[HDNG]INTRODUCTION:[EHDNG][PARA][BULL] The College is part of University of Oxford and students are [PARA]entitled to use its facilities.[EBOLD][PARA]New College, ironically one of the oldest colleges, is [ITAL]beautiful [EITAL]and [PARA]Gothic, with the city wall running through its [ITAL]pleasant [EITAL]grounds. [PARA]The College is only 600 yards from Carfax, but it's hidden to a [PARA]certain extent from the swarms of tourists. The social scene [PARA]rotates around the Beer Cellar, a refurbished medieval cave [PARA]attracting students from all over Oxford. New College (full name,[PARA]never just 'New') students come from a wide geographical and [PARA]social cross-section, [ITAL]with a leftish slant[EITAL].[PARA][PARA]Bar (cap 200); classical music in Anglican chapel; bops in the [PARA]Long Room (200). [ITAL]Strong music and theatre.[EITAL] Library (70,000 [PARA]books and 30,000 antiquarian items); 5 computers. 14 acres of [PARA]playing fields on site; [ITAL]particularly strong in Women's sports [PARA](rowing, football, rugby)[EITAL]. All 1st and 2nd years live in plus 30% of [PARA]finalists. All students eat in halls; weekly formal dinner in college [PARA]hall; not much self catering. Nurse. Admissions policy [PARA]encourages under-represented groups.[HDNG]FAMOUS ALUMNI:[EHDNG][PARA]Tony Benn MP (Lab); Gyles Brandreth MP (Con, nice jumpers); [PARA]Richard Crossman (journalist and parliamentarian); John Fowles [PARA](writer); Hugh Gaitskell (50s Labour Party Leader); John [PARA]Galsworthy (writer); Hugh Grant ([ITAL]foppish[EITAL] film star); Naomi Woolf[PARA](feminist writer).
