''The Cambridge Student'', commonly known as TCS, is one of

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's student newspapers ('' Varsity'' and ''

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'' are the others). The now online only newspaper is owned and published by the

Cambridge University Students' Union Cambridge Students' Union, known as Cambridge SU, is the university-wide representative body for students at the University of Cambridge, England. Its predecessor union was known as Cambridge University Students' Union or CUSU until its dissolu ...

(CUSU). The paper was founded in October 1999 and once produced a weekly print run of 10,000 copies during university

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time. The paper has interviewed public figures including United Nations Weapons Inspector

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, director

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, politician

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, the BBC's security correspondent Frank Gardner and journalist

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. 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. In April 2016, TCS announced that CUSU was preparing to pass a budget which would cut its print funding, and turn it into an online newspaper, with occasional print editions. Sections of an internal letter, leaked to '' Varsity,'' said that CUSU had ended up in a "difficult situation" financially, which lead to the need for cuts. The budget was ratified at a meeting of CUSU's council on 16 May 2016, bringing TCS's print run to an end. despite enjoying a brief fortnightly reappearance in print following widespread negative coverage of its student union publisher over the issue in October 2018 the print run of TCS was confirmed to have been ended following ongoing reports of huge losses incurred by Cambridge University Students' Union over a number of years.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cambridge Student Publications associated with the University of Cambridge Student magazines published in the United Kingdom Student newspapers published in the United Kingdom Publications established in 1999 Free newspapers Weekly newspapers published in the United Kingdom Newspapers published in Cambridgeshire 1999 establishments in the United Kingdom