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Oriel Provost and Proctors confirm that Cofnas event will go ahead at Extraordinary SU meeting

Today’s Extraordinary Conference of Commons brought together JCR, MCR and SU representatives from across the University. The meeting was called to debate a motion proposed by St Catherine’s College’s MCR president Xiangyue Wang entitled: “No Hate Speech at Oxford”.
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Cowley cinema nominated for top award amidst campaign for survival against Oriel

The Ultimate Picture Palace (UPP), Oxford’s only independent cinema, has been shortlisted for Cinema...
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Forty-nine Oriel SCR members condemn Nathan Cofnas’ views in statement

Members of Oriel College’s Senior Common Room (SCR) have described Nathan Cofnas’ claims about race and intelligence as “racist, abhorrent and without scientific foundation”, a week before he is due to speak at the college.
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 Four colleges invest in revitalising local businesses

All Souls, Brasenose, Lincoln, and Oriel are working together to revitalise Oxford’s historic Market...
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‘Ruthless’ St John’s

Residents of North Oxford have been protesting vigorously against the property development plans of St John’s, fearing the harmful effect on the community. ...

Bob Dylan expert for poetry Prof

A Bob Dylan expert who has not written a word of poetry since his school days has been elected as Oxford’s new Professor of...

UnAltered student bodies for radio

Altered Radio has launched a cheeky competition as flyers featuring six naked girls were distributed around colleges on Saturday. Entrants are asked to display...

Summers’ a party for LMH

LMH JCR played host to an Anne Summers party last Friday evening, which saw girls perusing the latest lingerie and trying out sexual positions...

Protest for the Oxford two

Animal rights campaigners protested against the University’s plans for a new animal holding facility last Saturday. Demonstrations throughout the week, led by SPEAK,...

Trial set for Tibet

The New College student who ran out in front of the car of the Chinese Premier in a pro-Tibet protest last week intends to...

Oxford first of Everest

Four expeditions are currently competing to find the body of a former Merton student who may have conquered Everest before Hilary and Tenzing. The...

Interviews are for toffs

New research has suggested that Oxford’s admissions policies is biased towards public school pupils. The findings of a report from the Higher Education...

14 year old regrets abortion

A 14 year old girl provoked widespread controversy last week by having an abortion, without the knowledge of her parents, only to change her...

Faked photos secure Morgan’s downfall

The Iraq war claimed another media scalp after the editor of the Daily Mirror, Piers Morgan, was sacked for publishing fake photos of Iraqi...

Thought of the Week…

If there’s one thing I dislike about this place, it’s the musty world of ‘secret’ societies. Bastions of old boy networking and the occasional...

DRINK: The Beat Cafe

The Beat Cafe Little Clarendon St (01865) 553543 With a name to live up to, The Beat Cafe could end up as one...

EAT: The Lemon Tree

The Lemon Tree 268 Woodstock Rd (01865) 311936 Recently re-opened after refurbishment, The Lemon Tree appears to have regained its former reputation as...

Bags of fun

A girl can never have too many bags. They are the ultimate fashion fix – cheap, versatile, practical (well, sometimes) and they don’t require...

Shiny Happy Models

The Oxford glitterati were out last Friday, stalking the Union pathways like a catwalk. The reason? UFO (Unique Fashionable Objects), showcasing young graduate designers...

Leave the bin outside

In the first week of this term, Cherwellprinted the sorry tale of Brian Butterworth, first-year psychology student at Merton, who was sent "into digs"...

A-list gluttony

Natives of LA love to complain about it: the pollution, the superficial, fastpaced lifestyle, the total lack of history and culture. These people live...

Bored this Trinity? Try… Tortoise Racing

Blithering on about how wonderful summer is seems to be a major vocation in Oxford. The cliché of ‘Pimm’s, punting and parties’ is hardly...

Dirty Pretty Films

If you had to use one word to describe the work Stephen Frears, it would be eclectic. A director whose films resist easy classification,...

Great Sex-pectations

Most of us women tend to think that we’re emancipated, modern creatures. We drink, drive, smoke, have casual sex, and do all those other...
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