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==Student life== Students are admitted and [[Matriculation|matriculated]] according to the same admissions procedures as the other colleges and halls of the University of Oxford. Unusually for an Oxford college, there is a founding tradition of sharing social facilities between fellows, members of Pusey House, the Common Room and students, with no separate high table or [[Common Room (university)|Senior Common Room]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.stx.ox.ac.uk/student-representative-committee-src |title=Student Representative Committee (SRC) |publisher=St Cross College |date=2022-01-21 |accessdate=2022-04-05 |archive-date=28 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210928133428/https://www.stx.ox.ac.uk/student-representative-committee-src |url-status=live }}</ref> The college has a social calendar for both current students and alumni. There are a range of college societies and sports teams (often in collaboration with other colleges), as well as weekly academic seminars and annual conferences.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.stx.ox.ac.uk/sports-and-societies |title=Sports and Societies |publisher=St Cross College |date=2021-09-27 |accessdate=2022-04-05 |archive-date=28 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210928133413/https://www.stx.ox.ac.uk/sports-and-societies |url-status=live }}</ref> Some students are provided with accommodation in the first year of study. College students have the opportunity to participate in a variety of extra-curricular activities. There are sports teams in football, rowing, netball and basketball as well as opportunities to play other sports for other Oxford colleges.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sports and Societies |url=https://www.stx.ox.ac.uk/sports-and-societies |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210928133413/https://www.stx.ox.ac.uk/sports-and-societies |archive-date=28 September 2021 |access-date=28 September 2021}}</ref> The [[Wolfson College Boat Club (Oxford)|college's Boat Club]] shared with [[Wolfson College, Oxford|Wolfson College]] is like many other college boat clubs competes both within the university itself and in external competitions.<ref>[http://www.wolfsonrowing.org/ Wolfson-St Cross Boat Club] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127225138/http://www.wolfsonrowing.org/ |date=27 January 2021 }} College Website</ref> The St Cross has a women's football team which became Cuppers Champions in 2015.<ref>[http://www.stx.ox.ac.uk/about-st-cross/news/foxes-womens-football-team-are-cuppers-champions-2015 'St Cross Women's Football Team are Cuppers Champions 2015'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181030212441/http://www.stx.ox.ac.uk/about-st-cross/news/foxes-womens-football-team-are-cuppers-champions-2015 |date=30 October 2018 }} St Cross College news, 3 March 2015</ref> Other events in the college include regular formal hall, a feast once a term, 'bops' (informal college-based parties) and a yearly ball. St Cross was the first Oxford college to officially celebrate Chinese New Year.<ref>[http://www.stx.ox.ac.uk/admissions/international_community 'International Community'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120523102927/http://www.stx.ox.ac.uk/admissions/international_community |date=23 May 2012 }} St Cross College, 30 May 2012.</ref> Reunion events for alumni are hosted by the college annually both in [[Oxford]] itself and abroad.<ref>[http://www.stx.ox.ac.uk/news/stories/st_cross_hosts_alumni_receptio 'Alumni reception held in New York'] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120523103149/http://www.stx.ox.ac.uk/news/stories/st_cross_hosts_alumni_receptio |date=23 May 2012 }} St Cross College News, 30 May 2012.</ref> The Common Room also provides arts activities, such as an annual play and pantomime, as well as several social societies.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stx.ox.ac.uk/student-representative-committee-src#/|title=Student Representative Committee (SRC)|access-date=28 September 2021|archive-date=28 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210928133428/https://www.stx.ox.ac.uk/student-representative-committee-src#/|url-status=live}}</ref> The cafe/bar area is a large oak-panelled room, including leather sofas, a TV, a sound system for bi-termly parties (bops), a football table. There is also a free DVD rental library. During [[Trinity Term]], croquet and Pimms are enjoyed on the quad.{{Citation needed|date=April 2023}}
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