End of the Rhodes
IN THE WEEK that former Rhodes Scholar Bill Clinton came to visit Oxford, it was revealed that his alma mater was to relegate students to the basement.
News: Clinton returns to Uni
FORMER US PRESIDENT Bill Clinton returned to his old university this week. On Friday Mr Clinton opened the Rothermere American Institute, designed to promote and improve academic understanding and research into American culture.
News: Oriel urged to reconsider
ORIEL'S PRINCIPAL AND Provost have both sent letters to all students in the college to express their displeasure at the JCR's decision last week to disaffiliate from OUSU.
News: Anne's to split from NUS?
ST ANNE'S COLLEGE is to decide whether to remain affiliated to the NUS at a JCR meeting this Sunday.
News: Fancy a house in Glasgow?
THE DEBT OF the average student on graduation is enough to buy a small house in Glasgow, the Finance and Funding (F&F) campaign revealed this week.
News: LGB Election in chaos
The Oxford University LGB society was embroiled in controversy last week over the election of a new president. One of the nominations was a joint ticket for co-chairs, which is strictly against rules put in place by the proctors several years ago.
News: Weird World
News: Elections voided
ELECTIONS FOR THREE executive posts in Somerville JCR are to be re-run following the College's second electoral tribunal this year. The close-run races for President, Male Welfare officer and Female Welfare officer will all be repeated after the tribunal determined that an administrative error could have affected the result....
News: Cultured
Joe Simpson was this week named as the man to fill the post of Consultant for the bid by Oxford City to become Britain's nominee for the European City of Culture 2008 , writes James Rimmer.
News: What makes a woman?
This week OUSU Council voted to change how the OUSU constitution defines a 'woman'. Previously the OUSU definition of a woman was "any person designated as such by their birth certificate", but since birth certificates cannot be altered this did not allow transgendered students to identify themselves as women for the purposes of OUSU voting and committees....
News: Making Music
Music that has not been heard for centuries was played for the first time in 500 years on Saturday evening in St Peter's College Chapel.
News: A load of rubbish
Students at Trinity are currently being recruited to pick up litter following a new initiative. One student a day, at the weekend, will be paid £5 to pick up a litter in an attempt to control the problem at the college.
News: "Society is breaking down"
One of the more infamous members of the House of Lords, Baroness Young, spoke to the Oxford Student last Thursday. Baroness Young gained a name for herself recently by fiercely campaigning against repealing Section 28 and lowering the gay age of consent from 18 to 16, campaigns which, as Roy Hattersley wrote in The Guardian, made her "the toast of homophobes everywhere". ...
News: Culture vulture flies in
Culture Minister Chris Smith joined parliamentary candidate Gill Kirk in Oxford on Wednesday to meet with the management of the Oxford Playhouse. Oxford is one of several British cities competing to be considered for the European City of Culture and Mr Smith admitted that the Culture Minister would have a key role in deciding between the bids. ...
News: vote2001: policies
A summary of the policies for this years main three parties.
News: vote2001: candidates
Breezing in at 10am on a Saturday morning, Gill Kirk seems unhealthily alive. Chirpily announcing that she spent the previous night riding around in the back of a police car - "The police are amazing: they just spot things and zoom off" - she gives the impression that she has everything to play for. Or rather, she has nothing to lose. Labour came third in the 1997 election, with 25% of the vote. Doesn't that mean she needs a 15% swing to get elected?