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Je Suis Ankara? Oui. But Campaigning Can’t Stop There.

Hashtags and facebook filters won’t stop global terrorism, but there is value in social media solidarity

Gay men aren’t oppressed enough to have LGBT+ representative, says NUS

Apparently they’re not marginalised enough anymore

WHERE’S THE MONEY COMING FROM? Pembroke fellows in pickle over pricey Dearlove portrait

Bryan Organ, the commissioned artist, is well-known for his portrait of Princess Diana.

Labour Club passes motion to stop TORY INFILTRATION

Fears that members of other political organisations were attempting to influence elections and policy positions taken by CULC.

JE SUIS ANKARA: Hennessy launches campaign for Facebook filter “to tackle Western hypocrisy”

No Facebook filters, no weeping BBC reporters for non-European victims – now these Cantabs demand we start caring about terrorist attacks all around the world.

NEED FOR SPEED: Bus driver ‘not in control’ before Cambridgeshire crash

Speed-demon bus driver revealed to have been going 23 mph over the speed limit in February crash which injured five.

Peterhouse votes to go ahead with controversial ‘Miss Peterhouse’ drag pageant

Peterhouse aren’t ‘dragging’ their heels on this one

PUNT WARS: Battle of the barge poles

The next chapter in the Cambridge ‘Punt Wars’ saga has emerged, with human rights and civil liberties now being invoked.

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Jesus College alum throws tantrum after removal of bronze cock

Disgruntled Jesus alumnus disinherits college in order to protest the removal of the Benin bronze.

Around the World bop: Perhaps we should toast Cultural Appropriation

The hysteria around cultural appropriation and the Pembroke Bop theme is a deranged exercise in hiding ill-defined notions behind pseudo-technical jargon.

Cricket Cuppers Draw: Girton and John’s in Group of Death

27 teams will take fight it out in the 2016 competition.

Hawking blasts Brexit as “DISASTER for science”

Hawking teams up with Cambridge royalty including Masters of Trinity, Caius and Churchill to counter Queen’s backing of Brexit

Selwyn grads vote to REJECT women’s hour in gym after claims it would amount to “segregation”

The result comes after a claim of a “specific case of sexual harassment that happened in the gym”.

COST OF LIVING: Most expensive college revealed

We found a stunning £74 difference in the weekly cost of living between the most and least expensive.

Feel the Verne: Pembroke ditch “culturally appropriative” bop theme Around the World in 80 Days

Students divided into two camps over whether the JCR is restricting their freedom of expression or preventing offence towards ethnic minorities

ANALYSIS: Colleges with more women get more firsts

Paper based on Tompkins Table data proposes “reducing the proportion of male students”.