[HDNG]INTRODUCTION:[EHDNG][PARA][BULL] The College is part of University of Oxford and students are entitled to use its facilities.[EBOLD][PARA]Near the Bod (the Bodleian Library), 300 yards from Carfax, are the golden grey stone buildings of Wadham College, which featured in the filming of 'Brideshead Revisited'.  [ITAL]The College may look like the 'Brideshead' stereotype, but the atmosphere is more progressive [EITAL]and it is perhaps significant that it was the first to be founded by a woman (Dorothy Wadham).[ITAL] [EITAL] The old main buildings centre around a large grassy Jacobean quad and are surrounded by gardens, the Ho Chi Minh Quad (beats 'Mandela') and newer buildings including some [ITAL]dead dapper [EITAL]new accommodation blocks, the library and SU.  [ITAL]The SU is an important part of Wadham which has a deservedly liberal and politically active reputation.  We could almost say it was right on.  It's certainly less stuffy than most colleges and has eager ents.[EITAL][PARA][PARA][ITAL]Chic [EITAL]new bar; theatre; King's Arms pub almost in grounds; classical concerts in Holywell Music Room (cap 150); fortnightly [ITAL]top [EITAL]bops, cabaret, bands (including recently Verve and Suede) and other regular events in the JCR (200); ball every 3 years. 'Wadham Sound' news sheet; 'Wadwords' termly slag mag; chapel.  6 acres of playing fields 11/2 miles; some sports facilities on site.  Only 1st years and finalists live in; [ITAL]good [EITAL]self-catering amenities; livers in eat in cafeteria; formal meals in dining hall.  College counsellors; nurse; minorities group; free safety alarms; tampon co-op; women's room.[HDNG]FAMOUS ALUMNI:[EHDNG][PARA]Melvyn Bragg (writer, broadcaster); Alan Coren (columnist); C Day Lewis (poet, Daniel's dad); Michael Foot (former Labour Leader); Charles Sedley, John Wilmot (poets); Christopher Wren (architect).