UO E-Clips is a daily report prepared by the Office of Communications (http://comm.uoregon.edu) summarizing current news coverage of the University of Oregon.
Media mentions for October 16
Sexual abuse of children necessitates serious considerations
The Daily Barometer: Oregon State University Professor Dr. Kathryn Becker Blease and University of Oregon Professor Dr. Jennifer Freyd offer condolences and coping methods for parents and children who have been through sexual abuse. “Many times, children are not given sufficient resources and support to heal from abuse,” Freyd said. “This is a tragedy, since with support and resources, healing is possible. Our society needs to do much more to help those who have been harmed and to prevent abuse in the future.”
Vietnam’s Communist Party Admits Mistakes as Dung Keeps Job
Bloomberg News: Vietnam’s Communist Party apologized to the nation and decided against punishing one unnamed senior leader, leaving Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung in charge after rare online attacks. Stocks rose the most in a month. Dung’s two main rivals, President Truong Tan Sang and General Secretary Trong, are using the latest economic downturn to challenge his leadership, according to Tuong Vu, associate professor at the University of Oregon. Competing networks in the party are vying for power and money that come from resources sales, construction projects and monopoly licenses in industries such as banking and energy, he said. “Factional struggles have always existed in the party, but they have never gone public,” Vu wrote in an e-mail.
Childhood adversity affects adult brain and body functions, researchers find
The Guardian: Adversity in early childhood -- in the form of anything from poverty to physical abuse -- has measurable changes in the function of the brain and body well into adulthood, according to researchers ... Eric Pakulak, at the University of Oregon, found that people who grew up in lower SES homes had greater deficits in working memory, compared with those with higher SES parents, even when he controlled for the participants' education. Working memory, Pakulak said, was broadly associated with general intelligence. “As a four- or five-year-old, if you have very good attention and regulations skills, it's a foundational skill that would spill over into other areas of cognition.”
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Late mentions for October 15
UO student says she was forcibly fondled outside Autzen
KPTV: For the second time in a matter of weeks, campus police are investigating an assault near Autzen Stadium at the University of Oregon. The attack happened Oct. 6 in the west parking lot around 7:30 p.m., which was kickoff time for Oregon's game against University of Washington. The victim told investigators the attacker assaulted and forcibly fondled her. No description of the suspect was available. A similar assault happened during a game against Arizona in September. Campus police said students and people attending football games should be mindful that certain perpetrators use decreased visibility with the darkness, as well as the anonymity of crowds at events, to target or offend others. Anyone with information about this or similar incidents should call Eugene Police at 541-682-5111 or UOPD at 541-346-2919.