In Brief
The OUSU Inequalities Committee will be producing a report on the extreme differences in the financial and academic resources of Oxford colleges, to be distributed shortly before Christmas. After the colleges have had an opportunity to verify the accuracy of the information, it will be published and submitted to the University.
The report will be an updated and revised version of the 'Report into the Provision of Equitable Standards in a Collegiate University', produced by OUSU last Trinity. That report questioned whether or not Oxford was in fact a "university" at all, linking the colleges' financial resources to students' academic performance, and highlighting major disparities in income.
East Oxfords Manzil Gardens is the first area of the city to be declared an alcohol-free zone. The ban on drinking alcohol in public went into effect on October 21st, and more neighborhoods will receive similar bans in the coming weeks. The creation of the alcohol-free zones arose from the joint effort of the police and the Oxford City Council and they are intended to reduce the amount of disorderly conduct on the streets so that the city will be safer for its residents. Signs that announce the legislation are being hung in areas of the city where the ban will take effect, and warn that people caught violating the new law will be subject to fines of up to five hundred pounds.
Two former Oxford students this week become World Champions in their respective, "extreme sports", capping an impressive season on the International Gravity Sports circuit. Former members of the notorious "Oxford Stunt Factory", Pete Eliot (St Catz), a Street Luger, and Jeremy Gilder (Corpus), a Classic Long Boarder, clinched their world titles in Ohio on Sunday from the 200-strong international field. Clad in leathers, the competitors, lying on little more than an enlarged, hi-tech tea tray or an elongated skateboard, race in heats of four down treacherous road courses, at speeds of up to 75 miles per hour.
31st Oct 2002