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Image description: A view of Christ Church in winter CW: Sexual harassment, holocaust references. The Oxford Student has exclusively obtained a copy of an essay written by the Dean, the Very Reverend Martyn Percy, and uploaded to a website, in which he compares his experiences during the investigations of welfare mishandling and sexual harassment to […]
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TW: racism Christ Church has, in the past, had an endemic problem of racial discrimination and harassment which is directly enabled by the leadership of the college. From my own personal experience, the Christ Church leadership routinely bury incidents of racism to protect their own comfort and act preventatively in the face of public scrutiny […]
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It’s sixth week. You’re in lockdown. You’re sick of looking at the same four walls, you’ve lost all passion for your degree, and you’d rather binge Netflix than talk to your flatmates. While we can’t answer your calls of ‘please God, when will it end?!’, we can bring you some “light” “entertainment” courtesy of Rordon […]
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Image Description: A badge with the words ‘stay sane’ and a protestor holding a sign with the words ‘Covid 1984’ Way back when, in the first lockdown, I was added to a fringe Facebook group for lockdown skeptics as a joke. Lockdown scepticism was the realm of only a few, mainly those who held extreme […]
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Image Description: Christ Church College, Oxford University CW: Racism A group of Oxford University students have written an open letter and petition calling for “Oxford University to take action against racist and classist discrimination”. In light of the JCR Cake Representative Hustings at Christ Church and more recent behaviour by a former College Boat Club […]
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A group of Oxford students have created a petition responding to racially insensitive events which occurred during a Christ Church College JCR hustings, and the subsequent official statement released by the College today. The petition aims to bring to light the mistreatment of a black student, Melanie Onovo, who spoke out against the events of […]
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Multiple JCRs are preparing to table motions condemning the handling of accusations of racism during a Christ Church JCR hust, after a candidate for Christ Church’s JCR ‘cake rep’ made a joke comparing the murder of George Floyd to flour shortages. The Oxford Student understands a statement calling on such motions to be tabled has […]
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The ‘P Club’, an exclusive dining club which has previously held events at Christ Church, has been banned from holding any activities on college premises. Last June, The Oxford Student revealed that Christ Church’s then-Senior Censor Prof. Brian Young ran an exclusive dining club, the P Club, or Pythic Club. We also revealed that the college’s […]
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After extensive investigation, The Oxford Student has uncovered information on a number of incidents over the past year at Christ Church’s Undercroft bar. These have involved misbehaviour by members of the Mercurials, an all-male drinking club at the college. Significantly, The Oxford Student is also able to reveal details on the college’s response to these […]
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Image description: The Deposition, Daniele da Volterra For all the associations of the Renaissance artist with individual passion, spontaneity and divine inspiration, at the heart of the Renaissance system of the arts was a very clear framework of tutelage and reciprocity. Not only in the institutionalised workshop systems, but on a more personal level, friendships […]
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Christ Church Arts Week is well under way, but before the week kicked off, I sat down with one of the organizers, Chandler Sterling, who showed me why Oxford should be very excited about this student art extravaganza. Chandler is one in a team of four students, two undergraduates and two postgraduates, who decided to […]
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Image Credit: Toby Ord Martyn Percy, the 45th Dean of Christ Church, is set to be investigated for “conduct of an immoral, scandalous or disgraceful nature incompatible with the duties of the office or employment”. It is understood the Dean has been on sick leave and will return to work this week to face a […]
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Image Credit: Pixabay This week a violent attack in Christ Church’s war memorial gardens resulted in one man been taken to hospital. The man of approximately 50 years old, was reportedly attacked and robbed of his money and some various jewellery items on Wednesday evening last week at approximately 6pm. The attackers inflicted cut wounds […]
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Image credit: Wikipedia Note: the article that follows is a work of satire, and therefore should not be taken as factual For five centuries, Christ Church has been an imposing bulwark of Oxford’s academic and religious tradition. Now that is all going to change. A buyout of the College and Cathedral by an independent organisation, […]
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Oxford City Council has today approved a proposal by St Hilda’s College for a new block that will be built on the east bank of the River Cherwell, looking out towards Christ Church meadows. This new space will allow the college to accommodate more of its undergraduate body, as it can currently only house around […]
Continue ReadingAfter cutting their teeth on the biggest stage of them all as defeated finalists last season, St Edmund Hall AFC roared with a vengeance at Iffley under the Friday night lights, defeating Christ Church 1-0 in a disciplined display of passion, drive and ambition. Teddy electrified the fiercely contested occasion in the 85th minute as […]
Continue ReadingPlayed only a stone’s throw away from Iffley itself, at Christ Church grounds, the geographical proximity of the opening Cuppers semi-final match is fitting, as it mirrors the progression to the business end of the tournament, where the history books are written. Both Christ Church, and their opponents Exeter, were all too aware that Thursday’s […]
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Well, it was only a matter of time wasn’t it? I couldn’t write a column on film locations in Oxford without giving a nod to the 2nd highest grossing film franchise of all time. When confronted by a group of tourists perhaps the next most common question – after where’s the university?’ – that students […]
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900 young people a year are going to be supported by a new learning centre opening in Oxford. Run by charity IntoUndersity in collapboration with Oxford University and Christ Church, up to 80 student volunteers will assist with mentoring and after school support programmes for students in South and East Oxford. Members of Oxford outreach […]
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