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Image Description: Oriel College, Oxford Members of Oriel MCR have voted overwhelmingly to explicitly endorse the removal of the statue of Cecil Rhodes on the High Street façade of Oriel College. On Sunday 14th June, a number of motions were proposed in an online meeting of Oriel’s Middle Common Room. The results are as follows: […]
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Image Description: The statue of Cecil Rhodes above the High Street entrance of Oriel College An earlier title of this article used the word refute, as in “deny accusations” but this has been changed to deny for clarity, and a link defining anti-semitism has been added. A statement, sent on 12th June, from the Equality […]
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Members of Oriel MCR committee, including the President, have been accused of seeking to undermine students’ attempts to have college remove the statue of Cecil Rhodes from its position above Oriel’s Queen Street entrance. Neil Misra and Swaraj Dash, two members of Oriel Middle Common Room (MCR), proposed a motion calling for a referendum on […]
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The Oriel college JCR Treasurer faced a vote of no confidence after the JCR passed a motion to grant the Treasurer £50. It was claimed the purpose of the motion was to highlight the importance of JCR meetings and to encourage attendance. The motion was first proposed by the Treasurer on the 12th of […]
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For the third year in a row, Oriel College is hoping to field the largest contingent in Oxford’s annual Town and Gown 10K run. The college, which currently has ninety-three fundraisers planning to take on the challenge, is hoping to rally one-hundred members of the college to take part in a bid to raise money […]
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Recent violence in Charlottesville, VA, caused by the clashing of white Neo-Nazis and Antifa, the far left anti-fascist group, have proven false the “Post-racial” bubble that some white Americans choose to live in. I use the phrase “proven false” quite ironically, because you would be hard-pressed to find a POC living in America right now […]
Continue ReadingStudents at the University of Bristol have demanded that the Wills Memorial Building, housing the School of Law and Department of Earth Sciences, be renamed due to its namesake’s profiting from the slave trade. The campaign was inspired by the Oxford student-led initiative to pressure Oriel College into removing Cecil Rhodes’ statue from its position […]
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Supporters of the Rhodes Must Fall Oxford campaign gathered outside Oriel College at midday today to protest against institutionalised racism and the continued presence of the Cecil Rhodes statue. Around 40 protesters were present and called for increased representation of black students and black professors at the university, the “decolonisation” of the curriculum and an […]
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Oriel JCR will henceforth refer to Corpus Christi College as 0th Quad in all correspondences, including in minutes and in meetings. The motion was passed just days before Merton JCR declared war on the college. Corpus Arts page issued a Facebook post inviting students to enter material for a propaganda war against their neighbour, stating […]
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Oriel College have come top in this year’s Norrington Table with 76.75 per cent, whilst Queen’s sunk to the bottom of the table with only 66.6 per cent, down five places from last year. Merton was close on Oriel’s heels, coming second with a score of 76.71 per cent, seemingly recovered from their shocking 27th […]
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Democracy is one of the things the Western World is most proud of. When our countries come under attack we nod, smile politely and point out that, whatever the numerous faults of our systems, we are a democracy and therefore how wrong can we really be? Despite this deep-rooted admiration of our political system it […]
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Just when we thought the debate surrounding the statue of Cecil Rhodes couldn’t get any more controversial, it just did. On Thursday night, Oriel College announced that the infamous statue of its benefactor Cecil Rhodes was to remain in place, following an extraordinary display of narcissistic egotism from its wealthy donors. A report written […]
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Oriel College’s JCR meeting on Monday evening got rather heated when discussing motions concerning the condemnation of their Governing Body and Oriel College in regards to their treatment of the discussions surrounding the Cecil Rhodes statue. The President of Oriel College JCR, Kathryn Welsh, opened the meeting by saying that the motions were not about […]
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On the evening of Thursday, 29th January, students at Oriel College received word that the controversial statue of former Oxford student, benefactor and colonialist Cecil Rhodes will remain in place on High Street. In December, Oriel announced its intention to monitor the growing debate surrounding the statue and reflect on the arguments promoted by the […]
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It finally happened. Following months of protests, comment articles, arguments and counterarguments, the debate over the Oriel Rhodes statue has burst free from the Oxford bubble. For the first time the opinions of politicians and the public have entered into the limelight of this discussion. Yet amidst the debate’s new national, and even international, platform, […]
Continue ReadingDickie Bird, the Head Porter at Oriel, is running for UKIP in the upcoming Oxford City Council elections. Bird has been nominated for the position of City Councillor for Blackbird Leys Ward. Nathan Akehurst, a third-year History and Politics student at Lincoln, said: “It’s disappointing that anyone from the university community is involved in UKIP.” […]
Continue ReadingPartygoing students across the city are expressing their disappointment after popular nightclub Baby Love confirmed that it is set to move from its current site. The club, which is still open, will eventually close and relocate as part of landlord Oriel’s plans for the redevelopment of King Edward Street. A spokesperson for the college told […]
Continue ReadingOriel College’s governing body has voted in favour of flying the Rainbow Flag this year. Oriel, having flown the flag once last year, joins the ranks of pioneers Wadham, as well as other colleges such as Mansfield, who have flown the flag previously. It is yet to be determined which colleges will participate in the […]
Continue ReadingOriel’s JCR is set to disaffiliate from OUSU, ending a three-month dispute over its membership. A referendum last term saw a vote in favour of leaving, but a dispute over procedure led new JCR Vice President Adam Goldthorpe to get a “binding” recommendation from a Law tutor at the college. The tutor ruled on Sunday […]
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