It's that time of year again: the annual scramble to see who Rupert and his cronies will pick to be one of the chosen Murdoch scholars (PDF).
The scheme has an illustrious set of alumni. Well, not really, but a few of the recent scholars are in pretty decent meedjya jobs these days.
Last year saw four Cherwellites, two OxStuds, one from someting called Oxide (?) and some randomer that no one knew head off to Wapping, but in previous years it's been weighted in the OxStu's favour. They tend to only pick newsy types, and those with lashings of work experience, but anyone with a hanful of decent news cuts is in with a good chance. Maybe the wide-eyed young hopefuls would like to send Saint Aldate their CVs so we can sort out some odds: [email protected]
So the question is, who's going for it this year? All the current editors (Kenber, Cox Jensen and Kuchler) are having a go. So's Lolhouse, who spends so much time on the OxStu front page that he's applied for citizenship. Maybe
All Souls and University Colleges, and Steve Howell, Head of Transport for
Oxfordshire County Council, have publicly taken swipes at each other over the
issue of signage and buses on Oxford's High Street.
News that the Council wished to site more bus stops on the High Street,
including one possibly in front of All Souls main gateway, has prompted a
scathing attack on the Council's "vandalism" of the street, with All Souls
bursar Thomas Seaman deriding the Council as being more concerned with bus
passengers than they are with the environment or those organisations situated
on the High Street. The Warden of All Souls, Dr. John Davis also expressed
concern over the pollution control monitor at the front of the college, that he
says the Council said was only temporary.
Howell's reply cites the improvement in paving and road surfaces, and a claimed
de-cluttering of signage as evidence of the Council's commitment to the welfare
of the High Street, and cit