Universidade do Minho

Cadeias, on June 29, 2007, said:

A Melhor Universidade do país. Abraço para todos os alunos desta mui nobre Universidade...

UM - UMinho

Johan__, on July 1, 2007, said:

And we are all waiting for the senior students to become wiser and be able to give an appropriate and fun and above all warm welcome to all the freshmen and women that come to UM. The current praxe is something that one would expect of high school kids ...

I quote from Wikipedia: "To this day, the term Promethean refers to events or people of great creativity, intellect, and boldness." Something one would have hoped that the "Papa do Uminho" would aspire for!

Johan__, on September 9, 2007, said:

http://www.no2ragging.org/

pedeu, on December 6, 2007, said:

You said it, Johan. Praxe in UMinho, as in most portuguese universities, is a game of humiliation with no rules and no purpose. It could be quite harmless for 3 days, or a week, but a whole year of praxe...

Johan__, on December 19, 2007, said:

actually i think their purpose is to present the freshmen with the academic traditions of UMinho (sic! it says so in their rules of praxe and the papa do minho himself says so) ... but I dunno what the current form of praxe has to do with academia ... and yes it seems to be a never ending story ...