[HDNG]INTRODUCTION:[EHDNG][PARA][BULL] The College is part of University of Oxford and students are [PARA]entitled to use its facilities.[EBOLD][PARA]500 yards from Carfax is one of Oxford's smallest colleges - [ITAL][PARA]classic dreaming spire-type[EITAL] buildings from the 16th, 18th, 19th and[PARA]20th centuries, around [ITAL]standard pretty paved[EITAL] quads and set in [ITAL][PARA]attractive [EITAL]gardens at the bottom of which are the medieval city [PARA]walls. A bastion in the walls has been converted into a new [PARA]music room. At the front of the College is a famous Pelican [PARA]sundial and the main quad is bordered by an [ITAL]elegant [EITAL]Tudor [PARA]building. [ITAL]Corpus has a strong academic reputation[EITAL].[PARA][PARA]The Beer Cellar Bar (cap 150, closed Saturday nights); 'Sweaty [PARA]bops' every fortnight; gigs in the bar; biennial Ball; Xmas party; [PARA]Burns night with haggis and pipes. 16th century library (20,000 [PARA]archaic and 60,000 modern books); reading rooms; 7 computers.[PARA]Playing fields (5 acres) 15mins walk; shares a boathouse; [ITAL][PARA]emphasis on participation and fun rather than sporting honours[EITAL]. [PARA]Everyone lives in college in [ITAL]pretty good [EITAL]rooms on site and shares [PARA]the [ITAL]plush [EITAL]Liddell housing complex in Iffley Rd with Christ Church; [PARA]excellent food but long queues. 2 doctors (each sex); nurse; [PARA]dentist; [ITAL]excellent [EITAL]welfare.[HDNG]FAMOUS ALUMNI:[EHDNG][PARA]Dr Arnold (of Rugby fame); Robert Bridges (Poet Laureate); [PARA]Vikram Seth (novelist); William Waldegrave MP (Con).
