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The Tortoise Fair 2024 celebrated its 50th anniversary of this Oxford tradition, raising over £4.5k for the charity Papyrus. We thank all the participants of the main attraction, the tortoise race and congratulate Kale from Nuffield College on her victory! This year, we also hosted a human tortoise race after the rain in the garden which was tremendous fun. Families enjoyed a delightful barbecue with refreshments and an assortment of stalls such as face painting, Read more…

The recent murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor are devastating instances of the shameful brutality and cruelty inflicted upon black members of our society on a daily basis. The Corpus JCR and MCR are categorically opposed to all forms of discrimination against the BAME community and other minority groups, but the extent and extreme nature of the violence suffered by the black community warrants a specific statement against anti-black racism. It is Read more…

Yesterday evening, Corpus JCR met to table a motion about the appalling treatment of Melanie Onovo by Christchurch JCR, Christchurch College, and all the people have sent her abusive messages. We resolved unanimously to affirm our support for Melanie. She stood up for what’s right and her JCR and college have failed her. Corpus JCR therefore condemns the Christchurch JCR president and other committee members who were negligent in their duties. We condemn and express Read more…

Afternoon Corpus! Apologies that the blog is late this week, yesterday’s JCR meeting was especially long as we appointed our new RO and went over several motions that provoked a lot of debate. We welcome Adam Steinberg to the committee and thank Fran for all her hard work over the last year running elections and keeping an eye on the constitution. Congratulations as well to the Corpus-Somerville rugby team on their victory in the plate Read more…

Welcome to Trinity! Corpus seems a completely different place from the end of last term when the quad was covered in snow, and I hope that despite collections you’ve managed to enjoy the sun. In my first blog post of the term I just wanted to give a quick update on some of the things I’ve been involved with, as well as a look ahead to some of the term’s events. 1st week began today Read more…

Hey everyone! Welcome to 9th week – good luck to those of you with exams this week and congratulations to all who finished last week. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to publish a weekly blog this term, so to make up for it I’ve written a summary of some of the key things that have been going on in college the past term. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed my first term as JCR President and it’s certainly been Read more…

Hey, Here it is folks, my last blog post before I hand over to the wonderful Shiv! It’s been a full-on year that has at times been very overwhelming but I’m so happy I got to work for the JCR as President. The committee has achieved some amazing things, from supporting liberation causes to updating the general running of undergraduate life. I came into this role hoping to make college life easier to navigate for Read more…

Hey, Only one more post till my successor will (partially) take over the website. Come to the JCR on Wednesday 7th to see candidates battle it out for JCR positions. If you’re still thinking you’d like to get involved then email Fran Parkes before sunset(?) on Tuesday! So this week has again been quite quiet given the fact that we are into the election bit of term and the focus is on the candidates. Last Read more…

Hey, First up, thank you to those who have sent in applications for the JCR renovation group so far. Applications are still open this week if you would like to be a part of changing the image of our JCR! Secondly, the sing-up sheet for JCR elections goes up tomorrow. If you are thinking you’d like to run for a position then please talk to the current incumbent and message Fran Parkes our Returning Officer Read more…

Hello there, We have entered fifth week of term which can often see the onset of “fifth week blues”. With the cold weather sometimes it can be extra hard to get out of bed and working for the day, BUT our welfare officers have lots of great treats like hot water bottles to help you get through term, so do let them know if you need anything! We’ve had a super busy week sorting out Read more…