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Milo Donovan wins Oxford Union Presidency after suspended vote count

Milo Donovan has been declared the winner of the election for Oxford Union President in Hilary Term 2027, after the Union released the result of last term's suspended vote count. Donovan, whose campaign pledges included banning hack messages, was last term’s treasurer.
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King Charles III inaugurates the Schwarzman Centre 

King Charles III officially opened the Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities and unveiled a plaque to commemorate his visit.
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Jacinda Ardern and eight others awarded with honorary degrees

The recipients include former New Zealand Prime Minister Dame Jacinda Ardern; actress and theatre director Adjoa Andoh MBE; and literary critic and host of Finding Your Roots Henry Louis Gates Jr.
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Tommy Robinson’s invitation to Oxford Union met with protest: Live updates

Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, otherwise known as Tommy Robinson, is due to speak at the Oxford Union at 8.30 pm this evening at a debate on the motion “This House Believes the West is Right to be Suspicious of Islam”. The event has drawn condemnation from University societies, local politicians, and local faith leaders.
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Running the class-ical

In a city like Oxford, with an enormous number of classical concerts going on here, there and everywhere, it’s often difficult to pick out...

Identity crisis

The desire to identify oneself with something at university is a fairly self-evident step that people take. however, for this identity to be dictated...

Students back animal testing

The majority of Oxford students are in favour of the Universitycarrying out research on animals. A Cherwell opinion poll consulted studentsfrom a range of...

Too soon to harvest

Too Soon MonsoonWheatusOut 21 November"Who are Wheatus?” you might ask. Well, once upon a time (in fact, back in the days when GCSEs were...

‘Students for students’ referendum overruled

A Senior Tribunal has overruled the “students forstudents” refer­endum, proposed by Charlie Steel two weeks ago, which was dueto be put to the student...

Birthday bash clashes with Cuppers chaos

Four days, forty shows and almost four hundred freshers: it sounds like a recipe for chaos, but this is the Drama Festival 2005. Even...

Duke quizzes his host about suspected bong in the bedroom

The Duke of Edinburgh visited St Catherine’s college last Friday to of­ficially open the new buildings. On his tour, The Duke met groups of...

Animation theatre

HorseheadFaulty Optic Theatre Co.11 NovemberPegasus TheatrePeople would go miles for a theatrical horse once,” an elderly blue puppet sadly remarks in Faulty Optic’s latest...

Students consulted over health scheme

The Oxford City NHS Primary Care Trust(PCT) is looking to create a unified health centre in Oxfordby 2012 to replace GP practices around Oxford.The...

Blissfully blinded by faith

The Well of the Saintsdir Michael Levy22 - 26 NovemberBurton TaylorIn a tableau reminiscent of the plays of a later, bleaker Irish dramatist, two...

Hilda’s hits back

Students from St Hilda’s Collegehave this week reacted angrily after Cherwell’s Passé Notes last week contained irreverent commentsabout the College.The article, written by Simon...

Brookes robbed by dire Oxford

Oxford 1 Oxford Brookes 1Oxford jubilation, Brookes despair. Reactions that tell their own story of a match in which Oxford’s dark blue shirts snatched...

The fight for freedom of speech

Shall we protect our freedom of speech so far as to destroy it? Or shall we destroy our freedom of speech in order to...

Ex-Balliol student in court for post-Finals horseplay

A former Balliol student who wasarrested and detained in custody for a night after calling a police horse “gay”is now to face court. Sam...

Hall scrape past newcomers

St Edmund Hall 27-LMH/Trinity 18: LMH were robbed of a huge upset win late in their opening match, away to champions St Edmund Hall....

‘In theory, it won’t turn over’

Oxforddaredevil David Kirke is planning to fly a giant inflat­able winged horse fromthe base of Mount Olympus in Greece,across the Mediterranean, to Tripoli,Libya.Thefifty-nine year...

Queen’s finally halt the Worcester juggernaut

Worcester’s unshakable domination at the top of the premier division was finally ended by a powerful Queen’s side last Wednesday. In a tightly fought...

Controversy over Catz bar headgear ban

Serious equalopportunities concerns have been raised over the announce­ment of a blanket banon wearing headgear at St Catz’s JCR bar.Thenew rule was communicated to...

Hugh’s consistently inconsistent

St Hugh’s’ up and down season continued as they slumped to a 5-0 defeat to St Catherine’s before bouncing back to edge past Jesus...

All Souls award fellowship to state-school graduate

Fraser Campbell, aformer president of the Oxford Union, has become one of the few students whoattended a state school to be admitted as a...
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