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BAKE SALE

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TOMORROW (Monday 14th May) Cambridge University Barnardo's society will be holding a bake sale from 10.30 am - 1 pm in front court to raise money to help vulnerable children throughout the UK. So come by and grab a cake for a good cause and to help your revision!

Photograph Portfolio challenge

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Got a camera? Want a challenge?

2 hours, 10 photos, 1 winner

On WEDNESDAY 16TH MAY we will be hosting an adrenaline-pumping portfolio challenge for the photographers.

Turn up with a camera at 7:00pm at the Plodge. You will have two hours to compose a 10-shot portfolio. This is shooting AND editing. The subject matter is completely up to you, and you are only limited by the fastest form of transport that you can acquire. [ECAPS will not be held responsible for any criminal convictions or damages accumulated during the evening]

The prize will be a large photo collage created with YOUR photographs.

If you wish to enter the challenge, please email jl634@cam.ac.uk and request a Dropbox link. To keep time we strongly recommend you turn up at the plodge on time. Once you have submitted your portfolio, upload it to the Dropbox folder. Deadline is 9.00pm that evening.

We hope as many of you as possible can come. This could be fabulous!

Best regards,
Billy Liu

Friday Rounders vs. Christ's

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Following a remarkable 44-44 draw last week, we're hoping to secure our first victory this Friday evening! Everyone is welcome - no sporting ability required, just enthusiasm! Between innings, there will be a short, informal talk on Christianity by Barnaby Monteiro - a local student worker. Why not take a break from work and come along? We'll be meeting at 6.45 pm at the Plodge - hope to see you there!

Charity Hitch-Hike Race - SOScape

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Thursday 14th June.
You've got 24 hours.
Find your way back to Cambridge from a secret location.
NO money.
NO map.
You're officially LOST.

Missed Jailbreak this year? Looking forward to the end of exams?
Try SOScape. After exams. Before May Week. You're dropped off in a random location and have to blag, charm and hitchhike your way home.

Prizes: First team back to Cambridge - Pair of tickets to Jesus May Ball Raises the most for charity - Free passes to Big Fish Ents (Tuesday Cindies and Thursday Life)

All proceeds go to SOS Children's Villages, the world's largest orphan charity, working in over 120 different countries to home 80 000 children. http://www.soschildrensvillages.org.uk/

REGISTER HERE: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dEd3OC12bFMxZ1o3cDZ3SFFDNkt1U0E6MQ DEADLINE WEDNESDAY 16TH MAY.

Facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/events/351255244897751/

If you have any questions, e-mail Rachael Corbishley:
rsc40@cam.ac.uk

Friday Rounders vs. Christ's

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Every Friday evening this term, there will be a friendly game of rounders on Jesus Green against Christ's College. Between innings, there will be a short, informal talk on Christianity by Barnaby Monteiro - a local student worker. Everyone is welcome, so take a break from work and come along! We'll be meeting at 6.45 pm at the Plodge - hope to see you there!

Last Call for Croquet Cuppers!

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There is no better way to recharge your batteries and relax from revision
than with a quick game of Croquet, Cambridge's favourite and most sociable
summer sport.

Croquet Cuppers is the annual knockout tournament, taking place throughout
the Easter term, with one match per week. Newcomers and experts alike are
welcome.

Form a team of 4 with your friends, and notify the Cuppers Secretary,
Oliver Bond (ob261) by this Sunday, 6th May. Please see the website for full
details: http://croquet.soc.srcf.net/cuppers.php

International Development Course

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Interested in International Development?

Explore the role of media in development at the Cambridge International Development Course on Saturday 5th May 9:30-5pm at the Law Faculty.

You will hear from a wide range of speakers who are all experts in the field through interactive workshops and informative lectures. This is also an exciting opportunity to find out more about careers in the development sector, meeting and speaking to those working in the field today.

Get one of the last few tickets now, and find out more, at:
http://cambridgeidc.weebly.com/tickets.html

Prof. Gareth Stedman Jones on Marx

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Sps Society presents:

Professor Gareth Stedman Jones: Marx- Early and Late.
Location: Munby Room, King's College
Time & Date : 2.15pm, Friday 4th May

Gareth Stedman Jones was appointed Professor of the History of Ideas in 2010, after thirteen years as the Professor of Political Science at the University of Cambridge. He is a renowned Marx scholar. As well as being the editor for the Penguin edition of the Communist Manifesto and joint-editor of the fifth volume of the Cambridge History of Political Thought, he is currently working on an intellectual biography of Marx commissioned by Penguin and expected to be published in 2012 and a more general work on political thought between the French Revolution and the Revolutions of 1848.

He will speak both about the early formation of Marx?s ideas and the last decade of his life, in which he began to explore ideas about the Village Community.

Greetings,

Boaz Sobrado
Publicity Officer

ICE at Corpus Playroom

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ICE to see you, to see you, ICE: Corpus Playroom, 07/05/2012, 21.30-22.30

Spin the wheel! Bank the cash! We'll take a P please, Bob! Join Improvised Comedy Ents as they tear apart your favourite game show and stick it back together with a dose of the surreal! Can the team be able to create an essay-flinging trebuchet before the buzzer goes? Will they get automatically locked into the UL while trying to discover the secret of love? And will they turn on each other in order to scoop the prize? This Easter, your suggestions drive the show! Many improvisers will enter, but only one can be crowned champion. No scripts, no rehearsals, no Anne Robinson! Book tickets online at http://www.corpusplayroom.com/shows/show/1325?selectinstance=3919

CUAC Sports!!

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Fancy yourself as the next Usain Bolt?? The CUAC Sports (Athletics) summer event is going to be held THIS WEEK and is the perfect opportunity to show your friends how fast you really are!!

It will be run on Wednesday 2nd May 5-8pm at Wilberforce Road Track. There
will be fewer events (listed below). There will be a more individual focus,
rather than a team trophy at the end. We encourage people to enter for the
opportunity to be selected for the Varsity squad and for the joy of
competing!

Events:

Timetable
TRACK
5pm 100m Men/Women seeded races
5.40pm 1500m Men/Women seeded races
6.10pm 200mH Men
6.30pm 400m Men/Women seeded races
6.50pm 3000m Men/Women
7.10pm 2x100m

FIELD
5pm Long Jump Men/Women
5pm Discus Throw Men/Women
6pm Triple Jump Men/Women
6pm Javelin Throw Men/Women

7.30pm Prizegiving

The sign up document is below and we encourage as many people to sign up
via this method as possible. For those who can't access google documents
please email your entries to me (erlf2). If neither of these is possible
there will be the opportunity to sign up on the day.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AnnZawiNlSRMdHdIbmpEMm4tWVFQLWpwVExtLW9KcWc#gid=0