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Get Keen for Green Week! Between Monday 6th February and Sunday 12th February

there will be a vast range of activities, film showings and talks

about current environmental issues. See the notice board for

more details! Also, support sustainability by coming to the 

Fitzwilliam Vegetarian Formal on Wednesday 8th

. Book and

reduce your carbon footprint!

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Eliot’s 100 

Eliot’s 100 is bored of paying for your creativity. We want

you to send us images, stories and thoughts for us to

print. Send submissions to weareeliots100@gmail.com by

1st

February. http://www.eliots100.co.uk 

Newnham College June Event Music

If you are interested in playing at the Newnham June Event

(Tuesday 19th

June) come to auditions which will be held in

Newnham bar on the weekend of the 28th

/29th

January from

2-8pm each day. We’re interested in all varieties of music,

and will be offering free tickets along with the possibility of 

payment. To book a place contact Laura Russell

(ljr42@cam.ac.uk) with the name of your band/act, a brief 

description (music, genre etc.), the times you are availableand any equipment to may need us to provide for the

audition. If the dates/times aren’t convenient but you’d still

like the chance to play, email us anyway and we’ll try and find

an alternative.

PTO for more news!

Fitzwilliam Lent Term Play

FitzTheatre returns once again to present the

hilarious play, LONDON ASSURANCE by Dion

Boucicault. The as-et unconfirmed

performance dates are Monday 12th

March

and Tuesday 13th

March at the end of week 8.

Come along and audition on Sunday 22nd

 

January at 10.30am in the Music Room (main

building) or Monday 23rd

January from 5-6pm

and 7pm onwards in Old Library 1 (upstairs in

the Main Building). There is no need to

prepare anything beforehand, you will be

provided with a passage to perform when you

arrive. Just bring yourself, a smile and most

importantly, your A-GAME!

Emmanuel June Event 

Emmanuel June event is recruiting

musicians and DJs!! On Sunday 5th

 

February auditions for the event will be

taking place from 1.30 to 5.30pm in the

Queens Building lecture theatre at

Emmanuel. All bands, DJs and solo

musicians are needed to make the event a

roaring success. If you are interested email

mg624@cam.ac.uk with a brief description

of the act.

“Good News for a (Climate)

Change"

Monday 30th of January @ 7:30pm: a

workshop being hosted by activist, author

and poet Danny Chivers. He's going to take a

positive look at the latest climate science and

explore how it's still possible to achieve

climate justice. You need to register ahead of 

time- info@cambridgecarbonfootprint.org ass ots are limited!

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Student volunteer taster day

3rd

march, 10am-6pm, Anglesey Abbey and Wicken

Fen. Lunch, a BBQ tea and free transport from

Cambridge are provided. Expect a fun and eye-

opening day offering an insight into the work of 

the National Trust, with details of roles and

projects you can get involved in. This is anexclusive opportunity for Cambridge students to

experience a variety of practical activities to help

you understand what is involved when

volunteering with the Trust. Highlights will include

practical conservation work making new bird

boxes for Anglesey Abbey’s wildlife discovery area,

developing and trialling family activities, finding

out about how you can get involved in education

and events work and hands-on experience helping

bring our places to life in a costume and cocktailssession in the Abbey. Half of the day will be spent

at Anglesey Abbey and half the day at Wicken Fen.

Escape the bubble and have a bit of fun along with

way! Check out our Facebook page for further

details of times and meeting places and email

alexandra.steeland@nationaltrust.org.uk  to sign

up- REGISTRATION ESSENTIAL.

Cambridge Hub Lecture: NationalTrust – Community and

Conservation

Wednesday 15th

February, 7.30pm, Latimer Room

Clare College. A joint talk given by Janet Jephcott,

community gardener at Anglesey Abbey, and Lois

Baker, community officer at Wicken Fen. The talk

will also be an opportunity to find out more

about your local National Trust and how you can

get involved.

Got swagger?

The CUCDW annual dance show is coming to the ADC for

one week only. Showcasing the best of Cambridge

Dance, SWAGGER presents everything from Hip-hop to

contemporary, Kathak to Salsa, Belly-dance to

Rock’n’Roll and everything in between! SWAGGER runs

from 24th

-28th

January at the ADC theatre. Tickets are £6-

8, purchase online-

http://www.adctheatre.com/shows/diary  or at the box

office.

Volunteers needed for Part II Psychology Research

Project 

Before Christmas an email was sent around asking if people would

volunteer to do a computer based memory task. We still need more

people so if you haven’t done it before please help out a desperate part II

student in need of results! The task will take around 30 mins to complete.

Testing is being held from Thursday 19th

- Monday 23rd

. Please fill out the

doodle form with your Cambridge email address with the time slot you

would like and email Christopher (co298).

http://www.doodle.com/tm38a3txsrrc9xp8. 

‘The Challenges of 

Development in Fragile

States: Experiences from

Haiti’ talk  

The GSEF. CUiD and the Faculty of 

Education Research Students’ 

Association, is hosting a talk to begiven by His Excellency Mr Claude

Boucher (Deputy High Commissioner

of Canada to the UK/former

Ambassador of Canada to Haiti) on

MONDAY 30TH

JANUARY. The talk is

free and will be held at Seminar

Room GS4, Faculty of Education

from 6-7pm. There will be a limited

amount of wine and non-alcoholic

refreshment after the talk. Emailchairman@gseforum.org  to RSVP.

www.gseforum.org. 

Upcoming events at the Union

Thursday 19th

January- Debate: This House Believes the

Conservatives Have Been Unfairly Demonised. 7pm

Friday 20th

January, 9pm. Jazz and cocktails evening, Non

members welcome so bring your friends!

Saturday 21st January- yoga at 10:30am, zumba at 7:15pm

Monday 23rd

January- Pub quiz at 8pm.

Tuesday 24th

January- Dame Athene Donald, 7:30pm.

Wednesday 5th

January- Speaker Jon Culshaw, 7:30pm.

Cocktail workshop at 7:30pm.

Friday 27th

January- Cambridge Charity Awareness Fair.

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 Free trip to China!

Here’s an opportunity for a fully funded placement

(including flights, accommodation and meals) in Beijingthis summer! Organized by the Cambridge Universoty

Chinese Cultural Society (CUCCS), from 10th

July to 20th

 

August 2012 (including 32 teaching days and 8 non-

teaching days) at Beiking Camford Royal School. Join us at

the info evening at 7.30pm on Thursday 21st

January 2012,

Green Room, Gonville and Caius college.

www.facebook.com/events/361956410484472. You dont

need any teaching qualifications or knowledge of 

Mandarin to volunteer. To apply, fill in an application form

athttps://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey

=dDkyZ3U4YUgyRC11N0FF4OWd3YjUxQVE6MQ . Send a

copy of your CV to cuccs.summer program@gmail.com by

midnight Sunday 19th

Februart 2012. If you have any

questions or would like more info, contact Chongshan Li

on cl459@cam.ac.uk. 

2012 McKinsey Innovate Cambridge Launch

In collaboration with Cambridge University Entrepreneurs (CUE), McKinsey & Co. is launching the 2012 McKinsey

Innovative: realize your social enterprise business plan competition. This is a national competition for students at

UK universities that aims to promote creative and entrepreneurial spirit by supporting a student team to launch a

business that benefits society. The winning team will receive seed funding and support from McKinsey

consultants to transform their idea into a real social enterprise. Last year’s winners, Fertilait, now have a global

patent for converting dairy waste into organic fertiliser: check out their entry video as a taster to the competition:

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=10150177805664961. The campus launch will be on 31st

January,

6:30pm onwards in Lecture Room 4, Department of Engineering. More info and registration can be found at

http://2012mckinseyinnovate.eventbrite.com. Info and the application portal is now available at

http://innovate2012.mckinsey.com. First round applications close on 29th

February.

Volunteer with HELP 

Volunteer with HELP (Helambu Education and

Livelihood Project) this summer! No previous

teaching experience needed, no paying gap-year

companies- HELP is a small-scale, grassroots

Nepali-run charity so admin costs are minimal

and you can plan your own individual project.

The ‘Teach and trek’ scheme offers and organizes

optional discounted treks through the Himalayas

after your teaching placement. Come to our

presentation evening on Monday 30th

January,

7.30pm, Old Library, Emmanuel College, visit

www.helpnepal.co.uk or email pk360@cam.ac.uk 

for more info.

Olly needs help!Olly Rees is looking for someone to help him with 2-

3 projects this term. Previously he has organised

Anonymous Pigeon, Library Whispers and Beginning,

Middle, End. For more, go to http://oliverrees.co.uk. 

This opportunity will allow you to learn skills such as

web design, video editing and filming, screen

printing and embossing. Themes for these projects

include filming stars/planets through an 18th

century

telescope and telling people’s futures. Email

or244@cam.ac.uk.