Corpus Christi College Oxford JCR

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This week is Corpus Christi C.A.R.E.s (Corpus Actually Really Exists) week. The run down is:

• Monday: Talk Day. Try to talk to as many Corpuscles as possible. There are sheets in your pidges to help you do this. Also, Welfare Tea at 4pm.
• Tuesday: Culture Day. Music, art, drama, dance...
• Wednesday: Sports Day. Remember this from primary school? Egg-and-spoon races, wheelbarrow races... all on Merton Fields.
• Thursday: Causes Day. Talks and events centred on charities and campaigns.
• Friday: College Invasion Day. And rounders. Let's make ourselves known!
• Saturday: Bop!

And don't forget JCR tea at 4pm every day this week.

Thanks to everyone who attended the JCR Photograph last night - it made a real difference having so many of you out, and it's much appreciated. Order forms should be available soon, with unframed photos at £15 and framed ones for £32.

The prize for "Best Costume", comprising a bag of Haribo Kiddies Supermix, a paper lay (in dashing purple), "Top Gun" and the biopic of Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson, "Get Rich or Die Trying", went, after a semi-democratic straw poll of the Quad and JCR, to the group comprising Tim Swann, Dave Lloyd, Emily Barritt and others. Congratulations...

At 6 pm on Wednesday of 2nd Week (30th April), the first President's Seminar will be held in the Rainolds Room.  The speaker will be John Githongo, Kenya's most prominent political exile and Senior Associate Member of St Antony's College.  The subject will be the current political crises in Kenya and Zimbabwe.  All are welcome to what promises to be a fascinating and thought-provoking event.

Don't forget the JCR photo: this Monday (2nd week) at 5pm.

There will be a “serious” photo followed by a “silly” photo. Prizes for the best costumes for the latter!

The next Bop of term will be held on Saturday of 0th week - the 19th April.

The theme is "white". Predictably enough, it means you should dress in white.

I have it on good evidence that apparently Snakebite is the drink to go with, because then you can spit pink 'venom' at others, which means that perhaps it might be worth going with your cheap Primark whites rather than your expensive fitted Gap t-shirts, but there you go...

The Bop after that will be held on Saturday of 3rd week, but the Entz team will hold a poll on that closer to the date.

Want to get yourself a £55 ball ticket as opposed to a £70 one?

Rhiannon is basically living in the JCR, Sam Kay's pigeon hole is open and the website (www.corpusball.com) up and running to take orders, but that £55 offer will only last until lunchtime, so if you've not bought your ticket yet, get your chequebook/debit card and get onto it!

A message from Rhiannon Ward, Corpus Ball president:

"All members of the JCR are informed that they are invited to attend a meeting of members of the JCR, held by the Ball Committee. I would strongly advise all people who can attend to do so.

Note that this is not a meeting to just sell tickets; further information will be provided tomorrow.

It will be Sunday afternoon, JCR at 4.30pm.

See you then.
Rhiannon"

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You're going to want to be there. Seriously.

Well, apparently, this Saturday (that's the 23rd, or tomorrow if you work in real-world terms), ENTZ are hosting PUB GOLF.

According to Carl: "this is a golf themed pub crawl starting at 2.30pm for which you dress up as a golfer and score points for drinking the prescribed drink in each of the nine pubs.

It will probably last a couple of hours and should be mighty fun for all. So get your visors and polo shirts and we will see you in corpus quad on saturday afternoon to tee off.

Hope to see loaaads of you there, all are welcome and you can bring your friends, all the cool kids will be going...

ENTZTASTIC!"

Can't say fairer than that.

Quills at the OFS this week, directed by Jonathan Rhodes and produced by Guy Levin, starring Tom van der Klugt, is a regular Corpus extravaganza! If you loved Dead Mother Cabaret, the subject matter is basically the same (that's mostly a joke. Well. Mostly). Anyway, get along, because both Cherwell and OxStu gave it 4* and we believe in supporting Corpus drama here...

Elsewhere, get your ball tickets. They're going fast with the release of the Ball Business cards, which are now in the JCR, and if you haven't looked at the website yet, do it now! (www.corpusball.com) The Ball Committee are hosting Ball Tea in the JCR this afternoon (21st Feb) - because all the best things in Corpus are commemorated with tea, after all - and so there'll be the chance to quiz committee members about what's going on and still more chances to buy your ticket. Where's your excuse?

Following a rather *ahem* 'heated' JCR meeting on Sunday night (minutes available now), the Ball Committee are putting together a report to be delivered by this Friday listing what £55 will buy you for the Ball. The facebook group is here:

http://oxford.facebook.com/group.php?gid=7355389049,

the (extremely good) website here:

http://www.corpusball.com 

and here's what is confirmed so far:

*DJ IVO AND OTHER FAMED OX DJ'S
*CASINO
*HOG ROAST
*CHILLI w/ NACHOS
*GOODIES AND SWEETS GALORE FROM YOUR FAVOURITE OXFORD VENDORS (DOUGHNUTS, ICE CREAM, COOKIES, CANDY AND MORE!)
*THEMED COCKTAILS
*LIVE MUSIC
*DANCING ALL NIGHT LONG
*OUTSTANDING DECORATIONS
*STAND-UP COMEDY ACTS
*HOTTIE STUDENT SERVERS IN COSTUME

Any questions do give rhiannon.ward@ccc.ox.ac.uk a bell and let's get behind this - the quicker the Ball Committee get money the easier it is to book events, and it's going to be an incredible experience. We'll post the report on the website soon, but it is worth saying that the Ball Committee are not feeling supported by Corpus, which is sad, given that the Ball has the potential to be amazing, and is put on BY Corpuscles FOR Corpuscles: so, whatever reasons you may have for not having bought a ticket yet are rapidly evaporating with more details and out-of-college interest, so why not get yourself to Rhiannon or pidge a cheque to Sam Kay with your details on it and get one sent to you. Quick sharp.

Valentine's Tea is going to be held on Thursday; it's basically Welfare Tea (which is consistently amazing) but happens to be on Valentine's Day, so if you're feeling especially loved-up or especially miserable, the JCR is the place to be on Thursday at 4:30pm (of course, if you're especially loved-up, you may be with your significant other, but if so, bring him/her along to Valentine's Tea!). Come along for conversation, welfare love and enough cake to sink a battleship. Yes, you heard that right. To SINK A BATTLESHIP.

Challenge T-shirts arrive on Friday, get £6 to Sophie Rees by JCR tea on Friday, either in cash or a cheque to "Corpus Christi Clubs Account". They are apparently "FIT", and that's good enough for me. Get along to Sophie if you didn't sign up when she told you to...

Also, i know i've plugged the minutes already, but they're on the website under 'meetings' or right here, and do give them a look for more details about almost everything i've just mentioned (especially the Ball).

You stay classy, Corpus.

Sitting in your room staring at your computer screen?

Really?

Why not try a JCR MEETING?

Tonight from 7:30pm in the JCR common room. Be there for democracy, and pizza.

Tonight is the last night of Dead Mother Cabaret - it's basically sold out, but give Faridah Newman or Nishani Nijjar a bell and you might be able to get a ticket. From the Cherwell review, my particular favourite: "If you don’t think that death, fisting, gang necrophilia rape (which is difficult with a dead body) and your mother’s magic box are all hilarious, then you are a complete prude and won’t like Dead Mother Cabaret. I laughed until my spleen ruptured." 7:30 at the Keble O'Reilly, be there!

The Lost and Found board is now up and running, and there have been a number of requests already - it's at the bottom of the menu bar on the left, and do give it a look just in case you've come across any of the stuff on the list knocking about. The only request from the Porters is that you hand anything you find in to them to make sure that the things people get back actually belong to them... If you want anything added to the list, drop me or Meg an email and we'll add it.

It's JCR Meeting time again, and so the next JCR meeting of term will be next Sunday (that's Sunday of 5th) - motions to thomas.carlisle@ccc.ox.ac.uk (email me if you haven't got the template) by THURSDAY at MIDNIGHT if you want them added to the agenda. Please, please show up - consitutionally we need 30 people at meetings and we were scraping that last time, which just shouldn't happen. Get involved!

The Christian Union are hosting an event called "Batter a Christian" on Monday night from 8pm in the Rainolds Room; apparently it's less punching and more pancakes (because it's Pancake day next Tuesday, too! How's THAT for news?), but there's also the chance to go along and go head to head with the college's Christians with any questions/challenges/angry rants you have about Christianity. This ties in with something called "Amazing Grace" week, happening next week - check out www.grace08.com for more details - groups will be leaving from the Porter's Lodge throughout the week so if you're interested in the events, give james.wilkinson@ccc.ox.ac.uk or joshua.moorhouse@ccc.ox.ac.uk an email.

*Phew* nearly done. Finally, as Mark Hamid pointed out by email yesterday, we're in need of a Third Delegate for OUSU meetings. In spite of the perception that OUSU is powerless, it does have an awful lot of sway within the University, especially with its government funding, and if you have a passion for wider student issues or want to get involved in a body that can (in theory) exact real change, please get in touch with me at thomas.carlisle@ccc.ox.ac.uk.  

From Carl Gaffney, ENTZ President:

Hey guys!

If you're looking for entertainment, tomorrow sees Corpus Christi F.C take on the might of St. Catz in the quarter final - yes, that is QUARTER FINAL- of football cuppers.

This is a true underdog style battle.

St. Catz are currently leading the first division by 10 points, while we at Corpus sit in the division below. The papers have already written Corpus off, however we beg to differ.

Its gonna be a good'un so even if you're not a fan of football, come on down and support!! After all its you guys we're fighting for...

Carl

I'd leave about 1.30 ish.

DIRECTIONS:
From Corpus head to the high street and turn right towards magdalen bridge, continue down to the roundabout and go up St Clements. Bear left at the
traffic lights on to Marston Rd. At the top of the hill there are 2 sports
grounds, Magdalen is the first and St Catz is the second.

A reminder that tonight sees the start of a new Corpus film night in the big TV room (up the stairs by the JCR, turn right), as a complement to the existing Corpus Cinema nights. Tonight, and every wednesday from now on, the big TV room will host the very best cheesy films and, according to Alex Merry, snacks.

Tonight at 9pm, Bridget Jones' Diary. It has Colin Firth in, and is based on Pride and Prejudice, so is practically educational.

Niall Gildea, Corpus stand-up extraordinaire, is also guest stand-up in the Dead Mother Cabaret tonight. It's rated 18 for scenes of violence, content of a sexual nature, and the moral darkness visible in Niall's eyes. Have you got your ticket yet...?

Quick plug for the Corpus Christi Challenge:

Sign-up sheets for stash are up in the JCR (on the noticeboard by the door) for this year's Corpus Christi Challenge, that noble tradition where we come together with our brothers (or is it sisters?) in Cambridge, and then beat them soundly at a range of sports.

Commemorate this glorious event with a Challenge T-shirt! And you too can participate in the creation of humiliation and lasting memories by emailing sophie.rees@ccc.ox.ac.uk with suggestions for a slogan. Although i still don't see what's wrong with "because the Peli-can"...

Any questions or slogans, email sophie, and put names and sizes up in the JCR; the more people order, the cheaper the shirts will be, so get onto it. 

Tonight's the night, and you're literally spoiled for theatrical choice.

Closer, directed by Corpus's own Guy Levin, is opening at the OFS from 7:30 - 4 stars from Cherwell and well worth a look in. It's undeniably ambitious, and even contains nudity.

(Personally i think Guy just likes putting 'this show contains adult material' on his posters)

Dead Mother Cabaret opens at 7:30 at the Keble O'Reilly tonight, too, showcasing a wealth of Corpus talent and tonight with guest stand-up James Laurence, who is allegedly "a regular on the stand-up circuit and a celebrated Imp, whose boyish charm and cheeky grin never fail to compensate for his misplaced jokes about cat death". Get your tickets booked if you're going on the weekend though, as it's filling up pretty quickly and it's going to be amazing.

Go to one tonight and the other tomorrow. And then go and see both of them again on Thursday and Friday.

And, when it gets to the weekend, decide which you like most and go to the matinee...

Women's tea - 4pm, the Fraenkel room. You know the drill. Except today it's organised by Roz Brown, our LGBT rep - so who knows what to expect?

Men's tea is on at 4pm in the Seminar Room and subject to further JCR approval, but if you have a massive enthusiasm for it Alex Merry is the one to talk to. Drop him a line at alexander.merry@ccc.ox.ac.uk with your views, or if you just fancy a chat...

Also, the Corpus ENTZ tea are hosting a pub quiz in the beer cellar this evening at 8pm, to finish off what has been a pretty busy weekend by Corpus terms - give it a look in if you're about in college tonight, because, shockingly, it's a Sunday without a JCR meeting... and obviously you need something to do with your Sunday nights.

Unless you've literally been living in a cave, you've doubtless seen the hundreds of posters for "Dead Mother Cabaret" that are about in various spots around Oxford. It's really quite an achievement. Dead Mother Cabaret is pretty much 100% Corpus, and its Launch Party is on in the Corpus bar from 9pm tonight, promising "booze, belles and cake". Not to mention live music from Corpus's very own The Barflys (apparently) and stand-up from Niall Gildea.

SO!

If you're short of ideas for tonight:

It's Friday, make the most of it.

If you were going to be working instead:

It's Friday, deal with it.

If you've really been living in a cave for the past term and a half:

It's Friday, get yourself down to the beer cellar.

 

Dead Mother Cabaret, then. Come along tonight, get inspired, see the show this week, support Corpus, and when you're done you can always nip over to Thrust Lodge for the launch party of Guy Levin's Closer (another notable Corpuscle). And that's not even mentioning the Ball Committee are holding a publicity party tomorrow night in the same place. It's the place to be, not to mention the last chance to guarantee your ticket for the Ball...

Who said that Corpus wasn't 'a college that does stuff"?

More details check the facebook groups for both events or drop one of the committee members an email.

Looking forward to seeing you already...