{"id":49862,"date":"2013-11-12T17:05:00","date_gmt":"2013-11-12T13:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/?p=49862"},"modified":"2013-11-12T17:05:00","modified_gmt":"2013-11-12T13:05:00","slug":"cambridge-university-students-go-from-straight-as-to-rock-bottom-as-they-pose-for-rear-of-the-year-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/en\/?p=49862","title":{"rendered":"Cambridge University students go from straight As to rock bottom as they pose for Rear of the Year competition"},"content":{"rendered":"

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They are the cream of Britain’s academic crop.
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But when it comes to extracurricular activities, these Cambridge University students appear to have hit rock bottom.<\/span><\/p>\n

The ten undergraduates – five female and five male – have taken risque photographs of their behinds in a bid to be crowned ‘Rear of the Year’.<\/span><\/p>\n

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They can be seen posing naked in a range of locations around the institution – including a library, a laundry room and university halls.
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They have submitted the photos – using only their first names – to independent student website The Tab as part of its ‘Rear of the Year’ competition.<\/span><\/p>\n

One girl called Pam, a student of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic, is depicted in what appears to be her room in\u00a0<\/span>Lucy Cavendish College.<\/span><\/p>\n

While Amber, who is reading Geography at Trinity Hall, is pictured with a ‘Keep off the grass’ sign – and not much else – in the university grounds.
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Another entrant called Dave, from Christ’s College, can be seen standing naked in front of one of the institution’s historic doors.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

All of the undergraduates are completely naked from the waist down – with the exception of Gwendoline who is pictured in a pair of pink knickers.<\/span><\/p>\n

An ‘interesting fact’ accompanies each photo on the website – with Amber’s comment claiming she wrote her entire dissertation in the nude.<\/span><\/p>\n

The competition has been split into ‘male’ and ‘female’ individual contests –\u00a0<\/span>with all entrants posing naked ‘voluntarily’<\/span>.<\/span>
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Organisers are encouraging other students at the prestigious academic institution to vote for their favourite rears.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The\u00a0<\/span>winners will gain free entry to the Cambridge Museum of Technology, worth a paltry \u00a32.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

However, not everyone is supportive of the competition, which is being run for the second time despite strong opposition from women’s groups last year.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lauren Steele, Women’s Officer at Cambridge University Students’ Union, has condemned the online poll as ‘irresponsible’.
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In a joint statement with\u00a0<\/span>Anija Dokter, from Cambridge Feminist Society,<\/span>\u00a0she said: ‘This is an example of immature, blind and irresponsible behaviour on the part of The Tab editors.<\/span><\/p>\n

‘I sincerely hope they will take responsibility for the harm caused, not only to the women depicted but also to the broader community, for reinforcing sexism and exclusion.<\/span><\/p>\n

‘The Tab should immediately remove the photos, publish an apology and mandate that all future publications cannot include the misuse and appropriation of women’s and other minorities’ bodies.’<\/span><\/p>\n

However, one female student involved in the stunt – who wishes to remain unnamed – has spoken out in support of the competition.
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‘My bum is in its prime, it’s only downhill from here,’ she said. ‘It was now or never really.”<\/span><\/p>\n

A male contender for the ‘Rear of the Year’ title added: ‘I’ll be very upset if I don’t win.’
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The Tab has declined to comment on the poll, while Cambridge University officials have said they will not be speaking to the website’s editors about the competition.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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