UNIVERSITY LIFE A GUERRILLA GUIDE TO OXFORD: SEE IT AS A STUDENT DOES

From: The Boston Globe | Date: October 20, 2002| Author: Andrew Sutton, Globe Correspondent | Copyright information

OXFORD, England - In fall, Oxford is a delightful place to be. As I sit under a tree in the secluded quad of the university's oldest college, young actors meander across the lawn, pouring forth impassioned Shakespeare. A graying don, stripped to the waist, paces to and fro among the flowers. I am watching the university come to life after the long summer lull. This most romantic of institutions is where Hugh Grant first trod the boards, where Stephen Hawking mulled the history of time, and wh...

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