Traditionally a rival to the student newspaper Cherwell, Isis was finally acquired by the latter's publishing house, Oxford Student Publications Limited, in the late 1990s.
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11 Facts About Isis magazine
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However, whereas the latter is an abbreviation and is always capitalized, the Isis magazine's is a proper noun distinguished by its lowercase characters.
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Isis magazine was founded by Mostyn Turtle Piggott, the first of the student editors, on 27 April 1892.
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The Isis magazine was an accurate recorder of proceedings in the Oxford Union - enough of a function to maintain sales.
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The Isis magazine was disparagingly referred to in The Cherwell as "The Was-Was".
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Only a year later, the Isis magazine had again to suspend its operations until 1945, to re-emerge with new strength.
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H-Bomb was a significant topic for debate in 1958, and the Isis magazine published a whole issue on the subject consisting of unsigned articles.
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Isis magazine departed in 1970, making Isis an entirely independent and student-run company.
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The "University" tag was scrapped, and Isis magazine was distributed at the Oxford Polytechnic in Headington.
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Today The Isis is a termly magazine owned and published by Oxford Student Publications Ltd and is an anthology of poetry, investigations and art.
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Isis magazine has been the springboard for careers in literature, the theatre and television, with its specific influences in Private Eye and Westminster politics.
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