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BOMBS AWAY!! Angry scenes and flour bombings marred last

Saturday's Societies' Fair as anti-nuclear ~emonstrators surrounded the stall occupied · y the University Officer Training Corps. 0.T.C._ S.A.NE.'Clash'

Hea ted exchanges letwee n the placard vaving demonstrators and he uniformed OTC ~embers became more ~tense as a large crowd athered, but a potentially angerous situation was i sarm ed by mutual istraint. Although there 1as some Jostling on both Ides, and some flour ombs were thrown, there as never any real danger f prolonged violent onfronlation.

;I'll get you'

fhe nearest the situation me to gettin~ out o·f hanrl !s when a university official an handled a placa rd -

lving anti-nuclear demonator and told him in a reatening manner, "If you're Student I' ll get you ... " a ;t that ..:as later ~nderlined [the unmarked but ominous rsence of both University r-uri ty men and plainfthes police officers who pt watch from what they no .Ubt considered a "discreet \tance".

Pointless

~e protesters, comprising ply members of Students uns t Nuc lear Energy f'JE), were not protesting ut the OCT in particular, about ihe huge amount

19 spent on defence and a n tless nuclear "det-

1nce" programme espe-11 y a t a ti me when lmployment soars above I mi llion and public enditure cutbacks are ?P ling Edu cation and ial Services. lgnificantly, the OTC had most extensive display at Socities' Fair including an

lnsive array of sophised weaponry. ne protesters maintained a ersed presence around

OTC s tall for the ain der of the Fair ,

hing to prefer reasoned ment to prolonged

rontation.

Handbook that's not so handy An error In the handbook "Managing Your Student

Grant", produced for the Students' Association by the Clydesdale Bank could result In parents paying tax on deeds of covenant. The whole Idea of the deed of covenant Is to allow parents to give additional sums of money, In excess of the parental contribution and up to the tax threshold, to their children without paying tax on the sum of money involved.

The Clydesdale Bank's blunder was first brought to the attention of Heriot-Watt Students' Association by the solicitor of an irate parent. Since then further errors and misleading statements have be~n discovered in th e handbook.

During Freshers' Week it was temporari ly withdrawn from distribution points around the University. But several hundred copies have already gone out to the students in the Freshers' Mailing during t~e summer.

A revised edition will be available in the coming months. Meanwhile, anyone who has any queries over the question of deeds of covenant should consult Research officer Dave de Feu in the Association Offices. The Association's own handbook "F inancial Advice for Students" should also be helpful on these and other matters. For details of the amendments to the handbook see the advertisement elsewhere in this issue.

The Week

The Week of Action by Colleges of Education throughout Scotland continues today and tomorrow with protests in Hamilton and Edinburgh. -Today (Thursday) there is to ee a march and rally in the Town Hall, Hamilton. On Friday, Secretary ol State George Younger will be in town for a meeting of the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities. Students from the affected 4olleges will be

protesting outside the Scottish Office while the meeting is in progress.

On Tuesday, the Annual General Meetin g of the Overseas Students Centre wil l be held at the Centre in Bu cc leuch Place . The purpose of the meeting is to elect this year's committee, members of which will be responsible for the running of the Centre. Funded by its own fund-raising efforts an<;I by a

grant from the University Court, which was cut from £1400 to £1000 this year, the Centre is run entirely by volunteer helpers.

A "Grand Book Sale", as the posters proclaim is to be held next Wednesday and Thursday in David Hume Tower Basement. It launches an Edinburgh University Book Agency of which further details elsewhere in this issue.

16th October 1980

INSIDE

2 Front Piece

THE LEADER If you were around the Societies Fair on

Saturday afternoon there is every chance that you missed some of the rare action there is to be seen around this doldrum of an institution . If you weren 't there t hen you probably should have been. One could not he lp but admire the "stiff upper lip" reso lve of the members of the University Offi cers Traini ng Corps as they faced one of what must be an increas ing number of nuclear disarmament demonstrations. One could not but admi re the reticence with wh ich they were drawn into conflict. One could not but relish the aura of patience which surro unded t hese future o ffi c ers a n d

gentlemen. But, at the same time, one could not help but wonder if all of those qualit ies were only sustained by the knowledge o r belief that while the rest of us fear wh at the future may hold tomorrow belongs to t hem.

Tomorrow may not hold that much for any of us if the Government manage to sneak in t heir plans for alternat ive Student Union f inancing . Education Secretary Mark Carlisle's baby (conceived , we believe, last year) is rea ring its ugly head yet again . If Mr Carlisle's plans , which basically involve making Students' Un ions so poor that they can 't afford to squeal, even in papers such as th is, are put into action then, in

the words of Sen ior President John Sturrock "we're down the tubes".

And so to bed , or floo r in Po ll ock, or park bench or wherever you happen to be lucky or unlucky e nough to spend your dream t ime. There must be more students in Edi nburgh in unsat isfactory accommodat ion than the official f igures suggest. If st udents do not complain to everybody, incl uding us, the Students' Association and the Student Accommodation Service, then many more students may have to play tig with the coc kroaches on the f loor ol oblig ing fr iends.

Letters to the Editor Dear Si r,

Perhaps I can enlig/1ten your feature writer ("Union Blues", 7th October) as to why "the part with the dome was dubbed Phase Ill" and what Phase II is (or was intended to be!) Phase I of the Student Centre consisted of the Refectory and Health Centre, and was built in 1970. Phase II was intended to be a new sports complex, to replace the existing facilities in the Pleasance. Unfortunately, the financing of Phase 11 was dependent upon a city bye-pass scheme which would have incorporated the area in the Pleasance, and for which the University would have received payment from the city to finance the new sports complex, but this bye-pass scheme eventually fell through.

"The part with the dome" was planned as the third phase, and was in fact buiU in 1975 (not 1973 as stated} and was rather unfortunately dubbed "Phase Ill ". Its official name is "Student Centre House'\ and it is part of the Students' Association.

There were also Phases IV and V, but these have gone by the board for lack of finance as well .

Since . the new sports complex was not viable, the University is presently in the process of building an extension to the sporting facilities in the Pleasance, and also has pans for renovation and improvement of the existing facilities.

Phase V of the Student Centre was intended to be a new Societies Centre. This will not now be built, but the University has allocated premises in the Pleasance next to the sports complex for a new Societies Centre. which the Students' Association will be occupying later this session, and about which there will no doubt appear articles in later editions of "The Student".

I hope that your writer finds this lesson in ancient history interesting!

Yours fai th fu lly, Or C. W. Fishburne,

Permanent Secretary

Dear Sir, your "woefully inadequate Civil Defen As long asyouwritearticlesalong the lines of Programme", arg uing presumably for great

" Disarmament or Destruction" in the 7th measures for protection AFTER the outbre October issue of The Student you will , it seems of nuclear war, somewhat blunts the edge C'.

to me, be banging your head against the your argument. Mrs Whitehouse, in her o proverb ial brick wall in perpetuum - or at moment of true inspiration , arg(Je least , until we all meet the premature death of vehemently against the showing of "The W which you seem so certain. Game''on television, andforonce, I fullyagr

Summer morning';,, blueskiesand"embryos Such things, along with more effective Ci in their mothers' wombs" might, given the right Defence, or a more consolidated "Protect a context, be harmless enough phrases, but Survive" are likely to provoke before the eve heardly serve to conjure up the image of such hysteria as they are trying to obviate afr nuclear terror on the dawn of an unsuspecting the very event they anticipate. world, particularly when juxtaposed with your Much of your invective is directed own hysterical prose and shouting figures. fi gureheads - "the leaders of the big powers What are figures, except a means by which the and our own Prime Minister and Defen converted confirm to their own kind that they Secretary. Forhowmanyofher "run"decisio areintheright?What, forexample,ofhundreds is Mrs Thatcher - o r any other Cabinet c of thousands killed in the trench warfare of Government f igu re - directly responsible World War One, often for the gaining of mere Every government inherits a legacy from th' yards of ground? Similarly, descriptions of the previous one: a successful government has; effects of bombing mean little to those who corpora te, unified identity, and although tl't= have not experienced th is at first hand: who of voice of each of its members speaks towar your entire readership can distinguish that identity , that same identity will nev between this and any number of purple prose suppose to speak for all of its constituentpartJ passages in war novels - or, for that matter, nor for the constituent parts of the count.; between scenes in "The War Game" and those which it serves. Nobody craves nuclear wa in the war films at their local cinema? but if it is to be obviated in the ways yo

Your argument seems to drift from one set of propose, a fundamental change in o assumptions to another. Many people see constitution, and that of all other nucle Hiroshima and Nagasaki as the necessary countries, is called for. conclusion of an unnecessary war. The first What you argue against - and this atom bomb may have weighed less than five something "The War Game" scarcely touch pounds, but somewhere, somebody to6k the upon - are the long-term moral a responsible decision on ly to deploy a bomb of psychological effects of a nuclear arms ra this size. It does not follow that increased and nuclear war, but as long as your views ar, manufacture of nuclear arms means increased argued in such as terms as those in your article use. "Deterrence" may not have kept the peace, yours is a lost cause. The "bell icose hysteria". but " Nuclear Deterrence" has certainly kept all yours, and I for one will not be on the march nuclear peace. How many times have you felt Yours, us to be on t.he brink of nuclear war? Further, J. R. c. Knibb

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An attempt by the Students' Association to acquire a five minute spot on the airwaves of Radio Forth was thwarted last week by D.J. Jay Crawford. The blow came after agreement In principle had been reached between Senior President John Sturrock and Forth's director of programmes Tom Steele.

The Association sought to nis decision was that he might use . the radio feature to "alienate" his audience by publrc1se its events more broadcasting information not widely at a convenient and for the community at large. regular t ime each week. All but for students only ap~eared to . be going well In other words. our friendly. until a· meeting with Forth local. community-minded presenter Jay Crawford who radio station does not promptly put the dampers on consider twelve thousand the proposal students to be worth

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Go-ahead for Bristo Square Latest news on the

,roposed Bristo Squa re ll eve lopment is that the or oject has eventua ll y , teceived perm ission to go ,head. Money has been 1llotted for the construction ~ark, and at the moment the :ontract is out to tender.

It is hoped that work will S:.>egin either later this month

,r in November, and should ,e well in hand by Christmas.

· : The plans for an open, 1 ·andscaped, square in the site

1:·nade available by the closure ,t >f Bristo Street were first

·announced in Febrary this r,:•ear. Costing some £300,000 r -ni tially, the Square will be a ,1 ·_,edestrian , paved area, with ··rees and shrubs on the north

rr:;ide masking the realigned lf'-o thian Street/ Potterrow e ,_oadway.

· Because of the proximity of he McEwan Hall , Teviot Row Jnion and other Victorian

buildings the planners have attempted to introduce Victorian motifs such as lamp standards, bollards and iron railings. In addition to announcing the start of Bristo

Square the University has also declared its intention to start work on the Dental Hospital (the present site of the NCP car park) in 1983.

'""Jim McCallum - An Appreciation With the dawning of a new

icademic year we witness, vi t h some regret , the teparture ot Jim Mccallum vho has held the post of

" \d ministrative Assistant of 0 :d inburgh University :: )tudents' Association for the :· "'last five years . In the -~..,a llowing article, Senior .i ' resident John Sturrock pays · :· ribute to the man who has ·::·1one so much for students, ·:, ,oth past and present, at this ::"'Jniversity: ::=·

Blind Machine Theft

· ·;: An 18 year old student, :;:: Roderick Fairweather, was ,:-· another victim of a series of ·: recent car raids, in which -:-: drugs, cl~hing worth more

than £750 and an electronic :·: acupuncture machine, have

been stolen. His maroon Alpine was in a

··, hotel car-park when thieves broke the car window and

··sto le the electronic teaching aid, which was the result of tw o years work. The electronic machine, which

- ·was to be used to help teach ·-:-bli nd children, had won him a

place in the final of the Design Competition but as Roderick

::;:' may now be forced to pull out ,:··at the competit ion, the £250

first prize seems a long way .:away.

This week marks the departure of one of the Students' Association 's most valued senior staff. and certainly its most popular, Jim McCallum, our Administrative Assistant. Although my own involvement wi th the inner reachers of the Association has only lasted for one year. in that time I have seen the great value to the Association of Jim's quiet and efficient style of operating. Over five years he has contributed greatly to the ever improving services that the Association provides,

Basement Book Stall

A book agency tor Edinburgh students, to be run by volunteer helpers, has been set up to raise funds for the local Voluntary Service Overseas Committee and the Edinburgh University South African Scholarship Appeal.

The enterprising scheme is the work of two tormer Aberdeen undergraduates who have operated a similar, and highly successful, agency at that University tor the past three years.

A "Grand Book Sale", to be held in David Hume Tower Basement next Wednesday, (22nd) and Thu rsday (23rd) and cove r ing Arts and Science subjects respec tively, will launch the scheme.

Vegetable Rot The thyme was round asprout 4.35 pm yesterday afternoon,

,; on the recently opened Leek by-pass (Root 5) , which is fast becoming a motorist "truffle-spot".

II was at this flower, that famous crop star Mr Edward Potato was rushing to a concert in his bran new acquisition an Alfalfa 280 sports; nearly ending up in one of the worst mash-ups in sages. Miraculously injuries yvere

t' In front of him was a not too serious or high , many ~.~ co ntilentil coach full of escaping with just caulif lower 10 Swedes, on its whey to a tour ears and pumpkin heads. Less ! of a coconut and bolt tactory. fortunate was the Scottish

: > Ap parently Mr Potato tried coach driver, who according ~-~ squeeze parsnip on the inside to his b rother Mr Arty

1~, lane, on a marrow stretch of McChoke: "has . brocolli~-1~ road with not mushroom to bones and has slight grain

1- overtake, when a freak damage". ,, (aspara) gustywind drove him Some members of the coach r,, into the side of the coach. party who were rather shaken 1, Mr Potato ' s car then by the incident could hardly

,.1 spinached round three times stalk and needed calming ' on the ricy surface betore down with cups at hot sweet

:• landing in a tatty neep at the pea. :- ' veg at the herb. One irate traveller said at Mr :·~ The contilentil coach was Potato "He's a mashocist!'' . not so tortunate, and having A French Olympic Runner. torn through the nettle crash bean, who had been riding his

barrier, ii plummelted down a Japanese Tomato 350 said · nearby dill , turniping over on "Bay-leaf me in France wheat ~, to its side. have carroted him for driving

like that. "

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with particularly sterling work on Freshers' Week, the Alternative Prospectus, Open Days and Office-Bearers Conferences. However, Jim's outstanding quality is undoubtedly his friendly, approachable and sincere manner - a genuine nice guy. He will be sadly missed and I, particularly , will feel the loss of his wise counsel. He intends to set off tor Australia; before he departs, on behall of the Association, all the best Jimbo, ~nd our grateful thanks.

ANY SUGGESTIONS PLEASE?

One of the Association 's pledges in their struggle to improve communications and to increase participation sees the light of day this week.

Suggestion boxes nave been placed at various points across the campus - George Square, Main Library Coffee Lounge, DHT Basement , Teviot Row, Chanbers Street House, Student Centre House, Pollock Halls, KB Union and the James Clark Maxwell Building.

Your SRC representatives promise to act upon any complaints and suggestions which you bring to their attention - so take them at their word. Make use at these forms and boxes. It's your Association, as they constantly remind you all.

Later Inspector Pod ot Leek Police, told me everything had been sauted out with Mr Potato, and said: "Lettuce betroolful and blunt

.asprout this. It was a berry serious pile-up, and we are on ly grapetruit that inju ries were so few. However we're apple-ing to on ion who saw the incident, to help us out."·

A rather unmeusli quiet Mr Potato declined to answer my quichestians and seemed to have a very large chip on his shoulder when he shouted: "Hay! , Chive no raison to get boiled up and egged on by weeds like you man, who earn their celerys out at other peapies mash-haps."

Two hours after the incident, Mr Potato author of such tig-time hits as "Cheese My Baby" and " Your meloncauliflower Way" lelt for his concert in his private cou rg ette at a nearby oearfield!

Guernsey Tom

News 3

PIES, PINTS AND POLITICS: The Bad, The Worse and The Terrible

This se ries, held upstairs at Teviot Row, was kicked oft by its compare for the week, Mark Kennedy. The VicePresident (Court) at the SRC stood in , at short notice, for a Glaswegian comrade from the Socialist Workers' Party. His posture hinged on a fierce anti-monarchy stance. It came as no surprise, since the arguments of the extreme left , and right seldom rest on a secure econorr.ic base. He claimed that" ... if we abolish the monarchy - nobody would notice". The same could be said of yourself, Mr Kennedy.

Gerald Warner Esq. put the case for the Conservative Party on Tuesday. His seltd e pre cat o ry preamble crammed with jokes, was -suited to Teviot's halfattentive audience. However, confidence became the better of him: " I am a conviction voter ... I am a pragmatist" (so was Harold Wilson) , and he soon began to falter . A question from the floor on proportional representation prompted the unfortunate, yet honest remark- "I 've never had it explained to me." The correct formula for an honourable career in politics is surely thought/hen action. The reverse is the case at the moment with Gerald Warner, who is not the first television presenter to aspire to office.

The Central Edinburgh Liberal Association provided a very clean-shaven, tidy, almost officious speaker in the guise of Mike Woods. What the students propping

up the bar wanted was an ampliti ca tion at what Liberal policy actually is. Few party members can adequately fullil this request. Mr Woods was no exception last Wednesday. His negative rhetoric came straight from the nearly-new cupboard at political cliches: "I ... categorically disapprove of the present government's strategies." Yes, I think most of us do, but did he have to admit defeat when discussing his concern for the freedom of the individual by conceding, " I may sound a bit woolly" so quickly. He proceeded to promulgate a return to Keynesianism, but again stepped down when questioned tram the floor about the effect that the International Monetary Fund and the OPEC organisations had on these policies in the seventies. Nevertheless , we must admire this readiness to step down and admit deteat. This very lack of adherence to a strict dogma can only be encouraged .

Andrew Horberry, doyen of Freshers' Week, stood in at extremely short notice for a member at the Ecology Party who failed to materialise. He attempted a thumb-nail sketch at the anti-nuclear power lobby. The result lacked coherence and I do not think that it would be too harsh to say that he was not unlike one of those orators criticised by Churchill :

"Before they get up they do not know what they are going to say; when they are speaking ,

they do not know what they are saying; and when they sit down, they do not know what they have said."

Councillor Wood, Labour's representattve, gave a classic example of "pub socialism". There was plenty of amunition available for his use; he played on the ". Callaghan, Wilson, Thatcher - they're all the same" tack. Correct though this may be, he fumbled during his theorising on capitalism and built-in obsolescence - an idea only confused by twisted logic. It was a shame that he did not mention obsolescence and the sale of labour, a topic close to more hearts than his illustration of light-bulbs with deliberately curtailed lives.

The final talk in the Freshers' "Pies, Pints and Politics " sessions was probably the one best received by the audience. The popularity of the Scottish National Party is undoubtedly broad-based . Professor McCormack compared Scotland's struggle for independence with that of South Africa. Nationalism is nationalism, wherever it is practised , seemed to be his tundamental point. He, and others in the SNP, must be careful that their vehemence regarding " Scottish " as opposed to " British" oil doesn ' t obscure their essential cause in the same way that the Liberals have relied far too much on PR as the pivot of their arguments.

Peter Kravitz

Edinburgh University Student Publications Board

presents

THE KENNETH ALLSOP MEMORIAL LECTURE 1980

on THURSDAY, 16th OCTOBER at 5.15 p.m.

Michael Foot, M.P. will deliver his address on

Journalists Against Politicians in

THE DAVID HUME TOWER LECTURE HALL B

Chairman: The Principal

Dr J. H. Burnett, M.A., D.Phil., F.R.S.E.

With assistance from Scottish Arts Council

-·-Admission Free

4 lnteniew

~'INTO BATTLE WITH THE BUNNYMEN'' "Echo And The Bunnymen"' came to Scotland to play two

dates and ~eft me wondering when I last saw a band this good; a b~nd so with so many possibilities. At "Valentino's" on Sunday night they reaffirmed a belief that they have the potential to be one of the major British bands of the eighties.

But let's go back a bit. "The Bunnymen' " " fell together" 1n early '78 when front man Ian Mcculloch parted company with an early version of "Teardrop Explodes'. Meanwhile Will Sargeant ha_d been playing guitar in his bedroom making a thousand private tapes. The two met, roughed out a version of "Monkee" (which is on their excellent debut album "Crocodiles"), pulled in Les Pattinson on bass and two days later supported "Teardrop" with their one and only composition which they gave an extended airing. Using a drum machine as substitute for the real thing they struck on the name "Echo And The B~nnymen'J". However the record company were reluctant to sign them unless they got a drummer.hence the advent of Pete de, Freitas , the only non- Liverpudlian member, and a perc::on who didn't even li~e· the band orioinallv

As said ''Echo And The Bunnymen'" are from Liverpool although they rightly refute the idea that they are a 'Liverpool band". Their roots are far from there, ranging from the brutal awareness of late sixties' New York to the psychedelic flightiness of the west coast. More recently the trip has seen them take in everything from Eno to Cohen with a bow towards "The Fall". But no copyists these boys, rather a suffusion which clears to leave a sound that is distinctly their own.

Let's now have a look at the players -WIii Sargeant, guitarist: 'the quiet one. Before a gig he is

introspective, after; a bubbling hive of activity, full of ideas, and gossip. I think performing affects him most, at one point saying, "playing Liverpool terrifies me." Rather shy on stage he keeps his head bowed; no need, this is a fine guitarist , just beginning to explore the places he and his guitar can go.

Mac, vocals and rhythm guitarist: the mumbling speaker who has such a fine and adventurous voice. When used his guitar gives an added depth to the sound. A couple of phone calls to his absent girlfriend gave the lie to an incurable romantic. A nice guy, though he could be the one most affected by any form of success.

Les Pattinson, bass: the joker in the pack. On stage; an infectious player who ties down the whole backdrop with competent ease. Off stage; an equally infectious personality who has time for everyone and anyone and who is at ease in any surrounding.s.

Pete De -Freitas drums: difficult to figure out, sometimes he appears menacing yet at others handsomely charming. A powerful drummer, Pete has a good sense of rhythm which he combines well with boundless resources of energy. Now the 'interview. Student: "Are you pleased with the reaction on this tour so far? People seem to be more familiar with the material" . (Mac) - 'Tm pleased. It varies from night to night , a bit weird tonight tho', weren 't that great. There was a big crowd tonight but that doesn't necessarily mean a good gig. the best gigs were the ones in the south of England ... surprisingly."

Student: "So you notice audience reaction?" (Les) - "Oh yeah, mainly after the song when we've actually finished and the audience claps ... then you know they 're not anxious for you to get off." Student: "How do you man~ge to keep the 'happy family' atmosphere intact when you're on the road?" (Les) - "Through the roadies. " (Mac) - "Not so much through the roadies as through the lights and sound people." Student: "In a recent interview, when asked had you any ambitions, someone replied. 'yes. to make a better album.' Are you not pleased with 'Crocodiles'?" (Mac) - "Yes we're pleased with it but I suppose we would like to write better songs." Student: "What's your attitude towards the national music press? A few months ago things seemed to be going really well , with blanket coverage and good reviews of the debut album, now the backlash appears to be just around the corner." {Mac) - "I'd sooner have it now than when the next album comes out, 'cos we reckon the next album's going to be better. If it does happen like ... I think the reviews of bands will be by different writers. Maybe the editors plan it that way, choosing their own writers rather than those who are interested.'' Student: "Do you think they actually do that?" (Mac) - "I dunno, maybe." Student: "When's the new LP out?" (Mac) - " It hasn't even started yet .. spring I think, if we get it written by then.'' Student: "How prolific are you?" (Mac) - "Not very." Student: "Will the LP be a hardship to get together?" (Mac) - "Yeah , it'll be a task. We've got quite good tune-wise and music-wise, but I'm not prolific with words. The ones that I've just written , (not that they 'll come to anything) , are depressing ." Student: "How do you approach writing 'upper' and 'downer' songs?" (Mac) - "I don't think we've got any 'up' songs. I'd like to be able to write some 'up' songs but my writing seems to reflect my down, depressant side." Student: " In one of your songs, 'Rescue', are you trying to put over a sense of uncertainty/insecurity? What was behind that?"

Bunnymen up Army and Navy Stores profits and slash the laundry bill.

(Mac) - "Just my mood at the time, I was feeling depressed. (Mac) - "That 's something I've always wanted to be. not a They're the best words, I 've written ... easy. It 's really hard to dance band, but more a tap-your-foot and think band. Well , they express a feeling, to express something else is easy, but a were dancing in the south of England. so why don't people feeling is yours. That was why_ . I mean I was trying to express dance to 'Over the Wal l'; it 's too heavy. I suppose. We're used to it but I also ask a question . . 'Can you tel l it in a song?' Pop playing places where they' re all dancing , but there·s also people songs can reflect feelings, or can 't they?" just standing there tapping their feet . It's good to have that Student: '"Happy Death Men' is a totally different song from combination . but when there's a crowd just stand ing there, even anything else you 've done. It took more risks (trumpets etc.) when they're applauding. It's pretty bad. Fact~s itSharder to get than any other, we wondered if it was a glimpse of the mus ical into stuff. like just thinking about yoursel f and reali sing that it's direction to be taken on the new album?" on a different level. There's a passionate and there's a thmkmg (Mac) - "I don't think so. That song was a bit of an adventure level.'' when we did it ." Student: "What about America? You 've been compared to Student: "The above song's lyrics could be related to what American sounding bands?" happened in Cambodia with Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge. (Les) - 'Jt's a big place." Perhaps the recent 'Dead Kennedys' single has brought this to (Mac) - 'We're English. Maybe we sound Amer ican , but i f we mind?" do, it's fr6m an earlier period .'' (Mac) - "Never thought of that." Student: "And a tour?" (Will - at last) - "Mac's theory is that it 's about people dying. (Mac) - "Yeah ,. probably in January or February. we might even

·my theory is that it's about people killing, so it could be. " record the album there although Will's not keen on 1t." Student: '"Pictures' also seems to be quite morbid, about a Student: " Returning home, do you feel any pressure to move to disaster perhaps?" London or is Liverpool essential to your identity?" "Yeah . could be. Like someone reviewed us at Leeds when we (Mac) - ''Never thought of it . I dunno, I think I wou ldn't l ik e to played that massive place there and he said that it was a concept move so much." song but you couldn't relate to the concept because you (Pete) - " I don't even like Liverpool. " couldn't even see the walls.'' Student: "You 're not from Liverpool , are you Pete?" Student: "How do you feel about playing different sized (Les) - " I'm comfortable there anyway." venues?" Student: "What about you Wil l?" (Mac)-"l liketheQueens' Hall(wheretheLeeds' Futuramag 1g (Will) - " I wouldn 't want to move to London, I 'd like Bristo l was held) as well as the smaller places.'' though , it reminded me of Edinburgh.'' (Will) - "Doesn't matter to me, but I quite like the small clubs, (Les) - ''Yeah , there was a good atmosphere there, one of the 'cos you can go out afterwards, get a drink and talk.'' best places on the tour. there were lots of army and navy stores. Student: "What's the reference in 'All That Jazz' to 'rolling down Blacks and whites get on well there." the Union Jack' about?" (Mac) - "Don't know about that line ... the song's about people having false values.'' (Les) - "It's about people trying to lift something and lifti ng it so much that they destroy it." Student: "Taints of nationalism perhaps?" (Les) - "Yeah, they're building up Britain so much that they 're destroying it . " (Mac) - " Don't know so much about nationalism, itself, I chose that nationalistic theme to bring the song to life. There's a lot of people being led . " Student: "Who leads who at Korova? What kind of freedom do you have?" (Mac) - "Same as we had at Zoo; well not exactly but ... Student: " Can you put out what you want when you want? Were you involved in the advertising for the gigs and the album?" (Les and Pete) - "No." (Mac) - "We can have a say over things like advertising but it gets difficult when we're up in Liverpool and they're down in London . It gets to us." (Les) - "If they come up with a real crap advertising thing we could get it dropped." Student: " It seems a bit of a bind. two LP's in eighteen months?" (Les) - " It is yeah, but we knew that when we signed." (Mac) - "Anyway. it 's a loose eighteen months . it could be twenty or twenty-two, or . " (Les) - "Th ree years." (Mac) - " If we've got enough stuff we'l l do it. but they'll understand if we think we haven't the material. " Student: "Just sometimes it seems you're up to your arse's with the Ree. Co. You had.to use Bill Drummond and Dave Balfe on the j_P, when Will tor one wasn't pleased about it. " (Mac) - "It worked out very well with Bill and Dave; if we'd tried to do something by ourselves we wouldn't have been as successful.'' (Will) - "It was sort of a joint thing really." (Mac) - "We have say and control ; left it to them to do the·

,mixing but if there was something we were violently opposed to then we weren 't having it. " Student: " Have you each your own diverse ideas?" ~t~.?s) - "Wel l. if someone has a good idea then we'll agree on

"There is a lot of difference but we don't say 'no' straight off. we run thro' it, that's the plans anyway." Student: "Are you all quite happy with running thro' 'Rescue' twice a night?" (Mac) - "It 's good. it 's changed. \Ne p lay it now to dance to more than to get involved in." S~udent: "Funnily, most people who go to see you th ink at your gigs not dance."

At this point it should be noted that " The Bunnymen" are mto the weekend so/dies look; Sargeant in particular excelling in it.

Student: "To conclude, where would you like to be in a year's time?" (Mac) :_ " Princi pally we'd like to be a lot better. Like a year ago if somebody had asked that question we wouldn 't have said here, I don't think. I don't mean this room , but just th ings in general."

We took "The Bunnymen" to our hearts. you can too, we' re not the jealous types.

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Film Studies of the Undergraduate Kind More than three centuries In the pipeline, the Inspired and

innovatory designs for a new Scottish university at Stirling come into fruition in 1967, three years after the recommendations of the Robbin's Report. From the outset, policy decisions were aimed to revitalise and reinterpret the purpose and structure of a tradi tional university career.

Substantial reorganisation of study time and assessment he lped broaden and stretch the traditional choice of subjects fro m medicine, law and theology to envelop and encourage contemporary ones like business studies, social sciences, computer studies and modern languages. Today, with nearly 3. 000 students enrolling , the permitted variations of course structure are extensive. Very few teaching departments demand pre-knowledge as an entrance requirement and the choice of a degree subject is not required till well into the second year of study. It"s a design to allow the widest and most flexible choice. allowing for personal development and judgement of ability. The ·specialists" catered for by traditional methods, the general nterest continuallY nourished by an exciting number of

oppo rtun ities. Film and Media Studies is one of many recently established

courses at Stirling, set out to attract and help inform those with a ""taste for the different"". Closely related to studies of literature. th e course follows a format strongly derived from the former. General theory and analysis of visual media; specific studies of two authors of cinema; study of television as communication. The parallels with English Literature are easily found .

Dr John lsod. lecturer of Film Studies and 50 per cent of the teaching staff, began his academic career as a lecturer of English at the University of Ulster. He is. by demand, a highly energetic person with a personality that ably spans the vast array of professional roles he is called upon to fulfil daily . Teacher, administrator, secretary, adviser, committee member and even, now and then . interviewee! He meets all challenges with an enthusiasm and deftness only to be expected of one who really en joys their work .

Only this year has the course become a full th ree-year general BA and has been extended to incorporate all media studies. This in turn has made demands to acquire further teaching equipment and also to contract a new member of staff. Mr McLeod started teaching this year after many years as Educational Officer at the BBC. He is therefore more than qualified to lecture upon matters dealing with television , not to mention other areas such as journalism and radio.

In discussion of the aims and intentions of the course content an d the methods of teaching, Mr lsod employed an accurate allegory with th ose of literature studies. " It's a grammar, a rhetoric of film , that we are seeking to develop. A 'literacy', if you like, of the visual image." "The ability to detect method within form and to evaluate the success of that method in its context." To this end, the department have recently acs:1uired superior quality film-viewing equipment, allowing individual frame-byframe analysis, along with facilities for recording and reproduction . " We are not aiming at making producers or d irectors."" Mr lsod added . "" Firstly, I am not qualified. officially, to teach such techniques as are required . Secondly, the media organisations themselves serve their own purposes adequately

There would be little to no opportunity for our graduates if we were to adopt such a policy. " Mr lsod sees his department's purpose being ""not to create ·gods", but simply good workers "". "Jobs in publicity, marketing and all facets of the leisure arts are prospective aims of graduates in this course." One could assert that the primary aim of Media Studies is to provide the opportunity to view the appropriate examples of media output, Le. film (outside broadcast, documentary, feature and short) , newspapers, radio and television, and ot offertimeto discuss and advise on how to observe and analyse content and presentation . It is a seemingly simple itinerary, however, the work is a constant challenge for students and teachers alike . A ceaseless source of controversy and argued opinion .

Up till this year. Mr I sod has been under appointment by the British FIim Institute, receiving a salary from them for his teaching time and associated duties. With the extension of the course, the University has taken responsibility for Mr lsod's contract and giving the descipline a virtually secure future. It is a sure step to gaining respect and a good reputation among those keeping a close eye on its success. Indeed, it is a near meteoric success rate that the course organisers have experienced to this date. Already it compares favourably with any comparable department in England , the nearest being at Warwick, Kent and East Anglia universities. In Scotland , only Glasgow and Jordanhill College offer full-time studies in f ilm and media. It helps to emphasise the success and undoubted populantyof the course when a good majority of the year's intake of 77 students are in the first year . This leaves the option of taking the course to degree level for another year and therefore offers Mr I sod and colleague great hope for the future. as well as a lot of work

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Stirli r:ig is certai nly a prime site to house this subject and what helps to ma intain its fine speciality is the marvellous variety and soph istication of student med ia societies on campus. A healthy radio station has been transmi tt ing to campus students for six years; a newspaper is published weekly; a film unit has excellent faci lities to produce mini-ep ics, documentaries or whatever, wi th advanced 8 mm. equipment and expert advice from Mr I sod when required . The ta lent abounds and enthusiasm oozes from every c;orner of the beautifu l 300-acre campus.

The students themselves, though tactfully reserved, in their admiration of Stirling's "yearling" reputation , stand by the present design of courses, condoning the flexible choice of subjects and the two 15-week termsorsemesters. I was fortunate enough to catch the latter part of a media lecture given by Mr McLeod. It dealt with a " Panorama" programme screened a month earlier by the BBC and shown to the students at the beginning of the lecture. This style of teaching is repeated in film studies. A film , such as The Shootist or Judge Roy Bean. will be screened and then discussion follows afterwards - sometimes even the next day. Discussion , as I witnessed , is a lively affair, with everyone giving an opinion and a chance to be countered by someone else. Talking to the class afterwards, I was told that doing the course "enables you to air views you've held for a long time". It certainly helps express what one has observed , giving an outlet to valuable criticism and accurate interpretation. Not all were attracted . simply by the academic side of media studies. one final year arts student mentioned that he enjoyed "the sheer artistic and aesthetic element of the course". Similarly it was not obvious that professions in the television networks of filmmaking were the popular goals. In fact I was told that "'you don"t think of the jobs it will lead into, it's so overwhelming". Certainly, I too·· . found the subject matter exciting and novel but perhaps those aren't the ideal characteristics everyone has of "formal" teaching. Many freshers were reported to have found the course a little unnerving to start with - perhaps an after-effect of many years of regulatory essay writing and closely structured class content. A short introductory period would perhapsalleviatethis sense of loss . Most of the students taking Film and Media Studies. major in English not surprisingly. Of greater importance, however, is the element who do courses not generally associated with an Arts subject , for instance Chemistry and Biology - It"s a great credit to the governing bod ies that they permit such flexibility of choice, having the visio n of mind to see rich potential in allowing all manner of tastes to be fettered .

It is a visionary course. One that g ives an indication to the logical and almost inevitable development of literature studies. By no means negating the latter, it serves to complement and circumvent the traditiona l media with studies of those that are becoming increasingly potent and accessible to most people. Television and film are such contemporary media, both directly related to the printed-page by the fact of being visual. In addition . or rather m substitution , they are also audial and therefore a degree more " passive" in their mode of presentation . It is evidently a wise and profitable conception to tap the essence of these two powerful sources of informat ion and entertainment. Film and Media Studies is that very conception

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Best Foot Forward The Kenneth Allsop Memorial Lecture

Public lectures have to be arranged well in advance; political crises arrive in their own good time. On Wednesday October 15 Michael Foot will take part in a meeting of the Shadow Cabinet whose deliberations may end in the resignation of the present Leader of the Opposition, and the next weeks may see his own selection to the post. On Thursday October 16 Michael Foot will deliver the Kenneth Allsop Lecture at Edinburgh University under the auspices of EUSPB at 5.15 p.m. in Lecture Hall B, Oavid Hume Tower, on the topic "Journalists Against Politicians".

But Thursday's event does not take on any greater significance because of Wednesday. What is important is not the possible future Opposition Leader, but Mr Michael Foot. The .Kenneth Allsop Lecture (or an earlier equivalent) could be delivered by no leader of the Labour Party since George Lansbury. Among Prime Ministers, Harold Macmillan might have been allowed to give 1t had he worked harder as a publisher, Winston Churchill would have been acceptable had he put in more time as a war correspondent. Not another sinner among the bunch would be up to scratch. The Lectu re is restricted to major figures in the field of journalism and communications. On this Mr Foot 's place Is secure. He is one of the giants of polit ical journalism in British history, both as participant and as historian.

Indeed, anyone who looks at the literary productions from any other members of the Front Benches of either party over the past fifteen years must hail Mr Foot for what he is: a Lion in a den of dumb Daniels.

Michael Foot's career as an active journalist ran for some thirty years, most notably on the Evening Standard during World War II, and as editor o f Tribune in the next decade. although he has subsequently kept up a fine flow of articles on literature, history and poli ti cs. His next book, Debts of Honour, to be published in November. will include a memoir and an assessment of Beaverbrook , who owned the Standard in h is day, and extracts in the Observer this week and next convey, rather modestly, aspects, of his own achievement at the Standard. Beaverbrook was a Tory under permanent assault from radical and populist impulses in his own poli t ical nature. The Second World War began for the British as an almost unbelievably elitist experience: it ended as a mighty crusade for self-democratisation in the fullest and most Socialist sense. (See the first volume of Goot's Aneurin Bevan). George Orwell and J. B. PriBstley were two of the great journalistic crusaders in that struggle, and among the most important voices and weapons in it ware to be Michael Foot and the Evening Standard.

Today Left-wingers justify themselves in selfemasculation by insisting the means of communication are under Right-wing ownership, and hence beyond their power. The career of Michael Foot on the Standard, and h is recognition of the radical potential of aspects of the nature of the apparently reactionary Beaverbrook, are a salutary lesson tor us in the usage of means to hand in mass communications - as well as a reminder that modesty and creativity have more to offer than a fundamental ly lazy self-righteousness. It is symptomatic that the most famous British political pamphlet of World War 11 . Guilty Man. was the work of himself and two colleagues at the Standard.

The extent to which Michael Foot is steeped in history and l iterature as well as pol1t1cs and journalism is underlined by his having revived the political pamphlet so brilliantly in Britain. The ironies of the war, and the necessit ies m an enusmg peace. were elegantly and bitingly pointed up in one of the successor volumes to

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Guilty Men: The Trial of Mussolini, this time under the name·Cassius. and by his hand alone. He denies having chosen Cassius as a pseudonym on the grounds that he sees himself as lean, hungry, in somniac, thinking too much and hence dangerous: he simply liked Cassius and wished to assert his enmity to Caesarism at a time when both sides in World War II were obsessed by their own Caesars.

He was elected to Parliament in 1945 and became known as one of the most vocal and most interesting of the stern, unbending Bevanites who served the Attlee government with industry, but viewed its propensity to establishmentarianism and compromise with dark suspicion. Foot was to take the view that his own leader, Bevan, had made the Attlee government possible by opposing the continuation of the wartime Tory-Labour collaboration and pitching Attlee and his henchmen into the successful election of 1945 by " the scruff of their necks". Outside the House. Tribune maintained the political bite and commitment it had established under Bevan himself, and the literary standard and evengelism it had found with Orwell.

Michael Foot lost his seat as the Tories returned to power in the 1950s, but Tribune, it anything. burned with even stronger fire. both in design and in content where Foot, rejecting the elitism and paternalism of much former Socialist journalism. used the popular techniques of the Standard to keep the Left-wing voice in Labour with as large an audience as possible. Those popular techniques may have ossified, in their turn, by today. but the excitement and originality of the Tnbune under Foot were at once an education and inspiration to anyone who had the luck to work there. in however minority a capacity.

At the same time he went on to write one of the most extraordinary books that ever brought together expertise in literature. history, journalism, and wit. The Pen and the Sword is a study of how Sw1ft's journalism brought down the power of the Duke of Marlborough. Foot's credent ial, apart from his deep love of history. of Swift, and of Swift's vindicator Hazlitt. was that he. as a political journalist and pamphleteer knew what the dynamics of that activity were. The book still remains one of the finest yet written on Swift, on poli tics in the reign of Anne, and above all in the history of journalism and should be read by every person in terested in that subject. It Is a lesson in literary jou rna lism both in style and content.

The origin of his next literary achievement was personally a deeply saddening one: the death of his leader Aueurin Bevan, after final years in which their views diverged on British possession o f nuclear weaponry. But if the leader had been twice lost, Michael Foot's love for him was as rich as ever, and the devoted tribute of the two volumes of the biography constitute one of themost artisti.c ~s well as . one of the most challenging contnbutIo~s to twentieth-century British biography.

It was noticeable, however, that neither as journalist nor as historian did Foot display much enthusiasm for the '.'sensat.ional- revelation" school o f writing. A popular IournalIst he was; a keyhole Kate he would never be. When the first of the no-holds-barred school of political memoirs and diaries b~gan to appear, after Kennedy's death, Foot spoke angnly about the danQers to poli tica l int~grity an~ honest~ in the world of planned_ collegial.

espionage this wou ld mduce. At the time I was surprised;

because less political journalists and less farsighted histori ans (e.g. myself) were proclaining a new dawn of "open-ness".

Well , he was right, and we were wrong . Politics has trivialised itself beyond belief with the collapse of confidence, though I doubt if he or I would have thought in 1963 that his wisdom would ultimately be dreadfu lly underlined by the banality of the diaries of his fellowzealot for the Left, Barbara Castle. he believed - and believes - in ideas, and issues. and convictions, and literature, and history, and journalism; and a politics and a journalism obsessed with gossip about personalities to the exclusion of all else has.increasingly come close to making themselves entities with no personalities worth noting or writing about.

Indeed, Foot's sense of the past is one of the things that keeps his mind so receptive and so enthus iastic. When he took up the cudgels tor devolution. for instance. he did so in none of the spirit of mean manoeuvre for party advantage which animated so many others. There was genuine tragedy in the way in which men and women who had worked so closely with him in the past found themselves incapable of llft1ng their eyes from the sweets of political power in London, and then accused htm of selling out because his sou l possessed an informed generosity which theirs, in the final analysis. lacked . Unlike them he could never be ready to settle for either Lo ndon or the present having all the answers : indeed if one single writer lay behind his devolution leadersh ip it was almost certainly the great Socialist historian and jou rnalist J. L. Hammond, author of Gladstone and the Irish Nation. Other politicians read history too: but he is one of the few who use it for courageous receptivi ty instead o f mere alibi for ossification.

And he is also, of course, one of the most charming and amusi ng men in politics today, a journalist whose power with the tongue is as great as his love of the pen and his hatred of the sword . He is welcome, then, for what he has done. and is: which is much more interesting than tenure of any political office.

Owen Dudley Edwards

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THE 3M's OF AMERICAN PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS

1 less than a month , the American public will go to the polls Iote tor the next President of the United States. Or at least I of them will: 50 per cent of the eligible electorate seems to re the disillusionment with American pollllcs that can be ,erned throughout much of Western Europe. he real figures involved make the point more starkly- in the 6 el ection over 60 million eligible voters simply did not her to vote. This year the figure promises to be even higher.

:- ~re is of course far more to this than the sad fact that most ent American presidential contenders have been appalling , 1er in terms of their character or else their ability. However, poin t is that on November 4th the voting populus of America be faced with a "choice" between Jimmy Carter, Ronald

:1gan and John Anderson ... a choice, say many, between the iii and the deep blue sea .

ecent American presidential contenders 3ve been appalling.

iere in Britain we tend to imagine that the spectre of Reagan :oming the next "leader of the Western world" is one so -rendous that all those good citizens who have been telling opinion polls of their intention to vote Republican have in

t been joking. Come the day, it is widely opined. reason will -. vail and sheer common sense will save us all from th is

?ing actor who finds it increasingly hard to stick, to the npaign script .

. the public prefers to hear the good news ·ther than the truth.

Jnfortunately, Americans see it all rather differently. For the -: I four years they have had to live with rising inflation. rising

?mployment and d iminishing confidence from abroad. The n at the helm, and the man who therefore carries the can , is nes Earl Carter. Ronald Reagan's message is straightforward

· I clear - he will make America great once more. The , . ct,cality of such a claim is largely irrelevant. We all have the ·. ienence of a first-class object lesson in how the voting public

fers to hear the good news rather than the truth! Margaret 1tcher was swept into power on the promise of better things :ome. The fac t that her economic sums are highly dubious

:,,:-ttered little; at least, said many, she is positive. Reagan is " · ;1tive, too. Positive that the way forward is to step back -

:k to the era of American Imperialism, when gasoline and •ap and abundant and a woman's place was in the home.

The American presidential election has degenerated into a glamour contest where the most "sellable" candidate gets the backing of the "Great Mentionlzer".

There is no energy crisis, claims Reagan. Nature pollutes the earth more than mankind does, he believes. Just as the world was obviously built in six days, so he plans in four years to restore America to all her former glory. Fancy believing that such a man could have descended from the apes . . . a gross insult to the Primate's heritage.

But if Reagan is such an unsatisfactory candidate, and since Carter has already proved himself not equal to the job, how is it that the third candidate stands no chance? After all, of the three, John Anderson seems to have the best credentials; at least his staff doesn't hold its collective breath in agonised expectation of disaster each time he opens his mouth. The answer, in the crude and simple terms which befit American politics, lies in the " three M's": Money, the Media, and the "Big Mo" , in that o rder.

Politics in America is a rich man's game. Reduced to essentials, the American presidential selection process has sh ifted its base firmly in favour of the rich individual. Pol itical parties have largely lost their relevance in an era where money buys advertising space, and presidents be!:ome increasingly removed from Congressional decision-making.

The American presidential election has degenerated into a glamour contest where the most "setlable"candidate is the one who gets the backing of "The Gfeat Mentionizer" as the media has been dubbed. The job that Saatchi and Saatchi did for the Conservatives in Britain is as nothing compared to the continued exploitation of the media-machine that goes on in America. Reagan and Carter are the real contestants, as decided by the media ; without the money to pay for allimportant television exposure, Anderson stands little chance.

Obviously the major source of money in.the United States is big business: to attract vital funds, all serious aspirants are obliged to woo the money-spinning firms which dominate the American economy. The concomitant of this is quite simply that there is little differentiation between the parties: a Democrat is a Democrat is a Republican , or might as well be. There is no socialist tradition in America; or, as Gore Vidal has it, " In America there is Socialism for the rich, and Capitalism for the poor. " Thus it is that Congressman John Jarman of Oklahoma was able to switch from Democrat to Republican in 1975, after having represented the Democrats for 25 years. But Congress is altogether a different story.

John Jarman of Oklahoma was ab0

le to switch from Democrat to Republican, after having represented the Democrats for 25 years . . . .

On a brighter note, there are some who say that none of this matters. They suggest that the President is merely a figurehead; real power lies with the "team" behind him. It is certainly the case that the President can no longer dictate policy and see it automatically enacted. The price Jimmy Carter has had to pay for his media-inspired election in 1976 is the ham-stringing of his legislative and executive power; just as his success owed little to the backing of members of Congress , so they feel no compu lsion to support his every directive .

As the current campaign draws to its climax , a clearl y discernable shift towards middle-ground has moved Reagan to the position of favourite. His television advertising since the start of September has been designed to allay fears that he is a reckless idealogue, whose answer to all ills involves a blockade of Cuba. With prime television advertising time at a going-rate of three hours for $1 million , few are prepared at this late stage to pour that kind of money into what seems a lost cuase. The Reagan coffers have little in reserve; Carter has a definite advantage in financial terms which may prove vital to his hopes in the final analysis.

Somerset Maughan once observed that money is like sixth sense without which you cannot make complete use of the other five; it has certainly become the lifeblood of American political aspirations. But if, as Dylan would have us believe,

"money doesn 't talk , it swears", it must have been mightily upset to give us the dilemma of Carter or Reagan.

Paul Heywood

• IMPRESSIONS OF AMERICA here are bumper stickets he US which give some cation of many Ameris' view of foreigners; the ker reads "America - love r leave it". This is not to gest that Americans are spitable, indeed they

m to thrive whilst entern in g foreign guests, ever, after spending the

t few months there, my c lusion is that Americans generally a hypersensitive when it comes to criticism heir fair nation. Before the o d of protest letters wamp the already overked Student editor's desk I Id like to emphasise that

is a purely personal nion and that i do realise futi lity of generalising the

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tter how convenient it may for the writer's purposes. >erhaps ir. saying "hyper-1sitive" I have chosen the o ng word , probably ecure would be a better

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advent of the nuclear ocaust or insecure in the y that the French seem to constantly carping about

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1.ericans' apparent cultural d historical insecurity . Ing and working in the 1tes I was confounded by p native obsession with !p ressing foreigners. As I

led before, this may just e been me, perhaps some p ti c character defect gered off these strange

Ings-on . However, I felt , li ged on countless

c asions to gasp and f mmPnt nn thA c::nlAnrlo1 ir of

American architecture, organisation, wealth, size, speed etc. Of course, not wishing to offend my American friends, I obliged them w ith the statutory gasps and swoons yet found it puzzling that Americans seemingly have such little respect for their own artistic heritage and blindly accept the superiority of European culture. How a nation which has produced the likes of Fitzgerald , H emingway, Kerouac, London , Miller, Elliot and Copland can have little faith in its own artistic development seems uncanny to me. I am not talking about experts and the like but refer to the average American, manyof whom I spoke to in depth:

Wilde 's statement that "good Americans go to Paris" is as true today as it was last century. It seems that Americans, despite their general wealth and prestigious history , are like the rich artisan who is not admitted membership to the local golf 61ub simply because he is not the right " type". No matter how much he demonstrates his wealth and advancement he is not welcome simply because he lacks something that money can't buy. Although this idea is unheard of amongst Europeans, it is strangely common in the States.

In Virginia, where I worked , I was often asked questions like " Is it true that the British are all very clever?" and " Is it true that the British look down on other nations?"; several times I was told that I spoke English very well for a !=;r.otsman! Misconceptions

abound as to the role of the Queen, the composition of the United Kingdom and Britain which is apparently now a part of united Europe. Having recovered from the original shock of such misjudgements and having stopped laughing. when I realised people were being quite serious, I became aware of what an insular people the Americans are. The sheer size of the country must have a lot to do with it but the lack of foreign affairs news is surprising . Despite their bulk both the Washington Post and the New York Times cover predominantly domestic affairs and TV news is little better.

My American apartment mates were all advanced students at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg , none of them read a newspaper or watched the TV news and when I asked them how they kept informed they replied that they didn 't. Living totally on cam pus they said th ey took little interest in current affairs, foreign or domestic. They astounded me by stating that they heard about the abortive Iranian hostage rescue mission five days after it happened. It is not that these people aren't bright, it is just that they are completely disinterested . Very few students I spoke to were actively following the election campaign and many said they were bored of hearinq about Iran etc . In Sunday's Observer Conor Cruise O'Brien noted tnat ~eymour Martin upset, a leading authority on campus attitudes, defined the prevailing sentiment among

students as "quietly cynical " . From my own experience I would agree and say that this cynicism has become so prevalent and deep-rooted in many campuses that the direct result is boredom with the whole political scene. In leply to my enquiries about the decline of the " 1960s" radical campuses many felt that in that decade student protests and violence were something new and there was hope (however idelaisti c) "f c hang e; now , however, protest seems futile to most students so they decide that if

they're going to change society then it will have to be done from the inside.

It is obviously impossible to generalise when discussing America (or any other nation for that matter) but this article merely describes some aspects of American society as I encountered them, particularly those aspects which I found su rprising or those which contradicted my preconceived opinions. No two people return with the same impressions and , as I was on ly one of many Edinburgh students in the

States this summer, it would be interesting if others could use these c·olumns to convey their own impressions of their visit.

Edmund Adams

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Alcoholism

Alcoholism can be looked upon in different ways. To some it is a failure of the moral-ethical sense, leading to an approach that regards alcotiol itself as an evil substance and that anyone suffering from alcoholism is payi ng t h e penalty for dabbling with a dangerous drug.

A more credible point if view is that alcoholism is a disease, a view based upon observat ions that the centra l problem in it is the dependence upon alcohol. Th is leads to the ado pt io n o f a medical approach, with doctors and a cc r edited a lcoholism counsellors playing a large p a r t in a t h erapeutic programme based upon an understand ing of alcoholism as a disease.

The com mon misconception of an alcoholic is one of an ill-shaven, shabby c lothed old tramp, world ly belongings in bag over shoulder. Of all alcoho lics the "down and out" type accounts for no more than 5·6 per cent. The manifestations of alcoholism do not always take on such an obvious guise. Often the only recognisable factor will be, quite literally, the desire for alcohol. Alcoholism is basically a condition in which the person's life is dominated by alcohol and he/ she finds he cannot control the amount or frequency of his drinking.

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Just like any other disease alcoholism has several stages and the earlier it is recognised the greater the likelihood that any treatment will be successful. The first signs are increasingly frequent periods of intox1fication, diminished interest in friends and work , morning shakes or nausea and bouts of memory failure . I t is not necessarily a particularl y rapid process - it may wel l be spread over a per iod of years. More and more emphasis wil l be placed o n th e consumption o f alcohol, both in private and in public, probab l y t o t h e exclusion o f other interests. Intake of foo d may be n eglecte d an d as the realisat ion of dependence upon alcoho l grows, so may feelings of remorse and depression. Su ici de may be contemplated (or attempted) and the chances of holdi ng down a job o r having any kind of successfu l re lationship dim inish g reatly.

It is interest ing to note that cultural differen ces and associated styles of drink ing may accentuate alcoholism. Average consumption per head per annum of alcohol in Scotland does not differ from that of England. In Scotland, however, three per cent of the adult populat ion consumes 30 per cent of the alcohol, perhpas giving a pointer as to why Scotland has a more serious problem of alcoholism

In general alcohol ism is confined to industrial ised countrres, where alcohol is looked upon as the most socially acceptable . drug. Three quarters of all men and half of all women in Scotland are regular drinkers.

There Is no easy way of defining an alcoholic or forcing someone to realise that they may have a drink problem. Questions like the ones below may show that some problem exists which is ei ther due to alcohol or causing a person to turn to alcohol. 1. Do you have frequent ha n gover s and stomach upsets? 2. Are you less capable of working effic iently? 3. Are you late for work or do you miss out on whole days? 4. Do you spend more money than you receive? 5. Are your relationships happy? 6. Do you somet imes feel unbearably lonely? 7. Are you sometimes very depressed? 8. Have you ever thought about suicide?

Suc h are the questions used by the Sco tti sh Health Education Unit in their leaf let " Is Drink ing Becom ing A Problem?" No one is saying -that if you answer yes to one or more o f the above questions you are automatically an alcholic. If you do suffer from some of the above

problems tho· it is worth asking if the cause could be alcohol. It need not be your drinking - it could be the drinking of someone close to you . One thing that is certain is that the abuse of alcohol will not make them go away nor will it make them any easier to live with .

Even if you don't feel that any of the above applies to you, it is still worth thinking about your drinking patterns. Early indicat ions of an alcohol problem include; if you think you are .1 regu larl y drinking more than is good for you (a pretty fatuous point); if you find that you are regularly dr inking more than your friends; if you usually drink only to get drunk; if you have tr ied to give up d rin king and failed. Remember that no matter how well you feel you are able to control it, a heavy drinker is harming both his physical and mental health, and is gradual ly becoming dependent on alcohol. The General Househo ld Survey regards a heavy drinker as any one who consumes more than 'tour pints of beer twice a week . (A level thought very low by many people).

The above is not in tended to scare o r serve as an advertisement for the prohibit ion of alcohol, but simply to point out that it is easier to pick up a drink problem (as defined by medical parameters) than might be expected.

Andy Watson

The number of cases of alcoholism has increased markedly in recent years and there now exists several agencies in the Ed inburgh area who are willing to offer counselling , guidance end advice. The type of counselling varies widely according to the individual and is provided by trained staff . A detoxification centre to serve the Edinburgh area has been planned for a few years now but with the current climate of economic stringency it is unlikely to be built in the near future, if at all. Ed inburgh and District Counci l on Alcohol ism,

Addresses 24 Ainslie Place, Edinburgh (031-226 4519). Alcoholism Interest Group, c/ o Craigmillar Area Soc ial Work Department, 182 Greendykes Road, Edinburgh (031-669 1257). Alcoholics Anonymous, 38 Cockburn Street, Ed inburgh (031-225 6090: 7.30-10 p.m.).

The foll owing offer general counselling services: Student Counselling Service, 7 Buccleuch Place. Samaritans, 54 Frederick Street, Edinburgh (031·225 3333).

This week "Student" take for granted - alco almost all our social live At best 200 students at become dependent on t those becoming docto alcoholism figure could The University itself is problem in Its own staff a working party confidential.

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Drinking in S !l1

Alcohol and Scotland? Where do you start? Alcohol Scotland. It's the drunk guy in the street ("Y'got a light pa What yoo starln ' at?") , the woman who rakes th rough th rubbish baskets around the Grassmarket, the executl speeding from business lunch to business lunch. To man. people who don't even know the word for North Britain , Scotc means strong drink.

If you're born and brought up here there 's no escaping ~Alcohol has been with you all your life, it becomes part of yOL li fe. For some people it becomes too big a part.

And in case, dear Miss South-east-of-England, you don't s just how deep our bond wi th the demon drink goes, have a loo at the fac ts:

2-3 per cent of Scots over 15 years old have a drink pro blem.

There are more than twice as many drink/driving prosecutions in Scotland as in the nation as a whole. Scotland has five times the conviction rate o f England and Wa les for drunkenness.

Scotland has four times the rate o f admission to hospitals through alcoholism than England. Twice as many people die of liver cirrhosis in Scotland than England.

A sobering thought, isn 't it? Yet we carry on dri nki ng lik there was no tomorrow. And if you d ri nk long enough you don remember it anyway: " Must've had a magic t ime last night - na: mind o' it."

That phrase sums up the essential problem with drink i Scottish society - too often we laugh at the pathetic. " Orin• problem - me? Ah drink 30 pints, fall over, nae problem!" An yet we don't seem to enjoy the actual sensation of drunkennesf we dri nk to be tough , to show what a man we can be. The ima of the hard-man who can " really ho ld his drink" l ives oiu bolstered of course by Archie of the TV ad fame, whose idea l the perfect compliment is " In th is light ma beer matches y eyes."

Hogmanay, too. I can't be the only one who's ever woken 01.o of a stupor lat" through the night to discover everyone else l the terminal stages of ineb riation . What a way to have fur E~pecially ·on the Scottish Sunday mo rn ing . quiet as death midday, not because everyone's gone to the kirk , but nursing ,~~ hangover while reading the cosy tripe of the Sunday Post an swearing they'll never drink again.

Some people say they drink to forget. If the same holds tr for countr ies, what is Scotland trying to forget? The dregs of

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,:_. : ~a_lvinism th~t didn 't al_low drink? But in true hypocrisy it did . Or :. ~~~ s 1t the feel mg of being pas~ed over by the world at large? . : _-iard ly. It must have someth ing to do with ou r deep-rooted

·:1 : jes,re to show the world how little we care. Laugh at the world ·w ·. rnd the whole world laughs at you. Get drunk with the world and ·\:': he whole world gets drunk with you.

Bu rns_ nights the world over and natives go dewy-eyed over ., he ~en~1mental homeland. whisky and haggis. " Here's tae us ,

· ,vha s ll_ke_ us - nane, they're a' deid ." Many a true word 's '.poken m Jest. No othe_r nation has for so long accepted drink as ,uch a _huge part o f their cultu re- not even the Russians where 1odka 1s not.adverti sed or encou raged by the authoriti~s.

Why does rt have to be like this? It's not as i f the Scottish race even if the~e w~s such a thing) could just have a genetic twist or alcoholic dnnks. Nor is it true that the Scots have many :o.rrows t? dro~n {at least, not much more than anyone else in · rred monite Britain ). It's even been suggested that Scotland is

·: ;lowly com mrttmg suic ide by inebriation , as a sort of ... nacrocosm of the individual alcoholic's ultimate goal.

The reasons for ou r l?ve/ hate relat ionship are really , though, 1lm.ost a freak, 88 accident. The combination of our cultural

. lentag~, our c~:,nfusion of symbol and drug, and a historical ack of 1nnovat1veness.

?ur cultu ral heritage has bequeathed to us a society where • 1tt1tudes, values and judgements are all modified to take

: :: .. 1~cou~t for drunken behaviour. How often do you hear the ·( :. 11ew, . Oh, le~ve him alone, he's been drinking" to excuse

>ehav1o~r which otherwise wouldn 't be tolerated. Our legal :ystem 1s full of cases about the nature of drunkennes or

:~:. ~ffe_nc~s co,:nmitte~ under th.e influence. That's shown by , r ,o_c1.ety s l~n1ent attitude to drink-driving offences, regarding :/1 lr1ving while _und~r the influence as just a shade more serious

,.-,,; han a speeding ticket. · .. ,• Scotland also has inherited an innate confusion about :: · .. ilcohol_. ~ven those wh°: us~ it a lot confuse the drug and its , ::·1 tmboli~ 1mpc: rta~~e. Drtnk in Scotland has become a symbol .. ,i:1 f ~anline~~ (1.e. 1t s macho to drink a lot, particularly beer or

tra1ght sprrrts), but we've forgotten the fact that it is a potent rug.

·;/. Finally, our problem with alcohol will be wi th us for just as ::,1, )n~ as we are_ content to allow it to act as a social lubricant.

1 • •• : ln~, I _s_cotland 1s prepared to think about other ways of lowering /i' 1h1b_1t1on and generally having a good time, our problems wiJI . _.;:- e with us for ever.

BIii Whiteford

Booze and the Body Ethyl Alcohol , the only kind

ou r bodies earl take in moderation, is , st rictly speaking, of nutritional value - no vitamins or protein . It is technically pretty useless as a food but very effective as a drug.

Quickly abosrbed by the stomach and small intestine (particularly when not taken in conjunction with food) , alcohol is distributed by the bloodstream throughout the body where some is excreted unchanged in the urine, breath and sweat. The bulk of it, however, is broken down by the liver. The liver firstly changes the alcohol to acetaldehyde , a toxic chemical, and then rapidly oxidises it to acetate and eventually to water and carbon dioxide.

The rate of this metabolisation varies from person to person, but in the averagesized male body the liver is capable of " burn ing up"

approximately 15 milligrams of alcohol per 100 mi llilitres of blood every hour. What this means practically is that your body will need two hours orso to get rid of the peak alcohol level coming from a pint of beer or a double whisky.

Of course, mankind didn't take to alcohol because of its effect of the body but on the mind. Unlike cocaine or amphetamines, alcohol is not a stimulant. It depresses the central nervous system, in particular the higher brain centres which inhibit overt expression of sexual and aggre ssive behaviour . Ultimately alcohol depresses all the conscious working of the brain and oblivion occurs with a blood alcohol level of approximately 400 mg/ 100 ml.

Long-term use of alcohol over a period of 10-20 years, sustaining high lev els throughout . can lead to many physical ailments . chiefly of

the liver. Some of these, such as fatty liver or hepatitis, are reversible, while others, like the classic alcoholic's disease, cirrhosis , are not. Liver cirrhosis is characterised by the death and non- regeneration of healthy liver tissues, leaving the liver permanently scarred .

Excessive drinking also can produce brain damage, not least because falls or fights when drunk can result in serious blows to the head. Taking barbiturates with alcohol can be fatal , as can a blood level over 500 mg/ 100 ml.

On top of all these. alcohol in large quantities greatly increases the risk of other diseases. Heart disease, tuberculosis, throat and stomach cancer, pancreatitis, heamorrhoids , muscle pains and (in males of course) atrophy of the testes. have all been shown to be "helped" by

Student Drinking

Ask any student if he thinks he has a drink problem and th e answer will probably be along the lines of " Nah. I drink , I fall over - no problem " or "No, I can drink -pints without barfing (insert su i tably inflated f i gure . Despite the enormous volume of booze consumed by students in the various union houses and other assorted drink i ng establishments around Edinburgh, comparatively little attention is paid to the problem of students picking up a habit of serious alcohol abuse which they 'll take with them when they leave university.

Published notes of student alocholism are very low, especially in comparison with the rates for most professions. Since it is a reasonable assumption that the majority of students eventually end up in some kind of profession, it is interesting to speculate how many cases have had their foundations laid at university. Little hard and fast data exists to sh o w any specific connection.

It's easy to see though how it is possible not to recognise a drink problem which might otherwise be all too apparent . There is no stigma .associated with being drunk, or being seen getting drunk, even at the wierdest times of day. Lots of spare time for drinking. If you have a heavy night and don 't fancy arising at the crack of dawn (or not at all) - well , it's up to you .. Skipping a few lectures isn't likely to annoy anyone and you don't have to phone in to excuse your absence . Occasionally it may be aw~ward if you bump into the lecturer/ tutor the next but the invention of some pathetically implausible excuse will more probably elicit sympathy than aggro. Basically students (medics and other oddities excepted) don 't have 9 to 5 days, nor do they have to perform a set amount of work each day. You 've got the option of working steadily and methodically on an essay/ seminar etc. or buggering about for 10 days then

producing a stu nning bit of work in 24 hours. Your time's pretty much your own.

Similarly, with money. Once you've got your grant, within limits you're free to spend it. Set aside some for rent, food, books etc. and the rest is available for the pursuil o f extra-curricular activities , whatever they may be. If that runs out your friendly manager at the friendly bank will usually oblige with a friendly overdraft, essentially because they like getting their hooks in early. The point is that any financial responsibility is primarily to yourself - no boring obligations like mortgages, family and so on .

Society image of alcohol is well represented at university. Lots of events use booze as an attraction , whether it be free, offered with cheese or quaffed in a more genteel fashion at a sherry party. Sponsored pub crawls, beerienteering are a regular feature of moneyraising efforts by various clubs and societies. Including such events usually means more people will partici~ate.

heavy drinking. The most damaging aspect

of alcohol, however, is not the conditions which result from excessive drinking, but the reason for it: alcohol is an addicitive drug.

Many definitions of "alcoholic" exist and none seem altogether satisfactory. It is, however, generally accepted that addiction to alcohol can be both physical and psychological. Physical dependence takes years of heavy drinking to develop: initially an increased tolerance to alcohol so that the body begins to depend on a regular high daily intake of the drig . Thereafter higher dosages are needed for the same effect. Those physically dependent on alcohol suffer withdrawal symptoms when any drastic reduction is experienced. Total abstinence for a period of about 24 hours results in shaking and sometimes hallucinations (the DTs) . Heavily dependent drinkers can actually die from the effects of complete withdrawal. "Drying out", getting rid of all the drug in the body, and stopping physical dependence takes between a week and ten days.

More difficult to determine than physical alcoholism, however, is the psychological conditions of the heavy drinker who "needs a drink". Many people referred to generally as "alcoholics" may not be actually dependent on alcohol physically, but on the buzz they get from it, the feeling of release and mild euphoria it gives them. What everyone who drinks to excess, whether they be called alcoholic or not, does, however, is cause harm to their bodies , decrease their life eXpectancy and , ultimately, bring misery to themselves and others.

BIii Whlleford

What would you rather do - a sponsored walk or a sponsored pub crawl? Macho stereotypes of the beerdrink in g , woman-killing superman about. Try hanging out at Teviot on a Friday night . Any alcohol problem that arises within a un iversity environment must be seen within the wider context of how society regards alcohol.

Alcoholism among students is not of major proportions. A fraction of one per cent ,of students at Edinburgh will receive any treatment for it, although there may be more who do not admit that their drinking has become a problem and hence never appear on anyone's files as an alcoholic , at least while they're at university. The difficulties which abuse of alcohol brings , like erratic behaviour , d isappointing results, screwed-up personal life, may be more assimi lated within a student lifestyle than a " respectable" one. What is not a problem now may become one. Pass the bottle,

Andy Watson

10 Rock

Josef K and Orange Juice

A sunglassed Haig basks in the sweet sweat of success.

Plenty of gigs to choose from last Friday night: at the Student Centre you could catch the Bodysnatchers, and observe the freshers in their natural habitat (asking the way to the loo), or you could. visit the Playhouse and sit and clap to that nice "new wave rock star", Joe Jackson.

Meanwhile the Nile Club offered something rather more adventurous. Orange Juice from Glasgow and our own city's- Josef K have created quit'3 a stir in the London music papers recently, raved up enthusias-

tically in Sounds last month and in NME (as always!) two weeks later. As London burns · with boredom now, these people have decided Scotland's where it's at, and among Friday night 's audience numbered, I suspect, many journalists and A&R men.

Orange Juice claim they're trying to fill the gap between serious bands, like Simple Minds, and pop people like the Pretenders. I found they swayed quite far towards the former "category" - but that shouldn ' t bother them

because (like Simple Minds) their present material -notably the last single, "Lovesick" - could chart ii they got the breaks.

The band's set started stro ngly and soon had everyone saying approvingly. The second song, "Upwards and Oowards", was dedicated to students, but was one of the highlights of their set, and lyrically seemed to make sense, unlike the Specials' absurd treatment of the same subject. Best songs were the single, "Lovesick", and their final encore, ''Tender Object".

Orange Juice's music is never gloo_my, although Edwyn Collins's voice seemed at times to exude pessimism. Visually, the band are as selfconscious as a young band shou ld be, but Collins was a confident and highly competent front man. They're not yet ready to take the world by storm, but you should catch them if you can.

Josef K definitely are a pessimistic bunch , but they perform songs with such delightful titles as "Endless Soul" , "No Glory" and " Drone" with a degree of style

which will take them places fast. The rhythm section carry every song with direction and power, and Malcolm Ross ' guitar has a sharpness which few can match. Vocalist Paul Haig has the stage presence to take the band, I hope, successfully through the intensive gigging which is likely to follow the aforementioned burst of favourable publicity. Josef K are improving fast - their next s{ngle, "It's Kinda Funny", was ptobably their best number on ~riday and the future looks bright indeed, but there's still

room for improvement - their set is appallingly short for a '' headlining" band .

Both these bands are on the independent Glasgow label Postcard Records, but soon nasty little men from the south will wave cheque books at them, offering to castrate their music and hype them into the Dirty th irty. Our intrepid heroes will, I'm sure, tell these parasites where to go, and by carryi{lg on as they are now, will take their varying brands of music to a far wider audience with in the next year.

Colin Macllwaln

V-Disk and the Bodysnatchers Just when Freshers' Week

was beginning to drag, Friday night at the Health Centre came up trumps. V-Disk and The Bodysnatchers gave us fast and furious live music to get the most bloated fresher to his feet. To hell with art, let's dance. The infectious enjoyment that is so much a part of modern Ska/Rock Steady really should be on the National Health - the perfect prescription for cleaning out the system.

great verve - they are also a visually attractive group which complements a very professional sound . Despite coming on stage as late as 10.30 their reception was r lukewarm, so often tht:: fate at a good support band; V-Disk's sharp, snappy songs all have an excellent dance rhythm behind them and they deserved better feedback from the audience. No matter, the best m~vers were on stage anyway and they seemed to be enjoying themselves. I hope they don't in fact split up . because they look good live and the male and female vocal combination could work on vinyl.

another superb sound to come from the Dammers' twotone launching pad, lived up to all expectations. Casually strolling on, looking the part, the girls open up with a hyped-up version of the Specials' " Aud~ boys outa Jail' to super-faSt off-beat ska and dance dance dance to the beat . Rhoda Dakar (who

features on the new Specials album) has an immed iate rapport and reminds me of Pauline (The Selecter) . beaming from ear to ear. polite but rude. Like Madness, Specials, Selecter etc., The Bodysnatchers are bas ically a dance band , the accent on enjoy yourself! But the fairground atmosphere that

numbers evoke has a cutting edge: they sing about female stereotypes, rape, violence (R hoda Dakar tells an impassioned story 'of being raped in one chilling number), and about getting happy in 1980. The familiar "A little bit of soul" showed there' ll be no problem in what to do next. The Bodysnatchers thnve in the close homely atmosphere of a live gig and by the time they came to do their two single releases, " Easy Life" and " Let 's do Rock Steady" , most people were up and dancing . Smiles all round , two encores and we reti red to ou r own little worlds, uplifted and completely knackered .

V-Disk are an Edinburgh band who play a mixture of reggae and ska with synthesizer thrown in - or should I say "verve" as this was apparently their last gig. A p(ty because they played a lively, adventurous set with

The Bodysnatchers, allf em ale , seven-piece and , Bodysnatchers look like they 've got a large selection in fron t of them. the gir ls and their catchy

Henry Mathias ('orrible 'enry)

Edinburgh Record Shops Edinburgh has a veritable

plethora of record shops. In fact so many, that competition has forced the shops to compete on price, and the result is a selection of cheap records and special otters that surpasses even London's cut price market. Ezy Rider Recorda, Grey Friers merkef, 14 Forest Roed

Small selection of cut price new albums, but most notable for a great selection of

second-hand records quick turnover and low prices. Sells fanzines, posters etc. Bruce 'a Record Shopa, Shandwick Place, Princes Street, Rose Street

Part of Scottish chain -Shandwick Place has a large cut-out record section at low prices. Listen Records, Frederick Street

Newly opened shop -posters, second-hand section

in addition to good current selection. Becoming Saturday hangout for local punks. Virgin, Frederick Street ·

Well stocked with albums and singles, but premises too small especially on Saturday when literally jammed. Sound Centre, 91 South Bridge

Selection of cut price, records and upstairs section where you can sell your own collectors items and buy

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others. Oldlea Museum, West Maitland Street

Excellent selection of golden oldies - worth a visit. HMV, St James Centre

Part of national chain but has made great effort to "localise" by stocking singles of local bands etc. Other Record Shop, High Street

New premises - good selection of cut price albums

and singles and magazine, badge, poster section. Allan, Record Shop, Leven Street

The friendly record shop! Buggies, 13 Home Street

No relation to Yes men , essentially space invader arcade. Phoenix, High Streel

heavy metal emporium -pretended to like punk and new wave but much happier now with the NW of HM. But

good shop often with intersting imports and rare single. GI Records, Cockburn Street

New shop with good album selection - but they bug me with elitist air with which they announce that they don't sell singles - pathetic attitude.

Not a comprehensive list just a selection of the good and not so good.

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"ROCK AROUND THE CASTLE" (cont'd)

Last week I fell into the trap of saying that there was no great musical genius abroad in Edinburgh , and then went on to rant, rave, and generally wax lyrical about nearly every band mentioned. However, that doesn't mean that this week's consignment is going to be a lot of dros - just some of it!

Anyway, let's move into some of the better stuff, namely the " Del monies". Although unseen by my own eyes, on the strength of the good reports I have hard, and a brief listen to a tape of their forthcoming single, "Tous Les Soirs", they are recommended.

Unfortunately if you were like me and didn't go along to last Friday night's Health Centre gig, then I'm afraid you missed the last chance of seeing local reggae band "V-Disk". These mixed white punters were going down very well during the summer and made a big impression on most people when they supported "Steel Pulse" at Tiffs. Not to despair, however, it looks like Chris and Neil will be forming their own band in a short while.

On the subject of support there is currently an Edinburgh band which bears that name; on ly they spell it with three Ps ("Support") - so watch those gig handbills carefully. Lead· singer Benj E Ming is an outrageous punk-type, in the mould of the "Rats" Johnny Fingers, who is also an unbigoted Rangers' tan (gasp!) , and seems to revel in the squareness of the rest of the band , comparative in the case of lead guitarist Karl Argo, but absolute in the case of Ian Hogg (Sprogg) on bass and Dave Nutt on drums. They play simple but effective music, their shining moments come when they do funny cover versions of such songs as in everything that JP said you'd think that if the next band weren 't the only band in Edinburgh they'd bound to be the best.

The "Visitors" have done more sessions for Peel than the "Skids" have released singles. Having seen them on numerous occasions I can't see what Peel sees in them although I'll give them their due, their "Empty Room" single (Departure Music -1980) was quite good if only because it was far and away the best song they have on their set. It has a great cymbal-thrashing drum consistency, good bass and, for once, effec tive guitar. However, forget the 'B' side to hear what the "Visitors" usually sound like, list,n t6}he track of the same name on the 45, or worse still, go along to a concert and listen to "Ci rcles" -what a load of old gawf.

V-Disk bow out in line form.

On a more optimistic note we move onto a 5-member band who have a Siouxie type vocalist-"The Freeze". This band has some good songs such as "So Far Away" with it's Human League-ish electronic beat and the short but sweet "Same Time Again ". "35 nights" is a particularly good song with lots of electronic punk power, but their best is "The Rise And Fall Of

The Centre Of Attraction" Seems to me the band are quite good, they certainly seem to b01ie a wide musical influence in songs ranging from near HM through punk and Roxy Music to the Human League. I'd like to find out for sure.

A not he <group who are useful but don't quite reach those imaginative heights of innovative creativity are "City Limits" . Very much in the mould of an earl y 70's band, City Limits have some very nice material , but it may be that they aren't progressive enough, although each are excellent musicians. In fact for musicianship, "C ity Limits" are probably the most talented band in Edinburgh , al though when it comes to singing I wish Taj would give up and entrust that role to the more capable Foster. At present the band are adding to themselves, a saxophonist has recently joined, which cou ld only be good news for their sound and should certainly add a little soul to their good numbers such as "Desire", "Rosemary", "Love And Emotion", great drunning by Brian Hay, and probably their best song - "Decisions" .

"Sldikl" and "Razor" are up-market, slicker, but more boring versions of the above. The former are very professional and in Mike McAmery have one of the best bass players around. But their music says nothing, and consequently does nothing for me. Same for "Razor" who are pathetic to watch, ageing guys trying to create a teeny bop audience. You think I'm joking-go and see them, you might even enjoy them if you're into that laidback sound, maaaan!

Two other bands who didn't impress me were the "Androids" and "Insect Bites". the former are lead guitar Mike Robertson, bassist Ken Dalgleish (really?), drummer Nichi Connelly, topped by a sprayed on silver plastic jeans poseur for vocalist. Funnily enough their music is awful apart from their sing le "Robot Pilot'""Cinderella's Dream" which is good. Like with the "Visitors" that is a really annoying fact.

The other none-too-impressive band, on which I must admit was my one and only viewing were the "Insect Bites" Live, they destroyed themselves by going over the top on many songs but maybe this couldn't be avoided, owing to the awful sound quality at Clouds. Some songs were noteworthy like "Little Caesar" and "Calli ng In The Ambulanc~" but after having seen the lyric sheet of one of their songs, Portrush , which funnily enough is my hometown in N. Ireland, I came away only halfimpressed.

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12 Arts

Rehearsal Photographs by Sean Hudson Printmakers' Workshop Gallery until Sat. 21st Nov.

Sean Hudson took a li ttle under 200 ph oto gr a ph s during rehearsal at th is year's Ed i nburg h Fe sti val. Th e fest ival-goer is presented with the slick f inal product, so that a look " behind-the-scenes" is a rare enlightenment.

Sean Hudson uses his camera to emphasise moods unique to rehearsals. There is a photograph of rows o f vacant chairs in a cavernous hall that lead t tie eye to a d is tan t stag e where the so-lo i st , Jorge Bolet is absorbed in a performance at his piano.

In other examples, members of the Scottish Baroque

Ensemble lean fo rward in thei r seats rest ing weary arms on cellos and violins, their furrowed brows and the f ingers that rub their l ips express, " H ow can we improve this?''

When the rehearsal goes well there is radiant joy in the faces of t he players. The pianist Cecile Ousset rela>Ces gracefu lly behind her piano in a beautifully composed portrait. Indeed, it seemed that some of the photographs were a little too contrived for a candid camera lurking in the wings at rehearsals. However, Sean Hudson told me that al though he had had full

assistance from the d irectors and performeri concern ed, the more artis tic shots were better judged and more s tudi o u sly t i med , th an actually "set-up".

The photograph ill ustrated here falls in to that category as does the powerful image of a near-nu de Austral ian dancer, from the Australian Dance Theatre, framed perfectl y by a ci rcle of spotl ights. both of these pictures are among Sean Hudson 's favourites.

SNO 10th October 1980

The Horn Concerto of T hea Musgrave was gi ven an authoritative performance at the Usher Hall last Friday, the more so fo r having Barry Tuckwell as soloist, and the composer herself conducting.

Dating from 1971, it was inspired by a picture of monoli thic statues surrounding a central figure. In Musgrave's realisation. the latter is represented by the solo horn, encircled by other players of the same instrument and two trumpets, most of whom begin the work in the orchestra, and later move to strategic parts o f the auditorium to throw back - at the soloist 's cue- improvised fanfares into an already complicated o r ches tr a texture.

Typical modern music? In fact, th is work was far from ~izarre. T he composer has crea t ed some beautiful sonori t ies f r om a large orchestra, including plenty of perc ussio n . Though the material was mainly fragmentary, the two peaks (at the beginning and the end) were convincingly built. their arrival - due to the special layout of the brass instruments - exciting to watch, as well as to hear.

I did wonder how the composer intended "Concerto" to be interpreted. The soloist had litt le material to himself tha t I could hear, and such was the complexity and frequency of the orchestral

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contribution, I never felt the soloist was placed "aga inst" the orchestra in the traditional sense. The activities of other inst r umen t s often d r aw attention away from the central figure. who seemed to be leader of the brass sect ion (itself, I suppose, intended as an opposing, disruptive force), whose part demanded the execution of a virtuoso.

That Barry Tuckwell certainly was. A couple of small cadenzas written in the highest extreme of the horn's range were delivered with effort less agility, both loud and soft. Flutter tonguing and harmonies had an admirable purity of attack. But it was good to be able to give one's undivided attention to the lyr ical side of Mr Tu rn bull's f ine technique in a Mozart Concerto after the interVal -the brief No. 1 in D, with the orchestra conducted now by David Atherton.

Having begun the concert with an attractive performance of Haydn's Symphony No. 35, Mr Atherton ended with the 1919 suite from Stravinsky 's ballet " The Firebird". He built the Finale to an impressive climax after a fierce account of the Infernal Dance. In between , I don't th ink the bassoon and cello soloists in the Berceuse ever matched the oboist in magic and sensitivity. In this work as a whole, the orchestra lacked a little in definition.

Guy Thomas

Battlefield Band's First Gig of European Tour

Edinburgh University Folk Club start their new season with a flourish with a concert in the George Squa re Theatre on Saturday, 25 October given by Battlefield Band. This wellknown band special ises in Scottish traditional music p layed o n a d ven t u r o u s combinations of instruments such as pipes, synthesiser, hu rd y-g urdy, fi dd le an d cittern, just to name a few. Last year thei r al bum " Stand Easy" was voted 'album of the year' and Melody Makar declared them to be "on thei r

way to becoming one of the great bands". Their latest album, "Home Is where the van Is" is due ou t short ly and is already licensed by labels in Germany and Holland, wi th great interest shown by the United States, Italy, Spain and France. T he concert is jointly organised by the Univers ity Folk C lub and Radio Forth, who are recording it and it's the kick-off for a tour of Eng land , Wa les , I re land, Europe and the States, so don't miss this chance to hear them.

As a measure of the co- J operation he rece ived on th is self-im posed ass ignment, there is a strikingly o riginal photograph taken from the

gallery of the o rgan in St. Mary's Cathedral. An unusual vantage point he was led to by the orga nmaster. the resultant the organmas t er. Th e resultant picture taken from the top of a fores t of colossal organ pipes, leaves a distant GIiiian Weir almost enveloped by her instrument.

Mr Hudson in his ingenious and varied interpretation of the Edinburgh Festival rehearsals, has shown that his ·heme is a loose one. He ,as certainly not allowed the ::oncrete subject to hamper 1is artistic virtuosity and ::reative originality.

Gordon Prestige

Tickets on sale before hand at £1 . 75 from the Usher Hall or £2.25 at the door. Club members can get them from the Ctub, with a special reduction .

Hair The Kings Theatre

until the 18th October

Over ten years have elapsed since It was prem iered In London's West End; over eight since last shown in Glasgow and never before seen In Edinburgh. " Hair" , the, " tribal-love rock musucal" of the sixties, opened last Tuesday to dlstlnctly muted applause. Not that It was a poor performance, by no means. it was simply a poor choice of material.

The "hippie era" was ultimately self-destructive. Temporal and hedonistic, love and peace were the lurid messages they adorned as adjuncts to lurid choices of clothing . T:-Jey were the classic anti-establishmentarians, the romantic heralders of a "new" age. However, " new" ages don't simply arrive, they are derived from the actions and thoughts of those who live them , as the eighties are derived , in part. by those rebellious teenagers of yore: now nearly middle-aged and unsurpris ingly normal , industrious, conscientious citizens.

Anti-establishment slogans and chants for pease are still nfe, still listened to and . to a degree understood. The vehicles by which they are expressed and recogn ised are not the same Media. clothes, morals , even hair-styles are constant ly changing and the rate of change is accelerating. Fashion. to use the collective term .is a state of flux. Self-expression , the rationale of fashion. is eternal.

"Hair". is by content, a musical of temporal singnificance. based upon a period of emotional restlessness . mountless energy and intenseexpendability . The value and respect placed upon human life seemed seriously eroded. The fashionable expressions of the time e.g. the congregational "love-ins" and all the facets of fervent individualism, were complex redresses to the perceived imbalance of public res pect for life.

In " Hair" , the pointed, bawdy, nature of many of the songs; the references to the basic elements of earth, wind and fire: the astrological symbolism of sun and moon; the innocent revel ries of the senses - touch. smell and taste, all derive from a point in tim~ that is now history and out-of-fashion. Distinctly tawd ry and dreary the lyrics strike one as empty. banal and frankly uninspired. The banners emblazoned with prostations now dated and ignored . The once, highly satirical punch-l ines are now bereft of life.

With due deliberation. I would suggest that now, was the worst time ever to choose for a revival of this musical. The only consolation I can offer the director, Malcolm Knight, is that no time will this musical deserve, nay, even indicate a revival appripr iate. It's all the more disappointing when the cast, vivacious, attractive and extremely talented, play their hearts out and give exhaustive performances, all worthy of mention . only to be discarded upon a barren work that offers l i\tle hope of ever being relevant again.

FERNAND LEGER GALLERY OF MODERN ART The paintings displayed in

this small exhibition were all executed with in the years 1920-22. These were crucia l years in Leger's development. The interest of this exhibition lies primari ly in its ability to suggest the problems he confronted. and the considerations that were foremost in his mind.

The exhibition occupies two rooms . One room consists entirely of photographs. Some show Lager's r elationship with the traditions of figure and still l ife drawing; others relate to the paintings on display.

The problems Leger faced can be briefly stated . Firstly, he aimed to create a pictorial success while "ruthlessly employing the most absolute contrasts - flat elements in pure colours. modelled elements in grisaille, realistic objects" (Leger). Secondly, he wanted to include the female nude, which had not attempted hitherto, without

al lowing its desirability to lead him away from plastic val ues - i.e. to completely avoid its sentimental vlaue. His success is demon strated when the paintings are seen chronologically. The dynamic composition of "Man with a Pipe" (1920) has become st ricter, more static and more forceful in "The Sti ll Life with Candlestick " (1922). In "Two Women and Still Life" (1920) and " Reclining Women " (1921) the statuesque qual ity of the nudes enhances this tendency towards staticity, while their lack of organic virility keeps them essentially plastic in function .

Putting the tech nicalities aside, the paintings are impressive for their immediate impact . Le ger has achieved , as he wished , "'the maximum intensity and even violence on a wall " This exhibition is well wor th seeing.

Stephen Vernolt

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STARDUST MEMORIES SNEAK PREVIEW

Amidst much secrecy and eager expectation Woody Allen 's 1980 offering Stardust Memories opened in New York in late September and should be on view in Britain before the end of the year.

In the film Allen stars as a film director being feted by a weekend retrospective of his wo rk. This experiences tri ggers memories and musings over his life and loves. All is resolved by a (sort of) happy ending. O n paper this must have seemed like an other A ll en winner ho wever, something has definitely gone awry in the formula.

For someo.ne who practically fell over himself seeking superlatives for Annie Halland Manhattan, Stardust is a dispiriting damp squib. He has become more surreal but less fu nny . Boring , irritating. pretentious and tiring are never words I thought I'd need

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applicable here. I yawned through this whilst during Manhattan I looked like the cat who had stolen the cream .

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None of the three females (Charlolle, Rampling . Marie

::;hristioe Barrault and Jessica Harper) register strongly. Diane Keaton is sorely missed and the romantic glow of his earlier work is no more. Despite long lingering closeups Charlotte Rampling displays little fire coming over very detached. The black and white photography here is unnecessary giving the film a harsh bleak appearance whereas Manhattan was softer painting a luminous picture of a great ci ty.

The film highlights the embittered outpou rings of a successful artist who uses the ear to which he has coaxingly gained access to hurl his contempt and indulge his neuroses. It is as if Allen is deliberately alienating his audience to satisfy some perverse delight . If you think that's devious thinking wait until you see the movie, that is if you do following this review The harsh criticism stems from a deep attachment to Allen 's previous work and a bitter disappointment at Stardust Memories .. Apart froril a few one liners it is not the Woody Allen we know and love.

Allan B. Hunter

The Elephant Man

(ABC Centre) Through diaries and latterly

a play the story of John Merrick has come to contemporary attention. Born hideously deformed of a mother trampled by elephants during her pregnancy the majority of his years were spent as a circus freak. He was discovered by a London surgeon who, although unable to cure his condition , befriended him and responded to the refined human being behind the deformities of nature.

The screen • version, directed by David (Eraserhead) Lynch is exemplary in all departments. Wisely building on the support of a strong audience - including narrative the black and white photography reconstructs a vivid picture of industrialised Victorian England. The highly atmospheric production is a bustle of fogs, grimy streets, dank showgrounds and whirring machines. The grainy look and dream sequences have a "f lashyflickers" quali ty reminiscent ot si lent movies.

The acting is very fine indeed. Anthony Hopkins' restrained, understated su rgeon is a commendably human professional with the actor refusing to make the role anything meatier than the overall tone of the piece requires. John Hurt in the title role is superb. Confined by an elaborate makeup and the almost cliched character of a man behind the mask he creates something real and touching. Hurt's Elephant Man is a slightly floppish, very British, man of society with more than a hint of pomposity. His unjust imprisonment in the body of a freak is thus even more moving as we are aware of the genuine human being suffering beneath.

The Elephant Man is an inventively realised. fascinating production blessed with some beautifully attuned performances complementing a powerfully memorable human story. If you miss it you miss the best British film in years.

Allan Hunter

Two freshers' review the Bedlam Theatre productions.

What Shall We Tell Caroline?, a one-act comedy by John Mortimer, is set in the headmaster's living-room in an English boys' school in the late fifties. The play deals with the inability of Arthur and Lily Loudon (Peter Forbes and Alison Sinclair) to tell their 18-year-old daughter the facts of life: if you will excuse the eumphemism. This inability stems from the limited sexual experience of their own. Lily has always been treated as "one of the boys" (Arthur calls her "Birn") while Arthur's idea of ir"?timacy is seemingingly a punt down the river . Tony Peters (Michael CordwellJ am es), Lily ' s lover , is continually harking back to the conquests of his youth but although he sees how protected caroline is he shows no desire to smash the protective cocoon in which she is trapped .

The audience is struck by Carcline's total silence (a brave theatrical devised used by Mortimer) which is only broken dramatically at the end when she announces, perhaps inevitably, that she is leaving to start work in London .

There is an excellent interpretation of the side issues ofTony, Arthur and Lily being dependent on each other. Even Arthur admits that he needs Tony to be his wife's lover!

The audience reaction to this production was very favourable -it got the laughs. Arthur's paranoic fear of the boys catching malaria, Tony's fantasies about being a gunslinger and going to the North Pole had us all in stitches. That is always an accurate guide to the play's success. Certainly I thought ii gave drunken debauchery a good run for its money.

Andrew Dalgleish

Green Julia is a comedy for two characters, two students in fact, and the action takes place in the last two hours of their five-year-old acquaintancy. During these intimate hours we find Jake and Bob in their digs intensely discussing their attitudes towards life which revolve , in particular , around their feelings towards Jake's friend Julia. Julia never actually appears on the stage, but her elusive presence is evident between the two men as they wait in vain for her to arrive to celebrate Jake's departure from the country. This probing and searching carried out between the characters was conducted realistically by the actors although the conversations held over the telephone were somewhat lacking in credibility. A minor fault indeed and did not bring the house down in disgust or spoil the play's pleasurable moments.

These moments were arrived at when the two friends frequently interspersed their dialogue with a "game" in which they parody characters such as priests, army officials or German psychologists . These sketches gave the play its most entertaining value and A. Duncan was particularly humorous in a few of his assumed roles such as Father Bradshaw or the effeminate man' gesticulating across the stage.

Considering the second act of the play was missing almost entirely, except for the concluding scene, the actual ending did conveniently slip into place. Those uncomfortable last fa rewell moments between friends were well captured by both actors and was in effect Quite moving. Z. 0 . Keefe

I J--;;;~;:;;--:-;::--:;::-;-:-;~---------------MOVIES AROUND ABC Centre, Lothian Road

1. THE SHINING (X) IJ, Deja boo as director Kubrick and indulged star Nicholson go

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over_familiar horror film territory. Hampered by illogicalities, the ftlm has been cut 20 minutes since its US release and this can only help Beautiful to look at but not as impressive to watch .

2. AIRPLANE (A) . Limp spoof of the entire genre of Airport disasters sparked by 1mag1nat1ve casting - Robert Stack, Lloyd Bridges and Leslie

Nielsen There are some schoolboy level laughs along the Journey but a lot of the time it's just plain silly.

3. BRONCO BILLY (A) This ca.n number me amongst its bar-room buddies anytime.

An affectionately naive look at the vicissitudes in the life of a modern day wild west show. Billy represents Eastwood's best fil m since The Outlaw Josey Wales. His performance is an appealing amalgam of Bogart facial mannerisms, Duke Wayne ph ilosophy all neatly packaged in a style reminiscent of Frank Capra. Recommended.

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DOMINION, Churchhill

1. A BRIDGE TOO FAR (A) Mightily impressive Attenborough directed world war 2 epic

showing the mess our side made of one particular episode -Arnhem. The futility is well shown and many ironical touches refuse to sweeten the pill. A galaxy o f stars are featured including Redford. Caine, Connery , Bogarde and Olivier.

2. BEING THERE (AA) . One note fable on the state of the USA complete with impotent President and deified TV-addicted simpleton. For such a praised film there are a su rprising number of dull sports but Sellers clowning glory is achingly touching and the final shot marvellous. Shirley Maclaine and Melvyn Douglas co-star.

3. EVERY WHICH WAY BUT LOOSE (AA) One me.re !im~ on the road with Clint and orang-utan buddy

Clyde. This film 1s reputedly the most commercially successful ever shown in Scotland thus defyitlg my criticism at least. A sequel Any Which Way You Can should be out at Christmas.

CALEY, Lothian Road THE SEA WOLVES (A)

Over the hill true blue Brits rall y to the cause during world war 2 and save part of the country's bacon . This is high flying escapist en tertainment executed very professionally. A true story filled by a strong cast including Gregory Peck, David Niven and Roger Moore.

CAL TON STUDIOS, Calton Road LA LUNA (X)

Long , pretentious Bertolucci picture on the incestu ous mother-son relationship o f opera-singer Jill C layburgh and teenager Matthew Barry . Clayburgh is miscast but the film has a sumptuous, almost decadent , look to it.

CAMEO, Tollcross BAD TIMING (X)

The mosaic make• of the British film industry, Nicholas Roeg, surfaces again. Taking an ordinary story he dazzles us into brilliance by his own kaleidoscopic arrangement of events. Chronology and mastery of the cinematic medium. Theresa flussell is worth going for in herself, Art Garfunkel co-stars and their off-beat. intense love-affair is highly recommended.

EDINBURGH FILM THEATRE, Lothian Road

IN A YEAR WITH 13 MOONS(X) Not having seen this latest Fassbinder film on the tribulations

of a trans-sexual I will quote from the EFT notes " it is a movie riddled wi th contradictions and fuelled by vehemence and passion".

ODEON, Clerk Street THE SPECIAL EDITION OF CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (A)

CE3K re-edited and revised to produce a version in the manner Spielberg originally intended. With exactly the same running time don't expect many changes, but don't underestimate the continuing power of the most humanistic, uplifting product of the current sci-fi crop. Also note the other film making influences, notably Hitchcock and Disney. Worth seeing again .

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Football in Edinburgh For those of you pining for

the "cultivated" left foot of Glenn Hodd le, longing for the opportunity to applaud Peter Shilton's driving abilities or even just f inding Station Park, Forfar, too far to travel to every two weeks, there could be no better time to interest you in the fortunes, or otherwise, of Edinburgh's three senior football teams: l;iearts, Hibs and Meadowbank Thistle .

Over at Tynecast le Park , Hearts find themselves in the unusual posit ion of being Edinburgh's only Premier League team , but not in the usual position of occupying second bottom place - one whi ch they have, unhappily, made their own during their previous flirtati ons with the Premier Division. While many are quite prepared to wri te them off for another season, there are defini te signs that, under the enthusiastic but yet untried leadership of Bobby Moncur, a long-awaited Hearts revival could yet take place. Shrewd buying of experienced players and the emergence of youngsters such as the talented David Bowman have given the longsuffering Tynecastle fans hope for later years. The most alarmi ng feature , however, is that relegation this season could prove to be fatal for a club whose guaranteed gates of 8,000 two years ago, have dropped to around 5,500. An othe r season in the First Division could easily see a further drop in attendances and, with it, the growing prospect of part -t ime football. With luck , Hearts can survive

this year and thus ensure that the title of First Division Champions 1981-82 does not end up at Tynecastle.

For Hlbs, however, this year's First Division Championsh ip would , and should , do quite nicely. Relegated last year through a combination of poor finishing , lack of confidence and an away record which makes Napoleon ' s seem positively exemplary, they afe curren tly easing their way through a division where, overall , real class is conspicuous by its absence. While Best has, finally, made his very last appearance in a Hibs jersey, the artistry and skill o f their midfield alone should ensure promotion, especially si nce both Motherwell and Dund ee have started the season so dismally. The main worry for Hibs' fans, however, is that, at present, the side which leads the table is very much the same as that which failed last season and manager Willie Ormond should know only too well the dangers inherent in returning to the top division w ith virtually the same staff. While it is beneficial to blood young players such as Jamieson. Hamil and Rodi er- once a star performer in the University's 1 st XI - in the First Division, the general view that a team can rebu i ld suffi cientl y· well in the lower division to mount a real challenge in the Premier, has not been supported by the instances of Motherwell, Hearts and, most noticeably , Dundee. Thus, Ormond has the difficult task of finding a settled team which ca n hold

its own in the Premier League without making too many changes which could , after all, hinder their promotion challenge.

Passing quickly over any well-worn jibe about Meadowbank being the strongest team in Scotland, it should, nevertheless, be said that Thistle are , and almost certainly will remain , Edinburgh 's " joke" team. Although many fans in both England and Scotland have adopted Meadowbank as their "second team", only a very smalr hard core actually take the trouble to watch them and, with this in mind, it is difficult to see much o f a future beyond their participat ion ,n the lower half of the Second Divis ion. While at one t ime Edinburgh cou ld comfo rtably accommodate five senior teams, Meadowbank have learnt, to thei r cost, that she ca n now barely support two. Indeed, the fact that a city of Edinburgh's size ca n only provide around 10,000 interested spectators - evE:n in these days when a quick attack through the centre, l ikely as not refers to action on the terracing - is perhaps the most disturbing feature at a time when the whole future of both Hearts and HIbs as serious challengers to the "O ld Fi rm" depends largely on their performances during the next couple of seasons.

RESULTS Craigroyston 2;

Edinburgh Un iv 2 (Moncur, Smith)

Edinburgh Univ Colts 1; (Philp)

Watt Star 1

INTRA-MURAL SPORT

WHAT IS IT? " Intra-mural" sport (or sport

within the University) is our version of the Sport for All campaign, the idea being to promote sport for all members of the Sports Un ion , and to maxim i se use of the University's facilities. It aims to encourage the participation of as many members o f the Un iversity community as possible in some form of sporting activi t y , also providing a useful steppingstone between non- competi ti ve spori and University representat ion. Intra-mural sport offers both students and staff an opportunity to participate in their chosen spo rt if they are not proficient enough to secu re a place in Un iversity teams, or if they are inelig ible to represent the University for some reason. It also allows an enthusiast to pursue his main sport at University level, and still to pa rt icipate in others at the less exacting and more informal intra-mu ral level.

Intra-mu ral sport comes under the overall umbrella of the Sports Union , but has its own Association (the Edinburgh University Sports Association - EUSA) and Executive Committee. ELISA exists to promote sport for all its members, ~!lowing each of them to find their own individual balance between se rious competition and sport for enjoyment.

In tra-mural compet it ions usually take the form or leagues o r tournaments , with trophies awarded to winners of each competi tion at the end of the season.

INTRA-MURAL SPORTS 1980-81

Badminton -League run on Wednesday eveings in the Pleasance Sports Centre by Gordon McAobert .

Basketball - League run on Thursday luncht imes in the Pleasance Gym Trust by Helen Pearson .

Football - Both a Wednesday and weekend league. Weekend footba ll run by John Douglas.

There will be a meeting fo r all those interested in playing in th is year's in tra-mu ral football leagues and Wednesday Prem ie r League on Monday, October 20th, 8.00 p.m., in the M iddle Reading Room, Teviot Place.

Offic ial reg is trat ion of teams wil l take place at this meeting so it is necessary for a representative of each team intending to participate to attend.

Hockey (Mixed) - Two tournamen ts per first two terms on Sundays at Peffermill, run by lmogen Stephens. Details will appear on posters and in Student nearer the time. The leagues run in the past years have been temporarily discontinued (unti l indoor hockey becomes available in the new sports hall next year) to prevent their ru in by inevitable bad weather! It is hoped that four tournaments will in fac t provide more hockey than the leagues actually did in the past.

Netball - A tournament to be held in the second term , in the Pleasa nce Trust Gym, run by Lucy Freeman .

Squash - Six divisions with termly promotion/ re legation, run in the Pleasan ce Sports Centre and KB. Also a Plate competition for those eliminated in the first round. R4n by Steve Jenkin . Table Tennis - League in the Pleasance Sports Cen tre run by Fraser Morrison (entries by Friday, 24th October please! ).

Tennis - League ru n at Peffermill in summer term .

Volleyball - One tournament per term, run by Phil Allen.

HOW CAN I PARTICIPATE IN INTRA-MURAL SPORT?

First of all contact your Sports Convener - there should be one in your hall or faculty/ department. Failing that a society (e.g . Spartans Club) may enter intra-mural teams. The Sports Convener will be able to g ive you more details of times/ venues or matches etc

If you don't have/ can 't find a Sports Convener, then either : become one yourself, or contact the secretary / organiser (S/ O) of the sport concerned (names given above) at the SU Office In the Pleasance Trust (68 The Pleasance- if you can 't find it. ask the servitor!). A message may be left here in the relevant intra-mural pigeon-holes (lefthand side, red tape).

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Rifle - League run at the rif le range in the Pleasance Sports Centre, run by the Rif le Club.

Rugby - League run by Ian McIntosh (entries by Wednesday, 22nd October please!)

Leagues generally require a more long-term commitment to the sport concerned. and as such are aimed towards society/ faculty/ department/ hall teams, although there is noth ing to prevent an "ad hoe" group of friends forming a team and joining such a league-providing you realise the commitment involved. Tou rnaments (volleyball, hockey, squash) cater for both types of participants.

EU Hare and Hounds

The first Satu rday of tne season saw the Hare and Hounds split into two forces. One group of seven travelled up to Firbush for the annual pre-season training weekend . Fun was had by all , special mention going to our captain, Robin "YP" Thomas, who completed a circuit of Loch Tay - 34 miles - in an incredible time of 3 hrs 54 min.

Nine other " hair i es " attended the first East District League meeting at Cupar, Fife. Well over 100 c rosscountry runners took part, all being annoyed at th e tr eache rous conditions underfoot Ex-capta in John "JA" Robertson was 1st counter finishing in 33rd place with c lub treasurer Ken Mortimer coming in a sheepish 44th. Full marks to our newcomer trio of Ewan McQueen, 3rd counter in 49th place , Paddy Graves, 4th counter in 70th position . and

our 5th man Laurence Edwards.

The club committee Is hoping for continued support from our new members and for more people to come along and join us. We have an easy traini ng sess ion on Wednesday , 3 o'clock from KB Union , and a big attendance is requi red on Saturday at the Jack Kane Centre for the 4 x 2½ miles East District relays. See notice-boards f o r further details.

M. C. Thomas

Union, all matriculated students are automatically members of the EUSA, and eligible to play in all in tra mural sports. However, you are only allowed to play in one team per competi ti on. Only one University first team player is allowed per team; students/ staff playing for clubs outside the University are excluded, as are professional players.

Members of the Pavi li on Sect ion {graduates, teac hi ng and technical staff) are only eligible for intra-mural sport this year if they have also paid a £10 Sports Centre member-

It is hoped that a sufficient number of teams can be organised on a depa rt mental o r house basis to enable an intra-mural leage to be set up.

Once you've organised your team, ring la in McIntosh (441 4172) or leave a note in the pigeon-hole at the Sports Union in the Pleasance. Please note: -

All players must be fu lly matriculated . Only one EU

Rugby Club member per team. No members of outside cl ubs , e.g . Heriot 's.

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Remember that intra-mural sport, though it can be of a high standard and very competitive (in its own way!) is also much more informal/ less exacting than representative sport. There is no team selection at intra-mural level; thus if you feel you haven't sufficient skill or t ime for serious representative sport, or if you merely want to help keep yourself fit and healthy, then intra-mural sport is for you!

CYCLING CLUB

On the Friday of Freshers ' Week the Cycling Club and Dave du Feu, the Students ' Association Research Officer, ran a short trip round Ed i nburgh showing the fac ilities for cyclists, and lack of them , in Edinbu rgh . The 21 people who went saw t he contra-flow bus and cycle lane in Bread Street, the proposed route of th e Meadows cyclepath, a section of the Warriston-Leith disused ra ilways and, of course, lots of

The Edinburgh University Men 's Basketball Club co mmences it~ season this Saturday versus Stirling and continues against Lothian Regional competition next Tuesday . Due to the simultaneous commencement of term and schedu le, the team will be forced to rely primarily upon players returning from last season's team for the first two games, but anyone interested in playing is invited to attend training on Tuesday from 7-8.30 p.m. The regular training sc hedule includes Tuesday, Thursday (7.30-9.30) and

cobbles. Thanks are due to Dave for a well thought out and interesting tour, and also to Recycles Ltd. for supplying the necessary equipment to mend the punctures we didn't have.

The following Sunday saw the first of the Cycling Club's weekend day trips. It was a glorious day, and 22 people sorted themselves into a fast group and a slow one (guess which was the biggest?) . The fast group went across the moors round West Linton covering the 35 miles in 2¼

Saturday (10 a.m.-12 noon). Since the club is allowed at most 15 on its roster, try-outs must be held to select the members on Wednesday 22nd and Thursday 23rd at 4-6 p.m. However, we do not wish to d iscourage anyone who may be worried tt,at they are not "good enough". Thus, an intram ural programme for men and women will be offered from 4-6 p.m. every Wednesday consisting of both instruction and games. Official intra-mural tournaments will be held one Satu rday per month. All games

hours - a respectab le speed. No wind , strong sun, flat road : this is what cycling's all about.

The slower group fo llowed the old railway line to Salerno, taking 2½ hours fo r the 20 miles. A m inor setback was the loss of the tour leader on the return trip. Rumour has it that she was looking fo r a Mars bar.

Thanks to everyone who came along . Remember, we meet at 7 p.m. on Tuesdays, at the Spartans Club, 12 Bu cc leuch Street.

Richard Peploe

and training are in 68 The Pleasance, Upper Trust. If enough experienced players turn out, a second team can be fo rmed and a number of "fr iendlies" will be scheduled with various Lothian Regional squads. We hope for an 'enthusiastic turnout, since the success of the intra-m ural programme rests almost solely upon willing participants. Don't be put off by a lack of height or experience; come and play one of the best mixed sports the university has Jo of fer.

Peter Staffel, Secretary,

Men's Basketball Club.

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work. Never stops, does it? And just when the new term starts, the TV companies start their new series. Ho-hum, that's the way it goes.

Tonight (no pun intended) Robin Day explodes his tie and glasses on the screen for the first of a new series of Question Time (BBC 1) where ordinary , punters join in topical debate with the people on the platform . Also interesting is the documentary on BBC 2, A Change of Sex. It's seldom we viewers ever get a chance to follow up topics of last year's protopics but this programme is a direct result of last year's programme about George Roberts, a transexual who has now had " the operation". STV tonight features those old standards Soap and Minder, Denis Waterman as the heavy - perhaps not as good as The Sweeney was, but with a certain weird humour all of its own.

Friday sees the resurrection for the autumn season of some fairly banal stuff: It Ain't Half Hot Mum (BBC 1) among them. STV's Night !or the Screamlsh is Murders ln the Rue Morgue, a stylish horror movie from the early '70s directed by Gordon Hessler.

I'm tempted to recommend TISWAS yet again as essential Saturday 11'.10rning viewing , but instead I'll settle for the Charlle's Angels repeat which is on STV just before it as something to wake up to. Films on BBC on Saturday look good, especially if you,

SKILFUL STUDYING

Fallen asleep at a lecture yet? This could be the result of too much socialising in Freshers' Week - or maybe it's because you're not sure of how to get the most out of Univers ity lectures. And then there w ill be essays to write, and exams to face . .

If you'd like to pick up some hints on university study techniques, go along to the three Study Skills Workshops run by the Arts Faculty and the SAC (the first is on next Wednesday, Oct 22nd, and the subject is How To Use Your Lectures) . They are presented by lectu rers and students, so you get both sides of the question , and there will be time set aside for discussion. 1. How to use your lectures -

Wed Oct 22nd. 2. How to write an essay -

Wed Nov 12th 3. How to cope with exams -

Wed Dec 3rd All in DHT Faculty Rooms (on ground floor) at 2 pm

Frances Owen

like me, can 't take too much sport in the afternoon . Tom Brown 's Schooldays and Oliver Twist are the double bil l on BBC 2, both highly acclaimed post-war Brit ish films. Later on, on BBC 1, there's the first chance to see

CAREERS INFORMATION FAIRS

Talking informally to recent graudates between three and six years into their chosen careers, is a good way to learn the unvarnished facts about different types of work. This term , the Careers Service has organised three separate " Information Fairs" to enable students to do this with the minimum of fuss. The location of each is Jhe Uppe. Library, OI<1.-emIege, which provides natural bays for quiet and relaxed exploratocy conversations.

Note the dates and themes in your diary: Wed . 22 Oct. Public Service Wed 29 Oct. Commerce Wed 5 Nov.

Each event starts at 2 pm, and you are free to come along at any time unti l 4.30 pm to talk freely with any or all the graduates.

The "Public Service" Fair ranges from Teaching to the· Foreign Office, from Armed Forces to Social Work , from the Scientific Civil Service to the Tax Inspectorate, from the Police to Local Government

careers and to Administrative and Executive Officer grades in the Civil Service.

The "Commerce~ Fair will bring together "the recent graduates now making their careers in Advertising , Journali sm , Banking, Insurance, Publishing , Accountancy, Retail Management and other commercial walks of life.

The " Industry " Fa ir e ngrosses Production , Marketin g, Distribution, Personnel , Management Accountancy, Management Services and other Industrial specialism s for you to investigate.

Full details of these Careers Informat ion Fairs and the rest of the Autumn Careers programme, may be had from the careers Offices in Buccleuch Place and Kings Buildings Union.

This is your big chance to find out more and to get some new ideas. Students of all years are welcome, but especially those in their penultimate of final years.

the 1974 film The Taking olf-----------------------Pelham 123 on TV. Stars Walter Matthau and Robert Shaw, the story of the hijack of a New York subway train .

On Sunday BBC and ITV vie for the blood and guts detective market , the former with Shoestring, the latter with The Professionals . Personally, I prefer The Professlonala, 'cos it's just that wee bit slicker.

Monday's Panorama deals with the frightening resurg-ence of Fascist violence in Europe (BBC 1 ). The same night STV run Les Mlserables, yet another remake of the classic film , this time starring Anthony Perkins and Sir John Geilgud. Originally made for US television , that fact should tell you something about the quali ty. One gripe about these Monday night films on " the other side" is the annoying habit they have of having a half-hour break for the news.

Tuesday should be devoted to work for all the value of TV that night.

Wednesday's not much better , although culture vul tures will like BBC 2's offering of their Symphony Orchestra's 50th Anniversary Concert.

That's all folks! Bumble

Overseas Student AGM

Tuesday 21 st October, 7.30 pm in the Centre, 3A Buccleuch Place

The Overseas Students' accounts. No-one should Centre is a community and become a committee member social centre the welfare unless they are prepared to responsibilities for all devote a fewhourseachweek Overseas students at to the C entre. However Edinburgh University. It is everyone can help especially funded by a grant from the in mann ing the centre on an University Court and by its hourly rota. own fund-raising efforts. Last The purpose of the Annual year the grant was £1,400: this General Meet ing is to elect year it is £1 ,000. th is year's committee. The

The Centre is run corn- following posts are open: pletely by voluntee rs. President Committee members are Vice-President responsible for opening and Treasurer closing the centre each day, Secretary for organising coffee and Four Committee Members lunch two days a week, and for To stand for election you must the arrangement and ask someone to nominate you pt.Jblicising of social events. and someone to second the The President and Secretary nomination. are responsible for reporting The aim of the Centre is to b ac k to the University promote fr ie nds hip and authorit i es w hi I e th e understand ing among people Treasurer has the most of all races and nat ionalit ies di ff i c u It job of all in last year we campaigned administrati ng the finances vigorous l y aga i nst the and keeping professional increase in Overseas student _____________ ._ ___________ , fees. This year requires new

ideas, new projects and new enthusiasm. The Centre will only be worthwh ile if people are prepared to make it work.

Inside Story 15

On s'amuse bien avec Les Escogriffes

Les Escogriffes are an i ndependent Univers i t y drama group • who perform plays in French. Despite the lack of permanent base for rehearsal. storage and production, the group has steadily increased in size, scope and ambition since its folinding in 1968. Plays have

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been presented in Georg e Square Theatre, Adam House Theatre, the French Institute, at the Traverse Theatre Club, the DHT Faculty Rooms, EUTC's former premises in H i ll Street (the Crown Theatre) and the Talbot Rice

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Art Centre. The group have also appeared four times on the Ed inburgh Festival Fringe, most recently with a highly acclaimed production in the round of Moliere ' s Le Misanthrope.

Run by an annually elected comm ittee of students, Les · Escogriffes usually preseni three maj0r productions in each academic year, as well as other events, such as play read ings, poetry , readings, theatre trips and the occasional party. The group also contribute a float to the. Charities Proces'sion . Many types of play have been presented, the comic, the tragic, the melodramatic, the classical and the experiment a I. Expertise and imagination are called from the actor and technician alike - for example last February's adaptation of Marguerite Duras' film script India Song used an elaborate, almost full length, sound tape, atmospheric lighting , a public address system and the choreography of a full scale party on stage.

Les Escogriffes, hoping to continue their expansion, have one or two ideas for the future, but are, as always, on the lookout for new ideas and enthusiasm, be it from actors, dire c t o rs , te c hni ci ans , publicists , c aterers , set designers or costume makers. Meet the group at the Societies Fair in the Appleton Tower or get in touch via the notice board in the foyer of 4 Buccleuch Place. Ron Doppo

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nearly always available in Edinburgh. bn Friday night Killing Joke ("ultra-punk" according to our good friend Rab) and Boots for Dancing are playing at the Health Centre. Alternatively, the regular SNO concerts at the Usher Hall are always of excellent quality and can be a re lax ing beginning to the weekend.

Saturday morning - Tiswas! (I 'm su rprised Bumble hasn't mentioned it in his TV col umn yeti)

The afternoon - many contras ti ng possib il ities: Women in Interiors exhibition at the Botanic has had excellent reviews, Stephen Vernoit 's article in the Arts page certainly recommends it. But - on the other

What's On hand - Hearts are playing at home to Part ick Thistle and there 's bound to be a good first division rugby game on somewhere in Edinburgh.

Saturday night - numerous films worth going to see, The Shining and Being There to mention but a few - perhaps you should consult Allan Hunter's Film Gu ide before decid ing . The late night shows on Saturday night: Ca rrie at the Classic, Days of Heaven at Calton Studios, and Death Race 2000/ Rollerball at the Playhouse all have their merits, although I would personally recommend the Calton Studios showing.

Crass at the Nite Club, supported by Poison Girls, could be another possibility for Saturday night. There's free studen t

membership at the moment which takes S0p off the entrance fee for future occasions - a good opportunity as the Nite Club usually attracts a good select ion of bands.

Sunday - a time to relax and reflect on the weekend - possibly a scenic walk round Cramond vi llage (no. 41 bus takes you directly there) - it can take up most of the afternoon and providing it 's a good day there 's a lot to see.

Sunday night - the Film Society is showin g two films: Magic, directed by Richard Attenborough, and The Beast - possibly not head line entertainment, but free if you 're a member and only 70p for a guest t icket at Union shops if you're not. Have fun!

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EXHJBITIONS Gallery of Modern Art Botanic Gardens, l nverleith Row Women in Interiors: Fernand Leger (1881-1955). Mon-Sat 10 am-5 pm, Sun 2-5 pm. National Gallery, The Mound

Little Lyceum, Cambridge Street Travesties, from Wed 14th Oct to 1st Nov. Nightly at 7.30 pm, Sat 8 pm. Traverse Th~atre, West Bow, Grassrnarket The Sash. Unti l 18th Oct. Churchhill Theatre, Morningside Road The Geisha. Nightly at 7.30 pm. Matinee on Sat 2. 15 pm.

Squash: East of Scotland Open Tournament. Co linton Castle Sports Club, 70 Cra iglockhart Drive South , 18th-19th Oct. Indoor Football: Meadowbank Sports Centre . East of Scotland Five-a-Side Competition , 19th Oct at 2 pm. 01)~0~

Au ld Reekie: scenes of old Edinburgh. MonSat 10 am-5 pm, Sun 2-5 pm. Printmakers' Workshop Gallery, 29 Market Street Rehearsal : Ed inburgh Festival photographed mainly in rehearsal. Mon-~at 10 am-5.30 pm. Backroom Gallery, Underneath the Arches, London Street New works b y Sabine Kolmel. Begins 20th Oct, 11 .30 am-5.30 pm.

CINEMA ABC, Lothian Road (1) The Shining (X) 1.10. 4.15, 7.20. (2) Airplane (A) 2.15, 4.50, 7.40. (3) Bronco Bi lly (A) 1.20, 4.15, 7.20. Caley, Lothian Road The Sea Wolves (A) 2.55, 5.25, 8.05. Calton Studios, Calton Road La Luna (X) 5.30 and 8.30 pm. Late night Fri and Sat at 11 pm, Days of Heaven (A) . Cameo, T ollcross Bad Timing (X) 2.50, 5.30, 8.20. Classic, Nicolson Street Never on a Friday (X) 2.25, 5.40, 8.55: and Th e Man Who Couldn't Get Enough (X). Late show Fri and Sat at 11 pm, Carrie (X}. Dominion, Churchhill (1) A Bri dge Too Far (A) 2.15 and 7 pm. (2) Being There (AA( 2.27 , 5.21, 8.15. (3) Every Which Way But Loose (AA) 3.00, 5.20, 8.00. Edinburgh Film Theatre, Lothian Road In a Year with 13 Moons (X) 6 and 8 pm. Odeon, Clerk Street Special edition of Close Encounters of the Third Kind (A) 1.50, 4.40, 7.35. Playhouse, Leith Walk Tonight on ly: Lord of the Rings (U) 2.00, 5.00 and 8 pm. Late night Fri and Sat at 11 pm, DeatH Race 2000 (X) and Ro llerball (X)

THEATRE King's Theatre, Leven Street Hair. Until Sat 18th Oct. Weekdays 7.30 pm, Sat 5 and 8 pm. Student tickets £1. Royal Lyceum, Grindlay Street Bent. from Wed 15th Oct. Nightly af 8 pm.

Brunton Theatre, Musselburgh ihe Odd Couple. Until 18th Oct. Nightly at 7.30 pm. Moray House Theatre, The Pleasance Writer's Cramp. Until 18th Oct at 8 pm.

CONCERTS The Usher Hall , Loth ian Road SNO: Stravinsky, Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky. Fri 17th Oct at 7.30 pm; and The Shadows, Mon 20th Oct at 7.30 pm The Reid Concert Hall, Teviot Row Faculty of Music : Edinburgh Quartet, 16th Oct at 7.30 pm. The McEwan Hall, Teviot Place Faculty of Music: Organ recital by Herrick Bunney, t7th Oct at 1.10 pm. Folk Music: Carlton Hotel, North Bridge: The McCalmans. Edinburgh Folk Club, 22nd Oct at 8 pm.

ROCK Killing Joke and Boots for Dancing: Health Cen tre, Fri 17th Oct. Crass and Poison Girls: The Nite Club, Sat 18th Oct. The Chords: Heriot Watt , Riccarton Campus, Sat 18th. UFO: The Odeon , Fri 17th Oct . The Son of Stiff Tour: Tiffany's, Mon 20th Oct. Sector 27 and Tom Robinson and The Aupai rs: The Nite Club, Fri 17th Oct . Fast Breeder: Calton Studios, Mon 20th Oct 9.30 pm. CB Talk: Calton Stud ios, Tues 21st Oct 9 pm.

SPORT Greyhound Racing: Powderh al l Stadium, 16th Oct, at 7.30 pm; 18th Oct at 7.15 pm. Wrestling: Wrestling Enterprises , Meadowbank Sports Centre. 17th Oct at 7.30 pm. Football: Hearts v. Patrick Thistle, Tynecastle Park. Meadowbank Th istle v. Stenhousemuir, Meadowbank Sports Centre, 18th Oct at 3 pm.

SOCIETIES Societies: Mon 20th Oct , Room 10 at 7.30 pm. Meeting for treasurers of all societies.

Baha'I Society: Wholefood lunches every Wednesday at 1 pm - only 40p - all welcome - in Adam Ferguson Buildtng, Room 10. "This handfu l of dust, this earth, let it be in unity ." Also , informal d iscussion every Thursday evening at 7.30 pm at 15 Liv ing stone Place (667 4164 ). Lots of refreshments - all welcome. Tonight: A slide show will be shown.

Critical Law Society: " Prisons and the Crisis: What's Happening?". Speakers: Joe Sim, coauthor of Bntish Prisons and involved in prisoners' rights; and Ken Murray, ex-pri son officer and closely involved with the Special Unit. Meeting on Tues 21st Oct in Kirkpatrick Lounge, the Law Faculty, at 7.30 pm.

EU Labour Club: Fri 17th Oct: John Home Robertson , MP, will be speaking in the DHT Faculty Room North (1-2 pm ) on the need for a new democratic ini tiative in Scotland. All welcome.

EU New Scotland Country Dance Society: Freshers ' Ceilidh at the Chapla incy Centre , Sat 25th Oct, 7.30 pm. Members 75p: others £1 .

EU CHRISTIAN UNION meets on Friday, 17th Oct. in the Chaplaincy Centre. Speaker -Alistair Begg: "Freedom in Ch rist". All welcome.

MEDIEVAL SOCIETY - Wine and Cheese Party free to all members. Thursday Oct. 16th at 7.30 pm. Room 139 WRB.

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