[HDNG]INTRODUCTION:[EHDNG][PARA][BULL] The College is part of University of Cambridge and students [PARA]are entitled to use its facilities.[EBOLD][PARA]Queens' College's medieval appearance - Elizabethan and early [PARA]17th century buildings - 200 yards from King's Parade, make it a [ITAL][PARA]good-looking and convenient[EITAL] place to be, close to The Anchor [PARA]pub. [ITAL] By Cambridge standards, there's quite a mellow social mix.[PARA]The bar is a strong magnet. Students are getting more involved in[PARA]the University than they used to (especially in drama and music), [PARA]but never lose pride in their own College, and academic [PARA]standards are high. [EITAL][PARA][PARA]Bar; Fitzpatrick Hall (380, theatre) for student bands and bops (2 [PARA]per week); films. 'The Drain' student mag; JCR newsletter. 2 [PARA]libraries (70,000 books); 14 computers; CofE chapel. [ITAL]Big [EITAL]sports [PARA]fields (15 acres shared with [ULNE]Robinson[EULNE]) 1/2mile away; very [PARA]modern boathouse; success at basketball, badminton, women's [PARA]football; world Tiddlywinks champ. All undergraduates live in; [PARA]students eat in dining hall; [ITAL]very limited[EITAL] self catering. Nurse; [PARA]creche; hardship fund (usually pays creche fees); scholarships.[HDNG]FAMOUS ALUMNI:[EHDNG][PARA]Erasmus (Renaissance scholar); Mike Foale (1st British man in [PARA]space); Stephen Fry (polymath); Graham Swift, TH White [PARA](writers).
