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  Oxford - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Oxford is a city and local government district in Oxfordshire, England, with a population of 134,248 (2001 census).
Oxford's Town Hall was built by Henry T. Hare, the foundation stone was laid on 6 July 1893 and opened by the future King Edward VII on 12 May 1897.
Oxford is located some 55 miles (90 Km) north west of London and 70 miles (110 Km) south east of Birmingham, and the M40 motorway between London and Birmingham passes within seven miles of Oxford.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Oxford   (2068 words)

  
 Oxford University Student Union - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Oxford University Student Union is the official student union of the University of Oxford, representing the interests of its members to the university and the outside world.
Reflecting the federated nature of the University of Oxford itself, OUSU is both an association of Oxford's more than 17,000 individual students and a federation of the Junior Common Rooms (JCRs) and Middle Common Rooms (MCRs) that represent students and graduate students (respectively) at the University's 46 colleges.
The University of Oxford's nascent students' union arguably emerged in the 13th century, as student leaders attempted to mediate the violent clashes between "nations" at the University.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Oxford_University_Student_Union   (933 words)

  
 Oxford - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
Oxford is twinned with Bonn in Germany, Grenoble in France, León in Nicaragua, Leiden in the Netherlands, and Perm in Russia.
Oxford is located some 50 miles (80 km) north west of London; the cities are linked by the M40 motorway, which also links northwards to Birmingham.
Oxford's latitude and longitude are 51°45'07" N and 1°15'28" W (at Carfax Tower, which is usually considered the centre).
www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/o/x/f/Oxford.html   (1466 words)

  
 EducationGuardian.co.uk | Students | Oxford Union accused of bias over marble debate
Oxford Union - the self-proclaimed "most famous debating society in the world" - has hosted a number of contentious debates during its 175-year history (speakers have included Malcolm X, Richard Nixon, Gerry Adams and OJ Simpson).
The union has denied their allegations, claiming it was a fair and balanced debate, and the result - 133 voted to return the marbles and 75 for them to be retained - reflected the outcome of similar votes held in the past.
Georgina Costa, president of the union, admitted that some of the event's organisation - including the selection of speakers - had been left to the festival organisers, but maintained they did not compromise the union's integrity and the debate was fair and rigorous.
education.guardian.co.uk /students/news/story/0,12891,1214338,00.html   (714 words)

  
 EducationGuardian.co.uk | higher news | Oxford Union withdraws invitation to Irving
The Oxford Union has today backed down from plans to invite the controversial historian David Irving as a guest speaker.
"Obviously we are extremely pleased by the decision but the real tragedy is that the Oxford Union felt it was acceptable to invite a holocaust denier to speak in the first place," said Simon Petar, a member of the national executive of the National Union of Students.
Oxford Union argues that Mr Irving was not invited to speak about himself or his views, but only on a particular debate entitled 'this house would restrict the freedom of speech of extremists'.
education.guardian.co.uk /higher/news/story/0,9830,488240,00.html   (297 words)

  
 Williams College Oxford Programme - Activities & Sports   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Oxford University has more than 300 student organizations, all of which are open to Williams students.
The Oxford University Student Union (OUSU) Freshers' Fair is one of the biggest university events of the year and an excellent way to find an activity that interests you.
The Oxford Union is the world's foremost debating society, with a reputation for bringing guests and speakers to Oxford.
wso.williams.edu:8000 /orgs/oxford/activities.html   (315 words)

  
 Union Fire Company No. 1 - Oxford, Pennsylvania - Company 21
At 1105 hours, the Union Fire Company No. 1 was alerted for Ladder 21 to transfer to the Washington Hose Company of Coatesville (Station 41) while they were busy on the 2 alarm building fire at the West End Fire Company (Station 43) on Strode Avenue in Coatesville City.
At 2039 hours, the Union Fire Company No. 1 and the Quarryville Fire Company (Station 5-7) were alerted for a Building Fire in the area of Calvary Road and Roneys Corner Road in Lower Oxford Township.
The Union Fire Company No. 1 was alerted at 13:31 hours to assist the North East Fire Company (Cecil Station 4) on a 3 alarm townhouse fire.
www.oxfordfire.com   (344 words)

  
 Dissent suppressed at Oxford Union
Events at the Oxford Union were more low-key and the body insists that hostile questions were indeed asked of Mogae, in what was a successful debate.
The Oxford Union is not an official part of the political system, but it has acted as a training ground for generations of political figures in Britain and beyond since the days of Gladstone to more recent figures such as Edward Heath, Tony Benn, Benazir Bhutto and Tariq Ali.
Oxford, the alma mater of Sir Cecil Rhodes, who carved out a fortune for himself and an empire for Britain in Southern Africa with De Beers, is an entirely appropriate place to raise questions about these issues.
www.wsws.org /articles/2005/oct2005/oxfo-o25.shtml   (1139 words)

  
 The British are coming . . . again: UGA to debate Oxford Union on U.N.'s role in Iraq
The UGA at Oxford Program was established in 1989 by Shaw; thirteen students of English spent the summer at Oxford that first year.
The Oxford Union was founded in 1823 as an arena for the free exchange of ideas among students, and it soon became the forum for political debate in Oxford.
UGA at Oxford is offering this second debate as part of the inaugural celebration for its new fundraising organization, the Friends of Oxford, which has been established to help support UGA students who study at the university’s residential study-abroad center in Oxford.
www.uga.edu /news-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi?archive=6&num=535&printer=1   (830 words)

  
 Oxford Union, 1986 Huxley Memorial Debate on CD, Dawkins/Wilder-Smith/Andrews/Maynard-Smith, 1986
A story that began to circulate about that time was that after the debate, there was a total flout on the part of Oxford Union regarding it, that in fact as far as the Oxford Union, and the Oxford University were concerned, the event may as well not have happened.
I was one of several who told the CRS group it was Oxford and not Cambridge, and I said that I had a copy of the tapes.
Nor is the Chairman of the Oxford Union, who read out the votes at the end of the evening, corrected in any way by either the tellers who counted the votes, nor any from the evolutionary side of the debate.
www.tonguesrevisited.com /oxford_union_debate.htm   (2565 words)

  
 Part 4: Wilde at Oxford/Oxford Gone Wilde
At Oxford, Wilde, in Richard Ellmann's words, "created himself." Perhaps the most important influences on Wilde at Oxford were Walter Pater, John Addington Symonds, and John Ruskin.
By the time he left Oxford for London, Wilde's double first in "Greats" (said to be the best of his year) and his Newdigate Prize for poetry, had spread his fame far beyond the confines of the university.
He was accused, as he had been by members of the Oxford Union, of merely imitating other, better poets and criticized for inconsistency and contradicting himself in the volume.
www.nyu.edu /library/bobst/research/fales/exhibits/wilde/3oxford.htm   (1153 words)

  
 Canadian Miss World Beauty Nazanin Afshin-Jam to address the Oxford Union in England
The invitation to Oxford was initiated by the Vice-President of the Oxford Union Society and it is to address the Union in their upcoming Michaelmas term on October 9, 2004.
An active campaigner on Third World development, the 24-year-old Politics and International Relations graduate from the University of British Columbia is enroute to the Union to speak on her views as to why "beauty competitions are still appropriate and necessary in the modern world" and on the place of women in the Middle East.
The Union (whose membership is drawn primarily from the University of Oxford) is the most renowned student society in the world.
www.payvand.com /news/04/oct/1068.html   (397 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | Oxford Union forced to cancel Irving invitation
A spokesman for the Oxford Union said it had cancelled the event because of pressure from academics and members of the student union, who were furious that he was being given a platform for his views on the Holocaust - which he claims did not happen.
Simon Petar, anti-racist convenor for the National Union of Students, said last night: "Obviously we are extremely pleased by the decision but the real tragedy is that the Oxford Union felt it was acceptable to invite a Holocaust denier to speak in the first place,"
A spokesman for the Oxford Union said: "We are very disappointed, but the union came under a lot of pressure from various sides.
www.guardian.co.uk /uk_news/story/0,3604,488473,00.html   (469 words)

  
 Oxford Univeristy Dancesport   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
OUDC is Oxford's largest dance society and home to the country's most successful university dancesport team.
Oxford University Dancesport Club (OUDC) was founded over 30 years ago.
OUDC has over 1000 members, making it the largest sporting society in the University, and the third largest society after the Oxford Union and the Guild.
www.oudancesport.co.uk   (278 words)

  
 SEQUENCE & HISTORY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The Union is the world's most prestigious debating society, with an unparalleled reputation for bringing international guests and speakers to Oxford.
Gladstone was President of the Union in 1830, shortly before entering the House of Commons.
Instead, the Union is a forum for debate and the discussion of controversial issues.
www.ecgi.org /conferences/fese_efmc2005/ou_rules.htm   (978 words)

  
 WISC Study in Oxford
We have made special arrangements with the Oxford Union (one of the oldest private clubs in England and a social center -- dining room, bar, discos, parties, etc., as well as a traditional debating society) to elect to membership one term or one year students recommended by us.
Students are "elected" to membership and about half of Oxford's students do join which makes it the largest private club (it is not officially part of the university) in Oxford.
According to the rules of the Union, only degree candidates are eligible for Life membership, but one term students are eligible for one term membership, which may be renewed.
www.studyabroad.com /wisc/handbook/hboxfordunion.html   (516 words)

  
 Porn Star Delays Oxford Union Address   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Neither is he the first porn star to speak at the Union, in 2002 actress Jenna Jameson delivered a speech about the benefits of porn.
A spokesman for the Oxford Union said: "I am completely confident that he will be at the union within the next three months."
The Union has hosted speakers for over 180 years and is part of Oxford University.
www.monstersandcritics.com /people/printer_4836.php   (126 words)

  
 Oxford Union Debate - This House believes that "the free music mentality is a threat to the future of music."
Oxford Union Debate - This House believes that "the free music mentality is a threat to the future of music."
This was a debate held at the Oxford Union on Thursday 24th October 2002.
The Union made a video recording of the entire thing, which may or may not eventually get put online (you could try asking the Union President, David Watson about it, I suspect the more requests they get the more like it is to get online).
www.gagravarr.org /writing/UnionDebate   (948 words)

  
 Oxford Rugby Football Club
Oxford RUFC prides itself on its friendly atmosphere, excellent facilities and competitive teams throughout the age groups.
We have a thriving minis and juniors section, strong representation in ladies rugby, successful colts and improving senior teams.
Our new look website has been designed to keep members of the club and other interested parties informed of all fixtures, results and developments.
www.oxfordrfc.co.uk   (172 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | England | Oxfordshire | Uri Geller takes on Oxford Union   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The Union set up a special camera and screen so members could see their watches being fixed by Mr Geller.
Mr Geller is set to appear at the Union on 9 March.
The Oxford Union is probably the best known debating society in the world.
www.uri-geller.com /articles/2005/oxford.htm   (128 words)

  
 The Oxford Union's History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
John Washington, the ancestral nephew of President George Washington, debated the future of the British monarchy at the Oxford Union.
Barry White was invited to address the union as "the world's most romantic singer-songwriter", and spoke of his worries about music on the internet.
The Oxford Union also provides social facilities for the city's thousands of students, who would otherwise be split across its forty separate colleges.
www.popmusic.com /subs-johnwashington/oxfordunionhistory.shtml   (536 words)

  
 Oxford University, Leeds University and University of London Unions to use SMS to keep students 'clued up'.
The idea of using TXT as a method of informing students of Union promotions and events in real-time came to the founder of Head Porter Ltd, Dr Simon Strojan, while he was events organiser of his college at the University of Cambridge.
ULU, the University of London Union, is the combined Students' Union for ALL the students of the University of London.
OUSU, the University of Oxford Student Union, is the official representative body of student at the Oxford, and speaks on behalf of students to the University and the wider world.
www.emediawire.com /releases/2003/8/prweb76666.htm   (1614 words)

  
 AFRICAN FIRST PEOPLES: THE BUSHWO/MEN
Twenty-five protestors from Survival International were bundled out of the Oxford Union by burly security guards on Friday for 'wearing offensive t-shirts' and 'asking offensive questions.' All were members of the Union or their guests.
Botswana's President Mogae had been invited to give a promotional talk to the Union about the state of democracy in his country, but was met at every turn by students and others protesting at Botswana's persecution of peaceful Kalahari Bushmen, who have been thrown off their ancestral land.
Survival's Director Stephen Corry, who was one of those expelled, said today, 'The Oxford Union says that its guiding principles are 'diversity and outspokeness', and the 'free exchange of ideas'.
www.khoisanpeoples.org /news/san-news-05-10-6.htm   (259 words)

  
 RIAA chief Rosen loses Oxford debate on P2P | The Register
RIAA chairmam* and CEO Hilary Rosen suffered a heavy defeat at the Oxford Union last week, when the motion she was proposing, "This House believes that the free music mentality is a threat to the future of music," was rejected by 256 votes to 72.
The Oxford Union, you may recall, is the debating club that produces top politicians, and where once upon a time toffs voted against fighting for King and Country.
The Oxford Union does however seem to have gone downhill since the 30s - apparently they're letting in the likes of Dave Green of NTK.
www.theregister.co.uk /2002/10/27/riaa_chief_rosen_loses_oxford   (371 words)

  
 Oxford weather station - live weather information
The Oxford city weather station was set up and web-enabled by The Big Oxford Computer Company Ltd based in the City of Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom.
There are information and diagrams available, visual observations today and views from the mast taken during assembly of the station.
Oxford from BBC Government: Oxford City Council
www.bocc.co.uk /weather   (279 words)

  
 Public Address | Great New Zealand Argument
Most New Zealanders watched David Lange contest and win the 1985 Oxford Union debate, arguing the proposition that "nuclear weapons are morally indefensible" with a mixture of pride and astonishment.
On the same journey that took him to Oxford, Lange, four days before the debate, met with a US State Department official who outlined the retaliatory measures that the US would be taking against New Zealand.
A quote in Time magazine last year, an assertion by the President of the United States that nuclear weapons were immoral; his avowal reiterated in January this year in a statement over the space initiative known as SDI.
publicaddress.net /default,1578.sm#post   (2699 words)

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