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Man-Hating Feminism More Than Just A Myth

Octavia Sheepshanks | Posted 05.20.2013 | UK Universities & Education
Read More: Women, Women's Rights, Twitter, Women's Issues, University of Cambridge, Feminist, Man Hating, Male Feminists, Man-Hating, Feminists, Myths, Feminism, Cambridge University, UK Universities & Education News
Octavia Sheepshanks

When some of the most commendable feminists I know are men, this is a pretty confusing statement to be making. If we isolate roughly half of the population from the movement, what can we hope to achieve?

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The Annual Cambridge University Jelly Wrestling Competition Is No More

The Huffington Post | Rebecca Klein | Posted 05.10.2013 | World
Read More: University of Cambridge, Cambridge Jelly Party, Sexist Cambridge University, Cambridge Jelly Wrestling, Cambridge University Jelly Wrestling, Jelly Wrestling, Cambridge University, Sexist Events, World News

The annual female jelly wrestling competition at Cambridge University was canceled Tuesday after an online petition called the event “sexist,” “...

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We're On To You

AP | SYLVIA HUI | Posted 01.22.2013 | Technology
Read More: Center for the Study of Existential Risk, Video, University of Cambridge, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Ap, Center Study Existential Risk, Technology News

LONDON (AP) — Could computers become cleverer than humans and take over the world? Or is that just the stuff of science fiction? Phil...

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Trader Turned Neuroscientist: Winning Feels Like 'You're Dominating The World'

Reuters | Posted 12.10.2012 | Business
Read More: Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, Video, Neuroscience, Winner Effect, Wall Street Competition, Reuters, Wall Street Traders, Rockefeller University, Cambridge University, Neuroscientist Trader, John Coates, Business News

* Former Wall Street trader studies biology of risk-taking * Experiments with spit finds testosterone fuels victories * ...

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First Love

Akbar Ahmed | Posted 12.05.2012 | Religion
Read More: Poetry, Islam, Poetry About Love, Love, Cambridge University, Religion News
Akbar Ahmed

It was love at first sight / --and it was true / with the breathless passion / that the years could not dim / and like a faithful lover / I have returned again and again

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So You Won a Business Case Challenge? Implement It

Neil Parmar | Posted 10.10.2012 | Small Business
Read More: Social Enterprise, m.paani, Chee Lau, Akanksha Hazari, Nyu Abu Dhabi, Neil Parmar, Mit, Harvard University, Hult Global Case Challenge, Hult-International-Business-School, Mumbai, Ahmad Ashkar, Business Case Challenge, Cambridge University, Small Business News
Neil Parmar

Sometimes the hardest part of winning a major business case contest happens after the best idea has been selected, a victor announced and the prize money delivered.

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Cambridge University Students' 'Rear Of The Year' Contest Stirs Up Scandal

Posted 05.24.2012 | College
Read More: The Tab, Rear of the Year, Cambridge, Rear of the Year Contest, Cambridge University, Cambridge Students Contest, College News

It may be one of the most prestigious colleges on the planet but Cambridge University students aren't averse to some low-brow stunts. A student new...

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Cambridge Student In Jail After Examination People Smuggling Fraud

Posted 07.08.2012 | College
Read More: Immigration Fraud, Junhua Yu Cambridge, Junhua Yu, Junhua Yu Exam Fraud, Cambridge University, Cambridge Immigration Fraud, College News

A Cambridge University student has been sentenced to jail after he allegedly participated in examination fraud, which smuggled undocumented immigrants...

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An Ugly Lesson in Repression at Cambridge University

Thomas Glave | Posted 05.26.2012 | College
Read More: Conservative Party UK, Conservative Party, Cambridge University, Education Protest United Kingdom, Conservative Party United Kingdom, Education Reform United Kingdom, Budget Cuts, Budget Cuts UK, Education Protest, Budget Cuts United Kindom, Owen Holland, David Willetts, College News
Thomas Glave

While Willetts's problematic intentions are one matter of critical importance in the U.K. today, the severe punishment of Owen Holland by Cambridge University -- punishment clearly intended to make an example of him by intimidation meant to target, discourage and stifle dissent -- is another entirely.

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Cambridge Students Plan To Protest DSK Appearance By Inviting His Accuser's Lawyer On The Same Day

AP | JILL LAWLESS | Posted 05.09.2012 | College
Read More: Dominique Strauss-Kahn Protest, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Cambridge Protest of DSK, Dominique Strauss-Kahn Cambridge, Cambridge University, Dsk, College News

LONDON — Students opposed to a Cambridge University appearance by Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former IMF chief accused of sexual assault, have i...

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Stephen Hawking Called Frequent Sex Club Visitor

The Huffington Post | David Freeman | Posted 02.29.2012 | Science
Read More: California Sex Club, Swingers Club, Physicist, Video, Stephen Hawking, Astrophysicist, Physics, San Bernadino Sex Club, Cambridge University, Sex Club, Freedom Acres, Science News

Stephen Hawking may be confined to a wheelchair, but that doesn't seem to keep him from making the rounds. The celebrated astrophysicist is a regular ...

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Cambridge Students Outraged That Dominque Strauss-Kahn Speaking On Campus

The Huffington Post | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 02.27.2012 | College
Read More: Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Controversy, Dsk, Women's Campaign, Dominique Strauss-Kahn Sex Scandal, Strauss-Kahn, Ruth Graham, Campus, International Women's Day, Cambridge University, Sexual Assault, College News

College students in Britain have declared they do not want Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former head of the International Monetary Fund, to speak on the...

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This House Believes Fashion is Elitist

The Cambridge Union Society | Posted 04.01.2012 | UK Style
Read More: Style, Vogue, UK Universities and Education, UK Universities, Vogue Magazine, Elitism, Fashion, Clothes, Cambridge University, UK Style News
The Cambridge Union Society

This week, Maria Dimitrova and Holly Stevenson give the student perspective on the motion which some of the greats of the fashion world will debate at...

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This House Believes The Only Limit To Female Success Is Female Ambition

The Cambridge Union Society | Posted 03.26.2012 | UK Universities & Education
Read More: Equality, Women, UK Universities and Education, Cambridge, Cambridge University, Feminism, UK Universities, UK Universities & Education News
The Cambridge Union Society

We've been gently tapping at the glass ceiling for too long. It's time for women to take bold action to achieve a real change. It's time for us to regain our confidence and ambition and ensure that there is no limit to female success.

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Stephen Hawking Too Sick To Attend Birthday

Posted 01.08.2012 | Science
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Stephen Hawking is missing his own birthday party. The famed British physicist, who turned 70 on January 8, was unable to attend a scientific conferen...

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Stephen Hawking: 'Women Are A Complete Mystery To Me'

Reuters | Posted 03.10.2012 | Weird News
Read More: Video, Steven Hawking on Sex, Steven Hawking on Women, University of Cambridge Centre for Theoretical Cosmology, Reuters, Steven Hawking, Steven Hawking Love Life, Biggest Mystery in the Universe, UK Weird News, Cambridge University, Weird News News

LONDON (Reuters) - The biggest mystery in the universe perplexing one of the world's best known scientists is -- women. When New Scient...

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The Global Search for Education: Student Well Being

C. M. Rubin | Posted 01.28.2012 | Home
Read More: Pastoral Well-Being, C. M. Rubin, Pembroke College Cambridge, Cambridge Transkills, Retention Rates, Academic Pressure, UK Modular Exams, Cambridge University, Getting Students to Relax, Drop Out Rate, Global Education, The Global Search for Education, Standardized Tests, Education Reform, Dr. Mark Wormald Senior Tutor, Home News
C. M. Rubin

Given the intense competition to be accepted, is Cambridge, a world-renowned academic institution, seeing an increase in student anxiety and stress?

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Fashionably Late: Style News You Might Have Missed This Week

The Huffington Post | Marielle Bingham | Posted 01.10.2012 | Style
Read More: Chloe Sevigny, Kate Moss, Vogue, Kate Moss Photograph, The Row, Jennifer Garner Pregnant, Lady GaGa, Marilyn Monroe, Commercials, Maternity Style, Lily Cole Protests, Gwen Stefani Target Line, Vandalism, Barneys New York, Harajuku Mini, Magazine Sales, Dolce and Gabbana, Duchess of Cambridge, Marilyn Monroe Beauty Secrets, Donatella Versace, Graffiti on Celine Flagship, Rachel Zoe, Amy Winehouse, Versace for H&M, Snooki, Alber Elbaz, Marykate and Ashley Olsen, Designers, Celine, Gagas Workshop, Kate Middleton, Cambridge University, Auctions, Style News

Welcome to Fashionably Late, where we round up the Style scraps that didn't make it to our news page this week. Click through and catch up on what els...

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Cave Drawings Made By Prehistoric Toddlers

Posted 11.30.2011 | Arts
Read More: Art Discovery, Cave Drawing, History, Art Lessons, Art History, Cave Pictures, Cave Art, Prehistoric Drawing, Finger Flute, Child Art, Cambridge University, Archaeology, UK Arts, Prehistoric Art, Cambridge Archaeology, Arts News

It all started when a Cambridge archaeologist looked at a cave drawing in the French caverns at Rouffignac and thought "my 3 year old could do this." ...

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Researchers: Humans Crowded Out Neanderthals

AP | Posted 09.27.2011 | Green
Read More: Paleoanthropology, Science, Paul Mellars, Britain, Modern Humans, Humans, Ancestors, Scientific Study, Cambridge University, Neanderthals, Jennifer C. French, Video, Green News

WASHINGTON -- Were the Neanderthals simply crowded out by the ancestors of modern humans? That's the theory of a pair of British researchers, who say...

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Outside the U.S., Math Isn't Just for Boys

Iris Mack | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Dr. Angela Merkel, Valerie Strauss, Math Literacy, Tiger Mom, Association of American University Women, Cambridge University, Gender Divide, Math-Gender Stereotypes in Elementary School Children, Phat Math, Imackgroup, Home News
Iris Mack

U.S. girls' lack of interest in mathematics may come from culturally communicated messages about math being more appropriate for boys than for girls.

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WikiLeaks Founder Claims Credit For Boosting Middle East Protests

Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Egypt Protests, Tunisia, Egypt, Cablegate, Julian Assange, Hosni Mubarak, Hillary Clinton, Wikileaks, Cambridge University, World News

CAMBRIDGE, England (Reuters) - Publishing U.S. diplomatic cables helped shape uprisings in North Africa and the Middle East, WikiLeaks co-founder ...

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Oxford, Cambridge Fail To Admit Black Students [UPDATED]

Posted 05.25.2011 | College
Read More: Cambridge University, Oxbridge Whitewash, Oxford Cambridge Diversity, Cambridge Black Students, Oxbridge Diversity, David Lammy, Oxford University, Oxford Black Students, Oxford, Oxbridge Black Students, College News

The U.K.'s two elite universities admit a paltry number of black students to their undergraduate programs, the Guardian reports. Last year, 21 Oxbrid...

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Poison Ivy Leagues: Should America Look Elsewhere for Its Leaders?

Brian Ross | Posted 05.25.2011 | College
Read More: George Bush, Blythe Masters, Ronald Reagan, Politics News, Harry Truman, Facebook, Harvard School, Harvard, Politics, Abraham Lincoln, Mark Zuckerberg, Oxford University, Phillips Andover, Timothy Geithner, Private High Schools, Wharton School, Eton University, Private Elementary Schools, Steve Jobs, Citigroup, Dartmouth College, Ivy League, Horace Mann, University of Miami, Barack Obama, Harvard-Westlake School, Yale, Vikram Pandit, College of William and Mary, Credit Default Swaps, Columbia University, George Washington, Princeton University, Wall Street, University of Pennsylvania, Ivy League Schools, Ben Bernanke, Cambridge University, Phillips Exeter, David Koch, Tea Party, Koch Brothers, Charles Koch, M.I.T., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, College, College News, College News
Brian Ross

What do the disasters of George W. Bush, the Wall Street melt-down, and the poison of the Tea Party all have in common? Politicos and their puppet ma...

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Too Ignorant To Articulate Their Own Ideas

David A. Love | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Civil Liberties, Ronald Reagan, James Baldwin, Arizona, Barack Obama, Civil Rights, Tea Party Movement, Jan Brewer, Rand Paul, Sarah Palin, Jesus, William F. Buckley, Sharron Angle, Arizona Immigration Law, Tea Party, Cambridge University, Politics News
David A. Love

Although one is not supposed to enjoy watching a train wreck in progress, I must say that the Arizona gubernatorial debate between Gov. Jan Brewer a...

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