(import '(java.io ByteArrayInputStream))
(use 'clojure.xml) ; defines 'parse

(def xml-text "<Students>
  <Student Name='April' Gender='F' DateOfBirth='1989-01-02' />
  <Student Name='Bob' Gender='M'  DateOfBirth='1990-03-04' />
  <Student Name='Chad' Gender='M'  DateOfBirth='1991-05-06' />
  <Student Name='Dave' Gender='M'  DateOfBirth='1992-07-08'>
    <Pet Type='dog' Name='Rover' />
  </Student>
  <Student DateOfBirth='1993-09-10' Gender='F' Name='&#x00C9;mily' />
</Students>")

(def students (parse (-> xml-text .getBytes ByteArrayInputStream.)))