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...Cardinal Bernard F. Law ’53 took flight on Sunday to the Vatican, he left his bishopric with another stigma after more reports surfaced that he shielded abusive priests. To add additional shame, a council that Law chairs has authorized the Boston Archdiocese to declare bankruptcy to avoid paying legal damages. Law should resign, if not for the sake of Catholic virtue, then for the benefit of the parishioners within his congregation...
...change the atmosphere of a college. If, on the other hand, students understood that they hurt one another, and themselves, by cheating, and if there were examples of cheating—like those printed in the paper—that could be discussed and criticized by students, the stigma against cheating would grow stronger...
Wright's real challenge will be to expand beyond the nerdy niche of hard-core gamers that currently constitutes his audience and start attracting the mainstream. To do that, he'll have to overcome the, shall we say, stigma still attached to computer games and the people who play them. "It's like watching somebody watch television," says Wright. "Until you have the controller in your hand, it's hard to understand the appeal." But he's confident that in the next decade, as more and more people grow up playing video games, they will take their rightful place beside...
...powerful tool to expose ignorance and prejudice about AIDS. In 1993, American superstar Tom Hanks won an Oscar for his moving portrayal of a gay lawyer dying of AIDS in the hit film Philadelphia. It helped bring the deadly disease out of the closet, and removed some of the stigma attached to actors playing AIDS victims. Now, a new AIDS drama has premiered. It's modest, not destined for the big screen, and is produced by Bollywood, not Hollywood. But among its target audience of South Asians in Britain, it's breaking social taboos...
...Geneva. To slow immigration, the Justice Ministry has proposed a draft law that would limit work permits primarily to highly skilled E.U. nationals. Though there is no national minimum wage, welfare payments administered by individual municipalities are available to the needy. But poverty carries with it a social stigma, and many people are too ashamed to ask for help. "A strong work ethic is part of Swiss culture," says Brigitte Steimen, director of Swiss Labor Assistance. "Being poor is seen as one's own fault for not working hard enough." Diaz, who puts in 40 hours a week...