RENT PLOY
Alarming new proposals are set to be introduced that will see staggering rent rises across Oxford colleges next year.
News: Oxford Protestor Faces Jail
Owen English, a student at St Catherine's and a prominent member of Oxford Students Stop the War (OSSTW), was last week charged with committing £12,000 of criminal damage at an anti-war demonstration at R.A.F. Fairford on February 23. The implication is that he single-handedly pulled down an eight-foot fence....
News: Paying the price
Prices in the Oxford Union's famous bar are set to rise for the first time in three years. Union President Ambrose Faulks admitted to the OxStu that there will probably have to be "nominal" increases in the price of many drinks, however he stressed that the bar's flagship 'pound a pint' policy would remain.
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News: Sutton Memorial
A Memorial service was held on Saturday for Edmund Sutton, a fourth year Classics student at Magdalen who was tragically killed in a car accident last January.
News: Cherbull
The Cherwell came under vicious attack at OUSU Council last Friday, when Sean Sullivan, VP (Finance), spoke out angrily against an article in last week's edition. The paper criticised Sullivan for misrepresenting Oxford students in a speech he made at the NUS conference last month, an accusation which he vehemently denies....
News: WADHAMITE MUGGED
Last Thursday, a Wadham student was attacked by a group of three men on the corner of Ferry Pool road, Summertown.
News: Chaplain "Pinched Peoples' Asses"
It has emerged that the Worcester chaplain who was dismissed at the end of last term was in fact sacked for drunkenness at a wake.
News: Dead man walking
In an embarrassing blunder the University killed off one of its alumni in the Oxford University Gazette of February 13.
News: Wedding blues
Outraged Mansfield students have been left fuming after discourteous treatment at the hands of the college authorities.
News: Proud of Pride
The first British Gay Pride event of 2003 came to Oxford last Saturday. It was also the first ever Pride event in our ancient city's history.
News: Tory Tribe
Sean Sullivan, OUSU VP (Finance) and a member of the Oxford University Conservative Association, lost out in his local council elections to his own father.
News: One World
Last week's One World Week proved to be a huge success according to the organizers. The events, which aimed to bring the Town and the University together, celebrated the international diversity of Oxford's own community. Cultural societies, campaign groups, writers and activists joined forces in a week of discussions, talks, workshops, dancing, food, drink and partying....
News: This week in...
News: RAG
RAG hits Oxford this week, with events including a sports day and an Oxford vs. Brookes pub crawl. Whilst last weekend saw eight students hitch-hike in pairs to Amsterdam, leaving on Friday afternoon and returning on Sunday night.
News: NEWS IN BRIEF
'Bling-Bling' has been added to the new edition of the Oxford English Dictionary.
