[HDNG]INTRODUCTION:[EHDNG][PARA][BULL] The College is part of University of Cambridge and students [PARA]are entitled to use its facilities.[EBOLD][PARA]Christ's is only 300 yards from King's Parade and is slap bang in [PARA]the middle of the city, right by the shops and the bus station. It is [PARA]one of the older and [ITAL]most beautiful[EITAL] colleges, built around 4 courts[PARA](with some parts dating back to the 15th century), except for 'the [PARA]Typewriter', the 1970s accommodation block, [ITAL]which has to be [PARA]seen to be hated. The academic standards are high, the college [PARA]often pulls in more firsts than any other, but the [PARA]all-work-and-no-play image is a thing of the past.[EITAL][PARA][PARA]Buttery Bar (cap 100), but only till 8.30pm [ITAL](not a popular [PARA]restriction)[EITAL] plus late night bar and party room (120); theatre/venue [PARA](200); [ITAL]Strong [EITAL]film club;[ITAL] Ents greatly improved, in an effort to [PARA]boost image[EITAL]; theme balls etc.[ITAL] [EITAL]'Christ's Pieces' for gossip. 3 [PARA]libraries (100,000 books); 25 computers; [ITAL]strong [EITAL]Christian Union; [PARA]CofE chapel[ITAL]. [EITAL]Squash courts on site, but most sports facilities 1 [PARA]mile away.[ITAL] [EITAL]Most students live in; 40% of 2nd years in Jesus Lane[PARA]hostels. Cafeteria and formal meals. College sick bay; nurse; [PARA]late night taxi service and women's escort service; free rape [PARA]alarms; รบ60 travel grant.[HDNG]FAMOUS ALUMNI:[EHDNG][PARA]Charles Darwin (evolutionist); Mike Doyle (rugby coach); David [PARA]Mellor MP (Con); John Milton (poet); Lord Mountbatten (Viceroy of[PARA]India); C P Snow (writer); Richard Whiteley (Countdown host).
