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November 5, 2007
Murder turns focus on gangs
A murder in an upscale Vancouver neighborhood has police pointing to another potentially targeted hit. Robert Gordon, director of SFU’s School of Criminology specializes in gang behaviour and continues to follow related Lower Mainland crime stories.
Robert Gordon, 778.782.4305; robert_gordon@sfu.ca
Emergency rule in Pakistan
The Pakistan government imposed emergency rule over the weekend, a move which has drawn negative reaction from around the world. The move by the government, blaming its action on a peak in terrorism, threatens January’s parliamentary elections. Doug McArthur, a professor in SFU’s public policy program, has been to the region and neighboring countries such as Afghanistan, where he has been working with fragile democracies to create new political structures recognizing freedom and autonomy. He can comment on developments in the region.
Doug McArthur, 778.782.5208; doug_mcarthur@sfu.ca
Shuttle landing to complete study
Astronaut Clay Anderson will undergo a series of tests the moment he returns from space on Nov. 7. The data is the last to be collected by a team of scientists, including SFU kinesiologist Andrew Blaber, studying fainting tendencies in astronauts after they return from space. While a team from the University of Waterloo waits for the landing at the Kennedy Space Centre, Blaber is stationed at the shuttle’s alternate landing site at the Dryden Space Centre in California. If the landing is diverted to Dryden, Blaber will take ultra sounds readings of Anderson’s cerebral blood flow. For more, check http://www.sfu.ca/pamr/media_releases/media_releases_archive/media_release10310701.html
To check for the shuttle’s landing status check http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/news/index.html
Andrew Blaber, (staying at the Marriot Residence Inn), 661.947.4204
A murder in an upscale Vancouver neighborhood has police pointing to another potentially targeted hit. Robert Gordon, director of SFU’s School of Criminology specializes in gang behaviour and continues to follow related Lower Mainland crime stories.
Robert Gordon, 778.782.4305; robert_gordon@sfu.ca
Emergency rule in Pakistan
The Pakistan government imposed emergency rule over the weekend, a move which has drawn negative reaction from around the world. The move by the government, blaming its action on a peak in terrorism, threatens January’s parliamentary elections. Doug McArthur, a professor in SFU’s public policy program, has been to the region and neighboring countries such as Afghanistan, where he has been working with fragile democracies to create new political structures recognizing freedom and autonomy. He can comment on developments in the region.
Doug McArthur, 778.782.5208; doug_mcarthur@sfu.ca
Shuttle landing to complete study
Astronaut Clay Anderson will undergo a series of tests the moment he returns from space on Nov. 7. The data is the last to be collected by a team of scientists, including SFU kinesiologist Andrew Blaber, studying fainting tendencies in astronauts after they return from space. While a team from the University of Waterloo waits for the landing at the Kennedy Space Centre, Blaber is stationed at the shuttle’s alternate landing site at the Dryden Space Centre in California. If the landing is diverted to Dryden, Blaber will take ultra sounds readings of Anderson’s cerebral blood flow. For more, check http://www.sfu.ca/pamr/media_releases/media_releases_archive/media_release10310701.html
To check for the shuttle’s landing status check http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/news/index.html
Andrew Blaber, (staying at the Marriot Residence Inn), 661.947.4204