Council's mil-loon-ium madness
THERE HAVE BEEN expressions of anger from many quarters after last Friday's OUSU Council descended into chaos. A few members took part in what has been seen as a deliberate disruption of proceedings, involving Nazi-style salutes, cries of "Viva Pinochet" and alleged drunken behaviour.
News: Oxford bishop caught on free ride?
THE BISHOP OF OXFORD has faced allegations that he evaded paying his fare on the tube.
News: Brookes cooks after candle blaze
A STUDENT SLEPT through a fierce inferno raging just inches above his head this weekend when a candle left burning all night set his bedroom ablaze. Fire officer Kevin Parfitt declared that he was "lucky to leave with his life.'
News: Clause for concern
OXFORD IS UNITING behind the national Stonewall campaign for the repeal of the infamous Clause 28 which prohibits the "promotion" of homosexuality by local authorities - including most schools.
News: Bursar forced to deny class war
A STORM OF PROTEST has erupted after Hertford College's admissions tutor confessed to a Sunday tabloid that he would "make allowances" for a state school pupil who appeared "gauche" at interview.
News: Oxford's media class war
January, 1998
News: Christ Church food "good"
British cuisine does exist in its own right, despite our national reputation for culinary indifference, Antonio Carluccio - TV presenter, restaurateur and celebrated gastronome - told the Oxford Student this week. "British cuisine exists without doubt, but nobody does it - and I don't know why. It could compete with French or Italian cuisine if it were done. Britain probably has quite a lot of the best raw ingredients like game, fish and vegetables."...
News: Tolerance one, tensions nil
Last Sunday saw a clash between the Oxford University Middle East Society and the Jewish Society. This was not, however, a fiery argument over the future of the Middle East peace process. Rather it took place at Iffley Road sports ground on the football field.
News: Forced resignation "sets dangerous precedent"
HERTFORD'S BAR MANAGER was forced to resign from his position last week in a move that has sparked controversy over SCR intrusion into JCR matters. A disciplinary panel found third-year George Burns guilty of assault on two other members of college. They subsequently demanded his resignation, threatening him with rustication....
News: Oxford overtakes Tabs in dash for cash
A CLINICAL TRIAL on diabetes worth £10.4 million. £ 2.1 million from University spin-off companies like Oxford Biomedica and Oxford Glycosciences. Funding for the enhancement of pre-Reformation music manuscripts. They are amongst the projects that saw Oxford overtake Cambridge in the fight for research funding from private industry....
News: Fayed "very sorry" as he cancels again
THE OXFORD UNION, dispelling the myth that lightening never strikes twice, has lost Mohammed Al Fayed for the second time in two terms. Mr. Al Fayed, described in the Michaelmas termcard, as the "most controversial man in Britain", was intended to be appearing in the chamber in third week.
News: Is this the most expensive site on the World Wide Web?
THIS WEEK, the Oxford University Computing Services have taken the unprecedented step of barring access to a website. From now on, anyone using the university network to access the World Wide Web will be unable to access napster.com.