Oriel Split with OUSU
ORIEL JCR PRESIDENT Dave McCormick described as "an utter shame" his college's decision last weekend to disaffiliate from OUSU. The decision, taken in a routine referendum, saw 83 students vote for disaffiliation, with 63 preferring to stay in OUSU. Other colleges could now follow Oriel's lead.
News: Nadeem Ahmed: 'Two years in hell'
GRADUATE STUDENT NADEEM Ahmed came a step closer to victory in his legal battle against the University this week, after the University withdrew its application to have his case thrown out of court.
News: Bod evacuated
FINALISTS REVISING FOR their imminent examinations, which will determine the class of their degree, have been disrupted by a series of fire alarms at the Bodleian libraries this week.
News: Ox takes the silver
Oxford University came second place to Cambridge in The Times Good University Guide League Table, published this week. Although the university managed to overtake Imperial College, London, which was ranked second place last year, and it remains the leader in the field of biosciences, the gap between itself and Cambridge has grown larger according to the research....
News: Clint eastward
Oxford will be visited by one of its most famous alumni this week when former President Clinton comes to open the new Rothermere American Institute, a new international centre of excellence for American studies in Oxford.
News: Weird World
A dog beat a bird in the world's first greyhound versus racing pigeon contest.
News: Showdown
KIRSTY McNEILL AND Amy Harland locked horns on Sunday as the cancelled freedom of speech debate finally went ahead. But, instead of taking place in the debating chamber of the Oxford Union, the event was held in Somerville as the inaugural debate of the College's new debating society.
News: Students proctored for Ismail e-mails
TWO STUDENTS AT Somerville have been disciplined by the Proctors this week, in relation to non-payment of fees.
News: SCR: "Not fine by us"
Jesus College JCR was this week thwarted in its attempt to pay the proctor's court fine of its OUSU Finance and Funding representative, Adam Booth. Booth was fined £50 at the end of last term for his role in the occupation of the Divinity Schools. Jesus JCR had passed a motion expressing support for the manner in which the occupation had been carried out, and at the first JCR meeting of this term passed an unopposed motion to reimburse Adam for his fine. ...
News: Open mouth, insert foot...
New College JCR's website's claim that a Foot and Mouth burial pit is being dug next to the College's Weston Building has bemused many students.
News: Uh oh, urine trouble
A LONE CAMERAMAN is reported to have been filming members of Christ Church's drinking society using the urinals at the Town Hall event on Friday.
News: Japanese Prince visits Oxford
HIH Crown Prince Naruhito of Japan arrived in Oxford on Tuesday as part of his visit to Britain as the guest of Her Majesty's Government.
News: Oxford prof gets top job
Transplant expert Sir Peter Morris, Nuffield Professor of Surgery, has been elected President of the Royal College of Surgeons. It is the first time a university academic has held the post in the 200-year history of the college.
News: Trinity is hotting up
TRINITY TOOK THE bizarre step last week of turning off the heating - on one of the coldest days of term.
News: Students decide
THE 28,000 STUDENTS in Oxford could well decide the outcome of the general election in the marginal Oxford West and Abingdon seat. With students making up a significant proportion of the total vote in the constituency, candidates are targetting the issues that matter to those studying in the city.