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Spring revival p. 24 ADHD and Me p. 10 Reasons for hope this Earth Day p. 17 Behind the lens No. 890 Easter Term 2021 Special Edition with White Lies varsity.co.uk Music 20 Cambridge’s Independent Student Newspaper since 1947 Report nds Jesus Local College invests elections minimum £5.15m 2021: in ‘worst-o ending Cambridge global exploiters’ prepares for due in part to what they consider Schro- the polls Ewan Hawkins ders’ “abysmal” voting record on climate Investigations Editor and social resolutions. Cameron White & Amy Howell Clare Walsh & Caitlin Farrel e report also recommends that in Senior News Editors News Correspondents future the College’s investments focus on Cambridge residents are preparing A new report by members of the Jesus sustainability and stable returns, transi- to vote in several local elections next College Climate Justice Campaign (JC- tioning away from public equity invest- month, ater the UK government post- CJC), has revealed that a minimum total ments towards “Gold Standard Green poned the local elections last year due of £5.15 million is invested by the College Bonds”, bonds which are accredited for to the coronavirus pandemic. per year into “absolute worst-o ending their commitment to reducing emissions With elections taking place in 143 global exploiters and polluters”. As of by the Gold Standard Foundation. councils across England and approxi- October 2019, Jesus indirectly invested Jesus College holds investments in mately 28 million people voting for £807,705.77 into fossil fuel companies, companies which themselves fund fos- around 4,650 positions of power across including major investments to fossil sil fuel companies, including Barclays the country, Varsity takes a closer look fuel giants such as Shell and BP. and HSBC. e College invests over £1 at the candidates for Cambridge City According to the report, released million in the nancial services com- Council, Cambridgeshire County Coun- on Wednesday (21/04), Jesus invests a pany Allianz, which the report estimates cil, Cambridgeshire Police and Crime further £4 million into a range of other equates to a £53,000 investment in the Commissioner, and the Cambridgeshire companies engaged “in ecologically and fossil fuel industry. and Peterborough Combined Authority socially destructive practices”. In the report and their press release, Mayoral Election. e report, compiled ater a four- the campaign asserts that divestment, City Council month investigation by JCCJC, details while a good rst step, ultimately does e elections for Cambridge City Coun- the College’s investments and their eco- not go far enough to make investments cil will take place across all 14 of the logical impacts, before making three rec- more ethical. ey urge colleges that city’s wards, with all 42 council seats ommendations. As a minimum, the cam- have announced divestment to ad- up for election due to changes in ward paign calls on the College to broaden the dress all indirect investment and take a boundaries. scope of their divestment decisions to in- broader de nition of environmentally Each ward is represented by three clude divestment from all major drivers and socially harmful practices which councillors. e candidate earning the of climate change, as well as companies should not be funded. most votes serves a three-year term, with histories of worker violations and If Jesus College takes up the recom- the candidate with the second-highest human rights abuses. mendations made by the report, it will be number of votes serves a two-year term, e College’s investments and assets the rst college to extend its divestment and the candidate with the third-highest are currently managed by Cazenove Cap- program to cover removing investment number serves for a year. e terms of ital, which comes under the umbrella of from all forms of environmental damage o ce have been reduced by a year due asset management company Schroders. and pollution. e report thus o ers a to the postponement of these elections e campaign’s second demand is that ▲ e report, authored by members of the Jesus College Climate Justice Cam- Jesus College leave this asset manager, Full story on page 2 ▶ paign, examines Jesus College’s indirect investments (LUCAS MADDALENA) Full story on page 4 ▶ Inside ● Creating in a crisis Pg. 18 ● Cocktails, Mocktails and more Pg. 22 ● How to become a film snob Pg. 27 ● 2 Easter Term 2021 Special Edition News EDITORIAL Murray Edwards receives Enjoying the everyday £2m donation in honour of In a year of so many divestment victories, it is easy to perceive divestment as the end goal of cli- Auschwitz Survivor mate activism. However, a report by members of Jesus College Climate Justice Campaign this week “big impression” on her son, Lord John teaching and learning. his gift will en- (pg. 1) underscored the importance of widening Louis Hodgson Browne. able us to change all that.” our activism to include issues of social inequality News Correspondent Browne commented: “My mother was Stocking further stated that the gift and racial justice. By solely targeting the fossil fuel Murray Edwards College has announced an uncommon woman who cared enor- ❝ will allow the College to “educate more industry, divestment misses the full complexity that it has received a £2 million donation mously about granting women equal outstanding young women, particularly of the climate catastrophe. Universities, colleges from the John Browne Charitable Trust access to opportunity – because it was My mother those from backgrounds that have been and other institutions should not merely be rubber - the largest donation that the College something that was denied to her.” was an traditionally underrepresented at Cam- stamped following divestment; rather, we should has received since 2008. He added that his mother “would have bridge.” demand a more thorough and proactive approach. he College will use the donation to been so pleased to be associated in this uncommon he trust’s donation preserves its We should use our collective voice (pg. 15), building obtain a new building, which will pro- way with Murray Edwards [...] It is a spe- woman long-standing relationship with Murray upon the work of current youth activists (pg. 17), vide student accommodation, as well cial college, part of an extraordinary Uni- who cared Edwards, to which it has donated over to call for radical and structural reform. as teaching and conference spaces. he versity, to which I owe a great deal.” £200,000 since 2005 to fund the Paula It is easy to feel overwhelmed by the magnitude building will be named the Paula Browne It said it will use the new building to enormously Browne Scholarships. he scholarships of these issues, and as we make our way through House, honouring the mother of Lord help further support their students, with about are awarded annually, typically to stu- this term, remember not to stretch yourself too John Browne, who founded the trust a particular focus on helping those from dents from Eastern European countries thin. Be kind to yourself. For many of us, this will over twenty years ago. Paula Browne was disadvantaged backgrounds. granting who demonstrate “exceptional potential” be our first “serious” exam season. It can feel dif- a Hungarian Auschwitz survivor, who Dame Barbara Stocking, President of women but require inancial support. ficult to manage the stress that exams bring, but moved to Cambridge with her family in Murray Edwards College, said: “On be- equal he John Browne Charitable Trust we hope that, in reading this edition, you will be 1955. During the Hungarian Revolution half of the College, I would like to ofer states on their website that “universities reminded that life exists - even thrives - outside of 1956, she joined a network of people our sincerest thanks to the John Browne access to and other higher education institutions of studies and exams. Whether it’s walking down in the UK who provided refuge to those Charitable Trust for their extremely gen- opportunity are one of the most powerful tools at our King’s Parade in your brand new flares (pg. 24), or leeing Hungary. erous donation. disposal to enable social mobility.” making cocktails (pg. 22), take time to appreciate In a recent press release, the College “Murray Edwards is currently limited ❞ he trust was founded 20 years ago, all that Cambridge has to offer (see our cultural described Paula Browne as an “excep- in the accommodation it can provide to help fund causes associated with Lord preview on pg. 30 for more!) tional woman” whose actions left a students, and the spaces it can ofer for Browne’s life as an “engineer, business- There will always be work to do, so why don’t man, patron of the arts, and son of a you make the most of the Easter term whilst it’s Holocaust survivor.” here? Lounge in the sunshine, spend time with Since it was established, it has distrib- friends - oh, and kick back to read the latest copy uted over £2 million in ive key areas: the of Varsity. natural environment, engineering, higher We feel honoured to have shared your stories, education, visual and performing arts, opinions and insights - it’s been a privilege. and human rights. Thank you for being a part of this with us. Speaking to the Jewish Chronicle in 2013, Lord Browne said his mother “didn’t Georgie and Gaby xx approve of looking backwards”. Friday 23rd April 2021 “Until about a year before she died, she really didn’t talk about it. I think that was pretty well in common with many editors Gaby Vides & Georgina Buckle [email protected] deputy editors Meike Leonard & Elizabeth Haigh [email protected] survivors. he future was the point.