Cherhell
Cherwell Editor Niall Stewart has resigned from the newspaper following alleged internal disagreements with staff. He handed in a letter of resignation last Friday morning (17 May) during a meeting with members of Oxford Student Publications Limited, the student-run company that publishes Cherwell.
News: Ban for Life?
A controversial motion concerning anti-abortion group Life will be put to OUSU Council this Friday. The motion will be proposed by Sarah Taylor of St Hilda's, President of the Pro-Life Society, and calls for a two-year-old ban on adverts placed by the Life organisation to be overturned.
News: Election farce at Worcester
LAST THURSDAY'S JCR elections at Worcester College have left candidates and voters confused and angry after a series of embarrassing blunders concerning the voting procedure.
News: Rents Ripoff
Following unprecedented rent rises at the beginning of Trinity term, two further colleges in the University - LMH and Exeter - have introduced significant increases in living costs.
News: Knife attack in square
A male student fell prey to a vicious street attack in Wellington Square in the early hours of last Wednesday morning, as he headed alone towards Regent's Park College.
News: News Hound
Newshound has been basking in the summer sun this week. He finds those gamma rays get rid of his ticks a treat. So, in fact, does rolling on the floor. But as gorgeous Editor Ria Hopkinson and wild child News Editor Natalie Toms demonstrated this week, collapsing in a drunken stupor on the floor of the Union President's office, directly at the feet of (highly amused) Labour MP Bob Marshall-Andrews, may be taking things slightly too far. Only slightly, mind. We thank the, um, actually-we've-run-out-of-superlatives-for-her Karen Price for not kicking us out - though the news that Cherwell News Bunny John Walton was unceremoniously dismissed merely for his inappropriate attire raised a giggle. Unfortunately we missed Mr Walton when gatecrashing the Cherwell barbeque - what larks! - but a Moulin Rouge medley from Lord Sir James Kettle and the absolute star known as Adam Brown was our highlight of the week. Anyway, with the Jubilee approaching comes the rather anti-climactic news that Teddy Hall nearly made Queen Elizabeth II herself an honorary member of their esteemed JCR. Within the entire realms of his (filthy) imagination, Newshound cannot imagine the disappointment Her Majesty must have felt to be have been so narrowly rejected. Add to that the recent 'insulting' 'lyrics' ejaculated by Dave Hart (Purple Velvet), Gilbert Ramsay (Mr Tumnus) and Thomas House (Beard) about her late mother, and there you have one sad Queen. Speaking of sad queens, the great Daniel Johnson made a valuable contribution to the Union's OPBM this week. Our darling Dan (ex-CCC, Ex-RO, Former Acting President, Sometime Chair WSC, DRO, RSVP, WLTM, GSOH, IDST, ISDN) defined a jukebox as "anything which causes significant noise when money is inserted", and consequently deemed the Union's "table football gaming device" to be a 'jukebox'. Along, perhaps, with slot machines and, on the same principle, Jordan. While we're 'on' celebrities, Newshound would like to point out that Martin Keown pales in comparison to the star he spotted walking along Parks Road on Monday. He would have leapt upon Thom Yorke (Creep), had he not been paralysed with awe. And tied to a stick. On antibiotics....
News: Paying the Price
Drake Slaikeu-Lawhead was forced to resign on Sunday from the Oxford Union Standing Committee for illicitly speaking to the Oxford Student last week.
News: Funding latest
BRITISH UNIVERSITIES ARE currently under-funded by at least £1bn a year, according to an audit commissioned by the Government.
News: Tortoise trauma
HACKLES ROSE AT the Corpus Christi Annual Tortoise Race after a human entrant was recognised for the first time.
News: Norham Attack
A FEMALE ST Edmund Hall student was attacked recently in the Norham Gardens area of Oxford. While the Teddy Hall JCR can issue no further details concerning the attack, it has prompted the college to follow many others in offering improved safety to its students.
News: News in Brief
News: OUSU adding it up
Life, Bacardi and The Lonely Planet, the perfect combination? Not according to OUSU, which has passed motions banning these companies from advertising in their publications.