Exeter students seek “hall-ternatives” to catering fee
Exeter students are set to boycott hall today in protest against the College’s refusal to listen to student demands during rent negotiations. The College has refused to reduce the catering…
Bedroom tax protestors hit Cornmarket
Protesters took to Cornmarket this Saturday, with various groups demonstrating against the Bedroom Tax. The gathering was fairly small, amounting to only about 20 people. However, the demonstration still made…
Dep Lord Mayor slammed for EDL remarks
The Deputy Lord Mayor of Oxford, Tony Brett, has become embroiled in a resignation row over his remarks about an anti-EDL protest on Saturday. Brett attended the demonstration and condemned…
Protesters say ‘non’ to gay Paris
The French aren’t too happy at the best of times, but there was an especially palpable sense of rage among the locals at last Sunday’s ‘La Manif Pour Tous’ (The…
Politics as usual: music and social change
All the talk of politics in the news recently about Obama’s re-election and, closer to home, the NUS protests next week, got me thinking about the role music plays in…
Willetts talk attracts demo
A demonstration against a David Willetts talk on Friday in St Peter’s College is being organised by the Oxford University campaign for higher education alongside lecturers and students involved in…
Union draws feminist flak for hosting Galloway
The Oxford Union welcomed controversial MP George Galloway on Tuesday, despite considerable outcry surrounding his visit. The Respect Party MP, who Union President John Lee called “one of the most…
Peaceful protest marred by don’s “scum” smear
An Oxford don has been caught on camera threatening to “set the dogs” on a group of peaceful protestors. Robert Venables QC, a non-executive fellow at Teddy Hall, responded angrily…
