protests

BLOCKAGE ON THE CAM: Man trying to save swans causes Boat Race chaos

He just wanted the rowers to stop swanning around

Union announces Israeli and Palestinian Ambassadors to speak this term

Last time, there were protests

University staff strike during Open Day

Members of the Cambridge division of UCU went on strike last Thursday in protest of increasing staff workloads and the gender pay gap at the university.

Animal extremists threaten Cambridge

Threats made against students and the University’s Archaeology Department

Stop whinging and be grateful

Cärlchen Jupp isn’t enamoured with the standard entitlement culture that pervades Cambridge.

CUSU, no one wants you!

Apathy towards student politics has reached an all-time high in Cambridge, as most of the positions in this year’s CUSU elections aren’t even contested.

Alleged DSK Vandals Off The Hook

Two protesters accused of vandalising The Union walked free after the court found “insufficient evidence”.

UPDATE: 30 Month Suspension For Willetts Protester

UPDATE: CUSU and CDE are planning a demonstration in central Cambridge today to protest the University’s sentence.

Gilmour’s Coming Home

Girton have announced they’re taking Charlie back after his spell in the slammer.

Provost Pins King’s Slip on Protests

The Provost of King’s College has blamed a drop in grades last year on students attending protests against Government fee hikes.

The Publicity of Protests

Want your cause to get heard by the media? It seems that violence is the way to go.

Gilmour Gutted As Appeal Rejected

Infamous Cantab Charlie Gilmour must serve the rest of his prison sentence after a judge ruled against his appeal yesterday.

Szarek Out-Foxed at Dale Farm

Ex-CUSU Sabb and Cambridge radical Natalie Szarek has been revealed as one of the leaders of anti-eviction protests at the travellers camp in Dale Farm.

UPDATE: What A Pickle!

As the comments continue to come in thick and fast after the drama with Eric Pickles at the Union, The Tab gets two different views of the situation

A March With Meaning

TOM MOULE argues against a press spin of peaceful protests against the cuts in London this weekend.

Interview: British Sea Power

‘We sound like imperialist cunts’. STEPHEN YANG talks to self-deprecating, foliage-loving band BRITISH SEA POWER, about not going to protests and performing old Beatles’ songs to die-hard Chinese fans

Best Comments: Week Eight

Sherlock Holmes and Moriarty battle in this week’s best comments

Interview: Stewart Lee

“I thought we were heading into a bland dystopia but in the last few weeks I’ve thought ‘maybe – maybe something interesting’s going to happen’.” TOBY PARKER-REES talks to STEWART LEE, alternative comedian to most and a ‘shit-haired cunt’ to some.

Where’s Willetts?

Uni Minister David Willetts played a game of cat-and-mouse with protesters last night, as he tried to avoid them interrupting his talk in Cambridge.

Kings Of Banter

King’s students have set up the King’s College Lads’ Union to offer a more banterous alternative to KCSU.