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'Town and Gown unite and fight, trans rights are human rights'

The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, Stephen Toope, described the student gathering on Jesus Green for Caesarean Sunday as “disappointing” and “a slap in the face” in an email sent to students yesterday (05/05). Caesarean Sunday, aka ‘C Sunday’, is named after Jesus College’s drinking society, The Caesareans, and historically included a fight between Jesus drinking society and the Girton Green Monsters, an aspect of the event which has now been banned. The 80-year-old event takes place on the Sunday of the May Bank Holiday at the start of Easter term, and also nor...

Cambridge could introduce a reading week, full freshers’ week, and a weekend under a proposal by Cambridge SU Undergraduate President, Ben Margolis. The proposal, which is currently under consultation would significantly revise the Cambridge term structure in an attempt to improve both student well-being and academic performance. The Tab Cambridge spoke to Ben Margolis about his plans:  ‘The current nature of Cambridge education is actively detrimental to student’s education’ Critiques of the Cambridge term structure have a long history, with Ben telling the Tab his proposals came ab...

'As a Brown person at a predominantly white college, I felt like I didn’t belong'