I V STUDENT ACTIVITIES : SOCIETIES , CLUBS AND SPORTS 1
JCR AND MCR REPORTS
Junior Common Room President: J Heaven; Vice-President: F Newgreen; Treasurer: A Read; Communications: S Dixon; Charities: A Lockyer; Green & Ethical: R Adamson; Access: E Larkin; Events: H Shaw; Welfare: H Cox; Services, Domestic and Academic: E Platten; IT: T Collingwood; Open Portfolio: A Gazi; Freshers’ Rep: H Lamden. In our first two terms as the 2014 JCR Committee, we have carried on much of the work of the previous committees, whilst also starting a number of our own initiatives. We have continued the established traditions of hosting‘JCR Superhall’ dinners, providing all students with ‘Week 5 Welfare Food Packs’, offering Pilates on Sunday mornings during exam term, and organising the College BOPs (the fancy dress parties that bookend the Michaelmas and Lent Terms). However, in addition to this, our Welfare Officer, Hermione Cox, has introduced a Wednesday Night ‘Coffee and Cake Break’ for those working late in the Library, whilst our Green and Ethical Officer, Rosie Adamson, hosted a very successful inaugural Fair-trade Formal. The most significant development in JCR business has however been the introduction of a Women’s Political Officer. At the beginning of the Lent Term a referendum was passed that saw the introduction of an elected Women’s Political Officer on the Welfare Sub-committee, with separate responsibilities to the Female Welfare Officer. Vicky Salt won the subsequent election, and has since worked on a new Sexual Harassment Policy. As well as the more general running of the JCR, all of the individual officers have been busy in their distinct areas: Elise Larkin, our Access Officer, has worked hard on a number of excellent schemes. She organised the second annual residential scheme, which saw 70 school-children visit Magdalene during the Easter vacation; she has worked to ensure that this year more schools from a broader variety of regions have visited the College than ever before; and she has also initiated a ‘Magdalene Ambassador Scheme’, establishing a stronger base of student volunteers. Hannah Shaw organised regular events in College, helping to attract people back to the College Bar. As well as the more typical pub quizzes, Hannah has also organised karaoke nights and a casino evening in the bar. She has also worked closely with Alex Lockyer, the Charities Officer, so that many of the events have raised money for our three JCR charities, Jimmy’s Night Shelter, Marie Curie Cancer Care and Orchid Project. As well as fundraising for the JCR charities, Alex has worked to promote events organised by Cambridge RAG, the University’s central charity organisation. Emily, the SAD (Services, Domestic and Academic) Officer, ensured the smooth running of the ever-stressful room ballot; and as well as the Fair-trade
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