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FELIX

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IN

UNION

FUNDS The F inance and E x ­

penditure Committee of

the Col lege have agreed

to a £5,000 rise i n the

U n i o n grant for next year.

A t present the U n i o n gets

a per capi ta grant of £8,

which aggregates to

£33,000. A n n u a l un i on

expenditure is at present

of the order of £41,000,

the difference being made

good by income f rom the

bookshop and un ion i n ­

vestments (all i n Br i t i sh

Savings Bonds) .

The Committee has

given a generous rise of

£100 on the Union 's de­

mand for £4,900. Bu t

news this week throws a

shadow of doubt on whe­

ther or not the £5,000 w i l l

be forthcoming.

G O V E R N M E N T

B L O C K

Queen M a r y Col lege

and R o y a l Ho l l oway C o l ­

lege Unions both colleges

w i th in the Univers i ty of

L o n d o n , also put i n for

U n i o n fee increases this

term.

However, the colleges

referred the increases to

the Universit ies Grants

Committee, for guidance

on how the freeze wou ld

affect their pay ing an in ­

crease to the U n i o n . The

U G C controls the f low of

a l l money to universities

and university colleges.

They in turn referred the

matter to the Govern­

ment, who have indicated

that the freeze also ap­

plies here.

The U G C have thus

blocked the increases, and

it is l ike ly that a c i rcular

w i l l be sent to a l l univer­

sities i n the course of the

next few weeks advising

them not to pay increased

U n i o n fees for next ses­

s ion unt i l the condit ions

of Phase III are announ­

ced.

Th is news came as a

surprise to I C U n i o n

offices on Sunday, and no

ment ion has apparently

been made by the college

authorities of any restric­

tions on paying the

£5,000.

'WHERE A R E

OUR

R A G M A G S ? ' FELIX Editor censured—

but resignation bid fails OKver Dowson, Ed i t o r of F E L I X , was "severely censured" for "h i s part in the

pr int ing of the rag mags " at last Monday ' s I .C. U n i o n C o u n c i l Meet ing. The

censure mot ion fol lowed discussion of a paper prepared by Chemistry Department

representative and R a g M a g editor M i chae l W i l l i ams .

A n amendment, tabled by P a u l Jowitt , Deputy Pre­

sident of 1.C U n i o n cal l ing for M r . Dowson's resigna­

t ion as F E L I X editor over the issue was defeated, but

not before M r . Jowitt had succeeded in dragging num­

erous parts of M r . Dowson's private life into the

argument. M a n y at the meeting delighted in these

exposes, as M r . Dowson wi l l ing ly replied to al l the

alle»ations.

C o u n c i l also mandated

M r . Dowson to pr int the

"discussion document "

containing allegations

against himself on the

front page of this issue of

Fe l ix . M a n y further alle­

gations, inc lud ing charges

of corrupt ion, bribery and

dishonesty were levelled

against M r . Dowson at the

meeting.

M r . Dowson told a Fe l ­

i x reporter after the meet-

ing that the majority o f

the allegations were " c om­

plete fabr icat ions" . H e

said that he had been ex­

pecting a censure mot ion

a l l year "as any sabbatical

officer—especially in the

first year of a new sab­

bat ica l post — probably

does" but more for his

handl ing of F E L I X , "es­

pecial ly pol i t ica l issues"

than for this.

" I t can only be des­

cribed as a wi tchunt , " he

said. "Some members of

Counc i l , eager to injure

me i n any way possible,

seized upon this oppor­

tunity to impl icate me as

having made nefarious

deals that served to injure

the U n i o n , and to pry out

many details of my priv­

ate life that are no con­

cern of theirs" .

P a u l Jowit t , i n a letter

'apologising ' to M r . D o w ­

son the next day, describ­

ed the. meeting as .a "bar ­

baric ordea l " . In conver­

sation, he. asked M r . Dow­

son to appreciate the

"necessity" of his actions.

T a l k i n g to F E L I X , M r .

Dowson said that he had

expected and knew that

certain facts wou ld have

to be discussed at some

time. " B u t 1 fa i l to see the

necessity of discussing

certain of the matters

touched on, certainly not

at an open C o u n c i l meet­

ing . "

M r . Dowson said that

the action of Counc i l , of

whom the Publ icat ions

Boa rd is a sub-committee,

in mandat ing h im to pub­

l ish a self-defamatory

document, placed h im in

" a n invidious pos i t ion" .

H e was dubious about

the second part of the

mot ion, wh i ch required

h im to print " someth ing "

in this issue of F E L I X

" t o make the facts as plain

as possible". Counc i l sub­

sequently decided, that

" someth ing " should be

done about the document

below which was discussed

at the meeting. " A docu­

ment which in my op in ion

misrepresents the facts,

and only presents them

from one angle, can hard­

ly be termed as 'some­

thing ' which makes the

facts as p la in as possible" ,

said M r . Dowson, "espec­

ial ly when its allegations

are potentially l ibe l lous" .

H e d id however state

that, by comparison w i th

the allegations i n the

document, those made at

the meeting were quite

ludicrous. H e specifically

referred to the arguments

used by M r . Jowi t t i n his

ca l l for his resignation.

" T h e suggestion that I

'r igged' the pr int ing con­

tract for F E L I X with the

printers i n order to gain

f inancial reward for my­

self is absolutely untrue.

It is a shocking allega­

t ion to make. A c t i o n of

this nature on my part

wou ld constitute f r a u d "

he went on.

. The only commiss ion

he received on print he

had got for I C U was on

some Ents Commit tee

posters, he said, and this

had been passed on to the

Union .

The discussion docu­

ment wh i ch specif ically

refers to M r . Dowson's

alleged mishandl ing of the

pr int ing of the .rag mags,

is reproduced below.

D I S C U S S I O N P R O P O S E D

b y M i k e J . L . W i l l i a m s

S U B J E C T :

O l l i e D o w s o n a n d h i s h a n d l i n g o f t h e R a g M a g s .

I t i s w i t h r e g r e t t h a t I b r i n g t h i s t o p i c t o t h e a t t e n t i o n

o f C o u n c i l . T o o m a n y t i m e s i n t h e p a s t y e a r I ' ve g i v e n

D o w s o n t h e b e n e f i t o f t h e d o u b t b u t n o w t h e r i d i c u l o u s

s t a t e o f a f f a i r s c o n c e r n i n g t h e R a g M a g s s i m p l y C A N N O T

go o n a n y l o n g e r .

T h e j o b o f e d i t i n g t h e R a g M a g w a s g i v e n t o m e a n d

M r . M . M o l o n e y i n J u n e l a s t y e a r . B y t h e e n d o f t h e BtjA

t w o w e e k s o f t h e n e x t s e s s i o n , t h e R a g M a g w a s c o m p l e t e .

D o w s o n h a d a l r e a d y b e e n a p p r o a c h e d b y m y c o - e d i t o r In

J u n e so i t w a s j u s t a m a t t e r o f - see ing h i m , i r o n i n g o u t

m i n o r p r o b l e m s a n d g e t t i n g i t p r i n t e d . T h i s w a s d o n e e x a c t l y

o n e w e e k l a t e r . I t w a s n o w t h r e e w e e k s i n t o t h e s e s s i o n

a n d o u r j o b w a s c o m p l e t e d . T h e j o k e s a n d w r i t t e n m a t e r i f . l

n o w o n l y h a d to b e t y p e d o u t a n d s e n t to t h e p r i n t e r s ,

w h i c h D o w s o n c h e e r f u l l y o f f e r e d to do . A s f a r as w e w e r e

c o n c e r n e d , t h e R a g M a g s w o u l d a r r i v e i n a b o u t t h r e e w e e k s

t i m e ( s i x w e e k s i n t o t h e t e r m ) . S o f a r so g o o d . B u t t h e n

c a m e a s e t b a c k .

I t a p p e a r s t h a t D o w s o n f e l l i l l a n d c o u l d n ' t t y p e t h e

m a t e r i a l o u t i n t i m e t o g e t i t t o t h e p r i n t e r s ( h e o m i t t e d

t o i n f o r m a n y o n e a b o u t h i s i l l n e s s ) . T h e p r i n t e r s r e c e i v e d

t h e c o p y t h r e e d a y s l a t e b y w h i c h t i m e , i t a p p e a r s , t h e y h a d

r e c e i v e d a n H . M . S . O . c o n t r a c t , f o r s i x m i l l i o n c o p i e s o f t h e

h i g h w a y c o d e . ' .

A l o n g d e l a y w a s n a t u r a l l y e x p e c t e d a n d so D p w s o n w a s

p e r s u a d e d t o c h a n g e t h e p r i n t e r s t o R o n e o . V i c k e r s w h e r e

t h e m a n c o n c e r n e d w a s M r . T o n y R o g e r s . M r . R o g e r s r e ­

c e i v e d o n l y a s m a l l p a r t o f t h e R a g M a g w i t h n o w r i t t e n

m a t e r i a l , a l t h o u g h D o w s o n l e d p e o p l e t o b e l i e v e t h a t h e

h a d r e c e i v e d a l l t h e c o p y a n d w o u l d p r i n t i n a f e w w e e k s .

B y n o w i t w a s t h e e n d o f t e r m a n d m a n y p e o p l e w e r e u n ­

d e r s t a n d a b l y v e r y u p s e t a t t h e n o n - a r r i v a l o f t h e R a g M a g s .

B u t s u r e l y , I t h o u g h t , i f D o w s o n h a d b e e n t e l l i n g t h e

t r u t h , t h e R a g M a g s ( n o w o s t e n s i b l y i n t h e h a n d s o f M r .

R o g e r s ) w o u l d a r r i v e b y t h e b e g i n n i n g o f t h e 2 n d t e r n .

T h e 2 n d t e r m a r r i v e d a n d n o R a g M a g s d i d . I t w a s a !

t h i s p o i n t D o w s o n ' s b l a t a n t u n c o - o p e r a t i o n w a s b e c o m i n g

v e r y n o t i c e a b l e .

I c o n t i n u a l l y p r e s s e d , b a d g e r e d a n d p l e a d e d w i t h D o w s o n

a b o u t t h e R a g M a g s . I a l w a y s g o t t h e s a m e r e p l y : " J u s t g i v e

i t a f e w w e e k s a n d t h e y ' l l t u r n u p . I ' l l g i v e M r . R o g e r s a r i n g

s o m e t i m e a n d see w h a t t h e h o l d - u p i s " . T h i s d i a l o g u e o c ­

c u r r e d m a n y , m a n y t i m e s t h r o u g h o u t t h e s e c o n d t e r m .

I n a l a s t - d i t c h e f f o r t t o g e t D o w s o n m o v i n g , I t h r e a t e n e d

h i m w i t h e x p o s u r e t o t h e D a i l y E x p r e s s ' A c t i o n L i n e . ( I t i s

p e r h a p s f o r t u n a t e t h a t D o w s o n d o e s n ' t r e a d t h e ' E x p r e s s '

b e c a u s e t h e A c t i o n L i n e d e p a r t m e n t h a s n ' t b e e n f u n c t i o n ­

i n g f o r s o m e t i m e n o w ) . S t i l l , i t g o t D o w s o n m o v i n g . H e

c o n t a c t e d T o n y R o g e r s a n d l a t e r g a v e m e t h e e x p l a n a t i o n

t h a t t h e r e h a d b e e n s o m e s o r t o f m i x - u p a n d T o n y R o g e r s

w a s a p p a r e n t l y s t i l l w a i t i n g f o r t h e r e s t o f t h e w r i t t e n

m a t e r i a l w h i c h D o w s o n h a d o m i t t e d t o s e n d h i m . D o w s o n

t h u s a d m i t t e d h a v i n g s o m e ( i f n o t a l l ) o f t h e w r i t t e n

m a t e r i a l s t i l l i n h i s p o s s e s s i o n . D o w s o n a s s u r e d m e t h a t

h e w o u l d t y p e o u t t h e r e s t o f i t ( t h u s a d m i t t i n g t h a t t h e r e

w a s s t i l l s o m e t y p i n g t o d o — e v e n a f t e r p r e v i o u s a s s u r ­

a n c e s o f t h e i m m i n e n t a r r i v a l o f t h e R a g M a g s ) . I t w a s a t

t h e n e x t t o l a s t I . C . U . C o u n c i l o f t h e 2 n d t e r m t h a t D o w s o n

t o l d m e t h a t h e h a d finally s e n t i n t h e l a s t l o t o f t y p e d o u t

m a t e r i a l to T o n y R o g e r s .

A t l a s t ! A t l a s t ! I t h o u g h t , i t ' s finally h a p p e n e d . B u t t h a t

a s s u r a n c e t u r n e d o u t t o b e as w o r t h l e s s as t h e r e s t . A t t h e

e n d o f t h e 2 n d t e r m , s t i l l n o t h i n g h a d h a p p e n e d .

I t w a s n o w t h e E a s t e r v a c a t i o n , w h i c h , u n s u r p r i s i n g l y .

D o w s o n s p e n t i n I r e l a n d w h e r e I c o u l d n o t r e a c h h i m . S o

u s i n g t h e p h o n e n u m b e r 1 h a d m a n a g e d t o s q u e e z e o u t o f

h i m ( h e w a s e x t r e m e l y r e l u c t a n t t o g i v e i t ) I e v e n t u a l l y

c o n t a c t e d M r . T o n y R o g e r s . I s a y " e v e n t u a l l y " b e c a u s e t h e

n u m b e r o n l y c o n n e c t e d m e to R o n e o V i c k e r s m a i n of f ice.

I o b t a i n e d M r . R o g e r s ' c o r r e c t p h o n e n u m b e r b y w r i t i n g

h i m a l e t t e r c/o t h a t m a i n of f ice . I n t h a t l e t t e r I a s k e d h i m

w h y n o R a g M a g s h a d a r r i v e d . H e r e p l i e d b y p h o n e t h a t h e

S T I L L h a d n ' t r e c e i v e d t h e final m a t e r i a l f r o m D o w s o n .

H e s a i d t h a t h e , a l s o , h a d h a d g r e a t d i f f i c u l t y i n c o n t a c t i n g

D o w s o n a n d e x p r e s s e d a f e e l i n g o f c o n t e m p t f o r t h e a t t i ­

t u d e o f o u r F e l i x e d i t o r i n h i s b u s i n e s s m e t h o d s .

S o w e a p p r o a c h t h e e n d o f t h i s s a g a o f f r u s t r a t e d a t t e m p t s

t o o b t a i n a R a g M a g . I a s k e d T o n y R o g e r s t o s e n d m e a l l

t h a t h e h a d o f t h e c o p y i n t h e h o p e t h a t i f t h e r e w a s o n l y a

f e w t h i n g s m i s s i n g , I c o u l d s u p p l e m e n t i t , r e t u r n i t . a n d

finally g e t a R a g M a g . T h e s o l e c o n t e n t s o f t h e f o l d e r h e s e n t

m e w a s :

t h e c o v e r , t h e r o u t e m a p , a f e w p i n - u p s ( o b t a i n e d f r o m t h e

of f ices o f t h e D a i l y M i r r o r ) a n d a f e w n o t e s o n p r i n t i n g

s p e c i f i c a t i o n s . M i s s i n g w e r e :

a l l t h e j o k e s , c a r t o o n s , t h e c r o s s w o r d , p h o t o g r a p h s , a r t w o r k ,

f e a t u r e s , a d v e r t i s e m e n t s a n d c r e d i t s .

O n M o n d a y 8 t h M a y I s a w D o w s o n i n t h e I .C. U n i o n o f f i ce

w h e r e I a s k e d h i m w h e r e t h e r e s t o f t h e c o p y w a s . H e s a i d

t h a t h e s t i l l h a d i t a t h o m e . I a s k e d h i m t o b r i n g i t i n t h e

f o l l o w i n g d a y a n d h e a g r e e d t o do t h i s . A t t h e t i m e o f w r i t ­

i n g h e s t i l l h a s n ' t .

I n c o n c l u s i o n I ' d l i k e to r e f e r t o t h e l a s t C o u n c i l m e e t i n g

( M i n . N o . 998) w h e r e D o w s o n s a i d t h a t h e w o u l d d o a l l i n his;

p o w e r t o ge t t h e R a g M a g s h e r e k n o w i n g a l l a l o n g t h a t t h e y

c o u l d n ' t p o s s i b l y c o m e w h i l e h e s t i l l h a d m o s t o f t h e c o p y .

R E C O M M E N D A T I O N S :

i I . C . U . C o u n c i l s e v e r e l y c e n s u r e s M r . O. F . D o w s o n , f o r has

p a r t i n tlhe h a n d l i n g o f t h e p r i n t i n g o f t h e R a g M a g s .

i i I . C . U . C o u n c i l m a n d a t e s t h e E d i t o r o f F e l i x t o p r i n t s o m e ­

t h i n g i n t h e n e x t a v a i l a b l e e d i t i o n t o m a k e t h e f a c t s a s

p l a i n a s p o s s i b l e ( T h e " s o m e t h i n g " r e f e r r e d t o s h o u l d b e

d i s c u s s e d b y C o u n c i l ) . ^ y ^ W I L L I A M S

C h e m i s t r y D e p a r t m e n t R e p .

S U K / I C R a g M a g E d i t o r

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Letters to the Editor

Sir.

It was with the deep­

est feeling of regret that

I read the tale of the sad

demise of Mr. Ron Ap­

pleby and his missing

400 copies of Broad­

sheet ghosted away dur­

ing the night. The very

thought of such a perver­

sion of literary genius

mnakes my eyes fill with

tears and my breast

heave with sorrow. And

as I stop to wring out my

shirt may I offer him my

sincere condolences.

Unfortunately being

away from college on the

night concerned I can­

not offer any light as to

who were the perpetra­

tors of this dastardly

crime but I suggest Mr.

Applepie should cheer

up. After all he should

feel heartened that in at

least one fan of Broad­

sheet who is not only

content with his quota of

1 copy but wants the

whole satisfaction of

400! (a potential £4.00

worth—rotten jews). It

is remarkable Mr. Apple-

pie has not called in the

police to investigate this

rotten felony. Is he hid­

ing something? Is he

covering up? Could our

introverted friend in a

sudden fit of puritanical

frenzy have flung the

whole damn lot down the

College incinerator.

We must wait and see

if these call-girls mean

the downfall of our est­

eemed editorial collea­

gue after such an ad­

mission of incompe­

tence. After all Guild-

sheet has no distribution

problems with its 700

plus fun-filled copies:

even complete with full

frontal covers.

Which reminds me Mr.

Dowson; what about the

distribution of your glor­

ious Felix. In days of

yore when I arrived for

first lecture on a Tues­

day there used to be a

pile of mint Felixes (or

is it Felices) waiting for

me. Now not even com­

ing into lectures at all I

can scarcely find a copy

of Felix anywhere any­

time on the appointed

Tuesdays. Is this Sabba­

tical efficiency?

Yours sincerely,

Charles M. Wrigley

Editor, Guildsheet.

Sir,

Whilst in the union

office recently, I happen­

ed on a copy of SEN­

NET. This is, of course,

the Journal of the Uni­

versity of Lpndon Union.

I was immediately struck

by the finely set out col­

umns, the quality and

number of its illustra­

tions, the superb nature

of its up to date and ex­

tremely relevant news-

reports, all with percep­

tive and witty editorial

comment. The sports

page, to which I do not

usually cast my eyes in

the National Dailies, at­

tracted me immediately.

The contributors would

do justice to the back

pages of the Observer. I

wondered who could it

be that was architecting

such a literary pearl.

Investigation as to the

identity of this Beaver-

brook of Malet Street re­

vealed that the post was

being filled on a part

time basis by a person

who is registered at this

college. Surely I thought

such Talent could work

wonders as editor of

our humble Organ, FEL­

IX. Could we not provide

him with a sabbatical al­

lowance and, giving him

a free hand, sit back and

enjoy the benefits of his

efforts. Ih my estimation,

considering the nature

of his achievements on

SENNET, a mere three

hours, per issue, of his

time should be suffi­

cient. He would then be

free to do whatever he

wanted. Perhaps edit the

Times, or Punch or per­

haps squeeze his black­

heads.

Should anyone wish

to make the Sennet edi­

tor an offer, he can be

contacted in the Felix

Office. Just ask for Oily

Dowson.

Yours,

R. LI. Loltey (Tariq)

Sir,

Following the recent

trend of Felix (editor)

bashing I would like to

propose some construc­

tive ideas as to how the

union may obtain value

for money both from

Felix and the 3rd sab­

batical officer (Felix edi­

tor).

I would like to see the

post of Felix editor and

publicity officer combin­

ed and elevated to exe­

cutive level. This would

I believe mean that the

editor has a more detail

knowledge of what is

happening in this col­

lege and thus help pro­

mote events. Felix then

might even carry up to

date reports, pictures

and news. I believe that

this would enable the

less active members of

the union to identify

themselves with a union

which does, despite its

lack of publicity, have

one hell of a lot going

on.

I have specified that

the editor should have

executive level respon­

sibility to try to elimin­

ate the alienation which

has occurred this year

between the editor and

union. The exec must

work as a team on Felix

because it is THEIR

newspaper to represent

the activities and inter­

ests of the union. It

could also eliminate

problems such as re­

sponsibility for distribu­

tion so that the wretch­

ed rag does not lie

around the union office

for days, as happened

to the last issue.

Finally I would like

to emphasise that it is

the responsibility of

clubs and societies to

send reports to Felix,

and the editor should de­

vote more time to chas­

ing such news, rather

than obtaining the more

obscure type of articles

we have seen this year.

Malcolm Newman

P.S. — Congratulations

Mr. (broadsheet) Apple­

by on publically admit­

ting that res exec are

' exceedingly childish '

(Felix No. 336).

* The Editor will be giv­

ing his own views on

how the FELIX editor­

ship should be run in the

next issue, which will be

the last this year.

Dear Sir,

In the name of Chris­

tianity, Mr. Veall has

shown the Church is

bent. He has shown

nothing bent about

Christianity.

In the name of Marx­

ism, it is obvious that

Russia et al is not ex­

actly straight. Nothing

has been shown "not

straight" about Marx­

ism.

As a follower of nei­

ther doctrines, and hav­

ing little faith in either,

may I wish upon both,

an adaptation of an old

showbiz expression:—

"Kindly leave the page".

Yours faithfully,

P. W. Jowitt.

JOHN LANE

P r e s i d e n t ' s P i e c e

PRICES

A l t h o u g h F r i d a y ' s F i n a n c e and Execu t i v e C o m ­

mi t t ee ' s of IC 's G ove rn i ng B o d y heard a r e c o m ­

m e nda t i o n f r om the Sec re ta ry of the Co l l e g e M r .

Dav i e s for a 5 per cent increase in Re fec tory p r i c e s ,

the f inal d e c i s i o n w i l l not taken unt i l the fu l l meet­

ing of Gove rnors at the end of J u n e . T h e U n i o n

observers put the case for no increase a r gu ing

that the £20 add i t i ona l increase in grant canno t be

regarded as an excuse for a l l o w i n g further in f la­

t i on . S i n c e a l l co l l e ges a n d un i ve rs i t i e s are f a c ed

w i t h s i m i l a r def ic i ts if they refuse to put up p r i c es

a n d de l ibe ra te l y b r each the U . G . C . ( i .e. Gove rn ­

ment ) r egu la t ions then the Gove rnmen t w i l l have

to g ive w a y a n d ei ther s u b s i d i s e re fector ies or bet­

ter s t i l l inc rease grants to s u c h a leve l that w e c an

af ford the e c o n o m i c p r i c e for a m e a l . A p p a r e n t l y

the C o m m i t t e e of V i c e - C h a n c e l l o r s and P r i n c i p a l s

are c o n s i d e r i n g s o m e jo int a c t i on but whe ther it

is the sort of f i rm s tand that w e have a sked for

is another matter .

O n the br ighter s i d e the inc reases w o u l d not

take p l a c e unt i l the beg inn ing of next s e s s i on w h e n

it w o u l d be eas ie r to m o u n t s o m e res i s tance to

them whereas at the beg inn ing of A u g u s t th is w o u l d

be w e l l - n i gh i m p o s s i b l e .

V A C A T I O N F IELD C O U R S E S

Over the last f ew months the un i on has made

representat ions to the C o l l e g e about the f inanc ia l

ha rdsh ip i ncur r ed by s tudents hav ing f ie ld courses

d u r i n g the ir v aca t i ons . A t yp i ca l Geo l ogy s tudent

m igh t lose £110 because hote l b i l l s are a r o u n d £3

a n ight w h i l e the subs i s t ence grant is on ly £1.20

(£200 in potent ia l earn ings in vaca t i on over 3

years ) .

The Rec to r ' s reac t ion w a s to c i r cu l a r i s e Heads of

Depar tments w i t h g u i d a n c e that where poss i b l e they

s h o u l d take a l l f i nanc ia l a r rangements for t rave l ,

board a n d l odg ings out of s t u d e n t s ' hands so that

no ha rdsh ip s h o u l d a r i se . If th is w a s not p o s s i b l e

the prev ious s i tua t i on w o u l d app l y . A t f irst s ight a

subs tan t i a l v i c to ry but w o u l d the f inance be a v a i l ­

ab l e?

The money ava i l ab l e w o u l d increase f r om

£24,000, the U . G . C s . amount to £30,000 but , wha t

if t h i s w a s not enough? T h e depar tments c o u l d

c l a i m that for f inanc ia l reasons it w a s not " p o s ­

s i b l e " to m a ke a l l the a r rangements themse l v es ,

a n d the s tudents w o u l d be left e xac t l y as before.

A t F r i d a y ' s F & E mee t ing the Rec tor d i d g i ve s o m e

assurances . Depar tments can take m o n e y f r om

other sources to supp l emen t the money ea rmarked

for f i e ld c ou r s e s . A l s o the Rec tor d i d be l i eve that

there w o u l d be no ha rdsh ip th is s u m m e r a n d if

there w a s go ing to be any he w a n t e d to know . W e

have p roposed that the s u m a l l o ca t ed s h o u l d be

based on a survey o f f ie ld course needs rather than

an arbr i t rary f igure bu t in the short t e rm if y ou

are go ing to be left out of pocke t because of a

f ie ld course get onto your Depar tmenta l Rep . o r

myse l f , now .

I N S U R A N C E

Next s e s s i on if you have an a c c i d e n t in C o l l e g e

you w i l l have au tomat i c i n surance cover . T h i s has

ar i sen f r om representa t ions to the Co l l e g e f r om the

the P / G C o m m i t t e e about th is i s sue . T h e f inal de­

ta i l s have not yet been se t t l ed but a t yp i c a l p o l i c y

c ove r ing both post a n d under g raduates m igh t g i ve

£1000 for death or loss of l imb or eyes, o r £10 per

week for 2 years for a less pe rmanen t injury.

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30th M a y , 1973 F E L I X Page 3

"FEELSICK" A Felix Supplement

SEX DRUGS EXAMS

HUGE I.G. VICE

SCANDAL REVEALE THE FULL STORY - AS ONLY FEELSICK COULD TELL IT

FEELSICK REPORTERS HAVE UNCOVERED THE BARE

F A C T S OF AN UNBELIEVABLE AND INCREDIBLE INTER­

NATIONAL WORLD-WIDE SEX, DRUGS AND EXAMS VICE

SCANDAL IN IMPROBABLE C O L L E G E , SOUTH KENSWINDLE.

For many years IC P r o f e s s o r s have been known to have

revea led examina t ion ques t ions to a mass i ve omn isc ien t body,

c o d e n a m e the U N I V E R S I T Y O F L O N D O N . T e l e p h o n e number :

6 3 6 8 0 0 0

Th is group, the God fa the rs of al l the c o l l e g e s l ike IC, is h e a d e d

, by B ig V C — t h e VICE C H A N C E L L O R .

FOR VICE IS THE NUMBER ONE WORD IN THIS UNLIKELY

ORGANISATION.

• VICE l ike Examinations. Near ly every membe r of IC, in c o m ­

mon with thei r c o l l e a g u e s throughout the Univers i ty , fa l ls prey

to this D R E A D E D F A T E .

VICE l ike Drinking. Desp i te author i tat ive repor ts that that

o b n o x i o u s l iquid — T E A — is a po i son of the sou l of the first

deg ree , few IC peop le fail to get " h o o k e d " on it.

VICE l ike Pedestrianism. S h o c k ou t come of a pre l iminary

report by F E E L S I C K resea rche rs show that 99.8 per cent of IC

v ice- lovers c r o s s the road at least O N C E A D A Y .

* AND YET THERE IS WORSE

TO COME ! *

F E E L S I C K Inspite T e a m repor ters have caugh t up with the

leaders of a cal l -g ir l racket in Improbab le C o l l e g e .

They opera te on S u n d a y af ternoons in a c o l d , dark of f ice,

h idden under an a r chway in P r i n c e Cons t i pa ted R o a d , Sou th

Kensw ind le .

Y O U CAN C A L L THEM !

Ring

589 5111

ext 2154 and breathe the c o d e w o r d — C E F E — d o w n the mou thp iece .

Now beautiful, voluptuous SINIA HOCHAYEINTHENOO, for­

mer agent of this sinister organisation, has come out into the

open, to reveal her all to FEELSICK readers on page 94. Mean­

while, her reminiscences appear overleaf . . .

SINIA

eaned exam questions from sexy profs"

YOU HOW OVER THE PAGE

Page 4

Page 4 F E L I X 30th M a y , 1973

I.C. Profs leaked exam results in

international South Ken c a l l -

g i r l scandal F E E L S I C K reporters

have uncove r ed an u n -

]euoi jeuj9;ui e iqeAai jaq

sex , d rugs a n d e x a m s

v i ce s c a n d a l in Improb­

able Co l l e g e , S o u t h K e n -

s w i n d l e .

I.C. p ro f essors have

suor i sanb Bui|e8A8j U33c

in the f o r th com i ng I.C.

e x a m i n a t i o n s to c a l l -

g i r l s , wr i t e s S i n i a H o c h -

aye ln thenoo . A s in i s t e r

group of ca l l - g i r l s c a l l i n g

themse l ves C r a s s P ros ­

t i tutes of B r i x t o n {Most ­

ly Lesb ians ) — c o m ­

m o n l y sho r t ened to

C P B ( M L ) — have been

offering the ir s e r v i c e s to

I .C. p ro f essors and sen ­

ior l ec turers .

They have had espe­

c i a l s u c c e s s in e n t i c i n g

E m e t i c a l Eng inee r ing

staff t o the i r " p e r s o n a l

t u t o r i a l s " . The E . E . de­

par tment is w e l l - k n o w n

for i ts s t rong be l i e f in

A s s o c i a t e d S t u d i e s , a n d

the p ro f e sso rs have been

keen ly s u b s c r i b i n g to the

F r e n c h l e s sons that the

C P B ( M L ) offers.

T h e o rgan i sa t i on cat­

ers for the staff o f every

department of Improb­

able Co l l e g e . A n ew

group w h o operate in

p las t i c im i ta t i on s u e d e

and leather ga rmen t s is

hav ing great s u c c e s s

w i th C h i m p i s t r y pro fs .

O n c e the C P B ( M L )

C a l l - G i r l s have s e d u c e d

the pro fs , they use t ech ­

n iques a c q u i r e d of the i r

spec i a l t ra in ing s c h o o l in

A l b a n i a to extract top-

secret c l a s s i f i e d e x a m i n ­

at ion ques t i ons f r om the

profs .

I t raced the he i ra rchy

of the o rgan i sa t i on back

to " M a d a m e " , the ruth­

less , f ear less G o d m o t h e r

of the C P B ( M L ) .

Her n a m e i s M a d a m e

S h i l l o n g . S h e operates

f r om a s t u n n i n g , a w e -

insp i r i ng a n d qui te

f r i ght fu l l y ghas t l y neo-

Bet jeman r e s idence in

K i n g ' s S t i l e , W . S . 0 0 7 ^ .

Her t e l ephone numbe r

is 9 9 9 5 1 1 1 , and her

c o d e n a m e is " E m e r ­

g e n c y " . Y o u ' l l f i nd it in

eve .y t e l ephone d i r ec ­

tory — a n d , s h o u l d y ou

forget i t , on every tele­

phone d i a l .

There a r e f i ve code ­

w o r d s . Say four of t h em

- — P o l i c e , A m b u l a n c e ,

F i r e or C o a s t g u a r d — a n d

you m ay e n d up in gao l .

Say ' M A D A M E ' and

you w i l l e n d up in bed

— c u r l e d up w i t h a vo l ­

up tuous w h o r e — r e v e a l ­

ing a l l your sec re t s ( and ,

if y ou are a pro fessor ,

your e xam ina t i on ques­

t ions. )

I went through the

r i go rous f raming neces ­

sary to b e c o m e one of

M a d a m e S h i l l o n g ' s

y oung a n d nub i l e m a i d ­

ens , so I c o u l d revea l

the true fac ts to F E E L -

S I C K readers .

M y f i rst a s s i gnmen t

was a Pro f esso r of Phy ­

s i c a l S c i e n c e . He s e em­

ed more c o n c e r n e d w i t h

the ' p h y s i c a l ' than the

' s c i e n c e ' — but, us ing

M a d a m e ' s t e chn iques , I

s u c c e e d e d in g l ean ing

v i ta l in f o rmat i on about

the P h y s i c a l S c i e n c e 1st

year e xamina t i on for

F E E L S I C K readers .

The pro fessor — M r .

' X ' to h i s f r i ends — re­

vea l ed that it w o u l d be

necessary to k n o w the

a t o m i c we i gh t o f hydro ­

gen , a n d a l s o revea led

h i s a r m s , chest , legs,

feet a n d . . . (cont . p. 94 )

But the C P B ( M L ) is

not the on l y o rgan i sa t i on

of i ts k i n d , wr i t e s A .

P I E R S T C O - B E L I E S .

O n e of the mos t s i n i s ­

ter is " Y o u n g , S a u c y a n d

Sexy S y l p h s " ( Y S S S ) —

a youth group aff i l iated

to a parent o r gan i sa t i on

c a l l e d " S e n i l e Love-mak­

ing L i m i t e d " ( S L L ) . A n ­

other is the " I n c u m b e n t

M a i d e n s G r o u p " ( I M G ) .

There are , of course ,

more respec tab le organ­

i sa t i ons , a n d one o f the

greatest is the C P G B —

" C a p a b l e Par tners for

G i r l s a n d B o y s " . T h i s

latter one has been es­

pec i a l l y s u c c e s s f u l in

in f i l t ra t ing the N U S

execut i ve . Ano the r of

the g roups — the Y S S S

— h a s been hav ing s o m e

s u c c e s s w i t h s tudent

u n i o n off icers. It has a

s t rong s take in K i n g ' s

C o l l e g e L o n d o n , a n d a

prominent m e m b e r of the

F E L I X staff i s a l so a

member .

B U T F O R W H O S E

B E N E F I T D O T H E S E

O R G A N I S A T I O N S

W O R K ?

F E E L S I C K has ob ta in ­

ed the ir s e r v i c e s to g ive

you an e x c l u s i v e p rev i ew

of th i s m o n t h ' s e x a m i n ­

a t i on ques t i ons .

T H E S E Q U E S T I O N S

— IN T H E I R E N T I R E T Y

— W I L L A P P E A R IN

O U R 2 n d O C T O B E R

I S S U E .

C A N Y O U W A I T ?

Further mou thwa t e r ing

t i tb i t s o f in f o rmat i on w i l l

be s l i p p i n g your way in

a f o r tn ight ' s t ime , w h e n

F E E L S I C K te l l s y o u — in

the H O L I D A Y F E L I X —

h o w Improbab le C o l l e g e

s tudents rea l ly sp end

their ho l i days .

• S H O C K — have your

s m e l l i n g sa l t s h a n d y !

• S E X — they get it

often enough !

• V I C E — gr ips you as

it s c r e w s t ighter and

t ighter !

• D R U G S — a s p i r i n ,

pa race t amo l , N a C i —

what next?

• C A L L - G I R L S

c a l l us . . .

don ' t

• E M U L S I O N P A I N T —

the w h i t e w a s h that

doesn ' t w a s h off.

• H O T W A T E R — we

p lunge ' em in i t !

• T E A — no sugar in our

sour s tory !

• M I L K — tha t ' s where

w e get the c r e a m facts

f r o m !

• B L A C K M A I L — w e

won ' t k eep shut up for

any money !

A L L IN N E X T I S S U E O F

F E E L S I C K I

Two poems W A T E R G A T E M U D

A r e they p r o u d of the ir f lag

A n d the w a y that it f l ies

W h e n the s t r ipes on it sag

A n d the s tars emi t l i e s ?

T h e y are p roud of the ir f lag

A n d the way that it f l ies

If the P r ess has no gag

A n d D e m o c r a c y t r i es .

A S P E L L IN T H E C O U N T R Y

Leave L o n d o n ' s s t r ess a n d s t ra in c on f i n ed

T o t ens ive p ressures left b e h i n d ,

Then let the count ry s c enes r e m i n d

The t o w n to trust in H u m a n k i n d

Let c i t i e s seek the rura l k i n d

O f au ra they c an s e l d o m f i n d .

W h e r e Fa i th and Pu rpose s e e m ensh r ined

W i t h i n the W h i s p e r s of the m i n d .

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Page 6 F E L I X 30th M a y , 1973

ROWING T h e 12th and 19th of M a y are two dates wh i ch w i l l

l ong be remembered by nine members of Imper ia l C o l ­

lege, for they bracket a week of success for I . C . B . C on

a scale wh i ch has not been enjoyed for many years.

Saturday 12th saw I.C.'s already reported victory in the

U . L . A l l a n C u p . O n Thursday , 17th the I .C. 1st and

2nd V I I I ' s were on show at the Met ropo l i t an Regatta

at Putney. Th i s regatta, wh ich is held over 3 days, is

one of the oldest and most impressive i n the country. In

the semi-final of the Senior A V I I I ' s , I.C.'s opponents

were E m m a n u e l School . A disastrous unpractised start

f r om the stake boats saw I.C. | L down very qu ick ly .

However , the long zoom course gave I.C. plenty of t ime

to gather themselves and row powerfully through the

school to w in by £L.

Meanwh i l e the 2nd V I I I went straight into the final

of the Senior C event against Nat . West B a n k and

Tw ickenham. A f t e r tak ing an early lead of J L I.C.

were disquali f ied for steering into one of the other

crews. It was later found that I.C. had lost the fin off

their boat.

I n the final of the Senior A V I I I s , I .C. rowed against

Putney T o w n and their o ld adversaries L o n d o n R . C .

I .C. went off the start at 40 and soon pul led out f L lead

over London . Th i s lead was maintained as they drop­

ped to 38 at the mi le post and just touched 36 at B a r n

E l m s . Putney were wel l out of it by this t ime but L o n ­

don attacked coming towards the B l a c k Buoy . In the

last minute the I.C. lead varied between ^ L . and a can­

vas. A s strokes eyes glazed over he made one last des­

perate attempt ho ld off L o n d o n , and since for once a l l

the rest of the crew were w i th h i m he succeeded. W i t h

the rate at 42 I .C. crossed the l ine ^ L in front of L o n ­

don.

T h e celebrations were not as prolonged as usual , be­

cause two days later three I.C. V I I I travelled to Thames

B

Di t t on to take part in the regatta there. The Nov ice

V I I I had their first race on the F r iday night and after

leading for most of the way, were un lucky to lose by 3

feet. T h e 2nd V I I I unfortunately had to scratch as they

were a man short.

T h e 1st V I I I were again rowing Senior A and their

first round opponents were Barc lays Bank . A very

poor r ow over a very short course saw them scramble

to an unconvinc ing ^ L w in . In the semi-final they met

the powerful K ings ton R . C . T h e 1st V I I I , who are

not slow off the start, were left standing by K ingston,

who by halfway, were just clear. W h a t happened next

is uncertain as everybody at this stage thought that

K ings ton wou ld w in . In the next minute the I.C. boat

probably moved faster than it has done before and

K ingston , who were nowhere near as fit as I.C., despite

their length lead, never stood a chance. I .C. went right

through them to w in by ^ L . T h e t ime recorded in this

race was the fastest of the day by some 8 seconds.

The outcome of the final against Ves ta R . C . was

never i n much doubt as I.C. had dealt savagely wi th

them in training. R o w i n g wel l w i th in themselves. I .C.

won by 2 L .

In the next few weeks I .C. w i l l be appearing at the

fo l lowing Regattas. June 2nd—Ch isw i ck , June 9th W a l ­

ton, June 16th (Internal regatta) Putney, June 24, M a r -

low and June 26th to Ju l y 7 (Rac ing 4th to 7th) at H e n ­

ley. A n y support would be welcome.

GLIDER SMASH Ace IC glider pilot

Mike A l e x a n d e r brought

I C U Gliding Club's first

accident to pass when he

crash- landed the other

week.

The g l i de r is now to

be rebui l t , s ince th is w i l l

s a v e a c ons i d e rab l e s u m

over the purchase pr i ce

of a r ep lacement . C o u n ­

c i l ag reed at its mee t ing

on M o n d a y to grant

£200 to cover the differ­

ence be tween the insured

v a l ue a n d cos t of re­

b u i l d i n g . The insurance

c o m p a n y have ag r e ed to

pay the fu l l s u m insured

less £25 excess and

a l l o w ICU G l i d i n g C l u b

to sa lvage the wreck ­

age.

A s C o u n c i l po in t ed

out, the g l i d e r s are ob­

v i o u s l y unde r - insured ,

and steps are now be ing

taken to correc t th is .

M I S F I R E

The purchase o f a . 2 2

automat i c p i s to l w a s

aga in de fe r red by C o u n ­

c i l , p end ing further in ­

ves t iga t ions b y the A t h ­

le t ics C l u b s C o m m i t t e e .

M a n y uses we re f ound

by C o u n c i l for th is

weapon , and M a r t i n

B lack has vo luntee red

for target p rac t i ce .

Felix wishes everyone

w i t h t h e i r e a ^ a n i s

Felix is back again with Summer Fun on June 12th

FEL IX No . 3 3 7 ; W e d n e s d a y , 3 0 t h M a y , 1 9 7 3 .

Ed i to r : O l i ve r D o w s o n .

Ed i tor -e l ec t : A l a s d h a i r C a m p b e l l .

FEL IX is pub l i shed by t h e Ed i to r for and on

behal f of the Imper ia l C o l l e g e U n i o n P u b l i c a ­

t i ons B o a r d , Imperial C o l l e g e U n i o n , P r ince

Conso r t R o a d , London S W 7 2 B B . T e l . 0 1 - 5 8 9

5111 ext. 2 2 2 9 (PO) 2 8 8 1 ( I n t . ) .

A d v e r t i s i n g cont rac ted b y Un i v e r s i t y Press

Representa t ion , G r a n d B u i l d i n g s , Tra fa lgar

S q u a r e , London W C 2 . T e l . 0 1 - 9 3 0 1 3 2 2 .

P r in t ed by F. Ba i l ey & S o n L td . , Durs l ey ,

G l o s . GL11 4 B L .

© 1 9 7 3 . A l l r ights r e s e r v e d .

The FEL IX cat dev i c e i s jo int copyr i gh t

shared by Fe l i x and the a r t i s t , N . Rac ine -

J a q u e s . No unauthor i s ed r e p r o d u c t i o n .

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CHICKEN FEED —and what the N U S (and ICU) proposes to do about it

On Saturday representatives of 600,000 stu­

dents, members of 600 student unions, will

descend on Imperial College for the NUS Ex­

traordinary Conference on Grants. The Conference, called by the Easter National Con­

ference at Exeter, has to decide what action the NUS

should now take in view of the recent government

award of a flat £20 increase in the mandatory grant

level, and reductions in parental contributions for

parents with "residual income" of less than £1,900.

The Government offer

represents only 20 per

cent of the increase de­

manded by the Nat iona l

U n i o n of Students, and

other demands have been

completely ignored.

1. N o act ion has been

taken on discretionary

awards. These are the

grants paid to students at,

for example, technical co l ­

leges and colleges of fur­

ther education and, unl ike

those pa id to university and

polytechnic students, have

no f ixed level. The amount

of grant paid is left to the

" d i s r e t i on " of the local

education authority, and is

thus almost always very

much less than the manda­

tory level. The usual

parental contr ibution sale

applies.

Since students on discre­

tionary awards have been

among the most active i n

the grants campaign that

has been running since De­

cember, the lack of govern­

ment reaction to this de­

mand has come as a

severe blow to N U S hopes.

The conference w i l l cer­

tainly be as angry as stu­

dents on discretionary

awards, and this c la im w i l l

almost certainly now come

top of the list of next year's

demands.

Easter conference d id

mandate the N U S Execu ­

tive not to accept any in ­

crease in the mandatory

level of grants unti l discre­

tionary awards are abo-

ished. However, the N U S

wi l l have its work cut out

if it is to try and persuade

.students to send back their

£20 increase.

2. Abo l i t i on of the

means test. A l l the Govern­

ment has actually done is

abol ish contributions for

parents with residual in­

comes less than £1,500,

and reduce them for i n ­

comes less than £1,900. N o

signs at al l have been

forthcoming of the abo l i ­

t ion of parental contr ibu­

tions and with it the means

test.

3. Mar r i ed women's

grants. A l though No rman

St. John Stevas said earlier

this year that he was " s y m ­

pathet ic" to the case of

marr ied women students—

they get only £275 — a l l

•he has done for them is

award them the flat £20

increase that other, single,

students are getting.

The mood of the con­

ference is bound to be

angry. It opens on the

morning of Saturday, 9th

June, in our very own

Great H a l l , which C o u n ­

c i l agreed to pay for as

I C U ' s contr ibut ion to­

wards the cost of the con­

ference. It, w i l l be ful ly

covered in F E L I X on

Tuesday, June 12th, with

informed comment f rom

leading N U S pol icy ana­

lysts.

I C U n i o n has submitted

its own mot ion for the

conference. Th i s — it is

reproduced below — w i l l

be " c ompos i t ed " wi th mo­

tions f rom other colleges

a l l over Br i ta in , at a

meeting in L o n d o n on

June 7th, and a giant

catholic mot ion presented

to conference on the 9th.

So, herewith, the text of

I C U ' s mo t i on : —

Motion on Grants of

Imperial College Union

for the NUS Emergency

Conference of June 1973

A . C O N F E R E N C E

N O T E S

1. The Government's de­

cision of 15th May to

increase grants by £20

next year in addition

to the £20 decided in

1971, and the raising

of the floor of the

means test to £1500 a

year parental income.

2. The lack of any at­

tempt to remove the

basic injustices of the

grants system, i.e., dis­

cretionary awards, dis­

crimination against

married women, no

London allowance for

post-graduates, and

the means test.

3. The complete lack of

any move to introduce

full cash grants in col­

leges of education.

4. The continuation of

the full mandatory

rate at an amount far

below that adequate

for a decent standard

of living.

5. That the Government

announcement in no

way meets our demands

from the Exeter Con­

ference.

6. That given the rate of

inflation since the last

triennial review, the

"new" rates, far from

representing a step to­

wards our claim, rein­

forces the present situ­

ation and perpetuates

it.

7. The recent victimisa­

tion and threatened

court action against

rent strikers, e.g., jr«

Reading University, j

8. That post-graduates

are the only section of

students and Univer­

sity staff not to receive

a London Weighting

to cover the undisput­

ed higher cost of living

in London. Also for

post-graduates in gen­

eral, the increase of

£20, amounting to

only 38p a week, post­

graduates having to

live for 52 on their

grants.

B . P O L I C Y A N D

C A M P A I G N

1. Conference therefore

entirely rejects the

Government " offer" %

It sees no basis what­

soever to discontinue

or dilute our campaign

for £105 increase and

full grants for all in

full time higher educa­

tion.

2. Conference, however,

sees no point in in­

structing members not

to take any extra

money due to them.

This is impractical.

3. Conference, however,

believes that whereas

well argued memos

from NUS were ig­

nored, militant action

by the mass of stu­

dents has forced an

interim review and

won some concessions.

4. May 21st should not

be regarded as the last

possible day by which

the Government can

decide to meet the

NUS claim since

money can always

come from the central

government funds in­

stead of LEA's. In

particular, since PG

grants come direct

from central govern­

ment funds the excuse

of LEA and parlia­

mentary bureaucracy

is even less valid.

5. NUS should maintain

and defend the cam­

paign, e.g., rent strikes

this term and rapidly

extend it, right from

the start of Autumn

term.

6. NUS and CO's should

use the summer vaca­

tion for organisation

and preparation of ex­

planatory campaign

material aimed at

first year students uti­

lising freshers fairs,

new students mailings,

NUS introductory

material.

7. In particular, much

more emphasis should

be put on explaining

the evils of discretion­

ary awards to all stu­

dents.

8. National Demonstra­

tions and a Day of Ac­

tion should be orga­

nised in England, Ire­

land, Scotland and

Wales on the same

Thursday in October.

These should aim to

unite the different sees

tions of the campaign

in a massive lift-off at

the beginning of term.

9. The campaign should

employ all the tactics

successfully employed

to date — namely,

catering boycotts, pick­

ets, lobbies, publicity

campaigns, occupa­

tions, strikes; to be

backed up by and ex­

tended from the na­

tional demonstration

in a co-ordinated way.

10. NUS Executive should

not participate in the

Tr iennia l Review next

year unless the Gov­

ernment indicates that

all the Campaign's de­

mands will be con­

sidered.

11. The particularly acute

problems faced by

post grads should be

given more emphasis,

but this requires orga­

nisation of PG's at

both college and na­

tional level. NUS

Exec, should convene

a conference of PG af­

fairs officers and acti­

vists to elect a Nation­

al PG Committee, ini­

tiate action on grants

including demonstrat­

ing boycotts, lobbies

and other activities.

Although PG's should

be organised by stu­

dent unions we should

work for good rela­

tion with AST MS

groups where these

exist.

12. Students must give

greater priority to

seeking support from

the labour movement;

who face the same

enemy in their fight

against wage freeze

and anti-union legisla­

tion. We must seek

more than verbal sup­

port but joint actions,

leafleting, pickets, de­

monstrations in sup-

• port of higher grants,

to this end NUS Exe­

cutive should prepare

"An Appeal to the

Labour Mo vement

which would present

the students' case,

highlight discrimina­

tion against the work­

ing class and further

education and ask for

support for some con­

crete campaigning ac­

tivity with local stu­

dent union. Unions

could then approach

in a co-ordinated way,

Trade Councils, Trade

Union .branches, shop

stewards, committees

to organise joint ac­

tions. To launch^ this

aspect of the compaign

there should be a "Na­

tional Week of Expla­

nation" of the issue of

grants to the working

class. Also NUS

should organise, on a

national scale a con­

ference to organise

students' support in

the event of a large

workers' s t r u ggle

against the Pay Laws

and the government

(e.g. over the engineers'

claim).

13. Conference believes

that more emphasis

should be put on ex­

plaining that the prob­

lems of inflation faced

by students are shared

by workers, Old Age

Pensioners, etc.A and

that the Government

must bear responsibi­

lity for this inflation,

e.g. land speculation,

cut-backs in social

services, VAT, agri­

cultural policy, float­

ing the pound. The ef­

fects of low grants, the

means test, and the

discretionary awards

system in exluding

working class child­

ren from sigher edu­

cation should be

stressed more with a

view to winning work­

ing class support.

Workers are finding

that due to inflation

their nominal increase

in income has led to

an increase in parental

contribution despite

apparent changes in

rate.

14. Conference recognises

that we are very limit­

ed in our influence on

the Press and that a

campaign geared to

winning over the mass

media has serious in­

adequacies.

15. Conference believes

that active antf auto­

matic support by the

NUS Exec, to all rent

strikes, teaching or

catering boycotts, oc­

cupations, democrati­

cally decided on by

CO's in the context of

this campaign, is es­

sential for this cam­

paign.

16. Conference calls on all

CO's to immediately

report to Exec, any

such actions and calls

for a weekly list of all

such activities to be

distributed to all CO's.

17. Since this Conference

has been called in ac­

cordance with Exeter

Conference policy,

which called for deci­

sions on the basis of

Union mandates, this

conference must not

retreat from any pre­

vious policies unless

such mandates have

been given.

18. Conference affirms the

Exeter decision that

the Grants campaign

would be maintained

until discretionary

awards had been abo­

lished.

C. R E N T S T R I K E S

1. Conference recognises

the key role being

played in the Cam­

paign by those colleges

on rent strikes. Con­

ference calls for the

continuation of rent

strike activity until our

claim is met.

2. Conference deplores

the threats of victimi­

sation (legal and aca­

demic) used by VC's

and Principals in their

attacks on rent strikes.

3. Conference believes

that the best way to

counter such threats of

is to fight them on our

own ground, in the col­

leges, Conference un-

• equivocally supports

all actions such as par­

tial or total, short or

medium-term occupa­

tions, as a means to

counter such threats.

In this respect Confer­

ence wholeheartedly

congratulates those

colleges which have

already embarked on

such action; the suc­

cessful defence of rent

strikes is a tremendous

achievement for the

whole campaign. Any

successful action, such

as that at Bristol Uni­

versity, gives incalcu­

lable encouragement to

others and must be

publicised as widely as

possible.

4. Conference recognises

that the law does not

automatically attack

students active in the

campaign but has to

be used by College au­

thorities, etc. Further

Conference believes

that the decisions of

the courts will be in­

fluenced primarily out­

side the courts rather

than by legal argu­

ments; therefore i. In

the face of legal

threats NUS and CO's

should firstly take

widespread action

aimed at discouraging

the College Authori­

ties from using the law.

ii. If cases do get to

the court then hearings

should be accom­

panied by massive na­

tionally organised

action.

D. I N S T R U C T I O N S

1. To Exec, GCCC,

CO's, AreasH To con­

tinue the campaign

for our demands as ex­

pressed at Exeter.

2. To Exec.: To organise

national demonstra­

tions and a Day of

Action as outlined in

Policy 8.

3. To CO's: To continue

all the local action

taken to date such as

canteen boycotts, oc­

cupations, etc.

4. To Exec.: Not to par­

ticipate in the Trien­

nial review next year

unless the government

indicates that all the

campaign's demands

will be considered.

5. To Exec, and CO's:

To take action on the

problems faced by

Post-Grads as outlined

in Policy II.

6. To CO's and Exec.:

To organise joint ac­

tion with the Labour

movement.

7. To Exec.: To automa­

tically support all ac­

tion undertaken by

CO's as outlined in

Policy 15.

8. To CO's: To report

all activities immedi­

ately to Exec, and

GCCC

9. To Exec.: To send out

a weekly list of all ac­

tivities to CO's.

10. T o Exec, GCCC,

CO's:. To continue

rent strikes for the rest

of this term and to or­

ganise solidarity sup­

port, mass pickets, etc.,

in defence of every

rent strike or other

actions under attack.

11. To Exec, GCCC.

CO's: To organise a

national strike com­

mencing next term.

12. To CO's: To organise

activities to involve

minorities and high­

light their problems,

e.g., for overseas stu­

dents, married women,

PG's, discretionary

award students.

Motion approved by IC

External Affairs Commit­

tee 22nd May, 1973.

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F E L I X 30th M a y , 1573

W H Y

by PAUL JOWITT

it w o u l d be easy to take up a M a r y

W h i t e h o u s e s t and and say that the

pe rm i s s i v enes s of m o d e r n soc i e t y is

l ead ing to decay of soc i e ty , mora l s ,

s c rup l e s and a mu l t i tude of other

non-s ins . Hav ing sa i d that, where are

the a rguments to refute i t? It's no

use t r y ing to argue on the bas i s of

the m a s s - m e d i a , etc . A l l change in

soc i e t y resul ts f r om grass root leve l ,

so as an IC c o m m u n i t y member , I

w o u l d l ike to examine s ome aspec ts

of our c o m m u n i t y , that of Imper ia l

Co l l e ge .

I r emember one of the sabba t i c a l

pos t c and i da t e s at the H u s t i n g s (the

last ones! ) say ing that there we r e

no t owe l s or soap d i spense r s in the

U n i o n B u i l d i n g and t ry ing to make

s l i gh t po l i t i ca l ( sma l l 'p ' ) meat out

of it. I'll a d d fuel to h is fire; at the

momen t there are no soc i e t y name-

b l o cks for the U n o n not ice boards ,

one broken w i n d o w in the Bot . Zoo .

c o m m o n rom, one broken w i n d o w in

the U n i o n A r c h M e s s e n g e r s office,

2 broken g lasses on the p inba l l m a c h ­

ines in a week, about a 10 per cent

l oss of the pewter t ankards in the

U n i o n Bar , and someone has s to l en

the T . V . aer ia l in the U n i o n B u i l d i n g .

Great . H i l a r i o u s . Of course S o u t h s i d e

i sn ' t exac t l y m u c h better, r e s emb l ing

a g lor i f i ed doss -house . N o longer is

it the " n i c e " bar in co l l ege , but a

p lace of d i m i n i s h i n g character , s ty l e

and whatever . I can see someone

say ing soon that i t 's because

the f ac i l i t i e s aren ' t ma in t a ined .

A l l that means , is s ome s i l l y a ss (sup­

posed l y the Deputy Pres ident ) run­

n ing r ound after everyone e l se c l ean­

ing up the sh i t they make . Sor ry

brothers , but that ' s not on . A p a r t

f r om any th ing e lse , i t 's get t ing s l i ght ­

ly expens i ve .

T o be fair , I have been one of the

m a i n pro tagon is ts of the theory that

the number of " o u t s i d e r s " a t t rac ted

by Ents events doesn ' t he lp . I s t i l l

ho ld to that. Howeve r , I do not feel

the s tudent body as a w h o l e i sn ' t

innocent of the w h o l e affair. O f

course the s tudent body in genera l

a n d N . U . S . in par t i cu lar has been

c h a m p i o n i n g the r ight of the i n d i v i d u ­

a l . It's a pity that we as a b o d y d i d n ' t .

th ink of the r ights of the body

i tsel f . W e open ou r doors to more

or less anyone and w o n d e r w h y the

p lace is get t ing f ou l ed up. It's a l l in

the cause of f r e edom of the i n d i v i d ­

ual or s o c i a l i s m or s o m e t h i n g . W h a t

p r i c e n o w the idea that the U n i o n

s h o u l d be ou twa rd - l o ok ing? Defeat­

i s m fn the face of internal p r o b l e m s ?

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Here's our new Felix cat motif. For five years now the "crusading cat" has

been our logo. He was a strange character, tacking both a tail and whiskers

— s o , knowing feline anatomy, you'll appreciate he never stood much chance

of finding any direction.

The new device, drawn especially for FELIX by Nigel Racine-Jaques,

depicts a fully-bewhiskered and tailed cat, displaying the mascots of IC's

3 constituent colleges: a Celsius/Kelvin thermometer for RCS, a singularly

useless equal-ended spanner for Guilds', and an equally useless (since it has

no screw or lighting device) Davy Lamp for Mines.

With the new device comes the promised new page one banner. The one

introduced in October last year met with a mixed reception, and the contents

of the "box" , originally intended for an advertisement has been used for

various debatable messages. This box has now gone.

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T h e " o p e n i n g " of the bar to w o m e n

is not in i tse l f a bad th ing . It's just

the men they br ing a l o n g !

Y o u see, there ' s a di f ference be­

tween I.C. w o m e n and the ir boy­

f r i ends and any o l d w o m e n and the

boys they br ing a l ong . The fo rmer

come , the latter don ' t . (Te l l me, te l l

me . P . W . J . , how many hoppe r s d i d

you see t o d a y ? ) . But , i t ' s not just out­

s i d e r s , w e b a s i c a l l y don ' t care , be­

cause w e k n o w (I hope) s o m e b o d y

e lse w i l l pay. Rare ly do the m a s s of

s tudents get together a n d s l i ng out,

or keep out t r oub l emakers . It's a l ­

mos t as if w e c ondon e the damage

a n d v a n d a l i s m , or even par t i c ipa te in

it. W e l l if that ' s the " m a n d a t e " the

Deputy P res iden t has , he can hard l y

be a c c u s e d of a l l o w i n g the U n i o n

a n d S o u t h s i d e to at ta in " e q u i l i b ­

r i u m " . By the way , the soc i e t y name-

b l o c k s , T . V . ae r i a l , t owe l s , soap , etc .

w i l l a l l be r ep laced after t e rm has

f in i shed , ready for next y ea r ' s f r esh­

ers . I just hope they apprec ia te it, be­

c a u s e l ook ing back on th is year , qui te

hones t l y , w e d i d n ' t . For G o d ' s sake ,

I.C., respect and take care of wha t

we ' v e got, i t ' s no use say ing if w e

had better f a c i l i t i e s , w e w o u l d look

after it , because that is patent ly not

the case . Gone are the days of a

good p i s s -up , g ood s ing s ong , in the

U n i o n Bar a n d no damage , w i t h

S o u t h s i d e a p lace for peop le w a n t i n g

a g ood , not r owdy bar. Here are

the days of a l ousy p i ss -up , lousy

s ing - song , l eav ing the U n i o n in a

mess , w i t h S o u t h s i d e a h u m a n jung le ,

o c ca s i ona l lousy s ing -song and doss -

house .

Chee r s , but w h e r e ?

Pau l J o w i t t .

Dep . Pres .

M a i n t e n a n c e - m a n in ch ie f .

but not Genera l D o g s b o d y or C h i e f

C o o k and Bo t t l ewashe r .

P . S . I've heard talk of tu rn ing the

D .P . ro le into a more po l i t i c a l one.

I 'm in two m i n d s whe ther to be in

favour (De fea t i sm) or to cont rac t an

u lcer (Ex t r eme ly just i f ied p e s s i ­

m i s m ) . W i t h a l l th i s ta lk of the en ­

v i r onmen t I 'm just wa i t i n g for some­

one to co t ton on . T h i is your env i ron­

ment , O U R S ; w e w a n t cont ro l o f it,

and that means cont ro l it ourse l ves ,

and that means (Do I have to spe l l

it out? ) S . E . L . F . C . O . N . T . R . O . L .

C O L O U R

BLIND Nominations for social colours have

to be in by tomorrow. Social colours

are awarded to union members who

have been notably active in the union

during the year, and include the right

to wear the social colours tie.

The awards will be made at the

Union Annual General Meeting on

Thursday, June 7th. Nominations

should be given to Union Secretary

Martin C. Black in the Union Office.