Comin' Atcha Cash
THE OXFORD UNION stands to make a loss of £74,000 by the end of this year due to its excessive spending and poor management of events, it was revealed this week.
News: Five On The Run
Five asylum seekers are still on the run after escaping from Campsfield Immigration Detention Centre last week.
News: Homophobic attack at St John's
A first-year St. John's student was the victim of a homophobic assault at the college on Saturday night, the Oxford Student has learned. The attack, which was both physical and verbal, took place at 12.45am on Sunday, following a heated disagreement with the porters over entry of three friends from another college to the bop. ...
News: Electrifying
FIVE STUDENTS STRIPPED half-naked outside the Bod on Saturday, as part of a campaign for the University to switch to green electricity.
News: Fighting anthrax by PC
The University Chemistry Department is to carry out innovative research into anthrax, with plans to make the results available to several governments. The joint project, which will be sponsored by Intel and Microsoft in association with United Devices, was launched last week in response to the recent occurrences of the disease following September 11th. ...
News: Clutching At Straws
Foreign Secretary Jack Straw addressed a packed Exam Schools last Friday evening on the topic of 'Engagement with the Islamic World.' Amid heavy security and police presence, Straw gave the lecture - organised by the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies - to an audience of nearly two hundred people, including a raft of international ambassadors, the national press and more one hundred other observers. In a little over half an hour he spoke of the importance of religion in British society, the need for greater understanding between religions and the key role that faith should play in the future of international affairs....
News: A Cause To Drink
Oxford STUDENTS broke university records on Monday, raising over £1,380 for charity in one night.
News: Holocaust memorial
LAST WEEKEND SAW the OU Jewish Society's first Holocaust Memorial Name Reading Vigil. Students took it in turns to read out victim's names from the steps of the Clarendon Building, over a twenty-four hour period on Saturday and Sunday.
News: Plastic fantastic motions
New College JCR are in need of more contraceptives, according to a motion debated last week.
News: Union with Germaine
GERMAINE GREER ATTENDED a forum at the Oxford Union last Tuesday to speak on the topic 'Can women have it all?'.
News: News in Brief
A St Catz tutor has astounded medical experts by refusing to die, despite being given only months to live.
News: USIT-ing On Your Arse At Home This Summer?
It emerged just prior to the OxStu going to press that USIT Campus, one of the two dedicated student travel agents in Oxford, is very likely to be bought out by rivals, STA Travel, in a move that could both reduce choice for students and see the cost of student holidays rocket.