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August 13, 2010
Tamils: migrants or terrorists?
While the world is watching to see what Canada does with a newly docked boatload of Tamils in B.C., fears are flying about the self-proclaimed refugees being terrorists. SFU security expert Andre Gerolymatos can offer his thoughts on whether these fears are real or groundless.
Andre Gerolymatos, 778.782.5597, 604.728.2712 (cell), agerolym@sfu.ca
Staying on top of pandemics
Prevention and surveillance—those are the two watchwords of health professionals and scientists who want to be prepared for new bugs that could perpetrate new pandemics. Malcolm Steinberg, an SFU adjunct professor of clinical practice, can elaborate on this in relation to beating back known and new superbugs like the West Nile virus and a new enzyme-making bug in the U.K.
Malcolm Steinberg, 778.782.8554, 604.916.3159 (cell), malcolm_steinberg@sfu.ca
Tough decision: sex or Internet?
According to a new online survey by Yahoo!, one-third of Canadians would give up sex before the Internet. Two SFU English professors with expertise in pop culture, and who are admittedly ardent social media users, say they’re not surprised. “I’d say that speaking from a psychoanalytical perspective,” offers Clint Burnham, “this makes total sense. The Internet is our primary space for fantasy and fantasy is more real for us than reality. As a zone of ‘interpassivity’, what we do on the Internet says more about our real desires and personalities than in so-called real life.”
Paul Budra says: “I have read that seniors make up a surprising percentage of Internet users. If you’re 75, you may well be willing to give up sex before your on-line Scrabble game. And I imagine kids under 12 might say the same. Then throw in those people who do not, for other reasons, have an active sex life, and I can see how it can get up to one in three pretty quickly.”
Clint Burnham, 778.782.3438, clint_burnham@sfu.ca, Twitter ID: Prof_Clinty
Paul Budra, 778.782.4416, budra@sfu.ca, Twitter ID: PaulBudra
While the world is watching to see what Canada does with a newly docked boatload of Tamils in B.C., fears are flying about the self-proclaimed refugees being terrorists. SFU security expert Andre Gerolymatos can offer his thoughts on whether these fears are real or groundless.
Andre Gerolymatos, 778.782.5597, 604.728.2712 (cell), agerolym@sfu.ca
Staying on top of pandemics
Prevention and surveillance—those are the two watchwords of health professionals and scientists who want to be prepared for new bugs that could perpetrate new pandemics. Malcolm Steinberg, an SFU adjunct professor of clinical practice, can elaborate on this in relation to beating back known and new superbugs like the West Nile virus and a new enzyme-making bug in the U.K.
Malcolm Steinberg, 778.782.8554, 604.916.3159 (cell), malcolm_steinberg@sfu.ca
Tough decision: sex or Internet?
According to a new online survey by Yahoo!, one-third of Canadians would give up sex before the Internet. Two SFU English professors with expertise in pop culture, and who are admittedly ardent social media users, say they’re not surprised. “I’d say that speaking from a psychoanalytical perspective,” offers Clint Burnham, “this makes total sense. The Internet is our primary space for fantasy and fantasy is more real for us than reality. As a zone of ‘interpassivity’, what we do on the Internet says more about our real desires and personalities than in so-called real life.”
Paul Budra says: “I have read that seniors make up a surprising percentage of Internet users. If you’re 75, you may well be willing to give up sex before your on-line Scrabble game. And I imagine kids under 12 might say the same. Then throw in those people who do not, for other reasons, have an active sex life, and I can see how it can get up to one in three pretty quickly.”
Clint Burnham, 778.782.3438, clint_burnham@sfu.ca, Twitter ID: Prof_Clinty
Paul Budra, 778.782.4416, budra@sfu.ca, Twitter ID: PaulBudra