Jul

13

Go back to your kitchen, woman! Sexist heckler in row at Oxford Tories meeting

Original cover story as it appeared in The Oxford Student (link): SPACE Less than a week after reaffiliating with the University, Oxford’s Conservative Association has become entangled in a scandal over allegations of sexism at one of its events. Vitus van Rij, a Tory student from King’s College London, allegedly shouted “Kitchen, kitchen, shush up woman, [...]

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May

20

Foreign students vote fraudulently

Some non-UK students had the chance to vote fraudulently in last week’s election because of lax safeguards and mistaken electoral rolls—and at least four foreign citizens claim to have actually voted illegally. Max Gallien, a German student at Queen’s College, who as an EU citizen was eligible to vote in the local council election but [...]

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May

09

“Slay the Jews?!”

“Slay the Jews?!” Police report contradicts Israeli minister’s allegation of racist abuse by Union member (link to story on OxfordStudent.com) By Carl Lewis, News Editor news@oxfordstudent.com 6 May 2010 Police have found no evidence for the widely reported claim that a student protester yelled “Slay the Jews” during an Israeli minister’s speech at the Oxford [...]

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