Bridge to stay shut
Magdalen Bridge will stay closed to revellers for next month's May Morning celebrations, despite hopes that it would be re-opened this year. A City Council spokesman said the bridge will close at 3am until all celebrations have ceased.
News: Up in arms
INVESTMENT in arms companies by Oxford Colleges has again caused unrest, with over 40 students staging a "die-in" on Monday. Several protesters from OUSU's "Not in Our Names" campaign donned masks and lay covered in mock blood to symbolise the thousands killed by weapons manufactured by such firms. The main complaint was against the investment in BAe Systems (formerly British Aerospace), which has supplied Hawk Jets to the Indonesian government. Despite a promise that the aircraft will not be used against their own people, there are reports they have been used, including against protesting students....
News: Up in arms
INVESTMENT in arms companies by Oxford Colleges has again caused unrest, with over 40 students staging a "die-in" on Monday. Several protesters from OUSU's "Not in Our Names" campaign donned masks and lay covered in mock blood to symbolise the thousands killed by weapons manufactured by such firms. The main complaint was against the investment in BAe Systems (formerly British Aerospace), which has supplied Hawk Jets to the Indonesian government. Despite a promise that the aircraft will not be used against their own people, there are reports they have been used, including against protesting students....
News: Italian job for Anne's
THE NOTORIOUSLY BLAND face of St Anne's College is to get an ambitious £9million facelift. The design is to follow an Italian style, and will incorporate a replica of a famous Baroque rotunda near Verona.
News: Weird World
Flat as a pancake
News: Fancy a Rag?
EIGHTH WEEK LAST term saw Oxford's vainer students descend upon Bar Med for the first ever University Beauty Contest. The more handsome couples who made it through the preliminary college rounds were invited to vie for the prestigious title 'Mr and Miss Oxford University', all in the name of charity.
News: Alright on the Nightbus
OUSU HAS LAUNCHED a new nightbus service for all members of Oxford University, after signing a new sponsorship deal with Goldman Sachs. The bus costs £1 per trip and can be called out between 11pm and 2am on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights. JCRs and colleges also donated generously to the £15,000 project, which will benefit their students....
News: Dry spell
News: Off His Trolley?
Lord Sainsbury, Minister for Science and Innovation, addressed the Reform Club and Physics Society on Tuesday night. He remained upbeat on the current world economic situation and, despite the dire predictions of some economists, did not believe the country was heading towards a recession on an unprecedented scale....
News: University Explorer Everests in Peace
On June 8 1924, 22-year old Oxford student Andrew Irvine headed for the summit of Everest with George Mallory. They were never to return from this fateful mission. This month an American expedition will be searching for any remaining evidence of Irvine's body.
News: Tight bard!
SHAKESPEARE WAS "NOT a nice chap," claims an Oxford Professor in her new book.
News: Thief jailed
The drug user who burgled Colleges last term to fund his heroin addiction has been brought before Oxford Crown Court.
News: Great balls of fire
News: Cleared, but still feared
Oxford is no longer classed a Foot and Mouth infected area. However Anthony Roberts, of the Countryside Service, remained cautious, commenting that "Oxford is only as free of Foot and Mouth as anywhere in England". The contagious disease could hit the county again at any time, he warned.