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Emma June Event 2012 looking for Compère!

If you would like to attend the Emma June Event 2012 for free, then consider being one of our comp�res! Required from midnight until 3am, our comp�re will seamlessly bridge the gap between acts and even make people laugh at the same time! If this sounds appealing to you, send me an email at aod21@cam.ac.uk as soon as possible.

Cambridge Humanities Review accepting submissions

Cambridge Humanities Review Call for Articles
The Cambridge Humanities Review has been established as a journal of
essays in the humanities, written by academics, students and guest writers.
We invite all humanists to contribute something a little more than
intelligent journalism, but a little less than a fully-referenced academic
journal article. We are happy to accept short essays and book reviews of
1500-3000 words, covering a topic or recent publication which falls broadly
within the humanities.

Please send submissions to Daniel Matore at dm480@cam.ac.uk by Saturday May
the 19th.

If you would like to reserve your free copy, please e-mail Harry Dadswell at hjd33@cam.ac.uk with your name and college. A copy of the review will be put in your pigeon hole in Week 5.

We Are Cambridge 2012

WE ARE CAMBRIDGE 2012 - A DIFFERENT SORT OF YEARBOOK

We are Cambridge 2012 is an online and (hopefully!) physical yearbook for everyone leaving Cambridge in 2012. From the team behind Library Whispers and Anonymous Pigeon, we are cambridge 2012 is free and allows you to create your own page, draw on people's pages, add photos, predict futures and much more. To see more and sign up go to http://wearecambridge2012.co.uk/

BIG SLEEPOUT POSTPONED

Thank you for all your support so far. We're really pleased with the
positive response the sleepout has had- both in terms of raising sponsorship and numbers of people who want to sleep out on the paddock.

Unfortunately over the past few days I have received a lot of messages from people who have had to drop out of the sleepout for various reasons. Chris and I have therefore decided to postpone the sleepout until after exams to ensure that as many people as possible are able to attend and we raise as much money as possible for the cause.

I am very sorry for any inconvenience this may cause but we hope you will continue to support the sleepout and Jimmy's by raising sponsorship and by joining us for the postponed sleepout after exams in June.

Emma Frisbee

This is THE term to get out and play some frisbee. We are part of a 4 college conglomerate team so why not take a break from work and represent Emma? There will be matches (usually on Sat) every week this term including Cuppers before May Week. We're a pretty relaxed team so just come along whenever you're free!

Email jwyo2 to get details of casual throw-arounds and matches.

MacOS X/Flashback Malware Infections!!!

CamCERT have identified a large number of Macintoshes suspected to be infected by the Flashback malware which uses an exploit in Java. All these instances represent Macs that are not currently fully patched.

A news article will be published shortly reminding all Mac users of the necessity to keep their machines fully patched and their anti-virus software installed and kept up-to-date at all times to avoid security issues. Please encourage all your users to be vigilant in this regard and remember that the UCS provides a MacSUS Service http://www.ucs.cam.ac.uk/support/mac-support/macsus/ which can be used.

CERT will be contacting Support Staff in institutions where infections have been detected.

Details:
Apple have released patches for both MacOS X 10.6.8 and 10.7.3 including a tool to automatically remove known variations of the infection. General information about this infection can be found at
http://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/trojan-downloader_osx_flashback_k.shtml
Apple Knowledgebase article relating to Java update for 10.7 Lion
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5242
Apple Knowledgebase article relating to Java update for 10.6 Snow Leopard
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5243
Apple Knowledgebase article relating to Flashback Malware removal tool
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5246

Please note that MacOS X10.5, Leopard is out of support with Apple and there will therefore be no Java update provided, in this case it is recommended that Java is disabled.

Anti-Virus Software downloads
http://www.ucs.cam.ac.uk/support/anti-virus/macdownload

Huffington Post Writing Opportunities!

The influential online newspaper The Huffington Post (UK) has teamed up with the Union Society this year, offering an extraordinary blogging opportunity for Cambridge students with something to say to a national audience.

For the next month there will be three article spaces up for grabs each week - two relating to the week's Union debate (500 words), and another on a topical issue (1000 words).

If you'd be interested in writing a piece this week or in future, please join the Cambridge Union Huffington Post Blog facebook page and comment on the wall:

http://www.facebook.com/groups/160696974058357/

CHAOS Science Summer Roadshow - Volunteers needed!

CHaOS is looking for keen volunteers to help out during our summer
roadshow, where we take our fun science experiments on the road to visit
schools and town halls around the country during July. If you have between
a weekend to a couple of weeks free then, and like any of
messy/noisy/squelchy science, talking to children and families, camping,
BBQs, stash, and fixing things with gaffer tape, then the CHaOS roadshow
could be for you! Our sponsorship covers food, accommodation and travel, so
coming along should only cost you your time.
We need scientists of all kinds (natscis, medics, vets, engineers,
compscis, mathmos...), but no previous experience is necessary- just
enthusiasm!
To find out more and sign up, go to our website:
http://www.chaosscience.org.uk/roadshow2012_advert.
E-mail contact@chaosscience.org.uk with any questions.

Newton Trust student community volunteering fund

University of Cambridge / Newton Trust student community volunteering fund ? next deadline 16 May 2012

The Newton Trust is working with the Public Engagement team in the University's Office of External Affairs and Communications to fund University of Cambridge student societies to provide valuable and innovative community volunteering opportunities to University of Cambridge students.

The Newton Trust programme aims to support the activity of student volunteers from the University by providing grants to student societies which organise such opportunities for students. The programme aims to benefit the personal and career development of the student volunteers, the community in which the students are volunteering and the University and Colleges. The Fund is intended as a seed corn fund for new or developing activity, rather than a source of recurrent funding. The Trust is particularly keen to fund UK-based activities.

In each round, grants of up to �500 per society will be made. Applications for smaller amounts are particularly welcomed. In exceptional circumstances, grants of up to �1,000 may be made. The maximum funds given to any one society will not exceed �1,000 per academic year (October to September). Societies can apply more than once, up to a maximum value of �1,000 per academic year.

Information and application forms can be found at http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/communications/community/newton/

For further information, please contact Rachel.teubner@admin.cam.ac.uk.

OxFizz Economics Tutors Wanted!

Social enterprise seeks economists!

OxFizz is a social enterprise raising money for charity by providing educational services. We're currently recruiting economics tutors for our two-week Summer Schools.
*What? Delivering tutorials on an Oxford-based Summer School (accommodation/travel costs covered!)
*Who? Any enthusiastic graduate/postgraduate student/postdoc
*How big a commitment? 2 training sessions, then 13 hours teaching time over two weeks.
*Why? Contribute to a pioneering social enterprise, raise upwards of �1000 for any charity of your choice, and gain valuable teaching experience!

Find out more: email Alice at alice.loughney@oxfizz.org or call her on 07847095427

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