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