The Queen's College Record 2023

Reports and College Activities
However, through partnering with the Bursar to increase the MCR’s annual capitation
from College, and by increasing our own fees to reflect inflationary adjustments
over the past 15 years, we were able to double the MCR’s operating budget going
into 2023/2024. This increase will be absolutely essential to the long-term financial
health of the MCR, enabling potential purchases such as new carpeting, curtains,
a punt, and anything else a future MCR deems important for community-building.
Other than our bedrock weekly Monday Guest Night, no two weeks in the Queen’s
MCR were the same! In Michaelmas Term we hosted a Freshers’ Week that included
events ranging from a Sunday roast to mini-golf to a night out at Angel’s Cocktail
Bar. Over Hilary Term, we increased the breadth and depth of our events, hosting a
Women’s Town Hall, several exchange dinners, a chess tournament, weekly movie
nights and welfare events, a whiskey tasting, a wine tasting, biweekly socials in
the MCR, and, my personal favourite, Pancakes with the President. Building off
this energy, Trinity Term saw even more action, with the Summer Dinner, a hotly
contested Foosball Tournament, a charity book fair held in the Hall, a discussion
on sex positivity with famous advocate Seema Anand, a BBQ to celebrate Summer
Eights, a pottery taster workshop, more exchanges, more Guest Night dinners, and
many other events.
The most important thing an MCR can do is provide a home away from home. This
year, we have done just that. Personally, I have been incredibly proud to contribute
to the awesome community Queen’s has to offer. I have every confidence in the
upcoming leadership team’s ability to build on and eclipse the successes of the
2022/2023 Queen’s MCR.
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