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...Janeiro has a reputation for being a libertine playground, but the city's tourist board has been acting a bit uptight. Riotur has threatened to sue the Fox network over an episode of The Simpsons in which the family visits Brazil. While there, Bart is ingested by a boa constrictor, Homer is kidnapped by a taxi driver and monkeys roam the streets. Perhaps most insulting, the show suggests Brazil is responsible for the Macarena (the dance comes from Spain). Riotur spent $18 million promoting the city last year and doesn't want it to go to waste, though bringing attention...
...April 1, first-year law student Matthias Scholl sent an anonymous e-mail to classmate F. Michelle Simpson, who had complained about Camara’s use of “nig” on the website...
...April 2, a flier was placed anonymously in nearly 80 first-year law students’ mailboxes. The flier contained a swastika, anti-Semitic comments and a reprint of Scholl’s e-mail to Simpson...
...Simpson said that yesterday’s rally was necessary in spite of support from faculty and administrators...
...Even though the administration is attempting to reach out to us, we want to let them know that we’re still pursuing action to keep it going,” Simpson said...