Merton SCR Censured
MERTON COLLEGE has come under the spot-light this week, but not for topping the University League tables. On Sunday night, Merton JCR passed a motion of No Confidence' in the college for its handling of a disciplinary issue involving a first year English student which took place at the beginning of this term. The undergraduate, who remains anonymous, was excessively drunk during a college social event and accidentally struck two female students whilst lashing out with his arms. Both girls suffered serious injuries and the college subsequently resolved to take disciplinary action against the culprit. The said student has been required to move out of college for the last three weeks and has been living in a Bed and Breakfast off the Iffley Road at the College's expense.
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News: Somerville bar shut
THE COLLEGE authorities at Somerville closed the college bar for four days last week, in response to recent incidents of vandalism. The Dean was said to have threatened to close the bar after incidents involving deliberate flooding of the toilets, but the temporary closure of the bar was finally caused when persons unknown ripped out a toilet urinal and smashed it on the floor....
News: Queen on Catte Street
THIS FRIDAY, Catte Street will witness the visit of the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh to Oxford.
News: Josh set for NUS
OUSU President, Josh Bell, has been elected national co-chair of the Campaign for Free Education, one of the two groups which dominates the National Union of Students, prompting speculation that the way could now be open for Bell to become the next NUS President.
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News: Sinking boats race
Forget the Varsity Boat Race, Screaming Lord Sutch, the leader of the Monster Raving Loony Party, has challenged the Oxford University Conservative Association to a boat race to be held later this term.
News: Rats jump OUCA ship
FOLLOWING THE RECENT humiliation of OUCA in the national press, one high-level member has already resigned from the organisation. This has sparked a fresh wave of revelations about corruption in OUCA, with accusations of officers buying votes on a regular basis. Robin Conway, a former member of the Officers' Committee, the governing body of the organisation, left claiming he had, "seen officers lied to and deceived" and slammed what he called, "the protective attitude many officers have towards the corruption in OUCA."...
News: Mutants?
IN A HIGH-PROFILE debate sponsored by the Oxford University Biological Society (Biosoc) Oxford students and academics voted by fifty-nine votes to thirty-six to reject a motion condemning GM foods. The debate last Wednesday pitted high-level representatives of Greenpeace, the Soil Association and the Green Party against speakers from Biotechnology multi-national Montsanto, Oxford University Plant Sciences Department and AgrEvo. The Biosoc event was one of the first in the country to bring together prominent figures from both sides of the argument face to face....
News: Interview: A house in Iran and a carpet
It's not often that Salman Rushdie comes close to Islamic ideology. As he visited Oxford promoting his latest novel, however, the Islamic Studies Institute on George Street loomed large on the skyline, topped by patrolling police guards. The elaborate security measures surrounding his visit created an uneasy stir in the gathered students. Earlier that very day Britain had re-established diplomatic contact with Iran for the first time since 1989. What would his reaction to the news be? Would Salman be dropping any bombs tonight?...