Shrouded in Smoke
The CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE of smoking returned to the Union at last Thursday's debate, when members were asked for the second time this academic year to review the rules concerning where smoking should be allowed to take place within the Union building.
News: Phil's Folly
Philip Thompson, the now ex - Vice-President of St John's JCR, has resigned from his post only hours before a motion of no-confidence against him was due to be debated.
News: Firewalk on the Green
STUDENTS WILL WALK across fire for charity on Saturday. A sixteen foot stroll across glowing embers in the middle of Gloucester Green in expected to raise hundreds of pounds for RAG.
News: Popstardom
Unexpected talent shone at auditions for Oxford's version of the hit ITV show, Popstars.
News: How rich is your college?
Oxford's poorer colleges are being prevented from providing adequate standards of welfare and teaching due to the constraints of the current university funding system, an OUSU report has concluded.
News: Blunders befuddle Balliol JCR
BALLIOL JCR PRESIDENT Sarah Monroe has described herself as behaving like a "madwoman" this week, in an attempt to refute allegations of electoral malpractice. The controversy arose over nominations for the position of JCR NUS Rep.
News: Green Man Dusting
A BALLIOL PSYCHOLOGY professor has been retraining as a dustman.
News: Anti-Israeli protests at Tesco
The Oxford Palestinian Solidarity Campaign Group protested outside Tesco last Saturday. The group of about fifteen was taking part in the Palestinian Solidarity Campaign's UK-wide boycott on Israeli goods, recently launched in opposition to the continued occupation of "Palestinian territories" by Israel.
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News: Love at first site
Oxford dating website 'Oxford Romance' has become the third most popular site among students after the BBC and MSN, write Harriet Pearce-Wallis and Claire Harrigan.. Its success follows a huge publicity scheme launched by the organizers for Valentines Day, when Oxford met with a deluge of posters, flyers and even pink ribbons on bikes....
News: News in Brief
Oxford University has received an extra £2.5m to broaden its appeal to under-represented groups, according to a statement released by the University's Press and PR Office this week.