Prince William and Harry attempt to save the world
Princes William and Harry visited Cambridge University last week for a two-day seminar on how to save the world.
The event, hosted by University of Cambridge Programme for Industry (CPI), looked at world issues such as social change, security, global warming, pandemics and the role of science.
These workshops were designed especially to aid the Princes in their preparations to take on a larger role in public life.
A spokesman from Clarence House said: “They really enjoyed it and found it very interesting and extremely informative.”
William and Harry attended the two-day seminar as prominent members of the Royal family and as patrons of various charities that are involved with such issues.
The Princes were treated to traditional Cambridge hospitality throughout the trip. They stayed in Trinity College, where their father Prince Charles was a student, were shown around the Cambridge landmarks and also found time to have a quick drink in one of Cambridge’s many pubs.
Italian Job gone wrong
Six security staff, two police cars and a police helicopter were deployed to arrest a University of Bristol student after a drunken attempt to recreate the stunts from the film The Italian Job on university property.
First year student Alex Fiallos, 18, was arrested after a twenty minute rampage across the grounds of Wills hall.
He drove over lawns and onto pavements at speeds of up to 40 mph in the early hours of the morning.
When Fiallos tried to drive down a steep flight of steps, in homage to the famous stunt from Michael Caine’s 1969 movie, the prank went spectacularly wrong.
The student crashed the car causing the radiator to explode, bursting the front tyres and exploding the two front airbags. A current resident of Wills hall told Epigram: “The stairs were all crumbled and had cracks all over them. The car was still there the next morning and its front wheels were all torn up.”
A spokesman for Avon and Somerset Police confirmed that their “investigations led to the arrest of an 18-year-old man. Alexander Fiallos, from Ealing, London, who was later charged for driving with excess alcohol.”
Residents confirm that Fiallos has not been back to Wills since the incident.
The Harrow educated fresher was given the brand new £10,000 Mini by his parents the day before the incident.
Oxford club under scrutiny
A student club night featuring naked wrestling in KY jelly, topless girls and a ‘fetish snake show’ has sparked an investigation by police this week.
The probe into a potential breach of license was launched after revelers visiting the Kukui nightclub, on Wednesday October 29, were astonished to find that a virtual sex show had been laid on as entertainment.
The event, organised just days before the start of Oxford University Student Union’s Gender Equality Week, had been billed as “one of the naughtiest nights of the year,” and has been condemned by students who attended.
One undergraduate described how she entered the venue and found herself surrounded by raunchy performers.
“There were girls covered in jelly and wrestling with each other,” she said.
“They were only wearing small t-shirts, which they then ripped off and continued as good as naked except for tiny thongs.”
She added that there had also been a topless woman only partially covered by a 12 foot long snake she was carrying, while others put on performances of topless fire-eating.
Rachel Cummings, OUSU Vice-President for Women, launched a scathing attack on the night and condemned it as hugely inappropriate.
“It’s unacceptable for club organizers to use women in this way,” she said. “Such acts demean women in a city where they have fought for their rights to be taken seriously as intelligent, autonomous individuals”.
A spokesperson for the Licensing Authority of Oxford City Council confirmed that an investigation into the legality of the performances had been conducted in conjunction with officers from Thames Valley Police.
However, he said that officials were now satisfied that no crime had been committed.
Student house party leads to police investigation
Exeter students have been handed severe punishments for causing a public nuisance after a house party went out of control.
Twelve students who organised the event were given Noise Abatement Notices by the Environmental Health Department and seven days community service each.
150 students were packed into two adjoining student households within the residential area behind Exeter prison.
The combined party received numerous complaints from local residents due to the noise level of the crowd.
Police, University Estate Patrol and the city’s Community Patrol were called out six times between 10:15pm and 2:29am, before police closed the party at the request of one of its organizers.
The twelve hosts from both houses were then called to a Major Disciplinary Hearing at the University, where they were reprimanded.
