Cherwell’s front page stays true to the colour of its mast-head. Lovely tabloidese about “urinating students… punches thrown… blood on T-shirts… bicycles thrown”. The editorial went one better, expressing Sun-worthy indignation about how the evening “descended into something altogether more sinister”. OxStu had the same story, but oddly played it down, giving plenty of column inches to reasonable-sounding JCR reps and college authorities.
Still, points to Cherwell for national coverage. A quick google throws up the Sun and the Telegraph chasing the tale.
Meanwhile, the Oxstu’s front page was not sensational enough. Over an acronym-packed 3 page spread, much of the interesting quotes came at the end. The top line made it sound too much like a inter-Christian spat.
Rest of the news sections were pretty much on a par – Oxstu finally a bit neater.
Over in features, nice piece on couch-surfing, peer support: yawn. Cherwell take the mature route and include lots of giant phallus pictures (Tee hee hee). And more Israel-Palestine – isn’t there enough of that in news?
Finally, the ever-impartial Guy Levin reviews another play for Oxstu. 4 stars? How kind.
Verdict: Draw
