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Tuesday, January 19, 2021

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News
- News
  
  Emergency accommodation for rough sleepers in Oxford open for 19 consecutive days
  
  Yihang Fang
  
  In view of the ongoing pandemic, rough sleepers in SWEP accommodation are now offered their own room for the night, while in previous years they would sleep in shared spaces.
  
  News
  
  Thames Valley Police will fine those who “wilfully and blatantly” break lockdown rules
  
  Angela Eichhorst
  
  Home Secretary Priti Patel defended police presence in a press conference on Tuesday (12 January), where she confirmed 45,000 fixed fine notices have been handed out across England for lockdown breaches to date.
  
  News
  
  BREAKING: University confirms 45 positive cases this week
  
  Sasha Mills
  
  "The University has confirmed 45 cases of Covid-19 amongst staff and students from Early Alert Service tests for the 9th-15th January, with a positivity rate of 20.3%."
  
  News
  
  PresCom write open letter after University pays £20k to WPUK
  
  Issy Kenney-Herbert
  
  PresCom has released a letter stating its condemnation of “the University and History Faculty for supporting transphobia” and that they “are extremely disappointed that...
  
  News
  
  Covid-19 hospital admissions in Oxford have increased steeply in the last month
  
  Sasha Mills
  
  “Our hospitals are fuller than they were in March and April last year. We are doing all that we can to care for our patients with COVID but, if people do not stick to the national lockdown rules, we are likely to see cases rise even more and the pressure on our hospitals and our staff will increase further.”
Opinion
- All Cartoon
  
  Comment
  
  Why 2020 Should Not Be Forgotten
  
  Charlie Aslet
  
  Many want a Men in Black-style mind wipe that will erase the past year from our collective memory, only to be recalled 50 years down the line when a funky new virus dredges up the memories from the bottom of the dustbin. This, I think, is a mistake.
  
  Comment
  
  Capitol Riots: Putsch and Prejudice
  
  Jack Carter Benjamin
  
  'It is difficult to overstate the rage I feel against America’s right wing for allowing us to get to this point. Shame on Mitch McConnell. Shame on Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley. Shame on every Republican who acquitted Trump of impeachment charges. Shame on the entire Trump family and every single one of his enablers.
  
  Comment
  
  Opinion: On Scotland, Devolution, and The Labour Party
  
  Matthew Bowen
  
  Unionism can only work if all nations are satisfied: a real regard for the Scottish people must be made. Such regard that is formed by compassion and a distribution of wealth, power and opportunity would ensure that this positive situation is not only made but sustained.
  
  Comment
  
  I’ll Bark if I Want To: On Letting Women Be Angry
  
  Alice Garnett
  
  So I say: let women be angry. Let us bark at men in the streets who catcall us, let us foam at the mouths when men tell us to smile more, let us hiss at those who deem our clothes 'too revealing.'
Long Reads
- Features
  
  The limits of liberté: France’s ‘global security law’
  
  Katie Child
  
  Is France’s proposed ‘global security law’ a necessary step to protect individual police officers or a breach of international human rights? At the end of...
  
  Features
  
  Clubs in crisis: the UK’s declining night time industry
  
  Annabelle Grigg
  
  "If not for a healthy dose of nostalgia to remedy bitter envy, remembering the cultural importance of clubbing will ensure the scene doesn’t collapse entirely."
  
  Features
  
  Going Viral: Religion and the Pandemic
  
  Itrisyia Dayini and Joseff Govinda Howells
  
  Pandemics are nothing new, but we now live in a technological age - a globalised world where people and information travel further and faster...
  
  Features
  
  And They Call It Puppy Love: Pets in Lockdown
  
  Yii-Jen Deng
  
  I was the kind of child that hankered after a fluffy four-legged friend – the hopeful child that exasperated parents would try to fob...
  
  Features
  
  ‘We Don’t Need No Education’: Assessing What Matters in Schools
  
  Jess Dunmore
  
  "In this drive to ascribe value to students, we risk losing sight of what learning can and should be: an ongoing, unfolding and communal process."
Science & Tech
- Science & Tech
  
  The bloody problem of PMS research
  
  Marietta Kosma
  
  "Women have historically been side-lined from medical attention at a greater degree than men and there is little known about the premenstrual syndrome (PMS)."
  
  Science & Tech
  
  What does the climate crisis mean for global health?
  
  Lucy Goodfellow
  
  "It’s clear that the World Health Organisation were right to declare climate change one of the major health challenges of the 21st century."
  
  Science & Tech
  
  Science Snippets: Outrageous Octopuses
  
  Flora Clark
  
  "octopuses are prone to a peculiar habit. They have been seen punching (yes, punching) fish"
  
  Science & Tech
  
  Science Snippets: Cardiac Construction
  
  Flora Clark
  
  "A study from the University of Minnesota ... reports the successful creation of a functioning, scaled-down human heart pump using a 3D printer."
  
  Science & Tech
  
  The Oxford Vaccine – How generalisable are the trial results?
  
  Danielle Perro
  
  "Oxford-AstraZeneca has devised a vaccine in an unprecedented amount of time... However, with any and all science, it is important that we be critical of the claims being made, and question the scientific method used to arrive at such conclusions."
Lifestyle
- Profiles
- Food
- Sport
- Life
- Keep Off The Grass
Culture
- Books
- Culture
- Fashion
- Music
- Film
- Stage
Source
- Culture
  
  The Potter
  
  Tom W. McGrath
  
  "Did you ever meet the man, Who lived once in this place?"
  
  Culture
  
  Atonement
  
  Tom W. McGrath
  
  'I rue the lost hours and days: a finite life, this one'
  
  Culture
  
  A Love Letter to Living With Scientists/An Apology to My Housemates
  
  Claudia Bullmore
  
  'I am not sure what broke me. I think it's a close tie between the discussion around NaCl when I asked for the salt to be passed down the table or when someone genuinely asked the group what their favourite way to measure the centre of mass was.'
  
  The Source
  
  Drawing Attention
  
  Eve Harrington
  
  'I'm making mistakes I'm crossing them out I'm making it ugly I'm making it shout'
  
  Culture
  
  Little Giveaways
  
  Yii-Jen Deng
  
  "Jazz was being played over the stereo like theme music, as if they were acting in a television drama where each character had some essential trait, some crucial role."
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Emergency accommodation for rough sleepers in Oxford open for 19 consecutive days

Thames Valley Police will fine those who “wilfully and blatantly” break lockdown rules

BREAKING: University confirms 45 positive cases this week

PresCom write open letter after University pays £20k to WPUK

Covid-19 hospital admissions in Oxford have increased steeply in the last month

Why 2020 Should Not Be Forgotten

Capitol Riots: Putsch and Prejudice

Opinion: On Scotland, Devolution, and The Labour Party

I’ll Bark if I Want To: On Letting Women Be Angry

The limits of liberté: France’s ‘global security law’

Clubs in crisis: the UK’s declining night time industry

Going Viral: Religion and the Pandemic

And They Call It Puppy Love: Pets in Lockdown

‘We Don’t Need No Education’: Assessing What Matters in Schools

The bloody problem of PMS research

What does the climate crisis mean for global health?

Science Snippets: Outrageous Octopuses

Science Snippets: Cardiac Construction

The Oxford Vaccine – How generalisable are the trial results?

The Potter

Atonement

A Love Letter to Living With Scientists/An Apology to My Housemates

Drawing Attention

Little Giveaways

Tag: Republicans

Capitol Riots: Putsch and Prejudice

The uncertainty of Trump’s LGBTQ+ stance

Debate: Was the Obama administration successful?

Courting Controversy: lives matter more than lies

Republicans in Oxford: the US presidential election