Brittany Furness is a 23-year-old waitress, amateur bartender and fanfiction author living in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. She is well-known in the fanfiction community for her self-insert stories. Her most popular story, New Reality, is set in the Tales of Symphonia universe and has over a thousand reviews and hundreds of favourites. […]
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Q&A Zhongzhe Lin, professional e-sport player
Zhongzhe Lin,24, has been a professional e-sport player for three years in China. He and his league of legend team Positive Energy won the champion of The Tencent League of Legend Pro League 2013 Summer Season. Right now, he already retired and became a game-caster in a Chinese web-cast. How did you get into competitive […]
Q&A: Sean Ekins, dungeon master
Sean Ekins is a dungeon master – a storyteller within the tabletop role-playing game Dungeons and Dragons (D&D). While regular players create characters to play as within the game, he single-handedly creates mythical worlds and fantastical campaigns. Without dungeon masters, there would be no D&D as we know it – they are the story. […]
Q&A with Kate MacKay; Knitting for happiness
Kate MacKay has been knitting hats for refugees who have landed in Fredericton. It is only the most recent of her volunteer experience. She uses her spirituality as a core motivator. Jordyn Meade-Baxter talked to MacKay to find out a little more. Have you always been a volunteer? No. For just over 30 years, I […]
Q&A: Jesse Wilson, artist in the digital world
Jesse Wilson is an example of how art is evolving in the digital age. Not only does he use his degree in computer sciences for his IT work at UNB, but he freelances as a graphic designer, not only for the UNB Student Union, but more recently for high level gaming competitions, like Evo in […]
Q&A with Martin Kutnowski
From Argentina to the States and from the States to Canada, that’s how Martin Kutnowski’s life can be summarized. Canada is his third home, and since the day he arrived here, ten years ago, Fredericton is his house. Kutnowski grew up in Argentina, but he had a chance to study in the US. After that, […]
Q&A: A closer look at Kate Lately
Kate Lately is a fashion blog produced by Katherine Lutes a St. Thomas grad. She graduated last year and has been blogging for quite some time. She talked about her blog and the things she loves, like fashion and writing. By Nathalie Sturgeon Q: What is your blog about? A: My blog […]
Q&A: Sylvia (Bryson) Dooley, former UNB women’s hockey player, human rights complaintant
By Nathan DeLong Sylvia (Bryson) Dooley played defense for the University of New Brunswick Varsity Reds women’s hockey squad for four seasons before it was downgraded to a competitive club team in 2008. She was the team’s assistant captain in 2007-08, her final year as a V-Red. It was also the last year of […]
Channeling your character: Marie Meade, cosplayer
‘Don’t limit yourself because of what other people say.’ Cosplay is defined as the practice of dressing yourself up in costumes and accessories to look like a character from a movie, book or TV show. People cosplay mostly as characters from a Japanese anime or manga. Marie Meade grew up in Fredericton. She’s a […]