Balliol rower hospitalised amidst "racist" controversy

A Balliol rower sustained facial injuries and was hospitalised following a serious incident outside Maxwell's on Saturday night, with the doormen on the night alleging that the undergraduate's companion directed a stream of "racist abuse" at them.


News: Oxford scientists accused of stealing AIDS-infected blood

Oxford University scientists have been accused of stealing the blood of African orphans for 'unlawful' research into the AIDS virus.

News: OUSU referendum debate

OUSU is facing serious criticism from some students after allegations that it is stalling the implementation of a policy that it dislikes.


News: Naked Rowers

Last Saturday's Summer Eights races resulted in more exposure than the bad weather encouraged as rowers from two colleges streaked during the celebrations, writes Shokofeh Hejazi.

News: Needle threat

Debenhams security staff were threatened on Tuesday 25th May by a man with a syringe, after he was confronted on suspicion of shoplifting, writes Alex Kay.


News: Balliol balls-up Summer Event

Balliol JCR has been left facing losses of up to £8,000 after failing to sell enough tickets to fund the College's Summer Event.

News: Magdalen Head of the Givers

Summer Eights victors Magdalen College have decided to share their good fortune by giving away one of their boats.


News: Festival forces fair change

The dates of the OUSU Freshers' Fair 2004 have been changed due to a clash with a Jewish festival.

News: More boatie break-ins

Thefts and break-ins across college boat houses continued last week, souring what was otherwise a highly successful Summer Eights.


News: Green or mean?

Green or mean?

Oxford University was the first higher education institute in the UK to run entirely on green energy, but this contract may not be renewed next year.

News: Cowley accident inquest opens

The inquest into the death of St Catherine's College student Emilie Harris, killed on Cowley Road last week, opened at Oxford Coroners' Court on Wednesday.


News: Researchers accused of bias

A group of Oxford scientists have shown in a study that medical reports are often overly selective, playing down negative findings and thus biasing results.

News: The Week In Two Minutes

The Dalai Lama visited Glasgow. The Priory Clinic opened a purpose-built branch to offer aid to stressed GCSE students. A student at the University of Kent, who admitted to regularly plagiarising from the internet, is planning to sue the university for negligence, after being caught the day before his final exam. Academics at Yale unintentionally created a strain of mice with a sense of smell 10,000 times greater than normal. The chief executive of the Bank of Ireland group resigned, after admitting using his computer to view porn and visit an escort website. ...


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