Twenty-year-old Geisy Arruda was kicked out of her school in Brazil for wearing a short dress to class. Arruda was ordered to put on the professor’s coat and was escorted out “by police amid a hail of insults and curses,” according to the AP.
The Brazilian Education Ministry gave the university 10 days to defend their decision to expel Arruda and may recommend they re-think their excuse according to ministry spokesman Murilo Mihomem.
What gets me, and it was mentioned in the original article, is Brazil is known for their scandalous attire and exotic beaches, so what is the big deal with wearing a short dress to school?
More censoring in the news: I saw on Twitter that Apple told the popular site someecards.com in order to allow their app in the Apple Application Store, they would have to remove some of their cards featuring controversial content related to popular figures. The one mentioned in the TechCrunch.com article I read was about an Obama costume.
It pictured a cartoon of a child with a woman seeming to ask him, “Just double-checking that your Obama costume will involve a mask and not shoe polish.”
Again, what gets me is the app I mentioned a few weeks ago, “Amp B4 U Score,” was allowed, but these satirical e-cards were censored? What’s with you Apple?
Sticking with the pop culture: “Backstreet’s Back.” I was flipping through the channels a few weeks ago, and “Kristi Yamaguchi and Friends” was on NBC.
For those of you who aren’t familiar with the program, it’s a bunch of figure skaters and their kids or other skater friends perform to live music played by famous groups. This particular episode featured the BSB. Granted there were only four on stage, but I could not help to notice A.J. McLean’s receding hairline.
The best part, however, was when one of the boys shouted out to the crowd, “How many of you out there have been fans for the last 10 years?” it really got me how many cheers there were.
Truth be told, the screaming girls were probably too young 10 years ago to be real fans, and those who were are most likely too old to be cheering like that for the Backstreet Boys.
In unrelated, less-than-ridiculous news, I think we need to do a little to recognize the terrific feat of Zenyatta Saturday, Nov. 7, in the Breeders’ Cup Classic. She is a perfect 14-0 in as many starts and not only did she win the Classic, she beat some of the best boys in the sport.
The part that makes it ridiculous to me: in all the races I watched, I consistently picked the horse that finished second. In this, the final race, I finally picked a winner, and it was by far the best moment of the year in all of racing.
