Michaelmas 2007 Newsletter 1
Hi all,
Sorry for the delay in sending this - blame fresher's flu! Hope the
first lectures of term are going well.............
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*Contents*
INFO
-Water polo
-Stokes Society Book Sale
-CUSU ETHICAL FOOD SURVEY
-BIKE FOR SALE (x2)
-BlueSci
-Careers service
-Mellolingua
-CU Northern Ireland Society
OPPORTUNITIES
-ENTERTAINMENTS WANTED FOR THE SELWYN SNOWBALL
-Cambridge Dancers' Club
-COME AND SING IN THE TRINITY SINGERS!
-LINKLINE IS RECRUITING!
EVENTS
-THE IVORY TOWER SOCIETY - FIRST TALK - Dr. Juliana Dresvina
-THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE
CUSU STUFF
1. Surfing Association Weekend
2. Freshers' 'Flu
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*Info*
Is there a Pembroke swimming team or water polo team? If so, could the
captain please get in touch with Nicola (jp-president@pem.cam.ac.uk
).
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Stokes Society Book Sale
If you were just about to go out and buy all your textbooks... Stop! The
Stokes Society have an annual book sale and this year it's full of
goodies. We have everything and anything to sell in the fields of
science, medicine and engineering and all at much lower than the RRP.
This Wednesday the 10th October from 7pm onwards in the Nihon Room. Come
early to find the best bargains.
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CUSU ETHICAL FOOD SURVEY
*Win a bottle of fairtrade wine!*
CUSU Ethical Affairs is conducting a survey into student attitudes
towards 'ethical' food alternatives in colleges, such as fairtrade,
local food and sustainable fish. The results of this survey will be
presented directly to catering managers from your college, so we want to
get as large a sample as possible to give them an accurate picture of
student opinion.
The survey is really short and should take only five minutes to
complete, so please fill it in by following this link:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=Zzzv75mLeWRsLSHqpD1jNQ_3d_3d
Respondents will be entered into a prize draw to win a bottle of
fairtrade wine.
Do it, you know you want to!
Thanks in advance for helping us out.
Best wishes,
Christine Berry and Dan Chandler
(CUSU Ethical Affairs Officers - green@cusu.cam.ac.uk)
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BIKE FOR SALE
Halfords mens 18" frame
Blue and white
Comes with mudguards, lights and a sturdy D-lock as new.
£60
Contact Kaf, kem47
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FOR SALE
Bike (ladies'), Basket, lock and lights
£100
Free delivery!! (well, it's in the bike sheds...)
Contact: h.g.a.bill@googlemail.com (or on facebook if you know me!)
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The new issue of *BlueSci* is out! This issue has maintained - and exceeded
- the extraordinarily high quality that is now expected of *BlueSci* â?"
both
in text and graphics. Check your porters lodges and departments for your
free copy now.
We've increased the number of pages in this issue by 4, and covered a wide
range of topics - physics, astronomy, cancer, the environment, computing,
geology, chemistry, alternative energy ... the list goes on. All the
regular sections are present - Book Reviews, In Brief, A Day in the Life of
... and of course, our favourite, Dr Hypothesis!
This summer, our film team travelled to CERN - the world's largest particle
physics laboratory - to find out why smashing protons moving at 99.9% the
speed of light, in a 27km wide underground tunnel, may help us understand
the beginning of our universe. To check out our CERN movie and for other
complimentary material to the printed edition of BlueSci, as well as weekly
news, podcasts and videos of high-impact Cambridge science events visit
www.bluesci.org .
As Cambridge's leading popular science magazine run by students and post
docs, *BlueSci* brings you cutting-edge scientific research and discoveries.
Ä°f you'd like to be part of *BlueSci *be it with writing, illustration,
graphics, or production please do not hesitate to get in touch with us at
enquiries@bluesci.org .
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Calling all penultimate and final year undergraduates - pick up your
copy of
the 2008 Cambridge Careers Guide and the Michaelmas Term Careers Service
Diary now.
The Careers Guide is a good introduction, written by Cambridge University
careers advisers, for anyone starting to think about life after Cambridge.
It covers making choices, further study, vacation work and gap years, as
well as graduate careers as diverse as arts & heritage, engineering,
marketing and public service.
Michaelmas Term Careers Events get underway with the Consultancy Event
(Tuesday), the Banking and Finance Event (Wednesday) and the Civil and
Diplomatic Services Briefing (Friday) next week.
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Mellolingua is the new way to learn a language at University
Languages offered: French Spanish Italian German Russian Arabic Mandarin
Hindi Japanese
Whether you wish to learn a language alongside your degree, to improve
your career prospects and CV, or are about to spend some time travelling
or studying abroad, we are sure that you will benefit from Mellolingua
Enrol online at www.mellolingua.co.uk
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Dear All,
My name is Peter Wasson and I am the President of the CU Northern
Ireland Society. We are looking for new members so if you are Northern
Irish or have an interest in Northern Ireland you are most welcome to join.
We organise various events throughout the year including the Northern
Irish Dinner held in Corpus Christi in Lent term, Ulster Fries and we
are in the process of trying to arrange a concert of Northern Irish
bands later this term.
If you would be interested to join and be put onto our mailing lists
just email me at pw290@cam.ac.uk and I add you
to our lists.
Yours truly
Peter
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*Opportunities*
ENTERTAINMENTS WANTED FOR THE SELWYN SNOWBALL
The most prestigious winter ball in Cambridge, The Selwyn Snowball, is
looking for performers to entertain and delight guests on Friday 30th
November 2007.
We are looking for both classical and popular live music as well as
queue entertainers and other non-musical live ents.
If you are interested in performing at the Snowball please contact ents
officers Ben Jones and Emma Hargreaves at ents2007@selwynsnowball.com .
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Cambridge Dancers' Club
Hi everyone,
My name is Ana and I am the Publicity Officer of the Cambridge Dancers'
Club. For those of you that have never heard of us - we are the largest
annual membership society (over 2000 members a year) in Cambridge and
the largest dancing club of its kind in Europe. We run over 40 classes a
week in Ballroom and Latin, Dancesport (the competitive face of Ballroom
and Latin), Salsa, Rock'n'Roll and Argentine Tango. We also organise
plenty of spectacular events such as dinner dances and balls and run
workshops with world-class professional dancers. Whether you are a
complete beginner wanting to dance socially or an accomplished
competitor our club has something for you! We also support the highly
successful Cambridge University Dancesport Team and Rock'n'Roll Team.
Classes
This term we are proud to offer more than 40 classes a week including
classes suitable for beginners in all dance styles. Please check our
website www.cambridgedancers.org for full Michaelmas timetable and
styles description.
Returning members, please note that our classes now run Monday to
Friday, not Thursday to Wednesday like they used to. Our classes will
start on Monday the 8th of October.
Introductory Events for Michaelmas Term
We will be running a series of taster sessions at different colleges for
students who would like to try dancing. Please check our website for
times, venues and who is eligible for each session.
Team Trials and Events
• 7th of October 2007 Beginners' Free Introduction to Dancesport 10.30am
- 12.00 pm at Parkside Gym
• 7th of October 2007 Dancesport Team Trials and Pairing Up Session
12.30 - 6 pm at Parkside Gym
• 11th of October 2007 Dancesport Beginners' Pairing Up Session 8 - 9pm
at St Matthew's School
• 23rd of October 2007 Rock'n'Roll Team Trials 9 - 10pm at Parkside Hall
Events for Michaelmas Term
Our Events team has been busy organising some fabulous events this term.
For full details please visit our website.
• 20th of October 2007 Dinner Dance at New Hall College 7.15 - 11pm
• 27th of October 2007 Advanced Modern Workshop with James and Claire
Taplin 12 - 1.30pm (venue TBC) Please note that this workshop is
suitable for Dancesport C and above level dancers
• 27th of October 2007 Footwork and Acrobatic Rock'n'Roll Workshop
7-10pm at Parkside Gym
• 27th of October 2007 Salsa del Este all day Salsa event
• 3rd of November 2007 Dancesport Team Reunion Match 1-9pm at Homerton
Auditorium
• November 2007 Dinner Dance (exact date and venue TBC)
• 30th November 2007 CDC Christmas Ball
Membership
Membership for this year will be sold at General Dancing (our weekly
free social Ballroom and Latin session at the University Centre on Mill
Lane 8.30-10.30pm) this Friday and then, as usual, at all classes.
Membership rate for this year is 15 pounds. Under our Dance Diversity
scheme all members are entitled to one free Ballroom and Latin
(including Dancesport) and one free Alternative (Salsa, Rock'n'Roll or
Argentine Tango) class.
Hope to see you all at one of our classes sometime soon.
Ana Kalabina
Publicity Officer
Cambridge Dancers' Club"
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COME AND SING IN THE TRINITY SINGERS!
The Trinity Singers is a fun non-audition choir open to all. There are
no subscriptions and free drinks are provided.
This term we will be performing the Brahms Requiem in Trinity College
Chapel at 8pm on Monday 3 December conducted by Howard Leithead.
Rehearsals will take place at 7.30pm on Thursday evenings in Trinity
College Chapel from 4 October. This rehearsal will be a shorter one
followed by a Wine Reception at which you will be able to meet members
of the Singers both old and new. Please arrive from 7pm to collect a
copy of the score.
For more information e-mail Howard at director@singers.tcms.org.uk
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LINKLINE IS RECRUITING!
We at Linkline run both a phoneline and a drop in service every night of
Cambridge University full term between 7pm and 7am providing what we
believe is a valuable source of support for students from both
universities within Cambridge. For more information about what we do and
our principles you can visit our website ( www.linkline.org.uk ) or
email me any questions you may have.
If you are interested we would like you to come for a brief chat one
evening of the week starting the 15th October where you can decide
whether Linkline is right for you and you are right for Linkline. If you
would be interested in doing this please let me know and we can set up a
time for you to come by. Just to let you know before this chat we will
send you a short document outlining our principles and a scenario for
you to consider how these fit into a real life situation. This is so
that any discussions we have won't be totally new to you. This sheet
will ask for a couple of sentences about the scenario, which we will ask
you to send back before this meeting. You can look at this sheet on our
website now (http://www.linkline.org.uk/downloads/applicationform.pdf )
and we'll let you know how to get it back to us if you're interested.
If you decide you want to volunteer please bear in mind, since Linkline is
an anonymous service, our volunteers have to keep the fact that they are
members of Linkline a secret. Therefore it may be simpler for you if you
don't mention it to people right from the start. Believe me, back tracking
later can be really awkward!
Emily Barker, emb55
Linkline Public Face
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*Events*
THE IVORY TOWER SOCIETY - FIRST TALK MONDAY 15TH OCTOBER, Nihon Room,
7.30pm: "St. Cinderella, a Virgin Martyr", Dr. Juliana Dresvina
The ITS is a Pembroke College society for the discussion of everything.
From global warming to fairy tales and gender politics to genetics, the
ITS provides an informal forum for the discussion of intellectual ideas
from all disciplines. All members of Pembroke College are welcome, as
are guests, space permitting. We have got some great speakers lined up
for this term, including The Master of Pembroke College, whose talk last
year on 'The contemporary Terrorist Threat' was a highlight of the year.
Meetings are held on Monday evenings of Full Term at Pembroke College,
in the Nihon Room or Old library (check posters and emails for details
of individual meetings), and will be preceded by drinks or dinner with
the speaker at 7.30pm. If you would like any more information or would
like to speak at the ITS, contact Clare Buckley (ceb85) or Krish
Mahbubani (ktam2) or check out the website at
http://www.srcf.ucam.org/ivorytower/
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The Amateur Dramatic Club presents
THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE
based on the book by C.S. Lewis
adapted by Adrian Mitchell, music by Shaun Davey
7.45pm, Tue 9 - Sat 13 October
2.30pm, Saturday Matinée
Tickets: £6-9
Box office: 01223 300 085
Free online booking at http://www.adctheatre.com/
"They say Aslan is on the move. Perhaps he has already landed..."
During the Blitz, Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy are evacuated to a big
old house in the country. While exploring, Lucy finds her way into the
magical world of Narnia, where she meets a faun who tells her of the
cruel White Witch, who has cast a spell of perpetual winter over the
land.
C.S. Lewis' classic tale is brought vividly to life in this exciting
musical spectacular, fresh from its tremendously successful run at the
Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
BOOK EARLY TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT!
What the critics said:
"**** - there really is such a thing as magic" - Broadway Baby
"**** - a great family show, brilliantly rendered by a very talented
cast" - The National Student
"**** - this is Fringe theatre at its best - fun, professional, and
well and truly watchable" - Scotsgay
"an impressive spectacle... notable as much for the sheer magnitude of
the undertaking as for the enthusiasm and skill with which is was
performed... vibrant and mesmerizing" - Varsity
We are proud to be supporting CARDIAC RISK IN THE YOUNG. Please visit
http://www.c-r-y.org.uk/
For videos, photo galleries, and more such fun, please visit
http://www.aslanisonthemove.co.uk/
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***** Forwarded from CUSU Communications Officer *****
1. Surfing Association Weekend
2. Freshers' 'Flu
1. SURFING ASSOCIATION WEEKEND Like sunshine and beaches..? Want to
discover a fantastic new sport..? A seasoned surfer already..?
Cambridge University Surfing Association is here to help! With a number
of trips under its belt over the last year to Spain, Portugal and
Indonesia (to name only a few), there's never been a better time to get
involved with this growing and enthusiastic society. We have a number of
trips and events coming up this term, starting with a weekend in Devon
or Wales on 12th-14th October.
If you think that experiencing the unbeatable rush of carving across the
face of a thundering wave before chillaxing on the beach with a cool one
might be your bag, get in touch with Rich on rcb44 for more information
or check out our website http://www.srcf.ucam.org/cusa/.
Stay safe kids.
Richard Brimfield
2. FRESHERS' 'FLU
Every term, hundreds of people in the University come down with
"freshers' 'flu" (coughs, colds, and maybe even influenza). If you're
one of them, then there's a research project that wants to hear about
you. Cambridge scientists studying the spread of infectious diseases
would like to know a bit more about patterns of infection within the
University. Go to www.freshersflu.com to fill in a short (2 minutes,
max) survey about yourself (College, course, housing arrangements, that
sort of thing), and win the eternal gratitude of cutting-edge scientists.
Dr Ken Eames (ktde2)