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Image Description: artistic blue, green, and purple spikey bacteria appear on a pale green background We all know how much COVID sucks. So if I said, “hey, look, there’s an opportunity to avoid the possibility of a COVID-like event—or worse—occurring in the future”, you’d jump at it, right? Here’s the brutal facts: we knew a […]
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Image Description: generic spikey virus (red with green spikes) on grey-blue background Oxford University has launched research into the effect of various second vaccine doses on 12 to 16 year olds. The Chief Investigator, Professor Matthew Snape, said it “will provide vital information on the range of options for immunising teenagers against COVID-19 in the […]
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Image description: a wall of green leaves with the words “and breath” on a neon pink sign. Lockdown has returned—once more unto the breach, I suppose. Add to that post-fifth-week blues and feeling blue in general, and it’s shaping up to be a tough month. For many, the previous lockdown was extremely challenging, and going […]
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Image description: Looking east towards the altar from the nave of Christ Church Cathedral. TW: homophobia, queerphobia, abuse, mental health The Oxford Student has this week spoken to several LGBTQ+ students who say that they have experienced homophobia within OICCU (Oxford Inter-Collegiate Christian Union) and two of its main student churches, St Ebbe’s and St […]
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Image description: Separate pictures of Trump and Biden show them holding out their hands emphatically as they speak. The respective photos of each is separated by a slim white gap. Trump 2016. Brexit 2016. Johnson 2019. And now, Trump will have outperformed all estimates in the 2020 election, even if he loses (as seems likely […]
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Image description: screen on truck reads “Holocaust deniers harboured by Labour”. Edited over the top is Jeremy Corbyn’s outline, over which is placed a prohibition symbol, as well as Boris Johnson’s outline, over which is placed a question mark. CW: discussion of anti-Semitism and anti-Semitic tropes Finally, Labour has begun to tackle the anti-Semitism rife […]
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– Oxford will be moving into higher alert (Tier 2) for coronavirus. Oxford City Council announced that as of Saturday 31 October at 12:01 am, Oxford will be under Tier 2 restrictions. – The key difference between Tier 1 and Tier 2 restrictions is that Tier 2 restricts socialising indoors with people outside your support […]
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Image description: children’s school meal on a tray, including potatoes, beans, stewed vegetables, salad, Ryvita, and squash. In response to the government’s failure to extend the free school meals plan, Oxfordshire restaurants and small businesses have offered their own schemes. The free school meals plan would have provided 1.4 million disadvantaged children with £15-pound-a-week food […]
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Image description: Student on New Inn Hall Street with sticky notes reading: “send beer; corona is here”, “it’s his fault” (with an arrow pointing to the window above), and “patient zero” Recent news that students may face a two-week lockdown before being allowed to return home is typical of this government. It demonstrates a failure […]
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Image Description: Amir’s painting featured at an Exhibition at York University (1998). From left to right: Case Ootes, Toronto Deputy Mayor; Amir Pichhadze, Artist; and, Dr. Lorna Marsden, York University President. In 1995, the Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin participated in an anti-violence rally that supported the Oslo peace process. At this rally, Rabin was […]
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Image description: Trump is shown with a black mask on in the main picture; an additional picture shows Trump with Melania, without masks and smiling Even among a competitive field, the 2020 American Presidential Election has been especially turbulent. The summer saw the country rocked by protests demanding justice for the deaths of George Floyd […]
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