The Cambridge Student

The Cambridge Student

Type	Weekly newspaper
Owner	Cambridge University Students' Union
Founded	1999
Official website	www.tcs.cam.ac.uk

The Cambridge Student, commonly known as TCS, is one of Cambridge University's student newspapers (The Tab and Varsity are the others). The newspaper is owned and published by the Cambridge University Students' Union (CUSU) but is editorially independent.

The paper was founded in October 1999 and has since continued to produce a weekly print run of 10,000 copies during university term time.^{[citation needed]} TCS is also downloaded around 10,000 times per issue. The paper boasts several Guardian Student Media Awards,^{[citation needed]} and has interviewed public figures including United Nations Weapons Inspector Hans Blix, director Ridley Scott, politician Ian Paisley, the BBC's security correspondent Frank Gardner and journalist David Frost. TCS was the first newspaper to break the story of the threatened closure of Cambridge's architecture department, which later featured in the national press.^{[citation needed]}. Since then, it made national headlines with news of Animal rights abuses at the University. The newspaper's photography of the tuition fee riots also won plaudits. In March 2011 the paper became embroiled in controversy when its Editor, Philip Brook, forged a letter insinuating unfounded sexual allegations against a fictional fellow at St. John’s.

Editors

The editor for Lent term 2013 will be Tristram Fane Saunders.

Previous editors have been:

Michaelmas 2012:

• Nicholas Tufnell and Laurence Tidy

Lent 2012:

• Judith Welikala and Alice Gormley

Michaelmas 2011:

• Michael Yoganayagam and Zoah Hedges-Stocks

Lent 2011:

• Philip Brook and Zoah Hedges-Stocks

Michaelmas 2010:

• Jen Mills and Jess Touschek

Lent 2010:

• James Burton

Michaelmas 2009:

• Anna Croall

Lent 2009:

• Shane Murray and Carly Hilts.

Michaelmas 2008:

• Matt Horrocks (initially Matt Horrocks and Simon Burdus)

Lent 2008:

• Amy Blackburn and Sven Palys

Michaelmas 2007:

• Robert Palmer

Lent 2007:

• Elly Shepherd (Issues 1–6)
• Jack Sommers (all subsequent issues)

Michaelmas 2006:

• Alice Palmer

Lent 2006:

• Ben Sillis

Michaelmas 2005:

• Beth McEvoy and Pamela Welsh

Lent 2005:

• Ruth Barnett and Thomas Williams

Michaelmas 2004:

• Thomas Williams

Lent 2004:

• Tom Stammers and Zoe Strimpel

Michaelmas 2003:

• Oliver Duff and Luke Layfield (first issue)
• Oliver Duff (subsequent issues)

Lent 2003:

• Eve Williams

External links

• The Cambridge Student website