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STUDENT NEWS
HOMERTON UNION OF STUDENTS
jcr
This year has been a busy and exciting
one for the HUS JCR, the undergraduate
department of the Homerton Union of
Students. Indeed, as I sit down to write
this article and cast my mind back over
the last few terms, it’s incredible just
how much the union has done!
The year began with the arrival of the
PGCEs, and the ‘PGCE Freshers’ week’
which was run in conjunction with the
MCR. Then undergraduate travel day
arrived, and the JCR exec were to be
found sporting fluorescent yellow jackets
in the car park, assisting new arrivals to
their rooms and reassuring them (and
their parents!) that they were about to
have the best three years of their life. The
first week of the undergraduate term is
undoubtedly the busiest for the exec,
and the team worked exceptionally hard
to run a variety of social events, as well
as ensuring welfare services and support
were present from day one. Within a week,
it was as if the new first years had been at
Homerton forever.
As the year progressed, the team
continued to work hard to represent
student interests to college, to arrange
events, and to raise awareness of current
issues. Holding live music events in the
bar, participating in rent negotiations
with college, organising a Burns night
formal and ceilidh, and running a
successful Green Week campaign are
just a few examples of the work that
the various exec members have done
over the year. I have been exceptionally
proud to have been able to work with
such an enthusiastic group of people.
By no means, however, is the JCR the
only group of people doing things
in college. Homerton’s musical life
has been flourishing, with a beautiful
Christmas concert featuring the
orchestra, choir, jazz orchestra and steel
pan group, and of course, Hatstands. Our
very own talent show has continued to
be a highlight of Michaelmas and Lent
term. One particular Homertonian who
deserves recognition for organising one
Above and left
Harry Potter themed
Formal Hall
of the most magical evenings in College
is Holly Cracknell, who organised a
Harry Potter themed formal – with
real owls! – to celebrate the Education
Faculty becoming one of the British
centres for children’s literature.
As ever, theatre in Homerton is strong
– HATS have been running a series of
acting, writing and directing workshops,
in addition to funding the Marlowe
Showcase, amongst other shows.
Equally, Homerton is doing well in
sport, fielding a wide variety of different
sports teams each week, ranging from
rugby to ultimate Frisbee! In all areas
of extra-curricular life, Homerton
undergraduates can be found
participating across the university; we
have university-level sportsmen and
women, musicians participating in
concerts across Cambridge, and there is
hardly ever a play in town that doesn’t
involve someone from Homerton in
some way.
Poster design by Kezia Harding
I feel extremely lucky to have been
able to spend a year working with, and
for, the Homerton undergraduates,
and have thoroughly enjoyed my time
as Sabbatical President. If you would
like any more information on the HUS
JCR, or would like to support Homerton
students in any way, please do
not hesitate to get in touch on
hus-president@homerton.cam.ac.uk.
Pippa Dinnage
HUS President 2010–2011
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Homertonian