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Nidhi Bhaskar is the Editor in Chief of the Oxford Blue. She is currently reading for an MSc in Medical Anthropology at St. Cross College. An American transplant to the UK, she is passionate about camels, frozen blueberries, and Aldous Huxley novels. Spreadsheets are her love language.

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Debate Over Professor Sanctioned For Sexual Harassment

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An interview with Mackenzie Fierceton. 

by Nidhi Bhaskar and Ellee Su April 4, 2022April 4, 2022
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