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Image description: the interior of a church with empty pews. Disclaimer: this is my experience of Christianity and of people of faith who I have interacted with – I believe that no one is inherently homophobic because their religious beliefs. People are often surprised when I mention I am a Christian (or Agnostic) – usually […]
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I feel this comedy column has become a little too ‘annoying advice for freshers’ already, but with the subject of this next one being matriculation, I’m rather unable to shake that away just yet. Apologies to my fellow bitter minded finalists, confused others, and of course, to the freshers who undoubtedly don’t want my comic […]
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On arriving in Oxford for my first ever day of university, the first things I unpacked into my new room were a condom, a pot noodle and a mini can of lucozade. The freshers pack I had been presented with on arriving at one of the supposedly top universities in the world was promising me […]
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Bethan Roberts reflects on the stress of collections As everyone knows, the best way to start a term at Oxford is with a healthy burst of exam stress. At least it must be, since every term begins with a collection. As I start my final year, I still do not understand collections. As we all […]
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Sarah Alford challenges the popular perception of the clubbing scene I went to a Freshers’ clubbing night on Wednesday. Not the sort of anecdote I expected to be telling, for I would ascribe the same amount of enjoyment experienced on a night out as to what I feel during collections I haven’t revised for. But […]
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Image description: a shelf of several textbooks arranged according to colour, creating an appearance resembling a rainbow. It’s Michaelmas term, and this means that the time has come for Just Like Us to run their annual recruitment drive for the LGBT+ Ambassador Programme for students aged 18-25. It also means that it has been an […]
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Image description: My boyfriend and I at Wadham Commemoration Ball 2019 The life of an Oxford student can, at times, create a certain disconnect with the world outside. For me, my link to home is my partner, James. From the beginning, our relationship has been closely tied to my Oxford journey: our first date was […]
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The season is now, officially, over. On the day before the temperature dropped from 33°C to 22°C the plaza was packed, with Parisiens, locals and international holiday-makers alike. And what a spectacle it was, with an 80s music concert and performances of Saracen twirling and fire dancing. The sparks literally flew 5 metres into the […]
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For a newly-launched non-profit, founded and run by two Oxford students, entirely through one social media platform, we were overjoyed to have received 70 donations for our first ever book drive: as Homeless Oxford Literature Drive (HOLD) approaches its second drive this MT19, we hope to raise many more books, and want to encourage as […]
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Plush, Oxford’s only LGBTQ+ bar and club, published a press release on the 23rd July announcing the success of the Plush for All accessibility campaign. Thanks to donations from various Oxford societies and JCRs, Plush now anticipates that the venue will be fully accessible by the 15th August 2019. Plush relocated to Frewin Court, off […]
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Ahhh, the long vacation. At last, examinations and coursework assessments are behind us and we are finally permitted to relax. Well, with the slight aside of vacation reading that is. In order to fully escape from the clutches of such texts and memories of those ever more muggy libraries, many of us may be tempted […]
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Balliol has over the centuries seen a number of great figures cross the verdant lawns of its quad and grace its JCR – everyone from Tory leadership contenders, to the great Roy Jenkins, and even a number of Norwegian kings. However, none loom larger in the contemporary Balliol imagination than the illustrious ‘Pantry Ducks’ (as […]
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Oxford Pride this year was the first Pride I ever attended; I’ve been firmly in the closet around my family for a variety of reasons, and couldn’t take time to go to my local parade without them knowing exactly what I was doing. So, for me, attending Pride this year felt like it was going […]
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Image description: Three generations of a Chinese family “I couldn’t make any sense of it. I couldn’t get over it. That precious son of mine, what happened to him?” These were the confused words of Hao’s mother, fat teardrops sliding down her face. “When I had my son, I loved and treasured him. Plus I […]
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“Ohh, interesting… that’s quite far out, isn’t it?” – The automatic response of any high street collegiate in the textbook exchange of introductory questions. One repressed eye-roll later and I find myself speaking in defence of my humble, radically modern home, St Hilda’s, perched on the river across Magdalen Bridge (that’s right, Cowley country). Yes, […]
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When I came to Oxford for my undergraduate interviews, none of the other applicants had heard of Whitby. And yet, when I actually started my degree, everyone had heard of it. Even the master of my college came out with the classic ‘been-on-holiday-to-Whitby’ line about how wonderful the fish and chips there is. And now, […]
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“You are not special. You are not a beautiful and unique snowflake. You are the same organic and decaying matter as everyone else” – Fight Club’s Tyler Durden bluntly informs us. One of the words to make its entry into the 2016 Collins English dictionary, the term ‘snowflake’ is often used as a derogatory shorthand […]
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Image Description: The confusingly named City5 and City8 buses outside Queen’s Lane bus stop. It’s been annoying me for some time how inconsistent the numbers are on buses in Oxfordshire. I realise this doesn’t hugely matter. But it does probably make journey planning confusing for people visiting the county, and we’re not exactly short of […]
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Smartphones are one of the best tools in modern history. We have a second brain in the palm of our hands, ready to help us answer and solve the many problems we cannot fix on our own. The Internet itself is a modern marvel and having access to it anywhere and everywhere opens up a […]
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