I think most of us who have been to university would be in trouble if the Daily Record decided to report on it. I'm not so sure about the sex toys, but in my days at the Student Union you could hardly move for being handed free condoms.
I suppose it is different if he organised these events and it was expected that people would be at it all over the place, but I'm going to apply my bag of salt here. Though they do say it's the quiet ones!
More seriously, I think it's rubbish, but not entirely surprising that the papers are dishing the dirt. I suppose it's remarkable it's taken this long. I can only hope that most of the voting and viewing public already know the contestants well enough to not be swayed by all thisl