Gonville and Caius

Two weeks ago, the JCR of Caius created outcry by controversially proposing to end funding to religious, political or charitable societies. This would have included organisations such as Amnesty International and the Christian Union.

This Sunday, after heated opposition, an Open Meeting was held and this motion retracted and wholly revised. The college’s JCR Secretary commented: “I think the Open Meeting was a big success – we had a good turn-out...The result was that we will be amending our Mission Statement to make it clearer how society budgets are allocated and that students are welcome to see the details of the budget allocation process. We will also be holding a referendum next week on the proposed changes to the Constitution: chief among them is a proposal to separate ‘recognition’ of a society from our funding of a society”. The revised motion has met with positive feedback from students.

Sidney Sussex

Students of the College have been asked to “refrain from climbing over locked gates on College property”, in an email from Acting Dean Robert Busch. This follows significant injuries to offending students this term. Sidney students have been assured that the porters would prefer to be telephoned to let them in rather than having to deal with offenders both in terms of reproof and first aid assistance. It has been threatened that the matter will transcend the boundary from being a matter of safety to one of discipline.

Pembroke

A ban has been imposed on all swaps in the college’s Formal Hall until the end of Michaelmas Term. 

The College Proctor made the decision to refuse swap teams attendance to Hall (pictured right) following an increasing number of alcohol-fuelled incidents which have involved damage to College property, rudeness to staff, and vomiting “here, there and everywhere”.

An email from Pembroke’s Proctor was sent to all students of the College, urging them to “put pressure on the small minority of students who are creating difficulties to behave more responsibly”. He added that “individuals have been identified and fined”. With three formals this week already sold out, students await an announcement regarding the refunding of tickets. The ban on follows the three-day closure of Pembroke’s bar two weeks ago.