Michaelmas 2007 Newsletter 7
Hello, Welcome to the Pembroke Week 7 Newsletter. This is the first one
from our new IT and Communications Officer. Email jp-it@pem.cam.ac.uk
to get your news in the newsletter!
*Contents*
INFO
-CUSU Info
-More CUSU Info
OPPORTUNITIES
-Franco-British Student Alliance Squash
EVENTS
-Fast For a Day... Give an Education for a Lifetime: One Day National
Fast
-Auditions for Girton Spring Ball
-Rag Dhiverse collection this WEDNESDAY
-Ultimate Frisbee
-Pembroke Poetry Society
-St Catharine's May Ball
-Girton Spring Ball
-MASTANA 2008 Auditions
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*Info*
::CUSU Info::
1. Student Focus Group on Disability
2. TIMEOUT Art group
3. ESLT - Teaching English Abroad
4. "Six Months in Sri Lanka" Talk
5. Development Economics Journal
1. STUDENT FOCUS GROUP ON DISABILTY
There is going to be a student focus group on Disability in Cambridge
and is a great chance for students to get their views aired and their
voices heard in a friendly environment. The session should last a max.
of 2 hours and will include a free lunch. It is being held at Robinson
College, which is completely accessible. It would be great to get as
many students there as possible. It's a rare opportunity for students
to
be involved in what the university is doing on the ground and I advise
anybody with any views or general interest to attend.
It will be on Tuesday 20th November from 10:30am- 12:30pm
Venue: Linnett Room, Robinson College
It includes a FREE LUNCH (to appeal to the student inside you). Please
note that it is open to all students. If you are interested, please
email Andrea at welfare@cusu.cam.ac.uk
2. TIMEOUT ART GROUP
TIMEOUT is a free, drop-in art group for all students of the
university.
It is held in the art room at Kettle's Yard, Castle Hill, Cambridge,
(Castle Hill is straight across the traffic lights, up from Magdalene
College) every Thursday in term time from 1.30-3.30pm. There is no need
to sign up for it.
The art room is a light airy space where people can use the wide range
of art materials provided, in any way they wish, from making a mess to
creating a more structured art work.
The essence of the sessions is one of informality, non-competitiveness
and fun; time out from the pressures and stresses of university life.
It is facilitated by Carol Davies, an art therapist at the University
Counselling Service.
3. ESLT - TEACHING ENGLISH ABROAD
English Language Studies for Tibetans are looking for volunteer
teachers
for summer 2008 to teach in India, Mongolia and Nepal.
You will spend six weeks as a voluntary teacher in a Tibetan exile
community. ELST offer a grant of £300, and most volunteers raise
substantially more than this through university funding. This will be
to
a range of ages and abilities, and could be in monasteries, schools or
community centres. - You will predominately teaching English, but most
volunteers find themselves involved in a range of activities such as
teaching science, sports or running CV workshops. Whilst ELST provides
logistical support to its volunteers, you still have the freedom to
organise exactly what you want to do, and indeed you will be expected
to
be responsible for the planning and undertaking of your placement.
Applications should be sent to elstvolunteering@googlemail.com by
midnight 31st December 2007. Visit www.elstcam.org for more information
and to read the experiences of past volunteers.
Please feel free to email with any more questions.
The ELST Committee
elstvolunteering@googlemail.com
4. "SIX MONTHS IN SRI LANKA" TALK
I'm excited to announce that next week on Wednesday, 21st at 7 PM (Old
Labs, Newnham College) we are going to have the first talk of our
"Talks
around the World" series (a series of talks about volunteering,
travelling, living abroad by Newnham JCR and MCR members): "Six months
in Sri Lanka" Catie Knox (2nd year NatSci) spent 6 months of her gap
year in Sri Lanka teaching English. She will talk about her experiences
teaching and travelling, show pictures and answer all of your questions
about volunteering and travelling in Sri Lanka.
Some of the talks next term: Yanomami, health care, jungle - working in
the Venezuelan Amazon; Travelling and volunteering in South America
Filming a documentary in Nepal; A Medic in Mozambique...
We hope to see many of you there!
Johanna and Catie (email jm580 for more information)
5. DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS JOURNAL
The McGill Undergraduate Journal of Development Economics is looking
for
papers, essays and articles on topics in the field of economic
development. Papers and essays written for classes, honors theses,
based
on fieldwork experience or written independently are welcome. Multiple
submissions are allowed. If the manuscripts submitted were originally
written for a course, they must have received a grade of A- or better.
For more information visit http://mcgillaus.com/mujde/
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::More CUSU Info::
1. CUSU Dates and Updates
CUSU Council III
CUSU Open Meeting
Resources Team
Democracy and Development Team
Education Team
Access and Funding Team
Welfare Team
Ethical Affairs Team
Women's Union
Black Students' Campaign
CUSU International
CUSU LBGT
1. CUSU DATES AND UPDATES
There will be a meeting of the entire CUSU Executive on 29th Nov 2007
at
5pm in the CUSU Conference Room to review the previous term, talk about
the next one in general terms, get to know each other better and clear
some administrative tasks.
Add .cam.ac.uk to all email addresses given below as @cusu.
CUSU OPEN MEETING
This term's CUSU Open Meeting is on Wednesday, 21st November, 7:15pm at
the Jesus Forum. The deadline for submission of motions is midday on
Sunday 18th. Contact Ant Bagshaw on chair@cusu for more information.
CUSU COUNCIL IV
The deadline for Ordinary Motions for Mich IV is Monday 19th November,
12 noon. Contact Ant Bagshaw on chair@cusu for more information.
DISCRIMINATION AND HARRASSMENT COMPLAINTS
Regaridng the motion passed CUSU Council on Wednesday night calling for
us to urgently lobby the University on student complaints and the
handling of past cases.
The first relevant University Committee is SACSM (the standing advisory
committee on student matters, Tue 20th Nov): Adam Colligan and Elly
Shepherd will be preparing a paper. Mark Fletcher will be liaising with
other members of University Council, and there may be a CUSU letter to
the UC â€" the Black Students’ and LBGT campaigns will be in the loop
RESOURCES TEAM
The Colleges Database has had a shockingly low uptake considering how
in
demand it was. It has been suggested that CUSU may want to wait to
push
its use until more committees have completed their turnovers.
Contact Adam on services@cusu for more information.
DEMOCRACY AND DEVELOPMENT TEAM
Peterhouse: Mark Fletcher and Ant Bagshaw will be meeting with
Peterhouse JCR officials to devise a strategy for gaining a voice in
the
college
CUSU will also be working to support a campaign against per-item fees
that are charged to international students at Peterhouse for storage
Efforts are underway to improve CUSU Council attendance, including
providing transport, having a later motion deadline, and pushing CUSU
Exec participation.
Contact Mark on president@cusu for more information.
EDUCATION TEAM
Faculty Board election publicity is now going out; there will be a
large
CUSU effort to make sure that posts are contested and filled, but we
are
largely dependent on the University.
Contact Pete on academic@cusu for more information.
ACCESS AND FUNDING TEAM
Preparations for HE Funding week next term are now in full swing.
Contact Charlotte at access@cusu for more information.
WELFARE TEAM
Tuesday at noon in Robinson will be the Disability Focus Group, an
informal discussion over lunch.
Contact Andrea on welfare@cusu for more information.
ETHICAL AFFAIRS TEAM
The Go Greener Campaign had a successful launch and now has a steering
committee of about 15 people. CUSU Ethical Affairs has received a
grant
of £1000 to help out.
CUSU Special Awards publicity has now been very widely picked up, but
we
aren’t yet sure of the uptake in terms of nominations.
Contact Dan and Christine on ethical-chair@cusu for more information
WOMEN'S UNION
The Cambridge Rape Crisis launch event will take place on the 19th of
November at the Robinson Umney Theatre, with special guest Ali Smith
The Domestic Violence campaign launch will be on the 25th of November
at
the Cow or Ta Bouche
Contact Elly on womens@cusu for more information
CUSU INTERNATIONAL
A report is now being finalised on storage issues students face across
colleges; this will be used to help international reps push their
college officials for improvements. The international campaign will
also
start looking at the problem of room allocation and is also interested
in starting to schedule more social events.
Contact international@cusu for more information.
CUSU LBGT
The LBGT President, Nikki Gratton, has resigned. Carol Johnson, the
LBGT
Grad rep, has been elected as Interim President, to serve until the
next
general meeting. Plans are underway for Awareness Week early next term:
e-mail president@cusu-lbgt.com for details.
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*Opportunities*
::Franco-British Student Alliance Squash::
Hey everyone !
Remember the society that’s organising a Student Summit in Paris, next
weekend, with Oxford, Cambridge, LSE and their French equivalents, HEC,
Polytechnique and Sciences Po to debate about sustainable development
and attend classy galas? Yep, you guessed it (and for those who haven’t,
here’s the answer:) it’s the Nouvelle Entente!
For those who plan to attend the summit, and for those who don’t but are
still interested in great debates, fascinating speakers and good dinners
here’s a new date for your agendas:
Monday the 19th at 20h30, Caius’ College Green Room.
*What’s happening?
We’re holding our squash event and Extraodinary General Meeting.
There’ll be free wine from the Cambridge Wine Merchants and you’ll have
the chance to join the society for £4/year and 7£/life thus giving you
access to next terms’s speakers and events !
We’re also pleased to announce that Dr Casimir d'Angelo will be giving a
short talk to the society about the relationship between France and
Britain. Dr d'Angelo is currently Director of the Language Unit at the
Department of Engineering and is closely involved that faculty's student
exchange with the Ecole Centrale Paris. His particular expertise in
international relations comes from his time working with the French
Ministry of Foreign Affairs when he was in charge of French Language and
Culture abroad.
There will also be short talks from the President, about this year’s
coming summit; the former President, about last year’s Oxford Summit,
the Vice-President, about the Grandes Ecoles we’re meeting and the
“Grenelle de l’Environnement”. The Treasurer will also present the
exciting events in store for next term.
In short, all of you who are not coming to the summit, but are still
interested in Franco-British relations, exciting events and wine come
to:
*Green Room, Gonville and Caius College*
*At 20h30, Monday the 19th !*
I hope to see you all there !
Cheers,
Sam (sab94)
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*Events*
::Fast For a Day... Give an Education for a Lifetime: One Day National
Fast::
Date: Monday, 26th November 2007
Time: 17:30-21:00 (dinner served at 17:30)
Cost: Free entry if you raise over £10 sponsorship (otherwise £5
minimum donation will be requested on the door)
Location: ARU, The Venue (
http://www.cam.ac.uk/map/v4/drawmap.cgi?mp=main;xx=2500;yy=925;mt=c;ms=60
)
The CU Pakistan Society, in conjunction with ARU Islamic Society, is
organising a One Day National Fast on Monday 26th November. Come down
and fast with us or join us for dinner afterwards.
All proceeds raised will go to The Citizens Foundation (
http://www.thecitizensfoundation.org ) who are educating children in
all regions of Pakistan and have built over 450 schools since they
were established.
We encourage everyone to fast from sunrise to sunset (No food, No
drinks) and get friends, families, supervisors and anyone else you can
think of to sponsor you. Snacks will be offered to break the fast at
sunset (4:00pm) but please do come join us later for the main dinner
at 5:30pm. This will be free if you have raised over £10 in
sponsorship, else a £5 minimum donation will be requested at the door.
Last year, over £3000 was raised and we are trying to beat this, so
please please take part and raise as much as you can. We are lucky to
have received such an excellent education, why not help give children
who aren't as lucky as us the same opportunity! You can fast for the
day, come to the dinner or just sponsor someone - there's no excuse
not to help!
A list of people taking part in the National Fast will be available on
our website: http://cupaksoc.co.uk/mainindex.php
If you would like to fast, please email msa39@cam.ac.uk NOW so we know
of numbers fasting, and so we can send you an official sponsorship
form.
If you would like to come to the dinner, but not fast, please email
msa39@cam.ac.uk NOW.
Don't forget to join
http://cambridge.facebook.com/event.php?eid=3D5925922417 and invite
all your friends.
Thanks,
Shahnawaz Abdullah (msa39)
Trinity College
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::Auditions for Girton Spring Ball::
We are auditioning for acts and entertainers of every kind to perform at
Pandaemonium - Girton's Spring Ball, 14th March 2008.
Dancers, bands, circus performers, magicians, comedians, singers, jazz
artists, DJs, muses, fortune tellers, even
beauticians/seamstresses....all
performers will have full access to the rest of the ball, so it's a
great
way to 'sing for your supper'.
We will be holding auditions at Girton College on the following dates;
Monday 19th Nov 5-8pm
Wednesday 21st Nov 3-6pm
Monday 26th Nov 5-8pm
Thus 29th 4-7pm
Please let me know which day you would like to audition, and whether you
have any requirements (e.g. piano). You would be allocated a 15-20 min
slot
within the times specified above. If you can do more than one day,
please
let me know as it makes my timetabling easier.
More audition times may be arranged, dependant on demand.
Cheers
Becca Ward
Entertainments-Girton Spring Ball 2008
ents@girtonball.com
www.girtonball.com
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::Rag Dhiverse collection this WEDNESDAY::
This WEDNESDAY, 21st November, we will be holding a raid for Dhiverse
(www.dhiverse.org.uk), the HIV/Aids support and awareness charity
founded
here in Cambridge during the 1980's. Their work remains extremely
important,
particularly now that sexual infection rates are on the rise again, so
please come along and help us collect for this very good cause.
Please note that we're dhiversifying (ahaha) the day of this raid from
Saturday to WEDNESDAY, but otherwise it will run as normal - 9-5 from
the
RAG Office in the Old/Large Exams Hall in the New Museums Site. Plus
there
will be a Very Exciting Prize for the top collector, so Get Keen. It
would
be great to see as many of you out as possible! All our very bestest
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::Ultimate Frisbee::
Bored? Fancy a runaround? Want to let of some midweek steam?
Then come and learn to play Ultimate Frisbee, no commitment/ability is
required! There will be a beginners session this week:
Tuesday, 1.30pm on Parker Piece.
E-mail Andy Smith (ajs242) if interested, or just turn up.
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::Pembroke Poetry Society::
Bored? Fancy a runaround? Want to let of some midweek steam?
Then come and learn to play Ultimate Frisbee, no commitment/ability is
required! There will be a beginners session this week:
Tuesday, 1.30pm on Parker Piece.
E-mail Andy Smith (ajs242) if interested, or just turn up.
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::St Catharine's May Ball::
St. Catharine's May Ball committee 2008 is proud to present 'Narnia'.
For one night only the wardrobe door will reopen. So let us take you to
this strange and magical land and offer you a night to remember. The
ball will take place on Wednesday the 18th of June. For more details and
to book tickets please visit our website:
Tickets are selling well and availability is limited so ensure you book
quickly to avoid disappointment.
Claire McLaughlin-Symon (clm51)
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::Girton Spring Ball::
Calling all rakes and revellers, all libertines, hedonists and
thrill-seekers:
On Friday 14th March 2008, Girton College Ball Committee invite you to
attend PANDAEMONIUM, a night of EPIC proportions and inconceivable
luxury
set in the infernal palace of LUCIFER, original bad-boy and famed
anti-hero
of Milton's PARADISE LOST.
With the fiery pits of Hell as its venue, and offering pleasures beyond
mortal compare, it is the perfect event with which to end Lent term.
So, join the ranks of Milton's fallen angels and descend into the chaos
of
the underworld.After all, for every Paradise Lost another is found.
Ticket prices are as follows:
Non-dining: £74 (£79 after 30th November)
Dining: £104 (£109 after 30th November). These are currently sold out,
but
due to overwhelming demand it is possible we will release more, so feel
free to join the online waiting list.
Tickets can be purchased online at our website www.girtonball.com
All tickets purchased before the 30th November will be placed into a
draw
where 12 lucky winners selected at random will be given a VIP upgrade
for
them and a friend.
If you would prefer to work at our ball, please visit the recruitment
page
of our website.
Similarly, if you would like to perform at our ball, please get in touch
with our Ents officers via ents@girtonball.com.
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::MASTANA 2008 Auditions::
Can you...
- Sing / Play a musical instrument solo or in a band (Western
Classical
and RnB to Eastern)...?
- Dance (from Hip Hop to Bollywood to Classical)...?
- Act in a comedy or drama...?
- Model in our Fashion Show...?
- Compere?
- Direct / Write sketches?
- Choreograph in any style (Latin, ballet, kathak, street...and
more!)?
- Entertain an audience of 1000?
...THEN WE WANT YOU!
We would like to present to you the MASTANA 2008 AUDITIONS!
MASTANA, the Biggest Annual Variety show will be taking place on 2nd
March
2008, at the reputable Corn Exchange Theatre in the heart of Cambridge!
The show is the cultural arm of the Cambridge University Hindu Cultural
Society and raised over £8000 for charity last year.
This year, we want to BROADEN the show even further and are looking for
TALENTED students from across the WHOLE university.
Here is the Official Trailer for Mastana 2008 to help you get a feel for
the show! http://cambridge.facebook.com/event.php?eid=5992224269 or
http://www.cuhcs.org.uk/mastana.php
*** AUDITION DETAILS ***
Date: Saturday 17th November
Time: 1pm - 7pm
Location: Knox Shaw Room, Sidney Sussex College
Date: Friday 23rd November
Time: 5pm - 9pm
Location: Mong Hall, Sidney Sussex College
PLEASE EMAIL mastana-acts@cuhcs.org.uk AND STATE YOUR PREFERRED TIME AND
DATE OF AUDITION SO WE CAN BOOK YOU IN.
Auditions will be short and informal, and we don't expect you to have a
prepared act, just bring your talented selves! (If you do have something
prepared, that's also great! Bring music and props as necessary).
We look forward to seeing your talents!
Mastana 2008 Committee
Basit Kirmani
Cambridge University Pakistan Society, President
Mastana 2008 Acts
NUPSA, Project Co-ordinator
Mobile: 07949004983