‘Outrage over the naked KY Jelly wrestling at Kukui’ was the most popular story on Cherwell online in the past academic year. The article received 18169 hits.
A close second spot was taken by Cherwell’s scoop on the Oxford Union’s termcard sham, with 16966 people viewing the story.
However, one thing is undeniable – sex and racism scandals sell. Cherwell’s sex survey, an article on the naked charity calendar and the recent OUCA hustings controversy all resulted in numerous hits on the site.
10 most popular stories on Cherwell.org in 2008 – 2009 academic year:
1. Outrage over naked KY jelly wrestling at Kukui by Laura Criddle – 18169 hits
2. Oxford Union shamed by termcard sham by Fayyaz Muneer – 16966 hits
3. Castro, Che and Obama by Fred Spring – 13573 hits
4. Exposed: Oxford sex laid bare by Marta Szczerba – 6794 hits
5. Students injured in Turl Street brawl by Theo Merz – 6385 hits
6. Members suspended after OUCA’s racist hustings by Cherwell News Team – 4879 hits
7. LMH student dies by Cherwell News Team – 3975 hits
8. Students strip off for charity calendar by Lara Adamson – 3472 hits
9. University to investigate uni rugby ‘Jew party’ by Liz Bennett and Gretta Mullany – 3224 hits
10. Students barricade Bodleian by Theo Merz – 2932 hits
