Net gains?
You can't but have mixed feelings at the news that Oxford is to have what it describes as the world's first multi-disciplinary 'internet institute'. On the one hand, it is clearly a triumph for the university's fundraising machine to be able to pull in the requisite millions, despite the collapse of the tech markets. ...
Editorial: Union chaos
As the Union makes our front page again (what would we do without it?), now is probably not a good time to show any degree of apathy towards the place. But, to be honest, how many people really care enough about it to read all the column inches it seems to be taking up this term? To how many of its members is it little more than a cheap, albeit sterile, pub? We may as well be reading about the marital strife of the couple that own the local. Actually, that would probably be more interesting. And the impending threat of violence at the Irving debate on Thursday will only make it more like a pub than ever....