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Catlin notes that students are encouraged to come to UHS and talk about their anxieties. "We like to stress that you don't have to be sick to come and talk about these concerns," he says. There should be no stigma attached 'O a-need to talk about exam anxieties. "It's an important part of the college experience, to learn to deal with anxiety," he says. After all--"all life will be filled with anxiety...
...students with disabilities react to this situation depends largely on their past experiences and expectations. Many feel uncomfortable about pressing for access because they fear that identifying that they have a disability will threaten future opportunities. They also do not want the stigma often associated with disability. But the last year and a half have brought increasing attacks on programs and legislation protecting the interests of people with disabilities and Harvard has not been immune to this trend. As a result, many people with disabilities have decided that they can no longer afford to remain silent. Disabled students have emerged...
...national elections for next March 6. Kohl's new coalition is untested, and his Christian Democratic Union has not been overwhelmingly successful in recent state elections. Kohl's new junior partners, the Free Democrats, led by Schmidt's former Foreign Minister, Hans-Dietrich Genscher, carry the stigma of having bolted from their longtime coalition with the Social Democrats. Since then they have suffered severe setbacks at the state level...
...local grain elevator is paying just $1.99 for corn. Steffen may default on the loan, effectively selling his corn to the U.S. Government for a dollar more than anyone else would pay for it. Tens of thousands of farmers are expected to do the same this year, without stigma, although the Government already has 7 million tons of forfeited grain stashed away. Total cost of the 1982 crop loan program: $8 billion...
Additionally, many advisers and social workers at Harvard suggest that their own services are often under used. Often, they say, there is an unfortunate stigma associated with seeking professional help. "It's something we think about a lot," Vogel says. "A lot of the sort of people we'd like to reach don't want--don't need, in fact--to define themselves as sick...