website. “[The Dineen Memorial Lecture] always focused on an engineeringrelated topic, and the faculty of engineering has been primarily responsible each year for organizing the lecture,” said Susan Montague, coordinator of the Andrews Initiative.

“This year, the Andrews Initiative is co-sponsoring because the lecture ties

in with our series on energy and the environment.”

The Andrews Initiative explores substantive topics of current importance intended to stretch the mind and test the intellect.

“The Dineen Memorial Lecture… [is] held to honour the memory of one of UNB’s former presidents, whose name was James Dineen. He was also a professor of engineering and a dean of engineering before he became president,” said Montague.

Dineen began teaching at UNB in 1942, becoming president of UNB in 1969, and resigned in 1972 due to illness. Dineen passed away in 1975.

“My impression is that students are very interested in environmental issues, and this is an opportunity to get some insight into how energy generation and the environment are linked together,” said Montague.

“They may hear Richard Marceau say things they don’t agree with, and there will be an opportunity during the lecture or at the end of the lecture for students to ask questions or make comments or challenge the information he’s put forward.”

UNB across the sea: Campbell co-leads mission in Ukraine Kayla Mann The Brunswickan UNB president, Dr. Eddy Campbell, co-led a university mission, consisting of 15 educational leaders from across Canada, to Ukraine.

Canada has been a supporter of Ukraine since they declared their independence in 1991.

Through this mission, the Canadian Bureau for International Education (CBIE) looked to create stronger relations between Canadian educational institutions and those in Ukraine.

They went to Ukraine with the goal of discussing chances for research collaborations, exchanges and other

partnerships.

“During this mission, we’ve learned that there are 1.2 million Canadians of Ukrainian decent, so there is a strong tie between our countries,” said Campbell. “I hope, through this mission, we will be able to develop even stronger ties and create some opportunities for research collaborations.”

Greg Carriere, senior manager of communications at UNB, said the mission will have direct benefits that will be seen on campus, and will allow for UNB to work alongside more universities around the world, opening up a number of opportunities for UNB. “For UNB, this is part of an ongoing effort to collaborate more with

colleges and universities abroad as a means of attracting more international students to our campuses,” said Carriere. “Increased internationalization is good for UNB in and of itself, adding a richness and diversity to our campus communities.”

Creating opportunities for both faculty and student exchanges was a large goal of this mission. Campbell said he is eager to see the benefits of such exchanges on campus.

“Exchanges are enriching for all of us, and ultimately make us a better university,” said Campbell.

He said this mission will also provide opportunities not only for all of New Brunswick, but Canada, as they hope

to begin research partnerships with Ukraine.

“Research is important for universities, and research efforts will help our province and country advance and make us more inclusive as a society,” said Campbell.

The mission benefits all of those involved. CBIE is looking to help support development within the Ukraine, and according to Campbell, Ukraine is quite eager to collaborate with Canada.

UNB also has a degree program offered in Ukraine, which has been running since 2005, when UNB Fredericton along with the International Institute of Business (IIB) began a masters of business administration degree

program in Kiev, Ukraine.

The UNB-IIB program was named the top business school in the Ukraine in 2006.

Carrier said international missions such as this help build Canada’s relationship with the world.

“Missions such as these aim to deepen academic collaboration in ways that effectively underpin Canada’s broader bilateral relationships,” said Carriere. “In the specific case of the Ukraine, this means supporting innovation in agriculture, energy and natural resources.”

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UNB engineers heading to Ottawa

The junior design team working during the AEC. Emma McPhee The Brunswickan Four engineering teams from UNB proved they have what is needed to take on the country at the Canadian Engineering Competition (CEC) this March.

UNB hosted the Atlantic Engineering Competition (AEC) on Feb. 8-10, and had a successful weekend with three teams heading to Ottawa to the university at nationals on March 7-10.

The teams are the first place winners in consulting engineering: Greg Armstrong, Greg Bailey, Steve Likely, and Garret Nelson; second place in consulting engineering winners: Crystal Lumsden, Malinda Parks, Alex Harris, and Cat Wilson; and second place in junior design: Amirnezam Fakhroo, Jordan Jamison, Mana Yeganeh, and Johanna McPhee.

A fourth team, consisting of Kyle Kilbride and Lionel Hayter, who achieved second place in debate, is unable to participate nationally because of prior commitments.

The three teams will represent UNB at Carleton University in Ottawa.

“I’m really excited for Ottawa, and

The junior design team.

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The second place consulting team.

I think we’re going to do really well,” said Jamison.

UNB has done well in past years of the competition, sending a team to nationals almost every year.

“UNB’s results vary from year to year, but [we] always do well. We are a strong engineering school in Atlantic Canada and it always shows, with this year being no exception,” said Nancy Ward, co-chair of the competition.

“The competitors are the best from all over Canada, but UNB has always been able to hold their own.”

Despite this, the results still came unexpected to most of UNB’s national qualifiers.

“We were pretty surprised, we weren’t really expecting it. We kind of just did it to have fun,” said Lumsden.

“Second place is still awesome because it’s really competitive, and you still get to compete nationally.”

The teams are already strategizing and making plans for nationals. They will be taking what they learned at the AEC, such as team dynamic, work efficiency and critical thinking, and applying it to the stiffer competition in Ottawa.

“The next [competition] will be

more challenging because it’s people who have already won,” Lumsden said.

“There are some strategies we noticed other teams using, and we’re going to take them to nationals,” said Jamison. “I definitely can’t say too much, though.”

AEC is an annual competition that acts as the regional qualifier for the CEC. This year’s theme was global engineering, with teams racing to see who could come up with the best solution for problems ranging from more efficient cook stoves and water filters, to sustainability.

“This was our chance to try to make the world a better place,” said Bailey.

Part of the competition’s success lay in the event’s organizers. The competition ran smoothly, thanks to the directors and other volunteers who worked to make it possible.

“I would like to thank all the participants, volunteers and sponsors for making this event the success it was, and I wish the UNB students heading to CEC in March the best of luck,” said Ward.

“I had fun and I’d do it again,” said Kilbride. “I’d encourage other people to do it as well.”

The first-place consulting team.

Competitor overlooks testing of senior design entry during the competition.

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Viruses: not just for your PC anymore

Thomas Johansen The Brunswickan With their ability to do nearly everything, except rub their owner’s feet and cook them baby back ribs, cellphones have essentially evolved to the point of becoming miniature computers.

And when there are computers, there are viruses.

With more personal information on them than ever before, phones are becoming a bigger target for hackers.

Viruses for Android phones have been in development, but this past year, they have seen a dramatic increase.

Their numbers have grown by 580 per cent in the past year, as of October 2012.

David Shipley, enterprise strategy analyst of information technology services at UNB, said the malware infecting phones are mainly Trojan Horse Viruses, which get into a system by looking like something innocuous.

“For smartphones using the Android platform, it’s possible to get infected because an app on Google Play store or another Android store is contaminated,” said Shipley.

Periodical Elements Shane Rockland Fowler Want to know how you’re going to die? Just spit. Want to know what’s going to make your baby sick? Collect some blood.

Inside every one of your cells is a mountain of information that can tell you everything about your body, even the things you may not want to know.

Last year, Steve Jobs took $100,000 before he died and had his entire genome sequenced. What this means is that scientists cracked open cells in his body, took out some of his deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA, and had a computer read out and record every one of his 23,000 genes.

He’s only the 20th person to have this done. While $100,000 sounds like a lot of money, less then ten years ago – the first time this was done, in 1996 – it cost $3 billion.

“The drop in cost is astounding, across most genetic tests” said biology professor, Tyler Mackenzie. “It’s getting to a point where it will become accessible to you and to me.”

Having DNA sequenced, or “read”, results in a full blueprint of that person.

All the secrets you didn’t even know you had inside you can be printed out

Kapersky, a Russian computer security company, has discovered an app in Google Play that installs malware onto PCs, and wreaks havoc on smartphones when they are connected to the computer.

Viruses that make their way onto Android devices can do a number of things to gain personal information and inconvenience users. They can steal the contact list on a phone and infect a computer when connected to the phone. They can also make the phones scan credit cards in a person’s pocket, and if other people are close enough, they can even scan the cards in other peoples’ pockets.

The microphones on Androids can also be tapped in to, and record any phone calls and send them to the creator of the virus.

Shipley said it is more profitable to exploit phones nowadays, because people keep a virtual treasure trove of personal information on their phones.

It is inaccurate to picture the viruses as being made by computer programmers working alone in their basement, infecting phones for fun. These viruses are made by international, multi-

Smartphones are becoming bigger targets for hackers. Bronté James / The Brunswickan million dollar criminal organizations that profit off the personal information gained by these viruses.

To avoid getting malware into an Android device, Shipley recommends arming the phone with antivirus protection.

“For iOS (iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch) it’s a lot harder to infect because the official Apple App store is much more rigorous in reviewing apps,” Shipley said. “But, if you’ve jailbroken your iOS

device and use a third-party app store to download pirated apps, your phone could get infected.”

Jailbreaking is a process that lets an Apple product download apps from third party stores apart from the Apple App store, and this is where they are vulnerable. It is also harder to fix an Apple phone infected through this process, as once jailbroken, the warranty on the product is void.

Shipley recommends taking the

same care when dealing with smartphone security as one would with their home computer’s security.

“In general, mobile malware is the same as regular PC malware,” Shipley said.

“It’s designed most of the time to steal from you, either your personal information, your financial information or your computing resources.”

The cheaper crystal ball for the world to see. Having your DNA read can show how susceptible you are to certain diseases, your chances of getting certain cancers, as well as how likely you are to bald before the age of 40.

“It’s an incredible amount of information, and it’s becoming affordable,” says Mackenzie.

To put the costs into perspective, during Mackenzie’s university studies at Mount Allison, 12 years ago, his department considered combining resources with two other universities in order to afford a specific genetic test on a sample of DNA for research purposes.

Mackenzie performed that same test a few summers ago for a class of at-risk youths as a science demonstration, for about $60.

“This was something that was practically economically impossible for three universities 12 years ago,” explains Mackenzie. “It’s the same as computers that used to cost millions not that long ago; the difference is, this generates personal information.”

As Mr. Jobs learned in his desperation to defeat his cancer, money is no longer the biggest factor in learning exactly what is going on inside a person at the microscopic level. It’s time.

Jobs left all the information needed to figure out what was wrong with him. But the science is not far enough

along to make sense of which genes do what job in a person’s DNA. It is certainly not far enough along to offer treatments for cancer, at least not yet.

But while those advances are years away, the information that can be gained is incredibly useful for other uses, and even less expensive.

For around $5000, depending on the company, a person can have their DNA tested. Instead of reading all of someone’s blueprint, DNA testing involves computers looking and comparing your DNA to others’, specifically in known trouble spots. In human DNA, diseases that you’re born with all show up in the same area. This makes it relatively easy to compare healthy DNA to bad or defective DNA. When you know where to look for a problem, there is no reason to spend the $100,000 as Steve Jobs did, for an entire catalogue of your genome. With this technique, it is possible to only check the problem spots. Imagine just putting a drop of blood on a USB stick and having your own computer tell you about your make-up. This technology already exists for $900. But right now, it is only good at reading small pieces of DNA like that found in bacteria.

“I imagine we’ll see one that can do people in a few years,” says Mackenzie.

“What people do with that information is the real issue.”

Your DNA may reveal more than you think. Submitted

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Why should we expect less?

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A Critical Eye Cody Jack

Why is your dollar worth less than it was 10-20 years ago? Recently, I have been seeing the photo on Facebook of the three most recent forms of the Canadian 50 dollar bill, with three shopping carts underneath them. The only thing that makes the shopping carts different is that there is less and less in them as you get closer to the new 50 dollar bill. A lot of people understand that their dollar is worth less now than it was years before this. Most people understand that it is “inflation”, but what exactly is inflation and why does it occur? Why are we expected to accept less?

Before we delve in to the exciting world of monetary policy and explanations about inflation, here are some fun statistics for you to digest. According to Statistics Canada, the purchasing power of your dollar has dropped 36 cents since 1993. On top of that, over the last 30 years, the real median hourly wage for full-time workers has only grown by about two dollars.

What is meant by “real wages” is that the numbers given has taken into account inflation, and held constant. So,

although you may have gotten a 25 per cent raise since 2000, inflation has gone up 22 per cent; your raise in wages only really amounted to 3 per cent.

On top of the fact that real wages have barely risen since 1981, reaching their height in 2010, they are on a decline. Now this is only the numbers for full-time workers; the workforce is moving more and more towards parttime work. For example, New Brunswick’s unemployment rate increased again last month. During the time frame, NB lost a large amount full-time work, and those jobs were replaced by part-time positions. Part-time work traditionally pays less than its full-time counterpart, and is less stable. In a story from the fall of 2011 from the Canadian Press, a CIBC economist noted that there is a move from high paying skilled work/manufacturing work toward the lower paying retail and sales sector. He said that this is likely one of the causes for wage depreciation.

So why are we making less money?

This brings us back to inflation. Your head may begin to spin. During the 1970s, the western world saw high levels of inflation and low levels of growth. On top of that, Western companies began to feel the competition from other countries, and there was a profitability crisis. Now by profitability I do not mean that they weren’t making profits, what I mean is that their rate of profit (percentage) began to stagnate or decline. Some more conservative economists blamed the high inflation

With inflation affecting the cost of goods and wages, $50 just doesn’t go as far as it used to. Screenshot on high expectations of workers, to continue to see increasing wages and to see an increasing standard of living.

In order for inflation to be tackled, they argued, workers needed to lower their expectations.

In the late 1970s, Pierre Elliot Trudeau’s government implemented wage and price control measures, where they could only increase by 10 per cent the first year, and then by 8 per cent, and after that by 6 per cent. This increase would mean that wages would barely keep up with inflation, which was around 10 per cent. There was a control placed on profits as well; however, their rates were significantly higher than those of workers. It is much easier to change a profit margin than it is to hide

one’s wages.

So you may be asking, ‘What does this all have to do with me?’ It has everything to do with you. We are now in an era in which we as young people are expected to have lowering standards. We’re supposed to just expect less for more. We’re to expect to get paid less, work more, and somehow buy more things with less money. We’re told that companies cannot afford to pay us more, when Mark Carney, the Governor of the Bank of Canada, chastised Canadian companies for hoarding money.

Why should we expect less? They hoard money because it is worth more than actually making something. There is a reason why companies got out of

the business of making things; most now own the patents, and contract out the manufacturing side of things to contractors and sub-contractors.

The return of investment is quite low.

There is no money in hiring people.

There is money in lending money. So we get credit to consume the products that fewer and fewer people make, due to the increase in technology.

Inflation, I would argue, occurs because companies don’t want to lower their expectations about returns on investments, or lower their expectations on profit margins. Why should our expectations fall, as theirs continue to rise?

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letters to the editor.

An open letter to the faculty of computer science: First, I would like to applaud your initiative to open a forum with the purpose to promote peer knowledge sharing, and entrepreneurship. The forum I’m talking about however is something that not many people outside of the FCS know about; a brand new room called CS Square in Head Hall’s Gillian building.

To quote your website (Cssquare. ca),”CS Square is devoted to peer learning, knowledge sharing, and extracurricular technical-creative IT related activities and entrepreneurship. It provides a space where students, faculty and local industry can meet to collaborate and exchange innovative ideas.”

While I think these are great goals, some of the choices on how you implemented the idea leave me asking, why? In particular, since this is supposed to be a centre for public discourse why are the CS grad students locked out? Certainly they have a lot of knowledge they could share with others. To be honest, I don’t understand why the room is under a lock and key system in the first place.

There are no computers inside, and if the intent was to create a place for people to meet, discuss ideas, and entrepreneurial opportunities, it would be best accomplished by

An apology from Mostafa Shaker Dear council and students of UNB, In light of the recent debates about my resignation, please accept this letter as my formal apology for what happened.

It was not my intention to cause any damage or inconvenience. In retrospect, I believe the situation resulted from me thinking too much about the future and not the present.

giving access to as many people that would like to participate.

Throughout this year I’ve had friends, and friends of friends, approach me to see if I would be interested in joining up and creating a new small business, or if I have anyone I could recommend. When I asked them why not check out CS Square they had never heard of it.

Everyone I told about it was very excited with the idea. While I gladly told them all about it, I doubted if they would be given access to the locked room, as I myself was not given access when I requested it (and I am a CS grad student). I believe the venture would be better served by advertising its existence, especially to the faculty of business administration. It would take very little effort, a few posters around Singer Hall, and perhaps an email to the current instructors asking them to mention it to their students.

In conclusion, I’d like to say that I truly think that CS Square is a great idea, and I really appreciate the faculty putting the initiative forward. I’d also like to say that I don’t write this as an open letter to point out flaws publicly, but to encourage discourse on how we can improve, as well as to let people know of the group’s existence.

Sincerely, Daniel Latimer

I do still believe, going on exchange was the right decision; however, the way I resigned could have been a lot more professional. While this is by no means an excuse for my behaviour, knowing the cause will help me guard against future mistakes.

Again, I am sorry for what happened. If you would like to continue this conversation, please feel free to contact me at d9be1@unb,ca. I look forward to putting this matter behind us.

Sincerely, Mostafa Shaker

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Recognizing and addressing workplace bullying Human Connection Judy McIntosh, Sue O’Donnell, and Barbara Roberts Workplace bullying often begins subtly and insidiously so that bullied individuals (targets) have difficulty recognizing, understanding, and labeling their experiences as bullying.

This is a problem because they may tend to minimize bullying behaviours (e.g., She’s just having another bad day) and blame themselves (e.g.

Maybe there is something wrong with me). This lack of recognition extends to periods of self-doubt, delays identifying bullying, prolonging the negative behaviour, and increasing ill effects on health. For these reasons, it is important to name and address the problem as bullying sooner rather than later.

Although it is often difficult to recognize and identify bullying, there are some early warning signs. Targets often report having noticed or felt some things before they knew it was bullying. Initial feelings and responses that indicate bullying include, sensing a change in relationships with people at work, having consuming thoughts

about experiences, dwelling on or replaying incidents over and over, doubting or continually questioning self and work abilities, having difficulty concentrating, and dreading going to work or school.

Targets of bullying often report noticing health symptoms, sometimes before they recognize they are being bullied. Some of the early consequences you might notice include increased stress, more anxiety, changes in sleeping patterns (insomnia or sleeping more than usual), changes in weight and eating patterns (over- or under-eating), and upset stomachs.

Later on, more severe health effects often occur if bullying continues.

If you find that you are experiencing any of these feelings or symptoms in response to work experiences, there are some things you can do. It is important to take time to reflect and consider those experiences and compare them to your past work experiences, so you can see and assess changes more clearly. Some people find it helpful to seek information and learn about workplace bullying from sources such as the Internet, journals, books, workplace policies, and resource people.

Many people find it also helpful to talk to trusted friends, family members, co-workers, or health care professionals. They can sometimes

validate your feelings and confirm your suspicions that the unacceptable behaviours you are experiencing are workplace bullying. They can also help you identify what options you have for doing something about it.

There are different ways of handling workplace bullying. First, becoming informed about what it is, and what it is not, helps to empower a target person to recognize bullying behaviours for what they are, and to understand that what feels hurtful is not their fault.

From there, one can use what is called “I statements” to create an initial response that presents some simple resistance, such as “I find criticism in front of others to be unacceptable.

Please speak to me privately if there is a problem.” That way, there is no doubt that the behaviour is unwelcome. If the behaviour still does not stop, seek support and assistance in making your point. Everyone deserves to be treated with respect and dignity in the workplace. While there might be disagreements, and problem solving is required, it can be done respectfully.

For more information, please visit Towards a Respectful Workplace at Unbf. ca/towardarespectfulworkplace/ or contact the Office of Human Rights and Positive Environment at Unb.ca/ humanrights.

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“Sleep and water.”

“Oranges and water.”

“A nap on my couch, water, and a nice old western movie.”

“More beer.”

“Two extra-strength Tylenol, one Gravol, tall glass of water and a can of Zoodles.”

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“I don’t get a hangover, I’m awesome.”

“Wendy’s chicken nuggets.”

“Another beer.”

“Bacon and eggs.”

“Coffee and honey.”

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Elizabeth Creelman Arts Reporter

Singing in the stairwells with Derek Doucet

Derek Doucet is sad he missed the chance to be in the sex issue.

“You can take pictures of me in my underwear if you want,” he said, during his photo shoot.

“They’ve even got hearts on them today.”

Despite his random outbursts, Doucet is generally a low key person.

A second year arts student and Pad Thai enthusiast, Doucet can usually be found playing guitar and writing music in the stairwells of Neville/Jones.

“I’ll just get a feeling like I need to write something and I’ll just leave – go to a place where I’m by myself,” he said. “[Sometimes] that’s a stairwell... and within 30 minutes, I’ll probably come up with a song... The last one was about my family, but it’s mostly women; you guys giving us problems.”

Doucet would love to spend his life playing music.

“I’ve been talking to a few people where I’m from,” he said.

“There’s a producer I’ve been talking to, so we’ll see how that goes... I would definitely be interested [in touring]. If I had enough interest in my music – I mean enough people listening –then I’d definitely consider it. To get that number is difficult.”

Despite the difficulty of getting started, Doucet feels that he has come to the right place at UNB. “This is the best place to kind of grow if you want to put your music out,” he said.

“I was just from a small town, so there weren’t many people. People I had watching my stuff were maybe

my family, but now it’s starting to grow a little bit quicker. It’s picked up recently.”

Of late, Doucet has been playing with fellow guitarist, Thomas Steeves and bassist, Adam Bishop. Together, the three played at the science variety show and the Rally of Hope. Coming up next for the them is the Red and Black Revue. Despite all of this activity, Doucet doesn’t know that he’d consider the group to have a permanent relationship status together.

“We’re just three guys playing right now,” he said.

“We call ourselves the Band and the Bassist. We just make fun of the bassist all the time.”

Even Doucet’s favourite performance was low-key.

“The best story I have of me playing for a crowd is one time, I was at a hotel for my brother’s hockey tournament,” he said.

“I grabbed my guitar – I don’t go anywhere without it – and I was going towards a stairwell just to play. These two people stopped me in the hall and said, ‘Could you play a couple songs for us?’ so I did. I was playing the two songs I promised and I looked up and there was a hallway full of people just standing there. I didn’t even realize that all these people had come over [during] this amount of time... I had my eyes closed.”

Luckily, the onlookers were enthusiastic and not an angry, sleepy mob.

If you feel left out and want Doucet to serenade you to sleep, look him up by typing his name into YouTube.

He’d appreciate the support and you’d appreciate the music.

Derek Doucet is a UNB student artist who is gaining a following on YouTube. Irene Graham / The Brunswickan

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The New Position Sarah Vannier Have you ever been in a relationship, or looked at the relationships of the people around you, and wondered if things were going to work out? It can be hard to guess which couples will stay together and which couples will decide to go their separate ways.

But Caryl Rusbult, a psychologist in relationships research, has developed a model that does a pretty good job of figuring it out.

Rusbult’s investment model accounts for a few different things: Satisfaction: People tend to be happy or satisfied with a relationship when their needs are met. In a romantic relationship, this can include needs for intimacy, companionship, sexual contact, and more. People who are satisfied with their relationships would agree with statements like, “My relationship is close to ideal.”

Alternatives: Alternatives are what you think you could have if you left your current relationship; basically, whether or not you think your needs would be better met if you left your partner. Possible alternatives could be a new or better partner/relationship. But they could also be things like spending more time with friends, pursing hobbies, or having new sexual partners, which would also satisfy your needs. People who believe they have alternative options to their current relationship would agree with statements

like, “If I weren’t dating my partner, I would do fine; I would find someone else to date.”

Investment: Investments are the things that you would lose if you ended the relationship. These could be things like the amount of time and energy you put into a relationship. Investments can also be resources or benefits that you have as a result of being in the relationship. This might include the mortgage of lease you both signed, your shared circle of friends, or even how much of your self-identity is based on being in a relationship. People who have high investments would agree with statements like, “My relationships with friends and family members would be complicated if we broke up.”

Satisfaction, alternatives, and investment, combine and determine how committed we are to our relationships.

According to the investment model, the more satisfied and invested you are, and the few alternatives you have, the more you are committed to your relationship and the more likely it is to last.

Then the model takes things one step further; people who are committed to their romantic relationship use more relationship maintenance strategies.

Relationship maintenance strategies: These are things we do to protect our relationship. They are important because no matter how strong a relationship is there will always be problems, conflict, or difficult periods.

These strategies include willingness to make sacrifices, playing down alternative partners (e.g., meeting someone attractive and thinking, “Yeah they are cute, but they aren’t as funny/smart/ tall/kind as the person I am with”), seeing your relationship as better than

other people’s relationships, and working through conflict instead of retaliating or ignoring your partner.

These strategies do work. Relationship maintenance strategies are associated with relationship stability.

That means that doing these things increases the chances that a couple will stay together.

The whole model seems quite simple and a little bit obvious, but is actually quite powerful for helping us figure out who stays together and who breaks up.

Have you ever stayed in an unhappy or unsatisfying relationship? Take a minute to think about why. Maybe you didn’t like your other dating options, the idea of being single, or the stress of having to find a new place to live. Or maybe you felt like you had so much invested in the relationship it was hard to walk away.

Now think about the times you have decided to end an unhappy relationship.

Before you ended it, you might have done things to decrease your investment like emotionally disconnecting from your partner, walking away from disagreements, taking up new hobbies, or meeting new people. You might have also tested out your alternative options.

Maybe you started going out more, flirting with other people, spending more time alone or with friends, or browsed an online dating site.

So the next time you are trying to figure out if a relationship is going to last, ask yourself the following: Are the partners happy, invested, and do they think there are no better options? If the answer to all three of these questions is yes, then you are probably looking at a relationship that is going to be around for a while.

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Men’s fashion

Masterworks book launched at BBAG Gordon Mihan Staff Reporter The Beaverbrook Art Gallery held the Canadian launch of Masterworks this past Friday, a book that reveals the stories behind many of the artworks of the gallery’s collection.

The east wing of the gallery was packed with people, including Terry Graff, the director and CEO of the Beaverbrook Art Gallery and editor of the book, who addressed the crowd.

Graff explained that when researching the works of art for the book, he wanted to find out what made Lord Beaverbrook tick, not in terms of all his other fascinations, but in terms of the art in the gallery.

“What was it that he was looking for, what was his sensibility, what inspired him, what was his taste, who did he talk to, what collectors did he consult with; I really wanted to get to the bottom of what Lord Beaverbrook chose to fill the gallery with,” said Graff.

The Masterworks book has been released in conjunction with the Masterworks North American tour, that will first travel through the United States and then across Canada. Many of the Beaverbrook pieces will be displayed in art galleries all across North America in the three-year tour, and the book highlights many of the paintings that will be featured.

Letters written by Lord Beaverbrook, which the art gallery has obtained, describe that despite the fact that he accomplished many things in his lifetime, it was this art collection that he obtained over the course of his life that he wanted to be remembered for and was his greatest achievement.

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Men’s fashion is coming into vogue as retailers and consumers focus more on male fashion icons. Karsten Saunders / The Brunswickan

It’s become more accessible with the advent of the Internet, blogs, and social media. There’s a heightened sense of accessibility about information concerning fashion

Morgan Mullin The Brunswickan Ours is a generation obsessed with selfpresentation. Having a sense of personal style to display on our Twitter feeds, Facebook accounts and Instagram has become critically important to millions of us, including men. Television shows such as Mad Men and Downton Abbey proudly display their fashionably dressed male cast members. Thousands of blogs are dedicated to men’s fashion, and it has a highly popular following on Pinterest.

“There’s an emphasis on men’s fashion in the media. It’s always been, ‘What did Angelina Jolie wear on the red carpet?’ But now it’s, ‘What did Angelina and Brad Pitt wear?‘” said St. Thomas student, Oliver Crooks.

“Celebrities like Beckham are being focused on in the media. Beckham is as well known for what he wears, as

for what he does. As this grows, so will men’s interest in fashion. It all goes hand in hand.”

Fellow St. Thomas student, Bliss White, believes men’s fashion is becoming more accessible than it has been in the past.

“It’s become more accessible with the advent of the Internet, blogs, and social media. There’s a heightened sense of accessibility about information concerning fashion. Then there’s dramatic series on TV like Mad Men, too. People are aware when they consume media; they think,‘I want look like so and so,’” said White.

As American Vogue expands its website to include a men’s section, I can’t help but feel that men’s fashion is becoming more, well, fashionable, than it has been in the past. Crooks offers a possible explanation. “[It’s] because in the past, women have always been expected to look good

for men, but as society evolves and women become a more independent demographic, men are now expected to dress well for women,” he said.

White, however, counters that while it may seem like men’s fashion is in the limelight now, it’s always been important.

“You’re trying to project an image in – for better or worse – what’s become an image focused society. Especially with new media, we want to leave a digital footprint where we look our best. When it was once reserved for the wealthy, now even money conscious students [can have access to the fashion world],” said White.

While the men’s market continues to boom and more and more designers delve into menswear, being a fashionable man is a trend that isn’t about to go away any time soon. Buckle your seatbelts, gentlemen, you’re in for a high-style ride.

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Cinema Politica review: Diversidad Tamara Gravelle The Brunswickan

Diversidad reveals the dark underside of world food production.

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Would you work 12-hour shifts in the sun – plus the four-hour commute – exposed to different pesticides, with no benefits, for only $7 per hour?

Probably not.

But, unfortunately, that’s a reality for hundreds of immigrants coming in from Mexico to the States. That life and job, according to them, is better than any other they would find in Mexico.

Diversidad was shown as a part of the Cinema Politica film series last Friday. The film covers many topics concerning the problems society has regarding food production, including the example above.

The film follows a group of Canadians who decided to bike from Vancouver down the western coast to the boarder of Mexico, then bus to Cancun for the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) annual conference in 2003.

One of the focuses of the film was the use of genetically modified organisms, or GMOs. A GMO is a plant or animal that has been changed through genetic engineering. GMOs are often used in vegetable production in North America, because, quite frankly, it just makes life a little easier for the farmers.

The problem with GMOs is how harmful they are to the environment.

There is one scene in Diversidad where they show a field that has been exposed to GMOs for many years. The entire field looked like something you’d expect to see in the desert, not something that can be used to grow food.

The film states that the European Union has banned the use of GMOs and many other countries have laws that require labelling on all items with GMOs in them.

Canada and the United States don’t have those laws.

As the young adults continue on with their trip, they meet a lot of people

and hear a lot of stories to take with them to the WTO conference.

Their solution was to create an alternate society to live in where you would grow your own organic food, and not only help protect the environment but stop supporting the production of GMO laced food. They also wanted more focus to be concentrated on farmers’ markets and locally grown food.

This seems a little naïve if you ask me; in the age we live in now, we want things fast, we want them right, and we want them by any means possible.

Don’t get me wrong, I completely support the idea of buying local, and I don’t even buy meat at the grocery store anymore. I simply think that for us to change our ways, something big and dramatic is going to have to happen, and we aren’t there quite yet.

Information about upcoming Cinema Politica screenings can be found at Cinemapolitica.org/Fredericton.

“Petty squabbling is kind of like the essence of board games.” Alex Walsh / The Brunswickan

The Anger Games Gordon Mihan Staff Reporter Board games bring out the worst in people.

We’ve all seen it happen.

It might happen during a rage inducing Settlers of Catan, a backstabbing game of Risk, or the home-wrecking Monopoly. We’ve all seen our friends or ourselves turn into complete and utter monsters.

But, why? Why do board games bring out the worst in people?

First off, board games have an intimacy that other mediums lack. Not like a sexual intimacy; there’s very little about

board games that are sexy, unless we’re talking about sexy board games, but that’s something for Sarah Vannier to explore. I mean intimate in the sense that you’re sitting around a table looking directly at the other people with whom you’re playing.

If you do something to mess with another player, you have to look them right in the eye when you do it. It brings out a sort of competition between people.

What makes board game competition different from any other competition, though? The stakes for board games are incredibly low. Compared to, say, sports, where the stakes are a bit

higher with physical activity, decisions being made with adrenaline pumping, and the possibility of injury.

None of this is present during a board game. You’re more likely to be eating ham during a board game than pulling a hamstring. These lowered stakes give the opportunity to really give it to each other without the worry of real world consequences.

This is less of a complaint and more of an observation; petty squabbling is kind of like the essence of board games.

Take the appropriately named game, Sorry! for example. The title is literally based around screwing over other players with the opportunity to issue

the most sarcastic apology when you do it. Oh, you almost got all your pegs in the final line? Well, I just rolled a six and landed on your last peg, SOORRRYYY, Muahahahaha. Board games don’t get much simpler than that, and at its core, it’s still a game about being an asshole.

I know what some of you are thinking. “This doesn’t apply to me, I don’t even play board games. I’m too busy going to the gym and having sex!” Fair enough. But what I’m saying is maybe give board games a chance. With such low-stake consequences, you have freerange to let that dark side out, if only for a little while, which I think is an

important thing to distinguish. Sure, becoming a villain during the duration of a game can be satisfying, but no one likes a person who takes it with them after the game is done. Being a dick during a game of Jenga is one thing, being a dick in real life is another.

A friend of mine once told me that if you’re playing board games with your friends and you’re not mad at each other, you’re doing it wrong. While that may be a bit intense, I can sort of agree. I certainly don’t feel bad when he doesn’t get to ‘pass go’, that’s for sure.

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Josh Fleck Sports Editor Another season in the books, and it’s another AUS banner for the Varsity Reds men’s volleyball team.

The Varsity Reds won the best of three series 2-0 after beating the Dalhousie Tigers 3-1 Friday night in Halifax, and then 3-1 Sunday night at the Currie Center.

Prior to the match Friday, the AUS announced this season’s award winners, as well as their All-Star team. It was nearly a clean sweep for the Varsity Reds in the awards category as Student Athlete Community Service Award went to Logan Keoughan, Rookie of the Year went to Eivind Anderson, Libero of the Year was given to Andrew Costa, and Julio Fernandez took home AUS MVP. Dalhousie’s Dan Ota was named

Coach of the Year. Fernandez was joined by middle Craig Toonders on the AUS All-star team.

Friday’s match saw head coach Dan McMorran tinker with his lineup, taking out the recently named Libero of the Year and putting Matt Sweet in as libero for the AUS Championships.

“It was a decision that involved Marc White as well,” said McMorran. “I felt Marc could give us both a strong offensive and defensive presence at the net, and if I’m going to insert him in the lineup, it’s a nobrainer for us at this stage to then move Sweet into the libero position as he is our best serve receiver and a great defender.”

The move paid off for the Varsity Reds as White had 13 kills on Friday night, to go along with 10 on Sunday evening. Sweet combined for 14

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Matt Sweet (white) made the move from power to libero, which sparked UNB to an AUS Championship.

Sandy Chase / The Brunswickan Matt Daley. had those leads.” digs in the series.

With the AUS playoffs now in the Both matches started off the same The weekend play was dominated

by Fernandez as he imposed his will way as Dal came out winning the rear view mirror, the attention turns on the Tigers, finishing with 31 kills, first set in each match before UNB to Laval, Que., where the Rouge et 13 on Friday and 18 on Sunday, stormed back each night to win three Or will host the CIS championships.

“We have to pick up our level of straight. earning AUS playoff MVP. “It mirrored the match down in play. We have been consistently rising Earning the win on home court in front of over 1100 fans made the Dalhousie. It seems like we need to here in the post season, and its good win even better for the Varsity Reds. be poked before we decide we want because we want to be peaking in “The crowd was great. It was the to play,” said McMorran. “With an Laval,” said McMorran about what’s first time we had that many people opportunity to win on home court, next for his team.

Hopefully this squad isn’t finished maybe we started a little bit too out,” said Fernandez.

The crowd was led by a group of confident, but we turned it around their climb to the peak, as there is rambunctious basketball players, in the second set, and we jumped on always room for a CIS banner to go and none louder than point guard some leads and we executed after we with the AUS banner.

Do you agree with the IOC’s decision to cut wrestling from the next Olympics? cellarpub.ca

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Nick Murray

Totally agree. Like, what is better than watching hot sweaty men and women rolling around on mats with cauliflower ear? Absolutely everything else. But in reality, what is the IOC thinking? One of the founding sports with millions around the world still competing; this is an outrage.

Absolutely not, this is the worst decision the IOC has ever made, even worse than eliminating baseball (okay, that one was justified). I can pick five sports that should have been removed, handball being one of them.

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Julie McLaughlin Sports Reporter

While I understand that many wrestling fans will be upset that the sport has been removed, I’ve never been that big of a fan, and is one of the few events I didn’t watch last summer. I’m excited to see what comes in to replace it.

Bronté James Sports Writer

I do not agree with it. Wrestling has always been in the Olympics and dates as far back as the Greeks. If we are going to cut something, then cut the pentathlon; has anyone ever actually been to one? Something that combines shooting lasers and show jumping is not up to par with wrestling.

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Varsity Reds fall to StFX in tight match Johnny Cullen The Brunswickan

Despite going into the playoffs as the fourth seed, UNB fell at the hands of StFX in five sets. Michael Bourgeois / The Brunswickan

The Reds women’s volleyball team travelled to Memorial University this weekend, to square off against the StFX X-Women in AUS playoff action.

Though the match was hard-fought and tight, the Reds were slighted in the end by StFX, who pocketed the win with a 3-2 victory (24-26, 23-25, 27-25, 25-21, 15-13).

The trouble for the Reds was visible in the first two sets. Though the two teams were neck and neck, StFX came out on top, leading the match, two sets to none.

In the third set, the name of the game for UNB was defence.

“StFX had two match points in the third set, but we held them off,”

Why wrestling?

Despite being one of the oldest Olympic sports, wrestling got axed for the 2016 Olympics. tpower1978 / flickr CC Wrestling will still have their World ing horse, come on).

Josh Fleck Championships and Commonwealth What do you say to wrestling upon An Opinion its departure? “You had a good 120 Games among other events, but none of them hold a candle to the Olympics.

OK, this is getting to be a little ridicu- year run, maybe see you in 2020.”

I wouldn’t be surprised if you see This isn’t written in stone yet. Wrestlous. First, it was my first true love to get cut (baseball), and now wrestling!? ling does have a chance to be a part of more wrestlers jumping ship to hit up Wrestling was removed by the Inter- the 2020 Olympics. It will join seven the UFC, or other MMA circuits.

When it comes to the connection national Olympic Committee as one of other sports, including baseball, to the 25 “core sports” that comprise the make presentations to be an additional between MMA and the Olympics, the best example is Dan Henderson, who sport for the 2020 Olympics.

Olympic games.

I’m not going to try and pretend for owns a 29-8 record as an MMA fighter, Man, would I have loved to be a fly a second that I’m a fan of wrestling. In and has also competed in two Olymon the wall of that conference room.

While baseball is a modern sport, fact, I haven’t gone to a single wrest- pics, 1992 and 1996, representing the wrestling deserves a place in the Olym- ling match in my time in Fredericton, USA in Greco-Roman wrestling.

Despite the possibility to get back pics. Historically, next to the marathon, despite having numerous friends on wrestling is the greatest of all Olympic the team. That doesn’t mean I hate in the 2020 Olympics, the chances of sports. It’s outrageous that wrestling the sport. In fact, it’ Absolutely not, it actually happening are slim, based will be on the sidelines, while golf, this is the worst decision the IOC has on how soon it was removed. Due to synchronized swimming, shooting and ever made, even worse than eliminating the mass amounts of public uproar, it equestrian are all still major parts of the baseball (okay, that one was justified). won’t be long before you see wrestling I can pick five sports that should have back in the Olympics, for the IOC’s Olympic games.

Now don’t get me wrong, I’m not been removed, handball being one of sake anyway. bashing any of those sports (well, them. s quite the opposite. I respect the maybe equestrian; you’re riding a fuck- hell out of the sport.

said Reds head coach, Jilliane Goulet.

“Emma Hunt came in and changed our momentum in the third set, and Paige Nelmes had a great overall match, especially for her first AUS playoff match.”

Emma Hunt racked up ten kills and six digs onto the scoreboard, fueling the rallying Reds’ comeback. Rookie Paige Nelmes, also did her part keeping the V-Reds in the game, contributing 16 kills and a whopping 26 digs to the tilt.

UNB took the third set 27-25, and used the momentum to their advantage, stealing set four 25-21. Things were looking good for the Reds, and the grind was to continue for a fifth and final set.

Just two points short, the Reds lost the fifth set 15-13. Despite the loss, the comeback from being down by two sets

and taking it all the way to the fifth set, shows the drive and determination possessed by the UNB side. It has been a long season, and the team’s hard work was reflected in this hard-hitting match.

For three UNB players, their exceptional play this season earned them league awards. Fourth year middle, Rebecca Glancy, was named first team AUS All-star for her excellent season, while second year, Vanja Mitrovic, was named to the second team All-star, and first year, Paige Nelmes, was named to the All-Rookie team.

The season consisted of many hardfought battles, and this final game was no exception. The heart shown by the Reds in their comeback attempt represented what the UNB volleyball program is all about. To be optimistic, the loss gives the Reds something to build on for next season.

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Nick Murray The Brunswickan To put it simply, Ben Shutron knows how to win hockey championships.

Two J. Ross Robertson Cups for winning the OHL, one Memorial Cup Championship, and a CIS University Cup title two years ago on home ice, which is his favourite memory of his three and a half years as a V-Red; his on-ice accomplishments speak for themselves.

Top scorer C. Culligan (4G, 27A)

But it’s many of his off-ice contributions, like spending some time with a Fredericton minor hockey player with a broken femur, as Shutron had suffered, that’s made him a fan-favourite in Fredericton.

Thursday, Shutron and the V-Reds will go for their third consecutive Atlantic University Sport title, as they’ll take on the UPEI Panthers at the Aitken Centre at 7 p.m. in game one of the Subway AUS semi-finals.

“This year, it seems like we all have

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that hunger and drive to become the best team, and I think it’s just the camaraderie,” said Shutron, on what makes this group of V-Reds different from other years. “This next month is going to be a journey. But if we can stay tight, then hopefully we can achieve what we want to achieve.”

His teammates voted him in as an alternate captain this year, and on top of that, he was awarded the Don McAdam scholarship. He’s not yet sure if he’ll take his MBA next year and

Top scorer D. Fraser (7G, 20A)

come back for a final season, but said he isn’t really thinking that far ahead at this point.

“It’s been stressful, I’m going to have to make a life decision at the end of the year,” he said. “But in junior, I was thinking of stuff like that a little too much instead of just enjoying the year, so that’s what I want to do right now and keep my doors open. It could be my last time at the school, same with some of the other guys, so we’re just trying to have fun and win some

hockey games.”

Shutron is coming into the playoffs having scored four points in the last three games, while riding an eightgame winning streak.

Though the V-Reds have been on 13-day layoff after a first round bye, Shutron said the break shouldn’t kill their momentum.

“We know other teams are playing games and we’re going to have to be ready,” said Shutron. “Everyone’s bringing their best in practice and everyone’s doing a good job of pushing each other so that we keep up the good habits and don’t slip.”

While Shutron has worked with many young aspiring Fredericton minor hockey players, one parting message he’d like to leave is one that sometimes gets lost as players move up the ranks.

“Just enjoy the game,” he said.

“Hockey is such a fun sport and it’s meant to be enjoyed. Just go out, have fun, and you’re going to have some ups and downs, but if you go to the rink everyday and try to have fun and almost play as if you’re a little kid all the time, then you’re going to be successful.”

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Seahawks no match for Reds Julie McLaughlin Sports Reporter In the last home games of the season, the Varsity Reds men’s basketball team came up victorious against the visiting Memorial Seahawks. In two must win games for a team that is currently sitting outside of a playoff position, the V-Reds stepped up and played a couple of strong games. The Reds defeated MUN 80-64 on Saturday night, and 86-58 on Sunday afternoon.

On Saturday night, Jordan Irvine led all UNB scorers, with 30 points. Will McFee was the next highest scorer for

the home team with 11 points. Having defeated MUN on the road earlier this season, UNB had to play tough against a steadily improving Seahawks team.

They put up a good fight for the majority of the game, but in a slow and steady process, UNB began to build a lead.

The first quarter proved to be the closest of the game, as the Reds only held on to a six-point lead by the end of the first ten minutes. Despite the lead, the quarter was rather slow as both teams attempted to find their ground.

Irvine scored nine of the team’s 18 points in the first.

UNB found their offensive stride in

the second quarter. Powering past the opponent, the Reds did not look back after the first 20 minutes of the game were played. Outscoring their opponents 22-14 in this quarter, the team went into halftime with a 40-26 lead.

Unfortunately, the Reds did not come out of the halftime break with the momentum they left on the court.

They allowed MUN to outscore them 23-17, which was not enough to take control of the game; it allowed the Seahawks to get a glimpse at a victory.

Irvine chipped in another nine points to help keep the basketball game under control.

Jordan Irvine had a huge weekend for the Varsity Reds in two must win games against Memorial. Victoria Clowater / The Brunswickan

The fourth and final quarter was the final nail in the coffin for this last placed team. UNB was able to regain the composure they had in the first half, and take a crucial win when they needed it most.

“We got some big time luck with Dalhousie beating Saint Mary’s the other night. Maybe our karma’s changing; we needed this win, and we have to go get another one. I told the guys, that’s one down, you’ve got two left to get. We get that, and we can only hope that Saint Mary’s loses twice,” said head coach, Brent Baker, on the hopes of his team playing in the

post-season.

Sunday afternoon, UNB did it once more. The Reds exploded both offensively and defensively. Led by McFee, who finished the game with 27 points in just 29 minutes. Mark Matheson chipped in 14 for the victorious Reds.

UNB travels to Cape Breton for the final weekend of play, where they will take on Cape Breton Capers, ranked second place on CIS. UNB must win at least one of these two games, in hopes of playing the following weekend in Halifax.

With two games left in the regular season, the Varsity Reds will look to find their stride before hosting the playoffs. Victoria Clowater / The Brunswickan

Struggles continue for women

Julie McLaughlin Sports Reporter On their last home weekend, the girl’s basketball team faced a tough opponent in the Memorial Seahawks.

Bidding farewell to their time in the Currie Center, fifth year posts Melissa Foster and Allie Chalke, fifth year guard Laura Fowler, and fourth year post Sam Kaminsky, were honoured in a ceremony prior to tip off on Sunday afternoon.

Saturday night’s game did not go in favour of the home team, as they were defeated 88-58. UNB struggled to find

scoring outside of Claire Colborne, who had a team high of 22 points.

MUN’s head coach was ejected at the 7:21 mark in the first quarter, forcing the men’s coach to step in and coach the team all weekend. Sunday afternoon, the girls were defeated 62-47.

Sunday afternoon’s game was a completely different team than the night before. The team hit the floor with a different intensity than most games this season. Perhaps it was that the team was playing for the seniors, or perhaps it was because it was the last home game of the season. Whatever the reason, this Varsity Reds came out to fight to the

very last second.

The start of the game was a struggle, with UNB not scoring a basket until just before the five-minute mark. MUN had scored ten points prior to this basket by Rachel Cleary. UNB began to chip away at the lead that MUN had established, but they struggled the entire game to find ways to score. For this team to find winning ways, they need to have multiple players score in the double digits.

The Reds opened the second quarter down 17-9. UNB continued to struggle offensively, having made one free throw prior to the four-minute mark, when

Caroline Healy scored her first points of the game. One of the highlights of the weekend was the finish of this quarter, when Kaminsky stole the ball and hit Colleen Daly who nailed a buzzer with a three.

The third quarter opened with Colborne scoring her first points of the game. Having her unable to score certainly hurt the team offensively.

Unlike Saturday night’s game, UNB played much better defensively, and was able to keep MUN within reach.

MUN took the final quarter into their hands, cementing the outcome in the final minutes of play. Regard-

less, UNB did not give up through the game, which cannot be said for the game the night before.

“Today proved that we have it in us not to quit. I thought we quit yesterday, not every single person, but as a group, I thought we quit; myself included. I got very frustrated and did a really crappy job of coaching. Today, I thought we fought way harder and showed a lot of character,” reflected head coach, Jeff Speedy, on his team’s success and failures this last weekend.

The team travels to Cape Breton next weekend for the final two games of the season before hosting AUS playoffs.