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An entz event at Christ Church this weekend became the scene of peer pressure, sexist chants and a series of challenges described by one spectator as “grotesque”. Participants performed challenges such as imitating sex acts, eating McCoy’s crisps from compromising places on other people’s bodies, and the event concluded with participants giving and receiving lap […]
Continue ReadingCollege JCRs have started motions to boycott Sky TV, as they try to persuade the broadcasting giant to grant them charitable status. At the moment, JCRs across Oxford who wish to have Sky TV are required to pay the full subscription fee for a public license, costing approximately £6000 a year. SU President of Wadham, […]
Continue ReadingThe inter-collegiate Mo-off is well underway, with already £2,618 being raised for men’s health on the Oxford University’s Movember network. Oxford RAG launched the intercollegiate “Mo-off” on November 1st as part of a University-wide initiative to raise money for testicular and prostate cancer. In only the first week of the competition the teams participating have […]
Continue ReadingThere has been an outcry surrounding plans for an American-style ‘Frat Party’ to be held by students from Worcester College later in Michaelmas. Frat parties, traditionally organised by American college fraternities, tend to be associated with drunken, rowdy behaviour. According to Urban Dictionary, a ‘frat party’ is when a gang of college students meet up […]
Continue ReadingJohn’s was thrown into chaos this weekend after voting for the college’s next JCR President resulted in a surprise victory for R.O.N (Re-Open Nominations). Candidates Harry Kind and Shyam Thakerar were defeated after only attaining 29 and 31 per cent of the vote respectively to R.O.N’s 40 per cent amidst claims that they were out […]
Continue ReadingStudents at Univ are up in arms after gardeners forcibly removed a number of bike locks on Monday. In an email to JCR members, Univ’s JCR Treasurer and Vice-president Robert Natzler described how the College’s gardeners went round with “dazzling temerity”, cutting the locks from bikes that were parked in Logic Lane and not marked […]
Continue ReadingRadio 1 DJ Scott Mills has accepted an invitation from Exeter College LGBTQ Society to talk about his gay rights campaigning and documentary, as well as his successful DJ career. Mills will speak at 8.30pm on Tuesday 13th November in the Saskatchewan lecture theatre at Exeter College and his talk is open and free of […]
Continue ReadingThis week second year geographers across the university have been expressing their distaste at new limitations the faculty is placing on their studies. The Faculty of Geography and the Environment is introducing new procedures to cap the number of students able to study each optional course at ten. This will take effect in Hilary […]
Continue ReadingLincoln will be hosting an inaugural drinks event next week that will bring together all three Turl Street colleges for a night of entertainment in the college bar. “Turl K 12”, the first event of its kind, is sponsored by Deloitte and will feature a performance from a cappella group Out of the Blue. The […]
Continue ReadingA demonstration against a David Willetts talk on Friday in St Peter’s College is being organised by the Oxford University campaign for higher education alongside lecturers and students involved in the No Confidence campaign. Willetts is due to take part in a symposium chaired by Andrew Marr on the subject of how language shapes public […]
Continue ReadingPenguins Heather and Steven have hatched at the Cotswold Wildfire Park in Oxfordshire a few weeks ago. These were the first penguin chicks to be born at the park, located in Burford, in the past five years. Steven (pictured right) and Heather hatched at their home at the Cotswold Wildife Park last month – the […]
Continue ReadingOn 13 November, voting will open for OUSU President, Vice-Presidents and other representatives. This year has two candidates for the top position – Tom Rutland, finalist in PPE at Jesus, and Izzy Westbury, in her 4th year at Oxford, studying physiological sciences at Hertford. Following results showing that OUSU is the least popular student union […]
Continue ReadingA Worcester student has decided to do a naked bike challenge in protest at oil dependency as part of the World Naked Bike Ride (WNBR). Angus Barry, a second year PPE student, is in charge of publicity of the event at Oxford University, and hopes to encourage a large group of riders to join in. […]
Continue ReadingSt. Anne’s has decided to rename its Junior Common Room in honour of the alumni who donated £1.5m to the college. ‘The Danson Room’ as it will now be called, comes after last month’s record donation to the college from Michael and Helen Danson. Mr Danson read law at St Anne’s until 1985 and his […]
Continue ReadingA recent Queen’s graduate is attempting to run 100 kilometres in ten days to help tackle poverty in El Salvador. Charlotte Le Flufy, nicknamed Fluff, will be running ten kilometres each day for ten days in ten cities for a project organised by the international development charity Progressio during which she will assist El Salvadorian […]
Continue ReadingAn estimated 500 delegates, representing each of the UN’s 193 member states, spent three days in Oxford taking part in discussions of current issues in committees modelled on the real United Nations. Undergraduate and postgraduate students from across the globe were assigned nations to represent, and were required to take part in mock committees such […]
Continue ReadingOxford University students will be able to study Romanian for the first time, thanks to a lectureship funded by the Romanian Ministry of Education. The lectureship in the Romanian language – the first of its kind in the UK – was officially launched by the Romanian ambassador to the UK, Dr Ion Jinga, on 29th […]
Continue ReadingA George Street pub is set to change its name in an attempt by its owners to attract new punters. Copa, a continental-style bar on George Street, is set to return to its original name, the Wig and Pen. According to an employee, Green King, the brewing company which owns the pub, hopes that the […]
Continue ReadingA ground-breaking study, led by Oxford Professor Gil McVean, has collated human genome sequences from 1,092 individuals around the world. The successful ‘1000 Genomes Project’ will allow scientists to identify genetic variations that occur in particular countries and geographic regions. This study will enable the international team to identify diseases that are caused by rare […]
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