Out and About
Out and About in Cam
Cigarettes and Chocolate - Latest from the ADC
Right to light - Improving cam lighting
Céilidh for a Good Cause!
Triple Helix Debate
THE CAMBRIDGE STUDENT COLLEGE FOOD QUALITY SURVEY
CU India Society: Bollywood dancing and Indian Republic Day Celebration
Volunteer for Cambridge Hands On Science Project
MedSIN Talk
Cigarettes and Chocolate
Week 3 late show at the ADC, 11pm from the 3rd to the 6th of February
(wednesday to saturday), £4-£6.
What would you do if your best friend, daughter, lover, suddenly - completely out of the blue - stopped speaking? Gemma's stopped speaking. Her vow for Lent is total silence. Noone knows why and she's not about to explain herself. Whatch her friends, family, unrequited, and unfaithful lovers react to this negation of words. Tripple Loop presents 'Cigarettes and Chocolate', a bitter-sweet play, written by Anthony Minghella, which questions whether language dictates what it means to be human. A dark comedy about the threat of silence to the superfluous, trivial conversations of modern life. Infidelity, intimacy and indifference, laugh
or cry, Gemma won't say a word.
Right to Light
Walking/cycling home in the dark?
Don't feel safe in certain parts of Cambridge?
Right to Light is the new CUSU Campaign to improve lighting and night safety in Cambridge. We need as many signatures as possible to show that students and the community in Cambridge is concerned about certain poorly lit areas.
Sign the petition NOW athttp://www.cusu.cam.ac.uk/campaigns/righttolight/.
Céilidh for a Good Cause!
Cambridge University Marrow is organising a night of Céilidh dancing to raise funds in aid of the Anthony Nolan Trust (ANT).
WHY?
Every year thousands of people with diseases, including leukaemia, reach a stage in their illness when their only hope of survival is from a bone marrow stem cell transplant. The ANT maintains a bone marrow register to aid in matching patients with suitable donors. It is an independent charity, so all funding is secured through their own initiative, enterprise and hard work.
WHEN?
Friday 29th January, Emmanuel College Old Library, 7-10pm
5 pounds per entry, includes a glass of wie or orange juice. Every extra glass of wine is charged at 1.50 pounds and orange juice is charged at 50 pence. All profits go to charity!
All are welcome to come to have just have drink and a chat or even show off some of your moves! A live band will be playing and will help guide everyone through different dances throughout the course of the evening.
SPACES ARE LIMITED, BOOK EARLY TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT! Tickets will be sold outside the Chemistry, Babbage and Anatomy Lecture Theatres next week.
Or email Aruni Ratnayake at anr33@cam.ac.ukto book your tickets now!!
Payment is by cash or cheque. All cheques should be payable to "Cambridge University Bone Marrow Society", and have name, college and email written on the back.
Join the facebook group at:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/event.php?eid=254431181225&ref=nf
Triple Helix Debate
THE TRIPLE HELIX CAMBRIDGE http://www.camtriplehelix.com PRESENTS THE PANEL DEBATE: SCIENCE: IS IT REALLY 'OURS'? 1 Feb (Mon), 7.30pm Pharmacology THE CAMBRIDGE STUDENT COLLEGE FOOD QUALITY SURVEY The Cambridge Student is compiling a comprehensive survey assessing the CU India Society: Bollywood dancing and Indian Republic Day Celebration CU India Society is starting a new Bollywood dance class and celebrating Volunteer for Cambridge Hands On Science Project *What is CHaOS? * MedSIN Talk
Medicine in Belarus: The Chernobyl Disaster and its Consequences Thursday 28th January, 7pm, Queens Building, Emmanuel College
Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road, see location map on
http://tinyurl.com/rxaj7
FREE ENTRY
This panel event shifts the spotlight away from specific science
controversies, and calls on us to examine the scientific discipline as a
whole. How has the relationship between science and the public evolved to
date? To what extent is the scientific profession obliged to engage with
the public? How can it do so more effectively? What can the layman even
contribute to science policy? More fundamentally, who owns science - the
experts, the consumers, the media, the powers that be, the traditional lab
rat, the hapless lay volunteer of a clinical study? Who knows?
Refreshments will be available after the talk and Q&A session.
Panel:
Dr. James Wilsdon - Director of Science Policy Centre, The Royal Society
Professor Jim Secord - Department of History and Philosophy of Science,
University of Cambridge
Ms Anna Lewcock - News Editor of Chemistry World
Panel Chair: Lord Martin Rees, Master of Trinity College and President of
The Royal Society
quality of food in each college, for an article due to appear next week. We
are comparing the quality of butteries as well as Formal Hall.
The survey only takes two minutes to complete, but by doing so you are
helping your college improve its services, and helping us compare food
quality from college to college:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/7HD3VBM
Indian Republic Day. Please could you include the following blurbs in the
next JCR newsletter and/or on the JCR website.
FREE BOLLYWOOD DANCE TASTER SESSION
Love bollywood? Love dancing? If the answer to either of these questions is
a resounding yes, then CU India Society are presenting YOU with the perfect
opportunity. This term, we're introducing Cambridge University's first ever
Bollywood Dance Class which will be taught by professional dance teacher,
Vidya Math! Bollywood dance is a fun fusion of graceful classical Indian
steps and energetic western styles, all set to the colourful and dramatic
beat of bollywood movie soundtracks. So whether you dream about being a
bollywood star or just want to try something new, come along to our FREE
taster session!
Date: Monday 25th January 2010
Time: 7 - 8pm
Location: School of Pythagoras, St. John's College (See map at
http://www.joh.cam.ac.uk/cms_misc/media/Contact/SJC-Map-v7.pdf)
INDIAN REPUBLIC DAY CELEBRATION
Republic day marks the transition of India from a British dominion to an
independent republic with its own constitution on the 26th January 1950. In
India this most important of days is celebrated with a grand parade
exhibiting both the finery of the Indian armed forces and the diverse
varied cultures of the different Indian states and regions.
This Sunday we too will be celebrating this momentous day in our own small
way, in the informal surrounds of the graduate union lounge. It would be
really great to see as many of you as possible there so make sure you bring
all of your friends along. We will of course have a delicious array of
Indian snack foods on offer for you to enjoy too.
Date: Sun 24th jan
Time: 4pm-6.30pm
Venue: Graduate Union Lounge
(http://www.cam.ac.uk/map/v4/drawmap.cgi?mp=mill;xx=206;yy=58;mt=c;tl=Gra...)
Price: £2 members, £3 non members (all profits go to charity)
Come and find out more about the fun science outreach that you can get
involved with in Cambridge. CHaOS is a student society that
runs "Crash, Bang, Squelch!", a huge event in Science week at the end of
this term and a Science Roadshow that travels the country in July. We need
keen students to take part in these events- could you be one of them?
If you're interested in finding out more, on *Saturday 30th January* the
CHaOS committee are running a *mini Science Roadshow* just for you,
so you can talk to our volunteers and have a go with some of our cool
experiments. There'll also be drinks and nibbles. Drop in at the
Graduate Union (on Silver Street, see website for map) anytime between
*11am- 3pm. *
More details are on our website (www.chaosscience.org.uk/volunteer) or email us (contact@chaosscience.org.uk)
Welcome to Belarus, where the number of people living on less than the
minimum subsistence budget exceeds 1.7 million (17.8% of total population).
One of the main reasons for this was the Chernobyl disaster, the worst
nuclear power plant disaster in history. Much of the country still has
harmful radiation levels, leading to high incidence of cancer and other
conditions.
Come along to this short (40 minute) talk to find out more about the Chernobyl disaster, and the effect it still has on this country. Given by a 5th year student at the only medical university in Belarus, you will gain a real insight into medical education and care in a country very different from our own. Find out about the social and cultural differences in the way illness and disability is perceived in Belarus.
£2 entry for non-members, Free for members.
Regards,
The MedSIN Committee