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I had the pleasure of watching the JCR grow and prosper. Relationships between the Common Rooms have flourished greatly this year. The MCR and CCR joint wine tasting and the International Poster Night are testaments to the enthusiastic and close interactions in the JCR.
Furthermore, sports and societies have greatly flourished this year. The newly established Cheerleading Society already competed in the intercollegiate cheerleading competition and the “Whiskey Appreciation Society” was restarted and saw great attendance by students. In the College Festival of Sports this year, we managed an admirable 8th place out of 16. However with great regret I have to note that for the first time in the history of St John’s, we have lost to St Chad’s with 8-16 at John’s-Chad’s day. The big social events of the year have once again been a great success such as the Bailey Ball and John’s Day. The latter event especially saw the principal’s raft being raided and pirated by students, forcing the senior college officers to swim back to shore. The St. John’s College Charity Fashion Show was re-established and was a huge success, raising over £2800 for “Heel and Toe Charity”. The upcoming year promises to be exciting. The constitutional reform committee currently works to streamline and update the
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constitution to take into account the evolution of the JCR since the last constitutional updates five years ago. There have also been talks of establishing a “John’s Cheese Society”, whose president would be known as “the Big Cheese.” Furthermore, John’s will once again win John’s-Chad’s Day, as everyone is excited to give their best and bring the trophy back to John’s. It is the enthusiasm, experience and energy of individual students, who re-affirm the notion that St John’s is the friendliest college in Durham, which we can only support and encourage. Whether elegantly strutting down the catwalk for charity, showing visitors around College or supporting each other in every possible situation, our students are the JCR and make me proud to be a part of it. For more information on 2015 and the future, or if you want to support the John’s Common Room (which represents ALL students in St John’s College), do email me at johns.president@durham.ac.uk. Nikolaus Krahé (JCR President) You can keep up-to-date with our activities using the St. John’s College JCR Facebook page (on.fb.me/johnscommonroom) or follow @StJohnsJCR on Twitter.
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