Jumble at John's
Controversy surrounds St John's JCR after allegations of electoral malpractice were strongly denied by those overseeing last week's JCR elections.
News: Presidential Elections Threatened
THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY Conservative Association's elections have been accused of falling victim to bribery by a number of its own members.
News: Peters Constitutional Overhaul
The St Peters College JCR Constitution is to be completely rewritten in a major move undertaken by Second Year Engineer Matthew Richardson.
News: OUSU Result
Will Straw is to be the new OUSU President, after a resounding victory in the election last week.
News: Tab Watch
Sporting history was made last Wednesday night when Jess Hudson became the first woman to box for Cambridge University. The 23-year-old PhD student knocked out her opponent, an officer cadet from Sandhurst, in two rounds.
News: John's freshers' photo fiasco
Freshers at St Johns are yet to receive their matriculation photographs due to an error at a well-known Oxford company.
News: Poor show at LGB demo
The National Demonstration for LGB Liberation was held in London's Harmsworth Park last Saturday. The demonstration is organised annually by the NUS LGB Campaign to campaign for LGB rights and Equality and boasted its biggest ever attendance this year, with figures increased from 200 to 300 students present.
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News: Law aids living conditions
Oxford students could benefit in a possible change to the law later this month concerning student housing.
News: Prez attacks rules
Oxford Union President Neil Mahapatra has attacked the Union's extensive rule-book this week, claiming it allows incompetent officials to "hide behind the rules in order to follow their own ends", and prevents full disclosure of candidates' abilities in the press.
News: Protest in the park
Tens of thousands of protesters, including a significant number of Oxford students, gathered in Hyde Park on Sunday to take part in the National Demonstration against the bombing of Afghanistan.
News: A cunning plan
A co-operative of several small societies within Oxford University has come together with the Oxford Union to stage on a Blackadder-themed party next Monday inside the buildings.
News: Romantic New motion
Each member of New College JCR must now kiss on meeting each other, according to a bizarre motion passed at the last JCR Meeting of the term in the college.
News: HUM service
The Oxford University Hindu Society held a Diwali 'Pooja' (prayer) on Tuesday to coincide with the worldwide celebration of Diwali, which took place last week.
News: News in Brief
Students can feel much safer in their colleges, as it has been revealed that Oxford University's manual security service has become one of the first in the country to be approved by the National Security Inspectorate.
News: Oxford roughs it for charity
Oxford students will join members of the local community in a charity sleep-out in St. Clement's Graveyard in aid of Oxford's homeless population this Saturday. It is expected that up to 100 people will take part.
News: Applications on the up
Applications to Oxford University have risen by an astonishing 18.2% overall, with some colleges reporting more than a 30% rise in applications this year.
News: Edward Kennedy - Where now for the US?
Q. You have often been critical of the American mass media, and its influence on the American people. How do you think the network televisions have been handling the terrorist attacks?