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The Brunswickan

Volume 141 Issue 20 • Canada’s Oldest Official Student Publication • UNB Fredericton’s Student Paper • Feb. 20, 2008

One for the Money

Andrew Meade / The Brunswickan

The Varsity Reds held a 1-0 advantage in the best-of-3 AUS Championships, but fell 3-1 to Dalhousie on Sunday night in the the Pitt. For more on the V-Reds quest for their first league title since 1979, see Sports, pg. 15.

Bringing the Revuehome

Polar Dip: Half a house and still a success

by Lauren Kennedy

Legend has it, Anne Murray was discovered at the Red n’ Black…

by Jennifer McKenzie

The 60th rendition of the Red n’ Black Revue is this Sunday, February 24 at 8 pm.

Ryan Drost and Chris Nyarady, two hilarious UNB students, are hosting the Revue and promise more than ten amazing acts over the course of the evening.

“60 is a big milestone, and it is one of, if not the oldest, UNB tradition.

It would be really great to see The Playhouse sold out for this event just like it used to be,” says Jason Henry, one of the events’ coordinators.

He also guarantees a good time from “a couple of amazing dance acts (from the UNB Dance Club and the Hangmen Crew), a phenomenal blues/rock band fronted by Angelyn Macneil, and some awesome musical acts by Kaylee Hopkins, Tyler Lombard, Adam Garland, and Dave Lipsett.”

The show is making its return to The Playhouse, after a five-year absence. The organizers are hoping to bring the show back into its old school charm. “It was once a huge event that the whole community would get involved with. This year the show has moved back into the Playhouse, its original home. The opening and closing acts are going to be outstanding. It’s going to be a lot of fun and I really think it is going to live up to what the show used to be,” explained Henry.

As the performance is at The Playhouse this year, the seating is reserved.

Henry details, “If people want to sit together, they need to buy their tickets at the same time. Of course they are available at the door, but it might be harder to get a large group together.”

Tickets are on sale now through The Playhouse box office; $10 for adults and $5 for students.

“I’m looking forward to seeing people start to get excited about this again. That and I can't wait to see this year’s closing act and the traditional Red n’ Black Revue closing kick line.

It’s going be a good one this year, I can tell you that!”

Christian Hapgood / The Brunswickan

Bridges House President Colin McPhail and resident Adam Leclerc, dressed as characters from the television show “The Office”, jump into the icy cold water all in support of the IWK Children’s Hospital.

“Dear God, that water is cold!”

Those were the words going through Bridges House President Colin McPhail’s mind as he hit the icy water during the Bridges Polar Dip on Saturday, February 16.

51 jumpers in total braved the icecold water in freezing temperatures, raising just under $1,600 for the IWK Children’s Hospital.

“When I jumped, I submerged my head and when I came up out of the water, I lost my breath because it’s so cold. Adam Leclerc jumped with me and he seemed to do it all in one motion, in and out, but for me I just kinda froze, and couldn’t move,” described McPhail. “But it was still a blast and it feels good knowing that you’ve supported a great cause while having fun at the same time.”

The Polar Dip is the biggest fundraiser of the school year for Bridges House. A goal of raising $5,000 was set at the beginning of the year when it was thought there would be a full house.

Now with only half a house available, there was no set goal and McPhail says there were some concerns at first.

“Like a month leading up to it, I didn’t get any sleep; I was really worried about the fact that we are such

a small house and there was concern about getting the numbers of people out there and if we could raise any money for our house charity,” he explained.

“Luckily, we had great feedback from the residence community and members from seven other houses jumped in the dip. It was great support.”

The biggest story of the day was how cold it really was outside. People who did not jump were wondering how people could withstand the cold only wearing thin clothes, and the jumpers themselves were wondering why they ever decided to do it in the first place. But as McPhail explains, people are freezing for a reason and the cold temperatures might do people some good.

“I think all the cold did was enforce the ‘polar’ part of the dip. It seemed to pump everyone up and it made the jumpers go a lot quicker as people just wanted to get in and get out, so I don’t think it bothered anyone that much.

I saw that people were pumped and ready to go!”

McPhail would like to thank all the sponsors that supported the event like Sodexho, FutureShop, and The Grill on Yorke, all 51 jumpers, the people who came out, and the volunteers.

“What I really enjoyed was that there were so many people around willing to help out if we needed it. It really helped the day go smoothly and Bridges House couldn’t have pulled it off without the help of everyone involved.”

Noteworthy pieces Emerge from local artists Emerge kicks off a diverse exhibition at The Playhouse, running until March 2

by Ashley Bursey

In honour of ECMA weekend, the artists of the Emerge collective have decided to make their love for tunes tangible with a musically-themed exhibition at the Playhouse. The official kickoff was last Friday, but the pieces have been showing since the beginning of the month, coinciding with the big awards show and giving the artists much-deserved exposure in the busy venue.

“We were excited with the ECMAs being here and we figured there’d

be a lot of traffic and a lot of musicians, so we thought we’d capitalize on that,” says Mark Cameron, the public relations officer for Emerge and a member of the collective. “It’s nice to agree with the cohesive whole of the city’s social scene at the time, and when we’re setting up a show, we get together and throw some ideas around and the idea of doing a musically-related theme and calling it ‘Resonance’ seemed appropriate.”

Emerge was formed in 2004, when a handful of students from the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design found they were having difficulty showing their pieces. They banded together, deciding they might have more luck if they formed a group, and since then, have been showing around the city as a collective and individually.

Cameron’s own work reflects his musicality. Although he generally works with wire sculpting, he created a mixed-media mask for one the pieces.

“I ripped apart a whole bunch of musical instruments: electric guitar, turntables, a broken iPod, and a couple of other random things and I made them all fit together into a mask.

I took a more direct approach to make the mask out of musical instruments, and just kind of experiment, really.

“I found one thing interesting. The choice of music while creating the art really made a difference for me. I was given a broken iPod to break up... but I started playing with it before I opened to it, and I found out it wasn’t broken. It was 20 gigs of music and I started listening to it at random. The stuff on there was inspiration...mostly indie stuff, and a bit of stuff that I recognized. That’s not really the type of music I normally listen to...Union on Knives, and some Hot Chip.”

Other neat pieces include a keyboard made of sliced cardboard – “It makes you want to play it” – and a collection of musically-themed masks.

The show runs until March 2 at The Playhouse.

Andrew Meade / The Brunswickan

Resonance, a musically-themed art exhibition at The Playhouse, presents pieces like ‘Frequency Face’ by Mark Cameron

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Building onto MacLaggan Hall

Fair trade a fair possibility

by Alison Clack

The province has provided money for the expansion of MacLaggan Hall to accommodate more nursing students.

by Naomi Osborne

What many students see as a parking inconvenience may actually prove to be a beneficial addition to the Faculty of Nursing.

Katherine MacLaggan Hall is under construction in order to allow an expansion to accommodate an increased enrollment of nursing students.

The Dean of Nursing, Janice Thompson, feels the expansion is necessary for the growing future of the nursing facility and its students.

“I don’t feel that it’s necessary; I know it’s necessary. We are admitting an additional 51 full-time equivalent students every year to the Faculty of Nursing through an agreement with the Province of New Brunswick,” said Thompson.

“That agreement is designed to address the shortage of nurses in the workforce.”

Although this construction has been causing some conflict for students who have trouble finding parking spots on campus, it may just be something that students will have to bear through until this fall.

“It’s an inconvenience that in the end I think will be well worth it,” said Thompson.

The construction will not be finished until September, so students will need to find alternate parking for the remainder of the school year.

Instead of seeing the construction as a nuisance, Thompson says students should see it as a prime opportunity for the nursing program to expand itself.

The nursing faculty currently has enough room to teach 480 students,

Andrew Meade / The Brunswickan

Construction behind MacLaggan Hall may impede parking, but means room for more nursing students. and since there has always been a education, while others are translarge number of nursing students fer students from other nursing applying, the province decided to schools. provide the money to allow for addi“Most of our students apply to tional space, explained Thompson. nursing right from high school.

The new addition onto the build- They know that the major they ing will allow 51 extra nursing are interested in is nursing so they students to be enrollFed into the start here as a nursing major,” said program at once.

Thompson.

“When we This increases the She said that capacity of the major both the province are able to program and encourand the Faculty tell 51 more of Nursing feel ages new students to choose UNB nursing the expansion students over other schools. will benefit both every year “We have never the program and that they in the province as a had any trouble meeting the enrollwhole in providfact can be ment. I think it will ing more nurses admitted to where they are encourage students to come here,” said the program, needed the most.

Thompson, “When “There is althat’s a good ways we are able to tell 51 a demand thing.” more students every for nurses in the year that they in fact workforce. It’s re-– Janice Thompson can be admitted to ally an important the program, that’s obligation to try a good thing.” and reach that demand for students The faculty receives its students in the province,” said Thompson. in a number of ways. Most of the “So we feel like we are doing a really students apply before entering into good thing here.” any other form of post-secondary This expansion is not only a

perfect opportunity for students to embrace the chance to be accepted into the nursing program, said Thompson, it is also a great way for both the building and the program to grow.

“The building is 50 years old. It was designed when our enrollments were 12 per year. In the first class that was admitted there were 14 students and a couple of them didn’t continue,” said Thompson.

Since the building was originally only intended to hold a small amount of people, it is now unable to accommodate both the number of students and the faculty who teach them. This is simply because it was never designed to hold that many, explained Thompson.

However, even though the final outcome of the construction will benefit the whole nursing program, some students are still holding their own reservations about it. As The Brunswickan reported last week, the construction is causing trouble for students who are unable to find adequate parking spaces. Students are encouraged to arrive to campus earlier to search out parking spots until construction is completed.

In days where people are becoming more and more aware of the inequalities and the injustices in the world, and want to make a concerted effort to help, it can be more than a little difficult to know where to start.

Some people might go the easy route and add the cause application or join a group on Facebook, but there is an even simpler and effective way to support a good cause these days: sit down and have a cup of delicious, fresh-brewed, fair trade coffee.

Fair trade is a method that benefits farmers, predominantly in developing countries, by cutting out the intermediaries and paying the farmers directly and fairly for their crops. Trading this way helps small farms to stay afloat and able to produce good products for fair prices.

Though it seems easy to buy fair trade coffee and help prevent farmers in developing countries from falling into poverty, there is just one small glitch.

On the UNB campus, there is only one location that currently provides fair trade coffee: the Starbucks at the HIL. However, there is a group of students on campus looking to change this.

One group working in a civil engineering project management course have made it their job, both as a class project and as a personal goal, to bring awareness to campus about fair trade coffee and ultimately have it offered in all Sodexho dining locations on campus.

They’re more affectionately known as the “Coffee Crew”.

The group makes their goals clear in their project proposal, which reads “at the moment there is no certified fair trade coffee on campus other than at the Starbucks location at the Harriet Irving Library; our goal is to have at least one carafe of fair trade coffee at every campus dining location where coffee is sold.

It continues, “We feel that this would at least give everyone who goes to these locations the choice of purchasing fair trade coffee. We plan on bringing awareness to the students, staff, and faculty of the University of New Brunswick.”

The idea for the project was born from Engineers Without Borders.

“EWB has been pushing fair trade but nobody really did anything to get it.

We are doing it sort of on their behalf; we’re doing it with their blessing,” says Jeff Melanson, one of the group’s seven members.

The group put in a request with Sodexho to see the possibility of getting a fair trade coffee option at dining locations on campus and they received a positive response; the group could have the chance to achieve their vision.

There are just a few things to be cleared up first.

“We wouldn’t be able to see it at Tim Horton’s, but we would be able to implement it at other dining locations on campus,” says Martin Bayliss, General Manager of Sodexho at UNB. Tim Horton’s has their own supplier and doesn’t provide fair-trade coffee, but other locations are eligible.

This discourse with Bayliss has provided a chance for the group to see their goal, provided they are able to show a demand for fair trade coffee from the students and staff on campus.

“The challenge with fair-trade coffee is, are people going to use it? Are they going to buy it, is there enough demand?” asks Bayliss.

“Like anything else, if nobody buys it, there’s no sense in having it.”

The Coffee Crew is trying to address the question of demand with surveys that they plan to make available to campus. They have already established a website with their survey and information on their project at www.unbcoffee. com.

The group is simply assessing the demand and wish for honest answers about how much students want fair trade coffee.

“We’re trying to provide a service, we just want to bring awareness,” says group member Sarah Young.

“We’re not forcing our ideas on anyone,” adds another group member, Jeremy Clack.

Students pondering the benefits and pitfalls of having fair trade coffee should also keep in mind that the price for fair trade coffee may be different in price from other coffee blends. However, it is too early to tell how much the price might go up if it is provided.

“There probably would be a price difference, but I haven’t looked at pricing. If there’s demand for the product, once I get that information I can make a better decision,” says Bayliss.

Students wishing to share their opinion can go to the group’s website, www. unbcoffee.com, and fill out the survey.

Disordered eating drop-in clinic

by Tina Stephenson

The Faculty of Nursing, Student Health Centre, and Counseling Services Collaborative Practice Initiative are helping to meet the needs of students with eating issues. Six fourth-year nursing students have set up a drop-in clinic at Bridges House to address concerns about eating disorders, nutrition, and stress management. The student nurses are very interested in working with the campus population to gain a better understanding of the pressures that students face daily. 91% of women in college attempt to control their weight through dieting, 35% of all dieters progress to pathological dieting, and 25% of women

on university campuses meet diagnostic achieved through starvation. Bulimia initially numb uncomfortable feelings, nervosa is characterized by cycles of like anger or sadness. Then the person criteria for an eating disorder.

Disordered eating includes a wide bingeing and purging. As with anorexia, tries to rid the body of the food that was range of abnormal eating patterns such this behaviour is driven by a desire to consumed, usually by vomiting, using as anorexia, bulimia, chronic restrained regulate feelings and worries about body laxatives, enemas or diuretics, exerciseating, binge ing exceseating, comsively, skippulsive eatping meals, ing, habitual or dieting. dieting, and Individuals irregular eatwith binge of all dieters regain their lost weight within 1-5 years; ing patterns, eating diswhich often orders eat ignore physiexcessive of women are dieting and 40% are continually gaining; cal hunger amounts of and fullness. food at one People who time. They have Anorexia do this for of girls begin dieting before age 14.

Nervosa are two reasons: obsessed with they are controlling very huntheir eating because they believe that weight and shape. The cycle begins with gry because they have been dieting or by controlling their bodies they can con- the person rapidly eating large amounts restricting their eating, and/or they trol their lives. This obsession is usually of food in a single sitting. This may over-eat to comfort themselves, to avoid

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uncomfortable situations, or to numb their feelings. Individuals who binge are often ashamed or embarrassed. Generally, they do not try to compensate for their over-eating by vomiting, fasting, over-exercising, or abusing laxatives as people with anorexia or bulimia may do.

About one in five obese people engage in binge eating.

Eating disorders have a 5% prevalence rate and it is the third leading chronic condition for adolescents in North America. Among female athletes, the prevalence of eating disorders is reported to be between 15-62%. The mortality rate for those suffering Anorexia Nervosa is 12 times higher than death by all other causes combined for women 15 to 24 years of age. Although Bulimia Nervosa has a lower mortality rate, the relapse rate is between 27-63%.

25-50% of the obese population seeking professional help for weight loss reduction meet the criteria for

Binge Eating Disorder. 5-20% of eating disorder patients die as a result of their illness due to heart failure, suicide, undernourishment, self-harm, etc. Eating disorders are hard on the body: it can cause, but is not limited to damage to the heart, shrinkage of internal organs, deterioration of reproductive organs, dehydration, difficulty urinating, muscle aches and cramps, injury to nerves and tendons, affects the ability to concentrate, digestive problems, joint swelling, tooth decay, and brittle bones.

The student nurses are located on the second floor of the Bridges residence, room 206. Drop-in clinic hours are Monday 10 am-1 pm, Tuesday 1-4 pm, and Wednesday 4-7 pm, and will run until February 27. For more information, call 453-4531 for confidential service. We encourage students to come and talk to us about any questions they may have.

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A behind-the-scenes look at the UNB robotics competition champions

by Mitchell Bernard

The sound of cheers filled the Dineen Auditorium last Sunday as robots went head-to-head in a battle to ultimately be crowned the UNB Robotics champion.

The sixth annual UNB Robotics Competition couldn’t get any more exciting. Close matches made for an eventful weekend as teams from as far as Toronto competed to see who could build the better robot.

The competition kicked off on Friday, February15. One of the teams representing UNB was “Team Alpha Super Awesome Cool Dynamite Wolf Squadron”. Composed of Chris Rouse, Brad Greer, Michael Wylie, and Matthew Webb, the team was given their task for the weekend: Build a robot which can shoot a ball into an opponent’s goal.

Tricky? Of course it is. But for these electrical engineering students, this was just a walk in the park.

The team discussed their strategy for the weekend on Friday evening.

Saturday would be a building day for

all teams, and the competition would conclude on Sunday with the actual matches.

Saturday was an early morning rise for the team from UNB. They were set to begin the building process at 8:30 am. They were given 12 hours to build a robot for the competition and the guys wasted no time.

There was a scrap pile consisting of old computer parts and other discarded material donated by local companies and organizations for teams to rummage through. In this, the team found a roll of strong metal wire with holes along its axis and hose clamps. Both of these items they deemed to be important for the robot journey they were about to embark.

After rummaging, the team began to cut out the body for the robot and prepare the tires. “The longest item to build for the robot, and most important, is the drive system. If you can't drive, you can’t play,” said Wylie.

Following the building of the body, the team began their defence strategy.

Since each team has a goal (think air hockey with higher nets), the team decided to attach two arms to their robot. When the arms were completely extended, the entire goal was covered

Andrew Meade / The Brunswickan

A pink robot from Team Killbot Factory squares off on Sunday in UNB’s annual Robotics Competition. which blocked opponents’ shots made from the ground.

Once they completed their defence strategy, the team constructed a holding path or chamber that a ball could roll down into. They attached a rotating spoon to the front of the chamber and thus, created a shooting device for their robot.

“The drive system probably took eight hours to get perfect. In the end, we were concerned a wheel might break on us,” said Wylie. “We had a backup one

ready though!”

Prior to each match, each team was given a control box. The control box is what you have to plug into so your robot functions. The teams have just a few minutes to test before the competition begins. All robots were controlled by wireless remote control systems.

This was a first for the UNB Robotics Competition. Participants were able to follow their robot while driving.

“On Sunday, time was of the essence.

We had two hours before the first round

Changing policy to affect climate change

by Alison Clack This Valentine’s Day, following an ice storm and a half-day of cancelled classes, the Gregg Centre for the Study of War and Society presented a lecture addressing climate change through public policy.

While some might wonder why a centre focused on war and society might join the issue of global warming and climate change. Dr. Marc Milner, Director of the Gregg Centre, answered the question in his introduction.

“Climate Change,” he said, “is an engine for instability and an engine for war and conflict.”

After his opening words, Dr. Milner introduced the speaker for the lecture, Dr. Richard C. J. Somerville.

Dr. Somerville works for the Scripps Institute of Oceanography at the University of California, and was one of 152 lead authors who contributed to the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s most recent report on climate change.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, or IPCC for short, is a governmental and scientific organization, which is the brainchild of the UNEP (United Nations Environmental

Programme) and the WMO (World Meteorological Organization).

In Somerville’s words, the IPCC “does not conduct new research, [but] only assesses on a comprehensive, objective, open, and transparent basis the available scientific information in peerreview literature.”

Essentially, the IPCC compiles information and addresses speculation gathered in scientific journals and editorials for proposal to policymakers.

The IPCC published their first assessment report on climate change in 1990 where, through their findings, they confirmed climate change and global warming were realistic problems. By 2001, a third assessment report was published, in which they confirmed that human activities were a factor causing climate change.

As Somerville put it, the IPCC had found that “there is new and stronger evidence that most of the global warming observed over the last decade is human caused.”

Predictions supported by the IPCC for how climate change and global warming could affect the environment in the future are immense. Somerville said that it is projected that sea levels will rise another 0.2 to 0.6 meters by the end of the 21st century. Ocean acidity is also estimated to rise between 0.14

to 0.35 pH by 2100; ocean acidity can affect the ability of shellfish to develop shells and exoskeletons and it can affect large marine animals, like squids’ ability to extract oxygen from the water.

The snow and ice cover in the Arctic will contract and the likelihood of heat waves and precipitation will continue to increase in parts of the world.

Arctic temperatures have risen at twice the rate of the rest of the world, the ocean is warming to depths of 3,000 metres, 11 of the past 12 years are among the 12 warmest since 1850, and North Atlantic hurricanes have intensified since 1970.

After Katrina, more North Americans began wondering what global warming meant to the intensity of storms and hurricanes. Records were broken in 2005, as it was the most active hurricane seasons in recent history, however, the past few years after that have been calmer during the same time period.

“Global warming doesn’t cause hurricanes but it can tilt the scale to make the chance of them forming more likely,” explained Somerville. Therefore, global warming, thus far, will not directly cause more active hurricane seasons, but it may increase the chances of hurricanes like Katrina happening again.

To prevent the continuation of current practices that persist in adding to

climate change and global warming, Somerville recommended advocating changes to public policy – which is exactly the intent of the IPCC. The IPCC does not set public policy, but makes recommendations to the policymakers as to what measures should be taken in order to minimize climate change at the rate their nation wants.

“We need more political courage and voter pressure,” says Somerville about governments implementing policy regarding addressing climate change. He also spoke of his belief that one should not stop research into climate change simply because of the uncertainty of its cause. As he put it, one does not simply stop medical research because one is unsure of how well it will work.

To illustrate this better, he referenced a quote from an American General: “A military leader is never 100% certain. If one waits to be certain, something bad will happen.”

Somerville finished with these words, depicting the responsibility of Earth’s residents for the wellbeing of their planet.

“The climate system is a global commons. Nobody owns it, and nobody has the right to damage it.”

Further information is available on the IPCC’s website, http://www.ipcc. ch/.

was to begin and we had no stand for the control box to mount to. We quickly used a Tupperware container lid, turned upside down, and some very long bolts through the body as a platform for the control box,” said Wylie.

The team got off to a great start in the tournament. Winning at all of their round robin games and qualifying round matches, the team clinched a berth in the quarterfinals.

In between matches, the team usually made small adjustments to their robot.

Such adjustments included making sure everything was tight on the robot.

The quarterfinal match proved to be a close one. After a tie in regulation time, the teams needed overtime to settle the match. In the overtime frame, no goals were scored. The rules state whichever team has a ball closer to their opponent’s goal after one minute would be declared the winner.

Their opponent’s ball rolled near their goal just as the timer stopped. Luckily, the judges ruled that their opponent’s ball rolled in after the timer, and thus declared Team Alpha the winner.

Team Alpha was able to take this momentum into their semi-finals and finals matches. Their folding arm strategy proved to be too much for their opponents to handle. They won both of their final two matches and were crowned champions of the 2008 UNB Robotics Competition.

The grand prize for the event was $500.

“We plan to split the money equally,” said Wylie.

This was the first robotics competition for all members of Team Alpha, and certainly it will be one they will remember for years to come.

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UNBSU VOTES 2008

Presidential & Vice Presidential Candidates Presidential Candidates

debate

friday, feb. 22 @ 12pm in the SUB Cafeteria

vote feb. 24-29

NBSU VOTES 2008

in your e-services

Artigas Cruz

Bethany Vail

for president

What can the SU do for YOU? That is the million-dollar question that I challenge everyone at our school to ask. I offer such as learning centers, tutors, Neville Homestead, and Student Services, to name a few. All assets that will not only make you a better student, but help you financially, because, lets face it, we need money to buy textbooks! Not only that, I want to see SCHOOL SPIRIT. Every student representing our RED and BLACK and every student being active on campus - from volunteering to working to being physically active. Our UNB is not just about books and test, our UNB is about becoming well-rounded individuals who love what they do, and love our school as much as I have for the past five years. When its time to vote, February 24th-29th, lets all start getting involved, start making a difference and go to your e-services and the voting tab and VOTE ARTIGAS CRUZ FOR STUDENT UNION PRESIDENT.

for president

Of all the passions I have in life, my greatest is for the Student Union. Currently in Business, I am also the Vice President Academic. The reasons are simple why I ask for your vote. I have experience, but also I believe that by starting on March 1st, I will involve the incoming council to create goals for next year together. The SU must be something that students are part of at every step, not just during elections. To reach our goals we need a passionate leader who will take charge of the Union, who already has a proven track record for helping students with events such as the Book Buy and Sell - which tripled in success this year. We need a strong voice of reason to speak out for student issues, as I have to the government about keeping UNBSJ and hence keeping our tuition low. We need to be proud of our Student Union! I hope you agree, and will give me the honour of serving you next year. Visit my website, www.BethanyVail.ca, to learn more. Elect me as President, and I assure you that next year I will work with you to make that vision a reality.

Vice-Presidential Candidates

Nick

Lisa Solte

Timothy Ross

Stephanie Lord

for vp external

for vp student services

for vp academic

Dear Students, My name is Lisa Solte and I am running for VP Finance & Operations.

I am currently in my third year of Business here at UNB. Over the past year, I have been participating in the BBA Co-op program and acting as a member of the SU council, representing the Business Faculty. Since being involved with the SU, I have gained a strong interest in the Union and what it does for students. As a result, I feel that it is important for students know where their money goes, and ensure that it is being used on things that will be beneficial to them.

Having worked with the Dept. of Finance in a Co-op position and with an interest in finance, I feel that I have what it takes to serve you, the students.

I have the skills and experience needed to make sure that the SU is in a good financial standing. I am convinced that I can work hard for you as I am competent, reliable and determined to do the job right.

Make your vote count; make your money count, too!

Greetings! I’m excited to announce my candidacy for UNB Student Union VP of External Relations, and its time to get down to business in the form of challenge, collaboration, and communication. Issues pertaining to our university community need to be challenged, and I have the capacity to tackle these issues with the resolve and resourcefulness needed to get the job done right. I emphasize an ethic of collaboration and communication in order to empower all students engage, and not just the big players. There are so many issues to deal with including student housing, post secondary education reform in New Brunswick, tuition rates, and more. Municipally, provincially, and federally we must assert ourselves as major stakeholders in society, and I have the capacity to do that by building effective partnerships and coalitions. Please partner with me in representing our needs, hopes and dreams as students.

I will listen to you, and I will generate change. For more information, please visit vote4tim.blogspot.com.

I’m here for you and my number one initiative if elected is straight off the bat is surveying you the student population, those that pay the Student Union fee each semester to figure out what we can do for you. I have many ideas of what I want to happen in 2008-2009. I want to expand the portfolio of Drink Smart creating more all ages events such as concerts. I wish to utilize the resources that the city of Fredericton has to offer by hosting more events at local clubs, pubs and concert venues. I want to have the UNB SU more invested in charity work. I want the benefits and information of the Health and Dental Opt Outs far more publicized. I wish to create a new service entitled “Your Fredericton” an area located in the SUB where you can find pamphlets about the city’s businesses, restaurants and activities. Most of all I want more publicity of every event including a monthly newsletter available all around campus to update you and inform you about upcoming events and to give you a general idea of what your council’s doing for you. Your fees, your union, your VP Student Services.

What is the Student Union but a union made for students? Looking at the voter turnout of recent student elections it is clear that action can be taken to improve students’ democratic involvement. I have chosen to run for Vice President Academic because I love UNB and the potential that sits in this great campus.

I’d like to be in a position to help contribute to that potential, to ensure that students’ needs are met. I want to help make this University better not only for current students but for future students as well. It is the Student Union that must bring this goal to realization.

I would like to bridge the gap between the student union and the students, increase communication! In order for the University to fulfill its potential it must know what students see in its future. I see the Union’s job as offering the University its students’ visions, academic and otherwise. I feel that every office of the Union must be visible, in all its actions, to the entire student body. This is especially true for the VP Academic due to necessary relations with the Senate and the decisions effecting students made there.

for vp finance

& operations

Joseph Goguen

for vp external

My name is Joe Goguen and I am running for VP external. I am a 3rd year Arts student who currently resides in Mackenzie house on campus. I enjoy attending UNB and would like to give back to the campus community. I am very approachable, easy to talk to, and would be glad to represent our student body on the municipal, provincial, and federal levels of government. You’ve probably seen me around campus at the Media lab, Social Club, and the SUB. I’m a highly energetic and positive person who can bring drive and enthusiasm to any task. I hope I can continue what this year’s Executive has done and ensure that our students have the best experience with the most opportunities they can have.

Greg

Melanson A for vp

cademic

Howard

As the VP Academic for the Student Union my attention will be focused on the many concerns of the students.

Being a UNB student for the past 3 years and an on-campus resident for 2, I believe I’ve gained the knowledge necessary to better understand what it is the students want and need from their Student Union. I hope to use that advantage to work towards a great 08/09.

News

Issue 20 • February 20, 2008 • 5

UNBSU VOTES 2008 Faculty Representatives

Arts Representative

Science Representative

Danielle Tudor

Alex Corey

Claire Porter

My name is Kelly Flinn and I am hoping to become your Arts Rep for 2008-2009. I will work towards removing the dread associated with graduating due to the tremendous rate of student debt. I acknowledge that UNB must be more willing to integrate the student body into the Student Union. There must be more transparency regarding SU meetings, as what happens there affects us all. UNB has the potential to be a more sustainable and highly admirable university with the inclusion of healthy local meal options, more water fountains, accessible waste management, and a more bicycle-friendly campus.

Cheers!

Hi, my name is Danielle Tudor and I am running for the position of Arts Faculty Representative on the Student Union Council. I am currently in my third year enrolled in the history honors program and the President of the History Society.

This year I am the Secretary for the SU Council, from this experience I want to become more involved. I am a big fan of knowing what is going on, which is why I feel it is of utmost importance that students are aware of everything the SU does. My mission will be to make sure the voices of Arts students are heard and accurately represented.

Hi, my name is Alex Corey and I am running for science faculty representative. I work actively with many groups including the Conservation Council of New Brunswick, Fredericton Peace Coaltion and Oxfam Breaking the Silence Network. I have been active in opposing the destruction of the UNB woodlot. Education should be accessable to all New Brunswickers, but here we pay among the highest tuition rates in the country. As your science representative I will take a strong stance on skyrocketting tuition fees and the disparity in fees for international students.

Contact me at alex.corey@unb.ca

My name is Claire Porter. I'm running for Science rep for 2008-2009. I'm running because UNB needs to adopt more progressive policies concerning sustainability, food, and tuition. I'd also like to get people talking about turning UNB's bookstore back into a co-op. Regarding sustainability, UNB requires more recycling bins, a composting program, and more bike racks. There should be more vegan and whole grain options available in UNB's cafeteria, and it should be selling local and organic foods primarily.

Tuition is clearly too high (especially for International students) and I've heard nothing from the UNBSU about this issue. Aloha!

Daniel

Nonnie Haslett

Thomas Finn

Adrienne Langille

Hambrook Hi, I'm Daniel Hambrook, and I'm currently one of three representatives for the Faculty of Arts on the Student Union Council. Over the past year, I've enjoyed my role of assisting at SU events, such as the Book Buy and Sell, as well as being active in the formulation of new Student Union policy in my role on the Policy Committee. As the only Faculty Rep running for re-election, I hope to build on this experience and continue this work. If you'll give me the opportunity, I look forward to serving you for another year.

Write up not submitted.

vote for your 08-09 UNBSU

in your e-services feb. 24-29

Business Administration Rep

David

Rabinovitch Write up not submitted.

Write up not submitted.

David Allen Write up not submitted.

Engineering Rep Residence Liason

Maggie Pitts

Steve Crane

I will be entering my fourth year of Civil Engineering at UNB. As a candidate for the position of Engineering Faculty Representative I have several initiatives in mind to improve the quality of your 2008-2009 school year including a reassessment of the Engineering Differential Fee, which seems to be fairly unique amoung Atlantic Canadian Universities. I would like to implement a better recycling program on campus and push for fair trade products in our cafeterias and coffee shops. In addition to my initiatives, I would also provide a strong voice for the concerns of the Engineering Faculty.

In west Philadelphia born and raised.

On the playground was where I spent most of my days. Chillin’ out maxin’ relaxin’ all cool and all shootin some b-ball outside of the school. When a couple of guys who were up to no good, startin making trouble in my neighborhood. I got in one little fight and my mom got scared, she said ‘You’re movin’ with your auntie and uncle in Bel Air’.

Renaissance College Rep

Hello Science Students!

I am a 4th year student who started out in Biology and after switching majors will graduate in 2009 with Honours in Medicinal Chemistry. I consider myself an ‘experienced’ science student and will put this to good use by representing all Science students.

Experience has given me qualities I believe are required to make a good Representative; being a good communicator and organized. I will work hard to keep the interests of Science students a priority in the Student Union.

Please vote Adrienne Langille for Science Rep!

Law Representative

Matthew Abbott

Jonathan Griffith

The Student Union needs strong voices to stand up for important student issues.

We need student voices challenging military and corporate funding that makes a mockery of academic integrity. We need grants, not loans to make education truly accessible. What do you think our priorities should be? I want to hear what RC students think. I plan to hold a college council in the fall to hear from students about their priorities. Vote NO for Matt if you don’t think I will represent your interests. Vote YES if you think I will. Please vote.

Law students need active representation on the SU. More than a pylon!

If you vote Griffith, you will get active representation. I have a lot of experience on student councils. I know how to debate in council meetings. I know how to hold executives accountable. Finally, I know how to push an agenda.

More money to clubs!

If elected, I’ll do everything I can to sit on the club committee. This is the most meaningful way the SU gives back to Ludlow. On the committee, I’ll ensure Law students get a fairer share.

Next week, vote Griffith!

vote feb. 24-29 in your e-services

UNBSU VOTES 2008

Kelly Flinn

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UNBSU VOTES 2008

Valedictorian, Senate, & Board of Governors Board of Governors

Carl

Jillian Cormier

Burgess

Write up not submitted.

NBSU VOTES 2008

Write up not submitted.

David

Artigas Cruz Write up not submitted.

Bethany Vail

Rabinovitch

Write up not submitted.

Write up not submitted.

Valedictorian A

vote feb. 24-29

in your e-services

Johanna Toffanello

Jordan Graham The Board of Governors is the highest level of decision making in university governance. What that means, is that if it’s a big decision, it’s made here. Having been your VP External for the past year, I’ve been heavily involved with the Commission on Post Secondary Education and have fostered relationships with many of the other BOG members.

Combining my knowledge of the issues and the credibility I’ve obtained, you should elect me as your BOG rep to ensure the money’s going where we need it and students are heard. Check out “Jordan Graham for BOG” on Facebook for more.

Andrea Day Write up not submitted.

Stacey Wilson-Forsberg My name is Stacey Wilson-Forsberg and I am campaigning as graduate student representative on the UNB Board of Governors. It is very important to have student representation on the Board of Governors to bring forward in a timely manner the issues that are most relevant to students and to keep students informed of Board decisions.

I am completing my second year of an interdisciplinary Ph.D. in the field of immigration and economic development in Atlantic Canada. The interdisciplinary nature of my program has given me the wonderful opportunity to get to know the students and faculty across UNB Departments.

Write up not submitted.

Valedictorian B

Valedictorian C

Rachel Cazabon

Jessica Stutt

Maria Correia

I’m a 4th year Arts student in Political Science. I’m extremely ambitious and have been involved with a variety of things at UNB. I was a VP for the Student Union, and am currently a student representative on the Board of Governor’s. I’ve lobbied on behalf of students to all three levels of government. I’m a leader within the residence community and have maintained good academic standing all along. I love the experiences that I’ve had and would like to be your valedictorian so that I might be a part of what will be a special day for us all!

All you nurses, arts students and renaissance college folks… I’m looking for your vote! Over my five years in my undergraduate Arts degree, I’ve had such a great time I would be honoured to be able to speak on your behalf. I am confident that my involvement as president of the Student Union, a longtime member of the national Shinerama campaign, my role on the Alumni Council and my participation in so many campus activities can only help me represent as many of you as possible. For my full CV and reasons I’m running, please visit my facebook group: Jess Stutt for Valedictorian

Hello UNB, I am Maria Correia and I am running for Valedictorian ~ Ceremony C. I am a student of the Faculty of Science, and am currently representing you on the Student Union Council and also as one of your Grad Class representative. I am having a great time representing the faculty of Science on the Grad Class committee and I want to share all of my wonderful experiences I have had being a student here at UNB with you. Thanks and don’t forget to Vote!

Shannon Carmont

Stephanie Lord

David

I am a dedicated student who works hard to acheive success. I’m an approachable girl of integrity and will serve you, the students, with open honesty. I have spent many summers in positions of leadership at the camp where I work, and I am curently involved in the activity at Brunswick Street Baptist Church.

I am accustomed to responsibility and am ready to give something back to this school. Be sure to come out and vote Feb. 24-29!!

Since elected in the 2007 UNB Student Union Election as a Student Senator, I’ve represented you the student in our monthly meetings and been involved with several Senate committees here on campus giving my input and your sharing your perspectives with the other members. I wish to hold this position again in hopes to become more active within the Senate. I am also running for your VP Student Services. If elected, holding both positions will provide me a greater view of your university in its entirety through the 2008 -2009 academic year.

Erin

Cochrane No write up submitted.

(2 year term)

Senate (1 year term)

Rabinovitch Write up not submitted.

Bethany Vail Write up not submitted.

Military ad Already sent up

Comments & Letters Picking a president is more than just supporting a friend Rousing the Rabbles by Nick Ouellette

Editor’s note: The views and opinions expressed in this column are those of the author and not those of The Brunswickan, its Editorial Board or staff.

It’s usually pretty easy to pick a candidate in an election. Left, centre, right.

NDP, Liberal, Conservative, Green.

Maybe some independent. The options are pretty limited and a large number of voters have hitched their cart to a horse before the race even begins. Even the neophytes who are clueless to their affiliation pick one quickly. Parties and candidates seek out undecided voters who can easily decide a race. The issues that swing votes are usually defined well before the vote.

In student politics, throw out the parties and the way we traditionally look at “politics”. Candidates come out of the blue, the race is one in which few are interested in. The entire election period is only three weeks for voters—and the issues students care about when marking their ballot change rapidly. Many will vote simply because they know a person running and want to be a “good” friend.

Is being a “good’ friend the best way to choose a student union president? I have written frequently about the lack of leadership and the dearth of accountability in the union, and it concerns me when I hear people saying they are going to support a candidate because “he is a nice guy”. The Student Union is not an organization that needs friends running it, and while it exists to help students, it also has much loftier and far more fundamental purposes. It is, at essence, a

union whose perspective, above and beyond the purpose of meeting the service needs of students, must remain vigilant of the actions of both the university and government.

This is why I have often commented about the lack of leadership and accountability in the current SU; an organization unable to manage its own affairs internally cannot hope to represent students effectively to any outsiders. When labeled as pessimistic or negative, my answer is that we should not simply settle for the status quo that is not serving our needs. We must seek something better.

I believe the Student Union has found something better in one of the candidates for President: Bethany Vail.

In what I see as the turmoil of the current organization, Bethany has been a shining star, and her experience shows it. Her efforts more than tripled the amount of money students raised in this year’s Book Buy & Sell events, and she has been constructively critical of proposals coming to the Council table.

Most importantly, she consistently asks insightful questions that advance the process and provide accountability for the executive committee on which she serves. She is, in many ways, the glue that has held the Union together. Even despite the Student Union’s challenges this year, other executives, the Council, and students in general look to Bethany for leadership on many of the issues facing the Union this year and possibly into the future.

I have reviewed the platforms of both candidates in this race. You can find Bethany’s at www.bethanyvail.ca; she wants to bring students back into the fold. Bethany’s opponent, Artigas Cruz, whose platform is on Facebook, wants people to be proud to be UNB students. This is not an errant goal, but his writings are strikingly similar to those issued by Bethany almost a week earlier that set out an ambitious plan to engage students in the Student Union and UNB. In addition, the

Cruz platform lacks any mention of the UNBSU’s purposes in relation to the university administration and either the provincial or federal government.

What concerns me most is that the two greatest challenges facing UNB and its students in the coming year relate directly to both of these points.

The President should not care only about what the Student Union does internally with its members. Late next year, the university’s collective agreement with its faculty association will expire, and the trend in Atlantic universities does not favour UNB students.

Consider the examples of Acadia, UPEI, STU, and perhaps now UdeM. Will a friend be the one to help avoid a strike?

Meanwhile, the report of the province’s working group on our post-secondary education system will be released only weeks before the next Student Union President assumes office. The necessary reforms to UNB’s structure will begin under that President’s tenure. On both counts, a strong leader with experience and a vision that already recognizes these needs is critical.

My choice is clear. I want the candidate who is able to do more than just energize this campus and get students involved, because as important as that is, it is not enough. I want a President who will bring accountability back to the Student Union. I want the person who will balance these with a watchful eye on government and the university.

Most importantly, I want students to consider both options and determine which candidate is best for interests of the Student Union as a whole.

I am confident that when students weigh their choices as voting takes place next Sunday to Friday, they will agree that they want Bethany Vail as their next Student Union President.

Nick Ouellette, a UNB law student, has served on the UNB Student Union Council and the UNB Board of Governors, and now serves on the UNB Fredericton Senate and as an Assistant Don in UNB’s Residence Community.

eic@unb.ca • February 20, 2008

Spreading sustainability for future of New Brunswick Submitted by Students for Sustainability at St. Thomas University

On February 22-24, a group of 15 sustainability-minded students from St. Thomas University will be hosting a series of informative and engaging activities throughout the weekend in Brian Mulroney Hall.

“The event gathered over 100 people last year. We are hoping to attract an even bigger crowd with this second annual edition of the festival,” says Chloe Kennedy, one of the event coordinators.

Starting Friday night at 6 pm, live music provided with local organic snacks and refreshments will be kicking off the festival. The feature film of the evening, “Crude Awakening”, will begin at 7 pm. The film explores the

problems that face us as a result of fossil fuel consumption and the depletion of these non-renewable energy sources. A discussion will follow.

Saturday morning, at 10 am, a craft fair will display the work of local craftspeople. The afternoon’s events focus on purchasing local goods or producing our own, including skills workshops lead by community members.

The day’s events will be family-friendly, including info-booths from local environmental organizations, craft-making sessions for children, and a play for all ages about the importance of living a sustainable lifestyle.

Beginning at 6 pm in the evening, two local experts will debate the pros and cons of nuclear power development and prospective uranium mining in New Brunswick. The debate hopes to activate public discourse around current nuclear power developments in the province.

Following the debate will be another feature film entitled “Banana Split”,

a documentary exploring some of the problems associated with supporting the global economy by purchasing nonlocal goods.

The festival will come to a close Sunday afternoon with a feature film entitled “If you Love this Planet”, a documentary exploring the dangers of nuclear proliferation and what we need to do to avoid it. More local organic snacks and refreshments will be served after the film, where everyone will have a chance to discuss the weekend’s events.

Students for Sustainability is a group of like-minded students having formed in January 2007. They organize events throughout the year, highlighting important sustainability issues while running their own local organic garden near campus.

For more information on Boost your Eco or Students for Sustainability, please contact Students for Sustainability at stusustainability@gmail.com.

Parking Alternatives: A Letter Dear Editor: There exists an alternative to creating more parking spaces for those students who are concerned with this. Rather than paving over more green spaces or building capital intensive parking garages, concerned students can carpool or use public transportation. These options not only reduce parking and traffic congestion on campus, but learning to use these viable alternatives is crucial in our effort to reduce carbon emissions

and fight global warming. Universities and municipalities SHOULD NOT seek to increase parking, but should intentionally limit it in order to create an incentive for people to use more environmentally friendly modes of transportation. As students we can use our unique position in society to lead by example and show people how we can take real steps to reduce our negative impact on the environment.

Concerned students should lobby the

university to provide bus passes rather than create more parking spaces. Many students on campus already demonstrate that bringing a car to school IS NOT a necessity. There are alternatives to using more space on campus to accommodate cars. Carpool! Take the Bus! Walk! Ride your Bike! Take your Ga-Zoom if you like! Be socially responsible, we CAN make a difference.

-Robert Hamilton

Grade Review Bethany’s Briefing by Bethany Vail VP Academic

If you want to change the world, you’re going to have to change it one grain of sand at a time. The same goes for a university. Here at UNB, changing any policy is usually a long, drawn-out process that normally takes at least a year’s effort. For example, last year student Senators started work on implementing a Reading Day on Remembrance Day when it fell on a weekend. It took until this past January to finally get the motion to the right committee, and now it has been referred to a subcommittee for consideration. This slow-moving procedure has been problematic for changes to the Senate policy on grade reviews.

Currently, there is a mechanism that students can appeal grades for coursework. They can appeal based on the grounds that a particular piece of work, like a midterm or project, “was an overall demonstrably unfair assessment of the evaluation; the evaluation was not consistent within the class; there was a miscalculation of the grade. Students may discuss with the course instructor the mark on any piece of work regardless of its value. For a course that is not the responsibility of a single academic

unit, the co-ordinator of the course will replace the role of the Department Chair.” (Please refer to page 40 of the Undergraduate Calendar.)

The one catch is that this piece of work, whether it is an assignment, midterm, or final exam, needs to be worth at least 25% of a student’s final grade to be eligible for such a review.

Two years ago, a motion was brought forward by students to amend this policy. The motion sought to change the percentage threshold from 25% to 10%. It was felt that 25% was too prohibitive for students and, given today’s teaching environment, inappropriate.

Many instructors routinely structure their course around a number of assignments and other work worth less than 25% of the final grade. In some courses, nothing is worth more than 25% on its own. As a result, none of these pieces of work could be subject to review under the current policy. However, the same grounds for review can exist in assignments worth any value, whether or not it is worth more than 25% of the final grade.

A motion to move this change along went to the Senate Student Standing and Promotions Committee, where the Fredericton members approved it, in principle. However, after that May 2 meeting in 2006, the issue evaporated.

There has been concern from the administration that lowering the grade review minimum requirement from 25% to 10% will create a huge number of appeals that the university will not be able to handle. I believe that if this were the case, students should still have the right to a grade review if they feel treated unfairly. Some basic research reveals that a huge influx of appeals appears to

not be an issue. During the 2006-07 academic school year, there was a total of seventeen grade review cases.

Fifteen of these cases were in reference to an individual piece of work defined as term tests, major term papers, essays, book reports, etc, in the undergraduate calendar, but these related to final exam reviews, not other course work. (Please refer to the Undergraduate Calendar, p. 40, section L, for more information.) Two of the cases were team-based projects that were reviewed. However, there is no breakdown as to whether the individual cases were a single piece of work that was reviewed or a final course grade. More research will need to be done, to be sure, but it will not be possible to tell how many students with course work worth less than 25% of their final grade wished to have that course work reviewed.

Regardless, the Student Senators are tackling this issue again. Along with pushing for the move down from 25% to 10%, we will also be advocating that a collective group of assignments can be reviewed as well. For example, if a student has a set of five assignments worth 8% each (which collectively are worth 40%), and if there is an issue with the assignment collection as a whole on one of three possible grounds of review, a student should be able to have this addressed.

We have already moved this matter to the next appropriate committee, the Senate Academic Policies and Procedures Committee. We hope to see it be brought forward to Senate by the end of the year. The student Senators are dedicated to ensuring this issue does not disappear off the radar again.

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I’m madder than Kevin Costner realizing that yes, he does in fact make crappy movies. Why you ask? I’m tired of all these “social networking” sites popping up all over the Internet, and the people who hound me to use them. Who the hell came up with these things anyway? Facebook? When I was a kid, a Facebook was a photo album that sat on the damn shelf. MySpace?

It was my bedroom for crying out loud! I also don’t really give a damn about people trying to add me to Facebook that I haven’t seen in ten years. If I wanted to talk to you, I wouldn’t have forgotten about you in the first place. And don’t get me started on how all this Internet lingo is destroying the English language. I don’t have a lot of respect for someone who can’t type “My, what a humorous observation,” or simply “haha.” Typing “lol” just to save one letter doesn’t make you hip.

Instant messaging and text messaging pisses me off. Why the hell should you even bother buying a phone if you aren’t going to use it to call people? When I get mad at someone, I don’t give myself a thumb cramp by punching “wtf” into my phone – I send them a sternly worded letter... And you had better believe it that I make good use of my thesaurus. So, to sum things up, the next time little Johnny Son-Of-A-Bitch tries to send you a “text,” throw a dictionary at him and tell him to look up the word “jackass.”

How do you suggest we lower tuition?

Chris Gibson

What do you plan to do when you take office?

Maurice Hicks

Boxers or Briefs?

Myles Malley

Why should you be elected?

Patrice Lewis

What is your job?

Patrick Reid

What kind of power do you really have?

Tyler O’Brien

we’re hiring for 2008-2009 Editor-in-Chief Production Editor Managing Editor Photo Editor News Editor Copy Editor Arts Editor Online Editor Sports Editor

deadline: 4pm february 29th send your cover letter, resume and all samples by email to eic@unb.ca

Arts & Entertainment What’s love got to do with it?

bruns.arts@gmail.com • February 20, 2008

‘Unidentified Human Remains and the True Nature of Love’ opens this week at UNB

by Ashley Bursey They’ve just finished a six-hour cueto-cue and Justin Read, Director of “Unidentified Human Remains and the True Nature of Love” is exhausted.

He’s been sitting, headphones on, calling light cues to his technical team since just after noon – and they still have a dress rehearsal to run.

But the long hours are worth it. Read knew what he was getting into when he took on the decidedly ambitious play, penned by Canadian playwright Brad Fraser in 1986. At first read, he knew it was a perfect fit.

“It just spoke to a type of lifestyle that I understood,” he explains, leaning back on a red couch on the play’s set at Memorial Hall. “I really fell in love with David, the character of David, and how he’s so disconnected from society, yet all he wants to do is connect. And the only thing he wants to say is ‘I love you,’ but he’s so afraid to say it. It’s beautiful.

“I picked it because it was something that would be really challenging to do, instead of doing something that is easy, that I could throw up onstage and get a credit for it, I wanted to do something that actually challenged myself, like academically, but also artistically and mentally.”

As the cast files out for supper break, he adds, shaking his head: “And there are 200 light cues.” For a show that runs an hour and 50 minutes, that’s an

almost insurmountable task, with spotlights illuminating the stage for often as little as a single word at a time.

For this kind of production, however, the devil might be in the details, but that’s also where the piece really comes to life.

A highly controversial play for its time, “Human Remains” shocked audiences in the late ’80s with its explicit sexuality, rough language, and raw imagery. 20 years later, it’s still one of the most relevant pieces of theatre to date with its uncomfortably realistic dialogue and a dark, highly sexual plot.

The plot is fairly simple, but nuanced in such a way that the characters and their emotions propel the story into

“It’s like nobody’s trying to be a bit radical and push the limits within theatre, because theatre is one of the last artistic avenues we have where we can actually push the boundaries.”

- Justin Read, Director something profound, hitting a visceral note with audiences across the globe.

Simply put, it’s the story of a handful of sexually frustrated adults who, in an attempt to figure out what they want from life and relationships, experiment

Monday Night Movie Series Persepolis February 25, 2008 at 8 pm Tilley Hall, room 102 Before debuting to much fanfare at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival, where it played to packed theatre as a Special Presentation, “Persepolis” was well-known as the autobiographic novel of talented graphic novelist, illustrator, and children’s book author Marjane Satrapi.

Persepolis is Satrapi’s darkly humorous take on her experiences as a young Muslim woman Marjane, played by Chiara Mastroianni (“Carnages”, “Les chansons d’amour”), who comes of age in Tehran during the rule of the Shah, the Islamic Revolution, and the IranIraq war. Fit with an exceptional cast including her mother’s voice, played

by Catherine Deneuve (“8 femmes”, “Les liaisons dangereuses”) and her father's voice played by Simon Abkarian,

(“Ararat”, “Casino royale”), Presepolis dares to examine heavy issues through the animated grace of storytelling like no other.

We follow the misadventures of Marjane from mischievous little girl in Iran to rebellious teenager finding first love amid decadent anarchists at a snooty French school in Vienna. The film then charts the young woman’s heavy-hearted return to Iran, and finally her emigration to Paris. Marjane's family history reveals how the Islamists who took their place then persecuted her Communist relatives who fought against the Shah even more harshly. Amidst these harsh realities, the film maintains a refreshing levity as each haunting event is balanced with Satrapi’s charming animation style – bold, graphic, and simple, yet forcefully stylized.

with homosexuality, violence, and obsession. The plot is underscored with a morbid note: A serial killer is on the loose and we’re not quite sure who he (or she) might be.

Fraser’s masterpiece could come off as terribly campy, Read admits, if not done well; the script requires precise timing (think disembodied streamof-consciousness dialogue during the entirely of the play) and gravitas during the particularly awkward moments.

But Read’s done well; despite replacing the main actor in early January, the cast is fluid and strong, with the talented Shawn Gallant, Aidan Dewhirst, and Edward McNamara as the male leads.

“This script needs to be acted by good actors,” Read concedes. “It has that possibility of becoming cheesy, because the content is heavy enough that people aren’t going to take it seriously if it isn’t delivered seriously. I think the cast I have understands as much as I understand the importance of this script, what Brad Frasier is trying to get across, how we all want to connect but we’re so disconnected from each other and how we tend to gravitate towards each other.”

But, despite a strong (and decidedly “Freaky Stories”-ish) opening monologue by Amanda Spear, who plays psychic prostitute Bonita, the play takes a few minutes to get into. The jarring dialogue – “Breasts!” “Come!” “Blood!” – seems vaguely cultish until you get into the flow of the piece. Ultimately, it’s a constant subconscious thread of speech, traveling parallel to the main storyline and revealing characters’ thoughts or emotions along with the staged scenes.

It forges links between the characters and proves to be less of a distraction as the play continues.

“The way I describe it is kind of like a record skipping, like the record just goes, but then it skips and someone says a line and then it goes back into the scene again,” Read says. I think it will work. It is a very fast-moving play and scenes go from one scene to the next

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Greg Shanks as Robert in a scene from the controversial ‘Unidentified Human Remains’, playing at Memorial Hall from Feb 20-23. and switch back and forth, so I think the stream of consciousness is because Brad Fraser’s trying to say that all this is happening at the same time and it’s like a wave – It just comes towards the audience.”

And the audience can expect to get caught up pretty quickly, wondering about the “Honey, I’m homo!” David (Shawn Gallant), or the anorexic cutie Candy (Marissa Robinson), and especially, the mysterious, “is-he-or-isn’t-

he” Bernie, played by “Doc’s” Aidan Dewhirst.

“Living in Fredericton, we don’t really get to see a lot of plays like this that deal with these types of issues that the characters have to deal with,” says Read.

“There’ll be issues within the city and New Brunswick, but I just think that Theatre New Brunswick can be very timid about the choices they make.

“It’s like nobody’s trying to be a bit radical and push the limits within theatre, because theatre is one of the last artistic avenues we have where we can actually push the boundaries. And one of the reasons I chose this play is because I just want to get some people riled up so they can just keep upping the bar and upping the bar. I mean, this play was written in 1986. Can you imagine this play going on in 1986?

That’s pretty intense. I think it’s still relevant today. 20 years later it’s finally being put up here in Fredericton. I think that kind of says a lot.”

The play actually opens on Read’s 26th birthday – which has special significance, he says, because Fraser was also 26 when he wrote the piece. Still, Read’s not sure how it’ll go over with a New Brunswick audience.

“I can’t lie and say I’m not nervous about this, because I am,” he says.

“This play is heavy. One of the things I’m really worried about is that the audience is going to walk away and say, ‘Holy fuck, I just saw two guys kissing!’

That’s not what I want, you know? I want them leaving with this feeling of, ‘Holy fuck, if only I could say I love you when I wanted to, if only I could connect with people.’ That’s more important for me.

“The way Fraser wrote the script is brilliant, because he wrote it in the sense that sexuality is on a gray scale – it’s not just black or white. And there are these characters dealing with that, and the actors are forced to deal with the same issues. It adds that double punch and just makes for some really great theatre.”

Haute couture and low budgets The New Brunswick College of Craft and Design is presenting its exhibition, the Muslin Challenge, to show Fredericton what its talented students can do

by Naomi Osborne

It’s haute couture with a twist in this year’s exhibition by the graduating class in the fashion design studio at the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design.

The exhibit, which challenged students to create dresses from a unique material – muslin – is called “Rags to Riches: The Muslin Challenge”, and it shows at NBCCD’s gallery until March 10.

Opening night of the exhibition, February 7, featured live models walking the red carpet displaying the impeccable muslin dresses. The material, which is a type of finely-woven cotton fabric, has been used for centuries to create breathable dresses and other clothing items.

The challenge is unique because each of the designers agreed to make their dresses out of the same material. The material itself is an unbleached, course, cotton material that is extremely difficult to dye because it is such a raw material.

Two third-year fashion students, Melissa Eagar and Cheryl Ryan, are proud of the presentation, and were both very impressed by the diversity of all the dresses.

“Everyone’s dress is completely different. We all actually came up with our own ideas and styles; they are all actually quite different,” said Eagar.

Each of the styles had a unique quality, but almost all of them feature corsets. It was interesting to see how many widely different dresses could be made out of

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Several dresses from the Rags to Riches: The Muslin Challenge, created by students at the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design and showing at their gallery until March 10. this material, which is definitely not the average haute-couture pick for designers. As a press release says, “instead of silk or satin, velvet, or tulle, it’s cotton muslin that was tucked, pleated, poofed, stitched, embroidered, dyed, textured, buttoned, zipped, sewed, and pressed into catwalk-ready haute couture.”

The fabric itself was originally used as throwaway material, until the idea arose to use it for a challenge.

“We thought, wouldn’t it be funny to make up a garment out of this mock-up material?” said Ryan.

Eagar’s dress was full of vibrant and lively colours, while Ryan’s was more subtle, with a quilt-like patchwork extending lengthwise along the front of the dress.

“My mom quilts, so I got a lot of inspiration from her,” said Ryan.

The room itself held eight different dresses. Along with their two, there was a midnight black dress with a laced halter-top, accentuated by a corset.

There was a tuxedo-like style dress, a large fluffy pink piece with a bow tied in the back, a colourful circular dress meant

for glowing in the dark, an elegant peacock dress with silk green lining, and a vibrant red cocktail dress with a black sash across the midriff.

In order to make the dresses, each of the girls designed them specifically to fit their models.

“I think it’s critical to make them for someone else,” said Eagar. “A lot of people ask, ‘Don’t you want to wear it?’

When you think of that person wearing it, it’s made for their body and for them so it’s kind of their thing, their dress, their look – but still your design.”

All of the dresses are meant to be unique, and definitely aren’t your runof-the-mill prom dress from the local boutique.

“They are supposed to be high fashion, one-of-a-kind couture, so it’s not like the types of dresses you could really wear to anything,” said Ryan.

When the girls were making their dresses they had to be extra careful not to mess up the delicate material, but at the same time be willing to take risks.

“It’s nerve-wracking to make this thing and then drop something on it or

cut something wrong, because it can go bad quick,” said Eager.

Each student presents their own inspirations and incorporates pieces of themselves into the dresses they make, that is why they are all so refined in their own way.

“We are so passionate here,” said Ryan.

All of the dresses are truly exquisite, and the girls were very proud of being able to show the community what work they have been doing.

In their first year at the college, students are introduced to working on metal, pottery, and fashion. The second year consists more of pattern construction and draping. For the majority of their third year, the class has been working on their own personal fashion lines, which will be shown at the upcoming annual fashion show on May 10 the Delta Hotel. Each student has about eight outfits, and these will be the focus of the show. The muslin gowns will also be shown, but will be seen in a separate part of the show.

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The tidal wave of Kava culture his drink and looked at us with a huge smile. We clapped again.

Next, it was the grandmother’s turn, then the father, then the mother. More clapping. Next, the coconut was passed to me and the family all stared in anticipation. The grandfather asked, “Tidal wave?” I had deciphered that “tidal wave” had meant a full cup, as opposed to half-full.

All the men had drunk full cups and I was not going to opt for the less manly version, so I said, “Yea, tidal wave.”

They laughed at me. I put the coconut

by Ed Bowes up to my lips as the Brits looked at me in disbelief, tipped the makeshift cup Internet During the first semester of my third Most people check out the typical Australian landmarks when travellingback and chugged about 500 ml of the year at UNB, I was lucky enough to be down under, like the Sydney Opera House, but not Ed Bowes. brown liquid. It tasted like coffee and chosen to study abroad at Macquarie tobacco.

University in Sydney, Australia. During to join him. floor and the parents woke them and Within seconds, my face went numb. my semester in the South Pacific, I got Still full of energy and ready for a told them to go play out back.

I couldn't feel my tongue, my cheeks, my the chance to travel extensively and saw drunken adventure in a foreign country, We sat down in a circle with the teeth. The Brits finished their drinks some of the most beautiful and remote me and the Brits decided to take him entire family, introduced ourselves, and and looked at me as if to say, “What the places in the world. up on his offer. Outside the hostel, told them where we were from. Their hell are we doing?” After my eighth Halfway through my studies came a we flagged down a sketchy old Toyota hospitality was unbelievable. They put drink, I was beginning to get used to the two-week-long spring break, a chance minivan to take us on our way. out a large plate of food and asked us if feeling and tried to talk; but I couldn't to forget about the rigors of school and We arrived at an old park, which was we would like to be honourary members feel my tongue and it sounded like pure party my life away (because I hadn't full of dilapidated amusement park of the family and join them in a Kava gibberish. The whole family laughed at been doing that the rest of the time). rides. It was around 12:30 am. The park ceremony. We had no idea what this was me and the grandfather said, “It's the The big question was, where to go? I was littered with trash. I was beginning but didn't want to offend our gracious Kava.” They laughed even more. knew for the second week I was going to question what the hell I was doing. hosts, so we blindly agreed.

We continued to drink and drink and for a tour of the entire east coast of We stuck out like a sore thumb: four The mother brought out a huge plas- drink. It was now pushing 3 am – hours Australia, so for the first week I nar- British girls, one white Canadian guy, tic bowl that the father quickly took out since we started the ceremony. I was rowed my choices down to Fiji or New and a Fijian. Locals surrounded us and back. I looked at my British friends in now addicted to whatever the stuff was.

Zealand. At the time, New Zealand was everyone was staring. I had to use the awe as we all wondered what the hell was I couldn't wait until it got around the snowy and rainy, and, being brought up bathroom and told our Fijian friend going on. The father returned with the circle so I could have another tidal wave in Saint John, the nicest beach I had ever who pointed me towards a small con- bowl now full of water, which I had seen of tobacco/coffee flavour. been to was Dominion Park deep in the crete building. He told me he had to him scoop up from a small ditch in the We were laughing hysterically because heart of Milford. I knew I had to pick come with me because he was afraid I rear of the shack. The mother put some of the strange numb feeling and finally the island paradise. would be mugged. Standing at a urinal mystery ingredient into a small burlap the Fijians explained that we were conThe story I am going to share with in the graffiti covered public washroom, bag and began to soak it in the bowl of suming a natural narcotic. We were all you is the experience I had on my first I felt like I made a mistake. water. The water quickly began to turn power-stoned off tree root. We connight in the island nation. I was on Tony, our Fijian guide, led us down a a murky brown color, which looked like tinued to enjoy the delicious treat until the main island, Nadi, where we were line of small booths made of tarps and a dirty old puddle. Whatever I had got- about 4:30 and finally we scraped the staying in a hostel before we started old scraps of wood. These were food ten myself into was about to begin. bowl clean. We hugged and thanked our five-day islandour new Fijian family hopping tour. their amazing hos“Being brought up in Saint John, the nicest beach I for I had been chatpitality and for letting ting with the bar- had ever been to was Dominion Park deep in the heart of us in on a true Fijian tender, a massive Fi- Milford. I knew I had to pick the island paradise.” cultural experience. jian who we simply We took a cab back called Tony, and a to our hostel, where The grandfather gave some sort of I flew into my room in a ridiculous group of British girls who were also and game stands during the day and on vacation. It was pushing midnight doubled as houses during the night. blessing to the bowl and scooped up a state and woke up all my roommates. I and the bartender was getting ready to We stopped at the booth belonging to cup full with a hollowed out coconut. grabbed a bottle of rum I had bought at call it a night. He told us that he was his family and we were welcomed by his Before he drank, the rest of the family the airport and gave it to our Fijian host heading to a carnival close by to see his mother, father, and grandparents. Two clapped in unison and motioned for us as a thank you for the amazing night of family and was wondering if we wanted small children were sleeping on the dirt foreigners to do the same. He finished food and Kava.

Writer Ed Bowes spent a semester traveling in the land down under. Here are a few of the highlights - and lowlights - of his trip.

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The “Next” big thing

by Rory Pronk

If you thought “State of Fear” was a well thought-out, well-researched book, you need to read “Next” by Michael Crichton, the master of mixing modern scientific research with accessible storylines. This book is an amazing combination of facts and research incorporated into a fictional plot that keeps the pages turning.

The most intriguing part of Next is how Crichton manages to weave complicated scientific ideas into a simple plot that leaves the reader with a clear understanding of the basic ideas behind genetic engineering. I stopped taking biology in first year university, and I still managed to understand gene splicing and stem cell research. Trust me: you don’t need to be a doctor.

The novel explores a variety of ideas, from the urban legend of blondes becoming extinct to the idea of a chimp-human hybrid child who calls you “Dad” and beats up the other kids for making monkey jokes. It questions the idea of gene ownership and the suggestion that humans can potentially blame bad habits on genetics, as well as introduces a smarter-than-thou parrot and a host of genetic-misfit characters.

The best part of the book is the end. I am not saying I couldn’t wait for it to end; quite the opposite, actually. I am also not talking about the last chapter, after the climax has occurred and the resolution is occurring.

No, the best part of the book is after the story is over. In the epilogue, Crichton lists his views on genetic engineering (which you glimpse throughout the story) and clearly explains why he feels the way he does. After the epilogue is the bibliography, which contains a list of all the articles, texts, and journals he used to research the book. Each reference is followed by a one or

two line review of the information he got from the source, and whether he recommends it if the reader wants to further research the topic.

I personally don’t have time to read a textbook on genetic engineering, but if I did I would look at that list and pick one.

Next looks at several different genetic research experiments that are being conducted right now and builds on them. The initial parts of the stories are all true, with many of the chapters having published journal articles on the first page explaining the research. Where the research ends, Crichton’s mind takes over.

The underlying theme of the novel is this: If these are the genetic experiments being performed now, this is what is coming right around the scientific bend. Next is a warning to everyone that we are toying with potentially dangerous processes that

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“Next” is the most recent in a series of Crichton’s research-heavy novels. we don’t fully understand. We need to start thinking about whether we should do things, instead of just doing them because we can.

I would rate this book as a New York Giant; maybe not the best ever, and maybe not undefeated all season, but there is no question that it is quite good and it finishes strong.

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12 • February 20, 2008 • Issue 20

Protest the Short trees, shopping carts and Astroboy underachieving

by Ashley Bursey

Doug Estey / The Brunswickan

Protest the Hero’s Fredericton show on Feb 12 was anticlimactic. reasons that I want to pretend that Tuesday's all-ages show at the Kinsmen

by Doug Estey Centre wasn't a major letdown.

To be fair, it was not entirely the band's fault. They showed up, they What happens when you fuse together played well, and they got the sold-out punk, mathcore, and metal with mod- crowd of kids going wild, but they were ern pop influences? You get five guys lacking in the enthusiasm and infectious from Ontario producing a revolution- energy that I had grown accustomed to ary new sound that explodes from the and the actual engineered sound was very depths of the underground music hardly mediocre. One might argue that scene onto televisions and radios across the Kinsmen Centre does not have the the country. Now signed to major re- best acoustics, but the “Misery Signals” cord label Vagrant Records, they have who played there last August, have expanded their sound into a second contradicted this. No, the real problem full-length album and are currently on I think was the attitude of the promoter and the motivation of the band itself. tour across North America.

“Protest the Hero” is not new to the This is something that has plagued Proeast coast music scene, having played the test's shows in Fredericton for almost a Maritimes for several years now. Their year now, and something that I really immense stage presence and outrageous hope they can shake off.

Maybe it's the fact that they always humour are trademarks that shine from show to show. I have witnessed five of end up playing all-ages shows here, Protest's performances, from Halifax maybe it's the less-than-ideal location to Fredericton, and I rarely go home that is the Kinsmen centre, but here's my advice to you: If you wish to see Protest unsatisfied.

My respect for Protest the Hero and the Hero live, especially for the first time, appreciation for their sound are two don't catch them in Fredericton.

She answers in French – “Allo?” – before jumping in quickly to tell me that she’s plugged her phone in “for ten minutes, but my batteries are about to die. If it hangs up, I’ll call you back,” and then laughs and adds that it’s actually pretty good timing – Giselle Webber, the songstress for Montreal-based Hot Springs, is currently stuck in traffic.

The group has just left MusiquePlus, MuchMusic’s French (and significantly superior) counterpart, and they’re getting ready to embark on a nation-wide tour that starts, oddly enough, in Prince Edward Island.

“We’re starting off over there, so you guys are going to have me when my voice isn’t super raspy yet,” she says, with barely a trace of a French accent.

Her speaking voice, deep and throaty, echoes the mesmerizing dichotomy of her music, which ranges from open and velvety to dark and raspy.

“The people in Vancouver are going to get a whole other slice of pie,” she continues. “We’ve been to Halifax and Moncton and things like that, but we haven’t done a full east coast leg of the tour, so this is really dope. We’re excited to see it in the wintertime.”

Turns out, Webber was born in Halifax and grew up in Vancouver. The east coast is a special gem for her.

“I like the short trees... I grew up in the mountains in Vancouver, so I’m used to tall Pacific rainforests. On the east coast, they’re really squat...these really short, fat trees: I think they’re adorable.

It’s really spooky and magical in the east, like a well-kept secret. All the hippies go to B.C. to find themselves and get close to nature, and then the east coast is this little secret.”

Hot Springs hit up the east coast last

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The Hot Springs play at the Capital on Feb 23 with Steady Garcia. year for the Halifax Pop Explosion, where Webber – who’s been told her “onstage persona is out to taste blood” – was told she was, strangely, too wild.

Webber, who used to front a grocery list of punk bands, says she “got really good at freaking out, because the most important thing was to be punk rock... to be openly crazy in front of people.

It liberates the crowd around you and makes them feel a little less squished up inside.”

As for Halifax, she adds: “I was moving too much during one show...people are kinda crazy in Montreal, so I’m going to try to keep myself in check,”

she says. “I have this weird preconceived notion that I’m supposed to be calmer in the east coast. It’s good for me to fucking chill out, you know? So I’ll try not to freak people out... “[But] I’m hoping we’ll see some crazy east coasters. I know in Halifax they have people running around in shopping carts...there are overturned shopping carts all over the city, so there’s forensic evidence of people going crazy.”

And Hot Springs’ latest album, “Volcano”, almost necessitates a frenetic rock-out. With songs ranging from the wildly danceable “Headrush” to the rich

vocals and eerie melody of “Annimystique”, there’s a little something for everyone. Webber’s lyrics complement the punchy pop of the tunes.

“The lyrics are pretty pagan. I guess a lot of them are based on a love affair with natural surroundings,” she says. “I kind of sing love songs to parcels of land and things in the water, and it doesn’t come off hippie. So it’s…I don’t know.

It’s pretty intimate in a really kind of animist, pagan way… sometimes it gets really sort of fairy tale and other times it’s really kind of dark and spooky and sexy. Sometimes I can get like a little girl with little girl dreams and sometimes it’s like this angry, sexually frustrated feminist woman, so it really goes into two extremes. Light and dark equal at the same time.

“I’m a witch, so for me it’s really important to keep energies, like positive and negative, in balance, so I really try to keep that in check when I make art. You can make some really beautiful creations when you focus on keeping everything balanced.”

Reading: The Painted Bird by Jerzy Kosiński.

“It’s a really depressing, cool book about a little six-year-old boy running around by himself trying to survive through the Holocaust by hiding out in different houses...”

Listening: “I’m listening to kind of...music from the ’20s and the ’30s. I really like old sounds, I’ve been listening to a lot of Turkish and Arabesque music lately, and some ’70s psychedelic music from Cambodia....a lot of music like, kind of rock music that was coming from people in other countries that are combining trippy rock and roll stuff with their own traditional influences. I don’t really listen to modern stuff because I’m afraid of ripping it off, so I just listen to weird shit.”

Watching: “Astroboy. I’m obsessed...he’s almost like a religious person for me. I would make a church of Astroboy if I could.”

Dave and Sean talk outrage

by Dave Briggs and Sean Horsley

University Bookstore Dave- I had to buy a book for some class today. It was 80 bucks.

Sean- I know. They want me to fork over 120 bucks for some criminology book. Fuuuuck dat!

Dave- I hear that. They should talk about the price of that book in that book.

Sean- I saw the Human Sexuality textbook was around 140 bucks.

Dave- Aren’t copies of Swank like $5?

Sean- Actually, a full-year subscription is only $39.

Dave- Damn, that’s one hell of a value!

Sean- For sure. I can learn more from three issues of Swank than my entire first two years of university combined.

Small Business Hours Dave- I figured it out.

Sean- I think I know where this is going.

Dave- Stores close at like 6 pm, right?

Sean- Go on.

Dave- Well I’ve done some research, and the only logical explanation for stores closing so early can be…

Sean- Reverse vampires?

Dave- Exactly. But in reverse!

Sean- I knew it all along.

Dave- Not only that, but their HQ is the Ponderosa Steak House on Prospect Street.

Sean- So that’s why nobody goes there.

Dave- Yeah, I saw a guy there making

garlic mashed potatoes once…and his jowls burst into flames.

Sean- It all adds up. They’re shielded from the light while they’re open for business and when the sun sets, anything goes.

Dave- That’s why they’re at Ponderosa selling crappy steaks. They suck all the blood out of them and sell what’s left.

Sean- One time I went into Xcitement Video and when I opened the door a little bit of sun came in and I swear I saw a bat fly away.

Dave- That’s a wild story.

Sean- Tell me about it.

Dave- Outrageous, even.

Sean- Well, now that the reverse vampires in reverse secret has surfaced, is there anything that can be done?

Dave- Pray. Pray for a goddamned miracle.

Vincent Gallo Dave- This dude goes off.

Sean- You gotta respect a guy who writes an entire movie based around him getting a blowjob from Oscarnominated actress Chloë Sevigny.

Dave- I know, did you see his website?

Sean- You mean VincentGallo.com?

Dave- Yeah, the merchandise section is what sells the site, though.

Sean- The personal services section is an internet must-see.

Dave- I like how he is selling his sperm for a million dollars and promises that the kid will be multitalented in every aspect of life, and most importantly, won’t be crippled.

Sean- Plus a $50,000 insemination fee, which will be waived if you’re hot.

Dave- He does need photographic evidence of that before agreeing, though Sean- I wish Vincent Gallo was my father. Too bad my mother was broke.

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The York-Sunbury Historical Society presents Dr. David Black. An Archaeological View of New Brunswick Cultural History: 7000 Years of Charlotte County’s Past. Old Government House, Thursday February 21 at 7:30 p.m.

Do something new & exciting for a month this summer! Make global friendships, have fun at an International camp with delegations from 12 countries. Be a Leader or Child delegate.

CISV Fredericton has invitations to represent Canada at 4 week International Camps hosted in USA, Mexico City, & Norway. Leaders are volunteers but costs are covered Apply Now ... Positions available for children age 11 and 14 for more details go to www.cisvfredericton.ca; call Judy 454-5631.

Looking for exciting March Break workshops for kids? Look no further than UNB’s College of Extended Learning.

For children ages 6 - 14, we’ve got courses on jewellery making, digital camera skills, Outdoor survival skills and an introduction to various media called March Madness Masterpieces. All classes are held at the UNB Art Centre in Memorial Hall. For more information, please call 452-6360 or visit our website at www.cel.unb.ca/pce.

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brunswickansports@gmail.com • February 20, 2008

V-ball V-Reds one win away from AUS title

After splitting weekend games, UNB and Dal square off in the deciding game Saturday at the Dalplex.

by Mitchell Bernard

The UNB men’s volleyball squad is only one win away from completing what once seemed impossible: Knocking off the Dalhousie Tigers for the AUS championship.

In fact, it was UNB who last took the title from the Tigers, but that was back in 1979. The Tigers have since won 22 straight titles, making them a perennial powerhouse in the AUS conference.

After a weekend split, the best-ofthree finals for the AUS championship comes down to one final game this Saturday, in Halifax.

“I feel pretty good about where we are going into the weekend,” said UNB middle Ryley Bolden. “Everybody on our team knows what they have to do in order for us to beat Dal. We just have to go out and execute our game plan and hopefully all goes well.”

To defeat the Tigers, the V-Reds must continue to play strong throughout the entire match. This is something team captain Greg Black stressed as a key adjustment to his team’s strategy for this weekend.

“We need to try and stay relaxed

towards the end of each set. Our team reception and serving are two of our strong points, and if we can do those two well next weekend, we have a great chance of winning,” said Black.

After a 3-1 win in Halifax last Friday evening, the Reds dropped a 3-1 game of their own at the Pitt on Sunday. The Reds played strongly in the first two sets of the match, but fell apart in the final two.

“One of the main reasons that we fell apart in the third and fourth [sets] was caused by the amount of unforced errors we committed,” said Boldon. “We were hitting balls out of bounds, serving the ball in the net, and not passing the ball where we had to. Dal is such a strong team and we cannot afford to make these types of mistakes against them.”

Set scores were 27-25, 19-25, 25-16, 25-20 for Dalhousie on Sunday evening.

Right-side attacker Tyler Veenhuis of Aylesford, Nova Scotia, led the way for the Reds with 15 kills in the match.

Daniel Murray had 16 kills for the Tigers. AUS conference MVP and former FIVB World Beach Tour player Niklas Rademacher of Dalhousie finished with 13 kills.

The Lady Beaverbrook Gym was packed to near capacity as the hometown crowd taunted and screamed at the opposing team. But it wasn’t quite enough to propel the Reds into the CIS championships.

“That was definitely the biggest crowd I have ever seen at a UNB volleyball game. It was great and I wish we had that kind of support every single

Andrew Meade / The Brunswickan

The UNB Varsity Reds men’s volleyball team couldn’t manage to end the Dalhousie Tigers’ 22 year championship streak on home court Sunday night, and will try once again next weekend in Halifax.

home game. I think the crowd had a big impact on the game; obviously guys want to bring their best when they are playing in front of so many people. We were pretty upset that we didn’t play the way we have been lately,” said Boldon.

The Reds will have an entire week to look back at footage and find the adjustments they must make to their game before next Saturday’s finals. But at this late in the season, there will be no major adjustments – the key will just be to play hard like they have been doing all season.

“I don't think we have to change too much about what we were doing out there. We’ll have a tape session and Danny [McMorran, head coach] will point out a few subtle things we have to change such as where we should be serving and how we should be blocking against certain guys,” said Boldon.

UNB knows that if they bring the same game they brought to Halifax last weekend, they could very well be on their way to the CIS championships.

“I know we were all pretty confident going into that game after beating them in Halifax on Friday and that was probably a big mistake because DAL is a very dangerous team. I expect them to come out with that fire again on Saturday,” said Boldon.

Added Black, “I am very confident that we have the right guys on our team to go into the Dalplex and get a victory.

I know that it will be an absolute battle to get the win but we can do it.”

The winner of Saturday’s match-up will represent the AUS conference at the 2008 CIS Men’s Volleyball Championships, February 29-March 2, at Laval University.

Wow, he dunked with a cape on Sunday, Sunday, The Fifty Mission Cap by Brian Munn

I’m not really into basketball. I’m 5’10”, 200 pounds, and suffer from a hereditary ailment I’ll label “the lead toe” – I can’t jump. I guess I like the Raptors, but that’s pretty much by default because I feel like I should have a favourite team.

But when it’s NBA All-Star Weekend, I’m all about hoops. It’s not so much about the game, but the Skills Competition. And to be honest, the Skills Competition is a little lame until they break out the three balls and the dunk contest.

Ah yes, the dunk contest. What pseudo-Raptors fan couldn’t be enamoured with the dunk contest after seeing Vince Carter throw down that windmill jam in 2001, when he still pretended to like being a Raptor? Not this one, that’s for sure.

With Jamario Moon representing Toronto in the competition, I – along with fans across the nation – had visions

of VC dancing in our heads. And even though he didn’t make it past the first round, Moon did not disappoint.

But to appreciate what Jamario did, I first must discredit what the other guys did. To start, we’ll tackle Gerald Green.

Green had a cupcake with a lit birthday candle sitting on the rim, and he blew it out while putting down a Tim Duncanesque fundamental two-handed dunk.

Wow, Gerald Green can jump really high, and exhale while he does it.

I had no problem with Dwight Howard’s first dunk, when he bounced the ball off the back of the backboard before throwing it down. But the second one?

Come on.

Howard pulled off his Orlando Magic jersey to reveal a blue Superman t-shirt. Then, he tied a cute little red cape around his neck. Then, he did a

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Superman capes can make a 6’11” man jump higher. Or look stupid.

carbon copy of Jamario Moon’s second dunk – almost.

Moon placed a strip of tape behind the free throw line, ran from half court, jumped from just in front of the tape, took a bounce pass in mid-air, and dunked it.

Howard, meanwhile, placed his tape just in front of the free-throw line, carried the ball from half, jumped in front of the tape, and threw the ball through the rim – literally. He didn’t dunk it.

He threw the ball from about five feet from the rim.

Wow, Dwight Howard can copycat Jamario Moon, but not do it as well.

But wait! He was wearing a child’s Halloween costume!

Give that guy the title, and do it now.

In the finals, Howard – who at 6’11” barely has to jump to dunk a ball – took the ball off a mini hoop placed on the backboard and dunked it.

If I was 6’11” and had the ball on a platter, I’m pretty sure I could dunk it.

I’m not saying Jamario Moon deserved to win. Well, actually, I am. I think he was the victim of the name game. Compared to Dwight Howard and Gerald Green, who exactly is Jamario Moon?

He’s the dude in third place in the NBA Slam Dunk Competition, one year removed from the Continental Basketball Association.

And he doesn’t wear a stupid cape.

Someday

by Andrew Meade

Dust and exhaust fumes will not be in short supply this Saturday, as the Edge Motorsports Freestyle Motocross World tour rolls into Saint John’s Harbour Station. Eight of the world’s top contenders will battle it out to collect points and see who will claim the FMX World Tour title.

The event blends athletic prowess, motorcycle handling skills, and the riders’ ability to launch themselves off dirt jumps and ramps higher than their competition. Spectators will be thrilled as riders pilot their motorcycles through the air performing tricks such as heel clickers, lazy-boys, superman seat grabs, can-cans, knack-knacks, backflips, and the death defying “Super Flip”; a treacherous combination of a back flip and another trick like the kiss of death. Duking it out for the series title will by motocross hotshots like Ryan Logan, Shawn Connors, Adam Cousino, Dan Newth, Mike Adair, Scott Hanlon, Richie Kearns and Thomas Alves.

Scores for the competition are based on a scale of 0 to 100 points

and are awarded by a panel of judges for each run competitors make. Initial runs are 60 seconds during which riders hurl themselves off of metal ramps to lofty heights of around 40 feet, not a feat to be taken lightly. After the initial runs are done with, the 4 finalists duke it out by throwing down their best tricks for 80 seconds of all out motorcycle acrobatics, in an attempt to bring the crowd to its feet and take home the evening’s trophy.

Accompanying the high-flying motorcycle troupe will be a handful of highly skilled BMX riders busting out equally as impressive tricks on the human powered counterparts.

The Velocity BMX team will perform their demonstration on a slew of custom made ramps including a box jump, a quarter pipe, and a spine ramp.

To get your fill of extreme freestyle motocross action, be sure to check out the FMX World Tour this Saturday, February 23, at Harbour Station in the Port City. The engines start revving at 2:00pm, so be sure not to miss a moment of this high energy, spectacle of man and machine. If extreme sports, motorcycles, and exhaust fumes in an enclosed space are your thing, you wont want to miss the FMX World Tour.

V-Reds Results Thursday, February 14th Men’s Hockey UNB – 4 UPEI – 3 Women’s Hockey UNB – 6 STU – 5 Friday, February 15th Women’s Volleyball UNB – 3 SMU – 2 Men’s Volleyball UNB – 3 Dal – 1 Saturday, February 16th Women’s Basketball UNB – 86 UPEI – 72 Women’s Hockey UNB – 0 UdeM – 1 Men’s Hockey UNB – 4 UdeM – 2 Men’s Basketball UNB – 69 UPEI – 84 Sunday, February 17th Men’s Volleyball UNB – 1 Dal – 3 Women’s Basketball UNB – 82 UPEI – 74 Men’s Basketball UNB – 69 UPEI – 77

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AUS announces Men’s Volleyball Awards and All-Stars UNB coach tops in league for second straight year

by Hunter Gavin

While the UNB Varsity Reds and Dalhousie Tigers were preparing to face off for the AUS Men’s Volleyball championship, league head coaches got together to hand out the league hardware.

UNB’s own Dan McMorran, head coach of the eighth-ranked Varsity Reds, was named the Atlantic University Sport “Coach of the Year” for the second season in a row. McMorran, in his third year as head coach, guided the

V-Reds to a 12-6 record this season, which included a pair of wins over the sixth-ranked Dalhousie Tigers.

A former player for the V-Reds (1987-93) and captain of the team for two years, McMorran is the first Varsity Reds coach to win this award more than once. The only other UNB coach to be named Coach of the Year was Mark Thibault, following the 1997-98 season.

Headlining the awards was Dalhousie’s Niklas Rademacher, who was named as the league’s “Most Valuable Player” for the third time in his four seasons with Dal. A 6'10" outside hitter from Bocholt, Germany, he led the conference in kills, scoring, and service aces. A former FIVB World Beach Tour player, Rademacher was also named the league MVP in 2004-05 and 2005-06.

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Coach of the Year McMorran has UNB one win away from an AUS title.

Rademacher was also the Dale Iwanoczko Award nominee for 2007-08.

The nominee for this award is a player exhibiting outstanding achievement in volleyball, academics, and community involvement.

A fourth-year Management student, Rademacher has earned conference all-star status in each of his previous three seasons. He has been named a first-team all-Canadian twice and has led the Atlantic conference in both kills per game and scoring for the past four seasons. In addition, he is a threetime CIS academic all-Canadian, and volunteers his time in the off-season as a coach with the German youth beach national team. During the season, he participates as a guest coach at a number of volleyball clinics in the Halifax region and is also a member of “Athletes for a Peaceful Planet”.

Other award recipients included Paul Easton, a 5'9" libero from the Memorial Sea-Hawks who was named “Rookie of the Year,” and Dalhousie’s Paul Richer, a fourth-year athlete from Kitchener, Ontario, who was named “Libero of the Year”.

Atlantic University Sport also introduced the conference All-Star team, which included three members of the Varsity Reds. Players named to the squad include V-Reds’ Davin St. Pierre of Dieppe, Greg Black of Moncton, and Jacob Kilpatrick of Saint John.

Three Dal Tigers rounded out the team: Rademacher, Dan Murray of Oakville, Ontario, and Erik Montgomery of Kingston, Ontario.

Seven Canadian universities interested in 2015 Universiades

by Bruns Sports Department

The University of Alberta, Laval University, and a partnership group of five Montreal-based universities have submitted letters of intent to Canadian Interuniversity Sport in order to be considered as potential hosts of either the Winter or Summer Universiade Games in Canada in 2015.

The University of Alberta, based in Edmonton, and the partnership group from Montreal, comprised of Concordia University, University of Montreal, McGill University, University of Quebec at Montreal (UQAM) and École de technologie supérieure (ETS), have indicated their intent to bid for the Summer Games.

Laval University has expressed its interest in hosting the Winter Games in Quebec City. ”We are thrilled with the level of interest. It is a demonstration of the growing importance and the high profile of the Universiade on the international sporting stage, and the importance of

university sport in Canada,” acknowledged CIS Chief Executive Officer, Marg McGregor. “Potentially hosting the 2015 Games is good for the host community and for Canadian sport.”

A review committee will be established by CIS shortly, for the purposes of evaluating university proposals and recommending a Canadian Bid Candidate to the CIS Board of Directors, which will announce the Canadian Bid City next June.

The domestic stage of selecting a bid will end on May 5, 2008, when all proposals are due to the review committee.

In September 2009, there will be a call for bids from Fédération internationale du sport universitaire (FISU). The organization will complete site visits to bid cities in March 2010 before announcing the selected bids in May 2010.

The next Universiade games, in 2009, will be staged in Harbin, China, in the winter and Belgrade, Serbia, in the summer. The 2011 Winter Games will take place in Erzurum, Turkey, and the Summer Games will be in Shenzhen, China.

The host cities for the 2013 Universiade Games will be announced in May of this year.

Canada has hosted the Universiade Games on one occasion, when Edmonton hosted the games in the summer of 1983.

The Universiade is an international sporting and cultural festival that is staged every two years and is second in size only to the Olympic Games.

The Summer Universiade consists of 12 compulsory sports including athletics, basketball, fencing, soccer, gymnastics, judo, swimming, diving, water polo, table tennis, tennis, and volleyball, as well as optional sports chosen by the host country. The record figures are 9,006 participants in Bangkok, Thailand in 2007 and 174 countries in Daegu, Korea, in 2003.

The Winter Universiade consists of eight compulsory sports including alpine skiing, snowboarding, Nordic skiing (composed of jump, cross country, and combined), curling, ice hockey, short track speed skating, figure skating, and a biathlon. The host country also chooses between one and three optional sports. A record of 2,511 student-athletes participated in Torino, Italy, in 2007 and a record number of 50 countries were represented in Innsbruck, Austria, in 2005.

Blow Leafs, blow!

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by Brad Conley an opinion I am a diehard Leafs fan; I have bled the blue and white since I was born. And yet, as the games pass lately, I am cheering against them everyday. It’s a tough feeling because I find myself conflicted with having a chance to make the playoffs and tanking so the team can land a first overall draft pick.

I have made my choice in this debate.

Forget the playoffs; I would love to see Steve Stamkos sporting a Leafs jersey next year. But that’s not the only reason I have decided to cheer against my favourite team. Honestly, I’m doing it for attention.

For the last few years, the Leafs have been brutal – mainly because of poor management.

Fast forward to this season, when finally Ferguson is fired. My roommates and I sat watching the press conference, hoping this would signal that the team was willing to change.

So what has happened since this ap-

parent changing of the guard? Nothing.

And Leafs fans all over the place are starting to become upset with it. When Cliff Fletcher took over, rumours of Mats Sundin being traded were flying everywhere, and yet, nothing has happened.

So what exactly will Fletcher do? It’s beginning to look like Sundin is going to stay in Toronto, and they may even re-sign him for another two years. But as much as I want the Leafs to dismantle and look towards the future, I wouldn’t hate this move.

The only reason the Leafs are considering this is because of Fabian Brunnstrom, a youngster in Sweden who is looking like one heck of a prospect. Apparently, he has flown under the radar for quite some time, but now teams are beginning to take interest in the kid. The scouts are saying this kid could be as good, if not better than Daniel Alfredsson. So by keeping Sundin, it would leave the team as a front runner to sign the kid, and this may be better than anything that could be obtained via a trade for Sundin. Sure,

a guy like Bobby Ryan from Anaheim would be a good acquisition, but if this kid in Sweden pans out, he would look a lot better.

What about the rest of the team?

Darcy Tucker has said he wants to remain a Leaf, but could the team package him to a contender such as Calgary? I think so.

Jason Blake is another one that seems to have his name mentioned quite a bit, but I feel a little sorry for the guy.

First, he was diagnosed with leukemia, then he is snake-bitten when it comes to scoring goals all season. I think he may need a change, and sending him to a place like Dallas, where he could play on a line with a guy like Mike Modano or Brenden Morrow would probably help him out quite a bit.

In the end, it’s time for the Leafs to start looking towards the future. It’s time for a youth movement. Simply put, I can handle another year or two of losing if it means Stamkos or Tavares end up in Toronto.

So like I said on Saturday night, “Blow Leafs, blow!”

Playoff Bound

Andrew Meade / The Brunswickan

After clinching the league with a 26-1-1 record, the Varsity Reds now enjoy a first round playoff bye.

GAME 1: FEB. 14

GAME 2: FEB. 16

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GAME SUMMARY

GAME SUMMARY

First Period 1. UNB – 8:49 – Alex Aldred (Luke Gallant, Kyle Bailey) PP 2. UNB – 17:09 – Denny Johnston (Nathan O’Nabigon, Lucas Madill) Second Period 3. UPEI – 15:47 – Cory Vitarelli (Aaron Dawson, Justin Donati) PP 4. UNB – 17:41 – Hunter Tremblay (Rob Hennigar, John Scott Dickson) 5. UPEI - 18:57 – Kyle Spurr (Justin Donati, Cory Vitarelli) Third Period 6. UPEI – 2:03 – Justin Donati (Aaron Dawson, Cory Vitarelli) 7. UNB – 7:45 – Rob Pearce (Lachlan MacIntosh, Kyle Bailey)

First Period 1. UdeM – 1:22 – Pierre-Luc Laprise (Francis Trudel, Mathieu Betourna) PP 2. UNB – 5:26 – Kyle Bailey (Rob Pearce, Alex Aldred) PP 3. UNB – 14:59 – Kyle Bailey 2 (Lachlan MacIntosh, Justin Dacosta) PP 4. UNB – 18:28 – Kyle Bailey 3 (Lachlan MacIntosh, David Bowman) PP Second Period 5. UdeM – 1:24 – Pierre-Andre Bureau (Nicolas Robillar, Mathieu Betourna) 6. UNB – 6:26 – Justin Dacosta (Andrew DeSousa, Rob Pearce) Third Period No scoring

Shots on Goal 1 UPEI 3 UNB 14

Shots on Goal 1 UdeM 11 UNB 12

2 13 10

W: Mike Ouzas (24 saves) L: Paul Drew (39 saves)

3 11 19

Tot. 27 43

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W: Derek Yeomans (24 saves) L: Eric LaFrance (24 saves)

3 9 6

Tot. 36 28