Wednesday, February 24, 2021
- News
Oriel JCR proposes ‘New Rules’ be played for new rules
"Constitutional motions are often dry discussions, so it will be a welcome change to have some musical accompaniment."Expenses of Oxfordshire MPs reach almost £1 million in 2019-2020
"Layla Moran, MP of Oxford West and Abingdon, cost taxpayers £173,665.94, spending £130,072.44 on staffing, £21,093.07 on accommodation, £18,110.94 on office costs, £2,487.71 on staff travel and £1,901.78 on MP travel."Common asthma drug lowers risk of Covid-19 hospitalisation, Oxford study finds
Findings from the study, which were published earlier this month, suggested that over a 28-day period, the drug could reduce the risk of patients needing hospital treatment by 90%.Ten colleges not paying real Living Wage
A Cherwell investigation has found that at least ten Oxford colleges were still not paying the real Living Wage of £9.30 per hour to all of their permanent employees and casual workers as of 16th December 2020.Some students can return to university from 8th March
Students on practical courses or those who require specialist facilities can return from 8th March, but other courses will continue to be conducted remotely.
- Opinion
It Can’t Happen Here … Again? The GOP After Trump
As tempting as it may be to simply move on from the Trump presidency, four cathartic years now over and the American republic redeemed, we ought not to look upon the political currents which swept the 45th President to power as mere spent forces never again to re-emerge.Dating in East Asia: the Work-Life Imbalance
"While the economy is valuable, we should not forget that the economy is built by people, for people. If your population cannot profit from their own economy, what’s the point?"In Praise of the UK’s Vaccine Rollout
I would argue that the vaccine rollout has been one of the few British successes to quietly emerge from the pandemic, primarily as the government has taken a step back and left it to non-partisan public bodies to head the process.Why Social Media’s Donald Trump Ban Should Scare Us
"We must wrest back control of the internet so that incidents such as the silencing of Donald Trump can be enjoyed, not mired in suspicion."
- Long Reads
Ava Max’s ‘Crazy Ex’: smashing or bolstering hetero-normative stereotypes surrounding women and mental illness?
"The persona that Max cultivates in these three videos is so overdone that it could be a cynical deconstruction of the ‘crazy’ stereotype, rather than a reinforcement of it. However, could the effect ultimately just be a reproduction of old misogynist tropes, changing nothing and possibly even fuelling the faithful old fire of patriarchy?"Oxford’s overlooked inhabitants: Brexit and the East Timorese
"When the first Timorese began arriving in the UK in the early 1990s, they were essentially asylum seekers and yet, since they were on paper no different to a French, German, Swedish or Greek person moving to the UK, over the past thirty years they have received far less support than people fleeing violence from other countries."Hallucinogenic healing
"Some scientists argue that the use of psychedelics can drastically cut medical costs by generating a shift in psychiatry from the current palliative approach towards a curative one. "What was Pepe doing at the Capitol?
"The Style Guide for the Daily Stormer (a neo-nazi alt-right blog) that was leaked a few years ago offers a painful insight into how the alt-right intentionally blurs humour and hate speech online."The limits of liberté: France’s ‘global security law’
At the end of November, returning to the UK on my way back from the first part of my year abroad, I passed through...
- Science & Tech
How COVID-19 can affect your toes and skin
""COVID toes" are a dermatological symptom of COVID-19. They resemble chilblains”, which are red or purplish swellings one may experience if hands or feet are exposed to the cold for too long."It’s time for contraceptive justice
Pharmaceutical companies should push against unsubstantiated and outdated ideas about a lack of demand for long-term male contraception.Science Snippet: Analysis of COVID-19 symptoms on twitter
"Researchers from the University of Utah examined twitter posts from early April 2020 (and) found references to 36 other unique symptoms, including 3 898 cases of the now well documented symptom of loss of taste."An Illustration of Human Memory with Inside Out
"How accurate is this depiction of memory? It turns out Inside Out is a lot more reliable than you might think."The diverse challenges of energy transitions worldwide
"It is time to stop the blame game and recognise the need for international cooperation to achieve energy transition and collectively mitigate climate change."
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Number 19
'Walking along the Edgware Road It's ten o'clock at night I glance down at my phone amongst it all And it's your name that glows in the light'Rice-cakes
'a few more days of worrying about weddings, wondering why we seem to copy the lives of those we wish would love us'Two Poems
"The memory is hazy, the photographic still of the memory I keep in my head, more so."Love from,
'You're in all the details, taking up the small spaces/You're filling in the gaps between words in this poem.'
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