client.coffee

# expose a list of players
Template.scores.players = ->
    return Objects.find({type: 'player'}, sort: sortOrder()).fetch().slice(0,Session.get('page_size'))

# expose a user object
Template.profile.user = ->
    return Objects.findOne({type: 'user'})

server.coffee

Objects = new Meteor.Collection("objects")

# publish objects of type player
Meteor.publish 'players', (page_size, current_page, sort) ->
    Objects.find({type: 'player'}, sort: sort, skip: (current_page-1)*page_size, limit: page_size)

# publish objects of type user
Meteor.publish 'users', ->
    Objects.find {type: 'user'}