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Style isn’t about age The notion of style could be seen as a somewhat elusive one; you can’t just buy it or copy it. It doesn’t involve buying the most expensive clothes as suggested by Vogue or straight from a mannequin. Instead, style requires knowing yourself and your body and channelling this into an outward […]
Continue ReadingStudents campaigning for seats on Oxford City Council are in a war of words this week over the recent 38 per cent cuts to homeless services in the city. According to a statement from the Liberal Democrats, the Labour-run City Council recently voted down an amendment which would have provided an extra £100,000 for homelessness […]
Continue ReadingThe Oxford Union’s 6th debate was a passionate affair, with speeches focusing on whether whistleblowing constitutes treason or a call for justice, and whether Edward Snowden, the now-famous source of the files that revealed the National Security Agency global data-tapping programme, merits the title “hero.” Chris Hedges, a long-time journalist with the New York Times, […]
Continue ReadingKate Bradley When I was about thirteen, I was madly into the Kaiser Chiefs. Writing that makes me feel like I’m introducing myself at an Arseholes Anonymous meeting, especially now the Chiefs’ lead singer Ricky Wilson is one of the panellists on The Voice. All the same, I loved them once, and as we look […]
Continue ReadingThis week’s debate began with mixed tidings. Union President Paulina Ivanova opened proceedings with the unfortunate news that Ken Livingston, a speaker for the opposition, would be unable to make the debate following the cancellation of trains from London due to flooding. The audience were not left regretting the loss long. Ivanova quickly softened the […]
Continue ReadingOn Thursday the 30th of January, the Union’s normally serious proceedings took a back seat to the Oxford RAG Comedy Debate, contesting the motion that “This House believes nothing worth knowing can Be Taught”. This was a true battle of comedic wit, with the Cambridge Footlights pitching up in proposition against the Oxford Revue home […]
Continue ReadingAlex Cowan: It’s hard to deny that ‘lyrics-as-poetry’ is an appealing concept. The very idea of ‘poetry’ comes with a whole raft of associations—artistic, literary, profound—that, (among other things) can go along way to justifying one’s own taste in listening. While I don’t want to argue that this kind of comparative literary judgement is an […]
Continue ReadingThere are reports that MEP Godfrey Bloom mocked a physically disabled student at an Oxford Union debate this week. David Browne, a student from Merton, delivered a floor speech in which he criticised Bloom for accusing a previous speaker of racism. Bloom, MEP for Yorkshire and the Humber, responded by asking him: “Are you Richard […]
Continue ReadingConstituents and debaters of the fourth debate of Michaelmas Term weighted the merits of the motion ‘This House believes religion harms society.’ Along with ample discussion of the qualities of religion, the speakers raised the weighty question in a sometimes confrontational but engaging manner. Asking the crowd whether they had already made up their mind […]
Continue ReadingAyes: 142 Noes: 165 The Oxford Union’s third official debate of Michaelmas term was a lively and at times confused affair, with the participants debating not only the merits of going to university, but also arguing over the semantics of the motion and even the merits of well-known TV programmes. The first speaker for the […]
Continue ReadingDuring tonight’s scheduled debate on education, students were removed from the Oxford Union after hurling derogatory and incisive chants and insults towards Conservative Party Member David Willetts. During Willetts’ speech defending the proposition, on the motion “This house believes that education is a right, not a privilege,” a banner was unfurled from the balcony that […]
Continue ReadingThe final outcome of last week’s debate was a clear defeat to the motion, in what could be seen as an unfair reflection of the quality of the night’s speeches. The proposition, opposition and even the floor debate boasted speakers who were well-received by the audience and drew regular laughter and applause. This may have […]
Continue Reading19:23: That’s all – in our editor’s words, the final whistle has blown. Sepp didn’t storm off the pitch like Galloway did back in February, but it was an interesting hour or so nonetheless. Thanks for sticking with OxStu, and have a good evening! 19:19: More laughs from the audience, as Blatter impersonates Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo […]
Continue ReadingProposition – Harry Noad The English are, by law, a nation. We inhabit this ‘green and pleasant’ land, a peoples originally descended from the Anglo-Saxons of old. In a week where a Belgian teenager of Albanian descent and a twenty-one year old from Stevenage have sparked raucous debate over the definition of Englishness, we the […]
Continue ReadingAyes: 81 Noes: 190 In a lively and humorous debate, the Union considered the question of morality in the banking system and of bankers themselves. Standing Committee member Cai Wilshaw opened the debate in favour of the motion, stating: “bankers themselves are to blame for the financial crisis”. In particular, he castigated their “grand disregard for other […]
Continue Reading[yop_poll id=”8″] Proposition – Felix Chow If there is one thing that Oxford students lack, it is the time to enjoy the many things the university has to offer. So why would students with essay crises and Prelims want to spend so much of their free time rowing? For those who choose to take up […]
Continue ReadingThe paper’s first debate of Trinity, as everyone begins to gear up for exams. But could the university not be assessing us better than this?
Continue ReadingAyes: 125 Noes: 167 Back when the Oxford Union decided to admit female members in 1963, no one in their right mind could have claimed that “we are all feminists now”. The first speaker, leading silk and barrister Michael Beloff, was Union president at the time. He remembers that the issue was “as controversial in […]
Continue ReadingGalloway refuses to debate with Oxford student because he is Israeli.
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