[HDNG]INTRODUCTION:[EHDNG][PARA][BULL] The College is part of University of Cambridge and students [PARA]are entitled to use its facilities.[EBOLD][PARA]Behind the dreaming spires of Sidney Sussex's 18th century [PARA]buildings there lurks red brick. The College is central (200 yards [PARA]from King's Parade; its proximity to the supermarket has led to [PARA]the nickname Sidney Sainsbury's), small, and [ITAL]everyone's [PARA]familiar. It has some of the best sports grounds in Cambridge [PARA]and one of the most active JCRs with considerable say in the [PARA]running of the College[EITAL]. [ITAL]Sidney students even venture beyond the [PARA]College walls into University activities (especially Rag).[BOLD] [EITAL][EBOLD][PARA][PARA]2 bars; JCR bar (cap 175) is used for fortnightly bops; Knox Shaw[PARA]Room (40 seated); biennial ball. College mags: 'Sid News', 'El [PARA]Sid', Yearbook and their own rag mag. Library (31,000 books); 36[PARA]computers; chapel. Sports fields (22 acres) 11/2 miles; success [PARA]at hockey and rowing. Most students live in, some 2nd years in [PARA]College-owned housing; eat in dining hall;[ITAL] adequate[EITAL] [ITAL]self catering[EITAL]. [PARA]Nurse; hardship fund, bursaries, prizes; 1 room for a disabled [PARA]student, some lifts.[HDNG]FAMOUS ALUMNI:[EHDNG][PARA]Asa Briggs (historian); Oliver Cromwell (Lord Protector); Lord [PARA]Owen (ex MP); John Patten MP (Con); Ian Lang MP (Con); Carol [PARA]Vorderman (TV maths wonder woman).
