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University of Southern California Volume LXXVIi, Number 12	Wednesday, July 25, 1979
Sizable grant awarded for improvement of dental school
by Major Garrett
SUMMERTIME SILHOUETTE- A familiar site during the hours of daylight savings time is extended periods for outdoor activities, such as throwing a flying disc or welcoming a UFO.
The university has received a $444,963 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation of Princeton, N.J. to implement a four-year program of ambulatory dental services and resident training based in the Los Angeles County/USC Medical Center.
Dr. Gerald Vale, clmicai professor of community dentistry and director of dental services at LAC USC Medical Center, will expand the center's general practice residency program in dentistry. The center will also provide dental services to those who use the hospital clinics for generai medical care.
"We will see patients referred to us by physicians treating them in the Medical Center clinics,” Vale said. "Our long-range goal is to change our emphasis in the hospital from treating only emergency dental problems to encouraging prevention and emphasizing all phases of good dental care."
With this grant the university will expand its residency training program, increasing the number of residents from one four. Dental assistants, a laboratory technician, and dental hygenist will also be supported by this grant.
Dr. Robert Talbert, training director of USC's general dental residency program, believes the project will help train residents to provide the community with high-quality care for a broad range of dentai problems, as well as to make appropriate referrals for help when they recognize a medical problem.
"We have wanted to extend our program of dentai care to the physically and mentally disadvantaged patients within the hospitals of the Medical Center. In doing so, our residents would be able to acquire more experience in managing patients who present unusual challenges," Talbert said.
"This new grant will enable us to pursue these goals. Residents will now receive part of their training at USC's affiliate, Rancho Los Amigos Hospital in Downey," Talbert said.
Residents' education will be split up into four areas of training. Sixty percent of the residents' time will be spent studying advanced clinical dentistry at the USC School of Dentistry, while the remaining time will be divided among such medical specialties as anesthesiology, emergency medicine and radiation thera-
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The grant to USC is one of 24 made by the foundation to hospitals throughout the nation.
Dr. David E. Rogers, president of the foundation, said: "In any given year, 90.. of Americans require treatment for tooth decay or gum disease; yet only one-third receive treatment, and two-thirds of poor (continued on page 3)
Video magazine keeps alumni up to date
by Steve Elliott
A university alumnus in Bogota, Colombia, may now view USC's graduation ceremonies while another Trojan in Rio de Janeiro can turn on Homecoming activities.
This is made possible via the School of Journalism's "Video Magazine" project, which is designed to keep the 200 alumni chapters informed of changes on campus through the use of videotaped programs of recent events.
The project is directed by Richard Zielinski, a broadcast journalism instructor. The tapes will be distributed to the foreign alumni chapters by Dr. Jerry Wulk, the director of international services and alumni.
Dr. Wulk is telling the alumni about the changes that have been made in recent years. "I'm trying to get across the new campus look," he said. Dr. Wulk said he hopes his job will be easier when the tapes are put to use.
Besides graduation and Homecom-
ing, some of the scenes on the tape include highlights of Songfest and the Founder's Day celebration. There are also shots of the football, basketball, and baseball teams in action
In addition, there are segments of some of the speeches given at the opening of the Widney Hall Alumni House. There is also a condensed tour of the University Village shopping complex and a look at some of the construction taking place there.
"I will take this copy of the program to all 26 of our international alumni chapters, and if they like it, we will send them each a succeeding copy," Dr. Wulk explained.
If the alumni approve of the tape, Zielinski estimated that a new edition will be put out every six months.
This is the second edition of "Video Magazine." The premiere edition was aimed more toward the alumni that could return to the campus. This copy will show more of the physical changes of the campus and surrounding area to
alumni who are unable to return to Los Angeles.
The tape is 16 minutes long and is divided into four sub-headings: academics, sports, annual events and new developments. Zielinski said: "Dr. Wulk and I got together and we felt that these four areas would be of special interest to the international alumni."
Zielinski said he hopes that as many as 200 branches of alumni, both internationally and within the United States, will ask that the tapes be sent to them.
The cost of production would have been between $20,000 and $22,000 if the tape has been done by an outside video production house, Zielinski estimated. Production of the second "Video Magazine" took nearly 80 hours of work. The first tape took 250 hours. Some of the time saved was due to re-using material from the first tape as well as the growing experience of the production staff.
Zielinski gives a great deal of credit to graduate teaching assistants Debbie
Bierbaum and Randy Shultz for their help on the project.
The second edition was put to immediate use after production was completed. On July 20, four days after the tape left the production facilities, it was headed for South America with Dr. Wulk. He planned to show the tape in Venezuela, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico and Brazil.
Zielinski expressed optimism about the possibilities for spin-off projects. "It is possible that in the fall we may be able to put together packages after each football game. We could then send them to any alumni chapter that would want to see the highlights of the the game," he said.
This weekly football package would, among other things, take some of the pressure off the football coach to visit alumni meetings during the season.
"We would have the coach give his views of the game on videotape. We might also haave the stars of the game give their thoughts on the game," Zielinski said.
Prof studies long, short term effects of sexual child abuse
by Joan Vincent
Staff Writer
The myth that the sexual child abuser is a dirty- old man in a trench coat, with a hat pulled low over his eyes, lurking about a park is simply that — a myth.
According to Dr. Barbara Star of the university's School of Social Work, research has revealed that the majority of sexual child abusers are between 25 and 35 years in age. Statistics also show that of those abusers over the age of 50, most had committed their first sexual offense against a child before reachiing the age of 20, she said
For many abusers, its something they can't stop themselves from doing. Jail can't stop it, it only delays it," she said.
Star, who is currently studying the long and short term effects of sexual child abuse, said that every year 60 - 100,000 people are sexually abused and that 80.. of these incidents occur between adults and children.
The abusers can be anyone — a relative, a stranger, a neighbor or even a close family member In most cases,Star said, the abuser is five to ten years older than the victim.
Most of these cases, however, go unreported. "The individual usually doesn't tell anyone
about the abuse, often because of feelings of guilt or fear of punishment," Star said.
Star explained that there are many types of sexual child abusers. The most prevalent type is referred to medically as a pedophiliac. Star said that pedophiliacs are attracted to children to fulfill their adult sex needs and desires. She added that most of their attacks are premeditated.
Much of Star's research indicates that in most cases of incest or sexual child abuse within a family, the abusers are not pedophiliacs. In 50-80.. of family related sexual abuse cases, alcohol was an important factor, the abuser having little or no control over his actions, Star said In most norma! cases of pedophilia, alcohol is not an important factor.
Star said that many times incest is an idic-tion of a deteriorating marrige. She explained that the typical pattern of the incest abuser is that of a dominating husband lather figure and a mother who is often a "silent partner." Star's research shows that many "silent partner" mothers were incest victirfis themselves when they were children.
In such cases, the child becomes a"sacrifical lamb," symbolically speaking, Star said. The mother could be considered a conspirator because she allows the opportunity to arise, or perhaps ignores it.
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Barbara Star