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ARTS

On September 25th, the University of New Brunswick’s Memorial Hall Theatre hosted “Swooning at the Salons”, a concert filled with violin, clarinet, piano, and opera commemorating romantic music across the eras. Soprano Sally Dibblee and audience member Liv Gould discuss the transcendental uniqueness of classical music performances.

(*artwork: Why am I not a rose? by Incé Husain)

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SOCIETY

Dr. Sulaimon Giwa, St. Thomas University’s Endowed Chair of Criminology and Criminal Justice, is teaching an all-new course exploring the “defunding the police” movement. He hopes to reintroduce nuance and societal feasibility into the fervor surrounding the topic through a discussion-based course that has students openly expressing and justifying their views.

(*artwork: Dialogue by Incé Husain.)

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SPORTS

After five years playing volleyball for St. Thomas University, Christian Christie has relocated to England to build his volleyball career with the England National Team. He discusses the heightened mental game, his simultaneous academic and athletic pursuits at the University of Essex, and reminisces about his time as a student athlete at STU.

(*artwork: Strategy by Incé Husain.)

ARTS

The New Brunswick Summer Music Festival debuted this August in UNB’s Memorial Hall theatre. Concert pianist Peter Allen and violinist Russell Iceberg describe the festival, their musical processes, and the importance of the concerts with rich, contrasting perspectives.

(*artwork by Incé Husain)

SOCIETY

Marwan Soffee, server at Lebanese restaurant Byblos Restaurant and Bar in downtown Fredericton, shares unique elements of his work day, the cultural familiarity the restaurant brings, and his favourite dish.

(*artwork: Veggie Plate by Incé Husain.)

HUMANS AND NATURE

Lismore Sheep Farm in Louiseville, Nova Scotia, is home to two hundred friendly sheep and lambs. Gillian Crawford, co-owner of the farm, shares how the farm was established and the process of raw wool being transformed to commercial woollen products, the most fulfilling part of the work, and why interest in natural products is on the rise.

(*artwork: Lamb by Incé Husain. See full piece here.)

SOCIETY

Eid al-Adha is a 4-day celebration following the annual Muslim pilgrimage of Hajj. Halimah El-Husari and Batool Maallah, two Muslims in Fredericton, consider Eid celebrations in Fredericton to unveil new joys and values in Eid that were somewhat overlooked in the traditional Eid festivities of their home countries.

(*artwork: Festivities by Incé Husain. See full piece here.)

SCIENCE

UNB’s Scientific Journal Club encourages undergrads, grads, and faculty to come together and reinvent scientific discussion with casual speech accessible to all. SciClub founders Amer El-Samman, Mostafa Javeheri Moghadam, and Amir Ayati discuss creative language in science and the importance of interdisciplinary dialogue between different education levels.

(*artwork: Universes by Incé Husain. See full piece here.)

SCIENCE

Meriet Gray Miller, animal care assistant for the University of New Brunswick’s biology lab, explains where university biology lab animals come from, how they are cared for prior to experimentation and dissection, and why recent interactive computer simulations for visualizing animal anatomy cannot sufficiently replace live dissections.

(*artwork: Six Shades of Fish by Incé Husain. See full piece here.)

ARTS

‘Rolled ice cream’ is a dessert that features ice cream curled into ribbon-like rolls and drizzled with toppings. New server Maxim Marmen at Fredericton’s Delish Gourmet Rolled Ice Cream shop shares his two-week insights into the craft of rolling ice cream.

(*artwork: Eat Me by Incé Husain. See full piece here.)

GLOBAL COMMENTARY

In March 2022, the University of New Brunswick administration sent a message to all students, staff, and faculty stating that “the UNB community stands in solidarity with Ukraine”. Though the message appears politically void by emphasizing human suffering, there is a political statement in the act of sending such a message in response to violence in Ukraine when similar violations have been wreaked in other countries world-wide with no acknowledgement from educational institutions. Is UNB’s message biased by global politics? Or has UNB now committed to standing in solidarity with all oppressed countries?

(*artwork: Identities by Incé Husain. See full piece here.)

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SOCIETY

Graduating students from St. Thomas University share their perspectives on graduation, uncertainty, growth, and coming to one’s passions. Dr. Gül Çalışkan, professor of Global Sociology at STU, reflects on her career trajectory and both encourages students to be self-aware learners and to seek dialogue with older generations who have lived these turning points.

(*artwork: Entangled by Incé Husain. See full piece here.)

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SCIENCE

Blue skies research involves curiosity-driven, rather than immediately applicable, scientific investigation. Theoretical physicist Dr. Viqar Husain of the University of New Brunswick discusses the critical role of blue-skies research in scientific advancement, dispelling my wariness that it might be a selfish pursuit given the world’s steadily increasing dysfunction.

(*artwork: Schrodinger’s Cats by Incé Husain. See full piece here.)

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Published in THE NB MEDIA CO-OP

SOCIETY

University of New Brunswick students Caroline Stephen and Kate Palmer share the trajectory of The UNB Menstrual Health Society’s establishment. They discuss the alienating nature of period stigma and their initiatives for dismantling it to give way to a society where menstruation is no longer dismissed with oppressive awkwardness but accepted as a valid social reality.

(*artwork by Incé Husain. See full piece here.)

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SOCIETY

Carol Alvarez, 3rd year student at Saint Thomas University, recounts the community work that led to her receiving the International Student Leadership Award from the STU student union, her ideals surrounding diversity and cultural inclusion, and how to break systemic divides between international students and the rest of the STU community.

(*artwork: Differences by Incé Husain. See full piece here.)

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ARTS

Canadian writer Sheree Fitch and translator Marie Cadieux discuss the children’s book EveryBody’s Different on EveryBody Street, a vibrant ode to humankind’s peculiarities. Fitch reminisces on the burdensome and cathartic writing process, and Cadieux describes the novelties that seep into the work when it is reenacted by the French language.

(*artwork: Peculiarities by Incé Husain. See full piece here.)

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SOCIETY/ GLOBAL

Students at Saint Thomas University and University of New Brunswick with Ukrainian and Russian roots share how their lifestyles have been affected by the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Their experiences span grappling with having family in a siren-laden Ukraine, a longing to discover and protect now-threatened Ukrainian heritage, and frustrations surrounding the media’s simplified portrayal of the nature of the conflict, all while navigating unchanged campus routines.

(*artwork: Roots by Incé Husain. See full piece here.)

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ARTS

Fredericton’s Tipsy Muse Café and local music promoter Emma Chevarie partner to deliver the live Cold Snaps Music Series to the Fredericton community after months of limiting pandemic restrictions. The event organizers, and musicians Chloé Breault and duo Pallmer, share their thoughts on the event’s ambience and the novelty of Fredericton’s music scene.

(*artwork: Dance by Incé Husain. See full piece here.)

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GLOBAL COMMENTARY

The world became fixated on the absurdity of tennis player Novak Djokovic’s attempts to enter the Australian Open draw without being vaccinated. But what about the nature of the detention center where he was detained by Australian authorities?

(*artwork: Catalyst by Incé Husain)

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SOCIETY

Saint Thomas University students and faculty discuss their experiences with pandemic-induced online learning formats. An inevitability when the pandemic first started, online formats are now being viewed as effective tools conducive to a novel, higher quality of education.

(*artwork: Pandemic Princess by Incé Husain. See full piece here.)