22:10 An amusing review of Newnham 2 by Sam Johnston:
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One of our readers has noticed the following oddity: "In 2013–2014, Mr Tickle Benn had O 1 as a 2nd year room, awarded as a prize room. They commented on the room as follows: "I have violated this room. I also like to wee in the sink and all my friends do too." What's up with Sneaky Usmar and Mr Tickle?" I'm sure many people recently wrote a review of their room, well there are some people who take this to an extreme and further. Here are the top 5 longest reviews of rooms in college:
5. Freddie Wright reviewing D8 (2013-14) 768 words Everyone's favourite treasurer discusses the merits of being on the same staircase as James Buxton "Gimme gimme gimme some peace after midnight!" Apparently the storage is ok "for anyone without a large board games collection." 4. Abi Green reviewing D6 (2011-12) 791 words D6 seems to have three for the price of one and even "a small locked filing cabinet (!!!) just in case you ever have a burning desire to lock away your jaffa cakes or something." 3. Tom Duggins reviewing F3 (2011-12) 913 words Tom, as an English student, has a particularly eloquent writing style and it's definitely worth a perusal. He describes problems with noise and a particular solution "Sometimes I like to lean out the window and chant at the bleary eyed merrymakers in an exciting role reversal." Also intriguing is his Saturday morning ritual for the poor Medics waiting for their supervisions "If, again, like me, you like to reserve Saturday mornings for especially ambitious renditions of Marvin Gaye's 'Sexual Healing' then just be aware that there is probably a whole host of bemused listeners on the other side of your acoustically-porous door." 2. Ross Johnstone reviewing M1 (2009-10) 993 words Ross goes into detail about the room, including a comprehensive list of "Issues". His highlights include "Explaining 14th century plumbing to an American couple whilst in a dressing gown. Finding Italian school kids stealing my food. Being on French TV (with Christopher Andrew) etc etc" 1. Fergal McGuinness reviewing P5 (2008-09) 1211 words Fergal takes you on a journey and you'll come out feeling like you've entered another world. I'll just give you a taster "Does the hatch lead outside to where pigeons coo in the mornings before you watch them from your desk as they alight on the windowsills of the six windows, to clear the sinuses of Saleem P5? Is it but a comforting laundry basket hideaway? Does a hatch, mythical or tangible, liberating or captivating, allow a current resident to abdicate responsibility?" You see what I mean? 16:30
When making a spreadsheet of which rooms I'd like to live in next year I quickly realised that it was necessary to make a similar list of rooms that I would like to avoid as far as possible. Though H2 features on that list, here are some others worth a mention: D7b - bad enough that Paul Gordon will make you a cup of tea in commiseration, but is it really that bad? Anna Hollingsworth who is "the person who-chose-D7b-OMG-why-would-you-do-that" points out that "D7b is a wonderful property in a top location (technically between James Buxton and God, I guess)." There has been no higher praise. Literally. 6TS 12 - has the title of the room with the fewest number of points, though it seems the room ballot system need updating (surprise surprise) because the room now has a sink. So maybe 6TS 12 would have more points than: Benet 28 - currently occupied by Will Taylor who was at the bottom of the 2nd year ballot (poor guy). He states "If you're the unfortunate soul at the bottom of the ballot, all I can suggest is start working for a prize room..." The (out of reach) rotting fish is a key bonus, clearly. Botolph 10 - though the room has more points than most of the rooms on this list I thought it would be worth a mention since "Botolph 10 is a cave designed for hobbits." as Nikolai Bode thought. There are few positive reviews and many more negative eg "I almost cried when I found out this was my room... You probably will as well." from Mee. R4 - despite being one of the worst rooms points-wise this room has garnered some good reveiws: "a great little room!" with features like "more storage space than is accessible - literally" and "a multitude of electrical sockets". The furniture includes "1 dissident coffee table which flat out refuses to be useful in any occasion or to fit appropriately anywhere in the room - the room's much needed protagonist." Unfortunately this room has already been taken in the ballot today. I'm sure it was the coffee table that sold it. So here are some rooms I'd (personally) rather not get... But let us know which ones we're missing! 14:41
Over the years, this room, situated on the ground floor of New Court, facing Trumpington Street, has received mixed reviews. In 2012, Mike Aizlewood commented: "H2 is not a good room: some say it is the worst in college and they're probably not far wrong!" Noise, a tiny desk and being used as a rubbish bin for passers-by have been the main complaints. However, in 2013, Ed Gent seemed to see the room in a different light. He said, "I feel I need to come to the defence of this much maligned room, which is really a pretty good room but which has some unfortunate features." So who are we to believe? Let us know! See the room page here! |
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