Aldate

Neck and Neck again

Too close to call

3-0 to the red top

OxStu pulls its socks up, but Cherwell just edges it

Don't nominate yourself. Please, it won't even look good on your CV.

It's the grand relaunch of Oxide today, only I can't listen

Round 1, and Cherwell lands some heavy punches

Did you miss me?

Aldate is wondering when "nougth" week ends... Can any OxStu types shed any light?

Welcome back, journo-hacks

Don't look now Isis-types

Sunday Times editor John Witherow will be speaking to the Media Society tonight at the Oxford Union, 7pm.   Try not to beg for work experience. It's so undignified.            

4pm Iffley Sports Centre, for anybody that wants to see journos outside their office habitat.   Team line-ups are a closely guarded secret, but Aldate can exclusively reveal that Cherwell's 11 players will have up to 15 surnames, of which three are hyphenated.

Aldate isn't sure whether "He's back!!!!!1111one" is the best way to open a headline.  Sure, it adds cheeky tabloid indignation to the whole affair.  But to others it could easily be substituted with "90% of this copy will be rehashed arms dealer story".  Still, Aldate is sure the donations thing is of interest to those with a conscience.  Must be an OUSU thing. A bit like running a pirate radio station for two years.  PR tip: if you're doing something dodgy, don't use it as an argument on a blog primarily read by journos.  Many DJs will be glad to hear that the journo in question is going into exile next year.  Aldate, however, will still be here to aid the station in its leaps forward in professionalism, to use the party line. Cherwell news was far too dominated by Wadham, but both papers came out with strong news sections.  The beer-swigging examiner story isn't as strong as it looks, the clue lying in column 2: