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A<\/span> severed pig\u2019s head. Gender-segregated rituals. New male students asked to describe, in detail, which of the women they most wanted to have sex with.<\/p>\n

Peer pressure, alcohol, discrimination. This is what the political science intro programme<\/a> looked like back in 2014.<\/p>\n

READ ALSO:<\/strong> Rituals for new students involved profanity, sexism, degradation (2014)<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

The backlash was immediate, management got involved, and over the following years, the intro programme had to be rethought several times.<\/p>\n

By 2025, you\u2019ll be hard pressed to find pig heads, alcohol or sexist antics at the Political Science department’s programme. But do the tutors \u2014 the term in Denmark for students who volunteer to guide new students through intro week \u2014 still long for the good old days? University Post has been given access to an otherwise secretive intro week to observe what the programme looks like today.<\/p>\n

A fake new friend<\/h3>\n

\u00bbWouldn\u2019t it be kind of fun if someone played a down-and-out can collector? Maybe with an over-the-top climate angle?\u00ab<\/p>\n

It\u2019s Sunday morning. The tutors at the Department of Political Science are busy preparing for the intro programme. On Tuesday morning, campus will be teeming with new students, but before that, there’s intense prep work: the tutors have to come up with games, decorate the rooms, and finalise practical details.<\/p>\n

READ ALSO: <\/strong>Student of social sciences: \u00bbI honestly wish I had 48 hours in a day\u00ab<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

In the room that serves as group 1\u2019s base, tutors are deep in discussion about what role their ‘fake fresher’ will play. It\u2019s a tradition where a couple of tutors on each team dress up as new students (known as \u2018russere\u2019) and play an exaggerated, often comical character to get a few laughs from the newcomers. The aim is to ease the slightly tense atmosphere that often arises on the first day.<\/p>\n

\u00bbThe classic one is someone with a brutal hangover,\u00ab one of group 1\u2019s tutors suggests.<\/p>\n

\u00bbYeah, we did that last year too. I\u2019m worried the can collector might come off as a bit too caricatured,\u00ab another tutor replies.
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\nThe brainstorming continues, and the can collector idea is scrapped. They settle on a hungover student instead and a football fanatic. Everyone in the tutor group agrees these are safe choices that don\u2019t cross anyone\u2019s boundaries.<\/p>\n

According to Christian Haun, who is also a tutor on group 1, the \u2018fake fresher\u2019 game is one of the traditions that is currently under the most scrutiny. In addition to being a tutor, he is part of the Kontaktudvalget<\/em> (tutor coordination committee, ed.), the top decision-making body in the tutor programme. As a member of the committee, he helps make the final call on which names, games, and ideas make it through the approval process.<\/p>\n

\u00bbWe have a simple rule of thumb: If you\u2019re in doubt, don\u2019t do it,\u00ab he says.<\/p>\n

In his own intro week, Christian Haun spent the first couple of hours chatting with someone he thought was a new fellow student. It later turned out to be a tutor playing a new student.<\/p>\n

\u00bbI could handle it. But if it\u2019s another, more vulnerable, student who thinks that they\u2019ve just made a new best friend, it\u2019s obviously not so great.\u00ab<\/p>\n

Marginalised farmers<\/h3>\n

It\u2019s not just the \u2018fake fresher\u2019 game that requires extra thought. The group names are also discussed thoroughly.<\/p>\n

Before the intro programme was reformed, all the groups at the Department of Political Science were named after countries \u2014 so you might be on Ghana, Canada or Thailand. The country name followed the group throughout the entire degree, but it was especially important during freshers\u2019 week, where it served as the group\u2019s theme. It all culminated in a big country competition where each group dressed up as their assigned country and played a version of the board game Risk<\/em> against the others.<\/p>\n

But the country game wasn\u2019t without problems, and in 2021 it was scrapped after accusations of cultural appropriation and stereotypical portrayals of the countries. In a University Post article<\/a>, it was described how Team Thailand dressed up as ladyboys and Team China sang about eating dogs.<\/p>\n

After the country name scandal, department management stepped in and decided that groups would henceforth be named after the least controversial thing they could think of: The numbers one through seven. To keep things from getting too boring, however, the tutor coordination committee came up with the idea that each group would be assigned a theme each year, inspired by their respective number.
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\nIt\u2019s the group\u2019s tutors who come up with the themes, and they serve as the focal point for many intro week activities. The group\u2019s room is decorated to match the theme, for example, chants are composed, and tutors dress up according to the group\u2019s theme. An Instagram profile is also created for each group, where new students and tutors can post memes and memories from the intro week in line with the theme’s spirit.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s why Christian Haun, and the rest of the tutor coordination committee, take the task of approving the group themes seriously. This year, the seven group theme names proposed by tutors were un1vers [universe, ed.], 2pform [in good shape, ed.], 3D [three-dimensional, ed.], 4svar [defence, ed.], MI5 [the British intelligence service, ed.], 6ofon [‘sexophone’, ed.] and Landmand 7er k\u00e6rlighed [reality show \u2018Farmer Wants a Wife\u2019, ed.].<\/p>\n

But are farmers a marginalised group? And is it not too militaristic to have a theme that revolves around defence?<\/p>\n

\u00bbIn the end, all the names were approved, even though there were a couple we had to consider a bit more carefully,\u00ab says Christian Haun.<\/p>\n

The group that always causes the most trouble every year is group six, he says. Because of how the number sounds in Danish, it can easily lead to the wrong connotations:<\/p>\n

\u00bbMost of the time, the tutors who get group six handle it well. At one point there was talk of ‘6y’ [sexy, ed.], and that one was probably right on the edge.\u00ab<\/p>\n

Let me<\/em> be sober<\/h3>\n

At group un1vers, the tutors are busy decorating. Blue pennants hang from the ceiling, the room\u2019s columns are being wrapped in gold and silver, and stars are being cut out in bulk.<\/p>\n

\u00bbRemember to put out markers so the new students can write their own names on the signs. We don\u2019t know what they prefer to be called,\u00ab one tutor reminds the others.<\/p>\n

In one corner of the room, a couple of tutors are building a bar, which they christen the Space Bar. They lay out soft drinks on the counter and hide the beer crates, so no one is tempted to break the ‘no alcohol before 5 pm’ rule.
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\nOutside, in one of the campus\u2019s many gardens, three other tutors are busy painting the group\u2019s flag. It\u2019s early afternoon, and the conversation turns to the rules for intro week:<\/p>\n

\u00bbI\u2019m actually really glad that the 5 pm rule also applies to tutors. It means I haven\u2019t even thought about drinking yet,\u00ab says one of the tutors as she paints a rocket ship on the flag.<\/p>\n

The others nod. One of them says she\u2019s considering signing up as ‘designated sober guide’ for the second day of intro week, when the evening\u2019s activity is a trip to the nightclub Hive.<\/p>\n

A tutor hug, a tutor hug, it’s a hug that makes you feel warm<\/p>\n

Verse from welcoming song<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

As designated sober, you\u2019re the one that others can turn to if something goes wrong during the night, or if any drunk students need help.<\/p>\n

\u00bbI love dancing and have no problem doing it sober. And it\u2019s kind of fun to watch all your friends get drunk,\u00ab says the one considering signing up.<\/p>\n

Later, it turns out that there are several others who also find the idea of a sober night out appealing. When it\u2019s time to pick the designated sober guides at the end of the day, hands shoot up into the air, and so many volunteers step forward that the tutor coordination committee has to choose among the eager candidates.<\/p>\n

\u00bbLast year, we sat around waiting forever for someone to volunteer,\u00ab one surprised tutor says to another as the general meeting wraps up.<\/p>\n

The freshers are coming<\/h3>\n

It\u2019s 9 am on Tuesday. It\u2019s the first day of intro week for the new students, and the tutors are hiding around campus, ready to surprise the new students as they arrive.<\/p>\n

\u00bbThey\u2019re coming now, they\u2019re coming now,\u00ab it echoes through the gates.<\/p>\n

Tutors jump out from their hiding spots, grab each other\u2019s hands and form a circle around a group of unsuspecting new students while singing: \u00bbA tutor hug, a tutor hug, it’s a hug that makes you feel warm.\u00ab<\/p>\n

All the way from the main entrance to one of the old municipal hospital\u2019s lecture halls, the new students are met by cheerful tutors waving flags and handing out hugs. Spirits are high among the tutors. The new students seem slightly bewildered.<\/p>\n

Later in the day, groups compete in a sort of race. At one of the stations, there\u2019s a theme from the TV show Paradise Hotel<\/em>. Here, new students meet a Paradise<\/em> contestant, a Paradise<\/em> snake, and Dubai tycoon Alejandro. The group\u2019s task is to draw a paradise for Alejandro.
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\nA couple of new students who have led the drawing activity step forward to present:<\/p>\n

\u00bbAlejandro likes the ladies, so of course he has a couple of strippers on his private jet,\u00ab says one of them, pointing to a drawing of a pole dancer.<\/p>\n

\u00bbAnd here he is with a bottle of Mo\u00ebt,\u00ab the fresher continues.<\/p>\n

\u00bbBut only after 5 pm, right?\u00ab chimes in the costumed tutor playing Alejandro.<\/p>\n

\u00bbYes, of course, only after 5 pm,\u00ab the fresher laughs in agreement.<\/p>\n

The crowd cheers and claps at the reference to the rule that alcohol is only allowed after 5 pm.<\/p>\n

READ ALSO:\u00a0<\/strong>Is woke (also) dead at the University of Copenhagen?<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

A pole dancer, on paper, is a far cry from a real stripper. Still, Camilla Angaard Nielsen, a first-time tutor who witnessed the scene, says it\u2019s important that tutors stay aware of whether anyone present finds the situation uncomfortable.<\/p>\n

\u00bbTutors should always be two steps behind the boundary,\u00ab she says, while also pointing out the dilemma this presents:<\/p>\n

\u00bbAt the same time, we need to avoid being preachy.\u00ab<\/p>\n

Camilla Angaard Nielsen says the tutor team had discussed whether they should tell the new students in advance not to post anything inappropriate on the group\u2019s Instagram. But the tutors agreed it was better to respond afterwards if something crossed a boundary, rather than come across as condescending upfront.<\/p>\n

According to Christian Haun, the most important thing in situations like these is to make sure the new students don\u2019t feel ashamed:<\/p>\n

\u00bbWe never call people out if they go too far \u2014 unless it\u2019s something really serious,\u00ab he says.<\/p>\n

\u2018But we\u2019ve always done it this way\u2019<\/h3>\n

At Political Science, there are plenty of traditions \u2014 but in the intro programme, nothing is sacred anymore. Every year, the new students evaluate the programme, and the tutors take the feedback seriously. Christian Haun explains that it\u2019s this approach that allows the programme to keep evolving.<\/p>\n

\u00bbI think the intro programme has really landed in a good place. People are happy with it, and a healthy culture has been created. As far as I\u2019m concerned, it could look completely different and still be great.\u00ab<\/p>\n

Christian Haun admits he can see the appeal of some elements from the old intro format. He would have liked to try the Risk-inspired country competition, for example. But based on everything he\u2019s heard, he understands why it was scrapped:<\/p>\n

\u00bbThe problem with the game was that it encouraged stereotypes \u2014 even if you chose fictional countries. And that\u2019s not okay in an intro programme.\u00ab
\n
\nSeveral tutors point out that traditions can be problematic. Anna Borrisholt, who is a tutor for the second year in a row, says:<\/p>\n

\u00bbTraditions stop people from pausing and thinking about why we do things the way we do. The default quickly becomes that we do these things just because we\u2019ve always done them.\u00ab<\/p>\n

For her, it\u2019s crucial that they\u2019ve broken with the old games:<\/p>\n

\u00bbIt\u2019s hard to change a culture, but once it becomes healthy, it creates a positive spiral \u2014 where you attract more people who want to contribute to it.\u00ab<\/p>\n

Anna Aurora Duelund Mortensen, also a second-time tutor, recognises the same shift. She herself experienced some boundary-pushing elements on her own intro week. Afterwards she wasn\u2019t even sure she wanted to become a tutor.<\/p>\n

READ ALSO:\u00a0<\/strong>Inside City Campus: Bars, basements and hidden gardens<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

But during the evaluation process, it turned out she wasn\u2019t the only one who felt that way \u2014 and that part of the programme was later changed. To her, it highlights how important it is to listen each year to how new students experienced intro week:<\/p>\n

\u00bbThe goal is to keep the fun stuff and ditch everything else, so it becomes a good and safe experience for everyone.\u00ab<\/p>\n

See you for a soda<\/h3>\n

It\u2019s the final day of the intro week. The days have taken a toll on the room. The bar sign is hanging crooked, and some of the stars are falling off the wall. The only thing that still seems more or less intact is the name tags:<\/p>\n

\u00bbA couple of days ago, the new students told us that it worked best if we gave them random, fixed seats for the whole week so it didn\u2019t feel too divided. So of course we did that,\u00ab says one of the tutors.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s cheerful chatter in the cramped room, and the mood is much more relaxed than on the first day. One of the new students speaks up to the group:<\/p>\n

\u00bbA couple of us guys were talking, and we thought it might be nice to meet up on Sunday in F\u00e6lledparken for a bit of football.\u00ab
\n
\nThe group seems excited about the prospect of spending another day together.<\/p>\n

\u00bbWe agreed it should be a ‘soda-based’ activity so everyone can join,\u00ab the organiser continues.<\/p>\n

Tutors and new students snap their fingers [the Political Science alternative to clapping, ed.] enthusiastically at the initiative. The new students seem to have quickly picked up that it\u2019s cool to suggest inclusive activities.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a far cry from the pig heads and drinking games of yore to the current intro programme. Among the tutors, very few seem to miss the old days.<\/p>\n

University Post is working on getting access to join the group ‘un1vers’ when they go on their intro camp trip to the small town of Vig in October.<\/p>\n

READ ALSO<\/strong>: Medical dilemmas and moral hangovers: \u00bbIn the future, you will drink less alcohol at Danish intro camps, I’m sure of that\u00ab<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

This article was first written in Danish and published on 15 September 2025. It has been translated into English and post-edited by Mike Young.<\/em>
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This is what the <a href=\"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/rituals-for-new-students-involved-profanity-sexism-degradation\/\">political science intro programme<\/a> looked like back in 2014.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/sexisme-og-druk-gennemsyrer-statskundskab\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Rituals for new students involved profanity, sexism, degradation (2014)<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The backlash was immediate, management got involved, and over the following years, the intro programme had to be rethought several times.<\/p>\n<p>By 2025, you\u2019ll be hard pressed to find pig heads, alcohol or sexist antics at the Political Science department’s programme. But do the tutors \u2014 the term in Denmark for students who volunteer to guide new students through intro week \u2014 still long for the good old days? University Post has been given access to an otherwise secretive intro week to observe what the programme looks like today.<\/p>\n<h3>A fake new friend<\/h3>\n<p>\u00bbWouldn\u2019t it be kind of fun if someone played a down-and-out can collector? Maybe with an over-the-top climate angle?\u00ab<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s Sunday morning. The tutors at the Department of Political Science are busy preparing for the intro programme. On Tuesday morning, campus will be teeming with new students, but before that, there’s intense prep work: the tutors have to come up with games, decorate the rooms, and finalise practical details.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO: <\/strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/student-of-social-sciences-i-honestly-wish-i-had-48-hours-in-a-day\/\">Student of social sciences: \u00bbI honestly wish I had 48 hours in a day\u00ab<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>In the room that serves as group 1\u2019s base, tutors are deep in discussion about what role their ‘fake fresher’ will play. It\u2019s a tradition where a couple of tutors on each team dress up as new students (known as \u2018russere\u2019) and play an exaggerated, often comical character to get a few laughs from the newcomers. The aim is to ease the slightly tense atmosphere that often arises on the first day.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbThe classic one is someone with a brutal hangover,\u00ab one of group 1\u2019s tutors suggests.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbYeah, we did that last year too. 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They settle on a hungover student instead and a football fanatic. Everyone in the tutor group agrees these are safe choices that don\u2019t cross anyone\u2019s boundaries.<\/p>\n<p>According to Christian Haun, who is also a tutor on group 1, the \u2018fake fresher\u2019 game is one of the traditions that is currently under the most scrutiny. In addition to being a tutor, he is part of the <em>Kontaktudvalget<\/em> (tutor coordination committee, ed.), the top decision-making body in the tutor programme. As a member of the committee, he helps make the final call on which names, games, and ideas make it through the approval process.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbWe have a simple rule of thumb: If you\u2019re in doubt, don\u2019t do it,\u00ab he says.<\/p>\n<p>In his own intro week, Christian Haun spent the first couple of hours chatting with someone he thought was a new fellow student. It later turned out to be a tutor playing a new student.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbI could handle it. But if it\u2019s another, more vulnerable, student who thinks that they\u2019ve just made a new best friend, it\u2019s obviously not so great.\u00ab<\/p>\n<h3>Marginalised farmers<\/h3>\n<p>It\u2019s not just the \u2018fake fresher\u2019 game that requires extra thought. The group names are also discussed thoroughly.<\/p>\n<p>Before the intro programme was reformed, all the groups at the Department of Political Science were named after countries \u2014 so you might be on Ghana, Canada or Thailand. The country name followed the group throughout the entire degree, but it was especially important during freshers\u2019 week, where it served as the group\u2019s theme. It all culminated in a big country competition where each group dressed up as their assigned country and played a version of the board game <em>Risk<\/em> against the others.<\/p>\n<p>But the country game wasn\u2019t without problems, and in 2021 it was scrapped after accusations of cultural appropriation and stereotypical portrayals of the countries. In <a href=\"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/ive-had-many-a-sleepless-night-over-whether-i-should-take-on-this-struggle\/\">a University Post article<\/a>, it was described how Team Thailand dressed up as ladyboys and Team China sang about eating dogs.<\/p>\n<p>After the country name scandal, department management stepped in and decided that groups would henceforth be named after the least controversial thing they could think of: The numbers one through seven. To keep things from getting too boring, however, the tutor coordination committee came up with the idea that each group would be assigned a theme each year, inspired by their respective number.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"Quote","quote":"We have a simple rule of thumb: If you\u2019re in doubt, don\u2019t do it","quotee":"Christian Haun, tutor and member of the tutor coordination committee at the Department of Political Science","style":"extended"},{"acf_fc_layout":"Content","content":"<p>It\u2019s the group\u2019s tutors who come up with the themes, and they serve as the focal point for many intro week activities. The group\u2019s room is decorated to match the theme, for example, chants are composed, and tutors dress up according to the group\u2019s theme. An Instagram profile is also created for each group, where new students and tutors can post memes and memories from the intro week in line with the theme’s spirit.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why Christian Haun, and the rest of the tutor coordination committee, take the task of approving the group themes seriously. This year, the seven group theme names proposed by tutors were un1vers [universe, ed.], 2pform [in good shape, ed.], 3D [three-dimensional, ed.], 4svar [defence, ed.], MI5 [the British intelligence service, ed.], 6ofon [‘sexophone’, ed.] and Landmand 7er k\u00e6rlighed [reality show \u2018Farmer Wants a Wife\u2019, ed.].<\/p>\n<p>But are farmers a marginalised group? And is it not too militaristic to have a theme that revolves around defence?<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbIn the end, all the names were approved, even though there were a couple we had to consider a bit more carefully,\u00ab says Christian Haun.<\/p>\n<p>The group that always causes the most trouble every year is group six, he says. Because of how the number sounds in Danish, it can easily lead to the wrong connotations:<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbMost of the time, the tutors who get group six handle it well. At one point there was talk of ‘6y’ [sexy, ed.], and that one was probably right on the edge.\u00ab<\/p>\n<h3>Let <em>me<\/em> be sober<\/h3>\n<p>At group un1vers, the tutors are busy decorating. Blue pennants hang from the ceiling, the room\u2019s columns are being wrapped in gold and silver, and stars are being cut out in bulk.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbRemember to put out markers so the new students can write their own names on the signs. 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It\u2019s early afternoon, and the conversation turns to the rules for intro week:<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbI\u2019m actually really glad that the 5 pm rule also applies to tutors. It means I haven\u2019t even thought about drinking yet,\u00ab says one of the tutors as she paints a rocket ship on the flag.<\/p>\n<p>The others nod. One of them says she\u2019s considering signing up as ‘designated sober guide’ for the second day of intro week, when the evening\u2019s activity is a trip to the nightclub Hive.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A tutor hug, a tutor hug, it’s a hug that makes you feel warm<\/p>\n<p class=\"quotee\">Verse from welcoming song<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As designated sober, you\u2019re the one that others can turn to if something goes wrong during the night, or if any drunk students need help.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbI love dancing and have no problem doing it sober. And it\u2019s kind of fun to watch all your friends get drunk,\u00ab says the one considering signing up.<\/p>\n<p>Later, it turns out that there are several others who also find the idea of a sober night out appealing. When it\u2019s time to pick the designated sober guides at the end of the day, hands shoot up into the air, and so many volunteers step forward that the tutor coordination committee has to choose among the eager candidates.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbLast year, we sat around waiting forever for someone to volunteer,\u00ab one surprised tutor says to another as the general meeting wraps up.<\/p>\n<h3>The freshers are coming<\/h3>\n<p>It\u2019s 9 am on Tuesday. It\u2019s the first day of intro week for the new students, and the tutors are hiding around campus, ready to surprise the new students as they arrive.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbThey\u2019re coming now, they\u2019re coming now,\u00ab it echoes through the gates.<\/p>\n<p>Tutors jump out from their hiding spots, grab each other\u2019s hands and form a circle around a group of unsuspecting new students while singing: \u00bbA tutor hug, a tutor hug, it’s a hug that makes you feel warm.\u00ab<\/p>\n<p>All the way from the main entrance to one of the old municipal hospital\u2019s lecture halls, the new students are met by cheerful tutors waving flags and handing out hugs. Spirits are high among the tutors. The new students seem slightly bewildered.<\/p>\n<p>Later in the day, groups compete in a sort of race. At one of the stations, there\u2019s a theme from the TV show <em>Paradise Hotel<\/em>. Here, new students meet a <em>Paradise<\/em> contestant, a <em>Paradise<\/em> snake, and Dubai tycoon Alejandro. The group\u2019s task is to draw a paradise for Alejandro.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"Quote","quote":"Tutors should always stay two steps behind the boundary","quotee":"Camilla Angaard Nielsen, first-time tutor for Political Science","style":"extended"},{"acf_fc_layout":"Content","content":"<p>A couple of new students who have led the drawing activity step forward to present:<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbAlejandro likes the ladies, so of course he has a couple of strippers on his private jet,\u00ab says one of them, pointing to a drawing of a pole dancer.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbAnd here he is with a bottle of Mo\u00ebt,\u00ab the fresher continues.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbBut only after 5 pm, right?\u00ab chimes in the costumed tutor playing Alejandro.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbYes, of course, only after 5 pm,\u00ab the fresher laughs in agreement.<\/p>\n<p>The crowd cheers and claps at the reference to the rule that alcohol is only allowed after 5 pm.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/is-woke-also-dead-at-the-university-of-copenhagen\/\"><em>Is woke (also) dead at the University of Copenhagen?<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A pole dancer, on paper, is a far cry from a real stripper. Still, Camilla Angaard Nielsen, a first-time tutor who witnessed the scene, says it\u2019s important that tutors stay aware of whether anyone present finds the situation uncomfortable.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbTutors should always be two steps behind the boundary,\u00ab she says, while also pointing out the dilemma this presents:<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbAt the same time, we need to avoid being preachy.\u00ab<\/p>\n<p>Camilla Angaard Nielsen says the tutor team had discussed whether they should tell the new students in advance not to post anything inappropriate on the group\u2019s Instagram. But the tutors agreed it was better to respond afterwards if something crossed a boundary, rather than come across as condescending upfront.<\/p>\n<p>According to Christian Haun, the most important thing in situations like these is to make sure the new students don\u2019t feel ashamed:<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbWe never call people out if they go too far \u2014 unless it\u2019s something really serious,\u00ab he says.<\/p>\n<h3>\u2018But we\u2019ve always done it this way\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>At Political Science, there are plenty of traditions \u2014 but in the intro programme, nothing is sacred anymore. Every year, the new students evaluate the programme, and the tutors take the feedback seriously. Christian Haun explains that it\u2019s this approach that allows the programme to keep evolving.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbI think the intro programme has really landed in a good place. People are happy with it, and a healthy culture has been created. As far as I\u2019m concerned, it could look completely different and still be great.\u00ab<\/p>\n<p>Christian Haun admits he can see the appeal of some elements from the old intro format. He would have liked to try the Risk-inspired country competition, for example. But based on everything he\u2019s heard, he understands why it was scrapped:<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbThe problem with the game was that it encouraged stereotypes \u2014 even if you chose fictional countries. And that\u2019s not okay in an intro programme.\u00ab<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"Image","image":{"ID":181062,"id":181062,"title":"DSC_1939.jpgrigtig","filename":"dsc_1939.jpgrigtig-scaled.jpg","filesize":632101,"url":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/dsc_1939.jpgrigtig-scaled.jpg","link":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/fra-kraenkelser-til-faelleskram-saadan-ser-statskundskabs-introforloeb-ud-i-2025\/dsc_1939-jpgrigtig\/","alt":"","author":"107","description":"","caption":"Udkl\u00e6dte tutorer s\u00e6tter holdene i gang med forskellige lege og dyster.","name":"dsc_1939-jpgrigtig","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":181049,"date":"2025-09-11 13:10:50","modified":"2025-09-15 07:24:05","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":2560,"height":1705,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/dsc_1939.jpgrigtig-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/dsc_1939.jpgrigtig-480x320.jpg","medium-width":480,"medium-height":320,"medium_large":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/dsc_1939.jpgrigtig-768x511.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":511,"large":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/dsc_1939.jpgrigtig-1280x852.jpg","large-width":1280,"large-height":852,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/dsc_1939.jpgrigtig-1536x1023.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":1023,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/dsc_1939.jpgrigtig-2048x1364.jpg","2048x2048-width":2048,"2048x2048-height":1364,"featured-soft":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/dsc_1939.jpgrigtig-290x193.jpg","featured-soft-width":290,"featured-soft-height":193,"featured-hard":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/dsc_1939.jpgrigtig-290x180.jpg","featured-hard-width":290,"featured-hard-height":180,"narrow":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/dsc_1939.jpgrigtig-700x466.jpg","narrow-width":700,"narrow-height":466,"extended":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/dsc_1939.jpgrigtig-990x659.jpg","extended-width":990,"extended-height":659}},"style":"extended","text_placement":"metadata-below","image_link_url":"","image_link_title":"","caption_prefix":"","enable_alternative_caption":true,"alternative_caption":"Costumed tutors kick off the games and competitions for the groups."},{"acf_fc_layout":"Content","content":"<p>Several tutors point out that traditions can be problematic. Anna Borrisholt, who is a tutor for the second year in a row, says:<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbTraditions stop people from pausing and thinking about why we do things the way we do. The default quickly becomes that we do these things just because we\u2019ve always done them.\u00ab<\/p>\n<p>For her, it\u2019s crucial that they\u2019ve broken with the old games:<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbIt\u2019s hard to change a culture, but once it becomes healthy, it creates a positive spiral \u2014 where you attract more people who want to contribute to it.\u00ab<\/p>\n<p>Anna Aurora Duelund Mortensen, also a second-time tutor, recognises the same shift. She herself experienced some boundary-pushing elements on her own intro week. Afterwards she wasn\u2019t even sure she wanted to become a tutor.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO:\u00a0<\/strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/inside-city-campus-bars-basements-and-hidden-gardens\/\">Inside City Campus: Bars, basements and hidden gardens<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>But during the evaluation process, it turned out she wasn\u2019t the only one who felt that way \u2014 and that part of the programme was later changed. To her, it highlights how important it is to listen each year to how new students experienced intro week:<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbThe goal is to keep the fun stuff and ditch everything else, so it becomes a good and safe experience for everyone.\u00ab<\/p>\n<h3>See you for a soda<\/h3>\n<p>It\u2019s the final day of the intro week. The days have taken a toll on the room. The bar sign is hanging crooked, and some of the stars are falling off the wall. The only thing that still seems more or less intact is the name tags:<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbA couple of days ago, the new students told us that it worked best if we gave them random, fixed seats for the whole week so it didn\u2019t feel too divided. So of course we did that,\u00ab says one of the tutors.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s cheerful chatter in the cramped room, and the mood is much more relaxed than on the first day. One of the new students speaks up to the group:<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbA couple of us guys were talking, and we thought it might be nice to meet up on Sunday in F\u00e6lledparken for a bit of football.\u00ab<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"Quote","quote":"The goal is to keep the fun stuff and discard everything else","quotee":"Anna Aurora Duelund Mortensen, second-time Political Science tutor","style":"extended"},{"acf_fc_layout":"Content","content":"<p>The group seems excited about the prospect of spending another day together.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbWe agreed it should be a ‘soda-based’ activity so everyone can join,\u00ab the organiser continues.<\/p>\n<p>Tutors and new students snap their fingers [the Political Science alternative to clapping, ed.] enthusiastically at the initiative. The new students seem to have quickly picked up that it\u2019s cool to suggest inclusive activities.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a far cry from the pig heads and drinking games of yore to the current intro programme. Among the tutors, very few seem to miss the old days.<\/p>\n<p>University Post is working on getting access to join the group ‘un1vers’ when they go on their intro camp trip to the small town of Vig in October.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/medical-dilemmas-and-moral-hangovers-in-the-future-you-will-drink-less-alcohol-at-danish-intro-camps-im-sure-of-that\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Medical dilemmas and moral hangovers: \u00bbIn the future, you will drink less alcohol at Danish intro camps, I’m sure of that\u00ab<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>This article was first written in Danish and published on 15 September 2025. 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