Clare College, Cambridge

Clare College is a college of the University of Cambridge, the second oldest surviving college after Peterhouse.

College life

Clare is known as one of the most musical colleges in Cambridge. Many of its students play instruments, and its orchestra and choir attract some of the best young musicians in the country. It is the traditional destination of most of the students coming up to Cambridge from Chetham's School of Music. It holds popular jazz and drum'n'bass nights in its cellars. The Scratch Perverts used to DJ regularly.

Related Topics:
Chetham's School of Music - Jazz - Drum'n'bass - Scratch Perverts

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Great emphasis is placed on extra-curricular activities in addition to academic study. Freshers are traditionally welcomed by being told to 'get a life' and explore their potentials to the maximum. Clare uses a purely meritocratic selection system which awards points for academic and extra-curricular potential, and was widely praised for being the first college to open the details of its admissions procedure to the national press.

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Clare is a very liberal college. The Socialist Worker society meets there, and Clare students have previously been arrested for various direct action protests. A liberal attitude is taken during jazz and comedy nights. Its student paper, Clareification, published by the Union of Clare Students (which recently won "Best University College Paper" in "The Cambridge Student"), is filled with satirical articles mocking Cambridge traditions, reports on silly student antics, and college gossip in the infamous "Clareifornication" column. It is often the subject of criticism by the staff for risqué and tasteless content.

Related Topics:
Socialist Worker - Clareification - Union of Clare Students

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