News: Harland Holds Firm
The controversy over the invitation of David Irving to the Oxford Union has further intensified, following a hardening of stances at the Union and OUSU, and an almost equal split in opinion among college JCRs in the university.
News: LMH Gas Leak
It has emerged that gas began to leak into the quad at Lady Margaret Hall following the removal of the marquee erected for the LMH Ball on Saturday night.
News: Party Balls
OXFORD UNIVERSITY LABOUR Club and OUCA look set to be unlikely bedfellows in an upcoming social venture, provisionally titled "The Red Ball", writes Julia Buckley. The ball, scheduled for the second half of term, promises to see students overcoming their political differences and ideological disputes in an evening open to all. ...
News: Road up
A major improvement scheme for Oxford's Cornmarket Street finally will start on July 9th, writes Sarah Birke. The £2m repaving project will be funded by Oxfordshire County Council.
News: Weird World
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News: May Day Play
On Tuesday morning Oxford's traditional May Day celebrations began with the choir singing at 6am from the top of Magdalen Tower. There were around three thousand spectators, though for the fourth year in a row revellers were not allowed onto Magdalen Bridge. Inspector Dennis Everndon of Oxford Police commented that the "celebrations in Oxford went smoothly for all involved. It was a good natured and enjoyable morning". He added that "crowds had been considerably less than in previous years"....
News: Students 'Crucified'
TWO STUDENTS FACE 'crucifixion' after Merton JCR's first meeting of term last Sunday. Outraged Mertonians passed the motion after Adam Killeya and Vivienne Raper opposed the ratification of Merton student David Milliken as editor of the Oxford Student.
News: Shelling out to shareholders
Mark Moody- Stuart, Chair of Shell/ Royal Dutch Oil Corporation and Co-Chair of the G8 renewable energy task force, visited Magdalen College Auditorium last Friday to give a lecture on business ethics to members of the European Affairs Society.
News: It can't be Don
OXFORD ACADEMICS ARE "working themselves to death" with 70-hour weeks according to The Times. The newspaper quoted Magdalen's head, Anthony Smith, as saying that dons cannot possibly "get by on a 50, 60 or even 70-hour week".
News: ChCh's Children's ChChCharity
CHRIST CHURCH CHARITY week 2001 is in aid of 'Facing Africa-NOMA'. NOMA is a disease affecting 500,000 infants and young children in Africa each year. Around 70-90% of affected children die of the disease, and the few survivors suffer facial disfigurement, functional impairment and ostracism by their communities. However the disease is preventable, treatable and curable....