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网页7 October 2024. Eloise Davis gives you the run down of all the roles available behind the curtain. Home of the University of Cambridge’s student newspaper, Varsity. Get the latest News, Comment, Sport, Features, Videos, Culture, Reviews and …
Tompkins Table 2022: the resurrection of Christ’s | Varsity
网页Saturday September 10 2022, 5:08pm. Christ’s College has topped the 2022 Tompkins Table with a commanding lead once again. With 46.10% of its undergraduates receiving firsts – a 2.1% increase since the last edition of the Table was published – Christ’s have maintained their string of first-place finishes since 2018.
Lucy Cavendish: a case study in collegiate failure | Varsity
网页Friday June 9 2023, 10:09am. Of all the conclusions of Varsity ’s rent investigation, particularly striking is the fact that wealthier colleges consisently offer their students lower rents. While Trinity and John’s students enjoy some of Cambridge’s most affordable accommodation, students at Girton and Lucy Cavendish are forced to shell ...
Peterhouse in the 1980s: the last days of old Cambridge
网页2022年12月12日 · Peterhouse did indeed have a nasty and unpleasant side, with some of the dons known to discriminate against Jews and black guests at formals, to say nothing of the misogyny that would pervade high table. When reviewing a biography of Dacre in 2010, The Economist wrote that 1980s Peterhouse was a right-wing “lunatic asylum”.
The Burtonisation of fashion: style lessons from Tim Burton
网页2022年2月8日 · We can describe the alteration of the dress as a ‘Burton-isation’. Black trim, stripes and contrasting colours are added to achieve the familiar gothic style of much of his work. Paired with the sharp cheekbones, big eyes, chalky complexion and dark undereye circles, these characters are distinct to Burton.
The ultimate guide to Cambridge formal fashion | Varsity
网页2023年8月20日 · You can get creative with your formal looks Zoe Blackburn with permission for Varsity. Since the dress code for a regular formal at most colleges specifies a ‘cocktail dress’, dress-wearing folk tend to go for a midi or mini dress rather than one that goes all the way to the ankles, but a long dress or skirt with a slit can achieve the same ...
CERN’s grand ambitions: are particle accelerators worth it?
网页2021年1月26日 · The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), run by CERN (the European Organisation for Nuclear Research), is one of the largest, most expensive, and most ambitious science experiments in history. The particle accelerator, and the 17-mile tunnel under France and Switzerland that houses it, took ten years to build. Since its opening in 2008, it has closed ...
Is today’s fashion just nostalgia? - Varsity
网页Friday November 11 2022. Is fashion forwards- or backwards-looking? It is ironically the hyper-modern and hyper-algorithmic TikTok that drives the nostalgia of 2022 fashion. Deemed outdated just a few years ago, the silhouettes, shapes, accessories and attitudes of the past are revived by teenagers seeking identity through self-fashioning.
The proof that wasn’t | Varsity - Varsity Online
网页2022年3月11日 · The proof that wasn’t. Nick Scott explains the story of a mathematical proof that has sparked controversy, questioning how extremely complicated work can be validated if few understand it. When one is an expert in a niche area of mathematics, it becomes difficult to judge their work Thomas T, Unsplash. by …
God is dead, and it was science that killed him | Varsity
网页2016年10月20日 · by Jack Slater. Thursday October 20 2016, 9:45pm. God is dead, and it was science that killed him. Or at least, that’s the message you may well take away from some of the more prominent atheists in the public eye – particularly those who can be loosely clustered around the category of New Atheists, …