Thank you for your replies, and sorry for my late reply (Easter weekend, you know!)
Anyhow, for KSigkid - I do not doubt your fraternity can be traced back to Italy, and indeed the existence written proof is a very important factor, I believe, in all fraternities. And of course, these are always secrets transmitted only to the members.
For Navane - thank you for your explanation - I wanted to know if US fraternities have contacts with the ones in Europe - for instance - we organize many so called "Feriae Matricularum" in different cities - these are events/parties to celebrate the beginning of the academic year generally and are organized by all of the fraternities of the same university. (I know that the tunas in Spain, and the fraternities in Belgium organize similar events)
Basically, this event happens in the centre of the city, in and around the university rectorate, with games, dinners and a ball, and the entire town community can see it (and also donate to fund the event). One of my proposals would be that if anyone comes to Europe for a visit or so to pop and see one of these events. What we also do during the year is organize jokes/pranks in the city, especially when someone is given a laurea honoris causa at the university (we cooperate quite a lot with the university administration and they sponsor us, as they want the goliardia to be seen around). I also wanted to share opinions/ideas on jokes/tricks.
Regarding web site - unfortunately, as we are quite secretive, we do not have a web site - in order not to divulgate our traditions to people outside our order. However, there are a few websites on the goliardia of Padua and certain events (but they are all in Italian)
http://dssp.scipol.unipd.it/SISP2004/tradizioni.htm (with a part on the "Polifonica" - an orchestra made up of members of different Padua fraternities, old and young ones)
http://www.pontefice.it/ita/77%2C62.asp (rugby match between the Padua and Turin fraternities)
http://www.bernardello.it/padova/pag..._goliardia.htm (also with a foto of some members in typical attire)
http://freeweb.supereva.com/piron.freeweb/index.htm?p (this is a web site of an order in Padua, in Italian of course, but if you go to the section album you can see some photos)
Neutroroberts