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It’s New Year’s Eve, and, as the bells ring out at midnight, my dad says out of nowhere: “2014 – the year we get independence!” Now, we’re not the kind of family that talks politics casually, but this New Year (or Hogmanay, I should say), there was definitely a fair bit of jesting about what […]
Continue ReadingFrom the historic OUSU election to missing college tortoises and everything in between, throughout 2013 the OxStu has brought over 15,000 readers the latest happenings from across the University. Before the new year begins, our News Editors Amelia Hamer, Alice Phillips and Nick Toner take a look back at what has made the headlines in […]
Continue ReadingFriday morning. I hear voices outside the tent. I repeatedly roll over in my sleeping bag on the hard ground; half-asleep, half-awake; for what seems like the best part of an hour, trying in vain to find a comfortable position to lie. On the bright side, my hangover doesn’t seem too bad, considering. My mate […]
Continue ReadingReport and video highlights from the 2013 Hockey Cuppers Final
Continue Reading1. The Great Gatsby Baz Luhrmann’s new adaptation promises to bring F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel off the dusty shelves of libraries and classrooms and into the modern world. The trailer plunges us into an extravagantly synthetic, hyper-real version of the twenties, complete with fast cars, guns, explosions, and, of course, parties of mind-blowing dimensions. […]
Continue ReadingNew year, new collection of new acts hotly tipped for success. Same old, same old right? Well OxStu Music’s cannily done the hard slog of assessing some of the likely-looking acts of 2013 so you don’t have to. Haim First mention goes to Haim because they won the BBC sound of 2013 poll. The […]
Continue ReadingGet all your work done early Yes, we all know that one person who hands in all their work days in advance, is the apple of your tutor’s eye, and manages to juggle a billion extra-curricular commitments on top of it. But these people are in fact wizards. You are not, so get ready for […]
Continue ReadingGoing into this new calendar year, it is an important opportunity to take stock of the state of health of our society; to take some moments out from our hectic schedules, sit down, and try to retrace our steps, to work out where we’ve come from, see clearly where we are at, and maybe appreciate […]
Continue ReadingAs expected, the arrival of 2013 was a huge disappointment. During this first miserable week of the year, the scarcity of good Help and lack of homous in my fridge had been getting me down. I needed some drivel to take my mind off the harsh realities of life, so I bought myself a glossy […]
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