Names in the News

David Howes (Sociology and Anthropology) was interviewed on Feb. 16 about his new book, Empire of the Senses, by Laurie Taylor, host of the BBC 4 radio show Thinking Allowed.

Fine Arts alumna Mary Francis Moore was one of the authors of Bittergirls, which was favourably reviewed in the Globe and Mail. She and two girlfriends, Annabel Griffiths and Alison Lawrence, wrote a play that was a hit at fringe festivals in Toronto and England, and then expanded it into a book.

André Gagnon (Career Services) was the subject of an article titled “Graduates' great expectations” in The Gazette on Feb 21. He said that one way of developing employability is to engage in extracurricular activities while still in school. Gagnon also wrote an article in Career Options magazine.

Audiences for the Oscar presentations earlier this month heard best director (Million Dollar Baby) Clint Eastwood mention Cinema alumnus Steve Campanelli as his dependable steadicam and camera operator.

Julian Schofield (Political Science) was on CBC’s Daybreak March 2, debating the wisdom of Prime Minister Paul Martin’s decision not to participate in the U.S. missile defence program. He said Canada should participate in order not to leave North American defense entirely up to the United States.

Dennis Murphy (Communication Studies) was invited with Gil Troy of McGill to tape an interview on universities and freedom of speech with representatives from various Toronto institutions, for broadcast next weekend on Sunday Edition (CBC Radio 1).

Lisa Serbin (Psychology), director of the Centre for Research and Human Development, has been involved in an inter-generational research project since the 1970s. The Concordia Longitudinal Risk Project focuses on 1,200 families and aims to explain why and how children repeat their parents' mistakes. In an article in Le Devoir, Serbin said that children who grow up in disadvantaged conditions are likely to become parents of a disadvantaged generation, susceptible to psychosocial and health problems.

William Bukowski (Psychology), a specialist in adolescent development, was interviewed for a Gazette article on the use of body sprays by teenage boys. Bukowski said this trend might be due to the fact that the cosmetics industry and media increasingly target young boys with messages on how to improve their style and be more likable to girls.

In its February issue Québec Science magazine portrays Concordia photography graduate Susan Coolen and her "archeological" artwork. Coolen is fascinated by science, and her camera captures the beauty of nature's creatures such as plants, insects, rocks and fish, the article explains.

Bram Canzer (Marketing) is suspicious about the figures in recent statistics that only 0.5 per cent of Quebecers who use the Internet visit pornography sites. "Porn use is huge," he exclaims in an article in The Gazette, and adds that porn has driven the Internet industry just as it drove the popularity of videotape years ago.

Concordia film graduate Amber Goodwyn has gained media attention recently. The Mirror proclaimed her as one of the Noisemakers for 2005 and last month. The Gazette ran a story on her work on the second issue of the "feminist and sex-positive" zine Lickety Split.

The Globe and Mail featured Lawrence Kryzanowski (Finance) on the subject of the proposed changes to the U.S. social security system. In a long term, the changes might have a negative impact on the stock markets as the baby boom generation moves away from buying stocks into making more conservative investments.