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BEATING THE WINTER BLUES WITH SHIVERING SONGS THE BRUNS RECAPS FREDDY’S ANNUAL FESTIVAL

BY SEBASTIAN MAYNARD | PAGE 9

NEW PRIVATE ABORTION CLINIC FOR NEW BRUNSWICK

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‘Sunken Lounge’ issues kept students on their toes Marc Gagnon Staff Reporter

Dean of computer science, Andrew McAllister, speaks to students in the faculty’s student lounge.

Adam Travis / The Brunswickan

The faculty of computer science’s student lounge saw its share of action last week when accessibility issues caused it to close. It reopened less than a week later with a new name and an accessibility policy designed to keep all social events inclusive.

The new changes mean that the “Sunken Lounge” and adjacent Computer Science A ssociat ion lou nge have now been joi nt ly branded the “Faculty of Computer Science Student Success Centre,” with the new policy stating that, among other things, organized events and impromptu activities must take place in both rooms simultaneously.

This solution was reached less than a week after the initial closure was announced and was the result of a collaboration between the students and the dean’s office.

“We got it done in three-and-ahalf days, which if you know how university decision-making is done, is pretty darn fast,” said Andrew McAllister, acting dean of the fac-

ulty of computer science.

“And we came up with a policy where folks regardless of any mobility issues have full and safe access to any activities taking place in the space, which was our goal.”

A popular hangout for many years, the sunken lounge is also notorious for the steep staircase leading to its lower level — impossible for anyone with mobility issues to navigate. While the issue has been known for years, the university has no immediate plans to renovate the space.

On Monday, Jan. 19, an email was sent out from the dean of computer science’s office stating that the room would be immediately closed due to accessibility concerns. It gave no alternate room arrangements or timetable for re-opening.

In a Q& A session held by the dean last Tuesday, students expressed their frustration.

“You’re right, it’s intrinsically unfair,” said McAllister, “but it’s the right thing to do until we know what the right thing is to do from an accessibility and safety point of view.”

“It would be absolutely irrespon-

sible of me and the other members of the planning committee to say that we know there’s a problem, but we’re going to just leave it as it is while we think about it.”

While the closure itself was controversial, the students’ main point of contention revolved around the lack of a clear plan moving forward.

The dean said that he decided to act as soon as he felt student rights were being impacted, independently of university administration.

“We could have taken more time to take action, but we felt it was more responsible to move quickly and to provide information as best we could,” McAllister said. “Do I think it was ideal? No. Do I think it was the best we could do under the circumstances? Quite possibly.”

Despite the frustrations of students at the imperfect handling of the lounge closure, McAllister said he was proud of the speed at which the collaborative group was able to address the problems at hand — making sure to include studentinitiated ideas such as alternate communal space for the week while the lounge was closed.

With files from Adam Travis.

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Cliin 554 is located in the same building as the former Morgentaler Clinic.

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New abortion clinic opens in Fredericton

Emma McPhee News Editor

New Brunswick is once again home to a single private abortion clinic with the opening of Clinic 554, a community clinic that will fill the gap for family practices, reproductive health and LGBTQ services in the province.

The opening of the Clinic 554 was the result of many months of activism and fundraising spurred by the closing of the former private abortion clinic in the province, the Morgentaler Clinic. Reproductive Justice New Brunswick and Fredericton Youth Feminists were two groups that led the charge.

“One of the options that we tried to do was purchase the clinic in the

hopes that a family doctor would be able to come and open a practice and also be able to provide this really, really important ser vice. So we began a crowd-funding campaign where we raised over $125,000, which went to help purchase this clinic,” said Jessi Taylor, a spokesperson for Reproductive Justice New Brunswick.

Clinic 554 is located in the same building as the Morgentaler Clinic.

But it does far more than offer abortions.

“Actually it does way more than [the Morgentaler Clinic]. So where the Morgentaler Clinic had very few services, mostly about abortions, they could help you get an IUD but they didn’t really provide any other

medical services. This is a full-time family practice,” said Taylor.

The new clinic, under the direction of Dr. Adrian Eoin Edgar, will also help relieve the waitlists for family physicians in the province.

“We have taken 600 patients from the waitlist which is really important in a province where many of us are without a doctor, and it’s also open to trans and LGBT folk who are also in need of services and are even less likely to have access to medical services,” Taylor said.

The clinic will offer hormone readiness assessments, counselling ser vices, hormone replacement therapy and many other services for gender variant and transgender patients.

For many, the fact that activism was needed to create the clinic speaks to a greater problem in the province.

“I guess I’m sad about how it came about. I’m not altogether pleased about the hoops people had to jump through. That shouldn’t be necessa r y,” sa id Ca ssa nd ra Long, vice-chair of the UNB/STU Women’s Centre.

Although the opening of Clinic 554 is a step forward in reproductive rights in the province, Taylor said there is still a long way to go.

“So what we had before the Morgentaler clinic closed was already not acceptable,” Taylor said. “Unlike the rest of the services offered that are usually covered by Medi-

care, because it’s not in a hospital, the government refuses to fund abortions in clinic settings.”

“The $700 to $800 fee that a woman needs to pay for [abortions] makes it really, really difficult for some people to access it.”

The New Brunswick government will fund abortions but only when they are done in a hospital. Only two hospitals in the province offer abortion services — the Bathurst Chaleur Regional Hospital and the Moncton Hospital.

“It’s so good to have such an important service in Fredericton and unfortunately it does really little for people who are further away. But it’s one more option, one more place,” Taylor said.

Summer Institute reopens for business Benjamin Crouse News Reporter Calling all student entrepreneurs: the Summer Institute is now accepting applications.

The Summer Institute is a program at UNB that offers everyone 19 or older a chance to design and start their own business.

“It’s a three-month entrepreneurship accelerator, and we focus on businesses that wouldn’t qualify for venture capital.

What we’re trying to do is fill gaps in the entrepreneurship ecosystem in the province,” said the Summer Institute’s coordinator, Gracen Johnson.

The program takes place on UNB campus from May 4 to July 31. No fee is required to take part in the program and basic living costs are covered by the institute over the summer.

“We help people that want to start businesses that are not maybe going to be huge businesses, but are going to provide employment for themselves and maybe a few other people,” said Johnson.

This is only the second year that the Summer Institute has been offering this program.

“Last year was a pilot. Nothing like this has been done before. New Brunswick primarily focuses on helping tech businesses,” said Dhirendra Shukla, chair of

the J. Herbert Smith Centre of Technology Management and Entrepreneurship.

Despite being relatively new to Fredericton, the Summer Institute has had several success stories, including the clothing company Wear Your Label.

“They have a fashion company looking to create clothing that makes you feel really good and fights the stigmas around mental health and encourages positive conversation,” Johnson said.

All of Wear Your Label’s clothing is designed by individuals experiencing mental illness.

“They finished the program last year, did really well throughout the program, and decided that they wanted to gradu-

ate into a downtown location. In doing so they’ve actually helped develop this shared office space for a number of creative and self-employed people in town,” said Johnson.

Anna Mathis, a fiber artist, is another success story. She has been featured in several art exhibitions and has begun selling her work.

The goal of the institute is to offer opportunities to upcoming businesses that aren’t focused on technology, but rather art and culture.

“Most people don’t give arts much credit. When everyone is being critical, I want to be the one to embrace the arts,” Shukla said.

“There’s so many opportunities out there for people that have a tech start-up ... and there aren’t that many opportunities for people who want to start a regular old business,” said Johnson. “These are the places that define every city in the whole world — like, Picaroons has completely changed Fredericton,” she said.

A key part of the program is to teach young entrepreneurs how to run a business, rather than have somebody run one for them.

“We created this culture of support with everyone helping each other to push them ahead and forward,” said Shukla.

“I just want to make sure, as we make changes, that we don’t lose that.”

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Doin’ it in the dark Benjamin Crouse News Reporter

Turning off unneeded lights could win some students prizes and bragging rights: the Residence Energy Challenge is back for its sixth year at UNB. The Residence Energy Challenge is a competition between residences to reduce energy and spread awareness about sustainable living habits.

The challenge began last Friday at McConnell Hall with the Dine in the Dark event. All lights were shut off and replaced with LED candles during dinner in an attempt to save energy.

“The focus is really just getting students involved and engaged,” said Danielle Smith, the sustainability coordinator at UNB Facilities Management.

“The more we can make this a fun activity, the more they’re going to look forward to it. Our slogan this year is ‘Do it in the dark.’ “ Residences compete against each other in this competition. At the end of the two weeks, the average amount of energy each house saved will be calculated. The residence that saves the highest percentage of energy will win.

“As sort of an incentive, during that two week period, the house with the most acts of green will be entered into a draw for some prizes,” said Smith.

However, that’s not where the competition ends. The total amount of energy saved by UNB as a campus will then be compared to five other Atlantic universities: Mount Allison University, the University of Prince Edward Island, St. Francis Xavier University, Dalhousie University and Mount Saint Vincent University.

“We’ve also ... created a team of house captains for the challenge and they’ll be putting on events within

their house and updating their house Facebook pages,” Smith said.

There aren’t many rules to the challenge, but sabotaging another residence won’t be tolerated. For example, participants can’t turn on a residence’s lights or change their breaker settings.

“There have been some pretty competitive years and I have heard some stories about people unplugging vending machines and doing a whole bunch of crazy stuff to try to reduce their energy load,” said Smith.

The Residence Energy Challenge began in 2009 and UNB won the challenge over all other participating Atlantic universities.

“Really the end goal of this is to

raise student awareness about energy use and how their day to day behaviours have in impact on that,” said Tim Cross, energy coordinator at UNB Facilities Management.

“Energy use and how to save energy is an extremely valuable life lesson that we hope to instill in the students. The university takes energy savings and sustainability very seriously and is very committed, so we wanted to reach out to the student body,” said Cross.

The challenge will continue until Feb. 6, for a total of two weeks.

For updates on your house’s energy load, check out the UNB Sustainability Facebook page and Twitter feed: @UNB_Sustain.

McConnell Hall hosted a Dine in the Dark event last Friday.

Adam Travis/ The Brunswickan

Francophone identity imperative FranÇAY What?

Alec Boudreau As I have told you previously, I am the president of the Fédération de la jeunesse canadienne-française (FJCF). But what is that, anyway?

It’s a national non-profit that (1) is the spokes organization for 14- to 25-year-old French-speaking youth across Canada, (2) operates employment programs that put more than 700 students to work each year, (3) holds three national events, one of which has over 1,000 participants, and (4) supports a network of 11

similar organizations in almost every province and territory.

Like in any minority, francophone youth need these events to fully grow into their identities. The FJCF brings them together to meet people and have life-changing experiences in their native (or chosen) tongue. It is imperative that young people are able to appropriate their identities in order for them to live them confidently and to shape them for a new generation. Anglo Canada has enacted terrible assimilation policies in our history. Organizations like ours are our response.

At the end of the day, what we do is empowerment. People who pass through the FJCF and the network’s 11 provincial and territorial organizations are always very quick to state how important they were to their development. They came through our programs and found an incredibly supportive network of like-minded people with similar

experiences who were just as happy to find a tribe. They were engaged in st imulat ing d iscussions and introduced to ideas that they would never have encountered otherwise.

They felt that they mattered and were made part of something important.

My role in all of this is to keep it working. As president, I am in charge of the good governance of the organization, am the official spokesperson and representative, and am in charge of carrying out the board’s decisions. I also facilitate the board, most of them younger than 20, in setting a vision for the organization and carrying it out — in short, what all non-profit presidents do. I do it because I want to give back and because I think that I can take the organization, and its members, further. I believe that we are creating the next generation of Canadian leaders, and want to know that we’re doing it right.

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POLITICAL CHATTER

Stacey Taylor It wouldn’t be a new year without resolutions.

Many of us are determined to make positive

changes in our lives, like prying ourselves off of the couch and becoming more physically activeandfit.Thisisagoodthing—butdon’t believe everything you hear.

Thefitnessindustryisloadedwithsnake-oil salesmen selling empty promises and providing misguided advice that preys on those who know what their fitness goals are, but have no ideahowtoachievethem.What’sworseisthat the world of fitness is filled with the proverbial cornucopiaofequipment,programs,at-home DVDs, famous TV personal trainers, and a whole wonderland of gyms. Many of these gimmickspromisethatifyou“stick-with-thisyou-will-look-and-feel-like-the-famous-and-

Common fitness myths debunked or-photo-shopped-person-endorsing-thisproduct-does!” Don’t fall for it.

AlinaCress,programcoordinatorofUNB Recreation Services, debunks some common fitness myths to help us make positive choices on our way to improving personal wellness.

Myth#1:Doingsit-upswillflattenmybelly.

Sorry—spottreatingexerciseswillnothelp you lose weight in a targeted area. Weight loss occurs systemically — simply put, it occurs throughout the entire body. Therefore losing weight in specific areas of your body does not happen by doing exercises that only use one part of your body. Stick to a well-rounded program that encourages you to use all your major muscle groups.

Myth#2:Exercisinginthe“FatBurning” zone defined on cardio equipment burns fat.

Wrong.Withoutgettingtoomuchintothe nitty-gritty about exercise physiology, fat — in partnership with other sources — is used as energy (“burned”) when we are working at a lesser intensity, i.e. in an aerobic state. However, working at higher intensities requires more energy expenditure, and higher energy expenditures equal more calories burned.

Therefore think about adding some higherintensity intervals to your workout rather than a lower-intensity steady state.

Myth #3: If you want to lose weight, do cardio.

While cardiovascular training is certainly important for your overall health, keep in mind that most energy metabolism (caloric burning) takes place in your muscles. Do you remember high school biology when you learned about the cell and its various components? What about the mitochondrion?

Hint: we all know it as the “power house of the cell” or the cell’s “furnace.” What I’m getting at is that the more muscle you have and/or the better quality your muscle is, you will have an increased number and more efficient little power houses that will be burning calories. Therefore be sure to incorporate resistance (weight) training into your regular exercise routine.

Myth #4: “No Pain, No Gain” Ifithurts,don’tdoit.Exerciseshouldnotbe a physically painful experience. Sure there are times when it is difficult and uncomfortable, but it is important to know the difference be-

tweenpainanddiscomfort.Painiswhenyour bodyistellingyouthataninjuryisoccurringor reoccurring,andthat’snotgood.Discomfort, however, is when you are aware that whatever you are doing is not particularly enjoyable, but it is safe for you to keep going. Know that burning sensation you get in your muscles when working hard? That’s uncomfortable, right? But guess what? It’s normal and it’s safe to experience. On the other hand, that sharp, rippingfeelingyoufeelwhenstretchingdeeply?

Stop!That’sbad!Thereforelistentoyourbody and don’t be a hero, because pain is not there to bring you any gain.

Myth #5: One Machine Can do it All Nope!Therearealotoffancymachinesout there,mostofwhicharebackedbyprettyconvincingtestimonials,butwehavetoremember the old adage ‘if it’s too good to be true...” So perhaps the “MuscleFlex-5000’ isn’t what it is cracked up to be. To be perfectly honest, there is only one machine that can — for the most part — do it all ... your body. Therefore choose a variety of movements, exercises, environments and equipment (or perhaps no equipment) to achieve your desired goals.

Mockery of those in poverty must end AN OPINION

Micah O’Donnell-Gillies I feel about Mark Mancini the same way that TLC feels about scrubs: a scrub is a guy who won’t get any love from me.

Itwasanicegesture.Ahandacrosstheaisle.

That precious moment where polar opposites discover common ground.

Yet, through the cultivation of that common ground, a difficulty is pronounced. In last week’s column, Mancini commented that “We should all, no matter our position on the political spectrum, first acknowledge thatpovertyisbothsocially,economically,and morally repugnant. [sic]” All of a sudden my childhood and family

are repugnant. We are distasteful, a counterforce to prosperity, the undesirable detritus of capitalism. An often invisible portion of New Brunswick is abhorrent or cringe-worthy. An even larger portion of the world is revolting, disgusting.

Mancini and I agree that a minimum income is a step in the right direction, a solution to financial destitution. Mancini was even kind enough to acknowledge that amidst my leftist propaganda there are a few cute sentiments. You know, us leftists are nice to the poor.

What’s disheartening, what I find repugnant, is that even if poverty as we know it becomes a thing of the past, society will still discover ways to ensure that there is a lower class. Minimum incomes? Awesome. But wait, then those who live off the minimum become the new underclass. The bottom rung. Capitalism’s stool.

Ideas of the poor as repugnant need to evolve. Notions of the poor existing below us, dirtier than us, and not as deserving as us need changing. Poverty sucks on its own. It doesn’t need university graduates deriding it.

Here’s my brotherly gesture: Mancini’s comments are perfectly timed. Oxfam released a report last week which found that 1% of the global population will own 50% of the wealth by next year. By next year, there are going to be even more repugnant people in the world.

That comments are being made about the poor makes me optimistic. There was a time that those in poverty were veiled by tenements, hidden by long work days, and left unacknowledged by political discourse.

At the very least, today, we are addressing them — even if for the sake of ridicule.

There is an idea that poverty needs erasing, that it needs to be politely amputated from advanced society. Some individuals carry the impression that poverty is a disease, that those living in trailer parks, on the margins of the city, and in ghettos need to either be made to disappear or follow the unattainable steps towards the American dream (study, marry, spend and die).

But to get rid of poverty is to discover new and more elaborate ways to stratify humanity.

A new poverty will arise. A fresh foundation

will be built on which to propagate prejudice.

What needs changing is Western society’s notion that poverty is a mold on the loaf of bread we call our nation.

Prejudice works on all kinds of footing, be it race, gender or belief. With poverty, it is class prejudice that justifies the derision of those who put sliced wieners on their pizza because pepperoni is too pricey. Class prejudice is a system where wealth equates to power and meaning while poverty equates to exploitation and futility.

Class prejudice is perpetuated by believing that those in poverty, whether they be the wholesome working class or the more often challenged underclass, are repugnant by their own agency, their own pathology, instead of through structural failures. Poverty is a characteristic of capitalism, not a hapless circumstance.

Western society and economy are based on hierarchies: the wealthy and the poor, the strong and the weak, the good and the bad.

Capitalism, the haughty god of our nation, insists on hierarchies existing. It’s no mistake that a class of poor people are needed to prop

up a rich class of people. It is in fact exactly how our nation was made to function.

We can hand out (or hand up?) minimum incomes—andyes,meandManciniagreeon that. However, mockery of those in poverty, those on the bottom of the economy, must end. Whatever space in society you inhabit is a humanspace.Itshouldberecognizedassuch.

To acknowledge the poor as human, as a part of our society and not a repugnant facet creates a threat to capitalism. A threat to capitalism is not a scary thing. It is not a communist state. It is not a dictatorship. It is not leftist indoctrination. Threatening capitalism means the promotion of humanism. Challenging capitalism is a step towards radically promoting that every person, dirty or clean, rich or poor, repugnant or worthy, have a vital spark of human life in them that should never go unappreciated.

Finally, my dear co-columnist and colleague, to quote Carolyn Chute, one of America’s great poor authors, if you “treat us like dogs, we will become wolves.”

Mr. Mancini, and I mean this, thanks for starting the discussion.

The queer question

LGBTQRAZY

Lee Thomas Queer. Queer. Queer. Is it a slur? Is it an identity? Is it okay to say? No one seems to know what exactly the deal is with this little five-letter word. I don’t claim to be an expert – which is rare for me – but here’s a bit of a deconstruction of the queer question.

Unsurprisingly, queer has historically

been a word used to dehumanize LGBTQ people – I mean, queer literally means different and weird, and the use of that word to describe people’s orientations demonizes those people and, subsequently, rationalizes cruelty against them.

Seems like this word sucks, right?

But brutal history aside, for a lot of LGBTQ people, queer is a convenient umbrella term that encompasses every sexual, gender, and romantic identity.

While the commonly-used “LGBTQ” acronym includes lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and two-spirit, and queer/ questioning peoples, it leaves out identities like asexual, intersex, pansexual, etc, and a collective “queer” helps to fill that gap.

Other umbrella acronyms, such as MOGAI (marginalized orientations, genders, and intersex) or GSRM (gender, sexual,

and romantic minorities) have yet to gain any traction in mainstream conversation.

Given those circumstances, “queer” seems to be a great choice. It is an organically reclaimed term – think the rallying cries of “We’re here! We’re queer!” by activist groups like Queer Nation in the ‘90s. In a Tyrion Lannister-esque turn of events, LGBTQ people took a word that has been used against them, and they have made it their armour.

However.

There is a growing number of LGBTQidentified people who are speaking out about the word queer as a collective term.

The power of reclaiming slurs lies in the active embrace of that slur, of choosing to acknowledge its past and build on its future. Some folks are unwilling to do that, and that’s absolutely their right. I probably

wouldn’t be comfortable identifying with a term that was barked at me as I was thrown in a locker. I happen to come from a high school with more “faggot”-minded bullies.

So where does that leave us?

On the one hand, I personally love the word “queer”. It’s exactly as forceful and poetic and ambiguous as I need it to be.

To me, queer is political – it’s something I choose to be, whereas being bisexual is something I simply am. Queer acknowledges the absence of lines between genders and sexualities, and questions the assumptions we have about relationships and personhood.

However, I would never want to force that identity on anyone else. There are lots of people in the LGBTQ communities who want to be, say, gay, without being

queer. That is absolutely their right, and there is a big difference between being choosing to enter a box and being forced into it.

This does pose us with a problem, though. The LGBTQ community is in dire need of a collective term. We need something that allows people to speak to our shared experiences, while not alienating or excluding members of our communities. It’s a tall order, for sure, and I don’t seek to offer an answers. I just know that arguing about whether or not “queer” is universal or offensive is not the solution, and it is only by working together and acknowledging our differing experiences that we can get anything meaningful done.

Like, let the queers be queer, but remember that we’re not the only ones here.

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The Banff Mountain Film Festival will be taking place on Jan. 30 and 31 at The Fredericton Playhouse.

Michael Maynard/The Brunswickan

Banff Mountain Film Festival returns to Fredericton Kevin Lemieux Arts Reporter The Banff Mountain Film Festival will be making a stop in Fredericton on Jan. 30 and 31, hosted for the second year in a row at The Fredericton Playhouse.

Terr y Melanson is vice president external for the UNB Rock and Ice Club, the group that runs the festival in Fredericton. He explains why the festival recently moved to the Playhouse.

“ Year af ter year, t he fest iva l would be sold out on campus. We would have people sitting in the aisles and that would break f ire codes. So last year, for our 20th anniversary, we decided to host it at the Playhouse.”

The Playhouse also boosted revenue and interest in town. Melanson said that they are already close to selling out both nights.

For $15 a night, viewers get to see a series of short f ilms along with two or three longer f ilms.

Melanson describes the f ilms as funny and cool adventures.

“There’s a great mix of f ilms.

And Then We Swam is the story of two guys who have no rowing experience who decide to travel a long distance. Then, the boat f lips over. Suf fer Fest 2 is t he story of two guys biking from one climate to another and suffering through it. It might sound serious but they are actually a funny duo.”

The festival used to have a cer-

tain crowd that it attracted: 20-40 year olds who are active. But with their move to the Playhouse last year, Melanson sa id t hat more people are coming out to see the f ilms.

“There’s a whole mix of people.

We see families with young children and we also see older people come out.”

The UNB Rock and Ice Club has been around for almost 30 years. Their long history on campus is to promote climbing, and

they have different classes and events throughout the year. The f ilm festival is a fundraiser for the group.

Mela n son bel ieves ever yone shou ld come to t he fest iva l as they will not only get to see great f ilms, but t heir perspect ive of things may change.

“When people leave the theater, they look inspired. They want to live more active lifestyles or get out and go on an adventure.”

UNB students look for film funding Kevin Lemieux Arts Reporter

Combining education with hands-on experience is something that universities are not always known for, but one UNB class is getting the best of both worlds.

EvenMarks Media Productions, also known as MACC 4001 Advanced Production, is currently in the preproduction period of their film “The Last Take.”

Recent UNB graduate Alex Donovan wrote the script, originally written for Rob Gray’s short film class.

“When I first wrote it, it was dark and edgy. Then I met with Douglas Glover [2013 Artist-in-Residence] and he told me to make the film more real.”

“The Last Take” is a short drama and takes audiences through the struggles of a young man as he attempts to fill

the void left by the death of his older brother. When his sister pays him a visit, she forces him to deal with his feelings.

The script was auctioned off and Donovan no longer has much control over it. But for the six students in EvenMarks Media Productions, this is just the beginning.

They have launched an Indiegogo campaign to help with the production of the film.

Elizabeth Sterritt is the assistant director and producer of the film. She hopes they will collect the $1,500 they are asking for.

“We just launched the campaign and so far so good. But we do have a ways to go as of now. We are confident that we will reach our goal with the continued support of the community.”

Money raised from the campaign will help rent equipment, pay actors, get the

film distributed and buy food for cast and crew. The crowd-funding page is open until Feb. 13.

Donovan says that the class is currently working on shot lists and auditions and the shooting should begin at the end of February. Sterritt says everything is moving along smoothly.

“We are in the process of casting our actors. We have a few more weeks of pre-production before we start filming.

In all, it’s going very well and we are very excited to get filming.”

Donovan mentioned that the class was hoping to eventually submit it to film festivals, like Silver Wave, and get it listed on IMDb. “This is a great opportunity for people to support a group of students who are in their final year of film and will be using this project to kickstart their career.”

Students from UNB are in the pre-production stages of their film “The Last Take.”

Adam Travis/The Brunswickan

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on What’s YOUR eek? w s i h t mind

What is your favourite Super Bowl food?

Kathryn Whelan

Nikki Roberts

Bekah Young

Caleb Dow

Chad Gautreau

“Edible food stadiums with dips and stuff because they’re cool!”

“Beer and nachos.”

“Pizza and beer.”

“Nachos.”

“Hot wings.”

Kevin Kostynski

Kyle Kostynski

Brittany Lyons

Micheal McSorley

Chhase McFarlen

“Nachos and a cold one.”

“Dip.”

“Pizza.”

“Chicken wings.”

“Nachos.”

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ENBICON finds home at Capital Exhibit Centre Sebastian Maynard Arts Editor Between Jan. 31 and Feb. 1, the gaming convention ENBICON will be taking place at the Capital Exhibit Centre in downtown Fredericton.

This is only the second year that the event is taking place at the Exhibit Centre, though previously the UNB Student Union Building was its home.

“ENBICON ran for around six years, back in the late eighties and early nineties, originally running in the SUB Ballroom,” explained Rick

Gaigneur, who is helping organize this year’s event.

“At the t ime it was part ially funded and supported by the Student Union. Eventually, the main organizers and motivators graduated from university, and the decision was made to move it to one of the local hotels.”

While the event lasted a few more years, interest waned and ENBICON was eventually discontinued.

“Now, gaming as a hobby and industry has seen a resurgence like never before, and the convention was resurrected, primarily through the

efforts of organizer Julian Christie with the assistance and encouragement of the great staff at the Capital Exhibit Centre,” said Gaigneur.

Gaigneur, who is also a supervisor at the UNB Computer Sales Centre, said that for most people, getting a chance to try new games and meet new people is the highlight of the weekend.

“The big events currently scheduled include a large tournament for the Battletech miniatures game on Saturday, along with tournaments for Flames of War, Warmachine,

Hordes and more.”

Along with games for beginners and veterans, there will also be an auction with portions of the proceeds going to the SPCA. “This is the opportunit y for attendees to get rid of stuff they don’t want or need anymore, while supporting a great cause,” said Gaigneur.

A costume contest, board games, and learning sessions will also be found at the event, which is estimated to see a couple of hundred people visit.

“Over two hundred came out last year, and I see no reason to expect fewer this year,” said Gaigneur.

“We hope there is something for everybody. Events for kids, new board games and tournaments for old favourites.”

ENBICON is part of a growing trend of social gaming events in the city. From The Capital’s weekly event, Arts and Crafts Wednesdays, to the soon-to-be-opened board game cafe, Unplugged, Fredericton has another artistic interest that is helping change the look of the city.

Theatre UNB’s Our Country’s Good runs from Jan. 27-31

Marc Gagnon Staff Reporter

What differentiates a criminal from an aristocrat?

According to Our Country’s Good, the new production from Theatre UNB, not much more than the clothes on their backs.

Written in 1990 by British playwright Timberlake Wertenbaker, the play revolves around a sorry lot of criminals in 1780s Australia, when it was less a nation and more a dumping ground for the human refuse of the British Empire. Against this sordid backdrop, a group of sympathetic guards attempt to pass the time through staging a play with their inmates — and in the process, re-discover their shared humanity.

For director Len Falkenstein, this was a chance to stage one of the most acclaimed and produced plays of the last 25 years, and one he’s taught personally in the past.

“It tells a fascinating true story from history, it has a sharp edge of political and social commentary in its critical examination of such things as the ideology behind colonialism and the brutal class and gender divisions in 18th century society, and it contains a mixture of profound and poignant drama and emotion alongside a lot of great comedy and comic moments,” he explained.

Far from a lightweight drama, Our Country’s Good draws heavily upon many contemporary themes while telling its story — nature vs. nurture, the transformative power of theatre, and the arbitrary class divisions that have long kept society divided.

“The play shows that the dif-

ference between an upper-class lord and a low-life pickpocket is purely a matter of the level of wealth they were born into, and the clothes they have to wear — there’s nothing natural or right about those distinctions,” said Falkenstein. “So theatre is dangerous because it shows how artificial those distinctions are.”

Our Country’s Good also requires its actors to play dual — and in some cases, triple — roles, switching between officers and prisoners on the fly. For actress Kat Hall, who plays two characters — convict Liz Morden and Lieutenant George Johnston — the role offers some fresh challenges.

“Liz is an interesting character to play — I’ve never had to play ‘scary’ before,” she said. “There’s a lot of dark stuff going on with her, and she follows a pretty dramatic character arc. I’ve played multiple characters in a show before — TUNB’s The Odyssey relied heavily on that. I played everything from Helen of Troy to a pig, so this isn’t too bad for myself.”

Ultimately, Falkenstein hopes that the audience will learn to empathize with the play’s roster of seemingly incorrigible criminals.

“You learn how they ended up where they are, often as a result of circumstances that are heart-wrenching and beyond their control,” he said.

“We like to keep our criminals faceless and anonymous — it better allows us to believe they are bad people, unlike us, who deserve where they end up.

The play shows that is often deeply untrue.”

Our Country’s Good runs Jan. 27 to Jan. 31 nightly at Memorial Hall.

The show starts at 8 p.m., doors open at 7:45 p.m. Tickets: $15 regular admission, $10 senior, $8 student.

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Shivering Songs proves to be a winter highlight Sebastian Maynard Arts Editor “What next?”

There’s a moment’s pause as the crowd waits for the rhetorical question to be answered, because truthfully if they were asked what song Owen Pallett should play next, most of them probably wouldn’t have an answer.

“More bummer jams,” he concludes with a smile. The crowd leans back in their respective church pews and gets ready for the next musical adventure that Pallett will take them on.

Though many of the names at this year’s Shivering Songs didn’t have the draw that festivals like Harvest Jazz & Blues bring in, shows were full throughout the weekend, and once the audiences had arrived, the musicianship took over.

Pallett was arguably the biggest name on a roster that included the likes of Buck 65, Bry Webb and Zeus, and the festival certainly seemed to be a success, partly because of the music but also because of the venues and people involved that made the whole thing accessible in a way that most music festivals are not.

Gabrielle Papil-

A variety of musicians and artists spent the weekend in Fredericton for the Shivering Songs Festival.

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lon and Bry Webb, for example, played at the Urban Almanac downtown. The musicians performed in front of spices and frying pans that were available for purchase from the general store, and at the entrance there was tea and other refreshments. Owen Steel performed outdoors beside a fire while Buck 65 and Zeus had their show at the Boyce Farmers Market.

Webb offered people the ability to barter for merchandise, as he was tired of carrying it around, and Rachel Ries was selling homemade jam at her Capital performance on Thursday night. Though most of the artists performing have all played bigger shows and with bigger names (it seems that the festival line-up was all about who you know: Ries has toured with Bon Iver, Pallett has worked with Arcade Fire and Webb is the lead singer of the Constantines), they all seemed content with their venues, as well as the new and old fans that came out.

Like the locations, the music itself was eclectic. There were the more traditional folk sounds present, through voices of Ries and Papillon (Papillon reminds of Daughter’s Elena Tonra at times) and the gruff-singing Webb. Hip-hop, indie, classical and electronic were also well repre-

sented.

Every musician thanked the people at Shivering Songs for organizing the event, and the sentiment came across as more than just words. If you looked around in the crowd you would often see a different band watching the current performance, or Sean Michaels quietly taking in the music. Michaels was part of the festival as well, as the author spoke with Buck 65 and others at Wilmot United Church.

In between songs someone would come and congratulate him on his latest book, or go to the previous band and talk about their great performance.

The musicians spoke to the audience, and the audience felt comfortable enough to talk back. Shows were lighthearted and short enough that you didn’t fall asleep, making them the perfect getaway for the middle of January.

After Pallett’s performance on Saturday night, the audience bundled up and left the warm church to be welcomed by a snowstorm. The streets had yet to be ploughed and people were walking in the middle of the road, following tire tracks.

This is winter in Fredericton, and like the snow, Shivering Songs is becoming something you can count on.

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The Brunswickan’s Food & Liquor: Market food

Sebastian Maynard

Devin Patterson

Samosa Delite

Crepes de Banks

When you are hungry, the market can be a bit of an overwhelming place. I couldn’t decide on all the options; a breakfast pizza or maybe a poutine, but in the end the cosmos directed me towards a market classic: samosas from Samosa Delite. My personal favourite is the hot veggie samosa, but they have a variety of flavors and sauces that are great to snack on or bring home for later. My recommendation is to get enough for both, enjoy a few in the morning and I promise any that are left will be gone by Sunday morning.

Consisting of raspberries and banana chunks drizzled with Nutella wrapped in a freshly made crepe, I found ”Sarah’s Favourite” a nice change from the regular meat-heavy offerings at the market. Running from $6 to $8, the price is about average for market food. Service can be slow as the crepes are only made one at a time, but a little wait time is common for many market staples. Gyros, sausages and samosas are all solid offerings, but none of them say “good morning” like a warm crepe.

Adam Travis

A Taste of Greek

Hans the German – Wagschal Farm

It was a very enjoyable first visit of 2015 for me. I started my market trip off with some fresh OJ from Dalton’s. Then we walked around for ages trying to decide on what to have; for me I was torn between Chinese and Greek food. I settled on a beef gyro from A Taste of Greek, which was delicious, but it’s a messy kind of delicious. We tried an all day breakfast pizza from Milda’s Croissants & Wood Fired Pizza, which was really too good to share. And then ended the day with a coffee from Whitney’s, which should be in the running for best coffee in the city.

At the market I opted for something I hadn’t had before. Normally I tend to migrate towards the samosas and donairs, but this time I went for schnitzel on a bun at the Hans farmers stand. I had never been there before, but they are known for their meat products, especially sausages. It was essentially a schnitzel hamburger, with a breaded cutlet in the middle and cooked onions with sauerkraut to add a sweet and tangy flavor. It was pretty filling and really tasty, which obviously gives it top marks from me.

Mathieu Wong

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Songs of the week Sebastian Maynard Arts Editor

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WEDNESDAY, JAN. 28 Aphex Twin— “Diskhat ALL Prepared1mixed [snr2mix]” Aphex Twin’s Syro is only a couple of months old, but the UK producer has decided to keep the music coming after his 13-year hiatus. On Jan. 23 he released Computer Controlled Acoustic Instruments Pt2, which features as its opening track “Diskhat ALL Prepared1mixed [snr2mix].”

The song starts off sounding like it belongs in a 1980s spy thriller, but soon expands to feature a hip-hop inspired drum machine and chiming bells that redefine the mood of the song as it progresses.

Spidey The Mentalist UNB SUB, 8 p.m., $5

THURSDAY, JAN. 29 Hey Rosetta!

The Playhouse, 7:30 p.m., $27

FRIDAY, JAN. 30 Banff Film Festival World Tour The Playhouse, Jan. 30-31, $14.74 Bob Dylan— “Stay With Me” On Feb. 3, Bob Dylan will be releasing Shadows in the Night, a tensong album that will consist entirely of Frank Sinatra covers. Dylan will be performing tracks like “Some Enchanted Evening,” “Full Moon and Empty Arms,” and the recently released “Stay With Me.” While Dylan wouldn’t be able to match Sinatra’s voice at the best of times, he is able to make the track his own with a pedal steel and a refrained strumming guitar. Dylan’s voice carries a raspy-ness that he has acquired with old age, though traces of his old distinctive voice creep in from time to time.

Fat Camp, Sam Salmon, David R. Elliott & The Pull The Cellar, 10:30 p.m., $5

SATURDAY, JAN. 31 ENBICON The Capital Exhibit Centre, Jan. 31-Feb. 1, $10 Art Battle 216 Charlotte Street Arts Centre, 7:30 p.m., $15

SUNDAY, FEB. 1 Pops Staples — “Somebody Was Watching” A year before his death in 2000, Pops Staples recorded his final tracks, which will finally be released in February of this year. Staples’s daughter and her collaborative partner, Jeff Tweedy, put the album together. The record will see Tweedy playing the bass, while his 18-year-old son provided the drums. On “Somebody Was Watching,” an era of gospel singers and twangy guitars are brought to a modern audience. Don’t Lose This is due out on Feb. 17 and it will certainly be worth a listen. I mean, look at the album artwork. It’s great.

edVentures Egg Tempera Painting Workshop New Brunswick College of Craft & Design, 9 a.m., $80 Fredericton Concert and Marching Band “Freddy Goes to Hollywood” Concert Kinsella Auditorium (STU), 7 p.m., admission by donation

MONDAY, FEB. 2 Groundhog Day

Tobias Jesso Jr.— “How Could You Babe” Vancouver singer-songwriter Tobias Jesso Jr. will be releasing his debut album in March, and though there isn’t much music to go by yet, the future of the Canadian musician is exciting. The album is set to feature some production from the Black Keys’ Patrick Carney, and will deal with Jesso’s time spent going between Vancouver and Los Angeles. Vocal comparisons are easy to make for Jesso, as he sounds like everyone from John Lennon to Jet’s Nic Cester or Jack’s Mannequin Andrew McMahon.

On “How Could You Babe,” the song is primarily centered on a piano that conveys as much emotion as Jesso’s voice.

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Javon Masters led the Varsity Reds past the Capers on Friday night at the Currie Center.

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UNB moves into first Jamie Tozer Sports Editor T he U N B Va rsit y R ed s men’s basketball team is heating up at the right time.

The Varsity Reds picked up eight points this past weekend, defeating the Cape Breton Capers 79-63 on Friday at the R ichard J. Currie Center and the UPEI Panthers 9675 on Saturday in Charlottetown.

The two victories pushed UNB into f irst place in t he At lant ic University Standings with seven games remaining on their regular season schedule. The V-Reds have also won four straight games.

After posting a season low 16 points in a loss against Cape Breton back in November, Javon Masters rebounded nicely on Friday by scoring a team high 34 points.

“They’re very tough. We lost to them once already at their place so it was a tough one,” said Masters following the victory. “We knew we had to come here, bring more energy and execute better than them because we know that they’re a really good team and they’re really sound defensively.

“Back over there, I wasn’t being really aggressive; I was just being passive. I felt like, once the game started today I had to be aggressive, get to the free throw line, set up my teammates and start getting my shots to fall.”

The Varsity Reds got off to a slow start and trailed 9-0 just a few minutes in. UNB slowly got things going and trailed by f ive at the end of the f irst quarter. In the second, a couple three balls from Jordan Irvine led the Reds to a

35-34 lead at halftime.

In the third quarter, a late run

by UNB put them up 62-45 heading into the fourth. The V-Reds led by as much as 24 in the f inal quarter and ultimately won by 16.

“In t he f irst ha lf, we d id n’t really bring any defensive energy,” said Masters, who went 11-12 from the free throw line. “But I think in the second half, once we got defensive rebounds and then we started to run I think we opened up the game a bit and ended with a 16-point win — which was really good for us.”

Irvine finished the game with 15 points and went 3-7 from downtown. Nikola Mandic chipped in with 12 points and 13 rebounds while Ryan Smith had nine points.

Masters sa id t hey were key to UNB’s victory.

“It’s good when those guys start hitting shots because then [the opposing team] can’t really focus in on me; they have to focus on them.

So it’s really good that they’re starting to hit shots. We wouldn’t be here without those guys, they are really the glue of our team both offensively and defensively.”

As big as Friday’s win was over the Capers, Saturday’s road victory over the Panthers was huge. UPEI entered the game in first place and on a six-game winning streak.

U N B’s t h ree-point shoot ing produced on Sat u rday, h itt ing 40 per cent of their shots. In the f irst quarter, Will McFee hit two three-pointers and Irvine one to give the Varsity Reds a one-point lead heading into the second.

The Varsity Reds’ offence cont i nued to rol l i n t he s econd ,

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scoring 30 points to lead 50-36 at halftime. UNB added 22 and 24 points in the third and fourth quarters to pick up a big 21-point victory.

M a ster s had a not her st rong game, recording 27 points in the victory. A lthough UPEI’s Tyler Scott had 32 points, Masters now leads t he AUS in scoring w it h 25.6 points per game, just edging Scott’s 25.2.

UNB once again displayed their roster’s depth with Irvine posting 23 points and 13 rebounds while McFee had 18 points. Their defensive game was also strong, holding one of the country’s top offences to just 75 points.

The Va rsit y Reds, now 10 -3 with 26 points, travel to Acadia this weekend to face the Axemen on Friday and Saturday.

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Volunteers needed for World Cup

Sarah Rouse Sports Reporter

The largest women’s sporting event is coming to Canada this summer, and the organizers are seeking volunteers from the university community.

The 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup, which takes place every four years, is running June 6 to July 5 with six Canadian cities — Edmonton, Ottawa, Vancouver, Montreal, Winnipeg and Moncton — playing host to 24 teams from around the world. In Moncton, teams from France, England, Columbia and Mexico will be taking the field as they vie for a spot in the quarterfinals.

As a lifelong volunteer himself, Stephane Delisle believes that students can benefit foremost from the tangible life experience that comes with volunteering.

“Instead of sitting in class, you get a real opportunity to get your hands dirty with professionals at all levels,” said Delisle, who serves as the venue general manager for the event. “You now have experience that you can bring into discussions on campus, and it also helps build your resume.”

Delisle also stresses the importance of networking through volunteerism.

“The reality is that when you volunteer with individuals from different backgrounds and especially of different

generations, you get a chance to meet new people and learn from them.

“Perhaps most importantly, however, it’s an opportunity to give back to your community. Volunteers in the sports industry represent the largest sector of volunteers of Canada, and without the help of these individuals, sports would grind to a halt.”

So what can you do as a volunteer at the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup? According to Delisle, there is a position to suit everyone’s interests.

“The majority of our positions fall under the guest services category — whether it’s greeting patrons in line, ushering or helping with lost and found.”

Want to get even closer to the athletes themselves? Apply for the team services positions, where you are tasked with ensuring the team members are comfortable and ready to compete. For those interested in sports journalism, there will also be a team of volunteers working with the media.

“There’s 12 to 14 areas where we have assigned volunteers, and there’s everything from logistics management to transportation. There are so many ways to get involved, and each individual is needed to ensure the event runs smoothly.”

Alexie Noble is one of the volunteers from the last year’s FIFA Under-20

Women’s World Cup Canada who will be returning this summer. The first-year UNB student became involved as a volunteer last year through her position as a soccer referee in New Brunswick.

“I received an email one day from another referee which had information about volunteering for the FIFA World Cup. I’m always ready to accept a new challenge, so I registered as a volunteer and waited a few months for a response.”

In March of last year, Noble was interviewed and was soon assigned a position as a volunteer at the under-20 tournament in Moncton.

“I was so excited because soccer has been my favourite sport since I was young, and I thought it would be an amazing experience to watch other girls my age play at such a high level. As a referee, it allowed me to observe the other referees who had traveled to Moncton from around the world.”

During her time as a volunteer, Noble worked at the accreditation centre, where she handled the printing of security passes.

“I had the chance to see everyone that was a part of the World Cup, because players, media, even honorary guests needed these passes to gain access to specific areas of the venue,” explained Noble.

Delisle encourages all interested indi-

There are a wide variety of roles available for volunteers.

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viduals to apply immediately. Registration information can be found on the FIFA Women’s World Cup website.

“We’re looking at having 250 volunteers, with many individuals who volunteered last August with the FIFA

under-20 tournament returning again this summer. We want to recruit from New Brunswick first, and it’s especially important to have young people who are passionate about sport involved in the volunteering process.”

Hockey Reds split road games Jamie Tozer Sports Editor The Acadia Axemen will be looking for a season series sweep of the UNB Varsity Reds men’s hockey team on Friday at the Aitken Centre.

The Varsity Reds lost 4-1 to the Axemen on Saturday night at Acadia. The Axemen have won all three games they’ve played against UNB this season but this was the first match not decided in extra time.

The loss ended the Varsity Reds’ 10game winning streak and dropped their record to 18-3-2 on the season. The Axe-

men improved to 18-4-2 as the battle for first place in the Atlantic University Sport standings between UNB and Acadia continues.

UNB had a strong first period on Saturday but struggled to create scoring chances in the second half of the game, registering just six shots in the second and third periods. The Reds opened the scoring with a power play goal from Cam Braes at 5:30 of the first period, firing a wrist shot past Axemen goaltender Brandon Glover.

Acadia tied it up on a power play at 12:01 of the second as Alex Beaton scored from the slot. Less than five minutes later, Brett

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Thompson fed Zachary Franko on a twoon-one and beat UNB goaltender David Shantz to give Acadia a 2-1 lead. The Axemen had several other good scoring chances in the period — which included hitting two posts — but were unable to connect.

Shantz was solid throughout the game, making several key saves to keep UNB in it. But at 17:02 of the third, the netminder was unable to stop Beaton who, on a long breakaway, made a deke to his backhand to make it 3-1 Acadia. Beaton added an empty netter to complete the hat trick and make it a 4-1 final.

Acadia outshot UNB 29-20 overall. The

Varsity Reds went 1-8 on the power play while the Axemen went 1-5.

The weekend wasn’t all bad for the Varsity Reds as they defeated the Dalhousie Tigers 7-2 on Friday night in Halifax. Philippe Maillet had two goals and an assist for UNB while Dana Fraser also had a pair of goals.

The Tigers opened the scoring with a power play goal from Luke Madill just 45 seconds in. The rest of the period would be all V-Reds though as Fraser, Braes and Maillet scored to give UNB a 3-1 lead after one.

In the second, Maillet, Fraser, Alex Wall

and Peter Trainor all scored. Dalhousie’s Matt English netted a power play marker in the third to make it a 7-2 final.

Chris Carrozzi made 18 saves in the win.

The Tigers’ Corbin Boes was pulled after allowing six goals on 24 shots. Wendell Vye made 21 saves in relief.

The Varsity Reds have five games remaining on their regular season schedule.

They will play their next four games on home ice, which includes Wednesday’s game against St. Thomas, Friday’s match against Acadia and Saturday’s contest against Dalhousie. All games start at 7 p.m. at the Aitken Centre.

Who will win the Super Bowl?

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I’d love to see the Seahawks win, but Sherman is still fighting that injury. As much as I will want to punch myself in the nuts excessively if the Pats win, I’d put my money on them after a much more dominant win in the semis.

On paper, it’s eerily similar to last year’s Broncos vs. Seahawks matchup. You have the dynamic offence vs. the stifling defence. The Vegas odds (as of writing) have the Pats as very slight favourites (1.0). Learn from last year’s debacle that defence wins championships. Seahawks 24, Patriots 20.

Seahawks are just too good at the moment to see the Pats win it. They’re running high off a great win last weekend, their defence is as good as it gets and we can only expect a big game from Marshawn Lynch. Nothing can deflate this team.

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Seahawks in a close one. No, the bandwagon isn’t full, get in while you still can. Should be an exciting game. I am calling 24-21 for the final score.

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Women’s team earns big win

Jamie Tozer Sports Editor

It was a win that meant more than just points for the UNB Varsity Reds women’s basketball team.

“We definitely needed one. We lost a few in a row and it’s a fourpointer on your home court and you don’t like to give away those fourpointers on your home court,” said Varsity Reds head coach Jeff Speedy.

Laura Kaye had 20 points and Rachael Clearly posted 11 rebounds in UNB’s 67-52 four-point win over the Cape Breton Capers on Friday night in front of 423 fans at the Richard J. Currie Center.

The victory ended a three-game home court losing streak for the Varsity Reds who have fallen to middle of the Atlantic University Sport standings, battling for the conference’s final playoff spots.

“It’s a huge win because we lost a few in a row and I think it’s a bit of a confidence builder because we were missing some pretty key kids,” said Speedy. “Definitely a big win.”

“It definitely is a big confidence booster,” said Clearly, who was named player of the game. “We lost a few games to SMU and Dal that, arguably, we could have won. It was heartbreaking losing those games and this just gets us ready for the

end of the season.”

The Capers struggled offensively in the early goings and the Varsity Reds took advantage, leading 14-9 at the end of the first quarter and 29-18 at halftime.

The Reds, playing without Chelsey Collette, Hannah Currie and Katelyn Mangold due to injury, continued to make shots in the second half, leading 46-33 heading into the fourth. Cape Breton managed to score 19 points in the fourth but were bested by UNB who had 21.

The Capers finished the game with a 36.2 field goal percentage and hit just 50 per cent from the free throw line. Alison Keough, one of the conference’s top scorers, was held to just nine points. Cleary was one of the reasons for that.

“Rachael was amazing today,” said Speedy. “Not only did she do a great job on the boards and do a great job on Keough, she was very mentally tough. She played through being tired all the time. She’s used to playing 26 minutes and played more than that. Every time she subbed out I said as soon as you’re ready to go back in, don’t even tell me, just go.”

On Saturday, the Varsity Reds travelled to Charlottetown but weren’t able to keep the momentum going from Friday’s game, falling

The V-Reds ended a three-game home losing streak on Friday against the Capers at the Currie Center.

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57-49 to the Panthers. The Reds were up 19-18 at halftime but a run by the Panthers in the fourth quarter guided the home side to victory.

Nicole LaFleur and Grace Wade each had 10 points in the loss while Cleary had 12 rebounds.

The loss dropped UNB to 6-7 on

the season. Their 16 points place them fifth in the AUS standings. The top six teams earn playoff berths.

Meanwhile, the Panthers improved to an impressive 8-5 on the year with 22 points.

“UPEI is for real. They’re not the UPEI of 10 years ago when it was

an automatic win, that’s for sure,” said Speedy following Friday’s game.

The V-Reds are on t he road this weekend, travelling to Acadia University to face the last-place Axewomen on Friday and Saturday night.

Notebook: CIS CEO resigns Jamie Tozer Sports Editor Canadian Interuniversity Sport is in search of a new chief executive officer.

It was announced last week that current CEO Pierre Lafontaine will be leaving CIS effectiveimmediately.Lafontainehasonlybeen on the job since the spring of 2013.

“Pierre has set a new course for CIS,” said Thérèse Quigley, the president of CIS and athletic director at Western University. “His positive relationships with the sport community and government officials have assisted the organizationinstrengtheningourpartnerships within the sport system. CIS is in a better position to move forward as a result of these accomplishments,andwearegratefultoPierre for his meaningful contributions.”

Highlights of Lafontaine’s tenure include the creation of a new strategic plan and broadcast partnership with Sportsnet.

CIS will begin the search for a new CEO immediately.

Women’s volleyball wins The Varsity Reds women’s volleyball team is on a three-game winning streak. UNB defeated the Université de Moncton and Acadia University in straight sets this past weekend to extend their streak.

On Friday in Moncton, Victoria Eadle posted 30 attacks while Paige Nelmes had 10 digs in the 3-0 (25-21, 25-20, 25-16) UNB victory.

OnSaturdayatAcadia,Eadlehad32attacks and Vanja Mitrovic 30 in the 3-0 (27-25, 2624, 25-19) V-Reds win.

UNB, 8-5 on the season, travels to Saint Mary’sandDalhousiethisweekend.Theyplay their final game of the regular season on Feb. 7 at the Currie Center against Cape Breton.

Men’s team plays final games The Varsity Reds men’s volleyball team playstheirfinalgamesoftheregularseasonthis Friday and Saturday at Dalhousie University against the Tigers.

The V-Reds sit second in the three-team men’s circuit with an 8-7 record. They’re winless against the Tigers this season having lost 3-1 and 3-0 to their rivals at the Currie Center in November.

Reindl named Canada Games coach Jason Reindl, the head coach of the Varsity Reds track and field teams, has been named the head coach of Team New Brunswick for the 2017 Canada Games.

“Jason brings an incredible passion for our

sport,”saidGabrielLeBlanc,technicaldirector forAthleticsNewBrunswick.“Wearecoming off our best ever Canada Games in 2013 and we are sure with Jason’s leadership our 2017 [team] has potential to do even better.”

The 2017 Canada Games, the 50th anniversary of the Games, will be held July 28 ro Aug. 13, 2017 in Winnipeg.

Final Battle of the Hill The final Battle of the Hill of the 201415 men’s hockey season will take place this Wednesday, Jan. 28 at 7 p.m. at the Aitken Centre. The Varsity Reds are 3-0 against the STU Tommies this season, outscoring their cross-campus rivals 19-10.

The V-Reds women’s volleyball team has won three straight games.

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The swimming siblings

Sarah Rouse Sports Reporter

For Cassey and Keelan Mooney, attending the same university was a no-brainer. Having grown up first in South Africa before moving to the remote Canadian city of Yellowknife, the siblings were inseparable during their younger years.

“When it came time for me to choose a university, we sat down together and looked at where we could both study what we wanted at the same place,” said Cassey. “I reached out to the swim coach at the time, and she was very accommodating despite the distance and even sent recruitment videos. Since UNB was offering the opportunity to study kinesiology and also swim competitively, I thought it was worth making the move to the East Coast.”

“I was looking into engineering schools for the following year and knew that UNB was recognized for the strength of its program,” explained Keelan. “We both liked small towns, so Fredericton was a good size and also had a swim team that was competitive.”

Keelan admitted though that Cassey being at UNB was the biggest influence on him coming to New Brunswick as well.

“We’ve always been very close, so it was helpful to have her here during my transition to university.”

“Because we’re so close in age, we’ve always been best friends and done everything together, so it was an easy choice to stick together,” added Cassey.

The Mooney siblings also draw inspiration from each other when it comes time to hit the pool.

“I like to think it’s good for both of us,” said Keelan. “When I swim with Cassey, I feel like deep down she wants to catch me, and it makes us both work even harder.”

“We have that inner competitiveness with each other, even though we’ll never actually formally compete against each other,” said Cassey.

“Because we know each other so well and have swam together for so

long, it’s nice to watch each other and give input. Keelan knows when something is off with my swimming, and can give me the guidance I need to improve.”

Currently in her fourth and final season with the V-Reds swim team, Cassey recently qualified for the Canadian Interuniversity Sport championship in the 200-metre breaststroke.

“This season has been my best yet, but I’ve been able to improve every season with the V-Reds so far,” she said. “Coming from such a remote location like Yellowknife, it was nice to be able to go somewhere that I could improve rather than hitting a plateau.”

“I absolutely love the team here, and our head coach, Robin Ferdinand, is amazing. She’s really good at what she does and I trust her completely, which is really important for me to succeed.”

Keelan also praised Ferdinand, noting that it was beneficial to have the different perspective that only a new coach can bring. After all, the Mooney siblings had been coached by their mother for most of their athletic careers.

Heading into the final months of her senior year, Cassey aspires to “go out with a bang and leave my mark in the pool before I’m done.”

Despite suffering a back injury earlier this season, Keelan hopes to rebound in time for the AUS championships.

“The ultimate goal is to get to the CIS championships, and I have two years left to get there.”

As Cassey prepares to graduate from UNB, the 2015-16 season will mark the siblings’ first year apart since coming to university.

“It will be very, very different swimming without Cassey,” mused Keelan. “It’s probably our first real separation in sport, so it’s going to be interesting. There won’t be anyone to complain to or to ask for help.”

“No more alarm clock, either,” joked Cassey.

Cassey and Keelan Mooney are members of the Varsity Reds swim team.

Adam Travis / The Brunswickan

16 • January 28, 2015 • Issue 18 • Volume 148

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New treatment helping Fredericton Jamie Tozer Sports Editor

Fascial stretch therapy may not be new, but it is fairly new to the Fredericton area.

Rya n W ilk ie is hoping more Fredericton residents, especially athletes, begin to take advantage of the massage-like treatment he offers at Precision Pilates. On his website, Wilkie describes fascial stretch therapy as “a complete, full-body approach using innovative techniques of assisted stretching protocols to improve strength, coord inat ion, ba la nce, ag i l it y, mobility and of course f lexibility.

It is a non-aggressive, pain-free method of treatment similar to massage.”

The treatment is primarily used on hips and shoulders. It not only helps heal past injuries but also helps reduce the risk of future injury.

“If you’re more f lexible, then you’re going to be able to take [m o r e] i m p a c t o n d i f f e r e n t things,” explained Wilkie. “The way that I think about it is like the emergency brake being on in a car just a little bit. This therapy, it kind of releases that tension so the athlete is going to be able to move so much more f luidly. That’s going to help, depending on the sport, in different areas.”

There are d if ferent forms of treatment with a full session taking roughly an hour. Wilkie said that 10 sessions would likely get an effective result but, like massage, returning regularly would be benef icial. There is also a very quick, two-minute version that can be performed on athletes just before an event.

The therapy f irst gained popularity in 1996 when its creator, Ann Frederick, began using it with the USA men’s Olympic wrestling team. She and her husband, Chris, founded the Stretch To Win Institute in 1999 where fascial stretch therapy has gained popularity ever since, even being used by football players Donava n McNabb a nd Randy Moss.

“It def i n itely ca n be gea red more towards athletes but it can be used for a wide variety of things,” said Wilkie, who has performed t he t herapy on clients ranging from wrestlers to nurses.

“The muscles right around the joint capsule itself, they can get really tight. It’s a spot where, say, massage therapists can’t actually get their hands in there,” Wilkie said. “The stretching almost plays a trick on your brain. It lets your body realize that those muscles that are tight don’t need to be.

“A fter you get done with the stretch, [the joint] feels a lot more loose and relaxed and you can move it a lot easier because your brain has kind of shut that tightness down. It basically tells your body that you don’t need to be tight like that anymore and you can move a lot more freely and smoothly.”

Wilkie, a former kinesiology student at UNB, has been a personal trainer for nearly seven years. He was introduced to fascial stretch therapy a couple years ago.

“Through one of the personal t ra i n i ng cou r ses I d id , K ev i n Darby, the head of Darby Training Systems and also head of Stretch To Win Canada, did a demo in his course with [fascial stretch therapy]. After seeing the results people got with it, I said ‘I want to do that.’ ” The t herapy is gett ing more common in bigger centres, Wilkie said, but still hasn’t become mainstream in Atlantic Canada. Wilkie was the f irst fascial stretch therapist in New Brunswick but has since had several more join him.

Wilkie said business has been steady but has found it challenging building a customer base because he isn’t a massage therapist. As for Varsity Reds athletes, he has worked with a few members of the volleyball and swim teams.

“I def initely think I should be busier. I think if more people knew about it and the benefits … I think more people would do it.”

Ryan Wilkie offers fascial stretch therapy at Precision Pilates.

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