Issue 02, Vol. 148. The Brunswickan

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Volume 148 · September 10 , 2014 · Issue 02

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MEET YOUR CANDIDATES

THE BRUNS SITS DOWN WITH THE CANDIDATES FROM FREDERICTON SOUTH

BY EMMA MCPHEE | PAGE 6

WHY OUR RIDING IS THE ONE TO WATCH

BY EMMA MCPHEE | PAGE 3

HARVEST JAZZ & BLUES TO SERVE UP STELLAR TUNES

BY SEBASTIAN MAYNARD| PAGE 10

NEW LACROSSE TEAM DROPS SEASON OPENER

BY JAMIE TOZER | PAGE 16

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THE BRUNS

NEWS

Tuition not the only election issue facing students

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Emma McPhee News Editor Although voter engagement is not a quality typically found in New Brunswick’s student demographic, the students of Fredericton will find themselves located in one of the more exciting electoral districts during this month’s provincial election.

The Fredericton South riding is a new electoral boundary, one of the 49 created by the province’s boundary commission in 2013 in efforts to divide each electoral district by an equal number of voters.

“From the standpoint of this election, every riding is new and has changed in some way. So this election essentially starts off with a clean slate of 49 brand new ridings,” said Paul Harpelle of Election NB communications.

The campuses of both STU and UNB are a part of the new Fredericton South riding which has a particularly impressive roster of candidates.

“UNB and STU students happen to be located in a riding which will be among the most interesting races in this election campaign,” said Dr.

Thomas Bateman, chair of political science at STU. “Fredericton South has a former Liberal cabinet minister who’s running as an NDP here, it’s got the leader of the Green party and it’s got the Minister of Energy. That’s a pretty top-line set of candidates to duke it out. It’s a pretty interesting riding to watch.”

The issues that concern students most though, such as tuition and indebtedness, will not hold much sway in the Fredericton South race, according to Bateman.

This is largely due to student political apathy and disengagement in the polls.

“If there was an issue in this election that really touched students quite directly then they might vote as a block. But I don’t see post-secondary education as a very big issue. In fact, the polls have suggested jobs and the economy are it. And that will be an issue for students, but down the pipe,” Bateman said.

Because of this, Bateman said students need to look at the bigger picture and not only focus on the issues that affect them now.

“My appeal would be for students to look at the big picture. Post-secondary

UNB Fredericton is located within the Fredericton South electoral district, which has an exciting candidate roster this provincial election.

education is a small piece of total provincial government spending in any given year and this province has to face decisions that do touch this province’s long-term viability,” Bateman said.

“The real question is that is somebody else is going to pick up the cost of post-secondary education and what other cuts will the provincial government be inclined to make in order to pay for these tuition declines? Right now we’re funding all kinds of stuff just by going into greater debt.”

Issues that are of particular interest in the Fredericton South riding are the current government’s changes to the public pension scheme and the closing of the Morgentaler Clinic, which was located within the riding.

These are prominent issues mainly because of the riding’s demographic and location.

“There are a lot of provincial civil servants who work and live in this constituency. I suspect that a good number of them are mad at the provincial gov-

ernment for changing the terms of the public pension scheme to a shared risk model. For a smaller number of people, the closing of the Morgantaler Clinic might be an issue,” Bateman said.

Candidates for the Fredericton South riding are Craig Leonard for Progressive Conservative, Roy Wiggins for Liberal, Kelly Lamrock for NDP, David Coon for the Green Party and Courtney Mills as an independent candidate.

SUB gets new gender-neutral washrooms Stephanie Sirois The Brunswickan

The general-neutral washrooms will benefit more than just the transgender members of the campus community.

Adam Travis / The Brunswickan

The Student Union Building received some new renovations over the summer, which UNB’s Student Union hopes will benefit everyone.

Three new single-stall washrooms have replaced the previous multiple occupancy ones. Two of them are wheelchair-accessible and all of them are gender-neutral.

Lee Thomas, UNBSU vice-president internal, sees the washrooms as a step forward for equal rights for those who don’t fit the gender binary.

“We need to have facilities that are available to everyone, and we think of gender-divided washrooms as neutral, but that’s not actually the case,” said Thomas.

Thomas presented a gender-neutral washroom proposal with Shane Gunther from Safe Spaces to UNB’s Accessibility Advisory Committee in March. The proposal passed the budget and renovations began in early July.

Thomas said the gender-neutral bathrooms are not for the sole benefit of the campus’s transgender and queer students.

“I would hesitate to say that it only benefits transgender and queer students most directly, because what we’ve noticed both in our experiences

as well as in other universities that have done this ... it ended up being used by everyone heavily,” said Thomas.

Thomas noted that in her communications with Dalhousie University, single-stall washrooms were used for multiple reasons. The washrooms were used by students with anxiety issues who need a quiet moment, Muslim students who need to perform ablution before prayer, students who are diabetic and would like to privately inject insulin as well as students breastfeeding.

Shirley Cleave, UNB’s associate vice-president academic, chairs the Accessibility Advisory Committee. She said the washrooms in the rest of the buildings on campus will take longer to complete because of limited space to work with.

“We have some delays with people being away and slips in follow-ups but we just keep moving forward,” said Cleave.

Cleave is now working on the next aspect of the project, which is to change the signs of the washrooms in UNB residences. The designs were just sent to the company who will make the signs.

“We looked at images from other schools and it’s a pretty standard image. It’s a male and female with a ‘washroom for all’ [in print]. [Those that] are accessible will have the wheel-

chair on them, and it will have the Safe Spaces triangle. That was the way to deal with diversity,” said Cleave.

John Staples, the president of Spectrum, a social and support group of LGBTQAI (Lesbian-Gay-BisexualTransgender/Two-Spirit-Asexual/ Aromantic-Intersex) students at UNB and STU, thinks the washrooms have been a great progress, no matter how long it may take.

“I think if it’s a good thing. Everyone would want it to be done sooner, but I think the timeline is what it is. It’s not that something was done sooner or later, it’s that things are happening as they progress. The administration progressing in itself is a good thing,” said Staples.

Thomas is hoping that the Accessibility Committee will continue the campaign and forward the momentum. She hopes any future bathroom renovations on campus result in gender-neutral washrooms.

“When there’s no gender-neutral washrooms around, how do people who don’t fit this gender binary feel about using these washrooms? They must feel terrible, there’s no other option to them,” said Thomas.

“You’re making someone choose between meeting the biological need to pee and living their true identity.

That’s not a choice anyone should ever have to make.”

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Fredericton to participate in 34th annual Terry Fox Run Emma McPhee News Editor In 1980, Terry Fox began his Marathon of Hope. Today, the event is still going strong in communities all over Canada, Fredericton included.

The Terry Fox Run is in its 34th year of being an annual fundraiser. It supports the Terry Fox Foundation, which raises money for cancer research.

This Sunday, Sept. 14, citizens of Fredericton can join at the pedway near the Lighthouse on the Green in downtown Fredericton to participate in the run. While donations are welcome, there is no entry fee or minimum donation.

“Certainly we ask that participants keep Terry’s wish and donate one dollar. That was his wish when he ran across the few provinces that he was able to,” said Derek Ness, member of the Fredericton Terry Fox Run organizing committee.

“And so certainly that’s a recommendation that people at least make a donation of one dollar but there’s certainly no need to feel compelled to do that.”

UNB has sent teams to participate in the run for many years. The nursing faculty has used the run as an orientation event for first year students since 2009. Students help at the first aid and water stations.

“We would like to give them an opportunity to provide some basic

nursing care and contribute to a great cause and some that will be running as well,” said Emily Jackson, secretary of the Nursing Society.

Anna McLean is a recent graduate of UNB and member of the Fredericton Terry Fox Run organizing committee. She has participated in the run as a runner for many years. The run is important for her personally because she has had several family members diagnosed with cancer.

McLean said it’s important for students to participate in the Terry Fox Run because it means getting involved in their community and raising awareness for cancer research.

“For me it’s not just about raising money although that’s a huge part of it; it’s also about getting people together, obviously to raise awareness but on the day of the run I think it’s really about creating that sort off a family feel almost among the runners,” she said.

“So it can be a very emotional day but also a day just full of hope, and that’s the slogan so it works out really well.”

In the end, it’s something that unites all Canadians.

“You should really get involved with something that you’re passionate about and I think Terry Fox is something that we can all relate to as Canadians,” McLean said.

Registration starts at 1 p.m. and the run itself starts at 2 p.m. sharp. People can sign up as individuals or in teams.

New director brings fresh ideas to the Mi’kmaq-Maliseet Institute

Benjamin Crouse News Reporter

The Mi’kmaq-Maliseet Institute of UNB will be busier than ever over the next few years as the new director, David Perley, takes action to promote First Nations culture and heritage.

“I’m honored to be occupying this position. I’ve been involved in the Mi’kmaqMaliseet Institute for quite a few years in different capacities. I’ve always been impressed with what [the institute] is doing in terms of helping our students,” Perley said.

The Mi’kmaq-Maliseet Institute began taking form several years ago when aboriginal leaders asked UNB to set up programs and services to assist First Nations students in succeeding at a university level.

“They asked for programs that would assist our Maliseet and Mi’kmaq students to be accepted at university level and to succeed and graduate from different faculties.

The institute is designed to assist Mi’kmaq and Maliseet students to be successful,” Perley said.

Perley has several initiatives in mind when it comes to spreading aboriginal culture throughout campus. These include the building of a sweat lodge, a Wabanaki longhouse and more course offerings focusing on aboriginal culture and language.

“My vision is that within UNB grounds we’ll see Mi’kmaq and Maliseet world views, histories, languages, traditions and teachings be reinforced. I’d like to see more courses with Mi’kmaq and Maliseet content and their languages promoted,” he said.

Another concern of Perley is the lack of education when it comes to the rights of First Nations peoples.

“My ancestors signed Friendship Treaties back in the 1700s. In Nova Scotia they celebrate Peace and Friendship Treaty Day on Oct. 4 of every year. This is a province-wide initiative. I’d like to see a university-wide

David Perley is the new director of UNB’s Mi’kmaq-Maliseet Institute.

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initiative where we would have our own Treaty Recognition Day where students and faculty become aware of our treaty rights,” Perley said.

Perley believes building a sweat lodge on campus grounds will help students connect with their spiritual side and meet their spiritual needs.

“We’re working on having a sweat lodge next to Marshall d’Avray Hall. We need to address the social, the intellectual, the physical and the spiritual needs of our students. In our culture everything our ancestors did had a spiritual aspect to it,” Perley said.

An initiative for the construction of a Wabanaki Longhouse is also underway. At the longhouse, students will be able to gather and speak with elders and leaders of the First Nations community.

While Perley’s focus is on aboriginal culture, he encourages non-First Nations students to make the choice to learn about native history, traditions, language and teachings.

“The Mi’kmaq-Maliseet Institute isn’t just for Mi’kmaq and Maliseet students. We want to make sure that when we develop and implement these initiatives we include both native and non-native students,” Perley said.

“For me it’s important for all students that by the time they graduate from UNB they know something about Mi’kmaq and Maliseet histories.”

Kastina Inman, the UNBSU’s aboriginal representative, believes that it’s the responsibility of the youth of a First Nations community to maintain native culture.

“I feel like there’s not a lot of youth that’s focused on our culture. I aim to get resources for aboriginal students for them to be able to see opportunities that are open to them such as scholarships,” Inman said.

Inman has many plans and ideas for UNB and is working with the Mi’kmaqMaliseet Institute to see them through.

“I want to do up a master calendar of powwows, gatherings, classes, etc. that are not just for aboriginal students. I think it’s important that non-aboriginal students learn [about the culture] as well,” she said.

Wu Centre to undergo landscaping, water retaining project Emma McPhee News Editor Anyone who’s been around UNB Fredericton long enough will know that the campus is no stranger when it comes to outdoor renovations and landscaping projects, and an area behind the Wu Centre called College Corner is only the most recent of these.

Located at the corner of Duffie Drive and Montgomery Street, College Corner is a property near the entrance to the staff door of the College of Extended Learning, located at the Wu Centre.

For the past four or five years, the College’s staff entrance has had issues with water seepage during heavy rainfall.

“We had the city come in, we had facilities management over, we looked at various things as far as how to alleviate the water runoff problem. We started to look at that and we investigated what

we were going to have to do as far as building channels or digging channels and drainage,” said Lloyd Henderson, executive director of the College of Extended Learning.

But they decided not to stop there.

Henderson said that ever since the new construction of the New Brunswick Community College across the parking lot, College Corner was a bit of an eyesore.

“We then looked at the backyard and thought it’d be nice for us, at the same time we’re managing all of this water flow, to develop this backyard area into an area that could be used for a couple of different purposes. It wasn’t really a usable space,” Henderson said.

Henderson said his vision is to have College Corner become an outdoor learning space for the college’s English language program as well as a relaxing outdoor spot for staff.

The landscaping portion of the pro-

ject will include new paving, concrete walkways and planting as well as retaining walls and drainage for the water seepage issues.

All of this will be funded by extra money the College of Extended Leaning has been able to set aside for the past five years. The College is a revenuegenerating unit of UNB and raises its own funds.

The project is set to cost $163,850 but Henderson said that a lot of the money is going into work that won’t be visible.

“It’ll be $65,000 or $70,000 just for us to get the water management underground handled that and then the rest of it will be into the landscaping and the architecture of what this space is going to look like,” he said.

The project is set to begin in midSeptember and Henderson hopes it will be completed by late October or early November at the latest.

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Get ready to “Rock the Vote” with UNBSU Benjamin Crouse News Reporter

UNB students who vote will have access to many resources and incentives this election season thanks to the UNBSU and its partners.

One such project is a “Rock the Vote” campaign which will be sending out a street team and using social media in an attempt to get students to vote.

Advanced polling stations will also be set up to make it easier for students to vote. Students need only bring identification such as a driver’s licence or their student card and proof of residency.

“We’ve been working with Elections NB. We’ll have an advanced polling station in the SUB cafeteria for the week before the election — the 15 to the 19.

The polling stations will be open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. That makes it so much easier for students to vote,” said Greg Bailey, president of the UNBSU. Students who participate in the upcoming election by voting will receive reduced admission to UNB’s Rock the Vote concert, this year featuring Rich Aucoin, on Sept. 25 at 9 p.m. in the SUB. Alec Boudreau is a UNB student who will be voting in the provincial election.

For him, it’s all about getting young

voices in the province heard.

“Only by voting will our elected representatives begin to listen to us,” he said.

Students can also get engaged in the election by attending two debates held on the UNB and STU campuses.

The first debate, hosted by the New Brunswick Student Alliance, was held on Sept. 8 at STU’s Kinsella auditorium.

Present were Minister of Post-Secondary Education Jody Carr, Green Party leader David Coon, Liberal candidate for Oromocto-Lincoln Trisha Hoyt, People’s Alliance candidate for Oromocto-Lincoln Jeff Langille and former Education Minister and NDP candidate for Fredericton South Kelly Lamrock.

“Basically we asked the parties to send their most knowledgeable person on post-secondary education to talk about the issues,” Bailey said.

The second debate is hosted by the student unions of both STU and UNB. It will be held in the SUB Cafeteria on Sept. 11 at 1:30 p.m. This debate will feature the local riding candidates of Fredericton South: David Coon, Roy Wiggins, Kelly Lamrock, Craig Leonard and Courtney Mills.

Bailey hopes that the number of student voters improves this year as opposed to the poor statistics of the last election

Watch a dorm room burn Emma McPhee News Editor After the fire that damaged UNB Fredericton’s Forestry & Geology building last Thursday, there could be no better timing for Burn the Dorm 2014: an event that does just what it says in the name of fire safety awareness.

Burn the Dorm is an event put on by the Fredericton Fire Department in conjunction with organizations such as UNB Security & Traffic.

On Sept. 10 at 6 p.m., in the courtyard below the SUB, two replica dorm rooms — one with sprinklers and one without — will be set ablaze.

“It’s to demonstrate just how a sprinkler system can help slow down the effects of a burning dorm,” said Amanda Dean, vice-president Atlantic of the Insurance Bureau of Canada, one of the event’s partners.

The aim of Burn the Dorm is to teach fire prevention, not just for students living in residence, but for everyone.

The Fredericton Fire Department will be giving a presentation at the event on this topic.

“It’s not just meant for students in dorms; it’s meant for students on and off campus,” said Bruce Rogerson, director of UNB Security & Traffic.

“From the security and traffic point of view we’re all about prevention.”

Free smoke detectors will also be given to students.

“We hope that [students] will take away that we all have a role to play to help keep our communities safe whether it’s the community in UNB or the broader community in and around Fredericton and even New Brunswick,” said Dean.

“But also just that fire can move

quickly and fire can do an awful lot of destruction in a short period of time.”

“We want a shock factor there,” added Rogerson.

This all comes shortly after a fire on the UNB Fredericton campus last week.

The fire occurred early in the morning of Sept. 4 and damaged the main doors of the Forestry & Geology building. It also caused charring to the pillars and upper ceiling in front of the main doors of the building.

A team from UNB Security was able to put out the flames, but not before the Forestry & Geology building entrance underwent considerable damage.

The fire began inside the garbage canister by the building’s main doors.

Rogerson said that he believes the fire was intentional and Campus Security is looking for any information about the fire and its instigator.

“We highly believe it was started by an individual or individuals,” he said.

“Obviously we’d like assistance in identifying the individual or individuals responsible because this caused considerable damage,” Rogerson said.

As it is, Rogerson said the repairs will be extensive and the area affected will be off limits to students for a week or two.

“You have to resurface the doors if they can be repaired and you have to get rid of all that charring up the pillars and up on the roof if you want the aesthetics to be back to normal. It’s extensive labour when you start trying to clean soot off that,” Rogerson said.

UNB Facilities Management is still assessing the extent of the damage and how much it will cost to repair the building.

in 2010.

“The last time we had an election the turnout wasn’t great. There was a voting station set up in the Student Union hallway [of the SUB] for close to a month before the election. It was out of the way and this is the kind of thing people leave to the last minute,” Bailey said.

Students are one of the busiest demographics out there and for some that makes voting difficult.

“I’m undecided on whether I’ll vote or not. I work and go to school full-time so when I have time, voting isn’t high on my list of priorities,” said Tamara Maher, a second-year arts student at UNB. But Bailey believes that student votes can make a difference.

“Youth ages 18 to 24 as a whole vote below the national average. People who have post-secondary education or who are in post-secondary education vote way above the national average according to [Statistics Canada]. We want to show that we’re an important demographic to listen to,” he said.

“Politicians listen to people who vote.

All the data is out there — you can tell which demographics vote. The people who vote are the people who parties try to attract.”

The UNBSU has plenty of initiatives to get students out and voting.

Adam Travis / The Brunswickan

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Your riding

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The Brunswickan sat down with the candidates running in the Fredericton South riding and asked them to explain their stance on the issues most affecting students in New Brunswick. Check out this week’s BRUNS Weekly for fuller versions of the interviews.

KELLY LAMROCK

DAVID COON

Kelly Lamrock is no stranger to UNB and STU, having served as president over both student unions during his time as a student.

He is also the former Minister of Education.

David Coon is the leader of the Green Party in New Brunswick. He is a resident of Fredericton who has been engaged in various environmental organizations at the provincial, national and international level.

New Democratic Party

Q. What do you think is the biggest issue facing students in the Fredericton South riding and how do you plan to address it?

A. One huge one is the stress that comes from inadequate student loans and financial stress. One thing we’ve been very clear on is we would actually remove the deductions for parental income and work income. Also taking the stress of debt load off by putting an eightyear hard cap on, where if you can’t pay at a rate to pay your loan off in eight years, government will help take over part of the payment so not all is hanging over you.

Q. What are your thoughts on tuition cost in the province?

A. One thing I do want to touch on with that is the “free in eight”

Green Party

Q. What do you think is the biggest issue facing students in the Fredericton South riding and how do you plan to address it?

A. Certainly the loan burden students are carrying is a huge issue. In our platform we’ve clearly said we would eliminate interest on student loans and student borrowing. If governments can provide loans to businesses, loans to homeowners to insulate their house for no interest, then surely to goodness we can provide loans to students at no interest. That’s what we would do.

Q. What are your thoughts on tuition cost in the province?

A. We would eliminate the interest on student loans and

plan. Right now you can get your student loan payment suspended for a while if you have low income, but it’s always hanging over you.

So there’s this idea of if you are struggling to pay back your student loan, government will actually take those payments over for a bit [after eight years]. It can be done very affordably with cost around $2.5 million a year just to take that strain off of people.

we would also cap them at $20,000. Tuition seems to keep going up and we need a major examination. We would engage students, faculty and administration in a discussion around the table about the future of our universities here to really try and get a handle on the nature of tuition, where it’s headed and how we can ensure it’s kept at a reasonable level.

Q. What is your view of youth underemployment/unemployment in New Brunswick?

Q. What is your view of youth underemployment/unemployment in New Brunswick?

A. The biggest challenge right now is to look into what we are supporting as a government. It would be a lot better for the local economy in Fredericton that has an awful lot of graduates if we said, let’s make it easier for local companies and businesses, let’s do a better part at supporting research development and technology training, eliminate the small business taxes and build local business here.

A. [One] thing is the whole vision for how we need to move forward in Fredericton and New Brunswick to become a greener, more sustainable province. With that objective in mind, that will open all kinds of new opportunities for students, youth and everyone else in terms of work.

Q. What is your stance on women’s reproductive rights and access

to abortion?

Q. What is your stance on women’s reproductive rights and access to abortion?

I’m pro-choice. I would believe it is not the government’s business. We would repeal the two-doctor rule and, if government isn’t prepared to ensure the service is accessible to people around the province, then you’ve got to look at private clinic funding.

A. In our platform we’ve said the regulations restricting access ... has got to go. But we need to put in place services that are caring, non-judgemental and will be readily available in the community for women, much like the Morgentaler clinic was, only in this case it would be run by our health networks.

Q. What should be done for mental health support, especially among post-secondary students, in the province?

Q. What should be done for mental health support, especially among post-secondary students, in the province?

A. We are the only party that actually has in its platform that we would create a mental health fund administered by students in universities that would reduce the wait times for access to mental health services and to also provide for peer-led programs on a number of issues that are real pressure points and build capacity for peer mentors in areas that are hard for students.

A. This is a huge gap in our system. [Mental health] is treated very differently and it doesn’t receive the attention that it should. The help to deal with mental health issues is hard to come by in schools and in universities, so we need to place a real focus on bringing mental healthcare into our thinking about healthcare and it shouldn’t be treated any differently than physical healthcare so we need to have ready and easy access to mental healthcare.

A.

Q. What side do you take in the shale gas debate?

A. We right now are opposed to it. Dominic Cardy said if it’s not

safe and profitable, we won’t go ahead.

Q. What side do you take in the shale gas debate?

A. Shale gas needs to stay in the ground. When I first heard

of shale gas I thought, well it’s probably like any natural gas and as long as it was done well and we had adequate regulations and they were enforced it would be okay. But the more I looked into it, I became convinced that this absolutely is not a path we should go down.

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candidates:

COURTNEY MILLS Independent

Courtney Mills is a lifelong resident of Fredericton and a recent graduate from UNB, having received a degree in law.

She ran for Fredericton city council two years ago and is currently a server at the King Street Alehouse.

Q. What do you think is the biggest issue facing students in the Fredericton South riding and how do you plan to address it?

A.

The biggest issue facing students in this riding and students all over New Brunswick is our debt. I feel that while New Brunswick has taken some steps to address it, they’re really not doing anything and it’s crippling. It’s crippling when you can find a job in your field and you’re making good money. It’s even more so when you’re working a minimum wage job, so that’s really important to me.

Q. What are your thoughts on tuition cost in the province?

A. I think we need tuition caps to look at how we’re funding

university education. Part of this, though, [is that] I don’t know how much of it is in the hands of the government. I think there’s a huge problem with the cost of the education but it’s coming out of the universities, not just the lack of government funding, so that’s something that I think really needs to be addressed.

Q. What is your view of youth underemployment/unemployment in New Brunswick?

A. I’m living this reality right now. I think we really need to work on the overall economy as a whole in order to get things going and just to create more jobs. But I think for students and for young graduates, things that help them with taxes as well as the student loan issue is what’s important because people aren’t able to stay here and get a job and maybe they aren’t making as much money for now because they have to pay back these loans.

Q.

What is your stance on women’s reproductive rights and access to abortion?

A. I am 110 per cent pro-choice. I am so frustrated that in 2014 we’re actually having a debate about this. To me, this issue about the two doctor rule decided by the Supreme Court six years ago is unconstitutional, it’s against the law, we’re violating the Canada Health Act every day by refusing to provide some type of funding for abortions.

Q.

What should be done for mental health support, especially among post-secondary students, in the province?

A. Absolutely I think we should focus on that and it’s something that I’d like to look into more.

Q. What side do you take in the shale gas debate?

A. I am for responsible development of our resources. I am

not entirely opposed to shale gas. I consider myself to be an environmentalist in the way that I live my life and what I would like to see with this province. For me it’s about holding companies accountable while they’re doing exploration.

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CRAIG LEONARD

ROY WIGGINS

Craig Leonard is the current Minister of Energy and Mines. He has been involved in politics since 2008 and in 2010 he was elected the MLA of the former Fredericton-Lincoln riding, now a part of Fredericton South.

The Brunswickan was unable to interview Wiggins before deadline. The following information is taken from Wiggins’ responses at the “All Candidates Meeting” on Sept. 4.

Progressive Conservative

Q. What do you think is the biggest issue facing students in the Fredericton

South riding and how do you plan to address it?

A. I think the biggest issue facing students in this riding is the exact same as students in any riding in New Brunswick which is [that] you’re getting great education in fantastic universities but there’s very few opportunities for you when you leave. We’re clearly missing a major component of why you’re even going to university, which is to prepare you for a career. And if we don’t have those careers in New Brunswick then that’s a serious problem and that’s what we’re trying to address through our work with the universities.

Q. What are your thoughts on tuition cost in the province?

A. I think the financial aid packages do need to be reviewed. We

currently right now are heavily weighted to the back end. Students have to … take on debt through student loans, exhaust resources from family and then, after the fact, they’re getting some rebates and credits on the taxation. I think that what needs to happen is we need to move those more to the front and provide more subsidies and more accessibility to universities for those who simply don’t have the resources and don’t have access to pay the bills to get into university.

Q. What is your view of youth underemployment/unemployment in New Brunswick?

A. I think that’s a big part of what we can develop through the work through, for example, innovation, entrepreneurship, that sort of thing. The universities and province can be coordinating the resources so students don’t have to depend on student jobs, they can create their own student job.

Q. What is your stance on women’s reproductive rights and access to abortion?

A. We’ve been clear that the status quo will remain in place for the time being. But at the same time we do recognize that there could be accessibility issues with the clinic closing. The Department of Health has been told to monitor the situation to determine if the public provided services or not, but there will have to be obviously more resources put into that simply because we have to follow the Canada Health Act. Q. What should be done for mental health support, especially among

post-secondary students, in the province?

A. Is there the proper coordination with post-secondary education, training and labour for students to make sure these services are available to all who need it? We have to make sure that we’re identifying the groups that need it to determine what the special circumstances are and then provide them with the resources to make sure that they’re getting the services that they need.

Q. What side do you take in the shale gas debate?

A. Well I’m very clear on it. I’ve spent the last three-and-a-half years

working on it with our experts that we have within the department. We feel at this point now there’s no reason why we shouldn’t be able to continue on with the exploration that’s taking place and certainly continue on with the development taking place.

Liberal

Roy Wiggins, a new face to the Fredericton political scene this election, is a small business owner.

When it comes to students in the province, Wiggins said, “It’s very important on educating our young people. In my view, our future youth must be well-educated and trained for the jobs.”

He is a supporter of developing the province’s natural resources to their fullest extent as long as it does not harm the health of New Brunswick’s people and its environment. Regarding shale gas, Wiggins said he would not support it until more research is done on the long and short-term effects of fracking.

Wiggins is pro-choice when it comes to women’s reproductive rights and access to abortion. If elected he said he “will work to identify all the barriers that are in the way right now and have those barriers removed so that access to reproductive health is available.”

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Gender-neutral washrooms a step in the right direction Going to university, whether you’re a new or returning student, comes with its share of scary experiences.

Taking a new class with a tough professor? Scary.

Working up the nerve to ask out that cute classmate in said class with said tough professor? Scarier.

Cramming for the exam for said class with said tough professor because you ended up spending the whole semester staring at said cute classmate? Scariest.

These, and many more, are all cause for (totally understandable) freak-outs.

But going to the bathroom? That’s one university experience that should never inspire fear. And yet, for transgender and queer students, this is the unfortunate reality that can prompt daily struggle and stress.

It is the Brunswickan’s hope that recent efforts by the University of New Brunswick Student Union, Safe

Spaces and the Accessibility Advisory Committee will help alleviate some of that anxiety.

We applaud these three parties, who together have implemented three new single-stall/gender-neutral washrooms — two of which are wheelchair accessible — in the Student Union Building.

We anticipate these new facilities will not only provide a sense of relief, safety and comfort for transgender and queer students, but will act as a venue for privacy for those who require it for any number of reasons.

These changes demonstrate sensitivity and forward-mindedness by all those involved in their implementation. We hope that in all future renovation projects, their importance will be considered.

Tess Allen is the Editor-in-Chief of the Brunswickan.

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EDITOR Voters must realize their potential

We have a history of political complacency in this province.

Until the last election, every government since Confederation had served at least two terms.

Our complacency came to an end in 2010, when Shawn Graham’s Liberal government was soundly defeated after one term because of many unpopular policies including the proposed sale of NB Power, the self-sufficiency agenda, and the elimination of early French immersion. We are now on the verge of another provincial election and it looks like the current Conservative

A response to “Bus fare, schedule changes met with resistance” Last January, I proposed a number of changes to the Fredericton Tra n sit s ystem. A lt houg h not everything was implemented, I am quite happy that some of it was.

This includes improved transit frequency, improved ef f iciency of the routes and the removal of the meal break gaps. I am quite disappointed reading your article “Bus fare, schedule changes met with resistance” on 4 September, 2014 regarding Mr. Kean’s petition to revert these improvements

Get involved with UNB Red Bombers On Sept. 13 the UNB Red Bombers will kick off their sixth season in the Atlantic Football League against Dalhousie University in Halifax. Many of you reading this have played football and will understand the pure excitement that a football field, immaculately kept, on a sunny fall Saturday afternoon can generate. The feel of a new ball and turf underfoot is palpable as is the restless anticipation of kickoff and first contact.

When the Red Bombers played in the AUAA in the 1970s, I was working as a ball boy on Saturday afternoons at College Field. At halftime, while heroes like Stewart Fraser had briefly vacated the field, we would take the game balls and play our own game, running patterns and scoring imaginary touchdowns. I love football, and collegiate football in particular.

As I sit at my desk, on the verge of turning 50, I can honestly say my only

government will also be defeated after one term, primarily for its blind path towards risky shale gas development and other unpopular natural resource development policies.

I n a post-complacenc y New Brunswick, what’s next?

The traditional back-and-forth between red and blue parties has not served us well. New Brunswick has the worst economic performance of all the provinces. Our young people are moving out west at an alarming rate. Health care costs are spiraling out of control because our population is aging and, on average, we weigh more, smoke more and drink more than the national average.

Over half of New Brunswick adults

don’t have the literacy levels or workplace skills they need to find jobs.

Previous and current governments have tried to fix this dire predicament using conventional thinking.

The problem is that it’s conventional thinking that got us here in the first place.

We need to change the way we think about our province and our potential. We need to see the forest for the trees. We, the voters, need to have the courage to vote differently.

Why? Because if we change, everything changes.

in order to accommodate for the later bus times.

I absolutely agree that the system is far from perfect, especially compared with larger cities, however it is a significant improvement from the system we had a few months ago. I suggest Mr. Kean and his supporters make suggestions to improve the system, rather than to reverse the improvements that Mr. Hay along with the rest of Fredericton Transit, the Transportation Committee, and advocacy groups such as Making Transit Work and myself have worked so hard for.

Having worked with Mr. Hay, Mr. Barker, Fredericton Transit and the Transportation Commit-

tee earlier this year on this issue, I sense that they genuinely care about the commuters of this great city, and I am confident that they are there to listen and do their best to accommodate.

I too look for wa rd to n ight service, Sunday service, even more improved frequency and routing, as well as provincial and federal funding in the near future. However, I think we should achieve that goal by building upon what we have already achieved, rather than working backwards (fixing a relatively smaller problem by disposing of a huge gain).

real regret in life was my decision to stay at home for university. I chose to attend UNB, in the years immediately following the cutting of the football program, and to forego at least trying to play football at the collegiate level. At the time there was a healthy program at Mount Allison University, just three hours down the road, that I could have tried out for while still getting a BA. Even in 1999, while deciding where to complete my doctorate, I briefly considered applying to the University of Maine at Orono, and for a moment daydreamed about “walking on” with the Black Bears and offering my services as a 36-yearold tackling dummy. I would have been happy to just be part of the team (I have no delusions about being good enough to actually play in the NCAA) and to experience football again from the vantage point of a player.

My purpose in writing this, though, is not to wax nostalgic about my memories of football and all that it encompasses. Rather, I want to encourage the students arriving on campus this week who have decided to come to

UNB (a good choice in and of itself) but who may have given up their relationship with football when they left high school. You have an opportunity that I didn’t have back in 1982. You can attend this great institution and benefit from all that it has to offer AND you can still play football. A practice schedule is available online on the Red Bombers website and players are welcome to express their interest in playing to the coaches at any time in the next few weeks.

My time playing is done and I am left to daydream and watch football on the weekends. You, on the other hand, can still play. And as you do, you allow me to vicariously enjoy again the exhilaration of a football team going through its pregame preparations, with the feeling of turf under my feet on a sunny fall Saturday afternoon.

-Raissa Marks

-Edward Choi

-Jeff Landine, Ph.D., L. Psych., Associate Professor, Faculty of Education (Counselling)

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If you don’t like election options, make it known

AN OPINION

Micah O’Donnell-Gillies The writ gets dropped and along with it any ounce of sincerity among the numerous candidates eyeing one of the 49 seats in the New Brunswick legislature. I understand the race towards that grand prize of over $110,000 a year. I, too, would plaster my grin all over red, blue and orange signs for a chance to pay off my student loan twice in one year. As ugly as it may get, the Canadian election is one of the greatest pieces of theatre we get to see — if only once every four years.

An election has both superb actors and the most ideal audience. While the cast performs, the audience takes it in. If it’s a really good election — like, Obama or Pierre Trudeau good

—the audience walks away from the performance high on the experience.

We enjoy both dramatic and election theatre for the same reason: in the moment of the production, we willingly suspend disbelief to enjoy the show.

We take in the stage, the script, the performances and believe for a brief instant that the world upon the stage is the one we’ve existed in all along.

And that’s why an election is such good theatre.

During a New Brunswick election we talk about which party will give voice to women in New Brunswick, which political leader will ascend from the mire and bring New Brunswick with him (him, because we don’t have any women running as a party leader this year).

That statement deserves a word outside of brackets: at some point, take a look through the past and present leaders of New Brunswick’s current and defunct political parties. It reads like Deuteronomy.

Right, theatre. When we go see the latest Disney flick or the most recent Godzilla, the reason we enjoy it is because we give up our typical faculties, our ability for reason for a

few hours to take in something extravagant. A world where a giant lizard saves mankind from an electric moth or a jungle where lions, monkeys and other safari animals sing some of Elton John’s greatest works. It’s all so fun because we decide to ignore logic and reality and instead fall into a scenario far better than our own.

Leave the theatre and the world is still sitting there. Your student loan debt is still a guillotine, your job prospects are still bleak, your exam is still the next day and you still can’t remember what happened this past weekend.

An election ends and it’s still NoFunswick, the drive-thru province.

A few months will pass and we’ll still chat about the various scenes and acts. There will be a couple of stand-out performances to reminisce on (I mean, at least one old, white male has to say something stupid about our lack of abortion access, right?). Overall though, everything will go right back to how it was. CBC article commenters will continue to enlighten their viewership on “libaral propagandaz” and Charles Leblanc will still get kicked off the front lawn

of the legislature. The political voice of this province’s women will still be marginal, resistance to “resource development” will continue to be criminalized and our post-secondary system will continue on its path to become one of the province’s largest corporations.

The reason nothing will improve is because we put so much faith into a pantomime, a show. We placed the responsibility for change on the back of actors. It’s nothing against actors — it’s just that when you play Abraham Lincoln for a month, it doesn’t mean you’re Abraham Lincoln. Elections and politicians fail to provoke real vibrancy because they can’t. They can only pretend to and hope that through some stroke of luck things turn out their way.

If we want to get around the apparition that is an election, we need to start treating them like just that.

The minute a citizen votes for a party, they are buying into the illusion; they are suspending disbelief to say “this candidate will make things right.”

We’re believing Guantanamo Bay will close if someone says “if I’m elected, Guantanamo Bay will close.” Deep

inside our psyches, in this cynical day and age, we know it’s not true.

So let’s change how we vote. Why not spoil a ballet? Don’t write a single thing on it. As long as there’s no dickbutt or some other scribble, the vote is still counted. It just doesn’t count towards the actors.

The strongest action we can make towards our government and election candidates is to say “we are not a docile audience. We won’t buy into your show.” If nothing else, would it not be an amazing moment in New Brunswick history to be sitting at the Fox, watching the results roll in, and then see the shocked face of some politician, of some announcer, say that spoiled ballots have surpassed actual ballots cast for a candidate? Wouldn’t it be amazing to see the show ruined?

I’m not saying don’t vote. Sure, democracy, elections, parliaments, elected members and all that. Great.

What I am saying is the same thing your parents told you when you were a child: stop sitting in front of the TV and go outside for a while. That TV’s going to scramble your brain.

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Volunteer mediators can help resolve conflicts with dignity and respect for both parties. Volunteer mediators have been trained as Third Party Neutrals (TPNs) through the Canadian Institute for Conflict Resolution, and are available on both Fredericton and Saint John campuses. As a neutral person, TPNs can facilitate meetings where groups or individuals have a conflict to resolve, or mediate disagreements to find a mutually agreeable resolution.

Benefits of working with a volunteer mediator include a neutral party to address conflict, a dignified,

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Kevin Lemieux Arts Reporter It’s Friday night. While most people are getting ready for Dolan’s or wherever else they go, I’m up to something a little different.

The first week of September marks the beginning of class but also the Fredericton Exhibition (FR EX), though this year there is something else a little different: the event is now being called the New Brunswick Provincial Exhibition (NBEX).

“We’re trying to move forward to get more people out here. We’re implementing change so that more than 50 per cent of attendees are from outside Fredericton,” said Mike Vokey, executive director for NBEX. He thinks that though the exhibition is about fun, it has to have an educational twist.

“1.8 per cent of people of this world do agriculture, so it’s time to educate people. Food doesn’t just come from

Sobeys or Superstore, you need to know where it comes from. So it goes back to the farmers and the exhibition has opportunities for people to learn.”

Rides, games, animals, chainsaw carvings — they have it all. But this year had a few different events to make it special.

“We’ve changed up the entertainment lineup this year. We want to attract younger families and make it affordable for anyone.”

As it gets darker, the exhibition grounds light up with people and rides. The lines are long, real long, so no rides for me. The food is always a great thing to go for. Cotton candy, candy apples, Dippy Dogs and snow cones are just a few treats for those who go to this annual event.

People of all ages and walks of life are there, and for different reasons.

The older generations like the animals and the exhibits inside, while the younger ones are there for the rides and maybe the petting zoo.

The New Brunswick Provincial Exhibition doesn’t want to just be popular in Fredericton anymore.

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Something I learned was that the carnival workers can’t talk to you.

They get to travel city to city and run their game or ride every day. One man told me he gets paid by commission so he couldn’t tell me about his adventures. He did however tell me that Rick Mercer was in town on Sept. 8 and played his game.

Twenty-two-year-old Dale Gray has been living in Fredericton for about a month now. He found that this was a great event for the city.

“Coming from Halifax, I didn’t know what the city had to offer. I knew that Fredericton had an exhibition but I didn’t know it was this big. So many events, great for everyone,” he said.

To top off the night’s festivities: a fireworks display across the Fredericton sky. The show amazed us.

“The fireworks in Halifax for Canada Day are insane, but these were just as good,” said Gray.

Vokey said that this year’s exhibition has been a little more successful than

last year but would like to see even more improvements.

“We want to keep growing next year and want people from all over coming.

And we’re always open to suggestions and new ideas on what we can do to make it better.”

To sum up my night, I played a few games, got ice cream, got to see a great firework show and went home with a Care Bear. Pretty successful night, right?

Who to see at this year’s Harvest Jazz and Blues Festival Sebastian Maynard Arts Editor Bahamas Listen To: “Lost in the Light” Performance:Wed, Sept. 10, 9 p.m.

Following the release of his third album, Bahamas is Afie, Afie Jurvanen is embarking on an extensive tour that will carry him through North America and Europe. Under the alias “Bahamas,” Afie has made a name for himself as a musician that draws upon many genres and influences. Female vocals regularly accompany his voice on songs with guitars and drums that are usually restrained. Every once in a while, though, Jurvanen shows that his self-taught guitar skills hold up just fine.

Alvvays Listen To: “Archie, Marry Me” Performance:Thurs, Sept.11, 8 p.m.

Keb’ Mo’ performed at Harvest in 2012 File Photo

Toronto’s Alvvays are riding high since the release of their debut self-titled album, which came out this summer.

Rolling Stone called it an “indie-pop wonder” and Pitchfork described it as giving a feeling of “raw-nerved unrest.” The album has the dream pop and mellow surf rock feel of the ‘60s but in a modern incarnation. “Like Bloc Party a few years back, we get

the chance to present one of the hottest buzz bands in North American music…” said Harvest music director Brent Staeben. “It’s going to be a very memorable night for Harvest audiences.”

The Arkells Listen To: “Come to Light” Performance:Thurs, Sept. 11, 8 p.m.

Performing the same night and at the same venue as Alvvays will be the Arkells. The Hamilton band have been together since 2006 and will most likely be playing a lot of songs from their most recent album, High Noon, which came out on Aug. 6. The Arkells are primarily known as a rock band, and though High Noon is similar to their other albums, there is certainly a level of progression with new sounds and confidence the band now has.

Gord Downie, The Sadies, And The Conquering Sun Listen To: “Budget Shoes” Performance: Fri,Sept. 12, 6 p.m.

The Tragically Hip’s front man Gord Downie and Toronto band The Sadies got together this year to put out an impressive 10-song LP. “The project’s namesake, ‘The Conquering Sun,’ fuses The Sadies’ rusted psychedelia with Downie’s humble,

volatile wail,” states the band’s website.

Downie’s storytelling ability and style will never change, but behind him the music is at times country, classic rock, blues or indie. The group has been getting rave reviews for their shows, and they are enjoying having to prove themselves as a new band. “This is entirely a challenge, which is what every band that comes out of the garage enjoys — that fear that they might hate our guts,” said Downie in a recent interview with The Star.

Joel Plaskett Emergency Listen To: “Time Flies” Performance:Sat, Sept. 13, 8 p.m.

There is a reason that Joel Plaskett Emergency has become a fan favourite and regular guest at Harvest. The three-man band’s discography is filled with quirky, catchy songs that go along with their personalities, which come out during live performances. When The Guardian asked about performing at a similar jazz festival in P.E.I. this summer, Plaskett spoke about playing at a festival even if he doesn’t specifically fit the genre. “Music genres are constantly evolving. This is especially true in the field of jazz, which has, in recent decades, incorporated influences from musical styles around the world. Blues has been transformed by the rock movement

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Olivia Graham & Garrett Gee

Gigi Mahandi

Brittany Long

“Chicken.”

“Student employment opportunity and ginger rights.”

Thomas LeGresley

Alan Jones

Corey O’Brien

Rachel Merrill

“Causing clusters because every politician paves roads to get voters.”

“ Shortsighted economic development strategies like shale gas.”

“Whoever has the best plan for the economy.”

“Whoever has the best policies.”

Amanda Greene

Shea MacLaughlin

“Fracking policies.”

“Abortion access.”

Marcus King “What politician sucks the least.”

What issue do you consider to be the most important in the election?

“Tuition rates.”

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New Brunswick bands compete in Galaxie Rising Star Competition Kevin Lemieux Arts Reporter Can’t decide which musicians to see during this year’s Harvest Jazz and Blues Festival? Why not go to one show and see four bands battle it out to win?

The Galaxie Rising Star Competition is in its 13th year and the stakes are high for these local bands. The winners receive $2500 and have the opportunity to have their music played on one of the Galaxie TV channels and be featured on Galaxie. ca. The winning band will also open Friday night’s main show.

“Of course we have a few nerves, but we’re ready for a great day no matter if we win or lose,” said John

McLaggan of Tomato/Tomato.

This husband and wife duo with their “old-timey” bluegrass sound has been on the rise this year. On top of being this year’s regional champions in CBC’s Searchlight competition, they have released their debut album.

“This seemed like the right step for us now. Any little bump to get people to notice us is great.”

The contest includes the live performance with a panel of judges worth 50 per cent of their score. The other half is made up of audience and online votes, so social media is important to each of these bands.

“We’re excited and waiting for the online voting to begin. We really need to push ourselves on social media to get all the votes we need,” said Mike

Humble, percussionist for Earthbound Trio.

Earthbound Trio play a style of music they call “farmer funk,” which has become popular across the province and has landed them gigs in Quebec and Ontario.

“Harvest is huge. The past winners have used this as a jumping point. But we were waiting for the right time to join. With the release of our album, Lettuce Turnip the Beet, it was the time.”

Humble added that it’s great that he can share the stage with three other local bands, all of whom he calls friends.

“We all come from different corners of the New Brunswick music scene, so this gives us a sense of togetherness.

This is super East Coast and it’s great we get to do this together.”

Gregg Webber of K ill Chicago agrees.

“We look forward to performing.

We love being able to play with other bands and we think it’s important to support the local music scene,” he said.

Their sound has a blues feel with a punk-rock undertone, but they call it “garage blues.”

With the money, members of Kill Chicago hope to finish recording their album and that Harvest launches them into greater success. Earthbound Trio would like to modify their band van to run on vegetable oil with their winnings and Tomato/Tomato hope to fix their leaky studio ceiling.

The fourth band, The Waking Night, would put their money towards their second album.

“This opportunity popped up but seemed right. We performed at The Capital last year for Harvest, so this is great exposure.”

Joel Dixon is a member of the band. After four-and-a-half years of performing together, there are mixed emotions going in to the competition.

“We’re nervous. We’re really posting online for advertising but we don’t want to be annoying about it. We’re just ready to perform,” he said.

The show will take place Friday, Sept. 12 at 2 p.m. in the Galaxie Barracks Tent. The voting is open currently open at Galaxie.ca.

Off The Grid puts the emphasis on local talent Sebastian Maynard Arts Editor

The Beaverbrook exhibit highlights abstract art from New Brunswick painters.

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“These are pretty trippy,” my friend said as we stood in the middle of the basement exhibit at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery.

Around us were various paintings; some collages, some basic geometric shapes, others playing with positive and negative space while others questioned what exactly a painting is.

The paintings seemed a little out of place at first — they don’t fit the mould of the formal, ancient-seeming

style that many of the Beaverbrook’s permanent collection possess. But director and CEO Terry Graff explained that abstract art is much more a part of New Brunswick’s history than is often assumed.

“The first abstract painting was made over 100 years ago, but New Brunswick has been repressed,” he said.

While many books and professors focus on the main hubs of Canada when it comes to art, the smaller towns and provinces are often forgotten about. That is why this cur-

rent exhibit, Off the Grid: Abstract Painting in New Brunswick, is so important to him.

“The aim is to trigger a rethinking of the standard narratives of Canadian art history and the cultural conditioning of stereotypical assumptions about the visual arts in New Brunswick,” Graff writes in the exhibit guide.

Abstract art, Graff says, challenges the viewer. There is a give and take that hopefully makes the person have to work to understand what is being conveyed. (Continued on page 13) While some more conventional styles

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Songs of the week Sebastian Maynard Arts Editor

Aphex Twin – “minipops 67 [120.2]” Richard James will be releasing his first Aphex Twin album since 2001 later this month, and “minipops 67 [120.2]” is the first opportunity for fans to get a feel for what he has been up to. The track goes through many stages, from the Daft Punk style robotic voices at the beginning of the song to the mesmerizing humming at the end, “minipops 67 [120.2]” goes through a series of turns that you don’t notice happening until the moment has already passed. If you stop paying attention for a few moments you won’t know how you got to the particular sound, which proves that the transitions are on point and that like his song, even if you miss what Aphex Twin did in the past, the present is just as exciting.

Flying Lotus – “Never Catch Me (feat. Kendrick Lamar)” Flying Lotus is scheduled to put out his fifth studio album next month, and in lthe ead up he has released the Kendrick Lamar assisted “Never Catch Me.” While Kendrick is the current face of west coast hip-hop, Flying Lotus creates a song for him that leaves Dr. Dre and MC Eiht behind, and instead focuses on jazz-infused pianos and drums that regularly get interrupted by handclaps or a guitar solo. The song is a fast-paced journey where Kendrick and Lotus go against each other, seeing who can go faster or express more with their respective instruments. For Kendrick, he uses his words, and they are just as dark and introspective as those on good kid, m.A.A.d. city. For Flying Lotus, he uses a full arsenal of vocal and instrumental harmonies, making sure that every sound he uses has a key part to play. The two are at the top of their genres, and the fact the Drake released a song this summer called “The Catch Up” might mean that we have another great year of music ahead of us.

Julian Casablancas + The Voidz – “Human Sadness” Though Julian Casablancas’s new project with The Voidz contains the same singing voice and stories that Casablancas and The Strokes became famous for in the early 2000s, the new band is about as far away from The Strokes as you can get. The first offering from Julian Casablancas + The Voidz is an 11-minute epic that explores Casablancas’s voice as an instrument, coming in and out of the song before fading into a guitar, or a synth or an orchestra. “Human Sadness” constantly builds itself up, leading to a different payoff. The band’s first album is out on Sept.

23, and we can only hope that it is as exciting as The Strokes debut, Is This It?

TV on the Radio – “Happy Idiot” This week, TV on the Radio announced that they will be releasing their first album since the death of their bass player, Gerard Smith. Seeds is set to come out on Nov. 18, and along with the album news they shared the first single off the record, “Happy Idiot.” The song is a fast-paced dance track that feels like it should have been released at the beginning of the summer, but as lead singer Tunde Adebimpe sings: “ignorance is bliss,” and maybe when we listen to this we can pretend that we still don’t have school to think about.

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may seem easier to look at, it is after viewing abstract art that you can go back and truly appreciate all the colours, textures and messages that are used in other art forms.

Take, for example, Dana O’Regan’s “3-D Art,” which includes twine and unravelled canvas, with paint dripped on top of it all to make a sculpture that looks like a net you would pull out of the ocean on your fishing boat.

“For anyone who is curious about art and the visual, this exhibition is a great introduction,” said Graff.

As we walked around the exhibit, Graff’s enthusiasm was clear. In the guide he writes about “enriching life through art” and building a “stronger cultural landscape and identity for all the people of New Brunswick,” and while the idea is a nice one, most of the people in the exhibit were there because they liked the way the paintings looked.

Students filled the ground floor of the exhibit, talking about which ones were “cool” and which ones were their favourites. Some would stop to listen as Graff spoke, interested to get the back story on the paintings they were looking at.

Off the Grid and the reception that it has gotten shows that even if Graff’s mission of educating the rest of Canada on the talents in New Brunswick is still in the works, there are at least those in the province who are interested and willing when it comes to exploring the local arts scene. By looking at the past and present of art in New Brunswick, hopefully the exhibit isn’t just a celebration but also an inspiration.

Off the Grid: Abstract Painting in New Brunswick runs from June 26 to Sept. 14.

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The UNB Buccaneers and StFX X-Men battle for a loose ball at BMO Centre. The X-Men won the game 22-7.

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UNB Buccaneers drop season opener Lacrosse: New team looking a positives from first league game Jamie Tozer Sports Editor It may not have been the result the UNB Buccaneers were looking for, but the fact that the team finally made its debut on Saturday made the game a success.

“It was a dream come true,” said Evan Richtsfeld, one of the team’s captains. “I know the result wasn’t what we were expecting but to me just getting this team out here and getting things going … the goal is achieved.”

Richtsfeld, who was one of the team’s captains on Saturday along with Ben Sweet, Matt Jay and Mackenzie McCoy, has been working for the past two years to get this team off the ground.

As the team found out on Saturday at the BMO Centre, there will be some growing pains.

The Buccaneers got off to a good start, scoring the first goal of the game

just a couple minutes in. But the firstyear Maritime University Field Lacrosse League (MUFLL) team would ultimately fall 22-7 to the St. Francis Xavier X-Men. “We started off really good,” said Richtsfeld. “Things were going really good. But there’s a learning curve for the guys. We’ll get better.”

After giving up the first goal of the match, the X-Men responded with three straight of their own and would end up leading 5-2 at the end of the first quarter.

UNB responded well in the second quarter, scoring three straight to tie the game at 5-5. But the X-Men then started to pull away for good, scoring five in the frame.

StFX controlled much of the second half as they led 16-6 after the third quarter and added another six in the fourth. UNB struggled to generate

scoring chances in the final frame with their lone goal coming with less than two minutes to play.

Despite the lopsided score, UNB coach Gary Wallace said there were plenty of positives to take away from the game.

“The score didn’t indicate how they played,” Wallace said of his squad. “We tied up a very good team in the first half. There were a lot of good things out there.

“We’re a new team, we’re still figuring it out, and an experienced team like StFX capitalized on that in the second half and that’s why the score got away on us. But, there were some really good things I saw out there.”

The Buccaneers’ roster varies from lacrosse veterans to those who are fairly new to the sport. Despite the different levels of playing experience, Wallace said the team worked together well.

“They came together and they played like a team. Where they succeeded was that they realized mistakes they made on a previous play or shift and they corrected it.”

The rain started to come down heavily just as the game started. It poured for much of the first half and started up again later on. Although the conditions weren’t ideal, the Buccaneers said it didn’t have much of a negative effect on them.

“I don’t think the rain had any effect,” said Richtsfeld. “We’re playing against good competition and we’re a fairly new team so there’s going to be a learning curve. You can’t expect to come into this league and run things. But we certainly can do our best and that’s all we can hang our heads on right now.”

“This is a beautiful field,” said Wallace as he glanced around BMO Centre’s artificial turf surface. “You battle the

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elements in this game. You can play in the mud and muck so this is pretty nice.”

Despite the downpour, a healthy crowd attended the match. At least half the bleachers were filled while others chose to stand along the sidelines.

“It was awesome,” Richtsfeld commented about the crowd. “It’s really cool to see the university get behind us — even in the rain. That was great. It’s awesome to have the support and it’s a pretty good feeling.”

UNB is on the road this weekend, travelling to Acadia University on Saturday and Saint Mary’s University on Sunday. Their next home game is on Sunday, Sept. 21 against Dalhousie University.

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Red Bombers ready for 2014 AFL season

The UNB Red Bombers practiced at BMO Centre last week in preparation for their season opener.

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Sarah Rouse Sports Reporter When it comes to the UNB Red Bombers, Mike McSorley is a certified expert. Having played a key role as a player on the team since 2009, last season marked his final year of eligibility. This year, McSorley is bringing his firsthand knowledge of the team to his new role as general manager.

Based on the team’s lacklustre record last year, his expertise will surely come in handy when it comes to preparing for the upcoming 2014 season.

“Last season didn’t go so well for our team,” said McSorley. “We went 1-5 during the regular season, and we lost out to Saint John in the

semi-finals.”

“Our biggest issue was that we were good until the fourth quarter and then kind of fell apart. This year we’re really focusing on our conditioning and our depth in order to not have that problem repeat itself.”

When asked about the team’s goals for this season, McSorley was clear about their intentions.

“This season we hope to compete for a championship. We have all the tools to do it; now we just have to put it all together on the field.”

The team has an impressive number of players back for another season, particularly on their offensive line. Some key returnees include quarterback Brendan Cornford who is in his sixth

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I’ve got to go with men’s hockey. The Varsity Reds get some of the biggest crowds for CIS hockey in the country. Not only do students support the team, but the community does as well. Unlike a lot of cities that have teams, the Reds are the biggest game in town.

season of eligibility. Other notable names are star fullback John Morse, and “the three-headed monster” at back, made up of AJ Durling, Cody Stewart and Mitch McCoy. Although the Red Bombers will certainly depend on these seasoned veterans to lead the team towards victory, there are also several exciting new additions to watch out for.

“We have Turner Sturgeon coming in from Leo Hayes who will definitely play a key role,” said McSorley. “We’ve also added Simon Bissonnette, who had formerly played hockey at St. Thomas University, as well as former Holland College Hurricane Lesley Green. I’m really looking forward to seeing our offence play.”

Two other recruits who will add depth to UNB’s already impressive offensive line are Ian McMillan and Ryan Cann, who previously played for the Mount Allison Mounties.

McSorley was quick to point out, however, that the team cannot dream of being successful without a hardworking defensive line.

“We have Nick R ichardson returning on d-line, and Mike Benson in the middle. Our big defensive backs are led by Alex White and Jeff Madsen,” said the general manager. “We can definitely count on these guys to play hard every night and help us bring home a championship in November.”

The Red Bombers will be competing in the Atlantic Football League

alongside the University of New Brunswick Saint John, Dalhousie University and Holland College. The team will play each opponent twice throughout the season.

The Red Bombers’ first home game will be the highlight of Homecoming festivities on Sept. 27. This weekend, the team travels to Halifax to take on Dalhousie for their first game of the regular season.

The team has been practicing three times a week since Aug. 23. That being said, they are still actively seeking new players to add to the roster. Anyone looking to join the Red Bombers can contact McSorley at mike_mcsorley_7@hotmail.com.

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My choice for best sport to watch on campus would have to be men’s hockey.

UNB is known as a perennial national contender, and the support for the team, both from students and the community, makes for an incredible atmosphere at home games

With the CFL at the mid-way point of their season and the NFL off to a wild start this past weekend, you know the anticipation is rising around campus for the start of the UNB Red Bombers’ home opener on Sept. 27. Whether coming with family to BMO Centre on a Saturday afternoon, or tagging along with the Red Brigade to cheer on the boys in red, there is no better atmosphere around campus than a fall afternoon at BMO surrounded by raucous fans encouraging the boys toward an AFL championship.

With so many great teams and the UCard as your free pass, students should get to every game they can (without skipping classes). For me, the Currie Center and the basketball teams are my personal favourite.

If you can’t make it out to the games, or if they are on the road, you can still follow the V-Reds on Austv.ca. Go V-Reds!

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Loud, proud, and back for more Sarah Rouse Sports Reporter Are you a diehard sports fan who loves attending sporting events at UNB? Do you think you have the loudest voice on campus? Do you look fantastic in red? If any (or all) of these apply to you, there’s a good chance the Red Brigade wants you.

“We try to promote ourselves as a fan club for our varsity sports that was created by students, for students,” said team president Jill Pilgrim. “We’re diehard sports fans and we love creating the best kind of atmosphere for our teams. Our goal is to get a ton of UNB students out to the games.

“We want to become the type of school that teams in the AUS dread going to, because we have so much spirit and enthusiasm for our V-Reds.”

Pilgrim, a self-described hockey fanatic, has been with the Red Brigade since the very beginning.

“Jeff Paradis, Patrick Troy and Jason Cress created the club in my first year at UNB. I saw them throughout Orientation Week and the group instantly piqued my interest,” said Pilgrim.

“Throughout the year I got more and more involved with the Red Brigade, and was noticed by the organization for my enthusiasm.”

Pilgrim was named co-president last year, and is taking the reins on her own for the 2014-2015 season.

Although the Red Brigade has an impressive presence at Varsity Reds hockey games, she stresses that they do their best to support all teams on campus.

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“Different people in our organization are passionate about different sports, so we’re almost always represented at home games,” said Pilgrim.

“We try to sell t-shirts at every event to spread the word about our organization, so we branch out to volleyball, basketball, soccer, hockey, you name it.”

Going into its fourth year of existence, the Red Brigade plans on expand-

ing their fan base this year.

“We’re trying to plan bigger events that will incorporate the residences,” said Pilgrim. “We’d like to host a campus challenge to get people out to the games and involved with the Red Brigade.”

“Patrick Troy, one of the founding members, is back and is going to help us plan some big events right off the bat

in September.”

The club was also present at the UNBSU Orientation corn boil this past week, where they were able to introduce themselves to UNB’s new students.

They will also be at the upcoming Clubs and Societies Fair.

The Red Brigade members are easy to spot at sporting events due to their signature red t-shirts. The club sold more

than 250 shirts last year, and hope to improve upon that number this season.

Shirts are for sale at most home games for $10.

If you have any questions concerning the Red Brigade, please contact Jill Pilgrim through the Red Brigade Facebook and Twitter pages.

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Recruits bolster V-Reds hockey roster Men’s hockey: lots of new names will fill Reds lineup Sarah Rouse Sports Reporter The University of New Brunswick is well renowned for its stellar hockey team. This season, the five-time national champions will be restocking their roster after a number of players graduated or left the team to pursue other opportunities.

Hockey fans should not be alarmed, however; the team has acquired a number of strong recruits from the major junior circuit.

Chris Carrozzi, hailing from Ottawa, Ont., is set to compete for UNB’s goaltending position. Carrozzi was drafted by the National Hockey League’s (NHL) Atlanta Thrashers after finishing off a solid four-year career with the Mississauga St. Michael’s Majors. He has also competed at the minor professional level with a number of teams.

Carrozzi was named the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) goalie of the year in 2009-2010 after posting a 2.36 goals against average and a .916 save percentage.

He will be joined by Cameron Brace, a highly- touted recruit who is coming off a five-year career in the OHL. Four of those years were spent with the Owen Sound Attack, where he was a part of their 2011 OHL Championship squad.

“Cameron is a dynamic player with top-notch speed and an excellent shot.

He should thrive on our style of play and be a crowd favourite here at UNB,” said head coach Gardiner MacDougall in a press release.

Another exciting prospect for UNB is right-handed defenceman Colin Suellentrop, a five-year veteran of the OHL’s Oshawa Generals. He played in 313 games over his major junior career, where he scored 11 goals and contributed 74 assists. He also added

368 penalty minutes.

Suellentrop was drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers in the fourth round of the 2011 NHL Draft. He has attended training camps for both the Flyers and the Florida Panthers and will be heading to Arizona Coyotes camp this fall.

In addition, four players will be suiting up for the V-Reds after successful careers in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL).

Matt Boudens of Pembroke, Ont. comes to UNB after a breakout year with the Drummondville Voltigeurs.

He was named captain of the team in his final season and finished his QMJHL career with 110 points in 170 games. He will be attending Florida Panthers rookie camp this fall.

Chris Caissy of Campbellton, N.B. is coming off a successful first season with the Moncton Wildcats. Despite missing 15 games due to serious injury, he scored 43 points in 53 games with the Wildcats.

Previously, Caissy starred in the Maritime Junior A Hockey League (MHL), where he won the league championship with the Summerside Western Capitals in 2012-2013 and was named playoff MVP. The Varsity Reds will also be adding some homegrown talent this season.

Peter Trainor, a former Fredericton AAA Canadien, is coming off an incredible QMJHL career in which he put up 218 points in 203 games.

During the 2012-2013 season, he scored 100 points with the Rimouski Oceanic and was named a QMJHL Second Team All-Star.

Lastly, 6’2”, 225-lb defenceman Randy Gazzola has been recruited by the Reds. Gazzola, a native of Thorold, Ont., posted 16 goals and 74 points in 68 games with the Val-d’Or Foreurs last season. He added four goals and 24 points in 24 playoff games, helping

Cam Brace, shown here with the OHL’s Owen Sound Attack, is one of the many new members of the men’s hockey team.

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his team win the 2014 QMJHL title.

UNB has also added veteran defenceman Alex Wall who has spent the past three seasons playing with the

University of Prince Edward Island Panthers.

Fans will get their first look at some of these new recruits when UNB

takes on the St. Thomas Tommies on Monday, Sept. 15 at 7:00 p.m. at the Grant-Harvey Centre.

Women’s soccer open season with sweep of Sea-Hawks Jamie Tozer Sports Editor It was an impressive opening weekend for the UNB Varsity Reds women’s soccer team.

After finishing last season with just four wins, the squad opened the 2014-15 Atlantic University Sport (AUS) regular season with back-to-back victories over the Memorial University (MUN) Sea-Hawks.

The Reds scored a late goal on Saturday to defeat the Hawks 1-0. On Sunday, MUN opened the scoring but

UNB climbed back and won 2-1.

Saturday’s game featured a scoreless first half with shots 5-3 in favour of MUN. Goalkeeper Sami-Jo Bell, playing in her first season with the V-Reds after transferring from Saint Mary’s, had a strong first half and recorded four saves.

In the second half, the Reds outshot the Hawks 4-3. It wasn’t until the 87th minute that Laura McNicholas scored the lone goal of the match, giving the visitors a 1-0 victory.

Saturday’s win marked the first time since 2007 that the women’s squad

registered a win in their season opener.

On Sunday, MUN’s Emily Bailey scored an unassisted goal in the 12th minute to give the home side a 1-0 lead. But just over two minutes later, Kayla Painter netted her first of the AUS season on a penalty kick to tie things at 1-1. The Hawks outshot the Reds 4-2 in the opening half.

Painter scored her second of the game in the 57th minute and that proved to be the winner. Nicola Small picked up an assist on the goal. UNB outshot MUN 4-3 in the second half.

Bell earned the win in net in both

games, making six stops on Saturday and two on Sunday.

It’s certainly a promising start to the season for UNB who not only missed the playoffs last season with a 4-7-2 record, but also went just 1-5-1 on the road.

The V-Reds kick off the home portion of their regular season schedule this weekend at BMO Centre. On Saturday at 1 p.m., the Reds host last year’s AUS Champions, the Cape Breton Capers.

On Sunday at 1 p.m. they host the Acadia Axewomen, the team the Capers defeated in the 2013 AUS final.

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Six-point weekend for men’s soccer Reds score late on Sunday to complete sweep in Newfoundland Jamie Tozer Sports Editor Some late-game heroics on Sunday gave the UNB Varsity Reds men’s soccer team a six-point weekend.

A goal in the 90th minute gave the Reds a 2-1 win over the Memorial University (MUN) Sea-Hawks on Sunday afternoon. The win came a day after the V-Reds defeated the Hawks 4-0 to open up their 2014-15 Atlantic University Sport (AUS) regular season

schedule.

The scoring didn’t start until the 32nd minute on Saturday as Oliver Jones — who had picked up a yellow card less than 10 minutes prior — netted an unassisted marker. Shots in the opening half were 5-3 in favour of the V-Reds.

UNB opened the floodgates in the second half. Kellen Kuipers scored in the 66th minute to make it 2-0 Reds.

In the 81st minute, Marcus Lees scored to make it 3-0 and that was followed by an Eric Frey goal in the

dying minutes of the match. Shots in the second half were 6-2 UNB. Sunday’s match featured a scoreless first half with shots 4-3 in favour of MUN. In the second, MUN’s Tyler Forsey scored in the 70th minute to give the home side a 1-0 advantage. But less than five minutes later, Diego Padilha scored to tie things at 1-1. Then in the 90th minute, Shea Nordheim scored to give the Reds a dramatic 2-1 victory.

Shots in the half were 8-2 Reds.

Aaron McMurray started in net for

UNB on Saturday and made two saves for the shutout. On Sunday, Brandon Eagle made four saves in the win.

UNB has finished the AUS regular season in first place in each of the past two seasons. Last season they went 8-2-3 and won the AUS Championship.

The V-Reds play twice at home this weekend. On Saturday at BMO Centre, the Cape Breton Capers take on UNB at 3:15 p.m. On Sunday, the Reds host the Acadia Axemen at 3:15 p.m.

Reds Notebook: Cross country V-Reds preparing for new running season Jamie Tozer Sports Editor The Varsity Reds cross country teams travel to Wolfville, N.S. this weekend to take part in the Acadia Invitational.

The meet is the first of four on the Atlantic University Sport (AUS) regular season schedule.

On the women’s side, head coach Jason Reindl has high hopes for this year’s team.

“Our goal is a top-two finish at the AUS Championships,” Reindl said.

The women’s team finished third at last year’s conference championship behind the champion Dalhousie Tigers and runners up StFX X-Women.

On the men’s side, expectations are a bit lower. “(The goal) is to get back on the podium,” Reindl said. “We haven’t had a guys’ team on the podium for a few years now. Our goal is to just get a medal.”

UNB’s cross country teams, along with their track and field squads, are made up of students from both the Fredericton and Saint John campuses.

While there are some obvious challenges to this setup, Reindl said the team is still able to create chemistry.

“Some of them train in Saint John while some of them do it in Fredericton. On the weekends we get together as one team, we compete, and the kids are all the best of friends like any other team.”

The UNB/STU Invitational takes place on Saturday, Sept. 20 at Odell Park.

Acing Academics The Varsity Reds women’s volleyball team has yet to play a game this season but is already attracting plenty of attention.

This past season, they were the only team in Canadian Interuniver-

The women’s volleyball team is being called “the smartest team in Canada” by the Varsity Reds.

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sity Sport (CIS) to have every player receive straight As. The team had an average GPA of 3.9.

“We’re continually striving to be champions of academic and athletic excellence,” said UNB director of athletics John R ichard in a press release. “We never cease to be blown away by our student-athletes’ achievements. I have no doubt that the dedication and determination they show in these two areas of their lives will play a strong role in their future

successes.”

AUStv Problems UNB soccer fans ran into some bad luck this past weekend as AUStv was unable to webcast the four games from Memorial University. In an email, AUStv support staff wrote they “weren’t able to set up their connection infrastructure in time.” This was the Varsity Reds’ only trip to MUN this regular season.

Hockey Game Change The Varsity Reds men’s hockey

team will play their first home exhibition game a day earlier than originally expected. UNB’s home game against Nipissing University, originally scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 20, has been moved to Friday, Sept. 19 at 7 p.m. The Wiggles were scheduled to perform at the Aitken Centre on Sept.

19 but that show has been moved to The Playhouse.

Fencing Classes at RJCC The UNB Fencing Club hosts instructor-led classes for beginners

on Mondays and Wednesdays from 8 to 9 p.m. in the Hatheway Family Fitness Studio at the Richard J. Currie Center. The first lesson is free and all equipment is provided by the club.

Advanced lessons are also available Mondays and Wednesdays from 9 to 10 p.m. Contact fencing@unb.ca or visit Sites.google.com/site/fencingunb for details. All are welcome.

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Could we start to care about tennis?

Jordan Gill The Griff EDMONTON, AB (CUP)—The popularity of hockey in Canada cannot be understated. It is, and likely always will be, the sport of choice among the majority of Canadians. Most would agree that football would come next in regards to Canadian interest. After that, however, it’s rather a toss-up between three or four other sports.

Based on the records of the Blue Jays and Raptors, the interest in baseball and basketball rises and falls. Soccer tends to get attention during big tournaments such as the World Cup and the European Championships.

None of these sports, however, have been able to break through and join hockey and football as a major sporting interest in Canada.

Milos Raonic and Eugenie Bouchard have been doing their best to thrust tennis into the Canadian conversation.

Raonic had his breakthrough season in 2012, after being named the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Newcomer of the Year in 2011. By the end of 2012, Raonic was 13th in ATP rankings.

Entering play at the final major tournament of the year, the U.S. Open, Raonic is ranked a career high sixth.

On the women’s side, Eugenie Bouchard has enjoyed an even faster rise.

Like Raonic, the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) named Bouchard Newcomer of the Year in 2013.

Bouchard has moved up the WTA rankings with her excellent play in the first three majors. She reached the semifinals at both the Australian Open and the French Open, and even made it to the finals at Wimbledon before losing in straight sets.

Bouchard enters the U.S. Open ranked eighth, one spot below her career high.

Due to the players’ overwhelming success this year — especially at Wimbledon, where Raonic also advanced to the semifinals — Canadians have been paying some long overdue attention to the courts. But what does their success mean long-term? Could tennis do what other secondary sports could not and break into the top tier with hockey and football?

The increasing interest in tennis is similar to what happened in golf when Mike Weir won the Masters in 2003.

That year, Weir set his career high with a world ranking of fifth, after becoming the first Canadian to ever win a major golf title.

Fellow Canadian Stephen Ames enjoyed his best season one year later in 2004, reaching 19th in the world rankings. Just like tennis, golf had two players playing at a high level.

Unfortunately for Weir and Ames, their stay in the top-20 was short-lived.

Both players fell into the 50s just one year later. Today, only Graham DeLaet (40th) is ranked in the top 100.

Based on past results, it would seem as though tennis will only have a chance

Milos Raonic readies for a serve.

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to achieve top-tier status if Raonic and Bouchard can continue their strong play for years to come.

Both are young enough — Raonic is 23 and Bouchard is 20 — to maintain their current success. TSN seems to

be buying in, as they unleashed three additional channels just in time for the U.S. Open.

And even if they were to falter, it doesn’t mean their efforts go unnoticed.

Perhaps the reason the aforementioned

Graham DeLaet is where he is today is because he looked up to and was inspired

by Weir and Ames. Even if Raonic and Bouchard have hit their peak, they have already paved the way for future generations to continue their legacy.

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Fast food, coffee consumption, and the gym: A brief but detailed student guide to healthy(ish) living

A serving of fresh fruit beats poutine any day. aclynjanai/flickr

Ashley Hayes The Cascade ABBOTSFOR D, BC (CUP)—At the start of every semester, I always make the same three promises to myself: I will bring my own food to school and resist the urge to subsist on Tim Horton’s; I will make time to go to the gym so that I don’t feel like a lazy slob; I will not have coffee every day, no matter how exhausted I feel.

If I’m lucky, this lasts for the first week and partway into the second.

Then you start thinking about midterms, papers, assignments, and — if you are even more unfortunate — the dreaded group project. Suddenly caffeine rules your life, the gym is a foreign concept, and a bagel from Tim Horton’s counts as breakfast,

lunch, and dinner.

I have learned that little changes make a big difference. If you are going to eat fast food, use a bit of common sense so you don’t risk heart failure while climbing the stairs in A building.

Fast food tips First, do not supersize, under any circumstances! Even if it’s a great deal, eating to excess will just make you feel gross.

Second, use that smartphone glued to your hand and take a look at the nutrition charts of your favourite fast food places. Sometimes a salad isn’t actually the healthiest option (and a poutine is never the best option, no matter how good it tastes).

Finally, while places like Subway and Pita Pit might seem like healthier options, you can load your wrap

with so much meat and cheese and sauce that a Big Mac would pale in comparison.

Exercise schmexercise?

As far as exercise and being active goes, if you aren’t able to commit to the gym (cost is no excuse thanks to the U-Pass), then commit to small changes in your everyday routine.

Instead of spending 15 minutes looking for the closest parking spot, park farther away and walk to class.

If you get a break during class, stand up and go for a quick walk (and stay away from Tim Horton’s). Try and stretch whenever you get the chance — sitting in class or at a computer for hours on end can be hard on your body, so show it a little love whenever you can. Health and wellness experts all recommend at least 30 minutes of exercise three to four

days a week, but if you can’t make that commitment, just try to move that body whenever you can. It will thank you later!

Cut the caffeine buzz If you don’t want to rely on caffeine to be able to function, make sure you don’t get into that habit at the beginning of the semester.

Anyone who has ever tried to cut out coffee or soft drinks will understand when I say that it’s pretty much the worst feeling ever. The crankiness and the headaches are brutal, and then suddenly you see cans, bottles, and cups everywhere you go, taunting and teasing you. If you must have a warm beverage, try to stick with decaf tea or coffee, but cut out the sugar. No more of this tripletriple nonsense! There are no good substitutes for soft drinks, other

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than good old-fashioned water. Stay well-hydrated and I promise you will feel better.

Catch some zeds A bonus tip: get some sleep. Not in class, but at bedtime — whenever that may be. Even if you stay up until 4:00 a.m. every night, make sure your bedtime stays consistent and that you get enough sleep (seven to eight hours should do for most people). The one thing that will help you have a good sleep is to turn off your electronic devices before crawling into bed. I know that almost no one will take this piece of advice, but you will sleep better if you aren’t staring at your cell phone until the minute you close your eyes and go nighty-night. If you have trouble falling asleep, I would suggest reading one of your many textbooks … it works for me every time!

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NHL expansion seems inevitable Where will the NHL expand next is the big question Kade Gates The Sheaf

Where will the NHL expand to next?

Stephanie Mah/The Sheaf Graphics Editor

SASKATOON, SK (CUP)—Whether a fan of it or not, a National Hockey League expansion is coming.

When the NHL realigned in 2012, it left the conferences unbalanced with 16 teams in the East and only 14 in the West. Experts assumed that expansion was the next logical solution to balance the conferences and needing two western teams, Seattle emerged as a likely destination.

Seattle is a natural target for expansion as they already have multiple Western Hockey League teams in the area. The only competition for interest during the winter is the National Football League’s Seahawks, though they are done their season by February and only play on Sundays.

There are already plans for a new arena in Seattle and the city’s hockey fans would love to be able to avoid the cross border travel to catch an NHL game in Vancouver. The most enticing thought for a Seattle hockey team is the

cross border rivalry with the Vancouver Canucks.

Expansion talk really heated up last week when Las Vegas rose as a possible expansion target.

It has long been discussed whether Las Vegas could support a professional sports team. No one can deny that Sin City is definitely one of the biggest tourist destinations in the United States, but should a professional sports team be tossed in on the strip in between the MGM Grand and the Bellagio? A hockey team in Nevada may sound like a crazy idea, but is it really?

When the NHL expanded south to markets like San Jose, Anaheim, Tampa Bay, Miami and Nashville, most thought that was a doomed venture.

But 20 years later and “non-traditional” hockey markets like California are now not just supporting teams but also pumping out talent. Some markets failed — such as Atlanta, Phoenix and Miami — but that is the price you pay to build new fans; not every shot ends up in the back of the net.

Las Vegas may be the next Atlanta

but it could also be the next San Jose.

If Las Vegas fails then the NHL will deal with it — but it can’t hurt to try.

At first glance, Las Vegas is a sports owner’s nightmare, having to compete with the gambling industry and the other forms of entertainment to get people in the seats to watch your product on the ice. If the NHL is willing to work with the casinos of Las Vegas, filling an arena may not be a worry at all.

There are 30 casinos along the Las Vegas strip, most having hotels — and one thing that plenty of hotels do is offer packages to make the stay more enticing. Hotels could purchase rows of season tickets and offer them as part of packaged deals to tourists to help get to a season ticket quota.

Regardless of what fans initially think, expansion is something owners love as it stuffs their pockets with expansion fee money. Las Vegas and Seattle while not the most traditional hockey markets both have a reasonable chance of success in the NHL and if given the chance, will succeed.

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