Clareification
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| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Owner(s) | Union of Clare Students |
| Editor | Meryn Banks |
Clareification is the student newsletter of Clare College, a college of the University of Cambridge. It is produced termly[citation needed] by editor(s) elected each year by the student body.
In 2005, it won the 'Best College Paper' award in The Cambridge Student.
Controversy
[edit]In 2007, in a guest-edited edition devoted to religious satire, entitled Crucification, the magazine re-printed one of the Danish Muhammad cartoons which provoked an international incident when they were originally published 15 months earlier.
The guest editor was taken into hiding due to the threat of violent reprisals.[1] The college's former senior tutor, Patricia Fara, issued a statement saying, "The college finds the publication and the views expressed abhorrent." The college called a Court of Discipline to judge the student and suspended the newsletter's funding. The Cambridge Evening News described the issue as "racist",[2] in an article in which an "insider" suggested that the magazine might constitute "racial incitement". Two students were subsequently interviewed under caution by police in connection with the issue.[3]
Following the incident, the Union of Clare Students Executive independently published two further issues, predominantly devoted to satirising the coverage of the controversy. A new editor was elected the following academic year.
Editors
[edit]Past editors of Clareification have been:
- 1997-8 Bruce Greenwood
- 1998-9 Peter Morley
- 1999–2000 Tim Moore
- 2000-1 Matt Kirshen
- 2001-2 James Bench-Capon
- 2002-3 Jozef Tarrant
- 2003-4 Zoë Morgan
- 2004-5 Seth Alexander Thévoz
- 2005-6 Ben Lambert
- 2006-7 Jonathan Birch
- 2007-8 Luke Surl
- 2008-9 Matt Cliffe
- 2009-10 Andrew Pinnington
- 2010-11 Ahir Shah and Alastair Lewis
- 2011-12 Tom Breeze and Magnus Maharg
- 2012-13 Alex Walmsley and Joe Goddard
- 2013-14 Matt Hempstead
- 2014-15 Euan Holmes, Morven Macaulay and Lizzie Walsh
- 2015-16 Brad Lindsay, Matt Wood and Elliot Pulver
- 2016-17 Kate Chapman, Ellie Jackson and Tommy Gale
- 2017-18 Sam Stewart and Jake Cornwall Scoones
- 2018-19 Alex Wardle-Solano
- 2019-20 Jonah Zur and James Rodgers
- 2020-21 Samuel Pumfrey-Sheppard and Adam Oussena
- 2021-22 Lily Isaacs, Constanza Meade and Matilda Sidel
- 2022-23 Nia Lowri Morris, Ella O'Loughlin and Molly Wilson
- 2023-24 Dylan Sudworth
- 2024-25 Meryn Banks and Sally Edser
References
[edit]External links
[edit]A summary of the controversial issue and the ensuing controversy on Harrys Place[permanent dead link] blog.
The offending pages on Pub Philosopher blog.
Critical analysis of the controversy in The Berry, Spiked Online, New Statesman, The Observer and Guardian Unlimited.
Home page [4][permanent dead link]