Originally posted by Rudi:
...or has been a (general) student at a univrsity in Grmany/Austria/Switzerland and joined a 'Studentenverein' = 'Verbindung': mainly for drinking beer and singing (in german and latin), in Germany also still fighting ...
... well, the fighting is obviously decreasing (at least in the university town I'm in), but the tradition is still strong in Eastern Europe. BTW: Latin class in high school also helped learning stuff like
Gaudeamus Igitur...
Mizu