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Join The Tab Team for Michaelmas!
Applications for next term’s team are open! Do you want to get involved in the UK’s most read student newspaper?
Fit College: Homerton v Magdalene
Wow! Fit College is back with sexy students from Homerton and Magdalene. Who’s hot? Who’s not? It’s up to you.
Fit College: Sidney vs Tit Hall
Phwoar! Fit College this week features two sexy pairs of students from Sidney and Tit Hall! Vote for your favourite.
Exclusive Interview: Man Vs Booze
We catch up with the booze superhero of YouTube in his final and only interview.
Chill TV
Can’t sleep for all that Pussy energy coursing through your veins? Take some time to unwind with these TV classics…
UPDATE: Bomb Scares At Girton And Churchill
Two more bombs scares today leave students frustrated and concerned.
Tab Tries: Energy Drinks
Who needs sleep when you’ve got Pussy? The Tab offers an essential exam-term guide to energy drinks.
Fit College: Caius v Pembroke
FIT COLLEGE is back! Who’s hot and who’s not? Rate and slate these sexy students from CAIUS and PEMBROKE.
Essential Exam Term Excess
The library isn’t your prison…yet. Get out and enjoy these events before exam stress takes over.
Fit Councillor
In the run up to the local elections, three student politicos fight for a bigger prize: FIT COUNCILLOR.
Huge TV Competition – The Final
See the best entries for our 21 Jump St competition here – and help us pick the winner!
The Perfect May Ball Lineup
The Tab’s music contributors take you through their perfect May Ball acts.
Fit CUSU President
Manifestos? Hustings? At the end of the day, it’s all in the face. CUSU presidential hopefuls take on the ultimate challenge.
40 Days and 40 Nights: What Did YOU Give Up For Lent?
We’re one week into Lent, and some very worthy abstainers tell us how they’re faring…
Cambridge Characters: The Bin-man Busker
Usually only visible from the elbow outwards, the Bin-Man Busker has always been an enigma. KATIE MAIR steps inside the bin to enlighten us…
Fit College: Clare v King’s
Next door neighbours get it on in public. Will King’s take the crown? Is the winner Clare as day? YOU DECIDE.
Tab Tries: Made To Measure Condoms
Trouble squeezing your (not so) little soldier into a condom? The boys get jolly with their johnnies…
Fit College: Newnham v Murray Edwards
Four-on-four in the snow this week as the Newnham ladies take on arch-rivals Murray Edwards.
Video: Skiing on the Seeley
WATCH CUSSC jump, grind and bail their way down the History Faculty Library in the snow!
RAG Blind Date: The Dos and Don’ts
We explain how to get your RAG date to touch you on the rump, and much more…
Fit College: Churchill v Jesus
This week Churchill face up to Jesus in the ultimate challenge. It can only be FIT COLLEGE.
Malaney Chosen As New Blues Captain
Fresh from a defeat to Durham, CURUFC have announced a new captain for the year ahead.
Cambridge Characters: Johnny the Punter
Let us introduce you to the world of Cambridge’s beloved stereotypes. First up, meet Johnny the Punter.
Christmas-thighs, mistle-boobs and pies: time to shape up!
Ashamed to show your fat arse when dropping the soap in the showers? KATIE MAIR show you how to shape up around Cambridge.
Fit College: Homerton v Sidney Sussex
Fit College returns! This time Homerton takes on Sidney Sussex.
Write For The Tab!
We’re always looking for new contributors – find out here how to get involved with Cambridge’s most-read student publication.
The Tab’s T-Shirt Design Competition
We’re on the lookout for the next stash-master to come up. Submit your best Cambridge-themed design to win a fabulous prize, and the glory of seeing your design in print.
Fit Varsity: Cambridge v Oxford
Varsity Ski Trip and Rugby may be over, but there’s still one competition that needs settling: Fit Varsity. We went out on the slopes to settle the dispute.
Varsity Ski Trip: Updates From The Alps
SATURDAY: In our final update we fill you in on what happened in the final few days.
All I Want For Christmas Is Pubes: Part 1
Movember is over, and KATIE MAIR wants a new hairy challenge. So, pull down your knickers, and start styling those pubes.
Fit Blue: Football v Rugby
In a special edition, this week it’s a competition between the fittest Blues with Football v Rugby. Who is better? You decide.
Blog: Lady Mitchell Hall Occupation
The occupation keeps going, but lectures have started to be moved as a result. A big few days await.
Fit Freshers: Emmanuel v Pembroke
It’s back! Emma take on Pembroke in the battle of the hotties this week.
Exclusive: Basement Jaxx Headline Varsity
Basement Jaxx will headline this year’s Varsity Ski Trip, and will be joined by DJ Fresh, Tim Westwood and Ms. Dynamite.
Girton To Give Cash For Flair
Girton are offering wads of cash in a new competition for anyone who fancies themselves as the next big name in Cambridge.
Fit Freshers: Queens’ v Magdalene
After Downing smashed Tit Hall last week, Queens’ take on Magdalene.