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Wrestlers bring home

BronzeJennifer BishopThe Brunswickan

Two members of the UNB Black Bears wrestling team have returned from the 2010 Commonwealth Games with bronze medals around their necks.

Promise Mwenga and Eric Feunekes are back in Fredericton after winning their hard fought matches in New Delhi.

Both athletes and Coach Don Ryan went to the games with the expectation of winning medals.

“Before the competition started, I was expecting the gold medal,” Mwenga said. “I knew that if I had a pretty good draw that I would make it to the gold medal relatively easily.”

Mwenga said the he didn’t do any-thing out of the ordinary to win the matches he fought while at the games.

“When I realized I had a chance at placing, I just had to remember that I had to stick to the plan and not to try to do anything flamboyant or out of the original strategic plan,” he said. “My coach reinforced it all the way up while I was warming up, when I was in the hallway waiting, when I was walking towards the mat, just before I stepped onto the mat he said remember the plan, stick to it, stick to it and when I got onto the mat, that’s all I did and it came out really well.”

Although Mwenga had his eye set on gold, he is just as happy to have walked away with the bronze medal.

“I was just as excited,” he said. “You can only win the gold medal and then they kind of give you the silver as the runner up. I’d rather win the medal so bronze kind of let me do that.”

Feunekes said that being focused on his wrestling played a major part in his success at the games.

“My motivation for wrestling is just that I love to do it, so I just go into every match ready to wrestle and I try not to focus on outside things,” he said. “There’s always stuff that gets in, but it’s better to just try to focus on each match as they come whether you lost or won the previous one.”

Although Feunekes came home with a medal, he almost didn’t reach his goal.

“I went to medal. It was close,” he

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Neville/Jones House, though closed this year, pulled through with a successful Bed Push and raised funds for Women in Transition House. Campus community members pulled together and raised for a great cause. Mike Erb / The Brunswickan

Neville/Jones pushes for $12,300

Alex KressNews Reporter

The air at the W. W. Boyce Farmer’s Market was bitterly cold at 10 a.m. Saturday morning, but the Neville/Jones bed-pushers seemed as warm as ever.

The 18th annual fundraiser for Women in Transition House went ahead as usual in spite of a couple of obstacles and raised $12,300.

The Neville/Jones residence was closed this year due to a lack of inter-est from students and for renovations to improve the building. As a result of the residence being closed, House President John Bailey said it was a different experience to raise money outside the house.

“It’s a little more difficult because we don’t all live in the same house and can’t just walk around the halls and get people to go out,” Bailey explained.

“But all the residences helped out a lot and it all came together somehow

and went really well.”For the past 17 years of Neville/

Jones Bed Pushes there has been an RCMP escort on the highway route from Saint John to Fredericton. This year however, the RCMP felt they could not agree to accompany the fundraisers anymore because of the dangers involved.

Up until shortly before the Bed Push, an alternative route from Woodstock to Fredericton was planned. Ultimately, the RCMP could not agree to it either. Chapman Field was decided upon as a venue, where the bed-pushers did laps with the bed instead of the straight high-way route.

Andrew Holland, Communica-tions Director for the Department of Transportation, said there is ab-solutely a safety concern and it is the highest priority.

“Safety has to come first and if the RCMP are no longer [escorting], it’s important they’re done in a safe manner so tragedy can be avoided,” Holland said.

Bailey agreed and had no ill feelings toward the police.

“The RCMP was very clear,” he said.

“I would have liked to do the high-way route but this was cool, it was on campus and got a lot more people out, more runners.”

Bailey said there were tents and food on site and music playing to keep everyone’s spirits up. He isn’t sure what next year holds for him and the fundraiser quite yet, but hopes there will be students in Neville/Jones who want to take on the challenge.

“It’s a great charity and I didn’t want to take a year off this year,” he said.

“It’s a lot of money that goes to a great cause. I’m amazed at our total, $12,300.”

This was only $200 short of the $12,500 they raised last year. Bailey added he liked the change in location to Chapman Field because it was more contained and people were eager to stay because it was right on campus.

“I lived in the house last year as a

frosh and did the push, and to do it from the other side as a coordinator is a different role but exciting none-theless.

“It’s a really cool thing to be a part of, and it’s crazy to run that distance all night. These people here are the champs. It’s awesome.”

Dianne Power, Executive Direc-tor of Women in Transition House, said she is extremely proud of the fundraisers and wants to see a kind of tribute made to all the ways UNB helps out with Transition House.

“The Bed Push has been the long-est standing effort, but McConnell Hall organizes and stuffs all of our Christmas appeal every year and there are ties in with pro-bono law who work on family law for our residents and all the nursing students and volunteers in the house... It’s extensive.”

“We’re very proud of that connec-tion. I’m thrilled,” she said beaming.

“It is a major part of our an-nual funding every year. We wouldn’t make it without them.”

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UNB recently granted honorary de-grees to two established New Bruns-wickers for their accomplishments.

Dawn Sharpe of Tide Head, N.B. was recognized in Fredericton with an honorary doctor of science degree. He is the president and owner of Ramier Resources Ltd., a Calgary-based oil company. He is known for his philan-thropy and entrepreneurship and gave the Convocation address to students Thursday. He and his wife started the $11,000 Sharpe Family Scholarship at UNB.

Dr. Dana Hanson of Saint John, N.B. was also recognized with an honorary doctor of science degree. He is the president of the World Medical Association and the first Canadian to hold the position in more than 40 years. He is known for shedding light on pressing issues in the health field, like the shortage of doctors and medical ethics. He received the honorary degree for his extensive work with charities within the community and more broadly for his work with the World Medical Association, internationally and locally.

Hanson said the honour was un-expected, but it was a great feeling to be recognized for his work in the medical field.

“Without my education and family, my achievements wouldn’t have been possible,” Hanson said.

He spent the first two years of his undergraduate degree at UNB Saint John and finished his final two at UNB Fredericton.

“I want to continue trying to engage the community in being interested in broader health issues that affect the societies we live in,” he said.

“New Brunswick faces the same health challenges as everyone else. Ever-expanding populations put heavy strain on health care systems.”

He feels while all health care profes-sionals face similar issues, those in New Brunswick are especially dedicated to their patients in comparison to other regions and countries. His advice to students and is to have broader visions and dreams for the future.

An urgent international issue he feels isn’t getting the recognition it deserves is the effects on health caused by climate change.

“Climate change was not even men-tioned at Copenhagen,” Hanson said disapprovingly.

He said there are many implications for public health that are practically being ignored and not communicated as serious to the public.

His lecture in Saint John on Friday morning covered issues in international diplomacy and ethics.

Dr. Robert MacKinnon, vice-president of UNBSJ, was fascinated by Hanson’s lecture.

“[Hanson] talked about the advo-cacy role the World Medical Associa-tion plays on the international stage. He

talked about how physicians around the world are often dealing with national governments and regional and local contexts that are very different than the Canadian scene,” MacKinnon said.

He said Hanson has traveled ex-tensively, visiting some 30 countries this year both in the developed and developing world. One example of ethical controversy doctors face inter-nationally that struck MacKinnon was that prison systems are often faced with the dilemma of dealing with the use of organs from prisoners.

“Some of this kind of behaviour is intolerable,” MacKinnon said.

“The World Medical Association making statements and doing studies of such situations around the world is very helpful because to have an individual physician being in that kind of situation is difficult for them to back out of,” he continued.

“The levels of education and train-ing vary, so general guidelines and principles are important. “

UNB grants about five honorary degrees each year to people who have made a significant contribution to the regional, national or international com-munity and in terms of the business, social and academic realms.

“I think Dr. Hanson will certainly do UNB proud,” MacKinnon added. “Somebody who studied at both cam-puses and started here in the 1960s when the campus was a fledgling speaks loudly on the quality of programs at UNB. “

Two honorary degrees awardedAlex KressNews Reporter

Matt BelyeaArts Reporter

If you wake up in the morning and you look like Allen from The Hangover, go to the fridge and make yourself a Bloody Mary.

It will keep you cheerful long enough to clean up the house before your roommates get home. Take that as a lesson and next time you’re having a party, don’t mix tequila and rum.

What you’re drinking and how you’re drinking it is important and it should be a critical part of your university educa-tion. Although ‘mixology’ is not a part of the regular curriculum, you will be tested every weekend (and every other Wednesday).

This is why student managed aware-ness group Drink Smart is stepping up to the plate and offering a one night class in the art of mixology. So, bring your bartending skills and sense of humour over to the Social Club on Wednesday Oct.27 for what promises to be a worth-while evening.

UNB student Megan Glenwright is this year’s campus Drink Smart co-ordinator. She’s been busy in the weeks past trying to organize and prepare for what will be their first big event. Glenwright is 20 years old and doing a joint honors in Women’s Studies and Sociology. She explains a day in her shoes when not busy at school.

“Typically a day consists of me responding to emails, organizing up-coming events, recruiting volunteers and looking for input about what other students think that we should do.”

She gave us a run down on Drink

Smart. “Originally Drink Smart started off

being named: S.M.A.R.T.P.A.C.C. It was an acronym for Student Managed Alcohol Response Team Promoting Alcohol Consciousness on Campus. Although the program changed names, it still recognizes that students drink alcohol and drinking plays a part in a lot of social activities on campus. We want students to realize that exces-sive use of alcohol can cause many prob-lems and educate students about them. So, that they can now, Drink Smart.”

The Mixology Class will be an op-portunity for students to have fun and learn how to mix drinks properly. A bartender from the Social Club will be teaching the event and there will be prizes awarded throughout the evening.

“Some of which may or may not be drinks or food from local businesses. It’s a surprise,” hinted Glenwright.

The event will begin at 9 p.m. and cover is three dollars at the door. There will be live entertainment by Skyward Eyes, who are an emerging band Glen-wright described as “pretty awesome.”

Drink Smart is affiliated with the Student Union and understands that alcohol can be a big part of university life. Their goal is to educate respon-sible drinking in an entertaining atmosphere. The event can mark a special moment in your university career. As midterms come to an end and the holidays approaching, it is truly the season to celebrate. Kick off Wednesday night with some fun and a new understanding of the drinks you drink.

DrinkSmart will be showing students how to mix drinks properly and drink safer while out on the town. Flickr / CC

Mix better, drink smarter

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GSA in brief.GSA elects new executiveThe UNB Graduate Students As-sociation elected new represen-tation at a meeting last week. The president is Krista Amolins, vice-president academic is Greg Ericson, vice-president finance is Julia Ramirez, vice-president external is David Goyette, vice-president administration is Lau-ren Keefe, vice-president com-munications is Brandon Brown, vice-president clubs and societies is Joerg Winkler, vice-president special events is Sarah Vannier and the UNB senate representa-tive is Frederic Goora.

UNB Graduate Student As-sociation hosts Lunch and Learn series.The UNB Graduate Student Associa-tion is holding a series on Wednes-days at the Grad House. The series exists to help graduate students learn about resources available to them. Today, Richard Spacek with the UNB Writing Centre, will be speaking to students about time management and balancing school work with other priorities. His talk begins at 12:30 noon, running until 1:30 p.m. Students can bring their own lunch or purchase food at the Grad House. Free coffee will be served. For more information, visit www.unbgsa.com.

Sunday’s UNB Student Union council meeting got off to a rocky start.

Council did not meet quorum when they convened, requiring 10 of 18 councilors and beginning with only eight. The SU met quorum later in the meeting with the arrival of two more councilors contacted by their fellow members.

Once council met quorum, regular business resumed.

Three new members of the SU were ratified, including: Kristina O’Brien as Education Representative, Derek Ness as Differently-abled Liason and Andrew Martel as Off-campus Liason. Only O’Brien will be a voting member of council.

During oral question period, issues surrounding the New Brunswick Stu-dent Alliance (NBSA) were discussed. The NBSA is an external lobby group

for six New Brunswick universities, and a community college, in the prov-ince. This year, the UNBSU will pay close to $20,000 of their budget in fees to the NBSA.

UNBSU President Shannon Car-mont-McKinley and Vice-president External Brad McKinney both spoke before council about the NBSA in an informal discussion about the organization.

Recently, the NBSA sent around a survey to their members to outline a path for the organization, which is under financial constraint as Carmont-McKinley relayed to the UNBSU. Results of the survey unanimously decided the NBSA should make changes to better serve their members, particularly surrounding the position of executive director.

Options generated from the results of the survey include removing the position of executive director and replacing it with an administrator or

policy worker, granting more duties to the Student Union themselves or raising fees the SU pays to the NBSA, among others.

Because a discussion about the NBSA was not previous planned in the UNBSU agenda for Sunday’s council meeting, Carmont-McKinley said council is holding a formal discussion about the NBSA at the next meeting.

The UNBSU is also striking an ad hoc committee to review the consti-tution for Orientation Week. Vice-president Student Services Julia Cole-man, as well as Vice-president Finance and Operations Jordan Thompson and a councilor-to-be determined will sit on the committee. The orientation constitution has not been reviewed since 2006.

The committee will share their recommendations with council on Dec. 5.

Council will resume their meeting on Nov. 7.

Hilary Paige SmithNews Editor

Council meets quorum, ratifies members

It’s almost time to “scare up some food” for the Fredericton Food Bank.

Students with Halloween spirit are invited to participate in this year’s Trick or Eat fundraiser that raises food for Fredericton’s food bank.

The event, hosted by St. Thomas University, is held annually on Hal-loween. Trick or Eat sees students don Halloween costumes and go door to door asking homeowners for a dona-tion of a nonperishable food item.

Last year, the event had almost 500 volunteers and raised over 17,000 meals for the food bank. Coordinator Brittany Stairs said Trick or Eat is es-sential for the food bank.

“I met with the Fredericton Food Bank and they told me that this is their biggest event,” she said. “We go in there and there’s not very much food; they only have so much. And then we fill their shelves.”

The food bank serves about 2,000 people each month, 715 of whom are children. Last year, there was an in-crease in how many people visited the food bank, making events like Trick

or Eat necessary. “There were 442 new clients in

2009, so I think that when we talk about the recession, we just get how important this event is,” she said. “Families are still going through [hard times]; 36 per cent of the people served are children. That’s really important to keep in mind.”

This year’s Trick or Eat kicks off Sunday at 5 p.m. at James Dunn Hall on the STU campus. Students from UNB are more than welcome to par-ticipate, as well as other members of the public. Students can register ahead of time at www.trickoreat.ca.

“You can register as a team, which we would like to keep around three or four people,” Stairs said. “People can also sign up individually and we can stick you with other people.”

Once registered, there will be a contest for best costume at 5:30 p.m. By 6 p.m., volunteers will be assigned the neighbourhoods they are going to canvas and will set out by yellow school bus to get the trick or eating underway.

“You have a route and you have a car that’s going to follow you, so that you can put your food in the car,” Stairs said. “A bus drops you off at your route

and will pick you back up and bring you to STU. So, you don’t need any transportation yourself.”

The busses arrive back at James Dunn Hall around 8 p.m. where the food is then sorted and loaded onto a cube truck to be brought to the food bank. Stairs said some volunteers are needed to help with this part of the process as well.

“If you’re thinking that you want to help out with this event, but you’re not really somebody who joins in the group, there are other ways that you can help,” she said. “You can be a behind the scenes person helping us register and sort the food once it gets here.”

People wanting to help behind the scenes or those who have any questions can email su_socialissues@stu.ca.

Stairs hopes this year’s Trick or Eat will rival last year’s in the number of volunteers and food raised for the food bank.

“I’m not really setting a goal in terms of the amount of people,” she said. “I just think the goal is to help the community in the best way pos-sible and for students to have a good time and to feel good about what they’re doing.”

A generous twist on trick or treating

Alanah DuffyThe Brunswickan

Trick or Eat is a national youth-based campaign run through Meal Exchange. This year, 100 schools across North America will be participating. Sandy Chase / The Brunswickan

UNB students welcome to participate in STU food-raiser for Fredericton Food Bank

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Class challenges UNB to conserve water

A Renaissance College class will be holding a campus-wide water conservation challenge to inspire resi-dences to conserve water. Andrew Meade / The Brunswickan

For the residence community, less will be more in the coming weeks.

Less water, that is. A second year Renaissance College

class in water sustainability is running a campus wide competition for water conservation. Residences began com-peting on Monday and the challenge wraps up on Nov. 29.

Residence Life will be giving a flat screen television away to the winning house.

Bethany Young, along with her classmates Leanne O’Reilly, Kyla Tanner, Kealtie Colwell, Julia Car-penter and Kendra O’Hearn, are co-ordinating the challenge.

“Basically we’re calculating how much water each residence uses and we’re trying to get them to use less water,” Young said of the challenge’s purpose.

This is the first year for the chal-lenge. Last year, residences competed to conserve energy but that challenge was organized by University of Prince Edward Island. Aitken House won the energy conservation challenge.

Young said, though there is not a lot residents can control with the campus water supply, they can take shorter showers, turn off the taps while brush-ing their teeth and avoid doing small, frequent loads of laundry.

She said water conservation is a big issue on campus.

“(The issue) is mostly with leaving taps running and taps that drip and

getting Facilities Management to fix them is more of an issue than what students can do, but it is (a big issue),” she said.

Young said conserving water is especially important on university campuses because students pay in lump sums for residence, rather than paying for the amount of water, heat and other resources they use.

“What’s really the issue, is people who don’t realize how much water they use because they don’t pay for it directly, so it’s important to bring it up to people and then they realize how much water they do use.”

According to statistics gathered by the sustainability class, leaving the water tap running while brushing your teeth alone wastes seven litres of water.

“It also takes seven litres of water to make one plastic water bottle, so it’s important to use reusable containers,” Young added.

Facilities Management will be track-ing the amount of water each house is using to help with the challenge.

If this year’s Water Conservation Challenge is successful, Young said she hopes future classes will take it on.

She stressed the importance of conserving water and is encouraging all campus community members to participate.

“(Conserving water) is good for future generations who will need water,” she said.

To follow the campus water con-servation progress, visit the challenge blog at www.unbwaterconservation-challenge.blogspot.com.

Hilary Paige SmithNews Editor

The Harrison House Pumpkin Sacrifice is the longest running university tradition in Canada. This eerie tradition brings campus members together to watch a pumpkin explode in the name of good grades and good luck. Sandy Chase / The Brunswickan

Time-honoured tradition drops this HalloweenRespect is key in Canada’s oldest, and spookiest, campus tradition.

The Harrison House Pumpkin Sacrifice held annually on Hallow-een on campus is a time-honoured and revered tradition among UNB students, notably Harrison residents. House residents each play a part in the “play,” with a 350 lb pumpkin taking

the starring role. Every Halloween, Harrison House

residents take part in a ceremony sacri-ficing an enormous pumpkin to praise the gods of academia.

The sacrifice is in its 38th year and the house takes great care to ensure tradition is followed.

“If we’re doing this every year for 38 years and praying to this god for good grades, then, if we don’t do it there could be some horrible conse-quence where we all flunk out,” Matty

Hilary Paige SmithNews Editor

Havenga, a proctor and long-time resident of the house, said.

Brian Beaudette, don of Harrison House, is living in the residence for the first time this year.

He too stressed the importance of following traditions like this.

“I think the number one thing with tradition is respect and if the residents weren’t to respect each detail of the tradition, then the tradition will fail, and if that were to happen we wouldn’t have the longest standing

residence tradition at UNB (and in the country).”

The tradition began simply enough. 38 years ago, several residents from Harrison House threw pumpkins from their roof. Inspiration struck and the popular tradition was born.

On Sunday, around 9 p.m., Har-rison House residents in their roles for the sacrifice, as well as onlookers from the rest of campus and even the city, will gather to watch the great pumpkin fall and explode into the courtyard.

House residents throw themselves into their roles which include: carriers, witnesses, leading ladies, loyal guard-ians and a bishop, among others.

There is even a monk who must remain celibate for two weeks prior to the event.

The loyal guardians are responsible for planning the event and hurling the giant pumpkin from it’s place atop the roof.

This year, house president Mark Devereux, along with Nick Kennedy, are the loyal guardians for the Pump-kin Sacrifice.

Most of their work goes on behind the scenes and the pair are respon-sible for making sure the event goes smoothly.

“Basically the Pumpkin Sacrifice is like a play, and we’re the directors. We’re not in it, but we’re going around elsewhere, making sure everyone else’s roles go smoothly and they’re where they should be,” Devereux said.

Carriers will help the pair get the pumpkin up the stairs, where it will be loaded onto a conveyor belt for the actual sacrifice.

The great pumpkin is carved into the two faces of the Roman god, Janus. One side, is happy and the other, sad.

“One it’s lit, it’s f laming again, we give it a good push,” the house president said.

Watching the enormous pumpkin plummet from atop the residence roof is a sight to behold.

The event is a sombre one and everywhere Harrison residents stand by spookily in robes with their faces painted and hoods up.

This year, because Halloween falls on a Sunday, the house president, don and fellow residents hope the event will attract more spectators.

The event begins at 9 p.m. and ends around 10 p.m.

“This is the 38th year and it’s the longest running university tradition in Canada. I think it’s just intriguing. People aren’t sure about it each year, maybe it’s different to new students. It gives students a reason to come back if they live in Harrison because in first year their roles are pretty minimal... It gives them more of a reason to come back second year and find out more and help out with it,” Devereux said.

Kennedy said the Pumpkin Sacrifice is what Harrison House is known for in the residence community.

“It’s pretty much the biggest event we have, right? That’s what people know Harrison for. It’s a pretty big part of the house, the biggest.”

Devereux encouraged all students and community members to witness the sacrifice.

“What other time of the year can they see a giant, 300 lb pumpkin, flaming, going off the roof?”

“None,” Kennedy answered with a laugh.

“It’s pretty creepy on Halloween, most of us have our faces painted. It’s fun,” Devereux said.

The Pumpkin Sacrifice is not your run-of-the-mill university tradition. The weeks in Harrison House leading up to the event revolve around this giant pumpkin and planning the event.

The four residents agreed the Pumpkin Sacrifice is the biggest night of the year for their house.

“It’s fun to get into. I know a lot of people enjoy watching it, even they don’t necessarily know what’s going on, because it’s like ‘Wow. This is a big production,’” Kennedy said.

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Alex KressNews Reporter

Fredericton is making a name for itself internationally for its “livability” as a community.

The city is a finalist for four inter-national awards for Livable Commun-ities, an awards competition launched in 1997 and endorsed by the United Nations Environment Programme.

According to the LivCom website, more than 50 countries are represented by the competition.

Fredericton is a finalist for the Whole City Award, the Project Award for its Green Matters campaign and Green Shops project and for a $16,000 Bursary Award.

Deputy Mayor Dan Keenan said Fredericton’s being a finalist four times over is a justification for all the work staff has put in to ensure that we’re an environmentally sustainable city.

Regardless of an official win, Kee-nan feels Fredericton has already won because of its efforts.

“To be rec-ognized for it amongst peers from around the world is just icing on the cake that tells people and compan-ies with an environmental conscience this is a good place to set up business,” Keenan said.

“It encourages other people to come live in a place that’s sustainable and beautiful with a lot of amenities. That’s all part of the growth initiative.”

Keenan added the city wants to recog-nize local green business and allow them

to offer customers a green alternative.“There’s been a lot of interest in the

Green Shops program and we’ve gotten a lot of inquiries from other municipal-ities and other jurisdictions. I think it’s a great program.”

Climate Change Co-ordinator Alycia Morehouse and Assistant City Admin-istrator Chris MacPherson continue to work together on Fredericton’s green initiatives via Green Matters and Green Shops.

Macpherson said the criteria for becoming a finalist for the LivCom Awards include other components of the community beyond environment, such as buildings and landscapes and the community’s arts and heritage.

He said if Fredericton wins the bursary award, it will assist the Green Matters Certified program. It is a pilot program testing methodology that could use the funding to see it through its first year.

It is designed for non-profit groups, government agencies, universities and schools who want environmental pro-

grams, churches, festivals, fairs and conferences.

There is a workbook businesses must interact with, and those who join the program undergo an audit. Within the workbook there are ideas for act-ing environmentally responsibly, like a recycling program, transportation for

employees and low-flow toilets. Busi-nesses tally their points and if they reach a certain threshold they get a window decal, public recognition by the mayor and council and publicity on the Green Shops website.

It is not a technical program, but more of an applied program which audits behavioral and practicality.

Green Shops includes about 80 busi-ness in Fredericton and promotes itself with its website and will be starting a Facebook page in the near future.

MacPherson said Fredericton has upheld its commitment to the Kyoto Protocol agreement to reduce green-house gases.

“There are about 200 Canadian cities who made this commitment and we’re told

by the keepers of the program that we’re amongst the leaders in the coun-try in terms of reduction and setting targets,” he said.

“There are five milestones and we’ve achieved all five and there are only three cities in Canada who have done that.”

In 2007 t h e c i t y wanted to engage the community, which bore

the Green Matters cam-paign.

MacPherson said conference holders began asking for advice on how to make their conferences green and Green Mat-ters has a partnership with the Harvest Jazz & Blues Festival to lessen its en-vironmental impact.

“This is a special city because of the

parks and green space, trails and beauti-ful river and trees,” MacPherson added.

“The city is 68 per cent forest cover and few communities can boast that. People who want to relocate or look for a place to have an environmental industry move to we’d like to be on the map.”

Don Fitzgerald, Executive Director of Strategic Initiatives for the city, said the city has made significant advances in terms of following through with environmental plans.

“We’re getting towards the end of our greenhouse gas reduction strategy,” Fitzgerald said.

“We’re far enough along in the implementation of this strategy that we can talk about real results instead of projects we’re starting.”

Fitzgerald said people are much more sophisticated and educated about communicating with their governments about what they want in the business sector, social sector and environmental

sector of the city. He is looking very forward to the LivCom Awards on Nov. 4 in Chicago and said the opportunity to compare strategies and share ideas is important for Fredericton’s green future.

“It’s good for us to take our temper-ature against how the rest of the world’s doing,” Fitzgerald said.

“We’re aware actions can have a big impact. People are now prepared to pay a premium for environmentally sensitive products and production techniques. Our business community has recog-nized that and wants to respond to what their customers are asking them to do.”

Fitzgerald pointed out a special fact, Green Matters and Green Shops are made-in-Fredericton solutions; they are original ideas and were not copied from other cities’ programs. They were developed in co-operation with the business community and Fitzgerald said with their consistent input they continue to provide the city and its green programs with feedback to improve.

Capital city a finalist for “livable” community awardsFredericton up for four awards from Livable Communities, a competition for green cities.

There are five milestones and we’ve achieved all five and there are only three cities in Canada

who have done that.“

”- Chris MaCPherson

The Fredericton Guard are among notable faces in the city. The city is a finalist for an award. Andrew Meade / The Brunswickan

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It’s time to redefine New Brunswick

New Brunswick has a long and illustrious history, but lately our present and future seem to be lackluster. Ryan Brideau says we should rede-fine ourselves and chase the beauty depicted in the work of artists in such places as the Old Arts Building. Andrew Meade / The Brunswickan

Within the last few months, the issues in our region have become startlingly real.

The city of Miramichi was listed as a “community in crisis” by the Canadian Labour Congress after employment dropped 40 per cent in five years; our provincial credit rating has dropped, which in the long term will make it more difficult for us to pay back our staggering level of debt; at 56 per cent, New Brunswick has the highest percentage of people in any province other than Nunavut that cannot read at a level allowing them to so much as comprehend a newspaper.

New Brunswick is no longer the

proud province of a diverse people. Instead, it has become synonymous with defeat and surrender, where each year we continue to scrape by on money transferred from the three ‘rich’ provinces and sit back and hope a political or business saviour will come rescue us.

Like a boxer out of his prime, we focus on our proud past; a past of triumph mixed with tragedy with a sense of honour, while fretting about our current state. But boxers are hu-man, and they grow old and lose their abilities - provinces do not. As a region we have simply lost our desire to fight, choosing to settle for government-created jobs and long-lost industries to return. It’s pathetic and we should be embarrassed and ashamed.

But there is hope, and New Bruns-

wick has not always been this way.Take a walk around our campus, a

campus that was carved out of the wil-derness 225 years ago, and you will see our proud history in the names of the red brick buildings around us. You’ll see it in the art and the records of the Great Hall in the Old Arts Building and carved into the pews in its chapel. You’ll see it in the literature of great writers like David Adams Richards who composed some of his works on this campus. You’ll see it everywhere if you take the time to look.

The people whose names embla-zon this campus are the people that defined New Brunswick. We seem to look back on them as if they were dif-ferent from us, when in truth the only difference is the direction they looked: to the future, instead of the past.

We have a duty to this region that goes far beyond simply ‘not leaving.’ In choosing to redefine New Brunswick we are leaving an inheritance, and it is individuals, like you, that will make conscious decisions to decide what that means. Our current state of affairs is the net sum of decades of decisions made by private individuals that lacked vision and an inability to act on their own entrepreneurial spirit. It is time that we stop blaming our government for our own failures and took our fu-ture into our own hands. If you don’t like the way things are, do something to change it.

Ryan Brideau is a student of eco-nomics and physics at UNB and a proud New Brunswicker. You can contact him at ryan.brideau@unb.ca with any follow-up remarks.

After three separate experiences in util-izing UNB’s Safewalk program since the fall of 2008, it might be safe (excuse the pun) to assume that the service does not reach its mandate’s full potential.

During two of my three experiences in using the program to get home from the Student Union Building I was astonished by the incapability of the individuals conducting the service to understand that I am visually impaired and have no night vision, hence my need for assistance in getting home at night during inclement weather. The third experience was much more rea-sonable, but the two negative incidents overweigh my feelings towards the program’s efficiency.

In both of the two negative cases I mentioned, I had indicated before leaving the SUB that I had a disability and would require special assistance en route to my home (the New Suite Resi-dence) which is merely metres from the SUB’s main entrance. What I was asking would not be that difficult for any individual to provide: verbal com-munication of any obstacles that we would be approaching (i.e. lampposts) and of curbs prior to arriving at these. Even though these requests appeared

to have been understood and well re-ceived, the individuals conducting the service failed, in both cases, to provide these simple indications.

Personally, I find it to be quite upset-ting that such a simple request could not be fulfilled for such a short period of time to help prevent injury or danger. I will admit, I did not actually get hurt or fall into danger in either case. That, however, is not my point.

The point I want to make is that if this program we call Safewalk is intended to be safe then perhaps the individuals who conduct the service should be put through a training ses-sion on how to best deal with their clients, especially those with special needs (like students with disabilities). Students use the program because it is offered for their safety, protection and security. Such training could teach the individuals, who I believe are also Campus Police, how to effectively com-municate, how to easily communicate with and help clients who are visually impaired, hearing impaired or other-wise mobility impaired students.

Is this not a reasonable request or expectation that could be easily ful-filled to prevent accident, danger and to make clients of the service feel safer using it than trying to get themselves home, which is not safe in most cases?

Derek A.J. Ness was recently elected

as the UNBSU’s Differently-Abled Liaison and is a third year Bachelor of Arts student at UNB. He is undertak-ing a double major in political science and French with a minor in sociology. Ness is a visually impaired student on

campus and is a strong advocate for students with disabilities; he makes great contributions towards accessibil-ity efforts on campus. If you wish, you may contact him at Derek.Ness@unb.ca to discuss accessibility on campus.

Derek A.J. NessAn Opinion

How safe is Safewalk?

Safe Walk is a campus service with the sole purpose of getting you home safely. What happens when the Safe Walk isn’t so safe after all? Andrew Meade / The Brunswickan

Ryan BrideauAn Opinion

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My day job is to help improve the UNB experience. While we work on building a robust student advising and career planning system, strive to be the best teaching institution in the country, secure our campus and our community and increase university pride and spirit, the number one com-plaint I hear is “PARKING SUCKS!”

Maybe I should see that as a good thing. It’s certainly better than hav-ing security or classroom issues. But I know some of you are reading this article because the title reflects your frustrations, which negatively taint your entire view of your experience at UNB. Hence, I’m writing this piece to offer some truths and tips about parking at UNB that will hopefully make everyone’s experience just a little better.

Now, I’m not suggesting parking will ever be fun. Let’s face it; parking sucks everywhere you go. It’s park-ing. It’s an unpleasant by-product of being one of the lucky operators of a motor vehicle. And, as more and more students, faculty and staff bring their own vehicles to campus, the parking issue will probably never be completely solved. Having said that, I think we all can do our part to make the experience as tolerable as possible.

“There are no spots available”This is one of the biggest miscon-

ceptions I hear. When someone says this, they typically mean there’s no spot by their building of choice, or they just don’t know where they are allowed to park. As of Oct. 7, UNB had only sold about 8 per cent more passes than it has parking spots – well below the industry standard of 20 to 30 per cent – which allows for the fact that not everyone is on campus at the same time. UNB parking lots are never all full at once.

So why does it feel like you can’t find a spot? Two things:

1. Many of us are unfamiliar with our parking options. Check the map online for more information at http://www.unbf.ca/security/im-ages/ParkingMap2009.pdf. There are designated areas for students, faculty and staff, plus blue “General

Parking” lots where all legal parking pass holders are invited to park (i.e. the Aitken Centre or the LB Rink are often underutilized).

2. The overcrowded lots you experi-ence are also due to illegally parked vehicles. To counteract this, UNB can tow away vehicles or have local law enforcement issue violations as the NB Traffic Act applies to campus as well. UNB can also issue its own tickets and retain a student’s graduation diploma if the fine is not paid. UNB Security and Traffic will continue to ramp up enforcement to free up the spaces oc-cupied by illegally parked vehicles but they also ask that we help by encour-aging our colleagues and friends to be respectful of others, buy a legal pass and park in designated areas.

“It’s way too expensive!”Another complaint I hear often is

that the cost of a parking permit at UNB is too high. In fact, UNB has one of the lowest parking permit cost in the entire country.

At $81 – on the order of what people pay for one month’s insurance on their vehicle - UNB students can buy a pass for the entire academic year. That’s the price of a coffee a week. Some universi-ties sell out of passes well before the be-ginning of term, leaving everyone else without an option to park on campus. Others assign parking passes through a lottery system, meaning you get the privilege of buying a parking pass, only if you are picked as one of the lucky winners. Fortunately, we’re not in that situation at UNB…at least not yet.

Comparatively speaking, UNB park-ing is affordable and accessible.

Upcoming ImprovementsWe’re trying to do our part. While

I don’t think we should strive to become ‘the best parking institution in the country’ – we do have loftier goals – we are doing what we can to make parking as user-friendly as pos-sible. There’s no doubt that the much-needed improvements being made to the campus this year come with a lot of construction sites and detours, making patience a requirement for those trying to find a spot this fall. Not pleasant, I know, but it will get better. 187 new spots are being created at the new Currie Centre; the parking lot below Chapman Field, affectionately known

UNB parking sucks... or does it?Scott Duguay takes in depth look at UNB’s parking woes in a two-part series.

as ‘the Mud Lot,’ is being paved next spring to create 300 plus appropriately lined spots; three new motorcycle areas have been created; new spots at the top of the AUC lot will be created soon; and the area adjacent to the NBCC building will be released once construction wraps up.

UNB Security and Traffic is work-ing hard to increase enforcement to protect those of you who carry a legal parking pass. Already this fall, more than a thousand tickets have been issued and a few cars towed. Some 5,215 tickets were issued last year, 862 more than the previous year. At the end of the day, every illegally parked car on campus takes a spot away from those of you who rightfully own a pass. We’re doing what we can to reduce those incidents.

We’re also working with the UNB Student Union to create an online carpooling system that could greatly reduce the number of vehicles on cam-pus, our carbon footprint as a com-munity and the stress that goes along with parking congestion. This Google Maps-based product will make it very easy to co-ordinate carpooling with others from the campus community. This type of program, however, is only as beneficial as the number of people who use it so I hope you will consider participating.

In conclusion, I’d like to thank everyone who takes parking their vehicle on campus in stride and obeys the rules. We can make it a little easier on ourselves by being aware of where we can park, planning our arrival to campus accordingly and respecting our fellow classmates, coworkers and friends. After all, we’re all in this together.

Scott Duguay works in the office the Vice-President Fredericton (Aca-demic) and is focused on improving student experience. He can be reached at sduguay@unb.ca or follow him on Twitter twitter.com/sfduguay.

Parking permits can be purchased at:

Security & TrafficUNB Fredericton Wu Confer-

ence Centre 6 Duffie Drive, Room 3 (basement)

Tel: 506-453-4830 Fax: 506-453-4892 E-mail: Security@unb.ca

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“The Ace of Clubs.”

What are you dressing up as for Halloween?

StudentViewpoint.Let everyone know whats on your mind.

“A chick magnet.”

“A Sailor Jerry’s girl.”

“Donnie (The Big Lebowski).”

“A garden gnome.”

“The Dude (The Big Lebowski).”

Larissa Page

Andrew MacDonald

Lynn King

Andrew Guest

Alana Poirier

Chris McCavour

“Walter (The Big Lebowski).”

“Three hole punch.”

“Lamp girl, she sheds

light on shady situations.”

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brunswickaninternational Oct 27, 2010 • Issue 8 • Volume 143 • 9

Each semester, while most UNB stu-dents are sinking back into their usual routine, those who chose to study abroad are kicking off a four-month adventure.

While studying or working abroad isn’t always easy, most students agree that the benefits of giving up your familiar environment for a short period of time far outweigh the reasons to stay at home. The willingness to break out of your comfort zone is often the first but largest hurdle when contemplating studying abroad. Yet that challenge of moving into the seemingly unknown is immersing your self in a new physical geography, a new culture often with an unfamiliar language without the com-fort of familiar faces can be a rewarding struggle.

“I had to step very far out of my comfort zone, but it was worth it,” says Katriena McKay.

Most would agree that it takes no time at all to engage in a new and differ-ent community. History student Joanna Saunders reflected on the distinct bond that is often formed between those who suddenly find themselves in a new country.

“Knowing that we had a limited time together meant we made the most of that time.”

Thinking of the community of friends she gained while studying in England, Saunders noted, “we shared our personal experiences and gained new ones together.”

On top of gaining new friends and experiences while being immersed in a different culture, study abroad and internship programs often lead to an

UNB Students Experience the Global Classroom

Silke KlenkSubmitted

Students are taking advantage of exchange opportunities to see the world

enhanced academic experience. McKay, studying biology in the Faculty of Sci-ence, found her courses at James Cook University in Townsville, Australia came to life due to her close proximity to the Great Barrier Reef. “... [It] gave me a chance to study hands-on parts of biology that I have only read about in textbooks.”

While the unique course offerings at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore were also a highlight for civil engineering student Alex Campbell, the day-to-day perks of study in a tropical climate left a lasting impression.

“I wore shorts and a t-shirt to class all winter,” says Campbell. The facili-ties at some partner campuses seem to make studying abroad all the more fun as Campbell added, “I often spent a good portion of the afternoon lazing under a coconut tree at the campus’ outdoor pool.”

Ultimately, breaking out of one’s familiar environment and into a study abroad program is a great leap towards building up global connections while broadening your own perspectives.

“This whole experience has been like one big adventure,” says McKay. “Along the way I have learned a lot about the kind of person I am and met some people with some incredible stor-ies that made me look at parts of my life completely differently.”

When it comes to taking advantage of upcoming international opportunities, Campbell has a few words of advice.

“If you’re contemplating study abroad, do it. If you’re not, you should be.”

For more information on UNB study abroad programs or international intern-ship opportunities, visit www.unbf.ca/international or contact the Inter-national Relations Office at iro@unb.ca.

Joanna Saunders was one of the many students who have already taken advantage of this prorgam. She spent a term studying at An-glia Ruskin University in Cambridge, England. Submitted

Real and spooky facts about the world we live in

Tomi GbeleyiThe Brunswickan

Although these types of facts are often reiterated in the media and we seem to be getting desensitized to them because it is happening outside our comfort zone, we should remember that we live in a global village and despite our different backgrounds we are all members of one race. Thus, the following poverty facts and disease statistics in the world indirectly affect us all and are more likely to send shivers down our spines than Halloween costumes:

4.4 billion

3 billion30,000

25 million50

9.5 millionIf you are thinking to yourself, “I’m just a student what can I do to help?”

there are organizations on campus targeted at providing awareness about the situation in developing countries and organizing events to provide aid for de-veloping countries. These organizations include: Engineers Without Borders (EWB), which you don’t have to be an engineer to join, and the International Development Association (IDA). The general objective of these organizations is to take action to alleviate poverty and provide opportunities for people in developing countries that have no access to certain resources.

people live in developing countries.

lives on less than two dollars a day.

According to UNICEF, the amount of children that die each day due to poverty.

people that have died of AIDS since 1981.

the per cent of women accounted for in all adults living with HIV worldwide, as of 2008.

people that are in immediate need of life-saving AIDS drugs in developing and transitional countries,

of these, only 4 million are receiving the drugs.

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No strangers to the Fredericton music scene, Wintersleep have played at various SUB venues a number of times in the past few years. However, Nov. 4’s show will mark the first time the boys have ever played the Boyce Farmer’s Market venue. Christian Hapgood/The Brunswickan.

Market show ushers in Winter(sleep)

Colin McPhailEditor-in-Chief

For Fredericton Wintersleep fans, the long wait is over.

The Halifax indie rockers are returning to the provincial capital Wednesday Nov. 4 with special guests The Besnard Lakes and Rah Rah.

The group is especially excited to have embarked on their first Canadian tour in a while. Keyboardist Jon Samuels explains how it feels to be back on the road touring their home and native land.

“We haven’t done a proper Canada tour in quite some time and it’s good to get back on the road and play to our dyer fans,” said Samuels. “It’s just been great.”

The large offering of new venues that have and will play host to the alternative East Coast rockers is the aspect of the tour Samuels is enjoying the most.

“We’ve been playing some different rooms on this tour in places like Hamil-ton where we played in the Convention Centre for the first time. So, that was a highlight. We also played in the Music Hall in London, Ontario and that was amazing too.”

The W. W. Boyce Farmer’s Market will act as the stage for the Nov. 4 performance and Samuels is excited to re-turn, but as Wintersleep this time around.

“We usually play at the Student Union Building on campus, but this is our first show at the Farmer’s Market. Last spring, most of us play in another band

called Contrived and we opened for Wolf Parade at the market. It’s an awesome venue, great crowd. It’s just cool to play at different places and the Farmer’s Market is pretty unique spot to play and we’re all looking forward to go back there and play as Wintersleep for the first time.”

As the band progresses and deviates from their original town, they also evolve from their original sound.

Their new album, New Inheritors, was released this past May and, as Samuels explains, is a clear indication of how the band progressed from their East Coast indie roots to a reverberating post-punk sound.

“I think it’s just evolving as a band who’s been touring now for the better part of four or five years,” noted Samuels.

“It’s writing songs on the road and jam-ming together to come up with ideas. It lent itself to the more up tempo, more energetic songs.”

“I think just us being in the van together listening to different types of music and saying things like ‘oh, have you heard this new song?’ Things like that.”

Samuels cites bands such as the American indie rock group The New Year and the Norwegian trio White Birch as indirect influences that helped push Wintersleep is this new direction.

New Inheritors, the group’s fourth album, showcases twelve tracks that incorporate a stronger, more aggressive guitar presence in “Mausoleum” along with an up-tempo beat displayed in

“Encyclopedia” and “Black Camera.” Even though the expression “no rest

for the wicked” drifts through the minds of the band as they study their upcoming schedule, they still found some time to enjoy a day shooting their new single, “Preservation.”

“It’s definitely the most fun we had on a video shoot. We took over a bed and breakfast in the countryside by Oshawa, Ontario. On two hours sleep, we show up and they start handing us these crazy costumes. Someone was an alligator; somebody else was a burning building and a giant tree. It’s just going to be a light-hearted video for our next single.”

The Fredericton show starts at 9 p.m. and tickets are $22.50 in advance, $27.50 at the door.

Matt BelyeaArts Reporter

It’s that time of year again for NaNoW-riMo participants.

With the end of October near many find themselves scrambling for story ideas and making last minute plots changes. Come November, at least 150,000 global participants will take part in National Novel Writing Month. These people have respectively accepted the challenge of writing a 175 page novel before the end of the month. That’s right; NaNoWriMo participants make ambitious people look like couch potatoes.

Chris Baty is the founder of the or-ganization that started in 1999 with 21 friends in the San Francisco Bay Area. The group’s goal was simple; write a novel. They successfully pounded out enough words to fill a dumpster that

July, even if their reasons for writing were shallow. They thought, as novel-ists, they would have an easier time finding dates than non-novelists. 

From these humble beginnings the organization exploded and in 2009 more than 30,000 people success-fully crossed the 50k word count.  More than just an excuse to get dates, NaNoWriMo’s imperative is that par-ticipants will have fun and explore the boundaries of their creativity. Since they stress this over publication, the group approaches writing from a “build without tearing down” mentality. It is this attitude that has been the corner-stone of the group’s success.

The truth is, sometimes people need something to push them out of their comfort zone and to the next step. A lot of people want to explore writing as a craft, but are held back by the fear that they might not produce “good” work. NaNoWriMo’s organizers embrace this

and think that taking the first step is the hardest part. With this in mind they harbour a community of writers who gather, confess and encourage each other by expressing the similar experi-ences and obstacles they face.

Yolande House is this year’s co-Mu-nicipal Liaison for the Fredericton area. Her job is to organize local events that will help writers become acquainted and comfortable with the community. She first heard about NaNoWriMo in the summer of 2006.

“Many of my friends were talking about it with such enthusiasm I had to check it out.”

She successfully completed the challenge that November and has con-tinued to do so ever since. The follow-ing year she took up the responsibilities of Municipal Liaison.

“I wanted to have more events, so I stepped up and organized them. Now I really enjoy it. It is great experience and

it is neat working with an international organization,” explains House.

“I really enjoy the role of cheer-leading people’s writing experiences, getting people to try out writing who maybe didn’t think they could write a novel. It’s very rewarding and of course a lot of fun!”

House’s experience as a writer with NaNoWriMo has been good in terms of content. She uses the content of what she writes in the challenge as a foundation to what will hopefully be published. She doesn’t let the incon-sistency and clutter turn her off what is notably “a month of frenzied keyboard-smashing.”

House will be organizing a 12-Hour Write-In on Saturday, Nov. 6 at the Fredericton Inn. It’s a fundraiser for NaNoWriMo and it functions as a great jumpstart for those who will be spending the month writing.

Since its beginning, NaNoWriMo

has grown immensely and taken the world by surprise generating a lot of noise.

“I think it’s a wonderful, simple idea that sparked people’s imaginations,” says House.

“It really emphasizes that anyone can write a novel, so a lot of first time novel-ists who have always been waiting for ‘the time to write’ are attracted to it.”

No one stops participants from cheating. So those who cheat get the same as those who honestly complete the challenge; which is practically noth-ing. Since there is no prize, people who take up the challenge are generally in a battle with their own aspirations.

 Despite its somewhat shallow begin-nings the organization has propelled itself above and beyond the point of a one night stand. Over 150,000 participants are counting down the days to Nov 1, dreaming, reading and sharpening their pencils.

NaNoWriMo: A month of frenzied keyboard-mashingNational Novel Writing Month gears up its 50,000 word challenge for another year

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a work of fiction by Joe Goguen

In the fall of 1968 two UNB students went missing, not to be found until their bodies were uncovered only a few years ago. Why you haven’t heard of this until now? Because their bodies were found in a wooded area on UNB property and university officials kept the story quiet and under wraps. Until now their story has never been told. You are the first to hear about the story that the UNB wanted to keep buried.

Every night the guards walk from house to house to ensure that the students are behaving. One week towards the end of October in 1968, the UNB security team faced its worst crisis. There was a report of a missing student. These sorts of things never get reported to the campus police for investigation. But this was what Gary O’Neil faced when he went to work that evening. Only on the job for 6 months, he was investigating a case of a missing student. This type of work was the sole reason behind his choice in leaving the police department. Yet there he was, going out on patrol looking for the missing student.

O’Neil left the Res Life Building and proceeded to walk around looking for anything that might seem suspicious. A noise trailed off in the distant woods in front of him, across from Lady Dunn Hall. His flash light could only go so deep into the woods and he wasn’t too keen on running into the dark. Whatever, it was seemed faint and distant.

“All security officers report to Jones House immediately!” his radio echoed. He was off and running. Once he got there he could see what looked to be like a little blood along the floor on the entrance. Nobody was around, except one young man who was white as a ghost.

“What happened here son?” O’Neil questioned. The youngster just shook his head and said, “All I heard was someone scream, I came out, and the door

slammed and... That’s all I saw.” O’Neil looked around and decided to radio his supervisor to call the police to campus. “Don’t do a

thing until I get there”, barked the supervisor. Outside the wind cooled the back of the O’Neil’s neck as he lit a smoke. Watching as a janitor cleaned up

the blood, all he could think of was what the hell was going on that night. His supervisor showed up and said it was only a few boys from the Social Club fighting it out and once the young gentleman showed up they both took off.

Kind of odd, O’Neil thought, but he was given his orders to continue on with his regular run and to not worry about a little blood in the doorway.

The walk from Jones House to the HIL was cold and lonely. It was quiet out and far too late for any students to be staggering back from the bars. By now they had gone home with someone or left empty handed. He walked around the HIL and was making his way up the trail to d’Avray Hall when he spotted an unopened gym bag. O’Neil figured some drunk went for a pee and forgot about it. He opened it up: one pair of shorts, two fresh tees and pair of tennis sneakers.

Again he could hear the ruffles of something moving in the woods. This time O’Neil wouldn’t stay on the path; he would venture into the dark to find this sound. He crept slowly, breaking tiny braches in his way, moving closer and closer. Then suddenly he heard nothing, not a peep. His flashlight lit the way, striking a beam producing a sight that still haunts him some 40 years later.

A single white t-shirt with a tiny blood spatter along the neck line was blowing ever so slightly in the wind, stuck to a branch of a birch tree. He knew whatever was making that sound was long out of his reach, but not out of his sight. O’Neil could feel himself being watched. He continued through the woods until he got to the other side. This time he was facing d’Avray Hall with a sports bag and a bloody t-shirt.

When he came back to Security his supervisor was there and O’Neil produced for him his findings. “Empty duffle bags and a lost t-shirt from a wooded love affair were hardly good evidence for missing

students that we don’t even know are missing”, said the supervisor. “But we are missing a student!” interjected O’Neil. “The student that was reported missing was found two hours ago up at a St. Thomas Social, he seems to

have found a new squeeze, case closed O’Neil.” That seemed to be the end of that discussion. The morning was about to break and O’Neil felt sick to

his stomach. Something told him that there was someone in those woods with him that night. He left that morning upset and confused.

What about the duffle bag, he questioned. Was that really just a fight at the Jones residence? On such a large campus could things like missing students go unnoticed? Or was O’Neil too jaded from his stressful days on the force?

Those questions would remain unanswered for over forty years.No students were ever reported missing in the fall of 1968, so there was no investigation and nothing

was made of the duffle bag or bloody t-shirt. Two students did drop out, however, and they never attended another class after the end of October.

Records show that some odd reason both signed out at the Registrar’s office; two days previous citing the same reason for dropping out: home sickness. Their tuition was paid and no questions were asked as to where they went off to. Like all dropouts they got lost in the paper shuffle, never to be questioned or look at again.

That was until a middle-aged construction worker on a smoke break made a discovery forty years to the day of our little tale. There in the soil were the dirty rotted teeth of a corpse peeking out of the ground as though he were walking out of his shallow grave.

The university never told the campus of this horrifying discovery and it has tried to do its best to keep all parties concerned quiet. We last spoke with O’Neil who was issued a gag order and was not allowed to speak on the matter.

Last week at the ripe old age of 87, O’Neil passed away and he had one final piece of evidence to share about the story. He got word that the police were called in and they discovered another man in the same position buried three feet beside the first. The second copse found with no shirt laying face down on a faded UNB football jacket that read 1968.

Was this the work of an on campus serial killer or some crazy from across river? Have there been other murders and how many students are buried on UNB property? We may never know. What we do know is that two students lost their lives forty years ago and the killer could still be on the loose today. So next time you’re walking alone on campus remember when you hear the wind rustle those branches or feel the dark staring out at you, that it may not be the wind that is moving or the night that is so dark.

The Tale of the Campus Murderer

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Halifax explodes (with music this time)

Turn on la Radio Radio(Hold) Steady

As She Goes

Haley RyanStaff Writer

1. Your fingers and toes become numb, and your cheeks turn cherry-red. All week, icy winds blew through the port city, and the temperature dropped below 4̊ Cel-sius. Groups of people (some very ill-dressed for the weather) hurried between theatres and bars, puffing as they struggled up the hilly streets towards the promise of com-forting alcohol and their music of choice.

2. You are now able to tell the dif-ference between an average club-goer and Pop Explosion enthusiast. Mean-ing, essentially, those who look as though they thought for a split second about the weather, and have something with sleeves, are probably off to a show they know they need to walk to. On the other hand, if a young man has a half-open button-down shirt, exposing unnecessary amounts of shaved chest, there’s a good chance he is on his way to dance floor. Black wool coat and determined strut? On the hunt for a

great live act. 3. You drink before a show at the

Paragon. Many of Halifax’s hot-spots are on par with most Fredericton watering holes, but the Paragon is a bit above the standard for a rum and coke. Perhaps it’s just me, but $5.25 for a local beer, and $6 for imported beer, is highway robbery. Yes, the venue is great for shows, and many well-known acts have played there over the years, but I bet they never paid for drinks.

4. You see so many people riding bikes you wonder if there’s a convention in town. And I’m not just talking about the bikers in Nike spandex. Helmets sat atop beanies and berets, as couples dressed for an evening of concert-going tied up their bikes before joining the ticket lineup. Bikes in all shapes and styles whizzed by huddled groups on corners, who tore themselves from the greasy pizza in their hands to stare bewilderedly after the spin-ning wheels.

5. You realize that it’s the people who make the festival. At Pop Explosion, it

isn’t unusual to find the bassist of the band you just saw wandering around the bar, sipping a Keith’s and talking to anyone who approaches him. There is no divide, no haughtiness. At the Radio Radio show, a highly inebriated girl backed through the tight crowd, pleading it was her birthday. She managed to walk on stage as the French trio were rapping - and they proceeded to serenade her with “Happy Birthday” in Chiac. While talking to your friends in a dim foyer about how disappointed you are that your favourite Halifax band broke up, a stranger may stop just to agree with you and talk about music for an hour.

Five points don’t even begin to cover the energy and detail of this festival, not to mention the variety of music. It’s rare to find a time, in any city, when you can listen to a punk band, and then go down the street to take in some indie-pop or acoustic folk. See-ing live music is always a great experience, and if you didn’t make it out to Halifax last weekend, try to make your own memories with local Fredericton shows.

“Do you wanna get crushed? Craig Finn is my legend!” yells a short guy with a black toque as he pushes his way towards the stage.

The lights go off. A roar escapes the sea of people as bodies press harder together, leaning forward like the crest of a wave. It is muggy and the air is thick with an-ticipation. As the band members file out, glimmers of yellow lighting spread across the stage. Above, sunken into the ceiling, a mosaic of mirrors shows pieces of the arms, guitars and beards below.

An unassuming looking, middle-aged balding man in an average green button up comes to the front mike. He grabs it fiercely, eyes bugging behind square glasses and is suddenly transformed into a crazed rocker.

The Hold Steady, led by front man Craig Finn, played at the Paragon Theatre last Friday night in Halifax.

From the first intense a cappella line of the opening song to the final chord of the encore, Finn and his band took the crowd on a rock ‘n’ roll journey to the Midwest.

Many of his lyrics reflect what it’s like growing up in a small town. There are songs about girls, getting drunk in unusual places such as quarries, falling in love and young men who don’t follow their dreams but stay to work in the town

mill. Although he hails from a suburb of Minneapolis, Minnesota, Finn’s lyrics have a kind of blue collar, Springsteen-esque quality that anyone from the Maritimes can identify with.

Between songs, Finn would crack jokes and share anecdotes about the inspiration behind the tunes. At one point, he asked the crowd if they’d noticed something about the world recently.

“Does it seem to you that everyone’s a critic... but most people are deejays?”

In Finn’s view people are critical of anything original, but then they them-selves never produce anything original - or maybe it’s about the club scene in general, how popular music has been diluted and put through the auto-tune rinse cycle.

They are toted as America’s most “deceptively great” rock band by Halifax paper The Coast. Having seen them in

concert, it’s not hard to agree with.Finn alone could steal the show, with

his Ray Charles grin and pin wheeling arms as he sings and dances, but the un-apologetic talent of guitarists Tad Kubler and Steve Selvidge make one stop and stare. Without a cocky swagger in sight, Kubler and Selvidge are business-like and poker faced as their fingers race up and down the strings, releasing fiery and intricate riffs.

During one of the last songs, the crowd started to clap wildly. Arms shoot up, elbows knocking into necks and faces, but the upbeat atmosphere doesn’t allow for petty fights. Finn raised his arms slowly, closing his eyes and soaking up the clap-ping of the crowd over the instruments, and then pointed to everyone in the bar, thanking them.

“It sounds like real people, real love.”

What do you get when you mix th ree sk inny Caucas ian men, bowties, chiac, rap, and catchy hip-hop beats together?

Why, the makings of your new fa-vourite French rap band, of course.

Last Saturday night, Halifax’s Tribeca night club hosted a 2010 Pola r is Music Pr ize nominee, Radio Radio.

Three snazzily dressed young men mill around on a tiny stage, the black ceiling less than a foot above thei r heads. They hold nothing besides microphones, but behind them a laptop glows softly, connected to a tiny soundboard. Unlit white Christmas lights are twisted around metal pipes hang-ing below the ceiling at the edge of the stage. Reddish light dimly illuminates the rough rock and brick walls, casting the audience in silhouette and giving one the odd feeling of being underground.

R ad io R ad io i s made up of Gabriel Louis Bernard Malenfant, Alexandre Arthur Bilodeau and Jacques Alphonse Doucet, who all hail from different French towns of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia - who all wore Ray Ban sunglasses during the show.

Doucet, in a white dress shirt and black tie, holds onto a pipe and leans out over the ecstatic crowd as he free-styles. He raps about being at “Tri-tri-tri-t-tribeca” in chiac, a French dialect originating in the region around Moncton, which incorporates English words.

“I’m not likin’ these pipes too much because I’m going to head my head, I know it,” he says as he ducks back underneath one.

You would never know the pipes worried any of the band members,

with all the wild swinging and pulling they were doing on them.

Doucet and Malenfant obviously love interacting with the crowd, and if the swinging and pointing people out didn’t make this ob-vious, during “Dekshoo” Doucet leaped into the front row and put his arm around a grinning blonde guy with glasses, st i l l singing. They started jumping and soon the whole crowd was bouncing, singing and sweating with them.

Their words may not make much sense to non-French speakers, but the choruses are always at least partly English, easy to learn, and will definitely get stuck in your head. Listen to the hook of “Sur la Galavante” and you can’t tell me you aren’t strolling along singing “sailor, disco, gypsy, jazz... jazz! jazz!” under your breath.

Another number the crowd went crazy for was “Guess What?” which had the guys singing in a near falsetto, Bee Gees style. A little choreographed dance with twirling and pretending to drive a car, got screams of laughter and approval from the girls dancing in the first few rows.

You simply couldn’t stand still at this show. If somehow the electric, catchy beats and l ightning-fast French raps didn’t want to make you dance all night, the crowd would make you sway with them because it was so packed.

After only an hour of fabulous French fun, I walked out of the club into the windy night, wishing I could have heard more.

Now, I challenge you to take a chance and listen to something new - I can guarantee a booty shake or two.

Barry Yanowitz.

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Did the men’s soccer team do enough to hold onto a playoff spot with only

one game left to play?the panel

voice your opinion

If they had two more points I would feel a lot better about the position they are in. With MUN and CBU having a game in hand I am afraid the Reds will have to hope both struggle in their final games, but I don’t see that happening. Finishing one spot out of the playoffs looks like it just might happen.

If there was six open spots, then I would say “sure, see you in Monc-ton, boys.” Unfortunately, that’s not the case and the darkness is beginning to close in on a team that was touted a contender at the beginning of the year. Inconsis-tency and a lack of focus plagued this squad and they’ll be feeling the aftereffects as they watch the AUS Championships from the sideline.

They have definately made things interesting. They NEED to beat UPEI in order to have a shot at playoffs. I can see it coming down to a potential three-way tie for two playoff spots. It is going to be a fun weekend of soccer.

I think lady luck will smile on the boys and keep them in 4th spot. This will be a tense time to be on the team and they’ll need to keep their composure for when the post-season starts. They’re in.

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DAL and Acadia struggle to keep up with UNB

Dal forward Shea Kewin struggles to stay on his feet and keep up with UNB forward Hunter Tremblay in weekend action at the Aitken Cen-tre. The Reds defeated Dal 5-1 and Acadia 5-2. This weekend they take on UPEI (home) and UdeM (road). Andrew Meade / The Brunswickan

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The UNB men’s hockey team took this past weekend by force, defeating both the Dalhousie Tigers and Acadia Axemen this past weekend.

On Friday night the Varsity Red’s stormed the ice, ready to out-score and out-play the Tigers, which they did finishing the night with a 5-1 victory.

The Reds dominated the Dal net the f irst period, outshooting the Tigers with a staggering 15-2 where forward Jeff Lee was able to open the scoring with a shot at 5:36.

Jonathan Harty soon followed with a goal assisted by Chris Culligan, giv-ing the Reds a 2-0 lead.

The Reds continued their domina-tion in the second period where team captain Kyle Bailey put away the third goal within the first five minutes.

However, as the game drew on and the intensity grew on the ice, the Reds suffered a two minute pen-alty for slashing, giving the Tigers a power-play where Dalhousie forward Benjamin Breault assisted Patrick Daley in scoring on UNB goalie Derek Yeomans.

After upping their game, Dalhousie tried to come back from the 3-1 lead the Reds had on them, but it was UNB’s turf and the boys wanted to prove what kind of competition the Tigers had to look forward to for the rest of the season.

At 6:06 in the third, UNB forward Dion Campbell scored the fourth goal on the power-play. Shortly follow-ing, Jordan Clendenning and Joshua Hepditch assisted Hunter Tremblay in scoring the fifth and final goal, blowing the Dalhousie Tigers out of the water 5-1.

“It was a great night tonight, I think we played pretty great,” said Campbell. “Overall I think we played pretty hard for sixty-minutes, give or take a few mental lapses, but it was a great home-opener for the boys.”

As the night’s victory settled in, Campbell knew that Saturday would be just as much of a challenge if not more so.

“We don’t take any teams lightly in this. It’s going to be a really good

battle tomorrow and we’re looking forward to it,” said Campbell prior to Saturday’s matchup.

There was tension in the air Sat-urday night as the Reds and Axemen took to the ice.

As the game started, Acadia man-aged to secure the puck in UNB’s end for only a few minutes before Campbell opened the scoring at 8:07 of the first period.

As the first period drew on, both teams were vying for the next goal, but in the last few minutes of play the Axemen were called on a ten minute

misconduct and a two minute check-ing to the head, giving the Reds an opportunity to extend their lead with Tremblay finding the back of the net on the power-play to give the Reds a 2-0 lead.

Nick MacNeil secured the Reds third goal 4:29 into the second per-iod, his first goal as a Red. Directly following, Acadia brought the axe down as Joe Gaynor scored the first goal for the team.

Both teams continued to fight for the puck, but Acadia forward Andrew Clark scored the second goal for the

Axemen cutting UNB’s lead to 3-2 at the end of the second.

By the third period the Reds were in shut down mode, untouchable with a power-play goal by Luke Gallant and a last minute goal by Ryan Seymour securing a 5-2 win.

Travis Fullerton picked up the win for UNB in his third start of the season.

Reds’ defenceman Harty knows the Axemen gave them a run for their money.

“They raised their game and they were hungry for a win a win out

there,” he said. “We were hungry too and we got a few lucky bounces and the game went our way.”

Coach Gardiner MacDougall is pleased with the team’s play but knows this is another big week for the team taking on UPEI Friday at home and Moncton on the road Saturday.

“The guys are establishing and identifying roles,” said MacDougall. “It is trying to get that for each week, we go through a line up and show improvement. Now we have a big week coming and we have to show that again.”

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Ben Sayah is more on track than most to achieving his dreams.

This week the UNB Black Bear wrestler will be in Torino, Italy repre-senting Canada at the World University Wrestling Championship. The Ontario native has come along way and hopes to go even further.

Sayah was the first to admit that he had not started wrestling at an early age. His interests had been more in the direction of soccer, basketball, BMX and hacky sack when he was growing up.

It took a local wrestling coach to ap-proach him when he was in grade ten to get him interested. The coach said to Sayah that he looked fit and should give the sport a try. He agreed and trying the sport once was all he needed to get hooked, describing it as “very challenging and exciting at the same time.”

Since that fateful day seven years ago, Sayah has had great success in the recent

years at the national level, but never com-peted on an international level.

He has been to Senior Nationals, the Canada Cup, and CIS Nationals. He won the CIS Nationals and came third at Senior Nationals. Even though he came in third at Senior Nationals, he was the highest university athlete that finished, meeting the qualifications to go to the World University Wrestling Champion-ship in Italy.

Sayah has generally been competing in the Freestyle category and takes it very seriously. Although he has dabbled in the Greco-Roman style, he says that it’s mainly “just for fun and to practice my throws.”

Freestyle has been his passion since the beginning because he enjoys the com-petitiveness of the category in Canada.

The path to competing at the national and international level is not an easy one. Sayah’s regiment includes cardio, fitness training, yoga, physiotherapy and on top of all the physical training, Sayah finds

time to study his opponent’s techniques and work on strategies. He does all of this while going to school.

The upcoming Torino Championship will be Sayah’s first venture into Inter-national wrestling and he doesn’t want to make it his last either.

“I’m assuming everyone is going to be tough,” he said. “I am confident in my abilities; I am looking forward to compet-ing and should finish in the top three.”

After Torino, Sayah hopes to qualify for Senior World Championships.

“I’d like to get to that level and represent Canada,” he said, “with my ultimate goal being be to qualify for the Olympics.”

Although he has hopes to qualify for the 2012 Olympics, Sayah does admit that it may be too soon and he might have to peak in 2016. However, he still remains an optimist and is going to take things one step at a time, concentrating on the upcoming championship in Torino. The championships run Oct. 26-30.

Brian SavoieSports Reporter

Sayah ready for World University Games

Swim team successful at home

Brian SavoieSports Reporter

The Varsity Reds made a splash this past weekend as they hosted their annual Amby Legere AUS Invitational at the SMA pool.

The Invitational featured the top teams from the Atlantic universities including Mount Allison, Acadia, UPEI and Dalhousie.

Even with the tough competition both teams met Coach Stewart’s high expectations and scored well in all categories, but it was the women’s team who particularly shone this weekend, placing second overall in the meet.

Their main highlight for the team over the weekend for the women was beating Dalhousie out for gold in the girls 4x50 medley, a race which UNB hasn’t won in the past five years.

It was really exciting to beat DAL in the 4 x 50 medley relay, I was very proud,” said Stewart. “I think the girls are recognizing the fact that they are edging up on them [DAL]. Before the weekend we thought that there was one, if not two, relays that we had the talent and the ability to take and winning the relay on Saturday morning was definitely one of the highlights that this team and

for myself as a coach has had in many years.”

Danielle Losier stole the show on the women’s team with five gold medals and qualifying for CIS in the 50 and 200 breaststroke categories. The men’s team placed third overall in the meet with Stefan Mader and Patrick Adam placing top three in several events.

This huge improvement over last year, Stewart attributes to recruiting new faces to both teams and overall team commitment.

“The rookies stepped up,” said Stewart with many placing top six in several events. “I thought we had a phenomenal weekend. We started out stronger this year than we’ve been in at least five years. A terrific group of athletes, their work ethic and talent level is incredible.”

The “influx of good talent” according to Coach Stewart makes for great chemistry between the veterans and the rookies.

With each group pushing the other to the next level this will ultimately result in performances like the one this weekend. Both teams overall came together and the commitment they have had so far this year has paid off and shown in the meet. The team is twice as strong as last year and Stewart hopes to take them even

further. Alongside Losier who has qualified,

there are several members of the team whose times are very close to qualifying for the CIS championships.

“Everyone is much faster at this point in the season than they were last year and a number of our rookies went life-time best times; at this point in the season that’s fantastic,” said Stewart.

The CIS championships which are to be held this coming February in Calgary will not be Losier’s first time competing at the national level. Last year as a rookie, she placed top eight at nationals and hopes to improve past that this year.

With Dalhousie being the dominant force and having the teams to beat, Coach Stewart expressed confidence in her team’s ability to come out on top and have repeat performances of events like the 4x50 medley this weekend. The next meet the men’s and women’s teams will have to face will be the Jack Scholz Invitational at Acadia, Nov. 6-7.

Stewart says that in the grand scheme of things, even the meet at Acadia is just a trainer for the real challenge ahead. The AUS Invitational that will be held from Nov. 21-22 is going to be the real test for the team and the big event they have been training for.

Melissa Hilchey of the UNB swim team (above) is shown at the annual Amby Legere Invitational at the SMA Pool. The women’s team finished second while the men finished third. Sandy Chase / The Brunswickan

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You find yourself reaching for yet another coffee as you have stayed up till four in the morning for the past two days. You have numerous assignments and papers due, not to mention the two tests coming up. There is no doubt that you are experien-cing signs of stress. Welcome to October at university. Midterms are under way and all students can keep in mind is it will soon be the homestretch to Christmas break.

Stress grips us all at various times in our lives. A small amount of stress periodically can be good. However, excessive stress over longer periods of time is not good. Most individuals know that stress can harm the body over time but are not fully aware of how this happens or what they can do about it.

Stress causes your body to release a substance called cortisol (also known as one of your fight or flight hormone). Its function is to increase your blood sugars, suppress the immune system and help the body metabolize fats, proteins and carbo-hydrates (along with a few other things).

By doing all of this, it is allowing your body to gain more energy in a

faster amount of time. Ever heard of those mothers who have lifted cars off their trapped children? This is due to their release of cortisol (and other hormones like adrenaline) resulting in a fight or flight response.

So with that being said, what is the down side to excessive amounts of stress? Over time the build up of stress can cause headaches and high blood pressure. It can also present itself with irritable bowel syndrome, chronic fatigue, allergies or arthritis.

Stress also has an effect on your im-mune system. You become more suscept-ible to colds and the flu. It also can be present in some people as depression. All of these health problems have adverse ef-fects of their own on the body and mind. Some individuals may show physical signs when stressed and in others signs may be emotional. Everyone’s body reacts in different ways so it is important to know your signs of stress.

Knowing what stress can do to the body is one component but the most important piece of understanding stress is knowing how to control it. Your body is designed to react to changes in your

environment. Therefore you need to look not only at your physical but also your emotional and spiritual environments.

Surround yourself by friends and family who care about you and offer a safe physical environment. You do not constantly want to be surrounded by noisy and toxic environments. Spiritual safety may be important to individuals by finding purpose, a belief in a higher power and a way to release heavy burdens.

You need to be able to find an outlet that works for you to reduce stress. For some individuals it may be going for a run, taking a shower, reading a book, meditating or listening/playing music.

Though all of these are great coping mechanisms one highly recognized ef-fective way to reduce stress hormones is through exercise. Because your natural body’s response to stress, hormones are physically demanding (the fight and flight response) and by exercising you metabol-ize these hormones.

It is important to get your mind and body back to that calm state. Even though you have 50 things on the go, be sure to find a few minutes a day for you and your body to relax and rejuvenate.

Amy PageStaff Writer

Cramming, coffee, and cortisol

World Series: Giants or Rangers?

If I had have said Rangers versus the Giants in the World Series at any point this season, I am pretty sure I would have been laughed out of the room.

These two teams have been part of one of the most exciting post-seasons the MLB has seen in recent years. That has to have fans excited, wondering what to expect Wednesday night when Cliff Lee of the Rangers takes to the mound against Tim Lincecum of the Giants.

That being said, we have the best pitching in the league with the Giants and the best offense with the Rangers. It is all down to seven games, winner takes all. Who is going home with the trophy?

It is a tough call, but after watching the Texas Rangers knock off the defending champion Yankees it was a clear demonstration of the quality team that was hiding under our noses this season. They will be successful in grabbing the title this season.

Although they have been successful, there are some keys to their success.

1. Early Offense. The Giants have one of the best starting rotations in the league. Once they are beat up, San Francisco does not have the pitching staff in the middle reliever positions to hold together a lead like the Rangers do. The Texas team leads offensively in each position compared to the Giants. The only one position San Francisco rivals is at first base. The Giants’ first basemens Aubrey Huff (.290, 26 HR, 86 RBIs) and Travis Ishikawa (.266, 3 HR, 22 RBIs) are going to be looked to for leadership at the plate, but that is nothing the Texas faithful should be too worried about.

2. Supporting Pitchers. The Rangers may have Cliff Lee leading them on the mound, but with the Giants pitching staff of Tim Lincecum, Matt Cain, Jonathan Sanchez and Madison Bumgarner, Texas will be in tough to match them. The rotation of C.J. Wilson, Colby Lewis and Tommy Hunter may be cut to three in order to compete. They have been able to keep the Rangers in each series so far in this year’s post-season, but against the best in the MLB they need to make sure there is no question as to their chances.

3. Molina’s Mind. The Rangers have another thing on their side. Aside from his bat, Bengie Molina used to catch for the San Francisco Giants; pretty lucky for

the Rangers, right? He is the first catcher to ever play in the World Series against a team he played for during the same season. The Rangers coaching staff can watch video all day, but in the end Molina will be the best man to give advice to an already hot Texas offense.

4. Momentum. I know what you’re thinking. The Giants have momentum too. I know that, it is the playoffs every team that wins a series has momentum. The thing is the Giants didn’t beat the previous champions. Beating the team that very few fans want to see win gives them a bandwagon of fans that rivals that of the San Francisco Giants.

5. Road Warriors. This post-season the Rangers have not been the team to beat at home. They have been beating teams on the road. Five of their seven games won in the post-season have been won on the road. This should be a good thing as the National League winning the All-Star Game, means the Giants have home-field advantage. If the trend continues into the World Series, San Francisco will be left quite disappointed.

It will be six games, a 4-2 series win and the Rangers long season will be completed with a trophy rewarding them for all their hard work. Watch and see it’s going to happen.

Wednesday, the World Series kicks off as the San Francisco Giants play host to the Texas Rangers. A team that upset the New York Yankees, this Texas squad will hope to keep it going with four more wins. FrozenInLight/FlickrCC

briefsWomen’s volleyball team split opening weekendThe team played at Cape Breton Saturday afternoon where they won 3-2 (27-29, 20-25, 25-18, 25-21, 16-14). They then travelled to New Glasgow Saturday evening in preparation for the match at STFX on Sunday afternoon. The Reds ended up losing 3-2 (25-14, 16-25, 21-25, 26-24, 16-18). In other conference results SMU def. Acadia, SMU def. DAL, Moncton def. StFX, and CBU def. Moncton.

Women’s basketball lose first game in the pre-seasonThis past weekend the Varsity Reds women’s basketball team travelled to Moncton for the Don Grant Classic. They opened up the tournament with a 90-83 win over the University of Western Ontario. They followed the win with another against Mc-Master University 86-66. After going 9-0 in the pre-season the Reds finally had a team find a way to defeat them in the last game of the tournament. Windsor defeated them 91-73.

Bombers lose to UNBSJ The UNB Fredericton Red Bombers took on the UNB Saint John Seawolves in week six AFL action. The Seawolves took ad-vantage of home field, defeating the Bombers 5-3. In other AFL week six action the Dalhousie Tigers defeated Moncton Junior Mustangs 17-8. The standings are now 1. UNBSJ (5-0) 2. Dal Tigers (3-2) 3. UNBF (2-3) 4. Holland College Hurricants (2-3) 5. Moncton Junior Mustangs (0-4).

Men’s basketball pick up two more wins in pre-season The Varsity Reds men’s basketball team travelled to Quebect City last weekend for the Laval Tournament. They opened up the weekend with a 90-86 win over the host Laval team. The next game they got slammed by Carleton 88-49. The final game of the tournament they took on Saint Mary’s University where they picked up a 78-77 win. Next weekend the team will travel to StFX for their annual tournament.

Stress is something most students suffer from during midterm sea-son. The Brunswickan gives advice on how to deal with it so the busy time of the semester goes smoother. Andrew Meade / The Brunswickan

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said. “I initially came forth and then in the finals one of the guys gave the finger to the crowd and he got kicked out so I came third and I ended up with a medal, so I did achieve my goals.”

Looking back on the matches he wrestled at the Commonwealth Games, Feunekes said it doesn’t matter how he got the medal, it’s the way he fought in his matches that makes him deserving.

“Whether I won my bronze by losing a couple matches or losing one match, it doesn’t matter,” he said. “I focus more on the results of my matches and that’s where I look back at the tournament and see how it went. It’s nice to have the actual medal for sure, but the way I look at it didn’t change from when I was fourth to when I was third.”

Black Bears coach, Ryan was just as excited as the wrestlers to be a part of the games. He wanted to make sure that both athletes took full advantage of the opportunity.

“I said to Promise and Eric, as New Brunswick athletes and as wrestlers, you may never have an opportunity like this again,” he said. “Take advantage of it and do everything possible that you can to prepare yourself so that when you step on the mat, you have no second guesses.”

Overall, Ryan is pleased with the performance of the athletes, but says there’s always room for improvement.

“There are things to work on, but at the end of the day they have something that they can cherish the rest of their lives as athletes,” he said. “As a coach, I’m very proud of their accomplishments. They could have a couple weeks off, but instead they’re back on the mat.”

Black Bear’s Feunekes and Mwenga

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Eric Feunekes and Promise Mwenga (above L-R) show off their bronze medals. Andrew Meade / The Brunswickan

The UNB men’s team needs to win, coupled with: 1. Two MUN loses against DAL, two CBU loses. or 2. Two MUN loses and one CBU win and loss. or 3. One MUN win and CBU losses. or 4. Two DAL losses. If UNB loses they need two DAL wins.

The UNB women’s team needs to win, coupled with: 1. Two MTA wins over UdeM or 2. Two SMU loses or 3. Two StFX loses or 4. One SMU win and one StFX win. If UNB loses it will be near impossible for all the teams to get no wins, therefore a slim chance of getting in.

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