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'''St. Oscar's University''' was located on the planet [[Dellah]]. It was one of the most prestigious centres of learning in the [[Milky Way]]. | '''St. Oscar's University''' was located on the planet [[Dellah]]. It was one of the most prestigious centres of learning in the [[Milky Way]]. | ||
It was set up by the Sultan of [[Tashwari]] to remove the planet Dellah from the theatre of a war | It was set up by the Sultan of [[Tashwari]] to remove the planet Dellah from the theatre of a war threatened that sector of the galaxy. ([[BNA]]: ''[[Oh No It Isn't! (novel)|Oh No It Isn't!]]'') | ||
It had a campus with nine colleges. It was built on a chain of hilly islands in Dellah's northern hemisphere. | It had a campus with nine colleges. It was built on a chain of hilly islands in Dellah's northern hemisphere. Travel between islands was provided by undersea tunnels. ([[BNA]]: ''[[Dry Pilgrimage]]'') St. Oscar's University had its own (in fact Dellah's first and only) [[spaceport]], on the northernmost island. The spaceport disrupted weather patterns on Dellah, dramatically increasing precipitation. ([[BNA]]: ''[[Oh No It Isn't! (novel)|Oh No It Isn't!]]'', ''[[The Mary-Sue Extrusion]]'') It also had a sea port on the southernmost island, where it kept a dedicated ship, the ''Lady of Lorelei''. ([[BNA]]: ''[[Dry Pilgrimage]]'') | ||
==Colleges== | ==Colleges== |
Revision as of 21:11, 12 October 2011
St. Oscar's University was located on the planet Dellah. It was one of the most prestigious centres of learning in the Milky Way. It was set up by the Sultan of Tashwari to remove the planet Dellah from the theatre of a war threatened that sector of the galaxy. (BNA: Oh No It Isn't!)
It had a campus with nine colleges. It was built on a chain of hilly islands in Dellah's northern hemisphere. Travel between islands was provided by undersea tunnels. (BNA: Dry Pilgrimage) St. Oscar's University had its own (in fact Dellah's first and only) spaceport, on the northernmost island. The spaceport disrupted weather patterns on Dellah, dramatically increasing precipitation. (BNA: Oh No It Isn't!, The Mary-Sue Extrusion) It also had a sea port on the southernmost island, where it kept a dedicated ship, the Lady of Lorelei. (BNA: Dry Pilgrimage)
Colleges
- Garland College
- The Garland College Hall of Residence was a large, barrel-shaped, brick building: traditional Dellahan residence architecture. It was nicknamed, inevitably, "The Barrel". The Rector's Rooms were located here; Bernice Summerfield, who held the Edward Watkinson chair of Archaeology, was also Rector of Garland College.
- The Garland College pub, much beloved by Benny, was called the Witch and the Whirlwind.
- Departments
- Archaeology
- Theatrology
- History (uncertain)
- Goodyear College
- Practan College
- Departments
- Advanced Research
- Departments
- Pierce College
- Pierce College was located on the smallest island, and tended to house more mature students.
- Departments
- Literature of the Milky Way
- Psychology
- Rigg College
- Collins College
- Collins College also had a college pub, name unknown, which Bernice sometimes frequented.
Departments
Department of Advanced Research
- Built as an extention of the Practan College, this department was involved in several secretive manipulations.
- Faculty
- Head of Department: Professor Santos Silvera. (BNA: Mean Streets, Tears of the Oracle)
Department of Archaeology
- Faculty
- Head of Department: Professor Divson Follett (BNA: Dragons' Wrath)
- Professor Bernice Summerfield, Edward Watkinson Professor of Archaeology
- Mappin Gilder, facilitator
Department of Applied Art
- Faculty
- Professor Menlove Stokes (BNA: Oh No It Isn't!)
Department of Art History
- Faculty
- Professor Newark Rappare, artisan-in-residence (BNA: Dragons' Wrath)
Department of Comparative Religion
- Faculty
- Head of Department: Professor Urquhart (BNA: Dry Pilgrimage)
- Professor Maeve Ruthven (BNA: Dry Pilgrimage)
Department of History
- Possibly located in Garland College, as professors Blandish and Wagstaff coveted Benny's living quarters. (BNA: Oh No It Isn't!)
- Faculty
- Head of Department: Professor Emilia Winston (BNA: Dragons' Wrath)
- Professor Nicholas Clyde (BNA: Dragons' Wrath)
- Professor A.J. Blandish (BNA: Oh No It Isn't!)
- Professor A.J. Wagstaff (BNA: Oh No It Isn't!)
Department of Literature of the Milky Way
- Located in Pierce College
- Faculty
- Professor Ferdinand Archduke, Earth Literature (specialist in Obscure Theatrical Forms) (BNA: Oh No It Isn't!, Dragons' Wrath)
- Professor Epstein, Chelonian literature (BNA: Oh No It Isn't!)
Department of Physics
- Faculty
- Professor Singh, Theoretical Physics
Department of Psi
- Faculty
- Head of Department: Professor Warrinder (BNA: Oh No It Isn't!)
Department of Theatrology
- Located in Garland College; its main building was the Shakespeare Building, which Braxiatel himself had sponsored.
- Faculty
- Head of Department: Irving Braxiatel. (BNA: Dragons' Wrath)
Department of Zero Inerest Philosophies
- Faculty
- Head of Department: Professor Otterbland (BNA: Oh No It Isn't!)
Unknown Departments
- Faculty
- Professors Hettie Bonistall and Lucinda Pargiter, joint holders of the Chair of Etiquette (BNA: Oh No It Isn't!)
- Professor Arthur Candy (BNA: Oh No It Isn't!)
- Professor Owl, cosmology (BNA: Oh No It Isn't!)
- Professor Janes, space vehicle recognition (BNA: Oh No It Isn't!)
- Professor Farouk, mathematics (BNA: Oh No It Isn't!)
- Professor Hugh Southernay, marine geology (BNA: Dry Pilgrimage)
- Professor Martine Ingersköjld, climatology (BNA: Dry Pilgrimage)
- Professor Hamilton Smith, alien-human interaction and integration (BNA: Dry Pilgrimage)
- Professor Brion Arvaile, biogenetics (BNA: Dry Pilgrimage)
Destruction
St. Oscar's University was destroyed when/shortly after the All-Gods made their appearance on the planet Dellah. Ruins of the University remained for a time. (BNA: The Mary-Sue Extrusion)