Police Release Me
UNIVERSITY POLICE LOCKED protesters and students inside the Exam Schools for nearly half an hour last Thursday in a brawl that resulted in one person being arrested.
News: Oxford Prejudice Undressed
THE DAILY MAIL last Saturday joined in the Oxford class debate when they published an article on State school students at Oxford. Six girls from three colleges were interviewed about different aspects of their lives at the university. Readers were enthralled to learn that all Brideshead myths are true and that intelligent people can also survive on toasted cheese sandwiches....
News: Smokers Return
THE OXFORD UNION bar could be surrounded by its traditional haze of blue smoke once more if a motion to re-introduce smoking on the ground floor of the building is passed this Thursday. The bar became the first non-smoking bar in Oxford after a referendum passed in 6th week of last term, but since then there has been a significant voice of dissent at the ban which forces smokers upstairs to use the Gladstone and Morris rooms....
News: Nasty But Nice!
FORGET OXFORD'S HOME grown version: the real Nasty Nick was in Oxford on Tuesday, and agreed he had definitely made no mistake when he took a copy of the Oxford Student home with him.
News: Ron Won
HERTFORD STUDENT STEPHEN Farrow narrowly failed in his bid to become president of his JCR this week as the JCR voted to re-open nominations.
News: I'm Bart Simpson, Who The Hell Are You?
THE OXFORD UNION'S Debating Chamber was packed out on Monday evening for one of the highlights of Michaelmas term. Who better to draw in the students than Bart Simpson? The celluloid sitcom has long replaced Nelson Mandela in the affections of self-styled subversive undergraduates everywhere. From her opening words - "Hi, I'm Bart. Who the hell are you?" - Nancy Cartwright, who is the voice of Bart, Ralph and Nelson among others, had no trouble winning her audience over....
News: Fridge Over Troubled Waters
HILDA'S STUDENTS HAVE recently voiced some concern over the large number of undergraduates sharing one small fridge. Due to overstocking, the fridges do not cool efficiently, causing produce to go off before its best before date. As one irate JCR member put it, "I can't afford to keep on buying milk because it goes off the day after I purchase it." The JCR duly noted at the fortnightly meeting that "over-cramped fridges present a health risk because they are minging."...
News: No Laurels For Hardy
SCANDAL SURROUNDS LADY Margaret Hall this week after a failed attempt to terminate the college's subscription to the Oxford Student. When proposed at last Sunday's JCR meeting it quickly emerged that the proposer of the motion, Max Hardy, had lied about having the support of a fellow student to second the proposal, in serious breach of the JCR constitution. Hardy - LMH's Internal Affairs Rep, who is also on the Union's Standing Committee and writes for Cherwell - was almost thrown off the executive committee for his dishonesty, and was only allowed to remain in office after apologising and being forced to run around the front quad with his trousers down as a punishment. The person named without permission as being the seconder, Alexander Gilmore, condemned Hardy's actions as "dishonest and immoral", saying that he did not oppose the subscription to the Oxford Student. Students at the JCR meeting unanimously decided that it would be unnecessary to vote on the issue in light of the preceding events....
News: Turning The Fables
DO YOU KNOW why the shark hunter from Jaws said he served on the USS Indianapolis? For the answer to this and thousands of other questions about anglophone culture, a new reference book has arrived. Oxford University Press has just published the Dictionary of Phrase and Fable.
News: Virtually Oxford
A VIRTUAL REALITY internet site about Oxford has been launched by a group of final year chemistry students. It consists of an interactive map and with about 40 photographs, constructed from hundreds of digital images.
News: Huge Grants
FOLLOWING THE RECENT controversy concerning Oxford admissions, half of the government's new grants to help universities attract under-privileged students will go to elite institutions, especially Oxbridge. The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) has announced that it will give £18m over the next three years to institutions where less than 80% of the student body is taken from state schools....
News: 'nose Carded'
BRASENOSE JCR COMPLETED the process of re-affiliating to the National Union of Students when members finally received their NUS cards last week.