[HDNG]INTRODUCTION:[EHDNG][PARA][BULL] The College is part of University of Cambridge and students [PARA]are entitled to use its facilities.[EBOLD][PARA]Corpus Christi, founded by and for the townsfolk, is found [PARA]downtown (on the King's Parade). The 'Old Court' is mid 14th [PARA]century and its hardly modern equivalent 'New Court' was [PARA]completed in 1827 by the designer of The National Gallery. [PARA]Corpus Christi is a [ITAL]stereotypical [EITAL]Cambridge college in this and [PARA]many other ways: [ITAL]small, friendly and now trying to mix elite [PARA]tradition with a JCR with bigger and better ideas. Hardworking, [PARA]white, male Sloanes won't feel out of place.[EITAL][PARA][PARA]Playroom theatre; student bands in the party room (cap 80), bar [PARA]and Leckhampton (190), also used for termly discos; balls. 2 [PARA]libraries (over 100,000 books including largest collection of [PARA]Medieval manuscripts in UK); 10 PCs; CofE chapel. Sports fields [PARA](3 acres) 15mins away. Almost all students live in; [ITAL]some rooms [PARA]great, others not[EITAL]; high charge for use of kitchens; cafeteria and [PARA]dining halls; vegetarian option. Doctor, nurse; free rape alarms; 1 [PARA]room with wheelchair access; [ITAL]sympathetic [EITAL]Senior Tutor; [PARA]hardship funds and scholarships.[HDNG]FAMOUS ALUMNI:[EHDNG][PARA]Christopher Isherwood (writer); Christopher Marlowe (playwright);[PARA]Lord Sieff (Marks and Spencer); EP Thompson (historian).
