A conspiracy of silence
THE OXFORD STUDENT can reveal that the operation of our Union is overseen by a clandestine committee of dons and trustees. We have never voted for them. Two years ago the members of the Oxford Union voted overwhelmingly to get rid of secrecy.
News: Essay crises with cash rewards
AN ESSAY CRISIS could soon be a money-spinner as the spread of internet essay-bank sites spills into Oxford University. The trend involves assignments and lecture notes being bought and sold over the Internet.
News: Heavy Labour Losses at Local Elections
LABOUR HAS LOST Oxford City Council for the first time in over twenty years. After a third of the seats were contested last Thursday, Labour lost six seats, with the Liberal Democrats gaining four, and the Greens and the Conservatives only one each.
News: No pies for Paxman at the Exam Schools
ANN WIDDECOMBE LIVED in fear that her famous attack on Michael Howard might actually have come from a porno novel. Teddy Hall was banned from University Challenge because their team once trashed the studio. Newsnight Scotland's interruptions into his show are a nuisance.
News: Oxford's AIDS vaccine hope
VACCINATION AGAINST HIV could be closer than expected following successful laboratory tests by an Oxford-based company.
News: Lottery makes a-Paulin poetry choice?
TOM PAULIN, POET and Fellow of Hertford College, has been awarded a grant of £75,000 by Nesta, the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts.
News: Chaos as computers get lovesick
THE ILOVEYOU COMPUTER virus seeped into Oxford this week as computers at the Geography Department became infected by the hoax e-mail that has cost the world more than £10 billion.
News: New togs for Oxford's Blues Teams
THIS WEEK SAW the launch of Oxford's new range of branded designer sports and leisurewear, showcased at the Iffley Road Sports Complex on Monday and the Town Hall on Wednesday evening.
News: Balls, balls, balls, balls, balls, balls...
THE BATTLE OF the balls is on. Four balls took place across the city on Saturday night and the High Street was peppered with half-eaten pancakes, stray feather boas, the odd shoe and the odd black-tied individual attempting to hopscotch down the road.