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Cherise Letson Atlantic Bureau Chief FREDERICTON (CUP) — According to the latest numbers compiled by the Maritime Provinces Higher Education Commission, tuition at in the Maritimes is outpacing inflation, which was at 1.3 per cent during July.

In New Brunswick, all universities experienced a maximum of a 3.67 per cent increase from last year, except for St. Thomas University, which experienced an 8.78 per cent jump. Though the provincial government has set a tuition cap of $150, St. Thomas University ignored the cap in order to balance their budget. The school was able to ignore the tuition cap because it’s policy and not law.

Pat Joyce, executive director of the New Brunswick Student Alliance, said tuition increases can be positive if students were involved in the decision making and if they improve both quality and services for students.

3.00% INCREASE

3.01% INCREASE

ACADIA $7,270

Dalhousie $6,588

same across the board, with with the Nova Scotia College of Craft and Design experiencing a 2.88 per cent increase and St. Mary’s University getting a 3.04 per cent increase. The reason for the consistency is because the provincial government has capped tuition increases at three per cent.

The University of Prince Edward Island experienced a 4.08 per cent increase, pushing tuition up from $5,150 to $5,360.

Anastasia Smallwood, University of Prince Edward Island Student Union president, said the reason for the increase was because of cuts to the government operating grants and inflation.

“As a student, it’s not easy to see tuition increase at all . . . I think the four per cent increase is manageable for our students, but in the end no increase would have been ideal,” Smallwood said. “But I think it could have been a lot worse.”

Smallwood said this year UPEISU are creating lobbying

3.04% INCREASE

3.00% INCREASE CBU $6,190

he said. “We think there are a lot of different options on the table when it comes to how to minimize the impact of tuition increases on students.”

Joyce said there are some financial aid programs in New Brunswick that can use more funding and some programs that need to be evaluated. He said financial aid is a good way to offset increases because it can help students with other school-related costs.

“The good thing about financial aid is that not only does it fund increased costs related tuition and ancillary fees, but also helps students pay for cost of living, food and text books,” Joyce said.

“We’ve advocated for more money to be available for students through the student financial aid program so students can save more money when they work during the summer and during the school year as well.”

In Nova Scotia, tuition increases were relatively the

St. Mary’s $6,100

3.00% INCREASE MSVU $6,067

3.00% INCREASE Ste. Anne $6,000

3.00% INCREASE

2.99% INCREASE STFX $6,583

However, he said that wasn’t the case with St. Thomas.

“I think the main challenge that we see happening at St. Thomas is that there was a perceived necessity from the university to increase that tuition fee and that necessity was perhaps not shared from students,” Joyce said.

“I think that’s the underlying problem at St. Thomas when it comes to them going beyond that regulation, is not only are they increasing their fees beyond what government has recommended, but student’s haven’t seen the benefit of that.”

Though Joyce said he is happy that there’s a tuition cap, tuition increases of any amount are still concerning for students.

“Obviously the increase in costs will have an effect on students when it comes to affordability. It will affect their ability to enjoy a high quality of life while at university. It’s certainly concerning for us,”

Kings $6,396

2.88% INCREASE NSCAD $5,832

2.82% INCREASE

2.56% INCREASE unb $5,857

moncton $5,992

$7,095 2.11% INCREASE mt. Allison

So what’s the increase this year...

UPEI $5,360

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Student leaders advocating for ways to offset increases

ST. THOMAS $5,379

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8.78% INCREASE

Martime tuition outpacing inflation

documents to help change their relationship with the provincial government. UPEISU is the only student union in the province that actively lobbies the government.

“We’ve got a couple of internal and external policies we made over the summer that we will be lobbying the government for,” she said.

“I think that now that we have these documents created, I think it will be more of an action based, a more ask-based relationship with the government, which is great for our students.”

Smallwood said though money is tight everywhere these days, putting costs on the backs of students is not the way to go.

“I think it’s important to consider that students are working to pay for their tuition and they’re relying on student loans, and that any increase to tuition is not ideal,” she said.

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James Brown leaving UNB Emma McPhee News Reporter After eight years as executive director of Residential Life, Campus and Conference Services (RLCCS), James Brown is leaving UNB. He is to take up the position of chief executive officer (CEO) and director of the Post-Secondary Quality Assurance Board for the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities of Ontario.

“After eight wonderful years at UNB, I will be leaving for a position back in Toronto, Ontario which originally was home for me,” Brown said.

“I’m going to greatly miss what has become my new home, here at UNB and in Fredericton.”

News of Brown’s departure came as a surprise to UNB’s administration.

“No one was aware,” said Tony Secco, vice president academic.

Brown said the opportunity had just come up.

Officially, Brown will leave his position on Oct. 31 but will be active in the position until only mid-October because of leftover vacation time.

In the meantime, Secco said there will be a review of the RLCCS position.

“The university deals with these kinds of situations frequently. When-

ever a position like this becomes vacant, we like to look at the responsibilities in the portfolio to insure that the role is as it has been defined or whether it should be changed,” said Secco.

Until someone is chosen to fill the position, the duties of the Executive Director of RLCCS will be distributed among existing staff. They will be reporting to the associate vice-president academic, Shirley Cleave.

“We expect to operate in such a way that students won’t see any effect whatsoever,” Secco said. “That’s an added responsibility so the sooner we can get the transition taken care of, the better.

“We’d like to have somebody take

at UNB in ways that I haven’t realized — but it’s hard for me to predict what these would be precisely because I’ve not seen these possibilities. If I had, I would have acted on them,” he said.

Brown said he’d like to think the impact he’s left on the university was one of open-mindedness.

“Here’s what I hope I brought: a knowledge that there’s a lot of grey area in life generally and, since my position deals with ResLife, a lot of that grey matters in this job in particular,” he said. “I hope I brought some sense of fairness and balance to the many value judgments involved in the position.”

Overall, Brown said he’s content with the situation at UNB at the time of his departure.

“I’m happy that as I leave the UNBF residence system, which has struggled to get to full occupancy during my tenure here, has 100 more students than last year, and is, in fact, virtually full,” he said.

“I know that by luck and maybe some good judgement, I’ve found myself on the best team I’ve ever worked with and I hope to retain the friendships of my direct reports and others in RLCCS and at UNB for the rest of my life.”

“ We’d like to have somebody take over

the role by ideally Jan. 1 but it’s a pretty significant role as it stands now. So it may not be until later in the spring. over the role by ideally Jan. 1 but it’s a pretty significant role as it stands now. So it may not be until later in the spring.”

Brown says the university will benefit from someone with a fresh vision filling the RLCCS position.

“I’m confident a new executive director for RLCCS will see and seize opportunities to make things even better

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James Brown, executive director of RLCCS, is leaving UNB for a new position in Toronto. Karsten Saunders / The Brunswickan

Fredericton women to take back the night

The Take Back the Night march is annual event that unites women and takes a stand against violence. Bronté James / The Brunswickan Nikki Lee Chapman The Brunswickan This year’s Take Back the Night march intends to change the headlines.

The Fredericton Sexual Assault Crisis Centre (FSACC) is holding its 28th annual march on Friday at 8 p.m. and this year’s theme looks at tackling the media’s perception of sexual assault.

“There have been so many really big stories about sexual assault and sexual violence,” said Jenn Richard, community development facilitator for FSACC. “We wanted to look at that rape culture.”

“We are bombarded by messages reinforcing rape culture,” said Lorraine Whalley, director of FSACC, in a press release. “Often, survivors are

blamed for being assaulted, or the event is minimized. This needs to change.”

Victim blaming is a problem when it comes to this kind of violence. Many women are taught by society to believe that it’s their fault, leading some women to feel silenced or isolated in their struggle.

“Take Back the Night is not solely about sexual assault. It is an act of

solidarity that unites women who are refusing to be silent about violence,” Whalley said.

“We live in a society where women especially are taught to fear the night,” said Richard. “This is where we literally take back the night.”

The march is an international event where women and children walk the streets without male escorts. Men are

welcome to attend and show their support, but they are not permitted to join the march.

“We ask that [the men] hang back, show their solidarity in other ways as opposed to marching with us,” said Richard. “Even though the event is specifically for women and children, we invite everybody of all genders to come out and support us.”

While the women and children are marching, an ally to the FSACC, Nick Dean, will be keeping the supporters company back at City Hall. As a worker in family enrichment who has been trained with the FSACC, Dean will be facilitating activities for the people who cannot take part in the march.

This year, the FSACC intends on focusing on raising awareness in the younger population. Part of this engagement is the involvement of the Fredericton Youth Feminists, a group of young women and men that discuss issues pertaining to the rights of women. The group will be speaking at City Hall at the end of the march.

The FSACC is encouraging people to live tweet the march as it happens and share photos on the FSACC’s Facebook page. With social media and their poster campaign, the centre hopes to have an event that’s even bigger and better than in previous years.

“We’re being loud, we’re being vocal,” said Richard. “We’re causing some noise.”

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UNB Homecoming: Red & Black and looking back

This year’s homecoming is aiming to get both past and current students in on the fun . Alex Walsh / The Brunswickan Nick Murray Editor-in-Chief More than 300 alumni and friends are coming home to College Hill next week.

But don’t be fooled by the homecoming stereotype that the weekend is exclusively for those who already have a grad ring, or people who are married to said group. Homecoming is open for students too. Actually, the UNB Associated Alumni want to see current students out enjoying the festivities next weekend.

Appropriately themed “Celebrate UNB,” homecoming kicks off Sept.

26 and runs until next Sunday.

UNB Student Union vice president of student services, Chantel Whitman, said this year’s theme is exactly what homecoming is all about, noting it’s a great time for students to show pride in their alma mater.

“It’s important for students to come out and show that they love their university,” Whitman said. “A lot of students think homecoming is just for alumni, and it’s not. We want to change that because at other universities it’s huge, and it really isn’t at UNB. We want to change that and we’re starting now.”

Most events are open to students – some are restricted to those of legal

drinking age – the first of which is the Alumni/Alumnae UNB Student Scholars’ Luncheon, followed by the Ice Cream Social in the SUB next Thursday.

Next Friday is also Red ‘N’ Black Day where students are encouraged to wear UNB-coloured clothing where there will be a group photoshoot during the 150th Associated Alumni BBQ at the Old Arts Building.

Slowcoaster will play at the Cellar Pub next Saturday as part of homecoming and UNB Associated Alumni executive director Margaret Grant-McGivney said there’s an emphasis this year to make homecom-

ing more inclusive and appealing for current students.

“I see this as a really good opportunity for alumni to come back, meet our current students and to mingle and share their stories,” Grant-McGivney said.

This is Grant-McGivney’s first homecoming as executive director and her goal was “to create an opportunity and an awareness of what homecoming is and that it’s not just for alumni.”

“We also recognize that we want ou r you nger demograph ic a nd younger alumni to realize that they don’t have to wait until their 50th to come back,” Grant-McGivney

said. “The other goal was to really get the Fredericton community involved. Frederictonians sometimes take UNB for granted because it’s in their backyard.”

The kicker, if you will, for the weekend is the UNB Red Bombers homecoming football game next Saturday against UNB Saint John.

There will be a rally and parade on the SUB lawn an hour prior to the 1 p.m. kickoff.

For all information on homecoming weekend, visit Unb.ca/alumni.

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Byelection nominations open Cherise Letson News Editor Nominations are now open for the UNB Student Union byelection.

Taking place Oct. 14 to Oct. 18, the UNBSU is looking for education, nursing, Renaissance College and science councillors. Seats are also open for accessibility, residence, LBGTQ and international student representatives as well as a student at large.

UNBSU president Ben Whitney said the UNBSU executive have been encou raging students to run by talking to them directly through facility orientations and residences. He said they will also be promoting the election heavily through social media and their website.

“The biggest thing was, we’ve been out trying to talk to people about it. I kind of feel that just putting up posters and stuff isn’t the most effective way,” Whitney said.

“So the biggest way is we’re trying to spread it through word of mouth and actually get people to talk about it.”

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Whitney said being a member of council is a way for students to immerse themselves in all that UNB has to offer.

“It’s an amazing way to get more involved in your community. Just through the Student Union, there are so many opportunities in both clubs and societies and the number of different things we do,” he said.

“Second of all, it’s a ton of fun, it’s a great way to meet people, get involved and do a lot.”

He also said it’s a chance to gain experience and make a real impact on campus.

“It’s an amazing experience.

You’re getting experience in a board setting, you’re going to meet a lot of new people and you can make a difference in your community.”

Nominations close Sept. 27. Those wishing to run can pick up a form at the Welcome Center or go to UNBSU.ca.

It’s an amazing experience.

You’re getting experience in a board setting, you’re going to meet a lot of new people and you can make a difference in your community.

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Trees: more interesting than you Periodical Elements Shane Rockland Fowler Turn up the heat outside and watch people react. We start going outside more. We wear less clothing. We start to cook and eat in the sun. Some would say we become more productive because we feel more energized by the warmer temperatures after the cold winter. Turn that heat up too far and we become sweltering blobs, barely able to exist three feet away from the air conditioner.

The same thing goes for plants. But we don’t know why.

Let’s clear something up first before glazing over about the prospect of an article on plants. While they may seem stationary in comparison to people and other animals, in terms of growth and the chemistry under their surface, plants are much more capable than we are. Where people and most animals have body structure that is mostly predetermined, plants can grow extra limbs, become significantly taller, or maintain vastly different root structure simply based on the variables of their environment. Whereas people don’t grow an extra arm to cool themselves in the heat, warmer temperatures seems induce several changes, even on the genetic scale, in some plants.

Dr. David Kubien is a physiological plant ecology professor at the University of New Brunswick. Raised a Habs fan in Hamilton, he’s studied across Canada. He now researches how global changes affect photosynthesis, or the way plants turn the suns energy into chemical energy.

“I’m dealing with two problems,” Kubien said. “One is why photosynthesis declines above a thermal optimum.”

There is a perfect temperature for plants to convert sunlight into chemica l energy, which can eventually be used to fuel us through food.

That perfect temperature can vary depending on the type of plant or how it’s grown. But once the heat goes too high the photosynthetic output starts to wane.

“We know why it slows down at low temperatures,” Kubien said. “But we’re not sure why it slows down at higher temperatures.”

Facing the prospect of raising temperatures across the globe, the idea of a plant producing less energy could eventually have greater repercussions in terms of food production for people and animals. While temperature is certainly a factor in terms of what affects these plants, Kubien prefers the term “global change” to that of “climate change.”

“Global change is a much more encompassing term,” Kubien said.

“It’s not just about temperature. CO2 is raising but that’s having an effect on ocean pH. It’s also changing weather patterns. But it can also incorporate biological invasions, which is a natural process, but we do help it along. Those

invasions change community structure. One variable can change a whole system. That’s why ‘climate change’ is too restrictive.”

Those changes directly impact the other aspect of Kubien’s research, the potential role of plasticity, or genetic variations, in Ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase oxygenase. It’s also known as RuBisCO. RuBisCO is an enzyme that is responsible for what is basically a first step in photosynthesis.

All the carbon that a plant intakes enters as carbon dioxide and is fixed to RuBisCO before eventually being converted to high-energy products like glucose or sugars.

“It makes up as much as 25 per cent of all the protein in the leaves of most plants,” explains Kubien. “It’s probably the most abundant protein on the plant.”

There are two things about RuBisCO that Kubien is studying. He knows that growing plants at different temperatures and different amount of CO2 will result in different genes being expressed. This means different variations. The plasticity of RubisCO that Kubien is studying refers to the ability of a plant to make more or less sucrose.

These adjustments manifest both genetically and physically in response to higher or lower temperatures and higher or lower carbon levels.

“We know that the gene expression changes, but we don’t know if the protein changes,” Kubien said. “We’re still trying figure that out, and

that’s not proving to be very easy.”

“If the protein changes we don’t know exactly what it’s doing, at least in our model organism. So that’s a big part of what we’re doing and what my PhD student Amanda Cavanagh is working on.”

In addition to the heavy research that Kubien is doing he’s also responsible for teaching a classroom of around 400 first-year students as well as running forth-year courses in addition to his PhD students.

“Right now I’m decompressing,” laughs Kubien after motioning to a 3 foot stack of final exams.

“Teaching doesn’t leave a lot of time to do research. So most of that gets done in the summer months. That’s what I’m gearing up for now.”

As with many projects, there’s not really an end in sight for this type of research.

“The thing about good research is that is generates more questions than it answers, so a lot of my future questions will depend on what comes out of Amanda’s PhD.” “But right now we’re looking at things concerning crop productivity with global change, especially hightemperature changes. That seems to be where we’re headed.”

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Counselling Services to offer group sessions

Emma McPhee News Reporter A new program will soon give students a break from the waitlist at Counselling Services.

Starting the first week of October, UNB’s Counselling Services will be offering a new program called Change Ways that will place students on their waitlist into group counselling sessions.

The program is being introduced by Rice Fuller, the executive director of Student Affairs and Services.

“It’s not a therapy group,” Fuller said. “There’s lecturing involved. It’s a learning and skill-based workshop class approach.”

Fuller learned about the groupbased counselling last year and received training for it.

“I thought ‘well here’s a way that we can deliver an evidence-based treatment to people that would normally just sit on our waitlist,’ ” Fuller said.

The sessions will be two hours each with the groups holding a maximum of ten people. There will be eight sessions per group.

Those attending will have direct access to a professional counsellor.

Sessions will focus on everything from learning about the connection between behaviour and emotion to how to improve your social life.

The program is aimed at students with moderate anxiety, depression and stress. Fuller says at least 2/3 of the students who go through Counselling Services will benefit from the new program.

“A lot of people with mental illness are feeling isolated and lonely and this is potentially something that can help with that as opposed to the one to one therapy which seems isolating and lonely,” he said.

Fuller is hopeful the group option will do away with the waitlist completely.

“We really struggle with equally distributing the resources that we have,” he said. “In April of last semester there were still people waiting from January.

That’s just unacceptable.”

Fuller says the waitlist causes stress for students, sometimes even escalating the situation.

“Putting students on the waitlist is associated with all sorts of bad outcomes including students no longer seeking help for their problems or

UNB Counselling Services new Change Ways program will put students who are wait-listed in group dessions. Karsten Saunders/ The Brunswickan dropping out,” he said. “There is an increased risk for suicide too. Problems get significantly worse over a month or two.”

Danielle Donnelly, a UNB student who has been advocating for mental health awareness also says the waitlists have a harmful influence on students.

She believes it may lead students to think their problems or need of guidance aren’t good enough.

“With the numbers of applicants

for counselling and other services, not everyone is going to be first-in-line to sit in the ‘let’s talk’ chair once every two weeks,” she said. “For some students, the thought of not being able to get immediate counselling can be off-putting.”

Another UNB student, Tia Beaudoin, had a first-hand experience with the waitlist when she approached Counselling Services this summer. She had to wait a month and a half before

receiving treatment.

“I would have benefited a lot more from counselling services at the time [that I first went for help],” she said. “I had originally hoped I would be able to get a few appointments in before school to help me deal with the pressure before it started. That obviously didn’t happen.”

This is exactly the problem Fuller wants the group sessions to address.

“When people ask for help, that’s

the moment when you need to be able to offer them help. It takes a lot for somebody to get to the front desk [at Counselling Services] and to be told that you’ll probably going to need to go on a waitlist, that’s just not good,” he said.

“This is a creative [solution] and we’re going to give it a try.”

Food for talk:UNB/STU group hosting campus-wide event Andrew Martel Business Manager A group on campus wants to get College Hill talking about their food.

The UNB/STU Campus Food Strategy Group and the Fredericton Community K itchen are hosting a campus-wide event on Sept. 24 to get students interested in food issues and security and expand their membership.

“Whether you’re a business student, or a kin student, or a biologist, or an engineer, at some point you may have to face these issues, such as

food security, and it’s important to face them head on as a student and if need be, switch your world views accordingly,” said Amanda Cavanagh, one of the coordinators of the Campus Food Strategy Group.

The group will be hosting a FREDtalk from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. that will involve a discussion on food security in New Brunswick, followed by a viewing of a TEDxTalk by Jason Qu, called “The Secret Classroom,” discussing the roles of students and campuses on the subject of food security initiatives. This will be followed by a panel of local organizations discussing their initiatives, as

well as an opportunity to network with the panel members.

The UNB/STU Campus Food Strategy Group was started on campus last year. Sarah-Jane Thiessen, who’s also a coordinator for the group, said they hope to get more students on campus involved this year.

“Last year, the group started building the relationships – it’s very much a relationship-building program. This year, our goal is to start building a bigger relationship with students and make it more of a student group,” Thiessen said.

Going forward, the group plans

to work with students and the community to grow their group, the discussions on campus and the sense of community in Fredericton.

“We want to build cohesion for our members and have monthly meetings, potlucks and beer tastings.” Cavanagh said. “The big plan for the year is to grow food on campus, either in a garden or a greenhouse. UNB has two main greenhouses, and one of them is underused and hoping to get some space.”

This will possibly include working with some of the establishments on campus.

“We just finished speaking with Pat Hanson, the manager at the Cellar, and he is interested in using some of the food grown in the Cellar. It allows for a full-circle effect, where students can enjoy the produce that they helped grow on campus,” said Thiessen.

The event takes place Sept. 25 in Room 5 in Tilley Hall on the UNB campus, and is free for anyone to attend. For more information on the event or to get involved, email Unb.stu@studentfood.ca. For details on the event, search “FR EDtalk: FOOD SECURITY” on Facebook.

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Bookstore is not here for students

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UNB’s bookstore is not actually owned by the university. Alex Walsh / The Brunswickan Richard Kemick Opinions Columnist Does everything at this university have to be privatized? Do students here need to pay through the nose on absolutely everything? I get that we pay a technology fee because the library needs to have current computers, and I get that we have to have a facility improvement fee because the Currie Center has a higher upkeep than Saddam’s palaces. I also get that we are forced to pay a facility access fee (whatever the hell that is) because UNB president Ed Campbell has grown accustomed to living like a 16th century French aristocrat. But shouldn’t textbooks be the one thing that we, as a university, ensure that every student gets the best possible deal on?

In case you have been fooled by what the sign outside the building

says, it is not actually UNB’s bookstore. UNB has given the bookstore, and the sole rights to have stores on campus, to a company called the Follett Corporation. Follett, on their website, describes themselves as “a family-run bookstore provider that operate[s] with integrity and respect.” Ugh. I’ve seen Christian Mingle ads that have less false modesty. Their website does soon change gears, however, from being the polite gentleman at the bus stop to being the dickish and weird teenager trying to sell you shit. Follett boasts that they have a “multifaceted program tailored to aggressively present[ing] your brand to the college student.” And they do this through their “guerrilla marketing” campaign, which entails them using “nightclub marketing” and “chalk art.” (Chalk art? Really? That’s going to be the most expensive game

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Follett’s “guerrilla marketing” is undoubtedly the only merchandise campaign that even Che Guevara could get behind.

The reality, however, is that the bookstore is not here for students or even for the school. It’s here to make money in whatever way it can.

Students just happen to be the easiest way to do it. That is why the bookstore buys wholesale but charges retail, making their prices noticeably higher than other major chains. That is why the bookstore thinks it is fair to give you $7 on the $80 textbook you bought, despite the fact that the course is being offered next semester.

That is also why the bookstore has to change.

It doesn’t have to be this way.

The University of Victoria’s bookstore is owned and operated by the university itself. Furthermore,

U Vic’s bookstore operates on a “break-even” basis, where their ultimate goal is to provide an essential service to their students in a fiscally responsible manner. Therefore, the UVic bookstore can often pay back up to 50% of the new retail price on books being used for the upcoming term. In stark contrast to UNB’s bookstore, when trading in used textbooks at UVic, it is not expected that you’ll drop your trousers, bend over the cash desk, and just take whatever they give you.

And then we come to the clothing.

Just in case you feel the sudden urge to purchase an eclectic collection of hoodies with UNB or STU stamped on them in 75 different and tasteful fonts, the UNB bookstore is the only place for you. (Literally though.

Since UNB has allowed Follett to hold a campus-wide monopoly on all the shitty pieces of shit they sell.)

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Taking a stroll through the clothing section of the bookstore is like taking a Contiki tour around the human and labour rights havens of the world. Countries such as El Salvador, Honduras, Pakistan, China and Bangladesh are all represented in Follett’s goal to bring the world to Fredericton. They even sell baby bibs. For kids, by kids. (That slogan’s on the house, Follett.)

But have no fear. In Follett’s “corporate responsibility” mantra, they state, “We operate in full compliance with all applicable laws and respect and support international principles aimed at preventing and eradicating adverse working conditions, trafficking and slavery.” Finally, a 21st century corporation that has the business-savvy balls to come out against slavery! Well, I for one am impressed. And I’m sure this isn’t just lip service either, unlike the almost carbon-copy statements made

by Walmart, Disney, Joe Fresh and Sears when over 1,200 Bangladeshi workers either burned alive or were crushed in garment factory disasters in the past twelve months alone. I’m sure that the people who make this clothing have chosen to move to El Salvador, Honduras, Pakistan, China, or Bangladesh because of the amicable climate of those countries and the strong unions that blossom there.

All this being said, however, there are good things about the bookstore.

They do have a nice trades section, for example. Furthermore, their selection of local and Canadian poetry is genuinely laudable. There’s no reason it all has to go. If, in order to generate the funds needed to keep El Presidenté in the lifestyle to which he’s come to feel entitled, UNB wants to have a private book store operating on campus for the consumer needs of students, then that’s fine. But for the love of Adam Smith, please ditch the sweatshop and allow students to have the privilege of being able to purchase textbooks below extortion prices.

UNB bookstore, just because the university is allowing you to fuck us up the ass doesn’t mean you get to shove our heads up there as well.

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“School spirit” is essential – may the Orientation Week tradition live on

Liam Guitard UNB Orientation Chair As an Orientation leader I find the opinion piece published in the Globe and Mail titled “ ‘School spirit’ is pointless – it’s time to end the frosh-week tradition” and written

by Russell Smith an uninformed and uneducated comment on the modern reality of “Frosh Week.”

For the purpose of this piece I am going to clarify early on that I will be referring to “Frosh Week” as Orientation Week or O-Week.

This is because frosh is a word no longer used at UNB and many other Canadian universities because of its negative connotations. Furthermore, the orientation activities Russell outlined in his piece do not take place in 2013; he is speaking from the past about the present. Orientation Week has changed drastically at 99 per cent of universities in recent years, so instead of commenting on this issue I’d rather challenge his comments on school spirit as they are the most damaging and inaccurate.

In my first year at UNB I chose not to attend any of the Orientation Week activities. This was largely because TownHouse (our off-campus group) was not what it is today. I however regretted this decision for my entire first year; I felt lost in class and had no friends on campus. Many of my peers from high school were either in other faculties or at different institutions. Long story short, I had no social connections.

I struggled to find my place during that first year. There were many times that I thought about changing schools or dropping out of postsecondary education altogether.

That’s when someone gave me a chance: an upper-year student got me involved on campus as the managing editor of this very newspaper.

From there I went on to become the UNB Student Union’s vice chair of Orientation and now this year, the UNBSU chair of Orientation. If that student hadn’t reached out to me and invited me into the campus community and culture, where would I be now? Would I be in a position to comment on this Globe and Mail op-ed? Certainly not.

The events that took place at SMU and UBC are incredibly insensitive and disgusting. They are true representations of groupthink and certainly deserve condemnation.

However, stating that Orientation Week and school spirit are worthless is a statement contrary to every retention study ever conducted.

The transition from high school to university can be a daunting one for many students. It is important for faculty and student peers to step up to the plate and support new students, through academic and non-academic orientations.

The interpersonal and social activities that take place during Orientation Week are incredibly important as they not only help students make friends but also introduce them to the culture of the institution. A big part of an institution’s culture or community is its sense of pride, its sense of self or if you like, “school spirit.”

So what is an institution’s school spirit? I can say for sure that SMU and UBC’s school spirit was severely damaged when Orientation leaders chose to act in the way that they did.

This is because school spirit is widely regarded as “the feeling of being proud and enthusiastic about the school that you go to.” You just have to listen to the countless interviews with SMU and UBC students to see that they recognize that a sexist and bigoted chant has no place at their school. It is not an accepted part of their culture or spirit.

UNB chose to show school spirit at Blastoff (our annual cheer-off) and commencement. We showed each and every new student that they were part of a much larger community of students, academics and staff that all play a role at UNB. Every student leader chose to set the tone and follow the value system that has been put in place at UNB. Why? Because they know what our culture is, because we have set that same tone so many times before.

Our school spirit is contagious, our respect and love for one another truly remarkable, and in the words of Andrew Martel, “we bleed red and black.”

All across Canada there are other institutions doing the same thing.

Whether it is the Dalhousie Tigers, St. Thomas Tommies, Carleton Ravens or the UNB Varsity Reds, each institution wants to make sure that students like me stay in university and become successful. The crucial groundwork for this success is your first year and a large part of

Orientation Week is a chance for some residence bonding before classes start. Alex Walsh / The Brunswickan your first year is Orientation Week.

Canada is home to one of the world’s largest post-secondary fundraisers, Shinerama, an organization that raises money in the fight against cystic fibrosis. This year alone, postsecondary institutions in Canada will collectively raise over $1 million that will help fund lifesaving research.

Wait isn’t this part of our school spirit? Isn’t this an Orientation Week activity? The author of this Globe piece must not see the value of new students forming bonds that will last a lifetime while helping extend a lifetime.

A lot of time, effort and hard work has gone into the planning and

implementation of UNB’s Orientation programing. The university and the Student Union, as well as the residence community, have prepared all summer and indeed all year to make sure that UNB welcomes new students into our culture so that they may respect our school spirit and in turn welcome others.

So is our culture worthless, our school spirit worthless? No, it is integral to who we are as an institution, what we strive for and how each individual conducts themselves within the greater community.

The takeaway from this lecture is: Don’t paint everyone with the same brush, do your research and actually

For Whom the Bell Tolls

Chaplain’s Corner Kevin Bourque It’s that time of year again when grade school classrooms are filled with the sounds of buzzing school bells and the bustling energy of summer-fuelled children. For us in the university setting, we may have long since done away with those same school bells, the ones that tell us it is time for transition, but we are all too aware that summer is quietly

departing us and we are once again moving in droves to the classrooms and halls which we will call home for the next eight months.

When John Donne wrote those aforementioned and now-famous words, “For Whom the Bell Tolls,” he wasn’t exactly referring to making it to class on time, but rather, he was referring to the topic of human existence, both in our mortality and also in our interconnectedness to one another. Whether you are 8, 18 or 38 years old, bells always communicate something to us. Bells usher us into transition: they make us aware of a new moment, a time for change

or a new awakening. Bells remind us that each of us is almost always to some degree anticipating and responding to the bells in our lives. For example, at the moment, a “ding” of my iPhone tells me I have a text message; fire bells ring to warn us of an emergency; gongs, cymbals and bells are struck for a wide array of spiritual ceremonies that range from funerals to prayers. Sure, each bell means something different, but we are all responding to them.

In the First Nations community, there is a phrase that is used at various occasions in ceremony and in life: all my relations. Speaking these words is

intended to draw the speaker into being reminded that they are related to all that is around them: every person, every living creature, all of creation – we are all related. In other words, much like Donne’s poem, “No Man is an Island,” this rather helpful phrase lends itself to viewing all those things around us, which might otherwise be perceived as different than one’s self, as quite similar and somehow connected to us.

There is the arm’s-length perception that us clergy types or religious types are somehow different than the average person. As an 18-year-old undergraduate student, you may ask

look at what the overwhelming majority of Canadian universities are doing – putting on safe, friendly and welcoming orientation weeks based on our values in 2013, not 1970.

Russell, I’m sorry you had a bad Orientation Week, but know that things have changed. We work hard to ensure initiations and hazing don’t happen anymore. Instead, we use our school spirit to welcome newcomers to our community with open arms.

- Liam Guitard is a fourth year business student, the 2013 UNBSU Chair of Orientation and a proud Brunswickan alumni.

yourself: what do I have in common with a 30-something chaplain? Well, like our First Nations brothers and sisters have so rightly pointed out, we are all related. Every day, each of us sets our feet upon the floor, looking for purpose and fulfillment in what we do; each of us is an inexplicable mixture of hope and courage, victory and failure, sinner and saint ... sometimes all in the same day.

For full column, visit Thebruns. ca. Kevin Bourque is UNB’s chaplain and can be reached at Bourque@ unb.ca. His column appears every two weeks.

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How do you dress for a rainy day at Harvest?

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Brandon Fillmore

Bryna McMurtrie

Catherine Sullivan

Chris Barclay

“Tinfoil hat.”

“Hoodie.”

“Rubber boots.”

“My not really waterproof rain jacket.”

“A ‘light’ rain jacket.”

Colin DeCoste

Connor MacLean

Ed Bates

Priya Bhutani

Sydney McAdam

“Chest waders.”

“An embarrassing poncho.”

“A garbage bag.”

“Waders.”

“Waterproof mascara.”

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The Galaxie Rising Star competition took place on Friday as four Maritime artists vied for the prestigious title. Greg Hearn / The Brunswickan Tess Allen Arts Reporter Despite grey skies and an ample dose of liquid sunshine, the stars of this year’s Galaxie Rising Star competition lit up the Galaxie Barracks Tent on Friday afternoon – with one shining just a little bit brighter than the rest.

Four talented musicians vied for this year’s top prize – $2500 in cash and the honour of opening Friday night for Acadian hip hop trio Radio Radio.

The winner also had the opportunity to have their music played on one of the Galaxie TV channels and be featured on Galaxie.ca.

A $500 prize was also granted to the musician who garnered the most votes online.

This year’s finalists – Andrew Hunter & The Gatherers, Jimmy Lingley, Mike Trask & The Precious Memories and The Kendra Gale Band – were judged on talent, originality and stage presence by a panel of music industry experts. An online voting campaign took place before the event, and votes were also taken from members of the audience that afternoon.

Up first to make their case for the top title were Florenceville, N.B. natives Andrew Hunter & The Gatherers, a power trio with several mega claims to fame.

Their 2009 debut single “The Feel Good Song” made it onto the national top 40 and their track “Remember” was featured in ABC’s TV series Rookie Blue. They have also toured Canada and shared stages with such musical masterminds as The Trews, Joel Plaskett and Matt Mays. In 2011, they released the critically acclaimed Warhorses.

Comprised of guitarist and lead vocalist Andrew Hunter, drummer Brian Page and bassist Sam Nijjar, the trio presented a super-charged set that included such toe-tapping hits as

“The Good Old Days” and “Run For Cover.”

Up next was The Kendra Gale Band who, from start to finish, had audience members captivated by enormous talent and magnetic stage presence.

Hailing from St. Andrews, N.B., Kendra Gale is a singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist with three albums under her belt. Complemented by energetic drummer Warren Beatteay, the duo enchanted spectators with everything from audience singalongs about the joys of stalking to ditties about zombie attacks.

Taking the stage after The Kendra Gale Band was soloist Jimmy Lingley of Miramichi, N.B., a talented singer, songwriter, musician and performer known for his eclectic fusion of pop, country and soul.

Lingley wowed audience members with his hypnotic vocals, mastery of the acoustic guitar and quirky anecdotes (“Did you know that Moncton, N.B. is home to the busiest Dairy Queen in the world?”).

Last but certainly not least were Mike Trask & The Precious Memories of Saint John/St. Andrews, N.B., who were as much a treat for the ears as they were the eyes.

A visual spectacle in a denim vest and coonskin cap, Trask showcased a slate of catchy beats alongside artist Ben Allain, who painted to the group’s rhythms on an easel in the middle of the stage.

After what judges called an extremely difficult deliberation, it was The Kendra Gale Band who walked away with the top prize, $2500 and the opening slot in Friday night’s “Turn Up The Radio Radio” show. Jimmy Lingley earned the second place prize: $500 cash.

Gale is now part of an exclusive club of past winners of the prestigious title including Ross Neilsen, Keith Hallett, Andy Brown and Matt Andersen.

Galaxie Stars shine brighter than ever

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Harvest shows a splash of colour Bobby Cole The Brunswickan Gale-force winds, torrential rains and unparalleled lightning didn’t faze the Harvest Jazz and Blues Festival, let alone dampen the spirits of its attendees waiting to see JJ Grey & Mofro on Wednesday evening.

Despite the unsavoury weather conditions, the Alexander Keith’s Blues Tent was packed by the time performances began. People were drawn to the stage by the promising sound of a guitar being tuned, with anticipation palpable throughout the crowd.

Opening up the show were Harvest f irst-timers from the U.K., World Party. Their music is a clever, eclectic mix of keyboard and guitar, with unexpected inspirations like Burton Russell’s History of Philosophy. After their stellar performance, the audience was left with a hearty chuckle and a “See you later ... maybe in another thirty years?”

A change in the audience was evident immediately after World Party left the stage. The opening act was thoroughly enjoyed by all, but the tent was preparing for a different sound. Not a soul stirred as audience members readied themselves for the experience of JJ Grey & Mofro.

The crowd knew exactly what to expect from the three-time Harvest veterans, so they were screaming and cheering the second the first of seven band members hit the stage.

They certainly weren’t disappointed.

The volume of the band’s music was evenly matched by the echoed lyrics shouted by the crowd. Most notable on the set list were “Everything Good is Bad”, “Tame a Wild One” and “Your Lady She’s Shady,” the latter two being songs off their newest record, The River.

An encore seemed to come with reluctance at the end of the night, the crowd cheering and chanting

without pause for breath for upwards of fifteen minutes. The band built anticipation like no other, and then delivered tenfold, in a two-song flurry of horseplay, solos, and a fullout instrumental competition.

Also at the Blues Tent that evening was Sharon Epic. Coincidentally, her stage name represents her artistic ability remarkably well; her perform-

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ance is truly epic to behold. Sharon has live-painted at the Blues Tent at the Harvest Festival for six years, and Harvest is not her only stop. She paints live venues at festivals every weekend, riding the festival circuit all over the continent. It’s a living for her, and she paints and auctions off more than 800 works each year.

JJ Grey & Mofro (above) and Sharon Epic added colour to the Harvest atmosphere. Karsten Saunders / The Brunswickan

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Buck 65 turns it up to 11 Kevin Lemieux The Brunswickan It’s a Friday night after a long week of work and classes, and the Harvest audience is ready to relax as hip hop artist Buck 65 shows his unique music style under the Galaxie Barracks Tent.

From Mt. Uniake, N.S., Buck 65 rocked the early evening show alone on stage with only his laptop, his turntable and his voice. A large variety of people were at the show, from infants and grandparents to university students and professors.

His lyric content is equally diverse: during one song he can be talking about the war and its effect on people; the next, he’s talking about a girl taking her clothes off who has amazing legs.

With more than 20 years of experience in the music industry, Buck considers his hip hop beats to be influenced by rock, blues, folk and electronica.

In addition to being a Warner Music Canada artist, Buck is also well known as a host for CBC Radio 2’s Radio 2 Drive show. Between each song, he took the time to interact with the audience and give them a quick rundown on what his next song was about. He had a great time on stage, dancing and playing around, even though

he was performing solo.

Later in the show he invited East Coast artist Jenn Grant on stage.

The pair collaborated on a few songs and he then promoted Grant’s upcoming show at The Capital Complex later that night. The stormy weather didn’t stop anyone from enjoying their night.

Most people were rocking out in rain boots to protect themselves from the mud and puddles.

His show was short, but packed with songs for people of all ages to enjoy. It definitely was not the performance I was expecting, but this 41-yearold rea lly k new how to start off a weekend right!

Album of the week.

The Weeknd - Kiss Land Listen To: “Kiss Land” “I went from staring at the same four walls for 21 years/to seeing the whole world in just twelve months” sings Abel Tesfaye, aka The Weeknd, on the title track of his new album Kiss Land.

Those first 21 years had been spent in Toronto, where he wrote and recorded three mixtapes that were all released in 2011 (later re-released as an album, titled Trilogy). Following the release of the mixtapes, The Weeknd had been hailed as the next Michael Jackson, worked with some of the biggest names in Hip Hop and R&B, and gotten the chance to tour the world. While the mixtapes dealt with the life of an up-and-coming star in his early twenties in his hometown, Kiss Land deals with the life of a kid from Toronto coming to terms with a world he has never known.

Lyrically, The Weeknd still sings about the strippers, drugs, and partying that were prominent throughout his mixtapes, but now there is a newfound conscience coming through in his songs. “I chose the lie/I chose the life” he sings, “then I realized she might have been the one.” Good and bad are not as simple as black and white for him, and even on “Live For,” a song about partying with friends, he ends his verse on a sombre note, with the line: “living dreams we can never afford.”

None of the songs he has ever released could be considered “happy” songs; with ominous beats and lyrics, his music is certainly for the after-party as opposed to the pre-party. Kiss Land takes it to another level though, adding screams and horror references.

“That’s what Kiss Land is to me,” he said in an interview with Complex Magazine. “[It’s] an environment that’s just honest fear. I don’t know who I am right now and I’m doing all these outlandish things in these settings that I’m not familiar with.”

“This ain’t nothing to relate to,” he sings on Kiss Land and though it is true that most of his fans probably haven’t travelled the world or gone through the things he has, everyone can connect to being lost and unsure of themselves. That is the beauty of The Weeknd’s music: it is an escape for listeners, but also something that, on some level at least, is transferrable to any person in any situation.

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Kaeshammer kicks off Tess Allen Arts Reporter When Michael Kaeshammer was a boy, it was not the smell of bacon or the blare of an alarm clock that greeted him every morning, but his father’s traditional rendition of Scott Joplin’s “The Entertainer” on the household piano.

It was this morning ritual that first inspired Kaeshammer to become the world-renowned boogie-woogie pianist, vocalist, composer and arranger that he is today. And it was this lifelong love and devotion to musical performance that stunned and delighted spectators at this year’s Harvest Jazz & Blues Festival opening night.

Bathed in rotating light pools of gold, turquoise, fuschia, and just about every other colour in between, a dapper, energet ic a nd c h a r i s m at ic K aesha mmer dazzled t he packed Fredericton Playhouse not only with his musical mastery, but with his audience expertise.

From soulful ballads to jazzy rhythms – all presented with his signature lightning-quick fingers and buttersmooth voice – the magnetic crooner performed to a sea of grinning faces, tapping toes and the occasional head shaking back and forth in quiet marvel.

Indeed, perhaps the only thing more outstanding than Kaeshammer’s effortless proficiency on the piano (the sheer rapidity of his fingers can only be compared to a hummingbird’s wings – or fast-forwarding an old Disney tape) was his ability to engage and entrance his audience.

From sharing a slate of charming anecdotes to honing his lesser-known whistling skills and even initiating a musical battle of sorts with bassist Marc Rogers and drummer Mark McLean, Kaeshammer and his band kept the Playhouse captivated until the moment his fingers rose from the ivories for good.

But the show didn’t end once Kaeshammer and his dynamic team took their bows. As bodies poured into Queen Street in the minutes following the festival’s debut performance, echoes of Kaeshammer’s enchanting set could be heard from the mouths of countless lucky spectators.

Kaeshammer performed at The Playhouse on Sept. 10 as part of the Harvest Jazz and Blues festival, which continued through to Sept. 15. To see more show reviews and photos from the festival, check out Thebruns.ca.

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Jamming with monsters Lee Thomas Arts Editor It’s a Thursday night, and the Bell Aliant Mojo Tent is a full-on mud pit.

As men with various quantities of facial hair tune their guitars onstage, a live feed from the Blues Tent blares the opening song from Sister Sparrow and the Dirty Birds, who are playing down the street. The bass from the speakers is simultaneously deafening and mesmerizing.

Crash from 106.9 Capital FM gives an enthusiastic introduction to the performers: Keith Hallett, Garrett Mason and their accompanying drummer, Chuck Bucket. If you didn’t know better, you’d think these denim-clad guitar players were just hanging out in their garage – that is, until they start to play. Keith Hallett, although I’ve seen him perform at Harvest in the past, is always a surprise: he appears so softspoken and unassuming, but has an incredibly powerful and dynamic voice.

He introduces himself after a few songs as being “from the goddamn Hanwell road,” to uproarious applause.

The pounding bass is alarmingly in sync with my heartbeat – for a moment I think I’m having an arrhythmia.

Heads are bobbing throughout the crowd – either from the music or from the rum (the concert was sponsored by Lamb’s), but either way people were having a good time. The entertainment was not solely limited to the concertgoers, though: the performers smiled

as they interacted with the crowd, but it was in their moments of pure concentration on their instruments where it became evident how much they love music.

As their performance winds down, the three artists are joined by Ross Neilsen onstage, a perennial Maritime favorite with a mischievous smile.

“Ain’t no big thing to get a little bit wet,” he reminded the mud-covered audience with a wink.

The performers are bathed in the signature Harvest stage lights of gold and purple while crowd members old enough to be grandparents flirt like teenagers buzzed with booze and blues.

As Neilsen prepares to exit the stage, he’s invited by MonkeyJunk’s Steve Marriner to cover B.B. King’s “You Upset Me Baby.” Neilsen gladly obliges, commenting that there are “all kind of badass guitar players hanging out here.” Collectively, the median age onstage increases by at least 20 years – but their beats don’t slow down one bit.

When MonkeyJunk takes the stage, handshakes and hugs are thrown around like it’s a gathering of old friends; a pair of musicians even stop to take a selfie onstage. The entertainment continues as the fun-loving and phenomenally talented band plays. The ground shakes underfoot as the audience taps their toes to “I Wanna Put a Tiger in Your Tank”.

MonkeyJunk leaves to raucous applause, and Marriner tips his can of Molson to the audience in appreciation.

Steve Strongman is next onstage with an immediate crowd-rousing “How’s everybody feeling?!” He’s a man with a small soul patch and a big stage presence, who immediately forms a friendship with the audience.

He invites MonkeyJunk’s Tony D to join him onstage – “It is a jam, after all!” he explained – and the musicians are bouncing around onstage with an energy that is contagious, despite the late hour. It’s standing room only in the tent, but they would have got a standing ovation regardless.

Charlie A’Court takes the spotlight next. He, too, invites some of the preceding acts to join him onstage. You get the feeling that these musicians are making everything up as they go along, giving the concert a personal and spontaneous feel – “in the true spirit of a jam,” as A’Court said, adding, “So let’s have some fun with this.”

A’Court is truly a master of vocal manipulation, as he flawlessly escalates from a dramatic whisper to a harmonic belt. As the show concludes in a flurry of guitars, drums, and harmonicas, he adds that the audience can catch him at 6 a.m. the following morning on the CBC. It’s after one in the morning when the concertgoers finally disperse, leaving Officer’s Square smelling of pot smoke and damp Birkenstocks – truly the signature of a well-enjoyed jam with true Maritime Monsters.

Mondays and Fridays at the Currie Centre 12:30 to 1:30pm starting this Friday, all ages and all skill levels welcome.

Free for students and rec members.

For more information contact: Roger King at rking@unb.ca

MonkeyFunk’s Tony D and Ross Neilsen (right) jammed out on Thursday night.

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Foreplay means more play Billy Mann The Brunswickan

WEDNESDAY, SEPT 18 You picked up a Brunswickan! Yay! ISAO Cultural Café, SUB room 103, 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.

THURSDAY, SEPT 19 Clubs & Societies Fair at the SUB UNB Art Centre hosts exhibition opening at 5 p.m.

Jean Rooney – HEYDAY & Paul Mathieson - Notes from a Visual Song and Dance Man

FRIDAY, SEPT 20 Civil War drama Copperhead released in limited Canadian theatres, including Empire Theatres in Fredericton. Visit Copperheadthemovie.com for more information.

SATURDAY, SEPT 21 AIDS walk for life at the Government House. To find out more go to Aidswalkforlife.ca Boyce Farmer’s Market 6 a.m. – 1 p.m.

SUNDAY, SEPT 22 Flea Market. King’s Place Mall, 10 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Doors Open Fredericton from 1 p.m. – 4 p.m “This is your FREE opportunity to see some of Fredericton’s most historically, and culturally interesting buildings not usually open to the public.” Visit Fredericton.ca for more information Atlantica Inaugural Concert – UNB Mem Hall 3 p.m. 5p.m. Featuring pianist Simon Docking, clarinetist Richard Hornsby, singer Sally Dibblee and violinist Nadia Francavilla

MONDAY, SEPT 23 Monday Night Film Series: Love is all you Need 7:30 p.m. at Tilley 102, $7. See Nbfilmcoop.com for more info.

TUESDAY, SEPT 24 Symphony New Brunswick with Matt Andersen at the Playhouse. Visit theplayhouse.ca for event and ticket info.

Have an evenT that you’d like added to the Arts Calendar?

Email arts@thebruns.ca or call the office at 506.447.3388

Before reading this, ask yourself: “am I 100 per cent satisfied with my sex life?”

If you answer yes, by all means, feel free to put down this column. I have the strangest suspicion, however, that you will continue reading.

Sex is something that most people associate with penetration, and penetration only. The truth is, the definition of sex should include foreplay because it is just as important as any aspect of sexual activity. However, for this column’s purpose, when I use the word “sex”, I will be referring to penetrative sexual intercourse.

Foreplay is such a significant prelude to sexual intercourse that some studies have shown a significantly lower satisfaction rate between couples who have sex without active foreplay than between those who partake in foreplay regularly.

What is foreplay? Essentially, it’s the sexually stimulating activities you partake in before the main event. These activities can range between hugging, kissing, massaging, caressing, fellatio, cunnilingus and even sending naughty text messages.

Why is foreplay important? It feels like divinity is being bestowed upon your genitals, that’s why!

Women typically take longer than men to reach a peak state of arousal, so

Dear

Ari.

If you have a question for Dear Ari, email arts@thebruns.ca or tweet her @AskDearAri Dear Ari – I just turned legal and it’s time for me to make my dance floor debut.

How can I pick up on d-floor without looking like a doofus?

Sincerely, Footloose Freddy Dear Footloose— A good tip is to make sure you have a good group of friends to go out with who are in the same dancing mood as you are! Being around people you’re comfortable with on the dance floor can help you be more confident. They can also provide you with people to fall back on if the person you’re interested in isn’t quite pickin’ up what you’re puttin’ down.

Keep a smile on your face – people become much more attractive when they look like they’re enjoying themselves. When it comes to moves themselves, go with the flow, follow the rhythm, and make sure you’re reading the vibes of the people around you.

Here’s to happy feet and a happy heart!

Affectionately, Ari

by utilizing foreplay you are helping her reach a state of vaginal euphoria. Then, when sexual intercourse commences, she will reach her climax easier.

It’s just as beneficial for men to experience foreplay because they too have the potential to experience a far greater orgasm.

There are a variety of ways to initiate foreplay, and it’s important to find what works for you. Some methods, though, are tried and true – and they work for a reason.

Ladies, start by wearing some sexy lingerie; this is sure to give your partner the stimulation they need to feel aroused. Rather than stripping down for them, allow them to participate in a more hands-on role by letting them slowly remove your clothing.

Push them back onto the bed and let them marvel at your body, allowing them to survey every inch of it. Don’t let them touch you quite yet! This is your performance, and they will have their turn to take control soon enough.

Slowly use your mouth and body to caress every inch of them. Avoid going straight for their genitals, and instead focus your attention to their other erogenous zones, such as the neck, inner thighs, abs and behind their ears.

Once they are fully aroused, it’s time to go down!

Gentlemen, begin by setting the mood: make sure the room and sheets are clean, light candles, dim the lights

and break out the massage oil. Put on something revealing, but don’t give away what is hanging between your legs quite yet.

Bring them in and lay them down on the bed. Lather them up with oil and begin giving them a sensual massage.

As you rub, start pressing your body into theirs to enhance arousal. When they seem satisfied by the massage, lay them down on their back. Use your hands and mouth to stimulate every sweet spot, without going straight for their genitals. Kiss the most sensitive areas such as their neck, ears, collarbone, wrists and nipples.

When you and your partner are begging for sex, all of the stimulation from foreplay will allow for a more enjoyable and tantalizing sexual experience.

Other factors that can enhance foreplay can be as simple as the props you use. For example, try tying your partner’s hands behind their head. This allows for them to really focus on your touch and to feel every nerve of their body surge.

Remember, before you try anything that takes control away from your partner, or isn’t a normality in your sex routine, always make sure they are 100 per cent comfortable with it and acquire their explicit consent.

Now stop reading this and go grab the lube!

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#18 Eden Vanderlaan (above) scored two of UNB’s goals this weekend against the Mount Allison Mounties . Bronté James / The Brunswickan

Women finish weekend with a win and a loss Bronté James Sports Editor A 5-1 win over the Mount Allison Mounties and a 1-0 loss to the Université de Moncton Aigles Blues were the results of the UNB women’s soccer team’s double-header weekend.

“It’s nice to score goals. That was the one thing we talked about that we needed to do and it was good to see them go in,” said head coach Jon Crossland.

Eden Vanderlaan came out early in the first half against the Mounties and scored for UNB, taking a 1-0 lead. Mounties forward Amanda

Volcko chipped the ball over goalkeeper Kelsie Hope’s head 14 minutes later, tying the game.

Tying eight of their last 17 games, Crossland had only one thing to say to the women on at halftime of their Mounties game: “If you want to be a spectator, it’s $10 to get into the game.”

It wasn’t until the second half that the women came out strong.

Emily Sarty scored 53 minutes in with a finish off of a corner kick.

Five minutes later Eden Vanderlaan scored her second goal, and third for the team.

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muscled and out-willed her to the ball, and in the second one she got open and hit the shot,” said Crossland.

Less than a minute later Paige Vincent scored, furthering the lead, and followed by Ellen Arsenault’s fifth and final goal for the team less than sixty seconds later.

The women were unable to take another victory in their Sunday game and lost 1-0 to the Blues after Alexandra Maltais scored at 56:20.

Crossland could only describe his feelings about the loss in one word: “disappointed.”

“We scored goals yesterday and

finished our chances, and we didn’t finish them today,” he said.

Possession and being dangerous with the ball were two things Crossland says the team did well, but they were unable to finish.

“We created opportunities the way we talked about doing it, and we just lacked the final piece, we didn’t score,” he said.

“If 80 per cent of it or more [is good], it’s that final piece, that final concentration to put that ball away.”

The women will be working on finding the urgency and knowing “every single play is important and when you’ve got one you have to

take it.”

Recent recruit Paige Vincent, who helped in the 5-1 victory over the Mounties the day before, said she is disappointed in the loss following their big victory the day before.

“It’s really hard, you know. Coming out of a win like that you know you can do well and you’re coming out hard,” she says.

“It’s really disappointing to come out with a loss today.”

The women take on Memorial at home on Friday, Sept. 20, and travel to Acadia the following Sunday.

Do you think the women’s soccer team will make AUS playoffs this season? cellarpub.ca

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Nick Murray

I think the women have a deeper roster than last year. Offence was the main issue, and it was addressed when recruiting, and shots on net have already gone up significantly. With an already strong defence, and offence showing improvements, I believe they will be able to take a top-four spot and go to AUS playoffs.

When I spoke to Jon Crossland at the start of the year, the bare minimum for his team was a top-four finish. So yes, I think they’ll make the playoffs.

If they finish their chances they’ll be fine.

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I want them to prove me wrong, but unless they get out of the tie column they will be watching the playoffs from the comfort of their living rooms. They have the skill, as well as new blood, but with a lack of offence (already present in their first two games), they won’t go farther than the regular season.

Peter Ryan Sports Writer

There are two things the V-Reds women need to do to make playoffs: First, as a team their defence is as good as any other in AUS, but they need to find a way to put the ball in the net as a team. Second, they need to win the games against weaker teams they should be able to beat.

They can’t let easy ones slip away.

BRUNSWICKANSPORTS Bronté James Sports Editor The UNB men’s soccer team took a 3-0 victory over the Mount Allison Mounties on Saturday, but lost to the Université de Moncton Aigles Blues 1-0 in their Sunday game.

Rookie Marcus Lees scored at 13:38, giving the men a 1-0 lead over the Mounties. Less than ten minutes later, Benjamin Law scored UNB’s second goal, and his tenth of his career with the Reds.

“I thought there was some really nice stretches where we pretty much composed ourselves on the opposition, so that was good to see,” said V-Reds head coach Miles Pinsent. “[Marcus] got himself in some good spots, we actually used him in a different way today and it seemed to work quite well for us.”

Lees put himself in a good spot again in the 79th minute against Mount Allison, where he scored his second and the final goal of the game.

This would be the only win the men take over the weekend as they lost 1-0 to the Aigles Blues in their Sunday game.

Blues Centre Philippe DeGrace scored 38 seconds into the game after teammate A madou Bamba brought the ball up the field, passing to Christian Yapi who easily crossed it through the UNB defenders. DeGrace tapped the ball into the net past keeper Aaron McMurray.

Pinsent had only two feelings about the outcome of their second

game: “really dissatisfied, and disappointed.”

“The boys didn’t show up to play today, and that’s the most disappointing thing,” he said. “If you don’t show up to play in this league you don’t win.”

Not atypical for a game against the Blues, it became physical. Only 19 minutes in, rookie Robbie Park went off the field with a rolled ankle, Yapi received a yellow card for cleating Diego Padilha in the back, and fullback Jason Rouse collided with Bamba.

“The refs just let us play, we can play physical as well, but they just beat us today,” said Rouse. “The last ten minutes we started to play, but it was too late then.”

The men tried to come back in stoppage-time after Lees got a breakaway, but goalkeeper Samuel Charron blocked the shot and kept the score 1-0.

Rouse said the main difference bet ween their victor y over the Mounties and their 1-0 defeat to the Blues was intensity.

“We wanted to beat Mount A really badly and today we were really lackadaisical and lethargic,” said Rouse.

The men take on the Memorial University Sea-Hawks on Friday and travel to Acadia to take on the Axemen in another double-header weekend.

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Michael Bourgeois / The Brunswickan “The scariest thing was how long it Former hockey players Gerry Luliano Michael Bourgeois and Paul Walker created a device which takes for your thinking process to go The Brunswickan will monitor each and every head im- back to normal,” said Wilson.”

Sport is constantly changing, and so pact. They named the impact-tracking “For a while, and even sometimes must safety technology to keep up. now, I notice my brain almost needs to device gForce.

Players are becoming bigger, strongHead injuries occur in every level take an extra step when I’m thinking.” er, faster and are taking hits equally of sport, with no limit on severity, but Luliano and Walker are aware of the as strong. Padding, guards and most what makes these brain-jarring injur- severity of concussions and continual importantly helmets are also becoming ies so risky, if not frightening, isn’t the knocks to the head, and the impact it stronger to compensate for the increase smack to the head. It’s the unknown can have on an athlete. in physicality.

Their vision coincides with this severity that lies within the impact.

University of New Brunswick Luliano and Walker hope to use the realization and states, “Thousands (UNB) centre for the Red Bombers gForce helmet, which fits like a small of athletes receive blows to the head football team, Kyle Wilson, has seen flash drive inside the helmet, to read each and every day. This activity goes his fair share of hits on the line of every impact to the head, giving read- untracked, unreported, and data that scrimmage. ings, statistics and accurate information would have been invaluable to research“As a center, [I’d] say 80 per cent of on the severity of the hit. ers is wasted. The sooner we can help the contact is to my head,” said Wilson.

GForce has created a network, for medical experts understand the causes Wilson is in his first year with the which information from the devices can of head injury in sports, the sooner we Bombers, as previous head injuries be shared to doctors, scientists, train- can protect our athletes.” and a history of concussion sidelined ers. While beneficial to an individual, Their statement can mean a lot to the centre from a year of varsity sport. this network can be beneficial to the athletes like Wilson, who live with the “It was summer football, during knowledge of head injuries as a whole. injury and still play, but also for the team New Brunswick tryouts, during After an appointment with a nurse, many yet to experience this life altera drill a player would run at me to Wilson, like so many athletes, was told ing injury. practice a block, and I went down very he suffered a concussion. Wilson, his This different direction in sport hard,” he said. coach, parents and doctor knew he had safety equipment may lead to a safer “[I] went back in line, did the drill been concussed. The severity, however, generation of sport because the mystery again and it began to take me a while was not as black and white. of a head injury has been revealed. to get back up.”

On Saturday, Sept. 21, the Varsity Reds women’s volleyball team are washing cars from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. The V-Reds will be located on the fourth floor of the Currie Center, with overflow across the road in the Alumni Memorial Building parking lot. Price is by donation, with all proceeds going toward the Varsity Reds’ Think Pink initiative, which raises awareness of and money for breast cancer. They will also have a BBQ with hot dogs and beverages available for $2 each. Come on out and support a great cause, UNB!

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Homesickness: we’ve all been there

Lindsay Weidhaas The Brunswickan Being away from home can bring excitement, new friends, new hobbies, and yes, homesickness too.

Being homesick is a normal thing for all ages, particularly university students.

“The main reason for homesickness is that university is such a huge life change. Many students haven’t been away from their parents and friends for more than two weeks before coming to university,” says Caden Connors, third year proctor at UNB. One thing that proctors do to help potentially homesick students is a first year survey. They meet with students and try and get a feel of

how they are adjusting to university life, and life away from home.

“We often try to make it more of a friendly conversation rather than a question period,” says Connors.

Hana Geldart, a fourth year nursing student, remembers her first year of university and feeling the displeasure of homesickness.

“There was a point where all I wanted to do was go home and I was refusing to participate in any activities outside of school,” she said.

Being in a new environment can make most people feel uncomfortable and want to run to a familiar place. Luckily, we’ve come up with some tips to help you.

Keep these 10 tips in mind next time you are feeling blue!

1. “Always make sure to keep in contact with your family even if you aren’t homesick. Don’t leave them out of your university experience even if they aren’t physically there,” says Geldart. “Having a familiar voice and a bit of encouragement from the ones you love may make you realize why you went to university in the first place.”

2. Make friends. Having familiar faces around campus can give you a sense of belonging.

3. Get out of your room or keep your door open while you are in it. Feeling secluded will make you feel worse.

4. Join a club or society on campus if you find it hard to make friends right away; Unbsu.ca is a great place to start.

5. “Get involved. I find that keeping yourself busy by getting involved with on-campus actives can help you get your mind off things” says fourth year nursing student Anika Lekborg.

6. Talk to someone you know and trust about how you are feeling. Your residence proctor is trained to help students cope with the stressors of university.

7. Get to know Fredericton. Explore. The more familiar you are with your surroundings the more at home you will feel.

8. Plan to do something fun with your new friends. It will give you something to look forward while getting to know them better.

9. Establish a balance between schoolwork and your social life. It isn’t expected that you work 24/7 and not go for coffee with a friend. Schedule a night a week or a few hours in a day for you!

10. Know that you are not alone. “Realize that it is completely normal. The best way to deal with it is to recognize it and find a solution,” says Connors.

If your feelings of homesickness don’t subside, get worse, or you find yourself withdrawing from school, you can contact UNB Counselling Services at 453-4820, or email Counsel@unb.ca

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Paige Vincent shows what she’s made of Bronté James Sports Editor She loved to run, and soccer was the perfect outlet.

“I like to run around, so when I was three years old my parents put me in soccer and I stuck with it,” said UNB women’s soccer midfielder Paige Vincent.

Since the age of three she’s been in love with the sport.

“I loved it. I get to run around, get to kick something, so you know, why not? It’s fun.”

With Soccer-National All Star championships in 2009 and 2010, and Soccer-Atlantic championships in ’08-’13, Vincent has a strong resume to bring to the team.

A Dartmouth, N.S. native, and former Nova Scotia Canada Games women’s soccer wingback, Vincent chose the University of New Brunswick based on the history of its soccer program and her year-round access to the field.

“Their soccer program is awesome [and] really inviting,” said Vincent.

“And with the dome in the winter it’s really awesome to play, and I like the school it’s a good program.”

Already spending her days on the

turf, Vincent can also be found tucked away in the Engineering building, Head Hall, studying for her degree in mechanical engineering.

Vincent scored her first goal with the V-Reds in her fourth regularseason game against the Mount Allison Mounties.

“We’re working hard and we’re working hard to improve on the things that we failed on,” said Vincent in an earlier interview this season.

“The girls are so welcoming. They’ve been so kind to us, helped us with anything we need, and I’m really looking forward to the season.”

Vincent says she anticipates a strong season from herself and her teammates and looks forward to her first year with the V-Reds.

“I think we’re improving every game, and hopefully in the future we’ll get some wins and make playoffs.”

Paige Vincent is one of the recent additions to the Reds roster Bronté James / The Brunswickan

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