‘Fake news’ is yet another fib the Varsity Class of 2017 have our friend over the pond to thank for. It seems nowhere and no one in journalism is safe from the call-out over a shocking story.

“Take a look through some of our favourite headlines, and some we hoped for, to figure out the ‘fake news’ from the facts”

Accusations of fake news are ripe. Even Cambridge, our dear little town, is full of deception and deceit. Does saying ‘Cindies’ instead of Ballare count as fake news? Or saying ‘Kuda’ instead of Life? Does it count if you say the ‘best three years of your life’ instead of three years of isolation, celibacy and misery?

While Violet, a vibrant new online platform by Varsity, revels in the cheeky and the satirical, it turns out the print newspaper of old could have given us a pretty good run for our money.

The Violet team spent the best part of an afternoon flipping through the archives and hooting at the headlines of past editions. From the iconic ‘Why can’t a good man be sexy? Why can’t sexy man be good?’ (I feel ya, sis) to ‘Who Killed Kennedy?’ the archives offer an insight into Cambridge life back in the day. Take a look through some of our favourite headlines, and some we hoped for, to figure out the ‘fake news’ from the facts:

1. How to get your bedder hooked on smack

2. Time for a Teletubby Bye Bye

3. Why you should sleep with your supervisor

4. Boffins in Coffins

5. Strange erection on Queens’ Green

6. Alien circle discovered on Jesus Green

7. High on Pie

8. College incest: a how to guide

9. Confused tourists confuse Law Faculty with Stansted Airport

10. Sex, food and insects

11. Jesus Fellow selected for Miss World

12. Secret Porter ‘Fight Club’ discovered in Newnham

13. Admissions by the ‘back door’

14. Van of Knife: stabbing occurs over a burger

15. Six more weeks of hell

16. Cambridge ain’t sexy no more

17. Cambridge named as the rave capital of Europe

18. Peterhouse clams up after oyster scare

19. Trinity Hall defends Foie Gras formal

20. Right-wing student found in King’s College

Fake News: World leaders meet for dictatorship summit

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