Students detain drunken intruder
It was a Sunday afternoon to remember for six St. Anthony's students who detained an intruder in their college house for over an hour waiting for police assistance.
News: The last Straw?
OUSU PRESIDENT WILL Straw has severed himself from any involvement in student activism over the possible war with Iraq by announcing he has a conflict of interest on international affairs - a move that has left one OUSU delegate threatening him with a vote of no confidence.
News: Carfax carnage
At 8.39 on Monday morning the Thames Valley Police were called to LloydsTSB, Oxford High Street to a suspected armed robbery. A force helicopter and an armed response unit were called to the scene before it was later discovered to have been a false alarm.
News: SMASH!
Writers in the offices of the Oxford Student were disturbed from their late night toils on Tuesday night, yet again by the sound of breaking glass.
News: Violence in Oxford
A rash of violent robberies affecting the student population has led to police warning Oxford students that they must start to "take care of themselves."
News: VP position put under discussion
A consultation process wil consider the future of the position of Vice President (Women), it was announced in OUSU Council last Friday.
News: Showdown for Chavez and Esso
Human rights protesters met outside Exam Schools last Thursday to protest against Hugo Chavez's lecture to the University.
News: Tutes gain more support
The current threat to Oxford's tutorial system sparked an immediate response from the Oxford University Student Union and Corpus Christi JCR.
News: Tebbit stands firm on debate
Controversial TORY Peer Norman Tebbit is still to appear in the Union's debate on the European Right following the withdrawals of Bill Cash, Peter Hain and extremist Olivier Martinelli.
News: In Brief
A mass signing of petitions will take place on Monday all around Oxford, in the latest move by OUSU's Finance and Funding Campaign (F & F). Volunteers are going to be stationed in strategic places around the town, including Broad Street and Cornmarket. Supporters will be emphasizing their opposition to tuition fees in general and specifically 'top-up' fees, which is the mainstay of the Oxford campaign this term....
News: Wadham Treasurer hangs on
Wadham Student Union Treasurer Jason Leech narrowly escaped removal from office on Monday evening after a motion of No Confidence failed to secure a sufficient majority. The motion, brought by former SU Chair Conor O'Neill, was endorsed by fifty six votes, eight short of the required two-thirds' majority. Forty votes were cast against the motion, with nineteen abstentions.
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News: Oxbridge under threat
Two of Britain's leading universities are proposing a merger intended to create a new super-institution that would "put Oxford and Cambridge way, way behind."
News: Flying out to Israel?
This week the Oxford Jewish Society's Friday night meal will be on the theme of television show 'Don't forget your toothbrush', with the opportunity for one member to win a free flight to Israel.
News: Tales from the Test-tube
News: More Pulling Power
Oxford Romance, the online dating service for students of the university, has enlisted the help of "flirt consultant" called Peta Heskell.
News: NUS Nightmare
A recently implemented NUS scheme is likely to squeeze the pockets of penny pinched students even further, continuing a steady trend in the decline of the time honoured student discount. Up until this academic year, students have been able to claim an agreed discount simply on production of a valid photo card. ...
News: At large
As a state-school educated, first-generation immigrant from a single-parent family, you could easily be forgiven for thinking that I would be against tuition fees. However, liberal and egalitarian as I am, nothing could be further from the truth. After all, I came here for the Oxford experience. The last thing I want is even more comprehensive school oiks running around, earnestly spending their days in Physics labs and not knowing the difference between a sherry and a madeira....
News: To join or not to join...
It is a choice every Oxford Fresher has to make. Whether to shell out £150 odd on life membership on the union, or to put that money toward an extra 100 or so drinks at the college bar. So, to join or not to join? The Oxford Student investigates...
News: Save the Oxford Tutorial
It is with great pleasure that The Oxford Student takes its campaign to save the tutorial into its second week. So far we have received an excellent selection of letters, gained the support of Corpus Christi JCR and have the prospect of an OUSU Council motion opposing the scrapping of tutorials to save on resources....