Editing Clareification

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{{Infobox newspaper
| name = Clareification
| type = Weekly [[newspaper]]
| owners = [[Union of Clare Students]]
| editor = Meryn Banks |
}}
'''''Clareification''''' is the student newsletter of [[Clare College, Cambridge|Clare College]], a college of the [[University of Cambridge]]. It is produced termly{{Citation needed|date=May 2024}} by editor(s) elected each year by the student body.

In 2005, it won the 'Best College Paper' award in ''[[The Cambridge Student]]''.

== Controversy ==

In 2007, in a guest-edited edition devoted to religious satire, entitled ''Crucification'', the magazine re-printed one of the [[Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy|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.<ref>[http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/news/story/0,,2011340,00.html]</ref> 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]]'' described the issue as "racist",<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070329020457/http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/city/2007/02/09/ef79ee97-fec1-4f00-babf-dbd17447b40b.lpf]</ref> 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.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070320144446/http://www.indexonline.org/en/news/articles/2007/1/clare-college-students-questioned.shtml]</ref>

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 (philosopher)|Jonathan Birch]].

==References==
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==External links==
A summary of the controversial issue and the ensuing controversy on [http://hurryupharry.bloghouse.net/archives/2007/02/28/clareification_the_final_word_i_hope.php Harrys Place]{{dead link|date=August 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} blog.

The offending pages on [https://web.archive.org/web/20070502131424/http://pubphilosopher.blogs.com/pub_philosopher/2007/03/that_clare_coll.html  Pub Philosopher] blog.

Critical analysis of the controversy in [https://web.archive.org/web/20070827010428/http://www.theberry.org.uk/religion/index.html The Berry], [http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php?/site/article/2943/ Spiked Online], [http://www.newstatesman.com/200702190065 New Statesman], [http://observer.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2031234,00.html The Observer] and [http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/sue_blackmore/2007/03/offended_muslims_should_be_ash.html Guardian Unlimited].

Home page [http://www.clareification.co.uk]{{dead link|date=August 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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