Drop It!
The 'Drop the Debt' parade took place in Oxford this weekend, as part of the World Development Movement's campaign for 'justice for the world's poor'.
News: New strike
NEW COLLEGE JCR have decided by a referendum held on Monday to go on rent strike.
News: Paxo wants fees stuffed
Anti-fees campaigners found out during collecting signatures for their petition on Monday that it is not just their fellow students who support their stance on education funding. It seems Oxford's famous faces have a touch of the radical in them too.
News: LMH break-in
On Friday night first year Lawyer, Douglas Johnson helped the police to apprehend a known criminal who had been caught wandering the corridors at LMH.
News: Weird World
Pigs might fly?
News: Kiss me Kate
OXSTU PHOTOGRAPHER Gareth Jelley grabbed these exclusive photos of Kate Winslet on the set of her new film last week.
News: Smoked turtle
THE PURPLE TURTLE was evacuated and closed for the night after a fire alarm was triggered on Friday. The bar, busy with the weekend crowd, was forced to shut after a false alarm, the cause of which is subject to confusion.
News: Auction
AN AUCTION IS to be held at Christ Church on Sunday as part of their Charity Week, with all proceeds going to Facing Africa. The lots include dinner at the Randolph for two people, a signed Alan Bennett play, theatre tickets to see "Noises Off" in London or Copenhagen, Ian Hislop's tie, Chanel perfume and a bonking pig clock. ...
News: Mental health help
Oxford University's Centre for Evidence Based Mental Health has teamed up with the Government's NHS Direct initiative to launch a new web-based support system for sufferers of schizophrenia and their carers.
News: Come on you Reds!
JCR Presidents from eleven colleges suffered a humiliating defeat at the hands of the Labour Club last Saturday. For once, however, the conflict took place not in OUSU Council, but on the football pitch.
News: New student DJ for Park End
Juice, the student company which runs the popular Wednesday night event at Park End, has announced that it is to promote a new student DJ at the club over the next two weeks. Gianni Saccomani, a second year classicist from Somerville, debuted on Wednesday and is the second student from the university to play at the club this year. ...
News: Playing the system?
MUSICIANS AND HACKS from all over the University look set to converge at the weekend, as the Jericho hosts a benefit gig in support of the Campaign to Close Campsfield.
News: Oxford chemist honoured
THE ROYAL SOCIETY of Chemistry (RSC) at Oxford will honour Nobel Prize winning crystallographer, Dorothy Hodgkin (1910-1994) on Monday 14th May through the designation of a National Historical Chemical Landmark.