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Gabriella Emery is one of the Co-Chairs of the Board. She was one of the Editors-in-Chief at The Oxford Blue from June-December 2020. She reads Classics and French at Wadham College and is going into her second year. When not ruining all things light and wonderful like Christmas (or your dignity and pride), her hobbies include: being a welfare queen at Wadham, fangirling the M&S Deli Counter or confusing having a dog with having a personality.

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Oxford should change the name of the Sackler Library

by Gabriella Emery January 11, 2022January 25, 2022
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BREAKING: Anvee Bhutani wins Oxford Student Union presidential by-election

by Gabriella Emery May 20, 2021July 18, 2021
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University Challenge: an elitist institution long past its sell-by date?

by Gabriella Emery March 12, 2021March 12, 2021
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Sun, Sea and Social Distancing: A week in Italy

by Gabriella Emery September 7, 2020July 18, 2021
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Oxford undergraduates on BBC News call for action to tackle racism at Oxford University

by Gabriella Emery July 13, 2020July 18, 2021
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Oxford Union Standing Committee decides not to hold a re-poll

by Gabriella Emery July 6, 2020July 18, 2021
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Former Christ Church Boat Club committee member admits to defacing George Floyd image

by Gabriella Emery July 2, 2020November 15, 2020
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It Happens Here and SpeakOut Oxford write Open Letter to Vice Chancellor

by Gabriella Emery June 3, 2020July 18, 2021
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Letters from the porters

by Gabriella Emery May 31, 2020March 12, 2021
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#MeToo gave women a voice, but did our leaders listen?

by Gabriella Emery May 20, 2020May 20, 2020

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