Balliol College, Oxford

Gerard Hopkins wrote God's Grandeur in 1877 right around the time he was ordained as a priest. The poem deals with his feelings about God's presence and power in the world. He could not understand how the people inhabiting the earth could refuse or be distracted from God. This confusion was due to the greatness of God's power and overall existence that, to Hopkins, seemed impossible and sinful to ignore. However, as the poem progresses Hopkins expresses hope in the world and God's everlasting presence

Connection to Nonfiction Book In When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi, cancer is a major part in the book due the the fact that the author, or main character, has the disease himself. Paul goes through and talks about his life before the cancer, after being diagnosed, and into his final year of life through both a patient and doctor perspective. In the article “Cancer.” from Britannica School it really focuses on possible treatment plans, the damage caused by the deadly disease, some information

and The Atlantic, just to name a few. However, a large portion of his time was spent actively expressing his opinions in televised debates, public forums, and university speeches. His interest in political science after graduating from Balliol College in Oxford molded his ideas into a general theme of “anti-authoritarianism.” This theme was very well imbedded into his career, for he wrote much about politics, culture, religion, and literature. As a critic of both society and

Can a corrective approach to Scrivener’s Error find conceptual room in a formal textualist theory of statutory interpretation? 1. Introduction. 2. The incompatibility of correction in intent-skeptical textualism. i) A negative account approved: Siegel’s axiom. ii) A positive account rejected: Manning’s attempt. 3. The incompatibility of non-intent-skepticism and faithful agency: a response to Ohlendorf. i) Getting Raz wrong: a theory built on sand. ii) Getting Raz right: in support of skepticism

Founded 1960 by Sir Winston Churchill. Sister College – Trinity College Oxford. Men and Women – Undergraduates 470 Postgraduates 300. Following his resignation as prime minister in 1955, Winston Churchill, the irrepressible wartime leader and Nobel Prize winner for literature, started to think about creating a lasting legacy. During his travels he had been enormously impressed with M.I.T. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology USA) and realised it was of national importance to be at forefront

Fellow enthusiasts were known as Tractarians (or The Oxford Movement) and it was they that funded the college with the twin aims of ecclesiastical reform and an express desire of making a first rate Oxford education more widely available. The benefactor of the chapel, William Gibbs, was a businessman who made his fortune dealing in Peruvian bird droppings, which was used as a fertiliser. Awesome reputation for sport Keble is one of the largest colleges in the university with around 225 postgraduates and

Bishop Edward Fenwick of Cincinnati, founded the Athenaeum, a college dedicated to religion and liberal arts, on October 17, 1831. It was the first Catholic institution of higher learning in Ohio and in the Northwest Territory and the sixth-oldest Catholic university in the nation. In 1840 the Jesuits took control of the Athenaeum, renaming it St. Xavier College in honor of the founder of the Society of Jesus. The college received its charter status from the state of Ohio in 1842. In 1912 the Xavier

Stephen Colbert is a comedian and the host of the Late Show on CBS. He was born in Washington, DC, and grew up in Charleston, South Carolina, the youngest of 11 children. He was deaf in his right ear, which happened when he said: "I had this weird tumor, and they scooped it out with a melon baller." Surgery meant to fix the eardrum but caused damage to his inner ear. Sadly, his dream of becoming a marine biologist came to a halt as soon as he found out he was unable to scuba dive, due to his pierced

Founded 1964 by Gonville and Caius College, St John’s College and Trinity College. Named after the Darwin Family. Sister College – Wolfson College Oxford. Men and Women – Postgraduate only 594. Darwin is a relatively modern college that was surprisingly able to secure itself a beautiful spot on the Cam next to the Mill Pond. The river throws a loop that meanders through the grounds forming two small islands that can be booked for social functions by members in the warmer weather. For a small fee

Founded 1448 as Magdalen Hall by William Wayflete Bishop of Winchester. 1458 as Magdalen College (Pronounced Maudlin). Sister College – Magdalene College Cambridge. Men and Women – Undergraduates 411 Postgraduates 185. Magdalen is situated on the eastern edge of central Oxford, along side the River Cherwell, in a huge 100 acres of woodlands. This includes a deer park where a herd of hundreds of freely roaming deer enhance the already impressive setting. Striking, five hundred year old buildings