''Clareification'' is the student newsletter of
Clare College
Clare College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England. The college was founded in 1326 as University Hall, making it the second-oldest surviving college of the University after Peterhouse. It was refounded ...
, a college of the
University of Cambridge
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. It is produced termly by editor(s) elected each year by the student body.
In 2005, it won the 'Best College Paper' award in ''
The Cambridge Student
''The Cambridge Student'', commonly known as TCS, is one of Cambridge University's student newspapers. The paper was founded in October 1999 and once produced a weekly print run of 10,000 copies during university term time. The publication has ...
''.
Controversy
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. 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
The ''Cambridge News'' (formerly the ''Cambridge Evening News'') is a British daily newspaper. Published each weekday and on Saturdays, it is distributed from its Milton base. In the period December 2010 – June 2011 it had an average daily c ...
'' described the issue as "racist", 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.
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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
Past editors of ''Clareification'' include the comedian Matt Kirshen and the philosopher Jonathan Birch.
References
External links
A summary of the controversial issue and the ensuing controversy o
Harrys Place
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The offending pages o
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Critical analysis of the controversy i
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Clare College, Cambridge
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