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Confusion over alleged Catz break-in

Max Long
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Confusion over alleged Catz break-in

Students at St Catherine’s College were informed of an attempted break-in on college accommodation on Saturday morning, although this has since been denied by the college, who claim it was a “complete misunderstanding.”

In an email sent out to all St Catz students on Saturday morning, the
Junior Deans wrote, “This morning at approximately 5.30 a student reported that a man had tried to enter their room, repeatedly rattling
their door before continuing to walk around the staircase.”

Despite the police being called and the college being searched, the burglar was not identified. The Deans also expressed concerns that a number of students do not lock their rooms, reminding students that “Catz is an open college, and while instances such as this are rare, they certainly need to be considered. It is very important that you lock your doors at night.”

Despite the email being sent out warning students of the reported  intrusion, St Catz Dean Adrian Smith sought to reassure students. Speaking to Cherwell, he maintained, “This has been tracked down and dealt with, it was not a break in. The email went out as a precaution and the student bodies have been made aware.”

A spokesperson for the college told Cherwell that the whole incident was a “complete misunderstanding”, although the college refused to develop further on the origin of the confusion.

This is not the first time that St Catz have experienced security issues. Back in 2009, a similar intrusion was reported, and items worth close to £300 were stolen from college premises.

A visiting Economics student at St Catz, told Cherwell, “I think it is important that students should feel safe and protected. But in an open college like St Catz, it is quite difficult for porters to check everyone who enters the college, so Catz students should be more cautious with leaving their doors unlocked. In my opinion, the college responded to this iincident quite effectively.”

Boat Race security tightens

Claudia Williams
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Boat Race security tightens

Security measures at the upcoming Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Race will be changed to avoid a repeat of last year’s incident, in which a protester jumped in the Thames.

Trenton Oldfield was sentenced to 6 months in jail following the stunt, which brought the race to a standstill and saw him narrowly avoid being struck by the oars of both teams. Released in December on the condition of wearing an electric tag, Oldfield has stood by his actions, and even claimed to be considering further action this year.

As a result, race organisers have decided to use new initiatives, and have confirmed that professional security companies will be involved.

Speaking to The Independent, David Searle, executive director of the Boat Race Company Limited, said, “We’ve obviously been looking very hard at security and we are making some changes. It is very, very difficult to police eight and a half miles of bank. We are taking additional measures this year and we have looked at all of our actions last year. We’ve reviewed them and thought about how we would react slightly differently, not much differently, if it happened this year. All I can and will say is that any who does it is taking their lives in their hands… we just say to people: Just don’t consider it.”

Organisers have made a point of emphasising the risk posed by such action – not only to perpetrators, but also to participants of the race (who could face hypothermia), emergency services, and the following flotilla. They have also encouraged the public and spectators to report anything suspicious on the day.

Jim Ormiston, President of Balliol Boat Club, said, “I think [race prganisers] should do all they can. However, I certainly don’t think they were too lax last year; nothing like that had ever happened before. I really hope that nobody does try to repeat the farce of last year.”

“It was horrendous to watch [someone] rob so many people, who have essentially given up a year of their lives for that race.”

The 159th Annual Boat Race will take place on 31st March at 4:30pm. The race is one of the oldest sporting events in the world.

Protests to save Port Meadow

Alexander Woolley
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Protests to save Port Meadow

The University’s construction of graduate accommodation near Port Meadow has sparked protests outside the Sheldonian and the Union, after the Castle Mill development was branded by the Lord Mayor “a massive collective failure”.

The Lord Mayor, Alan Armitage, published his criticisms in a joint letter to the Oxford Mail. He claimed, “Failure to act would do lasting damage, not only to the setting of Port Meadow but to the reputation of Oxford as a vivilised place that values and safeguards its heritage,” and that the  impact of the Castle Mill development on Port Meadow “is already causing  widespread public dismay.”

Three blocks of the Castle Mill were completed in 2004, while the  construction of three new blocks is due to be finished by September 2013. The Council voted yesterday to begin talks with the University. The campaign, ‘Save Port Meadow from Oxford University’ mounted a protest  outside the Sheldonian on Tuesday to coincide with a meeting of Congregation. After gathering by the Bodleian, the protesters were moved by University Security out onto Broad Street and Catte Street before Congregation members were due to arrive.

Protesters handed leaflets to dons, encouraging them to table an  emergency motion on the construction works near Port Meadow.  However, a University spokeswoman told Cherwell, “the Congregation meeting was focussed exclusively on the issue at hand, i.e. the draft  Strategic Plan”.

“I think we drew ourselves to Congregation’s attention. We managed to stand at both gates so nobody who went in could be unaware of us, and for those who didn’t take a leaflet we shouted our message loud and clear,” said Sushila Dhall, one of the organisers.

In a letter to the Vice-Chancellor, campaign organiser Toby Porter said, “We will be outside the Congregation today to ask you… What is going on? What are your plans now? When will you meet directly with us? Will you be reducing the height of the buildings by two storeys? Are you going to recognise that a terrible mistake has been made, however unintentionally, and preserve Oxford’s unique and wonderful Port Meadow for future generations?”

Porter alleged that the University had not engaged with the campaign, citing two radio shows on BBC Radio Oxford and a meeting of the West Area Planning Committee, to none of which the University sent a eepresentative. She also claimed that the University had “not yet responded to requests made by both Nicola Blackwood MP and Council Leader Bob Price to invite a community representative to these discussions, or brief them as to what [their] plans are.”

Porter further alleged, “the Planning Committee instructed the Head of City planning to start negotiations with you to reduce the ‘size and impact’ of the buildings, but in the 10 days since, construction appears to have continued unabated.”

The University declined to confirm or deny the veracity of Porter’s claims, but a spokesperson told Cherwell, “We are currently in conversation with the City Council’s planning officers and we do not have anything further to add until these discussions have been concluded.”

“We recognise that the Castle Mill development has aroused some strong feelings and that these have every right to be heard.” She continued, “The University has acted in good faith throughout and in line with proper procedures as laid down by the relevant authorities for all the planning and building phases of the project.”

OUSU Vice-President (Graduates), Christopher Gray, commented, “Affordable graduate housing is a priority for OUSU and for students, thus we support the development of sites such as Castle Mill. We understand the concerns over the aesthetic effect on the view from Port Meadow, but the time to raise them has unfortunately passed. Students are also residents and value the beauty of Oxford as much as anyone else.”

A smaller protest gathered on St. Michael Street by the entrance to the Oxford Union on Wednesday night, just before a talk by Michael Moritz, who donated £75 million to the University last year. Open letters addressed to Moritz were handed out to members of the Union as they entered, and a copy of the letter was delivered to Moritz by Sally Jenkins, a member of the Campaign and the Oxford Union.

Jenkins commented, “Michael Moritz seemed very happy to accept our letter. I don’t know whether he’d been told to expect a letter, but he didn’t seem surprised, and I did have the feeling that he’d take the trouble to read it. Amazing man.”

Crockery crooks at Magdalen

Jonathan Epstein
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Crockery crooks at Magdalen

The deans of Magdalen College have attempted to curtail thefts of college crockery by first years at Deans’ Din­ner, threatening to not hold the din­ner for future first years.

A letter sent out to the JCR stated, “This evening saw the last Deans’ Dinner of the year. Over the past few months we have invited all first-year undergraduates to dine in the New Room as our guests. At each din­ner several decanters, stoppers, and other items of College property have been removed without permission.

“We would be grateful if these items could now be returned. The same applies to any items removed in previous years. Often, as tonight, it has been obvious what has been happening, but we have turned a blind eye to those involved on the as­sumption that these items would be returned quickly and safely.”

The letter added that stolen items could be left anonymously outside the door of the Senior Dean in a sort of amnesty programme. It conclud­ed, “If we do not receive the removed items we will have to consider wheth­er we should continue to hold these dinners next year.”

JCR President Millie Ross implied that individuals could be punished as well, writing on the JCR Facebook group, “the staff often note who they spot with what (you’re less subtle than you think!) so I wouldn’t take the risk if I were you. It’s fine as a harmless prank of course, and it is a bit of a tradition now, but if the stuff isn’t returned they won’t be able to host them next year and that would be such a shame for the next cohort.”

She later wrote, “The Deans have notified me that if they don’t have the items back from Deans’ Dinner TODAY then they will have to believe they were stolen (rather than taken as a prank) and act accordingly. They are even still missing big items like fruit bowls and decanters.”

First year English student Frank Lawton quipped, “Other than the small matter of it technically being theft it seems to be to be a great and noble tradition. After all, I feel like I’ve been robbed every time I open my battels sheets, it’s only fair that we even up the score now and then. Furthermore, I thought University encouraged education and equip­ping us with the skills we’ll need for our careers? Personally I would like to be a bank robber or a high profile art thief.

“Dean’s Dinner is essentially glori­fied fieldwork for such aspirants. The full dining set was an impressive ac­complishment, although I think try­ing to steal the Deans themselves was pushing it a bit too far. But I guess that’s all just part of the learning curve.”

A first year historian commented, “I think traditions like this are great as long as they’re just a bit of fun and don’t end up costing the college or depriving others in the future. I myself, along with many others, removed a rather large number of items on Friday night, which I re­turned to the Deans over the week­end. I was impressed when returning my decanters to find an antique table and a silver tray had also been left there.”

“I can understand why it was necessary to request that the items be returned but I very much enjoyed the dinner and hope they will be held in the future; and they wouldn’t be anywhere near as fun without the added thrill of everyone trying to subtly cram cutlery and tableware into their pockets!”

In an email to the JCR on Monday, Ross reported, “the Deans are very pleased to see a large majority of the items returned and it’s unlikely they’ll have to take any further ac­tion!”

Petting zoo comes to Queen’s

Lucy Wood
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Petting zoo comes to Queen’s

Last Saturday, a petting zoo visited The Queen’s College as part of a series of events run by the JCR welfare team to relieve 5th week Blues. The animals that visited the Nun’s Gardens at Queen’s were Grahame the sheep, Cola the goat, Rex and Queenie the chickens, Splash the duck, Blackberry the rabbit, and Amber the sheep. 

Queen’s Welfare Rep Mark Holmes explained, “When it was suggested that we get a petting zoo, I dismissed the idea out of hand to put the JCR off the scent but then we quickly began googling like mad. I just thought it was fun and had great potential to get people talking during 5th week and spend our budget on an event that would really attract people away from the libraries for a while; even if just out of curiosity.”

“What I expected to be the biggest hurdle, getting college permission, really wasn’t a hurdle at all! The Home Bursar was really receptive once she had realised that this had been fully thought out. Logistics were a nightmare initially, but the company and the college were flexible. When I arrived at 9.30am to a transit van with a trailer attached, the bleating of Grahame the sheep was certainly a little bit surreal.”

Female Welfare Rep Maria Newsome, told Cherwell, “The petting zoo visited us for four hours on Saturday, and it felt like almost all of our members couldn’t resist coming out to stroke and pet the animals. Who can really be stressed when cuddling a rabbit?”

While the petting zoo was a 5th week favourite for nearly all who attended, for students facing exams it was particularly welcome. Second-year classicist Christine MacVicar said, “It was just nice to get outside for a bit; I definitely want another one! It really helped calm me down.”

Jane Cahill, The Queen’s College JCR President, said, “Holding that rabbit was the best thing that’s happened to me all term. The JCR will look to procuring more soft, fluffy things in the future.”

Oxford Union takes money from weapons firm

Rowan Borchers
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Oxford Union takes money from weapons firm

The Oxford Union has been criti­cised by anti-war campaigners after receiving sponsorship from a major arms company.

BAE, the UK’s largest defence com­pany, sponsored the Oxford Union’s business debate on Thursday.

Beth Smith, Universities Coordi­nater for the Campaign Against the Arms Trade (CAAT), stated, “It is iron­ic and shameful that the Oxford Un­ion, supposedly a forum for free and open debate, is to accept sponsor­ship from BAE Systems. BAE, one of the world’s largest arms companies, has shown itself unwilling to open itself to public knowledge and infor­mation on its secretive arms dealing worldwide.”

She continued, “By taking spon­sorship from BAE, the Oxford Union enables the company to present it­self as a respectable and legitimate business despite the fact that it sells weapons almost indiscriminately, including to Saudi Arabia.”

On Wednesday, a spokesperson for BAE Systems said, “BAE Systems invests more than £80 million per annum in employee development, work with schools, and skills activity including supporting events such as the Oxford Union debate.”

BAE said, “All defence equipment and services exported from the UK are subject to strict export licences granted by the UK Government. BAE Systems has the most stringent anti-corruption and compliance stand­ards across business generally and we are a recognised leader in busi­ness conduct.”

BAE Systems employs 35,000 peo­ple in the UK, and is the UK’s largest employer of engineers. The company is on the FTSE 100, and in 2011 had profits of £1.25 billion.

CAAT’s website says, “A notori­ous recent deal was the sale of 200 Tactica armoured vehicles to Saudi Arabia. These vehicles were used by Saudi troops helping to suppress pro-democracy protests in Bahrain in March 2011.

Until recently, BAE Systems was blacklisted by OUSU. However, OUSU President David J Townsend said this is no longer the case, explaining, “To avoid the accretion of old policies which may not reflect the views of current students, any policy passed by common room presidents and other representatives in the Coun­cil of the Student Union lapses three years after its adoption.”

Some students have criticised the Union’s choice of sponsor. Ellen Gib­son, founder of Oxford’s branch of the charity People and Planet, said, “BAE Systems is, in my opinion, one of the most morally disgraceful com­panies in the world. The arms trade is a dirty business which students of Oxford and members of the Union like myself wish to distance them­selves from.”

Yet Catrin Davies, a History and Politics student at St Hilda’s, said, “I don’t see why it’s practically rel­evant…As far as I’m aware, Union sponsors don’t exercise any particu­lar influence over Union policy.”

The Union was unavailable for comment.

Review: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Timothy Bano
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Review: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

★★★☆☆
Three Stars

There were some sizzling moments from the actors in this production, but a general lack of polish and a few first-night hiccups let it down.

The small stage was crammed with props surrounding a big double bed, cluttered and tight. The set itself was tatty – the edges of the door frames were deliberately painted to look run down, which perhaps emphasised themes of decay, but the illusion was completely broken by the sellotape caught in the glint of the spotlights; it was an odd mixture of studied and accidental shabbiness.

Some of the acting was excellent. Sustaining a Mississippi drawl for almost three hours is difficult but most of them pulled it off. Ella Waldman as Maggie stood out: at the beginning she spoke very quickly, but she settled into it and, when she flowed, she was captivating as she talked and talked at Brick.

Ed Price as Brick adopted a strange, slow delivery, forcing every word through a sigh. It was odd, like Marlon Brando doing a bad Christopher Walken impression. But he really looked in pain when he hobbled around on his crutch, and there was complete detachment in his face throughout. Big Momma shuffled in her loud taffeta dress turning her nose up in the air, with furrowed brow and pursed lips. Like the vicar, she brings a bit too much farce to the play when she first appears but, as things turn more serious towards the end, her performance improves and, in the big ensemble family scenes, it works very well.

But what is the period? Besides the taffeta, there was a frilly peach number for Mae, while the men wore plain suit trousers and white shirts – even the doctor and the Reverend, with no indication of who their characters were. The props were a mish-mash of old-fashioned looking things, with no coherence.

There were some excellent and absorbing moments of acting, but other areas need attention. It is easy to forgive a couple of first-night hiccups, but there were a few too many – sputtering sound cues, clattering sets, prop failures and, repeatedly, actors tripping up on the same step. But it is a remarkable script, and probably worth it for that.

Review: Antigone

Tess Colley
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Review: Antigone

★★★☆☆
Three Stars

London’s burning in Marchella Ward’s (dir.) latest play at the Keble O’Reilly, bringing Sophocles’ Antigone to the streets of London during the 2011 riots. A wall covered in graffiti with zingers such as “hatred reigns”, some precarious looking scaffolding and fly-tipped furniture fill the stage to create what in fact looks like a genuine enough London back alley – cringing graffiti tags aside.

The task of making a Greek tragedy relevant to such a specific time and place is no mean feat, and Antigone (after Sophocles) should be commended for what is mostly a successful attempt. However, there are moments when the plot grates against its modern backdrop, particularly in one particular scene set on the tube: whilst the sudden and unlikely appearance of characters is all part of the fun of Greek tragedy, when we are encouraged to believe this happening on a tube train, it smacks of incredulity and it’s hard not to raise a cynical eyebrow. All is not lost however, as there are strong performances across the board in the cast, particularly those of Tom Hilton as Creon and Amber Husain as Tiresias, who plays the blind tramp with a control which lets the underlying desperation seep through just enough to make you feel slightly uncomfortable.

Antigone (after Sophocles) is a very smooth production with the Chorus doubling up as stagehands, throwing the set around between each scene whilst remaining in their collective character of a pack of hyena-like youths. This animalistic quality makes the Chorus reminiscent of what our wonderful Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke called the “feral underclass” and who were blamed for the riots two summers ago, but it is unclear whether this is intentional. Indeed, it is also unclear whether Ward’s Antigone is more interested in the story of the riots or in the journey made by Antigone – a ‘spoilt brat with daddy issues’. Ultimately, this ambiguity may mean Antigone leaves you with a sense of dissatisfaction, failing to deliver on some of the political questions it raises. However, the weaknesses in this area are redeemed by the strong performances and impressive aesthetic of the whole production.

Footballers should learn respect from rugby

Will Dufton
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Footballers should learn respect from rugby

As your typical college rugby player usually does, I was queuing for lunch ten minutes early, since getting through the line is my priority both on and off the pitch. However, on this particular day, my eagerness was about to cost me my afternoon. As I sat on the dining table adjacent to the doors, pining for a piping hot meal, I was accosted by the college football captain. Apparently I was not allowed to rescind on my forgotten, inebriated promise the night before, and the next thing you know I was drafted up to play for the understaffed first team. Having not played with a round ball for months, I was well and truly thrown in at the deep end, with my legs metaphorically set in concrete…

This article is not going to continue as you might imagine. I did not make too much of a fool of myself – despite a slightly hair-raising moment in front of goal – and miraculously I held my own at right back. The match was no El Classico, but I certainly did not let the side down to the biblical extent that I had anticipated.

The reason I have chosen to clog the columns of this distinguished newspaper with a seemingly innocuous article about my college football debut, is because of a certain cliché that engulfs the footballing world, but I believe deserves mention in this context: respect.

Having played rugby for nigh on 9 years of my life, I am completely indoctrinated into calling the match officials ‘Sir’ and being chastised for answering back to any decisions made. It is severely frowned upon to comment on a referee’s call, and not only will it more often than not result in a penalty against you, but the perpetrator will receive temporary animosity from the rest of his teammates. A lack of respect for the adjudicator is simply not tolerated, and this has remained so during my time in the Oxford collegiate rugby system.

My rather lacklustre performance in the college football match allowed me to witness the unbelievably disparate scenes. Although every rugby player and footballer I have encountered here are linked by attendance at the same, prestigious university, it quickly became apparent that, for some baffling reason, the design of the lines on the pitch; the change in the shape of the posts at either end of the field; and the use of feet rather than hands; lead to the complete loss of any sort of sportsmanlike respect.

I was scoffed at for addressing the referee as ‘Sir’. I witnessed a small, pale man incensed to almost violent rage about a foul decision that did not even turn out to be costly. Like a pack of savages, the entire opposition circled the poor official at one point about a penalty call: images not too dissimilar to the Lord of the Flies. In fact I would go as far as saying that contesting decisions and acting thuggish, despite your size or frame, was an inherent part of the modern game.

Of course, I already knew this to be the case. Week in, week out, whatever league you choose, the case is always the same: grown men transforming into puerile troglodytes in some sort of attempt at manly intimidation. I thought more, however, of the students that I associate myself with. To go from one pitch to another, and notice such an obvious polarisation of respect and sportsmanship was quite frankly disgusting.

I am acutely aware as I write this article that it has all been said before, and I assume it is likely that Cherwell has published something similar in the past. Why, then, does behaviour like this continue to contaminate the beautiful game? I simply cannot comprehend how football, especially at an institution where there is supposed to be a certain degree of intelligence, remains impervious to change in this regard. Perhaps I merely found myself partaking in an unrepresentative match, but I seriously do hope that the next time I stand useless in the back right corner, I do not have to bear witness to such embarrassing sights.

George Galloway in anti-Israel storm

Tom Beardsworth
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George Galloway in anti-Israel storm

Video: Eylon Aslan-Levy

George Galloway, the Respect MP for Bradford West, has been accused by Oxford students of anti-Semitism.
 
Mr Galloway “stormed out” of a debate at Christ Church on Wednesday evening, upon finding out that his opponent, Eylon Aslan-Levy, a third-year PPEist at Brasenose, was an Israeli citizen.
 
After arriving to the debate two hours late, Mr Galloway had spoken for ten minutes in favour of the motion ‘Israel should withdraw immediately from the West Bank’, before giving way to Aslan-Levy.
 
Less than three minutes into Aslan-Levy’s speech against the motion, Galloway was made aware that his opponent was an Israeli citizen.
 
“I have been misled,” Mr Galloway then commented, interrupting Aslan-Levy’s speech. “I don’t debate with Israelis”. He then left the room with his wife, Putri Gayatri Pertiwi, as some members of the audience shouted out, “racist!” He was then escorted out of Christ Church by a college porter.
 
When asked to explain why Aslan-Levy’s nationality prompted him to abandon the debate, Galloway stated that “I don’t recognise Israel.”
 
In a statement late on Wednesday evening Galloway explained that “I refused this evening to debate with an Israeli, a supporter of the Apartheid state of Israel.
 
“The reason is simple; No recognition, No normalisation. Just Boycott, divestment and sanctions, until the Apartheid state is defeated.” Mr Galloway is a leading political proponent of the campaign to ‘boycott’ Israeli goods, services and – it emerged on Wednesday – people.
 
After the debate Aslan-Levy said that “I am appalled that an MP would storm out of a debate with me for no reason other than my heritage.
 
“To refuse to talk to someone just because of their nationality is pure racism, and totally unacceptable for a member of parliament.”
 
Aslan-Levy later told the Daily Mail that “[Mr Galloway] clearly had a problem not because I am Israeli – I’m sure he would have talked to an Israeli Arab, he didn’t want to talk to me because I am an Israeli Jew.”
 
He argued that the Respect MP should discontinue his membership of the House of Commons. “I absolutely do not think someone with those kind of views should be allowed to continue as a Member of Parliament”, he said.
 
Mahmood Naji, the organiser of the debate, told Cherwell that he “condemned Mr Galloway’s walkout, on the basis of his opponent’s nationality.”
 
He went on to deny that he had “misled” the MP. “At no point during my email exchange with Mr Galloway’s secretary was Eylon’s nationality ever brought up or mentioned.” He added, “nor do I expect to have to tell the speaker what his opponent’s nationality is.”
 
The Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) National Committee, which describes itself as “the largest coalition of Palestinian unions, mass organisations, refugee networks and NGOs that leads and and sets the guidelines for the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement”, issued a statement to Cherwell on Thursday.
 
They explained that whilst BDS “has called for a boycott of Israel, its complicit institutions, international corporations…and [its] official representatives” the campaign “does not call for a boycott of individuals because she or he happens to be Israeli or because they express certain views.
 
“The global BDS movement has consistently adopted a rights-based approach and an anti-racist platform that rejects all forms of racism, including Islamophobia and anti-Semitism.”
 
Oxford Student newspaper accused of printing “libel”  
 
Mr Galloway also denied making comments attributed to him in last week’s Oxford Student newspaper.
 
The comments, “I intend to annihilate [Aslan-Levy] using the facts of the case”, were allegedly made by a spokesperson on Mr Galloway’s behalf. Matt Handley, the Oxford Student’s News Editor, told Cherwell that the comment was made in “a telephone conversation with Galloway’s official press office.
 
“They gave us the explicit authority to quote Galloway directly as saying those words”, the second-year student at St Hugh’s claimed.
 
However Mr Galloway denied ever having made the comments, branding them as “defamatory”. He accused Aslan-Levy, who referred to the article in his speech, as “repeating a libel”.
 
The OxStu editors, Jonathan Tomlin and James Restall, defended the way in which Galloway was quoted in the paper, “The comment was given by an official spokesperson for Galloway, who gave us the explicit authority to quote Galloway himself. It is standard practice for spokespeople to speak for people.”
 
Mr Galloway claimed that he had “never spoken to the Oxford student press”. However Cherwell interviewed the MP in October last year.
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