Punish the girl, who broke no Brazilian laws, but don't punish the other students who's behavior meets the legal definition of assault.

That's a horrible shame. That university, which is basically a diploma mill, is huge and very profitable, but of low reputation among people from the public universities -- I have taught some of their students in short Summer courses, and most don't receive the minimum acceptable education in Biology. Some of them can't even write very well, but pass the "SAT" anyway. That some (well, a lot) of their low level students would behave like that is sad, but not totally surprising. That the school's administration would condone their actions is completely flabbergasting.

I myself will refer to this university as UniTaliban from now on.

Apparently the problem was that she `drew too much attention' and the university authorities didn't like the way she walked, the way she crossed her legs, etc.

On the video?

Well, the "victim" used to wear miniskirts (OK in my books) to school, but it seems in the day they had to call the police she was walking all over the university's building, entering wrong classrooms, talking long walks between classes, apparently enjoying herself.

The university had some hearings on this issue. They tell us more than the scandal-obsessed media does. It seems that *in the hearings* the girl's behavior was at times excited, at times indifferent.

Now the poor, poor girl had to expose herself in a daytime interview program called.... "Geraldo Brasil". Pure coincidence. She promptly obliged in showing how she was dressed in that night.

Just take a look at the photos at http://noticias.r7.com/sao-paulo/noticias/estudante-da-uniban-revela-identidade-no-geraldo-brasil-20091030.html , http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/educacao/ult305u646253.shtml and http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/educacao/ult305u649700.shtml and see if she appears worried about all this media frenzy. I bet she will get a contract to pose for Playboy (hope they have enough Photoshop licenses) and appear in different shows, all for money.

This is the real hypocrisy, and not only Brazilian: lots of people are going to watch the talk shows and buy celebrity magazines just to see what they missed in the first time. Nobody cares for the girl, just get her naked already. I suspect that this was her plan from the start.

BTW, some people are already mentioning that she was probably a "sex professional", if you get the drift. Again, nothing against this per se, but a private university (with a 300-600 reais monthly fee, with most of the students already working during the day and unable to enter a free state university) is not a place to sell her wares.

She may be blonde, have nice eyes, nice lips and a lovely smile and her legs aren't bad either but I'd have still disciplined her.

I've a hunch that though her current course of study might have ended prematurely, she'll now be getting plenty of other (job!) offers in areas more media related (she's not exactly unattractive is she??), so I think she'll end up doing alright out of it in the end. Good on her too!

good god! she can wear what the hell she wants! the smalller the better as far as im concerend!

I guess that's my punishment for never learning portuguese, but I don't get it. Not at all. That skirt seems pretty decent compared to what I've seen in my days on campus.

It looks like Eamonn Holmes has found work on Brazillian TV nowadays

Your international standing has been weaken by allowing such behaviours by the university and student mob.

Scorchio indeed.

It is definitely a pretty strange turn of events. Was it tourism or Media Studies?

Mines the one iwth the collected Fast Show in the side pocket.

... because the colour is the real offence!

My eyes are hurting after watching this.

That's still no reason to attack her though.

There wasn't even a hint of "up skirt" to satisfy most furry-toothed geeks, so come on, where's the IT angle?

Plenty of space round this side of the pond... She's welcome here...

I''ve seen shorter skirts in church.

You say a brazilian students have been wearing mini-skirts?

How many is a brazilian anyway?

George W. Bush.

In Rio, dental floss thongs are so, so, so...1990s! More like carbon nanotubes today.

The young lady, as AC 16:53 succinctly pointed out, was assaulted for no good reason.

Do mobile phone pics of pic-taking mobile phones suffice for an IT angle these days?

Did I do a good impression of the sterotype of a English Lord? Good. :D

Seriously, though. I'm brazilian, and I can't even start to understand this one. Make no sense, whatsoever. Yes, we have religious nuts (hey, they are everywhere!) - but I never thought so many of them would study on the same place.

Yes, most of You are right. The color was scary - but it wasn't too short. Well, not too short to justify the reaction (somehow I doubt even someone naked would justify this).

But, as I said: we have nutters everywhere.

Oh, before I forget: Just saw on TV: the expulsion was ... whats the word? cancelled? overruled? Anyway, she's back. Well, now she can - I just doubt she will.

Does she have big bazookas? Is the Pope Catholic??

'Strewth, after seeing the video, I'd got less manual relief from xhamster.com.

C'mon down!! Pleeease! Just halfway. Yesss!!!!

Mine's the dirty brown raincoat with no buttons. Saves time, don'cha know.

Clearly this is a different Brazil to the one of the Girl from Ipanema, Carnivale, topless beaches etc.

Well I had a quick look on the interweb thingy and it doesn’t say that private Bandeirante University in Sao Bernardo is run by religious fundamentalists whackjobs. Misleading advertising me thinks.

Paris, the new public face Bandeirante University, ooops, I think I used an extra letter in "public"

Who were the students protesting ? Probably some religious group with funny idea's on clothing at a rough guess. Her dress is short yes, but no worse than many other girls wear there.

Its either nutters, or they all asked her out and she told them to take a hike !!

That is all.

being a 'sex professional' in Brazil is a legal profession and what probably happened is some (IT - for the link to IT) student wanted her but couldn't afford her. He kicked off (probably on Farcebook or MyNoMatesinSpace) and group mentality kicked in.

Remember a baying mob is comprised of complete losers controlled by one guy (think HItler and 1930's Germany).

Is that a Brazilian up the middle of the coat ?

Proof that the madness of crowds can infect even the most academic minds.

Not sure of the psychology at work here but it appears to be lead by a group of sexually repressed males. A type of collective grudge for prognosticated rejection, that is expressed using the veneer of moral outrage and loss of honor, as an excuse to victimize an attractive female,

I just wonder if the police were not called, whether the mob would have shown their moral outrage by eventually stripping her of her offending mini skirt.

On many parallels, it just reminds me of the death captured on mobile of Du'a Khalil Aswad.

I'm a male and it titilates me! God I do hope I have more sense, than to follow the mob around, if something like this happens around me.

A beautiful woman punished, what a sad sad country.

Looks as though their authorities have been taking lessons from the anti freedom police and anti personal choice brigade who currently rule in Britain. Ignoring the actual problems by selecting am individual to persecute rather than the real offender. It was probably caused by a spurned advance towards her after a lewd comment from one who wished to gain sexual favours from her and, when rejected, retaliated by branding her as a whore. In my observation, students do not usually band together in this way without a guiding light prompting them. Most of the young students in my acquaintance are thoughtful and serious most of the time but, being suggestible, have some matter put to them by another and them raise the cudgels for an all out attack. Not the action of considered thjought but that aggravated by a rabble rouser.

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You say a brazilian students have been wearing mini-skirts?

How many is a brazilian anyway?

George W. Bush." re http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/09/brazilian_student/comments/

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of being a brazilian. These days, most of the populace seem to be fine humans. Just not the Sapiens variety. The unwashed masses have both feet firmly planted on the gropund, and both hands too, unfortunatelly.

You know whats the worst part? As someone pointed out, thet uni is just a diploma mill, and ever since it hit the news around here, everyone involved just jumps at blaming the victim. Typical reaction of rapists.

Thats what impunity will do to a country, in the long run. And be certain: none of these assualters will ever answer for it.

What dies it matter if she was "slutty"? We are in a democracy, we adhere to the universal chart of human rights and we have a voted constitution. It is not in those students place to "punish" or morally lynch her in that manner. If she was infringing on the uni´s code of morale (yeah, what a joke), then she should have been dealt with according the rules. And those certainly do not mention endorse that behavior by the mindless mob.

The uni´s security team was actually participating and morally lecturing her, and a friend had to call the police to escort her out. Had them not showed up, I wonder how it would have ended. Mass rape, seemed to be the next step the mob was prepare to go on.

There´s absolutely no excuse for behaving like a band of horny chimps. There´s no "but she was slutty".

Sorry I have to make the observation that has been done many times before. This is in the BOOTNOTE section of the site. No IT angle needed it is light haerted refreshment from the smell of hot silcon.