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I've got a question about King's: I've heard several times now that King's students don't wear gowns at formal events. Is that true?

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Reply 41

visesh

Yep. We only wear gowns for graduation. Members of Kings Voices do wear gowns when they sing in the chapel though.

Reply 42

rebel without a cause

Is this a forum for prospective peeps???????
If so can I join???? Pretty please!!!!
I wanna do Classics...latin rules!

Reply 43

vron

hey jigglypuff. hey nooni.

Reply 44

rebel without a cause

Yes! I went to a conference thingy ages ago and he was there....
I thought he looked like Zeus too! But is he really scary? I'm a little scared already......

Reply 45

Jigglypuff

vron

hey jigglypuff. hey nooni.

You're back!

Reply 46

rebel without a cause

I am indeed!!!!!!!!!! But tell me more about Zeus! I want to know!

Reply 47

Jigglypuff

rebel without a cause

I am indeed!!!!!!!!!! But tell me more about Zeus! I want to know!

I see him jogging around King's in shorts occasionally. That's all I know.

Reply 48

Jigglypuff

vron

He admits loads more women than men- the ratio is something stupid like 36:4 women:men. He throws a lot of drunken parties for his students. He swears a lot; my friend was told her greek was 'a load of ****ing ****'. He works his students HARD but they do reaaaallly well. He's also on sabbatical. Robin Osborne makes his own shoes, and the left one doesn't match the right one. Ummm... he also looks like a shrivelled Woody Allen. I think that's my knowledge of Zeus exhausted.

...but they look like bowling shoes which makes him cool in my eyes.

Reply 49

Epicurus

vron

Vron is your username inspired by the porn queen married to Barry Self in Martin Amis' Money: a suicide note? Sorry, for such a random question.

Reply 50

Jigglypuff

Epicurus

Vron is your username inspired by the porn queen married to Barry Self in Martin Amis' Money: a suicide note? Sorry, for such a random question.

I will answer for Vron as she rarely comes on here.

Unfortunately, her username is a shortened version of her real name rather than anything porn-related. :frown:

Reply 51

Epicurus

What a coincidence. Yes it makes me sad too, Jigglypuff... :frown:

Reply 52

**noooni**

vron

hey jigglypuff. hey nooni.

helllooooo :hello:

:whip (I like that smiley)

Reply 53

Robob

**noooni**

:whip (I like that smiley)

Sado

Reply 54

**noooni**

Robob

Sado

Are you actualy e-stalking me now? Everytime i log onto facebook or here i have a reply or a message from you.... :s-smilie:

Reply 55

Robob

**noooni**

Are you actualy e-stalking me now? Everytime i log onto facebook or here i have a reply or a message from you.... :s-smilie:

Yup.... it's err my new hobby :smile:

Reply 56

lalabooboo

I'm at King's in October studying SPS is there a reading list that I can look up on the net? It seems I'm not as resourceful as I once thought...

Reply 57

rebel without a cause

What about a book list for classics??

Reply 58

Jigglypuff

If they want you to read anything they'll send you a list. That's generally how it goes. If you want to read something over the summer anyway, just check out the faculty websites and see if they have any reading list on there.

Reply 59

Wildebeest

I'll just say thank you to the people at King's - I visited Cambridge today and thought the college and people seemed lovely (even though I made an appearance in the middle of the exam period). Met a nice philosopher who showed me the dining hall and even gave me advice on applying to Warwick. Cambridge really is an incredible place. :smile: