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