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How will you survive Week Five?
Will you be bedbound or out on the town?Frieda Dickson for varsity The dreaded time has now come: Week Five. Each term, droves of Cambridge students delude ourselves with the belief that this time will be different, that we will be part of those lucky few who resist the pull of the blues. Rather than resort to celestial divination, discover the fate of your week five with this quiz – will you be one of the survivors, or a victim of collateral damage? Which pop artist are you listening to right now?
Entering the digital future of art at MODO Gallery
Visiting the gallery earlier this term, I spoke to Sally about her visions for the future – both of the gallery, and art itselfRyan Vowles for Varsity Located right in the heart of Cambridge (next to Boots pharmacy), MODO gallery has a surprisingly low-profile presence in the student art scene, perhaps due to its recent opening early last year.
A beginner’s guide to Ancient Greek tragedy
Here is a beginner's guide to the twisted yet fascinating world of Ancient Greek TragedyRyan Vowles for Varsity, based on Unknown Artist, Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons / Background changed ‘Evil cannot be cured by other evil’, writes Sophocles in Ajax. However, having just completed the mountainous task of reading every Ancient Greek play for my final year tragedy paper, I, like Ajax, have been left with a terrible compulsion to share.
A beginner’s guide to Ancient Greek tragedy
Here is a beginner's guide to the twisted yet fascinating world of Ancient Greek TragedyRyan Vowles for Varsity, based on Unknown Artist, Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons / Background changed ‘Evil cannot be cured by other evil’, writes Sophocles in Ajax. However, having just completed the mountainous task of reading every Ancient Greek play for my final year tragedy paper, I, like Ajax, have been left with a terrible compulsion to share.
Can you remember when you last did nothing?
‘Can you remember when you last did nothing?’ This question, poised by Helen Cammock in her 2020 piece of the same title, seems to encapsulate the gentle challenge that is at the heart of ‘The Sleepers’ exhibition. Curated by Laura Mosely and free to visit in Murray Edwards College until February, this small exhibition explores the articulation – and artistic representation – of sleep and rest.
'I only buy second hand clothes
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What the lemon taught me
On a small side table in Kettle’s Yard lies a lemon, carefully placed and all alone on the plate. This lemon, whilst seemingly innocuous, is essential to the room’s aesthetic harmony, in dialogue with a yellow dot on the painting beside. Or, at least, so the guide tells me. When I first visited Cambridge’s most unique art gallery last year, the supposed significance of the lemon struck me as ridiculous, an unnecessary gimmick.
What the lemon taught me
On a small side table in Kettle’s Yard lies a lemon, carefully placed and all alone on the plate. This lemon, whilst seemingly innocuous, is essential to the room’s aesthetic harmony, in dialogue with a yellow dot on the painting beside. Or, at least, so the guide tells me. When I first visited Cambridge’s most unique art gallery last year, the supposed significance of the lemon struck me as ridiculous, an unnecessary gimmick.
How to Write the Perfect Ghost Story with Playwright Aisha Zia
Whilst our conversation may have lacked the dark and moody atmosphere of a campfire – taking place on a bright September afternoon – Aisha Zia nevertheless managed to immerse me in the world of shadows and spirits. The Edinburgh-fringe-winning playwright is one of four writers for the production More Ghost Stories In Candlelight, a continuation of last year’s much-loved night of spooky stories and haunting music.
‘How do you live a wise life?’: understanding education with Min Jin Lee
Ella Howard discusses writing, identity and metaphysics with award-winning writer Min Jin Lee Like so many others, I first became enamoured with Min Jin Lee through reading her novel Pachinko, swept up in the multi-generational history of the struggles and survival of a Korean immigrant family.
Revealed: the hidden cost of living at Cambridge
Students across the University are paying hundreds of pounds a term towards “unclear and confusing” charges in their college bills. A Varsity investigation has revealed the extent of these charges at different colleges. The most common was the Facilities Charge, with KFC, Minimum Meal Charges and Establishment Charge also included in Varsity's Freedom of Information statistics.
Christ’s JCR to hold referendum over arms investments
Christ’s College JCR will hold an emergency meeting and referendum over the college’s investments in arms companies, after the College revealed indirect investments of £270,000 in arms. Over 10% of the College’s undergraduates signed a petition calling on Christ’s to divest from companies associated with the manufacture of weapons and armaments, which has triggered an emergency open meeting and referendum on the issue.
Controversy on the Cam: John’s spend almost 90 times more on rowing than other colleges
St John’s College spends almost 90 times more on their boat club than less wealthy colleges, Varsity can reveal. An investigation into Cambridge’s rowing scene uncovered that St John's Lady Margaret Boat Club received £172,412 of funding from the college in the last year — £86,066 of which was directly from the college’s general funds.
Cambridge calls for green banking partners
The University of Cambridge is leading a new effort to avoid banking partners that “do not contribute to the financing of fossil fuel expansions,” in collaboration with 60 other UK universities and trusts. Yesterday, the group of higher education institutions sent a formal request to banks and fund managers to cease their investments in non-renewable energy. The coalition includes among others, Oxford, UCL, LSE, Edinburgh, and Leeds, and possesses a collective wealth of over £5 billion.
Queens’ faces legal action over ‘harmful’ accommodation
Queens’ College could face further opposition to their accommodation plans, with a local campaign group planning an appeal to the Owlstone Croft development. Friends of Paradise Nature Reserve, a local organisation, are preparing a “final determined effort” against the College to halt the plans. Since its inception, the planned construction of four accommodation blocks, housing 60 postgraduate students, has been fraught with controversy and delay.
Government ignores calls for ‘desperately’ needed transport project
The government has decided to withhold vital transport funding that would have matched the “exceptional growth” in Cambridge housing, despite outcry from the University-backed Greater Cambridge Partnership (GCP). The Cambridge South East Transport (CSET) project aimed to ease congestion, offer reliable travel and support economic growth through the creation of a new travel hub and bus routes.
The Roundup Top Ten for May 14, 2021
by Nikita Shepard "Tracing the ugly history of conservative efforts to combat school desegregation, welfare, reproductive freedom and gay and lesbian rights by claiming threats to children helps us understand why politicians today think they can gain votes by brutalizing vulnerable children in the name of protecting them."
Perspective | Solving homelessness requires getting the problem right
Last month, Judge David Carter ordered Los Angeles officials to find shelter for all homeless people in downtown L.A. by October 2021. This follows Mayor Eric Garcetti’s call for spending $1 billion to address the area’s homelessness crisis. These are unprecedented actions that speak to the significant and tragic state of homelessness in Los Angeles, but they reflect urban tensions that have deep roots.
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