[HDNG]INTRODUCTION:[EHDNG][PARA][BULL] The College is part of University of Cambridge and students are entitled to use its facilities.[EBOLD][PARA]About 100 yards from King's Parade, is Cambridge's 2nd oldest college. Its buildings are traditional, focussed around the 17th century Old Court and spanning both sides of the river (linked by Cambridge's oldest bridge) on the Cambridge 'Backs' (the college-crusted banks of the River Cam). [ITAL]Old, Clare may be, but fogey, never. It's one of the most progressive Cambridge colleges with a strong academic and musical tradition, and it's getting more radical, too. However, all this enthusiasm and academic pressure can make students a bit college-orientated, which is fine for them, I suppose, but surely Clare can't be so good it offers everything the rest of the world does? Or can it?[EITAL][PARA][PARA]Cellar bar in Old Court (cap 200) is the social core; free pool table, jukebox; also MCR bar. 2 libraries (100,000 books); 15 computers; CofE chapel used for classical recitals; regular balls; extensive gardens used for annual May Ball attended by 1,500 students ([ITAL]most romantic in Cambridge). [EITAL] Sports fields (4 acres) 11/2 miles away;[ITAL] [EITAL]facilities on site are [ITAL]limited[EITAL], but there's wide involvement in sport, nevertheless.[ITAL] Strong [EITAL]musical tradition. Students in all years are guaranteed rooms either in the College itself or at nearby Clare Court. Most students eat in the dining hall (which offers a vegetarian option); self-catering provisions limited. Nurse; self-defence and assertiveness classes; counselling; hardship fund and travel and book grants.[HDNG]FAMOUS ALUMNI:[EHDNG][PARA]Sir David Attenborough (TV naturalist); Chris Kelly (Food and Drink); Hugh Latimer (martyr); Peter Lilley MP (Con); Paul Mellon (philanthropist); Matthew Parris (ex-MP, Times sketch writer); Norman Ramsay (Nobel Prize Winner); Siegfried Sassoon (poet); Cecil Sharp (folk music historian); Richard Stilgoe (entertainer/lyricist); James Watson (Nobel Prize winner, discovered DNA).
