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| colspan="2" style="text-align: center; font-size: larger;" | '''University of Debrecen'''

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| colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | ''Debreceni Egyetem''

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|'''Latin name'''

|style="padding-right: 1em;" | Universitas Debreceniensis

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|'''Motto'''

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|'''Established'''

|style="padding-right: 1em;" | 1912

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|'''School type'''

|style="padding-right: 1em;" | Public

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|'''Rector'''

|style="padding-right: 1em;" | Dr Nagy János

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|'''Location'''

|style="padding-right: 1em;" | [[Debrecen]], [[Hungary]]

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|'''Enrollment'''

|style="padding-right: 1em;" | 26,000 students

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|'''Homepage'''

|style="padding-right: 1em;" | http://www.unideb.hu

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==The Definition Of Streetpunk==

'''History'''

'''Street punk''' (also known as '''gutterpunk''' in several parts of the world) is both a subgenre of [[punk rock]] and a word that describes people, mostly young, who live on the streets. In the latter case, such people may not identify themselves as "punk."

The roots of higher education in Debrecen go back to the sixteenth century. The Calvinist College of Debrecen was founded in 1538. It has had a nationwide leading role in the preservation and development of Hungarian education and culture for centuries.

People described as "street punks" are mostly [[white]] (or [[Caucasian Race|Caucasian]]) working class, and/or inner city youth who usually have a punk-like appearance. This includes studded leather jackets customised by that individual, torn jeans, plaid [[BDSM fashion|bondage trousers]], bullet belts, studded belts, [[mohawk hairstyle]]s and dyed hair, [[body piercing|piercings]], et cetera. However, many don't have any such appearance, and are sometimes described as "Casuals". The word "punk," in this usage, may have a derogatory intent.

According to historical records, by the end of the 18th century the College had five departments, three of which were devoted to teaching philosophy. A great turn took place in 1908, when the Calvinist Academy of Humanities was created, and teacher training started, although within rather narrow bounds.

The College gave a home to a wide array of higher education developments, which, thanks to the generosity of the people of Debrecen, greatly contributed to the foundation of a Hungarian Royal University in 1912, the same year when the one in Bratislava was founded. The new university was created out of the three academic sections (today we would call them faculties) of the College (theology, law, and humanities), and, according to the deed of foundation and following the classical model, the university was further supplemented by a medical school, whose teaching function was based on the town’s general hospital.

== Streetpunk as a Subculture ==

Teaching began at the four faculties in September 1914. Some of the faculties, including the Faculty of Arts, were located in the buildings of the Calvinist College for another twenty years. The Faculty of Medicine was the first to receive an independent site, when, during the first world war, the construction of the university hospital began on a secluded, wooded ground of 116 hectares. There were almost a thousand people working at the site, most of them prisoners of war. Charles IV, the last king of Hungary, opened the main building of the medical school in 1918, and the medical campus was completed in 1927. The new high-rise building, which houses departments of theoretical medicine, was erected in 1973.

Streetpunk is also seen as a reaction against middle class art-school type punks like [[Generation X (band)|Generation X]], as well as what some view as mainstream "trendy" people who embrace the punk lifestyle in what is viewed as a superficial way. Some streetpunks, like some skinheads, even operated in [[crew]]s; these crews sometimes have unifying political agendas and beliefs that kept them together. Others simply exist as house-sized inner-city communes who help each other survive. Although this only occurs amongst the most poverty-stricken of the punk rock subculture and has become uncommon in the [[21st century]], it is worth noting. Also, those "streetpunks" who engage in tribalism are less likely ever to "grow out" of the subculture. More often than not [[Marxist]]s and anarchists hold to the streetpunk music genre due to its subject matter, described below.

Meanwhile, from 1921 the University was named after István Tisza, former prime minister of Hungary. In May 1932 another important improvement took place when the magnificent Main Building of the University – ”the most beautiful university building in Central Europe” – was finished. The building, which is the largest in the city, was erected in eclectic and neobaroque style; especially impressive is the main hall and its glass roof at 29 meters from the floor. Since then, university departments and faculties are physically also independent from their spiritual intellectual ancestor, the Calvinist College. The Main Building also houses the University Library, which, with almost 6 million items, is the second largest library in the country.

== Streetpunk Music ==

The end of the Second World War and the subsequent communist turn meant other profound changes in the life of the University. In 1949 the Faculty of Natural Sciences was formed, and twenty years later most of its departments moved to a new building (the Chemistry Buliding, situated just northwest from the Main Building) erected in 1970.

In 1949/50 the University was restructured. The Faculty of Theology was returned to the Calvinist College, the Faculty of Medicine became an independent university (until 2000), the Faculty of Law was discontinued (it was revived a few years ago), and several excellent teachers and professors were expelled form the University. The departments of English, French, Italian, German, and Classical Philology were closed; in contrast with this, the Department of Russian expanded dramatically. The teaching of western languages was restarted only after 1956 (with the exception of Italian which was reimplemented in the first half of the 1990’s).

In 1952 the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences and the Faculty of Natural Sciences changed their name to Lajos Kossuth University, which they remained until 2000. The turn of the millennium meant not only a change of name, but also, once again, a profound change in structure; with the so-called “integration” several universities and colleges became one heterogeneous institute of higher education.

The street punk music genre started with the [[Oi!]] music scene in the late [[1970s]] and early [[1980s]] in [[Great Britain]], but on early streetpunk acts one can still feel the influence of late 70s British pub rock and cockney glam noize. This form of music was developed by bands such as [[Cock Sparrer]], [[The Business]], [[4-Skins]] and [[The Cockney Rejects]]. It started as a youth music style with songs about tales of the street, [[crew]] or [[gang]] life, police violence, easy girls, and teenage drunk mayhem. Streetpunk bands of the mid '80s include [[The Skeptix]], [[Abrasive Wheels]], and [[Attak]]. Today street punk bands can be found all over the world. Today's street punk is dominated by [[the Casualties]], [[Deadline]], [http://wastekrew.cjb.net USA Waste][[A Global Threat]], [[Career Soldiers]], [[The Unseen]], [[Cheap Sex]], [[Lower Class Brats]], and others. Their lyrics often talk about having fun at shows, unity, police oppression, social problems, anti-establishment and the punk scene itself.

On January 1, 2000, the colleges and universities of Hajdú-Bihar County were united, and, as a result, the University of Debrecen came into being with five university and three college level faculties, and with a diverse student population of 20,000. The three large universities of Debrecen that entered this union included the University of Agriculture, Lajos Kossuth University (with the university-level faculties of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Natural Sciences, Institute of Economic Studies and Business Administration, Institute of Law as well as college-level Faculty of Engineering) and the Medical University. Further faculties entered on an independent basis: the college-level Conservatory of Debrecen, schools of the University in Hajdúböszörmény and Nyíregyháza. Of the so-called academic “institutes” (Dentistry, Law and Pharmacy) have already reached the rank and status of faculty.

Finally, we have to mention the Debrecen Summer School, which is also located on campus, although technically independent form the university. The School was founded in 1927, and since then it has grown to be one of the largest Hungarian institutions for teaching Hungarian culture and Hungarian as a foreign language to foreigners. Courses are offered on several levels and in every season, attracting hundreds of students each year.

===Streetpunk Bands===

The following list of musicians and bands are identified with the streetpunk subculture, but not all of them are considered to be of the [[Oi!]] or streetpunk genre of music.

*[[4-Skins]]

*[[A Global Threat]]

*[[Abrasive Wheels]]

*[[Against All Authority]]

*[[Ann Beretta]]

*[[Anti-Heroes]]

*[[Attak]]

*[[The Brassknuckle Boys]]

*[[The Briggs]]

*[[The Bruisers]]

*[[The Business]]

*[[Career Soldiers]]

*[[The Casualties]]

*[[Cheap Sex]]

*[[Cock Sparrer]]

*[[The Cockney Rejects]]

*[[Clit 45]]

*[[Damage Case]]

*[[Deadline]]

*[[Dissucks]]

*[[The Forgotten]]

*[[The God Awfuls]]

*[[I Farm]]

*[[Kill The Man Who Questions]]

*[[Lifetime (band) | Lifetime]]

*[[Lower Class Brats]]

*[[Oxymoron]]

*[[Pistol Grip]]

*[[Rizzo Machine]]

*[[The Skabs]]

*[[The Skeptix]]

*[[Swingin' Utters]]

*[[The Templars]]

*[[Time bomb 77]]

*[[The Unseen]]

*[[The Varukers]]

*[[Le Fray]]

*[[Circle Jerks]]

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