Monday's Child is Full of Woe-diac
The new JCR-sponsored entz event The Bop saw a below-par attendance for its opening evening this week, as the Zodiac denied rumours that it could face closure.
News: Red Army in London Town
The NUS held a demonstration in London yesterday to protest against the government's policy on student funding. The 'Students in the Red National Demo' climaxed with a rally in Trafalgar Square.
News: Shop not ship shape
The OUSU shop has been operating at a substantial loss for the past eighteen months, it was revealed last week. Accounts presented at OUSU Council revealed a £5,000 deficit at the end of the last academic year.
News: War Renaissance
The Oriel-Pembroke 'Cat-War' has taken yet another turn this week, as attempts to establish a peace-treaty and later cease-fire have both failed, leaving the dispute to continue, and the whereabouts of Molly still in question.
News: Bridge open for May Day
Magdalen Bridge could be open to May Day revellers for the first time in five years, now that strengthening work is being carried out. Only the police could prevent the move due to safety fears over students jumping into the river.
News: Watson woe at Union
Oxford Union finances have come under further scrutiny this week, when two conflicting versions of last terms Finance Committee minutes were released.
News: Going to the Dogs
Mad-motion fever gripped Oxford colleges last week, as attempts by JCR committees to stave off mid-term apathy brought some bizarre results.
News: OUSU Spoof not funny
The role of current OUSU Executive and Chief Correspondent of the Cherwell, Julia Buckley, was thrown under the spotlight last week. The debate arose after a spoof OUSU poster appeared in the Cherwell, increasing wide-ranging criticisms that the two posts were creating clear conflicts of interests.
News: Faslane face-off
Two Oxford students were arrested last Monday during a blockade of Faslane Nuclear Base, just outside of Glasgow. Matthew Sellwood of New College and Owen English of St. Catz were detained for 'breach of the peace' and held in custody for eight hours, but have not as yet been charged.
News: Student in Park End attack
A man has appeared in court last Friday after allegedly attacking an Oxford student in Park End.
News: News in Brief
St Hilda's college has applied to turn a former youth hostel into student accommodation and a nursery. The University's only remaining women's college has applied to the City Council for planning permission to change the use of the former Youth Hostel Association building, in Headington.
News: Safe as Houses?
These are scenes to get the tabloid hack in everyone fulminating. A Lincoln student is attacked with an iron bar as he attempts to prevent intruders getting into his college. Another student is punched in the face outside a club. What is happening to the modern world?