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...whom unquestioning faith is a ruling factor in their lives. Another priest, a church historian, points out that the habits of obedience, especially in a hierarchical religion like Catholicism, are particularly hard to break. And O?Grady was the kind of man who is capable of seducing a mother in order to gain easier access to his real prey, her children, both male and female. The trail of ruined lives he left behind - men and women incapable of marriage, of normal sexual lives - is a palpable sadness in this film. And that says nothing about the damage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Predator Priest | 10/13/2006 | See Source »

When his father died over six years ago, and his mother became ill and died just months later, Ho and his sister were left as orphans in their native Taiwan. Alone in the country, it was the saving graces of an aunt and uncle in Martinez, Ga. that brought the two to the United States, and eventually brought Ho to where he is today...

Author: By Madeleine I. Shapiro, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Amazing Voyage of Cheng Ho | 10/12/2006 | See Source »

...Sports article incorrectly described the football team's Cheng Ho '10 and his sister as orphans. In fact, Ho's mother is alive; his father died more than six years...

Author: By Madeleine I. Shapiro, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Amazing Voyage of Cheng Ho | 10/12/2006 | See Source »

Eventually, I decided that I needed to answer these questions in a mass forum. Thus I entreated my formidable reading public (which consists of roughly three people not including my mother) to ask me their most burning questions about the current trends, which promptly yielded this fabulous assortment...

Author: By Rebecca M. Harrington, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: On Bowties and Skinny Jeans | 10/11/2006 | See Source »

While spitting out lists of SAT words and math tricks is easy as pi for Noah, cultivating relationships with his students is more difficult. For Dylan and Tuscany, being popular is as easy as stealing prescription drugs from their stereotypically absent and aloof mother, Dr. Thayer. “In Dylan’s case coolness is an end in itself. But in Noah’s case, coolness means financial solvency.” The better he is ranked by his students, the more Noah is paid by his agency...

Author: By Aliza H. Aufrichtig, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Tutors of the Rich and Famous | 10/11/2006 | See Source »

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