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Fit Freshers: Tit Hall v Downing
Downing and Tit Hall go head to head this week in the battle to see who has the fittest freshers.
Get Your Tatts Out, Boys!
The Tab spoke to four Cambridge boys with tattoos to see whether getting inked up affected their lives.
Fit Freshers: Robinson v Fitzwilliam
Fit freshers continues, and this week Robinson square off against Fitz.
Cambridge Companion To: Doxbridge
What is Doxbridge? The annual four day inter collegiate sports competition, of course. Book now for booze and ball sports in Dublin.
Cambridge Urban Dictionary
Cambridge is a weird place, so we’ve come up with some new words to help you describe the madness that is C-town.
Fit Freshers: Homerton v Girton
Fit College is back, but this term we’re scouting for fresher fitties. This week it’s the battle of the far-out colleges: Homerton and Girton.
Cambridge Sport Has A New Home
Want to see how your college is getting on? Wondering which Blues are on the up and which are struggling? Check out our NEW Sport page, the home of Cambridge sport.
‘I Love College’: The Drinking Game
Get a plentiful supply of your chosen tipple, spread a tarpaulin across your chosen drinking arena, and let KATIE MAIR teach you how to play the I Love College drinking game.
BRAND NEW DEBATE PAGE!
Think Brian Blessed should be Chancellor? Free schools are a great idea? Unpaid internships are a waste of time? Join the debate on our brand new page.
Portsmouth Porno Pandemonium
Unedited snaps for Portsmouth Uni’s charity nude calendar made it to porn sites causing outrage and doubt.
Cambridge Companion to: Varsity Ski Trip
Want to make sure you know your way around next week? Get started by getting to grips with The Varsity Trip – the Oxford and Cambridge ski trip and shag fest.
Students Say “No Confidence”
Despite academics being in a tizz over whether to support David Willetts, 76% of you have said you have no confidence in the Universities Minister.
Best Dressed: King’s Affair
The Tab were at King’s Affair to snap the Best Dressed. The standard was high.
Best Dressed: Queens’
KATIE MAIR was outside Queens’ checking out what this year’s guests were wearing.
Jesus May Ball
KATIE MAIR’S well-lubricated (not just by the rain) ride on the Orient Express is one worth remembering.
May Ball Blog 2011
Yelle will headline Emma May Ball, with support from Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs.
Fit Blue: Lax v Fencing
The first of a few slightly different editions: Girls get their kit on to fight for your vote.
Virtual Punt Tour
Punting, without the price-tag: KATIE MAIR leads you down The Backs on a virtual tour of Cambridge’s historic waterway.
Caption Competition
The Tab do their best to keep you distracted and ensure our site looks busy while we do our exams. Win win.
Keep Revising
Former Varsity Editor and long time friend of The Tab Lara Prendergast shows off the latter of her two self-confessed strong suits: ‘Sex and revision-related chat’.
Varsity Football – The Video
Watch last week’s Varsity Match in full online, for the first time ever.
Tab Tries: The Royal Wedding Drinking Game
Once again, The Tab got drunk in the name of journalism. This time we had flags, Pimms, Tuxedos and Hats.
Fit College: Hughes Hall v St. Edmund’s
The mature colleges show off their talent in a bid to win your votes…
May Week: Tickets Left
Missed out in the frenzy to snap up tickets last term? Here the Presidents of May Week events with tickets still on sale tell you why theirs is the one you should attend.
The Tab’s Easter Egg Hunt 2011
Follow The Tab’s cryptic clues around Cambridge to win a giant luxury Easter Egg. Now we feed your bodies as well as your minds.
Fit College: Onesies
The Tab asked for Fit College photos. The models turned up in onesies. You decide…
Limericks: The Winners
St. Patrick’s day has come and gone and we’ve got the winning Limericks to last you through the next 364 days.
The Tab’s St. Patrick’s Day Limerick Competition
Thursday is St. Patrick’s day and that means celebrating all things Irish. One of those is limericks, the duttier the better…
Blue Boat Crew Announced
Light Blue coach Steve Trapmore has picked four returning Blues in an international looking boat.
Fit College: Caius v Catz
Fit college is back. After Queens’ smashed King’s, this week’s edition is all about alliteration…
Get Your Tatts Out
What makes people get tattoos? Are they more socially acceptable nowadays? We spoke to four inked up students and gathered their thoughts.
Juan’s World: Birthday Special
For Juan’s 21st birthday last week, he invited over 600 people to a three day bonanza. Welcome, once again, to Juan’s World. Video included.
Ladies Lax Snatch Light Blue Varsity Victories
It was an impressive double win for the Blues and Kingfishers in an exhaustingly dramatic encounter with the Other place in the bog of Parker’s Piece on Saturday.
Toilet Confessions: Ladies’ Night
Ever wondered what girls talk about in the toilet? KATIE MAIR camped out in a Cindies cubicle to find out…