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Photo credit: David Shankbone (Edited) Maymays, mems, meems. If you have spent some time on the internet in the last decade, then chances are you are aware of the everlasting trash fire that is meme culture. For any baby boomers uninitiated in this most noble of pursuits, memes are images and other media that are shared […]
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Photo credit: US National Bureau of Standards The ampere, the mole, the kelvin, and the kilogram are all about to get a makeover. As of the 20th May 2019, their definitions will change ever so slightly, the biggest redesign of the International System of Units (SI units) since 1875. The changes follow a vote from scientists […]
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Photo credit: Evva Christmas is coming. The shops are full of Christmas family packs and what is now the traditional start of the festive season for many, the release of the John Lewis Christmas advert, was just last week. The John Lewis advert may have become a staple of Christmas, but far more attention this year […]
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Oxford University has announced that the Tinbergen building is to be demolished and replaced with new state-of-the-art facilities. Tinbergen was abandoned in February 2017 after absestos was discovered in the building and has been empty ever since. The new centre will house the Departments of Experimental Psychology, Plant Sciences and Zoology which were once hosted […]
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Image Credit: Brigade Piron On Sunday of 7th week, the Somerville JCR voted against flying the Union Flag for ‘national days’ such as Remembrance Day and the birthday of the Sovereign, following a heated debate. The JCR motion noted that “the college does not fly the Union Flag on the birthdays of senior royals, including that […]
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In a meeting of the Oxford Union Standing Committee on Monday 7th week, President Stephen Horvath opposed attempts to discuss his conduct surrounding the Steve Bannon talk on the grounds that the proposed agenda was invalid. Five members of Standing Committee tried to raise the business but as each spoke President Horvath and Treasurer James […]
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Image Credit: Tom Gould Steven Bannon’s talk at the Oxford Union finally got underway after a delay of over an hour as crowds of protestors besieged Frewin Court. The protests gathered at 14:30 and quickly blocked both entrances to the Union via St. Michael’s Street and the passageway off Cornmarket. Police also formed a cordon […]
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Image Credit: Don Irvine Following the announcement that former chief Strategist to President Donald Trump, Steve Bannon, is to speak at the Oxford Union on Friday 16th November, the Secretary of the Union, Nick Brown, has called for an emergency meeting of the standing committee. The formal letter of requisition, as seen by The Oxford […]
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Image Credit: Gage Skidmore Former Chief Strategist to President Donald Trump, Steve Bannon, is to speak at the Oxford Union on Friday 16th November. Bannon served in the U.S. Navy, before becoming an investment banker and an executive producer in Hollywood. In 2007 he co-founded Breitbar News which has been associated with elements of the […]
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On a bright Autumn morning on 11th November, crowds mustered along St. Giles to participate in the Remembrance Day service marking the initiation of the armistice and the end of fighting in the First World War. The service was led by faith leaders, including the Rev Charlotte Bannister-Parker, Bishop of Oxford Rt Revd Steven Croft, […]
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Image credit: Chris 73/Wikimedia Commons. Description: Mount Kilimanjaro. It’s 3am. I’m stumbling uncontrollably. It’s dark, cold and I’m relying entirely on other people to show me where to go. No, I’m not drunk, I’m 5000m or so up the world’s tallest free-standing mountain. Record Scratch. I bet you’re wondering how I got here? Over a […]
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Image credit: Alex Homer. Description: Slough bus station. Ever since I read my favourite poet John Betjeman’s verse entitled “Slough”, I’ve wanted to visit the town to see if it was really as beautiful as he made it sound. After all, he clearly didn’t call it “the mess they call a town” for nothing. So […]
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Picture Credit: NileRed (CC BY-SA 4.0) Dissolved in each member of this assortment of vials seen to the right is Brooker’s Merocyanine (or MOED). This prismatic array of solutions arises from very different interactions seen in each vessel between solvent (the liquid) and MOED (the solute). The fascinating property that allows the colour changes is […]
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Picture Credit: Matwor29 A driverless car with sudden break failure is headed towards a homeless person. The car could decide to swerve and crash into a wall, killing the passenger – a businessman. What should the car do? According to a study published in Nature, your answer may depend on your culture. The study involved an […]
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Picture credit: Jeremiah Vandermeer (CC BY 2.0) Researchers worldwide continue to make strides in the race to build early stage quantum computers. It is thought that quantum computers will achieve the impossible, or at the very least do things that existing computers would need decades to complete. It is not as simple as increasing speed, the […]
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Picture Credit: Jean Beaufort Goldlocks’ misunderstanding with the three bears and Little Red Riding Hood being eaten by the “Big Bad Wolf” is a key part of many childrens’ upbringing. But the negative portrayal of apex carnivores in literature is, arguably, one of the most ecologically damaging messages we could be telling our children. One […]
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Wadham students occupied front quad in protest of the Governing Body’s attempt to set rent in the the new Dorothy Wadham building at £700 per month on a compulsory 9-month contract, totalling £6300 per year per student. The building was meant to provide affordable, college-owned accommodation for the college’s 2nd year undergraduates, who currently have […]
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The Oxford University LGBTQ Society, the Oxford SU LGBTQ Campaign and the Oxford SU Women’s Society have publicly condemned the Oxford University History Society’s decision to host Dame Jenni Murray on the topic of “Powerful British Women in History and Society” on Saturday 17th of November. Murray has since pulled out of the talk for […]
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Manny Pacquiao, professional boxer and politician, and currently serving as a Senator of the Philippines, spoke at the Oxford Union on the 5th November. In a statement, seen by The Oxford Student, the society has sad the following statement: “We recognise that the decision to invite Mc Pacquiao to the Oxford Union may have been […]
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