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'''Halo''' may refer to:

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*[[Halo (optical phenomenon)]], a ring of light that surrounds an object

*[[Halo (religious iconography)]], a ring of light that surrounds an object in religious iconography

*[[Halo (comics)]], a DC Comics superhero

*[[Halo (horse)]], an American Thoroughbred racehorse

*[[Windmill (breakdance move)#Halos|Halos]], a variation of the Windmill breakdance move

*[[Halo, West Virginia]]

==Music==

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*[[Halo (band)]], a heavy metal band that started in Australia <!--check-->

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*[[Halo numbers]], an official method of cataloging Nine Inch Nails' releases

* "Halo", a song by American heavy metal band [[Machine Head (band)|Machine Head]] on their 2007 release, ''[[The Blackening]]''

* "Halo", a song by [[Depeche Mode]] on their album ''[[Violator (album)|Violator]]''

* "Halo", a song by Texas on their album ''[[White on Blonde]]''

* "Halo", a song by [[Gary Numan]] on his album ''[[Jagged]]''

* "Halo", a song by Foo Fighters on their album ''[[One By One]]''

* "Halo", a song by Oleander on their album ''[[Unwind]]'' and on the ''American Pie 2'' soundtrack.

* "Halo", a song by Porcupine Tree on their album ''[[Deadwing]]''

* "Halo", a song by American heavy metal band SOiL on their 2001 album ''[[Scars (album)|Scars]]''

* "Halo", a song by Haley James Scott (a.k.a. Bethany Joy Lenz) on the soundtrack album ''[[One Tree Hill Volume 2]]'' featuring songs from the television series ''One Tree Hill''

==Video games and related fictional universe==

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*[[Halo (series)|''Halo'' (series)]], by Bungie Studios

*''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'', the first game in the series

*[[Halo (film)|''Halo'' (film)]], a film based on the series, currently halted in production

*[[Halo (megastructure)]], an eponymous ring-shaped space station

== Admissions Military==

*[[HALO/HAHO]] (High Altitude, Low Opening/High Altitude High Opening), a form of parachute jump

Does anyone know if Oxford accepts anything less than a first class honours degree for entry to their graduate programmes? If so, does it have to be a good first or will a first "by-the-skin-of-your-teeth" do?!<small>—The preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment was added by [[User:136.206.1.17|136.206.1.17]] ([[User talk:136.206.1.17|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/136.206.1.17|contribs]]){{#if:21:20, 22 February 2007 (UTC)|&#32;21:20, 22 February 2007 (UTC)|}}.</small><!-- Template:Unsigned -->

*[[BAE HALO]] (High Altitude Low Observability), a military aircraft under development

*[[HALO Trust]] (Hazardous Areas Life-Support Organization), a charity for removing war debris

*[[Mil Mi-26]] a heavy transport helicopter codenamed Halo

==Other==

:I'd say it would very much depend on what graduate course you were applying for. There are many people studying in Oxford as postgraduates who received a 2:1 degree. There are certainly also some (relatively few) DPhil/PhD students who received 2:2 degrees, especially in areas where well-funded research programs are nevertheless attracting comparatively few applicants for student places. In some subjects, being admitted as a research student is in practice primarily about finding a willing supervisor; department and college admission will follow as a formality in all but exceptional cases. Of course, being admitted and being able to fund your study are two quite separate issues!

*''HALO: Hidden Alias List Operation'', a witness protection program in the movie ''[[Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle]]''

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:Academic qualifications will not be the only factor in admission to any course of postgraduate study at Oxford - as with job applications some candidates will be successful because their broader life experiences catch the interest of the people responsible for the admissions process. More mature candidates might find that the class of degree they received many years before would be considered quite unimportant! --[[User:Casper Gutman|Casper Gutman]] 00:05, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

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== Council Merge ==

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I would propose that [[University Council]] be merged to the section [[University of Oxford#Governance and administration]]. This appears to be a simple task, but I don't know enough to avoid contradiction. Specifically, [[University Council]] implies that the council was established in 2000, while this article makes it seem like it's been around as early as 1969. Thanks. <font color="#0099FF">[[User talk:BFD1|BFD1]]</font> 16:30, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

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#'''Support merge'''. It is a no brain-er really. The article title is too general - all UK, Australian, NZ, etc., universities have University Councils. Merge the Oxford stuff and rewrite a general article on University Councils. --[[User:Bduke|Bduke]] 22:04, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

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I have done the merge as there has been no objection and all the material is already in the main university article. I made [[University Council]] a redirect but it could be developed as above into a good article on university councils. --[[User:Bduke|Bduke]] 02:10, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

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==Founding Date==

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whoever changed the founding date I submitted is clearly wrong,

Oxford was founded in the 1100's and so this is the 12th Century,

not the 11th, [e-mail] <small>—The preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment was added by [[User:131.111.42.1|131.111.42.1]] ([[User talk:131.111.42.1|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/131.111.42.1|contribs]]){{#if:23:28, 13 March 2007 (UTC)|&#32;23:28, 13 March 2007 (UTC)|}}.</small><!-- Template:Unsigned -->

==Wiki Page Pranks==

Unless this is some very obscure reference that I don't understand, I think this is a prank: under the admissions section, the first sentence reads: "Admission to the University of Oxford is based wholly on who you know and the ability of your father to do a funny handshake whilst felating a buxom goat" with a reference at the bottom of the page to [http://www.admissions.ox.ac.uk/courses/enreq.shtml Courses and Entrance Requirements]. As you would expect, there is nothing related on the referred page. Noticed on 3/18/07 [[User:The Crunchy Frog|The Crunchy Frog]] 07:34, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

:Thanks, you may need to refresh your cache - [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=University_of_Oxford&diff=prev&oldid=116120281 that was reverted] quite some hours back.--[[User:Wiki_alf|Alf]] ^{<font color="green">[[User_talk:Wiki_alf|melmac]]</font>} 07:38, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

== Americans and "Oxford" ==

When Americans say that they went to Oxford is it generally accepted (in the US) that they mean this institution, or could one reasonably expect that they are referring to one of the other educational establishments of the same name which exist in the United States? We in the UK assume they mean the former, but a recent conversation I had with an acquaintance leads me to suspect that this may be incorrect. -- [[User:86.17.211.191|86.17.211.191]] 10:09, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

:That's how these "other establishments" survive - it's a way for those who couldn't go to ''the'' Oxford to pretend that they did. If you ever see anyone wearing a "University of Oxford" tee-shirt, you can guarantee they didn't attend the university. [[User:Deb|Deb]] 11:44, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

:To answer your question, yes. 23:34, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

== Spelling ==

I am curious to know whether the spelling used in this article was as a result of the usual procedures, or simply the result of an invisible contention that because this is a "British" establishment, its article must accordingly use British spelling. I care neither way, and I am aware of the policies on this topic. [[User:Alton|<font color="#808080" size="-1"><b>ALTON</b></font>]] [[User talk:Alton|<font color="#808080">.ıl</font>]] 23:44, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

:Any words in particular that catch your Bruin eye? The earliest version of the article I can find is [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=University_of_Oxford&direction=prev&oldid=36177 this], <small>(gosh, hasn't it improved!)</small> but that is a conversion from an earlier version now lost, so I can't find out who the original author was. Whilst no words jump out at me in that earliest reachable version as being "British English" over "American English", maybe I'd only spot them if it was written in American English. Perhaps it's been edited overall by more British English editors than American English editors - or, when in doubt, editors have referred, of course, to the [[OED]]! [[User:Bencherlite|Bencherlite]] 00:27, 28 April 2007 (UTC)