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CAMBRIDGE UNION SOCIETY TERMCARD MICHAELMAS 2019

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CONTENTS

PRESIDENT’S WELCOME 5

SPEAKERS 34

A word from

PANELS 60

Rachel Tustin

Judge Sheindlin (Judge Judy)

ACS Conference

Bill Gates KBE

Economics Panel - Speakers TBA

Lord David Owen

Neither Here Nor There - Speakers

Kevin Rudd

TBA

Information about

Katharine Gun, Martin Bright & Gavin

Tortoise Media ThinkIn Panel -

membership

Hood

Chris Cook and Polly Curtis

David Runciman

Silicon Valley Comes to the UK -

Ensaf Haidar

Speakers TBA

Richard Tice

Whistleblowing Panel - Ed Snowden,

Dua Lipa

Daniel Ellsberg and Ewen MacAskill

George Takei

Faith and Fashion - Speakers TBA

NAO

Green New Deal Panel - Sir Ed Davey

Ken Costa

MP, Baroness Natalie Bennett, Jeremy

Scarlett Curtis and Amika George

Leggett

Professor Richard Evans

A Discussion About Male Mental

Jorge Jraissati

Health - Jon Manning, Jo Ward, Ann

BANKS

Foley, Fraser MacDonald-Lister

JOINING THE UNION

GETTING INVOLVED

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COMPETITIVE DEBATING 10

MEMBER DISCOUNTS

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DEBATES 11

Cliff Asness

Debate 1 - No Confidence

Renault F1

Debate 2 - Varsity

Her Honourable Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca

Debate 3 - Eton

Anthony Julius

STANDING

Debate 4 - Globalisation

Michelle Bachelet

COMMITTEE

Debate 5 - Law

Paul Gambaccini

Debate 6 - Comedy

Daniel Janner QC

Debate 7 - Terror

Saida Muna Tasneem

Debate 8 - AI

ENTERTAINMENT 76 80

APPOINTEES

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Anand Kumar

STAFF &

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Debate 9 - Identity Politics

Michel Peretie

GOVERNANCE

Debate 10 - Feminism

Grace Beverley Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon

PRESIDENT’S

Ore Ogunbiyi and Chelsea Kwakye

THANKS

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PRESIDENT’S WELCOME

To those of you who are joining us this year, welcome

Our freshers discount ends that night - so don’t delay

to Cambridge. I am incredibly excited for each and

once you’ve made your decision! On 19th October, we

everyone of you as the hectic Michaelmas that lies

host our famous Freshers’ ball. Tickets will be balloted

ahead is such a special period, brimming full of new

to members who join before the 11th October, bar

people and opportunities. There is nothing quite like

those who are in the first 150 (who will receive tickets

your first term here - the blur of matriculation dinner,

automatically)- so make sure to sign up before if you

the first punt, and savouring that first box of chips at

want to join the party.

Van of Life. Bridgemas will come around before you know it, and you’ll be back home, thinking about all

To all those who are returning this year after a long

the friends you’ve made and experiences you’ve had.

summer away, welcome back! I’m sure you’ve noticed

I sincerely hope that the Union will feature as a part

that we’ve made a few changes - an app has been

of that reflection.

launched, we’ve expanded our debating program, and we’ve got some incredible speakers coming up. We

With over 30 speakers, 6 panels, 10 debates and a

trust the term card we bring to you has gotten you

stack of stellar socials, there’s really been no better

excited about returning after your long holiday away.

time to join. Whether your interest lies in questioning Bill Gates on his founding of Microsoft, or speaking to

Most importantly, remember: this is your society, and

Dua Lipa about her new rules, there’s something for

we want you to be at the heart of how it operates.

everyone - but I won’t go into that here. There’s more

Feel free to stop in to the president’s office or email

details inside!

me at president@cus.org at any stage to recommend speakers, give us feedback, or even just to say hello! I

A few dates. Up until 23:59 of the 18th of October,

look forward to meeting you soon.

all of our events - bar Bill Gates’ speech on the 7th October - will be open to all. If you’re interested in what the union has to offer, but you’re unsure about whether you want to join, then Open Period is perfect Rachel Tustin

for you. Please do come along.

President, Michaelmas 2019

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JOINING THE UNION

A Union membership gives you the opportunity to

There is an open period at the beginning of term-

benefit from everything we have to offer, including

an opportunity to try before you buy! It lasts until

the building’s facilities, social events, the fantastic

23:59 on the 18th and includes open access to all

debates and speakers like the ones you will see in

of the events on at the Union in that time. It will

this term card. All this is available for the rest of

feature two debates, speakers and plenty of other

your life at a discounted price of £175 for lifetime

events. This is a fantastic opportunity to get to know

membership, which works out as only £19.45 per

what the Union building has to offer and what type

term. That’s £2.40 a week - cheaper the price of a

of events you would have to look forward to as a

cup of coffee from Fitzbillies! All students and staff

member!

of the University of Cambridge, as well as at Anglia Ruskin University, BPP Law School Cambridge and

Should you wish to buy a membership, there are

Judge Business School are eligible to join.

three types available:

Benefits of membership include:

Access

Membership:

£105

for

lifetime

membership. In order to select this option, click ·

High-profile guest speakers

annual membership on the website when you buy.

·

Weekly debates

Make sure to bring evidence that your household

·

Competitive debating, with opportunities for

income has been assessed at £25k or less by Student

funded international travel

Finance England to the office on collection, so we

·

Entry into a ballot for a free ticket to the

can change your status to access. Please note that

Union’s Freshers’ Ball, the only ball for freshers in

only those eligible for the Full Newton Trust bursary

Cambridge

(Cambridge University Students), Start Up Bursary

·

Free room hire for members

(ARU Students) and Cambridge Trust Scholarships

·

Discounts at local and national businesses

can purchase access membership under this scheme.

·

Social events

·

Discounts in the Union’s 1815 bar and cafe,

Life Membership: £175 on discount, until 11:59 on

including free filter coffee before 11am

the 18th.

Annual Membership: £105 on discount. Full year of membership from the day of joining.

To join or find out more please visit cus.org/join

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G E T T I N G I N VO L V E D

Stewarding

Being Appointed

One of the best ways to get involved with the Union is

At the end of each term, the incoming team of officers

stewarding our events. Stewards wear a fetching neon

interviews people for a variety of positions on Full

jacket, get the best seats in the house, a £5 bar tab and

Committee, all of which are advertised via email, and

a free grilled sandwich per event stewarded. So what

in the Union’s Facebook Group. There are roles for

are you waiting for? Join ‘Cambridge Union Society

anyone and everyone, regardless of experience, so

Stewards’ on Facebook or reach out to christian.

do keep an eye out for the end of Michaelmas which

owen@cus.org for more details.

is when the Lent team will start recruiting. Union experience is not required to apply for these roles.

Running for Election Participating in Debates Each term elections are held for the position of President,

Executive

Officer,

Speakers

Officer,

Our weekly debates also offer our members a chance

Treasure and Social Ents Officer. To run for election,

to speak alongside and debate with these figures

one must satisfy a few criteria that can be found in

themselves. Every Saturday we host open auditions

the Union’s constitution on our website. Most of

for one or two of the six spaces in the following week’s

these involve supporting the Union’s competitive

debate - sign up and come along! The specific slots and

debating programme in a variety of ways. Running for

debates open for audition are subject to change - check

President requires that one has previously been head

emails and Facebook to stay up to date. New debaters

of a department at the union.

are encouraged to apply. Additionally, two floor speeches per week are awarded a prize with a value of approximately £150, so we encourage everyone to join the discussion.

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C O M P E T I T I V E D E B AT I N G One of the most exciting things Union membership

Now is an amazing time to get involved with the

has to offer is the chance to get involved in

debating society! We’ve had consistent successes

competitive debating. Debating can change lives in

at the world’s biggest competitions over the last

the most wonderful ways – the skills you learn will

few years. Most recently, we won the European

be useful in countless situations, from essay writing

University Debating Championships in Athens this

to interviews. Debating at Cambridge can also bring

summer, with our top two teams both performing

you opportunities to travel the world at a substantial

absolutely exceptionally! If you begin debating,

discount, and, we believe, to make friendships that

you’ll have many opportunities to learn from and

will last a lifetime.

to speak with these debaters, and to improve your own skills.

H OW D O I G E T I N VO L V E D ?

We have a new freshers’ programme launching this term! To meet us and sign up for our workshops, please come along to some or all of these events:

Debating launch! 9th October, 1930.

Squad allocation! 14th October, 18:00-21:00.

Come meet the society, watch a light-hearted show

An evening of debating to show off your skills!

debate from our top debaters, and share some drinks

Everybody will get the opportunity to speak, after

afterwards.

which we’ll separate into workshop groups based on ability level for the rest of the term.

Beginners’ introduction session – for novices

Weekly workshops!

only! 12th October, 18:00-21:00.

Groups of a similar ability will be grouped together This is for people who have very limited experience

to work together all term. Each group will beallocated

debating. We will teach you the basic principles of

one of the Union’s most experienced debaters as their

debating, a few features of the British Parliamentary

trainer!

format, and we will make sure anybody who wants to has an opportunity to try out speaking for themselves.

In this way, everybody can get some experience debating before the streaming session for squads!

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M O R E D AT E S F O R Y O U R D I A R Y 13/10/19 - Imperial Novices Competition

15-16/11/19 and 17/11/19 - Cambridge IV and

The first chance to compete against other

Cambridge Women’s Open

universities!

We will be asking for help judging and providing places for visiting debaters to sleep. A chance to

17/10/19 – Evening - Varsity debate

earn contribution points (which are needed to attend

Come and cheer on Cambridge against Oxford’s top

competitions and travel for the Union after your first

debaters.

term - but don’t worry about that for now!)

26/10/19 - WUDC trials

02/12/19 (evening) - End of term Pro-Am

Sign ups will be posted online a week or so before.

tournament Have fun, win some glory.

05/11/19 - Women’s Pro-Ams and Prosecco evening

04/12/19 - Bridgemas social

Come along for free drinks and some friendly debates, pairing novices with experienced debaters.

And many more other tournaments – details will go up on the Facebook group nearer the time!

8-9/11/19 and 10/11/19 - Oxford IV The biggest UK tournament, held across two days!

Followed by the Oxford Women’s Open the next day.

FIND OUT MORE Please feel free to get in touch with us either in person, over Facebook, or through emailing us at debating@cus.org!

We’re always happy to answer any questions you might have – and we can’t wait to meet you all later this term!

Alex Murray and Achilleas Papadimitriou, Debating Officers 2019-20

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MEMBER DISCOUNTS

30% off food from 11:30 – 17:30 everyday at Honest Burger 20% off at Bill’s Cambridge 20% off at SmokeWorks 20% off at Engraver’s Guild of London (type CUS1815 at checkout) 15% off La Raza Sun – Fri (excluding champagne) 10% off Lockhouse Escape Rooms 10% off accessories and parts at Primo Cycles 10% off Michaelhouse Café 10% off Gardies (11am – 11pm) 10% off Up and Running

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D E B AT E S

How Debates Run

Can’t Make The Debate?

The debates take place every Thursday of term from

To get involved through social media, you can use the

7:30-9:30, with the emergency debate from 7:30-8 and

hashtags #CUS or #CUSdebate.

the main debate from 8 to 9. To get involved in person, you can give a floor speech or point of information Union+

during the debate. Floor Speeches are short speeches given after each pair of speakers, given in ‘proposition’, ‘opposition’ or ‘abstention’.

If an event is labelled with the Union+ logo, it is open to all students of the university, not just members.

To indicate that you’d like to give one, raise your hand Food & Drink

or stand when the President asks. If she picks you, then come to the closest standing microphone and hand your membership card to the Vice President, who will

Come to the 1815 bar before and after the debate for

be minuting the debate, then make your speech. Don’t

the discounted freshers menu until the 18th October,

forget to take your membership card back when you’re

and the discounted members menu for the rest of term

done! Points of Information are short comments or questions directed at the Speaker during their speech and accepted at their discretion.

To offer one simply stand up and say ‘on that point’ or ‘on a point of information’. If it is accepted, state clearly your Name and College and then make your comment.

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THIS HOUSE HAS

NO CONFIDENCE IN HER MAJESTY’S GOVERNMENT 10th October, 2019 PROPOSITION Lord Andrew Adonis Andrew Adonis is a member of the House of Lords serving as Schools Minister in the last Labour government. He was the founding chair of the independent National Infrastructure Commission but resigned in December 2017 to fight Brexit. He is one of the most vocal supporters of a People’s Vote and has written numerous books and articles.

Richard Burgon MP Richard Burgon is a Labour Party politician and the Member of Parliament for Leeds East. He is the Shadow Secretary of State for Justice and Shadow Lord Chancellor, as well as a former chair of Cambridge University Labour Club.

Student Speaker This could be you! Details for auditions can be found on page 7

OPPOSITION Sir Graham Brady MP Graham Brady is the Conservative Member of Parliament for Altrincham and Sale West.

Between 2010 and 2019 he served as the chair of the highly influential 1922 Committee of Conservative MPs. Lady Victoria Borwick Victoria Borwick served as the Conservative Member of Parliament for Kensington between 2015 and 2017, having previously held the position of Deputy Mayor of London under Boris Johnson.

Student Speaker This could be you! Details for auditions can be found on page 7

Floor Speech Prizes: 1st Prize - Walking Tour with Cambridge Tour Guides Runner Up - Punting Session with Scudamore’s 13

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POLITICAL VIOLENCE HAS NO PLACE IN A DEMOCRACY 17th October, 2019 PROPOSITION Alex Murray Alex is one of the Union’s Debating Officers, and is in their third year studying HSPS at King’s. At school, Alex won several competitions and placed sixth individually at Cambridge Schools finals day. At University, Alex has represented Cambridge at competitions such as the UCL President’s Cup and the European University Debating Championships, where they judged.

Lucía Arce Cubas Lucía Arce Cubas is studying for a PhD in Plant Sciences at Clare College. She was the best speaker in Europe in 2018, being the first non-native speaker to achieve this feat in 17 years. She is the champion of Worlds Masters, Glasgow Ancients, the Belgrade Open, and has either won or been the best speaker at 18 other competitions across Europe.

Trenton Sewell Trenton Sewell is studying for a Degree in Law at Christ’s College. He is a former debating officer of the Cambridge Union and won the European University Debating Championship for 2019. He also was on the second ranked team at the World University Debating Championship 2019 and has made out rounds at numerous other competitions for the union.

OPPOSITION

Dominic Brind Dominic is a third year history student at Magdalen College, Oxford. Having debated with somewhat mixed results at school, Dominic sensibly decided that administering debating was far preferable.He therefore spent the last year crying over spreadsheets organising competitions and changing Union regulations. Following an appearance on University Challenge, he was likened on twitter to a serial killer and a young Alan Partridge.

Imogen Edwards-Lawrence Imogen is a 4th year classics student at Trinity College Oxford.

This is Imogen’s second time at the varsity debate, and they hope to emulate the champagne drinking but not the loss of 2017.

Adam Roble Adam is a 1st year History and Politics student at Teddy Hall, Oxford. Despite being new to debating, Adam has broken to the finals of the KCL Open 2019 and has broken as a judge at a few schools competitions. He also spent 6 months of his gap year working directly for a former Prime Minister, where he learned a bit about what actual debating (outside of ‘debateland’) might look like.

Floor Speech Prizes: 1st Prize - Instabeauty Gift Card Kindly sponsored by Runner Up - Session with Regina Ray Photography 15

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WOULD NATIONALISE ETON 22th October, 2019 PROPOSITION Peter Hitchens Peter Hitchens is a journalist, author and occasional broadcaster. He is currently a columnist for the Mail on Sunday, and before this was a reporter and correspondent (including in Moscow and Washington in the early 1990s). He was educated privately until the age of 15, after which he attended a College of Further Education. His most recent book is ‘The Phoney Victory’ an attack on the sentimental and vainglorious national myths of the 1939-45 war.

Robert Verkaik Robert Verkaik is an author and journalist, having written for the Sunday Telegraph, Sunday Times, Mail on Sunday, Independent and Independent on Sunday. His most recent book, ‘Posh Boys: How English Public Schools Ruin Britain’, was released in 2018.

Student Speaker This could be you! Details for auditions can be found on page 7

OPPOSITION The Right Honourable Stephen Dorrell Stephen Dorrell was a Conservative Member of Parliament from 1979 until 2015, holding numerous offices including Secretary of State for Health and Shadow Secretary of State for Education and Employment. From 2006-07 he was Co-Chair of the Public Service Improvement Group, established by David Cameron to review policy in education, health, social care and housing.

Brendan O’Neill Brendan O’Neill is editor of Spiked. He is also a columnist for Penthouse and a writer for The Sun and The Spectator. He is host of The Brendan O’Neill Show, a fortnightly podcast published on Spiked. A collection of his essays, ‘Anti-Woke’, was published by Connor Court last year.

Dr Zoe Strimpel Zoe Strimpel is a historian of gender, relationships and feminism in modern Britain, and a flagship columnist for The Sunday Telegraph where she writes on subjects ranging from identity politics to Love Island. She is the author of two popular books about men and dating, and of an academic monograph entitled ‘Seeking Love in Modern Britain: Gender, Dating and the Rise of “the Single”’, out with Bloomsbury in March 2020.

Floor Speech Prizes: 1st Prize - Day course with Cambridge Art Makers Runner Up - Session with Regina Ray Photography 17

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GLOBALISATION CREATES A SAFER WORLD 24th October, 2019 PROPOSITION The Right Honourable Charles Clarke Charles Clarke was a Labour Member of Parliament between 1997 and 2010. He served as Secretary of State for Education and Home Secretary under Tony Blair. He has held a number of academic roles, and continues to commentate on current affairs, including education, immigration, and Brexit.

More speakers to be confirmed!

OPPOSITION Claire Fox MEP Claire Fox is the director of the Academy of Ideas, which she established to create a public space where ideas can be contested without constraint. In May 2019, she was elected as a Brexit Party MEP for the North West England constituency of the UK in the European elections. She is author of a book on free speech, recently republished as I STILL Find That Offensive! (Biteback, 2018).

More speakers to be confirmed!

Floor Speech Prizes: 1st Prize - Two business headshot portrait sittings with Ian Farrell Runner Up - Session with Regina Ray Photography 19

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WOULD CODIFY THE UK CONSTITUTION 31st October, 2019 PROPOSITION Professor A.C. Grayling A. C. Grayling is the Master of the New College of the Humanities, London, and its Professor of Philosophy. He is the author of over thirty books of philosophy, biography, history of ideas, and essays. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, a Vice President of the British Humanist Association, Patron of the UK Armed Forces Humanist Association, Honorary Associate of the Secular Society, and a Patron of Dignity in Dying.

Helen Mountfield QC Helen Mountfield is a QC at Matrix Chambers, and in 2015 was on the shortlist for the Legal 500’s ‘Administrative & Public Law Silk of the Year’. Helen is particularly wellknown for cases concerning discrimination and equality questions as they arise in public law, employment, commercial and other contexts. She argued the winning case for Gina Miller in Miller v Secretary of State for Exiting the EU [2017]. She is the Principal of Mansfield College, Oxford.

Student Speaker This could be you! Details for auditions can be found on page 7

OPPOSITION The Right Honourable Lord Jonathan Sumption Jonathan Sumption was a Justice of the UK Supreme Court between 2012 and 2018. He spoke on ‘Law and the Decline of Politics’ for the 2019 BBC Reith Lectures, a series of annual lectures the first of which was delivered by Bertrand Russell in 1948. He is also known for writing a substantial narrative history of the Hundred Years’ War, so far in four volumes.

Lord Anthony Grabiner QC Tony Grabiner has been the Master of Clare College since 2014. He practises as a commercial law barrister at One Essex Court. He was made a life peer in 1999, then taking the Labour whip. He has since left the Labour Party and now sits on the cross benches. He is also President of The University of Law. Student Speaker This could be you! Details for auditions can be found on page 7

Floor Speech Prizes: 1st Prize - Cocktail Workshop with La Raza Runner Up - English Spirit Distellery Gift Certificate 21

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PREFERS A WOMAN ON TOP 5th November, 2019 Eleanor Tiernan Eleanor Tiernan is an Irish Stand up comedian and occasional writer. You might know her from Comedy Central’s Alternative Comedy Experience, RTE’s Irish Pictorial Weekly, Craig Doyle show, We Need To Talk About Ireland, and from being a Columnist with The Times Online.

Yuriko Kotani Yuriko Kotani is a UK-based Japanese comedian. She was named as “One To Watch”

by Time Out and won the BBC New Comedy Award in 2015. She has appeared on the Comedy Club (BBC Radio 4 Extra), BBC World Service’s The Arts Hour, Russell Howard’s Stand Up Central, Pls Like (BBC Three), and The Dog Ate My Homework (CBBC) . She has supported acts such as Joe Lycett, Rob Delaney and Puppetry of the Penis on their tour.

More speakers to be announced!

Floor Speech Prizes: 1st Prize - Intensive Spanish / Italian Course with La Dante Runner Up - Session with Dumbleton’s Photography 23

Kindly sponsored by

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THE WAR ON TERROR HAS MADE THE WORLD SAFER 14th November, 2019 PROPOSITION Secretary Jeh Johnson Jeh Johnson served in President Obama’s Cabinet as Secretary of Homeland Security from 2013-2017. He served as general counsel for the Air Force under President Clinton, and as special counsel to Secretary John Kerry’s presidential campaign. He was the designated survivor during President Trump’s inauguration.

Commissioner Roger Parrino Roger Parrino is the Commissioner of the New York State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services, having served with the New York Police Department for over 21 years.

Student speaker This could be you! Details for auditions can be found on page 7.

OPPOSITION Judge Lewis A. Kaplan Lewis Kaplan is a Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Judge Colleen McMahon Colleen McMahon is the Chief United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Student speaker This could be you! Details for auditions can be found on page 7.

Floor Speech Prizes: 1st Prize - Gift voucher for Satyam Yoga Runner Up - Personal Training Session with Tony Begovich 25

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AI WILL BRING MORE HARM THAN GOOD 21st November, 2019 This debate is run in association with IBM Research.

Paticipants: Project Debater Project Debater is the first AI system that can debate humans on complex topics. It will debate our human speakers and take crowd-sourced arguments from the audience.

Harish Natarajan Harish Natarajan is a graduate of the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge. He was a grand finalist and 2nd best speaker at the 2016 World Debating Championships and won the European Debating Championship in 2012. Harish holds the record for most competition victories. He currently works as the Head of Economic Risk Analysis at AKE International in London.

Professor Sylvie Delacroix Sylvie Delacroix is professor in Law and Ethics at the University of Birmingham. Her work has notably been funded by the Wellcome Trust, the NHS and the Leverhulme Trust, from whom she received the Leverhulme Prize. She has recently been appointed to the Public Policy Commission on the use of algorithms in the justice system.

Professor Neil Lawrence Neil Lawrence is the DeepMind Professor of Machine Learning at the University of Cambridge and the co-host of Talking Machines. Neil’s main research interest is machine learning through probabilistic models. He focuses on both the algorithmic side of these models and their application. His recent focus has been on the deployment of machine learning technology in practice, particularly under the banner of data science.

Sharmila Parmanand Sharmila Parmanand is a PhD Candidate in Gender Studies at the University of Cambridge and a Gates Scholar. She has served as a debate trainer or chief judge in debating events in 45 countries. She served as a chief judge for most major global debating competitions (World Universities, World Schools, European Universities, Asian Universities, AustralAsian Universities, North American Universities, and Pan-American Universities).

Floor Speech Prizes: 1st Prize - Personal Styling session with Ros Giles Personal Styling Runner Up - Treatment Session with Cambridge City Laser 27

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IDENTITY POLITICS IS NOT PROGRESSIVE 28th November, 2019 PROPOSITION James Cleverly MP James Cleverly has been the Member of Parliament for Braintree since 2015, and currently serves as the Chairman of the Conservative Party. He previously served as a Member of the London Assembly.

Professor Eric Kaufmann Eric Kaufmann is Professor of Politics at Birkbeck College, University of London. He is the author of ‘Whiteshift: Immigration, Populism and the Future of White Majorities’ (Penguin/Abrams, 2018/19).

Student Speaker This could be you! Details for auditions can be found on page 7

OPPOSITION Clive Lewis MP Clive Lewis has been the Labour Member of Parliament for Norwich South since 2015, and is the Shadow Minister for the Treasury for Sustainable Economics, having previously served as Shadow Secretary of State for Defence. He was an early backer of Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership.

Kerry-Anne Mendoza Kerry-Anne Mendoza is the editor-in-chief of the news website The Canary, which she co-founded. Her book, ‘Austerity: The Demolition of the Welfare State and the Rise of the Zombie Economy’, was published in 2015.

Student Speaker This could be you! Details for auditions can be found on page 7

Floor Speech Prizes: 1st Prize - Session with Cambridge Photographers Runner Up - Session with Regina Ray Photography 29

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MEN CANNOT BE FEMINISTS 5th December, 2019 - Open to all PROPOSITION Rachel Tustin Rachel Tustin is the outgoing Michaelmas 2019 President and a finalist reading HSPS at Peterhouse.

Bisi Alimi In 2004, Bisi Alimi came out as gay on national television in Nigerian, making him the first ever Nigeria LGBT person to do so. He has appeared on international TV stations as a social and political pundit, including CNN, BBC and Al Jazeera, and outlets like NPR and the Washington Post have profiled him. His TEDx talk, “There should never be another Ibrahim” has been listed as one of the 14 most inspiring QUEER TEDtalk of all time.

Student Speaker This could be you! Details for auditions can be found on page 7

OPPOSITION Lily Madigan Lily Madigan is the national women’s officer for Labour Students where she’s working on national campaigns to tackle period poverty and prevent sexual harassment in universities.

She recently appeared on Teen Vogue’s 21 under 21 list, and was the focus of an ad by Cara Delevingne that highlighted her activism.

Adama Iwu Adama Iwu serves as the President of the We Said Enough foundation, whose mission is to eliminate all forms of sexual harassment, bullying and assault. In October 2017, The Los Angeles Times published an open letter - led by Iwu and signed by 140 women - on the pervasive culture of sexual harassment in politics. Adama and other ‘Silence Breakers’ were named Time Person of the Year 2017 Student Speaker This could be you! Details for auditions can be found on page 7

Floor Speech Prizes: 1st Prize - Session with Cambridge Photographers Runner Up - Session with Regina Ray Photography 31

We have some new features to the bar that we can’t wait for you to see!

If you’re looking for light lunch, specialty coffees, cocktails and local juices we have you covered.

In addition to our new cocktail menu, featuring the 1815’s own River Cam Ice Tea. We have a brand new members menu we can’t wait for you to enjoy.

If that wasn’t enough we have a lighter food menu and proud to be Cambridge’s first UBER – ROO bar.

From 5pm every day you can order from uber-eats or Deliver-roo and enjoy the best of the City’s food next to our own drink menu.

To all Fresher’s and returning members we look forward to having you in the bar throughout Michaelmas and beyond.

THE 1815 BAR TEAM

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J U D G E J U DY Judith Sheindlin is the presiding judge on the Emmy® Award-winning JUDGE JUDY-- the #1 court show in daytime television since its 1996 debut, and America’s top program in first-run syndication for the last 10 seasons.

One of the nation’s most well-known media personalities, Judge Judith Sheindlin’s numbers and brand continue to grow after more than two decades on the air. In the 2018-19 season, JUDGE JUDY averaged a robust 10 million daily viewers. In 2017, she extended her production agreement with CBS Television Distribution and her own Queen Bee Productions through the 2020-2021 season, marking a quarter century on American television.

Beyond her own program, Judge Sheindlin has created new television productions including HOT BENCH, featuring a three judge panel which was the highest-rated new first-run syndicated program in its 2015 freshman season.

A vivid and enduring presence in millions of American homes (“Who doesn’t love Judge Judy?” asked former President Barack Obama), Judge Sheindlin has been a guest on “Today,” “Good Morning America,” “Dateline NBC,” “Larry King Live,” “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” “The Tonight Show,” “The Late Show,” “The View,” “Ellen” and “Entertainment Tonight.”

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The Hawking Fellowship 2019

B I L L G AT E S K B E Bill Gates is co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. In 1975, Bill Gates founded Microsoft with Paul Allen and led the company to become the worldwide leader in business and personal software and services. In 2008, Bill transitioned to focus fulltime on his foundation’s work to expand opportunity to the world’s most disadvantaged people. Along with co-chair Melinda Gates, he leads the foundation’s development of strategies and sets the overall direction of the organization.

In 2010, Bill, Melinda, and Warren Buffett founded the Giving Pledge, an effort to encourage the wealthiest families and individuals to publicly commit more than half of their wealth to philanthropic causes and charitable organizations during their lifetime or in their will. In 2015, Bill created the Breakthrough Energy Coalition, a group of individuals and entities committed to clean energy innovation, followed by Breakthrough Energy Ventures in 2016, an investor-led fund focused on providing patient capital to support cutting-edge clean energy companies.

10am, 7th October

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L O R D D AV I D O W E N David Owen was a Member of Parliament for Plymouth for 26 years from 1966-92. Under Labour Governments, he served as Navy Minister, Health Minister and Foreign Secretary.

He was a co-founder of the Social Democratic Party established in 1981 and its Leader from 1983-87 and 1988-90. He currently sits in the House of Lords as an independent Social Democrat. From 1992-95 Lord Owen served as EU peace negotiator in the former Yugoslavia.

From 1999-2005, he was Chairman of New Europe, an organization that successfully campaigned for the UK to stay outside the Eurozone while remaining a member of the EU. In 2017 he co-authored British Foreign Policy After Brexit with a former diplomat who voted ‘Remain’ that argued Britain’s global role and influence as an independent voice could be enhanced, rather than diminished, post- Brexit. Lord Owen has retired from active business roles but for 20 years had business interests in the UK, US and Russia.

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KEVIN RUDD I N C O N V ER SAT ION W I T H P ET E R W I LLIA MSON The Honourable Kevin Rudd served as Australia’s 26th Prime Minister (2007-2010, 2013) and as Foreign Minister (2010- 2012). He led Australia’s response during the Global Financial Crisis— the only major developed economy not to go into recession—and co-founded the G20. Mr. Rudd joined the Asia Society Policy Institute in New York as its inaugural President in January 2015.

Mr. Rudd is Chair of the Board of the International Peace Institute, and Chair of Sanitation and Water for All.

Peter Williamson is Professor of International Management at Judge Business School and Fellow of Jesus College, University of Cambridge.

He divides his time between research and consulting on global strategy, M&A, and business ecosystem innovation and serving as nonexecutive director of several companies spanning financial services through to green energy. He has held professorships at London Business School, Harvard Business School and INSEAD (in Singapore). Formerly with Merrill Lynch and The Boston Consulting Group, he earned his PhD in Business Economics from Harvard University.

Peter has been visiting China since 1983 and has authored two of Asia’s best selling business books: Dragons at Your Door: How Chinese cost innovation is disrupting global competition and Winning in Asia.

He is a Senior Fellow at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, a Distinguished Fellow at Chatham House in London, a Distinguished Statesman with the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington DC, and a Distinguished Fellow at the Paulson Institute in Chicago. Mr. Rudd is a member of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty Organization’s Group of Eminent Persons.

He serves on the International Advisory Board of the Schwarzman Scholars program at Tsinghua University, and is an Honorary Professor at Peking University. Mr. Rudd is proficient in Mandarin Chinese. He will be speaking on The Future of Progressive Politics

6pm, 9th October

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KATHARINE GUN, MARTIN BRIGHT & GAVIN HOOD Gavin Hood – Director

Katharine Gun

Gavin Hood first came to prominence in the U.S. as the screenwriter and director of the acclaimed Academy Award winning South African film, TSOTSI. EYE IN THE SKY, a dramatic thriller set in the world of modern drone warfare, starring Helen Mirren, Aaron Paul, Barkhad Abdi and Alan Rickman, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2015. It was released in March 2016 in the U.S. to overwhelming critical acclaim and has generated considerable public discussion around the moral and ethical questions raised by the use of armed UAV’s – unmanned aerial vehicles, or “drones.”

Katharine Gun is a British translator who worked for the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ). In 2003, she leaked topsecret information to the press concerning illegal activities by the United States in its push for the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Some of these activities include the US National Security Agency (NSA)’s eavesdropping operations on diplomats from countries tasked with passing a second United Nations resolution on the invasion of Iraq.

7pm, 11th October

Martin Bright Martin Bright is the former Political Editor of the New Statesman and the Jewish Chronicle. In 2003, as Home Affairs Editor of the Observer, he broke the story of the allied intelligence operation to spy on the United Nations Security Council. He now runs Creative Society, a charity that helps young people break into the media and the arts.

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I N C ON V ERSAT ION W I T H C H RISTOP H ER C LA R K Professor David Runciman is an academic and author, whose previous books politics include The Confidence Trap, Politics: Ideas in Profile and How Democracy Ends. He is the founder of the Talking Politics podcast and Head of the Department of Politics and International Studies at Cambridge University.

Sir Christopher Clark is the twenty-second Regius Professor of History at the University of Cambridge, whose books include the bestselling The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914.

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6.30pm, 15th October

Ensaf Haidar was born in 1975 in Jizan, Saudi Arabia. Against the will of her family she married Raif Badawi in 2002. When Raif was imprisoned, Ensaf and their children escaped from Saudi Arabia and were finally granted asylum in Canada.

Since then Ensaf has been desperately fighting to free her husband and raise awareness of Raif’s story across the world. She is the president and Cofounder of the Raif Badawi Foundation for Freedom (RBFF).

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RICHARD TICE MEP Richard Tice is a businessman, the Chairman of the Brexit Party and a Member of the EU Parliament. He has been a strong eurosceptic for over 20 years, being involved in the campaign to stop the UK joining the Euro in the late 1990s. Richard also set up the crossparty group Leave Means Leave, shortly after the EU referendum.

During his 30-year business career, Richard was CEO of a number of companies including a multinational, billion-pound real estate group listed on the London Stock Exchange, where he tripled the share price in 4 years.

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D UA L I PA After releasing her self-titled debut album in 2017, Dua Lipa made history when nominated for five categories at the 2018 Brit Awards - the first female to receive so many nominations.

She was awarded ‘Best British Female Solo Artist’ and ‘Best British Breakthrough Act’.

For the last two years, Dua Lipa has been the most streamed female artist in the world and the youngest female solo artist to reach 1 billion views on YouTube . She continues to break records - the music video for her hit single ‘New Rules, her anthem for female empowerment, gained more than a billion views on YouTube, making her the youngest female artist to hit this target. ‘One Kiss’ Dua’s collaboration with Calvin Harris became the biggest selling single of 2018 in the UK and she has sold over 40 million singles and over 4 million albums worldwide which includes platinum albums in 21 countries. And the awards keep coming with Dua winning two Grammys for “Best New Artist” and “Best Dance Recording” at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards and three Brit Awards including “Best Female” and “Best New Artist”.

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G E O R G E TA K E I George Takei is known around the world for his role in the acclaimed original TV series Star Trek, in which he played Hikaru Sulu, helmsman of the Starship Enterprise. But Takei’s story, which includes an acting career that spans six decades, goes where few have gone before. From a childhood spent with his family wrongfully imprisoned in Japanese American internment camps during World War II to becoming one of the country’s leading figures in the fight for social justice, LGBTQ rights and marriage equality, Takei remains a powerful voice on issues ranging from politics to pop culture.

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N AO Nao is a singer, songwriter and music producer from East London. After some time as a session singer and music teacher in her late teens and early twenties Nao began writing her own music in 2014. The results were instant, with a third place finish in the BBC Sound Poll and a tour with Little Dragon the following year. Her first album ‘For All We Know’ saw Nao receive a Brit nomination as Best Female, a MOBO nomination for Best RnB Album and - more recently - a Brit Breakthrough Award. After touring across the globe for 2 years (including shows at Shepherds Bush Empire, LA Roxy and Brooklyn Steel) and picking up features with Mura Masa, Disclosure and Stormzy, Nao then released her second album ‘Saturn’ to rapturous critical acclaim in 2018, picking up a Mercury Nomination for the album this year. As Nao’s profile as a musician has grown, so has her voice as a black British woman. After being asked to speak at Oxford University last year during Black History month, Nao has since featured as a panellist and speaker at Elle Weekender, Blackgirlfest and Indaba X amongst other events.

7pm, 23rd October - Open to All

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K E N C O S TA Ken Costa has worked for the past 40 years in the field of investment banking as a trusted corporate finance adviser to many major international companies advising on many high-profile deals. He chaired UBS Investment Bank for Europe, Middle East and Africa, and then Lazard International.

In 2016, he was nominated as one of the top 5 deal advisers in the past 20 years in Europe.

Parallel to this finance career Ken has spent decades helping to build not for profit organisations including, currently, fundraising Patron for Great Ormond Street Hospital and several church related charities.

He has authored several books, pamphlets and lectures on subjects ranging from the ethics of capitalism to foreign affairs; domestic politics to the challenges which accompany religious faith.

He lives in London.

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SCARLETT CURTIS Scarlett Curtis is the curator of The Sunday Times bestseller and National Book Award winning Feminists Don’t Wear Pink (and other lies); a collection of essays by 52 women on what feminism means to them, published by Penguin in 2018. She has written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Daily Mail and Vogue and is currently contributing editor at The Sunday Times Style. In 2017 Scarlett co-founded The Pink Protest; a feminist activist collective committed to helping young people take action online and IRL. To date they have been a part of campaigns that have changed two laws; a bill to help end period poverty and a bill to get FGM into the Children’s Act. Scarlett’s second book It’s Not Ok to Feel Blue (and other lies) will be published by Penguin in October 2019 and is a call to arms to tackle the mental illness epidemic, and a reassuring voice that tells readers they are not alone.

AMIKA GEORGE

Amika George is a 19 year old student at Cambridge University, who, at the age of 17, started the Free Periods campaign from her bedroom to end period poverty in the UK. After reading about children missing school as they were unable to afford menstrual products, Amika started an online movement, and organised a protest in London, attended by over 2,000 young people.

Join Scarlett Curtis and Amika George as they discuss mental health, feminism and activism, in light of Scarlett’s new book - It’s Not OK to Feel Blue (and other lies).

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Richard J Evans was Regius Professor of History and President of Wolfson College at Cambridge until his recent retirement. He is currently Provost of Gresham College, London. He is the author of numerous books on Nazi Germany and on historiography, including “In Defence of History”.

He was an expert witness in the libel trial recently made into a Hollywood movie titled “Denial”.

PROFESSOR RICHARD E VA N S

5pm, 29th October

Jorge has been recognised internationally as one of the most influential members of the Venezuelan opposition.

He has spoken in multiple forums, conferences, and universities such as Harvard, Stanford and NYU. An Economist from the Wilkes Honors College, Jorge is now a Visiting Graduate Fellow of the Abigail Adams Institute at Harvard University.

JORGE J R A I S S AT I

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BANKS For the longest time, the singer, songwriter and producer Jillian Banks has felt like two people. As a kid growing up in southern California, she was the brooding, manic scribbler of lyrics in her bedroom, “stream of consciousness diary entries where my brain would trip out,” she remembers. Writing was this release valve for feeling “alone and isolated and unheard.” She’s the kind of artist who eschews social media addiction but has put her phone number on Facebook in case fans need to talk: optimistic and melancholic.

In an era where feeling fractured resonates with so many, you could say her split personality has been part of what’s made her music connect: it’s the sound of so many splintered souls.

As the artist (who goes professionally by BANKS) prepares to release her third LP, titled simply, III. Everything has gone from black and white - one extreme verses the other - to something more muted, something with more room for nuance.

6pm, 3rd November, Open to all

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Cliff is a Founder, Managing Principal and Chief Investment Officer at AQR Capital Management.

He is an active researcher and has authored articles on a variety of financial topics for many publications, with the Financial Analysts Journal twice awarding him the Graham and Dodd Award for the year’s best paper, as well as a Graham and Dodd Excellence Award.

Prior to co-founding AQR Capital Management, he was a Managing Director and Director of Quantitative Research for the Asset Management Division of Goldman, Sachs & Co. Cliff received a B.S. in economics from the Wharton School and a B.S. in engineering from the Moore School of Electrical Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania, graduating summa cum laude in both. He received an M.B.A. with high honors and a Ph.D. in finance from the University of Chicago, where he was Eugene Fama’s student and teaching assistant for two years (so he still feels guilty when trying to beat the market).

CLIFF ASNESS

7pm, 4th November

The talk will unpick the importance of Engineering in F1; in particular, how it plays a significant part in achieving the ultimate goal: producing two fast, race-winning cars.

R E N AU L T F1

The state-of-the-art technology used to conduct precise measurements needed to achieve performance improvements will be shown. Finally, they will delve into some real examples of design studies from past seasons.

Following the talk, you will have the opportunity to meet and have discussions with some of the members of their team from multiple Engineering disciplines: come armed with questions!

5pm, 11th November

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HER HONOURABLE MARIE-LOUISE COLEIRO PRECA Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca was the ninth President of Malta, after being active in politics for forty years and serving in parliament for 16 years. She graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Law and Humanities as Notary Public from the University of Malta. She was awarded an Honorary Professorship by the University of Warwick, UK, and an Honorary Doctorate of Law by the University of Leicester, UK. She has dedicated her life to the wellbeing of the most vulnerable in society, and contributed to bring about effective changes in the social policies of Malta. She is an internationally acclaimed speaker covering various areas, including children’s rights, women, and vulnerable groups including migration.

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ANTHONY JULIUS

Anthony Julius is Deputy Chairman of law firm Mishcon de Reya, Chairman of economics consultancy Oxera, and Professor of Law and the Arts, UCL. Among his better-known clients were the Princess of Wales, Deborah Lipstadt and Leon Brittan.

He was portrayed by Andrew Scott in the film Denial (2017). He graduated in English from Jesus (1977) and has a PhD from UCL (1992). Among his publications are T.S. Eliot, anti-Semitism and Literary Form (CUP, 1995), Transgressions: The Offences of Art (Thames and Hudson, 2002) and Trials of the Diaspora: A History of English AntiSemitism (OUP, 2010).

He is currently writing a book on arts censorship in liberal democracies, to be published by OUP in 2021.

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MICHELLE B AC H E L E T

Since 2018 Michelle Bachelet has served as the seventh United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. Before then Ms. Bachelet served as President of Chile on two occasions (2006 – 2010 and 2014 – 2018). She was the first female president of Chile, as well as Chile’s and Latin America’s first female Defense Minister. She also served as Health Minister.

During her presidential tenures, she promoted the rights of all but particularly those of the most vulnerable.

In 2011, she was named the first Director of UN Women, an organization dedicated to fighting for the rights of women and girls internationally. Economic empowerment and ending violence against women were two of her priorities during her tenure.

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DAN I EL JANNER QC The Hon Daniel Janner QC (President Michaelmas 1978) is a criminal defence lawyer.

He is a Bencher of Middle Temple. He founded FAIR (falsely accused individuals for reform) after his father, the late Lord Janner (President Lent 1952) was falsely accused of sexual offences.

7.00pm, 20th November, Open to all

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Paul Gambaccini was born in the Bronx on April 2, 1949. He graduated from Dartmouth College, where he was General Manager of WDCR, then the nation’s largest radio station run by students.

Paul is the only broadcaster to have had his own series on BBC Radios 1, 2, 3 and 4. His thousands of television appearances include regular slots on BBC 1, BBC 2, ITV, Channel 4 and Sky. Paul has been named Philanthropist of the Year and is in both the Radio Academy Hall of Fame and the British Softball Federation Hall of Fame.

Paul and Daniel will be speaking about falsely accused individuals for reform, and analysing how the criminal law should approach accusations of sexual assault.

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Ms. Saida Muna Tasneem is the Bangladesh High Commissioner to the UK. She has had this post since November 2018. Prior to this, Ms. Tasneem was the Bangladesh Ambassador to Thailand and Cambodia.

Ms Tasneem obtained her BSc in Chemical Engineering at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) and MSc (Public Policy and Management) from SOAS. High Commissioner Tasneem specializes in countering terrorism and security issues, Women Empowerment, Climate Change and sustainable energy.

SAI DA MUNA TA S N E E M

TBC, 24th November

Mr Anand Kumar is a renowned educator and mathematician from India. He leads an internationally acclaimed teaching institute that prepares students from underprivileged backgrounds to pass the exams to go to IIT, the leading engineering institute in India.

In recognition of his work, the Bollywood film ‘Super 30’ was released in earlier this year. He has spoken about his experiences previously at Harvard and MIT.

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Michel Péretié is the Managing Partner and Chief Executive Officer of RiverRock.

He has 38 years of experience in Corporate and Investment Banking leading large international teams.

Prior to joining RiverRock, he served as CEO of the Corporate and Investment Banking Division of Société Générale until 2012 where he was a member of both the Executive Committee and Management Committee of the bank. Previously, Mr. Péretié was Chairman and CEO of Bear Stearns Intl., where he was credited for the growth and increased profitability of Bear Stearns’ operations in Europe, Middle East and Asia.

MICHEL PERETIE

He started his career at Banque Paribas, where he led the creation and development of the Derivatives Division, eventually leaving as Global Head of Fixed Income for BNP Paribas in 2000. activism, in light of Scarlett’s new book - It’s Not OK to Feel Blue (and other lies).

7.00pm, 27th November

Grace Beverley is the Founder and Director of both TALA and B_ND, two brands quickly making their mark on the fitness and fashion industries. TALA was conceptualised with the dream of creating a fully sustainable and ethical athleisure brand.

The brand seeks to cater for the fashion-forward, fighting the preconception of certain looks and styles for sustainability-aware audiences. TALA has sold out within minutes of every restock since May, each selling tens of thousands of products, proving the need for on-trend sustainable clothing that bridges the gap between fast fashion, and no consumption at all.

Grace is active in political discussions across all of her digital platforms, you’ll often find her speaking on panels about entrepreneurship and sustainable fashion and she recently appeared on BBC Politics Live to discuss abortion rights, veganism and Brexit.

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ORE OGUNBIYI & C H E L S E A K WA K Y E As a minority in a predominantly white institution, taking up space is an act of resistance. And in higher education, feeling like you constantly have to justify your existence within institutions that weren’t made for you is an ongoing struggle for many people.

Chelsea Kwakye is a first-class honours History graduate from Homerton College, Cambridge.

Whilst at Cambridge she was the only black girl in her year group of around 200 to read History.

In her final year, she was Vice-President of the African-Caribbean Society and competed in a Cambridge vs. Oxford Varsity Athletics match.

She is currently studying at the University of Law in preparation for a training contract with a city law firm in London.

Chelsea Kwakye and Ore Ogunbiyi, two recent Cambridge graduates, wrote Taking Up Space as a guide and a manifesto for change: tackling issues of access, unrepresentative curricula, discrimination in the classroom, the problems of activism and life before and after university. Featuring honest conversations with students past and present, Taking up Space goes beyond the buzzwords of diversity and inclusion and explores what those words truly mean for young black girls today.

Ore Ogunbiyi is a Nigerian-British Politics and International Relations graduate from Jesus College, Cambridge. Whilst at Cambridge she pioneered the Benin Bronze Repatriation campaign, the #BlackMenofCambridgeUniversity campaign and was President of the AfricanCaribbean Society. She has since completed a Masters in Journalism at Columbia University, New York and is currently working as a Special Assistant and Speechwriter to the Vice President of Nigeria.

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S E C R E TA R Y GENERAL BAN-KI MOON Mr. Ban has served two consecutive terms as the Secretary General of the United Nations (2007-2016). Throughout his tenure at the UN, Mr. Ban strove to be a bridge builder, to give voice to the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people, and to make the Organization more transparent and effective. He has pressed successfully for action to combat climate change- an effort that culminated in the adoption and rapid entry into force of the landmark Paris Agreement in 2016. Mr. Ban has also taken major efforts to strengthen UN peace operations, to protect human rights, to improve humanitarian response, to prevent violent extremism and to revitalize disarmament agenda. In April 2019, Mr. Ban has been elected as the Chairman of Presidential National Council to deal with Particulate Matter.

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NEITHER HERE NOR THERE Neither Here Nor There is a panel which explores identity and belonging among the multiple and diverse generations of immigrants living in the United Kingdom and the West more generally today.

Growing up, working and making their homes in cultural contexts different to those in their countries of origin, immigrants and their families can struggle to find a firm identity which unifies the different social influences in their lives. They often feel caught between two stools: Perceived as having become too Western when interacting with friends and family from their regions of origin, but still feeling like outsiders in their adopted countries of residence. There can be a sense of struggling to fully belong to either group; of being neither here nor there.

The exciting panellists for this event will share their views about the rich and nuanced experiences of the millions of people in this position. Audience participation is encouraged; this is an event which seeks to spark a conversation in Cambridge about identity, culture and belonging. Absolutely everyone is welcome.

Artwork from the ‘Pure Diversity’ series, Mirta Toledo, 1993.

7.00pm, 19th November, Open to all

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WHAT IS THE FUTURE OF JOURNALISM?

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M o n d a y, 1 1 t h N o v e m b e r TORTOISE MEDIA THINKIN News has been radically altered in the last decade. The decline of local journalism. The rise of social media.

The acceleration of the news cycle. Things seem explosively important then get forgotten to matter for less time than ever. Ephemera can take over - and it can be hard to pick the real news out of the noise.

How do we make sure that journalism can perform its critical social function - informing voters and holding power accountable?

6.30pm, Open to all

PANELISTS

Chris Cook Chris Cook was policy editor at BBC Newsnight and before that education correspondent at the FT.

Polly Curtis Polly Curtis was editor in chief of HuffPost UK and former digital editor at the Guardian.

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M o n d a y, 1 8 t h N o v e m b e r Does technology have the right to influence our personal choices? Has it overstepped?

Speakers from the Silicon Valley and UK ecosystems will share their perspective in response to this controversial question. Speakers who have built or invested in some of the most successful and disruptive technologies the world has seen, pioneering artificial intelligence, machine learning, edtech and healthtech industries.

5.00pm, Open to all

PANELISTS

Speakers to be announced!

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A DISCUSSION ABOUT MALE MENTAL HEALTH

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M o n d a y, 2 5 t h N o v e m b e r A discussion about male mental health

7.00pm, Open to all PANELISTS Jon Manning Jon Manning is the founder of the Arthur Ellis Foundation.

Jo Ward Jo Ward represents the Samaritans Cambridge Branch.

Ann Foley Ann Foley is the founder of ‘Olly’s Future’, with extensive experience in student welfare.

Fraser MacDonald-Lister Fraser MacDonald-Lister is a Movember representative and recent Oxford graduate.

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WHISTLEBLOWING PANEL 70

We d n e s d a y , 2 7 t h N o v e m b e r The issue of whistleblowing highlights potential conflict between national security, privacy and intellectual property. In an age where whistleblowers are charged under the espionage act, how should such issues be approached? Are whistleblowers acting morally, and are they being treated fairly?

Edward Snowden and Daniel Ellsberg will be speaking via video link for this panel

Open to all PANELISTS Ewen MacAskill Ewen MacAskill was a Guardian reporter for 22 years until retirement last year. He was the Guardian’s chief political correspondent, diplomatic editor, Washington bureau chief, New York-based general reporter and, finally, defence and intelligence correspondent. He covered conflicts, including Israel-Palestine and Iraq. He is best-known for going to Hong Kong in 2013 to meet whistleblower Edward Snowden, the biggest leak of top secret material in history.

Daniel Ellsberg Daniel Ellsberg is a former United States military analyst who, while employed by the RAND Corporation, released the Pentagon Papers, a top-secret Pentagon study of U.S. Government decision-making in relation to the Vietnam War. This resulted in him being charged under the Espionage Act of 1917 along with other charges of theft and conspiracy - a judgment that was dismissed due to government misconduct and illegal evidencegathering.

Edward Snowden Edward Snowden is a former intelligence officer who served the CIA, NSA, and DIA for nearly a decade as a subject matter expert on technology and cybersecurity. In 2013, he revealed that the NSA was seizing the private records of billions of individuals who had not been suspected of any wrongdoing, resulting in the most significant reforms to US surveillance policy since 1978. He has received awards for courage, integrity, and public service. He joined the board of Freedom of the Press Foundation in February 2014 and was named the president of the board in 2016. In September 2019, he published his memoir, Permanent Record, and today works on methods of enforcing human rights through the application and development of new technologies.

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Tu e s d a y , 3 r d D e c e m b e r This image is a graphic design piece by an Instagram account titled badass.femme.

‘Faith and Fashion’ is a discussion on the intersection of the global fashion industry with modest clothing, important for multiple religions, especially Islam. In the climate of increasing islamophobia, the pressures on Muslim women to give up their hijabs and other forms of modest clothing for societal acceptance is a pertinent issue. What many fail to realise is that for many this is more than just about clothes, but about their identity, their connection to faith and the navigation of their place in western society.

The speakers will use their experiences and their research to discuss the place of modest fashion in both, fast fashion and high fashion, and the changes in the industry which are allowing women of faith to also participate. The dialogue will also be examining this inclusivity with a critical outlook, trying to answer questions like whether Muslim women would even want to be represented in all aspects of the fashion industry.

7.00pm, Open to all PANELISTS TBC Mariah Idrissi Mariah Idrissi is the world’s first hijab wearing model to be signed to ‘Select’ models and feature in a global campaign for H&M late 2015. As well as a model she is an international public speaker promoting female empowerment and part of a growing movement bringing modest fashion to the masses regardless of faith or background. She has also been featured in high fashion magazines worldwide such as Marie Claire, Teen Vogue and Grazia, and has been credited as “One of the first to make waves in the industry”.

Reina Lewis Reina is Centenary Professor of Cultural Studies at London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London. Her books include: Muslim Fashion: Contemporary Style Cultures (2015), Rethinking Orientalism: Women, Travel and the Ottoman Harem (2004), and Gendering Orientalism: Race, Femininity and Representation (1996). Reina was the consulting curator for the exhibition ‘Contemporary Muslim Fashions, at the Fine Art Museums of San Francisco’ in 2018 (touring Frankfurt 2019) and is co-editor of the accompanying catalogue with Jill D’Allesandro. Reina is also a frequent media commentator – most recently for the New York Times, le Monde, BBC World, Huffington Post amongst many more. Reina Lewis also convenes the public talk series Faith and Fashion at the London College of Fashion.

Shannie Hammouda Shannie set up London-based Umma Models in 2017 after she noticed a gap in the market for an agency which represents all models, not just Muslims, who practice modesty. She aims to make modest models a norm in the media and the first step towards that is an agency which represents them. She also wants to ensure that the models are respected; their personal and religious beliefs don’t have to be compromised for them to pursue this career.

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A BRITISH GREEN NEW DEAL?

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We d n e s d a y , 4 t h D e c e m b e r The idea of a Green New Deal exploded into the public imagination after being championed by US Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in 2018. Now, as climate activists rally around the world, the time has come to discuss the idea in a British context. Join leading politicians and academics as they discuss the prospect of a British Green New Deal - what it would involve, who should champion it, and what the public can do to help avert climate catastrophe.

7.30pm, Open to all

PANELISTS

Sir Ed Davey MP Ed Davey is the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats and the party’s Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer. He served as Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change between 2012 and 2015, and is credited with founding the European Union’s Green Growth Group, which was instrumental in shaping the EU’s obligations under the Paris Climate Agreement.

Baroness Natalie Bennett Natalie Bennett was the leader of the Green Party of England and Wales between 2012 and 2016. She previously worked as a journalist for the Guardian, Independent, and Times. She was made a life peer in September 2019, becoming the Green Party’s second current member of the House of Lords.

Jeremy Leggett Jeremy Leggett is a social entrepreneur and writer. In 1998 he founded Solarcentury, an international solar solutions company, and is a winner of the first Hillary Laureate for International Leadership in Climate Change.

His most recent book, ‘The Winning of the Carbon War: Power and Politics on the Front Lines of Climate and Clean Energy’, was released in 2016, and he is a member of The Green New Deal Group.

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E N T E R TA I N M E N T Weekly Events

October 21st - Freshers

On Monday nights, the Union is the place to be, with

Our first quiz will feature a large round that will

an exciting event happening every Monday of term.

challenge your knowledge of both the city and the colleges of Cambridge.

Week 1 - 14/10 - Speed Meeting

November 4th - Culture

Week 2 - 21/10 - Freshers’ Quiz Night Week 3 - 28/10 - Mariokart Tournament 1 Week 4 - 4/11 - Cultural Quiz Night

Our second quiz will feature teams from the various

Week 5 - 11/11 - Mariokart Tournament 2

cultural societies and will include a large round on

Week 6 - 18/11 - Sports Quiz Night

world culture. Come along with your society in

Week 7 - 25/11 - Mariokart Tournament 3 & Grand

what may one day be known as the World Cup of

Final

Cambridge. However, you don’t have to come with a

Week 8 - 02/12 - Christmas Quiz Night & Victors Quiz

society to win.

If you have questions about any of our weekly or

November 18th - Sports

larger events, please get in touch at ents@cus.org.

Our penultimate quiz will feature teams from various Quizzes - open to all - 20:30

sporting societies, so whether you play rugby,

Do you know a lot of inane trivia but have no excuse to

sport with a large round on sports both old and new

use it? Do you have a friend who does, or do you just

from around the world. Like the cultural quiz, you

want to win a prize? Teams of five or less are entitled

don’t need to be part of a sports team to be on the

to compete and not only for supremacy.

winning team.

Before each quiz, there will be a screening of University

December 2nd - Christmas

quidditch or even bridge, prove the supremacy of your

Challenge, starting at 20:30. The quizzes will start at Our final quiz of the term will feature a large round

21:00.

on a variety of winter holidays and celebrations from around the world.

Each quiz has a different theme!

The final quiz will also feature a lightning round held only for winners from this and previous quizzes.

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Mariokart Tournaments - 20:00 - open to all

We also have one-off events across the term.

Ever think the union takes itself too seriously? What

The Alternative Freshers Experience - October 11th - 20:00

better way to make it all seem trivial than to join us for a night of light-hearted competition in which you can

If you’ve had a freshers week of drinking, bar crawls

fire shells at friend and foe alike.

and clubs and that’s not your comfort zone, come to Details for how to sign up will be on the Facebook

our event to do something far more relaxing: play

event as well as emails.

some board games. Come by yourself or as a group and enjoy one of the calmer times in Cambridge life with biscuits and lemonade.

At the third and final tournament, the last race of term will be between the

Freshers’ Brunch - October 13th - 10:30am

Rugby World Cup Screenings - open to all

If you’re not yet decided on whether or not to buy

As the World Cup this year will be held in Japan, the

membership, come along to our Freshers’ Brunch to

majority of games will be held in the morning for us.

get some food, meet the committee and get a tour of

As we know that some colleges will not open their

the building so you can find out just how wonderful

bars, JCRs or MCRs that early, we have decided to

an experience membership can be.

open our bar early for a series of games.

Freshers’ Speed Meeting - October 13th - 17:00

Group Stages 5th October - 09:00 - England v. Argentina

Like speed dating, only not exclusively romantic... and

12th October - 09:15 - England v. France

in the Union Chamber!

Knockout Stages 26th October - 09:00 - Semi-Final 1

Do come along if you are a fresher and want to meet

27th October - 09:00 - Semi-Final 2

fellow Union Members, as well as other friendly Union

2nd November - 09:00 - Final

faces!

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E N T E R TA I N M E N T November 13th- Union x Hip Hop Soc Spoken

Screening of the Baldwin/Buckley debate from 1965 - 25th October - 17:00

Word Night- 19:30

In 1965 from the floor of the Union chamber two of the

The Cambridge Union, in collaboration with Hip Hop

foremost American intellectuals tackled the question:

Society, is bringing all self-identifying women and

‘Has the American Dream been achieved at the

non-binary persons a space for sharing any and all

expense of the American Negro?’ The debate has since

sorts of spoken word- songs, raps, poetry. We want

gone down in history as a pivotal moment in civil

you to unfilter your words, and be assured we’ll listen.

rights discourse, and gives a remarkable insight into

From first time performers to established poets, this

race in America. For Black History month the Union

space is a no judgement zone where all art is valid and

will screen the debate in its entirety in our chamber.

appreciated.

This will be open for all who want to attend.

Bridgemas Party - November 23rd - 20:00

Ceilidh - November 2nd - 20:00

It always gets to a point in late-November when term

Never heard of a ceilidh, neither had we!

too far away to be taken seriously. At times like this, a

has become a never-ending slog and the holidays are party is required!

A ceilidh (pronounced KAY-LEE) is a traditional Scottish dance gathering. The dances are announced

Starting with speed dating under the mistletoe, moving

by a caller so there’s no need to have any experience,

on to drink and draw and ending with karaoke, it

or even any idea what you’re doing. It involves a lot

will not be a place to miss. Come along and get your

of spinning and is always a great time for everyone

groove on!

involved.

General Election All-Nighter - open to all - Date as yet unknown

Tickets will be limited and information on buying them will be announced in mid-October.

In the likely event that an election occurs during term time, the Union, as always, will be hosting an all night party to celebrate!

Whether you’re a party member or think prorogation is a fancy fruit, do come along, have a drink and watch the results stream in. Whether you’re cheering or booing, you’re bound to be in good company!

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S TA N D I N G C O M M I T T E E

EXECUTIVE OFFICER Luke Hallam

PRESIDENT Rachel Tustin

VICE PRESIDENT Alycia Leach

SPEAKERS OFFICER Maximillian Yale

TREASURER Sahil Baid

DEBATING OFFICER Alex Murray

PRESIDENT-ELECT Gabriel Barton-Singer

EXECUTIVE-ELECT Emaan Ullah

DEBATING OFFICER Achilleas Papadimitriou

SPEAKERS-ELECT Abhiram Bibekar

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ENTS OFFICER Daniel Mackinnon

APPOINTEES

WOMEN’S OFFICER Khadija Tahir

ACCESS OFFICER Angela Xia

DIVERSITY OFFICER Dhruv Kaushik

Women’s Officer-designate - Jess Molyneux Access Officer-designate - Trudy Yates Diversity Officer-designate - Areesha Saif Secretary Co-Chairs of Chamber Committee Deputy Chair of Chamber Committee Membership Officers Head of Audio-Visual Deputy Head of Audio-Visual Webmaster Social Media Managers

Josh Kimblin Joanna Nowinska & Leo Nagy Christian Owen Oliver Layzell & Sara Dehvari Louis Van Steene Hunainah Mansuri, Oliver Harris, Phoebe Pickering Faizaan Pervais Freddie Fisk, Camille Corcoran & Henry Lim

Chamber Committee Andrew Ospiov Derek Sorensen Grace Smithson Jungmin Seo Justin Chan Kevin Rebello Kieron Spoors Naomi Kilcoyne Natasha Dangoor Shannon Rawlins Veronica Wang

Freshers Ball Committee Daniel Mackinnon - President Ed Keen - Logistics Anna Sofia Bregstein - logistics Leo Nagy - logistics Astrid Godfrey - Ents Vee Tames - Ents Neha Iyer - Drinks Sophie Dawson - Drinks and secretary Lucinda Hobden - Food Christian Owen - Food Henry Osborne - Food Lucia Cafoor Camps - Food Lottie Williams - Publicity

Speakers Commitee Treasurer’s Committee Emaan Ullah Henry Spoel Rickesh Advani Roberto Hofmann Vee Tames

Belinda Ng Christian Owen Emaan Ullah Ed Plaut Freddie Fisk Grace Smithson Henry Lim Joanna Nowinska Jungmin Seo Kieron Spoors Louis Van Steene Miruna Bercariu Scarlett Dargan

Convenors Abhiram Bibekar and Andrew Tang - IV Nia Moseley-Roberts - Women’s Open Sara Dehvari and Rob Brown - Schools Debating

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S TA F F & G O V E R N A N C E

TRUSTEES The Rt. Hon. The Lord Smith of Finsbury PC (chair) Dr. Nigel Brown OBE Dr. Nigel Yandell Nick Heath FRICS The Hon. Daniel Janner QC David Branch

Araba Taylor Rachel Green David Robinson The President of the Union, Rachel Tustin The Vice President of the Union, Alycia Leach

THE DIRECTORS OF CAMBRIDGE UNION SOCIETY ENTERPRISES Col. (Ret) William Bailey The President of the Union, Rachel Tustin The Vice President of the Union, Alycia Leach

Dr. Nigel Brown OBE Rachel Green David Robinson

REVIEW COMMITTEE Joshua Blanchard Lewis (ex officio Vice President, 2008-9) (Chair) Joel Fenster (ex officio President, Easter 2013) Alex Forzani (ex officio Vice President, 2012-13) Nick Wright (ex officio Vice President, 2014-15) Sam Longton (ex officio Social Ents Officer, Lent 2019) Page Nyame-Satterthwaite (ex officio President, Michaelmas 2017)

STAFF Col. (Ret.) William Bailey MBE - Bursar Joe Burman - General Manager Louise Gamon - Membership Secretary Katherine Rickett - Events Coordinator

Sabine Edwards - Advertising & Sponsorship Sam Heap - Bar Manager Francesca Revolo - Accountant

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The Cambridge Union would like to thank Astra Zeneca as a Corporate Patron of the Union.

We would also like to thank the following sponsors for this term: TPP Clifford Chance CanO Water Michael Page Revital

PRESIDENT’S THANKS I am lucky enough to be surrounded by an incredibly brilliant group of people –inside and outside the Union - that made the production of this term card possible, and I am endlessly grateful to all of them for their hard work and support.

Alycia – I don’t think either of us expected that we would work so well together, but I’m so incredibly glad that you were appointed to be VP in my term.

Your energy, enthusiasm as well as your constant support and understanding have been a lifeline for me these past few months. Don’t ever forget what a brilliant VP you are. Alex and Achilleas - thank you both for the reinvigorated debates program, you’ve done an amazing job rejuvenating the most important thing the society does, and I’m sure it’ll pay off.

Firstly, my thanks go out to the Michaelmas 2019 team. Every term card that is produced by this place is the product of a group of incredibly dedicated people, and this one is no different. Oliver, Fin, and Sara – your efforts have kept the Union’s social media and membership drive running across the summer, and I’m so thankful for your ability to produce beautiful graphics and spreadsheets at a moment’s notice.

Khadija - thank you for always being 100% on my wavelength, it’s kept me sane. You’re great and I know that even if you don’t continue at the Union you will kill it at Cambridge more generally. Angela - you’ve had an incredibly difficult and ill-defined job, alongside a monster internship, and managed to juggle it all – I’m grateful to you for your ever-present enthusiasm in doing this. Dhruv - thank you for planning a panel that is so personal and interesting - I can’t wait to attend myself! Sahil - when I found out that a complete union outsider was elected as treasurer, I had my apprehensions, but I wasn’t expecting him to be quite so unlucky! Stay safe next term, and try to show your face at the Union once or twice. Max – your dedication to elucidating my life with pop culture updates is as admirable as it is doomed to fail. Your touch has peppered this termcard with speakers that will appeal to our diverse membership and I’m thankful for that.

Given you have survived my constant hounding, I’m sure this term will be a breeze for you comparatively.

Dan - thank you for your dedication to the Union and your consistent willingness to lend a helping hand. I will always admire that about you, and I’m sure your ball will be a brilliant reflection of this hard-working attitude. Luke – thank you for your incredible work over the past few months (and your endurance of my mild psychological breakdowns). You have gone above and beyond what was expected of you as the Executive Officer, and I’m excited to see all the things you’ll accomplish, not just in the Union, but also in your life after university. Don’t forget about me when you’re prime minister.

Secondly, to all the (officers) I’ve (worked with) before.

Page and Jonah – thank you for being so open to providing advice and help. Maria - my first President, you’ve been an inspiration to me and continue to be. Tom - a late addition to my life (and this thanks) but last is certainly not least. Thanks for your wise words and emotional intelligence, and for scooping me off the floor in that toilet at 4am. Please look after yourself, I’m honestly worried for you. Charles - your support has meant the world to me, and I’m so grateful for your kind words and constant messages over the summer. Will - given we started with “who’s Vince Cable?” I reckon our relationship has gone as well as it could from there. All jokes aside - I was not ready to be Executive when I was elected, and you showed me all the ropes - thanks for that. Abdullah - I can’t believe that such a mess is simultaneously someone I admire and have learnt from so much. You’ve been both a son and a role model for me. Emma – a brilliant friend and teacher in all things enthusiasm, vac scheme, and people skills - you’ve taught me so much and I cant wait to see you more this coming year for more #realisingthings. Haneen - your companionship has meant so much to me over the past two years (though you need to get better at responding to texts). You’re an incredible person and I will always admire your lack of fear of saying what’s on your mind. Eileen – I will miss you so much this coming year, but your spirit will live on in my elaborate spreadsheet and document-based planning of events (and of course a Paris trip to see you). Joy – from pestering you about women’s open to you pestering me for a place to stay because you booked your flights early I know our friendship will last, and I’m thankful for your (occasional) kindness and uplifting words.

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PRESIDENT’S THANKS My HSPS Gals – Sophie and Viv - thank you for all the vegan brunch, the photo opps, the long voice notes, the SOC3 supervisions, and the consecutive mental breakdowns, I’m grateful for your presence and your warmth. I can’t wait for next summer with you. PIBGOCs - you will always be my home

Last, but certainly not least, Imran – I can’t express how grateful I am for your quiet support, your answering of my dumb questions, and your calming way of handling everything at once. You guided me through this place - I genuinely could not have done it without you.

and the place/people that made me who I am today. I miss you all but I know that having started with 7am breakfasts and Knole Park picnics and continued to Thailand, Nepal, Portugal, and god knows where next, I made friends for life in GIH. Brendan – we did it!

Thank you for being quite literally the only person as unhinged as I am, it’s been great knowing I can text you at any hour and you’ll be having a crisis about the Union too. I’m sure your termcard will be amazing, and we should both be proud of all we’ve done. Gemsoc you’ve shaped so much of my misandrist views, and I am proud to call such strong women my friends. My presidential goes out to you guys and our bra-burning, man-hating ways. Jali - thank you for – amongst many things – putting up with more Union talk just when you thought you’d left. You’re an incredible human and an even more incredible boyfriend - I can’t wait to see all the things we’ll do together. A special shout out to my campaign team who are in amongst the above you guys put so much into something you ultimately did not need to care about and I will never be able to express to you how thankful I am for your brilliant strategy and for keeping me sane.. My parents - thank you for being so understanding of a very stressed daughter about 99% of the time, I would not be here today without your love, support and kindness.

Thirdly, to all the staff that keeps the building and the society going. Sam – you are a delightful man, and I’m glad I’m always able to walk into the bar to see myself sitting on the throne. Louise – you’ve witnessed some incredibly inept moments from me – thank you for your quiet competence in the face of these moments and in helping me stitch together the numerous messes I’ve made. Katherine – the patience and skill with which you’ve put together the fresher’s guide and term card makes me wonder why on earth we never did this before! It is due to you that this book looks anywhere as beautiful as it does. Sabine – your function sheets and calm but no-nonsense manner are second to none, I owe you for all the support inside and outside your job as corporate comm. Joe – your work for CUS and CUSEL on a day-to-day basis keep this place running (and are not to be forgotten), although your choice of music while doing these tasks is questionable to say the least. Bill - you are a gem, and the union would not be the same without you. Thank you for your patience, your kindness, your humour and - of course - your security expertise. Lastly, the trustees, and Lord Chris Smith in particular, thank you for all the hard work you do to keep this place going.

Lastly, to all those in my life outside the Union. My Peterhouse friends - I owe so much to so many of you. Nae, Phoebe, Talia, Guille, Tris, Matti, Freya, Morgan, Alex amongst many others – thank you for putting up with the ‘union stuff ’ I’m constantly at, the electoral drama, and more broadly, for going through the good and bad times of Cambridge with me. I hope you know how much I appreciate everything you’ve done and continue to do for me.

Lastly, thank you to you – the membership – for making the Union a place that I want to be part of and work for. I sincerely hope you enjoy the coming term.

Rachel Tustin President, Michaelmas 2019

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