Protest measures

Hi I''ll try to summarize this... I live in Portugal and the government just decided to raise our tuitions... a lot. Hmmm... maybe I''ve summarized it too much . Basically, the government has decided to make a budget cut on the education funds. To cover for this, they''ve decided to raise the tuitions the students pay by 100 to 500 euros. Choosing how much was left to the Universities but, due to the cuts, most of them are required to raise it by the maximum amount. This means an increase of 250%, more or less. This is a lot for a country like Portugal, as the tuitions will now cost around three minimum wages. Although it is possible to get scholarships to cover for this, there are a lot of students who will be unable to get''em and, therefore, might have to drop University due to the sudden increase in the costs. This is why most student associations are organizing protests against such measure. My university (Universidade de Coimbra) has a huge "weight" in the academic area in Portugal (since it was the first Portuguese University, with its foundation dating back to the 13th century). As a protest, we''ll be starting a one-week strike, as well as having a manifestation tomorrow. However, I don''t think this will be enough (personally, I believe the minister couldn''t care less wether or not we go to strike). This is why I decided to ask around the following question: are there any alternatives to a strike that you''d choose as a protest method for this situation? I''ve thought about something like creating a website where people could go, read about this and send a protest e-mail to the government... would you support this kind of measure? Or are there any better ways? Is there anything a regular student like me can do? Pedro