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Praxe: What Tradition Is This?
How do you welcome new university students? What’s the best way for them to integrate, make new friends, and acquire a sense of belonging? Just organise a university-wide hazing, as it’s called in America. It’s called initiation or beasting in the UK. Bizutage in France. Bastardization in Australia. Trote universitário in Brazil. Praxe [pronounced PRAHsh] … Continue reading
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The Fate of Piggy!man
“Piggy!” he called an accredited White House journalist. He meant it as an insult, but calling someone “Piggy!” is proof of envy. From time immemorial, Piggy! has meant abundance, fertility, and prosperity. Piggy! also implies knowledge, intelligence, dedication. Piggy!man represents none of that. Piggy! deserves our kindness. Piggy!man doesn’t. It’s understandable for the media to… Continue reading
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