[HDNG]INTRODUCTION:[EHDNG][PARA][BULL] The College is part of University of Cambridge and students [PARA]are entitled to use its facilities.[EBOLD][PARA]Newnham is a warm brick Victorian college with distinctive white [PARA]window frames set in huge gardens, 3/4 mile from King's [PARA]Parade near the arts faculties ([ITAL]beyond most tourists' curiosity[EITAL]). [ITAL][PARA]Being female is the only stereotype you can apply to Newnham [PARA]students and the all female cast exudes more confidence than [PARA]counterparts in mixed Colleges. The College is supportive and [PARA]liberal while students become thoroughly involved in University [PARA]activities [EITAL](Union Society, Rag, CUSU, sporting and drinking clubs,[PARA]'Varsity', Footlights and so on)[ITAL]. A formidable pack.[EITAL][PARA][PARA]Bar; fortnightly bops, bands and classical concerts in the College [PARA]Hall (cap 250), Saunders Room (100) and various others; biennial [PARA]ball; garden parties; new bar by 1995; plays performed in hall or [PARA]garden. Observatory; artist in residence; library (80,000 books); [PARA]10 computers. Weekly JCR newssheet; 'Period' magazine. [PARA]Success at rowing and women's rugby; sports fields on site. [PARA]92% of students live in and eat in the Buttery; [ITAL]good [EITAL]self catering [PARA]facilities. Nurse; rooms for wheelchair users; grants for books, [PARA]sport and travel; scholarships and hardship funds.[HDNG]FAMOUS ALUMNI:[EHDNG][PARA]Dianne Abbot MP (Lab); Joan Bakewell (broadcaster); Eleanor [PARA]Bron (actress); A S Byatt (Booker Prize-winning writer); [PARA]Margaret Drabble (writer); Germaine Greer (writer); Harriet [PARA]Harman MP (Lab); Baroness Mallalieu (Lab); Suzie Menkes [PARA](fashion writer); Rabbi Julia Neuberger; Sylvia Plath (poet); [PARA]Baroness Seear (Lib Dem); Emma Thompson (actress).
