In this edition:
- This Week at the GU
– Cambridge Blue at the GU
– CUSU Hustings (6 Mar)
– Workshop on Concentration Skills (7 Mar)
– GU Window Shopping Dating (11 Mar)
– Student Help US Loans Seminar (15 Mar)
– GU End-of-term Party: Paddy’s Shout! (17 Mar)
- CUSU Elections 2007 (5-7 Mar)
- ‘Beckett – Tragicomic Vision’, Prof. Andrew Kennedy (5 Mar)
- ‘From Milesius to Niall of the Nine Hostages’, Prof. Dan Bradley (5 Mar)
- Current TV Cambridge Launch Event (5 Mar)
- MCB Secretary-General, Dr Muhammad Abdul Bari MBE (5 Mar)
- Post-Conflict Research Group Meeting (5 Mar)
- The Last of the Great Balls of Fire! (6 Mar)
- Breakthrough Technology for Future Wireless Telecommunications (6 Mar)
- Copenhagen by Michael Frayn (6 Mar)
- The Cambridge Spies (6 Mar)
- The Queens’ Arts Seminar (7 Mar)
- Guest Speaker Daisy Asquith and film ‘This is Me’ (7 Mar)
- The Visual and the Visceral: Pornography and Sanctity (7 Mar)
- 100th Varsity Boxing Match! (8 Mar)
- ‘Ethical Pharmaceuticals’, Prof. Sunil Shaunak (8 Mar)
- Mexican Cinema at Caius: Little Saints (Santitos) (8 Mar)
- CU Women’s Ice Hockey Club Varsity Match (9 Mar)
- Baltic See Vodka Party (10 Mar)
- Family Society Mad Hatters’ Tea Party (11 Mar)
- CUAC Inter-College Karting (11 Mar)
- SciEnts Cocktail Party (11 Mar)
- Cambridge Science Festival (12-25 Mar)
- Volunteers wanted for nutrition research
- St Edmund’s College May Ball
To view or list events, see <http://www.gradunion.cam.ac.uk/calendar/>
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This Week at the GU
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Cambridge Blue at the GU
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Have you used the voucher for a free hot drink with the purchase of a
sandwich as featured in our Lent card? If not, then be sure to do so before
the expiry date of 16 March.
CUSU Hustings (6 Mar)
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Hustings for the CUSU Elections will be hosted in the Graduate Union at 1pm
on Tuesday, 6 March 2007.
Workshop on Concentration Skills (7 Mar)
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Wednesday 7th March 2007, 17:30-19:00, Seminar Room A, Graduate Union
Jill Shields of the University Counselling Service will present a workshop
on techniques to improve concentration and deal with work block. This will
be held in Seminar Room A at the Graduate Union. Sign up online at
<http://www.gradunion.cam.ac.uk/calendar/booking/signup.php?eventid=546>
Parent and Toddler Coffee Morning (Fridays)
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Our free parents’ coffee morning and toddlers’ play group is held from 10:00
to 12:30 every Friday morning in the University Centre. All students with
children, and their partners, are welcome; there are toys for young kids,
space to play and free coffee and biscuits.
GU Window Shopping Dating (11 Mar)
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Sunday 11th March 2007, 15:00-17:00, Fitzwilliam Museum
"Why are there always confusing signals? Why do I have to go through awkward
moments to find out whether the person is available or not? I wish sometimes
I could go shopping to find the best match for me. Simple labels, no
pressure, no awkward moments… If I can find ‘sales’, even better!"
If that’s you, join the ‘GU Window Shopping Dating’! Come take a walk around
the Fitzwilliam Museum and spend time with other grads. Good conversation?
Make a connection? Go for it! 
Limited places are available, so please book online ASAP:
<http://www.gradunion.cam.ac.uk/calendar/booking/signup.php?eventid=549>
Student Help US Loans Seminar (15 Mar)
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Thursday March 15th from 18:00-20:30
Student Help, a US based non-profit organisation, will give a free
presentation for those with US student loans at the Graduate Union on March
15th from 6-8.30pm. The seminar will offer advice on loan choices, watching
out for the fine print and show you ways to reduce the interest you pay.
Reservations are required via Student Help <http://www.stuhelp.org/rsvp/>.
Wine and snacks will be served and the presentation starts from 6pm.
GU End-of-term Party: Paddy’s Shout! (17 Mar)
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Saturday March 17th 19:30
Join us for lots of fun and cheap drinks on 17th March for our first Karaoke
evening from 8pm. The bar opens from 7.30pm. Free entry if you’re wearing
green or gold; otherwise only £1!
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CUSU Elections 2007 (5-7 Mar)
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All Cambridge Graduates are members of both the GU and CUSU. Get out and
vote in the CUSU elections!
VOTE ONLINE 5th and 6th MARCH
VOTE IN YOUR COLLEGE 7th MARCH
Online voting for the CUSU Elections 2007 will take place on Monday 5th
March (from 7am) until 8pm on Tuesday 6th March. You can also vote on
Wednesday 7th in your college, but we would encourage as many people as
possible to vote online instead. IMPORTANT: Please go as soon as possible
to <https://vote.cusu.cam.ac.uk/> to check that you are on the electoral
roll. You will need to use your Raven password to identify yourself. If you
do not know your password, please see the details provided by the University
Computing Service at: <http://www.cam.ac.uk/cs/raven/faq.html>
Hustings will be held in the Graduate Union at 1pm on Tuesday 6 March; for
other times/venues, and information about the candidates, please visit:
<http://www.cusu.cam.ac.uk/union/elections/2007/>
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‘Beckett – Tragicomic Vision’, Prof. Andrew Kennedy (5 Mar)
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Monday 5th March 2007, 13:00, Meeting Room, Clare Hall
This event is part of IRISH SPRING at Clare Hall: see
<http://www.clarehall.cam.ac.uk/index.php?id=366>
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‘From Milesius to Niall of the Nine Hostages’, Prof. Dan Bradley (5 Mar)
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Monday 5th March 2007, 18:00
‘From Milesius to Niall of the Nine Hostages: Genetic insights into Irish
origins’, from Professor Dan Bradley, Dept. of Genetics, Trinity College
Dublin. This event is part of IRISH SPRING at Clare Hall: see
<http://www.clarehall.cam.ac.uk/index.php?id=366>
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Current TV Cambridge Launch Event (5 Mar)
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Monday 5th March 2007, 18:30-19:30, Graduate Union, 17 Mill Lane
Soc Doc Soc hosts Current TV’s Cambridge launch event: see
<http://www.srcf.ucam.org/cusocdocsoc/events.html#current>
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MCB Secretary-General, Dr Muhammad Abdul Bari MBE (5 Mar)
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Monday 5th March 2007, 18:00, Winstanley Lecture Theatre, Trinity College
Distinguished Lecture entitled "Islam in Britain", by the Secretary-General
of the Muslim Council of Britain. Organised by the Cambridge University
Bangladesh Society, <http://www.banglasoc.org>.
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Post-Conflict Research Group Meeting (5 Mar)
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Monday 5th March 2007, 18:00-19:30, Seminar Room, McDonald Institute for
Archaeological Research
This research group is an interdisciplinary collection of researchers,
graduate students and staff at Cambridge meeting regularly to discuss,
analyse and collaborate on projects relating to post-conflict and
post-crisis situations in states and polities across the world. Speakers for
this meeting include Madeleine Reeves (Social Anthropology), Lisa Smirl
(CIS), and George Wilkes (Divinity). For more information, visit
<http://www.postconflict.group.cam.ac.uk>
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The Last of the Great Balls of Fire! (6 Mar)
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Tuesday 6th March 2007, 20:00-01:00, Cambridge Union
GOODNESS GRACIOUS…it’s here!! The Great Balls of Fire are about to hit
earth! Put on those blue suede shoes, touch down in Cambridge Union at 8pm.
Be one of the first to experience the last of the hottest series of gigs
this term. All this fun for FREE! Collecting buckets for donations for our
elected charity S.A.F.E. (www.sponsoredarts.org) will be on the door. Please
come and support what is a great cause and an awesome night! For more
information, see: <http://www.myspace.com/forbiddenplanetcambridge> or
<http://www.forbiddenplanet.org.uk>.
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Breakthrough Technology for Future Wireless Telecommunications (6 Mar)
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Tuesday 6th March 2007, 19:00, Judge Business School, Trumpington Street
Cambridge University Technology and Enterprise Club (CUTEC) is delighted to
present an opportunity to hear Tim Haynes and Stephen Lowery discuss how
entrepreneurs acquire and benefit from venture capital. Tim is the CEO and
founder of Nujira, a start-up company developing an innovative technology
for wireless telecommunications. Stephen is the director at 3i, a leading
world venture capital and private equity firm, which co-led a round worth
$10 million in venture funds recently invested into Nujira technology.
Register for FREE at <http://www.cutec.org/registration> (first come first
served).
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Copenhagen by Michael Frayn (6 Mar)
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Tuesday 6th March 2007, 19:45-22:30, ADC Theatre
The ADC Proudly presents Michael Frayn’s Copenhagen: Tues-Thur £7/£5,
Fri&Sat £8/£6.
Pre-booking (free at <http://www.adctheatre.com>) is strongly recommended
for what promises to be an innovative and exciting show. It had been one of
the classic relationships of science: both Nobel laureates, Niels Bohr and
Werner Heisenberg discovered quantum mechanics, putting human subjectivity
back at the centre of the universe and raising the awful spectre of nuclear
annihilation. But as Frayn himself says, "How do we know why people do what
they do?" In 1941, the old friends met in Nazi-occupied Copenhagen. Niels
Bohr and his wife Margrethe entertained their old friend and colleague
Werner Heisenberg, who was heading the Nazi nuclear programme. Now they are
"dead and gone" they attempt to piece together that fateful evening, to make
history certain, and to work out exactly why that meeting ended the
scientists’ relationship. Michael Frayn’s enthralling drama portrays the
human faces and interrelationships behind quantum theory and the development
of the nuclear bomb, and suggests a fascinating parallel between the
indeterminacy of human thinking and the indeterminacy that Heisenberg
introduced into physics with his Uncertainty Principle. This beautifully
designed production promises to bring to life a fascinating relationship and
the irresistible human need to agree upon the past. With international
concerns about nuclear projects once again on the political agenda,
Copenhagen addresses the key issues that continue to be raised by this
important debate.
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The Cambridge Spies (6 Mar)
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Tuesday 6th March 2007, 19:30-20:30, St Catharine’s College Hall
Professor Andrew is President of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge,
Professor of Modern and Contemporary History and Official Historian of the
Security Service (MI5). His most recent book, "The Mitrokhin Archive: The
KGB in Europe and the West" was based on top-secret material smuggled to
Britain by a former KGB archivist. Though not its most important revelation,
the book brought to light the activities of the ‘granny-spy’, Melita
Norwood, the longest-serving Russian agent in Britain; a story reported in
many national newspapers. In recent years, his paper on intelligence history
has been taken by more final-year Cambridge Historians than any other. For
more information, visit <http://www.caths.cam.ac.uk/lectures/>
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The Queens’ Arts Seminar (7 Mar)
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Wednesday 7th March 2007, 19:30, Erasmus Room, Queens’ College
Dr Eric Griffiths (English, Trinity) "Accounts of Discrepancy, or Method in
History". Free wine and juice! Organised by Queens MCR – see:
<http://www.queens.cam.ac.uk/Queens/Events/mcr/mcrnew/Arts.htm>
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Guest Speaker Daisy Asquith and film ‘This is Me’ (7 Mar)
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Wednesday 7th March 2007, 17:00-19:00, Mill Lane Lecture Room 7, 8 Mill Lane
Daisy Asquith, director of ‘My New Home’, a series of five annual films for
Channel 4 about immigrant children settling in Britain, will be showing one
of her early films ‘This Is Me’, an intimate portrait of fifteen year old
Kimberley as she falls in love for the first time. This was one of the three
films in the ’15′ series for Channel 4. The series was ground-breaking in
its use of small cameras and one-to-one filming over extended periods. It
won the Royal Television Society Award for Best Documentary Series in 2000,
and was Bafta-nominated. FREE (members), £2 (non-members). Organised by Soc
Doc Soc: for more information, see
<http://www.srcf.ucam.org/cusocdocsoc/events.html#daisy>
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The Visual and the Visceral: Pornography and Sanctity (7 Mar)
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Wednesday 7th March 2007, 18:00-20:00, Sir Humphrey Cripps Auditorium -
Magdalene College
Final Gates Distinguished Lecture Lent 2007. Dr William Burgwinkle, Reader
in Medieval French and Occitan Literature, fellow of King’s College will
deliver a lecture entitled "The Visual and the Visceral: Pornography and
Sanctity, Modern and Medieval". The lecture is preceded by a wine and drinks
reception starting at 5:30pm. See:
<http://www.talks.cam.ac.uk/show/index/7464>
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100th Varsity Boxing Match! (8 Mar)
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Thursday 8th March 2007, 19:00-23:00, York Hall, Bethnal Green, London
Oxford and Cambridge boxing match at the world-famous York Hall, Bethnal
Green, London. As featured in the recent film "Blue Blood". Transport
available there and back. Organised by Cat Tubb, President, CUABC,
cpt27@cam.ac.uk. For more information visit <http://www.cuabc.org/>
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‘Ethical Pharmaceuticals’, Prof. Sunil Shaunak (8 Mar)
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Thursday 8th March 2007, 18:00, The Law Faculty, Sidgwick Site, LG19
CUID, founding member of the U8, presents: Prof. Sunil Shaunak, Imperial
College and Hammersmith Hospital London. "The lives of poor people in
developing countries should not be a commodity dependent upon their ability
to pay for medicines that cure infectious diseases. There is an opportunity
to make cost-affordable medicines for patients who currently receive no
treatment at all. Millions of pounds rather than billions of pounds can have
a major impact in parts of the world where big pharmaceutical companies have
little interest. Saving the lives of poor people in developing countries
shouldn’t be this complicated, but it is". (Prof. Shaunak)
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Mexican Cinema at Caius: Little Saints (Santitos) (8 Mar)
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Thursday 8th March 2007, 20:00, Bateman Auditorium, Gonville & Caius College
The Cambridge University Mexican Society invites you to come and enjoy this
great movie. The charm of ‘Santitos’, which was shown at Sundance Film
Festival, is its knowing but joyous life-affirming tone. Spanish with
subtitles in English; entry: £1. For more details, see
<http://www.societies.cam.ac.uk/mexsoc/events/2007/cinema.html#3>.
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CU Women’s Ice Hockey Club Varsity Match (9 Mar)
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Interested in attending the CU Women’s Ice Hockey Club Varsity match? Come
support your University team against Oxford as part of the oldest hockey
rivalry in the world! Take advantage of our Cool Friday Varsity Package with
a group of friends on Friday 9th March 2007. Tickets are £5 including coach
transport to Peterborough and back, and must be booked in advance specifying
a choice of coach (7:30pm or 8:30pm). Please send cheques made payable to
"CUWIHC" to Chloe Revill, New Hall College (cuwihc-sec@srcf.ucam.org). Visit
the website at <http://www.srcf.ucam.org/~cuwihc/> for full details.
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Baltic See Vodka Party (10 Mar)
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Saturday 10th March 2007, 19:00-23:30, St. Paul’s Culture Centre (Hills
Road, CB2 1JP)
Our legendary Vodka party is back that term! Tickets will be available at
the door at £6, including 8 vouchers worth 50p each (CURS members get the
first shot free!). CU Russian Society, in collaboration with Belarusian,
Central European, Scandinavian, and other societies, proudly presents an
unforgettable evening of delicious vodka tasting! The guests will be offered
a variety of different brands of vodka (including the renowned Russkiy
Standart) and national "zakuski" (vodka snacks). Soft drinks and mixers will
also be available. Our exclusive sponsor – Russkiy Standart – will provide
its highly acclaimed luxury vodka from cold and snowy Russia. We look
forward to seeing you at the Vodka Party! But please… don’t drink too
much! 
For more information, visit:
<http://www.russiancambridge.com/twiki/bin/view/Main/EventsCalendar>
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Family Society Mad Hatters’ Tea Party (11 Mar)
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Sunday 11th March 2007, 14:00-17:00, Emmanuel College, Upper Hall
Come and celebrate the end of term with a Mad Hatters’ end of term tea party
at Emmanuel College. There will be an Easter Egg hunt and a competition for
the children arriving with the best home made Mad Hat plus lots of other fun
and games and a delicious afternoon tea. This event is open to any junior
member of the University with children. Please email to request tickets: £6
adult, £2.50 children. Organised by the Family Society:
<http://www.societies.cam.ac.uk/family/>.
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CUAC Inter-College Karting (11 Mar)
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Sunday 11th March 2007, 15:00, Rye House
CU Automobile Club Karting Championship Round 3, Inter-College!!!
The highlight of the CUAC championship is always the annual inter-college
race. The race will be in teams of 3, with the race lasting 90 minutes as
well as 15 minutes of qualifying per team. We will be racing in powerful
twin-engined Honda pro-karts. The college with the first-placed kart will
win the coveted inter-college karting trophy! You do not need to have a
driving licence and you don’t need to have any experience to race. You can
sign up as a team or as an individual and we will try to match you up with
other people from your college. Teams representing departments or faculties
will also be accepted if you are not a member of a college. Contact Martin
White (mpw37) to sign up or for more details. The price is £39 for
non-members and £36 for members, and transport is provided: please make
cheques payable to CUAC and place in an envelope in either Martin White’s
pigeonhole in St. Catharine’s College, or Philip Williams’ pigeonhole in St.
John’s. Please sign up well in advance to guarantee yourself a place. Check
out our website <http://cuac.soc.ucam.org/>, and also the Rye House website
<http://www.rye-house.co.uk/>.
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SciEnts Cocktail Party (11 Mar)
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Sunday 11th March 2007, 20:00-23:30, New Hall Bar, Huntingdon Road
SciEnts cordially invites you to a night of live jazz music with a variety
of cocktails and a great chance to meet and talk to fellow scientists! For
more information, visit:
<http://www.scisoc.com/events/list_an_event.php?event_no=214>
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Cambridge Science Festival (12-25 Mar)
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The Cambridge Science Festival is a large, free science festival at the
University for all the family with over 100 events for all ages, offering a
mix of hands-on activities, talks and demonstrations. The aim of the
Festival is to encourage young people to study science further at school and
university, and to consider careers in this area. We also aim to engage with
people of all ages on issues of scientific interest and concern. Please look
at our website, <http://www.cambridgescience.org>, to view the fun and
fascinating events which you may like to attend. The Festival also needs
volunteers to assist in a variety of roles for events running 12 – 25 March.
If you might be able to spare a few hours, particularly on Saturday 17
March, please contact Nicola Buckley on 01223 764069 or email
csf@admin.cam.ac.uk
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Volunteers wanted for nutrition research
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We are running a research study to look at the effects of taking fish oil
capsules. If you are healthy, aged 20-80, willing to have 3 fat samples
taken and to provide blood samples, willing to take fish oil capsules for 1
year, and you do not eat oily fish, contact Joanna Gambell on (01223) 437523
or email Joanna.Gambell@mrc-hnr.cam.ac.uk. You will be reimbursed for
participation in the study and reasonable travel expenses.
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St Edmund’s College May Ball
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Tickets for the 2007 St Edmund’s May Ball are now on sale – dining tickets:
£75, non-dining tickets: £55. Put Friday 22nd June 2007 in your diary!
Following the massive sell-out success of 1001 Arabian Nights, the St
Edmund’s May Ball committee invites you to this summer’s hottest event.
Every year, St Edmund’s college continues to blow the competition out of the
water with the highest quality of class and presentation. This year will be
no exception. With the theme set in classical Havana, guests will indulge
their senses to the warm and vibrant experience of "Noche Havana". To find
out more about this year’s event simply go to the May Ball website,
<http://www.stedsball.co.uk>. We look forward to seeing you all there!