2007 - Cherwell

Oxford student named as Bhutto successor

Assassinated Pakistan ex-Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto’s son Bilawal has been appointed chairman of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) along with his father, Asif Ali...

Ski Trip Student Dies of Hypothermia

A Keble student has died of hypothermia on a skiing holiday after becoming lost trying to get back to his chalet.Jonathan Hard, 21, who...

Benazir Bhutto Assassinated

Pakistani former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has today been assassinated. Bhutto was killed at a campaign rally when a suicide bomber shot her in...

Omkar sentence upheld

The Appellate Board investigating this term’s Union tribunal against Krishna Omkar has fully upheld the original verdict and sentence. The appeal hearing held on...

Merry Christmas to all our racist readers

The PC stagnation hasn’t quite hit the banks of the River Main yet. Blair’s Christmas card bloomer a few years ago changed things slightly...

It’s time for change

Three months ago I launched this blog as a German press review. Well, ideas have moved on, and I’m now re-launching it with a...

Tribunal verdict upheld

The Appellate Board held today to hear Krishna Omkar's appeal against the tribunal verdict that found him guilty of electoral malpractice, disqualifying him from...

Crossing continents with Facebook’s help

I came across a "German Newspaper Front Pages" application on Facebook. I thought it went well with this blog. Its description tells us:This application...

Dead Beat — The Perverse Pleasures of Obituaries, by Marilyn Johnson

A book review by Christopher Perfect The obituary pages of a newspaper do not immediately strike one as the richest resource for a life-affirming...

Finally, the Brits beat the Germans at something: scandals

The good news: We beat Germany, and it wasn't even in a war.The bad news: It wasn't a penalty shootout either. It was a...

‘Culture of arrogance’ says Union Tribunal

UPDATED Thursday 6th December A report issued by the tribunal investigating last term’s Union Presidential election is highly critical of key figures involved in...

A week in pictures: MT 2007, 8th week

Pictures from the protests outside the Oxford Union debate, Monday 26th November: Send us yours! [email protected]

Smile! You’re live on German TV

You don’t need to know German to get this. I’ve already complained about the blogs on N24 before, but here’s a new irritation. Michaela...

Union election result overturned

Following a tribunal concerning the result of Michaelmas term's Union elections Krishna Omkar's Presidency was overturned on Sunday night. In an official statement, the...

Price of a pint in Oxford rose by over...

Brasenose hosts talk by suspended spokesman for the Israeli...

Review: Endgame – ‘Nothing is funnier than unhappiness’

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