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Topped Tompkins? Good for you – but praising it ignores the inherent issues in Cambridge
College disparity and ‘undue pressure’ are overlooked
An “Open Letter” to CUSU: Educate students about their options during the strikes
Your feeble open letter is not enough
Revealed: Homophobia is rife in Cambridge clubs
LGBT+ women have reported being targeted by bouncers
News Column: Pennying Police, Flimsy Finances and Catz and dogs
Read it to make sure you’re not in it
Cambridge academics stand in solidarity with Lola Olufemi
This comes after the press misreported and demonised Olufemi over the decolonisation debate
Vicious media attack on Lola Olufemi provokes University response
Lola Olufemi was featured on the front page of The Telegraph today, which incorrectly portrayed the ongoing debate about decolonising the curriculum
Vicious media attack on Lola Olufemi provokes University response
Lola Olufemi was featured on the front page of The Telegraph today, which incorrectly portrayed the ongoing debate about decolonising the curriculum
Zero Carbon Society accuses University of being ‘undemocratic’ after Sidgwick drama
They said the University is being ‘undemocratic’ and of ‘stifling debate’, allegations that the University stringently denies
David Lammy’s condemnation of Oxbridge ignores systematic Russell Group inequality
Lammy is right: Oxbridge is failing underpriviledged students. But admissions statistics shows that it goes beyond Oxbridge.
Caius May Ball CHAOS as event postponed for a YEAR
The President can’t be in Cambridge this year so it has been postponed
The ultimate Cambridge café guide
“Giveth the people their avocado toast with chilli flakes”, as the Lord so famously proclaimed
Lawyer investigating Regeni case is missing
Cambridge grad student Giulio Regeni was murdered last year. Now the lawyer investigating his case is missing.
Cambridge under fire for accepting money from dictatorships
They accepted a total of £14.8 million recently
Revealed: Secret recording shows CUCA members scoffing at burning money in front of homeless
One member interrupted a speech with ‘It should have been a £50 note’, followed by raucous laughter
Revealed: Secret recording shows CUCA members scoffing at burning money in front of homeless
One member interrupted a speech with ‘It should have been a £50 note’, followed by raucous laughter
Cambridge footballers punished by Jesus College for chanting about rape and sexual assault
Individuals shouted chants inciting rape to the infamous Chicago tune
Cambridge footballers punished by Jesus College for chanting about rape and sexual assault
Individuals shouted chants inciting rape to the infamous Chicago tune
News Column: Naughty NatScis, moaning Medwards and pedantic Pembroke
Read it to make sure it isn’t about you
News Column: Cambridge conspiracies and Sidney knifed in the back
Read it to be sure it isn’t about you
News Column: Fire-fighting fears, battling bees and library loos
Read it to make sure it isn’t about you
College-mandated ‘quiet periods’ are damaging student welfare
They’re patronising at best, detrimental to mental health at worst
News Column: Girton gets a pounding and Jesus turns water into wine
Read it to be sure it isn’t about you
The Easter Vac News Column
Catching you up on all the gossip you missed whilst trying to recover from last term.
Boat Race under threat by suspected WW2 BOMB
A passer-by spotted the unexploded device in the Thames
Former Union VP RESIGNS trusteeship over development project collapse
He argued that the Union was becoming “a declining and feeble excuse for a charity.”
Elections Committee accused of ‘dog whistle racism’ and playing to ‘racial stereotypes’ by candidate
Josh Jackson said this after a disciplinary meeting for an “unacceptably aggressive” campaign
Elections Committee accused of ‘dog whistle racism’ and playing to ‘racial stereotypes’ by candidate
Josh Jackson said this after a disciplinary meeting for an “unacceptably aggressive” campaign
FOUL PLAY: CUSU Sabb breaks their own election rules in salty Facebook post
Sophie Buck was asked to remove the post by the elections committee.
Cambridge accepted over £6 million from wanted businessman
“Cambridge should be thinking long and hard about whether it should have accepted this money.”
CUSU will remain affiliated to the NUS (for now)
Affilation will be discussed again before the budget for 2017-18 is released
Warning issued to Girton students after attempted mugging
Two Girton students were approached on their way back from the Co-Op
FLY labels treatment of Princess Nokia “an embarrassment”
This comes after the singer threw a drink and hit somebody during her set
Window SMASHED by rock during lecture at Downing Site
A rock wrapped in duct tape was thrown through a window