Issue 1, Vol. 150, The Brunswickan

Volume 151, Issue 1, September 2017

The Brunswickan Editorial Board

About us

Editorial Policy

Letters to the Editor

Editor-in-Chief Emma McPhee

The Brunswickan, in its 151st year of publication, is Canada’s Oldest Official Student Publication.

While we endeavour to provide an open forum for a variety of viewpoints and ideas, we may refuse any submission considered by the Editorial Board to be racist, sexist, libellous or in any way discriminatory.

Letters must be submitted by e-mail to editor@thebruns.ca.

Include your name, since letters with pseudonyms will not be printed or posted online. Letters must be 500 words at maximum. Deadline for letters is Friday at 5 p.m.

Business Manager Katie Kim News Editor Emma MacDonald Arts Editor Ryan Gaio Sports Editor Caroline Mercier Art Director Book K. Sadprasid Copy Editor Tristan Hallihan

Staff Assistant Art Director Maria Araujo Reporters Erin Sawden Tiziana Zevallos Brad Ackerson Photographer Cameron Lane Ad Manager Pouria Poursaeid

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CONTENTS 04

Letter from the Editor

by Emma McPhee

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Artsy Things to Do in Fredericton This Month

by Ryan Gaio

News Briefs

by Emma MacDonald

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UNB & UNBSU Presidents Share Outlooks on New Year

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Thoughts from the Arts Editor

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by Ryan Gaio

by Emma MacDonald

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DEAR FIRST YEAR ME

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“I am water”: Local Storyteller Finds Her Roots on the Walastoq

by Tiziana Zevallos

20 The Capital Complex

by Ryan Gaio

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Goal Remains the Same for Women’s Soccer

by Caroline Mercier

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Preparations Underway for Return of V-Reds Women’s Hockey

by Caroline Mercier

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Retooled V-Reds Aim for Third Straight Title

by Brad Ackerson

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Letter from the Editor Words by Emma McPhee

Readers, I have a confession: On behalf of the Brunswickan, I would like to inform you that Sharkie, the beloved Brunswickan mascot, is not a shark. He is a red herring. I know, I know. I, too, see the irony in this: a red herring is something that is purposely misleading; we, a newspaper, have likely been misleading generations of Brunswickan readers into thinking that Sharkie is a shark. But he simply is not. According to Brunswickan lore, staff members of old once chose a red herring as their mascot—an admittedly poor mascot for a newspaper—to serve as a reminder to never mislead their readers. And then they named their symbolic mascot Sharkie.

I bring this up mainly because of how prominent the topics of media reliability and accountability have become in recent months. We’ve all seen the video clips of Trump calling journalists “fake news” at press conferences in an attempt to devalue those who do not toe his line. We have seen major news outlets—the likes of CNN and FOX—descend to the level of the tabloid press with their flashy, divisive representation of politics and their penchant to appeal to the lowest common denominator. A little closer to home, we have Canadians calling out the CBC for being too left-leaning; closer still, we have the Irving media conglomerate.

While the mess of the Trump administration has made the public more aware of journalism’s role in maintaining the flow of vital information in democratic societies, there has also been an upsurge—or perhaps a rise in the visibility—of those who scorn the elite media and what it stands for, turning instead to the populist press. The latter group, which so often seems to yell the loudest, is creating a dangerous climate for the spread of the truth.

It was at a family reunion this summer that I first personally experienced pushback against journalism. I was asked the inevitable question any university student faces—you know the one: “So, what are you going to do with your life?”

I didn’t hesitate. “Journalism,” I said. “Probably journalism.”

The reaction I faced wasn’t exactly that of disapproval, but a pause in the conversation told me that journalism wasn’t quite a profession that garnered the respect of the individual asking. “Just don’t go working for the CBC, now,” he said finally.

I was thrown off by that reaction and tried (and failed) to laugh it off. In my head, though, I was thinking, I’ll work anywhere I damn well please. Later, I heard this same individual talking to my uncle about how the media are all a bunch of liars, and how you have to look elsewhere to find out what’s really happening. Now, I’m not naive—I’m well aware that this is a sentiment shared by many; only, for the first time I was hearing it on my own turf, within my own family.

It really got me thinking about the Bruns and its role here at UNB. Going back to Sharkie, we do our best to avoid misleading our readers. No media organization is perfect, but we—like many others—try to correct our mistakes as swiftly as possible. Sometimes, what we write might be disagreeable to certain people or groups on campus; when this happens, people try to shut us up by saying that we’re misleading and spreading falsehoods.

In my four plus years with the Brunswickan, I’ve been called a bad journalist for telling unpopular truths; I’ve been told to kill stories that showed a negative side of the university—even when it was a side that needed to come to light—and I’ve been asked to give up my sources when I refused to do so. Throughout all of this, the Bruns didn’t budge—and it is my promise that this year will be no different.

Inevitably, the Bruns will cover topics that people disagree with, but like the current concerns with the elite media, trying to shut out what one dislikes isn’t going to help the conversation surrounding issues of public importance.

We’re all at a university, a place where, more than anywhere, there should be a healthy environment for robust and vigorous discussion and debate. I see the Bruns as being one facet of this. Ideally, journalism should be an agent of public discourse.

I’m going to end off this rather depressing welcome editorial with a request: Think about participating with the Brunswickan this year. Without readers, we might as well be shouting into a vacuum; without contributors, we have no paper. So, please, join the discussion. Pick up the paper and read it. Talk about the issues we address with your friends. Submit a response—or better yet, make the best decision of your academic career and write for us. Whatever you do from the above, I promise you won’t regret it.

Emma McPhee is the Editor-in-Chief of the Brunswickan

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News Briefs Words by Emma MacDonald

Editor’s note: Did you miss out on what all was happening at UNB this summer? The Brunswickan’s News Desk has compiled a selection of the events and changes that occurred over the past few months. In this new magazine section called “News Briefs,” we will provide a recap of the of each month’s big news items—but be sure to check out thebruns.ca for for better coverage—especially as the news breaks.

Res Life undergoes changes This September marks the beginning of a new era at Residence Life, since the long-used don system is being replaced with what director Dean Martin feels is a more administrative-supportive one.

The dons contracts have not been renewed for this year and are instead being replaced with three full-time Residence Life Coordinator’s (RLC’s).

The additional staff has allowed Res Life to extend its

hours until 8 p.m. this year—a change Martin hopes will increase the department’s accessibility to students.

Each RLC will live in residence and oversee one of three clusters: East Campus (DKT), Four Points (Mackenzie, McLeod, Lady Beaverbrook, Aitken) and the Core buildings (Bridges, Harrison, Neville-Jones, Neill).

Faculty member Satinder Gill has been hired as a residence fellow, and will be living in residence to support the academic needs of students and coordinate with the education proctors.

Lead proctors will take over as the main points of contact within each residence; they’ll have additional duties, and in return will receive additional compensation. Successful applicants were selected from a pool of returning proctors.

Res Life has also partnered up with Counselling Services intern Jennifer Campbell, who has volunteered to live

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in-residence and offer weekly evening office hours to proctors who might benefit from her services.

Martin is excited about the changes and feels they will ultimately improve students’ experiences in residence.

“Everyone is going to have equal access to the expertise of [RLCs] who chose this as their profession—who have the education, who have the professional development, who are excited.”

One of Martin’s greatest hopes is that the changes will help rebrand Res Life as “not a bad thing.”

Martin says, “We want students to have a good experience, and I don’t think students always understand that.”

The shift to the new system will come under formalized review two years after its implementation.

Summer funding announcements include tricampus sexual assault strategy UNB joined fellow post-secondary institutions STU and NBCC in signing a three-year joint sexual assault strategy in June.

The institutions are partnering up with the Fredericton Sexual Assault Centre to invest $80,000 per year into four key areas: policy development, prevention and education, interventions and response, and research and evaluation.

In a press release, UNB’s vice-president academic, George MacLean, said that the decision to extend the strategy to all three campuses was made because the issue of sexual assault “often involves members that are at different institutions, and it would be very difficult indeed for one institution to try to respond to that.”

Maggie Forsythe from the Fredericton Sexual Assault Centre joined UNB in September 2016 as a new campus sexual assault support advocate; with the new strategy’s announcement, Forsythe’s services will now be employed at all campuses.

UNB’s most recent funding announcement was another new health research chair—this one in cannabis.

The New Brunswick Health Research Foundation and Tetra Bio-Pharma Inc. have contributed $500 000 each to establish a new health research chair; this funding will extend over a five-year period and is expected to begin in the 2017-2018 fiscal year.

“The cannabis health research chair – the first in pharmacological sciences - is a key example of the university’s commitment to discovery,” said Dr. David MaGee, UNB’s acting vice-president of research, in a press release.

Out with the old and in with the new: An update on the new Kinesiology building Last year, UNB announced that it had received funding from the Post-Secondary Institutions Strategic Investment Fund (SIF) for a new Centre for Healthy Living on the Fredericton campus.

Construction on the $36 million facility began almost immediately, and is slated for completion in spring 2018.

UNB has stated that this hasty timeline is due to criteria laid out in the SIF funding agreement, which is supported by $16.6 million from the federal government and roughly half of that from the provincial. UNB is providing the remaining $11.1 million.

In a statement to the Brunswickan, UNB communications officer Natasha Ashfield confirmed the announced timeline.

“The building is on track for its spring 2018 opening.

Workers are insulating and closing up the base of the building as steel framing continues.”

Forsythe’s introduction to the UNB campus has increased the number of sexual assault disclosures by three-fold; in the past, the number was usually under ten per year.

The new facility will replace the long-standing Lady Beaverbrook Gym, which is slated to be decommissioned in the fall of 2018.

Forsythe’s position came on the heels of a new Sexual Assault Policy and Procedures document released by UNB in May 2016.

As a testament to the old building, the kinesiology faculty and Alumni Office reached out to the UNB community and collected mementos from their time in the Lady Beaverbrook Gym, which will be placed in a time capsule.

The Tri-Campus Sexual Assault Strategy was one of several funding announcements hosted by UNB over the summer.

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In partnership with the New Brunswick Health Research Foundation and the Canadian Chiropractic Research Foundation—who have donated a joint $1 million over the next five years— UNB will welcome Dr. Jeff Hebert as the newly established chiropractic health research chair.

The time capsule will be placed in the cornerstone of the new kinesiology building on this year’s homecoming week-

end; it will be reopened in 50 years.

The decommissioning of the Lady Beaverbrook Gym also means no more aquatics facility on-campus, a loss that has already sent ripples throughout the UNB community— particularly members of its varsity swim team.

UNB has confirmed that a new aquatics facility is something the university is looking into, but stipulations in the SIF agreement prevented one from being included in the new kinesiology building.

The new facility will remain under construction for the 2017-2018 academic year; while there are no upcoming road closures, Ashfield says the university “will be sure to notify our community of any activity that may impact traffic.”

What’s new at the UNBSU? The new UNBSU team is up and running for another year, and they’re bringing along with them some changes to executive roles, some new positions and many new projects.

This year’s council is headed by UNBSU president Herbert Bempah. With him are a number of changes in executive titles, duties and the introduction of new roles.

In place of vice-president external, Madi Banks will be stepping into the newly named vice-president advocacy position. According to Bempah, the switch “allows the position to focus on both internal and external advocacy issues.

Chris McGinn is the new vice-president internal while Grayson Bearisto is retaining his position as vice-president finance for another year. Brian Tozer is also returning for another year, but his title has been switched from vice-president student services to student life.

Bempah shared his excitement about this year’s UNBSU team. “I must say the Student Union team this year is incredible, and I am very, very honoured to be working with the other vice-presidents.”

Bempah will also be joined by three new seats in council this year: a clubs and societies coordinator, a multicultural initiatives coordinator and an academic programming coordinator.

The UNBSU has had a busy summer preparing for the upcoming year, and although Bempah shared some of their plans with the Brunswickan, he said there were “many other” projects that they had in store.

One of their plans involves working with the Registrar’s Office to extend the add/drop date of classes—which

Herbert Bempah/ UNBSU president Photo by Book Sadprasid

currently is set only one week after classes begin.

“I’ve come to realize that a lot of students complain about the fact that there’s simply just not enough time to assess if this a class that you actually really want to be in,” said Bempah. “We’re waiting for the discussions [with the Registrar], but from the communications we’ve had so far, it looks positive.”

Another project Bempah says he’s particularly excited about is what he calls “The Great Forgiveness Policy.”

Practiced at other Canadian universities, the policy will only calculate into a student’s GPA the second attempt of up to three courses in which a D or F was previously earned.

Bempah thinks the policy could benefit first year students who might have a hard time adjusting to the academic demands of post-secondary learning. “It’s an opportunity for them to do better, essentially, and have hope for grad school and the future.”

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UNB and UNBSU Presidents Share Outlooks on New Year Words by Emma MacDonald It might be easy to guess how students feel about the start of a new academic year—excited, scared, maybe a little bit anxious—but how about the individuals responsible for guiding and assisting students in their academic journeys?

The Brunswickan sat down with UNB president Eddy Campbell and Student Union president Herbert Bempah to ask about their thoughts and plans for the new year and what it means to be a president. We also got a small glimpse of their non-presidential sides.

What’s your favourite place in Fredericton besides UNB? EC: Oh, that’s a hard one to pick. I love going to different restaurants with Diane, and I wouldn’t want to pick between the restaurants. The Harvest Jazz is always fun—I don’t know if that qualifies as a place … I managed to be out of town for the Rib Fest, but I’m sure if I had even managed to make it once I’d be able to say that that was a favourite.

HB: As cheesy as it may sound, I think the walking bridge is a great place to be … But aside from the bridge I like the Abbey [Cafe]. It’s a very chill place. So sometimes I go there by myself and just eat and chill.

Switching to a more serious note: In light of recent events in the US, particularly around Charlottesville and the presidential response around that, how would you respond to bigotry and division among your constituents?

EC: I think you have to speak out against it … We’re an educational institution, and we should look for what people call ‘teachable moments. So it is possible for folks to make

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mistakes and we’ve all said stupid things in various times in our life … I don’t like the idea of this public shaming and so on—that makes me feel very uneasy, particularly. But, particularly when it seems there’s this big rush to judgement, you know, that happens immediately; I find that those aspects of what we see today troubling. On the other hand, there really is such a thing as hate speech, and that’s actually a criminal activity. And so, you know, there is a line that gets crossed and then we’re not talking about somebody who’s made a mistake—we’re talking about somebody who’s committed a crime. The difficulty we all have is that line is pretty blurred … I don’t think we’ve sorted this out as a society, for sure … There is this idea of the university as a marketplace for ideas, and I think in particular that means we have to build an environment where we can talk about difficult topics, but that doesn’t mean that we should be tolerating hate speech. And again, everybody is struggling with these issues. For me, there are some lines in there: treating everybody with respect, behaving in a civil manner, not shouting, not screaming ... These are ways in which I think we can arrive at a better understanding of how to deal with these issues.

HB: Well I think what happened in Charlottesville— personally, I think it’s extremely unfortunate, but I do think that the events that happened were also a true reminder of the fact that racism isn’t necessarily, you know, obsolete. I think from time to time we try our best to convince ourselves that there aren’t fascists or bigots existing anymore—but what happened, as unfortunate as it is, is a true reminder of the fact that it does. And I think for me as an international student, as an African and as a Black person living and studying in Canada for the past three years, I’ve come to realize some of—especially some of the students here at UNB— are some of the kindest and most open-minded people that I have ever met. But, that does not mean that there aren’t people that are perhaps racist or bigots … I think as president of the Student Union, to tackle this issue [it will] just be up to myself and the team to come up with constant, innovative campaigns and messages like the Breaking Stereotypes project [spearheaded

by Bempah last year] to combat these issues.

More generally, how do you view your role as president of the university/president of the UNBSU? EC: I try to be aware that I’m president of the entire university community—including those people who would disagree quite strongly with either what the administration is doing or what the administration has planned … I think it’s important that we behave in a collegial way—that we try to make decisions at the university in a collegial way. One of the words I like that I’ve talked to people that do not like it is the word ‘professionalism.’ I would like our university to be professional about the way we go about making decisions, about the way we treat people. And again, it goes back to these concepts of civility and respect … To give you an example, I like the idea that when we’re making important decisions, we consult people; for somebody like me, it’s important that I not make up my mind early, that I’m open to ideas that are different … I think we are obligated to try new and different things.

HB: I feel strongly that my role as UNBSU president—and this is one thing that I want to really be able to focus on this year—is communicating the relevance of the student body. I think that oftentimes UNB students fail to realize the power we have together as students. And the Student Union is such a powerful organization on campus that can really revolutionize and represent the interests of students, and that’s what we try to do. It’s like we have so many asks and needs of [the] administration, but we can only do this if we’re unified through a body—and that is the relevance of the Student Union, I feel. But oftentimes, a lot of students don’t necessarily realize this power that we have and so apart from, you know, leading the executive team and spearheading council in a way that we’re coming up with—with policies that affect positively the quality of life of students here on-campus, I feel like it is truly my responsibility to communicate the relevance of the Student Union to all undergraduate students.

[To Bempah] What is your strategy for working with [the UNB admin] over the upcoming year?

HB: I think the UNBSU is one of the very fortunate student organizations—not just in the province but in the country—because I feel like since the time I joined the SU, we have actually had a really good relationship with [the] university administration and that I’d like to commend them on. They’re absolutely willing to open their doors to

us anytime we have proposals and project ideas for them— but again, our strategy has always been coming up with a strategic plan and essentially consulting with members of the admin and having a good discussion on some of the things we’d like to achieve and how they can assist us in achieving those things. And that’s what we’ve done so far—and so far, actually, and I’m very happy to say it’s been fruitful and very positive, the administration is, in some capacity, most certainly willing to support all of our project ideas this year.

[To Campbell] In regards to tuition, it has been increased this year and students are always generally upset with that. What factors might students not be considering for why tuition has to be raised?

EC: The context for us is that we are running financial deficits and our Board has given us until [the 2019-2020 fiscal year] to arrive back at a balanced budget. To be candid, I think tuition fees at our universities in NB have become too much of a political issue. I don’t think our government should be involved in regulating tuition fees. I think our boards hold that responsibility—and I think our boards discharge it ably and well. You have to remember that the current government froze our operating grant in the first year it came to power, and it did again in the second year they came to power … I’m not happy about that, but I don’t point a finger of blame. The government is struggling with a really significant fiscal deficit of its own, and its ability, whatever its desire, to help post-secondary education is therefore constrained. But at the same time, you know our legislation puts very strict limits on the amount of debt we can carry from year to year.

I don’t know if you’re aware, but we have a tuition review task force underway at the moment; it’s been looking at all aspects of tuition: by term, by course, by credit hour, by faculty, by program … But it is in this context that the university has to be financially sustainable. And we have been around for more than 230 years; I’m confident that we’ll be around for another 230 years or longer, but that means we have to do the things today to preserve the university for those who come after us Please note that some of their answers have been shortened for length and clarity.

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Hannah Fournier

We asked members of the university community—professors and staff who attended UNB, students and alumni—what advice they would give to incoming first year students based on their experience at UNB. The following is a selection of the responses we received. Check out our story on Thebruns.ca for more submissions.

Student, first year of Education Date of first year: 2014 “Study on the fourth floor of the library; the first floor is basically a hangout spot.”

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Edmund Biden

Dear First Year Me

Professor of Mechanical Engineering Date of first year: 1974 “Be confident that UNB will give you a good education. I moved from UNB as an undergraduate to Oxford for Graduate Studies and always felt well prepared in comparison to others from around the world. Make space in each week for volunteering, recreation and rest. Use the time at UNB to explore the range of things in which you are interested. Go to special lectures, visit the art centre regularly, spend a little time each week in the library reading about things which stretch your mind, enjoy the time as a student.”

David Lentz Economic Geology Chair/Earth Sciences Professor Date if first year: 1979 “I always strongly encourage students to attend all classes. I never missed classes, even when I was not doing so great. Also, I never gave up—even when I was sure I would not pass; I paid, so I went, enjoyed and passed.”

Matthew Sears

Student, first year of Law Date of first year was: 2014 “My piece of advice is to start good studying and lifestyle habits early, rather than trying to work on them too late!”

Associate Professor of Classics & Ancient History Date of first year: 2000 “My advice to first-year students is: Study what interests you, and don’t be afraid to change your interests and explore new subjects and ideas. If you are excited by what you learn, you’ll have a better and more productive time at UNB—and ultimately, will be a happier and more fulfilled person.”

Hilary White-Bird

Shea MacLaughlin

Student, Masters of Education in Counselling Date of first year: 2012 “Don’t take yourself too seriously.”

Kevin Englehart Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering and Director of the Institute of Biomedical Engineering Date of first year: 1984 “Work hard, but get out there and be involved—not just in events and groups in your own faculty, but across campus.

UNB offers such an incredibly vibrant and culturally rich environment. You will learn so much about life by meeting people and being exposed to ideas that reinforce and challenge your own; don’t follow, but lead.”

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Artsy Things to Do in Fredericton This Month Words by Ryan Gaio These ten listings are hardly—HARDLY!—the only Artsy Things To Do this month. While I have selected ten that I think are interesting and eclectic, always remember there are many other wonderful things happening in and around the city, all month long. To let us know about an upcoming Artsy Thing To Do, email arts@thebruns.ca—we may feature your Thing in an upcoming issue! For more information about any of the following listings, please use your social media lurking skills and/or consult Google. All Artsy Things can be very easily found.

Sept. 8: The Bridge Project

A tradition since 1827, this all-ages, week-long special event features, an agricultural show, midway rides, a petting zoo, commercial exhibits, lots of carnival games and very very very very healthy food (including the famous “dippy dogs”).

Solo Chicken Productions, in partnership with a multitude of community groups, organizations and artists, will use the walking bridge as a conduit for exploring and investigating our national history. The bridge will be filled end to end with artists in a variety of media—be it music, film, dance, theatre, visual art, performance art or poetry—creating a “living time tunnel” over the Wolastoq (and if you don’t know what this name refers to, you should especially consider attending).

Capital Exhibit Centre, 355 Smythe St.

Bill Thorpe Walking Bridge, 5-8 p.m. Rain date Sept. 9.

Sept. 4 to 10: New Brunswick Provincial Exhibition (nbEx)

Sept. 9: The Hypochondriacs’ album release show The popular Fredericton-based band will celebrate the release of their highly-anticipated album “In 3/4” with a special set on The Capital patio. This heckuva good time will also feature performances from The Galpines and The Tortoise The Hare & The Millionaire. Doors at 9 p.m./ Show at 9:30 p.m.

The Capital Complex, 362 Queen St. Tickets $10 in advance, $12 at the door.

Sept. 10: Feast In The Field Enjoy an afternoon of gourmet food, drink and the great atmosphere of downtown as Officers’ Square plays host to one of Fredericton’s premiere culinary events. Local chefs, beer, wine and spirit providers vie for top awards as guests vote for their favourite barbeque, appetizer, dessert and beverage exhibitor—democracy has never tasted so good! All proceeds go to Ability New Brunswick.

Officers’ Square, 575 Queen St., 2-5 p.m.

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Sept. 12-17: Harvest Jazz & Blues One of the best festivals the East Coast has to offer takes over downtown Fredericton for six wild (too-short) days. Expect a wide range of music beyond the titular jazz and blues (though these are certainly well-represented), including performers like the Trey Anastasio Band, Martha Wainwright and Sloan! Also enjoy food trucks, street performers and buskers.Special note that my fav band Hollerado is playing a Harvest show on Sept. 16 and you should totally go because they are awesome and fun and if they are reading this I want them to know I am super excited for the gig xoxoxo.

Various locations.

Sept. 17: New Brunswick Open Farm Day Select farmers throughout New Brunswick open their gates to the public. This day is “a great opportunity to meet the faces behind the farmers who feed our communities, to learn about modern farm operations

and to discuss many issues related to modern food production.” I am the (proud) son of a fruit farmer, so this day is near-n-dear to my peach-lovin’ heart.

Various Locations.

Sept. 20-24: Word Feast Fredericton’s inaugural literary festival, bringing together some of the best national and local authors for readings, panel discussions and workshops—including sessions on writing characters, revising poetry and creating graphic novels.

The festival is bilingual, too—tres bien!

Various locations.

Sept. 23: “Canada, It’s Complicated” Presented by Comedy 150 Inc., this brand-new comedy show features “satirical

sketches and songs that examine the joys, foibles, tragedies and triumphs of Canada—both as we are today, and heading into tomorrow.”

Sept. 28: Kaha:wi Dance Theatre presents “Re-Quickening”

One of Canada’s leading contemporary dance companies, KDT explores the “intersection of Indigenous and new performance.”

The Fredericton Playhouse Their show, “Re-Quickening,” is a reaffirmation of Sept. 24: Doors Open life and the sovereignty Fredericton of female voice and body.

Incorporating bold imagIndulge your curiosity with ery, sound and embodied this opportunity to see Indigenous narratives, the inside some of Fredericperformance “touches on ton’s “most historically and themes of dislocation from culturally interesting buildland, the history of violence ings”—particularly ones not against Indigenous womusually open to the public. en, residential schools and Event may even include a more”—themes undoubtedly glimpse (at last!) inside the bedroom of Your Roommate relevant in this year.

Who Never Leaves Their The Fredericton Playhouse, Room And Also Stashes All 686 Queen St., 7:30 p.m.

The Dishes.

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Thoughts from the Arts Editor Words by Ryan Gaio

When I was a kid, I used to read this children’s magazine called OWL. I got a subscription from my aunt for Christmas—and you know, at first, I wasn’t overly thrilled. “Reading materials” tend not to appear in all that many young children’s Letters To Santa. (I’m reminded here of Cousin Eddie’s advice to Clark Griswold, upon receiving, in lieu of a bonus paycheck, a membership to the Jelly-Of-TheMonth Club: “Clark, that’s the gift that keeps on giving the whole year.”)

Soon enough, though, OWL made a believer outta me. As the third-week mark of each month neared, my anticipation for the new issue’s arrival would swell. I’d race off the school bus, the mailbox’s miniature red flag raised to indicate the potential booty waiting within its tin dome. Needless to say, from this eagerly-conducted after-school ritual, a loathing of bills was fostered quite early. But, eventually, after enough disappointment had been suffered and enough driveway doo-wop had been sung (“Please Mister Postman, look and see/Is there an OWL in your bag for me?”), my new magazine would arrive. The accompanying joy was largely tactile: the paper, the ink, even the staples in the centrefold had a distinct and familiar feel, look, smell and taste. (Scratch that last one—I wasn’t one of those kids who eats weird stuff when dared at recess. I swear I wasn’t; I swear.)

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But I didn’t just hold the thing, of course. I didn’t just stare at it, or sniff it— and I didn’t just eat it, either. I read it, carefully, closely, cover-to-cover. Over time, I came to relish each issue’s predictable unpredictability. Each month, the magazine was the same—only different. On a macro level, they were all nearly identical—but on a micro level, no two were alike at all. And there was something so comforting in this regular, reliable structure. I knew just what features would be found on page 9, and just what features would be found on page 16. And I knew—boy, did I ever—just what features would be found in the back pages.

There, in the back, each OWL had an assortment of games and activities, but my favourite was a recurring item called “What If.” Each month, the magazine would publish one reader-submitted “What If” hypothetical, along with a cartoon depiction of said hypothetical illustrated by a professional artist. This, in my childhood perspective, was the peak of publishing—and so, one Sunday afternoon, I sat at the rarely-used plastic desk in the corner of my bedroom and, slowly but surely, hammered out a handwritten list of (hilarious, I hoped) hypotheticals. I brought it to my parents, and, with their assistance, sealed the list in a stamped and addressed envelope, which I left in our mailbox, reversing the demands of our mailman—He giveth, and He taketh away—and off that list went, headed for the Big

City (and home of my beloved Maple Leafs): Toronto.

My name. Had appeared. In OWL Magazine.

For many weeks I received no response. I started to wonder if the list had been lost in the incomprehensible intricacies of the Canadian postal system, or worse: read by the OWL Editors and thrown straight in the trash. But one day, a large envelope appeared in our mailbox, return address signalling it had come from the OWL Headquarters. I ripped it open, and inside, found a new issue of the magazine. Something was up—I knew the next issue wasn’t due for at least a week-and-a-half.

Word got to my teacher, and to the principal after that, and a photocopy of my “What If” appearance was thumbtacked to the corkboard in the foyer of my elementary school. Not quite the thrill that’ll gitcha if ya get yer pitcha on the cover of the Rolling Stone—but not not a thrill, either.

Even still, the memory plays out in slow motion. I opened the magazine, headed straight for its back pages. Flipped, scanned, searched, until I spotted an all-too-familiar sight.

“What if …” the caption began, “You could write with your finger?” (I cannot decide whether to be proud or ashamed that this was the creative apex my 9-year-old self was capable of.) There was a cartoon, too, depicting someone whose finger ended in a pen-like point, but beneath that, there it was, it really was there even after a headshake and an eye rub, there it was (in bold letters to boot!): BY RYAN GAIO.

And here I am now, too many years later to admit, helping to put together a magazine myself. And maybe—just maybe—you’ll come to find this magazine around campus, or downtown, and will come to know the tactile joy in its distinct and familiar paper, its ink, the staples in its centrefold. Maybe you’ll come to know its feel, look, and smell.

(Maybe even its taste, but I don’t recommend it.)

And maybe you won’t just hold this magazine, either. Maybe you’ll read it, carefully, closely, cover-to-cover. We’ll have regularly-occurring features, too, and maybe you’ll come to know them, will come to relish their predictable unpredictability. Maybe we’ll make a believer outta you, and your anticipation will swell, as you eagerly search the library or your residence or your favourite coffeeshop downtown for each new issue. Maybe—just maybe—this magazine of ours—the Brunswickan, Canada’s oldest official student publication—can become to you something like what OWL once was to me.

What if?

APPLY NOW! Meme Me! The Bruns Arts is pleased to introduce a new, regularly-occurring feature: Meme Me! In this feature, readers are encouraged to submit their best captions to turn an embarrassing photo into a viral-ready, hilarity-inducing meme.

Tap into the zeitgeist, scratch your chinny-chin-chin, take a sip of coffee and turn this photo into a meme! MEME ME! The best meme-ifying captions will be published in the next issue.

To submit a caption, or an embarrassing photo ripe for meme-ification, email arts@thebruns.ca.

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Somewhat-Useless-But-Nonetheless-Solid-Playlist Of The Month: “Songs For Your Next Solar Eclipse” In this new monthly feature, The Bruns Arts offers up a Somewhat-Useless-But-Nonetheless-Solid Playlist. This month, we get you ready for your next solar eclipse with this celestially-themed soundtrack!

Sure, the sun may have just been swallowed by the moon this past August, but don’t let that stop you from starting your preparations for the next bout of lunar lunacy.

Experts say that Fredericton will be home base for a 100 per cent fully-obscured sun come April 8, 2024, and we’re covering your DJ needs like we’re the moon ourselves with a playlist guaranteed to keep the party LIT – even when the sky isn’t.

“Turn Up The Sun” – Oasis “Blister In The Sun” – Violent Femmes “Don’t Look Back Into The Sun” – The Libertines “Blinded By The Light” – Manfred Mann’s Earth Band OR Bruce Springsteen (depending on the amount of “spicy” you want your party to be) “I Go Blind” - UB40 “Bad Side Of The Moon” – April Wine “Bad Moon Rising” – Creedence Clearwater Revival “Bark At The Moon” - Ozzy Osbourne “Moon River” – Audrey Hepburn “Total Eclipse Of The Heart” – Bonnie Tyler

WE WANT YOU! YES, YOU! I’M TALKING TO YOU! Are you a cartoonist, dramatist or limerick-ist? Have you written a story, a poem, or an … anything you’d love to share with the world? The Bruns Arts would love to see it! Send your best creative work, in any medium, to arts@thebruns. ca and we may feature it in an upcoming issue. (At the very least we’ll offer a compliment and a handshake for the serious guts it takes to send your work somewhere.)

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“I am water”: Local Storyteller Finds Her Roots on the Walastoq Words by Tiziana Zevallos / Photo by Cameron Lane Natalie Sappier never thought she would call herself a storyteller.

Born in Tobique First Nation, New Brunswick, she always felt the need to express her feelings through art—which led her to study design at the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design.

While studying at NBCCD, her paintings often played with colour and abstract imagery as she attempted to express her emotions. Whenever she hit a creative block, though, her instructors would encourage her—the only Indigenous student in the group—to draw something from her culture. However, growing up, Sappier didn’t participate in ceremonies or sweat lodges, nor had she chanted or played a drum. She knew she was Wolastoqiyik, but had never been in contact with the culture or its traditional teachings.

As she planned for her post-graduation life, she figured she would move to New York City, live in a studio and continue being an abstract painter—but those plans were not meant to be.

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I met with Natalie Sappier downtown on a warm Wednesday afternoon. She asked me to go next to the river, as it calms her down and is where she’s most herself; we sat on a bench a few meters from the lighthouse overlooking the river—far enough away from the city centre that we escaped the noise of passing cars.

“In my last year at NBCCD I was asked to work at a culture camp in Marysville, New Brunswick,” she explained to me. “This was the first time I was introduced to a sweat lodge, fasting, drum making and all these traditional art forms.” While working there, Sappier began experiencing incredibly intense dreams. “That’s when the roots grabbed hold of me and said ‘You’re not going anywhere. You’re not going to New York.’ And it changed my life.”

After graduating from craft school, Sappier went back to Tobique First Nation and began exploring more of the Wolastoqiyik culture through painting. Although it had always felt like the right way for her to express herself, she started to feel something pulsating within her, telling her there was something deeper she was meant to be doing.

One teacher from the community encouraged her to learn

more about her own stories.

“You have stories within yourself right now, but they’re sleeping,” the teacher said. “They’ll come out when they need to come out.”

So Sappier embarked on a journey of self-discovery and learning. Tagging along with the leaders of various New Brunswick Indigenous communities and attending meetings and ceremonies, she began feeling anger and grief as she discovered stories from the (not-so-distant) past she was not previously aware of. Stories like those of residential school survivors, of deforestation, of water contamination and salmon disappearing from the rivers—stories that still had an effect on her community, close friends, family members and herself.

But Sappier did not feel that the emotions these stories were raising should be reflected on a canvas. “I think that visually we already see so much that makes us angry,” she explained. “I don’t need to make more.”

Instead, she began exploring other art forms. At first, she was so overwhelmed by her emotions that she couldn’t put them into words; so she began to chant, allowing her to project the “many levels of emotions, anger and rumbling thunder” she couldn’t express in her paintings.

“The more I would sing, the happier I would become,” Sappier noted. She continued to explore the art form, and as it helped her heal, she discovered that performing helped others abandon their anger and begin to heal too.

This led her to write her first play, Finding Wolastoq Voice, which will feature dance, chants and original music. Premiering in March, the Theatre New Brunswick-presented play, which will kick off in Fredericton before touring the province, is about the journey of a young Indigenous woman who is awakened by her ancestors and encouraged to share the stories that have been sleeping inside her; by doing so, she gets a better sense of understanding who she is.

As a result of writing this play, Sappier “started to call [herself] a storyteller,” for, as she said, “I didn’t know how else to describe all the many hats that I wear.”

This will be the first time a Wolastoq play will be presented on-stage in this way. Sappier feels it’s about time Wolastoqiyik stories start surfacing in theatres.

“We [Indigenous peoples] grew up as storytellers, so there are thousands of stories, but because they are oral stories they usually stay within communities.” However, Sappier hopes this play will inspire others to share stories of their own.

“I think we’re going to have a wave of Indigenous playwrights coming on stages,” she predicts. “I already know it’s coming.”

Even though Sappier doesn’t speak the Wolastoqiyik language, her mission is to be a language carrier; she is determined to learn to speak it, and is trying to spend as much time as possible with language carriers like Elder Imelda Perley.

“I know my songs are waiting for the language,” she admitted.

Sappier feels that language preserves identity, and so it has become a priority for her to save the first language of this land and water.

“If we lose our language … I am heartbroken even by thinking about it. I cannot speak it. It’s within me, though, I know; I can feel it.”

Five years ago, Sappier came to the exact same spot I sat with her to prepare for a fasting ceremony, at which Elder Imelda Perley would be assigning Wolastoqiyik names.

The day before the ceremony, Sappier felt drawn to the water and began imagining her feet being wrapped by the very bottom of the river floor; her upper body, meanwhile, still felt the calm of the surface. She drew a sketch of herself surrounded by water, and realized: “I am water.”

With that thought kept to herself, Sappier went to the next day’s naming ceremony. When it was her turn to be given a name, Elder Imelda Perley got very emotional and said “Samaqani Coqan,” which means “The Water Spirit.” Sappier was surprised, for she had not told anyone about her riverside reflections—nor had she shown anyone the picture she had drawn of herself the day before.

“That’s how powerful our spirituality and our connection to the land is. That name was with me since the day I was born, I just didn’t know it,” she explained.

Sappier said that the name opened a lot of her past and inspired her to both write the play and share her stories. She has found her voice through art and is experiencing a total transformation, becoming, at last, what she described as the “person I always dreamt of becoming.”

Natalie Sappier is serving a master apprenticeship with UNB’s elder-in-residence, Imelda Perley, shadowing Perley while she teaches at UNB and while she engages with other community endeavours and ceremonies. To stay up to date with Sappier and her many projects, visit her website at Thewaterspirit.wixsite. com/thewaterspirit.

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The Capital Complex Fredericton’s National Treasure Words by Ryan Gaio Photo by Book Sadprasid & Sarah Howden

Inside the National Music Centre in Calgary, Alberta, a gallery highlights some of Canada’s most legendary music venues. I was there earlier this summer, absent-mindedly scanning the walls, expecting the expected. The gallery had Massey Hall, from Toronto; how could it not, what with good ol’ Gordie Lightfoot having played there 814 million times? The Commodore Ballroom, from Vancouver: check. A venue from Montreal: vérifie!

I continued glancing, bored with the obvious inclusions, until a familiar name caught my attention: FREDERICTON, NEW BRUNSWICK. I gave my eyes a rub. Surely I was seeing things, a homesickness-induced hallucination. There couldn’t be somewhere from Fredericton in a national gallery!

I shook my head, squinted, stared closer and more carefully, yet there it was: FREDERICTON, NEW BRUNSWICK, the sign read, under a poster for our city’s very own Capital Complex.

“Three different bars, three different aesthetics, three different vibes” I wanted to know more about this venue, and why it merited such prestigious recognition; so, when I got back to Fredericton, I headed downtown to investigate.

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The Capital Complex is found in the Tannery, an enclosed plaza off King Street, nestled in the heart of downtown Fredericton. Several other bars, eateries and businesses are scattered throughout, but if you stand in the middle of the Tannery and survey your surroundings, The Capital Complex—which lines the plaza’s back edge, parallel to Queen Street—inevitably stands out. It’s two-storied, and slightly sprawling, with several sets of stairs—some of which, from afar, almost seem to lead nowhere, so that the building starts to look like it was designed by M.C. Escher.

Take a few steps closer and it becomes clear that this sprawling nature is due to the fact that The Capital Complex actually consists of three separate spaces, distinct yet interconnected, all united under one name.

“We wanted a place where you could go, and either you have your favourite spot, or you have the ability to roam through three different worlds and take in a bit of everything,” Zach Atkinson, the Complex’s general manager, explained to me. Atkinson, who has been with The Capital Complex for over ten years, initially became involved with the venue by putting up posters, then working the doors; eventually, with no official manager but many assuming it was him because of how often he hung around, Atkinson took on the GM role, reflecting the sense of community that is interwoven with the space.

When the venue first opened in 1998, it only consisted of the bottom level. Known today as The Capital Bar, this room is long, narrow and shoebox-shaped; brick-lined and dimly-lit, it somewhat reminds me of the CBGB, New York’s infamous punk rock club, a connection which suits The Capital’s primary function as a live music venue. (At least, it reminds me of photos I’ve seen of the CBGB—I am neither old enough, nor cool enough, to have ever been there myself.) Running shows several nights a week—especially on weekends—The Capital Bar offers up its stage to artists of all genres, shapes and sizes, sometimes even featuring more-established performers like The Arkells or Frank Turner. Crucially, though, the venue often provides a stage for local artists, which Atkinson believes “keeps the local music scene positive and alive,” something that has helped the Capital remain one of the longest-running music venues around, its business staying strong even while other similar venues have come and gone.

Over time, the Complex expanded to include the two upstairs rooms as well. As Atkinson stated, the owner wanted to “complete the vision” by offering “three different bars, three different aesthetics, three different vibes.” Directly above the Capital Bar sits The Phoenix, a lounge-style venue with signature cocktails and shooters and unique porch swing-like seating. This room plays host to a varied assortment of events: DJs often take over on weekends, turning The Phoenix into a nightclub-esque dance hall, with weeknight activities including Wednesday’s Bottomless Bingo,

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hosted by Freeda Whales, and Thursday’s long-standing trivia night—where I dare you to challenge my team, THIS Is What You Do With An English Degree!!!, but strongly encourage you to do so at your own risk…

Wander across the connecting patio—both upper and lower levels have kick-ass decks, great for warmer weather socializing—and over into the third Complex space, you’ll find yourself in Wilser’s Room. Featuring long, candlelit tables and a range of local craft beers on tap, Wilser’s Room can sometimes be the quietest of the three Complex offerings, making it an ideal place to grab a drink and chat with friends. However, Wilser’s also often plays host to its own varied assortment of events, including weekly open mics, reggae nights, comedy shows, poetry readings and, sometimes, like its downstairs sibling, live music. (I once saw a band from out west play an unexpected and delightfully loud cover of Link Wray’s “Rumble;” look carefully at the Wilser’s back wall, and you might still see some of my brain splatterings.) Together, the three add up to form The Capital Complex.

“So...what is The Capital Complex not?”

I asked Atkinson this question after hearing descriptions of its multiple identities. His answer was simple.

“What we’re not,” he began, “Is ‘one’ thing. Some people like going to a place where they know, if they walk in on a Tuesday, or they walk in on a Saturday, it’s the same kinda thing: same setting, same crowd, same whatever. We’re not that.”

As he admitted, Atkinson is primarily “a music guy,” but he knows that “the place is so much more to so many people”— be it its atmosphere, its clientele, or its breadth of options.

“When you come here, you may not have the same experience twice,” Atkinson stated. “And for some people, that’s exciting.”

The Capital Complex’s legacy Towards the end of our chat, I stumped Atkinson with a question I’d been curious about since becoming aware of The Capital Complex’s presence in the National Music Centre.

“Let’s say, tomorrow, aliens came down from space,” I began (hear me out). “And they decided, for whatever reason, to blow up The Capital Complex. Or, let’s say, Irving came in, made an offer that could not be refused, bought the whole building and tore it to the ground. What would be the legacy of The Capital Complex?”

Atkinson made one of those hmmph sounds, the tell-tale sign of someone considering something they have not really thought about before, then shrugged.

“I don’t know if that’s a question for me,” he answered.

“I’m too far in it.” Then, though—his eyes lit up. He sat up a bit. “Actually, I will say this,” he said, suddenly remembering something. “I do know that I have been told by certain people over the years, ‘I wouldn’t live here if this place didn’t exist. If we didn’t have someplace like this, I would’ve moved to a different city, and done other things.’ And that’s the truth. That’s coming from people I’ve gotten to know over the years.”

Seems worthy of national recognition to me.

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Retooled V-Reds Aim for Third Straight Title Words by Brad Ackerson After a summer full of changes, UNB’s Varsity Reds men’s hockey team has a new look and is preparing for the challenge of chasing their third consecutive national championship. This year will also mark their second straight season hosting the University Cup. As the V-Reds hoisted the University Cup on March 19 after a 5-3 victory over the University of Saskatchewan Huskies, it was already known that it would be the last time many of the players would share the ice together. The months since have seen the departures of several key players, including top scoring forward Philippe Maillet and top defenceman Jordan Murray, both of whom left to sign professional contracts.

Maillet, the 2016-17 U-Sport Player of the Year, finished his university career with 166 points in 101 regular season games before signing a one year contract with the Ontario Reign of the American Hockey League on March 27.

Murray put up 40 total points over 30 games played in his final season with the V-Reds and was named U-Sports De-

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fenceman of the Year for the second consecutive season. In April, he signed a two year contract with the Belleville Senators, the AHL affiliate for the Ottawa Senators. In total, the team lost four of its top five scorers from last season.

Constant roster turnover is a simple fact of life in university sports, and losing key players to professional teams is often the price paid for success in men’s varsity hockey. The 2016-17 Varsity Reds were, by all accounts, a historically great team.

Jeremy Mehan, a writer for UNBhockeyfans.com, has been following the Varsity Reds closely since he began attending UNB in 2002. In an interview with the Brunswickan, he said the 2016-17 edition of the team was one of the best he has seen since becoming a fan, and is possibly one of the best teams in the program’s illustrious history.

“They led the entire country in goals scored, fewest goals allowed, power play percentage, shots per game, fewest shots allowed per game, and were second in penalty killing percentage. In previous seasons, they might have been at

or near the top in some of those categories, but had others where they were middle of the pack, so to finish at the top in all of them in one year is very impressive.”

While Mehan still expects the 2017-18 edition of the Varsity Reds to be among the top teams in the country, he realizes they have an uphill battle to replace stars like Maillet and Murray. “[Maillet] had arguably the most decorated season in program history last year, as he was named the AUS MVP, a first team All-Canadian, U Sports Player of the Year, University Cup MVP and BLG Award winner as the top male university athlete in the country.”

“You can’t just replace a player like Philippe Maillet,” he added. “Those types of players certainly don’t come around every year.”

However, V-Reds head coach Gardiner MacDougall has met this challenge head-on by bringing in what appears to be a strong class of new recruits for the 2017-18 season.

Headlining the recruitment class is 20 year old centre Tyler Boland, formerly of the Rimouski Oceanic of the QMJHL. A native of St. John’s, Newfoundland, Boland developed into a dynamic offensive force in his final season at the major junior level, leading the Oceanic with 48 goals and 103 total points in 68 games, and finishing second in the entire league in both categories.

LeBlanc is a former 7th round draft pick of the NHL’s Columbus Blue Jackets. Last season, he served as captain of the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles while leading all defencemen on his team with 43 points in 58 games; Pomerleau spent the last three seasons as captain of the Victoriaville Tigres.

Despite the apparent strength of the incoming recruiting class, Mehan believes expectations for the rookies should be tempered due to the challenges that come with transitioning to a new level of hockey; he believes if the V-Reds are going to win their third straight national championship, it will be largely on the back of returning veterans looking to take on a bigger role.

“When you lose top players like UNB has this summer, you hope you can fill many of those vacated spots with guys who are already on the roster and ready to step up and take on a bigger role,” said Mehan, listing Stephen Anderson, Chris Caissy and Cameron Brace as players who could be poised for increased roles in the coming season.

UNB is set to host the U-Cup finals for the second straight season in March. If the Varsity Reds are able to win the national championship again this season, they will become the first men’s hockey team since 1980 to win three consecutive University Cup titles.

Prior to committing to UNB, Boland received an invitation from the NHL’s Winnipeg Jets to attend their upcoming rookie camp.

MacDougall spoke about the skillset Boland will bring to the team in a press release announcing the addition, saying, “He’s improved every season in the Quebec League, something we like to see in players, and he has a knack to score and create offence.”

In addition to Boland, winger Hayden Hodgson of Windsor, Ontario also looks to be a key member of the 2017 recruiting class. Hodgson spent last season with the Saginaw Spirit of the OHL, where he led his team with 38 goals and 66 points in 67 games.

Hodgson’s former Spirit teammate Kris Bennett will also be joining the Varsity Reds in the upcoming season. The 21 year old Bennett notched 25 goals and 26 assists with Saginaw last season while leading the team in penalty minutes.

To help fill the void left by the departures of both Murray and fellow defenceman Matt Petgrave, UNB has also brought in two blueliners from the QMJHL: Olivier LeBlanc and Tristan Pomerleau.

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Goal Remains the Same for Women’s Soccer Words by Caroline Mercier

Women’s soccer is returning after graduating eight players AUS has won a game at nationals,” said Crossland. “We to pursue their ultimate goal: “do what has never been would like to change that.” done before.”

In addition to the intense training camp to rally the team Massive roster changes were in order after last year’s together and test out what athlete combinations have the star-studded team lost eight players, and six were AUS All- best on-field chemistry, they will have three exhibition Stars at some point throughout their careers. Head Coach matches to try their skills against some of the best teams John Crossland recruited seven new players—six of whom in the country. Their Quebec exhibition tour includes are going into their first year of university.

UQAM, Concordia and Laval with only a day separating each game. Each of those teams plays in the highly com“Right now we are at the young end of timing,” said Cross- petitive RSEQ conference and will prove to be a challenge land, referring to the cyclical patterns that occur in univer- for the Varsity Reds. UQAM and Concordia placed fourth sity sport rosters. “We have a lot of teaching to do.” and sixth in the conference respectively; Laval not only placed first in the conference, but won the USport NationThe first year recruits are from all over Canada and play al Championship last year. vital positions where strength has been lost after last year; they include keeper Brynn Nash (SK), fullback Emily “It’s nice to play competition we don’t see at home; it’s also DeGrace (NB), mid-fielders MJ Miller (NFLD) and Jesse nice to see the best,” said Crossland.

Bellamy (ON) and strikers Emma King-Jesso (NS) and Mackenzie Sinclair (NS).

Regardless of the outcome, Crossland believes that it will be a great experience for the team; it will give them a This is not to forget the versatile midfielder Rachael chance to test out game strategy against the best in the Burton. After playing two years in the NCAA—one with nation. It will also give the team a chance to bond and play her older sister Julia—she is returning to Canada to play together before the regular season starts. for the Varsity Reds. She will be joining her younger sister, 3rd year fullback Emily, for the 2017-2018 season. Coach The new team dynamic is going to give the girls a chance to Crossland said that with such a young squad, he is excited compete for spots. Crossland says that this friendly comto see “[Rachael’s] experience help to lead the team.” petition can be key to lifting the whole team to another level that, regularly, would be untouched.

Despite having a 12 athletes in their first or second year, Crossland says that this does not change their ultimate “Any day, anyone can beat anyone,” said Crossland; and the goal. team is ready for those days.

“The players may change, but our goal always remains the same: to do what has never been done before.”

UNB women’s soccer has struggled to make a conference final in the past. Of the last three years, only once have they competed for the title; that season, 2014/2015, the team fell to Memorial University in the final 3 - 1. The 2017/18 squad wants nothing less than to better that record by winning a conference title. If they earn the title and the chance to compete at nationals, they will be in reach of even larger ambitions.

“It has been about 10 years since a team from the

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The women start their season on the road in Nova Scotia playing Acadia at 5 p.m. on Sept. 8 and Dalhousie at 3 p.m. on Sept. 9. Their home opener is on Sept. 16 at 1 p.m against Cape Breton University. All Varsity Reds away games can be found at AUStv.ca.

Preparations Underway for Return of V-Reds Women’s Hockey Words by Caroline Mercier

With little over a year remaining before the on-ice return of UNB’s women’s varsity hockey team, the process of assembling both the team’s staff and roster began in earnest over the summer.

The university kickstarted the process on June 11 with the announcement that Sarah Hilworth had been hired as the team’s head coach and would be tasked with building the team in time for the 2018-19 season; the announcement came after the New Brunswick Labour and Employment board’s March 2, 2016 ruling that UNB must reinstate its women’s varsity hockey team—which had been downgraded to club status in 2008.

Hilworth is no stranger to the challenges that come with building a team from scratch, having spent the previous two years building the Olds College Broncos while serving as head coach.

Prior to her stint at Olds College, Hilworth spent two seasons as the assistant coach of the University of Alberta Pandas, where she added the 2015 Canada West championship to her list of accomplishments.

In an interview with The Brunswickan, Hilworth stated that it was UNB’s history of success in athletics as well as the opportunity to lead a program from year one that attracted her to the job.

“I am very proud to lead this team back into the AUS and U-Sport, and we will create a team that the community is proud of as well,” she added.

Hilworth’s first order of business after being named head coach was adding Pamela Pachal and Brittany Esposito to her staff as assistant coaches.

also played in the National Women’s Hockey League and won a silver medal at the 2008 Senior Women’s National Championship as a member of the Etobicoke Dolphins.

Esposito also brings a wealth of high-level playing experience at the collegiate and pro levels; she spent five years at Northeastern University, where she racked up 109 points over 136 career games and was named a Hockey East second team all-star in her final season.

“Pamela and Brittany both bring experiences in their careers that our student-athletes will look up to as role models,” said Hilworth. “We are lucky to have people who jumped out of their seats from day one—who want to make a difference in our student-athletes’ lives.”

In addition to her solidifying her coaching staff, Hilworth has already begun adding players to her roster for the 2018-19 season.

On Aug. 10 it was announced that Hilworth had landed her first recruit in forward Paige Grenier.

Hilworth lauded Grenier’s hard work and leadership as emblematic of the type of student-athlete she is looking to add.

“We are very fortunate to bring in a leader from day one who will set the tone and be a difference maker in the classroom and on the ice.”

UNB has since announced the recruitment of Alayna Wagstaff of Olds, Alberta and Tamina Kehler, of Chilliwack, British Columbia. Like Grenier, Wagstaff and Kehler are both forwards entering their grade 12 year and will join the team for the Varsity Reds for the 2018-19 season.

Pachal’s experience includes winning an NCAA championship as a player for the University of Minnesota-Duluth; she

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MVBALL- Sask @UNB 7pm (Exhibition)

MVBALL- Sask @UNB 7pm (Exhibition, @LB Gym)

Sept. 29

WBBALL- Laval @UNB 6pm (Helen Campbell Tournament) MBBALL- SMU @UNB 8pm (Eric Garland Tournament)

Sept. 30

WBBALL- Laurentian @UNB 6pm (Helen Campbell Tournament) MBBALL- UQAM @UNB 8pm (Eric Garland Tournament) FOOTBALL- UNBSJ @UNB 1pm (BMO Field)

Oct. 1

WBBALL- Acadia @UNB 6pm (Helen Campbell Tournament) MBBALL- CBU @UNB 4pm (Eric Garland Tournament)

SPORT

Sept. 3

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Facts about The Brunswickan 1 The Brunswickan is as old as Canada. We started out as a student journal in 1867, and it is for this reason that we call ourselves “Canada’s Oldest Official Student Publication.” Unfortunately, the paper flopped shortly after it was started and The Brunswickan underwent a hiatus that lasted until 1882.

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We have an extensive alumni network, with many alumni currently working as journalists across the country for the likes of the Globe and Mail and CBC. Notable alumni include Dalton Camp, poets Bliss Carmen and Sir Charles Roberts—the father of Canadian poetry—and former UNB president Colin B. MacKay.

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Our mascot is Sharkie, a red herring. He always reminds us not to mislead our readers, even though he himself is misleading since he looks like a shark.

News Your reliable source for everything that happens at UNB. As a bonus, we’re one of the few English language papers in New Brunswick that is not owned by the Irvings.

Arts A guide to the arts scene of both UNB and the greater Fredericton community. Look to this section for profiles on artists, where to find the best events and reviews.

Sports Coverage of both V-Reds and club sports. If you missed the game, we’ve got you covered.

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Last year, to mark our 150th anniversary, we switched from a weekly newspaper to a monthly magazine. This was not the first time the Brunswickan has appeared in a monthly format—when the Brunswickan was restarted in 1882, it was called the University Monthly.

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The Brunswickan wasn’t called the Brunswickan until 1922.

Bruns’ Crossword: All about UNB Special thank you to Domino’s Pizza

Submit your completed crossword to the Brunswickan’s office (Room 35 in the SUB) to win a prize! The first person to submit a correct puzzle will get a free pizza from Domino’s and a Brunswickan T-shirt; everyone else will be entered into a draw for another free pizza, which will be held on Sept. 29. We will draw five winners. Best of luck!

26. Largest on-campus library 28. Its days are numbered 29. Bruns mascot 31. River name 33. Beaverbrook’s real surname 34. Campbell

If no one is at the office, please slip your crossword under the door with the date, time, your name and your e-mail written on it. Thank you!

Down 1. Canada’s oldest official student publication 2. Buckets 5. Student oasis 8. Top of the hill 9. Doesn’t stand for ‘under’ 10. Famous assassinated honorary degree holder 12. Off-campus living 15. Starting century 16. First taught here 18. Lady _____ 20. Location of Student Union 22. They push beds instead of sleeping in them 25. Neill tradition 27. Home of the Polar Dip 30. First name of first hall 32. Only ___

Across 2. Neighbour 3. Tibbits’ first name 4. Harrison tradition 6. Liz II visited here in 1959 7. Currie ____, American spelling 11. Freddy ____ 13. Soccer field 14. “Lucero non uro” 17. Not a child anymore 19. University founders 21. Where you are 23. NB capital 24. Team name

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